#233
Karma Shopping (1)
‘There’s a lot to do.’
Even ten bodies are not enough.
Normally, it would just be an idiomatic expression, but for me, who has ten bodies, it was a very real story.
No, rather, it seemed like I was busier because I had ten bodies.
‘Since we all play in big waters, we naturally get involved in big things.’
First, Harley, who finally got the “Seal of the Fighter” engraved on her.
The traditional shamans recognized and respected him without much resistance, but that did not mean that he immediately became the king ruling the south.
Because a long time had passed since the last king had appeared, the system of chieftains elected through mutual agreement had been solidified.
Even if it was a promise made at the beginning of the nation’s founding, it would not be easily accepted by the public of the present generation.
The current situation is going much more smoothly than I expected.
‘Well, that makes sense.’
A member of the suicide squad that recently defeated the Immortal King in the South, and a great warrior who saved Kalkos by killing the former chieftain Baltheon, who had betrayed humanity and committed all sorts of atrocities.
Even the current chieftain, who had been imprisoned, was in a situation where it was difficult for him to make a quick recovery due to the aftereffects, so the public had no choice but to respond favorably to the young hero, ‘Two-Wang Harley’, who would become their new center.
‘Once the South is somewhat settled, I should go see Patrick. He used to whine a lot about showing up at the Mercenary Guild, but I wonder if he’s doing well now.’
Secretary General Patrick had managed to survive the crisis of being overthrown by borrowing his name and had managed to remain in the guild safely, but Harley needed to intervene a little more actively in the guild to make things happen.
Since you’ve entrusted me with the work, I think it’s only right to cooperate to this extent.
‘Hans too… will need some time for the time being.’
Hans, the Immortal King, was planning to recuperate in the Immortal Castle for a while.
He went into hiding with two major research objectives at this time.
The first is to use the metal fragment obtained from the Abyss Gate as a medium to track down the ‘Seed of Madness’ and find the revolutionary who is with it.
‘He’s an extraordinary guy who’s managed to evade our pursuit so far. If we try to do it clumsily and get caught, we don’t know what he’ll do next. This time, we’re going to deal with him for sure.’
The second was to perfect a method to travel to another world using Salma’s damaged psyche.
‘The more karma sources there are, the better. No matter how much work you do in Outerica, there will eventually be a limit.’
This was especially true since I had no intention of worrying about fighting the Immortal King forever.
Of course, you can exert influence through the avatars that have ascended to high positions in each faction, but unless you intentionally instigate chaos in the world, it is obvious that your income will decrease compared to now as the situation stabilizes.
‘Besides, Ganghwan-gye is a martial arts world. It is known to be one of the best in terms of one-on-one combat, so you might be able to get something that will be helpful.’
Although Hans’ ability to read memories allowed him to steal the knowledge of several returning martial artists, he was unable to fully awaken their essence because their fundamental power systems were too different.
Of course, just the stolen food and martial arts alone were of great help to Heinrich’s growth in the “Way of Martial Arts”, but in order to properly acquire the secrets, he needed to go there and learn the martial arts himself.
On Earth, a wasteland of supernatural powers, it is impossible to even enter the energy, and the laws that make up energy in Outerica are different.
Of course, either way, it took time to produce results.
‘The rest is not urgent right now, so let’s think about it later. There are other things that need our attention right now.’
As he said, right now, at this very moment—.
I had something bigger on my plate than anything else.
“Hoo— Okay. Then let’s begin.”
I took a deep breath in tension, rubbed my hands together, and stared at the system window in front of me with sharp eyes.
『Karma Shop Ver.2』
Yes, it was finally the long-awaited shopping time.
The prepared bullets are worth 5.3 million points.
‘Let’s just start…’
First, I lightly purchased two 『Growth Potion (7 days) (200,000)』 and sent them to Howard and Hesperon.
This elixir that saves time will be of great value not only to the dwarf craftsman Howard, who sweats in the blacksmith shop every day, but also to Hesperon, who is absorbed in training by reading all kinds of magic books.
‘Let’s buy it just once and pretend to be fooled. If it doesn’t work, there’s no way to avoid it next time.’
At first I was going to buy just one to test it out, but then I ended up buying the whole thing to make a more definitive comparison.
One side is the technical skill mastery work using the body, and the other side is the process of accumulating knowledge and handling magical power, so this will allow for a more certain judgment of performance.
Now all that’s left are 4.9 million points.
I didn’t do anything in particular, but the front seat has already been changed.
Feeling a little anxious, I looked at my next target.
『Random Guitar Skill Acquisition (500,000)』
Random draw.
It was a familiar object of love and hate to gamers as well.
A devil’s trick to endlessly suck money out of consumers who are blinded by probability.
Originally, I would never have thought of touching such a highly gambling product, but…
‘If I think about it, it’s definitely beneficial to me.’
“Avatar” shares the skills of the main body.
In other words, strictly speaking, I didn’t just pick one skill.
It was as if all nine avatars, including the main body, had been given a whopping 10 skills to share!
‘If you think about it realistically, the price is only 50,000 won! It’s so reasonable that it’d be strange not to do it! ···Let’s really do it just once.’
How much help was the first shared skill, “Super Recovery”, in the early stages of the clones?
Not only was it helpful, but it also had a huge impact on the evolution of later skills, such as Harley or Heinz II’s “Super Regeneration”.
‘It’s okay even if it’s a subtle performance like “Sturdy”. If you have it, it’ll be helpful in some way. And if it becomes a big hit…’
I don’t ask for much.
It would be nice if it gave something small like “Physical Immunity”, “Resurrection”, or “Instant Death Eye”.
Already completely captivated by the non-existent fantasy, I confidently chose to pull out, full of anticipation—.
《Forcefully blooms a random possibility. Acquires the skill “Xenoglossy”.》
At the same time, I was able to acquire a skill with a really cool name that seemed to have something to it.
“Oh—! Oh···?”
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Xenoglossy.
It was certainly a great ability.
Because it was a superpower that allowed him to freely use a language he had never learned before.
You can read, write, listen, and speak more fluently than a native speaker, and this applies regardless of race or ethnicity.
Yeah, like—.
Just like I am now fluent in the continental languages and Elvish in Outerica.
In other words, it was a basic ability that was equipped to Awakened beings who were sent to another world.
“···No, no. Let’s not judge too hastily. I’m sure it’ll come in handy.”
If you think about it, it was a very useful ability on Earth.
When Hahoe-tal first started working in Japan, they had a lot of trouble with language problems.
Because of that, didn’t you have to study Japanese separately for a while by diligently reading memories related to the language?
···In other words, it was an ability that Hans could easily replace if he put in the time.
“Ahem, Hans is a high-level human resource. He has good enough abilities that we won’t have to waste time on such problems in the future.”
It was a huge advantage that we could collect more reliable information during that time, and that we didn’t have to go through any cumbersome intermediate processes.
After finishing my desperate self-justification, I closed my eyes tightly and turned my head away.
…I vowed never to gamble again.
The remaining karma is 4.4 million.
I almost gave in, but I still looked at the ample ammo and calmed myself down.
‘After all, the most stable way is to strengthen your unique skills.’
It is the foundation that made me who I am today, and it is a choice that I will never regret, like a solid bowl of soup.
I chose the 1.2 million won ‘Unique Skill Enhancement’.
《The potential of the avatar increases. The learning ability of the entity is further enhanced.》
《Unique skills grow and their possibilities expand. Related sub-skills become even stronger.》
This time, no special abilities were gained, but it didn’t matter since the number of avatars had increased.
And what followed next.
『Gold Dragon Hatchling Hurayone’s Dragon Heart (910,000)』
An unreasonable race that is born with great powers, uses magic as if breathing, and goes beyond the extreme and even transcends just by growing older.
That was exactly the medium needed to imitate such a being.
‘I can finally transform into a different race, so shouldn’t I try becoming a dragon, the strongest race?’
Of course, he was sincere, but not just for that reason.
I was the one who eventually raised the avatars, who started out as an ordinary race, to the top of the continent.
What if I, a person like me, were to do my best to train a dragon with a body that has far greater potential than a human?
‘Maybe it’s possible that even the immortal Hans can truly surpass him?’
Besides, it will be of great help when dealing with that thief.
Hans, the most powerful man, is at a disadvantage against that angel, so instead, shouldn’t he give us a dragon to balance things out?
So, since I was going to use it as a medium anyway, I searched the list of items and chose the cheapest one, Dragon Heart.
It’s less than half the price of the 1.83 million won one I first found.
It was horrible that the cheapest item, a hatchling, which was the baby stage of the dragon, cost 910,000, but it was still bearable.
‘A dragon that was thoroughly targeted and extinct in two great wars. In the process, most of the dragon hearts were contaminated by the Immortal King, or the intact ones were used as war materials by the continent.’
In a war of that scale, where the lives of all races were at stake, there was no way anything could be spared.
Of course, there are still some equipment that have been passed down to this day that used Dragon Heart as a material…
‘The conditions cannot be satisfied with a split and processed dragon heart.’
Even if it wasn’t necessarily the Immortal King Hans, with the influence of the Saint Heinrich or the ruler of the country, Heinz II, it would have been possible to obtain a few of those magical tools.
However, it was just a great magic tool and was not suitable as a material for “customizing”.
‘To use it as a medium, you need a whole thing. And that too, uncontaminated and unprocessed, pure.’
It was different when creating humans, as well as other common races like elves and dwarves.
And of course, there was no way such a quality product could still be found in an easily accessible place.
So the hatchling’s would cost 910,000 too.
‘I don’t think there are any special conditions for such unique items, and their prices don’t seem to fluctuate in real time depending on the situation. No, I’m not even sure if they actually exist on the continent right now.’
In fact, if you think about it, it would be much more efficient to actively move around and grow your avatar while earning karma rather than wandering around aimlessly looking for items to save some points.
After finishing my thoughts like that, I forced myself to stop my worries that had started to grow longer and resolutely purchased the item before I could hesitate any longer.
Woohoo—
And at the same time.
A fist-sized golden crystal appeared through the space and gently landed on my palm, emitting a soft golden light.
‘This is the real Dragon Heart.’
It was much smaller than the one Harley had seen when she had dug into Heratos’ heart, but the energy it radiated was overwhelmingly pure.
“But… isn’t it a little lacking?”
But the moment I saw it in front of me, I could instinctively realize it.
This item is suitable as a medium, but I am not yet at the level to use “customization”.
‘Not enough? Then just strengthen it!’
Having come this far, I couldn’t back down any further.
Anyway, there are 2.29 million bullets left.
I used ‘Strengthen Other Skills’ to strengthen ‘Customizing’ once with 100,000 points.
“still?”
But that wasn’t enough.
I suppressed the trembling corners of my lips and used 200,000 points to strengthen it once more.
Points remaining are 1.99 million.
Just as I was about to get depressed by the first digit changing to 1, the points in the lower unit suddenly increased and my balance became 2 million again.
At the same time, the satisfaction that had welled up in my heart was doubled by being able to use “Customizing”.
‘There’s no need to hesitate.’
It was extremely stable, so the energy leaking out wasn’t that great, and there were all kinds of barriers put up throughout the house, but that didn’t mean I could leave something with that much energy there for a long time.
Slurp—
And immediately after activating the skill.
The golden dragon heart in his hand slowly turned to dust and scattered.
