The Chicken Legend's Game Becomes Reality - Chapter 82

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Chapter 82
This was a disaster.
‘The owner of Hunter Idol’s main organization has no idea that NPCs are people.’
But I couldn’t tell them.
Because right now, my body was being possessed by Sword Dragon.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Boom! Pow-pow-boom! Crash—!
A high-speed barrage of strikes erupted in the narrow cabin corridor.
Hunter Idol’s spear and the sword in my hand collided at speeds barely visible to the eye, sending sparks flying.
It was a dazzling and intense display of combat.
But I felt like I was going mad with frustration.
‘Damn it.’
People were in danger.
Many were already injured, but if I just stepped in now and swept away death, there were countless lives I could save.
When modern medicine combined with Hunters’ healing abilities, even those on death’s door could be revived.
‘Stop this and save the people already.’
Sword Dragon responded.
“【If I die here, the tournament ends. Then you won’t be able to save anyone either. Are you still okay with that?】”
Hunter Idol’s eyes widened slightly.
“【Has he grasped the situation?】”
The Constellations knew after all.
“【We received reports of a major variable created by the Neutral Faction’s distinguished guest, but to think you’d notice even after the Constellation was switched….】”
That gaze wasn’t directed at Sword Dragon—it was looking at me.
‘Those bastards.’
Even with people’s lives on the line, to the Constellations this was nothing more than a game board.
In that moment, a monster passed through my field of vision, grabbing the long hair of a fallen woman.
As the woman flinched, the monster raised its weapon.
I couldn’t hold back anymore.
‘From my body, right now,’
Whoosh.
“Get out!”
I forcibly expelled Sword Dragon’s consciousness from my avatar.
I wasn’t sure it would work, but it did.
“Ha. That’s more like it.”
It should have been possible from the start, but something felt wrong—I couldn’t move at all, so I panicked for a moment.
【W-what?!】
A voice of shock, eyes wide with disbelief.
“【…A human forcibly pushing out a Constellation.】”
Sword Dragon cried out.
【How did you do that?! It’s different from before the patch! The Constellations’ control became even stronger once we entered the main tournament!】
So that’s how it was.
‘That’s what it was all along.’
Regardless, my digital body is now mine again.
The moment I reclaimed my body, I stared directly at the eyes of Hunter Idol, whom I barely knew, and shouted.
“Snap out of it, Shin Yu-shin! People are dying!”
There was no time for detailed explanations.
It wasn’t Shin Yu-shin who answered my words—it was his Constellation.
“【We are aware.】”
Hunter Idol, who had paused mid-combat, resumed his spear strike with a flash of light.
“【Therefore, we must achieve victory swiftly!】”
Crash—!
Boom! Kaboom!
Purple lightning erupts upward.
‘Tch!’
I deflected the frenzied spear strike and immediately lashed out with my feet from within the explosion.
Smack!
I kicked Hunter Idol’s abdomen with full force, sending him flying backward, then immediately spun around.
I used health and mana potions.
They slowly replenish.
‘Ten.’
With the consciousness swap, Red Star’s magical shield shattered and my HP took a significant hit, but it didn’t matter.
【You pushed this body back in the main tournament? I knew you were impressive, but to this extent!】
I felt slightly bitter at the crazed admiration.
‘Why are you enjoying this?’
Leaving behind Red Star’s mad voice, delighted despite being driven back so gloriously, I swung my blade.
Slice!
The arm holding the woman, the arm wielding the weapon, and both of the monster’s arms were severed simultaneously.
Shriek!
Leaving the convulsing ogre behind, I struck the neck of another ogre nearby.
[Black Pulse]
Thud!
Boom—!
The black effect explodes widely.
Two monsters, and all the monsters inside the train, turned their attention away from the NPC and looked at me.
Growl!
Shriek—!
They let out terrible shrieks as if communicating, then charged at me in unison.
‘Aggro successfully drawn.’
At that very moment, Hunter Idol’s long spear flew at my throat.
Screech—
I angled my blade to deflect his sword.
The spear blade sliding along my sword’s edge shifted direction exactly as I intended.
Thwack!
Crash—!
Hunter Idol’s spear tip drove deep into the ogre’s belly as it charged toward me.
Screeeech?!
“That’s right. Now you’re being a good Constellation.”
I grinned and ruffled my hair, and the Constellation possessing Hunter Idol’s eyes widened.
“【…?】”
The monster’s target shifted to Hunter Idol.
“Go on, kill it.”
I commanded with a smirk, and Hunter Idol’s expression went blank.
Yet he moved instantly despite that vacant look.
Crack, crash—!
The Constellation possessing Hunter Idol swiftly eliminated the monster with explosive holy magic and withdrew the spear.
He swung it toward me again, his original target.
‘Not happening.’
Whoosh! Whirrr—!
Crackle,
I dodged twice, then immediately pushed off a seat and glided smoothly behind the approaching monster.
The crackling violet electricity erupted explosively.
Boom!
Screeeech—?!
The monster struck by Hunter Idol’s attack, now charred by electricity, collapsed straight to its knees.
“Well done.”
Sword Dragon chuckled heartily.
【He’s completely toying with that one.】
Hunter Idol’s expression was one of utter bewilderment.
An opening.
[Aura Pierce]
Crack!
The Constellation’s neck, still spouting some stupid exclamation, burst cleanly apart.
“【…what?】”
Thud.
Hunter Idol’s body, drained of all HP, crumpled to the ground.
[Player ‘HunterX Idol’ has been defeated.]
I’d killed a Player while a Ranker’s Constellation was possessing them.
‘What kind of carelessness is that, leaving an opening like that? It’s ridiculous. Is it loss of will to fight?’
An unexpected victory.
I immediately checked the rankings.
3rd place: Chicken Bulssdagu.
【Ahahaha! Did you see that?! I crushed that arrogant bastard’s pride in one fell swoop! Truly, you are my contractor!】
Red Star laughed boisterously, delighted.
‘What does contract even mean?’
Of course, I had never made any contract with Red Star or Kkolkkalpi.
But having heard things, I was beginning to understand that the Constellations were obsessed with this concept of a contract.
I glanced outside the train once amid Red Star’s frenzied praise, then quickly disposed of the remaining monsters.
‘The Gate closed.’
[⚠System: The Boarding Platform Gate has been sealed. 1/4]
Screeeech, thud.
Then, as the train pulled away from the platform and came to a stop, all the train doors opened completely.
‘Did Baek Hee-an do this?!’
The surviving NPCs poured out of the train.
Looking out the window, I saw Players on the platform running across the stone ground toward the train.
As if they’d made a promise, they spread out across several cars and boarded.
‘…Hmm.’
Suddenly, I recalled what Hunter Idol’s Constellation had said earlier.
Win quickly, he’d said.
‘In his own way, he judged that to be the optimal method of saving people.’
He wasn’t wrong.
If I kill them all, the tournament ends.
Especially high-ranking Rankers would all be thinking the same thing.
‘What matters is timing.’
A Ranker who hadn’t shown his face even once while four Gates erupted suddenly appeared on the platform when the fourth Gate opened.
And then, not a Player but a Constellation said something.
That they would end the tournament.
While I was dealing with monsters, a Player entered my car.
“There are people inside, Chicken!”
A Player rushed toward me, raising their sword.
It was an attack aimed at the monster behind me.
It would have been well-intentioned.
Crack—!
“Kgh…?”
My blade pierced not the monster, but that Player’s solar plexus.
Their HP bar was already tattered from the intense Gate raid outside, making it all the simpler.
“Why, why….”
“Sorry. I thought you were attacking.”
“That’s….”
The Player dissolved into light and vanished.
[Player ‘Charge Captain Smith’ has died.]
I had reached a conclusion.
‘I will end this Game myself.’
Hunter Idol’s Constellation had already seized some kind of ‘timing’.
This moment was precisely that timing.
If I won this match quickly, this inexplicable disaster preventing logout would end immediately as well.
‘Kill two birds with one stone. Everyone wins.’
I kicked the attacking monster hard and drew my sword, driving the blade straight through its neck.
Crash!
【Krrgh! That expression! Not a shred of conscience, not even a speck of guilt! Magnificent, absolutely magnificent! A true warrior must be exactly like this! Hahahaha!】
Sword Dragon applauded and burst into laughter.
‘It does suit me.’
I chuckled at the BGM that was either praise or insult, moving forward into the next car where monsters were pouring in en masse.
Thud! Crash!
With my stats boosted considerably, dispatching monsters became even easier.
My ranking had been 3rd overall from the start.
‘Looking at the ranking scores, Jeong Si-do and Baek Hee-an are grinding hard too.’
Thud! Crash! Crash!
Once I cleared all the monsters in the front car, the Gate that had been open on top of the rear train car closed.
[⚠System: The Gate at the Boarding Platform has been sealed. 2/4]
Two more remained.
Whoosh—
I opened the door and moved to the next car.
The two Players inside froze when they saw me.
“Huh?! Chicken Bulssdagu!”
“Wow, already 3rd in the rankings…”
Both looked at me with eyes mixing wariness and admiration.
I lifted the corners of my mouth into a smile.
‘NPCs are targets I need to save, but you two are a different story.’
Then, drawing up my very soul, I spoke in the kindest and most trustworthy voice a female character could muster.
“Nice to meet you. Let’s hunt together.”
【Hmm? Suddenly a stranger, are we.】
Just as planned.
At my blatant goodwill, the Players’ expressions brightened instantly.
“Yes!”
“Absolutely! We’ll help!”
Hunting monsters together went remarkably smoothly.
Three Hunters in such a cramped car.
‘Why are there so many.’
Still, I’d kill them anyway.
As we were finishing up, I dove in as if coordinating an attack.
“I’ll provide support!”
“Thank you—”
While attacking the monster, I drove my blade through the Player’s throat.
[Player ‘Min’s Healer’ has been defeated.]
“Min Hunter?!”
Another Player turned in shock, but their line of sight only caught the monster’s back—not me.
Crash!
After completely felling the monster, I buried my blade in the next Player’s neck.
“Gack?!”
Boom-boom-crash—!
[Player ‘Sunaedong Sword User’ has been defeated.]
With the monsters eliminated and two Players swallowed in an instant, my Strength finally broke through 100.
[Strength: 101]
[Stamina: 20]
[Intelligence: 81]
[Agility: 20]
[HP: approximately 1,660]
[MP: approximately 13,900]
[Hunger: 12%]
Ever since boarding the train, I’d dumped all my points into Strength to maximize my advantage in this confined space.
【Hehehehe!】
Red Star laughed with satisfaction.
‘Hehehehe.’
Infected by his glee, I found myself laughing like a villain too.
A sealed train with no witnesses—the perfect place to commit murder.
But a long tail always gets caught eventually.
Shhhhk—
“W-w-what are you doing?!”
The door to the next car slid open, and a Player who’d just entered stammered in horror.
It seemed they’d witnessed everything.
“What is the meaning of this?! Haven’t you heard that the NPCs are real people?! We’re already struggling to cooperate between Players, and you’re attacking them?!”
“I’m the one who told you that.”
“…Eh? B-but then why would you… Could it be you lied?”
I laughed cynically.
“Perhaps.”
Standing here like this, I truly seemed like a villain.
Yet my heart remained endlessly righteous—focused on saving people and earning coins.
“Are you really going to let the Fifth Gate open? Can you speak so calmly while watching people die?”
“!”

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