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Producer’s Trap
[for a moment! Wait a minute… Ah, that’s it. Phew, I was surprised.]
The voice of thief number 6 was heard sighing in relief. It didn’t seem like a big deal.
Jinseong Kim asked again.
“Is there a problem?”
[Oh, there was a green puddle of some sort, so I didn’t think much of it and tried to run over it, but it turned out to be a monster or something?]
“Are you talking about something that looks like a green swamp?”
Kim Jin-seong asked while looking at the small green swamp right in front.
It looked like an ordinary swamp to the eye, but his ‘location detection’ trait was warning that there was a monster in that location.
[you’re right! If you step in there, you will be immediately sucked into the ground, so be careful! Oh, my ankle still hurts…]
After hearing those words, Jinseong Kim activated his demon energy.
Soon, a huge sphere of magical energy was created in his right palm and flew towards the swamp at high speed.
Pow!
With a sharp popping sound, the green swamp burst as if torn apart.
At a time when the green mucous membrane was flying in all directions, a notification window appeared in front of Kim Jin-seong’s eyes.
▶ You have defeated the monster.
▶ Obtained 25 Vis Creama points.
▶ Acquired the opponent monster’s skill ‘Toxic Swamp’.
▷ Toxic Swamp: Creates a swamp made of poison at the specified location. Consumes 100 mana.
“···Um, Number 6?”
[yes?]
“I think the monster you just mentioned has poisonous properties? Would you like to check it out?”
[yes? What… uh, what is that? Your shoes were melting, right?!]
Jinseong Kim chuckled.
When I saw that he had acquired the Toxic Swamp skill, I asked him to see if it would happen, and it turned out that his shoes were actually melting due to the poison.
“Pour a little of the abnormal status immunity potion. Then it will be okay.”
[Now, just a moment!]
After a moment of silence, thief number 6 let out a relieved voice.
[I solved it as you said! Wow, Mr. If it had melted a little more, the sole would have melted…!]
“Go into the nearby abandoned houses and look for shoes or something.”
[I guess so… Anyway, thank you!]
“Next, please report to the people who went down to the basement.”
To Kim Jin-seong’s words, the four thieves who went down to the basement responded one after another.
[This is number 7. It’s on the first basement floor, and the structure is much more complicated than you might think. Once you get lost, it’s hard to find.]
[It’s number 8 on the 2nd basement floor, and although the passage is a passage, there are a ton of monsters. Rats running around in droves, vampire bats, slimes…]
[This is number 9. The same goes for the 3rd basement floor. There are already over twenty monsters that I had no choice but to kill.]
Kim Jin-seong said after hearing all the reports that kept coming in.
“Please focus on survival while avoiding battles as much as possible.”
Kim Jin-seong, who had stored the contents of their report in his head, opened his mouth again.
“Please answer number 10. Number 10.”
···There was no answer.
“Sewer number 10, thief? Please answer. Thief number 10?”
Still no answer.
Jinseong Kim sensed something was strange and immediately came up with a countermeasure.
“Thief number 9. “Pungbitgaram.”
[yes]
“Please go down to the 4th basement level now and check on the fate of thief number 10.”
* * *
That time.
Pungbitgaram’s expression changed after receiving Kim Jin-seong’s instructions.
“Now?”
[yes.]
Pungbitgaram looked around.
Inside the dark third floor. At his feet were the corpses of numerous rat-shaped monsters and bat monsters.
‘After going through all this trouble, do you want me to go back?’
Pungbitgaram checked again the way he came.
The view of the passage filled with monsters was once again in his eyes, to the point where all the hard work he had done so far was not worth it.
Pungbitgaram, who felt instantly annoyed, annoyed, and troubled all at once, asked through communication.
“Let’s wait a little longer, shall we? “You may have forgotten to communicate for a moment, or your earphones may have fallen out of your ears…”
[No, it’s dangerous if you don’t go help now. Please follow my instructions.]
“Well, I’m sorry, but if you’re in a dangerous situation, I could have gone to help you now…”
[This is an order.]
Pungbitgaram’s expression hardened at Kim Jin-seong’s hard voice.
‘When this little bastard heard it, he decided to listen…!’
Pungbitgaram, the veins on his forehead rising, was about to shout something. However, Kim Jin-seong spoke a little faster.
[Didn’t you say that you would think of me as a leader and follow my words unconditionally for at least 24 hours?]
“That’s true…”
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[It’s only been about 10 minutes, but are you already trying to break the rules?]
“No, that’s not it…!”
[It’s done. If it’s like this, I’ll leave.]
“···I beg your pardon?”
Pungbitgaram asked back in a puzzled voice at the sudden notice.
[If it’s already like this, there’s no need to cooperate. From now on, I will consider not only taggers but also thieves as my enemies.]
“······!”
Pungbitgaram’s eyes shook greatly.
Kim Jin-seong is turning into an enemy…?
[I guess I should go underground as soon as the communication is over. Then, communication will end…]
“Oh, I understand! I will follow your instructions! sorry!”
Pungbitgaram urgently cried out and apologized.
“I think I was a little presumptuous. I apologize again. “I’m going straight down to the sewer!”
[···.]
“Please forgive me just once. I will never do this again!”
Kim Jin-seong’s voice, which was silent for a while despite the subsequent apology, was heard only after a long time.
[If something like this happens again in the future, I will cut off communication immediately. Please be careful.]
“yes···.”
[Please report the situation immediately as soon as you go down to the sewer.]
“All right.”
With his answer, Pungbitgaram started heading back towards the entrance.
When he saw a swarm of rat monsters coming towards him, he drew his sword.
He swung his sword at the rats,
Qarring!
With a thunderous sound, a group of electrocuted rats were wiped out all at once.
As he passed by, Pungbitgaram thought to himself.
‘Even if 10 people cooperate now, I doubt whether they can withstand 240 people for 24 hours, but if Kim Jin-seong turns into an enemy…’
Pungbitgaram shook his head. It was because I felt dizzy just thinking about it.
If you want to survive as a thief for a long time, you must make the most of Kim Jin-seong on your side, who is currently one of the most talented in name and reality.
‘For now, let’s just follow what we’re told. ‘I can’t help it.’
While he was thinking that, Poongbitgaram was able to see that he was getting close to the stairs.
* * *
That time.
After completing communication with Pungbitgaram, Jinseong Kim continued to scout the surroundings and move to the target location.
‘You have to establish momentum in the beginning like this to make it easier to give instructions going forward.’
Thinking to himself, he went inside a nearby lung.
He continued his thoughts as he searched for useful items.
‘Honestly, if you only think about survival, there is no need for companions.’
I don’t know about other thieves, but Kim Jin-seong had a high chance of surviving for 24 hours without anyone’s help.
I was confident because I possessed many skills specialized for survival, such as stealth, shadow hiding, and location tracking.
‘But it will be much easier if we use them. There will be Seol-daun in the tagging group, and there will be other talented people who haven’t revealed their skills yet.’
In particular, Kim Jin-seong was particularly concerned about the presence of Seol-daun.
There was a need to be wary of Seoldown’s abilities and performances that I saw on iTube.
‘More than anything, it would be difficult to kill Yang Jung-geun on his own.’
Unless it was just the two of them, killing Yang Jung-geun among so many people was risky.
However, Kim Jin-seong had no intention of keeping Yang Jung-geun alive until the third round of the preliminary round.
In order to somehow create an opportunity to kill Yang Jung-geun, he had to get as many people as possible to focus on the remaining thieves.
‘···Anyway, why don’t you report it again?’
Jinseong Kim was the first to open his mouth after confirming that his earphones were quiet until he had exhausted all of his lungs.
“Number 9. answer.”
[Ah yes···.]
“Is it a sewer?”
[Yes, that’s right…]
“But why didn’t you report it?”
[That’s it… hehe!]
Pungbitgaram suddenly makes the sound of gulping down wind.
At the same time, Puck! And the sound of something being smashed was heard one after another.
‘···I didn’t do it on purpose.’
It seemed like it was a situation where communication was impossible.
* * *
Pungbitgaram’s new form instantly turned into smoke.
At the same time, a huge green slime struck the spot where he was standing.
puck! The ground caves in with a sound.
“This is crazy…!”
Pungbitgaram reappeared far behind, still looking surprised.
‘Number 10, I understand why that bastard didn’t answer.’
Pungbitgaram himself also only thought about avoiding the monster of such enormous size that suddenly appeared, but never thought about reporting it via communication.
‘Why on earth is such a boss-level monster living in a sewer like this?’
Pungbitgaram looked ahead.
A sewer with a fairly high ceiling. A monster so large that its head touches the ceiling.
If I were to describe it in one sentence, the expression ‘bipedal slime’ would be perfect.
Its entire body was made of a slimy green mucous membrane, and it stood on two legs and even had a head.
More than anything,
‘···omg!’
puck!
It was incredibly fast and strong.
Pungbitgaram, who was the most active in Group B of the preliminaries, was unable to even think of a counterattack and was only doing damage by turning into an actor.
And more importantly,
‘It’s not even one!’
Another green slime monster is visible in the field of view of Pungbitgaram, who has run away, approaching from afar.
This was a sewer that was much more dangerous than the dungeon, with more than one boss-level monster.
* * *
[It has finally appeared! The strongest monster that can be found in the second stadium of this preliminary round, Quagmire!]
It was the caster raising his voice while watching the struggling Pungbitgaram on the monitor.
[I think there are many people who don’t know what kind of monster Quagmire is. So, let me take the time to explain.]
Soon the TV screen changed, and a table with detailed information about Quagmire appeared.
———-
Name: Quagmire
Grade: A+
characteristic :
– Possesses regenerative ability
– Immune to normal attack damage
– A body made of deadly poison
– Very fast, speed increases further in water.
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– omg
– Grade A+?
– No, it’s too strong?
-Not even one?
– The production team’s devil bastards, starting with Porgynay, go beyond the line ㅡㅡ
– Are you sure they released it to catch it?
[There are a lot of viewers who are surprised right now, but of course that is not a monster that exists to be caught!]
[In fact, you can think of it as Porginay’s role in the first round of the preliminary round. This is the so-called ‘trap’ role.]
– aha
– no wonder···.
– But Porginae was also dead, right?
– Is Kim Jin-seong, who you killed back then, still there?
– Surely this time too…?
[you’re right! However, there was one participant who single-handedly killed Porginae, which had been set up not to be caught, right?]
[Hehe… That’s right.]
The commentator who laughed continued.
[I carefully predict that if it is Kim Jin-seong this time, he will be able to kill Quagmire.]
[But actually, the difficulty level seems harder than Porginay, right? It’s not just one!]
[you’re right. Porginae didn’t move, and because the production team had grown it to the smallest size possible, it was much weaker than the real thing 150 years ago.
However, the Quagmire in the sewers now are at the same level as the Quagmire found in the actual A+ dungeon.]
* * *
That time. Kim Jin-seong is mentioned by both commentators and viewers…
“The monster is very strong?”
[Yes… hehe!]
I was continuing to communicate with Pungbitgaram, who answered in an urgent voice.
thud! Only after hearing the heavy sound, was I able to hear Pungbitgaram’s report again.
[In my opinion, it is at least level A! Moving is on a completely different level… hehe!]
Kim Jin-seong, who was moving while listening, soon stopped with both legs.
Then,
“I will go there.”
Kim Jin-seong changed direction and started walking.
fantasy,
