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penalty
The eyes of the 1-1 defenders became bigger than ever.
You’re giving me one more chance?
“Ji, is it true? Is it real?!”
To make sure he hadn’t heard wrong, he seemed to be holding on to the radio, which couldn’t answer, and even shouting.
Whether he did it or not, the voice on the radio continued to make announcements in a calm voice.
[From now on, all defense force participants listening to me, please take off your masks. Also, please remove the number attached to your shoulder.]
The 1-1 defenders, who had already taken off their masks, immediately removed the number stickers from their coat shoulders and threw them on the floor.
At that time, the voice inside the radio continued speaking.
[From now on, you will join this preliminary round as participants, not as defenders.]
“nice!! .··Heh.”
He cried out in joy without realizing it, then quickly covered his mouth and looked around.
Fortunately, there was no one nearby and no one came running.
[At the same time, you will operate under your real name, not as a defense force, for several districts and several times until the end of the preliminary round.]
He nodded at those words.
‘okay! ‘I always wanted to be called by my real name, Hwang Yun-taek!’
Hwang Yun-taek was already a member of the defense force and did not like the fact that he was forced to continue to be called only by the number 1-1.
Even though it was a forced appearance, I appeared on the most famous program in Korea. Shouldn’t I become famous by my real name, not my number?
* * *
At that time, the TV screen was rapidly showing images of the defense forces, including Hwang Yun-taek, one after another.
Some people were jumping for joy, some had their legs giving out in relief, and some were sobbing with joy.
Rather, Hwang Yun-taek’s reaction felt too ordinary.
“Everyone is very happy.”
Baekjun, sitting in front of the microphone, smiled slightly at the female producer’s words.
At that time, the male producer standing on the other side cautiously opened his mouth.
“Hey, I think you should take a look at the chat room.”
Baekjun’s eyes turned to the large monitor that displayed only the chat room.
– oh
– good night
– It’s nice to see everyone happy.
– This is a bit…
– Just kill them all as usual…
– Where can we suddenly change the rules?
– To be honest, killing people just because they failed to defend has been like that for a long time~ haha.
– We had one more repechage match, but wasn’t that enough of a chance?
The chat room was divided into half for and half against.
Baekjun opened his mouth as if it was no big deal.
“That’s good enough. “Weren’t you worried earlier that there would be more opposing opinions?”
“Yes, but…”
“don’t mind. “It is better to make clear changes at the beginning than to have problems later due to lack of participants.”
As he spoke, Baekjun again picked up a piece of paper placed next to the microphone.
There, the remaining members of Group A for the first round of the preliminary round were organized.
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Athlete’s side participants: 322
Current surviving players: 25
Defender side participants: 350 people
Current defense force that passed the preliminary round: 166 people (100 people successfully defended the wall, 66 people passed the repechage match)
Current remaining defenders: 77
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‘This is the first time that so many defenders have died.’
Normally, on average, more than 250 people from the defense force would pass through, but this time, all the survivors so far would have to be combined to reach that number.
For reference, at least 200 people from one group must survive in the first round of the preliminary round. Only then will the program be able to proceed without problems until the finals are over.
In other words, out of the 100 or so participants currently alive, at least 30 must survive to the end.
‘Considering that there are still three more days left in the preliminaries, even 30 people seem difficult.’
Baek Jun did not give the defenders a second chance for nothing. He suddenly changed the rules for a reason.
‘Kim Jin-seong, Kang Min-hyuk, Fade. The performance of these three was so great.’
I had no idea that it would be so easy to break through the barrier formed by the District 5 defenders, and I never expected that so many defenders would be massacred in the subsequent battle of reprisal.
‘Well, thanks to you, I got my hands on a definite superstar named Kim Jin-seong.’
In any case, the Coliseum program is fueled by a few superstars. This is a fact that has not changed since Season 1.
The rest are just bridesmaids, and in the end, they are all destined to die within the program.
All the bridesmaids need to do is fill the minimum number needed to proceed with the program.
‘It’s a bit unfortunate that we lost Kang Min-hyuk, but…’
“Representative, I think you can continue speaking now.”
Baek Jun woke up from his thoughts at the PD’s words.
Looking at the monitor, Baekjun noticed that the defense forces, which had been reacting violently, were slowly calming down.
He put his mouth to the microphone and began to announce again.
“However, I think that giving two chances to the defense team is clearly an issue of fairness when considering the players.”
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– agreed
– ㅆㅇㅈ
– That’s right.
– If I were a player, I would be furious.
The chat room was filled with opinions that everyone strongly agreed with Baekjun’s words.
“For the first time in Colosseum history, the defender survivors have been given two more chances, but this time we are giving them one penalty.”
– oh
– Penalty is good
– I lived twice, so there should be at least a penalty.
-What kind of penalty is it?
– ㄷㄱㄷㄱ
“The penalty… will be revealed right away.”
* * *
‘Penalty? what?’
Hwang Yun-taek’s face was covered with anxiety.
Hwang Yun-taek waits with his ear pressed to the radio’s speaker to hear what the penalty is.
However, no voice was heard on the radio after that.
‘Why aren’t you saying anything? Could it be that the battery ran out?’
It was a time when I was urgently trying to check the battery just in case.
Quaaaang!
“Ahh!!”
Hwang Yun-taek was frightened by the sudden explosion near his right and fell face down on the floor.
When I checked, the area around the side where the roar was heard was completely covered in flames. It seemed to be because of the aftereffects of the explosion.
The problem was that that was the beginning.
Bang bang bang! Quang! Kwakwakwak!
“Aaaaa!! “Ahh!!”
Hwang Yun-taek screamed in panic as he heard a series of loud noises coming from all directions.
Pieces of wood, rock, and monster flesh were flying everywhere, and the old trees that covered the sky were suddenly engulfed in flames.
It was a moment when the vast broad-leaved forest, which was truly beautiful, suddenly turned into a fiery hell.
[Please pay attention to all players currently remaining in the forest.]
It was only when the sound of the explosion, which had been going on for a long time, had died down, that a voice was heard again from the radio speaker.
[The production team has now activated all the fire bombs that were installed in advance. You can see that the forest is currently burning everywhere.]
Only then did Hwang Yun-taek stand up and look around the entire forest.
Indeed, he could see the entire area from where the explosion had been heard burning in flames.
[The forest fire is predicted to completely cover the entire forest by this evening at the latest.]
“You crazy bastards…!”
[However, the production team has taken precautions in advance to prevent the fire from spreading to the southern mountain, where the helicopter will arrive three days later.]
Hwang Yun-taek’s head turned directly toward the mountain.
Unlike the forest where the forest fire was burning, his eyes caught the sight of a mountain that was still intact, just as it had been before.
[This is addressed to all participants. If you don’t want to die from a forest fire or suffocation from smoke, move to the ridge today.]
“what?!”
Hwang Yun-taek made a bewildered expression.
“How can we get there today?!”
Even if you do nothing all day and just run, you have to travel a certain distance today while avoiding forest fires, monsters, and threats from other participants?
thud!
“Ahh!”
At that time, Hwang Yun-taek was once again startled by a heavy sound coming from next to him.
A nearby tree that had caught fire due to the explosion completely burned up and collapsed in the direction where he was.
‘Let’s go first! If I stay here, there will be no answer!’
Hwang Yun-taek immediately started running towards the mountain.
I don’t know if we will arrive today, but in the current situation, the only solution was to run to the mountain.
* * *
[Everyone, can you see it! The entire island where the preliminaries are held is on fire!]
[Wow… I never thought they’d burn down an entire island… Colosseum survival always surprises me.]
[A program that always surprises even the commentator who has been with us since Season 1! A program that boasts the world’s largest scale and spectacle! That is the Colosseum!]
At a time when the commentators were raising their voices with excitement, the chat room response was also heated.
– and
– Awesome!
-Scale what?
– Burning down an entire island?
– As expected, Kingjun…! As expected, King God Seum…!
– Just GOAT
Viewers reacted with admiration and awe to the massive forest fire they had never seen before.
The atmosphere of negative opinions about the previous rule change appears to have disappeared.
Even the monitor room staff, who knew about it in advance, were impressed.
“I never thought I would actually do this…”
“The CEO is really great too. “You never skimp on money when it comes to programs.”
“It’s not for nothing that they break the highest viewer ratings every time.”
The employees are looking at the monitor covered in forest fire, making a fuss and glancing at Baekjun sitting behind them once in a while.
The sight of Baekjun concentrating on the monitor as usual without any change in expression seemed very cool to some employees today.
[By the way, the participants on the defense side received a proper penalty. Most of those people probably don’t have food right now.]
[Oh, that’s right! Defenders basically get their lodging at the defense base!]
In fact, the defense forces also ate all three meals a day at a restaurant inside the wall.
So, most of the former defense force players did not have any basic consumables, including food.
[Some of them are running through the forest almost naked, without even bags!]
[It would be impossible to sprint like that all day long. Didn’t everyone wander around the forest all morning on an empty stomach since yesterday afternoon? There will definitely come a time when you will get tired before evening.]
[On the other hand, existing players have some leeway! Ah, as I speak, Jinseong Kim is taking something out of his oversized bag!]
The caster broadcasts while watching Kim Jin-seong rummaging through his bag on the changed TV screen.
Soon the tone of his voice rose sharply.
[Fire retardant clothing! It’s a fire suit! Yes! The bag I got from the supply box this time contained a fire protection suit!]
* * *
“···good.”
Kim Jin-seong, who was fully dressed in a fire protection suit and even a gas mask, put the bag on his back again.
Now at least you won’t die from suffocation until you reach the ridge.
‘Still, let’s be careful. ‘You never know when you might get crushed by a falling tree.’
The moment you say that, there’s a thud right behind you! The sound of an old tree falling down with a burnt sound was heard.
‘It’s difficult to use the ‘Shadow Hiding’ skill because everything is on fire, so you need to be more careful.’
Kim Jin-seong quickly ran toward the mountain, more focused than ever and alert to his surroundings.
‘Anyway, how will the other participants survive without fire protection suits?’
In an environment like this, not only participants who were former members of the defense force are penalized.
This is an extremely harsh environment for the rest of the players, except for the few who packed their bags in the supply box.
‘First of all, everyone will try to run away to a place with as few trees as possible…’
Is there really a place without trees in this lush forest?
…When I thought about it, there was one place.
‘Valley!’
Two days ago, the image of Kang Min-hyuk and other participants fighting over a supply box dropped in the valley came to Kim Jin-seong’s mind again.
I remember that the valley was quite wide at the time. If you stand in the center, you will have enough room to avoid the flames and smoke spewing out from the burning trees on both sides.
‘Then a lot of people will flock to the valley…’
And the fact that a lot of people are flocking also means that there are a lot of characteristics and skills for Kim Jin-seong to absorb.
Kim Jin-seong’s prediction was exactly right.
‘What the fuck…!’
Hwang Yun-taek, who arrived at the valley, distorted his face without realizing it.
‘Why is everyone flocking here?!’
Everyone’s thoughts seemed to be the same.
The entire valley was crowded with participants who ran with the same intention as Hwang Yun-taek to avoid the smoke.
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