This Is Not a Game - This Is Not a Game chapter 158

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“Of course I am sincere. Why don’t you believe me?”

– It’s not that I don’t believe it, it’s that I don’t believe it. Change your position and think about it. Would you believe it if one of the demons suddenly said that they would help humans to catch the demon king and the four kings?

“That’s it… … .”

Yoosung, who was about to answer inadvertently, shut his mouth.

never believe

Pretending to betray, they would think that there would be some kind of target, such as falling into a trap or causing internal strife.

It wasn’t because he had a particularly negative personality, but any normal sane person would think that way.

‘It looks clogged from the start.’

Without Serena’s help, this plan will never succeed.

Yooseong, who finished the momentary calculation, gazed at Serena with a serious expression.

“Sorry, the metaphor is wrong.”

-Where are you saying it’s wrong?

“Think of it as a candidate for the Demon King who has been deprived of the position of the Demon King, not one of the demons.”

Only one word has changed.

Then the feeling was completely different.

“A demon king candidate who is barely surviving by being pointed at by all demons and clinging to a new demon king, not enough for having the position that should have belonged to him taken away.”

There was a hint of anger in his calm voice.

His face turned expressionless as if he had suppressed his emotions, and his eyes and chin were trembling faintly so that it was hard to notice unless you looked closely.

“A demon king candidate who could not bear the shame and would eliminate the demon king even by borrowing human power. Isn’t this believable?”

-… … A little bit of trust Tell me. I’ll listen to the story.

‘I’ll listen to the story.’

Serena still doesn’t fully trust herself.

It was a natural reaction, if it was natural.

The previous smoke was only to the extent of sowing the seeds of trust.

If reliability could be converted into a numerical value, it would be the difference between a score of 0 and a score of 1.

It was clear that a request that could be made with this level of confidence wouldn’t be great.

In order to receive proper help, you must build trust by handing over the information of the warrior party or by showing cooperation in trapping them.

However, Yoosung had no such intention.

‘It takes too long to do it that way.’

Han Jae-kyung and other party members aren’t fools either, so if the enemies are precisely targeting a weak spot or if a dangerous situation continues, they’ll notice something strange.

It takes at least a few months to build trust without suspicion.

Of course, there was no way I could wait for that much time in a world where I didn’t even know how much the time multiplier was.

Meteor planned to finish this quest within 15 days, no matter how long it took.

“I will sell a trap.”

– I’m telling you in advance, I still don’t fully believe in you. I don’t know what trap you’re thinking of, but I don’t think there’s going to be the Demon King, the Four Heavenly Kings or the elite troops stepping out.

“Can you let go of an intelligent being?”

-There’s no problem with that much… … .

“Then it doesn’t matter.”

In any case, this plan did not require strong power.

‘A trust level of 1 is enough for help.’

Yoosung started to tell Serena what she had to do.

-… … Is that all?

“That’s it.”

It was a confident answer, without the slightest hesitation.

* * *

visor! visor! Chaejaeng!

A pure white sword and a silver greatsword intersect.

The owner of the pure white sword was Han Jae-kyung, and the owner of the silver great sword was Jenny, a beast tribe warrior.

“Suck!”

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Jenny’s body swelled with a short spirit.

A blow delivered while using Beast Boots that raises one’s physical abilities to the limit.

The pure white sword swung at the greatsword, which had the power to easily split a rock, was so shabby.

Zeng!

“Kuk!”

Surprisingly, it was Jenny, not Han Jae-kyung, who was thrown out.

He tried to pull the sword that had bounced in the wrong direction using his brute force, but Jaekyung Han dug in ahead of him and aimed the sword at his neck.

“lost.”

“It was a good sparring today.”

“… … Jaekyung, is it really the first time you came to this world and held a sword?”

“Well, you know that this is the twentieth question, right?”

“It is such an amazing story. How could he reach this level when he hadn’t held the sword for a year? I can’t believe it even when I see it with my own two eyes.”

“It’s not because I’m great, it’s because of the blessings of the goddess.”

He said so, but Han Jae-kyung’s face had a pride that could not be hidden.

When I first fell into this world, I couldn’t defeat a single low-level monster, but now I won easily against a warrior at the top of the continent.

I could feel the realization that I was moving forward with certainty.

‘A sensation that can never be felt on Earth.’

home, school, academy.

The tedious daily life repeats like a squirrel on a treadmill.

I didn’t want to go back to that place where there was no time to breathe.

‘My hometown is here.’

Dimensional transfer to another world.

I was embarrassed at first, but thanks to the web novels I read, I was able to accept the reality without difficulty.

After that, it was a series of dreamlike days.

He was asked by the goddess to save the world, became a warrior, traveled with beautiful women of different races, and was admired by countless people.

Although he missed the wits of modern civilization a little, it was better to bury his bones as the only hero in this world than to return to Earth and return to being an ordinary high school student.

“Are you not hurt?”

“I’m fine. Look at Jenny’s condition rather than mine.”

“You look thirsty, drink or not.”

“Haha, thank you.”

Han Jae-kyung, who was talking with a smile on his face, hardened faintly.

It was because of Abel who came into the corner of his field of vision.

‘A guy I don’t like.’

A human who was originally meant to be a hero.

Because he was not chosen as the hero, he was able to be chosen as the hero, but he did not feel the slightest gratitude to Abel.

The reason was simple.

It was because Abel looked similar to Iljin, who had been harassing him.

I know that Abel and Iljin are different people.

However, whenever he saw Abel, memories of the earth he wanted to forget came to mind, and his energy rapidly deteriorated each time, which soon led to harassment of Abel.

‘I’d rather be gracious to Abel. They say you’ll die if you leave the party, but in exchange for saving your life, you might run some errands. is not it?’

Han Jae-kyung, who finished self-justification, tried to call Abel by name.

But right before I opened my mouth, I felt a strange sensation.

A dark and sticky aura that rebels against divine power.

it was a monster

“Abel, a monster has appeared. Take care of it.”

“… … Where should I go?”

“Tsk. Can’t you feel that too? I heard you were a candidate for the hero?”

“… … .”

“You can go over there. Incompetent anyway.”

Abel said nothing and fled into the woods.

At first glance, he didn’t seem to feel any emotion, but Han Jae-kyung smiled triumphantly when he confirmed that Abel’s fists were shaking faintly.

In my mind, I wanted to recreate what I had suffered, rather than just craving words, but I endured it because I noticed the party members.

‘But looking at his usual appearance, the kids don’t seem to like Abel very much. Couldn’t it be done a little harder than now?’

The feeling that had subsided at the sight of Abel felt better when he thought about how he would bully him.

Han Jae-kyung, who was having a conversation with the three women in an orderly manner, felt the energy approaching from afar and clicked his tongue briefly.

I wondered if I wouldn’t have to see an irritated face at all, but it seemed like it was an insignificant monster, so it seemed like it was over soon.

After a while, Abel appeared.

“… … dealt with.”

“Good work. Go and rest.”

“Before that, there is something I want to show you for a moment.”

“What do you want to show me?”

It is extremely rare for Abel to speak first.

Han Jae-kyung, who was tilting his head, took on what Abel had offered him and made an even more puzzled expression.

The paper was crumpled and covered in blood.

“what’s this?”

“I do not know either. It looks like it’s a letter of some kind, but it’s written in letters I’ve never seen before, so I can’t read it.”

“Why are you giving it to me? Give it to Sasha.”

“The monster with this letter called your name.”

“… … What?”

Han Jae-kyung made a dumbfounded expression at the unexpected answer.

Abel continued talking nonstop as if he would not miss the opportunity.

“It’s not just a name call. He said he should deliver this letter to you.”

“Is that real?”

“I heard it clearly with my ears.”

“Where is the man who said that?”

“… … I killed him by mistake.”

Han Jae-kyung, who was looking at Abel with pitiful eyes, opened the crumpled letter.

And it just hardened.

“It’s the first letter I see. Is it the letter of the demon tribe?”

“It is not a demonic language. Hmm, it’s the first letter I’ve seen. Is it a character used by minorities?”

I could hear Jenny and Sasha chattering from the side.

Normally, he would have struggled to separate the two clinging people, but now Han Jae-kyung didn’t have the spirit to do that.

Crumpled and bloodstained paper.

The problem was the identity of the letters written on it.

‘korean?!’

Letters I haven’t seen even once since I came to this world.

I thought maybe it was another letter that looked similar to Hangeul, but it definitely wasn’t.

[Continental year 21x. To Han Jae-kyung, the new x company, the demon king of xx is xx… … .]

Although it was not perfect due to being stained with blood, the letters on the letter clearly followed the grammar of Hangeul, and even Arabic numerals, which were different from those used in this world, were written.

“Warrior? Why are you like that? ah! Is there a curse on the letter?!”

“No, no. I’m sorry, but could you step aside for a second?”

Seeing Han Jae-kyung with a rare serious expression on his face, the party members stepped back in embarrassment.

Han Jae-kyung didn’t feel relieved by that, so he went into the forest for a while and then opened the letter.

A trace of the earth that I thought I would never see again in my life.

Han Jae-kyung started reading the letter with half anticipation and half fear.

More than half of the contents were stained with blood, but the remaining parts were enough to get a rough idea.

The letter was a normal well-being.

He is the devil, what is his name, and he writes because he wants to have a conversation with you.

The pounding of my heart, which had calmed down somewhat, began to jump violently like a lie the moment I read the last line.

[…] … You x are being deceived. If you don’t do this, you will be xx cornered by the tricks of the insidious Xinx, be vigilant and suspiciousxx. no one believes xxx. More xx follows xxxx.]

“… … Am I being tricked?”

Han Jae-kyung’s expression darkened.

And at that moment, Yooseong was smiling brightly.

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