Life Mission Chapter 5:
Life Mission
Volume 1 Chapter 5
It was a dismal space . Everything was blocked with musty cement, and all he could see was a worn out desk, window, and a door leading outside .
No matter how much a game was like reality, there were some significant differences when compared . The representative difference was the experience . Experiencing it with the body .
“My body?”
-[It is your body, not the character you used in the virtual version . ]
Discomfort from the heat and a fishy smell came through his nose .
There was also an ominous feeling that would not be explained . There were no elements of convenience to a gamer . He was being awakened to the reality more and more .
Kikik!
Seuseuk .
There was the sound of life outside the building . They must be mutants .
It must have been because he had 10 years of experience in Life Mission, but he stuck his back against the wall and moved towards the window . He wanted to examine the situation outside .
“There are more than a few buildings . Just looking out, there must be hundreds . ”
-[They are all for the reserved lifer . This entire region is at difficulty level C, so the building you are starting at is just the tip of the iceberg . ]
Cha Jun Sung listened to Odin’s explanation as he geared his hearing to the movement outside . He intended to move slowly since there was not an allotted time .
Click!
-[Level 1 mutant Kawod is approaching . Take out your odorless spray and use it on your body . You need to complete this in 1 minute . ]
“Keuk!”
Cha Jun Sung looked through his bag and took the spray out .
He had flipped everything while trying to take it out quickly . It was an item he had used thousands of times in the virtual version . His brain was not functioning when he thought of it as real .
Chiik .
A transparent powder floated in the air . There was no odor . Just like its name, it was odorless .
-[There is a large vent on the right . Go up and hide . ]
The vent was installed 3m above the ground . It was a height that could not be reached without tall height or muscular strength .
Cha Jun Sung looked at the desk and shook his head . It was a place of complete silence . The desk was too heavy to lift . If he dragged it, there would be too much noise .
Pat!
He put force into both feet and kicked off from the ground . His 184cm height and body formed through exercise went through the air .
“Hup!”
It felt like he was doing a pull-up . He had thrown his bag to the floor . There was no need to hang on to it if it would not help him live, and it was too heavy for him to put up .
Once he was inside, it was not hard to crawl around because the ventilator was torn .
Kiik .
Right when Cha Jun Sung hid himself, the worn door opened and a Level 1 Kawod entered the room sniffing around just as Odin had anticipated .
‘It’s the same!’
A smashed and deformed face, the size of an 8 or 9 year old elementary school student . The only weapons that could be of danger were its sharp teeth and nails .
A coward . It is exactly the same as the Kawod he had seen in the virtual version .
Weak alone and weak as a crowd, they were at the bottom of the mutant food chain . An adult man could take it on with his bare hands even if he was wounded .
-[There are 21 Kawods in this building . I recommend that you avoid them since you are not armed to take them all on . ]
The only weapon Cha Jun Sung has was a dagger . If it were a few, he could have done something, but he would become a piece of meat if 21 came at him .
Sniff sniff!
The Kawod bent over and went around the room . Cha Jun Sung’s heart beat to the sound of its sniffing . It was a fear-inducing game of hide-and-seek .
The Kawod that had been sniffing around everywhere put his nose to Cha Jun Sung’s bag . It seemed there was a remaining odor because he had not sprayed it .
Seuruk .
An unexpected situation, the Kawod laid down next to the bag . Does it like the smell?
Since the building was their home, it was their business where they lay . But why, of all places, next to his bag? Cha Jun Sung almost threw a fit .
“Hey there . Do I have to take that bag?”
Cha Jun Sung slightly opened his mouth . Odin understood what he was saying .
-[Necessities for Level E missions are sold for 100 points in the store . ]
-[Points are as precious as your life in the real version, so you are expected to recover all of your items unless it is absolutely impossible . ]
“What are you telling me to do with one dagger? I’m just an ordinary human . ”
-[Is an Overload who killed the Evil Queen afraid of a Kawod?]
“Are you joking with me right now? That’s a game and this is reality . ”
-[The virtual version is a training facility created to prepare you for the real version . Nothing is different . Act as you did there . ]
The instructions to follow were obvious . Kill the Kawod and recover the accoutrements . Choice? None . He needed to do it . If he wanted to go home, he needed to kill it .
Cha Jun Sung thought about it while lying down in the vent and made up his mind .
“Fine . I’ll do it . ”
Surprisingly, his vision became clearer as he abandoned the negative thoughts . He thought of the best way to kill the Kawod .
“I have to take a look at the ventilator first . ”
Cha Jun Sung crawled through the vent . He would recover the bag later . He needed to see how long the vent was and how he would be able to get down .
Tak .
Though it was uncomfortable, he took the dagger by his teeth . It would become a problem if he put it in a pocket and it scratched something, or he lost it . The vent was fairly long .
It did not connect to every room . There were places scattered throughout where he could escape .
Odin gave him the information on each room he discovered as well as the room the Kawod was sleeping in . He was doing his job as a supporter properly .
Cha Jun Sung went around for hours . It took a long time because movement was difficult, but he had been able to familiarize himself with everything he could see through the ventilator .
There was a kitchen about 9 to 10m from the stairs that went downstairs . There were doors in the front and back, so he could use them in during an emergency escape .
There was the danger of being surrounded from either side, but if the Kawod were the same as the game, they were too cowardly to scatter and would move in a group if they sensed danger .
Tak .
Cha Jun Sung ended his short journey and returned to his original location . The Kawod was passed out sleeping . He did not attack right away, but thought of a plan .
‘If I show up, I’m sure he’ll get scared and run away, making them all charge in . ’
If that happened, he would have the time it took for the Kawod to ran away and came back with the group .
He could move the bag to the vent in that time . It was difficult to move everything at once, so he could do it separately one by one . The key was the amount of time he would get .
Should he just kill it without anyone knowing? It would be okay if the smell of blood did not spread, but he would be in trouble if something went wrong .
Shak .
Cha Jun Sung brandished the dagger . He had not imagined killing a living being in real life . Even if that being was a mutant .
‘Kawods like dark places because of its sensitivity to sunlight . ’
On the other side of his invisibility was accelerated hearing and sense of smell . Since he used the spray, all he had to be careful of was making sound .
He lowered himself as close to the ground as much as possible . Even if he fell to the ground carefully, he could not help but make a sound . He needed to avert the attention before his location was detected .
Cha Jun Sung hung by the strength of his arms . The Kawod had not yet caught on but as soon as it did, it would either run to him or run away .
Taekang!
Kya?
There was a fricative as the sheath fell . The Kawod awoke startled and looked to where the sound had come from . At that moment, Cha Jun Sung ran .
Pat!
As soon as he hit the floor, he slashed the Kawod’s throat mercilessly .
As its thin childlike throat was slit, blood gushed out as though from a fountain . The Kawod tried to yell, but the sound did not come out of his throat filled with blood .
Its vitality was weak . It would die even if he did not attack more .
Puk!
Cha Jun Sung kicked the Kawod’s face with all of his strength . He created an even more unseemly sight as the slit neck opened up further .
“Damn, damn!”