<[Episode 11] Jagalchi Market (4)>
The grandfather I saw through other people’s eyes was a little different from the grandfather I usually knew.
Should I say that it looks a little more strict and scary?
I could tell that the detailed images you showed me were images that only your family could see.
‘And it seems like things have become a lot more clear.’
It felt like I looked 20 years younger.
Maybe it’s not my imagination.
I could tell just by looking at the way he walked.
He was an old man who had developed brain problems and lost a lot of strength in his legs.
But now, there was no trace of that appearance at all, and he was either jumping down from the tree roots or walking briskly. Moreover, his face seemed to have become as young as my grandfather in my childhood memories.
‘It must be because of the awakening.’
He was a level 55 ability user.
It was natural that physical abilities would increase rapidly.
Plus.
【Guardian of the World Tree (Passive) (Myth)]
-The one chosen by the world tree,
{The vitality of the world tree}
{Blessing of the World Tree}
{Protection of the World Tree}
The awakening ability that my grandfather possessed had a grade called ‘Myth’ instead of an alphabetic number.
And its performance was equally amazing.
‘It’s amazing.’
The fact that one skill contains multiple additional skills was similar to the cornerstone absolute skill that I have.
‘Is ability also hereditary?’
If so, it could be said to be even more hopeful.
Because there was a chance that other family members might have awakened similar abilities.
It is also an ability that is different from ordinary abilities.
With a hopeful mind, I used the Ring of Communication on my grandfather.
[Grandpa! Can you hear me?]
However, since it was originally made for the use of the deceased, my voice never reached my grandfather.
I had no choice but to change the target and ask Kim Jae-hyun and his group to deliver it.
[Everyone, this is my grandfather. Could you please say hello to him for me?]
At that moment, an old man who was friendly with Ha Dong-geon and his group was introducing Ha Dong-geon’s party to the grandfather.
“This is the new son who arrived, and he has amazing abilities. He can create things out of nothing. Didn’t you make all the things here?”
“okay?”
Grandfather glanced over the supplies piled up in the warehouse and then approached the Hadonggun party.
Hadong Geon was the first to step forward and bow his head.
“Nice to meet you, village chief.”
“Village chief? I’m the village chief?”
“that is….”
When Ha Dong-geon trailed off, slightly embarrassed by his grandfather’s expressionless face, the grandfather was the first to extend his hand.
“Water was already a problem, so thank you for coming.”
“Oh, those weren’t given to us.”
“What did you say?”
Grandfather looked again at the supplies filling the warehouse and asked.
“Then where did all this winning come from?”
“Those are all Jaehyun’s abilities. We are the ones who came here at Jaehyun Kim’s request.”
“What, what? Jaehyun?”
Grandfather continued speaking with his eyes wide open.
“Is this the Kim Jae-hyun I know? My grandson?”
“Yes, that’s right. This is Kim Jae-hyun, who lives in Seomyeon Apartment.”
“Oh my, are you saying that our Jaehyun is alive?”
Hadong Geon nodded and answered.
“Of course.”
When the grandfather heard that, he quickly turned his back and said.
“Then follow me!”
“yes?”
When he first appeared, the grandfather climbed up onto the tree roots he was riding on and gestured towards Ha Dong-geon and his group.
“Hey!”
Hadonggun’s party got up from their seats and climbed onto the tree roots.
The tree roots that burned them moved straight towards the World Tree.
Kkuddeuk-
At the same time, my heart swelled with anticipation.
Because I thought my mom, dad, and grandma would be waiting there.
There was no way to meet him yet, but I thought that once the outpost was completed, it would be possible to use the Absolute’s Gate skill to go directly to his home.
Then I remembered the system message that came to mind when I met my grandfather earlier.
[Condition met.]
[‘Annex’ is added to the buildable items.]
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That’s right. There was a new construction list.’
As soon as I met my grandfather, the term ‘annex’ appeared.
I briefly turned off the Absolute’s Eye and went straight into construction mode to check its price and effects.
– Annex (10,000,000,000 won)
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A safety zone installed outside the house,
The area of the annex also increases in proportion to the area of the house corner.
{Activated} When activated, it temporarily exerts the same influence as the area declared a corner.
However, it is {activated} only when the blood relative of the absolute being resides in the corner of the house.
The price was about eight times more expensive than the outpost, but the point was that there was no explanation that it would be destroyed.
Unlike the outpost, it meant that once built, it could never be destroyed.
In addition, there was a construction subsidy of 10 billion won received from taking over the first apartment complex. Even after installing solar power generators in all the buildings, there was still over 7 billion won left.
It can be installed with an additional investment of just 3 billion.
And 3 billion or so wasn’t such a burden anymore.
‘Construction of an annex.’
As soon as I decided to build, the shape of the World Tree and the scope of the annex appeared in green below my feet. As it cost 10 billion, the scope of the annex was on a different level from the outpost.
It was built in the shape of a dome that would encompass the entire World Tree and even be hundreds of meters across.
It was almost identical in appearance and size to where I was, except for the roads that stretched out like capillaries. It was about that size.
‘So the range of the annex increases in proportion to my growth? Not bad.’
With this level of performance, it could be said that 10 billion won was a worthwhile investment.
Because it was worth dozens of times more than a limited-range outpost.
‘There’s no need to worry about this.’
[This facility requires 1 blood relative of the Absolute in the Corner during the construction period (7 days).]
[Do you really want to install it?]
[Yes / No]
yes.
Jiiing-
[Time left until the annex construction is completed]
-167 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds
I checked the signs that construction was starting and went outside, then activated the Eye of the Absolute again.
It was at this moment that I was about to ask my grandfather not to go out of range while the annex was being built.
[The vassals encountered the bloodline of the absolute being in the corner of the house.]
[Unlocks the power of bloodlines.]
Name: Kim Min-sim (Lv. 21)
Sinho: [blood relatives] [faraway village]
Confidence: 99
Awakening Ability: None
‘grandma?’
I saw my grandmother lying on a stone bed in a familiar-looking room.
He just looked like he was fast asleep.
The only thing that bothered me was that it was still a little early for sleep. Plus, my grandfather’s sad expression was making me uneasy.
“Honey, listen to what these guys are saying.”
It seemed like it was the first time I heard my grandfather call my grandmother ‘honey’ in such a soft tone.
The atmosphere was unusual.
Woohoo-
Following the grandfather’s hands, the green vitality was passed on to the grandmother.
The life force that started from her cheeks spread throughout her grandmother’s body, stayed for a while, and then was absorbed into her body and disappeared.
But my grandmother just wouldn’t wake up.
And my grandfather continued to talk to himself as if he was familiar with this situation.
“Didn’t you guys say that Jaehyun sent you here? Jaehyun is alive!”
I stared blankly at the sight and then used the communication ring.
[Ask Grandpa what happened.]
Owen Ju said.
“Elder, I wonder what happened to Jaehyun.”
“Jaehyun? How did Jaehyun know?”
“Jaehyun is sharing our eyes right now.”
It was a little different from the truth, but I didn’t bother to correct it. I didn’t have the time to worry about such trivial things right now.
Grandfather sighed deeply and said,
“It’s okay. Jaehyun, there’s this old man next to Grandma.”
It was the first time I saw my grandfather’s expression full of sorrow.
My grandfather, who always had a nearly expressionless expression on his face, was now unable to control his surging sadness.
His distorted facial expression and trembling voice expressed his grandfather’s feelings.
“Grandma was just a little bit shocked.”
Owen Ju asked.
“How long have you been unable to wake up?”
“…from that day on.”
That day,
Grandma had been asleep since the day the monsters appeared and the world began to fall apart.
“So tell us about Jaehyunmi. Can you let us hear her voice through that smart phone? Show us your face too, and then maybe she’ll wake up.”
Looking at my grandmother in a coma and my grandfather with a sad expression next to him, I felt like crying for some reason.
Relief, sadness, resentment, fear, and anger that I can’t quite pinpoint.
An indescribable whirlwind of emotions was racing through my heart.
‘Still, I’m glad you’re still alive.’
I was also fortunate to be able to take care of my grandmother who was in a coma thanks to my grandfather’s awakening ability.
Although my grandmother had been in a coma for nearly a month, she looked so healthy that it seemed like she was just asleep.
It was all thanks to my grandfather’s abilities.
‘Even if there was only a quest granted’
No matter how much money it cost, it could have improved my grandmother’s condition.
It was made impossible to give quests to blood relatives at all.
“Grandpa, may I excuse myself for a moment?”
“What?”
“I have healing powers. I was wondering if it might help…”
Kim Da-jeong came forward.
“Okay then.”
After receiving permission from her grandfather, Kim Da-jeong reached out to her grandmother.
Woohoo
But unfortunately, Kim Da-jeong’s heels could not improve her grandmother’s condition.
Then suddenly I noticed something strange.
It was so quiet in the house.
If there were people in the house, they would come looking for them out of curiosity since seven adult men and women broke into the house, but no one came looking for them.
Surely, Mom and Dad should have come down from the second floor by now.
I asked with an anxious heart.
[…………Mr. Owen Ju. Could you ask Grandfather about my parents?]
“…All right.”
Owen Ju heard my voice and cautiously asked his grandfather.
“Sir, where are Jaehyun’s parents?”
“……… “
Grandfather looked at Owenju and asked.
“Isn’t that the Kira that Jaehyun is looking at right now?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Then I’ll think about telling Jaehyun and tell him.”
I gulped at that meaningful statement.
“Jaehyun, that was the day your mom went to work. Your dad also went out to earn money.”
What does that mean,
“You’re probably hiding somewhere. Since you can’t live without your mom, you probably would’ve run straight to her. Maybe the two of you will meet and get along well together.”
It was roughly passed down.
Grandpa also said that he didn’t think Mom and Dad were alive.
And I knew it too.
The chances of either Mom or Dad being alive are incredibly close to zero, unless at least one of them has gained supernatural powers like Grandpa.
I knew it.
But still.
[…Everyone, our next destination is Ui Hwang Nursing Hospital. It’s not too far from there, so could you leave right away?]
There wasn’t any.
I couldn’t give up.
To grasp at even a shred of possibility, even a shred of hope.
“Jaehyun….”
I know it’s greed, but I still can’t give up.
[No. First of all, you’ve worked hard today, and it’s getting late, so I think it would be best for you to stay at my house for the night and leave tomorrow.]
That was when.
[The presence of the Absolute’s blood relatives has been detected nearby.]
“huh?”
The ‘nearby’ that the system was talking about was not near the Ha Dong-gun party.
No, it was clear that he was talking about the area near my apartment complex where I was.
‘no way?’
The ‘blood relatives’ are coming here.
I could tell who they were without them having to say anything.
‘It’s Mom and Dad.’
I couldn’t tell exactly where it was.
however.
“Yejin!”
“Fishing, huh?”
“Give orders to the rats around you.”
“What, what did you say?”
“Please find any survivors nearby. Now!”
I had the best scout ever.
While I was distracted by the sudden appearance of my blood relatives, something strange was happening in the direction of Ha Dong-geon’s family home where the party was.
There was a loud knock on the iron door.
“Village chief! Village chief! We’re in trouble!”
When the grandfather heard it in the living room, he turned his gaze toward the front door, which opened and the man he had seen earlier came in.
“What’s going on?”
“I think you should come out right now! A huge horde of monsters is coming!”
It was the beginning of the monster wave.
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