Kill the Hero
5. The Grave of Players (1).
1.
In 2020, when dungeons and monsters appeared in the world, people thought the end was coming, and hopes rose as players appeared.
But by 2023, the world wasn't getting better, it was getting worse.
[World Economic Growth 4 Consecutive Years Negative Growth Rate!]
[The worst crisis is coming!]
[$180 Euro!]
Economic growth around the world was negative, prices and unemployment were skyrocketing, and monster property damage was growing in size more and more like snow.
[Somalia, Virtually Dismantling Nation]
[The screams of Eastern European refugees!]
In Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, when governments were underfunctioning, countries were essentially underfunctioning.
However, what was more frustrating than this story was the player's greed, which was the only solution to all of these situations.
As the sun rose, the demands of the players increased.
[EU Guild Alliance requires Dungeon Clears to be increased by 30 percent!]
[US enacts player special law! Player income tax 10 percent frozen!]
[The demands of the players, will they only listen to this?]
Players were now exercising immense power, threatening to lobby for legislation for themselves.
In that world, there was only one light that people could believe in.
[For the first time in the Messiah Guild, attack the Fifth Floor Dungeon!]
[Se-joon Lee, he saved the world once again!]
[Massia Guild Sponsor, Hansung Group Stock Price Increase!]
The Messiah Guild.
They sacrificed to save the world, and only they were praised by the world.
On the contrary, there was no story about the Messiah Guild among the players.
No player has told a deep story about the glorious and noble achievements of the Messiah Guild.
It was natural.
‘The Mesa Guild has cleared the 5th Floor Dungeon Gear Nose. ’
‘Now it's our turn to curse. ’
Talking about the Messiah Guild in a situation where the presence of the Messiah Guild is making most of the players in the world into people full of ambition was no different than shitting their faces.
‘Goddamn Messiah Guild, we're the only ones who insult us for no reason. No, we're not committing a crime, are we? ’
‘You should be thankful that we, the chosen ones like us, are fighting for our lives. ’
The guild was particularly severe.
The greater the praise for the Messiah Guild, the greater the criticism of the players, and all such criticism headed towards the second place behind the Korean Guild, the Fire Bird Guild.
The atmosphere of the guild was miserable as news of an attack on the Fifth Floor Dungeon of the Messiah Guild.
In that situation, there was only one thing players in the guild could do.
“Did you hear the story? ”
“What story? ”
“The story of the rookie behind the scenes this time. ”
Escape from reality.
They begin to console themselves by chewing on opponents who are less than themselves.
“Oh, Kim Woo-jin? ”
The scapegoat was Kim Woo-jin.
“I hear he's a real asshole. ”
The guild officially declared that the dungeon attack was not a problem and Kim Woo-jin was innocent, but no one cared about that.
“Kim Jin-woo, you son of a bitch. ”
“Kim Jin-woo, right? I'll yell at you later. People, they have to live consciously. Those bastards are making fun of the players. ”
No, of those who abused Kim Woo-jin, there were many who didn't even know his name.
It was proof that there was no interest in the truth.
It is only important that Kim Woo-jin is a creature that can chew as much as he wants.
Of course, they were also not interested in Kim Woo-jin's march.
“Kim Woo-jin has called for backup. This is a first-floor dungeon, C + rank. Three parties, including a private party, nine entered and no one filed a strike for a month after the current state of extinction. ”
No player was interested in the fact that Kim Woo-jin had already failed three times and was challenging the dungeon that all players had turned away from.
I had no doubts because I wasn't interested.
“Who are the rules? ”
“I was a promising member of Park Yong-wan's faction. Don't you remember? Park Yong-Wan and her brother were running around the support team asking for a B rank dungeon · · · · ·. ”
“Oh, that hairy bastard? I remember.”
“What do you want me to do? ”
There was no doubt, so there was no problem.
“No matter what you do, you have to fully support yourself in doing the right thing. Did he ask for anything else? ”
“There is one special request. ”
“What?”
“Help me pay for gas." ”
“Oil bills? He didn't touch the big money this time? The kids who took the money from him, they fucked up, didn't they? ”
“I spent it buying skill pages. ”
That's how Kim Woo-jin's third dungeon was decided.
2.
[Blood Weapon]
- Skill Rank: F
- Skill Effect: Weapons can be made with your own blood.
Kim Woo-jin looked at his new skills.
It was a skill purchased by players in the last dungeon for the money they received.
‘This is one billion won. ’
That's one billion won!
Beyond common sense, it was priced beyond imagination.
Efficiency was also not seen as very large, making the price even less understandable.
‘You got it cheap. ’
However, Kim Woo-jin, looking at the skill, rather expressed enough satisfaction with this value.
‘I'm glad I can get it with money. ’
Rather, Kim Woo-jin expressed satisfaction with the fact that he could acquire the skills exclusively for representatives in the hard to find dark world at the desired time.
‘I could use a more effective hemotomy. ’
Moreover, the hemodialysis learned by Kim Woo-jin and Blood Weapon were not lacking in anticipation of synergy.
‘It's money. You can get it again. ’
Above all, Kim Woo-jin didn't worry much about money.
‘If we can get his tail right in this dungeon, maybe we can rip it right off. ’
Not only that, this time Kim Woo-jin's hunting was already a great fish that he had been after.
‘Bak Yong-wan from Makukno. ’
Park Yong-wan, nickname is Maeguk No.
He literally sold out his country.
In 2025, from the six-story dungeon in Paris, monsters fled from the dungeon and turned the Eiffel Tower into scrap, the world was now the one who went to Japan with Korean players and items when the war began for players and items.
In addition, it was one of the four people who exceeded level 100 in the new guild.
‘He would have collected a lot already. ’
And the money and items that were saved up in the back of those four people were the best in the guild.
He's been doing all sorts of illegal things from the start.
Kim Woo-jin found out that he was working on trafficking in monster corpses, weapons trafficking, as well as attacking illegal dungeons, and even dealing drugs.
In a way, he was a well-rounded person.
It wasn't normal to be a thriving player while committing those ridiculous crimes.
In fact, no one had a clue until he sold the country.
He built a castle without sound and without mistakes.
‘Maybe they already have the Legendary item, the Tiger Blade, at this point. ’
The biggest mistake he made was that he had a Legendary item, the Tiger Blade.
Otherwise, being hunted by a hound would have been a lot worse.
It was also the biggest reason Kim Woo-jin joined the guild.
The Messiah Guild is a hero.
When you touch a guild member, the amount of retaliation will be great, but the guild will overflow with rubbish.
Criminals who can't go anywhere without dying.
And criminal-hunter Kim Woo-jin knew better than anyone how to use them.
Plus, that's why I chose this dungeon.
‘When we find the corpse of the person in Park Yong-wan Faction and read the memory and get a clue · · · · · · ·. ’
Park Yong-wan will have a good chance to assess the cartel he's created in South Korea.
So Kim Woo-jin arrives at Chuncheon City, where there is a dungeon that will be his third.
3.
The appearance of the Dungeon Gate changed the most, not just the real estate price.
In the case of the metropolitan area and Gangnam area, the value of the house has actually become unavailable even when giving money.
On the other hand, the value of houses other than Gyeonggi-do and other areas has actually become ours.
Even with more players, more mercenaries, and fewer populations than in the metropolitan area, monsters had to do a lot of damage.
Kangwon also did not differ significantly.
In many ways, the cities of Gangwon Province, which are not easy to hunt monsters, are practically ghost cities.
It was the atmosphere of Chuncheon city when Kim Woo-jin arrived.
There were no tourists in Chuncheon, where chicken ribs were the most expensive region in the country.
All we have are soldiers, cops, and mercenaries with guns ready to fight monsters who don't know when they'll wake up.
Such atmosphere changed even more miserably as we got closer to Kim Woo-jin's destination, Jungcheon Sculpture Park.
‘The atmosphere of the players' graves is palpable. ’
A dungeon that has already been killed by nine parties, and in fact, an unexpected dungeon for new challengers, is a strange place to go if you like where there is now just a dungeon that has become a monster production factory.
Whereas it was familiar to Kim Woo-jin.
Kim Woo-jin and his colleagues have been fighting for their lives to change this atmosphere.
The pride of giving hope to the world drove Kim Woo-jin away, but it made him noble.
‘Bastards. ’
Kim Woo-jin's face was frowned upon, remembering the time when he was nobler than ever before.
Kim Woo-jin got out of the car with a grin on his face.
Immediately, a man came toward Woojin Kim.
“You're Kim Woo-jin, right? It's called Support Minuteman. ”
The appearance of the support team staff demodulator was more like a mercenary than a support team.
He was wearing a vest, a automatic rifle strapped to his shoulder, and a military helmet.
It was evidence of the atmosphere here.
As the gates of the dungeon increased, so did the players, but most of the increased players, because they were busy with self-esteem, unresolved dungeons were always lacking the management and surveillance personnel of first-floor dungeons in snowball piles.
If there was any spare manpower, it would be deployed to Gangnam immediately.
It means that even the guild support team members have to protect themselves.
Of course, I just hoped the dungeon would be cleared as soon as the stress reached its peak.
“Did you really come alone? ”
He did not want Kim Woo-jin to be alone.
Suddenly, by the time I double-checked the car he was in, rumors had passed about Kim Woo-jin in the head of the demodulator.
‘The rumors must be true. It's trash for peers, so there's no one to party with. ’
By the time I remembered the rumor, the coalminer began to reveal an unflattering look on my face.
It was rude.
After all, Kim Woo-jin was the player who came to clear the dungeon everyone was worried about.
Fortunately, the Cho Mingi was never accused of anything.
Wiiiing!
Alarms everywhere have begun to emit alarms with a red warning light.
“Monsters!”
“Monsters at the gate! ”
The answer to that sound came from everywhere.
In the commotion, Cho Mingi was also frightened.
“Hey, there. ”
In the meantime, Cho hasn't completely forgotten his role.
“Y-yeah, just stay out of it! ”
Helping players safely clear the dungeon to clear the dungeon, that's what the Support Team does!
Of course, at this moment, Cho Mingi needed to take Kim Woo-jin to a safe place.
Kim Woo-jin said briefly.
“Gun.”
Kim Woo-jin demanded an automatic rifle from the support team.
“Yes?”
His expression is dull as a sudden request.
Monsters appeared, but the player who did not run away was the first to see them in the first-floor dungeon.
“Gun.”
“Oh, yes! ”
In response to Kim Woo-jin's continued request, Cho Min-gi only knew his importance.
But it was too late.
Khhh!
The monsters that appeared at the gate were rushing towards Kim Woo-jin and Cho Min-gi.
“Huff-puff!”
Cho Mingi throws his gun at Kim Woo-jin, panicking at the Orc.
I tried to run away right away.
“Ow!”
However, my legs twisted and I fell on the spot.
He suddenly turned white on Mingi's face.
Kim Woo-jin, on the other hand, relaxed and checked the status of his handgun. You don't seem to be running at all.
There was no real reason to run away.
Heave-ho!
It's funny how powerful weapons like whips, swords, poison, and skeleton soldiers can't be compared to this. It's funny to run away.
Two!
Kim Woo-jin immediately starts shooting, checking the status of the gun.
Two!
I was shorthanded.
Two!
Kim Woo-jin vomited out exactly one shot rather than a speaker, as if he were practicing shooting.
Two!
The shot that sounded like that was four shots.
Fluffy!
With the sound of those four shots, the four Orcs rushing towards Kim Woo-jin continue to fall to the ground like a man with drowsiness.
Kim Woo-jin pointed a gun at the scene, warned the surrounding area once, and only confirmed that there were no more Orcs before handing the gun over to the original owner.
“Can I ask you a favor before I go into the dungeon? ”
“Yes?”
The handgun strikes you with a half-blown expression.
Then Kim Woo-jin pulled out the car keys from his pocket and said to him.
“Please fill my car with gas. We'd appreciate it if you filled up the washers as well. ”