Episode 739: A strange
ghost town.
A message from the expedition team left in a place where there is nothing left.
“Exploration party. Hmm.”
I rubbed my chin.
What are you exploring?
I understand you’re going to walk around the 99th floor.
Is it possible that the higher you go, the greater the influence of the beings occupying that floor?
The field size also tended to grow proportionally.
This, the last floor before climbing to the 100th floor, had the potential to have the largest field ever.
Well, even here, it’s the same.
‘What are you looking for on the 99th floor?’
King of worshipers?
Are you looking for that guy?
If you find it, you won’t be able to win it anyway.
I don’t know if you need to know its location to avoid it.
The record ball that Ophelia showed me.
The word used to refer to the guy who died while holding that record ball.
‘I said it was an observation object.’
The last people seen by the guy who died after entering Bedrock Vaaluze’s territory.
They are probably called the exploration team.
To summarize briefly.
“The expedition team is observing the King of Worshipers.”
The story goes roughly like this.
I crossed my arms and thought for a moment, but the conclusion was simple.
“Ophelia is the key.”
“Yes.”
In the end, she is the answer.
It didn’t help much, but if the strategy for the 97th and 98th floors was planned based on Smile Cap’s experience, now it’s Ophelia’s turn.
Having the 99th floor record sphere means that there is an NPC here that has a connection to her.
We don’t know what the purpose of the exploration team is or whether they are friendly to us.
Still, it would be better than crashing into the ground.
I have to meet him.
“It seems like not everyone joined.”
I opened a community just in case, but no one joined, including the members.
It seems that those who entered the 99th floor are scattered.
The exception is Noble Knight.
Because these guys are bound by group skills.
“Yeah.”
“It’s here too.”
Deokchun pulls his ear and points to one side.
There are more traces that appear to have been left behind by the exploration team.
Are they still all over town?
‘I don’t know what the picture is.’
What Deokchun discovered was a painting.
In some ways, it looks like a part of a map, and in a larger sense, it looks like the shape of something.
I looked around the village some more, checking out its strange appearance.
“It’s probably been less than a month since the villagers left.”
Food residue remains.
There are also a few flies flying around.
If a long time has passed, not even flies remain.
Since the larva is not visible, it must have already grown and become a fortress.
If you roughly calculate it.
‘At least a week. ‘It’s probably been about two weeks.’
During that period, all the village residents left.
Why on earth?
Because it’s hard to live here?
Or is there something that threatens survival?
Considering that he left with his household goods, he may be wandering in a certain cycle.
I don’t know if there’s any reason to do that.
“The exploration team must have been there recently.”
Neither the scratches on the wall nor the paintings looked old.
If there were people in the first place, it wouldn’t have happened.
There is even a note on the table in the abandoned building.
-Two strange bodies found.
-Exploration area to be secured.
-Request to wait for the processing team.
“It’s weird... Is this what the exploration team was looking for?”
When I look at the situation, it seems like what I thought was correct, but what is it actually like?
I don’t even know what this strange thing they are talking about is.
As a rule of thumb, it is not a typical monster.
If that were the case, I would have written down the level or name of the monster.
“There is no way the NPCs on the 99th floor will move collectively because of the monster.”
It won’t be a disaster or an ancient monster whose name has already been decided.
The number 5 was written on it.
“It’ll be there in a little while! Be careful not to get caught. Are you planning a surprise attack?”
Just as the community was quickly turned off, Big Morton shouted.
“Sure.”
I nodded, hiding my true feelings, but my heart sank coldly.
These guys.
‘What is it?’
I stared at the backs of the heads of those leading the way.
It seemed like I needed to check what they were doing.
* * *
A 99-story building rising tall from a vast land.
The red brick house had a quiet atmosphere.
The druid who was watering the flowers growing in the yard looked up.
“Hmm. “You are an uninvited guest.”
There is a person approaching from a distance without any intention of hiding.
No, should I say that it is running.
“and! building!”
Druid Mallet thought the person approaching was suspicious.
Definitely a climber.
He is also a strongman who rose to the 99th floor.
Since he must have been involved in all sorts of battles, he should have had a sharp mind and the thoroughness to check anything even slightly suspicious.
‘what? ‘Is he just crazy?’
The guy running straight towards him seemed far from that.
Even the clothes were strange.
Green chewy.
It was slightly burdensome to see my extremely trained body stand out, but I knew one thing.
“Stop. “If you come near, I will consider you an enemy.”
Anyone who reaches the 99th floor is a threat to themselves.
I came here in search of a safe and peaceful life in a field where numerous threats lurk.
I had no intention of abandoning my home because I was afraid of leaving the tower at any time.
That’s why I kept it in check.
-Clud-clack-clack.
The wooden arm bends and turns into a bow.
As soon as you pull the string, an arrow of magic is caught.
The ability to inflict enough damage even on monsters!
-Whoop!
The wind rushes in just from that momentum.
On the wall of his house, the now faded cape of Expedition 5 fluttered.
The only survivor of Exploration Team 5, which has now disappeared.
There was no turning back for the person who gave up exploration and chose life.
Her expression hardens as if the person in front of her is also an idiot.
“uh? Hey!”
“No nonsense will work.”
Are there one or two wicked beings who lure you into a trap or ambush you with sweet temptations?
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from living in the tower for a long time, it’s not to trust others carelessly.
To avoid being swayed, it was right to refuse the conversation itself.
At the same time, deal with it resolutely.
The moment he entered the area he had set, he would mercilessly let go of his bowstring.
“There’s something strange behind you.”
“I believe you...!”
-Shoopot!
A new model that disappears with the sound of light footsteps.
The Bald Man moved, and Mallet briefly missed the movement.
A chill ran down my back at that fact.
‘You passed me by?’
Before he could react, he was able to see that the hair loss man had passed him by.
Even though it was too late, the mallet turned back.
“It looks strange. “It is neither a disaster nor a fragment of chaos.”
-Gooooo!
A being radiating ominous chaos and energy stretched out its claws.
A monster that shakes shapelessly like a giant shadow.
A strange entity that can only be found on the 99th floor.
[Smite of Justice (SSS) Lv.MAX]
-Ugh!
With a loud noise, the hairman’s fist crushes the monster’s claws.
The moment the monster flinched from the shock, Mallet also let go of the bowstring.
[Vortex (SSS) Lv.MAX]
– Quad deud deuk!
The whirlpool created by the arrow’s rotation tore the monster’s arm to pieces.
The hairless man lands in front of the guy struggling in pain and glances behind him.
“Didn’t you say something earlier?”
“...I believed it and launched a linked attack. “It’s our first meeting, but we fit together well.”
“Hahaha! That’s okay!”
Mallett had a hunch.
A peaceful life is bad.