[Episode 08] Summoning the Recovered Ones (2)
The golden light that rose from the sky split into eight branches and began to draw beautiful lines.
Six lines were moving chaotically inside the circle created by two lines meeting, creating a gorgeous pattern.
Crackle crackle crackle―
And in the empty space created by overlapping patterns, picturesque patterns began to be carved.
When they started from the 12 o’clock position and spread out clockwise, they filled the empty spaces.
Phew!
A golden light emanated from the magic circle, summoning a golden egg the size of a basketball.
and.
Jeokjeok
The egg began to crack and soon opened completely.
And then something small fell down from there.
“Huh?”
I instinctively reached out with both hands and caught it.
The small object that fit in the palm of my hand felt like a round object.
There was a fluffy, black ball of fluff there.
The guy looked up at me with bright eyes.
-Beep?
There was a cute baby bird there.
‘The Eyes of the Absolute.’
“Three-Legged Crow (Lv. 1)”
A three-legged crow deity.
Born with the power of the sun. A baby bird that has not yet grown and needs protection. In order to grow, it needs to be exposed to good sunlight.
It looked exactly like a black chick.
“hi?”
-Beep!
I greeted him awkwardly and he answered me forcefully.
“What should I call you?”
I wanted to give it a name because it didn’t feel right to just call it Samjok-o.
“It’s a black crow, so what do you think?”
-Beep! Beep!
As soon as it was born, it was so full of energy that it seemed to be fluttering its little wings and talking.
For some reason, that made sense.
“Do you like it?”
-Beep!
“That’s fortunate.”
Kami was really smart because he could speak as soon as he was born.
-Beep!
“Are you hungry?”
-Beep!
I was wondering if I should catch some bugs, but I soon realized that that wasn’t what Samjok-O needed.
I carefully moved to the living room window, being careful not to let the guy fall.
And then he carefully placed the guy on the floor where the sunlight was shining.
Okay then.
-Beep···
He stretched out comfortably, closed his eyes, and began to bask in the sunlight with his whole body.
“···Your fate is good.”
The guy fell asleep in that position.
As I watched the little guy breathe evenly, I felt a sense of peace within me.
[The level of the Three-Legged Crow has increased.]
[The efficiency of solar power generators increases by 100%.]
‘hmm?’
I understand that the level of Samjok-O increased as he received sunlight, but why did the efficiency of the solar power generator increase out of nowhere?
I went straight into construction mode and checked out the solar power generator item.
《Solar Generator》
A facility that produces electricity using solar energy.
Depending on the amount of sunlight per day, it produces electricity worth 80,000 to 100,000 won (+100%), and any remaining surplus electricity is returned to the wallet of the absolute owner of the house.
The amount of electricity produced by solar power plants has doubled.
‘If we just keep doing this for a moment···.’
The 10 newly acquired units had not yet been equipped with solar power plants.
That was because the subsidy was almost completely used up.
To be honest, I felt it was a waste to invest 130 million won in a facility that would only yield 30 million won in efficiency after a year.
‘But if it’s like this, the story is different.’
If the efficiency continues to increase as Kami’s level increases, it will be worth investing in.
Of course, I couldn’t be sure yet.
Because I couldn’t guarantee that the generator efficiency would increase as Kami’s level increased.
Then, the alarm went off again.
[The level of the Three-Legged Crow has increased.]
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[The efficiency of solar power generators increases by 100%.]
The efficiency of solar power generators has tripled in one fell swoop.
’90 million won per year.’
Just leveling up a few more times would not only speed up the recovery of investment, but would also increase profits over time.
After checking it, I chose it without hesitation.
‘Build solar power generators in all 10 districts.’
Tiring!
[Time remaining until completion of solar power generation facility]
-23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds
When I came out of construction mode, Kami was in a deep sleep.
While Kami was napping in the sun, I had a busy day.
First, I had to decide where to invest my remaining skill point.
‘What should I do with the one left?’
Now there were three types of skills that had [+] buttons left.
The storehouse of the absolute, the health of the absolute, the invisible hand.
‘Of these three, the warehouse is the best.’
Honestly, I wonder if raising health is even meaningful.
Anyway, I was in a situation where I couldn’t take a single step outside the safe confines of my home.
I wondered if it would be of any use to try to get healthier here.
‘The invisible hand is the same.’
It was certainly a powerful ability, but what good was it if I couldn’t leave my corner of the house?
It was only useful for subduing monsters that approached the corner area of the house.
‘But the warehouse is still used in conjunction with the Eye of the Absolute.’
But what good will it do to level up your warehouse?
‘It would be better to just keep it and level up the Dignity Maintenance skill or the Eye of the Absolute skill.’
After coming to a conclusion, I left the house right away.
First, I went to room 3001, right next door, and met Choi Hyeong-jun.
“I have a favor to ask.”
“Yes, Jaehyun. Feel free to speak.”
“I would like you to take care of 1 billion.”
“yes?”
This was the conclusion I came to while thinking about tax collection skills, and I calculated that it would be profitable to give money to trustworthy citizens and let them sit there.
Although there is a 10% fee when you first donate, after that you can regularly generate a 10% profit every month.
After much thought, the person he decided to entrust the 1 billion to was none other than Choi Hyeong-jun.
The reason was simple.
『Name: Choi Hyeong-jun (Lv. 25) [+]
Title: [First Bell]
Trust: 89 Loyalty: 98
Awakening Ability: Gorilla’s Strength
★Quest Granting』
Because the trust and loyalty ratings were so high.
Perhaps because we met frequently, our trust and loyalty levels increased to the extreme.
‘I can trust it to this extent.’
I immediately gave him 1 billion by granting him a quest.
[Quest cost is 100,030,000 won.]
100 million won, which is a 10% commission, and 30,000 won, which is the basic cost of the quest, were consumed.
“Oh, my God···!”
At that moment.
[Citizen Choi Hyeong-jun’s trust level increases.]
[Citizen Choi Hyeong-jun’s loyalty increases.]
[Citizen Choi Hyeong-jun’s loyalty has reached 100.]
[Citizen Choi Hyeong-jun has already been registered as a deceased person.]
[The limit on the number of items you can hold has increased.]
Choi Hyeong-jun asked cautiously.
“Of course, I should just hold it without wearing it, right??”
That’s what I originally planned to do.
But I guess this is all it takes to get 100 loyalty.
Considering the value of the holding limit, even adding 1 billion more would not have been enough.
“It’s okay to use it to some extent.”
“Really?! Thank you, thank you!”
Next, he took Yoo Hye-rin to Kim Da-bin and introduced her. Then he gave Kim Da-bin full authority over the staff at the public facilities.
“Can I really just pick whatever I want?”
“Yes, it doesn’t matter. Dabin, you create a team. Since you’re the team leader, I’ll double your weekly salary.”
[Citizen Kim Da-bin’s loyalty increases.]
“Thank you! I will do my best!”
I watched Kim Da-bin hand over the reins to Yoo Hye-rin and took a quick look around the public facilities. I could see citizens moving around busily.
The people on duty at the restaurant were cooking and waiting in line to use the bathroom.
‘That must be uncomfortable.’
Although it is a public facility, it was once an ordinary private home.
It was realistically difficult to accommodate many people at once, such as in a public restroom.
A solution was needed, as showering was considered a privilege among citizens.
‘But I can’t just give it to you.’
If this continues, the morale of citizens who have worked hard to obtain electricity, water, and gas will decline.
‘Isn’t there a way?’
As I was thinking about it, an idea occurred to me.
‘Can’t you sell it at the store?’
I tried registering an item just to test it.
[Daily Electricity Ticket] (10,000 won)
‘Is it okay?’
It was made possible to register intangible values as well.
The system was to automatically supply electricity by entering the number of units and lakes in a kiosk format.
‘Let’s make water and gas too.’
It was divided into one-day, one-week, and one-month passes and sold at prices of 10,000 won, 30,000 won, and 100,000 won respectively.
‘Those who are meant to live will live.’
If it were me, I would rather save up money and buy a ticket than use such inconvenient public facilities.
‘and···.’
The next issue to be addressed was the issue of firearms.
The idea was to select from among the most loyal citizens those who would be worthy of being given guns.
It didn’t take that long, as there weren’t that many people who reached 50 trust and opened loyalty.
‘All those who meet the conditions are combat personnel.’
Thanks to the deliberate attempt to meet the combat personnel face to face, most of them were open to loyalty.
Among them, Baek Seung-yeop also had a loyalty rating of 57, but I had no intention of giving him a pistol.
‘I can’t tell what will happen with this guy’s personality.’
If you give Baek Seung-yeop a gun, the only thing that comes to mind is him using it to campaign.
That’s why first impressions are important.
‘Then the only ones left are Kim Min-ho, Nam Ji-ho, and Shin Yu-ra.’
All of the revolvers that were created through the registration and commercialization of the S&W M60 were S&W marked, and among them, the M60 was the best.
‘Let’s meet up later and pay each other.’
Now all three of them were out of the area hunting.
‘Seo Ye-jin seems busy···.’
When I looked at him, he seemed to be busy leading his colleagues.
First, I went to find the Hadonggun party waiting in room 2901.
♩♬―
[It’s the 29th floor.]
[The door opens.]
When I checked with the eyes of the absolute being, I saw that Kim Da-jeong and Oh Eon-ju, who were using room 2902, were also gathered in room 2901.
“That snake was level 40?”
“yes.”
“Hmm. I see···.”
Oh Eun-joo’s expression was seen to be somewhat bitter at Ha Dong-geon’s answer.
Perhaps he remembered the quest content that was shown at that time.
Crunch.
As I opened the door and went in, everyone who was resting stood up from their seats and welcomed me.
“You all worked hard today. Are you feeling better?”
“yes~.”
“It’s completely fine.”
“I didn’t do anything special, what?”
He continued, smiling at those who answered playfully.
“Thanks to the monster at Seomyeon Station, the surrounding area has become a monster-free zone. This is especially true for the subway tracks.”
The current Seomyeon Station was like an uninhabited mountain.
The owner, Kingsnake, has died, but the news has not yet spread widely.
Monsters will be avoiding written language as usual.
“There were almost no monsters in Beomnaegol near Seomyeon Station and up to Beomil Station.”
It was a fact already confirmed by Seo Ye-jin’s ability.
Because the monster was sitting curled up on the tracks of Line 1, it was difficult to find even a single monster within two or three stops.
“Now is our chance. We must move before the other monsters take over.”
Today, I realized one thing when I saw Yoo Hye-rin crying and asking me for a favor.
The fact was that those in front of me were risking their lives to carry out my request.
So now they were entrusting their lives to me.
It was fortunate that we knew about the monster at Seomyeon Station in advance thanks to Seo Ye-jin’s joining, otherwise it would have been quite dangerous.
The outside world was now truly a place where it wouldn’t be strange if you died at any time.
I know that it’s greedy to want my family to be safe and to want to save them.
‘Still.’
The price of their lives weighed heavily on my shoulders.
“I would like you to go directly to Jagalchi Station tomorrow.”
I couldn’t give up.
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