Turns Out To Be a Genius Duelist

“Please, call me Rowen. ”

“I understand.”

I have met El, who has been reproduced many times, but I have never heard him call him by his last name.

He felt a little awkward, and his hair rolled back and forth.

‘If this is what really happened, then who saved you? ’

The mission is based on the original history.

And in that history, El would have survived somehow. That's why I have to be a manager to be able to do it back and forth.

Did you leave Elle alive on purpose? ’

Within that time, Yoon-suk reached a fundamental question.

The surrounding corpses are all miserable, as if bitten by a beast.

One El was relatively fine.

He was dying of bleeding, but unlike the others, he escaped.

Was it just a coincidence? ’

Yoon-suk shook his head.

Probably not

The one who led the "Legion of Destruction" was Rick Gersei.

Even if he hid his identity, he couldn't have just watched El die. I'm sure I'll try to save her in some way....

Huh?

“… what's the matter? ”

Yoon-suk, who was walking in front of Asura, suddenly stopped walking, asked with an anxious face.

Yoon-suk turned around and looked at Lee Su-yeon.

Was it just the mood? It was clear that there was a discreet posture nearby, but Lee Su-yeon didn't feel anything.

“It's nothing. ”

After that, Yoon-suk continued to walk along Azura.

After a long time or so, the army of destruction was not seen.

It's as if they know where they're going and they're making their way.

- Brother, this is a little weird. It's normal to be satisfied....

Lee Su-yeon's communication function was used to address such questions. Yoon-suk had a deep straw.

If that was Rick, I wouldn't have left El to save me and send me back safely.

Are you still watching? Then it seems like if we turn around and try to hurt him.... ’

Suddenly, I thought of a way to summon Rick into Yoon-suk's head, but it was quickly dismissed.

I didn't want to do that, even if El was just a self-reproducing man.

Even the real El is looking at this place.

If this mission continues, you will face him one day, even if you don't want to meet him.

“What floor are you challenging? ”

“22 floors……. ”

“Duel?”

“Yes……. ”

“Wow! You're a great guy! ”

“Well, it's not! I'm just lucky... ”

Lee Su-yeon insisted on starting to investigate El's favors.

I don't know if his personality is really that soft or if he has to rely on this side right now....

El answered my questions diligently.

“Do you have a lover? ”

“I'm not a kite, but someone I like……. ”

It was a conversation that felt more personal curiosity than information extraction.

However, Yoon-suk confirmed one thing through this.

‘Times are reversed this time. ’

This mission is in the past based on the 21st floor mission.

The evidence proves that Drakar was a 25-story challenger, but El is currently only 22.

That is, there is a difference of approximately 8 to 10 months from the time.

‘So in the meantime, most of the rankers were killed and put in that position. ’

Yoon-suk recalled the 21st floor Queen.

At that time, it was not enough to say that the situation in Moorim, Sheheran Bard, and Killian was the worst. All rankers are dead and the final expedition is set in motion to kill the queen.

Wait, does that mean that El or the astronaut was dead before that? So how did you become a manager? ’

Yoon Seok was stiff in a nondescript contradiction.

- I didn't say I'd won the last trial. The managers are all losers.

When we first met, El clearly said,

Managers have challenged and failed in the end.

However, Eldo and the astronaut were all killed 500 years ago before the 25th floor duel.

But how did they get to the bottom?

There's no way there could be a Loser Revival.

‘There must be something I don't know. Let's think calmly. ’

The Tower's objective is to kill the Queen.

That is why the tower challenged the summoned challengers and gave them their corresponding strength in return.

Yoon-suk assumed that the final ordeal was not between challengers, but "Queen Murder."

‘… maybe the final layer meant something. ’

Soon, Yoon-suk abandoned his preconceptions.

If the final wish of the tower is to kill the queen....

In just a few more months, Yoon-suk can challenge this regardless of the number of floors.

* Last Rank EX - When you tear a ticket, you and your colleagues will be taken to the palace where the Queen of Death resides. Up to 12 people may enter together.

Yoon-suk, who had pulled the tickets out of his bag and checked the information, touched his chin.

The final layer that El talked about was growing an intuition that it might mean this, not a specific number of floors.

‘If you say so, the Angler is roughly right...' ’

Soon, Yoon-suk had a hypothesis.

The final floor means the place to arrive using ‘the last burrow’. But 500 years ago, the rankers here were no longer able to withstand the Queen's aggression.

So they challenged the finalists earlier than the other dimensions, and they failed. Among the 12 members, El and the astronaut were among them.

‘… fit too much? ’

“Brother?”

Yoon-suk, who was locked in thought, woke up to Lee Su-yeon's call.

“Did you hear me? ”

“No, what did he say? ”

“Look ahead. ”

Lee Su-yeon said broadly, but there was still nothing around her.

However, I had my doubts.

I saw a slow-moving phrase in front of my eyes.

A colleague has died.

It was a notification that one of the 13 challengers who participated in the mission had died.

“It can't be him, can it? ”

It was not hard to realize the meaning of the heavenly horse that Lee Su-yeon called his sister in front of him.

Yoon-suk shook his head with a bloody smile.

Thousand Horses are dead? I don't know, but that's not gonna happen. Unless she killed another colleague.

However, Yoon-suk and Lee Su-yeon increased their movement speed thinking that they might be in battle.

Soon, I remembered more notification phrases.

"The Thousand Mazlo Zone destroyed the crack stone.

You completed the mission much faster than the average completion time. Increases reward significantly.

To date, information collection rate is 8/100.

Ongoing Special Challenges will lead to the next mission.

Suddenly, the first mission is over.

* * *

"Group Mission (2/15).

"I have tied the feet of the army of destruction with the cracks closed, but you are trapped here together. Find a way out of here in time. and gather information about them as much as possible.

Failure may create significant constraints on the next mission.

The moment the second mission begins.

The room shifts with gusts of wind from all over.

It seemed to have happened as the crack closed.

- But if the second mission is like this, what happens when the first mission fails?

- Turned out to be stopping them outside. The difficulty is getting much harder.

- What if we don't find a way out of this mission in time?

- There are no reinforcements coming from the war party later.

- The more you fail, the harder it gets.

- Yeah, well, get ready.

- Ready?

“Knng! Knng! ”

Right after Yoon-suk tilted his head.

A deep scream erupts from El's mouth.

It was because the crack was closed and the space was distorted and the floor was turned off.

“Stand still. ”

Yoon-suk held El in his arms. And Lee Su-yeon was also attracted to the idea that it might be scattered as before.

“There's no need for that... ”

Lee Su-yeon, who has a lot of information about this mission, said so while holding Yoon-suk in her arms.

I wonder how long it's been since I crashed like that.

Yoon-suk landed on the floor during application and lowered El and Lee Su-yeon.

“Hey, where am I...? ”

Is this what the deep sea feels like without a single spot of light?

Everywhere I looked, it was just darkness, and I felt more pressure every time I moved my body. It was like my whole body was submerged in water.

Of course, there was no problem breathing, and even though it was dark, it was possible for a minute.

“I think my colleague is having trouble closing the crack. I think we need to figure out where. ”

“… so we're stuck in a crack now? ”

“Yes, that's right. ”

Lee Su-yeon replied to El who struggled calmly. At the same time, I heard a heavy voice somewhere.

“What are you talking so hard about? Next to that……. Who is your wife...? ”

Yoon-suk turned his head in the direction of the sound.

The heavenly horse riding dragons was slowly coming down from above. And then there was one fewer challenger after that.

“I found him in a crack. We saved him from losing a colleague and dying. We agreed to cooperate until we got out of here for the same purpose anyway. ”

“Challenge! ”

Other challengers loudly shouted at Yoon-suk's words.

Fortunately, it was a long way away, and El was in a state of panic and didn't seem to have heard it.

Yoon-suk gave a warning, and they just realized the mistake and nodded quietly.

“I'm sorry you lost all your colleagues. So, what's your name again? ”

Are they naturally nervous about the white powder that comes from the body of the thousand horses?

El shrugs.

“El, I'm Elizabeth Rowen. ”

“Elizabeth Rowen? The name sounds familiar... ”

The thousand horses that tilted their heads struck the dragon's back head as if it had come to mind late.

“Oh, surely that's the name of your manager……. ”

- Yes, but keep it a secret here. Lots of people listen, and they're just being reproduced anyway. It's not really her.

Yoon-suk hurriedly sent a message and hung up on Thousand Horses.

Then the angel grabs his chin and looks down at El as if ripping his neck out.

“Hmm.”

El shudders like a rabbit in front of a tiger. I didn't do anything wrong by looking like that, but Yoon-suk was also nervous.

Soon, the thousand horses who had been watching El for a long time opened their mouths.

“You look dull. ”

“… Yes? ”

“Tsk, tsk. I can't even see it. Can you even run properly with something like that on your chest?" ”

“I'm sorry……. ”

Whatever it was, El apologized with a red face.

Yoon-suk could not keep up with the current conversation. So I saw Lee Su-yeon.

However, Lee Su-yeon slowly nodded her head as if she was sympathetic to the words of Heavenly Horse.

“Yes. That, frankly, is treason. ”

“… oh! Looks like it's happening again. ”

When I came to my senses, the other challengers were also looking at me interestingly because I was in the audience mode like before.

“ ……. ”

Yoon-suk closed his eyes quietly.

Somehow my head ached again.