The Tutorial Is Too Hard

[Entrance number (2243/50)]

“You continue to be surprised. I never thought there'd be so many. ”

Hotch scratched his head, I said.

There seems to be something not quite right.

“It's none of my business, but didn't you bring it here too beautifully? ”

“They must have hidden it in their own way, this. ”

“Don't hide it. It's all numbered. ”

In fact, this number of people is only visible to me.

Of course, Lee Yeon-hee will be able to confirm her position, but it won't look like this to her.

Probably.

[Entrance (2/50)]

This is what it's gonna look like.

Just as Lee Yeon-hee had prepared everything, I also prepared what I could do.

“Are you sure?”

[The 61st floor stage begins.]

Description: Challengers, challengers who want to take a short break and leave the journey again.

Here's a two-way street.

One is a path of persecution that requires walking over a burning desert, and the other is a blizzard... of course. This is what I'm wearing.

All messages appearing on the 60th and 61st floors are represented by my will, not by the system.

I only designated the number of people who would have reflected on Yeon-hee.

Lee Yeon-hee probably thinks I haven't caught her colleagues yet.

“You don't know how to do this anymore. ”

“What's so hard about putting a message box in front of people's eyes? ”

The problem was blocking the system from sending messages rather than sending messages I wanted.

Of course, that was solved a long time ago.

“Come on, if you're done worrying, let's go. ”

* * *

On the 61st floor, which is divided into two lanes, Lee Yeon-hee decided to go in the direction of the volcano and I went in the direction of the snow mountain.

The reason I chose the direction of the snow was simple.

Yong liked the eyes.

“They only gather in this ice palace every time. It would have been nice to meet in my hall for once. ”

After a long time, I couldn't help but grumble.

Ruler of the volcano and ruler of the Great Desert.

The grumbling of existence with the title of the great king who was immersed in lava was too simple.

“Of course, my palace is better than that hot lava hall. ”

It was no different for a grandmother to gently scratch her inspiration by her side.

The boss on the 61st floor was not the dominant figure of volcanoes and snow mountains.

It was fun watching the two of them roar, but now I wanted to check something else.

“What about the villagers?”

“Of course, we evacuated them all. Perhaps I'll get caught up in your relief. ”

Anbae.

You mean Lee Yeon-hee.

I hope you don't call people names.

“Are we really going out now? I can't seem to reach it. It just feels like spending time together as usual. ”

The grandmother spoke in a bad voice.

After Yong-yong grew to some extent, she often came here on a picnic.

Every time I did that, everyone gathered together and chatted and played.

“It's time to leave. I'm afraid I can't help it. ”

“What a shame!”

The inspiration screamed.

“Volcanoes and pavilions were my pride and pride! But now it's just a fake tied to eternity. But as I leave this place unbound, volcanoes and auditoriums will also escape the phony hollow. What a pity!”

I shouted aloud as if the inspiration wasn't worth it.

I was speechless, but I could understand the meaning.

I've always talked about it.

“And you?"

I turned my head to Hotch.

In fact, what I am most disappointed about is Hotch.

I was born here, and it may not come to him that I go out into the world without much regret.

You can think of it as just moving your home.

“It's just me. Actually, I was thinking about letting you go and me staying here. Actually, that's what I was born for. ”

But Hotch eventually chose to go out with him.

He pointed to Dragon who was making a snowman alone in that corner with his jaw.

“The whole family's going out, what am I supposed to do with myself? I'm coming with you.”

Thank you for saying that.

I thanked Hotch and looked at her.

“Grandma? I'm leaving. What do you say? ”

“A hunch. Well, I won't be dying for you anymore. I haven't spoken to you in a while, but to be honest, it's been so painful, every time. ”

Hotch, who was just looking at me with warm eyes, looked at me with his eyes looking at the food waste.

I apologized to my grandmother because I had nothing else to say.

She smiled and said as if she was happy with my apology.

“I should thank you before I speak my mind. I made a contract to help you in exchange for getting you out of here, but I didn't really believe it was possible to get out of here. It was so hard. But you didn't give up. I remember how much you suffered over the years. Nevertheless, I thank you again for keeping your promise. ”

The inspiration says thanks to you.

I smiled beautifully.

At that moment, the portal in front of the palace's throne radiates.

61.

Opening that portal meant only one thing.

Lee Yeon-hee cleared the hall at the volcano.

It's finally time to get off the 61st floor.

* * *

[Lee Yeon-hee]

It was strange.

I know the 61st floor stage isn't like this.

The endless open burning deserts and continuous miraculous signs were the same as the information I had heard before.

However, there are no other things that need to appear.

All kinds of monsters that breathe fire in this desert.

The city's inhabitants are built on the desert.

Even the lava warriors guarding the volcano.

It's like the entire 61st floor stage is empty.

There was no one.

“I don't think it's a stage like this. ”

[Of course not. Careful. Something's wrong.]

One of the assistants whispered.

He was a challenger who had already cleared 61 floors in his own dimensional tutorial.

I was nervous.

It felt like the tip of an invisible blade was aimed at my neck.

And every step of the way, the blade was getting closer.

I was walking toward the blade, toward the cliff.

If you still turn around and go back to your hometown.

But he's gonna die.

The gods were not merciful.

It is not because they are merciful that they do not treat the challengers carelessly, but simply because they are constrained.

And within the realm where constraints did not bind them, they acted without hesitation.

Human lives were worthless in front of their events.

Kirikiri warned us clearly.

The power of a god who does not defend himself is a blade without a handle.

You could stab someone with that blade, but you'd have to bleed out more than that yourself.

I accepted the gods' offer despite hearing it.

It was the only way I could survive.

No matter what the risks, I did not hesitate to seize the only chance I was given.

That's what I learned from him.

So every moment, I walked forward without stopping in the horrific tension that the Russian Wheel had aimed at my head.

I really do.

I felt like I was approaching death on my own.

How long have you been walking like that?

I faced the endless wall of the hall.

The owner of the volcano, which 50 challengers on the 61st floor could not claim victory if not weakened by sacrifice, was nowhere to be seen.

Only an empty throne was in place.

[We've reached the end of the first hurricane, the burning volcano.]

Description: After so many sacrifices, you're here.

Sacrifice is worthwhile because you trample your life and future possibilities, past stories and bonds with you, and you put your consciousness right on top of them.

There's only one final hurdle left in front of you.

Prove that you are the victor and the subject on the Arena testing each other's will.

[The clear condition will change.]

[Clear condition]

- Conquer the first hurricane.

- Conquer the second hurricane.

- Victory is ours.

It was an easy order to understand.

But that last clearing condition, that one hidden piece of information about winning, changed a lot.

You climb the portal rather than staring at the message window for a moment.

The portal led to a massive stadium.

One was a fiery lava, and the other was a stadium covered in snow and ice.

It was a arena where the group that cleared the first hurdles competes with the group that cleared the second hurdles and hides the winner.

[Welcome to the Arena of Sacrifice.]

No matter how forced, no matter who the target is, the nature of the sacrifice does not change.

You now have to prove the point again.

The second highway, your colleagues who have made it through the frozen snow.

Maybe they lost for you.

Perhaps you prefer yourself to victory.

But more importantly, it's your choice.

Defeat them and frustrate them to make them your scapegoat.

“Ahh... ”

I sighed deeply.

And I started doing what I had to do.

Your party has not yet entered the Arena.

A chance to set up a perimeter in advance.

The challengers who are with me are all challengers on Hell difficulty.

He is also an apostle of the gods.

Victory is certain only if the gods come to their apostles.

Even the power you showed me in the contest and the power to turn other people's lives into death was confirmed to be meaningless in front of God's power.

All I have to do is buy time.

If you buy me about 30 seconds, I will win.

Otherwise, it will be my defeat.

Layers and layers were piled up.

I laid the spirits prepared for this moment everywhere and waited for your position.

When I really thought I was ready to do everything I could.

The portal in a corner of the Arena begins to glow.

And your party is summoned.

The first thing I saw was Hatchling in the race.

I was so overwhelmed that I couldn't help but notice.

I also saw the man holding the hatchling.

And the giants standing behind the group.

The huge bodies of giants, each emitting intense heat and cold, made them feel intimidated.

Finally, a smiling man smiles in front of the group.

It is a face I have seen many times through TV media, and through self-immersion and visions, and yesterday I met and talked to him in person.

However, I felt a completely different presence from the one I had encountered before.

It was time to make a choice.

I opened my mouth hoping that my voice would not tremble.

* * *

It was a strange sight.

I wanted to come here.

For a really long time.

I was satisfied.

A sense of accomplishment and a sense of liberation that all that waiting is over.

And the pride and greatness that comes from the fact that Lee Yeon-hee has finally arrived here.

Lee Yeon-hee stood alone in the middle of a huge arena.

She looks like she's standing alone with tons of supporters.

So was her attitude.

Andamoon lips and a whitened face.

The uneasy wavering eyes.

Lee Yeon-hee was showing a typical confused human being.

I wanted you to be a little more confident.

Are you the ruler of... the volcano and the snow mountain on the 61st floor? ”

Lee Yeon-hee asked, pointing to the inspiration behind me and the grandmother.

Inspiration and the grandmother looked at her as if Lee Yeon-hee was curious or elongated.

“Yes.”

Why do you ask?

Lee Yeon-hee was silent for a moment without joining Katabuta.

“Mister……. ”

“Yes."

Lee Yeon-hee did not immediately speak.

Are you hesitating now?

I anticipated that Lee Yeon-hee's attack would begin simultaneously with the position.

To do that, I rode a portal one step later than Yeon-hee.

I didn't expect to talk to me with such hesitation.

“I have something to say... ”

This is a bad development.

Are you going to tell me something I've been disappointed with?

I felt sorry for what I did to her, and I wanted to apologize for it.

But not now.

The conversation with Yeon-hee was later.

I'm sorry, but it's time for us to act together.

Instead of waiting for Lee Yeon-hee's words to continue, I opened my mouth first and said one word.

“Varus.”

The starting language of the suppressor that Lee Yeon-hee planted on her necklace was Varus.

Of course, Yeon-hee wasn't wearing that necklace anymore, but as soon as she heard my words murmuring as Barus, she suddenly reacted like boiling oil.

The crowds that were piled up in the air reveal themselves as if they were attacking the group.

Spirits clinging to my body everywhere.

Among them, there was a spirit in the form of a chain.

I left the seals and spirits alone.

It was clear that my intention was to stall time rather than attack me directly.

Yong-yong will protect the group on his own.

Lee Yeon-hee surprised herself after reflexively summoning the boundaries and spirits.

You think there's one more way to stop her.

I started to see things around Lee Yeon-hee for the first time.

The stadium was full of people.

Challengers on a different level of Hell difficulty.

I could tell right away.

And they were all apostles of God.

Over 2,000 apostles.

This should not be merely the power of the apostles.

If the Apostle is in any place, it means that God is there too.

Soon, I felt a surge of intense power in the body of the challengers.

God was coming.

God of 2,000.

This was enough.

I looked for any familiar gods in this place.

Vaccine gods in charge of the Earth's servers were mostly strangers, as if they didn't participate much.

But there was a very familiar mix of forces.

The Apostle standing right next to Yeon-hee felt the power of being that I had actually met before.

“It's been a long time, funny man. ”

I had no choice but to call him a god.

When we met before, she was definitely not God.

“Godmother?”