The Tutorial Is Too Hard

I was silent for a moment when I asked if I wanted to kill myself.

I organized my thoughts and replied.

“At least not now. ”

The god of slowness laughed.

The room was shaking, but I could feel that God was expressing a smile.

[Funny. Don't you look so humble in front of me.]

“It looks that way. ”

[Nevertheless, don't you want to die?]

“Is that really necessary? You usually do that, don't you? ”

The sound of laughter echoes once more.

[Yes, usually. Most people who face me are either desperate and crazy, or they hate themselves. If not him, then I devote my life to abandoning myself and worshipping me. Not even those who claim to be gods themselves.]

There was something I wanted to ask the god of slowness, but he didn't give me a chance to say it, so I continued with the next one.

[I remember a time when you wanted to die. Funny. Motivation, both immortal and mortal, is essential to living a life. But I've never seen anything as motivating as you. Does the moth that wanted to burn itself into fire now retain its identity in front of me?]

[Human being who can only live for a reason, is your life for you or for your cause? Don't you think the purpose and means are mixed up strangely?]

For some reason, I immediately opened my mouth and tried to answer.

I suppressed myself and organized my thoughts.

It was a question of God.

I could not give a perfect answer, but I had to at least give a careful answer.

Suddenly, I thought I had heard it before.

Without a long recollection, I could tell when I had heard this.

It was a warning, not a question.

‘Don't confuse purpose and means. ’

It was Kirikiri's word.

It was a warning for me to ignore the risks and hone my poisoning skills for growth.

Kirikiri has advised me many times that I am overly obsessed with the growth that should remain as a means.

You have to make sure you know what you're growing for.

Although the god of slowness was a slightly different topic from what he said, it seemed not so different after thinking about it.

[Not different. If you don't want to be swayed by someone's sword, you shouldn't be swayed by your own.]

[Yes, if you knew. You don't have to come up with any more answers. Nothing's set. Our job is to warn you not to fall on your ankles.]

The god of slowness finished the conversation by saying that he knew I was reading my thoughts or not answering them.

I was relaxed and relaxed without knowing that my body had shrunk.

Then a message appeared before my eyes.

[You have cleared the 40th Floor of the Hell difficulty tutorial.]

[Heals all status conditions and injuries.]

[You won 9,000 points as a Clear Reward.]

[You won 9,000 points as the first clear reward.]

[There is a god who responds positively to you. You have won 1,000 points.]

[The god of slowness watches over you.]

[The Slow God wants to reward you with an additional reward. Accept?]

I was a little flustered by the random stage clear message.

I had no idea the stage was going to be cleared at this time.

“Yes.”

While embarrassed, he asked if he would accept the additional reward.

Then the god of slowness asked, not a message.

[What reward do you want? You've done quite a bit of public work on this stage. If you don't exceed that much, I'll give you what you want.]

The word of the slow god was spoken.

There was only one thing I wanted from God.

“I want information. ”

[Ask.]

The first question was, everything about God.

But it was clear you couldn't get that much information just by clearing one stage.

So I wanted to get some information that might be a clue.

“Is this one of your looks? ”

I asked, pointing to the air that seemed boundless and unlimited.

[Yes, why did you think that?]

“I once saw a message that you threw a pillow at the god of adventure. If you look like nothing else, you can't throw a pillow in. So I was guessing that you might have a lot more than just air. ”

The room vibrates and sounds again.

It was a laugh.

It was a smile that felt strange from the laughter I had heard before.

The laughter that continued for a while stopped for a moment.

The god of silence said for a moment.

[Forget it.]

“Yes……. ”

I couldn't say anything out loud.

I was afraid to walk away, actually.

If there was another image, it was a pile of questions about where it was, what it looked like, and how it was in contact with the other gods.

However, the god of slowness was unable to ask any more questions on the subject.

[Ask me something else.]

I asked the slow god who suggested other topics.

“You're reading my thoughts. Can you please explain as many of the things I'm curious about as are acceptable? I am concerned that my question will limit the width of the description. ”

[No. It's a reward for not asking, and it's inexplicable. By the way, that's also a question. Now that the public values have been eliminated, so be it.]

Suddenly, I felt like I was getting twisted.

Maybe it's the pillows from before.

[It will take the public good to forgive the speech that offends me. And I told you to forget it.]

That's the way it was.

I stopped thinking and asked the questions I had in mind before the official values disappeared again.

“Are the monsters on Earth and the monsters from the 40th floor the same? ”

[Yes, but not many monsters have the essence. Other monsters may have similar qualities, but they cannot be compared to the essence.]

“And what the gods want from the apostle is to collect the essence and offer it to the temple. ”

[Yes.]

“Then, is the essence of origin the power required to become a god? ”

[Yes, of course, holding the essence of the source cannot be God alone.]

[Also, the essence of the origin is not the only means to ascend to a god. There are few other ways to gain credit. I had already achieved a solid identity before the power of the source was scattered throughout the dimension.]

It was the strength I needed to become a god, as expected.

I thought the Spirit King was greedy.

What the god of slowness added was an explanation of things I neither asked nor thought about.

On second thought, I thought maybe the god of slowness just boasted.

Then the public value of that answer would not have been consumed.

[Instead, your disrespectful thinking has consumed your public values.]

The god of slowness that I had just seen beyond the message seemed to match the god of slowness.

He was about to say a big smile and ask the next question.

[Enough. We're almost out of public values. Ask what you've been most curious about and worried about.]

The god of slowness encouraged me to ask something different from what I had in mind.

This was no different from Kirikiri.

Knowing both my thoughts and my memories, I knew what I wanted to ask the most and what I needed.

“I don't intend to be an apostle. ”

[I know.]

“There's something else I aim for. ”

After the 20th floor raid, all the gods in the vaccine watched over me for almost every waking moment.

But over time, interest gradually started to wane.

And every time you clear a stage, you get more negative reactions.

It's because I knew that I would be obsessed with achieving other goals, rather than becoming their apostle.

And that goal was a violation of the gods' intentions.

[Of course he also knows.]

“Nevertheless, I wonder why you, and several other gods, continue to believe in me and support me. Do you not know exactly what my goal is? Do you expect me to abandon my objective if he doesn't? ”

The god of slowness burst into laughter.

[I can't tell you why. It would not be good for all of us if the answer came to the world through my words, separate from the official values. That's all I can say.]

[I know.]

A portal appears beneath your feet with the god of slowness's answer.

A glowing portal appeared in a space where there was no light, but nothing was seen in that light.

The god of slowness said.

[Now go. Think about the rest.]

I felt the portal activate.

Before the body was moved, the god of slowness added one last time.

[Come again.]

Finally, my body was moved from a dark space to a bright and sunny field.

* * *

“Hoooo!”

“Huh?"

“Hao Jae-ae!”

Suddenly, you see something rushing through the frowning snow moving to a bright spot.

Of course it was Kirikiri.

Kirikiri sprints toward me, clutching onto my back.

She never had a strong welcome for me, but this time it was great.

I grabbed the back of the kirkiri and pulled it out like a leech on my back.

Kirikiri hung from my hand like a cat.

“Hao Jae Ae is lucky to be safe. ”

Thank God for that.

This time, the car died suddenly, no matter when or where.

I have gained so much, but there are dangers lurking everywhere.

Even the crisis escalated while making misjudgments.

Thanks for worrying about me.

On the other hand, I finally remembered the image of Kirikiri who insisted that he had nothing to say about the 40th floor.

If I was so worried, it wouldn't be dangerous to give me information in advance.

The tug-of-war of gratitude and unevenness quickly collapsed to one side.

I raised my hand and struck Kirikiri in the forehead laughing.

* * *

Kirikiri wets his cheeks with a stick of candy in his mouth.

I hit him hard at night for awkwardness, but I didn't think he hit him that hard, but Kirikiri cries too loudly.

Eventually, I had to calm her down and buy her a candy bar.

As soon as I shoved the candy in my mouth, I wondered if I was pretending to cry to eat a candy.

“Heehee.”

Today, the feeling of Kirikiri is very entertaining.

The tension is piercing the sky to see what's good.

“Explain why you didn't give me the information on the 40th floor. Lies, too. You said there was no danger, obviously. ”

In my question, Kirikiri replied as if there was nothing big enough.

“Well, whatever advice you're about to give me, it's just too expensive information. And all of that information comes from clearing 40 floors. ”

“So it was a natural choice to save information value? ”

“Yes, I do. ”

It wasn't exactly wrong, but I couldn't say anything else.

It was a bit of a shock that Kirikiri had lied, but now it's also strange to think about it.

“I've collected a lot of information value instead, so now you can ask me a lot of questions. ”

“Okay. I'll ask you later if I have any questions. ”

“No. Ask me now, quickly. ”

I was curious about Kirikiri's haste.

I thought about whether I should ask you any questions right now.

Or what I'm missing.

No matter how much I thought about it, nothing came to mind.

I sat with my jaw bent and pondered calmly.

Then, looking at me with dazzling eyes and looking at the image of Kirikiri waiting for a question, I could see the reason for the urge.

“Suddenly you want to be asked questions? ”

“Yes!”

I didn't think I was rushing to ask questions for a reason.

Now that I don't need to find the hidden intentions of the Kirikiri, I feel comfortable thinking about what I want to know.

However, I was about to solve all the crazy questions while proceeding to the 40th floor.

I could only think of one thing to ask Kirikiri.

“I've been thinking about it with a bang on the 40th floor, and I think it would be great if I mixed my poison skills with it. Is there any way to test it safely? ”

“Nothing!”

Kirikiri screeches.