The World of Masks

The morning light shines through the alley entrance. Jack yawns and sets his sights wide. I was frowning all night because I was reacting to 'work'. I loosened my stiff body in a light stretch and headed out into the alley. The robe that was already red was put inside the bracelet and changed into another robe. I wiped the blood off my body with the water from the well in advance. I lifted my arms, sniffed, sniffed. Luckily, it didn't bleed.

Jack is completely out of the alley. The bright morning sun irritated my eyes lightly. Jack presses deeper into the robe he was wearing.

"So what do we do now?"

I couldn't kill humans in broad daylight. It was too risky. One week in real time. I had to level up as much as possible for the last three weeks with game time. Even though the average capability had already increased, killing ordinary people was becoming difficult, Jin did not intend to stop this behavior. A level player continued to hunt rabbits, but it didn't matter because it was fun.

Jack makes his way to the center of the city. I was hoping to find a suitable inn. Playing the world of masks meant you didn't have to sleep, but if you didn't want to starve to death in reality, you had to log out properly and fill your stomach. In a city where it was impossible to log out, there was an inn where Jack could currently log out.

I decided to take a break from the shop for up to a month, taking into consideration the time to level up to go to the dungeon and the time spent in the dungeon. It was a very difficult decision for Jack who was reluctant to step in the way of the game closet himself. For one month in real time, it is three months in game time. Jack thought that was enough.

After he broke up with Yurin and returned home, Jack immediately accessed the masked world. Then I waited for the night to come and started hunting. Boundaries, soldiers' qualities and weapons were all falling compared to the Holy Neutral City. Jack began his assassination spree in the slums. Of course, the lives of the victims were transformed into Jack's abilities, and the bodies were stored in a garage on Jack's bracelet.

"I'm going to have to empty this one."

Jack looks at the bracelet and mutters. Jack has several bracelets. The first bandits I met in this game, the ones I took from Walton, and the ones I got when I started playing. Jack packed them all up when he left the Holy Neutral City. The bracelet I received at the start of the game had the bodies of NPCs that had so far fallen into Jack's toys piling up and reaching saturation. The bodies that were killed last night were placed in other bracelets, but they had to be dealt with quickly.

Jack looks at the distant wall.

"Shall we go out?"

There were still a lot of people at the gates. Two-thirds of them were mercenaries, but with similar force. In the ferocious and powerful north, monsters were required to employ those with the necessary force. Otherwise, he had to be strong.

"You'll be okay near the city, right?"

Monsters may be swarming north, but not around the city. It is said to be the most prestigious centre of commerce, particularly close to the sacred neutral city of Blau. It seems that the Lord often subdue the monsters around him for the price of his name. Otherwise, there wouldn't be that many people out of the city.

When I came to the city, I was stuck in the city and I was going to go down to the south appropriately. I never intended to leave the city. But as time went by, I thought it might be okay to wander around the city. If monsters appeared around the city from time to time, there wouldn't have been a wide open field before entering the city. In other words, a part of the city around it is not a sacred neutral city, but an ordinary city that is safe.

Jack decides to go out of town once he's fully fed and relieved his fatigue. Of course, you couldn't get rid of the bodies just to get out of the city. Not one or two dead bodies, but as close to the city as anyone could find. But I had nothing to do until nightfall anyway. If you wander around the city, there could be some prey you can catch. Whether it's a person or an animal. An increase in stats was enough to kill a human, but an increase in skills required an animal or a monster. I had to start hunting things that weren't human.

"First things first."

Jack steps toward the center as he yawns to tear his mouth. The destination is a little cleaner and a little more delicious. Jack begins exploring the appropriate inn.

You pick a decent inn and head back to reality for a moment, just filling your stomach and returning.

Jack arrives at the gate. There was a line of merchants with wagons, carts, etc. Jack moves past the ropes to a small breach on one side of the gate. The big gate that Jack came in with was a door that large crowds of wagons and carts use. People who went out of the city alone, like Jack, sufficed with a side door next to the castle gate. Those who went out the side door didn't even check their IDs. They only check people who come in. It was different from the main gate, where everyone was thoroughly inspected.

"Do monsters appear around the city often?"

I asked the guard guarding the door before I left town, just in case. The guard's appearance frowns while checking the identity of the incoming people. I was too busy to die, but he was interrupted by some jerk. Jack gave me some coins. The guard's face is broadened in contrast.

"They don't show up around the city very much, although it's not like they don't show up at all, so three or four times a year bad people get killed."

"How far is security around the city?"

"If you don't get out in the open, you won't find any monsters."

"There aren't any monsters in the mountains around here, are there?"

"Queek, the beast is all you need. Monsters around the city are thoroughly exterminated by the Lord."

Jack thanked me and gave me a few more coins. You leave the city behind a joyful guard. The plain unfolded. The grains were all over the place because they weren't ripe yet, and the humble houses were noticeable even in the slums of the city. If a monster came, it would be the first house to be sacrificed.

Jack turns to the nearest mountain. It was not a mountain that looked that high. All the trees in the wilderness surrounding you were throwing out their insides, making sure they were all used up as firewood. Everywhere Jack goes, the trees are empty. The only means of heating this world without coal, oil or electricity were burning trees or using animal excrement. Moreover, as a city consuming large supplies, the demand will be enormous.

I walked for about an hour and ran all the way up the mountain. Jack rises to the mountain. The startled small animals flee from the distance. Without even looking at it, Jack continues to climb the mountain. It's not as real as it looks, so I climbed through the bushes, but it wasn't that hard thanks to my excellent stamina. Moreover, even the leaves have been taken away to be used for lighting fires, so the leaves don't sink into your feet like they do in the mountains of reality. It was when I went deep enough into the mountains. My sixth sense has warned me. Jack turns his head.

Grrrrrrr.

Pretending to be a predator, the animal is clearly targeting Jack. It was only a big dog, and it had sharp claws and teeth.

"Bingo!"

The surrounding trees are conscious, and Jack picks a shortcode over Longsword, smiling and approaching the prey.

After that, Jack repeated his daily routine. When the sun set and darkness set, I shot at the Slum here and there for murder. Since the city is so big, there is no loss of prey. Just like the holy neutral city of Blau, people were terrified and their boundaries were greatly raised, saying there was a murder without a corpse. That's why Jack had to kill more carefully as he went along.

After spending time like that at night, I stopped the assassination at sunrise, went back to the inn, ate, and left the city, catching predators, and upgrading my normal experience. When I felt a little tired, I sometimes closed my eyes for a little while, but I didn't sleep for a long time. Skill points have already increased to a certain extent, which slows them down. But before leaving for the dungeon, Jack hunts steadily to raise one more stat. Hunting predators was fine, but I feel like hunting humans is getting harder. After killing and killing people for three weeks with game time, it was natural that the city's boundaries would rise tremendously. Fortunately, he hunted around the slums and slums, slowing down the attention of the upper line that dominated the city as much as possible. However, the fortress is heavily guarded due to the number of people dying. But it didn't matter anymore. The day has finally come when we set out for the dungeon.

Jack finds the weapons and armor he ordered from the forge. I still can't wear solid armor like a full plate. At the moment, Jack's strength is making him unable to move properly and he's making a lot of money. Jack chose chain mail. You wear a coat of myriad metal loops and turn a coat of hides over it. He threw away an iron helmet that looked like the hat he had worn before, and put on a helmet that protected his head, ears, and back head. When I wore a helmet, the mask naturally deformed and became uninterrupted from wearing the helmet. The shield was also worn with a few layers of solid steel sheets on top of the tree. It looks like it's gained a lot more defense power than before. The sword listens to Longsword as it is. As if Hans' words were not mistaken, Longsword now possesses enough quality to write.

As you move your body, you hear the sound of iron pounding as you struggle. Jack travels to the destination with an annoying hissing accompaniment. The destination was a small restaurant on one side of Marlahan.

Jack enters the restaurant. You see a few people sitting in groups at one table. Among them, Jack was commissioned to explore the dungeon. Jack makes a grueling move that way.

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Uh, huh? I've only been in four years, and suddenly I'm promoted? Yesterday in 5th place!! Now in 3rd place!!!!!!! What's going on? I'm afraid of this sudden rise!!!!!!!