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nTranslator : Ekdud

nRe : MrPotatoes

nChapter 4: Tutorial (3)

n‘In that case… there is something that I need to solve first.’

nThere was a hidden piece.

nIf it did indeed exist, then it would be something that an evil god would have hidden, something that overpowered and theoretically unobtainable in the beginning.

nFrom what he had heard, the difficulty of the final dungeon located in the tutorial area was too high for a beginner to clear.

nThe survivors of mankind were all geniuses, but no one had reached the end of the final dungeon.

nIn order to finish, Hansoo would have to collect many pieces.

nThese hidden pieces were hidden around the tutorial area.

nTo clear the final dungeon, he must monopolize every remaining hidden piece and become stronger.

n‘Let’s see… the first hidden piece was said to be located in the nearest train station.’

nThe tutorial was split into two stages.

nThe first stage was one in which the first 100 people acted together.

nFor one week, the 100 people would stay in the designated area, and then for 3 months after that, the second stage commenced in which they would hunt in another designated area.

nWhen those two stages were over, the protective area would be opened, and they would be able to meet with the people from previous years.

nTo his knowledge, there were two hidden pieces in the first stage of the tutorial.

nAfter one week, those two hidden pieces would disappear. He needed to find them before the week was over.

nHansoo got up and dusted himself off.

n‘I’m heading to… Gangnam Station.’

nThe location of the first hidden piece was Gangnam Station.

nBy the time Hansoo started heading over there, a chaotic situation had already arisen.

n‘I knew this would happen.’

nHansoo clicked his tongue as he heard the screams from multiple directions.

n“Why are you doing this!”

n“Aaahk! We will go separately!”

n“Go where! We need to group in order to survive!”

nIn the location where the battle ended, everyone was making an uproar.

n‘Their opinions probably differed.’

nThere were a lot of small fights here and there between the people who wanted to act by themselves and those who wanted to group up.

nNormally, if their desires were that different, it would be normal to separate.

nThere would only be problems if you held onto somebody with a drastically different opinion.

nHowever, if one side overwhelmingly didn’t want the other side to go for some reason, a problem occurred.

nSince there were over 100 people, there were obviously people who were more beautiful than normal.

nFor the same reason, there were also a few who got used to the new world more quickly.

n“Ahh, seriously!”

nSuddenly, a group of 3 males and 4 females dashed out and ran towards Hansoo’s location.

n“He….Hey, where are you going!”

n‘With their levels of beauty… there will definitely be problems.’

nMaybe it was because they were at Gangnam Station and were brought here, but their appearances were above average.

nOne was seriously a league above everyone else.

nSuddenly, one woman looked behind them and shouted:

n“We will act separately! We are going to work with this person here!”

n“…”

nAs Hansoo heard the frantic calls, he frowned.

n“Hey! Hansoo! Why are you pretending to not know us? We’re acquaintances!”

n‘Oh. Right.’

nHansoo nodded then, as if he just remembered.

nBecause everyone had died right off at the start, he hadn’t remembered his college acquaintances.

nThere was no way he could remember them after 50 years.

nHe had forgotten already, but after this situation occurred, he started to remember them bit by bit.

n‘Oh yeah, we came with four guys and four girls to get closer to each other.’

nFrom the other side, a thirty-something looking man ran towards them while breathing excessively and was startled after he saw Hansoo.

n‘That guy is…’

nThe man remembered.

nHansoo was the guy who advanced quickly as he crazily slashed apart the goblin-looking beasts.

nHe was so good at fighting that while the others were struggling with 2 to 3 of them, he alone killed dozens of them.

n‘Does he do some sort of sport…?’

nThe middle-aged guy, Taesung, kept contemplating.

nHe understood that Hansoo was strong.

n‘And he looks hurt too.’

nBut, as the fairy had told them before, no one was at an extremely high level yet.

nAs Hansoo saw the squirming Taesung, Hansoo clicked his tongue.

n‘This is why it’s problematic.’

nNormally, the people wouldn’t even think of fighting.

nThe hype of the battle had not yet disappeared.

nTheir first injuries, their first encounters with violence, and the results gave them confidence, which could clearly be seen in their excited expressions.

nThe others were the same.

n‘It would be hard to use reason.’

nThere was really no reason to start fighting with each other right now.

nThe time in which Hansoo would become angry enough to fight was long gone.

nThere was no reason to meet this man or stay here any longer.

nHansoo turned and started walking away from Taesung, who was starting at him.

nAs Hansoo started to walk off, Taesung watched him bewilderingly.

n“This bitch, leaving a person in front of him… Hey! Where are you going?!”

nThen, Hansoo suddenly got curious and turned around to confront him.

nWhat would this person say to him?

n“Is there something you want to say?”

n‘Do I set my age as 76 or 201?’

nHe wondered if he should be formal or informal, but then decided to go with the easier route.

nDue to Hansoo’s words, Taesung looked shocked.

n“What? This young bitch…”

n‘Yeah. What do I say?’

nHansoo’s previous crazy fighting prowess scared Taesung, who did not want to make an excessive demand, but he would be filled with regret if he simply let Hansoo and the young people behind him walk away.

nWhile Taesung was shocked, the man who was standing behind him spoke impatiently.

n“We really aren’t bad people either. My name is Giltae. Let’s act together. It seems like you eight are young, so wouldn’t it be better to work together? It seems that there will be a lot of times where strength is needed from now on.”

nThen, people who agreed with his words gathered behind him.

n‘No, it’s not that they agree.’

nFrom the atmosphere, it seemed that they knew each other.

nHansoo stared at the man who had talked to him, as he seemed like the leader.

n‘Hmm, his eyes…’

nThere were a lot of people like this.

nThose who got used to things way too quickly.

nNo, it would be more fitting to say that they were restricted in the world they had used to live in.

nAnd now, since those restrictions were gone, they were like fish swimming in water.

nHansoo thought for a moment, choosing between the dying wishes of Eres and Keldian, and then made a decision.

n‘Eres, you are saving a lot of people right now. I will let them go, once.’

nHonestly, pulling out the roots that hadn’t done anything yet was not in his character.

nEven then, his stats were still pretty average.

nHe needed to get out, but if he killed everyone here and left, the time for hidden pieces would be rather limited.

nHansoo replied abruptly.

n“Dismissed.”

nHaving a lot of people wasn’t bad, since it made hunting much easier.

nHowever, people who were like vultures, trying to gobble up everything they can, were bound to make trouble.

nHansoo, who had finished talking, searched around the goblin corpses and bound two more Podaos to his waist, and then started to walk away.

nThe remaining friends looked at each other and then followed behind him.

n“This son of a bitch…”

nTaesung, who had been watching Hansoo, gritted his teeth and stepped forward, but Giltae blocked his path.

n“…”

nAs Taesung watched his elder brother Giltae’s actions with a weird look, Giltae opened his mouth.

n“This isn’t the time to be fighting with them. They… can be dealt with after everything is organized. We must first get this place in order.”

nGiltae looked around at the 70 or so people remaining.

nThe current situation was already chaotic.

nA strange place with strange beasts.

nAnd that damnable fairy, too.

nSince it was already chaotic, keeping those who would create trouble would only make it hard on him to control them.

n‘First, set the atmosphere here.’

nFrom one point of view, this chaotic period was a chance.

nGiltae stared intensely at the location where the group had disappeared for a while, and then stomped his way into the crowd.

n…………………………………………

nTaesoon, one of the group of friends, stared at Hansoo, who was walking in front of him raggedly, with a complicated look.

n‘I’m not sure if this was the right move.’

nBut Taesoon shook his head.

nIf they stayed in there, a real division would’ve occurred.

nHumans were scarier than goblins.

nBesides, being next to Hansoo made him feel safer.

nLogically, it didn’t make sense that being next to one person felt safer than being next to seventy, but that’s how it was.

n‘Anyways…’

nTaesoon knew that this guy was peculiar.

nStarting all the way back from orientation at the college, Hansoo had been in a corner, dazed.

nAs if he was thinking of something else.

nHe had also said that he was an orphan.

nAnd from that, Hansoo seemed like a weak target.

nThe reason why Taesoon had brought him today was because if there was somebody lesser than him around, Taesoon would stand out more.

n‘Tsk.’

nBut Taesoon didn’t realize that Hansoo was like that.

nAs Taesoon remembered Hansoo fighting manically in the front, he watched Mihee, the beauty of the group, with a face full of regret, as she was staring at Hansoo. He then cleared his throat and spoke:

n“Hey, Hansoo! Do you really not remember us?”

nAt those words, Hansoo looked at Taesoon, and then spoke:

n“I think I got amnesia when we got here. I don’t really remember much.”

n“Hey, why do you talk like an old man?”

n“…Does it show that much?”

nMihee smiled softly at those words.

nHansoo stared at her.

nThe other three girls weren’t bad, but she had a beauty that stood out.

nAt that level, living life was pretty easy.

n‘…But.’

nIn the Otherworld, beauty was a double-edged sword.

nIf you had the confidence to use it well, it became a weapon, but if you aren’t strong enough, then you would invite all sorts of crooks.

n‘Well, she’ll figure it out by herself.’

nHansoo ceased his thoughts and kept moving.

nMihee stared at Hansoo and spoke cautiously:

n“Where are you going right now?”

nHansoo had been walking with a purpose from the beginning, as if he knew exactly where he wanted to go.

nHansoo gave a short reply.

n“Inside Gangnam Train Station.”

n“Why there?”

nHansoo pondered for a moment.

n‘If I travel alone, I don’t need to explain all these things, but this is rather annoying.’

nHowever, since he decided to keep Eres’s words in mind as much as possible, he gave a curt reply.

n“I’m getting a feeling.”

n“… A feeling?”

n“Yeah. It seems that with the amnesia, I seem to have gained psychic powers. I’m getting a feeling that I must go to the train station.”

nIt was too annoying to explain every single thing, and they would probably believe him if he said that he gained psychic powers.

n‘Well, even fairies exist, so if I say that I have psychic powers, they will somewhat understand.’

nTechnically, he didn’t really lie either.

nIf one was extremely lucky, they could get a rune with something called the ‘Sixth Sense’.

nHansoo, who had organized things simply, continued to walk forward while the others looked at him weirdly.

nHis actions had been weird from the beginning, but psychic powers?

n“…Is it ok for us to follow that guy?”

nJisun, one of the girls standing behind Mihee, softly whispered to her boyfriend, Gangtae.

nThis couldn’t escape Hansoo’s enhanced hearing.

nHansoo smirked as he spoke:

n“You really don’t have to follow me. I’m the type that respects personal preferences.”

n“…”

nHansoo, who headed forward without hesitation, went down the steps to the twelfth exit that came into view.

nThe group made bitter expressions before following after Hansoo.

nHonestly, the things humans could do to them were much more terrifying than whatever a beast would do, and what the fairies were capable of was even more terrifying.

n‘It’d be nice if he really had psychic powers.’

nTaesoon, who was mumbling inwardly, went down to the train station and then spoke to Hansoo:

n“Ah! Are you preparing a place to live?”

nHansoo nodded at those words.

nSuddenly, Hansoo slashed his Podao downwards.

nKuuuaaaaak

n“Unfortunately, there are some friends already living down here.”

n1. In Korea the way of speaking changes in regard to the speaker’s age and his seniority towards the person he’s speaking with.

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