Chapter 423

Episode 423 Like Ice (3)

Elder Lich’s Active Skill [Soul Extraction].

The effect of this skill is simple.

If it was a skill acquired with essence or a skill cast by an elder lich I met in a normal field.

「The character falls into a [fainting] state.」 Searᴄh the nôvel_Fire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

The fainting is over.

For reference, this applies only to designated targets, not wide-area skills, but it is possible to counter through various skills other than mental strength or exorcism.

But…

「The glacier mage, Cariadea, guides the extracted souls into the box of punishment.」

This [Soul Extraction] case is a little different.

In the game, it was impossible to block [Soul Extraction] in any way, except for being outside the range

.

Just like this.

Flash-!

The moment I opened my eyes, I saw a crystal cave.

And it was a man who received a soft purple light.

“Look.”

he asks, holding a hammer covered in goblin blood.

“Are you looking for a night mate?”

race is human.

Age estimated to be in early thirties.

He is a little over 180 cm tall and has a kind and warm impression.

‘…I had big feet compared to my height.’

Anyway, it was a face like this.

Now I thought it was blurry even in my memory, but when I saw it, it came to mind.

Soon, the uncle smiled and said his name.

“Oh, I didn’t introduce myself. My name is Hans.”

Commonly known as Hans A.

The starting point of all Hans and a grateful being who taught me the mindset I should live in this world.

He gave me a hammer, compass, canteen, and shoes as gifts for the first time I saw them, and he helped me evolve from a savage into a civilized person.

“But why did you kill me?”

Then he asked with a devil-like expression in an instant.

Blood is flowing from the red eyes.

But what do you mean?

“Well, I must have died because I did something that deserved death, right?”

“You could have forgiven me.”

“Forgive me…….”

“I had a daughter and a wife.”

Yes…

“I know.”

where can i not know

Then I saw a family portrait in your bag you took away.

It was a young girl about three years old and a wife who looked a few years younger than the man.

But…

“Did you regret… killing me when you saw that?”

I answered without a single thought.

“no.”

It is the truth without a single lie.

So why do you regret it?

“If I go back to that time, I will kill you in the same way.”

“…….”

“I wouldn’t have been the first target for plunder anyway, Mr. Mister, did they? They didn’t have a family, did they?”

Even if it wasn’t like that in the first place.

Where in the world is there an orphan without a story?

“Don’t worry. There’s no problem living without mom and dad. Your wife and your daughter will be too.”

the source is me

So you can trust me

Kwajik-!

It was meaningless to talk further, so I immediately jumped in and smashed his head with a light flick with a demon grinder.

But what is this again?

“…You’ve changed. You weren’t like that back then.”

Hans A, who only had his chin left, opened his mouth and continued the conversation in a calm tone.

“…huh?”

what is this scary

[Soul Extraction] Was there anything like this in the pattern?

Wasn’t it just a section where the characters I’d killed so far came out and attacked me?

A performance not seen in the game.

“But what do you mean by that you have changed?”

I was curious about what he meant, so I asked him back, and he giggled.

“I was so trembling when you killed me then.”

“So what?”

“There is no inspiration anymore.”

“aha!”

“I’m sure you will continue to do that. Even if someone kills their parents, daughters and sons, and breaks up a family. I’ll accept everything. Just because the target was your enemy.”

say very bad words

I wonder if he accepted the conversation for no reason, but at least one thing I knew for sure.

“Don’t you know?”

This guy reads my mind.

“You are becoming a monster.”

So, it stabs the deepest part accurately.

“Of course, until now the target was an enemy, so he could have deceived himself. I am not a monster yet.”

Kwajik-!

He hit his jawbone with a hammer, but the voice didn’t stop.

[But.]

“Do you see how tough it is?”

[If it’s not an enemy.]

[If you have to kill in order to live, if it’s an innocent person.] [

No, if it’s a colleague you wanted to protect more than anyone else.] [

So what do you think?]

I didn’t answer.

Because you know it doesn’t make any sense.

That’s because the source of this voice was inside me.

[You have already become a monster.]

To survive.

Doubt and anxiety that have been hidden in a corner of the heart and thoroughly ignored.

[It’s no different from the monsters you’ve killed.]

“…….”

[You’re already a person here.]

After that, Hans A disappeared as the light.

***

My uncle was clearly a degrading person.

A gambler addict who couldn’t have a decent job.

When I won money, I gave a lot of pocket money, but on the contrary, when I lost money, I committed violence and made me the target of my anger.

However, there is a saying that if you look for stones in the mountain next to it, you can learn at least one thing.

So did my uncle.

Even thinking about cancer, it wasn’t something I would say to an 8-year-old whose father died less than a year ago……. but if I

had to throw the dice anyway.

Do you throw the dice on the board you made instead of playing on the board made by others?

The advice engraved deep in my head has helped me a lot in living in this world.

That’s why…….

truggling.

I am walking through a crystal cave.

It is not a real space.

A virtual space that was dragged into fainting due to [Soul Extraction].

‘I didn’t know the crystal cave was the background.’

For reference, the background was always different in the game.

2nd floor, rocky desert, 4th floor, Sky Tower, 6th floor, Sea, etc. There were times when he woke up not in a labyrinth, but in a royal palace or something like that.

If so, what are the conditions for selecting the background?

‘Maybe this is the most impressive space.’

It’s a reasonable guess.

It was here that I almost died from stepping on a trap, that I met Erwen, and that I killed the first person.

The hardships that the Lord of Abyss, Berzak, was summoned to, must be forgotten for the rest of his life.

Took.

I hurriedly turn around when I heard someone from behind, and I saw a trio of familiar faces.

A mustache man with a shield.

A blonde spearman with a tall physique.

And…

“Kee hee hee hee hee hee!!!”

A woman in a priest’s uniform laughing with her hair half-combed.

Named (Old) Elisa Half Head Mode.

“Hey, it’s been a while for you too.”

Unlike Hans A, they immediately pounced on me without even trying to talk.

And…….

Kwajik Kwajik Kwajik-!

Within 10 seconds, everything turned into a halo of light.

So, what is my level and how many essences have I eaten? It was a difficult enemy only in the low level state, but there is no difference from goblins now.

In the sense that it is fair to die in one room.

“Huh… how many are left now?”

I woke up in the crystal cave and once again counted the number of enemies I killed, but I’m not sure what.

You can’t remember the number of bread you ate, right?

I can’t even count the exact number of people I’ve killed so far, because I’ve been eating murder while acting like an explorer.

‘……I think I remembered it in the past.’

What Hans A said feels more weighty.

In fact, I didn’t even remember his face until I met him here again.

In fact, I completely forgot about it.

“Elisa. She was so impressive that I definitely remember her…….”

What was the spearman’s name?

Taser gun? Dyson? Well, that was the name……

I immediately flinched as I recalled the names of the three people I had just defeated.

It’s because the name of the mustache man came to mind.

“Hans Argo.”

For reference, the Hans code I gave is C.

“Nimiral.”

Now I’m thinking about it, so from now on, do I have to meet all the Hans I’ve killed?

chills down the spine

This one won hans not even hell.

‘How many Hans have I killed so far?’

Fortunately, looking back one by one, it wasn’t long before I actually killed them.

It’s been a while since I hit the last hit, should I?

Hans E, whom I met in the sewer while tracking Elisa, used it as a meat shield when the trap was triggered.

It was Erwen who killed Hans J, the magician who betrayed us on Farune Island, and everyone else, apart from that, met and parted ways as if passing by.

Except for just one person.

“My name is Ha Hans Christen…”

Hans G, the demon summoner who killed the doppelganger in the forest.

and this comes right out

Get right first, is this?

“Why did you… kill me? We’re the same pro players…” Hans

G, who appeared from the side road with his soul mate, the fairy archer, was using a strange tone for some reason.

That’s the most memorable scene, so are you stuttering here too?

Well, the shock at that time was great.

“I didn’t even betray me! It’s just that he exposed me as an evil spirit—!”

so what do you say

Kwajik Kwajik-!

Dash and break the head before the conversation continues.

A savage way of living the world much more comfortably.

After that, as I was wandering around the cave, I reconstructed the memories of the people I lived and killed and attacked me in a recreated form.

“Now you know! Why did I have to be a looter! I couldn’t help it in that damn place!”

Gencia Neifrin, the player you killed in the Glacier Cave.

I didn’t know then

No, I hadn’t really thought of that.

I don’t think there are any players who start from Noark.

“I said it was a mistake, but it’s only because of it! Die! Die!!”

The three religious men who attacked Team Banpun after being tricked by the tongue of Elisa, who was a priest of Karui, reunited at the hut and killed me. Killing

these guys, I truly realized

. That you will be able to live like a human.

Kwajik Kwajik Kwajik-!

In addition to that, numerous looters we met in the labyrinth appeared scattering grudges.

Most of the guys we met in the first half had their heads exploded in one shot, but the guys in the second half were different.

Fur Ahhhh!

Orculis’s lighthouse keeper

Huhhh!

A knight I met in Noark in the past era. “As a result

, I was trying to help

you!”

It wasn’t scary, but as the number of them gradually increased, the burden on my body grew.

It’s like the weight of a sin.

“I… killed so many people…?” At

least hundreds.

Numbers.

But……. “Yes

, it

‘s better.”

If I’m at this level, how bad can the Noarks and the Rose Knights be

?

*** 「The last enemy

is

defeated

.」

「The character’s [stunned] state is canceled.」

「In place of the ghosts that failed to achieve their goal, the wizard of glaciers punishes them. 「

Random penalty will be given until the labyrinth is closed.」

***

When I opened my eyes, I was being dragged along.

With both of my legs being grabbed by someone, I was rubbing my back against the cold, sharp ground

. ! This guy isn’t even wearing gear, so why is he so heavy!”

Sven Farab’s voice.

Yes, you were dragging me

along.

While I was being dragged, I looked around.

Strange

phenomena that I couldn’t see before were taking place

.

Priests and wizards struggling to move while carrying the fainted body-type explorers on their backs.

I checked the watch on my waist.

‘About 15 minutes……’

The time when Phase 2 started and I was fainting. ” Leave

Parav now”

“Huh? Are you awake?”

“Yes.”

I couldn’t be more of a burden here, so I quickly came to my senses and got up. And I instructed Sven Farab to carry someone else.

“Priest Orman! Thank you for your hard work. From now on, the person behind me is mine. Please help someone else out there. It’ll be better if we do it together.”

“Whoa… I’m sorry. Parav Paladin must be having a hard time too.”

“Haha, this level is nothing.”

I immediately got up from my seat and my sight was secured, so I quickly glanced around and grasped the situation.

‘Two priests, three wizards, two supernatural magicians, one paladin Two archers.’

A total of 12 people, including me, woke up from a fainting state.

Even if each person took on only one person, the number would remain, but the condition is so poor that there are cases where one warrior carries two or three others. It’s a very simple

reason .

I didn’t regard patterns as gambling.

‘Are Erwen and Amelia still…’

First of all, I took over the two saggy ones and put one on my shoulder. Then, with Futa Rickavan on my back, I gave Jun who was moving. ”

June

.

”

_

_

_ A random penalty that is put on when released from the state. This penalty is completely random, and if you’re lucky, it’s just that you can’t feel the taste, but if it’s severe, one character becomes an asshole like now

. ” Are

you okay, Yandel?”

“For now… nothing seems to have changed right away

.” Really.”

“When did you wake up? I want to get a status report.”

“Fifth.”

“You’re faster than expected?”

Jun laughed bitterly at the words he muttered without thinking

. Most of them were ordinary people with no powers. Thanks to that, it was easy to deal with there.”

“Is that so…”

He didn’t seem to want any words of consolation, so he hurriedly moved on to the subject.

“I want to hear what happened while I passed out.

” The first ones to wake up were Priest Orman and Priest Perriton Eriavosti. Really… they’re people who don’t have a single drop of dirty blood on their hands.”

Well, you don’t know that.

Due to the nature of the job, the priests themselves have to hit

the last blow. I hit.’

“But the two of us couldn’t move all of us, so we waited and somehow started moving when the number of people woke up to be able to move.” “How long did that last?” “11

minutes

.

” Were there any other people there?”

“Before I left, no one from Noark or the Rose Knights had woken up, but now I don’t know what it will be like.” Yes, that’s right……. It’s

not

bad.

“As you said, Yandel. I tried to attack those who fainted just in case, but it didn’t work.” That’s

because the fainted ones are invincible while the second phase is maintained. At that

time, Cariadea does n’t attack either.

When 30 minutes have passed.

Anyone who hasn’t returned by that time will die,

even if they died inside

.

I am very worried, but I have no choice but to believe.

Putting aside the immediate problem, I checked the other members one by one. There

were a total of three people who suffered heavy penalties.

Jun, who became crippled.

James Carla, an archer who became blind.

His right hand was gray. Older Didi, dyed with light and hardened like a stone.

I don’t know what kind of penalty the fainted members will wake up with, but right now. If so

…

‘What am I?’

What kind of penalty was applied to me.

I checked this and that as I walked, and soon I had no choice but to grit my teeth.

Hardly……

Among all the many penalties, this one was taken.

“The character’s active skill is limited in use. Is

it the curse of the Hans I met in the cave?