Chapter 31 – District 1 (T2) (4)
8. Zone 1 (2 tracks) (4)
[You have entered the Box of Fear room.]
“Um, what the hell is that box–!!!”
“Ugh…”
Shay was genuinely disgusted with an expression as if she were seeing the most filthy and repulsive thing in the world, and Kaya was also clenching her teeth as she remembered her then. That box gave me something visceral repulsion beyond mere disgust.
[To pass the Box of Fear room, everyone must pass the Test of the Box of Fear.]
[To take the test, you must put your hand into the Box of Fear.]
After waiting a little longer, the same message as before appeared. Nothing has changed.
‘It was regenerated from 1-1 and there were crossroads, so obviously the dungeon was reset. But the pattern is the same. Can this be considered a coincidence?’
The 1-1 encountered in the second round violated national rules and two of them jumped out. In 1-2, an elite monster popped out twice through really unlucky odds. I did a one-turn kill in the 2nd turn, so I was lost in vain, but if I couldn’t kill it at once, I might have touched the warriors’ mentality with something stronger than the fearsome warriors I met in the first round.
Then what about that bizarre box?
In the first round, I was kicked out of the dungeon without knowing the reason for the gimmick called ‘forced expulsion’ that I had never seen before.
So, now that I have doubts that the difficulty may have increased?
‘First of all, the things that were fucked up in the existing high-difficulty roulette…’
-20% max HP, -20 mentality, random status ailments of at least 3 turns that can stack up to 3 stacks, summon random monsters including elite monsters.
The problem was that in The Long Terror, you only had to turn it once. However, since ‘everyone’ has to turn around here, it is a story that if you are unlucky, you can suffer penalties that are obviously worse than those three times. Of course, there is no way to bypass that box.
Unconditionally, whether it was porridge or rice, it had to be returned.
‘Certainly, I won’t get deported again, right?’
It’s not even a loop, and it’s not fun when it comes out that way. Wouldn’t it be better if you load it if you express it in a regression or game style?
The memory of the first playthrough came to mind, so I couldn’t approach the box recklessly. I naturally looked away.
“What, Captain?”
“Shay.”
“Isn’t it? Yes? That’s what I think, isn’t it?”
He walked over to Shay and put his chin on his shoulder. She shook her head. It was even backing her up.
“Simple. All you have to do is put your hand on that box. It’s such a simple thing. Last time I did that too. Did you, Kaya?”
“Yes. Leader.”
“You want to put your hand on it?”
“Lucky Shay. Can you?”
Shay’s face darkened. Far from being intimidated by the powerful heretic worshipers and the repulsive-looking fearless warriors, the crusaders who showed off their fighting prowess were truly disgusted.
“Is that box that scary?”
“How scary! Did you think I was a coward?!”
“Then?”
“Just, that… Ugh What should I say? Anyway, I instinctively feel rejected! Sister! Is your sister like that too?”
Kaya seemed to be looking at me slightly, but nodded her head.
“Still, I can’t help it. As far as I know, everyone has to touch that box to get out of here.”
“… Ugh.”
Judging by Shay’s reaction, it seemed that she really was more like her underlying feeling of hunger than she was scared. She didn’t say anything about Kaya either, but she was very reluctant to come close.
‘They’re both priests, but… Are they more sensitive because they are priests?’
I had no choice but to go first. I backed off because I was bothered by the last time I was deported, but the reaction of my colleagues was like that, so I had no choice but to shoulder my arms.
At the very least, it was necessary to personally prove that it was ‘safe’ that it would not immediately fall behind even if touched.
Before I knew it, I prayed for Raella, who had become the object of my prayers, and Justitia, who had recently been added to the list.
‘Please, how do I make it less likely to take forced deportation and summoning monsters…’ !’
2 consecutive forced deportations?
It is a masterpiece. It’s not fun, it’s not impressive, it’s a ridiculous joke. In that case, it would have been better if a new gimmick that I didn’t know about came out.
Ignoring the sound of my heart beating twice as fast, I put my hand on the box and opened the lid with force.
Ki-Ik-
I couldn’t see anything inside the box. However, I knew that it was the timing of the roulette that I couldn’t see by now. Please. Please. Please!
[Box of Horror Result]
Gulp-
Who is this! Someone made a spitting sound!
[A little hope to defeat fear]
It was me!
[All warriors’ mentality is restored by 10.]
‘Nice!!!!!’
Contrary to the fact that he was mad and happy inside, he was actually putting his hand on his chest and exhaling deeply. His whole body, including his hands, was shaking tremendously, and his face was full of cold sweat.
In that short period of time, a tremendous amount of energy was poured into both the mind and body.
“Leader… ?”
“Captain?”
“Whoa. First off, I’m fine. Don’t you feel something You feel a bit uncomfortable.”
They tilted their heads, then looked at their bodies and their expressions brightened.
“Yes. It’s amazing. It feels like the confinement that is constricting the whole body has been considerably loosened.”
“I also feel that the sticky feeling that someone keeps staring at has decreased! No way, the captain and that box?”
“I was lucky.”
Really.
In the first place, that was an unfair roulette. The latter had a higher percentage of good and bad things when winning, and the latter had stronger rewards and penalties when winning. The proportion and intensity slanted toward the latter as the difficulty increased. It was such a game.
It could be said that it was great luck that there was no penalty.
Was it a little influenced by my example, or was it relieved? Shay was about to step out next, but Kaya did before that.
“Sister?”
“I will go first.”
“My sister, that.”
“If it’s something everyone has to do anyway, wouldn’t it be better to prepare for something bad in advance?”
Are you saying that getting hit early hurts less?
‘It hurts more to get hit early. Because the person who hits me is so quick…’
Putting aside the bitter experience, there was no hesitation in Kaya’s movements. Is it because it must be done anyway? Her expression hardened, but she held it in and opened the lid of the box that had been closed before she knew it.
[Box of Horror Result]
Kaya. You are not an icon of bad luck! What was that uh, yes Although I lost almost every roll. Even so, the fatal blow was easily eaten, right? So you don’t have to beat yourself up like that. It’s not like luck can do anything according to your will…
[Breaking Fear]
“… Great, boss!”
[The mentality of all heroes… ]
**
“Han Yujin! Aren’t you going to work?”
“Okay, I was wrong! Sorry!”
“Open the door now! Before I destroy it!”
“I was wrong, I was wrong, please forgive me. Please! Please!”
“This guy’s baby until the end… !”
Someone kept knocking on the door, ready to break it down at any moment, and in the corner of the room a boy who must have been ten years old was crouching trembling.
“I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong…”
Tears flowed from his swollen eyes and runny nose dripped from his red nose. Dark and light bruises and scabs were exposed where his clothes couldn’t cover them.
Ai gazed anxiously at the ‘visit’, a single layer of defense against the enormous horrors that were facing her in her short life and closest to her.
‘Please please. Endure today! Please!’
Although that door had actually been replaced 5 times, and I already knew that the fear pouring down on me grew stronger each time it was replaced. Nevertheless, the child had no choice but to rely on that single layer of doors.
‘… What? It’s over, right?’
Abruptly cut off noise.
When the noise that had been knocking on the door as if it were Daecheon’s enemy disappeared in an instant, the child quietly lifted his head with a glimmer of hope.
I guess I can get over it safely tonight.
Shaking and colliding with each other, I kept my mouth shut, and barely managed to keep my wobbly limbs together as I managed to approach the door. Then he put his ear to the door and tried to hear the sounds outside.
No sound was heard.
“Whew…”
Thank god. You’re angry.
With her tension relieved, the child leaned against the door and slowly began to close her eyes.
Dougud pole-
“… !!!”
Click-!
But that was the child’s misunderstanding.
The fearful obsession directed at the child was never that shallow.
Break down the door?
That’s a way too…
Would it be possible to spend the power directed at the child on something like the door?
The child hurriedly hid in the corner of the room, but already the only defense she relied on had been opened in vain.
Her child’s closest and greatest fear, threw her keys and raised her hand.
Jab-!
“Aagh!”
Tack-tack-tack-!
The child’s fear of pouring out bloody words outside the door did not say anything when faced with the child. Just hit the kid He didn’t even rest. He just hit him. He hit everywhere except the face. All the beatings contained emotions of anger, but the face was so expressionless that it gave goosebumps.
I really want to beat you until I die.
The child who felt it as a survival instinct aimed at the time. For a very short time, I hope there is a gap. Then he crouched down as best he could and gathered all his strength.
“Ha ha, ha, ha… ?”
Perok-
“You you… !!!”
For the first time in his life, he faced fear. He fed the whole body headbutt.
That way, I opened the door and grabbed the handle of the front door, which I thought was a prison door before I was captured by fear.
“I’m not coming to work!!! Aren’t you standing there?!”
There was no strength in his arms or hands. Just pull this down and push it lightly and the door will open.
The young body, which had been beaten countless times, had exhausted its strength in the earlier body-shock and short run.
The child’s fear of utter wrath gradually approached.
The child shed tears.
“Mom…”
**
–! ——-! –!
—!! —!!
Noisy.
It seems that her hair is about to fall out. Her whole body throbs. No power, no it won’t go in.
My vision is blurry. It’s not pitch black, so it looks like she’s opened her eyes, but her writing with a rollerball looks muddy and blurry, as if water has been dripped on it.
–!
—!
Still noisy My body still hurts and my mind seems to have become a rag. But… Only one. If there was something I liked, it felt like something warm and soft was enveloping me.
It didn’t look good, but what is it?
I wanted to cling to that something as much as possible. But my body didn’t listen.
–.
Why. Why do you keep calling
–.
… For a moment. Calling?
–.
What. Who are you.
“… Page.”
Page?
“Leader.”
“…”
“Leader.”
I see
It was a dream.
[The mentality of all warriors has decreased by 30.]
Under.
Haha.
Right. It was.
You have once again experienced a dream or fantasy that feels infinitely real, as you experienced because of the fearless skill. But at that time, I didn’t know what it was, it was fucking hard, and it was a little bit off from reality, so I was able to endure it…
Even though my mentality is less black now than then, it was so vivid.
I still wanted to cry.
But.
The moment I realized that Kaya’s face, holding me in her arms, was already covered in tears.
I also realized that she must have had the same nightmares as me.
“Kaya.”
“… Leader!”
Nevertheless, I also realized that I was not buried in the nightmare and took care of me until I woke up.
“Leader… Whoops!”
I’m sorry, Kaya. I can’t stand it.
She moved her arm, which had begun to move, and pressed down on Kaya’s head. And she ate her lips roughly.
To forget nightmares. To devour all the sorrow spilled out by the nightmare.
