those eyes.

that attitude.

Everything resonated and impressed me greatly.

A pillar of light fell toward me and stuck right in front of me.

‘This level of level 45.’

Some say it’s a half player, but anyway, the destructive power of one shot was the best.

And right in front of me, a monster with a hole in its head was wriggling.

‘Are you almost dying?’

It was an object that was only half exposed because its body could not come out.

[LV55/Eight Red Eye Ant Vice Commander/Skill]

An entity at least 10 levels higher than the Worker Ants.

It was also much larger.

It looked about 50 cm tall, but the teeth on its jaws were very sharp.

I took out my dagger and hunted down the eight-legged second corps commander who was holding my breath.

[You have killed the eight-legged ant vice-captain.]

And looking up, Mangbu-seok was biting his lip.

[#I could have killed it in one shot, but #it’s still not enough #let’s reflect]

Mangbuseok’s attitude not only resonates deeply with me, but also inspires me.

Today is Mangbuseok’s first actual performance.

The mind is also not in a perfect state.

However, I noticed the enemy in front of me in advance and actively attacked this place.

‘Basically, that attack is a direct fire, but did you even change it to a curved fire?’

Any player with artillery skills can do it, but this was a bit different.

Because this was the first skill cast.

I couldn’t help but describe it as a gift from God.

But what inspired me more than that was Mangbu-seok’s mindset.

‘I should be happy with this small success, but I’m reflecting on myself while whipping myself.’

Especially low-level players, or players who have just started playing, tend to be happy with small successes.

I am relieved that I seem to be holding the first reference point well.

Moving slowly and carefully, I climbed the sacred tree without irritating the worker ants.

I hid my joy and excitement and trained this player to become a better player.

“The sense was good. However, accurate evaluation and judgment of the abilities of allies is also one of the important virtues of a player.”

“Please teach me a little more.”

“Did I not know what Manbuseok knew?”

“… … ah.”

“It was efficient for me to hunt him. It’s stronger, but it’s because it’s single. Your role was to annihilate the weak but hordes of them. How long is the cooldown?”

“About five minutes.”

Wow, that’s long.

If you can attack once every 5 minutes, depending on the point of view, you’re a real half-player.

“With that one attack, we lost five minutes.”

“I will reflect.”

It might hurt his pride, but he was ready to learn.

When I teach honor students like this, I get excited and want to pass on more things to them.

“Five minutes are running out soon. This time, we move according to what was promised.”

* * *

Cha Jin-hyeok and Shin Yu-ri divided their roles and fought against the Paljeokmok ants.

Cha Jin-hyeok killed the deputy corps commander who occasionally appeared in front of him, and the rest of the worker ants melted under Shin Yu-ri’s shelling.

As time passed, Shin Yu-ri rose by a whopping 3 levels.

‘The cooldown has been reduced by 30 seconds!’

She saw hope.

The higher the level, the shorter the cooldown.

From time to time, Cha Jin-hyeok came up to the top of the sacred tree and gave Shin Yu-ri various advice, and Shin Yu-ri felt deep gratitude coming from the bottom of his heart each time.

Cha Jin-hyeok was happy in his own way.

I’m doing a broadcast for one person, and the reaction of the viewer was so wonderful and commendable.

“If the vice-captain comes out, what will come next?”

“Is there a corps commander?”

“Yes. But take a look at the worker ants that are buried in the honey and licking it voraciously. What do you feel?”

“Well… … .”

Shin Yu-ri definitely wanted to give the correct answer.

My head flipped around.

“I don’t think they are intelligent enough to take collective action in perfect order.”

“Yes.”

“… … ah!”

Shin Yuri realized the truth.

“Then there must be something commanding those worker ants, and that’s the corps commander, right?”

“Yes. I judge that.”

“Then, the corps commander must be a monster with much more intelligence than worker ants, right?”

Cha Jin-hyeok, who became proud, nodded.

He gave me a chance to say more and waited.

Shin Yu-ri hid her joy as much as possible and continued her conversation calmly.

“The deputy corps commander was not tempted by the honey, but rather tried to ambush Master. They were much smarter than worker ants.”

Suddenly, Shin Yu-ri was calling Cha Jin-hyeok his master.

Cha Jin-hyeok naturally accepted that title.

“The corps commander must be a much smarter individual.”

She knew exactly what Cha Jin-hyeok wanted to teach him.

“Then, I will stop attacking when the corps commander appears. An entity that smart would surely be able to attack me. Instead, I think that if Master successfully hunts down the corps leader, things will get better because the organized worker ant corps will disintegrate.”

Cha Jin-hyeok clapped without even realizing it.

It was a very satisfactory answer.

“That’s right. Controlling and managing well so that aggro does not bounce is also an important virtue that Manbuseok should have. Just because the attack is strong doesn’t mean it’s over.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.”

And the situation went as Cha Jin-hyeok and Shin Yu-ri expected.

* * *

Cha Jin-hyeok realized that something was hiding under his feet.

Depending on the depth of hiding, it was caught in the sight of the relayer or disappeared.

As he got closer, it became clear.

[LV65/army ant corps leader/skill]

‘About 1 meter underground.’

At this scale, it was judged that there would be more than five corps commanders.

‘come.’

Cha Jin-hyeok quietly pulled his body back.

‘It would be safe to subtract more.’

I deliberately moved back just a little bit.

‘Relay barrier.’

Now I am very used to using relay barriers.

While I was getting used to this ability, I tried to avoid using it as much as possible, but now the story has changed.

This is because it became possible to operate relay barriers at exactly the right moment and as much as needed.

A sharp energy welling up from the ground.

The relay barrier blocked it.

‘I can feel it.’

how much ability do you have?

The appearance of the corps commander gradually grew larger.

The size under the ground was similar to that of the Vice Commander, but when he came up to the ground, he was almost the same height as Cha Jin-hyeok.

It was a human-like bipedal entity, with a pair of scaly wings attached to its carapace.

‘I can use my eight eyes to do a little hypnosis.’

Possessed the ability of the mental world to make the enemy drowsy or slow them down.

However, it did not have the slightest influence on Cha Jin-hyeok, who had the status of an emperor.

‘It’s annoying to fly around, but… … .’

Luckily, it started raining incessantly.

Those with scale-like wings can’t fly properly when it rains.

“Then they will attack me with their two sword-like forepaws.”

Cha Jin-hyeok smiled.

He finds fun in a lot of things these days, but fundamentally he liked sword to sword fight the most.

“Let’s pursue the fundamental fun.”

I swung the greatsword Rakan.

If this was a real broadcast, I thought about what kind of line I should recite and then said it.

“You are already dead.”

As Cha Jin-hyeok said, Shin Yu-ri did not attack when the corps commander appeared, but attacked the worker ants according to the time the corps commander died.

After about 6 hours, Cha Jin-hyeok was able to hunt 7 corps commanders.

‘done.’

The worker ants started to scatter here and there.

The original level was around 45, but it was judged to be (-30) and changed to a miscellaneous mob around 15.

The light disappeared from the eight eyes that were shining red.

It meant that all of the commanders had disappeared.

“You are lucky. Thanks to the rain, we were able to hunt easily.”

“It didn’t look right to me. The movement of the sword was too fast.”

Shin Yuri was a little excited.

Seeing that, Jinhyuk Cha coughed.

This kind of reaction always made Cha Jin-hyeok happy.

“Everyone is doing this.”

“The world of play is amazing.”

“Anyway, since all the corps commanders have died, let’s move to the root passage. There must be a gate or something that goes to the roots where they’ve been poking through the ground.”

A gate was formed at the location where the last corps commander was killed, about 3 meters underground.

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[Root of Sacred Tree]

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“Let’s go in.”

“Yes.”

3 meters below.

Cha Jin-hyeok threw himself toward the gate, and Shin Yu-ri, who was playing for the first time today, threw himself toward it without hesitation.

[Enter the field, ‘Root of the Sacred Tree’.]

* * *

It was like a cave.

A long, winding passageway forked into several branches.

There were things like luminous stones that glowed in places at the roots.

The juice leaking from the roots of the sacred tree had hardened and was glowing.

I took the first step

But then a strange notification came.

[Enter the scenario, the fragments of ‘Crushed Awe’.]

a scenario?

here?

‘Awe whose name collapsed?’

A few clues popped into my head.

‘Scenario itself is not common, and with a name like this… … It sounds like a name that should be associated with the reverent.’

Seoul City’s fourth scenario, ‘Awesome One’, is for attackers invading the Earth.

I knew there was a scenario for the defender, but I didn’t know the name.

‘It’s likely to be awe that collapsed.’

When I thought about it, it felt like putting a puzzle together.

‘In the past, Shin Yuri seems to have progressed the [Collapsed Awe] scenario as a defender.’

Because she was a rare villain, she didn’t really fight the invaders.

That is why the scenarios of ‘Awe of the Awe’ and ‘Collapsed Awe’ were not known externally.

‘Shin Yu-ri got the ability of a defender here.’

The defense mystery ‘Iron Dome’.

It was plausible enough.

It seemed that he now knew the whole story of the past.

‘Thanks to Shin Yu-ri’s blackening, we fought with other server bastards while pooping.’

It feels like my eyes are clearing up.

Somehow, it wasn’t long after the open beta, but it was so hard.

I fell into a sense of self-doubt for a moment thinking that my growth rate was so slow, but it was not necessary.

As a defender, Shin Yu-ri, who was the backbone of the defense force and should have stood by our side reliably, was rather a villain, so it must have been difficult for us.

yes.

I was never weak back then.

As if confirming that my analogy was correct, the selection notification continued.

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1. Scenario, wanting to enter the fragments of ‘collapsed awe’.

2. Refusing to enter the fragments of the scenario, ‘Broken Awe’.

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When the underscore was selected, several explanations followed.

It was common, so to speak.

This scenario is a scenario with great responsibility and risk, and the background explanation was that those who were not chosen or unqualified would be judged by the sacred tree.

There was also talk that our moving route would change depending on the choice we made.

I asked Shin Yuri.

“Can you see Shin Yu-ri?”

“Yes, I can see it.”

“You must have seen the same thing as me, right?”

“Yes.”

“What do you want to choose?”

“No. 1.”

“Why?”

“It’s because it’s more dangerous and comes with a lot of responsibility.”

“Is that better? Isn’t that usually bad?”

“Oh, will you? I find it strangely attractive. I-I wonder if I’m weird.”

Shin Yu-ri was a little taken aback.

But I don’t think this is a matter of embarrassment.

As a rule, play is like this.

There are many people to watch and learn from.

Wood strings, wooden strings, wooden strings.

“no. It is perfectly normal.”

“I’m glad that’s the case.”

Shin Yuri seemed quite relieved by my words.

Heaving a sigh of relief, she asked me cautiously.

“By the way, do you know what the special qualifications and conditions required here mean?”

“I don’t know exactly. However, if this scenario is related to the scenario I am thinking of… … It seems that I have already met the conditions to some extent.”

Actually, this is the area of guidance, so I don’t know exactly, but this time I get a rough idea.

If you hit it once, you’ll know exactly.

I immediately chose option 1.

I heard a voice that was presumably the voice of the sacred tree.

Those who arrived by following their will, blah blah blah.

I deserve it, blah blah blah.

I listened carefully, just in case, but didn’t find anything useful.

It was the last that mattered.

“Unbelievable. Why do you feel the ‘will to protect’?”

The voice was so loud it made my head throb.

“Prove your existence to me. Show me that my waiting, which I endured while being trampled on by those ugly ants, was not wrong.”

The whole aisle was shaking.

[The hidden quest, ‘7,000 Years of Desire of the Holy Tree Bakkurdnaima’ has been created.]

huh?

exciting.