Chapter 250 – 250. Ruined City in the Rain
I killed a regressor I encountered while exploring the red door, and gathered its corpse and brought it back to life using the evil star crafting skill.
“Kwaaah.”
Intelligence seems very low. He seemed to have the same skills, but in many ways he looked like Mojiri.
‘Since I’m a regressor, I guess I have regression-related skills.’
I discovered this guy’s regression skill.
Originally, I couldn’t see this bastard’s skills, but I was able to check them because the evil spirit changed my ability detection to SSS-level status detection.
[Return to origin (S)]
[Effect: If you die, you will return to the point when you acquired this skill.]
[Handicap: If you go back, all abilities will be rewound to the point at which the skill was acquired.]
[Penalty: This skill is not transferable.]
[Hidden trait: Each time this skill is activated, bad luck is stacked. The more you repeat regression, the lower your reason becomes and the more your humanity wears out. If you regress more than 10 times, you will be cursed by the fallen child and become an ignorant immortal.]
Moreover, it was possible to identify hidden characteristics by detecting the state. This seemed like a trait that the owner of this skill probably couldn’t see.
“Huh.”
It was a skill where bad luck accumulated every time you died, and the more you regressed, the closer you became to being a dead person. There must be a reason why the regression skill is only S-level.
It couldn’t be transferred, and it was practically a curse.
However, it would be a little different if I could manipulate the skill stolen with this ability stealing skill.
‘Let’s see.’
I’m trying to change the effect of his return to origin a little.
For example, like this.
[Infinite Resurrection (F)]
[Effect: If you die, you will be resurrected on the spot.]
[Handicap: When revived, survival level becomes 1.]
[Penalty: This skill is not transferable.]
[Hidden trait: Each time this skill is activated, bad luck is stacked. The more you repeat resurrection, the lower your reason becomes and the more your humanity wears out. If you are resurrected more than 10 times, you will be cursed by the fallen child and become an ignorant immortal.]
I paid attention to the part called ‘ignorant immortal’ written in the hidden characteristics.
Anyway, this regressor was resurrected as a demon and his intelligence was lowered. Being stupid is not the problem.
So there is no reason to worry about other penalties.
‘Misfortunes overlap, this bastard’s problem, it’s none of my business. If you become an ignorant immortal, you won’t be left behind at all.’
Wouldn’t it be good to use it as a meat shield? Moreover, since the survival grade dropped to 1, it seemed like if I made it an ignorant immortal and continued to level it, I could create a monster whose stats would continue to increase while maintaining a survival grade of 1.
The most important thing is that I can determine this guy’s location and condition. What I mean by this is that the evil beasts and demons created through evil star production are my descendants, so I was able to determine whether they were dead or alive and where they were.
In short, you can get there right away through phase transition.
‘Even through the Myeonggyeong, I could not directly find the door leading to the treasury.’
I wonder if the guy named Marduk, who is a god in name and appearance, has planned something, I searched the red door leading to the treasure chest with my night vision, and an error popped up.
Dozens of red doors appeared, and they all failed. I had no choice but to go around and open it myself. Should I say that it feels like the trick itself has been completely blocked?
Anyway, since I had to work hard to find the treasure trove, I decided to have slaves do this damn simple labor.
“You open the red door now and find Marduk’s treasure trove. And if you find a place like a treasure trove, keep killing yourself in front of the entrance and give me the location information.”
“Kwaaaaa…”
The guy let out a sound that I couldn’t tell if it was a reply or a groan, and then he awkwardly left to find the red door.
This means I don’t have to look for the red door.
Since you will continue to move around following the given orders without any intelligence, you will die and come back to life endlessly until you find the red door.
If you keep doing that, one day you will find the treasure.
[Is this correct?]
“The way I see it, finding a red door here is crazy. If you want to just leave it to that guy and keep searching, let’s check it with a clear view.”
The entrance to the treasure trove cannot be found with a clear view, but if you find the treasure trove, you will be able to find the returnee who is going crazy and committing suicide.
Moreover, if you are committing suicide inside the treasure chest, you cannot transfer directly to the treasure chest, so you had to make sure that you commit suicide in front of the entrance to the treasure chest.
If you teleport directly to the treasure chest, you will inevitably be caught by Marduk and die. Is the red door itself like a hole forced through by an evil spirit?
Anyway, I created my own attack route.
“He’s probably looking for a treasure trove and keeps dying. It will be perfect if I get the signal and go there.”
[After hearing it, it seems pretty good.]
Agaf seemed to like my idea quite a bit.
No, no matter how you think about it, it would be crazy to wander through this wide rift and find the entrance to the treasure trove.
So it would be better to just let that guy do it.
“And there is one more awakening stone.”
I summoned one more returner.
For some reason, he seemed a little bigger than the guy I sent away earlier. This person appears to be a strong-bodied returnee. Because completely identical beings cannot exist.
I also changed this guy’s return to origin to infinite resurrection.
“If you find the red door and open it, and you think it’s a treasure trove, go ahead and die and let me know. Don’t go into the treasure chest, but die at the entrance. Do you understand?”
“Wow…”
With this, I can now roll two guys at the same time.
If you die without needing to eat or drink anything, you will be resurrected and wander around this crazy rift looking for a treasure trove.
These are the words of the returnee. This is why you shouldn’t go back.
Of course, it’s not like you can’t do something if you don’t want to.
“Then shall we go out?”
[Then.]
The crack search was completed in about 3 and a half hours.
I want to quickly get out of this crazy and unpleasant place.
******
“Uh? What. It’s already out! Is it over?”
“No, no. I subcontracted it.”
A bird that greets me as I come out of the crack.
I briefly explained her situation to her.
“What is it, brother? So it’s subcontracting?”
“Uh? Is that so?”
I received a request from an evil spirit and handed it over to a returner, so it is a subcontract of a subcontractor.
“Heh, heh.”
I smiled and stroked Sae-ah’s head. No matter who it is, no matter what happens, we will find Marduk’s treasure.
“Then I’ll go back to my work! Come for dinner later!”
“I will.”
After sending Sae-ah off, I sat down on the old sofa I brought to the vacant lot, looked around for a while, and got lost in thought.
Watching the pagans work hard to move their belongings and prepare a living space makes me feel like the head of the village.
“Then where do we go now?”
Since we are already prepared to go on an adventure, I think it would be a good idea to go to the next location right now. I don’t know where to go.
“Farsad, the god of witches? Parasad? Anyway, let’s go to the swamp in the Nine Heavens where that guy is said to be.”
[That’s good too. I think the Forest of the Missing would be good too.]
As I was talking with Agaf about whether my next destination should be the Swamp of the Nine Heavens, the evil spirit hinted at the destination.
[Over there.]
“Yes?”
[You have an ascending labyrinth right now, right?]
“Ah. Yes.”
[The reward is good there. Eat that first and then think about it. There’s no need to find a complicated path like a crack, so you’ll probably be able to conquer it quickly.]
Not having directions is a very good thing.
Honestly, the hardest part about conquering the labyrinth is finding the way.
You end up spending all your time finding a path rather than fighting.
Of course, since there are bright scenes and phase transitions, route finding itself is almost meaningless.
“Good. Then, let’s go to the Ascension Labyrinth.”
[It’s an ascending labyrinth.]
“Huh. “I’m curious about the reward there.”
[Surely. I’m also curious about the power suit and ballet fist.]
I took my raincoat.
From now on, I am going to enter the Ascension Labyrinth.
It is a labyrinth that gives higher rewards the higher you climb to the top floor of the labyrinth.
[Labyrinth Type: Ascending Labyrinth]
[Difficulty: Not measurable]
[Labyrinth Name: Rainy Ruins City]
[Entry conditions: Survival level 20 or higher]
[Imposed goal: Reach the top floor of the labyrinth.]
[Goal achievement reward: yellow reward box (5), red reward box (1), power suit (1), bullet fist (1), nano healer (1), gate crusher (1)]
[Capacity: 0/5]
The basic reward itself is good.
All you have to do is travel around here and transfer everything you can get to the base.
Since the concept itself had a sci-fi feel to it, I felt like I could achieve something amazing.
******
A ruined city in the rain.
A total of three groups were fighting here.
“Tsk. “Machine bastards.”
“You have to run away.”
“Off!!!”
One is a cephalopod race with tentacles.
“The Bassacs are moving to the lower level.”
“Stop the chase. “I don’t have the energy to keep up.”
The other is the machine race natives who were the original owners of this city.
“Fuck. “How many years has this been happening?”
“It’s been exactly three years today.”
“Because of those bastards…”
The last ones were strangers who entered the labyrinth and were trapped there.
They have been fighting over the top layer of the labyrinth for several years.
There is one reason.
The mechanical residents of the ruined city had to prevent the intruders from reaching the top floor at all costs.
The moment they conquer the labyrinth, they will all be killed as they are subject to the labyrinth and cannot escape.
Originally, this was a place that was torn apart and turned into a labyrinth during the war between the natives and the high-ranking cephalopod Bassacks.
As soon as the labyrinth was created, two conditions appeared before the eyes of the natives and the cephalopod Bassacks.
First, completely destroy the other side that was at war,
Second, prevent strangers from going up to the top floor.
Only when both conditions were met could one escape from this labyrinth.
Accordingly, the cephalopod Bassac and the city’s natives continued their war day and night to kill the other side while dealing with the strangers.
In that way, the layers were completely divided.
The lowest class is the Yi people.
The upper layer is a machine.
The strangers caught in the middle had to struggle for survival in a city where raindrops continued to fall 365 days a year.
And today, a new stranger entered this fierce battlefield.
Of course, that stranger was Kang In-ho.
