"Phew…, is it finally over."
[The clear conditions for the Sub Scenario have been met.]
[You have obtained 500 Coins.]
[Constellations of the Absolute Evil alignment are satisfied and have sponsored an additional 500 Coins.]
[Constellations of the Absolute Good alignment are reluctant, but have sponsored an additional 400 Coins.]
1,400 Coins obtained after hunting 'Monsters' continuously for over a week.
200 Coins per day. Hmm, the efficiency seems quite bad.
Well, can't be helped.
[Main Scenario #3 - Green Zone has ended.]
[You have obtained 1,000 Coins as a reward.]
1,000 Coins coming in with the message that the third scenario has ended.
If you ask why the notification for clearing the third scenario appeared instead of the second one, the second scenario was cleared when I first hunted the 'Monsters'.
It turned out that Gangnam Station was a major base area, and the 'Monsters' I had been hunting until now were, in a way, survivors.
"Green Zone…, it was smoother than I thought."
Green Zone.
Only a designated number of people could enter, and once inside, one could withstand the Monster Wave that surged indefinitely for 8 hours.
There were no unfortunate events where Green Zones were insufficient or I couldn't enter one.
After all, the guys inside the Green Zones were all targets listed in the Bounty Scenario.
I took over the Green Zones while killing them intermittently during times when it wasn't a Monster Wave.
Like that, on the last 7th day, which is today, I cleared the Bounty Scenario along with the third Main Scenario.
[The start of the fourth Main Scenario is imminent!]
"…Ah. Already."
It feels like I haven't rested for even a few hours, but already the fourth scenario.
I let out a faint sigh and began to read down the content of the scenario.
[Sub Scenario - Representative Selection]
Category: Sub
Difficulty: C
Clear Condition: Take possession of the 'White Flag' installed in the center of the platform.
Time Limit: 30 minutes
Reward: 1,000 Coins, Representative of Gangnam.
Failure: —
*The Representative of the station can exercise powerful control over the members.
*No members of the station exist except for Kang Yuhyeon.
*Automatically designates Kang Yuhyeon as the Representative of the station.
"…Hmm?"
As I tilted my head as if I couldn't understand, a White Flag fell from the sky with a chi-ji-jik-! sound.
When I carefully grabbed it, the scenario updated again.
[You have become the 'Representative' of Gangnam Station.]
[You have obtained the qualification to walk the 'King's Road'.]
['Kang Yuhyeon' has taken possession of the 'White Flag'.]
[The Sub Scenario has ended.]
[You have received 1,000 Coins as a reward.]
….
Doing everything by myself, playing the drum and the janggu.
[You have become the true 'Representative' of Gangnam Station due to the effect of the White Flag.]
[Your current group: 0 members]
[No members exist within the group.]
[The effects of the White Flag are partially restricted.]
[Your reputation is still weak to obtain the title of King.]
As I read them one by one carefully with a look of absurdity, I flinched for a moment at the last sentence.
Title of King? What does this mean?
However, my question was answered before long.
[The fourth scenario has been activated!]
[Main Scenario #4 - Flag Struggle]
Category: Main
Difficulty: C
Clear Conditions:
Every station possesses a 'Flag' that can occupy a 'Flagpole'.
(*Only the 'Representative' of the station can possess the Flag.)
You must protect the 'Flagpole' from groups of other stations. If another group's Flag is planted in the 'Flagpole' within the station, the station is taken away, and the treatment of the group that lost the station is decided by the group that occupied the 'Flagpole'.
You can plant a 'Flag' in the 'Flagpole' of another station. The authority to plant a Flag belongs only to the 'Representative' of each station, and if the Representative dies due to armed conflict in the process, the authority of 'Representative' is transferred to the person who picks up the Flag first. If the 'Flag' is taken by a group from another station, the treatment of the group that lost the Flag is decided by the group that took the Flag.
You must occupy the 'Flagpole' of the 'Target Station' within the designated time limit. If you fail to do so, all your group members will die.
The 'Target Station' your group must occupy is [Seoul Station].
Time Limit: 12 days
Reward: 2,000 Coins
Failure: ???
….
Hmm. It seems the scale of this scenario is much larger than the scenarios I've done so far.
The content of the fourth Main Scenario. And the phrase 'Title of King' that popped up earlier.
Are they selecting a King by having various Representatives snatch Flags starting from each major base in Seoul? Then why on earth are they selecting a 'King'?
The scenario wouldn't do something pointless. There must be a reason for it.
"…Hmm."
What is the existence called a King [王]?
An existence that gives orders to others and takes responsibility for others. That is what I think.
If that's the case, does it mean there will be a need to inevitably give orders to others and take responsibility later?
"…I don't know well yet."
Thinking about it continuously won't help anyway; it's all just speculation without proper grounds.
At that fact, I ruffled my hair, got up from the sofa I was lying on just moments ago, and looked at the subway line map.
Seoul Station…, it's quite far. I have to prepare to go from now….
"…Mm?"
A Vroom-! sound heard from my senses reinforced by Cursed Energy.
The moment I heard it for the first time, I thought it was just my imagination. A motorcycle in a ruined world.
But as something approached closer, and the exhaust sound became clearer and louder the more I heard it, I smiled faintly and walked in the direction the sound was coming from.
Good, I was feeling too lazy to walk anyway.
-Screech—!!!!
Motorcycles stopping one by one with loud noises.
The total number of motorcycles is 5. Since 2 people were riding on each one, 10 people got off at once and looked towards me.
"…Flag. Are you perhaps the Representative of this station?"
"If I am?"
"Just in time. We came to form an alliance!"
"…Hmm."
Came to propose an alliance.
Judging by the explanation of the Main Scenario, increasing forces is a good thing.
Because the manpower needed to protect the Flag and to plant the Flag would be quite significant.
"By the way, how many group members does Gangnam Station have? We have about 30!"
"Group members? Just me alone."
"…Huh? What do you mean—"
"This station has only me alone. I am the Representative, and there are no group members. Do you understand?"
"…Is that so?"
However, even so.
"…You heard him!! Only alone!! Kill him right n…, uh, uh…?"
"…Pfft, kuk. Kukuk…."
Making useless people into forces is actually a loss.
-Swaaaaaah—!!!!
-Thud….
"…Ah, aaah!! Aaaaaah!!!"
"Mm? What's wrong? Weren't you trying to kill me?"
"W-What is this…!!"
The Representative falling back in surprise at the intense fountain of blood created in an instant. Following him, the other 4 also recoiled in horror.
Then what about the remaining 5? Regrettably, the fountains spewing blood violently were exactly them.
"I tried to kill 10 people at once, but is 5 the limit for now?"
"H-Hiiiik…!!"
Whether it was thanks to slaughtering monsters for a week, or if the Black Flash that occurred when I killed the Sea Commander before that helped.
When I concentrated quite a bit, I could use Dismantle (解) without any movements. Of course, the power was far inferior to normal times.
Well, let's practice Dismantle later.
"So, is this the end? Didn't you say you would kill me?"
"U, uwaaaaa—!!!"
""Keo, keo-heup…!!""
As one person holding a flag gestured here and there, the 4 people beside him rolled their eyes back and began to rush at me.
Ho-oh, is that the control power which is one of the Flag's abilities?
Interesting.
-Seo-geok, seo-geok—!!!
-Swaaaaaah—!!!!
"U, ugh. Uaaaaah…."
"…."
Regrettably, the battle before my eyes wasn't very fun.
"Hey, Representative. Do you know what mistake you made for this mess to happen?"
"S-Save. Save m, s-s-s-save…."
"…No. That is not the correct answer to my question."
-Whish!
-Swaaaaaaah—!!!
As I waved my hand, the Representative's right arm was instantly severed and sent flying.
At the sudden pain and the emptiness felt where his right arm should have been, he screamed momentarily and curled his body.
"Shut up. It's noisy."
"Heu, heu-eup…. Heuuuup…!!"
Unpleasant.
To see someone who tried to kill and steal from someone acting like that.
It is so unpleasant and disgusting that I feel like vomiting.
"…No, that's not it."
Something…, I don't know, but it's a different reason.
Of course, this reason is correct too, but this isn't the fundamental reason. Definitely not.
Then what on earth is that reason?
What exactly can I define as the reason why seeing that man bleeding profusely and begging for his life makes me feel so unpleasant that I frown?
…I don't know well yet.
"Dismantle (解)."
-Seo-geok—!!!
The man who was begging for his life, who was trying hard to press the spot where his profusely bleeding right arm used to be, can no longer do so.
Thud. Thud. His distorted face flew far away.
I watched that scene blankly for a moment, then approached what used to be him and grabbed the flag covered in blood.
[You have obtained the flag of the 'Gyodae Group'.]
[Your 'White Flag' evolves into a 'Red Flag'.]
[Your 'White Flag' absorbs the accumulated achievements of the 'Red Flag'.]
"…What, I thought it was a Red Flag because of the blood, but it was originally a Red Flag? Well, good for me."
With a tsu-tsu-tsu-! sound, the White Flag in my hand gradually dyes red.
Seeing this, a thought suddenly occurred to me: just how many colors of flags are there?
[You have become one step closer to the 'King's Road'.]
[The remaining group members of 'Gyodae Group' await your decision on their treatment.]
"…Hmm, what should I do."
Treatment of the group members.
I thought deeply. Since the Representative was like that, and considering the characteristics of the third Main Scenario, they are worth killing….
[Constellations of the Absolute Evil alignment anticipate your choice.]
[Constellations of the Absolute Good alignment boo, asking if you aren't going to kill them anyway.]
"…Just tell them to figure it out themselves."
[The remaining group members of 'Gyodae Group' have become Wanderers.]
[Constellations of the Absolute Evil alignment are flustered, saying they cannot understand your choice.]
[Constellations of the Absolute Good alignment rub their eyes, saying they cannot believe your choice.]
[Several Constellations send boos at your hypocrisy.]
[The Constellation, 'Prisoner of the Golden Headband', smirks and sponsors 300 Coins.]
[The Constellation, 'Demonic Judge of Fire', is reluctant but sponsors 100 Coins, saying you did well.]
….
It's absurd, these guys called Constellations.
Whatever I choose is up to me; what does it matter to them amongst themselves.