Life Mission Vol 1 Chapter 10

Life Mission

Cha Jun Sung came back to his senses. He had forgotten while he was busy getting his equipment that these were the actions of someone who was thinking of going back.

“Am I going?”

Thump.

His heart trembled. Because he was scared? It was that, but also….. out of expectation? Excitement? It was like when he had entered Life Mission for the first time 10 years ago.

“It has only been a day since I said I wouldn’t go back, but I guess I won’t last another 3 days.”

He could not deny his instinct. His determination was weakening.

He wanted to go inside the mission and get ahead of everyone else. He was actually ahead of everyone now. But only so long as he didn’t stop here.

“It’s too late to go to sleep now.”

The equipment that appeared as holograms looked at him and seduced him. They were more tempting than a naked woman. It became a night of worry.

“I don’t know!”

The equipment Cha Jun Sung had bought in the middle of the night were organized next to him.

The impact tights and plastic armor were okay, but he would be arrested if the red fire and steel katana were found.

“E-class mission list.”

-[Searching E-class missions. There are 35122 missions available.]

There was a variety of missions. They all had different goals and rewards.

The lowest were 300-400 points, but there were some that exceeded 1500. The highest in class E was 3000, but he had no intention on overdoing it from the beginning.

“Since there isn’t a limit on how many I can go in and out of, let’s start from the lowest and make our way up in order.”

He decided on starting at below 400 points. The 3 goals are annihilation, attainment, and escape. It was simple. Either kill everyone, do something, or run away.

“This looks good.”

-[E-class mission: Dwarves in the darkness] [Goal: Annihilation]

-[Scenario: Kill dwarves that have gotten past the barricades and occupied a supermarket] [Reward: 350 points]

Since it was class E, the scenario was as simple as the tutorial’s. There was not a lot of thought put into it. It would become more complicated as he went higher in class.

“There are a few more things I need to buy if I want to complete a proper mission.”

He was short on points, so he could just complete a few E-class missions. He did not want to overdo it.

It was all equipment that he had used when he started playing Life Mission.

“Even if I want to collect more information on the missions, any more than this is too much.”

It had only been 2 days since the reality version started. Everyone was in a state where they had taken the first step. No one was in a position to teach another. Everyone was in the same situation.

“I’ll advance a step while everyone else is hesitating.”

Though it was a simple step now, soon it would become a distance that could not be shortened.

Wiing.

“Is it that place?”

3-floor supermarket, Cha Jun Sung examined the sign. The writing was unfamiliar.

It looked like the language of developing countries. From the outside, it looked like a supermarket from one of Korea’s major companies. Judging by its size, it must have been large inside as well.

“If they’re Level 1 mutant dwarves that like the darkness, they must be gremlins.”

They are aggressive. Their darts are toxic.

As they are fairly strong, compared to other weak mutants, they enjoy hunting more than they act as cognate predators. Level 2 mutants also avoid gremlins who attack in hordes.

“I’ll start with the red fire, and use the sword once I get used to battle.”

This is reality. He did not confuse it with the virtual version and made a clear differentiation.

In the virtual version, he may have been the Overload that killed a Level 9 mutant, but he was just an average person who exercised a bit in reality. He would die if he overreacted just by trusting his equipment.

“Should I wait until the morning?”

It was evening. He did not have equipment for his vision, so everything was dark. Even if he got used to the dark, there was only so much he could do with human vision.

In the morning when it became lighter, he could check the market and its surrounding area.

Nod.

Cha Jun Sung decided to wait it out. There was nothing to lose in waiting.

Kiki!

He heard unpleasant laughter. It was like something was laughing at him.

“Ugh! They’ll be walking around because it’s nighttime, but I haven’t used the odorless spray.”

Gremlins were nocturnal. They would avoid the sun by staying inside the supermarket during the day, but they would come out at night to move around or hunt. He had forgotten.

Bang!

Chiik!

Cha Jun Sung searched through his pack and sprayed himself. He could not fool the ones who had already seen him, but it would be better to spray it even now. There! Let’s greet some customers.

“1 gremlin?”

Seuk.

He could see a gremlin’s head by the building. Cha Jun Sung took his red fire with a silencer. It was around 30m away.

Pew!

Puk!

The gremlin was shot in the head whether by luck or skill and fell over. There was a bursting sound in the air, but it was not enough to cause trouble.

-[You have earned 12 points.]

“A gun really is good.”

It was easy. It died on a shot. He would be able to kill dozens.

Seuseuk.

Cha Jun Sung approached the gremlin. It was carrying a coarse weapon. It was not dangerous. It was a type that can be blocked with his plastic armor.

As he searched the body, he found a dart and tried jabbing his impact tights with it. He had controlled its length so that it would not touch his skin even if it got through the fabric.

“It doesn’t go through.”

It did not go in no matter how much he pushed on it. It might go in if he pushed against it on a wall, but there was almost no risk of an external attack because that was not likely to happen.

“I’ll still wait.”

Conceit becomes a trap, and the best situation is to go along with his plan. Nothing lost from being cautious.

Pewpewpewpew!

Changchangchangchang!

Every time he shot the red fire, a window of the supermarket engulfed in darkness shattered. He broke each one he saw mercilessly.

Hwak!

Kyak!

Rays of sunlight flooded in. Shrieks followed. The gremlins scrambled to find a dark place to hid from the light.

That was his chance. It seemed they were more averse to the sunlight than they were to gate crashers. The red fire chased their unprotected movement like a swarm of bees.

“There are a ton of them.”

He stopped counting after he killed over 100 of them.

He had swept the 1st through 3rd floors, and all that was left was the basement. It did not have windows because it was the basement, but it was okay. He had given 50 points to get a photothermal magazine.

Snap.

Cha Jun Sung switched the magazine. It was his last magazine. He had used them sparingly, but he had used 241 bullets. If he failed in the basement sweep, he would have to go into battle.

Sukuk.

He took the dagger out and slit the throats of gremlins that were still alive. There could be ones that were hiding, but he was going to check that after finishing up with the basement.

Tubuktubuk.

Cha Jun Sung got on the escalator with the dagger in his left hand and the red fire in his right. He did not turn it on. He was just following its path.

He left one escalator and stopped walking. Dozens of pairs of eyes blinked from afar at him.

Cha Jun Sung sneered as he took out a round object from his chest.

The photothermal magazine kept a tremendous light for 5 minutes If this went off, it would be as though there was daylight in the basement.

Seuk.

Cha Jun Sung wore the glasses attached to his plastic armor. Its tinted feature would protect his eyes from the photothermal magazine.

Bibibibi!

The timer was for 5 seconds. If he did not throw it within that time, it would go off in front of him.

Pwak!

Kyah!

He closed his eyes because of the light that came in past the tinted glasses. The eyes and skin of the gremlins who had been exposed to the photothermal magazine burned.

It was so painful that they died one after the other.

“If the missions under 400 points are all like this, I can do a bunch.”

It was advantageous the more points he had. But rash behavior always proved to be ineffective.

The equipment he could carry was limited if he did not have 50,000 points to acquire the space compression bag. A lot of items interfered with his movement unnecessarily.

“I won’t get comfortable, but from what I’ve felt…… I’m embarrassed that I was so nervous.”

He knew that it was on behalf of the equipment. Other than the exhaustion, he did not have any injuries. All that he had were a few scratches on the plastic armor.

Pewpew!

Cha Jun Sung used the red fire on a struggling gremlin and picked up the photothermal magazine. He could use it more usefully.

The photothermal magazine he had purchased was not to be thrown on the ground, but imprinted.

Swish.

Snap.

Cha Jun Sung threw the photothermal to the ceiling. A strong magnet came out of it and it attached itself to a structure. The interior of the basement became bright.

As the range of light widened, the darkness went away. The gremlins naturally fled into areas where the darkness was weak.

Kiik!

It was pathetic how they were struggling with each other to stay in the shadows.

“So you’re the leader.”

Deep in the darkness hid a gremlin about a half larger than the rest. The leader gremlin looked at Cha Jun Sung with malice.

“Goodnight.”

Pewpew!

Chapter end