Damned 13th Regression – 114



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20th floor (1)

The Company stopped in the middle of the 5th floor.

And sank the city.

“What on earth is this crazy?”

As many cities fell into doubt I visited the location where the Company was located.

The sight they saw was a company that had begun a settled life.

The city’s commanders-in-chief were impressed.

“The city has almost doubled in size.”

“No maybe three times that.”

They settled down and started building buildings outside the city.

Outlaws and refugees wandering the wilderness were hired for manpower and the economy was in a virtuous cycle. The city’s functions were expanded.

There was nothing bad about them.

It was easier to find useful stores in one place rather than having them spread out here and there.

As the city expanded and the population increased the currency that became scarce was supplied by hunters living in dungeons.

A peace zone obtained through negotiation with the avatar belonging to the dungeon.

Inns and shops were built there and more than 100 company-specific dungeons were developed.

“Is this place worth using?”

“Should I get permission to use it?”

Wolf Fortress and the Knights’ Club were the first to request permission and granted it for a small fee.

Most cities began operating near the Company.

This was to use excellent stores and dungeons in good condition.

Attacks by demon cities and attacks by giant monsters naturally became less dangerous as more than four cities began to reside there.

Then other cities began to consider ‘settling down’ next to the Company.

“Then let us also cooperate in Nirvana.”

“If we settle down you have to give up the western part of the company…”

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The pacifist Nirvana was the first to begin negotiations with the Company.

Nirvana’s negotiation team came to the Company and Soma Sangay presided over the negotiations.

To be honest he was more accustomed to being on the front lines but he was now the right-hand man to Home Affairs Director Joo Gong-hyeok.

‘Hmm it’s soggy.’

Soma’s mind became confused.

‘My strength doesn’t help.’

Because I started to feel that way.

Even if it had the ability to be ‘invincible’ for 8 seconds if it lacked basic combat power it was nothing more than a pearl necklace on a pig’s neck.

‘I need to become even a little stronger.’

He slowly clenched his fists and unclenched his hands.

In my heart I wanted to live in a dungeon for months.

The eyes of Nirvana people fell on him as he pondered.

‘Was this rude?’

Soma who had been concentrating elsewhere apologized.

“sorry. “I was rude by thinking about other things during the discussion.”

“No no. just······.”

Nirvana’s ambassador thought about his words for a moment.

“I just thought it looked like someone I know.”

“Is that so?”

Next to me a fellow Shaolin monk stabbed me in the side.

“His brother is from the Tibetan Independence Front. That’s probably why the face looks familiar.”

“Ah are you Soma Ji Guochen?”

“yes. “In the secular world we were called by that name.”

“No but that person…”

He looked at Soma’s face with even more confusion.

“I think I’ve seen it somewhere before.”

“Hehehe.”

A monk who appeared to be a priest grabbed the ambassador’s sleeve.

“We’ll call it a day and continue our conversation tomorrow.”

“Yes I understand.”

The ambassador and his companions put their hands together and stood up.

Even until he opened the door and left the ambassador muttered with a puzzled look on his face.

“I think he looks like our new monk leader.”

“The face of Buddha dwells in a virtuous person. Let’s stop talking nonsense and contact the ambassador.”

“No I think he definitely resembles Esu.”

“yes?”

Soma opened his eyes slightly.

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‘Esu?’

What country is it called?

Nirvana was a sphere of influence that encompassed from the Buddhist Middle East and Asia to China.

‘Even so it’s a unique name.’

Soma shaking off all his distracting thoughts went out the door.

‘Rather than that there isn’t much time left to go to the 20th floor. ‘The 35th floor was recently surpassed.’

Once you break through the 20th floor you will soon be able to join the 30th floor and probably the frontline hunters when they go on a mission on the 40th floor.

‘Not long ago I went to the 18th and 19th floors that had already been breached with Gonghyuk. It won’t be that difficult.’

As he was lost in thought someone stopped in front of him.

Yellow lyrics meaning nirvana.

A torso that looks solid and thick forearms.

He was also tall enough to make direct eye contact with Soma who was 2m 20cm tall.

‘It’s been a long time since I was at eye level with someone.’

Soma quietly put his hands together.

“What brought you here? “It looks like you’re someone I haven’t seen before.”

The giant smiled and lifted the cotton cloth covering his face.

“hello. Mr. Soma. “My name is Esu the monk leader of Nirvana.”

The moment Soma saw the man’s face he was overcome by an inexplicable feeling of discomfort.

It’s a familiar face but what’s engraved on it is clearly the weather of a different time.

A shallow smile that he had never seen before appeared on his face.

“nice to see you. father. No it would be correct to say the original.”

“text?”

“That’s right. text.”

“Because I came from you without a mother.”

Soma finally realized the identity of the uncanny valley.

The face the man had was his own.

Slowly-

His fist like a pot lid was clenched grimly.

Soma was clearly embarrassed.

“What are you doing and why did you come to see me?”

“Speaking of stagnation… Currently I am working at Nirvana under the orders of Gonghyeok Joo. “Before that I was in Necropolis.”

“Gonghyuk’s?”

In response to Soma’s question he spoke willingly.

“That’s right. “It would be a long story but you probably know that there are unique assassins targeting him right?”

Soma’s eyebrows furrowed.

A man named ‘B’ who threw his life while dragging an airship from the third floor.

And the man named D that Joo Gong-hyeok killed last time.

Undoubtedly unusual assassins were seeking Joo Gong-hyeok’s life.

“Future people…”

Joo Gong-hyeok picks up the words he said while killing Cesc and swallows them.

Small clues are met and absurd conclusions are drawn.

“You are mine…”

“I was also an assassin from the same future as them.”

He turned his head to one side.

My gaze was directed to the distance beyond the window where the sunlight streamed in.

“The difference is that I agree with Joo Gong-hyeok’s opinion and treat him as a hero.”

Soma took a step back.

I felt dizzy as if alcohol had been injected into my brain blood vessels.

Soma cupped his forehead with one hand and opened his mouth.

“What is the meaning of coming to me? Are you telling me to tell you now rather than surprise me later? Or are you saying you want to get rid of me and replace me?”

“My father has a richer imagination than I thought. No I don’t know if I should call it prescient. In fact there were examples like Sergio the Black Knight and Liang Xian that I had eaten before.”

There was silence between the two.

Soma calmly opened his eyes and raised his hands.

“If it is right. “I will disappear.”

Soma’s fist slowly headed towards Esu’s head.

Soma’s Fist has far lower stats and poor characteristics compared to that of Soma’s Fist.

“If one thing is not right…”

However there was ‘power’ there.

The intimidating feeling of having even the stretch marks on your fist caught in your eyes.

A strong unyielding and unbreakable spirit emanated from his entire body like a strong wind.

“Try it.”

Esu had an image of his head being torn to pieces.

He gently stretched out his palm and grabbed Soma’s fist.

And then gently lowered it down.

“I didn’t come here specifically to argue with my father. “I just came here because I have something to ask you.”

“What would you like to ask?”

“It’s about Joo Gong-hyuk’s ‘purpose.’”

He said with a slightly embarrassed face.

“The current Joo Gong-hyuk seems to be a little different from the Joo Gong-hyuk I know from history books.”

“What if it’s different?”

“They are behaving in a way that I don’t understand.”

He stroked his chin questioningly.

“You say you’re saving people but aren’t you actually killing too many people?”

Soma recalled.

The image of Joo Gong-hyuk committing massacre while using two names alternately.

“It’s as if the hunter race is useless. The Joo Gong-hyuk I know was not like this. “It’s completely contradictory to his conclusion.”

Soma was caught in an unknown confusion.

The fundamental contradiction that Joo Gong-hyeok harbors.

When you put on a mask it’s just lies after lies.

His voice penetrated Soma’s ears.

“Please let me know. What his father knows about him. His purpose.”

The man in front of me didn’t use any tricks.

It was just the delusion locked within Soma that disturbed him.

Dizziness and headaches reach a peak and the floor and ceiling turn upside down.

“Where should I go?”

Esu held hands and straightened Soma who was staggering.

“Anguish and pain are natural. But don’t forget.”

“what?”

He answered Soma’s question immediately.

“The place you must go is where there is justice.”

“definition?”

“yes. Even if death awaits.”

Soma looked into his eyes.

Contained in them were beliefs that could not be seen because they were his own eyes.

* * *

“Now we’re on the 20th floor.”

Soma Sangai Hayeonsi Vampire Dorothea.

With three people in front of him Joo Gong-hyeok began his final briefing.

“The mission will probably be the ‘Fairy Queen Succession Ceremony.’ “This is a prediction that combines the opinions of Gardsand who served as the demon Lilianne and the Heavenly Knight.”

When his name was mentioned Gardsand’s body flinched as if he was going to get hit for no reason.

Joo Gong-hyeok pointed to the blackboard as others passed by with pitiful glances.

“Our target is the 21st youngest princess. For your information because he was an illegitimate child it was not known to the outside world.”

“Is this an illegitimate child?”

“okay. The illegitimate child of a queen and a dragon. This bitch clearly shows the fear of playing with fire for one night. “My personality is vicious just like my father’s.”

Gonghyuk pointed to numbers on the blackboard.

Under ‘1’ and ’11’ it was written that it was a pure attribute.

“What you need to pay attention to are the first and the eleventh. It has a high level of legitimacy as it inherited the queen’s blood. He has many followers and is very intelligent. The princesses who must be allies against this are the third and seventeenth. The princess who needs to be made into a joker is human

He is the fourth son who inherits the blood of the emperor. If anything happens we can just drag all the humans waiting outside the forest and destroy them.”

“The political relationship is enormous.”

“It’s messy.”

Hayeonsi turned away with a tired look on her face and Dorothea covered her mouth with a fan and frowned.

“For this mission we must refrain from engaging in armed struggle between hunters. If you do something wrong you might be kicked out of the forest and never be able to return to Babel. “When the world is reorganized it will cease to exist.”

“If each hunter supports a princess how many will be summoned?”

“Approximately 700 people will participate. Next are the quests and secret dungeons that need to be conquered.”

An extremely boring explanation followed.

“As you probably know we entered a place called Pezelon’s Cradle from the first floor. Of course it also exists on the 20th floor. The bottom of Gerson Ant and to enter there we have to offend the fairies so the quests we can receive are limited.

“It will work…”

Gonghyuk’s hand which had been pointing at the blackboard while speaking fluently stopped.

“Soma.”

“…….”

“Is there any pain anywhere?”

“no.”

Soma sat quietly.

But the appearance was somehow different from before.

“I thought I wanted to get to the 20th floor right away and become stronger.”

“okay? “That’s a good thing.”

Gonghyeok picked up the blackboard.

“I think I’m getting tired of hearing what I’ve heard over and over again. “Let’s go out without delay.”

Four people left the conference room.

At the parade ground outside 100 promising players from each city who had not yet broken through the 20th floor were gathered.

Who you are placed with in a dungeon is roughly 80% determined by distance.

Allied cities gathered together to cooperate as much as possible.

“Then let’s go quickly.”

[20th floor mission regular summons implemented]

A blue magic circle surrounded them.

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