[Episode 11] Encounter (8)
Everyone was left dumbfounded by the overwhelming presence of the White Dragon, and could only stare at it.
Fortunately, the White Dragon was also looking down at me without any particular reaction.
‘If you use the summons you just received’
Hadonggun Party can be saved.
Instead, my grandfather will die.
‘That can’t be.’
However, I couldn’t tell them to fight against the White Dragon.
Because confronting such a monster meant asking for death.
It was impossible to run away with my grandparents.
This was because the grandfather, the guardian of the World Tree, could not move further than a certain distance from the World Tree.
It wasn’t like there was no hope at all.
‘If only the annex could be completed’
As the area of the corner of the house increased to a radius of 1km, the area of the annex also increased. This means that the moment the annex is completed, it will be possible to blow off the head of that monster.
but.
[Time left until the annex construction is completed]
-38 hours 21 minutes 19 seconds
Even if efficiency increased by 50% and construction time passed 1.5 times faster, 38 hours meant that it would take at least a day to complete.
‘Impossible’
The only possibility was to enter the White Dragon’s stomach and cause a gas explosion.
But that place is beyond Seo Ye-jin’s influence.
A gas explosion using mice was impossible.
‘…what if I send one of you into his stomach?’
The most likely one was Moon Byung-ho, who had the ability to teleport.
It seemed like it might be possible to save him if he used his summons just before the explosion.
‘no!’
There is a delay of about 5 seconds when summoning a gargoyle.
If the timing of lighting the fire was late, it would be useless, and if the timing of lighting the fire was early, Moon Byung-ho, who had entered the bastard’s body, would be dead.
‘Besides, if you think about the Cyclops case, there’s a good chance that the White Dragon could withstand the internal explosion as well.’
As the level increases, the body’s durability also increases along with the overall ability.
Clearly, one room will not be enough.
Maybe it won’t work.
‘Is there no way?’
The moment I was glaring at him, hoping to find even a hint of weakness.
“White Dragon (Lv. 63)”
A deep-sea monster that lives deep in the ocean. It is extremely weak after having just laid eggs. The white dragon’s eggs can only hatch from the roots of the World Tree.
‘hmm…?’
The moment I saw it, I thought that maybe the bastard’s purpose wasn’t fighting.
‘no way?’
What if all you needed was a World Tree to hatch the eggs?
At that moment, the White Dragon showed movement, and Ha Dong-geon’s party was seen trying to attack the White Dragon.
I used the communication ring in a hurry.
[Everyone stop!]
If he really had no intention of fighting, there was no reason for us to attack first.
[I know it sounds weird, but please trust me and wait a moment! And tell Grandpa! Don’t do anything!]
Grandfather was also trying to move the roots of the World Tree to attack the bastard. At my command, Moon Byung-ho even used teleportation to stop him.
“Oh, you’re telling me not to attack? Don’t you know how important it is to strike first in a fight?”
Moon Byeong-ho answered Lee Bong-yeol’s question with annoyance and earnestness.
“Please trust me just this once. This is a request from Jaehyun.”
“Okay.”
Immediately after that.
“Do not be afraid, Guardian of the World Tree.”
Lee Bong-yeol, who was on guard against Baekryong, was startled by a voice coming from his head.
“The guardian of the world tree?”
I could instinctively understand that it referred to myself.
Also, the name of the giant tree that started growing on his rooftop from the first day of Monster is the World Tree.
Baekryong’s words continued.
The guy looked down at the World Tree and said.
“I didn’t know the World Tree would be this small. I have to be careful.”
Kugugugugugu―
The ground shook.
But the White Dragon’s movements were much more cautious than before.
A long white body emerged from the ground, making a series of subtle vibrations.
Baekryong approached Lee Bong-yeol with careful movements.
A voice was heard from the white dragon that had come right up to us.
“Guardian of the World Tree, make a contract with me.”
“…contract?”
“I will protect the World Tree until it regains its strength.”
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At that moment.
“!!”
Lee Bong-yeol felt a burning pain on the back of his right hand.
When the burning pain was over, there was a gorgeous tattoo on the back of his right hand. It was a white tattoo, the same color as a white dragon’s scales.
“When in danger, use it to call me. I will come running at any time.”
Immediately after saying that, an egg the size of an ostrich egg appeared in front of Lee Bong-yeol’s eyes. When Lee Bong-yeol caught it with both hands, Baekryong spoke.
“Please take good care of my child.”
With those words, Baekryong turned away without any regrets.
Kookookookook―
The white dragon moved away with much more careful movements than when it first appeared.
Everyone just stared blankly at the sight.
Kang Deok-su opened his mouth.
“Hey, if you had attacked, you would have been screwed!!”
“…I survived because I stayed still as Jaehyun ordered.”
[Citizen Kang Deok-su’s loyalty has reached 100.]
[Citizen Kang Deok-su has already been registered as a deceased person.]
[The limit on the number of items you can hold has increased.]
[Citizen Kim Ga-young’s loyalty has reached 100.]
——-
As the loyalty of Kang Deok-su, Kim Ga-yeong, and Ha Dong-geon reached 100 at the same time, the limit on the number of vassals that can be possessed increased by three.
‘That makes a total of 18 people?’
This means that six more people can now register.
‘If we keep increasing like this, there will be over 100 people someday!’
Among the ordinary citizens, if someone reaches 100 loyalty, they will be immediately registered as a vassal, and the vassal registration limit will increase.
My mother’s ability can handle 100 Awakened people without any special conditions, but in my case, instead of increasing it little by little, there was no limit.
It could be said to be a chronic waiting period.
‘I wish I could have accepted the person my mother made into an Awakener as my vassal.’
Unfortunately, that wasn’t possible.
This time, I experimented with the medical team that my mother had awakened, but the moment they signed the contract of subordination, they became under my mother’s command and were unable to register as a vassal.
‘It would be nice if there was a way to create an Awakened One.’
After all, the ratio of natural awakeners was too low.
But at that time.
[Citizen Moon Byung-ho’s trust level increases.]
[Citizen Moon Byung-ho’s trustworthiness has reached 100.]
[Acquire ‘Teleport’.]
[Jackpot Winner!]
[Congratulations.]
[Obtain the ‘Awakening Pill (Teleport)’.]
‘uh?’
It was the second time I had won a jackpot.
This time again it was Moon Byung-ho.
‘Wow, how come I’m always this lucky?’
The purpose of the so-called awakening pill was obvious.
It is a pill that can awaken the ability to teleport when eaten.
‘How do I use this?’
There were two things that came to mind right now.
One way is to feed it to a citizen with high loyalty and then register him as a vassal. Since he will be registered as a vassal after awakening, it would be like getting a knight for free.
‘The other one is…!’
Instead of giving up the settlement money, there was an investment that could dramatically increase the experience gains.
I was debating between the two methods, and eventually chose the latter.
[Ms. Dabin.]
[Yes, Jaehyun.]
[Please call dad.]
The person who received the bloodline buff the most powerfully was my father.
That’s because my father was the only one among my blood relatives who fought directly by moving his body.
What would happen if such a father were given Moon Byung-ho’s teleportation ability?
‘It’s like giving wings to a tiger’
My father had unusual movements, perhaps because he was a former Taekwondo athlete when he was young.
I am certain that if the ability to teleport is added here, the combat power will increase several times over.
I immediately handed an awakening pill to my father who came into the house soaking wet.
“What is this?”
“It’s a gift.”
“gift?”
Dad took the awakening pill, looked at it carefully, and asked.
“Is it a nutritional supplement?”
“Yes. You can swallow it.”
When I bought his favorite soda from the store and gave it to him, my father smiled and said,
“You have good sense, my son. When it comes to water, it’s best to drink Samdasoo.”
The moment my dad swallowed the awakening pill.
A pure white light spread out from his body.
—
“What’s going on, son? Did you feed Daddy something weird?”
Dad looked down at his body in confusion.
I told him, looking astonished.
“Dad, think about teleporting from there to here.”
“Teleportation?”
“yes.”
My father looked at me with suspicious eyes, but he still did what I said.
Shushuk
“Huh?!”
Naturally, the teleportation skill was activated.
and.
[The trustworthiness of blood relative Kim Dong-hyuk increases.]
[Blood relative Kim Dong-hyuk’s trust level has reached 100.]
[Acquire ‘Self-defense weapon’.]
“uh?”
I got the skills my dad had.
And the moment I saw it, an idea suddenly came to me like a flash.
‘Wait a minute. So if I make Mom’s trust level 100, I can gain Mom’s ability?’
Mom’s abilities.
It was said that one would be able to acquire the ability to create 100 Awakened Ones.
I ran straight to my mom, who was preparing food in the kitchen.
“son!”
I could hear my father’s voice from behind, seemingly moved, but my mother was more important to me right now.
“mom!”
“huh?”
My mother’s current trust level in me is 97.
If you raise it by 30,000 more, you can gain the ability right away.
“Is there anything you want? Something you want to eat?”
“suddenly?”
“doesn’t exist?”
“Hmm….”
When I urged her, my mother thought for a moment and then said.
“I want to eat tteokbokki.”
“Tteokbokki? Okay, just wait a minute.”
As I was about to go out to prepare tteokbokki, my dad was waiting for me with a moved look on his face.
“Son!”
It was so fast that I couldn’t move and ended up in my father’s arms.
Dad, why don’t you go wash up and come out?
“Oh, sorry. Hahaha.”
“Dad. And when you come out after washing up, you know Dabin on the 21st floor, right?”
“Are you good at that job, Miss?”
“Go find out. There’s something your dad needs you to do.”
“Okay.”
I left my dad behind as he went into the shower room, smiling brightly, and opened the front door to find Choi Hyeong-jun’s house for the first time in a long time.
I rang the doorbell and waited for a moment, then heard Park Hye-won’s voice.
[Jaehyun? What’s going on?]
“I have a favor to ask of you.”
[Please come in first.]
Even though I borrowed Park Hye-won’s help to make tteokbokki for her, my mother’s trust level did not move at all from 97.
‘It’s okay. I still have a lot of secrets left.’
There was no need to rush.
Time will tell.
[The construction of the annex has been completed.]
At the same time, the cleaning that had always been done began.
[Hostile entities have been discovered in the corner of the house.]
[Remove.]
Monsters within the area were killed en masse.
[You have hunted a land shark (Lv. 24).]
[You have hunted a land shark (Lv. 23).]
[You have hunted a Sky Bluefin Tuna (Lv. 17).]
[You have hunted a Sky Bluefin Tuna (Lv. 18).]
[You have hunted a Giant Lobster (Lv. 29).]
[You have hunted a saw-blade crab (Lv. 30).]
——-
Although I only gained 1x the amount of experience and settlement money for each catch I was credited with, the amount was enormous.
Thanks to you.
[Skill level has increased.]
I gained a huge amount of experience and leveled up at the same time, and this time, the cleaning began once again, this time in a corner area of the house rather than the annex.
[You have hunted a land shark (Lv. 23).]
[You have hunted a Sky Bluefin Tuna (Lv. 17).]
[You have hunted a Sky Bluefin Tuna (Lv. 18).]
and.
[An entity that satisfies the conditions for acceptance as a citizen has been discovered.]
[Would you like to grant citizenship?]
The number of people who newly entered the area, along with the space of the annex, was in the thousands.
‘Give it’
The moment we grant them all citizenship.
[The number of citizens reached 10,000.]
[As the number of citizens reaches a certain level, it becomes possible for citizens to acquire ‘jobs’.]
[Condition met.]
[‘Job Research Institute’ added to the buildable items.]
There was a constant buzz of new notifications, but there was something more important going on.
I quickly went to find my mom.
“Mom, let’s go see grandpa and grandma.”
My father was out with the relief team trying to save people.
So, I took my mother to the annex first.
‘The Gate of the Absolute’
I linked the front door of my house to the front door of my parents’ house, then opened the door.
Crunch.
Beyond the door, a familiar house came into view.
and.
“Grandpa! I’m here!”
“Who?”
As I opened the door to the bedroom, I saw my grandfather sitting next to my grandmother.
Grandfather asked back with a surprised look on his face.
“Hey, Jaehyun?”
“Yes, Grandpa.”
and.
“dad!”
Mom ran to Grandpa and hugged him.
[The trustworthiness of the blood relative Lee Ji-sook increases.]
[Blood Relative Lee Ji-sook’s trustworthiness has reached 100.]
[Acquire the ‘Contract of Subordination’.]
‘bingo’
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