Life Mission Chapter 6:
Life Mission
Volume 1 Chapter 6
The sensation of slitting the throat remained on his hands . He took his accoutrements apart and threw each of the items into the vents .
The emptied bag became lighter . Cha Jun Sung wore the pack and went back up into the vent . It was narrow, but he could move his body .
Chiik .
He sprayed the odorless spray on the vent and bag . He wanted to block the entry, but the cover had been so crushed that this was impossible .
-[You have acquired 10 points . ]
-[Information on the Level 1 mutant Kawod has been added to the PDA . ]
The Kawod whose neck had been sliced was dead with its tongue hanging out . Cha Jun Sung ignored Odin’s notice and began moving . He could check it once his safety was secured .
Kikik .
After Cha Jun Sung disappeared, a few more came in . They must have come in because of the smell of blood . They looked around the dead Kawod and opened their mouths .
Kwajik .
Bones came out as the skin was ripped off . One had its face in the stomach and swallowed the intestines . Cha Jun Sung would have thrown up if he had witnessed the scene .
It could not be helped . Kawods are at the bottom of the food chain .
Hunting?
It was difficult to even get placed in a class . It would be genocide even if dozens of Level 2 mutants came charging . Since they could not starve, cannibalism became the obvious route .
Kyakyakyakya!
Soon, other Kawods also gathered . Just as the helper had said, there were 21 .
Since 1 was dead, there were 20 left . Cha Jun Sung heard their laughter from a distance and solidified his commitment to escape .
Ack!
At the ear-splitting screech, Cha Jun Sung dug deeper into a corner of the kitchen .
This was already the third time he was hearing that sound . It seems 4 lifers including himself were running tutorials . But 3 people had already died .
“You said you’re Odin? Is a tutorial easy or hard?”
-[Should I calculate the variables?]
“Other than that . ”
-[With an average mind and body, the difficulty is normal . ]
“If you calculate it?”
-[The difficulty of the game is set, but we do not know what can happen at any time . If a change occurs, we cannot guarantee even a tutorial . ]
It seems they had packed lifers into a space that was appropriate to hold the tutorials .
And it also sounded like anything can come out at any time to raise the difficulty since it was not a game . In some ways, it was an irresponsible response .
“I did exercise a bit, but is it worse than average? Why am I so tired?”
-[It is because you excessively protect your body . Your body exceeds the average by a lot, but it is a situation where your mind does not sustain it . ]
“Forget it . ”
Cha Jun Sung gave up on talking . Protecting? Anyone would try to protect himself . It is his own fault if he gets involved without thinking and dies .
The screaming people are the ones who could not differentiate between reality and virtual reality .
“It’s safe here . ”
The kitchen doors were made of sturdy iron . The Kawod could not break it down with their strength .
-[You cannot do anything in your isolated state . ]
“I know . It’s a bother to talk about every little thing, so just give me a route out . ”
He needed a place to be comfortable . An exposed area was dangerous . His plan was to move according to a strategy after fully understanding the tutorial .
“It’s easy as long as the Kawods don’t cause a problem . ”
-[There are 4 Kawods in this area . It is the same downstairs . ]
Just getting down the stairs meant escape . He did not even expect a machine gun . Even if he just had a pistol, he could use it with the dagger .
“I’ll have to kill them . ”
He did not want to be prey . He would become the predator . It would be good to avoid them, but if there are 100 of them, he would meet all 100 in this type of environment . It would be better to reduce their numbers and expand the space he could move in . He was not even that averse to it after killing one .
“The nearest one?”
-[One in each of the two rooms between the hallway and front . Two in the room you started in . ]
Cognate predators slept in one place . The hallway was open and a small room was past the hall . The room he started in was optimal .
“You said that as long as I don’t die, you can put me back to my normal state even if my arms or legs get cut off?”
-[It is possible . ]
“Confirmed . ”
Cha Jun Sung took out the tape from his bag and wound it around his arms and legs tightly . He needed to do this at the least to avoid mortal wounds since he does not have armor .
Hu!
He breathed in deeply before acting out his plan . It would be a lie if he said that he was not nervous . This was his way of trying to stay alive . That was all .
Puk .
The dagger dug deep into the Kawod’s heart . A humanoid mutant’s body structure is similar to that of a person . The location of the heart was the same . Instantly killed!
“It’s tiring… . . ”
14 of them?
Ah! With the first one he killed, it was 15 . He spent the whole day on just the 3rd floor . As long as there were no Kawods, going down would be easy .
He could leave after killing as many as he could . When he asked Odin if he could jump out of the window instead of going down the stairs, he had said that I could try it if I wanted to die .
If he were unlucky, he would be overcome with mutants or he could even meet stronger mutants . He aptly gave up on a path other than the stairs at that .
“It’s the last medicine . ”
The medicine in his pack had healing effects . Homeostasis began as soon as he put it on, and a scab formed . He did not have any mortal wounds, but he had suffered quite a few minor injuries .
Especially his arms and legs . This was the result of pushing forward with a trust in this point treatment and tape . Even this much had been possible because he had the medicine .
Kak!
“It’s been awhile since we heard that . It’s the fourth . ”
It was the first scream he had heard in a day . It seemed the other lifers were doing fairly well . If not, wouldn’t he have heard a series of screams like he did yesterday?
Eujuk eujuk .
“How could they be rock heads in the game and in real life?”
-[It was definite that Kawods were stupid . Level 1 meant that they have been infected by the A virus, but have only aggregated inferior cells because they have failed to adapt . ]
Level 2 was still at a low level .
It needed to reach Level 3 to show some success in adaptation .
“That’s a frank assessment . At any rate, I just have 6 to catch?”
-[Yes, that’s right . ]
After fighting with two, he felt that he could take on a third . However, he decided to be careful because his stamina had weakened and he had a lot of minor injuries .
“Let’s start again… . . ”
“Assholes! Where is this! Send me home . You assholes!”
As Cha Jun Sung was about to go up the vent, he stopped at the ranting he heard nearby . By his tone, he must have been summoned while drunk .
“Reality version? Damn! I blew everything! My life savings were wasted!”
Cha Jun Sung was not a writer, but he drew out the man’s behavior in his head .
He had heard the news that the game was suspended and drank as he downloaded the application for the reality version . He had been sent here after being summoned to the briefing room .
Since he was drunk out of his mind, everything the helper said was nonsense and the quiet closed area was perfect for his tantrum .
“That man’s on a roof . The Kawods can’t get up there because the door is locked?”
-[It is open . There is another reason why the Kawod are not going up there . ]
“Huh?”
-[You must remain calm . You need to take deep breaths and maintain your composure . ]
He was bewildered . The man was the one in danger, but why was he being told to stay calm?
Kung!
A fear-inducing roar . Cha Jun Sung’s legs weakened at the roar and he plopped down . The man did not have a very different reaction .
“This, this sound… . . Could the boss of this closed area be that guy?”