Closed Beta I Played Alone

178. encroachment.

Unknown connection delay.

Of course, if it was trivial, it was trivial.

5 minutes and 30 seconds was also a time within the acceptable range.

But the problem was that this 'Revival Legend' was not just an ordinary game.

Moreover, there were more problems.

as soon as.

“When I felt strange and the first time my sister and I counted the time, three hours later, it was 7 minutes and 21 seconds. And three hours later, it was 9:57.”

If it had been fixed at 5 minutes and 30 seconds, I wouldn't have been so anxious.

However, as time went on, the delay in connecting gradually increased noticeably.

And at my words, Director Seok In-soo opened his mouth.

“ Immediately after Jooyoung and Suyeong’s initial report, 20,000 people in Myungjin were randomly selected and confirmed. However, there was no delay when all 20,000 people connected to ‘Revival Legend’.”

“……”

“……”

“……”

20,000 samples.

If there was no phenomenon identical to mine in the sample, it was only reasonable to assume that I was the only one experiencing this delay.

Therefore, everyone in the small meeting room, including father, older brother, older sister, and head of department Seok In-soo, had a serious expression on their face.

Now, my existence is even more so in a relationship like Myung-jin and I can't be beaten.

And then Dad opens his mouth.

“When did you feel it?”

“That’s… I don’t know exactly. about yesterday? I just had a feeling that something was wrong. So, I tried to connect with my sister at the same time to confirm the identity of that feeling.”

“Then, did anything strange happen before that?”

First of all, I turned my memory back to the past at the words of my father.

But there was nothing strange about it.

I didn't meet anyone in particular, I just learned the 'punishment ice' skill at Kotum Castle and went straight to the land of Titan to hunt.

“No.”

"Hmm."

At my words, my father spat out, and there was a heavy silence inside the small meeting room.

Then, this time, my father opened his mouth, looking at the manager, Seok In-soo, not me.

“Do not investigate 20,000 people, but everyone in Myongjin. And I ask if there are any carriers of the same phenomenon as Jooyoung in the future guilds or the Mongolian Tugal guilds. Of course, don’t mention Jooyoung.”

"Yes. all right."

first occurrence.

So after that, we put our heads together for a while, but no solution came out except to see if there were other people experiencing the same problem as me.

next day.

“35 minutes and 17 seconds.”

I frowned slightly at the words of my older sister who tried to connect together.

Because the time it takes to connect has not stopped and has continued to increase.

Of course, unlike logging in, the time it takes to log out was the same as it was immediately activated.

Only the time it takes to connect.

It just gradually increased.

“Whew...”

So I sighed involuntarily at my sister's words.

It would be nice to know for some reason, but I've been told that no such kind of phenomenon has ever occurred in the future or in the Tugal Guild.

I was just asking who was going through that.

Of course, Nara did not mention the question, but argued that it was something that one guild member was going through.And then, with my sigh, my sister opened her mouth with worried eyes.

“Would you rather announce it to the world? Maybe someone knows.”

However.

Shaking my head.

He shook his head.

Because this was never a good thing it turned out to be.

Especially if the target is me.

First of all, I had a brief conversation with my sister and passed my sister, who was more likely to die than me, and moved to the land of Titan, a level 1500 hunting ground.

Of course, to understand the current situation?

Of course, I thought and pondered all day yesterday.

Not only me, but also my family and everyone in the Strategy Department, including Chief In-su Seok.

But I couldn't find a single clue, let alone an answer.

And after thinking about it over and over again, I was so angry that I couldn't regret why something like this had happened to me.

If there was an operator, I wanted to go to him and hold him by the collar.

But that's impossible.

So I made a decision.

If you don't know why, I'll just do what I usually do.

Also, I'd like to see how far the delay actually increases.

Level 1500 Hunting Grounds of Titan.

“Ice Field!”

Pasha Sasak.

"blizzard! Ice Tornado!”

puck. puck. bubbly bubbly. puck.

[Greek!]

[Uh-huh!]

“Retribution Ice! pouring hail! die! Die!”

It doesn't matter if you don't have to use punishment ice or pouring hail, but you did.

And all the other skills.

But even then, the irritation that filled my body did not disappear even by 1%.

So he moved more ferociously.

At least, really, at least to get rid of at least 1% of annoyance.

And the devotion to that evil continued until the next day.

3 days later.

“It is 4 hours 58 minutes 31 seconds. As time goes on, the delay in access is increasing rapidly.”

Almost 5 hours now.

It had to mean that I lost 5 hours more than others.

And from now on, it could be 6 hours tomorrow, or 8 hours if you look at the increasing rate.

“……”

“……”

“……”

Therefore, there was only heavy silence in the conference room.

After all, if it goes like this, it means that you can connect later, but after a day or so, you may reach a point where you can't connect at all.

First of all, in such a heavy atmosphere, Director Seok In-soo continued his words.

“We set the time of the investigation after the 1200 level regular quest. And after that, Jooyoung-kun’s actions were carefully reviewed by dividing them from hours to minutes and from there to seconds.”

Of course, I have talked about my progress over and over again to everyone in the strategy department, including Director Seok In-soo.

Just in case there is something I missed, I keep going beyond the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th.

And so far, the Strategy Department has not made any concrete conclusions.

No, I didn't.

Obviously, from the perspective of the person in charge, there was nothing special about my actions.

But this time, as if he had found something, Director Seok In-soo continued to speak.

“The Strategy Department decided that the most probable part of it was Kotum Castle. Because there were quite a lot of users in Kotum Castle. As a result, while moving to the central square for skill acquisition, Jooyoung even bumped into some users. Of course, the appearance is not at all strange, but other than that

The book could not be found.”

When Insoo Seok finished his words, his father immediately opened his mouth.

“Then… did you do something because you were Jooyoung among those you bumped into?”

"Yes. Other than that, I couldn't find anything suspicious.”

“Any bugs or errors in this ‘Revival Legend’?”

“We considered that part, but ruled it out. If so... there's nothing we can do about it. Of course, even if they excluded it, in the end, the direct cause could not be found. Sorry for not being of any help. The youngest master.”

“……”

“……”

“……”

At the words of Director Seok In-soo, neither I nor myself were able to utter a word.

Even if what he said was true, it had already happened a week ago, and there was no way to identify the countless unspecified people who were there.

Even if there were, there would be no reason for anyone who had used such a number to show up innocently.

That's why the meeting that day ended in silence.

two days later.

“19 hours 48 minutes 37 seconds.”

"Wow."

I burst out in admiration close to laughing at my sister's words.

Because I've never felt acceleration like this.

So, without hiding his smile, he jokingly spit it out.

"tomorrow? No, if I use a little more, the day after tomorrow will be over 24 hours, right? kkkkkk. It’s a game that takes 24 hours to connect… After all, I think this ‘Revival Legend’ was amazing.”

“……”

But my sister didn't laugh because my joke wasn't funny.

Rather, it just puts on a sad face.

First of all, she passed by her sister at the sight.

The destination is the land of the level 1500 hunting ground Titan.

There was nowhere to go except there.

Of course, we went somewhere else along the way.

This is Kotum Castle, where the Strategy Department, including Director Seok In-soo, predicted that there would be some kind of contact that could be the starting point of this incident.

bubbly.

wiggle wiggle.

Just like back then, Kotum Castle was still teeming with numerous users.

on that look.

wow.

clenched his fists.

Because it's a safety zone, it can't do any real damage, but I also wanted to cause a riot.

However.

thump.

I walked the same path I had walked at that time.

tuk. tuk. tuk.

There were definitely a lot of people, so I bumped into some users passing by like that time.

Of course, I didn't think this action would make what happened to me go away again.

There's no chance of that.However, I walked with the thought that the irritation and anger that did not go away no matter how many monsters were caught would be relieved by doing the same thing as then, but the irritation and anger did not disappear at all.

Rather, it is amplified.

So, I immediately moved back to the land of Titan.

And the anger that erupted from within was expressed towards the monster as it was.

While Hong Jooyoung unleashes his wrath on the lands of Titan.

A shabby inn located on the outskirts of Kotum Castle.

“Heh heh.”

A man burst into laughter as he looked at the message in front of him.

Then.

Wallow wallow.

“Kuk Kuk!”

The man couldn't hold back his laughter, so he threw himself on the bed and rolled around, letting out a bigger laugh than before.

Then he burst into laughter, lying straight on the bed, looking into the air, and opening his mouth.

“Don’t worry about Ashirante. I'll take good care of your body. Of course, Hong Jooyoung will treat you well as your family. Because myungjin has a lot of uses. kkkkkk.”

With those words, the man turned his gaze to one side again.

Then a message appeared.

[Parasite encroachment in progress.

: 84.57%]

jump

After seeing the message, the man jumped out of bed and opened his mouth.

“Then, now that there is not much left, I should give this precious body to me and prepare a present for Ashirante, who will take over this body.”

The man who uttered those words moved out of the inn.

next day.

“24 hours 11 minutes 48 seconds...”

It took me over a day to log in.

A deformed situation in which the time to access the game is greater than the time to play the game.

But when the situation got to this point, it became rather gloomy.

So, I ignored my older sister's crying voice and moved outside as it was.

destination?

There was only one place for me to go.

The land of Titan, the 1500 level hunting ground.

He went there and quietly hunted.

Hunting dedicated to evil like before?

He didn't hunt like that.

Efficient combat as before.

As if nothing had happened, they fought and fought over and over again.

continue for a while.

A shabby inn outside Kotum Castle.

"done!"

A man glanced at the message in front of him and raised his hand.

[Parasite encroachment in progress.

: 100%]

[Parasite encroachment is complete.]

“Kukk. Ashirante Now, as soon as you log out, that body will be mine! Of course, don't feel bad about it. I'll give you this body instead. Of course, it was already ruined as soon as it was ruined.”

The man screamed in excitement to the point that his face was burned, and frantically moved to and fro.

As soon as Asirante just logs out, she'll take over that body, and when that happens, she'll make herself the strongest person in the world.

end

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