Chapter 405

Episode 405 Dilemma (2)

Stirring.

He moves forward while chewing the beef jerky.

Specially made high-calorie jerky for exploration that was supplied this morning.

If someone asks why I am eating breakfast now, the answer is simple.

This was the last supply.

squeak squeak.

As of today, all food stockpiled has been exhausted.

Simply put, there is no more food until we reach the 8th floor.

But is that so?

squeak squeak.

For some reason, today’s food is several times more delicious than usual—

‘Why is it gone?’

After savoring the taste of beef jerky deeply and feeling happiness, anger surged when he realized that his hands were empty.

“Have you already… finished?”

really? Is this your last meal?

Do you think you’ll be this hungry after eating?

No, in the first place, each person consumes different calories, but what if the supply is the same?

rumbling-!

This is reverse discrimination.

Isn’t that so too?

Secrets such as wizards and priests will have a low metabolic rate, and since they only need to wriggle their wands from behind, they will consume much less stamina.

But even so, does One People have a beef jerky policy?

This is an insult and hatred towards the warriors fighting bloody sweat on the front lines.

If he was a sane captain, this policy would never

be— ‘Oh, I’m the captain.’

yes what can i do

Actually, I didn’t want to do this because it was me.

But isn’t it obvious that if I give preferential treatment to warriors, they will rebel against me, saying that I’m taking care of my own self-interest?

So, I took the initiative and implemented this policy.

‘Looking at it, it seems like a failed policy.’

With this policy, I gained the ‘neither grateful nor hateful heart’ of other occupations and the hatred of warriors.

Oh, how do I know if the warriors hate me?

The source is me

i was doing that now

“Heh heh heh.”

“What’s wrong, uncle?”

“Warriors usually laugh when it’s hard.”

“Is that… are you laughing?”

After stepping out of the formation for a while, Erwen walked up to me with a disgusted expression on his face, then smiled and offered something.

“Beef jerky……?”

“yes!”

“You’re giving this to me…?”

“yes!”

Erwen asked back in disbelief, but still nodded without changing his expression.

I was handed the jerky in a daze, but belatedly came to my senses.

“All right! I’m not hungry at all, so eat yourself!”

“If you’re going to say something like that, why don’t you lower the corner of your mouth and say it?”

What about the corners of the mouth?

Just when I was wondering what was going on, Erwen summoned a water spirit and made it look like a mirror. Beyond that, I was smiling like an idiot. Sёarch* The NôᴠeFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

“Look at this, that’s a real laugh! Hehe.”

“…….”

“Don’t do that, eat quickly. I’m fine. Everyone else is making concessions to those in need, right?”

“…what?”

what else do you mean by that?

As I tilted my head, the answer came from Amelia, who was following me this time.

“The rear row members, who had enough stamina, didn’t eat a little bit of food and saved up just in case.”

“Moa? How? It must have spoiled right away?”

“I’m talking about the moment we entered the cave. Since then, there has been no ice storm.”

“Ah, that’s right…”

Is it because you’re suffering from hunger? I can’t even think of this simple thing right away.

Anyway, the important thing is not this…

“But is that really true? Giving food that is already scarce to others.”

“If it’s hard to believe, why don’t you look at it later?”

well i’m going to watch it now

“stop!”

Using the authority of the expedition leader, the movement was stopped.

Anyway, it’s time to take a break.

“Oh break!”

“Now I’m going to live!”

“Huhhhh! Quartermaster! Blankets! Give me some blankets! I need to put some snow on me for a moment!”

Soon after, the priest activated the ‘Declaration of Destruction’ and the surroundings turned into a safe zone, and the crew recovered their physical strength without hesitation.

And…….

trud trudge.

Pretending to be on patrol, I moved all the way to the back and observed the surroundings.

In terms of results, Erwen’s words were true.

“Here, eat this.”

A priest who concedes food to warriors.

And…

“……Yu Yu jerky? To me?”

A warrior who stirs up competition with eyes of deep distrust.

“Yes. You must be tired, right?”

“Ho, by any chance you’re in love with me? If so, I can’t accept this beef jerky. I’m in the city and have a wife and children—” “That’s

not what I meant, so hold on to your worries.”

“What? I don’t even love you, but you give me jerky…?”

The warriors were astonished, but they took the jerky they received and chewed it, and such a scene was seen everywhere.

“Wow … debt!

Numerous warriors making up their minds, even showing tears over a single piece of beef jerky.

It was a very touching scene even for me.

“My policy…wasn’t a failure…”

The appearance of an expedition that truly becomes one and helps each other.

“Suitz? What did you just say to me?”

“Ah Jun… it’s nothing.”

“Yes. But what happened here…… Is it related to the sudden stop of the expedition?”

Actually, I came to check it out because my conscience was pricked to eat jerky from Erwen, but I nodded my head for now.

Cancer Expedition Leader has face.

“How’s the mood today?”

“If it’s today…”

“Isn’t the food supply finished in the morning. Did anyone have any complaints?”

“They’re all strong people. They’ve probably gone through worse than that, like starving for an entire day. Everyone thinks this is inevitable.”

“Is that so…”

I didn’t come here because I was really curious anyway, so I roughly nodded and left.

***

On the way back to the frontline where the team is after finishing the conversation with Jun.

“Oh Shuitz! Thank you last time!”

“How come you seem to be getting thinner by the day?”

“I ate, but would you like some of this?”

Warriors I know throw greetings at me.

This may be the biggest change since the execution of Pike Neldain.

No matter which team we belong to, when a big battle breaks out, we have to take out our shields and run away, so there is no choice but to form comradeship.

However, it was not only the relationship with the warriors that improved.

“…….”

“…….”

Unlike the warriors who jokingly talk to me, they are still in a face-to-face relationship, but their eyes looking at me have become gentle.

When I think back to how I used to be busy whispering and glancing at them every time I passed by, it’s very emotional.

‘Perhaps this is because of that Neldain guy.’

How to unite a small group of people outside.

As his betrayal was revealed, all the arrows of resentment directed at me returned to him.

It was me who even figured it out.

What naturally made my rating better —

“Shuitz, that guy… you never know if he’s smart or stupid, can’t he?”

“I heard the other day, I heard that I just asked to eat monster meat, but my colleagues scolded me…” “I

think it’s crazy, but I don’t think I’m foolish. Looking at the way that traitor was hunted down then. ”

“Oh, is that so? But that’s… I heard that the magician over there just intercepted the ball after deducing everything?”

Hehe I never thought there would be more traitors in a place like this.

I wanted to subdue him right away, but I changed my mind in the conversation that followed right away.

“But it’s also a person’s ability to have competent subordinates. Besides, isn’t it okay to have one person?”

“That’s… that’s right. We haven’t talked to each other in a while, but he still seems kind.”

“If you’ve mastered the title of captain, you’ll have to set up a wooden pole, but you’ll be the first to do all the dirty work.”

“A friend like that is the most reliable ally when a difficult situation comes.”

What were the normal colleagues?

trudge trudge.

I pretended not to have heard their conversation and when I arrived at the team, the 20-minute break set by the unwritten rule was almost over.

“Mister! How is it? Is it true?”

“I see.”

“Now then, let’s eat quickly. Yes? Don’t be burdened. It’s what everyone does?”

“Oh, that… I already ate it on the way.”

“Hehe, well done! Am I the only one?”

“Yes, only you.”

After that rough answer, I leaned against the wall and fiddled with my ring for the rest of the break.

While doing so, Amelia approached.

“Are you worrying about why the light disappeared?”

“Oh, that’s right…”

No. 6111 Destiny Seeker.

This ring, which I called the traffic light ring for short, suddenly lost its light.

The time is about 4 days ago from today.

“It’s definitely unusual. Fate, once perceived, wouldn’t have disappeared for no reason.”

“So that’s what I mean.”

If you think about it again, it can’t be a very strange thing.

It doesn’t seem like anything particularly good or bad happened…

“By the way, it’s time for Suits.”

Oh already?

“Now everyone, get up, because we have to start soon. If you have any luggage taken from the sleigh, return them all before departure.”

As I said that and stretched my stiff body, I saw a woman from the Yongin tribe munching something.

“Lavien, didn’t you finish eating earlier in the morning? Where did you get that beef jerky from?”

“Did Mr. Ashed give it to you?”

“…Asheed gave it to you?”

I wondered if this woman had stolen it by force, so I turned my head around as if to confirm, and Ashed smiled.

“Don’t worry, I gave it to you voluntarily.”

“But it must be difficult for you too, right?”

“Haha, at times like these, isn’t it better to help each other as colleagues? Besides, I need Lavien to stand firm in front of me so that I can be safe.”

“…If that’s the case.”

It didn’t look like they took it by force, so I couldn’t say anything more, but

I felt a bit uneasy. Isn’t that right?

‘Ah, that can’t be.”

What is the age difference between them?

***

Day 20 after entering Ice Rock.

We finally reached the end of the ice rock.

‘I really didn’t expect it to arrive on the 20th day.’

In the planning stage, it took 20 days to cover the ice rock.

However, several mishaps overlapped, and even though the speed was raised to the limit, it arrived on the correct date.

‘Maybe the plan was too tight in the first place.’

I don’t know, but if I had moved according to the original schedule, I would have arrived at this point two or three days later.

When the royal family made plans, I attended as a captain, so if I had to make an excuse for this…

‘There were too many unexpected variables.’

Of course, the fact that most of the members were new to the project was taken into account from the planning stage.

But at the time, I only looked at the documents.

I didn’t know the exact capabilities of the crew.

An expeditionary force that excels in hunting speed but lacks a bit in terms of safety and mobility.

Well, is it natural that the expedition was created for war, not exploration?

“What are you thinking, Mister?”

“…nothing.”

Soon I finished my thoughts and looked around.

The lowermost part of the eye of a glacier with a pattern reminiscent of a human eye.

“Come on, everyone calm down and wait! The lottery will be done in order!”

Now, all they had to do was go up to the 8th floor through the portal, but the atmosphere of the expedition was very cluttered.

For a very simple reason.

Because this is ‘Ice Rock’, a rough place where no one comes.

Naturally, we were the first to arrive in Kisu.

“How do you decide the order?”

“No, it doesn’t matter who does it, so can’t we just move on? I’m starving to death.”

“What? Then you’re out!”

“What? Out of it? I never meant to wear it in the first place! I’m a wizard!”

The maximum number of binding magic is six.

As a result, six people can eat the first portal opening experience.

Therefore, we decided to draw a fair lottery.

Regardless of position or merit, such as team leader and expedition leader, I really only risked luck.

“Ahhh! Damn it! Why is it blank!”

“Hey! Don’t even think about checking inside the box with your superpowers! I’m watching you!”

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! What a feat of opening the 8th floor! Live and live, and a day like this will come!”

Cheers and sighs follow one after another as the long line decreases one by one.

The time when I was watching that figure from the back.

“Aren’t you sorry?”

Ravien came next to me and threw out those words.

“What do you mean?”

“You’re the leader of the expedition. Even if you took the position with power, no one would have said anything.”

“Ah, that’s what you mean.”

It was actually a discussion among the team leaders.

It meant that we ate our experience points and picked the remaining seat by lottery.

For reference, Kaislan went further and said that the remaining seats should be awarded to those who have made the most contributions, not by lottery.

Is that what your subordinates originally do?

“…Hey, are you listening to me?”

“Ah, I’m listening.”

“Why did you give up so easily?”

Soon after, Lavien asked, and I just shrugged my shoulders as an answer.

What answer are you asking in the first place?

It was clear why.

“Tsk Baekji.”

Amelia, who had cast lots before me, returned with a click on her tongue and patted me on the shoulder.

“Suits, now it’s your turn.”

“How many copies are left?”

“One sheet.”

That’s right…

I turned my head to a minimum and checked the number of people left behind with my eyes.

‘A total of four people remain.’

To put it simply, the probability is 1 in 4.

And…

‘There is no Hans among them.’

Every lucky sign pushes on my back.

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

The cold wind descends from above, sweeps the floor, and rises again.

Swoop.

I took off the ring I was wearing on my hand.

That’s because I don’t need this right now.

trudge trudge.

Originally, destiny is to pioneer with one’s own strength.

“Good luck.”

As soon as I stood in front of the box, Kaislan spat words of encouragement.

Now it’s time to see the match.

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”

I cast lots with a spirited spirit like a man.

And…….

“It’s too bad. Baekguryeo.”

It’s not okay either.

Is it because there is no BGM?

Originally, when you do something like this, it’s a national rule to turn it on.

trudge trudge.

As I was powerlessly turning my back and moving away, Ravien passed by.

Oh, it’s his turn next.

It’s not like they’re really picking—

“This is the one with the round mark, right?”

“That’s right. Congratulations.”

and you’re picking this one?

‘I should have pulled one turn late……’

It was a time when my stomach hurt for some reason.

“Can I transfer this ticket to someone else?”

“I guess you didn’t hear it when I explained it earlier. After discussing it for a while, the agreement was reached to make it possible.”

“is it so?”

After a brief conversation with Kaislan, Ravien turned his back without regret and approached me…

“Come on, take it.”

suddenly voted.

“……?”

I didn’t understand at all.

Didn’t he even enter the labyrinth separately and join on the 6th floor, saying he had to do a speed run?

It must have been because the experience was urgent…

“Why did you do this to me…?”

“No matter how much I think about it, I don’t think this is mine.”

“…what?”

I tilted my head as if I didn’t understand, and Ravien answered in a shy voice.

“Since you’ve always been by my side, I know it because I see you. You’ve suffered the most.”

What is this…….

“Whiyuuuuuu!”

“Yeah yeah! You’re the one who brought us here, so you have to open it!”

“It’s a shame. I was going to give it to you if no one transfers it.”

“Lie! To the subject you were so happy about earlier?”

“I’m serious! During the discussion earlier, you stood on the side asking for transfer to be possible!”

“Okay, get it quickly! Everyone who goes on an expedition should take care of themselves while they can!”

A place deep underground where the cold wave is enough to freeze your snoring.

‘It’s warm…….’

I felt like I was about to cry.