[Episode 08] Summoning the Recovered One (1)
The S&W M60 is a .38 caliber revolver and is one of the most commonly used firearms by the South Korean police.
Of course, it was rarely actually used.
It was only a pistol, but it would make all the difference.
‘It can’t be displayed in the store.’
There were many advantages to displaying guns.
People’s monster hunting will become a little more active right away.
It’s not uncommon for ordinary people below level 10 to hunt orcs.
Even stronger monsters could be worth a try if there were several civilians with guns present.
‘The experience points and settlement money earned by citizens will also increase exponentially.’
But there was one big drawback, just as there were advantages: it was too dangerous.
‘It’s hard to trust all citizens.’
The way I accept citizens now is haphazard.
That means there are no standards.
The reason I accepted everything without any verification was because I was confident that I could control them no matter what happened. There were also many advantages that arose as the citizen population increased.
But when you’re holding a gun, things are a little different.
‘There’s no guarantee that among this many people there won’t be anyone with a problem.’
It was obvious what would happen if unverified people were allowed to own guns.
Envy, resentment, jealousy.
Accidents were bound to happen for whatever reason, and in the worst case scenario, people could die.
To put it in extreme terms, giving a gun to a mentally ill person is a surefire way to disaster.
‘It should be distributed only to verified people.’
The standard was simple.
‘You should only give it to those with high loyalty. And among them, you should filter out those who need to be filtered out.’
While blatant discrimination may be frustrating, it’s better than having an accident happen.
If you only give firearms to those with high loyalty, you can expect the effect of inducing a certain level of trust and loyalty increase.
‘It’s already been decided who should receive it first.’
A person who is mentally sound, loyal, and has the ability to maximize the use of firearms.
Moon Byung-ho was given a new pistol and 100 rounds of ammunition that he had purchased from a store.
Jiiing―
Moon Byung-ho, who received a gun and live ammunition that appeared out of thin air, immediately bowed his head toward the thin air.
‘That’s not it.’
Even though I bowed my head in a different direction than I was looking at, I think it was enough to convey the meaning.
The Hadonggun party quickly arrived at the shelter where the survivors were hiding, following the mouse’s guidance, and returned with them without any major problems.
“I think we’ll be there soon. Should we go down together?”
“Jaehyun too?”
“I was thinking of going for a walk for the first time in a while.”
I walked down the trail with Seo Ye-jin and took a deep breath.
“Swoop- haa.”
The air is nice.
The area surrounding the house rapidly expanded to include a walking path.
It was a new feeling, perhaps because it was my first time seeing you in almost a month.
[Unauthorized person attempts to enter.]
It appears that the thirty-five survivors rescued by Hadonggun’s party have arrived at the main gate.
[An entity that satisfies the conditions for acceptance as a citizen has approached the corner of the house.]
[Would you like to offer citizenship?]
‘I suggest.’
Thirty-five additional citizens joined in this way.
‘Not this time either.’
I checked each citizen’s information window, but there wasn’t a single person with the awakening ability.
Not only these, but among the 200 or so citizens who joined by leveling up and swallowing up 10 wards, there were no awakened ones.
To that extent, the Awakened were precious talents, and among them, those with A-rank abilities like Seo Ye-jin were even more precious.
‘Granting awakening abilities couldn’t be done even as a quest reward.’
I’ve already tried it.
I tried to grant awakening ability to Nam Ji-ho, who had the best performance among the citizens, but it said ‘impossible quest reward’.
It wasn’t a notification that you didn’t have enough money, it was just a notice that it was an impossible quest reward.
‘That person’s innate nature is something that can’t be helped.’
So the only way to turn an ordinary person into an Awakened One was to register as a Gashin.
But since even the registration of the deceased was a system that favored the Awakened, it would be correct to see it as having innate genes.
‘Let’s think about it slowly. After all, there’s only one slot left for registration.’
It was already filled with ten people.
All that’s left is Moon Byung-ho’s loyalty reaching 100, increasing his position by one.
‘It must be a bit difficult to make 100% loyalty.’
I tried to intentionally increase the time I spent with the Hadonggun party, but my loyalty level, which had already risen to a certain level, showed no signs of increasing any further.
To be honest, unless there was a special event like Moon Byung-ho, it seemed difficult to reach 100 loyalty.
Thirty-five newly naturalized citizens walked through the main gate and came here.
They seemed preoccupied with looking around the apartment complex.
“Mom! Yeojin!”
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Seo Ye-jin ran and hugged her family.
“Yejin! Where did you go without saying anything? Do you know how worried I was?”
“I’m sorry, Mom.”
Even though they had only been apart for a day, the mother and daughter were having a tearful reunion.
Seeing that sight reminded me of my mother.
“Wow! You smell so good, sis! Did you shower?”
“Yeah. There’s warm water and you can take a bath.”
“really?”
“Of course. You’ll have a bed and a warm meal to eat.”
After hearing Seo Ye-jin’s words, anticipation appeared on the faces of the remaining survivors.
I said to Seo Ye-jin.
“Yejin.”
“yes?”
“Room 2701 was given to Seo Ye-jin. Seo Ye-jin can use it however she wants, but it might be a little cramped to accommodate more than thirty people.”
“ah······.”
Seo Ye-jin realized what I meant and looked at the faces of the people she had been responsible for with a confused expression.
“Then what should I do···.”
“I’ll give you three more empty rooms. Seo Ye-jin deserves it.”
“Oh, thank you!”
If more than 10 people share a house, the provision of electricity, water, and gas was a condition that was also applied to other citizens.
In reality, there were quite a few citizens who had to endure the inconvenience and live together because of this condition.
“You can use rooms 2402, 2301, and 1902 in the same building.”
“I will work hard!”
[Citizen Seo Ye-jin’s trust level increases.]
[Citizen Seo Ye-jin’s loyalty increases.]
So, starting with Seo Ye-jin,
[Citizen Hong Dal-rae’s trust level increases significantly.]
[Citizen Seo Yeo-jin’s trust level increases significantly.]
[Citizen Lee Seung-jun’s trust level increases.]
[The trustworthiness of citizens increases.]
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Notifications were exploding that citizens’ trust had increased.
‘It’s definitely changed.’
There have been instances before where citizens’ trust has skyrocketed.
It was when we gathered people at Choi Hyeong-jun’s house to hunt a group of goblins.
The moment he demonstrated his ability to summon water or food, the trust of those nearby skyrocketed.
‘But there was no case where it went up ‘significantly’.’
Just now, I only said a word, but my trust level was rising rapidly.
It was clear that this was an effect that came about as the level of the Maintain Dignity skill increased.
‘Come to think of it, I just raised the level but didn’t check it.’
The Dignity Maintenance skill, which reached level 4, had one interesting feature added.
ᛇRecovery Management (0/10)
‘hmm···?’
I checked and there was a button that could summon the Revenant.
[Recovery Summon] (1,000,000,000 Won)
‘······1 billion?’
It seems that the newly added feature is a money-eating hippopotamus.
That was when.
“Jaehyun, do you have a moment?”
It was Yoo Hye-rin.
“What’s going on?”
“···I have something to tell you.”
“Go ahead.”
“that is···.”
Yoo Hye-rin said after checking the mood of the other group.
“Thank you all for your hard work. Go up and rest.”
Seo Ye-jin’s group was busy dividing the people who would use the three rooms, and Ha Dong-gun’s party consciously left out.
I sent them away and told Yoo Hye-rin.
“Shall we take a walk for a while?”
“Walking… yes, I like it.”
Yoo Hye-rin and I walked in silence for a while, and after a few minutes, she was the first to speak.
“I···.”
I spoke to her, who hesitated for a long time.
“You can speak comfortably.”
“Yes, then···.”
Yoo Hye-rin spoke with her head bowed deeply.
“I’m really sorry, but I need to get out of the party.”
It was as expected.
A feeling that what was coming had come.
She continued to speak as if making excuses.
“My ability is… I don’t have any presence within the party, and I think it would be okay if I wasn’t there, right?”
I spoke to her as kindly as I could, even as she talked nonsense as if she had committed a crime.
“You can be honest with me.”
Then Yoo Hye-rin bit her lips, then closed her eyes tightly and said.
“I’m scared!”
Once she let her feelings out, they came out like machine gun fire.
“I was so scared. The goblins were scary, fighting the orcs was scary, and that giant snake was scary, too.”
The emotions that burst out soon flowed as tears.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I’m a useless person. You finally chose me, but I couldn’t live up to your expectations… Sob.”
There had been a hint of this before.
Even when going to rescue Moon Byung-ho’s grandmother, honestly, Yoo Hye-rin’s performance was almost non-existent.
In the final chase with the enemy, I almost fell to my death, and when I was subduing the orcs, I didn’t really do anything.
The ability called Poison Fog itself is difficult to utilize because it can easily cause damage to teammates if not used properly.
My physical abilities have improved and my archery skills have improved a lot, but I’m not sure if that has helped.
Even Kim Gun was helping the team with reconnaissance using his black hat, but she was the only one who was unable to do anything.
No one knows better than you that you are objectively useless to the party.
Yoo Hye-rin is clearly risking her life to join the party, so she can’t help but feel upset because the results aren’t good.
It seemed like they had been building up and building up until today, when we encountered the giant snake, they exploded.
“Ugh. Huhu.”
Yoo Hye-rin cried sadly, as if she had been through a lot.
I felt more anger and disgust from her than fear.
I said it nonchalantly.
“That’s great. I was just in need of some help.”
“Ugh. Huh···?”
“You know Ms. Kim Da-bin from the 21st floor public facilities? She was having a hard time handling her work. I guess it’s because she was trying to do everything by herself.”
“Sniff.”
“Not only that, but I also plan to build and operate public facilities in each neighborhood. That’s why I needed someone I could trust and entrust with the work.”
Yoo Hye-rin, covered in tears and snot, was looking up at me, sobbing.
He reached out his hand to her and said:
“I think I can trust and entrust Yoo Hye-rin with the work. Would you like to help me?”
It was at that time that I was trying to comfort and appease Yoo Hye-rin, and honestly, I thought it was a bit of a waste to register her as a vassal.
[Citizen Yoo Hye-rin’s loyalty increases.]
[Citizen Yoo Hye-rin’s loyalty has reached 100.]
[Citizen Yoo Hye-rin is already registered as a resident.]
[The limit on the number of items you can hold has increased.]
‘this?’
I never thought I’d get 100 loyalty for something so trivial.
“Whoaah.”
The moment I approached her to comfort her, who was crying like a baby with her face covered with both hands, she suddenly ran into my arms.
“I’ll work hard! Just leave it to me! Hehe.”
I was momentarily taken aback, but I patted her on the back gently until she calmed down.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
“Ugh, I will be completely loyal!”
“yes yes.”
After finally calming down, I took her to room 2901 and returned home.
Then I looked at one button.
[Recovery Summon] (1,000,000,000 Won)
‘Should I give it a try?’
Every feature that has been introduced so far has been useful, and everything that costs money has been worth it.
Besides, it wasn’t like I was short on money right now.
‘Okay, let’s try something. Summon the beast!’
[1,000,000,000 won is consumed as a summoning cost.]
Woohoooooooo―
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