Chapter 4: Tutorial (3)
‘In that case… there is something that I need to solve first.’
If 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.
The survivors of mankind were all geniuses, but no one had reached the end of the final dungeon.
These hidden pieces were hidden around the tutorial area.
‘Let’s see… the first hidden piece was said to be located in the nearest train station.’
The tutorial was split into two stages.
For 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.
To his knowledge, there were two hidden pieces in the first stage of the tutorial.
After one week, those two hidden pieces would disappear. He needed to find them before the week was over.
Hansoo got up and dusted himself off.
The location of the first hidden piece was Gangnam Station.
‘I knew this would happen.’
“Why are you doing this!”
“Go where! We need to group in order to survive!”
‘Their opinions probably differed.’
Normally, if their desires were that different, it would be normal to separate.
However, if one side overwhelmingly didn’t want the other side to go for some reason, a problem occurred.
Since there were over 100 people, there were obviously people who were more beautiful than normal.
“Ahh, seriously!”
“He….Hey, where are you going!”
Maybe it was because they were at Gangnam Station and were brought here, but their appearances were above average.
One was seriously a league above everyone else.
Suddenly, one woman looked behind them and shouted:
“…”
“Hey! Hansoo! Why are you pretending to not know us? We’re acquaintances!”
Hansoo nodded then, as if he just remembered.
There was no way he could remember them after 50 years.
‘Oh yeah, we came with four guys and four girls to get closer to each other.’
From the other side, a thirty-something looking man ran towards them while breathing excessively and was startled after he saw Hansoo.
The man remembered.
He was so good at fighting that while the others were struggling with 2 to 3 of them, he alone killed dozens of them.
The middle-aged guy, Taesung, kept contemplating.
He understood that Hansoo was strong.
‘And he looks hurt too.’
As Hansoo saw the squirming Taesung, Hansoo clicked his tongue.
‘This is why it’s problematic.’
Normally, the people wouldn’t even think of fighting.
Their first injuries, their first encounters with violence, and the results gave them confidence, which could clearly be seen in their excited expressions.
‘It would be hard to use reason.’
The time in which Hansoo would become angry enough to fight was long gone.
There was no reason to meet this man or stay here any longer.
Hansoo turned and started walking away from Taesung, who was starting at him.
“This bitch, leaving a person in front of him… Hey! Where are you going?!”
What would this person say to him?
‘Do I set my age as 76 or 201?’
Due to Hansoo’s words, Taesung looked shocked.
‘Yeah. What do I say?’
Hansoo’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.
“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.”
‘No, it’s not that they agree.’
From the atmosphere, it seemed that they knew each other.
Hansoo stared at the man who had talked to him, as he seemed like the leader.
There were a lot of people like this.
No, it would be more fitting to say that they were restricted in the world they had used to live in.
Hansoo thought for a moment, choosing between the dying wishes of Eres and Keldian, and then made a decision.
Honestly, pulling out the roots that hadn’t done anything yet was not in his character.
He needed to get out, but if he killed everyone here and left, the time for hidden pieces would be rather limited.
Hansoo replied abruptly.
Having a lot of people wasn’t bad, since it made hunting much easier.
Hansoo, who had finished talking, searched around the goblin corpses and bound two more Podaos to his waist, and then started to walk away.
The remaining friends looked at each other and then followed behind him.
“This son of a bitch…”
“…”
“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.”
The current situation was already chaotic.
And that damnable fairy, too.
‘First, set the atmosphere here.’
Giltae stared intensely at the location where the group had disappeared for a while, and then stomped his way into the crowd.
Taesoon, one of the group of friends, stared at Hansoo, who was walking in front of him raggedly, with a complicated look.
But Taesoon shook his head.
Humans were scarier than goblins.
Logically, it didn’t make sense that being next to one person felt safer than being next to seventy, but that’s how it was.
‘Anyways…’
Starting all the way back from orientation at the college, Hansoo had been in a corner, dazed.
He had also said that he was an orphan.
The reason why Taesoon had brought him today was because if there was somebody lesser than him around, Taesoon would stand out more.
But Taesoon didn’t realize that Hansoo was like that.
As 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:
At those words, Hansoo looked at Taesoon, and then spoke:
“Hey, why do you talk like an old man?”
Mihee smiled softly at those words.
The other three girls weren’t bad, but she had a beauty that stood out.
At that level, living life was pretty easy.
‘…But.’
If 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.
Hansoo ceased his thoughts and kept moving.
“Where are you going right now?”
Hansoo gave a short reply.
“Why there?”
Hansoo pondered for a moment.
However, since he decided to keep Eres’s words in mind as much as possible, he gave a curt reply.
“… A feeling?”
It was too annoying to explain every single thing, and they would probably believe him if he said that he gained psychic powers.
Technically, he didn’t really lie either.
If one was extremely lucky, they could get a rune with something called the ‘Sixth Sense’.
Hansoo, who had organized things simply, continued to walk forward while the others looked at him weirdly.
“…Is it ok for us to follow that guy?”
This couldn’t escape Hansoo’s enhanced hearing.
“You really don’t have to follow me. I’m the type that respects personal preferences.”
Hansoo, who headed forward without hesitation, went down the steps to the twelfth exit that came into view.
The group made bitter expressions before following after Hansoo.
‘It’d be nice if he really had psychic powers.’
“Ah! Are you preparing a place to live?”
Hansoo nodded at those words.
Suddenly, Hansoo slashed his Podao downwards.
“Unfortunately, there are some friends already living down here.”