I Am the Only Non-Returner - I Am the Only Non-Returner chapter 88

88 – Collapsed Shelters.

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Upgrading the moat…

Upgrade the moat…

-100,000P

-300,000P

-500,000P

– Required level is insufficient.

Well, maybe three times yet.

At the sound of the moat being installed outside, everyone ran out to see.

Blah blah blah blah-

It seems as if the land itself is increasing the distance from the shelter.

The moat pit, which was previously 1m wide, has been widened to a sufficient distance of 5m.

“If this is missing, I won’t be able to come up.”

As Aksh*ta said, the depth has become deeper and it has become completely different from the initial state where one or two people were quickly replaced when missing.

“I think it’s roughly over 10m… And there’s water, right?”

The change in depth was more noticeable than the distance, and dark-colored water was lapping at the bottom of the hole.

Ryook’s Well Water (Intermediate)

– The curse of Ryok, a genius magical chemist who was falsely accused and burned at the stake, turned the village well into a deadly poison.

– If you ingest poison, you will definitely die within 1 hour.

– Upon contact with poison, maximum health is permanently reduced by 0.5% Per 30 seconds.

– When in contact with poison, your field of vision gradually narrows.

– When in contact with poison, movement gradually slows down.

“Huh?! Explanation?”

“Dad, why?”

“Whoa, Ha-eun, come here, let’s go.”

Although I knew that a stepping stone would be created when we climbed on it, I felt an eerie feeling when I saw Ha-eun walking on it and quickly hugged her.

‘This scaffolding is really reliable, right? If I miss it, it will be X…’

I calmed my startled heart for a moment and took a quick look around as an invisible message was being read.

Moat for advanced shelter (level 7)

– Shelter personnel never fall into pits.

– The moat width has been extended to 5m.

– The moat depth has been extended to 10m.

– Ryok’s well water has been added.

‘I didn’t see this explanation, obviously…’

It seems like he didn’t just grow physically after receiving treatment from the Golden Monkey.

As I was looking around, Insooni asked me worriedly as I took Haeun in my arms.

“Is there something wrong?”

“Huh? No. It’s actually a good thing.”

“Ah, then… Let Ha-eun sleep…”

“Okay, come over.”

I don’t think she needs to satisfy her s*xual desires, but you never know. If you do it, you may catch something different.

Her uncle and others were still tiptoeing around cautiously, as if they were unsure of their footing.

“They say the shelter will never run out of people, so I don’t think she needs to worry.”

“Hmm? Was there such an explanation?”

“It seems like the shelter director can see it.”

“Oh, I see.”

My uncle, feeling a little relieved, takes a cigarette and walks away from the shelter.

What else has changed?

Even as everyone else moved into the shelter one by one, they stayed behind and continued to inspect them step by step, flowing magical energy through their entire bodies.

‘I think there are some things that cannot be expressed numerically…’

Cracks here and there caught my eye first, and other shelters in the distance and the people inside were clearly visible.

“One, two, four… 50 People?! Were there that many?”

Out of the 5 places I proposed to [The perfumer], 3 Shelters were agreed upon.

Among them, only two shelters survived.

More than 50 people were filling the shelters in both places.

Let’s stare intently at one of the shelters that agreed to my proposal.

Shelter (Advanced++)

– Durability 32500/32500

– 2315M²

– Sphere Slot 145/145

– Large monster sphere slot 3/3

– Toilet slot 4/10

– Practice room 1/2

– Bathroom slot 5/10

– Bedroom Slot 45/65

– Kitchen Slot 2/3

– Resident population 53/295

Shelter information has been received.

I looked at the sky in surprise for a moment and checked the shelter information again.

“Wow… Look at the numbers on the sphere.”

Did they say ignorance is medicine?

When I saw the number of attack spheres, which was nearly three times that of our shelter, I felt disappointed, but at the same time, I could understand it.

“I was wondering how on earth I could clear other shelters, but what about that…”

Considering that we are currently generating sufficient firepower with 58 spheres, it seemed that 145 spheres would be suitable for defense.

“Isn’t it? If you think that there are more than 50 people and the number of monsters has increased accordingly…”

In the end, the level of upgrade is important.

Although it was nighttime, it was still too early to sleep, so quite a few people had gathered in the shelter hall and seemed to be having a serious discussion.

– ···The person to cut is…!

– ···Now…?!

Two people in particular were clashing violently. Although it was not clearly audible due to the distance, it seemed like there was a force arguing that the surplus manpower should be eliminated as it was heard sparingly.

If our shelter was in a situation where clearing was difficult, this was a very likely opinion.

I focused my magic on my ears again and overheard the story.

– ···Durability has fallen by 500…!

– ···Woman···Exchange…With another···Slave···!

‘It looks like durability has fallen below 500. It won’t be easy to endure the next stage.’

And they are talking about exchanging women for slaves, but they are probably talking about using them as a condition for exchanging equipment or manpower between shelters.

“You must be tired…”

The situation did not seem to be much different in other places.

There was no heated discussion, but the situation did not seem to be going well as people gathered outside the shelter had their arms folded and were talking with serious faces.

When I first entered the dimensional gap not long ago, I remembered a person being hacked to pieces by a white leader on an execution stand.

“··· Gulera…”

As many thoughts were racing through my mind, my uncle, who had gone out to smoke, was coming to the shelter with two men.

“Hmm…?”

“Shelter leader, on the way back after going out for a while, the two shelter leaders here said they would like to meet you…”

[I had no choice but to bring him because he was persistent, but he ended up going too far for no reason, damn it!]

‘Well, I roughly understand the situation…’

I pulled my uncle away from the two men holding his back and motioned for him to go into the shelter.

“So… What do you want to say?”

Two men. It looks familiar.

One of them was a man from Shelter A who had been having a heated argument with him for kicking out someone just moments ago.

And one is the head of Shelter B, who rejected my offer.

First, the man from Shelter B took a step forward and opened the conversation by giving a 90 folder greeting.

“I am deeply reflecting on the fact that I rejected the favor last time. If the offer is still valid, please consider it again, and despite my shame, I have decided to ask for a meeting.”

[Please… Please… I can’t hold on any longer…]

Was there any twist in the situation?

I remember being quite confident at the time.

“First, let’s listen to what others have to say and think about it.”

Then the head of Shelter A, who was next to me, came forward, bowed at 90 degrees as expected, and then opened his mouth.

“We also came with the same request. As you know, we were planning to respond to the shelter director’s suggestion last time, but we still feel greatly regret that we had no choice due to the refusal of the person next to us.”

Shock!

At Shelter A’s comment, Shelter B’s body jumped up sharply.

He was just looking at the ground in a relaxed posture with his head down.

“If you have the spare time, I came here to ask you to reconsider my offer. Of course, I will repay you accordingly.”

‘Well, this place is better. You have to bring something to proceed…’

I don’t know if they felt their limitations as the number of dragons increased to 2 in stage 27 or what happened during the event, but despair was the biggest underlying emotion they felt.

[Let’s add some more points and equipment to Sujeong Kim and Jiyoon Lee and see their reactions. Since both are equally good, it will work well. I have to show you the product first…]

Nevertheless, I felt pity for Shelter Director A, who was constantly working hard to overcome the current situation.

‘It’s not because we wanted it to be like this.’

A time when I was broadening my thinking in a positive way.

A new message occurred to me.

– The unique characteristic [Complete Domination] Of the forgotten race [Handur] Blooms when some conditions are met.

Complete Domination (Unique)

– It is activated only when there is a force that wants to be subjugated. (1 Condition)

– Activates when all members of the force you wish to subjugate show great loyalty and loyalty reaches 90 or more. (2 Conditions)

– Subjugated forces that meet the two conditions are not moved to the execution platform when they die, but are reborn as slaves under the power of [Handur].

– Slaves of the [Handur] Race live their entire lives serving under the absolute domination of the chiefs and first-class nobles of Handur.

– Slaves are not counted as residents of shelters.

– Slaves newly born from the bridle are not consumed by chaos in the dimensional gap.

‘··· Is [Handur] The racial name of the golden monkey giant? What on earth is this? Total domination? Rather than sending a dead person to execution, you bring them back to life? ‘What kind of crazy ability is this?’

It didn’t seem particularly likely to put a burden on the shelter, but even if they weren’t captured as a resident population, if they became a member, they would have to feed them the same way, so it didn’t seem very attractive.

‘Still, it would be comfortable. Having a slave who can serve you for the rest of your life… The first-class nobles seem to refer to the people of our shelter… I think Hong Seol will be very happy.’

Anyway, it wasn’t a situation to consider right now.

Because these people did not come to me in the first place because they wanted to be subjugated.

“For now, let’s give it a try on the next stage.”

“! Thank you-“

“If we try it once and decide that it is not beneficial to us, we will stop doing it from the next stage onwards.”

“··· That’s natural. I’ll accept it.”

“Of course we will accept it.”

“Rather than that, the Perfumer ability is an attribute that affects all five shelters closest to the shelter. So, if you want, you will have to persuade the remaining three.”

-!

The two looked at each other for a moment, then nodded sharply and said they would try to persuade me right away.

“Please go up to the rooftop for a moment and I will specify your location, so please wait.”

Yes!

Thank you!

When I went up to the rooftop, I saw Lara the size of a compact car, completely cocooned.

“······ If it gets too big, I guess I’ll have to get off the roof…”

Let’s see-

The distance was quite far now, but it was easy to find a shelter because it was night.

I designated three locations for the two people above, and they quickly ran to their shelters.

“It might be a little scary to go alone.”

I will probably take some of my colleagues with me.

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“It will take a while, right?”

I was filled with ecstatic emotions as I watched Lara’s torso swell up and fall again and again, and approached Ser’s statue.

“You can’t connect after stage 21…”

Brurrr-

I had nothing else to do, so I wiped the statue with a cloth, and it started shaking slightly again.

The more I cleaned the statue, the more water-like water flowed out, and as I cleaned it, it naturally had a beautiful shine. That was quite fun to clean up.

While I was polishing the statue for a while, I heard a sound from below.

“You brought them all, right? But they are resourceful people.”

When I went down, an old woman and two men had been added.