The Chicken Legend's Game Becomes Reality - Chapter 81

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Chapter 81
In the distance, I could see Baek Hee-an and Lee Do-jin sprinting desperately.
“Stop!”
“Stop the train immediately!”
Baek Hee-an and Lee Do-jin were screaming at the top of their lungs toward the departing train.
But there was no way they could be heard.
Clank! Whoooosh—
The KTX Busan-bound Train began moving slowly with a grinding sound.
“It’s departing in this situation?!”
My voice burst out involuntarily as well.
“No, how are they going anywhere with a Gate attached?! The outer map is sealed off!”
It was an incomprehensible decision.
Hopefully, the Game System would mercifully block us with a peaceful message like ‘You cannot proceed further.’
If things went wrong, we could collide with a wall and crash.
Thud!
A massive monster emerged from the Gate atop the train’s roof.
An Ogre Charger.
The muscle-bound creature, as tall as the train car’s ceiling, gripped a rusted battle axe in one hand.
“Ah….”
We were truly screwed.
The moment it appeared on the train roof, it raised its axe.
Crash—boom!
The train roof shattered with a violent effect, and the monster vanished from sight.
It had gone inside.
‘This is insane.’
Sway, sway.
The entire train car began shaking violently.
Clatter!
I ran frantically through the clustered graphics of fleeing NPCs.
‘The people….’
It was now impossible for them to avoid injury.
I had to get inside as quickly as possible, dispatch the Ogres swiftly, and save as many lives as I could.
Until rescue arrives!
Another monster emerged from the Gate in the rear car.
It goes inside.
Thud. Thud-thud.
The train shook violently.
Crash! Crash-crash-crash!
“!”
Black pixels scattered chaotically inside the glass windows of the KTX’s rear car.
Bloom.
At that very moment, a cluster of black pixels splattered against the window with a sharp crack.
A mass of rendered flesh slid downward, leaving afterimages in its wake.
It was someone’s arm.
A gulp.
‘…They should be able to reattach it, right?’
The most broken ability in that field belonged to Healing Hunters, and they were probably sprawled all over outside the station right now.
Desperate attempts to open the window.
Palm-shaped black pixels scattered, and the sight of people fleeing and others collapsing under weapons unfolded vividly without a drop of blood.
This was the first time I’d felt grateful for God of Fighters’ bloodless all-ages rating.
‘Hurry!’
A sealed slaughterhouse where people were trapped.
I had to rush in there, eliminate the monsters, and save the people.
【Ahead.】
A Gate opened on the train platform.
An ogre emerged from within and charged straight at me.
I cast a skill immediately.
[Crescent Null]
Boom!
“Get lost!”
A critical hit landed, but it didn’t die outright.
Kwaaaaagh—!
Nearly every ogre on the platform converged toward me.
‘Tch.’
That’s why I couldn’t enter immediately despite witnessing the horrific situation inside the train with my own eyes.
Someone had to stop the train.
‘Baek Hee-an!’
When I looked up, I couldn’t see Baek Hee-an or Lee Do-jin anywhere.
Then, the train doors were forced open.
Terrified passengers poured out through the gap between the opened doors.
Aaaahhh!
Help me!
Voices I couldn’t hear seemed to ring in my ears like phantom sounds.
“S-slowly, please!”
Passengers pouring out from the now-moving train stumbled, fell, and rolled across the floor as they escaped.
Casualties were mounting from the desperate scramble for survival.
“Hey, you want to die?! Don’t push the person in front! People will die if you’re not careful!”
There was no way they could hear me.
In that moment, countless NPCs—no, people—looked toward me.
‘…Huh?’
In that instant, a palpable wave of relief washed over the crowd.
A male teenager who had been running nearby suddenly stopped and quickly caught an elderly man who was stumbling, helping him back to his feet.
“….”
The atmosphere had shifted dramatically.
I wasn’t a Hunter, but it seemed people found great comfort simply knowing a Hunter existed right before their eyes.
They believed I would protect them, that they could survive.
‘How could these possibly be NPCs?’
It was almost absurd that I hadn’t realized this sooner.
These people were unmistakably real.
For the first time, independent of my maddening hunger for money, that thought struck me.
‘This is good, being a Hunter.’
As I turned my head, my eyes caught sight of a horde of Ogres charging straight at the NPCs.
Aaaahhh!
The frozen crowd screamed silently through their expressions.
I immediately cast a skill.
[Blackpulse]
A radial area-of-effect attack that pushes back monsters when they cluster too densely, sending them flying outward.
“Not on my watch.”
I cast the skill and immediately rushed forward.
Boom—!
‘So it really is an A-Rank Gate.’
The monsters had grown stronger.
After striking their vital points several times and draining their HP significantly, I kicked hard and spun my body around.
More coming from behind.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Crash! Thud, Bang!
I rapidly landed critical hits on all approaching monsters, herded them together, then cast a Constellation area skill.
Flash—
[Pyroclasm Noir]
Boom—!!
As the explosion erupted, monsters died en masse and the area fell into a momentary lull.
‘Perfect!’
A few monsters still remained, and the Gate on the platform hadn’t closed yet, but things were manageable now.
The Players had arrived.
Boom—!
Behind me, from the 2nd Floor Waiting Hall railing and staircase, brilliant multicolored attack effects erupted like fireworks.
Red dots flooded across my minimap.
“It’s Chicken!”
“Wait, why are there only two Gates visible?!”
“It seems to be inside the train!”
“Are you serious?”
“Save the NPCs first!”
The radiant light of the Constellations erupting from the Players swept across the Platform like a tidal wave.
Boom! Crack-boom!
Crash—!
The glass panels of the Convenience Store on the Platform shattered, and the snacks and beverage cans inside exploded upward like fireworks.
Screech?! Screeeech!
The Ogres that had been targeting the NPCs all turned their gaze toward the Players.
True to their nature as active Hunters, the Players moved in perfect unison and began taking down the monsters.
‘Where did the Jung Siblings go?’
They seemed to be chasing right on my heels, but I couldn’t see them anymore.
Tap!
I used the crumpled vending machine rolling toward me as a stepping stone, kicked off the moving KTX Train wall, and launched myself onto the roof.
Atop the slowly moving KTX Train.
Thud.
Ogres swarmed across the roof of the Train where the Gate had opened.
“Sweep them away!”
I charged toward the Gate and cast my skill.
[Incarnation]
My body was engulfed in crimson light.
“【Leave it to me.】”
Boom—!
A scarlet aura exploded outward.
In my fleeting vision, I caught glimpses of the area beneath the Train.
Below, the Players who had rushed forward and the monsters pouring from the Gate were locked in brutal close combat.
‘Reassuring.’
Hunters truly are Hunters.
The Hunters who had been locked in mortal combat just moments ago now fought in perfect unity.
It seemed every Hunter at Seoul Station had gathered here.
It was good, certainly.
‘But to end the Tournament, ?!’
I had left the battle to Red Star and was assessing the situation when it happened.
Clang—!
Nothing appeared on the Map, but my avatar now contained a being called a ‘Constellation’—a tier above even spirits.
Red Star drew his sword.
Above.
Something dropped vertically from the 2nd Floor railing, targeting the crown of my head.
Crash—!
Screeeee—!
‘What, what is this thing?!’
A heavy impact that felt like my entire body was being crushed.
At that same moment, brilliant violet flames erupted violently before my eyes.
A blonde man with sacred patterns engraved on shoulder guards over a modern white coat, gripping a long silver spear in one hand.
Ranking 3rd Hunter: HunterX Idol.
Shortened to Hunter Idol.
‘The fact that this bastard finally found the Gate means there’s no more prey left inside Seoul Station.’
All Players had gathered here where the Gate had opened.
Clang! Clang—!
Crackle.
Every time weapons collided, sacred light effects bloomed hauntingly.
An explosive burst of light erupting instantly.
‘An area-wide skill!’
Just before Hunter Idol’s area skill detonated, Sword Dragon hurled his body into a hole in the train ceiling.
Boom—!
The projectile Hunter Idol launched tore through the train ceiling’s iron plating like tissue paper.
A voice came from above.
“【You dodged well. But you won’t last long.】”
“【Shut up. Come down.】”
I couldn’t focus on the conversation between the two Constellations.
‘…!’
My avatar’s vision, having landed on the cabin floor, unfolded a hellscape before me.
If blood were visible, the entire interior would have been drenched in it.
Cabin seats and various parts of the train were crushed, and several passengers were being dragged away by monsters, their expressions twisted in silent screams.
‘My body.’
I want to run, but my body won’t obey my will.
A woman desperately holding a child had her arms twisted grotesquely.
She stares tearfully at the man being dragged away.
Our eyes met.
Please help me.
‘Again….’
That familiar sensation of my body moving of its own accord.
My heart was already rushing to save that woman’s husband, the man with black pixels pouring from his head, but.
“【Focus!】”
Regardless of such will, my body spun around violently of its own volition.
‘…What is this.’
Some force was being exerted on my body.
It was an overwhelmingly strong control, as if someone had suddenly yanked the reins of a horse and driven it forward.
Boom—!
Sword Dragon blocked Hunter Idol’s long spear as it flew down through the ceiling hole.
Boom! Clang!
Every time spear and sword clashed, magical storms raged.
“【You must focus!】”
No, that won’t work.
‘This isn’t the time for Constellations to be fighting each other!’
I said it inwardly, but Sword Dragon didn’t even pretend to listen.
It was a situation that warranted his stubbornness.
True to his reputation as a renowned all-rounder Ranker, the Constellation possessing Hunter Idol displayed combat prowess that exceeded all imagination.

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