The old man raised his arms, eyes wide, as if to shoot out a beam. The man who saw the brief window that floated by the people also spoke with admiration.
"This is amazing. I never thought anyone could have a skill from the start."
"Skills are common. The problem is that their rank is high."
Chang-seok had Command (B), Mina had the lowest level of Martial Arts, Pil-seop had Low Level Swordsmanship, Pil-seop had Intimidation (E), and Sung-hoon had Concentration (C). Countless people entered the world of The Mission, but few of them had skills above the B rank. Despite being attacked by a demonic possessor with the Fear skill, when Changseok stepped forward, the others were also moving away from the chaos.
"Are these people going to be the first to complete the tutorial?"
"I don't know that. Even if they know all the routes and methods, they'll need at least four hours to escape, and probably more for the slaughter, depending on how quickly the other teams act."
"In that case, can you at least jokingly say that you think it's likely, because this...."
The man shook his head at the old man's threshing.
Because he knew how great and powerful the old man in front of him was, he knew that the old man was just joking. Still, the team was paying attention to the man. Kim Chang-seok, in particular, seemed to have the potential to grow into quite the tycoon.
Just as he was about to turn the screen back, the man stopped moving.
And his mouth fell open. He knew that it was a very undignified behavior, but fortunately, the old man next to him had also opened his mouth, so it wouldn't be too embarrassing.
"...."
"...Huh?"
The two beings had lived for more years than humans could ever imagine, and naturally, they had seen all sorts of events and experiences, but they had never seen anything as shocking or unimaginable as the scene in front of them.
"Aaaahhh!"
Boom! Boom!
Luckily, the creature was just charging at me. Changseok, who is not a professional, but has amateur boxing skills, was able to turn his body slightly and throw a punch to create a confrontation. Of course, it wasn't lethal, so he couldn't kill him, but if the three people behind him picked up something and joined in, it would be enough to kill him.
Kwazizik!
I heard the sound of something breaking behind me, but I couldn't take my eyes off the guy in front of me. He wasn't a dangerous opponent, but he wasn't one to be trifled with either. Especially with the blood dripping from the corners of his mouth, it seemed like his main attack was biting, but there was no telling what would happen if he bit me.
"You, you bastard, what... Kuck!"
"Gahhhhhhhhhh!"
I couldn't turn my head even when I heard the moans and screams. They must have panicked at the sight of the monster.
I wasn't surprised, as I felt like I was about to panic myself. But isn't there something wrong with all three of them panicking?
Gritting his teeth and clenching his fists, Changseok punched the creature in the jaw, but the jolt to the jaw seemed to shake its brain and it staggered backwards, taking advantage of the opening to knock over a nearby bookcase, which naturally crushed the creature. It struggles and staggers a bit, but it probably can't get out on its own.
Having single-handedly destroyed one of the monsters, Chang'ek swallowed down a surge of anger and calmed down.
'There's no point in getting angry. At this point, getting angry will only cause a vicious cycle to repeat itself. The important thing is that this is a quest window.
"Hmph, hmph, hmph... I'm out of danger... Kick!"
Pow!
"Turn it off!"
Changseok could only groan long and hard, unable to speak, for one reason.
He could see the piece of wood embedded in his abdomen, and Sung-hoon clutching it with a strange expression on his face. Pain is not something that is easily endured. Changseok, whose most serious injury in his life was a sprained ankle, was unable to react to the instantaneous, excruciating pain.
And when Chang-seok could only groan and shake, Sung-hoon didn't hesitate to pull out the piece of wood and drive it into his throat.
Blood shot!
It went in at an angle, but it was enough to incapacitate the man. Holding the piece of wood by the side of his neck, Sung-hoon kicked at the staggering Chang-seok, sending him stumbling backwards, and swept back his hair.
"Thanks. But what can you do?"
"Grrrr, grrrr."
I wondered if he wanted to say something.
Changseok glared at Sung-hoon with wide eyes, and then began to shake. His trembling hands barely managed to pull out a piece of wood, and the situation became more serious. It didn't take long for him to stop moving as blood began to leak out in large quantities, like a fountain bursting.
"Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Mina could only close her eyes and scream endlessly.
Everything was unreal. This dreary room in place of her small, familiar room, the people she'd never heard of, the monsters that had appeared out of nowhere. Something wasn't right from the start. This can't be real, right?
"This, this is a nightmare, this is a nightmare, this is a nightmare, this is a nightmare...."
Mina crouched down with her head buried between her knees, mumbling the words "nightmare." Next to her, Pil-seop lay on the ground with his eyes closed. After watching the scene for a moment, Sung-hoon snatched the piece of wood from Chang-seok's hand and began to walk towards Mina.
"Nightmare, nightmare, nightmare... Kuck!"
"I'm sorry."
It was a blow.
Without hesitation, he plunged the piece of wood into the exposed back of her neck, and Mina collapsed, unable to fight back. All that's left is a stunned Pilsup. He tries to remove the piece of wood from Mina's throat, but it's stuck quite deeply, and after several attempts, his hand gets stuck with thorns, and he frowns and steps back.
"Ouch, that hurt like hell."
It was a pretty big thorn.
But there's nothing more comical than a man who just killed two people in front of you complaining about a thorn in his hand. Sung-hoon, however, was serious and looked around for a suitable piece of wood with a sharply broken end.
With it, he approached the last survivor, Pil-seop, and began hacking away at him.
Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow!
Pilsup flinched a few times, but then began to go cold.
Covered in gushing blood, Sung-hoon soon staggers and falls backwards. His hands trembled in panic and his pupils fluttered. If someone with hostility came at this time, he would lose his life in an instant.
Luckily, however, a few windows appeared in front of him again.
-You have completed the Tutorial Quest, "Survive, Slaughter, Escape".
-You have fulfilled Condition 1, Survival.
-Base Reward: 100 Guilds. Beginner's Outfit.
-Great! You completed the tutorial quest in an incredibly fast time. We'll give you an additional reward.
-Additional reward: 20000 guilders. You have obtained the Traitor's Longsword, Skillbook "Ambush".
-You have earned the title. "Cowardly Survivor, Traitor.
-Increased your Notoriety by 100.
-You have successfully completed the basic tutorial. Exit the tutorial and go to the starting room.
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"That's great."
"Heh, heh, heh, he's a thing."
After Sung-hoon disappeared with a white light, only the three bodies and the shaking bookshelf remained in the room. The old man who had been watching the scene dumbfoundedly wiped his expression of disbelief and opened his mouth.
"That's Yoo Sung-hoon, isn't it? What's the completion time?"
"Twenty-one minutes and eleven seconds, if you count from the time Shin Pil-seop woke up. Four minutes and four seconds from the time Yoo Sung-hoon woke up. 1 minute and 45 seconds from the time the tutorial quest started."
"Surely the tutorial rewards were based on completion time? He must have made a lot of money."
"It's not the reward that's shocking, it's his behavior."
The reason they were surprised to see the video was because of Sung-hoon's behavior; they thought it was going to go something like this, with Chang-seok blocking the opponent and the other three joining in with their weapons to overpower the opponent.
After all, he had a B-grade ability in command, so the quest itself shouldn't be too difficult to complete.
However, as Changseok blocked his opponent and Mina and Pilsup searched for weapons, Sung-hoon stood there for a moment, giving a slight nod of his head before picking up a chair in the corner and smacking Pilsup in the back of the head with it.
Unsurprisingly, Mina screams in panic as Pil-seob falls to the ground, while Sung-hoon picks up the remains of the broken chair, knocks out the demonic ice chair, and approaches the exhausted Chang-seok, simply killing him.
He then went on to kill Mina and Pil-seop.
"What do you think? It's interesting to see someone so unexpected."
I thought that with Changseok's command, the four of us would be able to survive or escape safely. Even if the worst came to the worst, Mina, who was practicing low-level swordsmanship, would be able to survive.
Pil-seop, who was the first to wake up and sneak a peek at the system, seemed to be the one to show his mettle.
However, it was none other than Sung-hoon who made the difference.
I don't know what kind of shock Sung-hoon's behavior delivered, but they both stared at it for a while.