Life Mission Chapter 7:
Life Mission
Volume 1 Chapter 7
-[He is approaching at the man’s noise . I recommend you flee . ]
“His specialty is the same as it is in virtual reality?”
-[It is the same . ]
“Then it’s okay . I can hold my breath . ”
-[We will generate a special mission with your permission . ]
-[Level D mission: Predation of Cyclops] [Goal: Attainment]
-[Scenario: The owner of the closed area appeared at a reserved lifer’s drunken tirade . Avoid the Cyclops’ detection and check the predation] [Reward: 5000 points]
Cyclops .
It was a name given to him because he looked like the one-eyed giant in Greek mythology . The difference was in the dozens of eyes on its face .
He boasted a steel-like strength with muscles covering his 9-10 meter long body . His strength was as intense as his size, so he could even mollify a truck .
Among mutants with uncanny abilities, he was called an original strength . He was among the top in Level 5 .
Boom!
As the ground and building shook, powder flew . Cha Jun Sung held his breath and looked toward the next building . He could see a large figure .
The Cyclops detects life it sees through its breathing . It is dangerous if one moves wildly, but it thinks that someone is inanimate if he holds his breath and is careful in his movement .
The Cyclops’ method is to differentiate between what is harmful and what is not .
“Cyclops? Hah! You’re so mad I killed you that you appear in my dream?”
The man spoke gibberish . Any skilled lifer needed to deal with the Cyclops as a required course . It was popular because there were a lot of by-products .
Burup!
Gulp!
One of the Cyclops’ eye focused on Cha Jun Sung’s exact location . It looked away because he did not move and held his breath .
“Come at me asshole! I’ll give you a blast with a +13 Titan!”
Though the man was speaking nonsense because he is drunk, Cha Jun Sung could tell that he was a skilled lifer in the game .
The weapon he mentioned was a laser with a tremendous power . It had the weight and volume that only someone in an elite level could lift .
One could handle it by going through body modification and using the battle shoot, but it cost hundreds of thousands of dollars . It was not an exaggeration that he invested his life savings for it .
Boom .
The Cyclops just rolled its eyes around and did not act . Was it confused because the man did not show fear at it?
Kung!
Its thick arm lifted into the air . He stood still with patience . It observed the man out of curiosity, but that was momentary .
Kwang!
One blow . A part of the building crushed under the Cyclops’ blow .
“Huh?”
The man flailed his arms . He stumbled as the roof collapsed under the force . It would have been the same even if he had not been drunk on alcohol .
Pat .
The Cyclops snatched at the falling man . It was not careful and its power to rip him apart showed, destroying the bones in his body .
The man’s broken bones must have dug into his organs, because blood sputtered from his mouth . His eyes rolled back in pain and began to convulse .
“Cr, crazy… . . ”
Cha Jun Sung stepped away from the window for a moment to take a breath and watched the following scene . His body shook as though his own bones were being broken .
Eujuk .
Kyak!
The man’s arm was being chewed . The next were his legs, head, and body .
It was obvious that it intended on giving him pain as it ate him . He killed his personality and was careful with his meals like a gourmet enjoying delicacies .
Smack smack .
It had taken seconds for the man to disappear . The Cyclops smacked its lips as though it wanted more . He was so large that the man had not made a difference .
“I have to hurry up and get out of here . ”
The Cyclops was right in front of him . He thought he was going to have a heart attack if he stayed any longer .
-[It has not ended . It will be considered a failed mission if you run away . ]
“What? But he killed the man?”
-[That reserved lifer’s death is not the predation I talked about . ]
“That that… . . ”
Cha Jun Sung was silent . Suddenly, he recalled the eye he had seen through the window .
He had determined its specialty to avoid its sight, but it knew his exact location . Other reserved lifers were doing tutorials here .
Pang!
The Cyclops struck at the building next to the one he had just knocked down .
Ack!
Reserved lifers emerged . They had been discovered . The Cyclops repeated the same action a few times . At some point, its hand was full .
Brack .
It squeezed its grip . Blood came pouring down like rain . The Cyclops put it to his mouth and quenched its thirst . It chewed and ate the bloodless bodies .
‘Hell . ’
3 people yesterday .
6 people today .
9 people have died in total .
10 people including Cha Jun Sung . With a rough estimate, the chance of survival was 10% . Even if there are hundreds of thousands of lifers, the number would be reduced quickly at this rate .
“I can go now, right?”
-[The last obstacle remains . It is a request . Stay until the end . ]
Cha Jun Sung was going to ask what nonsense that was, but covered his mouth with his hand . The Cyclops’ dozens of eyes were facing him .
Drip!
His cold sweat dripped to the floor . Why is it staying and not leaving? Had he been discovered? If so, he had the same fate as the lifers who died first .
‘Oof! Go away! I said go away!’
After waiting for 1 minute, he became dizzy and his chest felt stifled .
The Cyclops did not waver . He knew why Odin was telling him not to move on . This was a test . He lived if he got past it, and would die if he could not .
‘Staying longer is too dangerous… . . ’
He got past 2 minutes . At this rate, he would suffocate to death before the Cyclops killed him .
-[A little longer . ]
Odin may not know because he was a machine, but there was nothing as painful as not breathing . 2 minutes for someone with weak lungs would have been enough to make them faint at the least .
“Puha!”
-[Congratulations . You have cleared Level D mission, Cyclops’ predation . ]
-[You have earned 5000 points . ]
-[You have met the conditions to open the store . You can use up to Level D and it will open once you clear the tutorial mission . ]
He had been lucky .
As Cha Jun Sung was letting out his breath, the Cyclops turned its attention away . He would have become a piece of meat to squeeze blood out of if he had let his breath out 1 second earlier .
-[Oh no . ]
“Now what?”