Start With 13 Hidden Traits - Chapter 472



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Start with 13 Hidden Traits Episode 472

1 year later

With those words, the elf died.

Around the elf, there were countless corpses of his compatriots, as if telling the story of the tragedy.

‘hell.’

I could only nod my head at the expression hell.

This place was hell.

It was an inexorable hell where all races were intertwined, distrusting and killing each other.

But there was something I didn’t understand.

‘Why did Auril enter the Tower of Cracks?’

How long has it been since you were crowned queen?

······no.

When I thought about it, it was strange.

It was so natural that I assumed that the flow of time was 1:1.

Since I entered the world of nothingness and spent about a month there, I assumed that about a month would have passed in Pangenia as well.

I didn’t even suspect otherwise.

but.

Just one thing…

‘What if the flow of time is different?’

The time between King Lemegeton appearing and the Demon King killing him.

And the time it took for the Abyss to appear and climb the Crack Tower.

Above all, the elf queen Auril, who had just ascended the throne, came here with her entire army to the point where the ‘Forest of the Beginning’ was completely empty and there were no elves guarding the world tree.

Not all high elves recognized Auril, so it was natural that there would be opposition.

It takes time for Auril to convince them.

With all of this going on, one month was ridiculously not enough.

“eww······.”

It was then.

“Logout, why can’t I logout, why…”

This time, a human was found in the crevices of the corpse.

I guess from the word logout.

‘It’s a player.’

We are humans of Earth.

He was an awakened person who logged in and entered Pangenia.

“Why can’t I join the World Tree community? “Golden Rule Store, Auction House, there isn’t a single command that works…!”

“hey.”

“The store owner is away? What bullshit is this! “I, I want to go out… Ugh!”

“Come to your senses.”

“······Huh!!”

He was a man who was alive and well.

He was hugging his knees next to the mountain of corpses and muttering something.

When he got closer and spoke to him, the man was scared and trembled.

“Say, people? Please say you’re human. please······!”

“It’s a person. “A player like you.”

“iced coffee······.”

Soon, the tension seemed to have eased, and the man knelt down.

“Don’t be surprised… What country are you from?”

“korea.”

“korea? I am Asian American. Please call me ‘Taddy’. By the way, I understand that Koreans have already moved on to the next area, so why are they still here?”

“I just came in.”

“······ Wherever you go, there are people who are late. Even in this situation.”

“By any chance, what month and day is today?”

“hmm······? Well, I think it’s already been over 20 days since I came here… I’m not sure about the exact date…”

20th?

This too is strange.

Doesn’t that mean at least 20 more days have passed since the third floor of the Tower of Cracks opened?

Sigh.

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

In a moment, the sound of something rubbing the floor was heard.

At the same time, Taddy’s complexion turned pale blue.

“Honey, cleaning ladies…don’t move at all.”

Then he quietly gave instructions.

The problem is that it is already too late.

They had come a short distance away.

Red ‘eyes’ visible from all directions, on the mountain of corpses.

“Ahhh······.”

Taddy covered his mouth with both hands and shed tears, as if he had no strength to move.

It’s scary.

I was so overwhelmed by the existence of that ‘cleaning lady’ that I couldn’t even run away.

…Honestly, I was quite surprised.

Because the appearance of what Taddy called cleaners was very familiar.

‘An unborn being?’

Although smaller in size, they were clearly ‘unborn beings’.

However, what is different from the ‘unborn being’ is that it does not run away even when it sees me.

The other day at Spirit Mountain, it ran away as soon as it saw me.

However, what was in front of me was different.

“Lord, I’m going to die, our eyes met…Mom, Dad…!”

Sssssssut!

The cleaners approached.

With the same force as a predator that has found its prey.

And let’s get closer.

pop! Puff!

Their bodies exploded.

Simultaneously.

There was no need to use any hands.

Because they were monsters that were nothing compared to the true ‘unborn beings’.

“This, this….”

Taddy blinked in surprise.

Anyway, I asked again what my purpose was.

“What month and day is today?”

“Well, it was May 16th when I came in, so wouldn’t it be early June?”

··· The reason I didn’t doubt the passage of time.

That’s because the seasons were the same.

It was because I didn’t think that much time had passed.

But…

“What year is this?”

Taddy swallowed his saliva and answered.

“2, 25 years…”

“······.”

This was a shock to me too.

I felt like my mind had gone blank.

‘Is that why?’

…Now everything has become clear.

A month spent in the ‘world of nothingness’.

After moving to Pangenia, a year has passed.

It was a passage of time that I did not recognize as I immediately crossed over to the Tower of Cracks.

For some reason, the elves’ attitude towards me was strange.

They treated me as if I had seen something I couldn’t see, or as if something that shouldn’t have appeared had appeared.

‘Is that why you didn’t trust me?’

It was the same reason that Queen Auril and the elves did not tell him their destination right away.

It suddenly appeared after a year, so it’s hard to believe it.

“Describe what happened over the past year.”

I couldn’t help but ask.

Taddy’s eyes were filled with confusion, but he probably knew that I was the one who blew up the cleaners without even touching them.

“Well, that’s a bit of a long story.”

“Does not matter.”

“Oh, I understand.”

Taddy closed his eyes tightly.

Then he started explaining what had happened over the past year.

*

About a year has passed since King Lemegeton came to Pangenia.

Meanwhile, there have been many changes in the world.

First, monsters from the abyss began to stalk Pangenia.

Although the number was not large, it was enough to cause a rift in the continent.

Eventually, King Frederick of the Iron Kingdom resumed the war, and the empire also began annexing surrounding kingdoms.

The relationship between the beasts led by the White King of the North and the humans became extremely bad. In the process, the elves had no choice but to become more closed-minded.

The power of the ‘Balog Church’, which follows evil gods, grew exponentially, and the ‘Goddess Church’ was on the decline after the election of the new Pope ‘Aaron’.

However, there was a widespread opinion that even he would not have been able to survive without ‘Knight of Radiance Kasim’ and ‘Saint Se-Ah’.

Suddenly, demons became rampant, monsters from the abyss appeared, and the landscape of the continent took on a completely different aspect than before.

However, when the ‘Abyss’ cleared the second floor of the Tower of Cracks, the situation changed even more drastically.

“Suddenly the crack levels rose dramatically. “As the collapse rate of Pangenia and Earth exceeded 40%, the fourth monarch of the Demon World, ‘Nephilim’, invaded Earth.”

The Nephilim are giants.

It was also a terribly large giant.

“So what happened?”

“The Dragon God prevented it.”

One dragon god.

She, who evolved together with the children, stopped the Nephilim.

It was fortunate.

“However, I have become convinced that when the monsters of the abyss clear the Rift Tower, the Rift level increases dramatically. Afterwards, players from all countries worked together to climb to the third floor of the Tower of Rift. the problem is······.”

“the problem is?”

“They were humans from Pangenia. Perhaps because they gathered together under the leadership of the Empire, they still excluded the players. King Frederick of the Iron Kingdom also took a different route, and in any case, unlike other races, humans were unable to unite properly.”

“Why are you doing this? “Wasn’t the third floor a race war?”

“···They want to monopolize the ‘land of myth’.”

Yes.

There were two rewards for clearing the 3rd floor of the Tower of Cracks.

One is that the race itself is classified as a ‘mythical species’.

And another thing is to obtain the ‘Land of Myth’.

Even within the same race, there could be differences of opinion on who owns the ‘land of myth’.

I took a moment to gather my thoughts and opened my mouth.

“Other races will have to unite to deal with the ‘Abyss Tribe.’”

“Which race would be in solidarity with humans? Even humans are going their separate ways. And… I can’t believe it anyway.”

“can not believe it?”

“We no longer know who is on whose side.”

It was a time of distrust where everyone did not trust each other.

How can we trust other races when we can’t even trust our own people?

And it would be the same for other races.

Taddy bit his lip.

“Damn it… if only ‘Phantom’ was there…”

After I was gone, all these divisions arose.

I also never expected that the flow of time would be so different.

“What happened to ‘Labyrinth City’?”

“······It is called ‘Paradise on Earth’ in Pangenia. Because no one touches it. “By the way, where did you come from in the mountains?”

“Let’s put it that way.”

“Then don’t go any deeper. “It would be worse than here.”

“What happened here?”

“······.”

Taddy closed his mouth that had been talking so hard.

Immediately, a deep fear filled his eyes.

“···Five races became entangled and fought a war. Humans, elves, monsters of the abyss, beasts, even demons…”

Relationships that had no choice but to fight came together.

Then war would have naturally occurred.

Those who survived the fight, killing each other, would have moved on to the next realm.

‘Demons.’

The demons entered the war.

This is proof that the Demon King is also showing interest in the Tower of Cracks.

“Was there even a ‘god race’?”

“Mo, I don’t know. “I haven’t met any gods yet…”

It seemed that the species encountered in each area were determined.

The situation was more serious than I thought.

Some beings are particularly annoying.

I had a strong feeling that there were people who led this situation to happen in my absence.

Those who took advantage of my absence to throw the continent into chaos.

“Uh, where are you going?”

“Going to the next area.”

“Uh, it’s dangerous! “You’d rather be with me…!”

I turned and walked away to head to the next area.

When he didn’t stop, Taddy quickly started to catch up.

“Ugh! let’s go together!”

*

King Frederick.

He, the devil of pride, was constantly smiling.

‘Everything is going smoothly.’

The Iron Kingdom has already become the second largest kingdom in Pangenia after the Empire.

Now, if he clears just the third floor of the Tower of Cracks, the Empire will have no choice but to bow its head.

‘The rumor that the emperor has appeared is disturbing…’

Still, it doesn’t matter.

It was surprising that the sleeping emperor appeared in person, but he was no match for him anyway.

The power of the devil was growing stronger day by day due to the chaos and confusion of the world.

It has almost all of its strength restored to its former heyday.

Who would dare to stop him?

‘The Phantom is dead.’

It is certainly.

A year ago, he suddenly disappeared and has not been seen since.

Considering that he didn’t appear even when Lemegeton appeared, he must have died an unexpected death somewhere.

Thanks to this, the demons gained freedom.

Now, with this power, it will not be long before he becomes the master of Pangenia.

I was holding my breath until the end just in case, but now I am sure.

Phantom is dead. It’s no longer in this world.

‘Without him, there is no one who can stop me.’

King Frederick, and at the same time the devil of pride, laughed out loud.

“Ha ha ha ha ha!”