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Reincarnator – Chapter 235 : The Great Seal (5)

Kamiyou pondered for a moment, looked around and then shook his head at Einchel.

"Let's move. We need to go with him.""What… If we move together like this, we will definitely get caught!"

Einchel freaked out as she spoke.

The players weren't stupid.

They already guessed that something was hiding here and were always looking for their traces.

They just weren't quite interested in them because there were more precious things in deeper floors.

And even in such a situation and themselves moving discreetly, they lost around a hundred people a year.

What would happen if a number close to a thousand moved at once?

There was only one answer for so many people moving when the other players weren't notified of it.

Bug players.

They would get chased down immediately.

'Why must we go through such lengths…'

Einchel clenched her teeth as she looked at Kamiyou who had a very resolute expression.

She wanted to say the ones who opposed this idea should stay and only those who wanted to follow should.

Though Kamiyou was a good leader he didn't really force anybody.

But that was actually the worse choice.

The reason why the players hadn't searched the corners of the Maze was because they didn't have any real proof.

Though a small number had been caught, because of the secret of their location and existence being bounded by Kamiyou's trait , they had been able to stay hidden.

But the story might change if a large amount of people got caught.

It would be impossible not to become suspicious when hundreds of people got caught at the same time.

They would pour all their strengths to search the entire maze.

Which meant that if Kamiyou didn't change his thoughts, there was only one choice.

For all of them to follow.

Einchel thought up to this point and then shouted towards Kamiyou in rage,

"Fuck! Are you crazy? Even if you're the leader, you cannot just trust in a piece of some random prophecy and do this! What's so great about those things that are trapped below!?"

Even if Hansoo did succeed in destroying the seal, that would be the end of it.

Those things were still the ones who had lost.

There's no way they could win with them.

And there was an even bigger issue.

The ones where kingdoms and countries outside would charge in to kill them.

'It's terrifying…Fucking hell.'

Einchel's body shuddered as she remembered the massacre caused by the captain of the Magic Brigade, Francheska.

That person alone was that strong.

And there were plenty of people stronger than him in the kingdom and there were people who were even stronger in those countries, the empires that ruled over this damned world.

The players alone were hard to deal with, they couldn't afford to make enemies with them as well.

Kamiyou spoke out with a dark expression towards Einchel who was looking back at him with eyes full of despair.

"…I see, they've just been blindly following me the entire time."

Kamiyou shook his head.

Losers.

They didn't lose because they were weak.

Instead they had been tied down below in order to bear the consequences of their strength.

If the Ains were indeed that weak then why would the kingdoms and the empires try so hard to maintain the seal and were always on their toes about the seal breaking?

And why did they not come down to kill the Ains?

'And that Prophet was really… Really….'

Kamiyou finished his thoughts and then made up his mind.

'Yeah. The important thing right now isn't… Maintaining the current situation.'

Unlike Einchel, Kamiyou decided to look further ahead into the future.

Countless players would get in their way while they traversed through the Green Zone.

At this rate, they will slowly sink into the depths and get killed off.

He didn't know if the AIns being released would be beneficial or harmful to them as a whole.

But he was sure of one thing.

That a change that would sweep across the entire Green Zone will happen.

A great change.

Moving quickly wasn't enough to escape from the Green Zone, the swamp that dragged them down.

They needed a change that would sweep across the entirety of this damned place.

Of course there was no guarantee that they would be safe from this change.

'…I just need to pray that the prophecy is true then.'

Though there would be people who opposed him, there was nothing else he could do.

He would just take everyone who would come with him.

Kamiyou finished his mumbles and then spoke to Hansoo."Let me lead you to the secret portal."

All the portals that have been found were already swarming with players who had seen the blacklist.

It was confirmed by the Watchmen.

Even Hansoo would get slowed down if he had to go through thousands of people.

But in this place, there was a portal for them to escape during an emergency.

A portal which hadn't been found by them distracting and misleading others through the Watchmen.

There was a portal for going up and another for going down but the only important thing was the one going down.

As Kamiyou looked around to persuade everyone to go down with him.

'Ugh…'

Kamiyou clenched his teeth as he looked at the eyes of the people staring at him.

Chaos and distrust.

Why did he have to go this far?

But this was a reasonable reaction since their leader was trying to make all of them leave after finally securing a safe haven for them to stay just because of some random stranger.

Kamiyou looked towards Hansoo with a sorry expression and spoke.

"Could you give me a bit of time?"

He needed to persuade as much as he could, if not all.

And he had the confidence to do so if there was time.

Since there wasn't much choice for the ones staying.

Hansoo nodded at Kamiyou's words.

Since it wouldn't take long.

'….He probably has a contract type trait.'

Maintaining the security of this place was impossible just through hard work.

Them not being found despite a hundred of them being caught and killed each other meant one thing.

That he had a method or a trait to control the ones who entered.

And the trait which could put restrictions on those weaker than oneself could easily accomplish this.

'And…He probably has a few other methods in the contract that could be used for this situation.'

Since the weaker ones separating at an important moment would only make them weaker.

Even if he didn't like to do such things, as long as he wasn't a stupid leader he would've set some things up.

It wouldn't take long by using it.

'Tsk. I wish I could help with the persuasion…'

But sadly there was not much he could do.

Since he had indeed come to break the seal but being with him wasn't particularly safer or anything."I'll wait and we can…"

As Hansoo started to speak.Rumbleee.

Classshh.

Sounds of thunder and lightning echoed throughout the maze from a distance.

A vicious sound that was different from the ones the Watchmen made.

Everyone's expression froze as they heard this.

................

Rrrrummblee!

Endless amounts of flame poured out from the sword of the captain of the Scarlet Demons, Sharon Stiller.

Towards the trailers at the outermost parts of the Ant Tunnel the watchmen set up as residence.

Whoooosh!

The fire, which rushed forward like a dragon made of flames, ate up the trailer as the giant trailer started to melt down.

The trailer was merely made of steel after all.

There was no way it could handle the S grade Spirit Stone, , that could buy an entire house at the center of the capital.

Basically it was like using a weapon meant to slay dragons just to kill a few chickens.

Others might call her stupid for doing so but would Sharon Stiller have used a weapon imbued with a spirit stone just to melt down a trailer?

Screams came out from the trailer surrounded by flames.

"Uaaaaaaa…""Kuaaaak!"

People, who though were low level, had been armed with artifacts and magic resistance skills.

But even they could not withstand the flames from the spirit stone.

Sharon Stiller smiled as she saw this.

"Though it's a bit much to kill a few bugs…We should use a secure method since they're strong."

Sharon Stiller then pointed with her chin towards the back.

Towards those who had been looking at the Bug Players with green in their eyes.

The moment the nod came, five members of the Gold Demons walked out in glee.

Towards the bug players who were burning up in the distance and barely maintaining their life.

And Sharon Stiller and the other fifteen Scarlet Demons just watched the Gold Demons walking by.

It wasn't that they didn't have the confidence to handle the situation.

Since they didn't bring the Gold Demons because they lacked strength.

The 15 of them, armed with S and A grade Spirit Stones, were sure that they could erase any group of bug players.

They was only a single reason why they brought the Gold Demons.

"Uaaaaaak!""Kuuhuk!"

The Gold Demon members swung their blades towards the Watchmen,

And the two watchmen who were ablaze were people who could easily deal with five members of the Gold Demons.

But they could not fight the Gold Demons while being surrounded by Sharon Stiller's flames that were burning them alive.

They couldn't even resist as they lost their lives.

At that moment.

Kiiing!

Two of the five members of the Gold Demons shined out brightly.

A sign of leveling up.

And the other members looked at this with satisfied expressions.

"Keke! This is why I can't stop being a bug killer."

"Why did I farm dungeons until now?"

Of course they wouldn't usually level up once from just this.

But the remaining exp they needed which they would've had to grind out had been filled up in an instant.

Flame Warrior-V nodded as he looked at this scene.

'…So she brought them to raise them huh.'

Experience was useless to the Scarlet Demons who were already at cap levels.

But the tremendous amount of experience would be waste to just throw it away.

Sharon Stiller laughed towards the Gold Demon members and walked forward.

"Don't be happy about just this much. There's so much more to go."

The Gold Demons who had been following shouted out in glee.

"Hahahaha! Yes!"

"Let's chase them down before they run!""For justice!"

There was nothing more fun than leveling up in a game.

Especially more so in a game like exodus where some say the max level is when the game began due to all the contents made specifically for those at level 250.

As the people were shouting in glee."Aaaah! Cursed bastards!"

A person jumped up from the flaming trailer and started to run away.

A Watchman had been hiding despite burning up and started to madly run the moment he saw an opening.

And the Gold Demons immediately started to chase.

"Where do you think you're going?!"

It was pointless to run.

Since one wouldn't be able to run at their full speed with injuries.

The Scarlet Demons shrugged their shoulders as they saw the Gold Demons chasing.

There wasn't much for them here since they were already at max level.

They just needed to do the job they were tasked with, receive rewards from the leader.

'It won't be dangerous anyway.'

Sharon Stiller mumbled inwardly.

The bug players would get erased once they got killed.

A sane person would not be able even think of fighting them.

They would just focus on running away.

And this was why she had dealt the first blow.

Since it was easier to hunt those running.

'And it's useless to run anyway.'

As Sharon Stiller was looking at the Gold Demons who were running up ahead with a calm expression.

Boooooooom!

Something giant flew in from across the maze and smashed into the Gold Demons.

With a tremendously loud noise.

"Kuaaaak!"

"What the fuck!"

One of the Gold Demon members melted away and the other seven's bodies got smashed apart and were flung backwards.

The only one surviving in the tunnel was the Watchmen.

"Huuaak…Phew…"

The Watchmen, who had barely dodged the attack which resembled a dragon, lost strength in his legs and fell down onto the ground.

At the same time.

Whoosh.

Hansoo raised the man and then pointed towards the back.

"Go back there and join the others."

Hansoo, who was fixing a bit of his body back, then spoke while looking at the Scarlet and Gold Demons in the distance.

"It seems I'll have to 'talk' with these guys for a bit."

"Ha."

It was clear that he wasn't talking about exchanging words from the way he was holding the spear.

Sharon Stiller raised her sword with a dumbfounded expression.

Reincarnator – Chapter 236 : The Great Seal (6)

Sharon Stiller realized who the person in front of her was the moment he came into view.

Since he was the man who had become incredibly famous in such a short amount of time.

The blacklist of the Anteater clan was that effective.

But she had never thought that he would appear in front of her.

'It seems he became confident because he only dealt with lower levels…'

Well, he wasn't particularly low-leveled relative to those around level 200.

But she could do the things he had done just now as well.

'Just how do you think I earned this.'

Sharon Stiller clenched the artifact imbued with the in her hands.

Though it was a game, it was almost like real life.

And this game was actually more realistic when the game itself was more important for them then real life.

There were an invisible wall between males and females and she had gone through a tremendous amount of rough work to climb to the position as the captain of the Scarlet Demons.

And, ironically, even by using a weapon only a female could use in order to deal with the weakness a female had.

'Himura… Fucking bastard.'

Sharon Stiller forcibly tried to erase the disturbing memories as she looked towards the bug players.

This is how she had gained strength.

But these guys had gained them way too easily.

By using unfair methods such as hacks.

Since there were people like the bug players who fought at an uneven playing field, people like her had to give up things they shouldn't have in order to survive.

As she thought up to this point.

Crunch.

The rage and hatred she had towards Himura deep inside her was transferred onto the person in front of her.

At the same time Sharon Stiller's expression crunched up.

To the point of shocking Flame Warrior-V next to her.

'What the. Does she have a personal grudge or something? Why is her expression like this?'

It was the first time he had seen Sharon Stiller's expression, which was usually always smiling and calm, scrunch up this much.

As Flame Warrior-V was still in shock.

Kiiiiiiing!

The weapon in Sharon Stiller's hands started to heat up.

While spewing out red light like a furnace bellowing out fire.

At the same time.

Boooooom!

A giant flame scorched out and flew towards the bug player in front of her.

A much more intense flame melted the walls of the maze and headed towards Hansoo.

Hansoo frowned as he saw this.

'As I expected…I cannot win in a head on fight.'

The ones who had used the S grade Spirit Stones were no joke.

Since it was a fragment which held the souls of the spirits which ruled this world at one point.

Of course this much wasn't enough to beat him.

But there were the Scarlet Demons and even 150 Gold Demons behind.

And since they could fight without fear of death, it would be even worse.

But there was a reason why he had come.

'…Not bad Kamiyou. A threat.'

'Not bad.'

He could buy at least two hours.

Hansoo shrugged his shoulders and swirled up two dragons with his spear.

Kuuududuk.

As his body slightly got twisted.

Booooom!

Two dragons clashed into the inferno.

The dragons which had killed the Gold Demons from before.

Soon.

Rummble!

The entire maze shook from the collision of the dragon and the flame.'

'…I can't get held back from just you.'

Sharon Stiller mumbled as she looked at the Scarlet Flower.

A power which he had gained through large amounts of sacrifice.

It wasn't something which would go away simply by shutting the game off.

It was strength which could give her honor, strength and a place on society in real life.

And for this, she had to lick the soles of Himura temporarily.

By using the strength he had given her.

'I'll erase you all…'

"Clean him up!"Then.

Rummblee!

The Scarlet and Gold Demons started to charge at the same time.

...............

Rumble.

'Fuck…Faster. Faste!'

Einchel got into an even bigger hurry from the vibration that shook the entire maze.

"Leave behind the trailers! Just take the weapons!"Einchel screamed out as she took the lead position instead of Kamiyou who had gone ahead.

"Fuck! How did those guys find out about us!"It was funny how she was pondering whether to go or not just a few moments ago.

For the Scarlet Demons to crash in so suddenly.

Einchel grinded her teeth while thinking of Christopher and the other blacklisters but then shook her head.

'No, it's not because of them. Fuck.'

They weren't retards, they wouldn't have left behind such obvious tracks.

And the location of collision was completely opposite from the direction they came from anyway.

Well, all of this didn't matter anyway.

'There's…only one path now.'

Einchel mumbled inwardly as she looked towards Kamiyou shouting in the distance.

Well, towards the skulls in Kamiyou's hands.

The skulls Hansoo had left behind before leaving.

Hansoo told Kamiyou.

Hansoo nodded at Kamiyou's expression.

Hansoo gave them a simple task.

While he bought time, they had to clear a path to the seal.

Einchel nodded as she flew towards the portal.

'Thats easy…'

Whooosh!

Einchel saw the last member of Ant Tunnel going through the portal and flew into the portal as well.

Then.

The strange noise of the portal gulped in Einchel and led her to the fourth floor.

Kamiyou quickly spoke to Einchel the moment she came out.

"Is everyone here?"

"Yes. But the method of finding the parth…"Kamiyou nodded at those words."That doesn't seem very hard."

It might've been hard if there were a lot of players but the secret tunnel had remained hidden from being discovered.

And the players looking for the bug players actually helped them.Since most of them gathered around the other portals.

'We need to hurry.'

Kamiyou finished his thoughts and spoke towards the people.

"Let's go."Then.

Christopher spoke next to him as if he didn't like some things.

"Can't we just go by ourselves? We can break the seal by ourselves right?"

Christopher didn't like the fact that Hansoo was buying time for the people here.

Of course he knew that them going against the players who couldn't die was meaningless and was basically suicide.

But for them to hand over so many people to just one person.

'This…Isn't this too much?'

Of course Christopher didn't like the current situation.

Kamiyou shook his head towards Christopher.

"It doesn't seem that our path would be that safe.""…?"

Oooooong.

Slight vibrations of the skull guided Kamiyou.

The vast and wide great maze.

Towards the deepest parts.

The Seal.

The Great Seal.

The thing which the kingdoms and the empires created to deal with the Ains.

'…Would hiding such a thing be the only way to protect it?'

Kamiyou gulped as he spoke.

"We shouldn't fight between ourselves. Let's find the path first. Hansoo said he would buy time and then… Rejoin us."

It wouldn't be hard to follow them since they would leave behind marks only themselves would recognize.

Christopher made a displeased expression but nodded and started to move towards the darkness of the maze.

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Shuaaaaaak!

A Gold Demon member got surrounded by a cloud of red smoke while running through the maze.

And he freaked out when he saw this.

"Fuck…"

Even before he could finish his scream.

Kwaaaaarrrrrrk!

The Gold Demon member melted down from the red spoke.

And the other members were shocked as they saw this.

"What the fuck.""Would that skill come out if we kill him?"

The Gold Demons freaked out but the Scarlet Demons merely shrugged their shoulders.

They started to see positives and negatives.

'Dumbasses. Even if you guys get that skill, you guys wouldn't be able to use it because of your lack of mana. And fucking hell Exodus. Do your job properly.'

They didn't know what kind of hack this guy used but this guy's health and mana were seriously abnormal.

In other words, he was using that skill because of this.

This was why the Scarlet Demons weren't in a hurry.

Though he was strong, there was a limit to someone's mana.

And that skill was indeed powerful but that guy was using it carefully.

He wasn't invincible.

If he was invincible then he wouldn't have run away from the captain of the Scarlet Demons, Sharon Stiller.

He would've just melted down everyone here and then.

'Well. It does seem that it is disturbing her.'

One of the Scarlet Demons, Olsen, chuckled towards Sharon Stiller.

It seems her pride had been tainted because she had left him an opening to run away while fighting one versus one.

Then.

Sharon Stiller spoke expressionlessly.

"Split the team.""…How?"

Vice-captain, Olsen, frowned at Sharon Stiller.

"There's no reason to drag out time against him. It's not like we will get a tremendous amount of exp for killing him. Ten Scarlet demons including me will chase him. That should be enough."

Olsen nodded.

Since losing hundreds of bug players because of one person would be a tremendous loss.

And fighting up to this point, ten was more than enough to suppress him.

'His level isn't that high.'

If he was actually at level 250, he would've been a monstrosity.

But he was merely around level 200 to 205.

Ten of them, armed with top tier Spirit Stones, were more than enough.

'It's better to do this than half-heartedly giving Gold Demons some exp.'

Olsen nodded.

"Then the five including myself will chase the others."

Sharon Stiller shook her head.

"No, only four of you go."

"Huh? What about the remaining one?"

Olsen asked.

There were 15 people in the Scarlet Demons.

If ten followed that man and four chased bug players, there would be one left over.

Sharon Stiller took something out as she spoke.

"Let's just take care of the thing we promised the Kingdom on the way."

"Hmm… That…"

Olsen frowned.

The blue pouch she had received from the captain of the magic brigade, Krancheska.

'What is it anyway?'

Olsen looked at Sharon with curiosity.

Reincarnator – Chapter 237 : The Great Seal (7)

Rumble.

'Hmm.'

Hansoo cracked his neck and checked the status of his body.

Since he hadn't pushed himself, it was more than enough to fight.

Rumble.

Rummblee.

Hansoo quietly moved his ear towards the wall of the maze and then sensed the slight trembles of the maze.

Footsteps.

Sounds of people smashing weapons against the walls.

A much wider range of sounds than what he could hear with just his ear could be heard.

He then visualized what he could hear and then mumbled.

'They've split up huh.'

About ten would chase him and the rest would chase the people from the ant tunnel.

Though the people from the ant tunnel would have erased their tracks quite well, that wouldn't help much.

The ones who went down would probably get caught by the Gold Demons.

Hansoo thought for a moment and walked around while fixing his body about what to do and then just made a decision.

'I'll join them.'

Even if he smashed through everyone here, they would revive and come back down.

It would be better to just go down and break the seal instead.

While Hansoo was fixing his body and returning himself back to his normal condition.

Ooooooong.

A strange vibration rang throughout his mind.

A soul vibration.

Soon.

A voice could be heard through the soul fragment.

'Gwanje huh? He's probably bored. Or just curious.'

Hansoo thought of the owner of the voice and mumbled.

Gwanje.

The person who was in charge of the Orange Zone with the Crown of Thorns and the artificial soldiers.

And the one who was in charge over the body of Elkadion, the previous leader of the Akarons and the one who knew he came from the future.

So Gwanje knew as well.

That he came from the future.

'Well. One's okay.'

It might be different if he tried to use this information to influence others directly but one person knowing about it wouldn't make much difference.

Hansoo rang the soul fragment and replied.

Well it was just a matter of time, getting chased in a world like this where there are players everywhere was bound to happen.

Though it happened a bit faster, he could still handle it.

Gwanje sighed in relief from Hansoo's answer and then continued to speak.

Of course these guys weren't entirely at fault.

As the adventurers were just bug players in their eyes.

But that didn't erase the fact that there were casualties.

Gwanje mumbled in discontent as he thought of the ones who died and then asked Hansoo as if he suddenly got curious.

A place where the game created by a God took root in.

The reason for the creation of this game wasn't to please the people who would go through the Green Zone..

Well, it was the opposite.

If somebody told Gwanje that this game was created just to give pain to adventurers then he would easily believe it.

Of course that was a bit too much but with the ability of the God, he could easily do this and from the way the fairies acted, a joke at this level would be normal.

'No. It doesn't seem like he contented himself with just making the game.'

Gwanje mumbled quietly.

The creator probably did a few more things in order to kill off more adventurers.

For example, make it so that players won't feel guilty about killing the adventurers or just make it so they could not see the adventurers as humans.

Hansoo thought for a moment and then shook his head.

.

The Abyss was actually very large.

And there were still many places where Hansoo hadn't been to despite living in the Abyss for 50 years.

Not meeting somebody in a place where tens of thousands of people from different races mingled together was quite normal.

And he wasn't that interested either.

Gwanje's curiosity didn't get resolved from Hansoo's half-hearted answer and complained.

As Gwanje asked with a curious expression, Hansoo shook his head and answered.

Gwanje groaned.

Thinking about it, even if Hansoo came back from the future, he wasn't omnipotent.

No, even if he could rule with strength over the entire battlefield, if he could do everything with power then he would be closer to a god than a savior.

Gwanje suddenly stopped after thinking about a few things.

He then asked Hansoo with a confused expression.

............….

Rummmble.

Rumble.

Hurry! Hurry up!

As Kamiyou ordered the adventurers up ahead, he swung his blade sideways.

Cruunnchh!

Crunch!

"Waaa! What the fuck! If you guys PK so brazenly then…""You retard! What the hell are you saying? Can't you tell? Those bastards are bug players!"

"What? How can there be so many bu…"

Crunch!

Even before the man could finish his words.

The players got split in two at the hands of the adventurers and then disappeared into golden light.

They tried to resist but they couldn't deal with the adventurers whose strengths were far above their own on average.

Even more so since they were the minority.

The players, who created parties in groups of 30 to 50 people, had no way of beating the hundreds of people who were with Kamiyou and Christopher.

But Kamiyou's expression was very gloomy.

'Fuck. I didn't want to smash through people like this…'

Even if they were searching for their objective, there was no need to smash through the players.

Though hundreds of people moving together might get them caught, 20 groups of 40 pretending to be player parties could easily get to their objective without too much resistance.

It would take longer, but they would all get there safely and with few issues.

But if they charged through like this, even though it would take much less time, the other players would flock to them like swarms of ants.

But Kamiyou didn't really have much of a choice.

Since he didn't have any leisure.

Craack!

A cold aura chased the adventurers from behind.

While freezing the walls of the maze they ran through.

Whoooosh!

Kamiyou withdrew his foot from the chill that was trying to tie him down and then gritted his teeth as he looked behind him.

'…Fucking hell! '

The blaze-type S-level Spirit Stone, Scarlet Flower.

And the freeze-type S-level Spirit Stone, Azure Land.

From the darkness of the maze which Kamiyou was staring into.

Kang! Kang!

Sounds of two blue gauntlets clashing could be heard.

Though he couldn't see the faces, he knew who was making these sounds at once.

'…Olsen.'

The infamy of the Scarlet Demons was widespread between the bug players.

Since the bug players who got onto the blacklist had been ended by these guy's hands.

And the most famous of them were this duo.

The captain who wielded the scarlet flower, Sharon Stiller.

And the vice captain who controlled a wide field of blue ice, Olsen.

Even amongst the Scarlet Demons who had received all the support they could, only these two had the S-level Spirit Stone.

It wasn't an issue of money, just that there weren't many of them in the first place.

'Fuck. This one's hard to deal with.'

Kamiyou felt a chill run down his back as he saw the blue waves that chased him from behind.

Though it was weaker than the Scarlet Flower, the range was much larger.

Since he could spread ice from places that he didn't even see.

And at this moment, it was actually more threatening than the Scarlet Flower.

The most annoying thing about the Azure Land was its effect of lowering movement speed.

Though the adventurers were indeed superior to the players due to their control but their physical bodies or skills didn't have much difference with theirs.

Which meant that there wasn't much of a difference in running speed between the players and them.

If they got caught by that chill then they would get killed.

By the hands of the Gold Demons behind Olsen.

Kamiyou gulped.

'…There's still a lot of way to go!'

Oooooong!

Kamiyou clenched his teeth as he touched the skull in his possession.

The vibration of the skull was getting more and more intense.

Which meant that the magic formation that resonated with the skull got closer.

Soon he would arrive there.

But Kamiyou sighed out in despair.

'…What could I do even after I get there?'

They needed to fight with the Gold and Scarlet Demons in front of them.

And the rest of the players on the 4th floor would swarm to this location.

Since the rumor would've long spread.

Kamiyou clenched his teeth as he thought up to this point.

He had promised go to the seal with Hansoo.

But at this rate, they would all get caught.

'And… We don't know what the hell will be at the Great Seal. How can we bring these guys in there?'

If there was something dangerous inside then they would get surrounded and all die.

Kamiyou thought for a moment then smiled as he clenched the skull in his hand.

'I need to… Make a decision.'

Then.

Boooom!

Kamiyou sent out a signal to all the people running with him.

And Einchel was shocked out as she saw the signal.

'…Spread out and meet at the objective?'

For him to try to buy time.

Einchel freaked out as she looked at Kamiyou.

Then shouted.

"What are you trying to do?"

Kamiyou.

The leader she had met in this place, the Ant Tunnel.

They had only known each other for about 1 year.

So she didn't know everything about Kamiyou but one thing was clear to her.

That he could not block the ones chasing them by himself no matter what.

Kamiyou clenched his teeth and spoke.

"Don't worry. I heard something extra from the Prophet of the Ains in the past. Oh yeah. Take this.".

"…".

Einchel clenched her teeth and nodded as she looked at Kamiyou who handed over a skull to her.

'I don't know what's going on but…I can only trust him.'

She didn't know about the prophecy of the Ains but nothing else mattered as long as Kamiyou wouldn't die a meaningless death.

Einchel clenched the skull in his hand and then spoke.

"You… Have to come back alive."

Kamiyou smiled as he replied.

"Sure. I've survived in this damned world for 7 years already. That would be easy."

Kamiyou stopped his movements with those words and Einchel continued to run ahead with the skull.

Towards their objective, the location of the Great Seal.

..............

"Look at these bastards."

Even if he couldn't see it, his skills told him the movements of his enemy.

Olsen smirked at the people scattering in front him him and then shouted out.

"Split into four groups! Like how we practiced norm…"

Then.

Olsen stopped as he looked at the man standing in the middle of the frozen maze.

A man missing a leg.

One of the Gold Demon members smiled as he tried to swing his sword.

"This is min…"

"Wait!"

"…?"

The Gold Demon made a confused expression as he looked at Olsen who was blocking him.

Since this had never happened before.

Olsen smiled as he looked at Kamiyou in front of him.

"You are important to our Ant Eaters, we should treat you properly."

Kamiyou's expression froze up at Olsen's words.

Reincarnator – Chapter 238 : The Great Seal (6)

One of the two leaders of Ant Eaters, Himura, fell into a deep thought one day.

<…What a fucking grind.>

Their clan, the Ant Eaters, originally only had the strength to barely compare to the other large clans in terms of battle power.

Since there was a limit no matter how much he and Michael Dawson worked.

Though they were quite skilled, the large clans were clans created by those who were far superior to them.

It was hard to beat their connections and backings.

The reason why the Ant Eaters had been able to survive against them like this and grow was because they had the justifications.

With the reason of getting rid of the bug killers who harmed the game, they kept their honor with this and slowly rose their strength through this.

Though it looked like they killed indiscriminately, there were those they needed to kill among their victims.

They rounded up everyone they needed to kill and killed them as bug killers.

Even if they would get rewarded in the future, winning the battle for strength then and there and get the support of the kingdoms or the empires was the best choice since it would be hard for their powers to get dispersed or threatened this way.

Which meant that hunting for bug players was a job the Bug Eaters had to do whether they liked it or not.

Michael Dawson only said they would lower the ratio, he could never guarantee getting rid of them entirely.

Since they wouldn't be able to win against the other clans in the battle for power otherwise.

But a problem came up.

Finding the bug players became harder and harder as time went on.

Even if they tried to kill normal players, only non-bug players turned up.

They were able to justify themselves when a certain ratio of bug players roamed around, but this would shake their entire clan.

Which meant that the power would get skewed towards Michael Dawson inside the clan.

Himura thought up to this point and then made a decision together with the captain and vice-captain of the Scarlet Demons, Sharon Stiller and Olsen.

<…What do you mean?>

Himura chuckled at Olsen's words.

From then things went smoothly.

The Great Maze opened then from the 5th Great Change and the fame of the War Fortress was sharply rising.

Himura decided to kill two birds with one stone and just cut the leg of a bug player and let him go.

And then spoke.

The plan was simple.

Getting those, whom they had a hard time finding, to gather into the Great Maze by themselves.

And that person would release enough for their hunting group to maintain themselves.

It was extremely beneficial.

They were able to raise the levels of the hunting team way faster than finding them one by one.

And they had been able to increase their power even faster in the War Fortress with that justification.

The man who had his leg cut off spoke while grinding his teeth.

Logically speaking, his reaction was a bit too much for just handing over a few comrades.

His reaction was like those of the NPCs who actually died for real.

But Himura just let it flow past him.

It didn't seem very important to him for some reason.

And he liked the painful expressions of these people more.

'Whatever. It's just a virtual reality game. There could be side effects like this.'

Himura chuckled.

Since the others would figure it out if they killed everyone, they needed to handle the ratio.

At a rate where they could still hunt and grow.

And make it so nobody else knew about the deal.

Since it would become troublesome if others found out about it.

A few of the people from the Ant Tunnel would roam around as Watchmen and the Azure or Gold Demons would 'luckily' find them and kill them.

Himura thought up to this point and added something extra.

.........…..

Kamiyou's expression froze as he thought of what happened 3 years ago.

About 10% a year.

The amount they stayed here for was about 3 years.

Though 30% would die during the 3 years, the remaining 70% would grow and leave safely.

This is why he had decided to take over this place.

But from the way they were chasing him, it didn't seem like it'd end that simply.

Kamiyou asked Olsen.

"You. What are you doing? Me and… Himura…"Olsen chuckled.

"Oh. You had a contract? Well. You did.""…But?"Kamiyou's expression turned gloomy.

Even to Himura, this would be like killing the goose which laid golden eggs.

Since 10% was a huge number over 10 years and it was more than good in terms of stability.

Olsen shrugged.

"I don't know. How could I know what the uppers up decided?"

Kamiyou's expression froze as he saw Olsen's attitude.

'No can do.'

He was afraid of the possibility but it seemed these guys really were trying to kill all the adventurers.

Kamiyou took out his final card.

"Is it okay for all the money you guys spent on me to just disappear?"Back then.

Kamiyou denied the deal at first.

10% surviving was just a deal of words, if Himura wanted then everyone inside the Ant Tunnel would get massacred.

So Kamiyou had gotten angry and put out another deal.

There was one thing he wanted.

It was that the large amount money for managing the clan that was invested in the owner of the War Fortress, Keil Kingdom, would be under his name.

It was so that if he didn't agree, they wouldn't be able to get the money back.

And surprisingly, Himura easily accepted the deal.

Even if he did agree with the deal, it was clear who had the upper hand anyway.

Kamiyou clenched his teeth while thinking of Einchel.

'…Sorry. There was no such thing as the prophecy.'

How would he be able to deal with these vicious guys with just some words from a Prophet?

He had lied to her because she wouldn't have left if he didn't say this much and because this was something he didn't want anyone else to know.

And this was the last resort he had.

The contract.

The only hand that he, a traitor amongst the adventurers, could use.

The Kingdom was something even the Ant Eater clan could not deal with.

Which meant that these guys wouldn't be able to deal with him that easily either.

He had used the final hand he had put so much trust in but still made a fearful expression.

Because Olsen's mouth started to curl up into a smile.

'No. Even the Anteater clan… Cannot ignore such a large amount of money.'

They needed him to get the money back.

Kamiyou swallowed back the fear that was slowly crawling up from the dark depths of his mind and then spoke towards Olsen.

"Go back. We will resettle in the Great Maze. If there's not enough harvest… I'll try harder. If another person dies I will commit suicide…"

"I said you don't need to."

Crunch.

"Kuhuuuk…"

Kamiyou made an expression of disbelief as he saw the blade which cut through his body.

Since this was not part of his expectations.

"Fucking…You are willing to lose all that money…"Olsen smirked at Kamiyou's words.

How could they give up such a large amount of money?

It was not a trifling amount.

The situation had just changed a bit.

"Hahaha. How could you know what is going on around in the world since you're always hiding in the ground."

Crunch.

"Ugh…"

Kamiyou groaned as he saw Olsen twist the short sword embedded in his body.

Olsen spoke towards Kamiyou.

"Things will change from now on. You will hear from your friends."

Kiiiiiing!

The moment Olsen was about to activate the skill of his gauntlet.

Charrrrrrk!

The air split apart as something popped out.

"Huh…?"But before Olsen could even reply.

Whoosh!

Somebody took Kamiyou who still had a dagger stuck in his belly.

"This rat…"

Olsen realized the situation as he quickly activated Azure Land.

Craaacckckckkk!

The entire area, with the gauntlet as the center, started to freeze.

Right before Kamiyou and the man were about to freeze.

Whooosh.

The man who had come out from void with the dark aura hugged Kamiyou and returned to the void.

Then.

Clang!

The air in front of Olsen froze and a huge block of ice appeared.

But there were no traces of the two within.

Olsen gritted his teeth as he saw this but then quickly calmed down.

Since running away wouldn't change anything.

"We'll continue with our original plan. Chase."

Soon.

Papapapapak!

The moment the Gold and Scarlet Demons were about to split up within the maze.

A voice came out from the darkness behind them.

"Wait. Let's go together."

"Huh?"

A slightly tired-sounding voice.

That wasn't the issue.

Since the owner of the voice should not be here.

Olsen was shocked at the unexpected voice and spoke.

"…What's up captain? I said we'll deal with the things here. Why aren't you chasing the blacklisted guy and…"

The expressions of the ten Scarlet Demons including Sharon Stiller turned gloomy.

............….

"Haa….Haa.. Ugh…"

Abanoph, who had saved Kamiyou by using and ran off, groaned out while looking at his frozen right hand.

Though he could move through space in an instant, it didn't make him invulnerable during that time.

Kamiyou looked at Abanoph with a sad expression but then looked around after feeling a sudden chill.

A tremendously large area that didn't fit the maze.

And the thousands of mysterious crosses.

'This…'

As Kamiyou was shocked at the mysterious place.

The adventurers who were gathered around the 10m-tall crosses looked towards Kamiyou.

With complex emotions.

And Einchel, who was at the very front with the skull, spoke to Kamiyou expressionlessly.

"Found it."

The location of the seal which had suppressed the Ains for hundreds of years.

'This is the place the prophecy mentioned…'

As Kamiyou looked around in a daze.

A voice was heard from the entrance of the place.

"Welcome."

"…!"

'Already?'

Kamiyou made a shocked expression as he looked at Hansoo.

Even if he followed the traces, it was too fast.

Since their opponents weren't stupid.

They should've dispatched a force they thought was enough for Hansoo but he still arrived at this place at the same time as them.

'How the hell…'

Kamiyou made a confused expression.

Reincarnator – Chapter 239 : Unsealing (1)

"What happened? Why is your face like that?"

Olsen made a confused expression towards the Scarlet Demons who were charging at him with pissed off expressions.

They had chased after Hansoo with confident expressions.

Olsen was actually jealous of the 10 who had chased him.

Since it was likely that those guys would get his artifacts once they killed him.

But for their expressions to be that gloomy.

'What the hell happened within that short time…Was there a hole to escape through?'

If he had escaped through a path which they didn't know about then their expressions could be understood.

As Olsen looked at the ten including Sharon Stiller with a strange expression.

Sharon Stiller grinded her teeth and spoke out through them.

"…Stone of Immortality. How many do you guys have?"

"Huh? Stone of Immortality? Why do you need that?"

Stone of immortality.

A peculiar artifact that allowed one to revive on spot without any penalties.

Though no more than two could be used in a day, it was extremely practical to use so the demand for it was high, causing it to have a high price.

But that was only for normal players.

To the Scarlet Demons who had the direct support of the Ant Eater clan, the Stone of Immortality was part of the standard equipment.

'They should have one each…'

Though they can use up to two a day and Olsen had received some before coming here, they didn't carry two at the time.

Since there weren't many cases of them dying twice in a row.

'We need to have some backup measures. Wait. Wait a moment…'

Olsen looked at Sharon Stiller with a dumbfounded expression.

"The hell? You got killed?"

"…"

Sharon Stiller's expression became incensed at Olsen's words which seemed like he was smirking at her.

But Olsen wasn't joking.

'…She underestimated him?'

That was impossible.

The reason why Sharon Stiller was the captain was not only because she had skills but because she had a good eye for people.

Both for work and for personal affairs.

She was good at estimating their opponent's power and distributed forces efficiently.

Not everyone could become the captain of the hunting group of a large clan.

There was no way that this Sharon Stiller failed to estimate someone's abilities.

If Sharon Stiller had ten people go then it was because the ten of them were enough to deal with the opponent.

Sharon Stiller gritted her teeth and spoke.

"This bastard. He was hiding his skills."

...............….

Crunch.

'For them to all have Stones of Immortality.'

Hansoo shrugged as he thought of the battle from just then.

He wanted to remove them by waiting for the revive timer and killing them one more time but he held back and reunited with the adventurers here.

They could at most use two a day.

The remaining time he had to reunite with the ones who left for the location of the seal was a bit awkward and it would take too long for him to deal with them if they all had two Stones of Immortality each.

'I cannot forget about my objective.'

Whooosh.

Hansoo held the Nurmaha's Ring and then looked towards the location of the seal with thousands of crosses.

'Things are going well.'

He had done well smashing apart those chasing him and had succeeded in reuniting with these guys.

And there was another catch.

He had been able to confirm the skills of the Scarlet Demons.

'It's not bad.'

Hansoo smiled.

In the Green Zone during his previous life, due to a certain incident there hadn't been many chances to deal with players so he had been able to safely grow his strength and climb up to the next Zone.

So he wasn't quite sure before.

How strong the master-tier players of the Green Zone were.

Or how powerful the Spirit Stone was.

But while fighting them, he realized he was mistaken about something.

'I see… Just the Spirit Stone is not enough to have such strength huh.'

When he had been living in the War Fortress in the past.

He had seen a man who had a tremendous amount of strength.

A power which he couldn't even imagine back then.

He was sure that it was the strength of the Spirit Stone.

This is why he had thought that everyone with S grade Spirit Stones had that much strength.

He had hid his strength, judged that it was too dangerous to deal with those with S grade Spirit Stones and split them up.

So he could kill them off one by one.

He couldn't underestimate them because of the man he had met in the past.

But it seemed that wasn't the case.

'Jiang Oh.'

Hansoo thought of the man's shouts, shook his head and then looked towards the crosses in front of him.

'Anyways…This place is really impossible to find without the skull.'

Hansoo swirled his tongue around while looking at the mana formation that filled the entire space within the crosses.

Blurred vision, space distortion and mana disruption.

With these many formations, it would be impossible to find this place even if it was in the middle of the War Fortress.

Since even he had a hard time finding this place with the tracks.

'…That guy who caused the Sixth Great Change really is amazing huh.'

Hansoo chuckled as he thought of the player who caused the 6th Great Change in the past.

Even if he knew about it, for him to find this thing in the middle of nowhere.

'Sorry but…I'm going to use it first.'

Hansoo looked towards the crosses in front of him.

Since he had found it, he just needed to finish things.

The Great Seal.

Remove the seal and drag out the Ains.

Then the adventurers would also get the opportunity.

The chance to use that tremendous strength.

Hansoo finished his thoughts and beckoned Einchel with his hand.

"…"

Einchel, who was frowning, handed over the skull to him.

Then.

Whooosh.

Black smoke came out from Hansoo's body.

Dark Cloud.

The Dark Cloud came out from his body and seeped into the skull in his hand and the crosses next to him.

The Dark Cloud tainted the skull and the crosses as it drained the information of the mana seal within.

And Hansoo was shocked as he saw the information.

'…So complex.'

As if it was proving to have been set up by the forces of the kingdoms and empires, there were very complex formations within the skull and the crosses.

Formations to suppress the entire maze, the space where the Ains lived.

Hansoo pondered for a moment and then shrugged…

'Ugh… I can't handle it the traditional way.'

This is something that even the magic brigade will barely be able to solve in a week.

And Hansoo, who didn't have much information in this field, couldn't solve it by himself.

It wasn't like he had a lot of time.

And breaking it apart would be a bad choice.

Since the entire maze might break down if the mana that was flowing here blew apart.

The intricate system of mana that allowed a tremendous amount of strength could easily blow apart with a careless touch.

So he needed to use the third method.

Whooosh.

Hansoo followed the flow of the mana and then headed toward one side.

Toward a place where the complex mana formations all gathered to.

Then.

'Here.'

Crunch.

Hansoo stood above an ordinary looking boulder of black granite after following the mana flow which resembled a spider's web.

Einchel, Kamiyou and Christopher all made confused expressions while watching him.

'Why…'

It was a location looking completely ordinary compared to the thousands of crosses around them.

Then.

Cruunnchh.

Hansoo's foot dug into the granite below.

Crraccck.

The granite floor only seemed normal on the exterior but it was extremely hard.

The granite floor broke apart like tofu under Hansoo's feet and started to show what was inside it.

Crunch. Crack.

'Why is he digging the ground…'

Clang.

Sounds of chains clanking could be heard about a meter down.

Hansoo smiled as he looked at the red chains in the ground.

'Found it. God's Flail..'

Well, the thing he found was just a single line of chain.

A red chain that had the width of about four human fists.

The tens of thousands of chains that originally existed couldn't be found anywhere as only a single one could be seen.

Hansoo jumped into the ground and grabbed the chain.

The rest of the chains were hidden deep within the ground.

Tightly tied around the seal.

These chains were the 3rd godly treasure of an Empire but something they had given up to seal the Ains.

The Keil Kingdom gave up the space where a main mana node was located, the Korin and other Kingdoms poured in 66666 people as sacrifices for this seal.

This is how this seal was created.

By using the tremendous mana of the mana node, the despair and curse of the 66666 people and the Empire's godly treasure, God's Flail..

He couldn't get rid of a mana node.

He couldn't get rid of the curse laid down upon the entire maze either.

But the seal was created with these three things working together.

And getting rid of one was enough.

Ting. Tingtingting.

Hansoo's body started to change as he pulled the chain apart a few times.

Rooaaarrrr.

His muscles swelled multiple times over and scales covered his entire body.

Two extra hearts grew next to the original one.

Hansoo felt the tremendous amount of power running through his body and then pulled apart the chain again.

Craacck!

Then.

A bit more of the chain got pulled out from the ground.

About Hansoo's height.

At the same time.

Rrrumblee.

The thousands of crosses made rumbling noises as the entire area shook.

As the seal broke apart, the mana and the curse loosened up and in turn, the crosses started to cry out.

Hansoo frowned.

"…"

'This is going to take forever.'

Hansoo shouted behind him.

"Help me a bit.""…"

A few other people who had been staring at Hansoo around him ran to him and started to pull at the chain.

Clang.

Christopher, who stood behind Hansoo, asked carefully.

"Do we…Just need to pull this out?"

Hansoo nodded.

"Just pull this out.""…"

It felt like the entire bloodthirsty aura of the maze was flowing into them.

And Christopher realized what Hansoo meant as he poured more strength into his arms.

............…..

Booom!

The intense lightning strike from the A level Spirit Stone, , smashed the ground in front of the member of the Scarlet Demons, Kangmin.

Chiiiiik!

The infected soldiers of the 1st floor couldn't even resist as they melted down.

Kangmin frowned at the tremendous amount of infected soldiers who continued to charge at him despite so many of them having already been killed.

'Fuck. This is annoying. We should've just done this on the way if it was on the first floor, why did we ignore it?'

Well, since he had received payment he had to do his job.

Boom! Boooom!

Kangmin swung his weapon, headed towards the Jewel of the Dead and chuckled while thinking of Sharon Stiller.

They wouldn't fail.

Even if the bug players were very strong.

They had another method other than the Scarlet and Gold Demon's strengths.

'I just need to focus on my work. With this…The Seal will get strengthened?'

The deal they had made with Arthus Krancheska on the way in here.

Kangmin mumbled as he looked at the blue pouch he received from Sharon Stiller.

Reincarnator – Chapter 240 :Unsealing (2)

The four jewels which existed in each floor of the maze.

The players and the NPCs called them the Jewels of the Dead.

The host of the curse, the powerful spell which prevented the humans from proceeding further into the maze.

The alliance of all the kingdoms and empires of the past had succeeded at pushing the Ains back down underground hundreds of years ago.

But that was it.

Though they had won, they were afraid of finishing their jobs.

So they had created this maze with the power of the giant spell and proceeded to seal the entire place.

Because though their powers were similar after the war, if one side stagnated and the other grew in strength, the gap would widen.

The Ains would stagnate but the humans would grow.

And later they would just need to suppress the Ains with their superior strength.

But the Ains were not stupid.

Right before the maze was completed, the Ains performed a surprise attack, set up the cursed jewels and ran downwards.

This was the Jewels of the Dead.

The curse which had a terrifying effect on the humans as long as it was working.

And because of this, the kingdoms and the empires couldn't go down to kill the Ains despite having built the maze and having restored their strength.

They could just prevent the Ains from coming out by setting up a powerful seal and reinforcing it.

Even after the players came into existence and had sealed all four of the Jewels of the Dead, they still didn't like to come into this place.

They would just order the players to get the required Protection Elixirs.

Anyways, the Kingdoms wanted this seal to be maintained.

And this was why they were willing to ask the players to reinforce the seal from the inside.

Olsen thought of the blue pouch and spoke.

That's…To power the Seal?"

Sharon Stiller shook her head.

"Half correct."

If the Great Seal suppressed the Ains, the minor seals affected the Jewels of the Dead and suppressed the curse in the maze.

One of the four minor seals had been damaged by an explosion and because of that the entire Great Seal had shaken.

They were merely calming down the Great Seal which had been shaken from the explosion in the 1st floor.

'Well. That just proves how dangerous the Ains are.'

Sharon Stiller muttered.

Though they were dealing with it the best they could, in order to deal with the main problem they would need to go down to the area of the main seal on the fourth floor.

But of course the issue was with the minor seal which had broke on the 1st floor.

Arthur Krancheska didn't believe the humans.

Since the minor seal had broken and the entire 1st floor of the maze was cursed again, Arthus Krancheska and the other Magic Brigade members would be extremely weakened if they stepped in there.

Which would cause even the players he could wipe out like bugs to become threats to him.

This was why Krancheska wanted them to fix the minor seal instead of the Great Seal.

The minor seal.

A seal which was suppressing the Jewel of the Dead which had been broken from the explosion.

Once the seal was placed back on it, the curse will get weakened again and Arthur would be able to come down and deal with it himself.

This was the deal she had with Arthur.

Flame Warrior-V made a confused expression.

Since they were currently on the 4th floor.

"Why did we go past the 1st floor?"

In order to accomplish the job given to them by the Kingdom, they needed to be on the 1st floor.

Sharon Stiller smiled towards Flame Warrior-V.

"Some trash would come in then."Once they reseal the minor seal with the materials inside the blue pouch, the curse will lose effect and the Magic Brigade would come down to enhance the seal on the fourth floor.

'Arthus Krancheska. He's going to come in himself.'

She had gone past the jewel because she didn't want that man to come in.

In order to deal with her problems first.

But since all this had happened, it would be be better to work together.

Sharon Stiller's expression turned dark.

'Yes. Let's not forget our original objective.'

They had one goal.

Change all the guys below into experience for the Gold Demons to grow.

The time of crisis which would shake all the kingdoms and empires would be here soon.

Power was a necessity.

They needed powerful people.

And the Gold Demons who devoured all the bug players below would easily fit that role.

'There's no real need to deal with that man.'

Sharon Stiller spoke towards Olsen, the Scarlet and the Gold Demons.

"Don't forget. Our objectives are taking their artifacts and gaining experience. The Scarlet Demons will tie down that Hansoo guy. Then..You guys need to kill the bug players and take their artifacts. We can just die then."

"Understood."

As the Scarlet and Gold Demons nodded at Sharon Stiller's words.

Olsen asked.

"…Wait, if that guy is really that strong, aren't we not enough to deal with him?"

Sharon Stiller nodded.

"Yes, it is indeed a bit stressful."

There were about a thousand bug players who were quite skilled.

Though she herself and the Scarlet Demons were high level players who had amazing control, the bug players were a level above.

This was why she had even thought of calling everyone in the maze to deal with the man.

Since that would make things much easier.

But then they would be sharing.

'It belongs to us, we farmed them.'

Sharon Stiller mumbled inwardly.

They would not share them.

And honestly, there wasn't a need to.

As they had a final card.

"We have this.""Well, I guess."

Olsen shrugged as he looked at Sharon Stiller staring at the Stone of Immortality.

This would change the story.

They would have three lives each if they used two stones.

This was more than enough to deal with them.

"Let's go then."

Soon.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Over a hundred Gold and Scarlet Demon members started to charge through the maze.

...............….

Rummblee.

Rumble.

"Uaaaaaaa!"

Christopher made a shocked expression while pulling the chain with all his might.

'What the hell! How is this so hard!?'

It was so well embedded into the ground, this damned chain was extremely hard to pull out.

Since it was barely being pulled out despite almost 800 people pulling on it with all their might.

They weren't just pulling either.

They used every reinforcements and skills to increase their strength.

Strength that could rip apart steel bars.

And it wasn't like the people were not doing their jobs seriously.

Since the foreheads of the 800 people were coated with sweat and the muscles of their arms and legs were bulging.

But this chain was giving no signs of being pulled out.

'What the hell…He pulled this out on his own?'

Einchel looked at Hansoo pulling out the chain at the very front with the form of a dragon with a terrified expression.

Because Hansoo had pulled this out at the very beginning by himself with ease, they had thought that 800 people pulling on it would make it so the job would finish very quickly.

But what the hell was this.

The damned chain was buried so well that the skin on their hands felt like ripping away as they pulled.

Since the chain was getting harder and harder to pull out the more that came out.

And if Hansoo, who was at the very front, wasn't here, it would be twice as hard as this.

And there was another issue.

'Fucking hell! Is this ever going to end?'

Einchel cursed out loud.

The fucking chain was so long that there was no end to it.

The chain they had pulled out at the beginning was already hundreds of meters long.

But these chains continued to get pulled out.

And there was another thing which scared the adventurers.

Rumble.

"Again…"

"Ugh…"

Everytime a bit of the chain got pulled out, the thousands of crosses trembled and shook the entire space.

That wasn't all.

Kiiiiiing!

Kyaaaaak!

Every time the crosses shook, terrifying and vicious sounding screams resonated outwards.

Voices filled with hatred, despair and rage.

Einchel asked Hansoo after hearing it.

"…Why is that happening?"

She wanted to ignore it but it was extremely terrifying and it occurred every time they pulled on the chain.

It even got louder the more they pulled.

Not to mention the chain was getting harder and harder to pull.

Combining these things she currently knew, it was almost as if they were pulling something at the end of the chain that was buried.

And these were the warnings saying to not do it.

'Fuck… Is there really something down there?'

Einchel mumbled inwardly.

Because she thought of what Kamiyou had said earlier.

It wouldn't be weird for a seal like this to have at least one guard.

Hansoo merely shrugged his shoulders at Einchel.

"The despair that was buried here acts as the binding force between the seal and the chains."

If the chains were the medium, the mana node gave energy and the despair within the crosses supplied it with will.

As the chain was getting pulled out, the mana node and everything else above it was being shaken.

Vengeful spirits were a condensation of yin energy and did not like change.

That was another reason why they had been buried in the sealing zone.

As the chain got pulled out, the spirits who wanted things to remain the same went crazy and started to stick and hols onto the chain.

By using all the energy of the mana node here.

This was why it got harder the more they pulled.

Einchel made a confused expression but still continued to pull.

Since she knew now that they weren't pulling a giant monster or anything.

'And though it's a bit hard. It should be completed quickly.'

It was hard but the chain was indeed getting pulled out.

It was only a matter of time, they would be able to pull it all out eventually.

'Anyways, this clearly looks like a chain. Why is it called a flail?'

Einchel looked at the chain in her hands with a confused expression.

A flail was some sort of weight that smashed things.

Though it was very durable, it didn't seem like it had the worth to be the 3rd godly artifact of an empire.

While Einchel was making a confused expression.

Kuurrrk.

'Huh?'

Along with a strange noise, the sensation of the chain being locked could be felt.

Something that they hadn't felt until now.

If pulling on the chain until now was like pulling a fish that had been caught by a fishing pole, this sensation felt like the hook had been stuck on a giant rock.

Kuuudududuk.

As people were becoming shocked at the chain that wasn't getting pulled out any more.

Einchel looked at Hansoo.

Hansoo was looking at the strange thing that protruded from the ground and was attached to the chain.

'The hell is that.'

The chains were red as well but the thing which had come out was at another level.

Compared to that blood-colored object, the chains almost looked pink.

As Einchel looked at Hansoo curiously.

Boooom!

An explosion could be heard from the distance.

'Fuck! Screw their timing.'

The expressions of everybody turned sour at that sound.

But Hansoo's sight was locked on the thing which had popped out from the ground.

'Found it. Finally.'

God's Flail.

Hansoo muttered to himself while looking at the red object which had been pulled out from hundreds of meters underground.

Reincarnator – Chapter 241 :Unsealing (3)

Above the Great Maze.

"Huh? What the hell?"

"What is this? Is it a quest?"

Rummble.

The players felt the entire maze shake and made confused expressions.

Since the entire giant maze was shaking in a strange way.

For most of them who didn't know what was below, this didn't mean anything so they were just confused about it.

But for a few others, it was different.

"Fuck! We need more Ram Manon Eyes!"

"Suppress it! The Seal is going to break at this rate!"

All the magic brigade members above were thrown into a hectic state.

People whose average level was 290, those who didn't even consider players as bugs were all in a frenzy.

From their dimensional pouches, countless magic ingredients flew out into the giant rune-shaped formation around the maze.

The one kilometer-wide giant magic formation that surrounded the area around the maze shone with numerous colors and started to bind the entire maze.

As if it was trying to suppress something that could not be let out.

And Arthus Krancheska, who was managing the whole thing, grinded his teeth.

'Fucking hell! What the fuck are these immortal bastards doing inside!'

He could understand the seal having shaken a bit from the work of the bastards from the Korin Kingdom.

But for the entire seal itself to be shaking.

This only meant one thing.

That some bastard had gone into the core area of the seal, where the God's Flail lay, and was ripping apart the actual seal itself.

The surrounding air around Arthus Krancheska started to burn up and caused the temperature to rise.

This was a sign of his rage.

'I don't know which bastard is doing this… But if I catch you, I'm going to rip you apart.'

Arthus Krancheska continued to grind his teeth.

He had heard hundreds of times about the dangers of the Ains.

That this seal was the artifact that kept the humans safe.

This was the symbol which signified the winner between the humans and Ains from the that happened a thousand years ago.

But some bastard was breaking this apart.

With brute force too.

'Scarlet Demons…You bastards. Hurry and restore the minor seal! Suppress the curse!"

He wanted to go in himself but he couldn't.

The curse of the Ains was too powerful.

His own life was important as well.

As long as the minor seal wasn't in place on the 1st floor, going in would be dangerous.

'Damn…If the commander came himself, we could've just gone in.'

Arthus Krancheska frowned.

The commander.

The commander of the magic brigade who was as powerful as a Great General, someone of his level could deal with the situation even if the curse of the Ains tied him down.

Even if he was weakened, his power level was different to begin with.

But he himself was not at that level yet.

If he got weakened from the curse, even those bugs could be a threat to him.

'Damn. I can't help it, there's no time. Ugh, no one here is likable.'

As Arthus Krancheska frowned at the thought of the Korin Kingdom.

Oooooong.

Arthus Krancheska, who was watching over the seal, felt a strange mana shockwave.

Arthus Krancheska's expression brightened up at the mana shockwave.

'Yes. Those immortal scrubs are doing their job properly.'

This shockwave meant that the seal was being restructured around the Jewel of the Dead.

In the blue pouch he gave them, there were materials to reform the minor seal.

If one destroyed the Jewel of the Dead and spread the powder inside the pouch, the minor seal would start to form again and the curse would disappear.

Arthus Krancheska opened and closed his fists as he felt the minor seal being fixed at a slow pace.

'Hurry… And get fixed.'

The moment it would get fixed.

He would charge into the 4th floor and smash down everyone.

The ones who were breaking the seal.

However, he was actually relieved.

'Yeah…No matter what they do, they can't break the seal apart entirely.'

The seal which their ancestors had placed.

'Fall into despair… And just wait.'

Arthus Krancheska stared vehemently towards the depths of the maze with.

.............

The adventurer's expressions froze as they heard the sound.

'They're here.'

A trap which was set to react once enough players were within the area.

The activation of that thing symbolized something.

That the Scarlet Demons had chased them all the way to here.

Whooosh!

A scorching heat started to charge in from the distance.

Which meant that Sharon Stiller was already here.

Kamiyou looked at Hansoo.

"Mister Hansoo! Let's fight!"

'We can win!'

Despair fell the moment hope was just within their grasp.

Right before the seal broke, the ones chasing them had caught up.

But then it wasn't necessarily that bad.

At least they could now understand what it felt to see hope within this damned world.

'Once we get rid of them… And break the seal!'

Though there would be a lot of casualties, they could see something.

They didn't know what would happen but they could still feel something.

But Hansoo's expression was grim.

"No."

"Huh?"

"We can't fight them."

"What…Why?"

He was unsure up until now but it was now clear.

A powerful aura existed around powerful people.

And the current Hansoo who had the look of a dragon was more than enough to smash down all those guys charging towards them.

Someone who could deal with the Scarlet Demons.

If they fought by themselves, they would almost surely get annihilated.

Since having and not having someone to deal with the Scarlet Demons was a huge difference.

Hansoo spoke as he placed his hand on the seal.

"The minor seal is being fixed.'

He could sense it from the flow of mana.

Somebody was fixing the minor seal from above.

And once it was fixed?

'…Somebody would definitely come down charging.'

The magic brigade of the kingdoms wouldn't just sit and watch as the seal got fixed.

The commander of the magic brigade.

Or the captain.

One of the two would definitely come down here.

'Well. I guess the one who would come down here is the captain.'

Hansoo mumbled.

Thinking about the situation with the surrounded countries and the fact that they hadn't charged down yet, it was clear that the captain was in charge.

Well that didn't really matter.

If Arthus Krancheska came down here after the seal was fixed, they would all die.

He wouldn't be able to deal with a monster at level 330.

He needed to break the Great Seal before the minor seal was fixed no matter what.

Kamiyou's expression turned dark as he heard Hansoo's words.

"My god…Then..!"

He finally understood the situation.

They couldn't fight.

For them to have a limited amount of time.

They had to split into two teams where one blocked the ones charging at them and the other continued breaking the seal.

Until the seal finally broke.

Kamiyou spoke towards his surrounding.

"People who are relatively higher-leveled fight. The others will pull the chain."

Everyone clenched their teeth and nodded.

Of course pulling the chain was safer than fighting.

But in terms of efficiency, this was much better.

Though there wasn't much different of physical strength between a level 200 and 250, the battle strength which came from their masteries and artifacts was very different.

A high-level adventurer pulling chains was a waste in a lot of ways.

Einchel smacked Christopher and spoke.

"Weaklings go over there and play tug of war. This sister will be fighting."

"…Fucking hell."

Christopher made an embarrassed expression but did not retort.

It wasn't the time to step out.

The task be was entrusted with was just as important.

If he couldn't pull out the chain while they were fighting, they would all die.

'…We just need to pull this out?'

Christopher walked up to the chain and stood in front of it.

Well, in front of the bloody red object the chain was attached to.

A giant metal object was protruding out from the ground on the end of the chain.

And Christopher finally realized why this was called a flail.

A human-head-sized metal object that resembled a bell, or an anvil.

The flail was actually covered by hundreds of veins that resembled the veins within a human's body.

The hundreds of the bloody mana currents that were tying down the flail had been dragged out along with the flail.

Blood didn't flow through these veins but the energy from the mana node did.

This actually made those veins look even redder than actual veins.

Christopher decided to call these things veins and realized what they were connected to.

'…They come out from below those crosses huh.'

Christopher made a terrified expression at the strange veins but still grabbed onto the chain.

'Yeah. It wouldn't take long.'

It seems he would just need to rip out the flail from the veins.

How hard would it be to cut apart something that already came out onto the ground.

Crrrrrk.

As Christopher pulled onto the chain.

Chiiiiiik!

Strange red lights exploded out from the veins along with an intense wave of heat.

At the same time.

Tttdddk!

The chains that had stayed linked despite hundreds of people with monstrous strengths pulling on it melted in an instant.

And Christopher made a dumbfounded expression.

"What the fuck…"

The veins which gave off a wave of powerful energy and intense hatred freaked out Christopher.

The more surprising thing was the flail.

Despite being surrounded by hundreds of veins that had melted the chain in an instant, it stood intact.

Christopher grinded his teeth as he watched the hunk of metal become red hot.

'…We have to pull that thing out?'

Then.

Christopher's right hand, Elenoia, slashed down with her dagger and shouted.

"We can just break these!"

The seal would break the moment they rip apart the veins from the flail.

And they could just cut the veins off instead of pulling the veins out.

'There's no time!'

They needed to deal with the seal as quickly as possible.

As Elenoia was about to slash down with her dagger.

Grab.

Hansoo grabbed Elenoia's wrist and spoke.

"If you don't want to die, don't."

"What…"

As Elenoia made a shocked expression.

Hansoo spoke towards the flail.

"You can't break this thing."

As long as the mana node existed, the veins would reform and the seal would stay intact.

If one struck it, they would just get killed from the heat.

There were no traps or beasts that defended the seal.

There was no need for such a thing.

The flail was surrounded by a tremendous amount of these veins that existed as its guard.

'Well, more like a test.'

The higher the numbering, the harder something was to obtain.

The God's Flail was no exception.

The final trial that one needed to go through in order to obtain it.

They needed to get its approval.

"Hoo."

'Let's go.'

Hansoo watched the heated up flail as he breathed in and out.

Chiiiiiik.

He then grabbed the flail.

Reincarnator – Chapter 242 :Unsealing (4)

Chiiiiiiik.

The moment Hansoo's hand was placed on the flail.

Whoosh!

A tremendous amount of energy and heat started to burn Hansoo's hand.

Einchel, Christopher, Kamiyou and the others realized why Hansoo had stopped them as they saw the scales of Hansoo melting down.

'We… Would get burnt the moment we touch it. Jesus, is that guy even human?'

A tremendous amount of mana.

And a powerful reinforcement skill that could turn him into a moving fortress.

A body that was countless times more powerful than the others.

He was barely holding on because he had all of these things in addition to his artifacts.

A scene which befuddled Kamiyou who thought that everyone eventually ended up at similar levels and only had time and hard work as a difference.

If runes and skills were the basis of one's strength, that guy's foundation was at a whole other level.

It felt like he belonged to another race entirely.

Then.

Chiiiiiik.

Hansoo spoke towards Kamiyou while grabbing the blazing flail.

"I'm going into the test now."

A test.

As they looked at Hansoo with a confused expression.

Kamiyou asked a different question.

"…Can we help you with anything?"

"Nope."

Kamiyou made a bitter expression as if he had expected this answer.

'As I thought.'

In terms of overall strength, the eight hundred of them were more powerful than Hansoo.

But a test.

A test was something which tested an individual's ability.

At the same time.

Squirm.

The veins started to climb up the arm of Hansoo who was grabbing onto the blazing flail.

Like hundreds of tiny snakes.

The veins which heated up the flail, filled with a countless amount of despair and mana.

The heat from them was no less than from the the flail itself.

Chiiiiiiiik.

The thousands of red veins covered Hansoo's arm as they climbed up.

'…We are nowhere worthy huh… How powerful is he to be able to handle that…'

As Kamiyou looked at Hansoo, whose body was covered by the red veins, in shock.

Hansoo, whose body was slowly being covered by the snakes and were now climbing up to his neck, spoke towards Kamiyou.

"While I go through the test, I'll be completely cut off from the world. Think of one thing during that time. Survive."

Chiiiiiiiiiiik.

Soon the veins climbed up above his neck and started to cover the lower parts of his face.

Right before he was covered entirely from the veins.

Hansoo spoke some words for everyone who was listening.

"Hold on until I get back."

With those words.

Kuuududududuk.

The red veins covered Hansoo from head to toe.

At the same time.

Badump! Badump!

The red veins started to aggressively thump.

As if they were happy at gaining something to devour.

Einchel spoke to Kamiyou while watching the strange scene.

"…We need to fight for ourselves I guess."

Kamiyou nodded at her words.

'Can't change anything now.'

In a fight where they had to fight for themselves, there was no hatred.

Hansoo breaking that mysterious seal was the most important thing.

The moment the Scarlet Demons decided to hunt them, fight was inevitable.

Just when and where they would fight was the issue.

'And…I need to take charge.'

Though he had created the Ant Tunnel which was supposed to be for everyone's benefit, the results clearly told them something different.

He had led them here and had to take responsibility for them.

'But not yet.'

Kamiyou spoke to the surrounding adventurers with a resolute expression.

"There's something I haven't been able to tell you guys."

"…?"

As people looked at Kamiyou with confused expressions.

Kamiyou tightly grasped the weapon in his hands and shouted.

"It's a very important matter so please survive. Since it's important, you guys all need to be alive to hear it right?"

Everyone chuckled and somebody spoke.

"Heheh. You yourself should stay alive captain. If there's no mouth to say anything, we can't hear it right?"

"Keeping you alive will relieve my curiosity huh. Don't be too harsh when you're missing a leg."

The people warmed up their bodies and started to gather around Kamiyou.

As if they were protecting him.

Kamiyou was a leader who protected them and had done his best for their safety and their survival.

He had the right to be respected and was much more precious than themselves.

Even if they survived here, they needed someone to lead them.

No, just receiving a means of safety for them who roamed around the Green Zone without a clue was a huge debt in itself.

3 years of safety and survival.

This was the time for them to repay their debts.

Kamiyou clenched his fist tightly as he watched the groups of people surrounding him.

'Please don't. I'm not worthy of all this.'

He wanted to shout.

About the contract he had with their opponents, the Ant Eaters.

That he was the one that should be killed.

But he couldn't shout it yet.

Since it would cause the minds of the people to falter and fall into chaos.

Kamiyou thought of the words Hansoo left behind and clenched his teeth.

'Just like Hansoo said…Just focus on surviving.'

At the same time.

Boooom!

A giant tower of flame charged toward them from the maze.

"Kuhuk! Block it!"

Kwadddddddudud!

They had already expected that these guys would come.

Rumble.

Though they had been able to block it because they were prepared for it, their expressions weren't that good.

Since everyone knew.

That this was the beginning.

Then.

Boooom!

"Hahahahaha! It's been a while!"

"You're all here huh!"

Over a hundred people started to charge towards them from behind the flaming pillar.

The Gold and Scarlet Demons.

And the extremely chilling blue light and the scorching red light in the front.

Olsen and Sharon Stiller.

The tremendous amount of energy that radiated out from these two filled the entire area.

While suppressing the aura of the adventurers.

Soon, they will die out in large numbers.

At the hands of those two.

'Fuck…'

Kamiyou turned around at the vicious aura of the two.

Towards Hansoo who was surrounded by the thumping veins.

'Please…Please hurry.'

They needed to hold on until Hansoo came out.

With him taking the brunt of it at the front.

Kamiyou clenched his teeth and charged forward.

Towards Sharon Stiller who was approaching them with a demonic expression.

Soon.

Booooooom!

The entire area was soon filled with countless different lights.

Along with sounds of explosions and screams.

.............

Rummbllee.

Hansoo's soul was in a different place.

A red space.

Some red liquid was up to Hansoo's ankle on the floor and as he looked up, the sky was blood red as well.

Hansoo mumbled as he looked at the red space.

'…It seems my body didn't arrive here. Did only my soul come here?'

His body was probably surrounded by some red veins.

Then.

Sssssssk.

A ripple was created from the red liquid on the ground as a change occurred.

Kuuuurrrrruk.

The red liquid bubbled and rose up as it started to form into a human.

Not just in a few locations but in tens of thousands of locations.

Hansoo mumbled as he watched the liquid form into people.

'…These are the souls huh.'

The 66,666 souls that were sacrificed for the Kingdoms and Empires.

Some looked like farmers and some looked like soldiers.

Some looked sick and some resembled cripples.

But they all had two things in common.

First, they were all either weak or had some form of disability.

Second, they all had looks of rage hiding underneath their dazed looks.

Soon Hansoo was surrounded by countless souls and the tens of thousands of these vengeful spirits started to mumble at Hansoo.

<…Fucking…Bastards.>

<…Can he really…>

Then.

A loud voice could be heard from somewhere.

<800 years. Since somebody came into this place. Well, you have the right to at least.>

Hansoo looked towards where the voice came from.

A man covered in scars with a sword in his hand was looking at him.

The moment the man spoke.

The voices of the souls stopped.

Hansoo looked at that man and thought.

'So this guy is the leader huh.'

But the silence only lasted for so long.

The spirits started to mumble again.

The test of one's physical body.

Hansoo realized what this test was about.

'Surviving the blazing heat of the veins is the first test.'

Even if the players could get in here, they wouldn't be able to handle the test.

Since they had a limit on their levels.

No matter how many skills they stack, they wouldn't be able to handle the test.

'If I didn't go through the Body Enhancement Surgery or had the Mana Jade then it would've been hard.'

Then.

The man, who looked like a leader, started to speak.

.

The 66,665 spirits surrounding him quieted down.

As they all stopped talking, the man started to speak again.

Hansoo nodded.

His goal was destroying the seal.

But of course obtaining the God's Flail was part of his plan as well.

The man started to speak again.

"Some random half-hearted ability is nowhere enough to control the strength within the flail and our hatred. Since you can withstand the energy from the mana node, you have some potential but… The test of the spirit is a different matter entirely. If you don't have the qualification then… Even if you gain the strength, either your body will blow up or you will go crazy.

"Let's hurry."

There was an ongoing battle in the outside world.

There was no time to waste.

The man laughed coldly.

Hansoo frowned at the man's words.

He realized they wanted something from him.

"What do you want?"

The man, who was laughing just a bit before, started to turn extremely grim.

As if he remembered something he had kept hidden.

The man spoke to Hansoo while trembling in rage.

The spirits surrounding them started to chatter again.

Hansoo spoke as he watched the enraged spirits.

"Revenge huh…Who are the targets? The Ains?"

These were people who fought against the Ains.

They might want to get their revenge against the Ains.

The spirits started to laugh out loud.

Soon.

They all started to scream.

The shouts of tens of thousands of spirits filled the entire red space.

The shouts that were filled with hatred entered Hansoo's ear.