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[Viewers from around the world who love Colosseum Survival! hello! The last day of Group A of the Season 12 Preliminaries has finally arrived!]
8 am.
Today again, as usual, the caster in charge of the morning class started the opening with a bright voice.
[Greetings at this time again today! And sitting next to me was my best partner, commentator Kim Jin-cheol. hello!]
[Nice to meet you. This is Kim Jin-cheol.]
[The last day has finally arrived! After a long, long week, there is not much time left to decide the final survivor!]
[That’s right. There were so many participants at first, but now there are so few that you can count them with just a glance.]
[Then I will show you the status board. Today will be the last time I show you this!]
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Survivors by day 5: 69 (20 existing players, 49 former defenders)
Survivors as of day 6: 61 (18 existing players, 43 former defenders)
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[What do you think, commentator?]
[hmm···. Certainly, the number of deaths has decreased significantly over the past two days. In fact, over the course of two days, it was seen that everyone focused on survival rather than excessive hunting or fighting.]
[That’s right! Some participants have been starving for three days now and have never left their initial hiding spot!]
[I think this is a wise decision. Aren’t there some participants who went missing while being greedy for no reason?]
[Ah~ Are you talking about Kim Jin-seong?]
The narrator responded to the caster’s question, which he noticed right away, in this way.
[I’ll say it again, Colosseum is definitely a survival program. You must not forget that survival is the top priority.]
[No matter who hears it, it sounds like you are sniping at Kim Jin-seong?]
[ha ha ha···. That’s not it. Isn’t it possible that Kim Jin-seong may still be alive? Although the probability is very low.]
[That is correct. In fact, there are still many fans who hope for Kim Jin-seong’s safe return!]
As soon as the caster finished speaking, the chat speed in the official Internet broadcast room suddenly increased.
– Me
– It’s me.
– Did you call me?
– Stay alive ㅠㅠ
– Is it true that Kim Jin-seong’s friends are still burning the circuit of hope? Haha, the entire nation knows that we are already behind, so why don’t you just give up? lol
{‘Kang Minhyuk Forever’ was forcibly ejected.}
– exorcism
– Buntang cut haha
– The operator is good at his job haha.
[Looking at the chat room, there are still a lot of fans supporting us. everyone! Just in case, keep hoping! Isn’t there a famous quote about the Colosseum, commentator?]
[‘If no body is found, it’s not over until the preliminaries are over.’ What do you mean?]
[That’s it!]
The staff in the monitor room are watching on the monitor the commentators who are getting along well.
At that time, the female producer opened her mouth.
“Employees entered the secret passageway.”
The main PD looked back at the monitor filming the secret passage.
Four Colosseum employees, fully armed from head to toe with state-of-the-art equipment, were seen walking through a secret passageway, each carrying something that looked like a large drum on their backs.
The main producer gave them instructions through the microphone.
“Please tell me when you arrive in front of the sinkhole.”
[Right in front.]
The sound of one of the employees answering immediately was heard through the earphones plugged into the main PD’s ears.
“Then, as soon as you arrive, please unseal the drum. “Don’t swell yet.”
[All right.]
Soon, four employees standing in front of the sinkhole were putting down the drums they were carrying and unsealing the caps.
“What did you hear in there?”
The female PD asked, pointing to the red liquid inside the drum cap.
“You know Lepente?”
“Repente…? Oh, a monster with rabies?”
“uh. “It’s a ‘berserk liquid’ made from their blood.”
“ah···. “Are you trying to pour that into Porgynay and cause it to go crazy?”
“okay. Then, everything up to the top of the ridge will be destroyed. “The research team ran a lot of simulations, and they said there was less than a 1% chance of a runaway.”
“Why does that word 1% make me feel uneasy?”
“···What are you talking about?”
“You know, PD, right? “How many cases have there been of overcoming a 1% chance at the Colosseum?”
“Can you please stop talking nonsense?”
When we talked to that point, the voice of the employee in front of the sinkhole could be heard through the earphones plugged into the main PD’s ears.
[Ready.]
“yes. Please wait a moment. “Turn to the Porginai side of the screen.”
While answering, he gives instructions to the female producer.
Porgynay’s image appeared on the front monitor.
“···huh?”
The main PD felt something strange. There was something different about Porginay from the past few days.
Soon he figured out the difference.
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“Why is he so weak? “This isn’t the Porgynei I knew?”
His helpless appearance, like an octopus about to die, was compared to the excessively energetic appearance he had when dealing with Kim Jin-seong yesterday.
The female producer spoke with a worried expression.
“Seeing that makes me more anxious…?”
“···no. “There will be no problem.”
The main PD tried to deny it and gave instructions to the staff in front of the sink.
“From now on, listen carefully to what I say. I’m going to pour ‘berserk liquid’ right now. The moment you pour it, the Porgynei will run wild and the part you are standing on may collapse, so as you practiced in advance, you should be able to exit the secret passage immediately after pouring it…”
It was a time when I was explaining for a while.
Oh oh oh…!!
Suddenly, Porginae opened its mouth and let out a characteristic, chilling cry.
It was a sound that felt very painful to the listener.
“···what?”
The surprised main producer stopped giving instructions and looked at the monitor.
The female producer and other employees next to him, as well as Baek Jun and Jang Seung-wook, turned their heads towards the monitor.
Porginae continued to scream and act like it was writhing in pain, and soon began to wither away at a rapid rate.
“Huh?!”
“what?!”
“Why is it like that all of a sudden?!”
Everyone in the monitor room was shocked to see that everyone was dying.
Even Baek Jun and Jang Seung-wook jumped out of their seats with their eyes wide open.
Porgynei, the monitor who surprised everyone, soon became completely skinny and limp, and completely stopped moving.
“······I think he’s dead?”
Baekjun couldn’t even think of responding to Jang Seungwook’s quiet words and just opened his mouth.
At that time, there was a person who passed through Baekjun’s mind.
‘No way, Kim Jin-seong…?’
* * *
At that time, the employees above the sinkhole stopped holding drums and waited for instructions.
“···PD? hello? ···what? “Is it broken?”
The team leader who was exchanging messages with the PD suddenly cut off in the middle of the instructions and appeared to be checking his earphones once again.
A colleague next to me spoke.
“Looks like something happened to Porginay? “You just heard a roar from below that you’ve never heard before.”
“I know. “I don’t think I can feel any movement from underneath since then…”
“right? “It turns out I wasn’t the only one who didn’t feel it.”
It was time to have that conversation.
“···!”
Suddenly, the four of them closed their mouths without even knowing who was the first to speak, and immediately put down the drum and pulled out the mana gun on their waist.
Then they all started firing mana bullets towards the center of the sinkhole.
Ta-ta-ta-ta-tang!
The mana bullets made the sound of hitting something accurately.
But it wasn’t the stagnation they expected.
‘Straw scarecrow?’
When the team leader wiggled his eyebrows after confirming his identity, the employee next to him urgently shouted.
“Go towards the team leader!”
“know!”
The team leader immediately raised the other wrist in front of his eyes and injected mana.
Then, a shield covered with thick mana unfolded on my wrist.
at the same time,
Cough!
The sound of the steel sword colliding loudly echoed throughout the sinkhole.
The team leader immediately checked the attacker and immediately opened his eyes wide.
‘Kim Jinseong?’
Kim Jin-seong, a face that no one associated with the Colosseum would recognize, was about to enter the shadow of the next wall.
That was when the team leader reflexively raised the mana gun.
[No attacks!!]
A loud shout came through the employees’ earphones.
No matter who heard it, it was Baekjun’s voice.
If it weren’t for his shout, all four employees would have fired their mana guns right at Jinseong Kim.
[It is prohibited to attack participants before the preliminaries are over! Put down the gun and bring me nearby!]
After hearing the subsequent instructions, the team leader put down the mana gun and shouted loudly toward the exit of the secret passage.
“Mr. Jinseong Kim! We are Colosseum employees! “Please come here for a moment!”
There was no answer. There was no sign of anyone returning.
However, the eyes of the employees who were looking toward the exit simultaneously turned to the front where the team leader was standing.
A place where everyone’s eyes are focused on one place.
“Oh, is it really true?”
Jinseong Kim rose from the shadows and said a word.
His eyes were drawn to the large CSS letters written on the front of the employees’ high-tech armor.
It is an abbreviation for Colosseum Security Staff, and is also a mark that proves that you are a Colosseum employee.
* * *
“uh?!”
“It’s Kim Jin-seong!”
“It was alive!”
“No, how did you come back from there alive?!”
“Then Kim Jin-seong killed Porginae?!”
“Awesome…awesome!!”
All the employees in the monitor room who saw Kim Jin-seong’s face were shocked and cheered at the same time.
“quiet!!”
When the room became noisy, Baekjun made everyone quiet again with a single shout.
Baekjun, who was standing in front of the microphone, asked the main producer next to him.
“It hasn’t been aired on TV yet, right?”
“yes. “Because of the rule that employees cannot be shown within the program…”
“good job.”
Baekjun began giving instructions with his eyes fixed on the main producer’s eyes.
“From now until I give you instructions, do not broadcast any images of Kim Jin-seong for the time being.”
“Never?”
“never! I plan to surprise all viewers when the helicopter comes down at the end. Do you know what I mean?”
“ah! understand. “Then why don’t you tell the commentators?”
“uh. Don’t even give me a hint. “Those people have a long history, so even if you give them the slightest hint, they will notice.”
“All right. Everyone listen! Kim Jin-seong’s survival remains a top secret for the time being! “Please be careful not to let the news leak out to the outside world!”
The main PD began loudly delivering announcements to all employees.
Meanwhile, Baekjun turned on the microphone and gave instructions to the employees.
“The existing plan is cancelled. “Everyone, go back outside the preliminaries.”
* * *
“···All right.”
The team leader, who heard all of Baekjun’s instructions, answered without hesitation and then turned to Kim Jinseong.
“We will go back. According to the regulations, you can wait here for about 5 minutes and then move again. then.”
Soon the four employees turned around and started moving out of the secret passage again.
Kim Jin-seong thought as he watched their backs disappearing at a rapid pace.
‘I heard that Colosseum employees only hire very high-level hunters, and it’s true.’
Kim Jin-seong recalled how surprised he was when he got out of the sinkhole a little while ago.
This was because the amount of mana contained in each mana shot fired by the employees was at a level that could never be ignored.
‘I guess I didn’t even think about fighting back and tried to run away.’
Kim Jin-seong, who experienced the firepower of the employees at the time, felt it instinctively.
Even though one-on-one seems difficult, a joint attack by four people will never be able to win.
How strong are the employees if they feel this way even though they have become at least twice as strong by acquiring the ‘magic constitution’ trait?
‘That’s why there hasn’t been a single athlete who has escaped from the Colosseum alive.’
Jinseong Kim now understands that the Colosseum program ran smoothly without a single problem until its 12th season.
‘by the way···.’
Jinseong Kim turned his attention to the notification window floating in front of him.
‘That’s awesome. This is why it is called ‘the largest man-eating plant.’
Jinseong Kim read the notification window in front of him again.
▶ You have defeated the monster.
▶ Obtained 500 Vis Creama points.
▶ Acquired ‘The Largest Man-Eating Plant’, which is a comprehensive attribute of the opposing monster.
▷ The largest man-eating plant: Gains the following traits and permanent storage skills.
– Blinding Powder: Sprinkle red blinding powder on the opponent, rendering them blind for 10 seconds. Consumes 100 mana.
– Sleep Powder: Sprinkle light blue sleep powder on the opponent and put them to sleep for 30 seconds. Consumes 200 mana.
– Blindness Immunity: You become permanently immune to the status abnormality ‘Blindness’.
– Sleep Immunity: You become permanently immune to the sleep condition.
– Absorption of soil moisture: Absorbs soil moisture without moving in place. HP and MP recovery speed is 10 times faster. Without soil content, the property will not be active.
– All stats are permanently increased by 75.
Not only the mental condition abnormality skill ‘Sleep Powder’, but also two immunity characteristics and a recovery speed increase characteristic…
‘Especially the absorption of soil moisture, that’s honey. ‘I always ran out of mana every time I fought.’
Now that I’ve acquired the MP recovery-related trait, which was the only thing I’ve been lacking so far, I don’t think I’ll ever have to drink potions.
‘I’ve opened up to the maximum of 10 skill slots and accumulated nearly 5,000 points… It’s perfect.’
As a result of maximizing the magic energy that can be obtained from the roots of Porgynei, I was able to obtain a total of over 7000 Vis Crimea points.
Of these, 3000 were used to clear skill slots each time we gathered in the beginning. Actually, I wanted to drill more, but I had no choice because there were only 10 slots that could be drilled through as much as possible.
‘Then shall we go fill the remaining three skill slots before escaping?’
After confirming that roughly five minutes had passed, Jinseong Kim hid himself in the shadows of the cave again.
fantasy,
