Level 1 Player

Chapter 25 Second Cataclysm

After taking a day off, Hyunseong headed to the dungeon again.

After that, no special accidents occurred.

He had to compensate for the cost of the rare shield he blew up, but it was only a small loss compared to the three titles and Breath of Lightning.

Hyunseong collected money and points by hunting during the day and working in the emergency waiting group at night.

He also developed more acquaintance with the emergency standby crew.

Around the time Hyunseong was living an ordinary life.

A strange consensus was being formed among VVIPs of each dimension.

Isn’t this too harsh no matter how you look at it?

Posted by McCarvis

I am a player who really loves the game console.

But recently, I think that a player named Choi Hyunseong is taking too much profit.

I think there are a lot of problems, especially with large-capacity batteries for camping.

That’s 30 million points each.

Do you know how much you spend when you buy 30 million points?

At most, if you use it for two or three days, it will last a long time.

When I measured the energy in the large-capacity camping battery, I found that it contained less than a single low-grade manastone.

As long as I know how to convert manastones into energy used in game machines, I want to make and use them myself, but since I don’t know that, I have no choice but to buy and use them in bulk to cry and eat mustard.

The cost of this probably won’t even go up to the price of low-grade manastones.

It seems like you have already spent billions of points to purchase a large capacity battery for camping because you don’t know how to get your clothes wet in the drizzle.

Whose kid’s name is billions of points?

Decades of lifespan will disappear in an instant.

The problem is that we are likely to spend tens of billions of points rather than billions of points in the future.

Maybe hundreds of billions of points.

I think it is necessary to lower the price through a boycott.

I’m planning to boycott a large-capacity camping battery for a month from tomorrow.

If you would like to participate in my will, please leave a comment.

↳ Teru – Beggars go.

↳ Bartuk – I don’t think that’s the case. If it’s an item of fair value, it’s not worth hundreds of billions of points, but trillions of points. However, this is a method of selling hundreds of points inflated into tens of millions of points. You need to change the seller’s habit. I will join the boycott.

↳ So-Pyung Jin – I agree with Bartuk. I will also join the boycott.

↳ Vipar – I will join you.

↳ Brow – Dogs and pigs enslaved by game machines will do well.

↳ Dashat – People like you make me a pig. i join

↳ Jang Mu-guk – I will participate.

↳ Brax – I will join you.

… … aftermath… …

In an instant, the comments started to increase.

There were some players who ignored them, and there were comments that said they were beggars, but surprisingly many players expressed their intention to join the boycott.

That meant that there were many people who expressed their anger at Hyunseong’s overreaching.

Also, in fact, he had a plan of his own.

Most of the players who expressed their will to participate in the boycott had large-capacity batteries for camping that would last more than a month through bulk purchases.

I was thinking of buying it anyway.

But what if you buy it after a month and the price goes down?

Of course it has to be good.

Many people joined the boycott.

To the extent that there is actually a problem with Hyunseong’s point supply and demand.* * *

The day after the boycott began.

Hyunseong was contemplating the purchase of his skill after collecting the points he was aiming for.

‘What do you buy?’

There were two skills Hyunseong was thinking about.

The first skill was the detection skill.

Feral Instinct – Heroic Rank

-Passive skill book

– Detects the magical energy emitted by living or inanimate objects.

-Instinctively feel the invisible surroundings through magic detection.

– Detect threats based on your feral instincts.

– Sensitive to living.

-Seller: Stuff

-Sales price: 29,999,999,999 points

It’s a skill that doesn’t look very special from the outside.

But it was quite important.

Direct magic detection.

All skills are activated through magic.

In other words, if you learn the wild instinct skill, you can read the opponent’s skill activation timing.

Also, the chance of receiving a sudden surprise is greatly reduced.

The Wild Instinct skill is 10 billion points more expensive than the Survival Instinct.

It certainly means it’s worth it.

The second skill was a combat skill.

Vampire – Heroic Rank

-Passive skill book

-Changes the nature of magic to dark attributes.

-The power of attack-type skills increases.

-Healing-type skills are less effective.

– Absorbs the blood of the enemy with a skill or a blow to recover health and magic.

– HP and magic recovery speed is increased.

-Seller: Baekhwa

-Sales price: 29,999,999,999 points

Not to mention increasing the power of attack-type skills, you can recover stamina and mana during battle.

Where is that?

It also increases its own health and magic recovery speed.

Whether it was a battle against a monster or a battle with a human, it was a skill that had no choice but to be of great help.

If there is one drawback, it is the decrease in the effectiveness of healing-type skills.

As it was not a self-healing series, it seemed unlikely that it would have any adverse effect on the Book of Immortality.

However, the effectiveness of healing-type skills such as Heal is lowered.

‘What should I buy?’

Both Feral Instinct and Vampiric Ball are good skills.

In my mind, I wanted to buy both.

But the lack of points was a problem.

In the end, I was thinking of buying both, but I had to buy one first and the other later.

‘Let’s decide by tomorrow.’

Hyunseong came to that conclusion and turned on the TV.Today was a rest day.

It wasn’t a day off, it was a day to rest at the dorm after taking a day off from emergency standby.

Emergency standby units are more often unassigned, but on rare occasions they have to be dispatched.

In such a situation, it was difficult to sleep properly.

That is why I set it as a day off without work at least once a week.

But today was that day.

On TV, a drama about the love and friendship of the players was being aired.

As a commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Cataclysm, it was a Korean, Chinese, and Japanese joint drama produced with a huge budget.

As such, the action was spectacular and there was a lot to see.

‘I suffered a bit back then.’

The 20th anniversary of the Cataclysm.

The whole world was tense.

It was just in case.

However, as with the 10th anniversary of the Cataclysm, no special accident occurred.

Given the situation, there were words of concern.

The dungeon has not increased since the 10th anniversary of the Cataclysm.

There was no change in the 20th anniversary, so it was speculated that the dungeon was slowly disappearing.

Some reporters also posted false articles that the dungeon was shrinking, which drew backlash from players.

But the conclusion was that nothing had changed.

status quo.

It was the result everyone wanted the most.

‘What do you buy?’

Even while watching the drama, wild instincts and bloodsuckers floated in Hyunseong’s head.

Whoops!

At that time, there was a great vibration and the motel building where Hyunseong was located shook as if it was about to collapse.

Aaaaaaaaah!

“Ahhhhhhhh!”

That wasn’t the end.

Loud roars and screams erupted from all sides.

“what?”

Hyunseong was startled.

‘Is there an earthquake?’

Hyunseong got up and ran out the window.

And he was able to witness a situation he had never imagined.

One building was completely demolished.

A large dimensional gate was opened in the place where the building was destroyed.

Aaaaaaah!

A loud roar erupted from the open dimensional gate.

At the same time, hordes of orcs poured out of the dimensional gates and began to slaughter people indiscriminately.

Wow!

Hyunseong broke the motel window and flew away.

As he fell to the floor and drew a vampire sword, Hyunseong rushed towards the orc horde.

Scratch!

Hyunseong’s sword moved like lightning and slashed the orcs.

‘Fire Storm.’

He also used a skill where the Orcs were clustered.Thanks to that, he was able to wipe out the orcs that were exiting the dimensional gate at once.

If there was a problem, the number of orcs that had already exited the dimension gate and scattered were over thousands.

‘I’m too mixed with people.’

He couldn’t use range skills like Fire Storm or Fire Wall.

Hyunseong once used the firewall skill in front of the dimension gate.

Although the mana would be consumed continuously, it was not a situation to cover hot or cold rice now.

It was important to prevent further influx of orcs.

Hyunseong then wielded a vampire sword and used a single skill to deal with the orcs.

Hyunseong wasn’t the only one running out into the streets.

Hyunseong was staying near the red tarantula dungeon.

The players who were looking for party members drew their weapons and started a battle with the orcs.

The players who were hunting in the dungeon also heard the news and ran out of the dungeon to join the battle.

* * *

Wow!

The loud siren sound took over the entire city.

It was because of the sudden dimensional gate.

Dimensional gates have been opened continuously for 10 years since they first occurred 20 years ago.

However, no new dimension gates have been opened in exactly 10 years.

But that rule is broken.

The Korean Players Association has an emergency.

Due to the simultaneous opening of dimension gates across the country, work was completely paralyzed.

“Martial law has been declared!”

The army began to move.

“I declare an emergency mobilization order for players!”

The president of the Korea Players Association forcibly convened the players.

This was a national emergency.

The problem was that this was not a problem that only happened in Korea.

North America, South America, Europe, Russia, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, etc.

A new dimension gate has been opened all over the world at the same time.

It was the beginning of the Second Cataclysm.

* * *

The battle became more intense with the siren sound.

Hyunseong worked with the players to deal with the orcs and did everything in his power to save the people.

Meanwhile, emergency pagers and telephones began to ring loudly.

Hyunseong put in earphones and answered the call.

“This is Choi Hyunseong.”

– That’s Yoona Shin! Hyunseong, where are you now?

“It is near the red tarantula dungeon near Sinchon Station. Suddenly a dimensional gate opens and orcs pour out and engage.”

– What’s the situation there? What level are the orcs?

“Fortunately, it seems low-level. Players who have been waiting in the Red Tarantula Dungeon have joined together and are currently cleaning up.”

– A player emergency mobilization order has been declared. I’ll appoint Hyunseong as the interim commander of the players there. As soon as the scene is cleared, please lead other players to the south area. Currently, a dimensional gate has been opened there as well, but there is a shortage of manpower.

“all right.”

-Oh, and Hyunseong’s family, stay safe. You can rest assured that you have received reports that you and other residents have taken refuge in an air-raid shelter.

“Thank you for caring me.”

-Yes, please move to the southern area as soon as possible.

“I will.”

Hyunseong hung up the phone with an answer.It was reassuring to know that my family was safe.

‘It wasn’t just here either.’

Rather, the dungeon that appeared here was easy to subdue.

Because only a group of orcs estimated to be below level 50 appeared.

But elsewhere things will be different.

What if a dimension gate was opened where level 200 or level 300 monsters appeared?

In itself, it was no different than a disaster.

‘I don’t have time to think.’

I had to buy a vampire ball.

This battle will be quite a long one.

Then, above all else, it was important to maintain stamina and magical power.

Although he was recovering stamina and magic with the help of the vampire sword, the amount consumed was more than the amount recovered.

-Passive Skillbook Vampire Ball – Would you like to purchase a hero rank? Once purchased, items cannot be refunded or exchanged.

-[Yes No]

clicked yes

-Passive Skillbook Vampire Ball – Do you want to acquire hero rank?

-[Yes No]

Of course it was.

As soon as I learned the Vampire Ball, I could feel the power of the attack skill getting stronger.

At the same time, whenever the orcs were cut, the blood they shed returned to Hyunseong as physical strength and magical power.

‘Let’s organize and move as soon as possible.’

Hyunseong moved quickly.

Was it because of that?

I was able to organize the orc horde faster than expected.

The firewall that Hyunseong laid at the entrance to the dimensional gate had a pretty big effect.

Orcs exiting the dimensional gate were burned to death.

“It’s from the Players’ Association! Players, please assemble according to the emergency mobilization order!”

Hyunseong summoned the players in a loud voice.

However, few players responded to Hyunseong’s voice.

Most were holding on to their phones, and some were leaving the scene.

It’s probably going to the family.

Hyunseong first divided the players who responded to the call.

Some kept in front of the dimensional gate, and some moved along Hyunseong to the southern area.

It was a continuous battle that did not stop even for a moment.

* * *

south area.

Crrr!

Lizardmen with white scales that look like a mixture of humans and lizards hunted people around the city.

The players resisted with all their might, but it was heavy duty.

There were no dungeons near the southern area.

Of course, there couldn’t be many players.

The players fought to protect the people and do their best.

But it was starting to get worse and worse.

Skill was the superiority of the players.

The problem was that the number of Lizardmen continued to increase.

Kwajik!One player smashed the Lizardman’s head with a large axe.

However, the Lizardmen flocked endlessly.

Killing one was only the beginning, not the end.

My stamina was gradually depleting.

Magician-type players and healer-type players who were supporting them from the rear began to gradually run out of magic.

“When the hell is support coming?”

The warrior at the forefront wielded an ax and a shield with evil.

If this situation continues, we can no longer protect people.

No, people’s safety, let alone their own lives, were in jeopardy.

Although he was holding out based on the superiority of the level, he had no way of resisting the endless tactics of influx.

Whoops!

At that time, a huge storm of flame struck the Lizardmen gathered in one place.

Aaaaaaaaah!

With a huge explosion, the Lizardmen were killed in droves.

Whoops!

After that, a huge wall of flames appeared near the dimensional gate.

“Reinforcements are here!”

The warrior, who had been complaining, burst into cheers.

Other players also exclaimed with joy.

However, the number of troops that came to support was not very large.

* * *

‘It’s serious.’

The situation at Namyeong Station was worse than at Sinchon Station.

Unlike Sinchon Station, where a dungeon was located nearby, a quick solution was possible, and Namyeong Station was a complete mess.

The entrance to the dimension gate was blocked with a firewall, but too many guys were already released.

‘You have to be good at mana management.’

Although the Fire Wall is a rare skill, it had to be continuously supplied with magical power to use it continuously rather than single-shot.

Of course, even if you stand still, your magic power will drain out.

Fortunately, thanks to the Vampire Ball, the blood of the Lizardmen who took damage from the Fire Wall restores Hyunseong’s stamina and magical power.

percussion!

Hyunseong drew a vampire sword and ran towards the Lizardmen.

Most of the reinforcements from Sinchon Station were players who had completed their 2nd job change beyond level 100.

It was fortunate that the red tarantula dungeon was a level 100 dungeon.

Hyunseong went into battle with only enough horsepower left to sustain the fire wall.

When his magic power went down, he did not use a skill and wielded a vampire sword to hunt the lizard men, and when the magic power was charged, he used the skill.

Kyaaaaaah!

At that moment, with a loud roar, a cold chill extinguished the fire wall blocking the entrance to the dimension gate.

‘what?’

Although it is a rare level skill, it is a skill used by Hyunseong with a magic stat of over 300.

It also provided a constant supply of mana.

However, the firewall was extinguished at once.

Hyunseong turned his head to the dimensional gate and saw a lizardman with one bigger head than the other lizardmen.

It wasn’t just the size.

Compared to the general lizardman with a simple armament, the newly emerged lizardman was equipped with proper armament.

Armor that covered the whole body and a splendidly decorated helmet.

There is even a window that doesn’t look like a normal grade just by looking at it.‘You have to deal with it quickly.’

If you wait a long time, more Lizardmen will pour out.

Hyunseong ran with all his might.

He flew a fire spear with excellent penetrating power as a first strike with him.

Aww!

Lizardman raised his shield and blocked the Fire Spear.

‘Is it like the Lizardman King?’

Hyunseong approached with a frown and swung his vampire sword.

Break!

Lizardman’s spear and Hyunseong’s vampire sword collided head-on.

‘I’m not that strong.’

He stopped the Fire Spear, so I thought he was a clever guy.

But it wasn’t.

Although he was on a higher level than the other Lizardmen, he wasn’t Hyunseong’s opponent.

Scratch!

The neck of the Lizardman who appeared dignifiedly fell to the floor in an instant.

As soon as Hyunseong tried to cast the Fire Wall again, Lizardmen with the same weapons as the one he just defeated started pouring out from the dimension gate.

‘Wasn’t he a warrior and not a king?’

I didn’t know it would come out like this.

‘Fire Storm.’

Hyunseong used a wide area skill.

Aww!

A great storm broke out.

However, although there were wounded Lizardman warriors, there were no dead ones.

It was because of the cold air that came out of the bodies of the Lizardmen warriors.

‘The fire skill resistance is high.’

Kyaaaaaah!

With a distinctive roar, the Lizardman warriors all began to rush towards Hyunseong.

Scratch!

They had pretty good resistance to fire skills.

But that was it.

It wasn’t a level that Hyunseong would be picky about.

In addition, physical attack resistance was not at a very high level.

Hyunseong organized the newly emerged Lizardman warriors by wielding a vampire sword, not a skill.

Then a cold spear of cold air flew towards Hyunseong.

They tried to escape, but the Lizardman warriors surrounded Hyunseong and blocked the path until they gave up their lives.

Aww!

Hyunseong raised his shield to block the attack.

There was no incident where the shield was shattered.

If there was a problem, it was that Hyunseong’s left arm was starting to freeze quickly.

Hyunseong drained his magic power, removing the chill from his left arm.

‘what?’

Hyunseong turned his gaze to where the cold window flew.

There stood a lizardman with a large horn on his forehead.

He was also twice as big as the other guys.

‘Looks like that guy is the real Lizardman King.’

Left!

Hyunseong cut down the Lizardman warriors standing in the way and ran forward.

Whirrik!

A window of cold air appeared in the air, and it flew towards Hyunseong in succession.

It was a long-distance skill that froze Hyunseong’s left arm.

‘Fire Shield.’

Hyunseong responded with a defensive skill.

Aww! Aww!

Fire-type skills and cold-type skills are opposite to each other.

Naturally, the power was reduced.

Hyunseong continued to inject energy into the Fire Shield and ran forward.

Kyaaaaaaah!

As Hyunseong came closer, he opened his mouth and opened his mouth.

Aaaaaaah!

With him, a cold breath with a strong chill exploded.

‘Is that Drake? Why shoot the breath?’

Hyunseong concentrated more magic on the fire shield.

But he couldn’t stop the Lizard Man King’s cold breath.

A cold chill hit Hyunseong’s body.

He felt his body stiffen.

‘This is not the time to conserve magic.’

Hyunseong uses the active skill Breath of Lightning.

Hold on!

Blue sparks rose from Hyunseong’s body.

His frozen body regained freedom in an instant.

Hyunseong pierced his cold breath head-on and rushed towards the Lizard Man King.

Break!

Hyunseong’s vampire sword and Lizardman King’s spear collided head-on.

As Hyunseong and the Lizardman King started fighting, the Lizardman warriors around them rushed to help the king.

Lizardman King who looks beyond level 200.

A lizardman warrior that looks like level 150.

Break! Break!

For Hyunseong, who had to deal with enemies from all sides, it was mortal.

‘You have to hold on. If I don’t stop it, it’s over.’

Most of the players here were in the early 100’s.

It was fortunate that the Lizardman warriors rushed to him to help the king.

What if the Lizard Man King and his warriors are scattered everywhere and start running rampant?

There would have been a massacre.

Even if it was a normal Lizardman, the Lizardman King or Lizardman Warrior was not at a level that players on the battlefield could currently handle.

Of course, he had to be killed in an instant.

After the player’s shield disappeared, it was the turn of ordinary people.

‘Let’s organize it step by step.’

Hyunseong attacked the Lizardman warriors first.

The fortunate thing was that there were no more monsters pouring out of the dimension gate after the Lizardman King.

Aww! Aww!

Lightning and cold air collided, creating a harsh shockwave.

All of the Lizardman warriors had become corpses and were lying on the floor.

The only thing left was the Lizardman King.

It was a fierce battle.

Hyunseong’s body and Lizardman King’s body were stained red as if they had bathed in blood.

‘If you activate your survival instinct, you can end it at once.’

However, the survival instinct skill did not activate.

It was because Hyunseong was not feeling the threat of life.

He looked like a crisis, but he was a difficult opponent, but not enough to feel a crisis of life.

Although the number of enemies was large, Hyunseong had an advantage in long-term battles.

Hyunseong absorbed the blood of the Lizardman King and the warriors with a vampire sword and a vampire ball, continuously recovering his stamina and mana.

But the Lizard Man King and his warriors had to be weary.

where is that

The scars on Hyunseong’s body healed terribly.

On the other hand, the Lizard Man King and his warriors never recovered from their wounds and grew weary.

The result was the annihilation of the Lizardmen warriors.

The Lizardman King had almost reached the limit.

Perhaps his stamina had dropped, his movements became dull, and the cold air that was emitted was gradually fainting as his mana had begun to be depleted.

‘Let’s finish it quickly.’

As Hyunseong continued the onslaught, the scars on Lizardman King’s body increased one by one.

Scratch!

In the midst of a fierce battle, Hyunseong’s sword blew off the right arm of the Lizardman King, who was holding the spear.

In fact, when the Lizardmen warriors were annihilated, the match was already divided.

Kyaaaaaaah!

The Lizardman King made the last move.

As if he was about to shoot Breath, powerful magic began to gather around his mouth.

There was no way Hyunseong would keep an eye on him.

Left!

The vampire sword cut the Lizardman King’s head cleanly.

dump!

The corpse of the Lizardman King, who was preparing to breathe, lay helplessly on the floor.

“Ugh! OMG! Ugh!”

A harsh breath escaped Hyunseong’s mouth.

Actually, Hyunseong was also quite tired.

After stopping the group of orcs, I could not rest and ran from Sinchon Station to Namyeong Station.

After that, he even played Dejapjil with the Lizardmen.

When facing the Lazard Man King and his warriors, he used Breath of Lightning and Tome of Immortality at the same time.

Breath of lightning consumed a tremendous amount of magical power to maintain the skill.

The Book of Immortality healed wounds and continuously gnawed at his stamina.

No matter how much stamina and magical powers were supplied with the Vampire Sword and Vampire Ball, the amount consumed was inevitably greater.

‘The situation is not bad.’

The war situation was going in favor of the players.

It was thanks to Hyunseong’s solo dealings with the Lizard Man King and his warriors.

Aaaaah!

The remaining magical powers of the Lizardman King began to unite.

‘Come out with something good.’

All of the Lizardman warriors spit out mana stones.

If even Lizardman King spit out mana stones, it was a complete bummer.Tuk!

Fortunately, it was a skill book, not a magic stone.

White Lizardman King’s Frost Breath – Rare

-Active skill book

– Consuming magical power to unleash the White Lizardman King’s cold breath.

‘It’s rare.’

-Active Skillbook White Lizardman King’s Breath of Frost – Do you want to acquire the rare grade?

-[Yes No]

‘Let’s learn.’

Hyunseong chose yes.

After that, the subspace was opened and the Lizardman warriors spit out the mana stones.

Subspace was definitely a skill worth investing in.

It was the subspace that neatly swept the mana stones and items that the orcs and lizardmen spit out with the fire wall.

Subspace was an active skill, but it did not consume mana.

In addition, Hyunseong smartly recognizes the presence of the magic stone and eats it up on its own.

If there was no subspace, you should have given up all the mana stones and items that came from hunting Orcs and Lizardmen.

Because people’s lives were at stake, there was no time to leisurely pick up magic stones.

‘Let’s move slowly.’

Hyunseong, who had recovered to a certain degree of stamina and magical power, got up.

Taang! Ride and go!

At that time, starting with a single gunshot, the soldiers on the land-and-air truck started pouring a merciless baptism of bullets at the Lizardmen.

the army has arrived.

Modern firearms do not work properly inside the dungeon.

But not outside the dungeon.

Any number of powerful modern firearms were available.

Hyunseong helped the army and started clearing the remaining Lizardmen.

On the surface, the firepower of the soldiers seems terrifying.

However, in fact, it was not easy to inflict fatal wounds on the Lizardmen with a rifle, which is a personal firearm.

Unlike humans, monsters, Lizardmen, do not become incapacitated by being hit by one or two bullets.

In order to kill the Lizardmen with a rifle, they had to form a fire network and fire concentrated fire.

Hyunseong convened the players, some to protect the general public in case of an emergency, and some entrusted with the escort of the soldiers.

This is because if the Lizardmen, who ran madly at the sound of gunfire, approached the soldiers through the fire net, a catastrophe could occur.

Players and soldiers fought together with all their might.

And as a result, it was possible to occupy the open dimension gate in the southern realm.

* * *

Doo doo doo!

Tanks and armored vehicles began to race down the road.

On the ground, soldiers in military uniforms fired live bullets and battled monsters.

Fighters flew in the sky and fought a blood battle with flying monsters.

A peaceful city turned into a battlefield.

People were dying and buildings were destroyed.

But the human army was strong.

It started to subdue the monsters at a fast pace.

A barricade was built in front of the dimension gate, and the monsters that exited the dimension gate were killed by the fire net of modern firearms as soon as they appeared.

Countries around the world, including Korea, have begun to defend against the second cataclysm at a rapid pace.

Since there had already been one case, the suppression was possible at a rapid pace.But the damage was serious.

There were a lot of casualties, and the battle with monsters was ongoing.

Korea was in a situation where it was blocking the dimensional gates with relatively little damage.

The fact that the military was stationed all over the country was of great help.

It was also easy to move players by plane or helicopter.

Unlike countries where it is necessary to travel for several hours by plane or helicopter to reach aid because of its large territory, Korea, which can travel in as little as 30 minutes or as long as an hour, has a far greater advantage in terms of mobility.

But the situation was not completely over.

The biggest problem was that additional new dungeons might be opened.

* * *

‘There is no time to rest.’

Hyunseong and other players battled the monsters with all their might.

Even 10 bodies are not enough.

But as the situation calmed down little by little, I was starting to feel more and more relaxed.

‘I wish there weren’t more dungeons open… … .’

Unfortunately, the chances of that happening are quite low.

The only good news at the moment was that most of the dungeons opened with the start of the Second Cataclysm were dimensional gates where monsters of low and medium level poured out.

‘The supply of goods is also severely disrupted.’

The whole world went into an uproar because of the dimensional gate that suddenly opened.

I didn’t even have time to go shopping for large-capacity batteries and electronics for camping, but if I did, it probably wouldn’t be operating normally.

Most of the people are now hiding in the air defense shelters built after the 1st cataclysm.

It seems that it will not be easy to supply electronic products including large-capacity batteries for camping for the time being.

‘But only a small amount was sold than I thought.’

Sales were much lower than usual.

‘Is the hoarding season over already?’

As was the case with batteries, large-capacity batteries for camping were often purchased in bulk at once.

It will probably return to normal buying patterns over time.

‘If it were the same, I would leave it as it is, but now the situation is different.’

It was not possible to predict when the situation would end and when the goods would return to normal production.

‘Let’s control the quantity.’

When all the items piled up in Hyunseong’s subspace are exhausted, it is no longer possible to register products in the sales window.

For the time being, we will have to do business with only limited quantities.

‘Let’s raise the price.’

It was an eternal truth that prices rise when production decreases.

Hyunseong closed the status window after raising the price of electronic products, including large-capacity batteries for camping.

* * *

The bulletin board was turned upside down.

Day 5 of boycott.

Instead of going down, the price went up.

How did this happen?

Posted by Vifar

Instead of going down, the price went up.

Isn’t this a serious problem?

Surely the price won’t be fixed as it is?

↳ Teru – I thought it was me. Basically, in this floor, the person who owns the item is the king, and the person who needs it is the slave. Where do slaves rebel against the king?

↳ Jang Mu-guk – Don’t interfere with the guy who didn’t even participate.

↳ Brax – I think it’s too early to draw conclusions yet. Let’s wait calmly. Right now, I have enough points to accumulate, so I’ll do that, but it will soon become urgent.↳ Dashat – I think so too. Once you start, you have to finish. If the seller wins, they will be more aggressive.

↳ So-Pyung Jin – I agree. If you haven’t started, you must fight to the end and win the war, as long as you have already declared war.

↳ Vipar – It seems that I am weak in heart, so I am posting something. Yes. Once you start a war, you have to fight to the end and win.

The buyers who participated in the boycott were shaken for a while, but they firmly settled their hearts.

But even after a week passed and this week passed, there was no sign that the price of the goods would go down.

Rather, little by little, the price was gradually increasing.

Naturally, buyers who participated in the boycott began to be agitated.

They have already become slaves to the game machine.

A precious friend and companion who soothes a boring life is the game console.

However, the large-capacity batteries for camping that run the game machine were gradually showing the bottom.

Of course, I had to be nervous.

Those who participated in the boycott, please calm down.

Posted by McCarvis

First of all, thank you for participating in the boycott that I led.

A lot of people are impatient, but I think the sellers are probably also impatient.

Don’t sway here.

When we divide, it’s all over.

firmly united.

At the same time, I have an agenda that I would like to suggest to you.

I think we need to go beyond a simple boycott and make a complaint.

At the same time as pressure to lower the price, it also pressures sellers through complaints.

If you agree with the complaint, please leave a comment.

↳ Vipar – But what if I get a business suspension after making a complaint? Then you can’t purchase items during that time.

↳ Brax – I agree. I also think that compilation is a bit dangerous. The seller was worked on by a reseller last time, so if you make a mistake, you may be suspended for 3 months.

↳ Dashat – Then you can’t buy items for 3 months. That’s never going to happen.

↳ Mooguk Jang – I agree. Even 3 weeks of battery life is not enough. However, the three-month suspension of business is absolutely unacceptable.

↳ McCarvis – Folks, we must unite. You can’t achieve anything if you are divided like this.

↳ Vipar – We are united to bring prices down, not to raise them. If I stayed still, wouldn’t the price go up by fighting for something to buy for 30 million points? It’s all McCarvis’ fault.

↳ Sopyeong Jin – That’s right. Actually, 30 million points isn’t that expensive. Looking at the price now, I even think that 30 million points was a reasonable price.

My infighting has begun.

The boycott buyers, who were united in one accord, started internal divisions due to rising prices and fear that they might not be able to purchase items for the next three months.

A war that cannot but be defeated, waged by the ignorant of the economy.

Posted by Teru

I am also a person who uses a large capacity battery for camping posted by Choi Hyunseong seller. But he did not join the boycott.

However, the price went up due to this boycott, so it seems that I am also suffering.

If you count all these strengths, you think that’s all, and the installation happened because of fools.

In fact, if there are several sellers, there is no price for exclusive items that are sold only in one dimension.

I’m sure some of you may remember, but when the stat boost elixir first came out, the bubble was huge.

The price went up without realizing it was sky high.

But we had no choice but to live.

Then, as the number of sellers selling stat increase elixir increased, it naturally maintained the current market price.

But what would be the result if the stat increase elixir was an exclusive item produced only in one dimension?

We would have had no choice but to purchase the stat increase elixir, which was still heavily overburdened, by investing expensive points.

why?

Because we absolutely need a stat increase elixir.

The same is true in this case.

For those who don’t need batteries, it doesn’t matter how expensive they go.It’s okay if you don’t buy it.

However, those who desperately need a battery have no choice but to buy it no matter how much the price rises.

It would be foolish to boycott sellers who monopolize what they need.

I don’t know when I really don’t want to buy the item anymore.

At the same time as Teru’s post was posted, the infighting among buyers who had been boycotting became more intense.

It was an unwinnable battle from the beginning.

no. Just a little more and you can win.

The boycott participants, torn in two, fought fiercely.

Then the accident happened.

sold out.

Someone had swept away the large-capacity camping battery that Hyunseong had put on a high price.

The problem was that a day or two after it was sold, the new high-capacity camping batteries were no longer on sale.

There was a riot.

McCar Weiss, who initially led the boycott, became a mortal, and as the number of large-capacity camping batteries he had on hand dwindled, the boycotts began to become increasingly impatient.

Meanwhile at that time.

Guest was smiling contentedly as he looked at the large-capacity camping batteries piled up next to him.

The price did go up a bit.

But what does that mean?

It’s just a cheap item that only costs tens of millions of points to say it went up.

The Queen Gespit just bought a new one because the large-capacity camping battery she had was exhausted.

I didn’t know and had no interest in the boycott that took place on the VVIP bulletin board.

* * *

Intermediate Spirit Stat Increase Elixir – Hero Rating

– Spirit stat rises by 1.

– It has no effect on players with stamina over 300.

– How to use: Ingestion

-Seller: Re-Commerce

-Sales price: 39,999,999 points

-Intermediate Spirit stat increase Elixir – Do you want to purchase the hero grade? Once purchased, items cannot be refunded or exchanged.

-[Yes No]

‘Yes.’

-Intermediate Spirit stat increase Elixir – You have purchased a hero grade.

‘I wrote everything neatly.’

Hyunseong put in his mouth the last medium mental strength stat increase elixir he bought.

The remaining points are only 2.9 billion.

But Hyunseong was satisfied.

I had no choice but to put off the purchase of the Feral Instinct skill for a long time because I was taking the hero grade intermediate stat increase elixir without even having time to accumulate points.

However, in the context of the Second Cataclysm, it was more important to raise the basic stats than to learn one hero-level skill.

For that reason, whenever I collected points, I bought and ate a metallurgical elixir, and finally was able to consume all of the intermediate stat increase elixir.

‘It’s completely drained.’

The lowest stat increase elixir is 5 million points.

The lower stat increase elixir is doubled by 10 million points.

The intermediate stat increase jump is 4 times, 40 million points.

I haven’t been able to acquire the Legendary Rank Stats Increase Elixir because I haven’t been able to raise the purchase rank yet.

However, if this trend continues, the legendary level of advanced stat increase elixir might exceed 300 million points each.

‘Let’s go and think about what happened then, for now, this is enough.’Hyunseong was quickly getting stronger.

The total of pure stats has already exceeded 2,000.

At this level, the stats were similar to those of the highest level users, so-called rankers.

The unique skill gave Hyunseong a tremendous growth rate.

What kind of player can achieve such a remarkable achievement in less than a year of awakening?

It’s not just the stats that are high.

Hyunseong possessed a whopping 4 hero grade skills.

Tome of Immortality, Survival Instinct, Breath of Lightning, Vampire Ball.

The Book of Immortality and Survival Instinct were skills that Hyunseong could not activate at will, but the Breath of Lightning and the Vampire Ball are different.

Breath of lightning increases powerful combat power, and Vampire Ball increases combat continuity.

As a result, Hyunseong was able to play a very big role in this 2nd Cataclysm.

But there was one problem.

‘It should be normalized soon.’

The second cataclysm temporarily paralyzed the world economy.

Electricity, oil, gas, food, and water, which were taken for granted, have become scarce.

South Korea built defenses centered on large cities and eliminated the inhabitants of small towns.

It was a measure to minimize the space to be defended and to reduce human casualties.

However, this method has resulted in complete paralysis of logistics and distribution.

In a situation where food and water essential for daily life were scarce, the production of industrial products could not be done properly.

‘All the items on the sales window are sold out.’

Sales of large-capacity camping batteries and electronic products, which were generating a steady income, were temporarily blocked.

That was the same meaning that for the time being, Hyunseong had no way to become stronger.

‘Let’s move diligently.’

You must move as hard as possible to overcome the Second Cataclysm as quickly as possible.

And only after overcoming the second cataclysm can business resume.

Aaaaaaaaaaaah!

‘It’s another siren on the go.’

It was time to move again.

* * *

Doo doo doo doo!

Hyunseong and the players boarded the military transport helicopter and headed to the scene of the incident.

Only Hyunseong was a player directly under the association, and the rest were convened according to the emergency mobilization order.

It consisted of an average of 200 levels.

Hyunseong was currently in charge of leading them.

From the beginning, Hyunseong was not given command.

Taking the lead at Sinchon Station and Namyeong Station was close to temporary.

At that time, there was no association officer to give instructions to the players, so the instructions were given to Hyunseong inevitably.

However, Hyunseong was active in numerous operations, starting with the blockade of the dimensional gates at Sinchon Station and Namji Station.

And the force he showed in the meantime was far beyond that of Hyunseong, which the Players Association had grasped.

The Players Association upgraded Hyunseong’s skill from the mid-150s to the mid-to-late 250s.

As the situation was the situation, he did not have time to ask Hyunseong what happened.

He wasn’t even Hyunseong who would answer a question, though.

“We have arrived at the scene!”

At the words of the military transport helicopter pilot, Hyunseong looked at the ground.

He was a downtown area with a forest of buildings.

But no one was visible.

Since it was classified as a small town rather than a large city, all the residents evacuated.The monster you have to deal with is a troll.

As they were not individuals living in groups, the number of individuals was not large.

However, for the military, trolls were quite demanding monsters.

Because of its excellent regenerative power, it was impossible to hunt with a rifle.

In order for the army to deal with the trolls, they had no choice but to blow up the area with a powerful bombardment.

However, doing so will cause great damage to the facility.

Therefore, in most cases, players were put in in this situation.

“From the outskirts, we will narrow the encirclement and deal with it. Are you familiar with each area you are assigned to?”

“of course.”

“I will leave the command to the party leaders of each party.”

“Yes.”

After Hyunseong’s words, the operation began.

In fact, although Hyunseong has the command, most of the battles were conducted under the command of the party leader.

In the case of low-level, medium-level or high-level players, even if they do not belong to a guild, there is a party that usually matches the sum and hunts on a regular basis.

For nothing, it was better to give the party leaders the command than Hyunseong said in the middle.

“Then I’ll go down first.”

Hyunseong flew out of the military transport helicopter.

The shape of the dimension gate came into Hyunseong’s eyes as he descended to the ground through the wind.

Hyunseong’s voluntary mission was to contain the dimensional gate.

‘Firewall.’

When the skill was cast, a red wall of fire appeared in front of the dimension gate.

Kyaaaaaah!

The trolls exiting the dimensional gate began to writhe with painful screams.

widely!

Upon arriving on the ground, Hyunseong drew a vampire sword and began to cut down the trolls engulfed in flames.

Hyunseong’s magic stat is not on the low side.

However, he has no choice but to be lower than the wizard-type players who invest most of their stats in magic.

Hyunseong is a well-rounded player when it’s good, and a bastard when it’s bad.

If a ranker player with a total stat of about 2,000 is a wizard, no matter how low it is set, his magic stat will be 2-3 times higher than that of Hyunseong.

The same goes for other series.

The healer will have higher mental strength than Hyunseong, and the melee dealer will have higher strength and agility.

The total of Hyunseong’s stats was similar to that of the ranker, but in terms of combat power, it was far lower than that of the ranker.

On the contrary, the versatility was outstanding.

Because Hyunseong was a tank, melee, ranged, and healer.

By the time Hyunseong was fighting on the ground for a long time, a military transport helicopter dropped the players around the outskirts of downtown according to a pre-planned operation.

‘It’s fine.’

A typical troll’s level is in the early 200’s.

The party made up of the mid-level 200 was clearing out the trolls.

Kyaaaah!

Then a group of trolls came out of the dimension gate.

But it was the scorching fire that greeted those trolls.

Hyunseong’s vampire sword flew towards the trolls who broke through the fire wall while enduring the burning pain.

Scratch!

The neck of one troll flew away so easily.

However, Hyunseong’s enemy was not one.

Crrrrr!The other trolls that broke through the flames rushed towards Hyunseong.

No, I thought you were running.

Instead of attacking Hyunseong, the trolls scattered and started running away.

‘what?’

A militant troll running away from being attacked?

There were quite a few numbers out there.

Until now, at most two trolls have exited the dimension gate at once.

But this time, as many as 15 ran out at once.

‘You can’t miss it.’

With the troll’s regenerative power, the fire on its body will soon be extinguished.

It would have consumed some stamina, but it would be in a clean state with no injuries.

If that happens, the burden on other parties will inevitably increase.

Hyunseong used the Breath of Lightning skill.

Fragile!

And he threw a fire spear at the fleeing trolls.

Kwajik!

A fire sphere mixed with the energy of flames and thunder pierced the head of the troll who was fleeing in an instant.

‘It’s easier.’

The trolls who turned their backs and ran away were good prey for their ranged skills.

Hyunseong fired fire spears in a row, clearing out the escaping trolls in an instant.

Koo!

At that moment, a heavy vibration shook the earth.

‘what?’

What Hyunseong saw as he turned his head was a lizard with a blue body.

Crrr!

The eyes of a lizard the size of a king bell were fixed on Hyunseong.

Kwaaaaaaah!

With him, the blue lizard ran towards Hyunseong.

The eyes that looked like blue jewels were spewing flesh, and the open mouth was full of sharp teeth.

thud! thud! thud!

Every time the blue lizard moved, the earth trembled.

‘Why am I here?’

Hyunseong was startled and avoided his body.

It was the hero-grade monster Blue Drake that appeared at the dimensional gate where the trolls came out.

Existing highest level monsters that exceed the lowest level 350 and the highest level 400 suddenly appeared.

Hyunseong immediately appealed to the Players Association for assistance.

* * *

Shin Yoon-ah looked at the status boards across the country with a pale face.

The Army and Players Association were working together to defend the Second Cataclysm.

Fortunately, the speed at which the dimension gates increase was gradually slowing down.

The problem was that the level of the monsters appearing in the dimension gate was gradually increasing while the number was decreasing.

Although they are holding out with the firepower of the army, the help of high-level players who have completed their 4th job advancement rather than low-level or intermediate-level players is becoming more and more urgently needed.

Fortunately, there are quite a few high-level players.

The number of players in Korea is approximately 100,000.

Among them, the number of high-level players who completed the 4th job change was about 5,000.

‘I wish it would end at this level.’

Somehow, the uneasy feeling did not go away.