115. 24th Floor. Boss [Special Quest Begins] [Return to Earth.]
[In one week, you will return to the land you abandoned. Survive there and return. Rewards will be determined by your performance.]
[This quest cannot be refused.]
It was the second Return Quest. The Ghost belatedly realized.
[We're going back again?]
“Yeah.”
[It doesn’t feel like it’s been that long. They’re calling us back pretty quickly.]
He didn't know before, but now he knew the Ancient Gods had intervened. This summons must be their doing as well. The Ancient Gods were continuously making them, the Players, return to Earth.
“I wonder why.”
[How would we know the intentions of madmen?]
For now, it was impossible to know. Taesan opened the community forums.
[Bang Ja-yeon [Easy]: Ah… this is driving me crazy.]
[Choi Geum-in [Normal]: I wonder where they want us to go this time. Are they telling us to destroy a monster's nest or something?]
The community was in a state of chaos. Unlike the first return, there was no sign of anticipation or hope, only despair and fear. They now knew very well what state Earth was in.
That it had been taken over by monsters, and that they were still not strong enough to handle it. To them, the return was not a blessing, but a curse.
[Kim Na-yeon [Easy]: No! I don’t want to! I like it here! I don’t want to go back!]