Episode 112. A talent that can be realized by just teaching one thing
Kim Jin-seong continued walking along the long hallway.
However, even after walking for a long time, Kim Jin-seong did not encounter a single monster. This is because all the monsters nearby were swept away by the void and died.
Thanks to this, Kim Jin-seong was able to move around very leisurely and still talk to Dantillion.
Of course, I was having a conversation in my mind so as not to be caught on the air.
‘That was artificially created?’
Jinseong Kim asked Dantillion with a look of disbelief.
‘All of the cracks that created the polluter monster and the void?’
[Yes.]
Dantillion answered immediately. For some reason, I felt like I had become a little more obedient than before.
[After I started watching you, several humans created cracks with magic stones in front of the street you were passing by. He was trying to hide himself, but that wouldn’t be of any use to me.]
‘hmm… .’
If such work was done in secret, the intention would have been to avoid being caught not only by the participants but also by broadcast cameras.
Why did you work in secret?
‘… Did an employee come in and install it?’
The most plausible assumption was that Colosseum employees came in and installed it.
‘But wasn’t the void a bit unreasonable for a planned obstacle?’
If it weren’t for Dantillion, Kim Jin-seong might not have been able to cope and would have died.
There was no way the other participants could overcome the void that even Kim Jin-seong had experienced a major crisis.
‘… No matter how much I think about it, the void is not an obstacle that is likely to appear now.’
Kim Jin-seong, who was thinking so, immediately asked Dantillion.
‘Do you by any chance remember what those people were wearing? Wasn’t it written ‘CSS’?
[He was wearing armor, but there was no writing on it. Instead of… .]
‘Instead of?’
Dantillion paused a little as if he was remembering that scene, but then continued speaking.
[Yes, they all have a small circle drawn on their left chest.]
Kim Jin-seong stopped walking at Dantillion’s words.
It was because there was one memory that passed through my mind at that moment.
‘… Please tell me in more detail. Wasn’t there something drawn inside the circle?’
[Details? Hmm, well… .]
Dantillion suddenly paused, trailing off his words.
Kim Jin-seong urged him out of frustration.
‘hurry! They say you’re so smart that you remember everything you see once!’
[Yes. The demon does not forget what it has once seen. But I don’t want to say it out loud.]
‘what?’
[I think if you make a soul contract with me, you will feel like telling me… .]
As Dantillion spoke in a coy voice, Jinseong Kim frowned.
‘Are you talking about the contract again? ‘How many times has it been already?’
Kim Jin-seong had heard contract offers like that at least five times while walking this far since eliminating the void.
At first, I just said no and ignored it, but after it happened five times, it got to the point where I was getting annoyed.
‘I clearly said I wouldn’t do it. ‘This is a really tough guy, isn’t it?’
[You, stop being so stubborn! If we’ve talked about this at this point, wouldn’t it be worth giving up and signing a contract?]
‘Why should I do something that is only good for you?’
[what are you talking about! I can’t believe I’m the only one who likes it! How many times have I explained to you that it is more profitable for you!]
Dantillion began explaining the contract to Kim Jin-seong again. This was the fifth explanation.
[There is nothing more helpful to the beings of Middle Earth than making a soul contract with a demon in a demon dungeon! Just like the power of resonance earlier!]
‘You make me answer again. Are you saying you’re satisfied enough right now without having to sign a contract?’
[The story isn’t over yet! If you make a contract with me, in the demon world… . No, I can pass on to you the abilities that only I possess in all dimensions!
Even if you do just one of them, you can become incomparably stronger than you are now!]
Jinseong Kim laughed at Dantilion’s words.
If you make a contract, you will become stronger. It sounded like a typical devil’s whisper.
‘okay? But you say you have excellent knowledge. Then, wouldn’t it be better to contract with a demon who is good at fighting?’
[W-what?!]
‘Then, I guess I’ll have to see who the other demons are. where… .’
[for a moment!!]
Dantillion shouted as if he was in a hurry.
It was a voice with no dignity at all, and a very clear sense of desperation.
Kim Jin-seong smiled and continued speaking.
‘So, talk about the contract in moderation. Anyway, I can’t even get my money back, so what… .’
[Hey, this arrogant brat… !]
Dantillion, who was once again trembling with anger, soon shouted as if he had made up his mind.
[I get it! do whatever you want! However, from now on I will not give you the answer you want! The pattern you asked about is also… !]
‘It’s red on top and blue on the bottom, right? A wavy line is drawn between the two colors.’
Dantillion suddenly became quiet, as if at a loss for words.
Jinseong Kim chuckled at that honest reaction.
‘There is only one clan in the New World that wears a circle-shaped mark.’
[…] … .]
‘Did you really think I didn’t know that much? Even the people you ignore know this much through the Internet.’
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[Okay… Damn… !]
Dantillion made a very sad and painful voice.
The plan to somehow appease and exploit the weak point failed.
Kim Jin-seong, who continued to laugh at Dantillion’s reaction, soon became lost in thought.
‘Why did the Daehan Clan create a rift? If you helped with the work because of the production crew’s request, shouldn’t you be moving along with the Colosseum staff? ?’
Outsiders other than employees are never permitted to enter the set alone during live broadcasts.
This is the basic of the basics that is also posted on the official website of the Colosseum Survival Program.
But now, Dantillion said that the Daehan Clan Hunters came in without employees.
‘Something seems suspicious… .’
No matter how much I thought about it, I was very suspicious of the Daehan Clan.
At that time, I felt a familiar energy far ahead. Kim Jin-seong immediately focused on his field of vision.
‘… It’s a minion.’
As soon as Kim Jin-seong was discovered, a large number of black demonic minions were running toward him at full speed.
‘It looks like there are a few fire mana minions behind it.’
When Kim Jin-seong thought that far, Dantillion’s voice was heard again.
[Now, try to resonate with those minions as I told you earlier.]
At those words, Jinseong Kim thought back to what he had heard from Dantillion earlier.
‘I said that the demon world’s minions could also try to resonate in the same way as when covering the void space.’
Dantillion explained that the black servant approaching in front of him was made entirely of demonic energy. That is why he said that by using resonance, he can treat his minions as if he were his servant.
‘I said that the minions within the range are much easier… . Somewhere… .’
Jinseong Kim maximized his concentration. Then he was immediately activated into a state of resonance.
In that state, Kim Jin-seong attempted to resonate with the black minions in front of him.
You, become my colleague!
Jinseong Kim then felt a connection with the minions in front of him through an intangible string.
It felt the same as when I summoned my alter ego.
‘Is it done?’
Kim Jin-seong immediately gave instructions to his subordinates.
Then, the black minions immediately turned and started running towards the flame mana minions.
‘done!’
Afterwards, Kim Jin-seong was secretly happy as he watched the two groups of minions engaged in a fierce battle with each other.
[Yes, that’s it. How about it, it’s so easy?]
Dantillion’s words were immediately heard, but Kim Jin-seong did not respond and just ignored them.
It was because a good idea suddenly occurred to me.
‘Then does this work too?’
Kim Jin-seong gave the extinction command to the minion in front of him.
Following his instructions as if he were giving them to his clones, the black minions suddenly disappeared before his eyes.
Afterwards, along with the appearance of becoming a demonic energy and dispersing into the air, a notification window appeared at the same time and came into Kim Jin-seong’s field of vision.
▶ You have defeated the monster.
▶ Obtained 150 Vis Creama points.
▶ You have already acquired the opposing monster’s characteristic, ‘A being made of demonic energy.’
‘This works too!’
I tried it once to see if if I destroyed it, I would get points as if I had killed it myself, and it turned out exactly as I expected.
‘Then what about this?’
Jinseong Kim looked at the fire mana minions approaching in front of him.
If you try to resonate after converting the nature to fire mana… ?
Kim Jin-seong tried it right away without further ado.
‘… done!’
Jinseong Kim was delighted to see the Flame Mana minion immediately stop walking.
At that time, Dantillion’s admiring voice came into Kim Jin-seong’s head.
[Hahaha! That’s amazing! It’s really amazing! You taught me one thing, but you have the talent to realize three! As expected, you are the kind of person I have chosen! ha ha ha… !]
‘Even if you praise me that much, I won’t sign a contract.’
[…] This cheap brat is really… !]
Ignoring Dantillion’s boiling voice, Kim Jin-seong destroyed all the flame mana monsters in front of him.
After that, Kim Jin-seong continued to walk and soon reached a crossroads.
At the fork in the road divided into left and right, Jinseong Kim approached the wall in front of him.
‘The exit was this way.’
A little while ago, when the empty space was covered with resonance, Kim Jin-seong realized another fact.
The location of the exit portal in the distance was detected.
This was something I learned naturally while feeling the movement of demonic energy in the dungeon in a state of resonance.
Jinseong Kim immediately used the shadow hiding skill and then created a warp hole.
He thought to himself as he created an exit right behind the wall.
‘If we take the shortest distance like this, there will be a lower chance of getting caught in another crack trap created by the Daehan Clan.’
And I had a hunch that the next rift might be even more difficult and dangerous to deal with than the ‘Void’.
Considering that the three cracks I had encountered so far all increased in difficulty in a cascading manner, the probability of that happening was really high.
‘Let’s escape quickly. I guess it’s too suspicious.’
With an ominous premonition for some reason, Kim Jin-seong entered the warp hole where the exit had been created.
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“Kim Jin-seong is almost at the exit?”
– yes.
To Baek Jun’s question asked through his smartphone, Jang Seung-wook’s answer was heard.
– It is moving quickly and in a straight line as if it knows the location of the exit. At this speed, you will definitely arrive within 30 minutes even if you give it plenty of time.
“hmm… .”
– Would it be okay? Looking at the reactions from viewers now, many are wondering how they know the exit location… .
“No, don’t worry.”
Baekjun answered firmly.
“I don’t know if it’s any other participant, but if it’s Kim Jin-seong, it’s totally possible. Jinseong Kim has already surpassed the scope of our predictions just by creating the phenomenon that covers the void.”
– That’s true, but… .
“Let’s just focus on the significance of the fact that Kim Jin-seong, the biggest prospect, passed survival safely. “You know what the other purpose of our program is, right?”
– Discovering outstanding prospects that can be sent to the New World?
“okay.”
The goal is to discover promising talent worthy of being sent to the New World among the ‘forced laborers’, a class of people who would not be surprised if they died after living as slaves for their entire lives.
That was one of the goals of the government’s Colosseum Survival Program.
It was almost the only way to cleanse the image of forced laborers who were labeled as criminals and at the same time put it to good use.
“You already have enough viewer ratings and topicality, right?”
– yes. It is still recording the highest viewership rating of all time, and the scene where Kim Jin-seong eliminates the ’emptiness’ has already become the number one most popular video in the world.
“That’s enough. “Tell the PD to now focus more on other contestants other than Kim Jin-seong.”
– All right.
When the two were talking like that.
Yong Han-gil, who was standing on the far side, was also talking with team leader Hong Yeon-seok with a serious expression.
“If I follow that direction, I’ll avoid all the cracks?”
“Yes, Master. “It continues to move exquisitely to the only passage on the side where there are no cracks.”
The eyes of the two people, who were conversing in very low voices, were fixed on the smartphone screen that was broadcasting the image of Kim Jin-seong moving.
“So doesn’t that mean no cracks will be created until you reach the exit?”
“No, Master. “One will definitely be created.”
Yong Han-gil raised his head and looked at Hong Yeon-seok.
Hong Yeon-seok continued.
“This is a crack installed right at the exit. “If you want to go out, you will have to face it at all costs.”
“What kind of crack is it this time?”
Yong Han-gil asked right away.
(Continued in the next part)
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