Chapter 110

A trash compactor.

It referred to a vehicle that collected trash and pressed it down tightly to make it into a single lump.

Although this vehicle, which could greatly reduce the volume of trash, was similar to a simple truck in reality, its appearance in the game was a bit different from reality.

No, it was very different.

Perhaps a trash compacting robot? A toy?

“Are they sweeping it up with that?”

Seo-jun pointed at the front of the compacting robot with his finger.

“Indeed. It looks like it gathers them, stuffs them into its body, and presses down.”

The toy-like compactor had a rectangular torso and head.

And unusually, at the front, there was a long and threatening plate like a scraper connected to both arms.

“Fortunately, those arms aren’t separated, so it won’t be able to move them side to side.”

Just as Tae-woo said, the robot’s arms were integrated.

If compared to a human, it was the appearance of hands clasped together with glue applied.

The problem was that it was a scraper-like device rather than hands, but anyway, that machine’s arms would only be able to move back and forth.

“Seo-jun. But of all things, it seems we were spotted right away?”

The dazzling headlights emitting from the compacting robot were illuminating them now.

Was it because they were on the mountain directly opposite the entrance?

[Isn’t that looking at us right now?]

[Uh, hello?]

Tae-woo’s character waved.

And at that moment, the toy’s eyes…

changed from (^ ^) to (＼ ／).

“It’s angry.”

“It’s angry.”

Seo-jun and Tae-woo said at the same time.

-Tae-woo, didn’t your mom tell you not to cause trouble!

-What is this kid going to be when he grows up

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Tae-jumma on

-Let’s hear some nagging.

Seo-jun also scolded him.

“It’s because you waved your hand.”

“It wasn’t me, it was my character, okay?”

“It’s the same thing.”

“Is this guilt by association?”

-Guilt by association ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Your character’s fault is also your fault

-Who told you not to keep your character in check?

Regardless of that, the compacting robot, which was angry after suffering an eye terror from seeing Tae-woo’s ugly face below, began to charge straight toward them.

It did not look like it could climb up the mountain of trash, since it had wheels instead of legs.

So the compacting robot raised its large arm and slammed it down onto the mountain of trash with a bang.

And it opened the lid of its torso, swept the trash inside its body, and closed the lid.

After compressing the trash in an instant with a rattling noise and spitting it out behind, the robot struck the mountain of trash again.

Bang!

The vibration reached all the way to them who were on top of the mountain.

[Huh? I think it’s because you waved your hand.]

[What bullshit! Hurry up and do something to stop that thing! Otherwise, this is going to collapse.]

-They are saying the exact same thing ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-They connected

[Hmm. If we get buried like that, we will inevitably become that toy’s poop while trapped under.]

[If you know that, hurry up and think of a way. You designed this game!]

Bang!

The huge scraper struck down once more.

The mountain was gradually shaved away.

[Alright. Then let’s jump for now.]

[Where to?]

[To that peak next to us.]

[Isn’t it a bit far?]

[Since this is inside a game, double jump should work too.]

[That’s crazy. There’s no way that’s possible…]

Tae-woo’s character looked down at the grappling hook rope that was neatly stored at his waist before he knew it.

[It seems possible?]

[Yeah, let’s try it.]

Shake.

As the cube-shaped trash blocks behind the compacting robot gradually increased, the mountain of trash became precarious.

Now, they really had to jump.

Control returned to Seo-jun and Tae-woo’s bodies.

As they looked at the neighboring peak, a green guide indicator also appeared.

“It seems we should jump for now.”

“Yeah.”

Seo-jun turned toward the neighboring peak according to the guide indicator and then exerted strength in his feet.

‘But how am I supposed to double jump?’

Did Tae-woo know since he had played a lot of other games?

Fortunately, perhaps because it was a tutorial, the mountain of trash was precarious, but it did not seem like it would collapse immediately.

“Hey. What exactly is a double jump?”

Was it similar to lightfoot techniques?

“Hmm.”

“It exists in other games too, right?”

“It does, but it’s a little different for each game. Usually, when you try to kick the air, you feel like a foothold is automatically created under your feet, and you can just jump then, but…”

“Is that so?”

He should try it.

“I’m jumping first.”

Seo-jun kicked off with force in his feet and leaped into the air.

From the moment he jumped, he could feel that his jumping power had clearly become stronger.

A long airtime.

Thanks to that, Seo-jun could leisurely concentrate on the sensation in his feet while floating in the air.

A foothold?

‘It feels like something is catching on my feet.’

However, the angle was slightly off.

If he kicked off like this, it felt like he would be shot like a rocket face-planting straight into the mountain of trash.

Seo-jun figured out how to finely adjust the foothold in that brief moment, caught the timing, and did a double jump.

Ultimately, it was a realm of sensation.

If one moved their legs without exerting enough force to kick off in mid-air, it was finely adjusted.

Swish.

A clean landing.

Seo-jun succeeded in landing as his feet dug into the trash.

“Whew. This is a bit difficult?”

The difficulty was certainly higher than that of lightfoot techniques.

-Just a talent monster ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-How does he not stumble even once?

-He did lightfoot techniques like this too.

-Isn’t that just easy?

-We’ll know once we look at that guy

“Nice job! Then I’m jumping too!”

Tae-woo shouted and jumped.

However, seeing Tae-woo’s supporting foot slip right from the start, Seo-jun frowned.

“Uh?”

Because the result was obvious without looking any further.

Surprisingly, however, Tae-woo successfully executed a double jump and landed below the peak where Seo-jun was.

It was about halfway up.

“Heh, did you see that? Recovering even after a bad jump.”

Tae-woo began to boast.

“Good job.”

-You can’t ignore experience

-Kya!

-Right. Tae-woo is also in the upper tier in his own way.

Although the concept or sensation of double jumping was similar for each game, the numerical values of the set stats were bound to be different.

Tae-woo, who successfully executed a double jump with the specs of an unadapted body in a game he had entered for the first time, also had quite a bit of potential.

Seo-jun gave him a thumbs-up.

“Good job. Your skills are good?”

“Right? Even if I’m not on your level, I’m still in the top 0.01%.”

-You’re probably not in the top 0.01% though? Was it around 0.2%?

-That guy is claiming to be Master again ㅋㅋㅋ

-But what’s that behind you?

-Ack ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Seo-jun put out a thumb and praised him.

Tae-woo was excited by the reaction of his friend, who usually did not show this kind of reaction.

“Did you all see that? The Heavenly Demon recognized me.”

And.

Tae-woo noticed that Seo-jun was wearing a meaningful smile.

Suddenly, he felt anxious.

Seo-jun’s hand, which had suddenly been pointing a thumb, was now spread wide and waving as if bidding him farewell.

And.

Bang!

In front of Tae-woo, who was looking up at Seo-jun, a huge barrier suddenly fell from the sky and blocked his view.

A barrier?

Why is this here?

Ah, right.

“Hey! Jin Seo-jun, you bastard! Why didn’t you tell me?”

The scraper of the compacting robot.

Tae-woo, who had landed around the middle, was swept away by the trash heap and sucked in just like that.

“Hmm. Everyone, what happens if that happens?”

Seo-jun watched this closely.

He was serious.

-Psycho ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-The fact that he intentionally distracted his friend as soon as he landed shows he is the real deal ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-There wasn’t a shred of hesitation ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Just how fast is his brain spinning!

Calling him a psycho.

“No, I had to see at least once what happens when you die.”

Seo-jun felt wronged.

Tae-woo was nowhere to be seen.

At that moment, Tae-woo reappeared next to Seo-jun.

“Wow… are you really going to be like this?”

“Oh. It looks like you revive like this. Tae-woo, is there no HP gauge or number of revives displayed?”

“…There isn’t, you bastard.”

Tae-woo resigned himself.

“I’ll just have to be careful myself, *sigh*.”

Regardless of that, the toy below began to go wild again.

(＼ ／)

Bang! Bang!

Seo-jun’s ground shook precariously.

Sensing that it would collapse quickly this time, Seo-jun scanned the surroundings.

Although he had thought it was far when he did not know his jumping power, looking at it now, the numerous peaks scattered around were located at a distance that could be easily reached with a double jump.

Seo-jun said.

“Let’s move elsewhere before it collapses first. But is there no guide anymore?”

“Probably, it will appear as we dodge.”

Seo-jun lightly jumped to the side again.

Even though he did not exert much force, he was able to jump a long distance in a straight line.

He kicked off with his legs again mid-way.

Shhh.

Showing off a perfect landing, Seo-jun tapped the ground a few times with his toes and loosened his calves.

Tae-woo went to the opposite peak, and the compacting robot followed Tae-woo.

“As expected. I’m telling you, it really got angry because he waved.”

Seo-jun smiled and loosened his upper body this time.

Now it seemed like the narration would come out.

Indeed.

[Why is that guy so angry! Isn’t there any way to stop it?]

[Hmm. Doesn’t it look like we can hook our grappling hooks into the slots on its shoulders?]

[Hook it to make it hit a wall or something? Tear off the deck plate? Would we have the strength to do that? The size difference is quite large too.]

The game gave a clue through the narration.

“It seems like we are supposed to do something with this rope.”

Seo-jun pulled the rope out from his waist.

And as he examined the shoulders of the robot, which was heading toward Tae-woo, he was able to find a hole where a hook could be caught.

First of all, the distance didn’t seem to be enough right now.

“Seo-jun. Should I give it a try?”

As Tae-woo spoke, he threw the grappling hook toward the robot’s left shoulder.

However, the rope with its short range returned to Tae-woo’s grasp, and the robot struck down on the trash heap as if determined to drag Tae-woo down.

Bang!

“I’ll get a bit closer and try.”

Tae-woo maintained his balance and slid down like skiing while measuring the distance.

“Got it!”

Tae-woo threw the rope.

Seo-jun approached a bit closer and watched.

But.

“Hey, watch out—”

-Ack ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Are you getting caught again?

-Dodge it

The long plate covered the top of Tae-woo’s head.

Did it mean that if their range reached, the other side’s did as well?

Bang!

Whoosh.

Tae-woo was swept away and died again.

It could not but be a truly vain death.

Seo-jun waited a moment for Tae-woo to revive and said.

“This seems to have quite a high level of difficulty.”

No matter how careless he was, Tae-woo did not have the skills to die so easily.

However, the enemy showed an extremely fast and clean reaction.

Was this game not a simple cooperative game?

It was about the level of a Soulslike game, which was so famous for its difficult difficulty that even Seo-jun knew about it.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-The host doesn’t know yet

-You have to suffer now ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

What was it?

His chat window was saying things he couldn’t understand.

Was it because a new mission had just been set?

[If you clear this boss battle on the current difficulty in one try — Mission Reward: 600,000 won]

“Thank you for the mission. But why are you laughing like that?”

And difficulty?

It was Tae-woo, who had just revived, who answered Seo-jun’s questioning query.

“Hey, did you see the mission?”

Since Tae-woo was currently doing a joint broadcast with Seo-jun, the mission must have popped up for both of them at the same time.

“Yeah.”

“Sigh. Of all times, they put a mission on now. First, I have something to tell you. I have one life left.”

“Huh?”

“And the difficulty of this game right now is Nightmare. The highest difficulty.”

“Why?”

“Since you play games so well, I thought it would be fun, so I set it to Nightmare.”

That was true.

“When did you change it?”

“Earlier when we were choosing characters. Because if I went into settings, the game would automatically pause and I thought you would notice. I did it when it was completely stopped.”

Meticulous.

That aside.

“Why didn’t you talk about the lives earlier?”

“Because that was as good as you killing me.”

This was karma.

Seo-jun accepted this and organized the situation.

So, the current game difficulty was the hardest.

And since it was a co-op game, Tae-woo was absolutely necessary.

Since Tae-woo had only one life left, they were betting money like this now?

[+9,000 won reward added]

[+2,000 won reward added]

[+5,000 won reward added]

[+10,000 won reward added]

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What.

This is free money?

-Since Tae-woo is here too, this is really a safe asset!!

-This time it will really be out of reach, host ㅋㅋㅋ

-Everyone, invest quickly!