The reason Pyeonghwa recited ImaDdakDae’s filthy scandal was because most of the survivors here were family units. As expected, the parents holding children in their arms glared at ImaDdakDae with displeasure.
‘If it weren’t for that stagnant water fashion, they wouldn’t have been this wary.’
ImaDdakDae was wearing a swimsuit studded with pink hearts and a bunny ear headband. It was an expensive item with tremendous options, but there was no way the NPCs would know that fact.
This is why TPO is important. In their eyes, ImaDdakDae would look like a pervert walking around the amusement park wearing only panty-style swimwear.
On top of that, Pyeonghwa, who had saved their lives at the souvenir shop, had stamped him with the label of child sex offender, so the wariness toward ImaDdakDae couldn’t help but multiply several times over.
“Kids, you saw me defeat that ahjussi who set the fire earlier, right? That perverted ahjussi is just a lightweight too, you know? Just trust hyung!”
“……Samchon, hang in there!”
“Samchon, win…!”
“Please defeat the pervert!”
When Pyeonghwa boasted while pounding his chest with his fist, the children threw in words of encouragement one after another. Comments like ‘This time it’s hyung not oppa’ and ‘Seems like youth syndrome’ sarcastically rolled up in the chat window.
Pyeonghwa checked the Demagogue skill cooldown. There were still 10 minutes left, so he couldn’t use it right away. But even without the skill, there were infinite ways to use NPCs.
Pyeonghwa handed the flamethrower to the father of the children at the very front and opened his mouth.
“As expected, children should be protected by their father. I’ll go show that pervert the power of fathers!”
“Pl-please. But where is your child……?”
“……”
When Pyeonghwa silently made a tearful face inside the gas mask, a crying emoticon (ㅜ 0 ㅠ) was drawn on the goggles’ neon sign.
Sympathetic gazes poured from the parents who misunderstood that his child had already died.
‘Yep, favorability work complete.’
NPCs had the exact same mechanism as real people, so they didn’t particularly like conversing with Pyeonghwa. Since Pyeonghwa himself didn’t recognize the problems with his speech, there was no way it could be fixed in the short term.
To increase his win rate, he had to gain the NPCs’ trust within 20-30 minutes of the match starting. That was also why Pyeonghwa chose the amusement park map. Most of the NPCs here were family units, and it was a structure good for drawing out a sense of homogeneity through the common denominator of parents.
But that alone wasn’t enough. He needed something special to engrave his existence like an imprint. Pyeonghwa created a common enemy with the Demagogue skill. Fortunately, thanks to farming the flamethrower, it proceeded smoothly. He successfully completed the first plan while rescuing people who almost burned to death by the arsonist.
‘A common enemy always brings us closer together.’
If the arsonist was Season 1’s main villain, Season 2’s main villain is ImaDdakDae.
Pyeonghwa knew ImaDdakDae would seek him out first. There were three BJs on the opposing team, but only ImaDdakDae harbored ill feelings toward him. Given his personality, he thought he’d definitely use the chat to find out his location, and that prediction hit the mark.
“Ha, this bastard… really making me into complete trash?”
ImaDdakDae gripped the handles of the two daggers in both hands tightly with eyes full of rage. These were items he’d even taken out a loan to purchase for this match. They were oddly shaped daggers with blades extending in semicircular curves above and below, pivoting on the central handle.
“Wow, so cool. How much was the weapon? Seems like it’d be over 100 million.”
“Shut up!”
ImaDdakDae rushed in at high speed and swung his weapon. Pyeonghwa wrapped celestial silk thread around a ceiling structure and jumped up lightly to avoid the attack.
As if signaling the start of the fight, the carousel’s lights sparkled and began spinning round and round. ImaDdakDae threw the dagger in his other hand at Pyeonghwa. Whiiish! The blade rotated and cut through the air.
“Eek!”
Pyeonghwa, who was hanging dangling from a steel beam, wrapped celestial silk thread around a pole supporting the carousel. Pyeonghwa landed on a horse in a parabolic arc as the dagger whooshed over his head.
Immediately, ImaDdakDae launched his body and struck down at Pyeonghwa with his blade tip. Uwah, Pyeonghwa fell from the horse and tumbled over on his back.
ImaDdakDae threw one weapon like a boomerang and pressured Pyeonghwa by engaging in close combat with the other. Pyeonghwa panted while narrowly avoiding ImaDdakDae’s attacks. Barely jumping up to the ceiling or hiding behind horses was all he could do.
[Pax’s physical ability is average……]
[For real lol seems like he’s never fought lololol he’s screwed]
[Seems like he doesn’t have any special skills either, what to do?]
Zombies that sensed the commotion grabbed the carousel fence and groaned uhhhhh. The survivors huddled and trembled. Even from their perspective, it looked difficult for Pyeonghwa to win.
Contrary to his appearance of struggling, Pyeonghwa was inwardly thinking it was worth fighting. Even though the weapon had changed, ImaDdakDae’s play style was consistent from past to present.
‘I won’t even need to use Fox Fire for this.’
ImaDdakDae used the Shifting Return skill that moved to the opposite side of the enemy in the blink of an eye, the Venom skill that dealt additional damage on hit, and the Return Targeting skill where thrown weapons returned while attacking the enemy.
Shifting Return had a preparatory motion, so he could respond by matching the timing, and for the Venom skill he just had to avoid effective hits. Return Targeting was hectic, but thanks to it he could move while avoiding suspicion.
“Stop running away, you slippery bastard!”
“Uwah! Wait, time! Tiime!”
“You like time-outs! Fuck, now, just, die!”
“Hieek, uwaaaaah!”
[?? Is it real that Mattak can’t land a single hit on Pax?]
[Pax’s evasion is max level lololololol]
[Mattak seems to be using the space too narrowly, is it because there are many survivors on the opposite side]
Inflicting harm on survivors causes points to be deducted in chunks. Viewers thought ImaDdakDae was only moving within a limited range to avoid the survivors.
But ImaDdakDae himself didn’t realize he was only moving in the same spot. The carousel moved up and down while spinning round and round, and the enemy running around like a rat was busy shrieking screams. The blade that seemed about to reach but didn’t even after dozens of swings, his insides felt frustrated and his mind was hazy.
‘Damn it, damn it! Why isn’t it hitting!’
ImaDdakDae couldn’t understand the current situation. Anyone could see that the one better at fighting was himself, who attended martial arts dojos and learned real combat. But why couldn’t his attacks reach an ordinary person who couldn’t even use their body properly…….
‘……Wait. Why isn’t my blade coming back?’
ImaDdakDae’s head cooled down as if cold water had been poured over it. At some point, the thrown weapon had stopped returning.
ImaDdakDae, who stopped dead in place, turned to look at Pyeonghwa who was breathing roughly. The goggles’ neon sign sparkled with a smiling expression.
His eyeballs rolled and went down diagonally. ImaDdakDae discovered his weapon had fallen to the floor.
“Ha, how dare you pretend you can’t fight while toying with me?”
“Hmm? Toying?”
“Come at me seriously like a man!”
“I was already doing that though……”
“Bullshit!”
ImaDdakDae stomped forcefully to pick up the fallen dagger. He planned to throw it at Pyeonghwa as soon as he picked it up.
But…….
“Kuk!”
He bumped his face into something invisible. ImaDdakDae tumbled backward from the impact. He’d bumped into it so hard that several solid lines were drawn across his face.
“Uuk, what the……!”
ImaDdakDae looked around in all directions with a dismayed face. Thin threads were densely surrounding him using the carousel poles as supports. Pyeonghwa, who had been running away this way and that, had used celestial silk thread to trap ImaDdakDae between the horses.
ImaDdakDae tried to swing his remaining weapon to cut the celestial silk thread, but cutting thread harder than steel was impossible.
“Successfully trapped Mattak. Pretty easy, right?”
[Wow amazing]
[He wasn’t running away but trapping him????]
[The design is insane ㄷㄷㄷ]
ImaDdakDae had less lower body movement compared to his flashy upper body. Tying down his feet on the carousel full of obstacles was a piece of cake.
Pyeonghwa giggled while looking at the chaotic chat window. This is the gaming genius Noh Pyeonghwa! His shoulders naturally bounced.
“Uhehe, gotta take a screenshot.”
Pyeonghwa took a photo with ImaDdakDae, who had turned completely red from anger to the top of his head, as the background. Of course, without the other party’s consent.
“Fuck, it’s not over yet!”
ImaDdakDae, who shouted angrily, swung his blade at the carousel pole. Clang! Clang! Clang! As he broke the metal poles up and down, the tightly secured thread slackened.
ImaDdakDae spread the loosened thread. Enough space to get out was created. He was about to put his head and legs through at once when his eyes met with a young survivor. The child who had been holding their breath immediately burst into tears.
“U-uwaaang! I don’t like the pervert!”
“Who’s a pervert!”
ImaDdakDae’s face contorted viciously. Damn NPCs! Once Phase 1 ends, he’ll throw them all to the zombies as food! ImaDdakDae grumbled and stuck his head in.
At that moment, someone blocked his path.
