Deadline Is Raining in the Status Window - Chapter 118

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“Hyahahaha! We’re striking gold, striking gold!”
“Stop laughing like that, you maniac!”
Yet you yourself are chuckling away, aren’t you, Reina? I charged forward in a straight line and thrust my trident toward the bull-headed beastman, whose massive frame towered three times over that of an ordinary human. Detecting something amiss from the violet blade, the male retreated, and when Reina—anticipating this—swung her greatsword, he parried with a colossal staff. Of course, our combination didn’t end there.
“Glacial Guidance!”
After battling this bastard for a full year, we move as one. Reina always leaves herself exposed after a full-power swing, so I filled that gap by launching a sharp ice spear. The bull-headed beastman shattered it with his bare hands—his skin must be incredibly thick and durable.
“We can’t just brute force this.”
“What do we do?”
“I’ll hold him. Burn and pierce.”
I’d already confirmed the trident bends well during my earlier strikes. Using the shaft like a high-jump pole, I vaulted into the air and locked my legs around the bull-headed beastman’s neck. Gripping the back of his head with my thighs and squeezing with all my strength, the male gasped and choked.
“Damn monster bastard.”
Your mouth curses me, Reina, but your body honestly prepares to cast. She swung her greatsword and shouted the skill name, and with a bang, the Bull-headed Beastman’s abdomen erupted in flames, his fur charring black.
But it fell just short. Reina’s greatsword succeeded in cutting the beastman’s skin, yet failed to inflict a deep wound. The moment she clicked her tongue in frustration, two blades whistled through the air with a sharp sound.
“You crazy bastard!”
The blades severed several strands of her crimson hair, and the female flew into a rage. Had the angle been slightly off, the poison dripping from those blades would have pierced Reina instead.
“I, I dodged and threw it.”
“That’s just a matter of perspective! A poison user throwing blades from behind me—who wouldn’t feel uneasy about that!”
“Tsk, should’ve just hit you.”
“Hey, look at this! This bastard’s not even stuttering anymore!”
Stop fighting already. I confirmed blood flowing from the bull beastman’s eyes and ears, then leaped away and released my grip on his neck. As the weakened male crashed to the ground with a thud, a door opened in what had appeared to be mere stone, and the small tin robots I’d seen before came tumbling out.
They must be dedicated to treatment. When they came to me, they gave me a transfusion and left.
Beep— beep.
So there’s a speaker inside as well as an emergency exit. After some adjustment sounds from disuse, a woman’s voice echoed through.
「Mino is being transported for treatment. Attraction users, please cease your attacks. Thank you for your understanding.」
So the bull’s name is Mino. Probably derived from Minotaur, as expected.
「We’ll provide proper treatment, so may we take a blood sample?」
Probably making an antidote. The employee benefits here are quite good. Not treating workers as disposable parts—that’s the mark of a good manager.
I consulted with Kanna and consented to the mechanical voice. A treatment unit approached Kanna, spraying disinfectant and applying numbing salve. A minuet played through the speaker, apparently to signal rest time.
“Ugh! This is exhausting! Don’t they have a food point like in Serpent King’s Tower?”
Reina, collapsed on the floor, spouted nonsense. I was about to say that only Gerth creates recovery zones before boss rooms, but the speaker’s woman wouldn’t be outdone.
「A bar with music and beverages is available before the final room.」
“Yes!”
Are all the demon lords here this considerate? If this keeps up, Sky Island will have rest rooms at every checkpoint? I’ve never seen such descriptions in the original novel.
As if reading my thoughts, a display descended from ahead, and an incredibly smug emoticon appeared with a triumphant sound.

I appreciate you sharing this, but this appears to be an emoticon/kaomoji rather than Korean text. It’s a cute face expression that doesn’t translate to English words.

That expression irritates me.
「This is an experience-type attraction, after all!」
The mechanical woman puffed out her chest, explaining that since it was an amusement ride, the difficulty had been lowered and emergency exits and evacuation routes were prepared for user safety. I wanted to throw cold water on her smugness.
“For something like that, an awful lot of people seem to have died.”
「….」
“The stench of corpses was vibrating through the air.”

♪~ ƪ(´ε｀; )ʃ

An emoticon of her whistling innocently appeared on the display. That woman irritates me. I spoke my honest thoughts aloud.
“That bitch is annoying.”
“Her face is absolutely infuriating.”
“I, it’s annoying, hehe.”
Once I opened fire, Reina Letem and Kanna unleashed a barrage of insults at the woman. When Reina finally declared she wanted to punch the woman in the face, an indignant emoticon flashed on the display before the woman’s excited voice rang out.
「Ah, babies shouldn’t say such naughty things!」
“She called us babies—that woman must be old.”
Reina threw a direct hit at her body. I was about to tell her to apologize right then and there, but Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony blared from the speakers, and an angry voice echoed through the room.
「Who did you call an old hag?!」
“No one called you an old hag. Calm down.”
“You said old, not old hag.”
“Kanna, shut your mouth.”
“Y, yes!”
This is bad—she’s hot-blooded. I told her to calm down several times, but the woman flashed red lights and blared sirens while unleashing mechanical monsters in droves. Kanna’s wounds seemed to be stitched up, so I ran desperately to escape the room, but Reina cried out to me indignantly.
“Why is that old hag so temperamental?!”
“Your mouth, you brat! It’s all because of your mouth!”
Count Letem’s wife might not know anything else, but when it came to Reina Letem’s mouth, it was definitely direct-ordered from hell. I would absolutely bill the Letem household for this debt.
“E, Evan, run!”
Kanna, who had rushed ahead, reached the next room first, and the door began closing slowly. It looked good for ditching the small fry, but the closing speed was sluggish. I kicked Reina through and shouted a skill.
“Guided Frost Binding!”
As I blocked the corridor with ice pillars, the mechanical monsters hesitated. I seized the moment and leaped into the next room, and the instant I entered, I smacked Reina on the back of her head.
“Why did you bring up old people, you crazy bitch!”
“Well, if she calls us babies, wouldn’t her opponent be young?!”
“B, but, the person who misunderstood and said old hag, th, that’s the weirdest part.”
That’s true. If even Kanna, who usually hates taking Reina’s side, says something like that, there’s nothing more to say. The woman beyond the speaker was strange.
Moreover, the woman’s anger hadn’t subsided, so the moment we reached the third room, she blared the siren again and unleashed a flood of small mechanical creatures. Each one individually wasn’t that strong, but with such overwhelming numbers, it took a solid hour just to deal with them all.

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“Huff, huff, huff.”
“I can’t move anymore.”
“Manager! One cold barley drink here!”
We crawled into the Rest Room bar and collapsed directly onto the sofa. A robot came to take our order, and Reina Letem requested a barley drink while Kanna and I ordered non-alcoholic mojitos. The robot returned to the counter and began mixing our beverages with mechanical precision.

(´；ω；`)

「My apologies. I became overly excited.」
The fortunate part was that the woman had finally composed herself and regained her composure.
“If you’re responsible for managing an attraction, adjusting the difficulty level based on personal emotions is wrong.”
「You are absolutely correct.」
“Furthermore, if you truly considered visitor safety, you wouldn’t create a cliff at the starting point. Most people die.”
「Thank you for your valuable feedback. I will absolutely reflect it in our operations.」
“And those emoticon faces only seem like an attempt to provoke us.”
「I’ve heard the rumors, but you really do resemble Gerth.」
Did she know Gerth? I asked without much thought, and discovered quite a touching story.

ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ

“Tada! Don’t be startled! I am none other than Machine King Makina!”
My Makina doesn’t get flustered at being called an old lady. Give me back my original Makina, you bastard.
“So Bunny Land was under demon jurisdiction?”
“That’s right. I heard from Gerth that the Machine King operates it.”
“No wonder. The technology was too good for something the Imperial Court wasn’t even investing in.”
Reina Letem came to see it herself, thought foreign capital had been invested, and was apparently racking her brains trying to figure out where to insert her spoon. This bastard clearly has a sharp mind, so why is she so stupid?
“I’ll inform Gerth.”
In any case, I had only one thing to say to her. I never even called her an old lady, yet she got offended on her own and unleashed a horde of demons. We nearly experienced an unplanned death, and Gerth would be furious when he heard he’d almost lost his friend. An entire beastman village was actually wiped out because they thought I was dead.
“I-I’ll provide plenty of service for you, customer!”
Oho, now that’s a tempting offer.
I sucked down the mojito the robot brought and even requested snacks. Then I had a serious conversation with Makina about how much she could reveal.
“I will absolutely ensure you receive dungeon byproducts. Normally they’re not applied to attractions, but I’ll make sure items drop from Normal all the way to Legendary grade…”
“Confirmed.”
“…”
“Legendary drop confirmed.”

(´；ω；`)

“Teacher, if you do that, Bunny Land will go bankrupt.”
“I’ll inform Gerth.”

(´；ω；`)

Cry all you want—you nearly killed me. As I chewed through chocolate pretzels to recover my depleted mental energy and applied pressure, Makina continued displaying crying emoticons before making a counteroffer.
“Um, if the Extreme Hellfire mode is too difficult, I could also allow personnel reinforcements mid-run. So could we at least limit it to Rare?”
“Legendary.”
“I’ll adjust the Boss’s Room difficulty for you. So couldn’t we at least go with Super Rare?”
“Legendary of Legends.”
“Ultra Rare! I really can’t back down any further than this!”
“I accept.”
And so we secured the ability to obtain Ultra Rare items upon clearing the Boss’s Room. If we took our family heirlooms to an appraisal shop, they’d receive a Legendary rating—it was absolutely sweet.

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