Chapter 715 – 715. The Missing Way Out
The executives’ dimension was one large city built on a flat disk.
The top of the disk was covered with salty water like the sea.
The artificial island floating on the water was the business site of the operators.
Tall buildings that fill the city center and obelisks for communication and access to the external dimension.
Many of the symbols that once signaled the prosperity of this place have now been ruined and turned into hideous sights.
The collapsed city center was covered with Kumari’s shadow.
Additionally, the evil young creatures of the goddess crawled out from the shadows and increased their power by hunting down and eating the surviving members of the management team.
Kumari’s shadows are devouring the executives while making excuses.
The shadow monsters, which had evolved at will without any set appearance, were still crawling around the city, searching for survivors.
Everywhere was immersed in darkness.
The city was polluted with excrement covered in monsters crawling out of the shadows, and most of the obelisks sank underwater.
The grandeur of the past has long since disappeared.
Those who were swallowed up by Kumari’s shadow struggled in pain, and only a few survivors remained, plotting an escape route.
Of course, with the obelisk being the only way out, there were few options left for them.
The only remaining obelisk had already been occupied by Kumari’s minions.
To escape from the ruined dimension, Kumari’s minions had to be dealt with first.
“Simba. I really have to get out now. If things continue like this, we too will be swallowed up by that shadow.”
“Just… Let’s wait just a little longer. There’s no way Leo died like this. I’m sure… I’m sure I will successfully appease Kumari. Because Leo was the child who received Kumari’s love.”
“Simba… Give up. “We have to run to the obelisk even now.”
Simba from the management planning department and King from the stat adjustment department had a way to stop Kumari’s minions for a while.
The two planned to go to the last remaining obelisk, stop Kumari’s minions guarding the entrance for a moment, and then escape.
That was the only escape route left for the two.
However, there is one serious problem: their colleague Leo has not arrived yet.
Simba and King’s companion Leo.
He had gone to the center of the company to appease Kumari one last time.
Of course, no one knows whether he will be alive or if he has already become Kumari’s meal and disappeared.
However, Simba wanted to believe that Leo was alive.
It’s already been a day since I waited.
There was no more time.
Soon Kumari will destroy the last remaining obelisk.
King was serious.
He also considers Leo to be his precious friend.
But he couldn’t wait forever.
Now is the time to get out.
If Leo did not return, King planned to run away with Simba.
If the last remaining obelisk is destroyed, there will no longer be a way to get out of this dimension.
You will be trapped in a closed dimension, slowly drying out. That’s how I will die.
“Simba. Leo won’t come. Stop. Let’s stop giving up.”
“No, I’m sure he’ll be back within today.”
“Simba!!! Stop! Leo is already dead! Can’t you tell he’s not coming yet? If he was going to come already, he should have come a long time ago. It’s all over now. I can’t listen to your foolish talk anymore. If you don’t want to go, stay alone. Because I have to survive.”
“Hey, you bastard! How could you do that to Leo? Who saved him when he was almost eaten by the shadows? “This shameless bastard.”
“What? Shame? If you waited all day, I would have saved all my shame. What did you believe in the first place to appease Kumari? How can we appease that crazy idiot god? Are you out of your mind? If you were going to wait this endlessly, you should have just gone with Leo.”
“This bastard.!!!”
The method of temporarily putting Kumari’s minions to sleep is a one-time use.
If King uses this to escape through the obelisk, Simba and Leo will not be able to leave.
King was now saying that he would use it on his own.
It is difficult to say who is right.
Simba, who spreads idealistic theories that Leo will return, is also crazy.
King, who decided that Leo was dead and tried to run away, also had no sense of loyalty.
Eventually, King turned around, and Simba took out the remote control from her pocket.
“King. Stop. Don’t go. Stop thinking about running away alone. “From the moment Leo saved you, your life was tied to ours.”
“That’s bullshit. Crazy bitch.”
“I told you not to move!!!”
“Hey you idiot! Then how long are we going to wait? You definitely did that yesterday. He said he would leave after a day. Let’s wait just one more day. But does it make sense to keep waiting even after a day passes? “We’re just going to die together!”
“Don’t move!!!”
Simba tried to press the button on her remote control.
A kind of artifact brought from the planning department.
[Remote control for NPC control]
The moment you press this, the king will follow Simba’s commands.
“You brought this on yourself.”
Simba aimed her remote at King, who was about to leave, and pressed her button.
Of course, King had a countermeasure to this.
The remote control made by the Planning Department had one limitation.
‘You must have higher willpower than your opponent.’
If you do not meet that condition, you cannot dominate the other person.
Accordingly, King of the stat control department arbitrarily manipulated his own stats to make them higher than Simba’s.
It was an action that had already been planned to hit someone in the back.
Without even knowing it, Simba smiled joyfully and pressed the power button on the NPC remote control.
Kuuk.
Kwaaaaang-!!!!
“Ugh!!! What!!!!”
“Ehh!!?”
As soon as King felt something strange, the last remaining obelisk split in half and collapsed.
“Uh. Uhhhhh!!! Um, why is that thing broken!!!”
“This is crazy!!! You idiot!! What if I destroy the obelisk!!!”
“Oh no!!! I didn’t explode it!!! Fuck!!! Why is that thing exploding!!!!”
Shock.
The only way out has been shattered.
Simba and King held their heads as they looked at the destroyed obelisk.
When the obelisk, which was the last escape, was torn apart, the panicked King grabbed Simba by the collar and shook him, and Simba was mortified, saying that he did not break it.
“You pressed the button!!!”
“No!!! All this can do is dominate people!!! “I didn’t destroy the obelisk!!!”
“Then the fucking Kumari broke it. Hey you bastard!!! While we were waiting for our friend who was behind, we ended up falling behind too!!! You fucking idiot! Asleep! Die!!!”
“Quaaa!!!”
King, furious at the fact that he was trapped in this dimension and destined to die, strangled Simba.
The obelisk is essential to escape from this dimension, but it has been shattered.
There is no future left in this world other than slowly drying up and dying.
“Now, wait a minute!!! Let’s check first. Let’s go and check properly. Until now, there has never been an obelisk destroyed using physical force like this…! You sank them all! “Maybe… Maybe Kumari didn’t destroy it!!”
“What?”
“It might be someone coming in from outside. What if you were an apostle of the gods who came in to rescue survivors?”
“Then…”
“Is there a way out?”
“Let’s go.”
Simba and King hurriedly ran towards the destroyed obelisk.
Even Simba, who had said he would wait for Leo a moment ago, ran with all his might.
The moment the obelisk was destroyed, Simba also realized.
Since you are a friend and a stranger, you have to live with yourself first.
The two ran as fast as they could, fearing that they might be late and fail to escape.
Meanwhile, while invading the dimension, Jang Jo-jun gets caught up in Obelisk’s manpower.
“Oh. Fuck… There’s a lightning rod and damn it.”
The person who destroyed the last remaining obelisk was none other than Jang Jojun.
In his situation, there was no such thing as lightning.
They came in simply to take away the level of management.
For some reason, right before entering, I was pulled by the obelisk’s gravity and woke up in a very far away place from where I originally intended to transfer.
“Ugh.”
Even half of Jang Jo-jun’s body was forcibly joined to the collapsed obelisk.
Jang Jo-jun turned into a big stone.
It was the aftermath of a dimensional invasion.
“Sigh, Simba.! It’s a person over there!”
“What! How are you still alive when you get stuck in an obelisk?”
Meanwhile, Simba and King come to check on the commotion.
The two encountered Jang Jo-jun.
“What are those again?”
[It’s like the management team. Let’s capture him and torture him, shall we?]
Jang Jo-jun internally agreed with Paimon’s words and forced his body, which had joined the obelisk, to stand up.
He raised his magic power as he saw the two people approaching.
Although they were not Kumari’s shadow, most of the operators were his enemies.
Kill them or capture them and make them slaves. There are two options.
“Now, wait!! “I have no intention of fighting!”
“Stop the attack! Stop the attack!”
At that time, Simba and King, who witnessed Jang Jo-jun’s magic power, waved both hands at the same time and shouted.
It felt like I would be torn apart if I didn’t surrender.
“What. “How are you guys alive?”
“No, how did you get in here!?”
“I came in with power.”
“What are the conditions outside? Almost all the management team died overnight. “Has the universe already been destroyed?”
In response to Simba’s question, Jang Jo-jun shook his head.
Through the conversation just now, he realized that those two people knew nothing.
It was hardly worth saving.
“The universe is still fine. “You guys’ dimension has just been shattered.”
“Why on earth…”
“The prophet appeared and broke the game board.”
“Prophet? King. Do you know about the prophet?”
“It’s an ancient being that the good gods defend.”
“Why did that guy break the game board? “Do you know anything?”
“I don’t know why. But the incident has already occurred. The important thing is that your dimension will soon completely collapse.”
“Ah…”
Simba and King’s expressions darkened at Jang Jo-jun’s words.
They felt it too. If the Kumari goes completely berserk, it will cover this entire dimension with shadows and turn into one big egg.
“Oh.! Wow!!!”
While King and Simba were in shock, Jang Jo-jun succeeded in separating the body and the obelisk.
The body opened again. Jang Jojun spoke to King and Simba, who were still in shock.
“First, you two. “Get on your knees first.”
Jojun Jang, who succeeded in escaping from the obelisk, extended his sword towards Simba and King.
His hands turned into tentacles and instantly grabbed the necks of the two executives.
