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EP.77 Is It Time for Outdoor Play?
Stigio Medusa, the administrator of Nowon-gu, was kneeling.
She was reporting to the Celestial Horse Demon through a mirror.
She was always sincere when dealing with the Celestial Horse Demon.
Because he was noble, strong, and beyond comparison.
Of course, there was someone who broke this serious atmosphere.
As always, it was Amon.
Amon snickered and spoke smoothly.
"That's why I asked why you were so confident. Look, you lost to such an irregular."
"Hmm."
Stigio brushed it off lightly.
But she glared at Amon as if to kill him.
They were the greatest rivals that any administrator would acknowledge.
As if he had lived for this day, Amon openly sneered.
The mirror trembled slightly.
"Stigio, if you were defeated, she must not be an easy woman?"
"Yes, I hate to admit it. But that one, the Dream Empress, was strong."
"Well, just keep watching for now."
"Pardon?"
"Nothing much is happening anyway, right? I thought she was going to overturn the game or something."
The Celestial Horse Demon spoke emotionlessly.
But he wasn't completely emotionless to the bone.
He held games traveling across the universe.
To produce administrators for that, he subjugated or persuaded the strongest species of those planets.
The existence of the Dream Empress was unexpected even to the Celestial Horse Demon.
But if she didn't cause any problems, he didn't want to pay much attention.
Why?
Such transcendent beings were now a boring concept to the Celestial Horse Demon.
"More than that, there are a few bastards that bother me."
The Celestial Horse Demon's voice was deeply concerned.
Amon bowed his head.
"Ah, my Celestial Horse. Do you have some worry?"
"It's nothing much. Just some bastards using tricks in the game recently."
"Haah, is it the Nowon-gu mortals again? What's wrong with that neighborhood? Is their level following the administrator?!"
"...Amon, more came from Jungnang-gu this time, you idiot."
"Kuk!"
Amon was flustered.
Stigio glanced at Amon as if he was pathetic.
He tries to bite somehow.
But this time he fell for his own trick.
Could there be anything more worthless?
'A man should be more weighty and bold. Yes, just like him.'
The Special One, who has recently risen to prominence among players.
Stigio was strangely interested in him. It was surprising.
To be interested in a mere mortal.
She thought it would just be a phase.
Stigio opened her mouth.
"Shall we find and eliminate them?"
"No."
"Pardon?"
"Actually, the game has become more fun thanks to those bastards. But I'm keeping them in check in my own way."
"Aha, as expected of Lord Celestial Horse Demon."
"Anyway, just manage the game well. Something big is coming soon?"
"Yes!"
The meeting ended like that.
***
I turned my eyes following Baltane's gaze. Where her gaze stopped was.
The statue of Yu Gwan-sun.
It didn't seem particularly special.
I thought the statue suddenly came to life, but that wasn't it.
"What are you surprised at? Why?"
"I hate things like that!"
"The statue?"
"No, that person!"
"Why are you overreacting? It's just a statue of an independence activist."
Baltane shook her head.
Is she confused?
"I don't know. I'm strangely repulsed."
I looked at her more closely.
At times like this, she seemed oddly human.
Only humans are capable of such passionate emotional expressions.
It's amazing.
When she was a transcendent being, Baltane seemed relaxed and flawless in everything.
Now she's quite human-like.
I deliberately smiled while folding my arms.
"You're talking nonsense. Let's go."
"Keu..."
"Do you dislike people who don't bend their beliefs to the end?"
"No, I hate saints."
"Saints?"
What is she saying now?
The concept of saints this bitch is talking about seems a bit different from what I'm thinking.
It must be a misunderstanding.
I wondered what to say to this unexpected answer.
But Baltane didn't say much.
Does she not want to talk about it?
'A dark succubus queen who hates saints, how interesting.'
I thought it was quite a strange structure.
Come to think of it, I haven't seen anyone close to a saint yet.
There are certainly mage-like players.
And warrior-like ones too.
But saints, I haven't seen any saints.
Is it because of the current situation?
As we went a bit further, Baltane stopped again. What now?
"Wait."
"Why? Is there another statue?"
"Where are we going?"
At those words, I finally properly saw our surroundings.
There were two paths.
The left path led to a nearby university.
If we went through the university, we could see more diverse things than just going straight like this.
Things like water fountains or kiosks.
We could even ride bicycles.
On the other hand, the opposite path led to Dongdaemun Stadium station.
It was the standard route to Dongdaemun Station.
"We should take the right path. It's the standard route to Dongdaemun Station. You know that, right?"
The terrain of Seoul itself was a bit distorted now.
But it was still roughly similar to what I knew.
Nevertheless, Baltane shook her head.
"I know. But is that okay?"
"What do you mean is it okay?"
What is she saying now? Is she suddenly pretending to be concerned?
Baltane smiled lightly.
"Each player may have a different destination. But there's no rule that says you're the only player with Dongdaemun Station as your destination."
"Well, that's true."
"Then from the perspective of mortals who like to keep others in check, they might think: Why not find a good spot to wait and kill those passing by?"
I rested my chin on my hand.
Well, as I said, that right path is the standard route.
In other words, the standard route means it's a path many people take.
There will certainly be those who try to only kill players.
'It's easy to kill protected targets, but it's difficult if they're always together. Then there could be confrontations between players.'
Or like earlier, there will be quite a few who target seemingly famous people first.
Hyena-like bastards exist wherever you go. Whether in these times or before.
"So, are you saying we should go towards the university? By the way, if we go that way, we'll take a bit of a detour compared to the standard route?"
"Do as you please. Fufu♥"
"What the hell, making me worry."
I was dumbfounded.
Why did she bring it up if she's going to be like this?
But I thought Baltane wouldn't do this for no reason.
However, I also had this thought.
'The standard route is the shortest distance to the destination, but there are many places likely to be destinations. There's Dongdaemun Stadium station, and the large sports complex next to it.'
In other words, it was a place where we could meet many players.
Meeting other players in an area that's not neutral?
The risk was too high.
On the other hand, if we detoured through the university?
Without going to the main building of the university.
If we went around the outskirts, we could relatively avoid attention.
Baltane probably had this in mind too.
"Alright, let's detour through the university. But let's go around the outskirts!"
Baltane nodded while smiling.
We moved right away.
I was on edge.
If I were to set traps or snipers, I'd put them in places like this.
'Hmm.'
But was I being too sensitive?
Rather, there was nothing.
It's clearly an optimal location but nothing happened.
I laughed. Sigh.
'This is ridiculous. The streets are full of people trying to kill me, but there's no one in places like this.'
I was going to be cautious in case there were people as we got closer to the main building.
We slipped onto a path and headed towards where the university met a nearby park.
But then.
Kuung, kuuung!
Large bars spread out on the right.
Beyond those bars, something was walking majestically.
Surprisingly, it was a one-eyed giant. A Cyclops, was it?
We were fortunately hidden in the shade of trees.
A one-eyed giant about 5m tall was looking around while walking in the opposite direction from us.
For some reason.
I felt intimidated by it. Why is that thing emitting some rainbow-colored aura?
I could pounce on it right away if told to.
But strangely, its status window wasn't visible.
'What is this now.'
I couldn't tell what kind of variable it was.
There really are all sorts of things.
"What are you doing? Let's go."
"Ahem, okay."
We moved on again. Baltane touched her lower lip while looking at me.
"You know the way well? Even paths like this."
"Didn't I tell you? That bitch who's my mom sang at the National Theater so I saw the exterior and nearby maps to the point of being sick of them."
"Aha, from Yeo Ha-ra's memories, you don't get along with your parents?"
"It's not just not getting along. It would be better if they didn't exist."
So with thick foliage surrounding us and buildings' walls on the left.
On the right was a park path lined with street trees.
An optimal place to hide.
In a place like this, there would be assassin-like bastards, right?
'Should I try that?'
I used my shadow ability.
Like when using shadow tentacles, I expanded the range of spreading shadows.
And I used the tentacles like scouting workers to feel around the surroundings.
Now I was essentially extending dozens of meters of hands to feel around.
I didn't particularly feel anything.
This was fortunate.
For some reason there were no people here.
'That means this place wasn't set as a destination, or those people haven't arrived yet?'
Well it's only been a day.
If it ended already, that would be lucky.
But Baltane hugged me from behind. What is she up to now?
"Ah, what now? Why?!"
"Just, I don't think forced marches are good."
"Focus a bit."
"Why are you trying so hard? It's just a game anyway?"
This is ridiculous.
I guess this is why ignorant beings live comfortably.
"Hey, this may be a game to you."
"Hmeung, Ikhyun. Let's face ourselves."
"What?"
"Aren't you just playing the game hard because you have no excitement in life?"
Of course that's true too.
I'm utterly empty when I'm not playing games.
But,
"Unfortunately, I have one more goal now."
"What is it? Did you get it recently?"
"Yeah, it's the fact that you bitch possessed noona Ha-ra's body. I'm focusing on the game to send you back to hell."
They say the final survivor of the Desire League can have their wish granted.
Even without going as far as a wish, I wanted to get rid of Baltane.
So I had to fight, grow, and become stronger.
Baltane gave an eye smile.
"Hmeung, isn't it good to take breaks too?"
"So. You want to share body heat?"
"Yeah! Is that not okay? It's outdoor play♥ Lewd male and female outdoor play happening in broad daylight, not at night♥"
Baltane smiled lewdly while touching between my legs.
Her nipples were already erect, about to pierce through her clothes.
I was dumbfounded.
"Huh, you crazy bitch."
"Let's do it♥"
Baltane's lips kissed my nape.
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