I Am the Only Non-Returner

150 – Who on earth are you?

That feeling grew bigger and bigger. We also assessed whether this kind of thinking threatened the safety of our team members.

‘There will be no problem… But if I keep going like this, I too…’

I felt unfamiliar and afraid of being able to understand the minds of designers.

“Let’s go and wash up quickly, brother!”

“Baby~ But these things don’t turn to ashes?”

But there are people around me who believe in me, follow me, and like me. I was able to throw away the confusing thoughts that filled my head for a moment.

“These… I guess it’s because they deviate a little from the design. I think it would be quicker to just burn them.”

They bit people and burned the monster’s body. Surprisingly, the burning corpses did not emit a strong odor.

Isabella, who was staring at them, tilted her head as she saw the corpses imbued with her own energy, and jumped on my back.

“Isabella, will you heal me?”

“Aww!!”

As soon as Isabella finished speaking, she released a huge amount of divine power into my body.

“Ah… Yes… It felt like this…”

Feeling it again helped me better understand the essence, but I thought it would be difficult to copy it exactly.

‘Absolute mutual faith and trust. It’s not just decided by people who believe in God. God also carefully chooses who to bestow his power on. I don’t know why Isabella was chosen.’

Anyway, I didn’t want to face the worst creature mixed with these dirty things anymore, so I calmly used the divine power I had received and ran the simulation in my head.

‘After adding the black snake’s venom to the smoke and wrapping the smoke with magic to prevent it from being neutralized by her divine power…’

It was something I did once, but I continued to focus on it even after returning to the shelter in order to do it more easily and efficiently.

And the next day.

An hour before the start of the stage, I spread my mana widely for exploration and searched for the burrows of nearby rats.

’14… The number is increasing. Rather than completely destroying it or sending it to another space… It would be better to install something to defend at the entrance.’

There was no need to leave these guys alone anyway, so I dug a huge pit in front of the entrance, taking inspiration from the sticky, ant hell, and moat I had recently acquired.

Then, the inside was made into a jar-shaped structure that could not be exited once it fell in, and the outer wall was made into a structure in which sticky poison and flames poured out.

‘Even though the mana exceeds 500,000, it may feel insufficient…’

As I repeated dozens of times setting traps in each passage and distributing magic power for exploration everywhere, my magic power was nearing the bottom.

Nevertheless, the effect was clear. Those who were drowning in the poison and struggling were busy being burned to ashes.

However, as time passed, the pit was eventually filled with their ashes and some of them escaped, but they were unable to function properly because the passage was already filled with the special poison I had spread.

It actually took more time to clear out the monsters on the ground and come down and burn the fallen rats.

‘Phew… This is the first time I’ve ever seen someone get so exhausted in such a short period of time. Now, Palaisemoon Dragon, Skeleton Knight, and Rat. Are there any more? Is this really the end?’

I don’t know if new regular monsters will be added, but it felt like all the big ones were out now.

Stages 46, 47, and 48 ended in a hectic manner, and almost all of the points were used to expand the shelter and insert attack spheres. Now the number of attack spheres in the shelter has reached 500, and the outer wall has been expanded to 30.

And the death toll continued to increase without stopping, eventually leading to the collapse of 1 million survivors.

I gave up any desire to sleep and settled down underground, working on laying traps for rats.

It was around the time when we started to get bitten by the trap laying that continued until past midnight.

Suddenly, the host’s message came to mind.

＜4… 9… ·All···.＞

“What kind of horror movie are you making? Tell me straight-“

Suddenly, the whole world trembled violently, as if a giant was holding it and shaking it with all its might.

Kugugugugugugung-!!

“Ugh…!!”

Jeeek!! Squeak!!

“Why are they in the sky… Mr. Seriously!!”

Cracks appeared all over the sky, and in an instant, hundreds of portals opened and monsters began pouring out. Among them were rats, and even the monsters seen in the early stages appeared.

“Stage 49 starts right away!! Wake up everyone who is sleeping quickly!!”

Piyung- Bang!!

After shooting dozens of fireworks into the sky, we first started dealing with the huge monsters.

Using the space cutting ability that I am now completely familiar with, I cut the dragon and Koramana into visible space and condensed it.

Mana was consumed in small amounts, but it was quickly filled by drinking in the mana that was thick in the air and replacing it with magic.

However, that method will become less efficient over time.

‘I can’t do it all alone.’

No matter how much I grew up, I couldn’t stop all these things by myself. Fortunately, nearly 400 people from both shelters jumped out, reorganized their battle lines, and quickly subdued the monsters.

But.

– Wow!!

– Mr. Jincheol!! Potion pour potion!!

– Many injured here too!!

As time passed, the number of injured increased, and even deaths began to occur in Shelter A. Of course, the biggest problem was the rats. Other monsters disappear as soon as they die, turning into ashes, so they don’t accumulate, but even after they die, they don’t disappear for a while, so the corpses pile up to the point that they cover the shelter, resulting in very limited people’s movement.

The people inside the shelter were unable to aim the sphere properly and only fired blindly.

Rarrr!!

Running lightning and flames, a whirlwind like a storm blowing from somewhere, and red rain pouring down.

‘Okay, rain.’

I picture the poisonous smoke filled in the basement in my head and spread it widely in the sky. As it merges into rain, the monsters’ movements noticeably slow down.

Thump thump thump!!

Euncheol and Eunchae, who have become giants, run around in all directions, trampling on monsters. At least because of its gigantic nature, our shelter didn’t seem to have any major problems. And 500 spheres also completely blocked their access.

– Shuuu…

– Buy, save…

“Isabella!”

Isabella, held by Lulu, travels around the world healing people. Wherever she goes, the space itself becomes bright, as if bathed in bright sunlight.

Pew pew pew pew pew pew!!

Hong Seol’s fire arrows do not die out even when they come into contact with poisonous acid rain, but burn even louder, burning monsters. And when the gigantic Euncheol points his finger at one place, the confused monsters rush in and attack the monsters that had attacked us just moments ago.

Wow!!

Kkhyaaa!!

And Lingling’s growing army of immortals has already taken control of our shelter and has reached Shelter A. The scale exceeded a thousand and was still enough to crush the monsters coming down from the sky as soon as they hit the ground.

‘Necromancer is a real fraud. Once it started to catch fire, I was now able to clean it up on my own.’

The black leopard that Ling Ling was riding seemed to resemble a divine beast from mythology, and even though only its bones remained, its momentum was extremely ferocious.

The black leopard started following my spatial movements at some point in stage 46, and has now become very adept at using it.

After Eunchae’s gigantism time ended, Kahi immediately cast gigantism. Kahi aroused the wrath of a god and struck down golden spears in all directions, then grabbed one of the spears and began sweeping the ground to strike it away.

‘I was just saying it, but you really caught it, right?’

Is it because he was talented that he was given special grade characteristics in the first place?

Kaaa!!

Somewhere away from the shelter, Kim Hyuna was buying time against two Skeleton Knights. During the time when the trait Musou is activated, you may be able to compete on equal terms to some extent, but the limit will soon be approaching.

However, Lara on her rooftop seemed to be unable to bear the noise any longer, and she released magic cannons of light following the Skeleton Knights.

Sssss!!

“Ah!! I’m fighting well, why!!”

Kim Hyuna glared at Lara as if she was disappointed that her partner had suddenly disappeared, and she went back to sleep as if Lara had never done that before.

After killing all the giant monsters like the dragon and Coramana, I was busy collecting the corpses of the rat bastards.

Gather them together, condense them mercilessly, and burn them. Freeze. The burning was repeated dozens of times.

‘hehehe… Finally.’

And then a bright light briefly appeared in the sky, signaling the end of the stage that had suddenly begun.

A refreshing wind blew in the clear, clear sky.

“It’s already dawn, but why is it as bright as day?”

The scene was so overtly ominous that people’s shoulders began to hunker down and they began to look around.

I put away the annoyingly disconnected messages, sat down on the floor, and started meditating.

I was worried that the magic power that I gradually accumulated as I stepped into the Godhead and went through stage after stage would become too much for me to bear at some point.

‘Where is the limit? Have I become a monster?’

After passing a few stages, the magic power had now far surpassed the million mark, and the speed of recovery was also fast, so it felt like a spring of water that would never dry up no matter how much I used it.

And then, scattering the full magical energy everywhere, I checked how the game was going right now.

‘It looks like it will start right away – What is that guy doing…’

Something was approaching from far ahead. A being with chains wrapped around its arms and legs.

‘A familiar scent… It’s my first time smelling it, but why does it feel familiar…’

And before I knew it, that being had reached where we were and was staring at me.

I couldn’t see it, but I could tell. The instability of the stage now was caused by that guy’s descent.

Other people don’t know yet. You can’t help but not know.

The being was round, became a triangle, became a square, and became a star. There was no set shape. Even its size grew endlessly and became so small that I couldn’t even see it, making my eyes dizzy.

But…

‘Why are you jumping so joyfully? ‘What are you?’

Strangely, after that guy appeared, his magical power started running wild. But it didn’t feel like I couldn’t control it. Just…

I could clearly feel that my mana was increasing endlessly, like a broken arrow on the dashboard.

‘Why are you giving me this power? ‘Didn’t you come to fight us?’

I was surprised to receive his power, but he was hurriedly giving me his power as if he was being chased by something.

After receiving a huge amount of force for a few minutes, I finally felt something resembling a limit.

And when I felt the warm yet crazy power of my life passing by like a flash of light, a message came to my mind.

– What the f*ck are you talking about?

Someone cursed in a voice full of dissatisfaction, and the sound made me come to my senses.

“What?”