Arena, Alien hunting

The four of us, who were essentially learning to calibrate their support skills, threw away a generous set of three bags in a flash.

The amount of fuel that enters the body as well as the good performance of the body.

Cha Ji-hye, who liked sweets, showed off her cooking skills and even gave her strawberry tarts with dessert, and her eyes turned upside down.

“Ooh, wow! Is this handmade?”

“That's right.”

“I'll eat well! I won't be bored while I'm here. ”

While you're here?

From the looks of it, these guys didn't look like they were going to be gone for a day.

Anyway, after I finished eating, I got to the point.

“You can send an eagle to get us? ”

“Yeah, I think you're probably in the arena right now, right? ”

“That's right."

“They're almost like wanted fugitives out there. ”

“So once the next test starts, I'll send you two an eagle. Take it and get to where we are. And then after that, you pick up your body, you rearrange your body, and then you take the test again. ”

“That's a good idea. We're being hunted in the arena, and we don't have a choice. ”

Cha Jin-hyuk agreed with me.

However, Maintenance asked me if I had made a decision yet.

“Will the eagles you raise come to where we are? ”

I smiled and replied with confidence.

“Yes, you can find it very precisely without wandering around. ”

“How is that possible? ”

“There is a skill called animal tracking. Once you recognize the smell, you can track the owner wherever it is. ”

“Smell?”

“Yes, just give me one of your belongings. You can use it to pick up the scent. ”

“Inventory……? ”

Suddenly, the face of the maintainer became serious.

Cha Jinhyuk was also dumbfounded.

The two of them looked at each other quietly, and they grabbed me and shouted, no matter who came first.

“I need your help! ”

“Help us with our exams! ”

“W-what's going on? ”

“You know what our test is, right? ”

“I thought you were digging up the back of some bystander? ”

“It's a test to find out who's behind the Praetor of Lumad. ”

The retainer was a horse.

“The investigation failed, but I have one item in my possession. ”

When the retainer flicked his finger, Cha Jinhyuk frowned and summoned an item backpack and took out an item inside.

It was a luxuriously tall book with leather covers.

It was a book as thick as a dictionary of languages.

I accepted it and opened the book.

“Hmm?"

I was surprised.

There was a rectangular opening in the book.

But the empty space inside the book was literally empty.

The retainer sighs and shrugs.

“I broke into Praetor Lumad's palace and pulled it out, but as you can see, it was already empty inside. ”

“Any idea what was in it? ”

“It must be a secret letter. I don't know who it was with. ”

“Perhaps the Arman Empire? I'm guessing the Sultan is closely related to the Black Wizard hordes. ”

“Do I need to be a Sultan to secretly exchange confidential letters with the Praetor? ”

The maintainer said, "Oh, I see."

Sultan is the one who appoints the Praetor. He was a powerful man who could change his mind before the end of his term.

With a sultan like that, when I have business, I should just call and talk, not deliver a confidential letter.

“You need to know who you exchanged the book with. ”

“Can you track down the owner of the scent in this book with an animal tracking skill? ”

“Exactly. Not so secret and important a book could be in the hands of so many people. ”

“That shouldn't be too hard. Let me help you."

“Thank you! You're alive! ”

Maintainer is happy with her arms raised. Cha Jinhyuk was also somewhat sighed.

“Then we'll send an eagle, so ride it over to us. You get a suit and a transmitter, stay with us, and then you complete the test. ”

“Okay. We'll help you with your exams as best we can. ”

“Please.”

So I consulted with the maintenance team. They stayed at my house, sparring and exchanging information about the arena.

And then the test came.

* * *

As the test approached, we went to the Korea Arena Institute.

The Korea Arena Institute gave me a bunch of man-made muscle suits and transmitters supplied by the Nordic Trials.

They were to be distributed to the examiners.

I kept it all in working order.

“We have a call from President McLean. ”

An hour before taking the exam, General Lim Cheolho came to me and told me.

“What did he say?”

“They asked me to get a pair of mane dogs. ”

“Manehair dog? ”

“Yes, she has long mane hairs like horses, but she gives birth to lots of babies. The McLeans seem to be focusing on securing a bargain through rapid reproduction. ”

“It's not like us. ”

We decided to bring a pair of Arena's cows.

We can get narcotics, we can get milk, we can get meat, we can get leather.

Above all, pretending to look like a real world cow had the advantage that it was hard to tell the difference at first glance.

The Nordic Tribunal demanded cows like us.

Anyway, I was going to listen to you as you asked. Promise is a promise.

After, of course, the McLeans made sure they kept their promise.

Dana Ritrin.

As the world's # 1 official ranking examiner, will he be able to kill two high priests?

If that testimony is true, then perhaps the protagonist who fulfilled the final purpose of the test was him.

Anyway, when all the preparations were done, the test was only 30 minutes ahead.

“I hope you get home safely. ”

General Im Cheolho nodded his head.

“Don't worry. It's not about coming back alive. ”

Farewell with him and I entered the assigned room.

There was a bed and a small table in a room slightly wider than the high school.

I locked the door and lay in bed.

“Summon Lithograph. ”

Name: Hyunho Kim

Class: 43

Karma: +50

Mission: rest until the next test.

Time limit: 26 minutes and 42 seconds

After buying two bags of 100 karma, only 50 karma remained.

I thought I could get at least 5,000 or as many as 20,000 by completing this test.

I hope you get attacked by a Corrupt Investigator.

Then we can get rid of him and get Karma in bulk.

Now that you all know I'm number seven, you won't be able to beat me. It was a pity.

The time limit was gradually reduced.

Then the countdown finally started in 10 seconds.

I'm not nervous because I'm used to it now.

At 0 seconds, my eyes closed.

* * *

“Wake up!”

Land! Land!

I woke up to the sound of loud noises.

Cha Ji-hye was the same.

The baby angel who was holding the guava where we got it laughed so badly at us.

“Did you enjoy your break? ”

“Thanks to you.”

“I don't know. ”

“What do you know, asshole? ”

“Oh, don't do that. We don't have much time left to look at it like this. ”

“…… What do you mean? ”

The baby angel smiled and said.

“Ask me something. I can hear your head spinning. ”

The final goal of the test was soon achieved. The baby angel was implying it.

“You don't have to be me, do you? ”

I asked.

It was a question with many words omitted, but the baby angel immediately understood.

“No.”

“ ……?! ”

“I'm Kim Hyun-ho, the investigator. ”

“Me?”

“Yes, it's up to you. No one else has the choice to decide everything. ”

“Why me? ”

“It was just you. ”

“What?! ”

“The test has been going on for a long time. But most of the investigators died or were corrupted with their final goal in front of them. ”

“ ……. ”

“So the law is now trying to end this test itself. So when do we end this? That's who you are, Investigator Kim Hyun-ho. ”

“Me?”

“Yes, I've decided to watch only you for the last time. Will you be able to complete the test to the end? Or die or give up and be corrupted? It depends on the investigator Kim Hyun-ho. ”

“What happens when I complete all the exams? ”

“The test disappears, and all the examiners are released from the test wheel. And, of course, you will be rewarded. We'll know more in due course. ”

“If I fail...? ”

I asked with a trembling voice.

It was because the secret of the exam that I had not taught you before was about to be revealed gradually.

The baby angel said.

“Then the human chosen as the examiner will consider the test unfulfilled. They want you to be able to keep going, and they'll decide that you don't want to be cut off from Arena. And……. ”

The smile of the baby angel felt eerie.

“I'll do whatever you want. to keep Arena in line, to keep her in line. ”

“W-what does that mean? ”

“We'll know when we get there. ”

“Is that a bad thing? That's not a good ending, is it? ”

I asked again.

The baby angel shakes his head.

“What's good and what's bad? Did I ever tell you that? This is right, that's wrong, and that's right. ”

“ ……. ”

“Plus Karma is not right, it's not wrong, it's minus Karma. just as much as plus Karma, minus Karma. It's the individual's responsibility to accept whether the price is right or bad. ”

It sounded more frightening in some sense.

I will not distinguish between good and evil.

I won't show you the right path.

No matter what you do, you will only have to pay for it.

…… that's how you say it.

“So is choice. Whether the final exam is completed or not, I will not judge it incorrectly. It's just a price. It's up to you whether you think it's a reward or a punishment. ”

I was trembling.

I'll make sure Arena and I don't get cut off. I will allow you to continue to gain control.

It never sounded good.

Think about what the Chinese Trials did in the arena to gain control.

In addition, many corrupt investigators would have done similar things for the stagnation.

It never sounded good that the price came back in one piece.

“Wait! It doesn't have to be me. No, even if I die, someone could finish the exam. For example, a test subject like Dayna Ritrin! ”

“Is it true? ”

“What do you mean! ”

“That's it.”

The adamant words of a baby angel made me deaf and honey.