The Chicken Legend's Game Becomes Reality - Chapter 84

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Chapter 84
‘Did he take that hit intentionally?’
As my posture crumbled from the blade cutting across my arm, Jeong Si-do seized the opening to drive his dagger deep into my shoulder, aiming for the kill.
But Sword Dragon didn’t dodge.
‘Ah, I see.’
This opening had been deliberately given to draw out Jeong Si-do’s movements from the start.
Squelch!
The dagger embedded itself in my shoulder, and in that brief instant when Jeong Si-do’s momentum halted.
I twisted the wrist holding my blade into a grotesque angle, warping it.
The blade that had been raised defensively slithered through the air like a serpent with fluid grace, piercing perfectly into the blind spot beneath Jeong Si-do’s dagger.
Squelch!
In that same moment my shoulder was pierced, my blade thrust upward from below impaled Jeong Si-do’s heart like a harpoon in one fluid motion.
“【One gives flesh to take bone. Isn’t this precisely when such words apply?】”
Jeong Si-do’s eyes blazed with murderous intent.
No—Jeong Si-do’s Constellation.
‘What excellent comprehension.’
Whoever this being was, it was clear they possessed an exceptionally volatile emotional nature.
[Player ‘Murderous Intent Si-do’ has been eliminated.]
Jeong Si-do’s body scattered into fragments of data.
Whoooosh—
[⚠System: Gate has been closed. All Gates are now sealed. 4/4]
I lifted my head sharply.
“!”
It was over.
Baek Hee-an had closed the Gate alone while we fought.
“Baek Hee-an!”
Baek Hee-an, who had been about to collapse to the ground, hesitated at the sight of me and forced himself to his feet.
Despite being an avatar, exhaustion was written all over him.
He and Lee Do-jin had held off the combined assault of the Jung Si-do Siblings while eliminating every monster that poured from the Gate until the very end.
He truly deserved commendation.
“….”
Baek Hee-an’s face as he watched me approach was oddly vacant.
He seemed almost pleased.
Elated, defenseless, his HP bar completely shattered.
‘Perfect for a betrayal.’
[Would you like to cancel the Fair?]
[Yes]
[Aura Pierce]
Squelch!
Baek Hee-an’s eyes widened in an instant, his gaze still fixed upward at me with that dreamy expression, his posture still awkwardly unguarded.
“…!”
“Go rest up.”
Seoul Station must be in absolute chaos right now.
It was only proper for a Top Ranker to log out quickly and show up at the scene.
“…I,”
As if Baek Hee-an’s avatar wanted to say something, his lips twitched ever so slightly—but only for a moment.
[Player ‘Ian’ has been defeated.]
It was over.
I turned around immediately.
【Ahahaha! Unbelievable! Truly vicious beyond compare!】
Red Star laughed hysterically above my head.
【Running forward with such a radiant smile to lower your allies’ guard! Using their trust to plunge a blade into their backs—such baseness! Such ruthlessness! Magnificent! Victory in this tournament must absolutely be yours! Without question!】
“Obviously.”
NPCs are people, but players are just players.
Betrayal is essential if I want to win.
【But what if this situation meant not just NPCs, but players could actually die inside the game too?】
I froze.
‘What does that even…’
My heart nearly sank at the horrifying hypothesis, but I quickly seized control of myself.
There was no time.
“Shut up. Let’s just finish the tournament first.”
【Ho. Strong-willed.】
Red Star kindled the flames of anxiety and doubt within me.
Justice is justice only because I and the majority believe it to be so.
And once doubt seeps into that belief, one can no longer maintain a sense of justice.
‘Agonizing over truth I cannot verify will only breed madness.’
Therefore, I had to finish this even faster.
“Stop right there.”
A single player stood frozen in the Guest Room Connecting Corridor, visibly startled.
Familiar.
This was the player who had listened intently when I gave that grand speech in the 1st Floor Lobby earlier, insisting this was reality.
* * *
[⚠System: Gate has been sealed. All Gates are now closed. 4/4]
The final Gate closed, and Baek Hee-an fell.
“!”
Whoosh—
Kim Min-su’s face went rigid.
Having just arrived at Room 1, Kim Min-su could only doubt his own eyes.
Before him, Baek Hee-an vanished.
Standing before Baek Hee-an with her back turned, sword in hand, was Chicken Bulssdagu, muttering something under her breath.
‘What… what’s happening? Did Chicken Seat kill Baek Hee-an?’
Just before the final Gate opened, there had been nearly thirty Players, but suddenly their numbers plummeted in an instant.
In a Battle Royale, that could happen.
But Baek Hee-an’s death was a different story entirely.
‘Chicken Seat isn’t even a Hunter! How are two people supposed to handle five S-rank Gates by killing Baek Hee-an?!’
Only two Players appeared on the current ranking board.
1st Place: Chicken Bulssdagu
2nd Place: Kung Panda Poo
Everyone else was dead.
Chicken Bulssdagu, a one-on-one Ranker, remained, but two people were woefully insufficient.
‘Now what do I—?!’
Flinch.
That’s when Chicken Seat turned and looked at him.
There was something strange in those eyes.
‘You… you’re insane!’
Kim Min-su instinctively tried to flee from Chicken Bulssdagu, who was radiating an ominous aura.
“Stop right there. You’re not thinking of running, are you?”
He absolutely was planning to run.
“Are you just going to let the fifth Gate open like this?”
“!”
By the time Kim Min-su turned his head, Chicken Seat was already casting a shadow directly over him.
Despite being female, she was taller than him.
‘Eeeek!’
In a Game where customization was limitless, there was nothing particularly strange about it.
But those eyes filled with madness.
Those merciless hands.
“Let’s die quickly?”
“!!, !!!”
A bold and frenzied demand to sacrifice for the sake of conclusion.
Even though no Constellation had possessed her, Chicken Bulssdagu’s eyes seemed to gleam a blood-red in Kim Min-su’s vision.
‘No, no, you’re insane!’
The fear was brief.
Thwack! Crash—!
Slash! Crash! Kaboom!!
As he was relentlessly struck and torn apart, Kim Min-su belatedly understood Chicken Seat’s intention.
‘Ah…’
An overwhelming torrent of ultra-high-speed sword strikes.
Relentless skill combinations.
From Chicken Seat, swinging her blade with reckless abandon, emanated an absolute justice that could not be defied.
‘I mean, I understand, but…’
He had only thought of closing the Gate as a solution to this situation.
Meanwhile, Chicken Seat had decided to end the tournament by killing all the Players.
But.
‘If the tournament doesn’t end….’
How would Chicken Seat alone close all those S-rank Gates?
Either way, to end the tournament quickly, Kim Min-su had no choice but to accept his defeat quietly, and he didn’t have the strength to win against the top-ranked one-on-one combatant anyway.
Boom!
[Player ‘Kung Panda Poo’ has been eliminated.]
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Thud.
After intimidating with words and unleashing skills, Kung Panda Poo collapsed in an instant.
“Phew.”
【That was quick.】
It really didn’t take more than a few seconds.
I clenched my faintly trembling hands—an avatar’s hands—into tight fists.
“….”
Red Star was right.
There was a real possibility that the Players could actually die here like NPCs.
‘But would the Constellations really let their mounts die so easily? In reality, expensive racehorses are worth a fortune. Of course, I won’t know the truth until I leave the game. But one thing’s certain—when the conditions are met, this round ends.’
There were still countless NPCs trapped inside Seoul Station.
The next Gate was supposedly S-rank.
Five of them, no less.
If at all possible, the best outcome would be to prevent the next Gate from opening entirely.
‘The game won’t break its own termination rules.’
I knew the true nature of this game.
The Constellation Gambling Arena.
‘They said that when the main rounds begin, numerous Constellations will come as spectators to watch.’
It will definitely end.
The Hunters wouldn’t know what situation this was and would remain anxious, but this was my conviction—born from understanding the true essence of this game.
Crackle—
Then a Gate notification window flickered before my eyes.
[Emergency Sudden Quest….]
[⚠Dimensional Rift….]
“!”
Along with the crackling mechanical sound, a notification about the fifth Gate appeared dimly before me.
‘No way?!’
The fifth Gate was about to open.
‘Damn it! This can’t happen!’
Just as my mind tangled and my entire body tensed at this unexpected turn of events.
It vanished.
“…?”
A suffocating silence descended.
I stared intently into the void, my body tense, and then I saw Red Star.
“Did you see it? Did you see that just now? What was it?”
【Hm? What do you mean? Has the championship been decided?】
Red Star fluttered down from above and glanced around, but found nothing.
It was an unexpected answer.
‘He didn’t see it?’
The next Gate notification window had appeared and disappeared right in front of me, yet he missed it.
【The judges are lodging a protest. Since this is the first main round, the system processing is moving at a snail’s pace.】
‘So he was distracted elsewhere.’
Then what was it that I saw?
‘A glitch?’
In any case, Red Star’s words seemed to be correct.
A message window appeared.
[Global Notice: All competitors in the Battle Royale ‘Seoul Station’ map have been eliminated.]
[Result calculation is complete.]
Immediately after, golden text was etched into the air.
[Congratulations on your victory!>
The ruler of the throne has been decided. Glory to the King of ‘Seoul’! ‘Chicken Bulssdagu’!]
The ruler of the throne.
“Ha.”
It was done.
Fireworks erupted alongside the grandiose text.
Boom! Boom boom—!
【Finally confirmed! Kuhahaha! Behold! This is my contractor! My contractor has surpassed all humans and reached the pinnacle! Praise her! Raise your glasses!】
Ding—!
With a brilliant flash that shook the entire Seoul Station, every electronic display inside the building flickered in unison.
[The ruler of the throne has been decided.]
[Glory to the King of ‘Seoul’! ‘Chicken Bulssdagu’!]

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