Closed Beta That Only I Played

Chapter 422: A Close Call (1)

The event ‘Advance Party’ offered a huge reward.

Unlike the events or quests that offered rewards only to those who finished first or were ranked in the top group, the Advance Party event gave rewards to any participant who returned after staying there only for 30 days, so anybody who raised their reality actualization rate could not help but be tempted by that event.

Besides, the event even gave rewards to even those who simply clicked ‘yes’ when they were asked about whether they wanted to participate.

But none of the people here clearly knew how dangerous the event was. In fact, the message about the ‘Advance Party’ event even clearly announced that any participant who would die in the area o o o would die for real, as if to give them a sharp warning.

This place called o o o was the place where the black liquid man, an almost catastrophic creature that no one could have stopped if it had not been for Juyoung Hong, came from. Moreover, they were supposed to stay there for 30 days, which could be either short or long depending on the circumstances. But apparently, 30 days was a long time to stay there.

No matter how huge the reward was, it could never be more valuable as one’s life.

So the giant guilds and groups gave up participating in the event because they didn’t intend to go there at the risk of their lives.

But there were greedy people who wanted to participate even though they were not competent enough. Some of them aimed at making a big fortune by sheer luck.

In fact, some of them considered this event as a lifeline given by God.

They just naively thought to themselves, ‘I wonder if I can be one of them. I’ll be okay. I will be able to survive because so many people are participating this time.’

However, ‘Revival Legend’ was not lenient enough to allow such wishful thinking, and in the end, they were almost annihilated in just one day.

The problem was that they didn’t die while fighting against the enemy, but because they wasted so much time trying to divide into factions to get rid of the daily quota of enemies.

By the time they realized that they had to rush to find enemies to satisfy their daily quota, it was too late, which led to their sudden death.

Of course, this was not the case with all of the 14,000 participants.

There were obviously those participants or guilds that made the careful decision with a firm determination, and formed proper teams to challenge the event.

For example, the Carnabon Guild from Australia was one of them.

“Did you hear that Juyoung Hong wiped out a whole Major District, not just a Regular or a Rookie District?”

“Yeah, I did. Man, he is really crazy. This means he swept away almost one country alone!”

“You bet. Juyoung Hong got rid of not only the Major District, but also Fashant, the regional ruler of that area.”

“By the way, I just can’t believe how strong he is! As you know, the owner of the 7th Royal District means that he’s one of the strongest men in Kuhana here, right? But Juyoung Hong killed even that ruler…”

“Hey, why are you so surprised? He already killed the black liquid man on the earth, who was stronger than Fashant, the owner of 7th Royal District.”

“Did you not hear what they said? The black liquid man who used to be the ruler of the 4th Royal District could not use all his power because he spent lots of energy to pass through the tiny hole that led to Earth.”

“What does it matter? Anyway, Juyoung Hong killed him. And that’s why our safety is guaranteed right now. To be honest, do you think we ignore the Rookie areas and invade the Regular areas without suffering much damage?

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When one asked, the other guys who were exchanging their views about their daily quota kept their mouths shut. Obviously, this place was swarming with the strong players, so they would have been killed early on if Juyoung Hong had not dominated the region.

“Well, obviously all the Major, Regular and Rookie areas under Fashant’s 7th Royal District have become quiet since Juyoung Hong appeared. Our enemies have also decreased a lot.”

“I agree.”

“I would run away as well if I were in their shoes. Who would stay here when Juyoung Hong has killed their ruler? Besides, none of them can defend against Juyoung Hong.”

“Man, this emergency puts us at a disadvantage when it comes to scoring points.”

Although they came here after careful preparation, they had no choice but to pay attention to the rewards because they participated in this event at the risk of their lives.

At that moment, Taylor, the leader of the group, who had been sitting quietly until then, opened his mouth gently.

“Abandon your excessive greed. In the end, our ultimate goal was survival. For the remaining 21 days, we only have to focus on the goal of survival. In that respect, thank Juyoung Hong. He drew the attention of the residents in these areas and destroyed their districts that were almost like one country, so they didn’t pay attention to us. Even though lots of our enemies disappeared, there are still enough of them for us to satisfy our daily quota. The situation is favourable to us now because the more enemies there are, the more damage we will inevitably suffer.”

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The members of the Carnabon Guild, who were discussing their current situation, did not refute their leader Taylor because it would have been impossible for them to have survived without suffering much damage without Juyoung Hong’s brilliant performance.

Besides, they could satisfy their daily quota more easily now thanks to the number of enemies decreasing.

Anyway, the Carnabon Guild members moved very wisely, and so did most of the survivors until now.

***

It has been 9 days since I came to Kuhana.

During the past 9 days, I completely destroyed the 7th Royal District under Fashant as well as several Major and Regular districts just like the victor obtaining the loser’s loot.

It seemed that rumors about me spread so widely that several Major and Regular districts that I had not yet visited became empty and desolate.

“Hmm… I think I’ve got rid of enough.”

Of course, I would obtain bonus points if I killed the remaining residents here. But it was not very worthwhile to chase down the remaining small number of people for a small amount of points. Besides, I was afraid I would annihilate them if I began to hunt them down.

If I did so, it would be difficult for those who are currently participating in the ‘Advance Party’ event like me to meet their daily quota.

“Well… I don’t have to take care of them, but I don’t have to drive them into a corner.”

Anyway, I got all the loot I needed to take, and I fulfilled my duty in this place.

So I decided to move on to another place. Of course, I’ve already decided on my next goal. The moment Fashant died and a message rang, my next target could only be one place, namely, the 10th Royal District. More precisely, the ruler of the 10th Royal District because after killing Fashant, the ruler of the 7th Royal District, I obtained a whopping 3000 remaining stat points and my reality actualization rate increased by 5%.

Aside from the remaining 3,000 stat points, a 5% increase in my reality actualization rate thrilled me so much because it was impossible for me to achieve a 5% increase with 10,000 or 20,000 coins, given my current reality actualization rate.