‘A competitor, huh…’
Yoon-seok decided to think that it was better. Hopefully, he would be able to take this opportunity to find out the identity of this other challenger and shake off this uneasy feeling. As he considered his options-
“Uargh, uaaargh!”
Yoon-seok turned his head at the sudden scream. A light flashed from the alien’s wrists. Looking at his expression, he seed to be surprised, but…
What was concerning was Lee Su-yeon looked shocked too.
“What are you doing? What did you just do?”
Her iron stick aid at the alien’s neck. However…
“…”
The alien continued to stare into space with blank eyes. Lee Su-yeon’s eyes grew fierce.
“Don’t you want to talk?”
She was ready to pierce his neck. She still wondered what kind of trick this was, but it would be safest to kill him if he didn’t comply. However, when Lee Su-yeon raised the mana in her body.
Flash-!
Light burst out from Lee Su-yeon’s wrist as well. Thinking it was the alien’s doing, Yoon-seok grabbed her wrist quickly.
“Special rules…?”
However, it seed that instead, guide ssages had started to appear in Lee Su-yeon’s eyes. Yoon-seok thought it was a little strange that Lee Su-yeon didn’t ntion it, but he didn’t expect the notifications to arrive at different tis.
“…Oppa, what is this?”
Lee Su-yeon ca to her senses and asked. Judging by her reaction, it seed that this was the first ti she, a Returnee, was experiencing this. However…
“Ten duel rankers? Perhaps this is why…”
She looked annoyed.
“What do you an? Does this make sense?”
“It’s still just speculation.”
“What? Just tell .”
Lee Su-yeon carefully revealed her inner thoughts.
“At that ti, when he said he would return in ten days, he told to stay here. That’s a little suspicious.”
“That one called the chanic?”
“Yes. I heard he was from here, so maybe he knew? Maybe he deliberately spread rumors that he would upgrade equipnt for free to gather challengers.”
It wasn’t an absurd leap. However, one question remained.
“Why the hell?”
If the chanic wanted to et the conditions of such an event (?) by gathering ten duel rankers, what would be the reason? Lee Su-yeon slowly shook her head.
“Well. I don’t know about that either, that’s why I told you. It’s just speculation.”
She didn’t know anything yet. So, everything was just speculation.
“But if soone intended this, we’ll find out soon.”
“Yeah, I guess so.”
Yoon-seok and Lee Su-yeon made eye contact to confirm they were on the sa page.
[The Granted Ti for every person entering has been confird.]
[The awakened monsters start moving in search of ti.]
[The Ti Shop is activated every midnight.]
[TIP: In the Ti Shop, you can sell or buy things that you can’t normally sell or buy in exchange for your Retention Ti.]
Just in ti, it finally started in earnest.
“Brother…”
“Let’s get out of here first.”
“Where are we going?”
“We need to find the Dinsional Stone or whatever it is.”
The main mission was to protect the Dinsional Stone for 180 days. But…
“What happens if it breaks?”
“…I don’t know.”
The System didn’t say anything about what would happen if they failed to protect the Dinsional Stone. Then what was it?
“Hmm…”
Looking at the alien tied to the chair, Lee Su-yeon smacked her lips.
“Okay. Let’s get out of here first.”
Although she put down the iron and followed him docilely, Yoon-seok could tell.
“Oh, Brother. I left my ring behind. Can I go back for a mont?”
“No.”
“Ah.”
Lee Su-yeon thought the current situation was closer to a Battle Royale than Defense.
* * *
Wee-ooooooooooooooow!
Sirens resonated throughout the underground city.
“Aaaaah! My arm…! My arm…!”
“P-please save !”
The air was filled with screaming.
Whoo-ing, crack-crack.
Bang-bang-bang-!
A group, presumably the Imperial Army, was fighting hard on giant robots, but it wasn’t enough. Monsters were pouring through the hole in the ceiling.
“Damn it! Hang in there, you bastards!”
One soldier aboard a giant robot scread. It seed they judged that Lee Su-yeon was on their side.
“As you would know if you read the ssage, monsters broke into the city.”
“The monsters made that hole?”
No such content was written in any ssage.
“You’re saying weird things. Who else would it be if it weren’t those monsters?”
“…”
Yoon-seok sealed his lips. He couldn’t say it was him.
“Anyway, I don’t know where the weapons are, but stay alert and follow the code of conduct for an ergency!”
Even in this urgent situation, he kindly explained the situation to this recruit (?). Then he operated his robot into the battlefield.
Lee Su-yeon asked Yoon-seok for his opinion.
“Are we going?”
“Well…”
They could get ti by killing monsters. Therefore, he wanted to check how much he would get and learn the approximate ti value. However, there didn’t seem to be a need to do it now. The monsters were overflowing.
“Wouldn’t it be better to find the Dinsional Stone first?”
“…Do you know what the Dinsional Stone is?”
“No, I don’t. Do you?”
Lee Su-yeon sighed.
“…Follow .”
As expected, Lee Su-yeon knew.
“Oppa, do you have any stealth skills?”
“Yeah.”
“Sothing annoying could happen, so use them.”
As he nodded, Lee Su-yeon activated her stealth. Fitting as an assassin, she was so good that even Yoon-seok almost lost track of her. Was she always this good?
“I will be releasing my mana little by little, so please follow . Okay?”
Lee Su-yeon, who spoke as if he was a child who would cause trouble when she looked away, began to move. Yoon-seok also activated his stealth skill and followed the mana resonance that Lee Su-yeon intentionally shed. Of course, soone sensitive would be able to notice them…
“Aaaaargh! N-no! R-run away!”
Well, that wouldn’t happen in this place that had gone beyond the chaos and turned into hell.
Baaaang-!
Chemical powder covered the city in a fog, and the ear-piercing sirens turned into an evacuation order.
“Here it is.”
Yoon-seok followed Lee Su-yeon to the tower located in the center. In this vast underground city, this was the only passageway to the surface. The door, made of an alloy of an unknown material, was firmly locked, but there was no major problem opening it.
Boom-!
Because a robot’s arm flew in and smashed a part of the wall.
Tap.
Yoon-seok followed Lee Su-yeon through the open wall. Unlike the outside, where there was no security, many people in military uniforms were standing inside. All of them were likely forr challengers, but none seed to be rankers, so their stealth held.
‘…Who is that kid?’
Yoon-seok noticed a boy standing at the center of the hundreds of soldiers. Aside from the fact that a chanical device reminiscent of a spider’s legs was attached to his back… it seed as if their eyes t.
—Brother, do you see that little boy? He’s the chanic.
Just then, a Sonic Casting arrived from Lee Su-yeon.
—The 12th place? But why can’t I feel any mana?
—…Is it sothing like an item effect?
Perhaps. That kid saw through their stealth, so he had considerable abilities.
—Anyway, do you see the jewel he’s holding? That’s the Dinsional Stone.
In other words, he finally found what he wanted. Yoon-seok wanted to Appraise the Dinsional Stone, but would that boy give it over if he asked to borrow it for a while?
As he was thinking about it, the kid called out to Yoon-seok.
“Hello. Mr. Predator.”
Yoon-seok imdiately released his stealth. It was aningless anyway.
“Do you know ?”
“morizing the leaderboards is my hobby. And there are very few challengers whose rankings go up in every duel.”
Given his glittering eyes, the chanic looked like a child eting the star he admired. However, Yoon-seok felt sowhat reluctant.
“My na is Henigus. Especially for you, Mr. Predator, you can call Heni.”
It felt like he was pretending to be friendly.
“Henigus.”
“You seem reluctant, Mr. Predator.”
“Can you hand over what you’re holding for a mont?”
“Sure.”
Henigus threw the jewel as if it was nothing.
‘What? Isn’t it fake?’
Yoon-seok, who didn’t expect him to hand it over so easily, used Appraisal right away.
*Dinsional Stone: Space-Ti World (Rank EX) – Remaining ti 3,261:17:21.
There was no explanation other than the item’s na and the dwindling ti, but it didn’t appear fake.
“Oh, will you handle it carefully? If it breaks, we all die.”
“…?”
“It’s hard to understand because you’re from Earth, but we’re in that jewel right now.”
He says that after throwing it?
“…So what is the ti written here?”
“You’re already guessing what’s happening.”
“Does it disappear when the ti is up…?”
“Yes, that’s right. Everything has a lifespan.”
Yoon-seok once again used Appraisal to calculate the remaining ti. About 3,261 hours, so about 135 days until this Space and Ti World was destroyed.
‘Does this number an nothing?’
Yoon-seok felt it was a little absurd. This mission was to protect this Dinsional Stone for 180 days. But what if it disappeared in 135? What kind of Defense was this?
“Don’t worry, though. The Ti Shop allows you to breathe ti into the Dinsional Stone.”
“That’s a relief.”
“Yes. Even though it’s a ratio of 100:1.”
“You an you have to give 100 hours to get an hour?”
“As you know, the value of ti is not equal. Still, there are 9.4 million people. I think it’ll work out sohow.”
Only then did Yoon-seok feel relaxed. Currently, 9.4 million people are in the Space and Ti World. Even if 1/90 of them devote just one hour, it would be possible to maintain the Dinsional Stone for the remaining 45 days.
“Well, 500 years is a long way to go, but… it will be fine since the Ti and Space Monsters also give ti.”
Yoon-seok frowned.
“Wait, 500 years?”
“Yes. It takes that much ti to hold out until the tower opens again.”
Henigus easily confessed. Yoon-seok’s voice beca cold.
“That’s why you gathered the challengers here?”
“Yes. To get ti, special rules should be applied first.”
Henigus grinned as if to ask if there was sothing wrong. And seeing that innocent expression, Lee Su-yeon let out a sigh.
-Oppa…
-What?
—He said that the ti ratio is 100:1. Assuming there are 48 hours per person, I calculated how many hours it would take to complete 500 years…
Forty-eight hours was the ti everyone received in common. Therefore, all who enter the Space and Ti World must hunt monsters and extend their lifespan by 180 days. So Lee Su-yeon calculated how much ti would be needed after subtracting the ti inco from the monsters.
—So how much does it need…?
—…About 9.4 million people.
—9.4 million?
—Yes. Unless you kill them all in an hour and take away all their ti, there will not be enough.
—That bastard, he’s going to kill everyone here.
9.4 million people? The figure even felt astronomical to Yoon-seok, who was drowning in blood.
…But he would kill them all?
“I don’t an to kill everyone. I can’t do it alone.”
Lee Su-yeon’s thought seed to be right.
“So, Mr. Predator, Ms. Grape Jam. I will repay you, so can you help ?”
This was a Battle Royale, not a Defense.
“There are Space and Ti Monsters, so if we can finish it today, it will be 4 million people. Tomorrow we have to kill about 7 million people. Ti is precious, right?”
As expected, the world is wide, and there are many crazy people…
“What a funny bastard.”
Even if Yoon-seok killed them, they kept appearing.
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