Damned 13th Regression – 147



Sixth attempt.

Biro’s knife made a small hole in the eggshell.

Once a hole was created wind leaked in through the gap.

‘I guess I can live now.’

Biro who had some free time slowly widened the egg’s hole.

When I came out of the egg I saw Joo Gong-hyeok and A-222 who came out first.

“Oh you got through it on your own?”

Joo Gong-hyeok clapped with a truly surprised expression on his face.

“Then who will help me break through on my own?”

“I think there’s someone over there who needs help.”

When he looked at the place he pointed with his finger he saw an egg rolling alone.

It looked like he was struggling inside.

“Hasn’t it been about 30 minutes now?”

“Yes even if your endurance is high it can still be dangerous.”

As his cool nickname Roderick of Barding explains Roderick lacked offensive power.

There was no problem with the trial where magic poured in just a moment ago but this trial which required destructive power did not have the strength to overcome it on its own.

Biro looked at the demons.

Zoroaster the watcher looking down on the situation with an expressionless expression Langdharma the knight looking happy and Lilianne who looks completely uninterested.

‘Can I do something about this situation?’

Biro opened his mouth with a serious face.

“Joo Gong-hyuk please do something. “You made a contract to save everyone.”

“Why me?”

“what?”

Joo Gong-hyeok looked straight down at Biro.

“You guys tried to kill me right?”

“!?”

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Biro was startled and took a step back.

“Did you know?”

“Then you don’t know. “The three of us are whispering like that.”

In fact it was enough to notice.

To put them off guard they handed over voting rights and offered coins but Yu Linfeng’s screams and the three’s actions were not that secretive.

Biro couldn’t look at him directly.

“So what do we do now?”

“What? “I have to save it.”

“…”

“Like you said you made a contract not to die during the trials right? “If I break that I’ll die too.”

Joo Gong-hyeok grinned and walked towards the egg.

Perhaps exhausted from struggling Langdharma put down its front paw as it approached the motionless egg.

“What are you doing here human?”

“To break the egg.”

“That’s not possible.”

“Does it say in the rules that others cannot break it?”

Despite Langdharma’s restraint Gonghyeok quietly stepped on his front foot and passed by.

“If you don’t have it I wake up.”

A tempest raged behind Joo Gong-hyeok.

It was the claws of an angry Langdharma.

Kwasik!

“You damn human bastard.”

Langdharma gritted his teeth angrily showing his gums.

What was caught in the swinging claw was the egg containing Rodrik.

Rodrik emerged from the broken egg and gasped.

“I didn’t wake up and you did?”

“I’ll take care of it in a bit. human being.”

“It’s a bit of a lucky day. “It’s time to catch a dog.”

Round 3 ended without a single word being lost.

Biro approached the neutral forces and confidently spoke his first words.

“Your right to vote! “I’ll buy it!”

“How can I trust you and sell you? “Our lives are at stake.”

A hunter from a small city next to Sigmund spoke bluntly.

“Didn’t you hear? Joo Gong-hyuk will protect the other representatives. “I need your votes…”

“Is it for survival?”

Sigmund who belonged to the neutral force along with 10 Deus Hunters asked gently.

Biro quickly nodded.

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“Yeah that’s it. “Your right to vote is…”

50 blue coins each.

It was a huge price.

For ten people 500 blue coins was enough to create a top-notch hunter just below S-class.

Neutral hunters were excited and sold their votes.

‘This reduced the variables. Next time you win!’

His own coins weren’t enough so he had to steal his subordinates’ coins to pay but it was well worth it.

Judging from Joo Gong-hyeok’s actions his strength is at least SC level.

When you die you’ll drop hundreds of green coins and maybe even yellow coins.

‘With that much coin you can aim for the highest position in Babel.’

If you take all of Joo Gong-hyeok’s coins you will have a power comparable to that of Justice King Edgar of the Legion or Christina of Deus.

Whatever happened that day was an accident.

Intention cannot be proven.

“I won’t sell.”

Among the neutral hunters only Sigmund flatly refused.

“I think you are misunderstanding something but we did not throw any invalid votes. “You are just mistaken.”

“Sigmund did you read my thoughts!”

Sigmund is a person with mental abilities who is famous in Deus.

Biro thinking that his thoughts had been read quickly grabbed the hilt of the sword.

“It can’t be. Not only do we not do such things without consent but non-representative voters cannot use their skills on others.”

Biro let his guard down at those words and put down the hilt of his sword.

“Then what do you mean?”

“I mean if you really want to win a match you don’t have to do this here.”

Sigmund turned his head.

There were over 200 Illivatus people gathered there.

“The victory is over there.”

“…”

Rain couldn’t say anything.

Round 4.

The next third victim was ‘Mark’ the newly elected representative of the corps.

Joo Gong-hyuk defended second place by using all the votes he received.

He already knows he is being targeted.

However there is no way that a strategy that seems obvious will work.

Langdharma stepped forward as if he had been waiting for the fourth trial.

“Humans let me tell you about this ordeal.”

As Rangdharma bent his knees the strong smell of blood wafted in the air.

There was a bloody smell coming from the mane and the fur all over the body.

“You can last 10 minutes from me.”

bang!

The blood-soaked beast leaped and crashed into the small human.

The human received the thin drill-like sheep horn.

However due to the difference in size it was pushed back nearly 10 meters leaving an 11-character mark on the floor.

“Did you say Joo Gong-hyeok? “As I heard you have good strength. Let me taste those muscles.”

The beast opened its mouth to chew and swallow the human.

Joo Gong-hyeok raised one arm that was holding the horn instead of the head.

Kazak!

“Hehe I’ll chew on this prosthetic hand lightly.”

Langdharma chewed on his prosthetic hand.

Puzzle-

Langdharma felt his teeth go out.

No matter how hard I chewed my teeth wouldn’t work.

“What are you doing here?”

“fizzle.”

Joo Gong-hyeok tightly closed Langdharma’s muzzle with his remaining arm.

“Do you like medium dog meat? Do you like rare?”

“Kruk?”

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The prosthetic arm’s motor spun unusually and the shoulder’s cylindrical cylinder popped out and vibrated vigorously.

“I asked you to take care of Nathaniel right?”

– yes? That’s right but this…

She turned her head.

– Wouldn’t that be a bit harsh?

[Angel Privilege – Elemental Granting Power (SS) activated.]

[Give fire element to item ‘Vulcan’s right arm’.]

[Applying the characteristic ‘Heat Wave’.]

[‘Vulcan’s Right Arm’ Variant – Fire Burner.]

Quaaaaa!

A flame ejection port appeared in the prosthetic hand and pure white flames spewed out like the afterburner of a jet.

Without even screaming the entire inside of Langdharma was reduced to ashes.

Fiery flames flowed from the eyes and nostrils.

“I am well done.”

The Heavenly Knight Langdharma disappeared leaving behind only his tough leather.

Sandalphon who was watching from the sky nodded.

[The U.S+ grade item ‘Rangdharma’s Fur Cloak’ is created.]

[Joo Gong-hyeok achieved a transcendent achievement in the fourth trial by going beyond just surviving 10 minutes.]

[Achievement ‘Defeating Thousand Knights Langdharma’ achievement rate 300%.]

[30 green coins are given as a reward.]

SS rank items never ran out.

Because catching the Thousand Knights on the 10th and 20th floors was so great you were given an SS-grade item but if you caught them on the 30th floor the reward was lower.

“It doesn’t really matter.”

When I brought the cigarette to my smoking right arm it caught fire before I even touched it.

“A real monster.”

Rodrik muttered.

In fact Desertio a transcendent level monster caught before was no match for the Thousand Knights.

But when I saw that majesty before my eyes again I was shocked.

“I will quit now.”

“why? Joo Gong-hyeok used all the votes he received from us. From now on it’s real.”

“I don’t know about you but my life has already been saved twice by you. I almost died once before but I don’t want anything to do with the author anymore. furthermore….”

Roderick hesitated and brought out the most important part.

“Next is the last round. “If I stay still he will protect me and complete the mission.”

Biro was silent.

No matter what I said anymore I couldn’t convince Rodrik.

Biro sat alone and thought.

Now that Roderick has left Biro can use 100 votes.

No this is also not certain because Yu Linfeng is dead.

‘If you don’t give up there will be only one way to overcome the current situation.’

The first place this time is Illivatus.

It was an unwavering 240 votes.

If you can use it at will it is easy to manipulate voting.

However not only did they have no direct contact with Ilibatus but they maintained extremely secret relationships with the surrounding cities.

Biro took a step forward.

It was Sigmund not Ilibatus.

“What’s going on?”

“I need your strength. “Convince Ilibatus.”

Ilibatus had one characteristic.

He was completely lenient towards those with mental abilities.

In particular Sigmund had been to Illivatus several times as a special envoy of Deus.

Biro desperately tried to persuade him.

“Think about it carefully. What he and the Company do will ultimately pose a danger to humanity. “Once a city is established it cannot retreat when a great threat comes!”

“There is a risk of that.”

Sigmund obediently agreed.

Since he was a Deus Hunter who was close to the Company I didn’t have high expectations but Biro rushed to see his unexpectedly positive appearance.

“Please please. They are not in the company’s territory. “It’s clear that the Company is dissatisfied.”

“All right. “I’ll tell you that much.”

Biro asked again suspiciously.

“Weren’t you on Joo Gong-hyeok’s side?”

“I am not on anyone’s side.”

Sigmund got up from his seat.

“I just want to follow Christina.”

Biro looked at his back as he left in a daze.

And the first thing Sigmund said upon his return was:

“The story went well. Ilibatus says he will help you.”

It was good news for Biro.

Biro was filled with joy.

‘That’s enough!’

If Ilibatus who occupies half of the 30th floor helps Joo Gong-hyeok can definitely fall into the pit of third place.

In addition Ilibatus has only taken first place and never communicated with others.

‘You can trust me in that respect. Moreover since it is not a city in the Company’s area there is no reason to cooperate with Joo Gong-hyeok.’

Biro spoke to the messenger of Ilibatus.

“You just have to vote for first place like you always do. Just lend me 50 votes. “You take first place with 200 votes and I take second place with 150 votes.”

Biro’s strategy was simple.

Thanks to his superior reputation Joo Gong-hyuk unconditionally secured a certain number of votes.

On the other hand this means that someone is taking pictures even if you don’t want to.

Thanks to the fixed 60 votes that voted for him there was no chance that Joo Gong-hyeok would come in last place.

‘If we take away 1st and 2nd place Joo Gong-hyeok will naturally be in 3rd place!’

A voice was heard from behind.

“Are you happy?”

“!?”

Biro turned his head.

There was a man blowing out thick smoke from a cigarette.

“You look happy?”

“Cancer is fun. “Now I have everything ready to push you!”

“okay?”

There was a sneer on the corner of his mouth as he looked at Biro.

Biro who was offended lashed out.

“Don’t be lazy. “Now you can never escape!”

“Then let’s see the results.”

A message window appeared for the hunters and the fifth and final round of voting began.

After seeing the voting results Biro rubbed his eyes dozens of times.

[1st place with 154 votes.]

“Am I in first place?”

The results were endless.

[2nd place 150 votes A-19.]

[3rd place 100 votes Roderick.]

[4th place 92 votes Joo Gong-hyeok.]

[5th ​​place 0 votes A-229.]

It was Roderick who stood on the execution stand.

“You chose the wrong target from the beginning.”

Although Roderick was defeated he gave all the votes to Joo Gong-hyeok.

As before I aimed for 5th place.

However 100 votes poured in from somewhere and condemned him to death.

He committed suicide before he died.

“I shouldn’t have messed with it.”

Rodrik died instantly as did the other four victims.

I missed it again.

This is the fourth time.

Biro was shaken by the result which was completely different from what he had thought.

“What happened? “Why am I number one?”

It can’t come out like this.

Somewhere Illivatus’ votes evaporated.

“Congratulations on your first place.”

Joo Gong-hyeok was still laughing at him from the corner.

It was as if he was looking down at the rat in his grasp.

“It’s not that my thoughts were wrong. “It’s just that all your assumptions are wrong.”

“what? “What premise?”

What kind of premise do you mean?

This cannot happen as long as Ilibatus cooperates.

Something suddenly occurred to me.

‘Yes that’s it!’

What flashed in his mind was the ‘bae bread’ that Joo Gong-hyeok gave to Lilianne as a gift.

Biro approached Liliane with long strides.

She asked with a puzzled look.

“What’s going on?”

Biro turned behind her without answering.

bang!

Her black shiny tail was stomped on by Biro’s foot.

Liliane who had been hit unexpectedly looked down at her trampled tail.

“Human what are you doing now?”

“Puhahahahaha!”

Joo Gong-hyeok who was watching burst into laughter.

Biro gained confidence from her dazed reaction.

‘I’m sure this devil is SM’s ‘M’!’

Masochist.

It refers to a special sexual preference that derives pleasure from pain or shame.

If you think about it it was strange from the time it first came out.

Strangely his attitude is only favorable to Joo Gong-hyeok.

Even if he punched her in the stomach or insulted her the demon named Liliane would only accept it while crying awkwardly.

So the conclusion that Biro came to was this.

‘He was a distorted pervert who enjoyed shameful sadism! So no matter what Joo Gong-hyeok did he put up with it and secretly manipulated the game!’

Biro confident shouted to satisfy her distorted sexual impulses.

“You damn bitch! How do you run the game? Of course you should give me 100 more votes!”

“Puhahahahaha!”

Joo Gong-hyeok still burst out laughing and Lilianne tilted her head without a trace of laughter.

“Hmm?”

Lilianne went into deep thought to understand the behavior of insect-like humans.

‘Was it successful?’

The hunters including Biro who were watching with their mouths wide open swallowed their saliva.

Liliane who was thinking frowned.

“Do you want to die?”

Fit-

The mokuldae splits horizontally.

Biro’s esophagus and trachea were cut cleanly exposing the cross section to the hunters.

“What were you thinking?”

When Lilianne slightly pushed his forehead Biro’s neck bent back and fresh blood spurted out.

The raw meat-like muscle stems were wide open and the cracked neck vertebrae could not withstand the weight…

“No. no.”

chin

Joo Gong-hyeok bent Biro’s neck which was bent backwards forward again.

A cross section of the neck muscle stuck together with a ‘chop’ sound.

Biro’s durability even received the 1st place buff.

As if to prove that it was S-class even after rotting the platelets in the blood stopped the wound the cells divided and the cut edges were slowly connected.

Joo Gong-hyeok said taking Biro aside who was starting to feel a scab on his neck.

“Don’t kill carelessly. “It’s a stain on my reward.”

“But that bug stepped on my tail first…”

Gonghyuk lowered his head like Liliane did a moment ago.

“hmm. Lilianne now…”

“Ahh! all right! I was wrong! “I won’t kill you!”

Liliane stepped back and Biro checked his neck which was on the verge of running away.

‘My throat just…’

Before he could come to his senses Liliane helped Biro to his feet.

“So a lot of things happened but the fifth vote is over? “Now there is going to be a final ordeal.”

She whispered softly.

“You still have a chance.”

“…opportunity?”

A message window appeared for Biro.

[The fifth trial ‘Last Voting’ begins.]

“Until now voters have decided the fate of their representatives. But this vote is different.”

“What’s different?”

“This vote will be voted on directly by the representatives.”

Liliane glanced at the four representatives.

“Everyone please nominate one person. He will be cursed with instant death just like the third place just now.”

“!?”

Biro recognized his opportunity.

Currently the two surviving representatives are Biro and Joo Gong-hyeok Ilibatus.

If the three of them film Joo Gong-hyuk at the same time they can capture him so easily that all the hard work so far has been in vain.

“Now please point out. “The person you want to kill.”

When Biro heard Liliane’s laughter he raised his hand without realizing it.

The direction was towards Joo Gong-hyeok.

Joo Gong-hyeok who was singled out smiled slightly.

“Then shall we nominate you too?”

He raised his hand.

And the people nearby raised their hands one after another.

Joo Gong-hyuk received 3 votes compared to 1 vote.

It was rather unfortunate that he was singled out.

‘We’ meant Ilibatus on both sides of Joo Gong-hyeok.

“You’re lying right?”

Biro smiled awkwardly.

“You signed a contract with me including the Joo Gong-hyuk avatar right? “If you make me die in the ordeal you will die too?”

– Pledge 1. Do not let the representative die through ordeal.

It was a contract that Biro made with Joo Gong-hyeok.

Because of this contract Biro felt at ease and plotted to kill Joo Gong-hyeok.

Illivatus’s betrayal aside the rain before death calmed his pounding heart.

“If I die you die too.”

“Yes we made such a contract.”

“Haha what? There was a way right? “How are you going to save me?”

“The strategy is in the next item.”

Golden letters were drawn in the air.

– Pledge 1. Do not let the representative die through ordeal.

– Pledge 2. Except in cases of death by voting.

“Voting is an exception.”

“vote? Wait this is definitely an ordeal! “You can’t make me die!”

“okay. I can’t make you die. “Voting is an exception.”

Joo Gong-hyuk indifferently exhaled cigarette smoke.

Biro let out a laugh.

“Ha that’s ridiculous. I thought I would live once the voting was over. The fifth ordeal is voting. As if I knew it would be this kind of game from the beginning…”

Biro glared at the Ilibatus representatives who pointed at him.

“You and Sigmund must have been in sync from the beginning. “You played with me.”

Ilibatus and Sigmund continued to look after Joo Gong-hyeok to prevent him from finishing in third place.

Ilibatus’ force numbered 270 not the 240 that Biro expected.

The invalid votes that continued to appear were an operation to hide the true scale of Ilibatus.

“It was impossible to kill him from the beginning?”

Out of 500 people nearly 300 votes were in Joo Gong-hyeok’s hands.

Biro’s group’s plan was unfeasible from the beginning.

Biro looked at the sky and shouted.

“hey! Angel man! I’m watching. Answer me! Is this a proper mission? “Is it fair game?”

Sandalphon’s eyes floating in the sky did not even move.

Biro is constantly talking and wasting time.

That was the only way to prolong life even a little.

“Now it’s time for execution.”

Liliane gently grabbed the back of his neck.

Black curse words were engraved on my skin and spread throughout my body.

“Wait a minute bitch! Let go of that hand! Cut it out!”

“Don’t be ugly on your way.”

Tuk――

Before Biro could show off his boastful martial arts technique the hand holding the hilt of the sword fell to the floor.

The defeated clown turned to dust and disappeared leaving behind a trivial ‘wow’ sound.

[The last vote has ended.]

[Victim – 1st place Biro.]

[Survivor – A-19 Joo Gong-hyeok A-299.]

The mission is over.

A group of hunters approached Joo Gong-hyeok.

“Joo Gong-hyuk your performance was amazing today.”

“Those from Wolf City and Dosan are not people worth dealing with. “Just looking at it it looks like they’ve joined hands with the devil contractors.”

“Joo Gong-hyuk I was against it but our representative who just passed away…”

Sandalphon’s voice rang out amidst their noise.

“Can we start settling our quests?”

Today Joo Gong-hyuk did not kill a single person with his own hands.

It was an inevitable sacrifice in terms of voting and mission structure.

494 out of 500 people saved.

Although he could not overcome the limits of the mission his performance was worthy of his nickname “savior.”

“No it’s not over yet.”

Joo Gong-hyeok cleared away the crowd with a hammer and approached a person.

“Sigmund. “I said I would kill you here.”

“I know.”

“Then would you please prepare to die?”

Despite the murder warning Sigmund nodded emotionlessly.

And then he called two people.

“A-19. A-299.”

The main character of Ilibatus who cooperated with Joo Gong-hyeok.

The two representatives came forward at Sigmund’s call.

They who were from a completely different city were politely following the words of Sigmund from Deus.

“Hands on me.”

“yes.”

Sigmund held the two people’s hands and calmly closed his eyes.

“For united humanity. “I ask for a world where no one gets hurt.”

At Sigmund’s words A-19 and A-299 knelt.

“I will follow whatever you need. animus.”

“We will disconnect 273 terminals including 19 and 299.”

The members of Ilibatus lined up in the distance raised their weapons.

“I will never forget the sense of unity I felt with everyone after meeting Animus.”

“Thanks to you I was able to live a fulfilling day without being sad or lonely.”

“For the future that Animus desires.”

Illivatus’ hunters plunged their weapons into each other’s chests.

Fresh blood rose into the sky and a huge wind of dust rose.

“Tut tut!”

“This sand!?”

With the death of the representative Illivatus’ hunters died from the instant death curse.

Even those who survived only plunged a knife into their own hearts and fell dead.

The remaining hunters trembled in fear and muttered.

“animus?”

“Didn’t the animus die on Halloween a long time ago?”

Sigmund bowed to Joo Gong-hyeok.

“My preparations are complete.”

“I’ll finish my preparations.”

Joo Gong-hyeok stepped forward holding a hammer.

The atmosphere is unusual.

The hunters slowly backed away.

“you. “Don’t you think you know too many facts?”

From the beginning of the 30th floor mission Joo Gong-hyuk was in a different mood than usual.

There was no pretense in his words or actions only coldness.

The sense of discomfort the hunters were feeling has now reached its peak.

“No Joo Gong-hyuk. no way······?”

“Why is it awkward for the person who was called the savior to be like this?”

“That’s right. Why are you suddenly like this?”

“then······.”

He took out an item from his inventory.

It was a symbolic mask of ‘Babel’s worst killer’.

“From now on call me the devil.”

Kwazijic─

Smelly intestines and debris splattered creating a puddle of innocent blood.

The faces of people terrified were reflected in the sticky puddle.