Return To Player - Chapter 8

‘Long time no see, shitty bat.’

Park Dong-Kwon the bat. In the previous round, that was what he was called as.

A psycho who enjoys hiding in various groups with different appearances each time and destroying them.

A monster in human disguise who doesn’t care about how many people dies if it benefits him.

“We got lucky? Do you know how we killed those monsters, or should I say goblins?”

At that moment, Jisoo, who had been quiet, opened her mouth.

“Goblins?”

“Yes. When I killed the monsters, their names were displayed on their heads.”

Dong-Kwon asked with a puzzled face at Jisoo’s cold response.

“You’re saying you killed some of those monsters too?”

“Yes. There are witnesses who’ve seen me kill too.”

Jisoo said and pointed to Jonghyun, who was quietly watching the situation.

“Yeah, ….. right.”

Jonghyun nodded his head as her gaze suddenly turned to him.

“See? It’s foolish to wait blindly in fear of those goblins. Even I can deal with them! And the soldiers and the police can’t even move now, can they?”

Jisoo said so and lifted her smartphone.

The smartphone was full of news about the current situation, which is also happening everywhere around the world.

‘Oh, the news are still coming up.’

After a while, the Internet will get cut off anyway, but I was surprised that there were people still posting articles even in this situation.

“Ugh.”

Dong-Kwon frowned at the news displayed on her smartphone.

“Right. We can’t just wait. Look at the quest window, it said we need to get out of here.”

Hyun-Kyun was shaken for a moment by Dong-Kwon’s words, but after hearing Jisoo’s argument, he seemed to have made up his mind.

It seems that the risk has dropped significantly since Jisoo, who is a woman, killed some monsters herself.

Jisoo has a petite body and small height, so she looks pretty weak.

But considering the skill Jisoo has, there are no humans here who can kill her.

Thousand Deaths is a skill specialized in killing human-shaped beings more than anything else.

That includes not only humanoid monsters but also humans.

‘That’s why that ‘Hyulma’ was so hard to defeat.’

He’s a guy I really don’t want to see again.

But he will meet again. Still, this time, you will be able to fight more easily than before.

“But, do you think others will agree to it?!”

However, Dong Kwon was still vehemently opposed.

Seemingly to be thinking for the people in the auditorium.

But I felt strangely anxious about it.

‘Look at this?’

He wasn’t the type to worry about other people like that.

On the contrary, he was the type to use people and use their corpses to climb higher.

So I couldn’t hold back my laugh.

“Then you and the people who wants to stay can stay here by yourselves”

“What?”

“I didn’t think I could convince everyone here in the first place. So it doesn’t matter if some people decides to stay here.”

Unlike in my previous life, I thought it would be okay to help people in this life, but that’s to a certain extent.

I have no intention of forcibly saving someone who wants to die.

I did as much as I could.

‘But this guy will never actually stay here.’

If he’s the same Park Dong-Kwon from the previous round.

“Krg!”

Dong-Kwon gnashed his teeth.

Probably because my words went against his plans.

‘So this guy is like this from the beginning.’

He must have thought of annihilating the people in the auditorium and receiving additional rewards according to the number of people he killed.

It was a completely opposite plan to me, who is trying to save people and get additional rewards.

‘But that’s the way things are.’

It may not be possible to persuade everyone to escape, but considering Hyun-Kyun’s leadership, there is a high probability that many will follow.

Then Dong-Kwon’s plan naturally failed.

And since his plan will fail, he’ll definitely try to follow us.

Since he will be taking a great risk if he survives alone when everybody who stayed died and the rewards for killing the small number of people won’t be worth our suspicions.

“So, are you really going to stay here?”

As I asked for his decision again, Dong-Kwon’s eyes turned to Hyun-Kyun.

Hyun-Kyun had already made up his mind to get out of this place.

“…… If the president really goes, I’ll follow him. I’m worried about sending the president alone.”

As I expected, Dong-Kwon switched teams.

It was like saying that he was forced to follow for the sake of Hyun-Kyun, but I knew very well that it was not his true intention.

‘And also.’

His actions made it clear.

Park Dong-Kwon, you are already the avatar of a God

“Is it really okay? I still see monsters…..”

“It’s gonna be fine. According to the students who went to scout, they can’t make a proper judgment after their captain’s death.”

“Still….”

“You know there’s no point in waiting here for rescue anyway, right? A day has already passed. If they are going to rescue us, they would already be here by now.”

“Okay…”

At Hyun-Kyun’s words, an elderly man bowed his head. probably one of the college’s professor.

As Hyunkyun said, a day has passed since the game started.

However, the fact that something has not been done means that something has happened outside.

“Yoon Hyun-Kyun! You’re trying to lead people out on your own! If you keep acting like this, you won’t get any credits for next semester!”

Another professor said something like this.

‘Credits? In this situation?’

What a joke.

Now that the world has been turned upside down, credits were not important at all.

“Are you okay?”

“Oh, maybe it is?”

The number of people who chose to leave the auditorium was quite large.

By looking at the very few left in the auditorium, you can see how popular Hyun-Kyun is.

“Come, everyone, pay attention to your surroundings!”

At Hyun-Kyun’s cry, people started walking slowly.

The destination is, of course, outside of the campus.

“Sehan Oppa, are we going out now?”

Jisoo, who was walking in the crowd, asked me.

“Yeah, if nothing special happens, then we should leave the campus.”

“If nothing special happens…..Are you talking about the goblins?”

“No, goblins without a captain don’t usually attack people in groups.”

“Really?”

Having been asked if anything will happen, I kept my mouth shut and looked up at the observers wandering in the sky.

And then looked at Dong-Kwon, who was walking next to Hyun-Kyun.

‘That bat shit… He’s annoying but I can’t just kill him now.’

Killing Dong-Kwon, who would be a killer in the future, should be easy but I couldn’t.

Apart from the fact that we had a lot of eyes watching us, I was thinking of using him since he would be pretty strong.

‘Then…….’

I opened the game window and glanced at the list of products in the DLC store.

There was just one thing that should be perfect for this situation.

“Be wary of the goblins around you!”

Hyunkyun shouted as he walked forward.

Some goblins scattered around us were wary of us, but they didn’t attack us.

“Aren’t they going to attack?”

“Ah, there are so many goblins……”

They are the goblins that attacked people until yesterday.

So it wasn’t unusual for people to be scared.

“They won’t touch us unless you are separated from the group. So don’t worry!”

Hyun-Kyun told people exactly what I had explained.

“We’re almost outside. Stay strong!”

The content of the quest is to leave the campus grounds.

The people’s footsteps gradually accelerated towards the school’s main gate, which was now in sight.

“It’s the first time I’ve been so happy with the front gates of the campus.”

“Let’s go out quickly. I can’t even call now, so I’m worried about my parents.”

The voices of the people around me seemed to brighten a little.

The goblins didn’t seem to want to bother them, and the thought of leaving this hellish place soon feels relieving.

But, I can’t help but feel anxious.

[The quest’s difficulty will now rise.]

[Difficulty E- } D]

“Eh?”

Suddenly, a clear notification sounded.

That was just the beginning.

[Since the difficulty is now E, A ‘Sentinel’ will now appear.]

Thump!

The sound of heavy footsteps echoed.

It was a sound that goblins could never make.

It was a sound that could only be made by a huge monster that was at least several meters tall.

“…… What is that?”

Someone muttered aloud.

In front of the main entrance of the campus.

A huge monster with the head of a cow stood there.

“That’s a Minotaur, isn’t it?”

I don’t know who mumbled it.

But there were no words that represented the monster in front of his eyes as much as those words did.

A gigantic body that was at least 5 meters tall.

A monster with a cow’s head and writhing muscles.

It didn’t have any special weapons.

But with that size, that shouldn’t be a problem at all.

That monster should be able to tear an ordinary human with its bare hands.

‘Are they crazy? A Minotaur in the first main quest?’

Looks like they’re determined to see some corpses.

To fight against a Minotaur, you must at least complete the 15th main quest.

In the first main quest, it was a monster that could never be defeated no matter what we did.

‘It’s a monster that should never even appear. Damn you Acartus…’

He’s a GM who manages the game, but he can’t do anything.

There were obviously limits to what he could do.

‘So he used the feature called ‘Sentinel’.’

It is not simply a role placed on a stage like a boss or a hidden boss.

They are strong, but they are the ones that can be overcome if we join forces.

But not Sentinels.

Sentinel appears as a winnable, but is an unwinnable enemy to the current players.

‘It’s common in single games.’

For example, the final boss you meet on the start stage.

It is a monster that is made to avoid, not defeat.

‘Even so, since this is still the first quest, the sentinel’s strength will have a limit.’

The Minotaur, a sentinel, is a monster strong enough to slaughter humans here, but there were clear limits.

Main Quest Stat Limit F (100).

Since minotaurs have C-class abilities, all of its stats will be set to F (100).

It’s hard to get a sense of how strong that is, but I’ve invested only 20 points in my strength to throw a stone and smash a goblin’s head.

The ability of people here is between 5 and 10 at best.

Even in pure numbers, the difference is close to 10 times, and in fact, there was a larger difference when converted.

It is often said that gorillas have 20 times the strength of humans, but the minotaurs in front of them now have close to 100 times the strength of humans.

Whook, Whook.

The harsh breathing of the Minotaur could be heard all the way here.

While everyone was frozen, Dong-Gwon, who was standing next to Hyun-Kyun, slowly turned his back.

“Everyone run a- eup?!”

Dong-Kwon, who was about to say something, suddenly got himself overpowered from his back and stopped talking.

“Are you crazy? Keep quiet.”

It was Jisoo who covered his mouth.

Because I instructed Jisoo to stop Dong-Kwon if he tries to do anything.

‘Good.’

It was a little surprising that a Minotaur appeared, but I thought it was indeed something that Acartus would do.

And when such a situation arises, if it’s Dong-Kwon, he will surely do something to wreak havoc.

This was also within the expected range.

Minotaur basically follows the behavior of cattles.

If people had started to run away from this place, startled by Dong-Kwon’s words, the Minotaur would have rushed to them right away.

“Eup, Eup Eup!”

Dong-Kwon struggled to get out of Jisoo’s hands, but it was difficult to get out of Jisoo’s hands, whose abilities had risen by slaughtering goblins.

But not everything goes as planned.

A few who came to their senses at the struggle of Dong-Kwon left the group with small screams.

“Run away!”

“How do you get away from a monster like that?!”

Chaos broke out in the crowd.

But everyone was soon frozen stiff.

This was because the Minotaur’s gaze turned to those who fled the group.

“Mmmmmmm!!”

“Hiik!”

Those who tried to run away stopped at the sound of the Minotaur’s cry that filled the stage.

This is because giant monsters have a fear effect in their cry.

But that effect is rather fortunate for this current situation.

If they hadn’t stopped in fear, they would have become like the people who are now running away.

Doo doo doo doo!!

“Alas…….”

The gaze of those fleeing moved towards the oncoming Minotaur became blank.

That can’t be avoided.

They must have felt it instinctively.

Puaak!!

It was as if a train had passed.

The people who had just run away were scattered in all directions without even screaming properly.

“Uh-huh.”

Some people, whose legs were loosed at the sight, fell down in hopelessness.

There were also women who fainted.

Quaddok!

The Minotaur’s feet, which razed those who ran away, stopped.

And slowly, very slowly, the Minotaur’s gaze turned toward this direction.

Of course, there was no one who could move.