Why do you stay?
[shit! How many of these guys are there? I can’t see the end!]
[Almost there! Hold on a little longer!]
The power of the Titans and various tools overwhelmed the Deep Ones, but the Deep Ones had numbers that could overturn the overwhelming difference in power.
The screen that informed the state of the aircraft was all red and the armament was almost gone. However, even in a hopeless situation, everyone did their best in their role and finally reached the target area C-5.
[Im here! Everyone get off! And Mr. Carmen, are there any self-destruct devices inside the base?]
“Self-destruct device? Why would there be such a thing in a resource base?”
[Damn it. So what about torpedoes?]
“No, so this is a resource base, not a military base! Why are you looking for something like that!”
[It’s not the end just by boarding the submarine! What will you do if they chase you?]
Only then did Carmen realize the intent of the question, and her expression hardened.
If you think about it, there was no way that those who could make a hole in the base couldn’t make a hole in a submarine.
If you escape normally, the only thing you can do is change the place you will die from the base to the submarine.
And after a while, a question came that made Carmen even more flustered.
[How long does it take to move the submarine?]
“You can move right after you finish boarding. Why do you ask that?”
[Then could you wait for about 5 minutes?]
“Five minutes? It’s an hour in a hurry right now!”
[For good reason! We’ll try to get you there as quickly as possible, so please wait for 5 minutes! Also, be sure to search for the submarine!]
“Why is that again?!”
[Thinking it was all over, but being stabbed in the back by those who were hiding is a cliché of creatures]
“Hey, look!”
I tried to ask again, but the communication was already cut off.
Carmen, who continued to worry until the moment she went into the base and started the submarine, finally made up her mind.
“Wait a minute!”
“Waiting? What kind of bullshit is that? What kind of guy is waiting when there’s not enough time to go?!”
“Jerome didn’t come. We have to wait for him.”
Those who were only preoccupied with boarding the submarine realized that Jerome was nowhere to be seen.
The person who gave them the courage to move while they were waiting for death in the warehouse, the person who fought at the forefront without being frightened by the unknown monsters, the person who played a decisive role in enabling everyone to come this far.
They wanted to run away from this hellish place as soon as possible, but they were not shameless enough to abandon their colleagues and benefactors without hesitation.
“Where the hell is that bastard doing?”
“I don’t know, but he asked me to wait a minute. And he also asked me to search inside the submarine.”
“Damn it, damn it!”
That’s right!
“Do I have to wait any longer?”
The huge echo created by the base collapsing, the shock enough to be transmitted to the inside of the submarine.
Fear and fear gradually spread among the people, and at the moment when even Carmen was seriously worried about whether to wait longer, the sound she had been waiting for finally came from the walkie-talkie.
[Boarding complete! Let’s go!]
“Goes!”
The arms that fixed the hull were released, the propeller rotated, and the submarine began to move forward.
Carmen, who was staring at the display that informed the submarine and the surrounding situation, turned her head when she heard a familiar voice.
“Did you search the submarine?”
“Of course! Why the hell are you so late?”
“I have some insurance in case of an emergency.”
“insurance?”
I turned my gaze to the huge display located on one side of the meteor wall that passed by Carmen with an incomprehensible expression.
Thousands of Deep Ones were swimming around the base. Although they hadn’t been caught yet, it was clear that they would notice their presence as soon as they left the hangar and come after them.
“Is the submarine fast enough to outrun them?”
“I can’t be sure, because I don’t know how fast they are, but I don’t think they’re going to be able to keep up with emergency levitation since they’re living beings. The one problem is that they’re likely to catch up before they get into an emergency levitation position. .”
“okay.”
Due to the tilted base and complex undersea terrain, the submarine had to move a little further along the wall after exiting the hangar in order to surface.
A situation where all one could do was pray, but one thought differently.
‘I’m glad I bought insurance.’
“Why don’t you go?”
“Didn’t you hear what I just said? If I keep going like this, they’ll catch up with me?”
“That won’t happen. Go.”
In a tone filled with confidence, not feeling the slightest suspicion, Carmen grabbed the steering wheel as if possessed by something.
And as soon as the submarine moved forward with a slight trembling, Yuseong raised both hands as if conducting an orchestra and sent a signal through the connected magical thread.
“Uh, uh uh?”
“What’s going on? Is something wrong with the agency?”
“That! Look at that!”
People who turned their eyes to where someone’s finger was pointing couldn’t help but make an absurd expression for a moment.
“Why is that thing moving? Is there anyone who couldn’t come in?”
“I’ve checked several times, but it can’t be! Isn’t someone remotely controlling it?”
“Because that’s a non-remote control model?”
“Then what the hell?!”
A scene incomprehensible to common sense, where six Titans are fighting the Deep Ones.
Of course, the culprit was Yoosung.
‘It’s fortunate that the mana barely lasted.’
The reason Yoosung asked to wait 5 minutes was to get into the cockpit of the Titans and install thorny vines for remote control.
If it was a device that required careful operation, it would have been impossible, but the Titan was a simple work device operated with levers and buttons, and it was enough to control it simply by hanging thorns on some important levers and buttons and sending a signal.
Although he was showing gruesome movements, such as floundering his arms or swinging his weapon in the wrong direction, the purpose of attracting attention was more than achieved.
“Urgent injury!”
Those who noticed their presence belatedly began to approach, but the submarine was already surfacing at a speed that surpassed them.
“… haaa.”
Yuseong, relieved of tension at the distance between the Deep Ones and the submarine, sighed in relief and sat down on the floor.
Where else would there be a quest like that, but this quest felt like it was toxic to the consumption of mental power.
[Quest ‘Unidentified creature. You have cleared ‘very hostile to humans’]
[Analyzing the clearing process, please wait]
[Fate change rate 168.9%, two-dimensional skill use rate 40.4%, two-dimensional artifact use rate 28%]
[Final Evaluation SSS Rank]
[Amazing! Han Yoo-seong has succeeded in saving not only the fate of his client but also the fate of countless people! Rewards are paid!]
[Basic Clear Reward: 200,000 Karma, Emergency Regeneration Ampoule x5 for Severe Trauma, High Firepower Explosive for Rock Crushing x3, Pure Titan Ingot 5kg]
[Additional condition clear reward: 3,500,000 Karma, highly enriched helium 3 fuel rod x1]
[SSS Rank Clear Additional Reward: 4,000,000 Karma]
[After a while, it starts returning to the original world]
“…but it’s worth the hard work.”
“Worth the hard work?”
“Oh, so it’s rewarding to see everyone escaped safely.”
“Hahaha! That’s right! Thank you so much. If it weren’t for you, we would have been prey to those monsters by now. If you climb up on top, I’ll shoot you big, so look forward to it.”
“That’s true…”
Meteor, who was trying to give a good match until he returned to Earth, was frozen in the moment.
Something huge was projecting on the other side of the display.
It was an insincere expression, but I couldn’t think of anything other than the expression of something really huge.
It was partly because of the grotesque appearance, which seemed to draw all beings that could come out of a nightmare, but it was also the reason why it was not possible to properly describe the appearance because it changed in real time as if smoke was swirling even though you were seeing it with your own two eyes.
“·······.”
The moment I thought I had made eye contact with the being through the display, the part that was presumed to be the being’s mouth opened.
────.
An echo that cannot be expressed in words, as if coming up from the abyss.
A huge reverberation of something made up of sound, waves, fear, and evil struck people directly.
“Cuck!”
“Ughhhh!”
People who could not understand what the resonance was, but could only sense the malice contained in it, collapsed on the floor and started shaking or grabbing their heads and screaming.
But they were at a slightly better level.
It was because they did not understand the meaning of the echo, so they only tasted fear and despair for a moment.
“···ah.”
However, Yooseong was different.
Yuseong, who was able to understand and know all kinds of languages through the language of the beginning, Babel Skill, realized the meaning contained in the sound.
The mysteries and truths of the infinite universe, the unknown beings that exist beyond the universe, and the infinite malice against life.
It was something that a mere human head could not accept, let alone understand, but Meteor understood and accepted it with the power of skill.
And Yooseong, who had no skills, equipment, or ability to protect his mind, had no choice but to pay the price for the forbidden knowledge.
“Eh eh!”
Blood oozes out of every orifice, including eyes, nose, and mouth.
A terrible feeling as if something had punctured the head and ripped through the brain.
And just before everything was over, a message to save Meteor came to mind.
[Activate the Deus Ex Machina program]
[Complete tracing Ariadne’s thread]
[Perform a spirit movement]
* * *
The moment he returned to Earth, Meteor felt a headache and unbearable nausea that made him suspect that his head might be exploding.
“Keheuk! Kek!”
Yuseong, who ran to the bathroom and vomited, managed to come out and throw himself on the sofa after a long time.
A strange state in which extreme mental fatigue to the point of losing consciousness right away and a headache that makes both eyes open spontaneously coexist. Yuseong, who calmed his mind and body by pressing down on his temples and turning the Vermund practice method, stared at the ceiling with wide eyes. I saw.
‘…I never thought it would be so fortunate that all skill-related knowledge and experience would disappear after synchronization.’
Knowledge, know-how, and information that could be classified as skills are all lost when the quest is over and you return to Earth unless you purchase them separately from the Karma Shop.
It was a guess, but perhaps the knowledge and enlightenment contained in the resonance of that gigantic existence were things that could be classified as skills.
The only problem was that it was dangerous knowledge that humans could or should not understand. Fortunately, he returned to Earth before fully understanding it and survived.
“Ah, how can I not erase this memory? Just thinking about it makes my head dizzy.”
Yooseong, who had been spouting lamentation, instantly realized a certain fact and hardened.
When the quest is over, all information that can be classified as skills disappears.
But why…
‘Why do these memories remain?’
Mysteries and secrets that come to mind clearly when I close my eyes.
Yoosung quietly closed his eyes with a headache that felt like being stabbed in the brain with a needle.
this is not a game
