The Devil’s Dead Child - Chapter 293



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#Episode 293, Because he’s a guy like you

There was no more direct and certain method of confirmation.

for example.

Just outright say, ‘Are you a player?’ Ask, or

‘What kind of modification is this when you clearly know that I am Tarantor?’ – Like,

All you have to do is throw in something that will make you startle.

That’s probably a moment that can’t be overlooked simply because you’re too stubborn.

Wouldn’t it be similar to a situation where a ghost on a TV screen suddenly looks straight into the lens and calls out my real name?

Well, if he were an NPC, he would just act like a mental patient.

In any case, the reason for not using that method right away was simple.

Are you the type of person who communicates with other players, and if so, are you the type of person who will provide information about yourself to your colleagues?

I also want to have time to get to know myself.

No matter what I do later, if he doesn’t spread the word, I have to find another trumpeter.

So even if I notice, I have to notice first and quietly.

Would you say it feels like it will attack you right away if you startle it for no reason?

The problem is that this guy, Richard, is not at a level where he can just roughly subdue him, make him sit down, and coax him out slowly.

‘… ‘I guess I’ll have to outwit him and kill him all at once?’

Otherwise, I too would have a hard time praying.

The fact that NPCs cannot appear on the 47th floor on their own is simply due to the difficulty of the tower, which is designed to lead to unconditional death.

This is not to say that their limits are low.

In reality, there may be many NPCs that exceed the average player.

Even leaving aside friends like Kwon Ha-seon and Kang Seon-ho, it is impossible to guarantee that there will not be more such irregularities if the stage is expanded to the world.

In summary, this means that the possibility of it being an NPC is still open.

‘I’m an American, so I might not have heard of it here… .’

***

Richard walked side by side with me, his movements not particularly preparing for battle.

“There are no traces of this at all, so I can’t tell what the atmosphere is like… .”

I was walking to the location I had been to earlier without thinking about it, and as Richard said, the surroundings were very clean.

Because this is the route I took to avoid all the tower’s distractions.

I looked around, thinking that I would soon have to touch on a suitable device.

“ah… “I don’t know if I’m lucky or if the 47th floor is just sparse.”

But Richard tilted his head.

“Didn’t you say earlier that you had a hard time alone?”

Ugh! It did… .

“therefore… , It’s like a mental burden. Doesn’t it feel like the calm before the storm?”

Richard asked, nodding his head without any suspicion.

“How long have you been in the tower?”

I made up an answer on the spot that an average hunter would give.

“uh… , well. I don’t know exactly because I haven’t checked… I think it’s been roughly two days. How old are you, Richard?”

“It’s only been two days for me too. “Then, do you know that the return order has not worked?”

‘… what? ‘Do you know that?’

It is only ‘two days’, which means that this hunting trip did not start from the lower level.

Since the high-rise order book has enormous value, there is no way to tear up the return order book already unless it is absolutely necessary for maintenance.

Of course, you may have heard the news from others you encountered.

But you entered the 47th floor even after hearing the news?

No matter how you look at it, isn’t it awkward?

Of course, it would be more natural for me not to know,

“yes… . I was just about to tell you that. Richard too… “You knew.”

I answered that I knew to see his reaction.

Sigh.

At the same time, I stopped walking and looked back at Richard.

“… … .”

If the return order does not work, it means that the lifeline that will take responsibility for what happens is gone.

If you are an ordinary human being,

Would it be possible to calmly climb high floors knowing that fact?

‘The possibility is slim. Unless you’re a player… .’

Depending on experience, players who already understand the difficulty and risks appropriate to their level may not mind yet.

Perhaps they understand it as a phenomenon linked to raid quests.

If I were a player… ,

At this point, it would have been natural to tie the quest to eliminate Tarantor with the possibility of returning.

In the end, from their perspective, it is just an event that will be resolved quickly (through the joint efforts of many who are attracted by the reward).

“… … .”

Richard, who had also stopped walking, met my comfortable gaze.

An expression that seems to ask you to feel free to ask anything.

“… Even though you know that, are you still climbing?”

“Well, the problem won’t be solved if I stop. and… “When I didn’t know what to do, I thought it would be more helpful to become as strong as a speck of dust.”

“… You have great thoughts. “You have a very strong mentality.”

“I thought George had the same thoughts as me, but… .”

I smiled and answered.

“I am different from Richard C. Because it’s scary and daunting. It’s just that it’s more scary to sit down. “We are being chased by something scarier.”

This is an honest story.

Marduk is scary, but isn’t it worse to be harmed by him forever?

“You are saying such humble things for no reason.”

“It’s true… . “I’m not a very humble character.”

“haha.”

I started walking again.

This is because I just concluded that Richard was an NPC.

The judgment was that even though he was an unusual human being that was not easy to meet, he could not possibly be a player.

Because our conversation had a flow that couldn’t be said to be between a player and an NPC.

Also, if you were to look at me from a perspective that already knows my identity, my current words and actions would be truly abominable.

Rather, it is a moment when the player is questioning my intentions.

And, Richard’s polite words and gaze were clearly his attitude towards ‘human beings’.

They only consider themselves as true humans – this is not the attitude a player should show.

‘okay… . No matter how much I think about it, there’s no reason to do something like that.’

There’s nothing wrong with being cautious, but I also thought that I was being too paranoid to be suspicious of Richard any more.

Anyway, since my current plan didn’t require any NPCs, I imagined a situation where I would appropriately break up with Richard.

“hmm… This is basically the end of what I did earlier alone. “I don’t know what will happen from now on.”

‘It would be enough to try our best together and agree that it is still not possible.’

I deliberately approached the point where I expected something to happen.

It is a device whose existence can be known through God’s letters, but whose interpretation is still difficult.

Wow─.

“Be careful—.”

Pot!

It seems that Richard also felt the moment when the letters appeared.

As if I hadn’t made a mistake, I reacted and drew my sword before the warning was over.

Sreung.

Then, the surrounding sand was blown away by the wind.

Sssssss!

Sassasasasasa!

The sand on the floor shook violently as if something was passing through the ground.

‘Is it a sandworm?’

The moment you guess its identity,

Phew! Shoo!

Several sharp objects shot up from the floor.

visor!

visor!

It must have been aimed at Richard at the same time, as a metallic sound was heard from behind.

It wasn’t a sandworm.

An attack pattern I don’t know about.

‘right. It was my first time here… .’

This was an unexplored area throughout my gaming experience, so I had no idea what Marduk had unleashed.

Push! Shoo shoo shoo!

Whip! Snap clap clap!

Dozens of things that I couldn’t tell whether they were weapons or body parts sprouted out at once and one after another.

Richard and I could barely touch the floor as we continued to receive attacks coming from below.

It wasn’t too much of a burden in itself, but it probably had more than just one pattern.

Without knowing any other patterns, it felt a little dangerous.

Swish!

After glancing to make sure there was nothing in the air, I slowly launched myself and got out of the gap between him.

“You cocky bastard. “When a guest comes, it’s right to illuminate her face.”

As it was, the man’s gravitational force was unleashed and he was pulled onto the ground.

Kurrrrr!

It was so big that even the sand dunes in the area shook for a moment.

As if he was holding on with all his might, there was a gap in his attack on Richard.

In the meantime, Richard prepared a slightly longer attack.

A green glow completely enveloped the sword body.

‘hmm… ?’

When Richard held the sword backwards and plunged the green blade into the ground, surprisingly, dozens of green lights came out upside down from the sandy floor in a radius of about 20 meters.

“!”

Wow!

In an instant, the strength of the monster that was resisting my absorption was greatly reduced.

Sooooooo!

As if a bomb had exploded, sand erupted loudly and a monster was pulled out.

The guy wasn’t as big as I thought.

A sub-doll monster that resembles a human.

However, it only has several tentacles that seem to have been used like roots.

However, my mind was stolen by Richard before the monster I saw for the first time.

This is because the skills he showed were very similar to the characteristics of a player I had read about.

“Butcher… !”

I mumbled his ID without realizing it.

It was just something that flowed out of nowhere out of curiosity.

“… … !”

If Richard hadn’t looked up at me, he would have thought it was strange.

‘Fuck… Is it really true? He was of Korean descent… .’

Considering the level of Korean, ‘Richard Park’ may be the butcher’s real name.

visor! Push!

Richard, who countered the monster’s attack, looked embarrassed for the first time upon meeting me.

I had to keep an eye on myself while I was eating all of the monster’s aggro right now.

I see in his face,

The shock that comes from an NPC mentioning one’s ID, the anxiety about an unfavorable situation,

And I read some intention that had been hidden so far.

Intentions… .

There was definitely something strange about it that made me think it was all an act.

Tarantor is a boss that has never appeared in Romance 33.

If he didn’t have any information about me, but just saw me as one of the hostile NPCs he hadn’t encountered… ,

Even he wouldn’t have been able to understand my actions.

There must have been a reason I didn’t know why he acted so naturally.

‘But we can’t take our time.’

If the opponent is that ‘butcher’.

I shot at Richard.

Wedge!

The maximum possible output of magical power was injected into the sectatorium and dispersed.

Tiny metal grains that were so split that it was hard to see with the eye were mixed with the sand particles whipped around by the luminescent monster.

Quaaaang!

Richard, who sensed a crisis, made a big attack on the monster and used the rebound to turn around.

Puhwaak!

“──!”

Kuweeeek!

But right after, he collapsed, spouting blood along with the monster.

This is because small particles of sectatorium have already penetrated their respiratory tracts and blood vessels.

chin.

Phew!

As soon as I arrived at Richard’s fallen bedside, I plunged the dagger into his heart.

“… “I couldn’t help it because he was a guy like you.”

It was a bit comforting that there was no reaction that could be considered a confirmed kill.

It’s a shame that we can’t find out what the guy’s intentions were, but we need to get rid of him when we have the chance.

At a time when players are active in guilds like dogs and cows, I didn’t have the confidence to naturally beat a player who was ranked in the top five in the world.

Still, I searched his arms just in case.

There were several tower order books.

Sigh.

Thinking that there was nothing to save, I took a sip of my appetite, opened the order form without thinking, and then took a vain breath.

“omg! Chi, seventy-ninth floor… What?

Is this possible?

No, it was the moment when I questioned whether it even existed that far.

‘What else…? ?’

I jumped up from my seat.

Someone else had entered the 47th floor.

And Richard’s body at his feet faded away.

“Fuck… . “It gives me goosebumps.”

Without even increasing your eyesight,

The person who made eye contact with me was Richard.