STGB Chapter 342

Episode 342 Comeback (1)

Lee Han-soo’s room feels familiar yet unfamiliar.

‘Something… It’s been a while.’

Looking around to see if anything has changed, I sat in a chair for a while, moving only my toes, and quickly turned on the computer.

Geeeeing-!

Our goal in today’s community is simple.

As always, information gathering is our top priority.

However, the difference must be that unlike usual, two years and six months have accumulated.

‘Let’s look at the bulletin board first.’

The round table, which can be called the main dish of community activities, can be entered after three hours, so I checked various bulletin boards by manipulating the mouse.

It was quite a cumbersome task.

I had to flip through the list for a long time to see the atmosphere here in chronological order.

[Wow, has anyone ever been to Bjorn Yandel’s house?]

-I went there with the people who were helped by him on the first floor, but I felt strange looking at the flowers piled up.

-I can feel that he is really dead.

-Your co-workers also seem to be in a super home atmosphere.

Well, since I have a lot to say, you can read it from here.

[tetyys: Why are you making a fuss over the death of an NPC?]

[ㄴSogeking33: Well, no one would have cared if a young cub like you died, right?] [

ㄴSoDamnToxic: Even in a noble royal family from an explorer who came out after 10 years as a barbarian tribal candidate They said they were going to send knights to hold a funeral procession to commemorate the hero’s death… It’s only natural that bastards with an inferiority complex cling to each other.] [

Ki11Humans77: That’s a bit unfortunate. Since they created a new clan, I was curious about how it would grow.]

After checking the comments on the first post I clicked on, I pressed the back button. And I moved the page step by step and checked the posts.

1 month, 2 months, 3 months…….

As time passed, the bulletin board poured out articles focusing on the hottest topics at the time. Just looking at the stories about my death that were filling the bulletin board, that’s the case.

It’s only been a month, but the frequency of mentions has decreased so much that it has almost disappeared.

However, from the following month, it started to be mentioned again.

Someone had put in new firewood.

[Is the rumor that Bjorn Yandel is an evil spirit?]

-These days, everywhere I go, there’s only that story. I’m not going to do this because of nothing.

[Three reasons why Bjorn Yandel is an evil spirit]

-If you’re here, press recommend and go~

[Common sense suggests he’s a demon?]

-Rebuttal I’m a newbie who’s never seen Bjorn Yandel.

-If positive, Suin has a girlfriend.

[arolf5205: He’s right. Those who say that Bjorn Yandel is an evil spirit must be newbies.]

[1spring: Bjorn Yandel is not an evil spirit. So, do you have a girlfriend now?]

[Bling0_0: Um, but I think I’m a bit like an evil spirit…]

2 months after Bjorn Yandel’s death (?).

The bulletin board was plastered with stories about whether or not I was a demon.

So far, most of them have been regarded as rumors.

Well, there was one comment in the middle that bothered me.

[teckmonkey: Maybe it’s not a rumor, it’s a fact. There is a story that the place where the suspicion first came out was Bjorn Yandel’s most cherished colleague.]

Seeing that he only referred to him as a colleague and didn’t refer to anyone, he stopped paying attention. When a topic arises, all sorts of aggressors stick to it because they are used to it.

clack clack.

In the third month after the death, the topicality decreased and my name was rarely mentioned.

But…

6 months after death.

My name, which had been slowly forgotten, is explosively mentioned on the bulletin board.

It was officially announced by the royal family.

Bjorn Yandel is an evil spirit.

[Hey, is the official letter from the royal family real?]

[Is Bjorn Yandel an evil spirit?]

[He was nominated for tribal chief and was even given the title of nobility. How could it be a demon? Isn’t something wrong?]

At first, everyone seemed confused, but gradually the evidence that I was an evil spirit came up all the time, and it flowed into an atmosphere of acknowledging the fact.

Assuming that I am an evil spirit and thinking about it, there were not just a couple of questions.

[It was strange when you think about it.]

– Does it make sense to grow like that in such a short time? It was just too weird to see me as a guy.

[ㄴtunaboot: Fact 1 It doesn’t make sense even if it’s a demon.]

[ㄴBrutalizerX: Fact 2 Bjorn Yandel was living with three women.]

[ㄴWingPizza: Fact 3 Bjorn Yandel is known as a giant over 20cm tall. there is. Of course, the height.]

Of course, the period when my name became a hot topic was short.

Aside from being a shocking story, there was not enough firewood to continue burning.

Bjorn Yandel is a demon?

It’s an amazing story.

but so what? How long are you going to talk about the dead child?

It almost felt like this.

Well, some speculated that there must be a huge secret behind the spread of such rumors about the sudden death, or the fact that the royal family has now confirmed the rumors… But, unfortunately, that was all

.

Because there is no way to turn such a secret situation on the community free bulletin board.

clack clack.

After that, I continued to read the posts, but there was no topic that could warm up the entire bulletin board for several months.

It was a normal atmosphere, just saying what you want to say with Jung-gu heating.

But…

1 year after death.

An incident occurred that set fire to the community.

[Guys, did you hear about Nartel Clan?]

Nartel Clan.

The clan headed by Melter Fend, an explorer who had a close relationship with me from the Battle of Noark the other day.

90% of the clan died in the Labyrinth.

The cause was already well known.

[godFLEXyou: I heard that only a few people survived because they were attacked by Noark?]

The Noarks, who are known to have gone out of the castle walls, were found in the labyrinth.

As a result, all sorts of speculations circulated in the community.

That there is a portal outside the castle wall.

It might not be that, but it might have been a new portal in some way. Some said that it was likely that they were from Noark, who remained in the city and hid their identities.

And…….

1 year and 1 month after death.

One of the medium-sized clans was wiped out in the Labyrinth.

It was a clan active in the Dark Continent where Clan Nartel suffered a catastrophe.

The cause of the annihilation is unknown as there were no survivors.

1 year and 3 months car.

The number of clans disappearing without a trace on the 7th floor increased rapidly, and there were several eyewitness accounts of seeing people from Noark.

Most of the sightings were on the 7th floor.

1 year and 4 months car.

The royal family recognized the seriousness of Noark’s case and began to distribute identity cards again.

Knights were also put into the labyrinth to patrol the lower floors.

But nothing got better.

As soon as the labyrinth opened, they checked those who entered from the first floor, but no one was from Noark.

1 year and 6 months car.

Noticing that Noark’s forces only appeared on the 7th floor, the royal family formed an expedition in cooperation with several large clans.

And came back with a lot of damage.

Still, there was a harvest.

[Breaking news] Noark’s latest situation]

– This is reliable information obtained by interrogating prisoners captured during the expedition.

-The Noark bastards opened a portal outside the castle wall, and if you enter it, you’re on the 7th floor.

-Oh, of course, not even the POWs know how that was possible, and the royal family knows nothing about it.

New information confirmed.

Time passed like that, and it was 1 year and 8 months later.

The royal family, who banned ordinary explorers from entering the Dark Continent, set up a second expedition and won a scarred victory in a single battle at the end of countless battles.

And…

[It’s a real war now.]

A full-fledged contest of strength began on the 7th floor.

It was judged that if Noark’s guys got stuck on the 7th floor and increased their strength, it would lead to a big problem later.

Numerous explorers participated in the war for the huge rewards offered by the royal family, and heroes who gained fame in the war sprang up every day.

As a representative example, there was Chilgang.

Seven young heroes who did not have much reputation before, but made their names known by playing an active part in this war.

[But looking at it now, it seems that Bjorn Yandel’s party had a crazy talent pool. How can two of Chilgang come out at the same party?]

I went back in time and checked the last post 10 minutes ago, then let go of the mouse.

Even if I just skimmed through it, more than two hours had already passed by the time I tried to check the 2 years and 6 months’ worth.

‘Should I take a break and organize things……’

I got down from the chair and lay down on the bed.

Once I looked around the community, I learned very little that was new.

That’s natural.

It was because I had spent more than ten days at home and heard various things from Erwen. I already knew about the big events for each timeline.

Among them, of course, there was also something about Noark.

‘Still, it was nice to be able to know the atmosphere at the time after looking around all the time……’

Besides, there were quite a few trivial information in the posts that Erwen hadn’t told.

For example, all explorers who had previously been brain dead after being hit by a pillar of fire were cured.

‘Anyway, should I check the exchange side this time?’

After a short break, I sat down in front of the computer again and started checking the overdue posts one by one.

And time passed…….

[03:09]

It was time to enter the Round Table.

***

Squeeze.

The goblin mask opened the door and greeted me cheerfully, waving.

“Oh Mr. Fox! Long time no see?”

“hello.”

“I guess the two of us came first today too?”

At the goblin’s question, Versil Gowland, a woman wearing a fox mask, smiled awkwardly.

It was because he knew that he was out of luck for a private conversation, not a fact-checking question.

She had nothing in particular to share with the goblin.

“…Haha, you seem to have something to think about today, just like the last time? I’ll be quiet.”

“thank you.”

Soon after, the antlers and the crescent moon arrived at about the same time.

I checked the time and it was 3:05.

There were 5 minutes left to enter.

“I guess those two haven’t come yet?”

“…will be back soon.”

To the deer antlers’ question, she replied with a bitter smile. The members who have not yet joined the rally are the clown and the queen.

Perhaps they will participate today.

Well, after checking the members, he would just turn his back and disappear again this time.

As always in the past year.

“But since the four of us gathered, we can properly conduct the meeting today.”

“…Last time the deer’s antlers fell off and you couldn’t even start? Why didn’t you come back then?”

“Do I have to tell you why, goblin?”

“That’s… no. Yes. I was just curious, so I asked.”

As we were chatting meaninglessly before the meeting started, the door opened again.

The person who came in this time was a woman.

“Oh my, how long has it been?”

Queen.

A woman whose presence is incomparable to that of a lion, but who proved her worth enough in this rally by crushing a clown with information power.

“Are you going to wait and leave again?”

At Crescent Moon’s polite question, the queen laughed awkwardly. If so, the answer was sufficient.

It’s her idea, because everyone knows.

‘It would be meaningless to participate in a rally without that man.’

Even after the investigator stopped visiting, she participated in the rally and shared various information.

However, at some point, she also checked only the members and left before the rally started.

And the same goes for clowns.

“Fisit, did you all gather together this time?”

“Clown…….”

The point where two minutes remain before the start of the rally.

People’s eyes gathered as they saw the clown that had arrived.

Most were unfavorable.

That’s because I’ve been bumping into Noark lately.

Even if not as much as the crescent moon, it could not be favorable to him, a figure of Noark’s camp.

“Will people die just by looking at it like that?”

The clown chose an empty seat and sat down as if he liked that kind of gaze. And staring at the clock hanging on the wall, he waited impatiently for one person.

It was a scene all too familiar by now.

“Whoa… It looks like he won’t be coming today.”

“……I heard that attempts to climb out to the 6th floor are being witnessed in Noark these days, what is the reason?”

“Yes? The meeting hasn’t even started, so why am I telling you that?”

“That’s… because you don’t participate in the gathering…”

“Mr. Antlers… Then you should have brought something fun? ”

“…Do you think that would make you look like a lion?”

“Fisht had no intention of doing that.”

Soon after, the clown laughed mockingly and got up from his seat, and the queen stood up as if she had waited.

“Anyway, it looks like they won’t be coming today,

so I’m going to leave

. ” .

‘Where did that person, the replacement investigator, disappear to?’

At first, both the jester and the queen concurred in all sorts of speculations about his disappearance.

I’m not coming because I’ve lost interest.

The GM kicked that person out of the community, and so on.

There were many other hypotheses, but the most memorable among them was the goblin’s speculation.

That he might be the same person as Bjorn Yandel?

If it was death, the reason was that the timing was very coincidental.

But…

[Physic Goblin-san, why don’t you get rid of paladins and become writers?]

The goblin had to spit out that speculation and be laughed at.

I didn’t say anything harsh, but I didn’t take it seriously, and the other members felt the same way.

After all, when the lion first appeared on the round table, Bjorn Yandel was an explorer less than a year old.

At most, it is impossible for someone who was active on the 3rd and 4th floors to show that kind of side.

But…

‘Perhaps the conjecture was true…’

The fox thought the hypothesis might be true.

There are many inconsistencies, but if that’s true, at least that explains why the lion didn’t show up for two and a half years—

yikes.

It was the moment the accident led to that point.

The closed door opened slowly and everyone flinched.

It was for a simple reason indeed.

Because the clown who was about to leave his seat hadn’t even arrived at the door yet.

“……?”

no one comes anymore

no there shouldn’t be

Except for one person.

Took.

Soon, a man appeared through the open door.

And…

“……!”

“……!”

The man who made everyone freeze just by appearing said.

It was as if he had stopped by because he was bored on the way.

“Long time no see.”

The investigator is back.