STGB Chapter 213

Episode 213 Discard (2)

Foggy 1st floor crystal cave.

There, where the corpse was spread out and the fishy smell of blood filled the place, a man giggled and chatted with his colleague.

The content of the conversation was irrelevant.

Indecent conversation, such as asking if the woman he killed earlier was not pretty or that it was a bit of a waste.

The end invariably led to dissatisfaction.

“Ttk, there’s nothing to have fun with just being here.”

“Haha, if you think differently, doesn’t it mean that it’s less dangerous?”

“…you are unnecessarily optimistic.”

“It’s not wrong though, is it?”

“Well, that’s the case…”

The man suppressed his dissatisfaction and took out a piece of beef jerky from his pocket and chewed it. It was meat that he hadn’t eaten in a very long time.

Because he couldn’t enter the labyrinth for six months, Noark, where he belonged, was suffering from severe food shortages.

‘……Can I win?’

The man shook his head in a sudden panic.

It’s not whether you can win.

You have to win.

Only then can we eat and live like human beings.

Even if it is an underground city where no light shines through.

“Focus on the Rex mission.”

The man, who was resting with his back against the wall, sighed at the captain’s words and corrected his posture.

“You look like you’re dissatisfied.”

The man said honestly.

“Hasn’t anyone been seen for over two hours?”

“so?”

“It means no one will come anyway. All the bastards who want to go inside have already gone in, and all the bastards who don’t have either run away or run away.”

Even the area to which they are assigned is quite far from the Central Dark Zone.

It means you won’t have to run into people from inside.

“Still, it’s something you don’t know, so keep vigilant around you.”

“Yes, yes.”

At the plaintive captain’s words, the man gave a rough answer and stood at one of the crossroads.

I couldn’t see very far because of the fog.

But there was no anxiety.

What’s wrong with something coming out of there?

‘How many people are here?’

Later, when you return to Noark, you will only have more loot to take with you.

This was the car I was thinking of.

“Captain! It’s pretending!”

A colleague who was standing guard at the other fork in the road shouted. The man grabbed his weapon and moved towards it.

‘Who really came?’

I was a little surprised, but I wasn’t worried either.

‘Is he someone who doesn’t know the situation here at all?’

Probably.

If you knew even a little about the situation here, you wouldn’t think of passing through here.

He must have made his way this way without knowing anything—

“Huh?”

The man tilted his head.

No, that wasn’t all.

Everyone listened with questioning faces.

cooong! cooong! cooong!

What do you mean?

“Footsteps?”

Someone chanted it briefly, but this was also not explained.

How does this mean human footsteps?

I wonder if it’s a large monster like a troll.

‘Oh, but there aren’t any monsters like that on the first floor?’

With a strange sense of incongruity, the man energized the hand holding the weapon.

It was then.

“Behel—laaaaaaaaaaaa!!”

It made its appearance as it spewed out a wild cry through the mist.

“What is it! This bastard!!”

“Stop!!”

It was one barbarian.

with a very large body.

***

Survival means relieving.

What will you give up to survive?

This process proceeds strictly according to priorities.

Because humans are rational beasts.

pounding-!

Doesn’t it often appear in movies too?

A scene in which a helicopter abandons and abandons its cargo to escape from enemy pursuit in order to fly or to prevent a ship from sinking.

The more things you throw away, the better your chances of survival are.

But…

Throbbing-!

Obviously, reality is different from movies.

not so friendly

What we have to throw away for life is something other than baggage.

pounding-!

Perhaps Bersil knew that.

So, without any hesitation, he would have abandoned us and left.

Leaving only this one word.

[Please do not resent me.]

Of course, I do not resent you.

Because I know it’s a thoroughly rational decision.

She had priorities, and for that, she boldly relieved everything else.

Just like I did right now.

“Behel—laaaaaa!!!”

Let out a shout and inject power into your toes.

A sense of resistance that had never been felt before in the shield held tightly with both hands was conveyed in real time.

Feeling like climbing a tidal wave with one shield.

Well, maybe that’s not such a bad description.

Even if it’s a bit exaggerated.

“What is it! This bastard!!”

“Stop!!”

It is breaking through the road at the forefront.

To pass the distance of 20 minutes by running.

We are pushing back the infested enemies.

Like a tank on the battlefield.

“Bjorn!!!”

Misha is following right behind.

The role is simple.

Destroying enemies pushed aside by my charge.

Slow-!

It doesn’t matter if you can’t kill him in one hit.

After all, our purpose isn’t just to reduce their numbers…

our forces are deployed after that.

“This damn bitch—!”

If Misha is the first strainer, the second strainer is Raven and Mr. Bear carried by Einar.

Kwaaaang-!

Crossbow arrows and magic fly to enemies that Misha couldn’t kill without fail before they even wake up.

Of course, it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t end there.

There are a lot of strainers left behind.

“Be careful Erwen!”

A one-handed sister made up of Erwen and Daria.

And right after that, Takelan’s team, which is an average of 5th grade, and the chin jaw team located at the rear.

It is similar to the cavalry of the Middle Ages.

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”

The goal is only rush.

Enemies not slain in the lead are dealt with by the rear following. It doesn’t matter if there are enemies who survive the last strainer.

Isn’t that a matter for the last room to figure out?

‘It’s self-employed.’

When we put forward this strategy and formed a formation, Knuckle-Taw insisted on being in the last line, even giving us the one-deal fairy sister.

The thought was obvious.

Since it is in the form of rushing, he must have judged that the front line would be the most dangerous. He must have thought that if an unexpected accident occurred, he could withdraw his footing.

Erwenne, a former mercenary, was treated like an outcast.

‘You bastard.’

The most risky place in this strategy is also the last one. Now, everything will be taken care of in front of you and you will be able to suck the honey, but…

there is no way this state will last forever.

I didn’t know that the hurdle would come so quickly.

Woo-!!

A heavy impact transmitted through the shield.

Even if you put power on your toe, it won’t be pushed forward.

I lowered my shield slightly to check the view in front.

“I’ll see all the crazy ones.”

A warrior from the black bear tribe, like Mr. Bear, stood in my way. My body was 1.5 times smaller than me during [Giantization].

But…

‘Nimiral.’

How strong is he?

Though he thought the level of Noark’s explorer was considerable, he wasn’t too worried.

“Barbarian, you’re the hero of some story—”

the bear whispered behind him, his words spilling out of one ear.

“Raven now!!”

I am not a universal hero.

But the same goes for opponents.

“Everyone, get back!!”

At the same time as Raven’s warning sound, an explosive shock rushed from behind.

「Arua Raven cast [Oxygen Explosion], a 6th grade auxiliary magic.」

A whopping 6th grade wind attribute auxiliary magic.

The reason I blew it up behind me is simple.

The deal is low, but it comes with an advanced knockback check.

“Eww! What is this…!”

After a tense contest of strength, it uses the wind as power to push the enemy away as if it were a sail.

And…

“Oh no—!”

Kwajik.

Dash forward while stomping on the face of the bear cub who lost his balance and fell backwards with [Leap].

Well, he seems to be a tanker too, so he won’t die with just this, but…

Puff!

Soon after, a deafening sound came from behind.

It’s like stabbing someone in the tofu.

It seems that the strength is high but the physical resistance is low, right?

“Behel—laaaaaa!!!”

The bear cub stopped moving for a while, and the enemies gathered behind him, so he continued his charge again while doping his body with [Wild Eruption].

But…

“I need to move faster!!”

It wasn’t as fast as before.

This was a very big problem.

One of the weak points of cavalry is that they end up surrounded when a breakthrough is thwarted.

“These crazy bastards!!”

“Kill!!”

Enemies who have been knocked down by the charge rise up like zombies and rush at their teammates.

If until now they had been unilaterally breaking through the road, from now on they have to go through this difficult battle.

Kwajik Kwajik-! Wow!

An intense battle sound overlapped behind them.

Of course I don’t know the exact situation.

But the more I did, the more I looked only forward.

“Don’t worry after Bjorn!!”

Of course you have to worry.

Isn’t human life a war like flies?

I am worried that someone will be seriously injured by a blind knife.

Slow-!

Because I don’t know whose body the sound of that flesh being pierced came from.

Could it be Misha?

Could it be Einar?

Could Raven be Mr. Bear?

Negative thoughts keep popping up in my head.

But what do you mean?

“Behel—laaaaaaa!!”

Stopping here will only make things worse.

Embracing the fear I couldn’t throw away, I focus everything on the role assigned to me.

“What power!”

just to open the way.

Leaving behind your colleagues and moving forward with integrity.

It’s what I have to do at this moment, and it’s something I can’t do without myself.

[The good news is that we’re almost there. You can enter the dark zone in 20 minutes by running.]

Time flies like an eternity.

In a cave where sweat, blood and screams coexist.

‘It’s been about three minutes.’

It felt like an hour had passed, but in reality it was only supposed to be that much. Now, you can tell where you are on the first floor just by looking at the wall.

‘Nimiral.’

It feels like being trapped in a cave where the concept of time is distorted.

I checked my location in real time and inferred how much time had passed.

4 minutes. 5 minutes. 6 minutes.

And…

‘Seven minutes.’

First fatality occurred.

“Kayen!! Kaiyen is hurt!! Help me. We have to help each other…!”

“Leave it, Lena.”

“Yeah? But…!”

“He…is already dead.”

“…….”

“I leave him here.”

Kaiyen was an archer on Takelan’s team

. That’s about it, but it gave a pretty good impression when I said the whole statement.

‘8 minutes.’

The road was blocked by a barrier summoned by someone. I

immediately took the crossroads next to it and corrected the route.

Improvisation I couldn’t have done if I hadn’t been trained by Rotmiller as a guide.

‘It will take three more minutes to arrive.’

The bad news didn’t end there,

‘9 minutes.’

Another person died.

This time, it was a member of the chin team that followed us from the rear.

And one more thing.

“Bjorn Misha is injured!!”

Misha was injured.

“What part and extent?”

“Outside the left chest ?” under! No internal injuries—”

“Eat potions while running. Einar, carry Misha on your back!”

Fortunately, there is no damage to life, but Einar, who helped fight with one hand even with Raven on his back, now serves only as a carrier.

’10 minutes.’

Without fail, sad news came from behind:

“Mr. Yandel! Those people in the back are gone!!”

The juggernaut team, who was in charge of the last line, ran away.

Seeing them dying in front of them, I thought this wouldn’t work… but it

was my misjudgment

. Hey.’

I never thought that it would be possible to escape alone in a situation where the enemy is on all sides. Fuck

if you’re going to kill yourself, I’ll die for us.

Anyway, these bastards are missing and the burden on Takelan’s team is much greater.

Maybe that’s why?

’13 minute.’

This time, two people died:

the wizard from Takelan’s team and the warrior carrying him

. It’s only because of the goblin…!”

The primary cause of death was the regenerated goblin.

In the midst of the confusion, the goblin flew into his face and covered his vision, and at that moment he was hit by a skill fired by an ice magician and turned into an ice statue. .’15

minutes.’

A black magician popped out of the side road and fired wide-area magic.

There were no fatalities, but

Daria, who threw herself to protect Erwen in the center, was

incapacitated

. No.

But.

“Don’t get on your feet and move. I’ll carry your sister!”

Abman carried Daria on his back and the power went down by one more.

’17 minutes.’

Abuse of [Leap] to boost stats,

and MP ran out due to [Giantization] that was never released.

「The character’s soul power is insufficient.」

「[Giganticization] ends.

” The seat next to Mr. Bear was blocked by Mr. Bear’s tank summoner,

Cheol-woong.

Cheolwoong was reverse summoned,

but Misha, who ate the potion, regained consciousness and returned to the battlefield.

’19 minutes.’

I see hope.

Now I really only have to go a little further.

Although half of them are dead, there are still no dead among those who decided to save.

’20 minutes.’

A high-ranking explorer, estimated to be at least level 4, stood in my way.

Class was a swordsman.

He was holding a greatsword made of adamantium, a level 5 metal, as a weapon…

“You must have a taste for cutting.”

I used an auror.