Chapter 106
Flood Disaster (5)
After ten long days of relentless suffering, the sub-scenario "Survivors' Activity" finally came to an end.
Everyone stepped out of the crumbling building—faces exhausted, bodies weighed down, and spirits barely holding together until this moment.
In the air, blue sparks began to scatter, and as they increased, a familiar entity formed at their center.
The dokkaebis appeared.
The dokkaebi in the black suit stepped forward, his voice cutting through the space with artificial clarity:
{We apologize for the wait.
Did you enjoy the survivors' scenario during this time?}
A heavy silence followed.
{The fifth scenario has arrived…
the scenario you have all been waiting for.}
The atmosphere tensed instantly.
{You have faced four out of five disasters.
That alone is a great achievement… an unbelievable one.}
He paused, then added in a mocking tone:
{But do not think that defeating the previous disasters means the next will be easy.
Compared to it… what you've experienced so far was nothing but child's play.}
Many people's breathing grew uneven.
{Well then…
let the second sponsor selection begin.}
The dokkaebi snapped his fingers.
At that very moment, blue windows appeared before everyone's eyes.
{Sponsor Selection
Please choose your sponsor.
The sponsor you choose will be your most trusted supporter.}
There were many people in the area, and above their heads shone two stars, three stars—some even had five.
But amidst this scene… there were two completely different individuals.
The stars around Kim Dokja and Arthur were so dense that it seemed as though the sky itself had chosen them.
Arthur opened the sponsor list.
{Choose your sponsor:
1: Prisoner of the Golden Headband
2: Abyssal Black Flame Dragon
3: Secretive Plotter
4: Demon-like Judge of Fire
5: Miracle Narrator
6: Sky Writer
7: Sword of the Highest Paradise
20: First Sword of Goryeo
21: Ruler of Wine and Ecstasy
50: King of Vengeance and End of the World
62: Wealthy Father of Night
63: Monarch of Death and Hell
...}
Arthur read the names indifferently, then sighed and slowly closed the list.
On the other side, Kim Dokja was browsing the names as well…
but he didn't choose.
Heavy minutes passed.
Then the sponsor selection event ended.
Kim Dokja raised his head toward the sky, a stiff smile on his face like that of a machine.
"Ah, I apologize to everyone…
I was about to choose one of you,
but as you saw, the channel didn't reach one thousand subscribers.
So… thank you."
No one understood anything.
{Many constellations express outrage at the incarnations Kim Dokja and Arthur for not choosing a sponsor.}
Arthur growled and raised his voice toward the sky:
"And what does that have to do with me, damn it?
I didn't choose because I didn't want to!
Why are you all so obsessed, you bastards?!"
Kim Dokja sighed lightly, then stepped closer and whispered:
"There's something I didn't tell you."
"What?"
He explained what happened inside the dokkaebi's hood, and how he told the constellations he would choose a sponsor in the next selection…
including Arthur along with him.
Arthur pressed his hand against his forehead.
"Damn you…
why do you always drag me into your nonsense?"
Kim Dokja only smiled.
At that moment, Bihyung's voice rang out:
{Well then, constellations…
why don't we do the following?}
{We will hold a compensation event,
as an apology for what happened.}
Kim Dokja's eyes gleamed.
"Hyung Kim Dokja… what's happening?"
"Hyung Arthur?"
Kim Dokja said calmly:
"Nothing.
Hide and don't show yourselves until I give the signal."
Arthur patted Yi Shun and Shin Yoosung on the head.
"Listen to that bastard."
Then a new message appeared.
{A new bonus scenario has been issued.}
{Bonus Scenario: Punishment of Heaven
Category: Bonus
Difficulty: A–S
Clear Conditions:
Kill the incarnations Arthur and Kim Dokja and tear them apart.
The more brutal the kill, the greater the reward.
Time Limit: 20 minutes
Compensation: 50,000 – ????? coins
Failure: None}
A red skull mark appeared above Arthur and Kim Dokja's heads.
"Damn it! Fifty thousand coins!"
"Catch them! Kill them quickly!"
The scene descended into complete chaos.
Arthur smiled calmly, then raised his head toward the sky broadcasting his image to everyone.
"Roar of the Great King."
He opened his mouth and roared.
The space shook violently, the ground trembled beneath their feet.
People froze in place, blood bursting from their noses and ears under the pressure of the roar.
"You weak bastards…
listen to me."
His voice was like a blade.
"If any of you dare take a single step…
I swear by the Creator of the universe, I will kill you all."
Silence fell.
Then the cursed voice came again:
{Oh, by the way, constellations…
I forgot to tell you.
You can temporarily reduce an incarnation's abilities in exchange for donations.}
The sky turned upside down.
{A speed penalty has been applied to you.
Your speed has decreased.
500 coins have been donated.}
{A strength penalty has been applied to you.
Your strength has decreased.
1000 coins have been donated.}
It continued until Arthur and Kim Dokja's stats dropped to a dangerously low level.
Kim Dokja smiled, grabbed Arthur's arm, and they ran.
People chased them like mad.
Arthur raised his sword and began cutting his way through them like a wounded beast.
After an exhausting chase, they reached a vast river…
filled with ichthyosaurs.
Kim Dokja smiled as he looked at the dark waves.
He jumped into the water with Arthur and activated the bookmark.
Energy surged violently through Kim Dokja's head as he selected Shin Yoosung's bookmark.
The river trembled violently, as if a massive beast were awakening from the depths.
"Come… Queen."
With Kim Dokja's words, the water split upward, and the Queen of the Ichthyosaurs appeared with overwhelming presence.
Blood flowed from Kim Dokja's nose due to the immense mental pressure.
Arthur smiled calmly, grabbed Dokja's arm, then leapt onto the queen's head.
The queen surged forward at an unbelievable speed.
"Hey, you bastard! Don't you know how to control this thing?!"
"How would I know?!"
The queen shot forward like an arrow, diving into the water at times and slicing across the surface at others.
With their physical strength reduced to almost nothing, holding onto her felt like clinging to a hurricane.
It was terrifying in every sense.
After a while, the queen shook her head violently and flung their bodies toward land.
They crashed down hard.
Arthur began coughing up the water he had swallowed, and Kim Dokja followed, gasping heavily.
"Hey, Dokja… where are we now?"
"We're…
we're in Nodeulseom."
But there was no time to rest.
People followed them using various skills and techniques.
Kim Dokja hid among the trees due to his severe weakness.
Arthur…
remained standing.
Angry.
An unimaginable anger.
"Come here, you bastard, and die!"
"No, I'll kill him!"
"The reward is mine!"
They charged at him madly, driven by the greed for fifty thousand coins.
Arthur smiled calmly.
Then… he released his killing intent.
It covered the entire area.
It wasn't an ordinary aura…
it was one forged through countless battles, shaped over thousands of corpses.
An aura that made bodies tremble before souls did.
"I'll kill you now."
Arthur shouted, raising his bare hands, then rushed forward.
People's bodies froze in terror.
While the god of death moved among them like an absolute ruler.
He struck the first man's neck, killing him instantly.
He grabbed his sword and plunged it into the second man's heart.
Arthur moved with terrifying slowness, his eyes blazing with anger, his breath heavy.
Half of his pursuers fell.
But at that moment—
{5000 coins have been donated to reduce Arthur's stats.}
Weakness surged through his body instantly.
One of the pursuers smiled with delight and raised his sword to behead Arthur.
At that moment, Arthur remembered something from his first life—
a memory from when he trained under his older brother.
The boy was sixteen or seventeen…
dark black hair, eyes like the depths of hell itself.
He stood calmly over Arthur's body, who was barely breathing from the beating he had just received.
Arthur spoke in a tired voice:
"How… are you like this?"
Einfer smiled calmly and spoke in a steady, quiet tone:
"Remember something important, my reckless little brother—
high blood pressure turns the human body into that of a ruler."
Arthur hadn't understood what he meant back then.
To be honest, he had forgotten it entirely.
'Wasn't I young back then?
Didn't I kill my father?
Didn't I…?'
Questions flooded Arthur's mind as he stood there alone, the sword drawing closer to his neck.
He didn't know.
In that moment—because of his pitiful weakness and the nearness of death—
he shattered a small part of the wall he had built around his memories as a child.
The blade was a hair's breadth away from cutting his neck when he smiled faintly.
He dodged at the last moment.
Arthur planted his feet firmly and moved his right hand in a motion he didn't remember learning.
His fist passed through the attacker's body, opening a hole from his abdomen to his back—killing him instantly.
In the next moment—
A flying sword cut through the air and severed another attacker's arm.
"Step away from here now.
I won't repeat myself."
Everyone trembled at the girl's voice.
But what was even more terrifying than Admiral Lee Jihye…
was the aura of death still pouring from Arthur's half-conscious body, as memories surged through his mind like an endless flood.
Everyone fled in terror.
As they ran, Arthur snapped out of his memories, clutching his head as he tried to understand—but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't recall or comprehend it.
He wanted to keep thinking, but the situation didn't allow it, so he let it go for now.
Then he sighed and looked back.
"If you weren't the student of that bastard companion…"
Arthur smiled as he looked at Lee Jihye.
"You've grown stronger, sir."
"Sir?
Why are you calling me that?"
"You're my teacher's companion… so."
"No need for formalities.
Just call me Arthur. That's enough."
Lee Jihye turned toward the trees.
"How long do you plan to hide, Uncle Dokja?"
"So… you found me."
"Why didn't you come out and help si—
I mean… why didn't you help Arthur?"
"Because I know him better than anyone.
And I know he won't die because of a bunch of weak fools."
"Why did you come here?"
Kim Dokja spoke quickly:
"Is your teacher here?"
She looked at him in surprise.
"How do you know everything, uncle?
Yes, he's here. He said there's no need to worry about the disaster—he'll handle it himself.
So we're preventing any interference."
Sweat formed on Kim Dokja's forehead.
Then he rushed toward Yoo Joonghyuk's location.
Arthur followed, while Lee Jihye stayed behind to block anyone from advancing.
"No one is allowed to enter here.
Go back where you came from."
"And who are you to order us?!"
They turned at a familiar voice.
It was Lee Hyunsung.
One of the pursuers raised his hand to strike him.
Lee Hyunsung's expression changed.
He grabbed the man's fist, lifted him, then threw him flying toward the water.
The rest fled immediately.
"I'm tired… so tired…
Where are you?
Where are you, Dokja…?"
"Lee Hyunsung… is that you?"
He turned, tears filling his eyes.
"Dokja… it's really you."
The pursuers interrupted.
"They're here!"
"Kill them!"
Lee Hyunsung's blood boiled, veins bulging.
"I told you…
go back where you came from."
He struck the ground with his hand.
The entire area shattered.
The people disappeared.
"Lee Hyunsung, can you tell me where Yoo Joonghyuk is?"
"In the forest."
"I'll be back soon.
We'll talk then."
Kim Dokja ran off.
Arthur smiled.
"How are you, Lee Hyunsung?"
"I'm fine… but why are you here?"
"To stop that bastard from doing something stupid, probably.
Good to see you, but I have to go now."
He ran after Kim Dokja.
Lee Hyunsung remained alone…
a warm smile on his face,
because he had seen them again.
The two reached the depths of the forest, where a massive rock resembling a red meteor lay embedded in the ground like a heart of destruction.
Before it stood the Poison Master, a small, unsettling smile on her face.
From behind her, Yoo Joonghyuk stepped forward with steady strides, his eyes fixed coldly on Arthur and Kim Dokja.
"What are you doing here?"
Kim Dokja couldn't hold back.
"This is insane…
you— you idiot!
Did you feed the Guide's meteor to the disaster?!"
He stepped closer, his voice filled with anger.
"How can you be this stupid, Yoo Joonghyuk?
Why are you trying to awaken the disaster early?!"
Yoo Joonghyuk's expression didn't change.
"This disaster was my ally before.
So… it is not a harmful disaster."
He spoke with cold confidence, as if it were an unquestionable truth.
At that very moment—
{The Flood Disaster is preparing to emerge.}
Kim Dokja's expression changed.
"Damn it—!
Lee Seolhwa, take this idiot and get out of here immediately!"
But before he could finish—
Yoo Joonghyuk disappeared.
In a single instant, he appeared behind Kim Dokja.
He struck precise points in his body with terrifying accuracy.
Kim Dokja collapsed to the ground without resistance, his voice completely cut off.
Silence fell.
Then Yoo Joonghyuk slowly turned.
"And what about you?"
He looked directly at Arthur.
Arthur raised his head calmly.
He looked at the skull mark above his head…
it hadn't disappeared.
Which meant he was still weakened.
Still a target.
A faint smile appeared on his lips, carrying quiet mockery and hidden menace.
"I'm here…
to watch you fall into despair,
my companion."
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