[Episode 10] Busan Station (2)
“!!!”
This pain was qualitatively different from the pain I had experienced before.
If up until now it was a pain that felt like my body was swelling up, the pain I felt when I reached level 20 was like being stabbed all over my body with an awl.
It felt as if dozens of needles were piercing my skin and extending outward from inside my body.
“Jaehyun! Jaehyun! Are you okay!?”
I heard Seo Ye-jin’s urgent voice, but I couldn’t respond.
“Jaehyun! Breathe! You have to breathe!”
Because it was overwhelming just to endure the pain that was being transmitted in real time.
Just when I was starting to lose consciousness due to the pain that had been going on for several minutes.
The expansion of the territory is finally complete.
“Ugh, ugh.”
Cold sweat soaked my whole body.
All the muscles in my body that had been contracted due to pain suddenly relaxed, and a feeling of weakness came over me.
I felt a slight heaviness in my chest, along with a feeling of helplessness as if I would fall asleep at any moment.
When I opened my eyes, Seo Ye-jin was there with a terrified expression on her face, placing both hands on my chest.
I opened my mouth with difficulty.
“What are you doing···.”
“I’m trying to do CPR···.”
I lifted my arm, which felt like wet cotton, and took hold of her hand.
“···I’m fine.”
Perhaps because my condition seemed quite serious, Kami, who was sitting on the sofa, came over to me and made a worried expression.
-Huh?
“···I’m okay.”
Instead of sitting on the sofa, Kami lay down on my stomach.
As I was gently stroking that guy, I felt like I was starting to feel sleepy.
I closed my eyes, feeling a languid sensation, and checked the newly expanded corner area of the house with the eyes of the Absolute.
‘The scale is enormous.’
The area had expanded to cover a wider area than expected.
The area extended along the road.
It was expanded by selecting only major roads where cars traveled, and the area was so wide that it included not only Jeonpo Station but also parts of Seomyeon Station and Bujeon Station.
It swallowed up all the roads within a 1km radius around the apartment complex.
It was a fu*king huge area.
‘That’s why it hurt so much.’
It was perhaps natural suffering, as the area had expanded to its largest scale ever.
‘I’m tired.’
I desperately wanted to fall asleep for just five minutes.
But now was not the time.
I had to watch the Hadonggun party that was on a mission for me.
I sat up to wake up and asked Seo Ye-jin.
“Excuse me, Yejin, but could you please pour me a glass of cold water?”
“Please wait a moment.”
I didn’t even have the energy left to use the invisible hand.
It was because all my energy, both mental and physical, was used up in enduring the pain.
“Here it is.”
“Thank you.”
Drinking cold water made me feel a little more alert.
“Are you okay?”
“Thanks.”
I checked the skill window while observing Ha Dong-geon’s party with the eyes of the absolute being.
It was to use the 3 skill points granted upon reaching level 20.
Among the skills with a [+] next to their skill levels, the skill that will be leveled up first has already been decided.
The most important skill in the current operation.
‘The Eye of the Absolute Level Up.’
[The Absolute’s Eye skill in the corner of the house has reached Lv. 4.]
[Multiple view feature added.]
I immediately tried out the newly added features.
Multi-vision was literally a function that expanded the field of vision using the eyes of the Absolute.
It became possible to observe multiple places at the same time.
I felt the number of fields of view increasing.
‘Is 3 still the limit?’
The Eye of the Absolute, which was now able to be used as naturally as breathing, has reached a limit to its concentration as its field of vision has expanded to three.
In order to increase my concentration even a little, I started by closing my eyes like I did at first and focusing only on the eyes of the Absolute Being.
‘It feels like I’m sitting in a security office with CCTV footage all around.’
Three views were visible at the same time.
One still showed Ha Dong-gun’s party, and the other showed Kim Da-bin looking very busy.
And the last one was illuminating the newly expanded area: people on the street.
“What happened?”
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“I don’t know. Suddenly, the goblins’ heads exploded and they disappeared without giving me any money?”
It was Lee Jun-hyuk’s party that he recently joined.
It was this party that made up for the lack of experience from hunting goblins.
“Junhyuk oppa! Look over there!”
The woman continued, pointing toward the alley.
“It seems like the goblins aren’t coming this way?”
Even though Lee Jun-hyeok was right in front of them, the goblins couldn’t do anything. Even if they swung their knives or other weapons, they were just blocked by the transparent wall and bounced off.
on the other side.
Phew!
“Pretty cute!”
It was possible for Lee Jun-hyeok to attack the goblin.
“Isn’t this totally awesome?”
The party members were thrilled by the sight.
“Hey! Me too! I haven’t caught a single one yet!”
“You’re the only one who couldn’t catch it! I couldn’t catch it either!”
“Get out of the way! I’m going to shoot! If you don’t want to get shot, get out!”
The goblins, sensing something unusual, instinctively ran away, but it was already too late.
Six goblins were killed instantly by those who pursued them.
“Huh? It’s true. There are strange messages popping up in the air.”
“Is this your first time seeing me?”
“Oh, oh. It’s my first time catching it. Junhyeok was so aggressive today.”
Surprisingly, they were hunting goblins with great skill.
‘I guess what that man said back then wasn’t all bragging.’
Now that I’ve leveled up, I’ve become a hunter within the safe zone, but I estimate that I’ve been fighting at least ten goblins before then.
Yet not a single person looked nervous.
It really meant that he had frequent experience hunting goblins.
‘This is the highest level of the group of ordinary people I’ve ever seen.’
They were enjoying hunting.
And he had no hesitation at all in killing.
And it wasn’t just some of them, it was everyone gathered here.
I don’t know if only those with that kind of personality were able to survive, or if they just stuck together, but they seemed to consider goblin hunting as a fun game.
“But is this also one of his abilities? This wall that blocks goblins.”
“Maybe. It seems like an extension of that transparent barrier we had at first?”
“Wow. That’s an incredible ability. Wait a minute…”
One of Lee Jun-hyeok’s group continued speaking with an anxious look in his eyes.
“If we get out of favor, won’t our heads be blown off like the goblins just now?”
“······.”
“······.”
The party members who had been extremely excited by his remarks all fell silent.
“So, that was some kind of warning from him? Telling me to listen carefully?”
A heavy silence fell over the party.
“Oh, did we do something wrong?”
As it spread into fear, Lee Jun-hyeok stepped forward.
“Isn’t it enough to just avoid getting on one’s bad side?”
“What did you say, Junhyeok?”
“We’ve all experienced it. A normal bathroom. A house where you can shower with warm water. A house where you can eat warm meals and sleep in a warm blanket. This is someone who gave you a house.”
Lee Jun-hyuk looked around at the party members and said.
“So, we just need to be careful not to get on bad terms, be neat and sensible. We just need to behave well.”
[Citizen Lee Jun-hyeok’s loyalty has surpassed 30.]
[Citizen Lee Jun-hyeok has met the conditions for registration.]
As luck would have it, Lee Jun-hyeok met the minimum requirements for registration.
‘Registered as a guest, Lee Jun-hyeok.’
At that moment, a bright light emanated from Lee Jun-hyeok’s body.
“Huh?”
“What, what is it?”
“Brother Junhyeok!”
『Name: Lee Jun-hyeok (Lv. 40) [+]
Title: [The Twelfth Bell] [Knight] [Wizard]
Trust: 59 Loyalty: 31
Awakening Abilities: Create Water, Water Bomb, Control Water
Experience distribution rate: 0% (+100%)
★Quest Granting』
{wizard}
Skill power increases by 100%.
Water Bomb (Grade A)
Summons water compressed by high heat and explodes. Power increases in proportion to the mental power consumed.
Control Water (S Grade)
By consuming mental power, you can freely control the water you summon.
‘hmm?’
I thought I’d awaken S-rank abilities.
Since Lee Jun-hyeok’s initial ability level was B, he didn’t think it would work out this well.
‘Is it because the level was high?’
At the time of registering as a vassal, he was level 33, the same level as Owen Ju when he registered as a vassal.
‘I don’t think it’s just luck…’
The exact reason wasn’t known, but the important thing was that the results were good.
‘Anyway, it’s a hit.’
With this, the second S-rank ability user was born.
‘Quest granted.’
《Quest Granting》
Quest Content: Try using Water Bomb and Control Water.
Time limit: 10 minutes 00 seconds
Reward: Increased mental power.
Failure Penalty: Mental Fatigue.
Citizens could not see their own status screens, and of course they could not know about the new awakening abilities they had acquired.
It’s possible to learn how to use skills naturally over time, but learning them much faster is easier now that the skill names are directly explained.
“Junhyuk, are you okay? Just now, there was light coming from your body…!”
“wait a minute.”
Lee Jun-hyeok read the quest I gave him carefully and then reached out his hand to the air.
and.
“Water bomb.”
Kwaaaaang!
A fairly powerful explosion went off in the air.
and.
Swaaaaaaah
The water droplets that spewed out from the water bomb fell like a shower.
The raindrops pouring down on the heads of Lee Jun-hyeok’s party members were all streams of water created by Lee Jun-hyeok.
“Control water.”
At that moment.
The pouring water stopped in midair.
Moonlight scattered on water droplets suspended in midair, creating a dreamy atmosphere.
Everyone was momentarily lost in the spectacle, like a large-scale magic show.
“Ugh.”
But after a while, Lee Jun-hyeok’s concentration breaks.
Swaaaaaaahh …
The water drops fell to the floor all at once.
“!!”
“what’s this?”
“Junhyuk, did you do it?”
But their voices didn’t seem to reach Lee Jun-hyeok.
“Haha, hahahaha!”
Lee Jun-hyeok, who had been laughing like crazy, suddenly looked around and bowed and banged his head toward the apartment complex.
“Thank you! Thank you!! I will never forget this favor!”
The party members looked at Lee Jun-hyeok with blank expressions at his sudden actions.
And it was the same for me too.
[Citizen Lee Jun-hyeok’s trustworthiness increases significantly.]
[Citizen Lee Jun-hyeok’s loyalty increases significantly.]
[Citizen Lee Jun-hyeok completed the quest.]
[Quest cost is 70,251 won.]
‘Oh. Why are you like that? It’s too much.’
Is this something to be thankful for while getting your head banged?
Although he had awakened a good ability, the reaction was too intense.
Still, it was nice to see her purely happy like a child.
‘Give me another quest.’
I was given the same quest twice more and completed the daily quest in one go.
[Citizen Lee Jun-hyeok has used up all the quests he can complete today.]
[Evaluate the quests performed by citizen Lee Jun-hyeok.]
[······ Under evaluation······]
While the daily quest evaluation was in progress, I seriously thought about how to use him.
‘Would it be better to join Hadonggun’s party?’
Now, I’m not really attracted to the idea of just leaving out Lee Jun-hyeok and joining Ha Dong-gun’s party.
The Hadonggun party was already a well-balanced party.
If Lee Jun-hyeok is brought in while their teamwork is being perfected, it will be a shaky process just like when Oh Eun-joo was first brought in.
‘The value of the group that Lee Jun-hyeok is currently leading will definitely fall.’
They were tightly united around Lee Jun-hyeok.
The moment Lee Jun-hyeok leaves here, there is a high probability that the group will turn into a rabble.
It seemed right for Lee Jun-hyeok to roll with his colleagues for the time being.
[Evaluation completed.]
[Mental strength increases greatly.]
‘hmm?’
There were very few cases where the word ‘large quantity’ was used as a daily quest reward.
It felt like it would only happen once in a hundred times, but now it has exploded.
‘You’re lucky.’
I was already extremely tired from the intense pain that comes with leveling up, but as my mental strength increased, it became bearable.
at that time.
‘hmm?’
I felt that the Ha Dong-geon party was getting noisy.
