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[Prologue] One day, the world suddenly came to an end.
One day, suddenly, the world was ruined.
There were all sorts of signs that the world was going to end.
A pandemic that swept the world, a war that seemed like a lie, the resulting economic recession and food shortages, and finally a nuclear war.
Humanity was on the path to self-destruction more than anyone else.
But unfortunately, it was not they who put an end to humanity.
‘They were completely unexpected beings.’
It wasn’t a climate crisis, a meteor, or a nuclear war that brought about the end of humanity.
‘fu*king monsters.’
Goblins, orcs, trolls, dragons, and more, just like in a cheap novel.
Those monsters were the ones who led humanity to destruction.
‘No. It’s not completely ruined yet. Because I’m still alive here! It’s definitely not just me, but other people too···.’
That was when.
Kaaaak!
A monster bird twice my size was rushing toward me.
“Oh, shit!”
I was so surprised by the momentum that I stumbled back and fell over.
The place where I am now is the living room of my house, the living room on the top floor of a high-rise apartment.
Beyond the living room window, which had a clear view of the outside, a monster bird was flying at a terrifying speed.
With that bastard’s speed and momentum, I thought he could easily break through the living room window and bite my neck.
however.
Kwaaaaang!
The monster bird that had been flying at me with great momentum smashed its face into the window and bounced away beautifully.
It seemed as if he had lost consciousness as he fell straight to the ground.
A notification pops up right before my eyes.
[Unauthorized person attempts to enter.]
“Phew.”
Yes, that’s right.
Like the predictable introduction to a cheap novel, the world is ruined and I awaken to a unique ability along with a status screen.
[Absolute in the corner of the house]
Declaration of Cornerstone (Passive) Lv. 1
-No one can invade the corner of the house without the permission of the Absolute.
Perhaps it was because of my lifestyle of not leaving the house even once, but I developed a strange ability.
But it was this ability that just saved my life.
Yeah, I know. It’s a wonderful ability.
The fact that I’m still alive is all thanks to this ability.
“Ha, shit.”
If there was one fu*king thing that was fu*king annoying about this ability, it was this.
[The absolute being in the corner of the house cannot leave the corner of the house.]
It’s been three days since the world ended.
I’m still stuck in the corner of the house.
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[Episode 01] The Absolute in the Corner of the House (1)
First of all, it is possible to grab the front door handle and turn it.
But the moment you open the door, these words appear along with the feeling of being blocked by a transparent wall.
[The absolute being in the corner of the house cannot leave the corner of the house.]
“Oh, shit!”
The doorknob turns, but the door doesn’t open.
‘I have to get out somehow…’
I know that too.
It would be crazy to go out at this point.
Three days after the world was destroyed.
It was purely my own ability that allowed me to survive until now.
Outside, dangerous monsters were swarming.
Just one monster bird, the one that just stuck its head in the living room window, would make a person like me a meal.
Nevertheless, there were two reasons why I wanted to go out.
One is family.
‘Mom, dad, and even grandpa and grandma.’
All my loving family members were outside.
[The absolute being in the corner of the house cannot leave the corner of the house.]
“ha-.”
There were complicated circumstances surrounding being away from my family.
I was the only one living in this 30-pyeong apartment, which had three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a spacious living room and kitchen combined.
It was my father’s choice to buy this apartment, and it was purchased with a combination of 200 million won in bank debt and our entire family’s assets of 200 million won.
My father’s gamble was successful, and the apartment he bought for 400 million won exceeded 1 billion won in just half a year.
The reason I, who was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth, was able to live alone in such a luxurious apartment was because I had to actually live there for two years to receive tax breaks.
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In order to avoid the tax bomb, I had to sell it after two years anyway, so I ended up keeping the house during that time.
Of course, things didn’t go well after that.
The collapse of the economy due to the aftermath of the coronavirus and war also affected the real estate market, and the price of houses that had exceeded 1 billion won has now fallen to 700 million won.
Moreover, it was quite risky since the interest on money borrowed from the bank was skyrocketing.
‘That’s all pointless now.’
Now that the world is ruined, what does it matter how much bank debt there is or whether apartment prices go up or down?
I can’t sell it anyway.
‘Please be safe.’
I pressed the call button on my smartphone, praying for the safety of my family.
[···Connecting···]
As expected.
As had been the case for the past three days, no matter how long I waited, there was no change.
All messengers, including phone calls, text messages, and KakaoTalk, were down.
I knew it wouldn’t work, but I opened KakaoTalk and tried typing a message.
-Mom, are you okay?
“Please···!”
But the result was as expected.
⟳ Mom, are you okay?
The resend button appears, but the message is not sent.
That was when.
[A temporary error has occurred. Please try again later. (Error code: 580, LO)]
A new message popped up and the KakaoTalk app completely shut down.
I tried turning it back on several times, but the result was the same.
Just in case, I looked at the tab at the top of my phone and saw an icon that appears when data is disconnected.
“······shit.”
I had expected it to some extent.
In fact, it was more surprising that the data burst for three days.
Because big websites like Google and Namer went down on the same day the world went down.
I clenched my fists in frustration, but nothing changed.
‘I have to do something.’
The problem wasn’t just this.
‘If we stay locked up like this, we’ll starve to death.’
Not only the internet, but everything was down.
Water, electricity, gas, etc.
The essentials for life were disappearing by the minute.
‘There is enough water.’
Luckily, there was plenty of water ordered from Coupon.
There were 20 2L containers and 47 500ml containers, and they were all filled with water, regardless of whether they were water bottles or cups.
I ordered this because I was lazy about getting purified water every day, but my laziness saved my life.
‘The problem is what to eat.’
Yesterday, the power went out and the refrigerator lost power, and all the side dishes inside met their fate.
It’s still holding up thanks to the door not being opened as much as possible and the coldness of the freezer, but that won’t last long.
‘There aren’t many packs of ramen left.’
All that’s left are three bags of Jin Ramen Mild Flavor.
‘If I had known this would happen, I would have bought ramen in bulk···.’
I never had to worry about stocking up on food thanks to my parents who came by every week to stock up the fridge with side dishes.
Thanks to that, the food left now was only enough for a week.
‘Even if you save, you’ll eventually run out.’
Ultimately, it means that you have to go outside to survive.
but.
[The absolute being in the corner of the house cannot leave the corner of the house.]
“······.”
This ability, which protects me completely from ferocious monsters, will cause me to starve to death one day.
When food runs out, you’ll slowly die of starvation.
‘It’s the worst.’
I reached out to the living room window with a longing heart.
If I could go out, I would do it through the window.
however.
[The absolute being in the corner of the house cannot leave the corner of the house.]
“fu*k!”
I threw my fist at that now tired phrase.
My fist ached with the sensation of hitting a hard wall.
‘What is the Absolute!’
Isn’t he a half-ass who can’t even go outside his own territory?
‘···Pathetic kid.’
Even though the world was ruined, I was still the same.
An unfilial son who never steps out of the house and sucks the life out of his parents.
You’re a crippled bastard who can’t even take care of yourself at the age of twenty-eight and still gets pocket money from your parents.
A parasite that is of no use to the world.
“···fu*k.”
But then it happened.
Tiring!
“···huh?”
A message I hadn’t seen in the past three days appeared before my eyes.
[You have hunted Kellykan (Lv. 23).]
‘Kellican?’
Immediately after that.
[Gain a large amount of experience points.]
[Skill level has increased.]
[Skill level has increased.]
A flood of new messages appeared.
As I was looking at it, I suddenly remembered the monster bird that had crashed into the living room window with its head firmly against it.
I stuck my head out the window and looked down.
“Kaaaak!”
“Ouch!”
Dozens of small green-skinned monsters and goblins were gathered around the corpse of the monster bird, feasting.
Looking at it from a high rise, it looked like a swarm of ants.
‘Are they finished?’
It seemed like the monster bird had been hunted by goblins while it was out of its mind and falling down.
Strictly speaking, I was the one who knocked out the monster bird, so I gained some experience points as well.
Thanks to this, my skill level went up by two levels.
‘Ha, that’s not even funny. What good would it do to level up the house-hopping skill?’
But it was too hasty a judgment.
[You have acquired a new skill.]
[There is loot nearby that meets the conditions.]
[Starting to settle the loot.]
“huh?”
A change occurred immediately after the unknown notifications appeared.
“Keeeeeek!!”
“What, what is it?”
Startled by the sudden outburst of the goblins, I quickly looked down at the ground again.
There, a slightly different scenery unfolded than before.
The festive atmosphere was gone, and the goblins nearby were letting out desperate screams.
‘Why are you like that?’
The reason they were having seizures was because of the changes that had occurred in the monster bird’s corpse.
‘It’s disappearing?’
Parts of the monster bird’s body were disappearing in real time.
From the goblins’ perspective, it was as if the meat of their prey was decreasing in real time.
So I have no choice but to scream.
[Loot settlement has been completed.]
After checking the message, I checked below.
‘The body has been reduced by a third···.’
[2,203,241 won was deposited into the wallet of the absolute owner of the house.]
The moment I saw the number of newly popped up message items, I instinctively repeated:
‘One hundred thousand, one hundred thousand, one million… Two million won? Two million won was suddenly deposited?’
For me, who usually lived on an allowance, two million won was a huge sum of money.
‘What is this all of a sudden···.’
Before I could even understand the situation, another change appeared.
Flash
The living room got a little brighter.
Because it was broad daylight, it was only a little brighter, but the important thing was that it was brighter.
I slowly raised my head.
The light fixture mounted in the center of the living room ceiling was shining brightly.
‘···The electricity came back on?’
Apparently the power went out yesterday.
The exact reason is unknown, but the appearance of monsters would have caused catastrophic damage to the city’s infrastructure.
There was no way it could be recovered this quickly.
‘It’s a skill! I clearly said earlier that a new skill was created!’
I quickly opened the status window and checked the skill changes.
[Absolute in the corner of the house]
Declaration of Cornerstone (Passive) Lv. 3
-No one can invade the corner of the house without the permission of the Absolute.
Maintaining the dignity of the absolute master of the corner (Passive) Lv. 1
-Restores normal functions of all corners of the house to maintain dignity.
Corner Absolute Shop Lv. 1
-You can purchase items registered in the store at the regular price.
The Absolute’s Wallet in the Corner Lv. Max
-Amount held: 2,203,240 won
A total of three new skills were added.
Among them, it seemed that the return of electricity was due to the skill of ‘maintaining the dignity of the absolute master of the corner of the house’.
‘Restore the function of the corner of the house to normal?’
I got up right away and ran to where the refrigerator was.
Woohoo
The refrigerator, which had become a pseudo-icebox with the power outage, was spitting out the sound of refrigerant circulating.
Kook
I held the refrigerator door carefully and applied force little by little.
“!!”
As soon as I opened the refrigerator door, a light greeted me.
‘It works! There’s actually electricity!’
It wasn’t just the refrigerator.
Water started running from the sink right next to me, and the water purifier started working properly.
Also, the gas range and induction turned on normally.
I checked my phone just in case, and it was connected to Wi-Fi.
‘It’s really back to how it was. Before the world was destroyed······!’
As the electricity came back on, the TV and computer also turned on.
Of course, there were TVs that only showed a flickering image because there were no regular channels, but they were useless.
It’s not completely useless, since you can play offline games on a computer.
‘Still, I feel reassured when I see the monitor turning on properly.’
Before the world ended, I used to spend most of my time in front of the monitor.
Maybe that’s why my heart seemed to calm down just by looking at the screen of a computer that had booted up normally.
Should I say that it feels like we’ve gone back to before the world was destroyed?
‘I’m connected to the Internet, but as expected, I can’t access any sites.’
There were sites that were accessible before the power outage.
They used to make a fuss about monsters and damage that appeared around the world.
But now, there are no accessible sites left.
‘The server must have gone crazy.’
The situation in Seoul, which was being relayed in real time before the power went out, was dire in itself.
Because there were huge monsters there destroying entire buildings.
‘I guess I should say I’m lucky to live in Busan.’
At least in Busan, there were no giant monsters as tall as skyscrapers.
I was absentmindedly browsing through my computer.
‘This is···.’
It was a photo file I took when I went on a family trip to Jeju Island.
At that time, my mother, who had just bought her first digital camera, took hundreds of pictures, saying she would get her money’s worth.
Among them, one photo that the three of us took together with the help of someone else caught my eye.
“······.”
In the photo, I was smiling awkwardly, and my mom and dad were smiling happily, embracing me from both sides.
“···Mom, Dad.”
Listening to my trembling voice, I felt like tears would burst out at any moment.
‘I have to save Mom and Dad. I have to.’
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