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#Episode 8. Selection
People were huddled together outside the barricade.
Someone was attracting attention.
As Zion approached, Kyungsoo watched him closely.
“Oh, you’re here? Mr. Sion.”
“yes.”
“I hope everything is fine… …?”
“Nothing happened.”
Kyungsoo looked at Sion and Jaehee alternately.
There was no blood.
There was no trace of a fight.
Only then did Gyeongsu calm his anxious mind.
“Thank goodness. I thought there would be another fight.”
Kyungsoo was truly worried about Zion.
Zion glanced at Kyungsoo.
Kwon Kyung-soo, he was a kind person.
Despite his size, he was timid and avoided fighting whenever possible.
And when he sees injustice, he cannot stand it, and he carries out justice even if it means suffering losses himself.
Just now, when I brought Jin Jae-hee into the barricade, I tried to save him without even knowing who he was.
If Zion had opened his mouth first, he would have first identified the other person.
Zion wanted to keep Kwon Kyung-soo by his side for as long as possible.
Kwon Kyung-soo was the person I absolutely needed to get out of here.
Personality, values.
This is a judgment based solely on his physical abilities, excluding those things.
Zion called Kwon Kyung-soo quietly.
“Mr. Kyungsoo.”
“Oh, yes! Mr. Zion.”
“… … .”
Zion said after thinking for a while.
“It will be hard to survive with that kind of personality.”
It was heartfelt advice to Zion.
Kyungsoo looked a little surprised, his eyelids fluttered, and he soon lowered his head.
“Oh, yes… … I guess so.”
Zion turned his gaze away from the dead water.
Either way, the round continues.
In front of him, there was K.
“A great, thrilling battle. It was awesome.”
K came over and clapped his hands.
Her applause slowly echoed through the store.
The sound was creepy.
The people inside the barricade were startled and each stood up to look at her.
But K smiled and said despite the people’s threats.
“Whoa, whoa, calm down. I’m in charge of you. I’m not a threat.”
K jumped over the barricade.
And he walked among the people, clapping his hands.
“Okay. Okay. To those of you who survived the tutorial. First of all, congratulations. You have now passed one level. With this, you have proven that you are a little different from mere livestock that are used for food or livestock.”
Boom boom!
At that moment, fireworks burst out of thin air and filled the sky.
“Now let’s get started with Round 1 for real. It’s going to be fun, everyone.”
K watched the people, giggling.
And then he walked in the air.
It was as if there were stairs literally in the air, and I walked up them.
Now everyone here can look at K.
Everyone’s attention was on K.
Now, no one dared to rebel against K.
“First of all. Now that the tutorial is over, let’s start the league in earnest. The first round has already started in China, and the remaining are Korea, Japan, and Mongolia. Everyone. Now, let me formally introduce myself. Nice to meet you, players. I am Manager K, in charge of the East Asia branch. I would like to formally introduce myself.”
K bowed his head politely and greeted the people.
No one applauded.
K naturally raised his head and continued speaking.
“Before we proceed with the league, I am an administrator who will be meeting with you a lot. So, if there is anything that is inconvenient or requires you before the league proceeds, please let me know.”
Then, a courageous man shouted.
“That, that’s what you call it!”
K turned his head and looked at the man.
He was a man sobbing alone in a corner.
“If you have any inconvenience or requests, please let us know. Then send us home immediately!”
K answered the man’s question without hesitation.
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“Um… … That won’t work. It’s against the policy. Didn’t I give you one chance to disobey the policy?”
“That was… … ridiculous… …! Just because you don’t follow the policy… … people… … people… … !”
A woman nearby also spoke.
Then K looked at the woman this time and said.
“What you can ask of me is within the scope of what is acceptable within the policy. And what I did was justified.”
“Why on earth are you doing this… …?”
Another student asked K.
K answered the student kindly as well.
“Well. I’m just an office worker. All policy matters are ordered from above… … I also feel really bad that Earthlings have been selected as a disruptive species. When I was little, when I went to the zoo, we Earthlings always seemed so cute… … Oh, right! I have an Earthling doll at home. It was a doll my father won from a claw machine when he was little. So I mean, I really like you all.”
Zoo… … Doll… … Office worker… …
Zion remembered the three words in K’s words.
K continued speaking.
“But don’t worry! If you win the league, you’ll get more than you can imagine. I guarantee that. Now, what’s next?”
K shouted out curiously, but there was no question in return.
Then this time Zion raised his hand.
K looked at him with a snickering expression and said.
“Yes, Mr. Zion.”
“What will happen in the future?”
“Oh, of course I can’t tell you. You guys aren’t qualified to do that yet.”
qualifications.
Zion remembered the word again.
After Zion’s question, the store fell silent again.
K looked around at the people and then continued speaking.
“Okay, I think we’ve answered all the questions, so let’s get ready to start the game in earnest.”
Clap clap-. Pong!
That was when.
As K clapped his hands twice, a raffle box appeared in the air.
It was a transparent, round box.
And the box was filled with capsules filled with brightly colored items.
It was exactly like the claw machines I used to see at stationery stores when I was young.
“Let me explain the theme of the league. Listen carefully. Everyone? Okay, then. Guys!”
As K shouted into the air, a winged baby angel appeared in the air.
The baby angels marched in formation.
Soon the baby angel blew the fanfare he was holding powerfully.
Puuuuuuuum~!!!!
A cheerful fanfare filled the store.
The baby angel in the middle cried out to the people.
“I’ll announce the theme of this league! You disruptive bastards!”
Contrary to her cute appearance, her language was quite rough.
Knock knock knock knock knock knock.
Two baby angels beating drums on either side.
On either side of them are four baby angels holding spears.
The baby angel holding the fanfare shouted loudly.
“That’s the king’s game!”
The whole area was in an uproar.
The baby angels were circling in the air, excited among themselves.
And in the air, a 3D holographic map appeared.
This was a 3D map of the shopping mall right here.
Moreover, it also showed where all the people were.
Zion quickly scanned the map.
There were several people crowded together, three or four on each floor.
And here on the 7th floor, dozens of people were crowded.
The last 11th floor, there were also dozens of people crowded there.
Most floors had at most three or four people.
In the midst of the chaos, the baby angel spoke.
“Then I will reveal the first official rule of this league! Official rules are unchanging rules! Now, now! Then I will reveal the three unchanging rule books decided by the Supreme Council of the Universe!”
Ppababambam-!!!!
Another fanfare.
Zion now found that cheerful sound annoying.
Leaving those feelings behind, a giant book began to open in the air.
Chorrrrrrrr!
Then, it got stuck on the middle page, and the phrase was enlarged into a hologram.
I looked at the text.
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[Official Round 1 Rules]
[<Ⅰ> Basic Rule: The selected ‘King’ and ‘Citizen’ must protect the area they belong to and defend the King. If the King they belong to dies, the subjects and citizens are automatically eliminated from the league. When citizens want to change their affiliation, they can change their affiliation if the King and majority of citizens of the faction they belong to agree. However, the affiliation change cannot be made more than three times a day, and the King cannot be changed once selected.]
[<Ⅱ> Unarmed: Every night from 23:00 to 00:00 is unarmed time, and any acts of binding, confinement, or threats, including attacks, are not permitted.]
[<Ⅲ> Final Victory Condition: The only surviving force in the area. The king and citizens of the surviving force can advance to the next round.]
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Zion quickly scanned and organized the words floating in the air.
It wasn’t that difficult.
Simply put, it is a game where the chosen ‘king’ within a designated location must kill all other ‘kings’ except himself.
In that situation, you just have to strategically and tactically subdue the opposing king while using other people, such as citizens.
In short, you can think of it as being like chess.
Except that your ‘words’ can become the other person’s ‘words’ at any time.
‘The first place is this shopping mall.’
Limited space.
The number of people is limited.
Monsters are swarming.
People here kill each other, fight for territory, and the final winner is revealed.
In short, this was a battlefield.
A battlefield filled with death and darkness.
I roughly understood the rules of the game.
Now all that remained was how to select that king.
Three avatars popped out of the holographic window.
Each avatar had black, red, and blue skin, respectively.
“From the moment each king dies, all his subjects and citizens die. That’s it!”
The blue avatar stabbed the red avatar to death.
At that moment, all the avatars belonging to the red avatar died.
Very cruelly.
They were brutally killed by hanging, beheading, or having their limbs torn off.
It couldn’t help but be terrifying to see those tiny avatars dying like that.
The avatars in the closed space fell down one by one.
Then he started chewing on the fallen avatar first.
The animation didn’t end as if it was our future.
I averted my gaze.
I didn’t want to see it anymore.
K, who took over the words of the baby angel, said.
“Hoohoohoo, then everyone. Now, the king you’ve been waiting and anticipating! Let’s choose the king. The king will be a player chosen by the Supreme Council.”
K put his hand into the draw box.
Then he stirred the capsules inside with his hand and took out three capsules.
Zion could not figure out how the Supreme Council made its selections.
Three capsules floated into the air.
Zion looked at the three capsules and thought.
The more I experience, the more I feel like this world is like a game.
K picked up one of the capsules and took out a small piece of paper inside.
“Now, shall we reveal them? The first kings who have been chosen as ‘leaders’ to save the desperate people in the ruined world?”
Everyone’s attention was on her.
Not a single person uttered a word.
A few looked dubious, but now they knew.
That if they don’t follow the admins, they die, and the only way they can survive is by winning this fu*king game.
The people’s expressions were hopeless.
K, who was looking at this, smiled. Then, he quickly held out the paper he was holding.
There was one name written there.
(Continued in the next episode)