The Frozen Player Returns

e a street cat.

”It ’s all over now.
I ’ll make this planet clean and make sure that your body will arrive here safely. ”

– Hmm, that doesn’t sound bad.

”When your body arrives, I ’ll give you a decent official position.”

– …

From fugitive to holding a decent office? Wisoso thought about it for a moment before flashing an emoticon on her LED.

– (∗❛⌄❛∗)

– You guys, let ’s be friends from now on.

***

Seo Jun-Ho left the city with an oxygen filter in his mouth.
He was currently running toward his destination.

– I think we are almost there.

The poison gas became stronger as they approached their destination, and the filter corroded faster.

Moreover…

”Koong, koong! ”

”Crrrrrr ”.

Radioactive and poisonous creatures surrounded them.
In addition to the fact that their species were quite diverse, they also had mechanical parts.

”First of all, the aura they are emitting gets a pass from me. ”

After making evaluating him, the monsters quickly charged at him.

Slice!

However, they couldn’t get anywhere near Seo Jun-Ho.

– Crrrrr.

The Watchguard of Darkness didn ’t allow them to approach.
Seo Jun-Ho put his hands in his pockets and walked leisurely.

”The level of the monsters here… it seems that they’ll be more useful than I thought. ”

They were neither too strong nor too weak for Players entering the 5th Floor.

‘They’re also fast with tough exoskeletons.’

In a nutshell, he liked them.

He walked a bit further and eventually found a sticky green nest appeared.

[You have entered a cave.]

[Equipment corrodes quickly inside the cave.]

”Oh. ”

It would’ve been a surprising message for a Player, but Seo Jun-Ho laughed.

‘Players hunting here will have no choice but to change their equipment often, right?’

He could already imagine the Players lining up in front of the equipment store in the city.

”I ’m not greedy for money, so why is it that I can only hear the sound of money going into my pockets? ”

– Save as much as you can while you can, Your Majesty.
You will need a lot of credits for you to get stronger later.

Stronger monsters popped out from inside the cave, but they weren’t strong enough to harm Seo Jun-Ho.
In the end, he killed the cave ’s owner without lifting even a finger.

[The cave has been destroyed.]

[Caves destroyed 1/300.]

[The poison covering the planet has become lighter ever so slightly.]

”I see. ”

There were a total of 300 caves.
No, he had just destroyed one himself, so there were only 299 left.

‘If I give priority to the people who had come here to help me…’

The other Players would have to contend for the remaining 50 caves that he would allow them to use.

”It sounds fun. ”

– Are you not going to go to other caves?

”Yeon, the owner of an arcade only needs to make sure that the machines are working well. ”

If the owner sat down and played the games instead of the customers, how could the customers enjoy the arcade?

Seo Jun-Ho mumbled, biting down on a new oxygen filter.

”Let ’s just make sure that we’re thoroughly prepared for our guests. ”

***

Seo Jun-Ho did not come down to Earth until a few more days later.
Needless to say, he first visited the President ’s office of the Korean Player Association.

”Oh! Jun-Ho! I’ve been waiting for you all this time. ”

Seo Jun-Ho calmed down his friend, who was making a fuss about whether to call medical staff or therapists.

”My friend, I ’m not hurt at all.
I ’m fine. ”

”Huh? But I heard you went to see the Heavenly Demon…”

”We met, but I just gave him a warning.
I think I definitely hurt him.”

With a smile, Seo Jun-Ho glanced at today ’s newspaper on the table.

[November 11, 2051! World Hero Day Fair is held!]

[Rewatching the history of the Players.]

[What ’s changed in the past 2 years since Specter’s return?]

”What? Today is November 11th? ”

”Time flies, right? ”

”…Yea. ”

It felt like yesterday since he woke up from the ice, but it had already been two years.

”I’ve been pretty busy since then. ”

”Pretty busy? I can assure you that no Earthling has been more prolific than you in the last two years, ” Shim Deok-Gu criticized.

Sometimes Shim Deok-Gu wished his old friend would put everything down and rest, but he knew that it wouldn’t happen anytime soon.

”I heard the system gave you a vacation this time.
Please get some rest. ”

”If I rest and play all the time, when will I get strong? ”

”Hey, you ’re strong enough. ”

”Strong is relative.
Right now, the Heavenly Demon is stronger than me. ” Seo Jun-Ho let his friend’s nagging in one ear and out the other and continued.
”And I don ’t intend to overdo it during this vacation.”

He still had one unfinished business that he had to settle before entering the 5.5th Floor.

‘Sky Soul Guild.’

It didn’t matter whether it would be a verbal or physical altercation, unless he ended things properly with them, he wouldn’t be able to climb up the floors in peace.

”Hmm, Jun-Ho. ”

Had Shim Deok-Gu read his thoughts?

Shim Deok-Gu held out a few hologram articles without saying a word.

”What is it? ”

It can be hard to make great work when its stolen from ”pawread dot com ”.

Seo Jun-Ho’s frown deepened as he quietly read the articles.

”Hey, is this perhaps…”

”Yeah.
And the association and I aren’t involved. ”

”Then… ”

Reading the articles again, Seo Jun-Ho was confused.

[Tenmei Ryo, director of the Sky Soul Guild, found dead at home.]

[The fall of a giant.
Tenmei Yugo, the Guild Master of the Sky Soul Guild, convicted of instigating murder and 15 violent crime charges, imprisoned in Rengoku prison!]

[Big 6 Sky Soul has submitted a guild dissolution request.
Will everyone’s perception of the industry change?]

”What ’s going on here? ”