Episode 102. Finals D-day
“If you obtained it, can you explain in detail what kind of ability it is?”
Baekjun continued to ask, openly looking at Kim Jinseong.
After a moment of silence, Jinseong Kim looked into Baekjun’s eyes and answered.
“No, I didn’t get it.”
“… … .”
There was silence for a moment.
Baekjun looked directly into Kim Jinseong’s tightly closed eyes and opened his mouth again.
“You better not try to fool me. Do you know how many awakened people I have met while running this program so far?”
“… … .”
“Now I can tell right away if someone is lying just by looking at their facial expressions.”
Kim Jin-seong responded to Baek Jun’s harsh words without even raising an eyebrow.
“I’m being honest.”
“… honestly?”
“yes. “It is an obvious fact that I did not acquire the ability.”
After that, there was silence again. The silence this time was quite long.
Baekjun continues to look into Kim Jinseong’s eyes. And Kim Jin-seong, who casually accepts his gaze.
The tension that continued throughout the silence soon ended when Baekjun took his gaze away from Kim Jinseong.
“Okay. “Go back.”
At his congratulatory message, an agent from the Hunter Department who was waiting nearby approached Kim Jin-seong.
Jinseong Kim immediately stood up and walked toward the front door.
‘Did you even expect me to be honest?’
At the same time, he seemed to be laughing without anyone noticing.
‘Honestly, I don’t believe anything that says it’s for the country.’
Kim Jin-seong before being taken to Fight Club could have given Baek Jun an honest answer. At that time, he was more scared than anyone else and was foolishly naive.
However, Kim Jin-seong has gone through too many incidents and trials to be able to respond obediently to such words now.
Soon after Kim Jin-seong left, the Hunter Department agent closed the front door.
Then, the closed door slowly opened and a white-haired old man walked towards Baekjun.
Baekjun stood up towards him and bowed his head.
“sorry. “I failed to get the answer I wanted.”
“No. It’s a natural reaction. “If it were me, I would have answered that way.”
Yong Han-gil shook his head and sat in front of the table.
Yong Han-gil spoke after Kim Jin-seong lifted the untouched glass of water and drank it.
“I guess we’ll have to put in more of our clan’s players during this final match. “If you think Kim Jin-seong has acquired Shin-woong’s abilities, it’s a bit dangerous with the number of security guards we have planned.”
“… Are you sure you don’t mind?”
Baekjun asked cautiously.
The place where this final is held is an island in the New World. So this time, the hunters from the Korean Clan, the only ones to enter the New World, decided to help stand guard only while the finals were being held.
“Unfortunately, there may be a disruption in security at the headquarters on the Selepo continent… .”
“The time to be swayed by bringing in a few more people has long since passed. “Don’t worry.”
“… Thank you, Master.”
Baek Jun bowed politely to Yong Han-gil.
When he moved to the New World island, Baek Jun could no longer receive support from the Hunter Department.
In the first place, the condition for receiving support from the Hunter Department was because of Bin Nasir, but Bin Nasir had already returned to his home country as soon as the preliminary round ended.
So on the day of the finals, I had no choice but to rely heavily on the security of hunters belonging to the Daehan Clan.
In such a situation, Master Yong Han-gil says he will deploy more personnel, so Baek-jun has no choice but to be thankful.
“Instead, on game day, our kids will interfere quite a bit with boundaries. As you know, the New World is like a powder keg where you never know when something will explode. “I would like to ask you to understand that in advance.”
“yes. “I will give instructions to my employees in advance.”
“Will the finals be held as scheduled?”
Baek Jun nodded to Yong Han-gil’s question.
“yes. “It will be held in 5 days as scheduled.”
“5 days… . “It might be tight.”
Yong Han-gil looked deep in thought as he raised his glass again.
* * *
Time passed in an instant.
The transport plane carrying all the preliminaries, including Kim Jin-seong, was leaving Korea and moving toward the Pacific Ocean.
Just as we had just completely left Korea, an announcement was heard from the speakers installed inside the plane.
[Hello, participants. I am Baek Jun, the representative of Colosseum Survival.]
Baekjun, sitting in the passenger seat next to the cockpit, was speaking while holding a microphone connected to the transport plane.
[First of all, I would like to congratulate the 62 survivors who successfully passed all the preliminary rounds held over two months.]
“… … .”
No participant in the transport aircraft responded to the comment.
This was because everyone was very nervous to react.
Baekjun’s words continued to be heard through the ears of the participants, whose expressions became stiff due to tension.
[This transport plane that you are all on board is currently approaching the New World island ‘Ambarges’, where the final main ship will be held.]
“… … .”
“… gulp.”
As soon as they heard the word “New World,” several participants swallowed their saliva without realizing it.
Just by looking at this, you could tell why everyone was so nervous.
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[Ambarges Island is one of the most remote islands in the New World. So, weaker monsters appear than the New World you know.]
“phew… .”
[But the New World is a New World. It is so much stronger that it cannot be compared to the common monsters found on other continents.]
“… … !”
The expressions of some participants who had sighed in relief seemed to be filled with tension again.
[Therefore, this final round will be much more difficult than the three preliminaries that have been held so far, and the environment will be difficult to survive in. Please know in advance.]
When Baekjun ended the broadcast like that.
The transport plane, which had been flying peacefully until now, suddenly began to shake loudly and shake.
“uh… ?”
“W-what is it?”
Just as the embarrassed participants began to mutter, the guide’s voice came through the speakers.
[Currently passing through ‘Cascara’ in the New Continent. Everyone, please do not be upset.]
“Ah, Cascara… !”
“The one I only heard about through rumors… .”
Some participants responded by nodding their heads to Baekjun’s words.
As soon as Kim Jin-seong heard the broadcast, he immediately looked out the window.
His eyes caught the sight of a transport plane passing through what looked like an extremely thick, opaque gray shield.
‘That’s the Cascara that surrounds the New Continent.’
This Cascara, which was created as the New World emerged in the Pacific Ocean, served as a boundary dividing the New World from other continents on Earth.
Only vehicles equipped with a strong protective magic circle, such as the transport plane that Kim Jin-seong and others are currently riding, can barely survive passing through Cascara.
All other means of transportation have long since been destroyed and sunk in the sea.
It also plays a role in blocking wireless communications. In fact, no wireless communication, including satellites, passes through Cascara.
The wired connection also cannot last long due to the power inside Cascara and is cut off, so communication between the New World and other continents is naturally cut off.
In reality, it is impossible to check how each other’s world is going except through people coming and going.
[You have now completely passed Cascara.]
As soon as the broadcast was heard, the continued shaking of the transport plane completely subsided.
Not long after, everyone on board could feel the transport plane descending.
[We will soon arrive at Ambages Island, the main ship location.]
At those words, all the participants turned their gaze towards the window.
I could see a very small island below, getting closer and closer.
As we got closer, the huge black portal created in the center of the island also came into Kim Jin-seong’s sight.
‘It looks like a dungeon portal?’
[Staff, please unfasten the seat belt of the participant in charge and provide the prepared bag to the participant.]
As soon as the announcement was made, the employees sitting next to the participants began to move.
Soon, while the participants were putting their provided bags on their backs, the transport plane had already reached the center of the island and began to gradually descend towards the portal.
When the descent stopped, a person who appeared to be a representative of the employees sent an OK sign toward the camera.
It was a signal that all participants were ready.
After checking the OK sign on the monitor installed in the cockpit, Baekjun immediately sent a signal to the pilot with his eyes.
The pilot immediately pressed the large red button installed in the center of the cockpit.
At the same time, the bottom of the transport plane opened wide to the left and right.
“Uh, huh?!”
“Ugh!!”
The participants fell into the black portal floating above the island, screaming.
The same was true for Kim Jin-seong. Because of his hunter dragon shackles, he too had no choice but to fall helplessly into the portal.
On the other hand, employees who were preparing in advance appeared to be holding on to their chairs while relying on their seat belts.
Soon after all the participants disappeared into the portal, a familiar voice was heard through the earphones Baekjun was wearing.
– We confirmed that all 62 people entered.
“All right.”
Baekjun, who heard Yong Han-gil’s words, winked at the pilot again, and the pilot pressed the red button again and started driving.
Soon the transport plane, with its bottom door closed again, began to fly to the landing pad provided in the corner of the island.
At that time, Yong Han-gil was standing right next to the entrance to the dungeon portal and watching the transport plane fly by.
He soon gave instructions in a quiet voice to Hong Yeon-seok, the Daehan Clan Hunter team leader who was standing next to him.
“Execute as planned. “Again, you must never be caught by the Colosseum crew.”
“Don’t worry.”
After answering, Hong Yeon-seok immediately ran to his colleagues.
Yong Han-gil looked toward the transport plane once more, then turned around and started walking away from the portal.
* * *
That time.
Kim Jin-seong, who fell into the black portal, was looking back at the suddenly changed surroundings.
‘This place… .’
A wide, artificially created passageway extended all the way to the front.
No matter how hard I looked around, there was nothing like a window. If it weren’t for the luminescent stones scattered throughout, it would have been so dark that it would have been impossible to see at all.
‘It looks like an underground passage. however… ‘What is this comfortable feeling?’
Strangely, this unfamiliar passage for the first time felt very comfortable and cozy to Jinseong Kim.
Is this what it feels like to be held in your mother’s arms? I’m from Goa, so I’ve never felt this before, but somehow I couldn’t find a more fitting expression than this.
– Ah, ah, can you hear me?
At that time, a familiar voice came from the bag on my back.
It was Jang Seung-wook’s.
I checked right away and found that the voice was coming from the walkie-talkie plugged into the pocket next to my bag.
Jinseong Kim immediately picked up the radio and waited for the announcement to follow.
– The place you fell into is the ‘Demon World Dungeon’, one of the places that symbolize the New Continent.
‘ah… !’
Demon Dungeon.
It was a place so infamous that Kim Jin-seong was also familiar with it through various media.
‘I know it’s a place where monsters, demon kings, and even demon gods who live in the demon world appear… .’
As I thought about that, Jang Seung-wook’s voice came from the radio.
– Originally, this place was like an ordinary cave. However, our production team changed it to a new labyrinth-type location after a long period of time for this final match.
‘labyrinth… ?’
– From now on, we will announce the rules for the final match of Colosseum Survival Season 12.
Kim Jin-seong continued to listen to Jang Seung-wook’s voice.
– Escape the labyrinth by any means necessary. There is no time limit… .
Jang Seung-wook paused for a moment and then continued speaking.
– There is a limit to the number of passers.
“… … !”
Kim Jin-seong’s eyes changed.
(Continued in the next part)
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