âAnyway, youâd better head west. I heard there are a few survivors out there. I donât know if theyâll take you in or not, but itâs better than sitting there quietly. Weâre going to run out of food anyway. â
â âŚâŚ. â
Tr a n sla t e d by jpmt l.ď˝oď˝ âNo. Iâm not taking her. Itâs good for both of us to eat. And I canât afford to take anyone but you. â
â âŚâŚ. â
âHeâs useless anyway. What do we care about the guy whoâs been on the run so far? â
â âŚâŚ. â
âPhew⌠â
â âŚâŚ. â
âHyunsung.â
Trans l a t e d b y ď˝p ď˝ t l .ď˝o m âYes?â
âDo you want to come with us? â
â âŚâŚ. â
First, I had to bite my lip tightly. Itâs because of the unexpected offer that followed.
What do I do? â
The first thing I thought about was whether I could trust them beyond the wall. Basically thought to be a bad person, but didnât feel much malice.
âNowâs your chance to get out. â
If you have the courage, just one more step and youâll be able to get out.
But I canât believe it. Maybe heâs the one who took his food.
Maybe heâll take everything heâs got after he pulls it out.
I gave them a loaf of bread and a sack of swords as a relief to them all.
They were the ones who knew they still had food. I can think of enough.
Said he was the one fighting monsters. They must have no hesitation swinging their swords or killing people. ButâŚ.
âWhat if theyâre good people? â
They took the food, but they didnât pick up the sword. He didnât even take all the food.
Tr a nslate d b y jpď˝t l.co ď˝ Rather than bad people, itâs better to say theyâre unusual. The colleague next to him seemed to be doing himself a favor for some reasonâŚ.
âIâm just asking you a few questions. â
Let me ask you a few questions. And if you think theyâre safe, letâs get out of here.
âDid you⌠get here and⌠kill someone? â
âWhy do you ask that all of a sudden? â
âWell, itâs just that â
âSo, if you killed him, he wouldnât come out of there and stay stuck? What would you have done if Iâd wanted to hurt you in the first place? I think he said he killed her. Or do you think sheâll tell me she never did? â
âWell, itâs⌠itâs important. â
âI didnât mean to, but I think I killed three or four⌠I killed him for the first time yesterday⌠My brother must have been upset about that. â
â âŚâŚ. â
âYouâre the same, Hyunsung. Have you ever heard of the Good Samaritan Law? I saw some recent bodies on the way here. Tell me you didnât hear them scream. Do you have an excuse? â
âThatâs âŚ. â
âI thought I heard you⌠but you were blocking your ears, closing your eyes, and trying to avoid it. Ignore the screams of the dying and quietly ignore the cries of those who ask for help, and thatâs how you survived. You think youâre different from the people around here? Personally, I think youâre more of a piece of shit. Those self-rationalizing bastards. Those who run away and have no choice. Youâre the most cowardly and mean⌠Do you understand me? â
âThatâs not what I meant⌠Thatâs not what I meant. I didnât mean thatâŚ. â
âI shouldnât have felt bad. Shit. Weâre leaving, asshole. Stay there for a hundred thousand years. And Iâll give you some advice, brother. â
T rans l ated by jp mt l .ď˝o m â âŚâŚ. â
âIf you really donât want to die, come outside and beat the monsters.â We donât know what will happen after the Tutorial Dungeon. Then the dungeon, then donât think there âll be a place like this in the next place. You have to swing at something to survive. Thatâs the law here. When the Beginnerâs Hunting Ground is open, you are asked to hunt. Well, then⌠Iâll see you next time. Probably not. You better eat what you give me, asshole. â
âAh⌠ah! H-hey, bro! Brother!â
I tried calling out my name late, but I couldnât hear a voice. I had no choice but to slap the floor with my palm.
âDamn, what a dayâŚâ
It was our only chance of getting out of here. Of course, I couldnât make the right decision about whether they were safe, but it was my last chance.
No, itâs not too late. If we go out now, we might be able to follow them.
I hurriedly try to get up and into the narrow space, but strangely, my body doesnât move well.
Scary.
I canât think of any other expression. I canât even trust myself, but how can I trust someone who knows nothing?
The same is true of asking useless questions a moment ago. Maybe we just needed a reason. Maybe he needed a reason not to go outside. Maybe thatâs why he asked the weird questions. Heâs right.
The same is true of myself. I didnât kill anyone with my own hands, but I was also close to the monster. I ignored and ignored those in danger.
I hid behind the sound of people dying and turned down a womanâs request for help while trying to justify her useless self.
Maybe this is the only food we have left. Maybe God punished me because I thought only of myself.
If it had been this useless food⌠I should have given it to others.
Tr a nslate d b y Jp ď˝ t l .ď˝om â(* Sobbing *) Mom⌠â
How did this happen? I couldnât figure out how I ended up stuck in this place.
Would anything have changed if you had helped the man who grabbed your ankle.
No, it wouldnât have made a difference if we had given the bag away to the woman who first carried it with us.
If I had stayed there and fought to the end with the others, things would have changed a lot.
If I had heard the voices of those who asked for help and ran away, I might not have felt so self-conscious.
âIâm sorry. Iâm sorry⌠Ugh⌠â
âIâll throw you the weapon, brother. Itâs a little hard to say, but you can kill yourself with it. Thatâs a lot of people. â
Thinking about the voice you heard earlier and looking at the side inadvertently, the little dagger flashed into your vision.
There was no way for a face to shine on the dark space, but the face of the dagger felt strange.
Maybe itâs easier to die like he said. At least you wonât have to live with this guilt.
Pick up a cowardly dagger and slowly point it at your neck. Stab and itâs all over. Give me a little more strength and Iâll be free of all the pain Iâm going through.
Bring the tip of the sharp dagger to the tip of your neck, and the blood flows down your neck with a tingling sensation. His hands tremble and fade away.
I thought it was over just a little more, but itâs not easy to push the dagger all the way through. RatherâŚ
âUgh, mom⌠â
Scary.
Iâm afraid to die like this. Itâs scary to end your life alone in a place like this.
In the end, after dropping the dagger to the ground, I had to bow my head and blush.
Stupid bastard who canât even die on his own. You son of a bitch who lasts till the end to live a miserable life. Asshole, maggot, human scum.
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âUgh⌠Ugh⌠â
Thatâs when I heard the sound again from the other side.
â âŚâŚ. â
âBro? Is that you? Itâs you, right?â
âEekâŚ. â
âBrother! Iâm going out. Iâm going out. Iâm going with my brother. Iâm leaving now. I made a mistake earlier. Please take me out. I want to go with you. â
âKieeeeeeeeeeek!â
âAhh⌠ahhhh⌠â
âKiaeaeaeaeaeae!â
âAaaaah! Sal, help me! Help me, somebody help me. Save meâŚâ
âKieeek!â
âHelp me. Ugh⌠Help me.â Somebody please⌠â
I can feel the chunks of stone blocking the ground. I donât know why he was able to find this way all of a sudden, but I started hearing his voice again.
âWell, then⌠Iâll see you next time. Probably not. â
Maybe he put it there. I donât know why, but he may have caused this situation.
I was blocking the narrow entrance with junk to keep it as far away from me as possible, but the weakened body wouldnât even let me do that.
âSave me. Save me⌠Brother, I was wrong. So, please, help me. Iâll give you all the food. Oh my⌠Hyung! Woof!â
Who is asking who for help? Thereâs no one here anymore. Who can help themselves if they didnât even help others?
Eventually, the sound of Qajik pierces through a small barrier and a narrow crevice creeps into your eyes.
A sword that was placed in a hurry to turn its gaze instead of food.
âWe have to kill him. â
âKieeeeeeeeek!â
âDie! Die, die! â
The battle did not take place.
It was simply a knife to the head of an angler passing through a narrow opening.
I keep hearing a bad feeling. But thereâs no way we can stop the sword from striking.
I donât know if heâs dead or alive, but I couldnât find time to check. This alone is too much.
âUgh⌠Ugh⌠Iâm dying! Die, monster! You monster!! â
âEeeekâŚ. â
âHuff⌠huff⌠huff⌠â
Only after your head is completely broken will you take a big breath. There is no choice. We have to get out of here now.
If one of them found this nest, the next one might as well have found this place.
If he really pushed this angler in here, itâs not poison in a confined space like this.
Lie down again and push the creature into a narrow space even before you feel the strange emotion of killing it for the first time.
The collecting and bloodshed of the completely motionless monsters continues to wrap around the tip of the nose.
I keep moving around holding the dagger just in case.
âYou have to survive on your own. â
âYou must not trust anyone. â
âIâm not being selfish. Thatâs how everyone lives. Thatâs how I survived. Thatâs why people who are still alive⌠can stand. Thatâs why⌠he stayed, too. â
Even if I ask for help, there is no one to help me. You didnât either. No unconditional favors.
What if I just followed him out? Maybe he died right there. No, heâs definitely dead.
If you can push monsters here on purpose, youâll be the only one left.
Of course I donât resent it. He was just fooled like an idiot.
âHuff⌠huff⌠â
Youâre right.
But after we got out of that narrow crack,
The moment I saw the arrow in front of my eyes, I couldnât help but shed tears.
â If you want to come back with me, come back.
Writing and arrows. Beneath the writing on the wall was half a loaf of bread thrown away.
Iâm a little dazed, and Iâm fixated on it. I just grabbed hold of the sword in my hand.