Chapter 177 – District 3 (6)
21. District 3 (6)
Doors 3-10 opened. It was still dark inside the door. But it wasn’t as dark as Portal. Rather, the straight path was shining very dimly. It seemed as if he was provoking him to come there. We nodded and took our steps. OK…
[That choice]
As the light on the road we were walking on diminished, the darkness grew even thicker, and the voice that came out of it naturally made us shrink and feel heavy. But it wasn’t enough to stop our progress.
Looking at the backs of our colleagues, we took a step forward, thinking of our colleagues behind us.
[The step]
The voice stopped us once again, as if our advance was worthwhile. The moment I recognized the voice and heard the words, the soles of my feet did not fall. It seemed to stick to the very absorbent floor. It wasn’t just my feet that I couldn’t move. The upper body was forcibly lowered and the knees bent. It felt like something incredibly heavy was pressing on me.
I forced my head up. A lot of strength went into his neck. Intraocular pressure increased. I could tell without looking. The eyes will now be red and bloodshot.
‘Do you think I crawled all the way here just to collapse like this?’
With his hands on his knees, he managed to lift the soles of his feet. I saw Kaya getting up at the same timing as me. Since Kaya was awake, there was a good chance Shay was awake too. Because both of them have the same physical ability. It was difficult to protect my body, but I was worried about Illumina. I barely looked back with minimal movement. My worries were for nothing. Illumina looked behind her and our eyes met. She seemed to be arguing why she looked back. Maybe I trusted her less than Kaya and Shay. Although she suffered until the end in fear of her death, she overcame it and even awakened.
‘Because Illumina is not a burden.’
One more step forward.
[Because of that judgment]
As I moved forward half bent over, I almost fell flat like a frog. The pressure intensified. I couldn’t breathe properly. It was as if they were testing him, asking if he would dare to move even if he did this, and whether he would still want to move.
“Chi, baaaaal… !!”
Intuitively.
If I stop here, I’ll face the boss face-to-face, and I’m sure it won’t end at the level of intimidation of simply stealing the sun turn.
‘Never, never stop… !’
Even if it meant crawling, you had to keep moving forward. The moment I stopped, I could stop forever on the spot.
The darkness grew thicker, and I could faintly see Kaya, who was going ahead, on her knees, trying to somehow move on. Seeing that she couldn’t see Shay’s back, she seemed to be on her knees too.
‘The fuckin’ bastard is the boss of the 3rd district, so he’s in good shape… !’
Woods clattered in her wrists and knees. From the front, you could hear the dragging of the plates, whether it was Shay, Kaya, or both. If you listen closely, you can hear a whimper coming from behind.
Okay.
It wasn’t just me struggling.
‘Boss. Just wait I have no choice but to do this now… As long as I can overcome this!’
When you take another step, no, two steps forward like that.
[Your heart will burst]
“Oh, heh… !”
However, even leading the body with a trained willpower reached its limit when the fourth voice of the boss was heard. I was somehow able to endure the weight of my whole body and the difficulty in breathing.
But how can I endure this intense pain that squeezes my heart?
I couldn’t even see the front of Kaya, who was crawling in front of me. I couldn’t tell if it was getting darker or if my eyesight had gone bad.
I felt like dying.
Like he said, did my heart really explode?
Consciousness faded, and even the breath I had been forcing became quicker.
‘Am I going to die like this? In vain?’
The many hardships, adversity, and efforts that I had to go through to come this far came to mind like a panorama. I suffered so much… Do you just sit here listening to voices?
No matter how much he’s called the Wailing Heart that frustrated countless players before the clearing threshold, to a guy who isn’t even the final boss anymore?
– Goddess… ! I give my life, please judge that wicked man!
– My life was already thrown away the moment I came here. I won’t die gracefully.
– I’ve earned so far, but I can’t rot in a place like this. Let’s go. How much does this guy get out of hair?
– I don’t fucking want to search! I hate it! However… I hate going after meaninglessly. So, fuck. Make it meaningful you
It reminded me of the warrior characters I had recently played before falling here. In particular, among them, I saw countless lines of lines they uttered right before they were killed by the mourning bastard, but each time there was something that made me cry. To put it bluntly, I was quite immersed in their deaths, which were just pieces of data… What if you see your co-workers die by a fucking bastard?
‘No.’
The pain that feels like your heart is about to squeeze right now? Just a moment ago, how did you think you were going to put up with this pain?
That was not it.
Imagining the death of my colleagues brought more pain than that. If the heartache from before was a wave, now it was a tsunami. Waves can be endured and overcome, but tsunamis were not. It wasn’t something I could ever get over and it wasn’t something that should ever happen.
We have to stop the tidal wave from coming.
To do that?
Instead of being submerged by the approaching waves, I should block them with my body.
To do that?
Gotta get up
To do that?
Give strength to both legs, give strength to hands and arms, and push off to get up.
To do that?
I’ll have to endure the heartache somehow, gather my breath and shout it out somehow.
Wake up. To fight against don’t lie down don’t give up
To do that?
“Fuck you heart bastard-!!!”
Awesome-
“Where do you blow it up!!! Try talking again with that Joey-like voice—!!!”
Damn-
“A bastard who went crazy for a horror bastard and split my heart and offered it to you, who the hell is trying to break my heart!!!”
Damn-
“The kind of false beings who can’t contain their sincerity after offering their hearts, so they have no choice but to covet the hearts of non-believers!!!”
Blah blah blah blah blah-
So-so-be-be-be-be-be-be-be-be-be-be-be-be-be-be-be-be-be-be-be-before ————————————————– ————————-
Chaeng-Geurang–!!!
[Area 3 boss monster, ‘Heart of Fear’ has appeared.]
**
[The Heart of Fear has cast Fear of Oppression on the Champions.]
[First Suppression]
[Resistance roll]
Warriors: 4
Heart of Fear: 5
[The mentality of all warriors is reduced.]
[Shay Mentality –9]
[Kaya mentality -7]
[Eugene mentality -10]
[Illumina mentality -11]
[Reverse correction is added to the roll of the warriors.]
[Second suppression]
[Resistance roll]
Warriors: 3
Heart of Fear: 5
[The mentality of all warriors is reduced by 10 (fixed).]
[The stamina of all warriors is reduced by 10% of their maximum stamina.]
[Shay remaining HP 31/35]
[27/30 Kaya remaining HP]
[Eugene remaining HP 22/24]
[Illumina remaining HP 13/19]
[Reverse correction is added to the roll of the warriors.]
[Third Suppression]
[Resistance roll]
Warriors: 3
Heart of Fear: 5
[The mentality of all warriors is reduced by 10 (fixed).]
[The stamina of all warriors is reduced by 10% of their maximum stamina.]
[Shay remaining HP 27/35]
[Kaya remaining HP 24/30]
[Eugene remaining HP 20/24]
[Illumina remaining HP 11/19]
[The speed of all warriors is reduced by 1.]
[Reverse correction is added to the roll of the warriors.]
[Fourth Suppression]
[Resistance roll]
Warriors: 5
Heart of Fear: 5
[The warriors overcome the fourth oppression, although it is incomplete.]
[The heart suppression engraved on all warriors is relieved.]
[Speed check postponed and Heart of Fear takes its turn.]
Vision brightened. The load on the body was significantly reduced. When the intangible weight that weighed down my whole body disappeared, I lost my balance and fell backwards.
“Wow!”
Because of that, Illumina was crushed. Seeing that my senses are alive, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with my body… Her whole body was tingling and aching from the pressure she had just been through. Still, she couldn’t sit idly by. I’m sorry for her, I held her hand and read her rising messages.
‘At the entrance of ‘3-10, multiple suppression with a cut scene, and a heart suppression debuff at the end. It really hurts.’
Just as the Hand of Terror was not a hand-shaped monster, and the Eye of Terror was not a monster with floating eyeballs, so the Heart of Terror was not a monster shaped like a heart. Rather, in the setting of The Long Terror, the original heart is given to the fear bastard and replaced with a heart made of fear, but that energy does not last permanently, but is constantly filled with others, especially ‘fear’. The hearts of cold unbelievers had to be fueled.
He is one of the closest to Horrors among the Horrors, but a contradictory being who needs those who don’t follow Horror to live and be close to Horror.
Heart of Fear.
A so-called (annihilation) heartthrob stood in front of us as if boasting of a heart with dark energy in my hollow pit.
‘Hey… Seeing it in person instead of telling you, isn’t it a bit scary?’
2m is just too tall. Broad shoulders and muscles all over the body. The aura of fear that surrounds you and the presence that fills the space.
Anyone can see that it seemed as if he was claiming to be ‘I, the final boss (until a while ago)’.
It was a time when I was still clutching at my throbbing heart and examining my colleagues.
Match-
Match-
Match-
“Indeed.”
The poor man opened his mouth and clapped his hands slowly.
“As expected, they were very good hearts, probably because they were the ones who knocked down their hands and eyes.”
“What?”
“I was just free these days. I am not a great being, but I have not fully grasped the will of the One who is silent in the depths of this place, even though I have stored up enough power.”
His voice was heavy and resonant deep, matching his appearance. My heart throbbed subtly every time I heard it. Fuck you. He tried to stop talking, but he couldn’t open his mouth. I get angry when I admit it, but I couldn’t deny that I was suppressed by the momentum of the guy who said, ‘I haven’t finished my words yet.’
“Also, there is the problem that there are few people here who can match me. It’s an honor to be near him, but… This heart he bestowed on me was so boring that it wouldn’t beat at all. Until you guys come.”
Tboob-
The guy came one step closer. He stretched his arms out to his sides and pushed his chest forward. An ugly, grotesque black mass located where the heart was supposed to be was repeating growing and shrinking.
“Look. This beating heart. I am looking forward to taking the best heart that does not give up pulsating to live even though it shrinks in fear. It’s not good to be completely absorbed in fear, but it’s not good to be too ignorant of fear. In particular, even though it’s not that you don’t feel fear, your hearts that try to overcome it somehow… He will be pleased as well as me.”
He raised a finger that was as long as his body and pointed at us, or me to be precise, and said.
“Especially, you talking like you know me well when you see me for the first time. You will be treated specially.”
[Stigma of oppression]
[The Heart of Fear adds a stigma to the oppression that hangs over Eugene’s heart.]
[Eugene’s HP decreases by 1 each turn.]
[Decreases by 2 during Eugene’s turn.]
[The healing power applied to the reduced HP from the stigma is halved.]
Doo kung-!
“… Fuck.”
In order to escape from the oppression, the words that were uttered in evil came back as boomerangs, and the boss battle in District 3 began.
