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Chapter 176 (Part 1)
Chapter 176 (Part 1)
Chapter 176: The People Chasing the Black Scythe (Part 1)
Since the beginning of the 11th round, Ma Kyung-rok looked more flustered than ever.
‘Damn it, we’re all scattered?’
He thought they would move together because it was a group mission, but they were scattered like it was an individual mission.
It was an unexpected situation that even the prophet had not mentioned, making him more bewildered.
‘What’s going on? Did the prophet forget to mention it? Or could it be…?’
Ma Kyung-rok shook his head.
There’s no way the prophet would deliberately withhold information.
There wouldn’t be any benefit to that.
‘He must not have known we would scatter.’
Even the seemingly perfect prophet sometimes misses out on important information like this.
‘Damn, how am I supposed to find Christine like this?’
Ma Kyung-rok intended to protect his fiancée, Christine.
At least he needed to act like he was trying to avoid any suspicion.
‘Honestly, I don’t love her. How could I have such feelings for a foreigner after just a few months?’
He hardly considers her his fiancée.
But that didn’t mean he wanted anything bad to happen to her.
No businessman wants their business relationship to break down.
‘I wanted to protect her… but now I can’t even track her.’
He knew her nickname was Chrissy, but he had never met her in this otherworld, so he didn’t know her face.
This made tracking impossible under the current conditions.
He had no idea where to find Christine.
‘Should I just focus on completing quests and earning points?’
No matter how he thought about it, there was no way to help Christine.
The only thing he could do was earn points and keep the group alive.
‘There’s no need to worry. The prophet said, right? A lifesaver will appear to save Christine.’
If everything goes as the prophet said, it means she won’t die, so there’s no need for him to step in.
Even if he wanted to, he couldn’t.
‘Let’s focus on earning points. Now where should I go to find a quest?’
Just then, a well-paved road where carriages might travel appeared before him.
At the end of the road was a large city surrounded by walls.
‘Is that a kingdom? There must be many quests there.’
As Ma Kyung-rok walked, a thought crossed his mind.
‘What if I run into other players while wandering around?’
He would greet a Korean player with a smile, but what about players from other countries?
‘There’s no benefit in being with players from other countries according to the rules.’
They come from different areas and aren’t on the same team.
They can’t share points, and they don’t speak the same language.
They are the only competitors that need to be eliminated.
‘Didn’t they say you get points for killing other players? A lot of points.’
In that sense, players from other countries were good targets.
You could even say they were walking points.
‘If I don’t kill them first, they’ll come after me. Surely I’m not the only one thinking this way.’
After thinking it over, Ma Kyung-rok decided.
He would kill players from other countries after assessing the situation.
It was a necessary action for survival.
‘Wait. Perhaps it’s more efficient to hunt foreign players than to complete quests for points?’
If things went well, he might even take the top spot in the rankings and become the zone representative.
‘No, there’s no benefit in becoming the zone representative. Black Scythe will kill me and take the position immediately.’
High-level players couldn’t be controlled by the zone representative, so the Black Scythe couldn’t be stopped.
‘For now, aiming for second place is the best. The first place will always be the Black Scythe anyway.’
First, he needed to complete a side quest and see which method was better for accumulating points.
Was it faster to kill players or complete quests?
‘Let’s see if there are any people around.’
Using his surrounding detection skill, he checked for red dots.
‘Huh? Behind me…?’
Seeing the red dot approaching him from behind, Ma Kyung-rok drew his sword and turned around.
“What kind of… Director An?”
“SEO!”
The person running towards him with the joy of a puppy meeting its owner was none other than An Sang-cheol.
“What happened, Manager An? Were you tracking me?”
“Of course. As soon as we were dropped into this strange place, I tracked you down. It’s better to move together since we’re on the same team, right?”
Ma Kyung-rok nodded.
He felt uneasy traveling alone but having his right-hand man beside him was reassuring.
“Shall we go on a quest together?”
“Yes, SEO. But…”
“…?”
“Wouldn’t it be better to move with the help of the buffer?”
“Do you mean Min Juri?”
“Yes. Without receiving her buffs, I feel empty and somehow like I’m losing out.”
It made sense.
With a single buff, stats could increase by 70%, so the difference between receiving it and not was significant.
Without it now, it even felt like they were under a debuff.
“That’s true. If we receive her Bless buff, it’ll last for three hours.”
“Then I’ll track down Min Juri.”
Ma Kyung-rok stopped An Sang-cheol, who was about to use the tracking skill.
“No, let’s go to the Black Scythe instead.”
“Huh? The Black Scythe?”
“Min Juri will surely try to move with the Black Scythe. If we approach Min Juri, who isn’t close to us, it’ll only make her more wary. Instead, if we attach ourselves to the Black Scythe, who we have some familiarity with, we can naturally receive Min Juri’s buffs and see how he accumulates points.”
“Indeed, the Black Scythe has consistently maintained top performance in every round. Let’s do as you say, SEO.”
The two laughed and changed their direction.
Their target was none other than the Black Scythe.