Chapter 192: Big Guy and Little Guy 2
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Upon seeing the enormous ashen tree that feeds on the undead to mass-produce doppelgngers, I suddenly realized something.
It seemed that, rather than undead yielding mana stones, we were mostly encountering doppelgngers that left behind nothing but corpses.
Doesn't this part blatantly reveal the malicious intent of the game developers?
It's clear that since the temple forces began to assist players, the developers have locked down farming to strain players' finances.
Thanks to me, and due to the ruthless full squad party of 5, 4, and 3 companions, Han Se-ah has climbed without rest.
However, other parties spend a long time on one floor, grinding guild missions to upgrade their 1 and 2 companions to 3 and to acquire equipment.
'BB Games, these guys are quite vicious...?'
The 35th floor, a base where it's unnecessary to travel back and forth through gates, but the cost of living is slightly higher.
Additionally, the doppelgnger gangs reduce the mana stone supply rate by more than half.
If hunting doesn't yield mana stones, the only way to earn money is through guild missions, most of which involve hunting the undead.
With the mob regeneration rate at about half the usual, adventurers in need of money are forced into hard labor on the 35th floor.
Isn't the monster setup, clearly designed to ramp up the difficulty every 30 floors, exceptionally malicious?
"We'll take care of the gang. Roland, break the middle of that tree!"
"Should I make a path? Or just jump over?"nôvel binz was the first platform to present this chapter.
"Run over the undead and roots. Hanna, help the others deal with them."
Shivering at BB Games' nefarious scheme, I leap over the doppelgngers struggling to rise from the sticky mucus-covered dirt path.
Whether other gamers curse BB Games' management to the heavens or wish for their resignation, it's none of my concern.
I have gold saved up for 10 years, and I'm willing to support Han Se-ah with it, enough to make her viewers swear at her.
Suddenly, the doppelgngers, previously rushing towards Katie while spewing obscenities and drawing their swords, change their expressions to emotionless and start chasing after me.
"Roland! They're all running towards you!"
"It seems they're trying to protect their production facility! Let's deal with them quickly!"
Even if Katie is fast, it takes time to handle a dozen doppelgngers turning their backs and running.
Still, they couldn't catch up to me and interfere.
The tree, as big as an apartment, with roots sprawling as wide as an apartment complex's parking lot.
Dozens of undead entangled in the roots, sucked dry of their essence, leaving no mana stones in the wide space.
My physical abilities, merely at the level of an intermediate adventurer, couldn't be matched.
The doppelgngers, once spewing lewd comments, now fall one by one with arrows and blades in their backs, resembling creatures from a horror movie mimicking humans.
If it were smaller, I'd have to control my strength, but the target is a huge, mature tree as tall as an apartment building.
Even if I strike the base with all my might, a tree of roughly 50 meters won't shatter into pieces, so I infuse my warhammer with ample mana.
Even if an explosion slightly larger than when I hunted the Full Moon Wolf occurs, about 10 meters of the top will remain, right?
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Is that really the case?
After all, the Goddess Faith is a religion that venerates life.
The fact that undead are affected by divine energy damage, but regular monsters are not, proves it.
In front of such a faith, the Demon King emerged, endlessly regenerating monsters inside the tower that merely mimic the shells of living beings, and now, creating doppelgngers in human guise.
All these acts seem filled with contempt for the Goddess of Life.
Well, that must be why a holy war was declared against that massive tree that devours divine energy.
The temple, which had not shown anger towards the Full Moon Wolf that attacked the city or the orcs that invaded the sanctuary, had finally acted.
"What should we do now? Should we search for the passage to the 40th floor again, or should Han Se-ah mark this place with her magic and then head back to the temple on the 35th floor?"
"But, with the tree gone without a trace, is there a reason to mark this place?"
"Who knows, maybe that thing will grow back here, just like monsters that keep appearing."
My companions, who had been talking amongst themselves, now turned to look at me, or rather at me and Han Se-ah.
They were clearly flustered by the unexpected turn of events on the 37th floor, when they had thought reaching the 40th floor would solve everything.
Han Se-ah, who had been teasing me with the viewers, couldnt ignore the party's questions and spoke up.
Honestly, I wouldn't mind some website-terrorism right now, given how annoying she's being.
Maybe there's a weapon like the website-shaking HALC-AS Unit 1* from my previous life in this world too.
"Sorry for the inconvenience, but we should probably head back to the 35th floor and inform the temple. We haven't been here long, but given the situation, it's best we head down again."
"Indeed, that's probably wise. We might need the assistance of the brothers at the temple."
"Yeah... There might be other gigantic trees on different floors. We should notify the temple and the guild to search for any unusually large trees."
The consensus was to inform the temple and thoroughly search from the 31st to the 39th floors for any similar trees.
It seemed everyone shared similar concerns about these human-replicating trees.
After all, hadn't we witnessed an adventuring party openly committing vile acts on our way here?
Confronting doppelgngers and indulging in lewd actions might not be classified as a sexual crime per se, but it's almost a given fact that such actions can later lead to corruption and other villainous acts.
With this in mind, we decided to head back down to the 35th floor.
The tree that vanished without a trace, the doppelgngers that left behind only corpses, and the undead that collapsed, drained of all mana to the point of not leaving any mana stones there was nothing left to salvage.
So we promptly descended to the 36th floor, only to be greeted by the sight of an adventuring party attempting another attack on us.
"Isn't that the same guy who was attacking the doppelgngers earlier?"
The adventuring party, with divine symbols engraved on their forearms.
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*LOL no clue what meme this is
*HALC-AS Unit 1 was in english. Nothing comes up from searching it..
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