4. Second door
[You have earned 10 points of public service!]
[You have earned 10 points of public service!]
[You have earned 10 points of public service!]
A notification window informing me of the acquisition of public service points kept popping up and disappearing.
I swung my sword at the skeleton that was rushing at me from the side.
A crack was engraved into the bone along the sword’s trajectory.
-Crunch!
As soon as the shin bone of the skeleton was cut off, its body fell forward and its head came into clear view.
As soon as the sword was thrust into the skull, the skeleton died without even being able to scream.
“Phew… … .”
I sat up, catching my breath.
The surrounding area was filled with piles of skeletal corpses.
Dosan’s room was already cleared, but I continued hunting here.
Now it was time to move on to the second magic realm, but there was someone waiting.
I have to go with him to the second magic zone, so I decided to focus on hunting in the meantime.
I took a breather and checked my abilities.
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[Strength] 9th level
[Stamina] 5th level
[Agility] 8th level
[Sense] 5th level
[Horoscope] 5th level
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After the first attack, my abilities didn’t increase as much as I thought, but it couldn’t be helped.
As a third-ranked person, I have to work three or four times harder than others to keep up with their pace.
There was quite a bit of accumulated merit.
However, it was not collected to raise the rank.
After I confirmed that I had accumulated enough public points, I developed my abilities.
[Invest your public service value in the ability ‘Gwangyeomiljang’!]
[The ability ‘Gwangyeomiljang’ has grown into the second-class insect.]
Abilities can be grown through repeated use or by investing public value.
‘Gwangyeomiljang’ had his powers temporarily evolved with Shinsooah’s help in the building, but then returned to the level of Chungsampum.
I realized once again that people are important.
You need to pour in a lot of merit points to increase your level, but if you go with Shinsooah, you can go up by 2 levels.
Shin Soo-ah was, as the saying goes, my benefactor.
[Arrived at the exit!]
As I was killing the skeletons, I soon arrived at the escape route to Dosan’s room.
It seemed like the clearing time was getting shorter and shorter.
As I went out to the lobby to catch my breath, people started talking to me.
“Oh, Seo Kang-rim. Hello. Thanks to you, I’m able to use the Wi-Fi well!”
Everyone who spoke to me had a bright smile on their face.
After I shared my Wi-Fi password, people seemed to like me.
That kind of hospitality was quite foreign to me.
“You’re doing your first attack? You’re really skilled. I’m still struggling.”
“What is Seo Kang-rim’s rank? Even if he can’t do it, he’ll probably be at least a noble rank, right?”
They continued talking, laughing, even though I didn’t answer.
“Let’s go hunting together later. It would be nice if we went to the second room together… … .”
Then, the other person was startled by something and stopped talking.
He glanced back and his expression changed.
They moved their feet quickly as if avoiding something.
“Then, let’s talk again next time, Mr. Seo Kang-rim!”
It looks like he’s running away from a demon.
And as they left, Dokgo Jun came over with a happy face.
“Seo Kang-rim, you’re working hard today too!”
Just now, he was the one who caused people to run away in fear.
While talking to me, he was staring at people as if he was going to kill them, so it was understandable to be scared.
But now it was just a smiling face.
“The extras are very interested in you. Well, that can’t be helped. But still, it’s shameful to want to go with you as an extra.”
He said with a rather murderous look in his eyes.
Now that I think about it, Dokgo Jun, in the beginning, he was good-looking and famous, so people liked him a lot.
But after his true nature was revealed, everyone avoided him.
I glanced at him and asked.
“By the way, Mr. Dokgo Jun, what’s going on? Is there something you need?”
“Hey, do you call me only when you have something to discuss between us?”
After I first cleared the first room.
Dokgo Jun treated me kindly as if he had known me for a long time.
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Of course, I couldn’t completely trust that favor.
In the meantime, Dokgo Jun smiled brightly and said.
“I have no business, but I’d like to go to the second room with you.”
“As I said last time, I haven’t forgotten what happened when I was building the building.”
“Hey, forgive me just this once. I want to be closer to you.”
Let’s become friends.
Has anyone ever truly been considered a colleague?
Looking at his past life, Dokgo Jun was unbelievable in many ways.
When Dokgo Jun founded the sect in his previous life, it didn’t have many members despite being one of the five major sects.
The reason was precisely his character.
When a certain sect member died in the Demon Realm and a funeral was held, he gave a large amount of money and said this.
[I thought he was the main character, but he’s already dead… … He was just a supporting actor. I’m disappointed.]
In the end, he thinks of the people around him as ‘characters’ rather than human beings.
Right now I think of myself as a leading actor, so I treat him this way, but I don’t know when or how my attitude might change.
Even if that weren’t the case, I didn’t want to get too close to Dokgo Jun.
“You didn’t tell me about your childhood. Tell me. And are you really a regressor or something?”
He was overly interested in me.
It’s good to use it moderately, but it was a bit difficult to be interested in it to this extent.
Especially the part where I guess I’m a regressor.
“I was just an ordinary child who often saw ghosts. Possession, reincarnation. What are they all about? Is it like a ghost?”
“Huh? Seo Kang-rim. Don’t you read web novels?”
“I don’t read it.”
“Then you probably didn’t read my novel either.”
I only knew it was famous, but I had never actually seen it.
Even though I didn’t know much about him, Dokgo Jun continued his explanation with even more excitement.
“I like reincarnation and return stories, and I like possession stories… … But I like regression stories the best. My debut was also a regression story!”
“okay.”
“Yeah. I have a feeling you might be like that too.”
Following me is not bad in itself, but I want to erase that ‘Seo Kang-rim regressor theory’ from my mind.
Also, I couldn’t come with you because I had something to do separately in the second room.
“Let’s go to the second room together, Seo Kang-rim. You won’t be at a loss, right?”
“Well, I don’t really want to go with you. I still don’t like Dokgo Jun. His skills are also lacking.”
When I doubted his skills, Dokgo Jun’s eyes narrowed.
He looked at me meaningfully.
“Really? Do you think I’m weak?”
“Didn’t I do the first attack first?”
Dokgo Jun didn’t refute what I said, but he looked a little bit hurt.
Then, he thought of something and smiled.
“Well, fine. Let’s go our separate ways for the time being. Let’s also make a bet to see who can conquer it first. If I conquer it first, you’ll be able to trust my skills, right?”
He said so with his eyes shining.
“I’ll be waiting, Seo Kang-rim. I’ll be waiting to see what kind of results you’ll produce.”
Dokgo Jun smiled faintly and left.
For the time being, it seems like Dokgo Jun and I can act individually.
But you’re still watching me.
If I were to make the first move, it was obvious that they would come after me again, calling me a regressor or something.
If Dokgo Jun makes the first attack like this, he will follow him, saying that he has proven his skills.
There was a need to come up with a plan for Dokgo Jun.
First of all, we have to deal with that guy.
I headed to the restaurant to get some restorative medicine.
As I entered the restaurant, the neatly organized interior caught my eye.
And tiny clay figurines, or clay figures, were running around, making a noise.
This toucan, created with supernatural powers, was responsible for meals, cleaning, and laundry.
I walked up to the counter and spoke to Toe.
“Give me a dry bag and a water bottle.”
“clothes!”
Tou made an unknown noise and took out a dry bag and a water bottle from under the shelf.
“thank you.”
“Clothes? Clothes, clothes?”
Toe looked at me, tapping the menu board next to him.
It seemed to mean something like, ‘Is this enough dry food? Eat more!’
These guys have always been obsessed with feeding others.
“Okay. This is enough for me.”
“Oh oh… … .”
Tou’s face became very troubled.
Then, he looked at me as if he felt pity for me and quietly handed me something.
“Clothes, clothes.”
There was a small piece of rice cake and a cup of coffee.
It seemed like it was given as a service.
“I’ll eat well.”
“Clothes, clothes!”
Tou waved his short arms again as if to tell her to come.
I sat down and put the rice cake in my mouth.
While I was taking a break and sipping my coffee, I heard voices coming from the entrance.
“Thanks to you, I survived earlier. I really thought I was going to die.”
“No. Mr. Gunam blocked the attack earlier.”
It was a rather cheerful voice.
Soon people started coming into the restaurant and I could see their faces.
It seemed like a party had already been formed.
Among them, there were two people who stood out.
One person was Shin Soo-ah.
He originally joined my party, but now it seems he’s teaming up with other people.
But what was important now wasn’t Shin Soo Ah.
Among the crowd, one man in particular caught my eye.
A tall, muscular man with a neat face.
He had a sad and gentle appearance, which made him a favorite among people.
“Mr. Gunam, please sit down. Thank you for your hard work today.”
“What trouble do I have? Oh, I’ll go get some coffee.”
Cheon Gu-nam was smiling brightly and talking to people.
If you ask people passing by about Cheon Gu-nam’s impression, most of them will say that he seems like a good person.
I was fooled by that face at first too.
Cheon Gu-nam spoke to me, a third-rank official, and treated me without hesitation.
But it was because of Cheon Gu-nam that my life started to go wrong.
I came in here and was struggling to break down the first door.
At some point, people started avoiding me and ostracizing me.
At first I thought it was because my grade was low, but I was wrong.
People knew I had a knack for ‘stealing fortunes’.
I was bullied for a long time without even knowing English, and only then did I realize it.
Cheon Gu-nam, the author revealed to everyone what my special ability was.
