How does it feel to step into a B-grade horror game? - 39

Episode 39.

I was afraid of death. I’m so scared that I was pierced to death in the heart, and if I get caught by the wrong monster or ghost, they won’t kill me so easily this time.

Fidelis squeezed her eyes shut as she imagined him dying. Cold sweat beaded on his smooth forehead, soaking his bangs.

Still, I had to do it. I don’t know what kind of reward it is, but if it comes out like this, it must be important to me.

All sorts of negative emotions were eating away at Fidelis, but he had to do it. For anything that will happen later.

“… I’ll play that game.”

Fidelis’ face contorted into tears, barely uttering the suppressed voice, but this time he didn’t.

“I have accepted the Hidden Mission, ‘Gem Hunt’. The time limit is 1 hour, and if you fail to clear it within that time, the hidden mission will end at the same time as failing. 」

“There was no time limit!”

Fidelis shouted in bewilderment, but the mechanical voice was nonchalant.

“The position will be changed for smooth game. Time limit: 1 hour. Start your jewelry hunt. 」

Ring!

「00:59:59」

With a cheerful sound, the transparent numbers in front of him began to dwindle. At the same time, the surroundings distorted, revealing a space that seemed familiar. He looked at his watch and panicked for a moment, and Fidelis’ face bleed.

“Now, what kind of gem are you looking for?”

The only sound in the hallway was Fidelis’ panicked voice. She added again, as if she were crying.

“I’ll tell you what kind of gem it is!”

[Hmm? human?]

Fidelis’ body stiffened with rigidity. There was no answer, but a thin voice came not far away.

[Human? Human? Human?

With his pupils trembling violently, Fidelis grabbed only the boomerang he had placed on the floor, and hurriedly opened the door in front of him and hurried in. There was no need for an unlit candle. All the while, the numbers on the clock were going down at a steady pace. Hearing a swift rush outside the room, Fidelis hurried to the room, looking for a place to hide.

Luckily, I felt weaker than the monster before, but I didn’t want to fight. It was better to avoid fights that could be avoided.

“A ghost with a long head that hangs down to the floor is approaching quickly. It seemed that the ghost was about to violently open my door and enter and break through me. 」

“… Moo, what?”

The sudden mechanical voice was explaining the ghost, but it was a strange sentence. It seemed to be a warning.

Who am I?

Just as I was thinking about it, the door swung open, as explained by a mechanical voice. Fidelis and the ghost met head-on. His body stiffened. Like a mechanical voice explaining, the ghost in front of me had long hair that hung down to the floor.

[Found You, Human!]

“Now, wait!”

[Now, wait!

As the ghost sneered as she repeated Fidelis’ words in bewilderment, she felt a vein rise in her forehead. I was strangely.

[Are you??]

Fidelis shook his head gently at the ghost who was openly drugging.

“Nope.”

[Huh? Why? Why?]

Sometimes it makes sense, sometimes it doesn’t…

Feeling a little confused, Fidelis gripped the boomerang with both hands. The atmosphere was a little relaxed, but we couldn’t let our guard down. He could pounce on him at any moment and brutally rip at the back of Fidelis’ neck.

“I’m not in a situation to be….”

[I’m not in a situation to be, black!]

“…….”

Get!

Forget her fears, Fidelis thought as she bubbling inside. The ghost in front of me seemed to be trying to turn me upside down. Involuntarily, the corner of his eye turned up, and the ghost grinned.

[I’m! I’m this time!]

Fidelis shook his head again, feeling strange at the ghost who seemed to be urging him to be.

“Nope.”

[…….]

The ghost began to smirk in a way that was distinctly different from the first time.

[Are you?]

The low-pitched voice was also eerie compared to the previous one. Fidelis involuntarily stepped back.

[Angry?]

I ask again. Fidelis bit her lip and nodded slightly, this time slightly.

“Yes! I’m!”

He jumped up and down with a grin to see if he was in a good mood again, and then he lunged at Fidelis suddenly. Fidelis was able to avoid him thanks to her auto-dodge skill. Her eyes widened in surprise, and the ghost turned its face to look at Fidelis.

[Why the damage?

The ghost’s last words were, ‘You’re, you have to attack me, why don’t you hurt me?’ It sounded like a way of saying, “I’m because you’re avoiding me.” In an unknown double sense, Fidelis could only purse her lips.

“Why, why are you attacking?”

The ghost swayed from side to side, and without answering Fidelis’ words, he rushed straight back. Fidelis looked at the clock in front of him and clenched his teeth. Time kept ticking, but I couldn’t just spend time arguing with this ghost.

Fidelis clenched his fists and slammed into the face of the rushing ghost. Struck by Fidelis’ powerful fist, the ghost slammed into the wall and vanished to ashes.

“… I’m glad I did….”

Disappearing into ashes without any signs of blood or exploding, Fidelis breathed a sigh of relief and hurried to inspect the room. Time goes on, and this mansion is too big.

Not knowing what to look for, Fidelis grabbed whatever he could find. I’m sure if she found the gem, she’d hear a mechanical voice, and it was the best she could do.

“Wait.”

Clutching the scattered wood debris in his hands, Fidelis paused. Come to think of it, it wasn’t a treasure hunt, it was a jewelry hunt. I’ve been saying ‘jewel’ all along, both in my mouth and in my thoughts, but now I’m noticing this!

Fidelis belatedly noticed that he slapped himself in the head and left the room without hesitation. It was called a ‘jewel’, so if you saw a jewel, you could just pick it up and look at it. Feeling like he had wasted his time, Fidelis let out a long sigh.

“You idiot, stupid Fidelis.”

Reproachful, Fidelis hurried on. The familiar word ‘treasure hunt’ probably contributed to the fact that I didn’t think much about the word gem hunt. Frowning, Fidelis muttered to himself once more, “Fool, you fool.”

Fidelis hurried away from the room where the ghost had been with her. In the aftermath of killing the ghost, there was a loud noise, and you never knew what kind of ghost or monster would hear the sound and come to you. Even if I knew it was a gem, it wasn’t easy to find it in such a large place. Before he died at the hands of ghosts and monsters, the game could end without finding the treasure.

With nothing but gems in his mind, Fidelis never stopped rummaging. Thanks to his heightened senses, he was able to avoid ghosts and monsters when they came.

“It was a person. But it wasn’t a person. It came out of the bottom and came up in one bite as if it were going to swallow me up. 」

Again!

Fidelis shuddered at the sudden sound of a mechanical voice. Hurriedly surveying his surroundings, Fidelis surged off the floor and ran. Goosebumps ran through his body from under the soles of his feet. Then, from where Fidelis had just stood, something with large teeth popped out.

If he had remained there, Fidelis would have been devoured by the unknown little faces in his big mouth. A cold sweat ran down his spine.

I’m sure I’ve seen it. When the monster popped out with its mouth open, the myriad faces in its mouth. Perhaps what the machine voice said was what was in the monster’s mouth.

He had the form of a man, but he was not a man. For the second time, the machine’s voice was right.

Is that mechanical voice helping me?

He thought he was so evil that he wouldn’t help him at all, but he would give the ghost a hint when he was in danger. It seemed like he wanted to wake up, and sometimes he didn’t.

“… It’s ridiculous.”

This mansion was built by Pecua. Only to drag me into ruin. It didn’t make sense for a place like that to help me. I hurriedly erased the assumption from my mind.

As I was running away from the monster, I noticed a room that was slightly open. Fidelis opened the door, then went into the room and closed the door. The room was originally a dressing room, and there were a lot of dresses strewn about. Small slippers were also noticeable, but Fidelis didn’t wear them.

Unless it was boots or shoes that were tight on the feet, slippers only got in the way of running. The dress was adorned with cubic and other small sparkling gemstones. Fidelis was troubled by the gems.

It would take time to touch them all. Fidelis, who was biting his nails nervously, suddenly looked at his watch.

[00:21:22]

There are less than half of them left. It wasn’t enough to spend time there at first, but it was because I thought of the jewel later. Above all, it was too spacious. Without bothering to touch each of the gems, Fidelis rummaged through the room and quickened his steps. Then he rolled his eyes and turned in the opposite direction.

“Let’s go to a place where monsters and ghosts are concentrated.”

When you try to hide something anywhere, you set more traps for it. I’m sure this one will be the same, but this was the last gamble. For about 20 minutes or so, I had to deal with or avoid the monsters and ghosts, searching everywhere in the vicinity for gems.

Frankly, it was impossible for a timid and fragile woman like Fidelis to go directly into a den of ghosts and monsters. But she moved. He could also get magic tools to heal someone if they got hurt.

Thinking of Hakan and Isota, she moved, trembling with fear. His heart pounded with fear, but Fidelis moved. She knew she couldn’t stop there. I couldn’t stop. It was for himself, for Hakan and Isota, and he was determined to never do Pecua’s way. Fidelis became more and more determined in extreme conditions.

Even as his heightened senses screamed at him to never get too close, and even if his fear multiplied his fear, Fidelis kept the distance from it even more. And she looked. Disgustingly grotesque monsters and ghosts roamed in one place.

‘There it is!’

In contrast to his beaming face, Fidelis’ legs were shaking. His whole body was damp with sweat. I told myself I could do it hundreds of times, but I just didn’t have the courage to jump in there. Some of them were beyond Fidelis’ strength.