Chapter 681 – 681. Abandon the Old and Young.
The first floor of the tower was a place called a rest area for climbers, and had the appearance of a large square with no hazards.
There were many marble floors and pillars, and street vendors and simple medical clinics were set up here and there.
The first floor, which should have been bustling with people climbing the tower and merchants selling goods to them, was filled with an eerie silence.
Everyone was holding their breath and examining the situation outside.
Boom!
Boom!!
Boom!!!!
“Kyaa!!”
“Oh my.”
The ground shook and the items on the shelves fell. It felt like a bomb had fallen.
Those who escaped to the tower could not easily imagine.
What on earth is happening outside the tower? If I were to guess just from the sounds I heard, the outside of the tower already looked like hell.
Most people would probably have died or gone crazy. Either become a mushroom person or become food for monsters.
“Now maybe it’s good.”
“I don’t know. Will there be a solution if I wait? Or…”
Should I climb the tower?
Each floor of the tower is a kind of lower level.
It can be seen as a space semi-isolated from the outside world.
And the tower’s floors were each separated into a single world, so unless you entered through the entrance and climbed the tower, there was no way to directly enter a floor other than the first floor from the outside.
Therefore, to increase the survival rate, you had to move up.
“The entrance has been completely blocked… But to be honest, we don’t know when it will be opened.”
“If only I could buy some time, that would be fine. Slowly… I guess I should go up.”
Access to the tower has been blocked.
There were several layers of barriers surrounding the entrance of Baekaseong Tower.
A situation where you can no longer enter the tower using normal methods.
No one could come in until the entrance was broken down.
Of course, if it were an apostle of ten thousand demons, it would break through quickly.
“You can’t go out to the first floor. The only way left is to climb to the top floor and escape.”
There was no other way to escape than to climb to the top.
The survivors of Shangri-La, who soon escaped to the tower, were now faced with two options.
“Either go up. Or wait for those monsters to disappear.”
For some reason, the interference of the pantheon of gods in Shangri-La has disappeared a few months ago.
It was unknown when they would return, but people believed that if they returned in the near future, the good gods would wipe out the monsters outside the tower.
But what if they don’t come?
“Unless the gods are looking down on this place. What if there were no more gods on this earth? “If so.”
“As expected, there is no choice but to go up. No, there was only one choice in the first place. If you want to rely on God, who you never know will come, you have to go up.”
Clearing the tower is extremely difficult. There is no way to know what difficulties await you, and the area near the top floor is still an unexplored area, so there is no information.
The 6th floor has been conquered to some extent, but anything beyond that is unknown territory.
“Kollock. Cough…”
“Uh? Ugh!!! You bastard!!! “I’m throwing up mucus!!!”
“Shit! Burn it!!!”
“Now, wait a minute.! Ah, no. No. Pusssss.!!!!”
“Kyaaaaa!!!!!”
“It’s spores!!!! Damage!!! If you breathe it in, you will die!!!”
Even some of those who escaped into the tower were already infected with mold or blood stains.
There is no guarantee that it will be safe just because it is inside the tower.
“Incinerate!!”
“Everyone, keep your distance!”
Hwaaaaah!!!!
Soon, Shangri-La’s punitive force came forward and fired flamethrowers.
Soon, the corruption-infected person, who was spewing out mucus and spores from his mouth, turned into a handful of ash and disappeared.
Those who witnessed the threat before their eyes covered their mouths. Even opening your mouth carelessly is now dangerous.
Since there was already an infected person inside, it was difficult to breathe due to anxiety unless I was wearing a gas mask.
“Give us masks! From now on, everyone will be prohibited from taking off their masks and talking.”
Shangri-La’s security captain shouted. Soon after, masks were distributed to Shangri-La residents. Climbers who had a higher social status and were of immediate help were provided with gas masks, and the leaders were busy donning protective clothing.
Protective supplies to prevent the curse of corruption were distributed differentially, but no one objected. Everyone was just following instructions, and they realized that if they rebelled, they would be punished by Shangri-La’s punishment unit.
“Uh oh!! This guy’s eyes are red!!!”
“It’s blood naturalization!!! Everyone, keep your distance! It is contagious if it touches blood!”
“Keekeeeee!!!”
Now even vampires have appeared.
A situation where people who are spewing out putrid fluids everywhere are incinerated, and those who are in the process of being converted into blood are impaled on nails and end up dying.
Confusion accelerates. People’s anxiety grew ridiculously, and as the commotion grew, more infected people occurred.
In an instant, the first floor of the tower turned into a place of death, with blood and ashes flying.
Boom!!!!
However, the more serious problem than anything else is that the entrance will soon be opened.
Once the Apostle of Ten Thousand Demons enters, there is no hope of survival. I had to run away.
Consolation. You have to go up.
“First, I think we need to go up to at least the third floor. “I don’t know when the first floor will be opened.”
“Then what should we do with children or the elderly who cannot fight?”
“…”
Lien, the mayor of Shangri-La, kept silent in response to people’s cries.
To be honest, she doesn’t have the energy to take care of all the elderly and infirm.
Even though she came into the tower in a hurry, she couldn’t pack enough supplies, and even if she had food right away, she would run out in three days.
“We are. “You have to go up.”
That was all Liens could say.
I didn’t have the time to persuade them, nor did I have the power to persuade them.
“If you don’t go up, you die. If you don’t want to die. Drop your luggage on the first floor. “You have to go up.”
The commotion grew even louder when she told him to throw away his luggage.
The burden Lien is talking about is children and the elderly who do not have the strength to move up.
His cold-blooded remarks to abandon most of Shangri-La’s residents and allow only climbers to climb up to survive gradually led to growing opposition.
“Is that the solution!?”
“Fuck, you’re not saying I’ll just throw everything away and live!!!!”
Lien closed her eyes tightly.
She could feel it.
Monsters will soon rush into the first floor. There was no more time to waste.
She had to live. There is no reason to die for those weak people here.
After gathering her thoughts, Lien opened her eyes again and shouted to the gathered people.
“The living man rises upward. If you can’t climb up, just die here. “If you die because you don’t have the strength to climb the tower, it’s just a natural death.”
She turned around.
From this moment on, Lien, who was the mayor of Shangri-La, is no more.
She abandoned all the residents she had managed until then. If I were to carry her, she would die.
“Let’s go up.”
People started climbing the tower.
People who did not have the strength to climb, and their families had to remain on the first floor.
If you don’t have the courage to throw it away, you have no choice but to remain on the first floor and die.
******
The fall of Shangri-La.
The emperor soon heard this news.
“You went to Shangri-La, not Erebos?”
“Yes. The last communication I received was that the apostle of Manma had appeared. “They are probably destroying Shangri-La right now.”
“Flaw. Hehe. Hehe. You rotten bastard… Rachel number 22… Is Berserker mode ready?”
“Coordination is complete, Your Majesty. Are you planning to go right away?”
“Of course. Kill the guy Prepare your clone army. It is war.”
The emperor quenched his appetite.
The purpose is to hit Jang Jojun.
You will meet him, obey him, and ask him to accept you.
If you don’t accept it.
‘Destroy everything. Kill and die.’
The emperor’s eyes sparkled.
Soon, she and her soldiers entered Shangri-La.
******
As soon as she heard that the entrance to the tower was blocked, she called Eunha.
“Eunha. “Please open the entrance to this.”
“Wait a minute. I blocked this tightly…”
“Can’t open it?”
“No. I can open it. “Just 10 minutes.”
“Okay.”
Actually, I can open the entrance to the tower. If you use Adam’s insight, you can open it without any problem.
However, I had to do something more important than opening the entrance to the tower.
The guardians of Shangri-La gathered in front of me.
A total of 10 men and women. These were the people who blocked the entrance to the tower, and they were all strong people of level 30 or higher, and they were people who had made a name for themselves in Shangri-la, including transcendental people.
They must have been blocking the entrance to save people.
“If you surrender, I will spare your life.”
I asked them.
Are you going to surrender?
Are you willing to give up your beliefs for survival?
He knelt before the devil and asked if he would continue his miserable life.
“Kollock. Collock. Fuck you.”
“I was going to die anyway, so why surrender?”
“I don’t make a pact with the devil. Die.”
“A henchman of a dirty evil spirit.”
They opened their eyes and prepared for battle.
If you don’t kill me and stop Lee Eun-ha, the entrance to the tower will be opened.
“No, why fight for your life? Did someone important get inside?”
They didn’t answer, but their silence was enough of an answer.
Most people who sacrifice their lives are those who fight to protect what is precious.
“It’s a useless struggle.”
I waved my hand.
The two people’s heads fell off.
The Taekjeolmaek flew with the wind and cut off the heads of the two swordsmen who were standing in the lead.
As two of them died without even feeling any energy, the remaining eight seemed even more nervous.
It has to be that way. They didn’t even recognize the attack, but two people were already dead.
Soon the guys rushed in.
He comes brandishing a weapon. I just accepted it. An attack like this wouldn’t even be able to hurt me. You’re swinging your hands so hard.
“You two next. Die.”
The magical eye flashed and made the two wizards standing behind commit suicide.
Falling into a state of selflessness and following orders. The disaster happened because my mental strength was much higher than theirs.
Four people are already dead. Those who attacked me stepped back in shock, and I swung my fist at them.
The bodies of the remaining survivors exploded without the need to use any grandiose skills.
“Wow, crazy…”
“…”
Eight people died within 10 seconds of the start of the battle, and the two who survived were hunted before they could move.
I can’t even react to this, so it’s no fun.
It has reached a point where the battle itself is impossible unless you are a transcendental person.
[Have you become too strong?]
“Therefore. What’s this. “It’s so frustrating.”
As he shook his hands and sighed, Eunha informed him that the entrance to the tower had been opened.
It was a one-sided massacre. I feel like it would be more fun to watch the fight than to fight it myself.
When I came forward, people started dying as if I was playing some kind of prank, and it was tasteless and felt strange.
No, what can I say, killing people who were ready to die with a few waves of their hands? Should I say that the tension is too low?
“Let’s go in.”
I went inside hoping that there would be more interesting people inside the tower.
