Chapter 1063 – 1063. God’S Atlantis
Thursday, July 1st.
I reached a date I had never experienced before my regression.
The Light Church was gone. Han Ha-rin was alive and well, and the public opinion that had been making a fuss about South Korea and criticizing the Korean Hunter Association had completely shut up.
‘The public did get riled up when I caught the Thorn Mask… but that was just a temporary phenomenon.’
The media only went crazy because the Thorn Mask was an insider of the Association.
If I hadn’t caught the Thorn Mask at all, it would have been a different story. But the Association captured the Thorn Mask, and the interest in it disappeared after a few days.
Baek Ji-eun, who caught the Thorn Mask and solved all sorts of problems, made a name for herself as a highly skilled hunter. The Korean public saw her as beautiful and competent. That image would help her get promoted.
‘It feels a bit strange not having any information about the future starting today.’
The days of profiting from future information were over.
It was a little different from using original work information in the game world. Original work information was about using knowledge and information that I hadn’t experienced myself.
‘But if I try to regress again, it’ll be a real pain in the ass.’
I imagined regressing 30 days back. The Light Church would be intact, and I would have to solve the Thorn Mask and other incidents again. And I would have to explain the situation to Han Ha-rin again. Just thinking about it was annoying.
Bzzzz. Bzzzz.
My smartphone vibrated. I glanced at it and saw it was Han Ah-young.
‘Did she come out of the dungeon today? I thought it would take her a few more days.’
I answered the phone.
“Hello? Ah-young noona. Did you finish your work well?”
“…I heard the story from Ha-rin.”
“Ah. I was going to tell you, but Ha-rin told you first. How much did you hear?”
“Everything. I even heard that you regressed 30 days back. It was hard to believe, but Ha-rin isn’t the type to joke about things like this. And somehow, I feel like it’s something you could do.”
Han Ah-young’s voice was serious. There was no sign of her doubting me. I was slightly relieved that she trusted me so much. I didn’t have to go through the trouble of making her believe me.
“…Thank you for saving Ha-rin, Yoo-jin.”
“I just did what was natural. Ha-rin is my woman. Oh, of course, you’re my woman too, noona. If a similar situation happened to you… I would have tried to save you.”
“Really? It’s nice to hear, even if it’s just empty words.”
“It’s not empty words, it’s the truth.”
“…Okay. If you were in front of me, I might have kissed you.”
I clicked my tongue at the disappointment of her not being in front of me.
“I didn’t hear about you coming back. Are you still abroad?”
“Yeah. I’ll be back in two days, rest for about a week, and then I think I’ll be going to Europe.”
“You’re really busy, noona. But noona, you heard about the Soowol Guild, right?”
“I did.”
“What do you think about it?”
Unlike me and Han Ha-rin, Han Ah-young might have different thoughts about the Soowol Guild. She had been with the Soowol Guild for quite a long time.
“I was very disappointed. And… this incident made me sure. The Soowol Guild isn’t a place to stay for long. Something will definitely happen someday.”
“So you don’t have any attachment to the Soowol Guild?”
“Not really? I did get a lot of support from the Soowol Guild, but I can get that much even if I join another guild. However, it’s impossible to leave the Soowol Guild right now. There’s the contract issue, but the Soowol Guild won’t let me go easily either.”
“I guarantee you, the Soowol Guild won’t be doing well forever.”
I said firmly.
“But noona, you’ll be in Korea for a week, right?”
I asked subtly.
The thought of enjoying the Black and White Twins for a week already made my lower body tingle.
•••
[You have selected God’s Atlantis.]
[The game will now begin.]
I looked around after entering the [God’s Atlantis] world.
It had been about three days since I returned from hell.
Originally, I was going to use a space teleportation scroll to go straight back to the A-Plan Legion, but I changed my mind. I decided to raise my stats a bit before going back to the Legion.
「You have entered Sector 4,344, the Ragged Experiment Lab.」
「This is an unauthorized entry.」
「Due to the sector’s characteristics, the stats of living beings are reduced by 20%.」
Sector 4,344, the Ragged Experiment Lab.
This sector already had a ruler. However, the ruler had not completely dominated this place. They had not properly completed the capture, and had obtained the ruler’s position through prestige and trade.
‘In other words, they gained control through prestige and negotiation. The system recognized that.’
Therefore, Sector 4,344 was an unofficially captured area.
‘But not many people know about it. The one who controls Sector 4,344 is the Black Pillar Alliance. They’re a professional criminal organization like Helten.’
The Black Pillar Alliance.
They were not comparable to Helten, but they were a fairly large criminal organization. Most of the exiles belonging to it were Chinese. They were the kind of guys who thought they were the best, and they were so bad that they didn’t think twice about human trafficking.
‘Sector 4,344 is just one of the sectors they control. Even if I mess with it, they won’t be able to react immediately.’
The Black Pillar Alliance had many enemies. They couldn’t let go of their Chinese chauvinism even in Atlantis, and after making a lot of enemies, they couldn’t handle it and disappeared. Therefore, in the original work, they were described as a great criminal organization, but their importance was less than 1%.
‘I found out about this sector through the setting book.’
I looked around.
Sector 4,344 looked like an ordinary village on the outside. A village where about 500 people lived. The appearance of the village reminded me of Chinese martial arts. The clothes the residents were wearing were also very similar to Chinese Hanfu. However, the residents’ hair colors were all different, giving it a strange feeling.
The residents glanced at me and then went back to their work. They seemed used to outsiders.
I pretended to be used to it and walked around the village. I mainly looked at the alleys.
‘Found it.’
Deep in the alley, a plank was lying on the ground. I went closer and lifted the plank. A dark hole was visible. It wasn’t quite a sewer, but it was a hole with a bad smell and atmosphere.
I went into the hole without hesitation.
It was about 3 meters deep. A faint light from a light fixture embedded in the ceiling illuminated the surroundings. It was full of moisture, and there were iron bars everywhere. It looked like a prison. Most of the inside of the iron bars was empty.
Clunk!
I heard a sound from above. The plank that had been moved aside covered the hole again. I didn’t feel any human presence. The plank had covered the hole on its own. It wasn’t surprising. This world was that kind of world.
‘The humidity is too high, it’s unpleasant.’
I walked forward.
Sssssss.
I turned my head to the side. A cobra in an iron cage was raising its head and glaring at me with its forked tongue, clearly seeing me as prey.
‘How dare this thing glare at a human?’
I kicked the cobra’s cage. The cage shook.
Sssssssss!
The cobra lunged at me. I took a step back. The cobra was blocked by the cage and couldn’t do anything. The cobra’s fangs were shining menacingly. Seeing the fangs grow about 20cm, it was definitely not an ordinary animal. It was probably a type of monster I didn’t know about.
I suppressed the urge to kill the cobra. The animals in the cages were the property of this place. I couldn’t cause trouble before even starting.
I sneered at the cobra and walked forward again.
Thump. Thump thump.
I heard the sound of something hitting the iron bars. Looking at the cage, there was a snake and a giraffe. The snake was big and the giraffe was small like a baby. The two were hitting the iron bars with their heads in a friendly manner. Their gazes were directed at the floor, not at me.
There was a rat.
The rat threw a dead comrade into the cage. The snake and giraffe ate the dead rat in 5 seconds.
“Squeak. Squeak.”
The rat bowed its head to them and then disappeared. It was as if it was saying, “I’ll offer this, so please take care of me.”
‘Is this like human sacrifice? I’m seeing all sorts of things.’
Besides that, there were more unusual animals as I went further. A monkey that was self-harming, an otter that was banging its head against the wall, a goat that was eating a jaguar, etc. They were all strange things.
Every time I passed by, the animals stared at me with murderous eyes. If there were no iron bars, they would have definitely rushed at me.
‘I’ve arrived.’
Finally, the iron door at the end appeared. I opened the iron door and went inside. Another passage appeared. It was a passage full of doors. Just then, one of the doors in the passage opened and a man came in. He had a bow and quiver on his back, and he was holding a rabbit’s ear in one hand. It was not an ordinary rabbit. It had sharp front teeth and a snake on its tail.
The man and I made eye contact. The man grinned and asked.
“Judging by your appearance, you don’t look like a hunter… Are you a guest?”
“No. I didn’t bring any money.”
“Oh. Are you a challenger? Well, don’t die.”
The hunter started walking ahead with heavy steps. It was a good thing. If I followed him, I wouldn’t have to open all these doors one by one.
The hunter stopped in front of a door at the end of the passage. It was a door that looked particularly heavy compared to the other doors. He used his strength to open the door.
Like the passage I had entered, it was a gloomy place. However, the space was wide, and there was even a sofa to sit on. There were nearly 30 people there. About 15 people were armed and waiting, 10 were hunters, and the other 5 seemed to be people working here.
One of the staff caught my eye.
She was a woman with pink hair, white skin, and black eyes. She looked to be in her mid-20s.
I naturally approached her.
She was wearing a pink, sexy cheongsam. Her chest was a D cup. The cheongsam clung to her body, making her fullness very noticeable. The hem of her skirt was short, revealing her firm, white thighs. She had big hips, and the string of her panties was visible on the side.
“Welcome. You’re a new face. Are you a challenger?”
She asked with a smile. After quickly scanning the atmosphere, it seemed like she was the manager here.
“Yes. I came to challenge.”
“You came at the right time. There are only 30 minutes left until the challenge starts today. By the way, what’s your name?”
“Do I have to say it?”
“If you don’t want to, you don’t have to. However, you’ll have to bear the disadvantages that come with it.”
“What kind of disadvantages?”
“Hmm. Various things? It would be endless if I were to list them one by one. What will you do?”
My gaze was drawn to her lips. They were pink. The tongue I saw when they were slightly parted was also pink. She was a woman full of pink in many ways. I would be disappointed if her pussy wasn’t pink.
“…I’ll bear it.”
“I’ll call you number 62. Is that okay?”
“Number 62? Is it a meaningful number?”
“It’s the number of guests who haven’t revealed their alias so far. You’re exactly the 62nd. By the way, there are only about 3 people who have survived without revealing their names.”
“Will the Black Pillar Alliance kill you if you don’t reveal your name?”
“Of course not. 90% of them died because they failed the challenge. They were just weaklings who pretended to be strong.”
“What about the other 10%?”
“They received disadvantages.”
She smiled.
Her hands were constantly moving. She was writing about me in a paper book. Number 62. A sturdy build, black hair, etc. She was writing down my characteristics. For reference, I was not hiding my appearance and was using my original face. I was the one who came back alive from hell. I wasn’t weak enough to hide my appearance. I didn’t care if I became a target of the Black Pillar Alliance. I would win anyway.
“Oh, I haven’t introduced myself. I’m Li Mei. There are about 30 minutes left until the challenge starts, so please wait over there.”
Li Mei.
I remembered her name. She was a woman who didn’t appear in the original work or even the setting book.
