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Survival after a meal (1)
‘Now that I think about it, there was nothing to eat in that house.’
At the time, I was searching the house and thought something was missing, and that was food.
This is a bit unlucky. Usually, during the preliminaries, there is usually at least a small amount of food in the house.
‘It’s time to start looking for food…’
The sun has already risen overhead. I haven’t eaten anything since dinner last night.
I was even hungrier because I had been cutting all day without stopping.
If I’m going to figure it out even for dinner tonight, I need to get some food soon.
‘Anyway, the easiest thing to get is…’
Kim Jin-seong’s gaze turned to the stream he had crossed earlier.
At least the only thing I can hunt now is that fish monster…
‘···Let’s only kill monsters in the worst case scenario.’
The reason why he instinctively avoids monsters.
Because it really doesn’t taste good.
Since the ‘Day of Despair’ 500 years ago, how many chefs have tried various dishes using monster meat as an ingredient?
But almost all failed. That’s why the monster’s meat quality is the worst.
It’s tough, hard, fishy, bitter, smelly, and doesn’t have a good texture… Anyway, as a food, it has all the bad elements.
‘When I saw it on TV, they only caught it in the worst case scenario.’
Kim Jin-seong clearly remembered the facial expressions of the players on TV eating monster meat.
They all had crumpled expressions and were barely holding back the urge to vomit, chewing forcibly.
‘Then what? ‘Do I really have to eat the grass?’
The easiest way is to roast the plant and eat it.
As long as you avoid toxic mushrooms, you can fill your stomach just fine even if they don’t taste bad.
‘Let’s search a little more first.’
Kim Jin-seong first decided to pursue further exploration. This was because I was not yet starving to the point of starvation.
Kim Jin-seong continued to explore the surroundings while damaging the grass again.
‘···uh?’
Not long after, Kim Jin-seong’s eyes widened.
At one point, there was a delicious smell like cooking food coming out.
He headed in the direction of the smell as if possessed.
I had to walk longer than I thought to get there,
‘Grocery store?’
It was a small one-story building with a sign that clearly said it was a grocery store.
‘Was there a building like this in the Colosseum…?’
To his recollection, he had never seen it on TV before.
Jinseong Kim looked around the building.
The surroundings are neatly organized without a single tree or blade of grass. It was a place that contrasted sharply with the dense grass nearby.
Jinseong Kim thought to himself after checking the surroundings.
‘···Isn’t this a space created to fight too openly?’
I wouldn’t have thought this far if it weren’t for the smell of food coming from the chimney on the roof of the building.
Because of that smell, all nearby participants naturally have no choice but to gather here.
‘look. ‘There are already people flocking here.’
Kim Jin-seong’s eyes caught the sight of the two participants, who were already cold corpses near the entrance of the grocery store.
‘He even died not long ago.’
Looking at the blood still flowing from one of the corpses, it was obvious that it had been dead for less than 5 minutes.
In this case, there is a very high probability that there will be people inside the grocery store.
‘Going into this state is suicide…’
After all, it is a building with no windows. So, unless you go directly to the entrance, there is no way to check the situation inside.
However, you can’t just pass by this place without anything to eat.
What should I do?
Kim Jin-seong thought for a moment and then came up with a good idea.
‘okay. Let’s try this method.’
Kim Jin-seong immediately turned around and went back into the grass.
* * *
– oh
– Going back
– Did you notice?
– If it continues like this, it will be a bit disappointing…
The chat window reacted somewhat with disappointment upon seeing Kim Jin-seong return.
The commentator’s reaction was similar.
[Oh, Kim Jin-seong, did you feel something? It’s like going back the way you came!]
[great. This is a smart decision for someone so young.]
The commentator praised Kim Jin-seong. If Kim Jin-seong had blindly entered the grocery store, he would have been in great danger, even if he had performed outstandingly so far.
[But the other players around him don’t seem to have any intention of backing down like Kim Jin-seong, right?]
[It seems so. It’s definitely time for everyone to get hungry.]
[As expected, no matter how much the awakened people claim to be able to fly and endure, they seem to have no business in the face of hunger!]
While the two were explaining, the entire scene around the grocery store was being broadcast live on the TV screen.
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The camera of the drone hovering high in the air captured a number of participants hiding in the grass near the grocery store and watching.
Baekjun, who was watching the TV screen, said to Jang Seungwook next to him.
“Did I tell you? “I’m sure it will be aggro.”
“It really is.”
The grocery store is the first building opened in the 12th season.
Baekjun’s idea was to drastically reduce the amount of food that participants could obtain near the starting location and instead create a more interesting scene by installing several grocery stores.
But it already seemed successful. Just the scene where the players are looking at each other was giving viewers a huge sense of immersion.
You can tell just by looking at the rapidly rising viewership ratings and the incredible chat speed.
‘···hmm?’
At that time, Baekjun, who was watching TV, had a strange look in his eyes.
– uh?
– what?
– Isn’t it Kim Jin-seong?
– uh? wait for a sec! no way?
Viewers all reacted in surprise, and so did the commentators.
[uh? What is it? Kim Jin-seong is coming back! however···?]
[Huh, heh heh heh! Is that really what you were aiming for? If that’s what you’re aiming for, it’s really awesome!]
The TV screen they were watching showed Kim Jin-seong running back to the grocery store with all his might.
* * *
That time.
There was a lot of tension inside the grocery store.
Seven bodies lying near the front door.
Three men surrounded the area, pointing their swords at each other.
The foreheads of the three people who were looking at each other intensely were drenched in sweat due to tension.
If you make a mistake, you could get hit and die.
It was then.
Taang!
Another loud noise came from the wall opposite the grocery store entrance.
All three people flinched, and at the same time, one participant who was approaching the entrance fell to the floor.
‘Fuck you! It’s a surprise···.’
‘I’m one more person behind.’
The three people’s eyes turned to the automatic shotgun hanging on the wall.
That automatic shotgun with mana stones in it automatically fires bullets when it detects the movement of a living being at the entrance of the grocery store.
But the power of that bullet was no joke.
If they were to participate in this Colosseum, they would be skilled enough to easily block bullets, but seeing as how even those people die instantly with one shot.
The three here are people who were lucky enough to come in at the moment when others were dying and reloading their bullets.
the problem is···.
‘How do I really get out?’
‘I don’t have the confidence to block that bullet with mana…’
‘Why does this building have no windows?’
I was lucky when I came in, but can I really be lucky when I leave? It was because of the worry.
That was the reason why the three kept watching.
‘I’ve packed all the groceries in my bag, now I just have to leave…!’
‘Who won’t leave first?’
‘Well, can’t you, who is wearing strong armor, give me a body workout first?’
It was a time when all three of us were just secretly hoping.
Wow!
The familiar roar of a monster heard from far away.
At the same time, all three heads turned forward as they realized that the pounding footsteps were getting closer.
At the same time, everyone’s eyes widened.
‘Heek?!’
‘Twin Head Ogre?!’
A huge twin-headed ogre running towards the grocery store at incredible speed.
The target that the monster was chasing was none other than Kim Jin-seong.
Kim Jin-seong, who had returned earlier, had deliberately brought the Twin Head Ogre here by stimulating him who was far away.
‘Jump from here!’
Kim Jin-seong jumped up right in front of the grocery store entrance.
Almost at the same time, the ogre’s huge fist hit the entrance.
Wow! The front glass door completely shattered with a sound, and the shotgun reacted to the movement.
Taang!
Wow~!
The ogre who was hit by a bullet in the abdomen was in pain.
The thick ogre’s skin was pierced and blood was flowing out quickly, but this only aroused the twin-headed ogre’s anger.
Wow!
The ogre rushed into the grocery store and started swinging its fists wildly.
First of all, the first thing to be destroyed was the automatic shotgun that attacked the ogre.
Next, of course, were the three contestants who were confronting each other inside.
Quang!
“Ugh, ugh!”
Wow!
“Save me… ah!”
First, one person was hit in the head with a fist and died instantly, and the remaining person was also caught by the ogre while trying to run away.
As the captured man was pinned to the ground and covered in blood, the remaining man managed to escape from the grocery store.
‘I lived! ha ha ha!’
The man internally cheered when he realized that the Twin Head Ogre was not chasing him.
‘As expected, I’m lucky…!’
Suddenly.
His lucky day ended with Kim Jin-seong’s sharp stabbing that followed immediately.
Kim Jin-seong grabbed the plastic bag from the fallen man’s hand and immediately checked the entrance.
As soon as it is confirmed that food is contained,
‘Let’s bounce!’
With my demon energy activated, I started running toward the top of the mountain with all my might.
The other participants who were hiding and watching the scene were momentarily conflicted.
‘uh?! Run away!’
‘Let’s chase that bastard!’
‘I’m going to rob the grocery store.’
‘For now, I’ll just have to watch until that ogre leaves…’
Soon the participants moved into two groups.
A small number of people were chasing Kim Jin-seong, and the majority of people were still waiting at the grocery store, keeping an eye on him.
Wow!
However, it seemed like there was still a long way to go before the angry twin-headed ogre’s brilliance would end.
* * *
After a while.
“Whoa…”
Kim Jin-seong, who had been trying hard to escape, stood on a thick branch growing at the top of a tall old tree and sighed.
He looked back.
His eyes caught the sight of several participants who had been following him being caught by monsters loitering on their way and being forced to fight.
‘Okay, I guess I can say we escaped safely at this rate.’
It’s quite a distance from where Kim Jin-seong is standing now, so it won’t be easy to find out where he is and follow him.
‘Then shall we check the contents now?’
Jinseong Kim looked more closely at the inside of the heavy plastic bag he obtained after defeating the man earlier.
‘nice! This is it!’
Kim Jin-seong was internally delighted when he checked the food packed inside the plastic bag.
This amount is enough to last me until the end of the preliminaries, if I eat really sparingly.
‘Now let’s divide it into our backpacks. ‘Because I can’t carry it all.’
Jinseong Kim soon takes off the backpack on his back, hangs it on a nearby tree branch, and begins putting food into the bag.
It was about halfway through.
‘···!’
Suddenly, an inexplicable cool sensation is felt at the back of the neck.
At the same time, every cell in my body cried out. If you don’t want to die, move now!
So Kim Jin-seong reacted instinctively.
▶ Use Vis Crimea points to activate the user’s unique attribute, ‘Magi’.
That’s when I pulled up my demon energy and covered my entire body to protect it.
Sigh!
There was a sound of something being driven deep into the flesh.
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