[Episode 15] Ace Party (5) >
It was a dark room.
‘Here…?’
In one corner there was a soot mark, as if a fire had been lit, and in another place food and other items seemed to have been gathered.
I was walking towards it, wondering what was there.
Chlapak
“…huh?”
A cold, slightly sticky sensation ran through my soles and shook my brain.
Soon I noticed that it was blood and I saw the corpses of many people lying on the floor.
I vividly saw people with pale skin, as if they had been sucked dry, and unable to even close their eyes as if they were feeling wronged.
I was overwhelmed by the vivid scene of death.
at that time.
“Ugh!”
The corpses opened their eyes simultaneously.
I was so surprised that I took a step back.
Bam
Then I felt something hit the back of my calf, and I turned around.
“Ugh. Black.”
The children were crying.
Yang Ha-yoon, representing the five children, was looking at me with a resentful expression, shedding large tears.
“Why did you do that? Why did you accept bad people?”
“that..”
I wanted to make an excuse, but my mouth was shut so tightly that I couldn’t say anything.
I tried hard to open my mouth, but my body wouldn’t listen.
The children cried and blamed me.
“Ugh. It’s because of you, sir.”
“My mother died because of you.”
My head started spinning and then suddenly the kids stopped crying.
The expressionless children looked at me and said.
“Please save me. You can save my mother.”
I wonder how those kids found out.
This was a fact that even the Ha Dong-gun party, excluding Owen Ju, did not know in detail.
at that time.
“Jaehyun.”
Owen’s voice was heard from behind.
When I looked back, Owen Ju was looking at me with sad eyes.
“You told me last time, right? This isn’t the last time.”
“Our Siwoo.. I miss Siwoo.”
Owen Ju came to me, grabbed my shoulder, and pleaded.
“I’ve been working hard all this time, haven’t I?”
O-un-ju continued speaking with a cold expression on his face as I was unable to respond.
“…Is that because it costs a lot of money? Is that so?”
Immediately afterwards, Owen’s body swelled and the bear’s mouth opened wide towards me.
When I closed my eyes tightly,
“Hehehe”
The pressure that had been weighing me down disappeared and I began to hear faint crying sounds.
When I slowly opened my eyes, there was Kim Ga-young, sobbing and holding a corpse that was swollen and soaked like a wet rat.
Kim Ga-young, covered in tears, slowly raised her head and looked at me.
“Really? You can’t save my dad? Why?”
Ha Dong-geon, Kang Deok-su, and Kim Geon slowly looked back at me as they surrounded Kim Ga-yeong, who was crying sadly.
They didn’t say anything, but it was as if they were saying this to me.
Is there really nothing you can do for us, who risked our lives to find your family?
It seemed like he was asking that question.
At that moment, the background gradually darkened and people began to appear one by one.
They started to approach me like zombies, reaching out to me.
There was no way to escape.
Because there were already a lot of people behind me.
They kept muttering and moving towards me.
“Jaehyun.”
“Jaehyun!”
“Kim Jae-hyun!”
My name echoed here and there, and the hands of people who narrowed the distance reached out to me.
Chin chin chin
“Ugh!”
Rough hands pressed down on my whole body.
And from their touch, the excruciating pain began.
My body ached as if it were going to burst, like the pain that comes with expanding territory.
My head, my head felt like it was going to burst.
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“Ewwhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!”
I woke up from my dream right after that.
“─Ahhh!”
I woke up, sat up in bed, and instinctively felt my whole body.
It didn’t hurt.
It was fine.
“Huh, sob.”
I took a deep breath and slowly realized that this was my living room.
It seemed like Seo Ye-jin had moved it herself.
Thanks to that, I was able to sleep well.
‘I had a very vivid nightmare, though!’
The room was filled with darkness, perhaps because the blackout curtains were drawn and it was the middle of the night.
Just like the scene I saw in my dream.
I used my dignity maintenance skill to start the fire.
Flash
The room brightened and I was able to regain some peace of mind.
“Whew, Whew.”
It’s a nightmare, I have it every day, but today’s was especially real.
Could it be because I saw the corpse right in front of me?
“Come to think of it, why were those corpses left behind?”
Anyway, at that time, vampires had also acquired citizenship. They were in my territory.
However, the bodies of the civilians they killed were still there.
‘Are human corpses not accounted for? Or are they because they have citizenship?’
Either way, it was a sight I definitely didn’t want to see in the future.
It would be a good idea to create achievements specifically for vampires, so that it doesn’t cause problems if they accidentally accept them.
Tiring!
[Achievement settings have been completed.]
If a citizen becomes a vampire, their abilities will be severely limited and they will be given a mark on their face, just like a murderer.
If so, you won’t have to worry too much.
‘You have 3 skill points!’
One of them had already been decided where to use it.
‘Start by raising your shop skills…’
[The Absolute Shop skill of the Corner Shop has reached Lv. 6.]
[The number of items that can be registered has increased to 1000.]
[All products are 30% off.]
Up to this point, the functionality was as expected.
In the case of stores, there used to be an additional 10% discount effect for every even level.
however.
[The ‘Enchant’ function is unlocked.]
[Condition met.]
[‘Enchantment Workshop’ added to the buildable items.]
This was an unexpected addition.
‘Enchantment? Are you talking about that enchantment?’
It looks like you need to build an enchantment workshop to enchant.
‘Construction Mode’
Woohoo—
The cost of building the newly added Enchantment Workshop was 5 billion.
The enchantment workshop didn’t require a lot of space for its price.
‘It would be great if it was built right next to the store.’
It just so happened that the place was empty.
Even though Kim Da-bin had cleaned up in her own way, there were still traces of the goblin’s defilement.
This time, I thought I could organize them by building an enchantment workshop.
‘Building an Enchantment Workshop’
Tiring!
[Please decide where to install the Enchantment Workshop.]
‘Room 102’
[Time remaining until construction of the Enchantment Workshop facility is completed]
-71 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds
At that time, under the remaining time, I was able to see a button that I had not normally seen.
{Complete immediately}
‘hmm?’
Since it was a feature I was seeing for the first time, I touched it absentmindedly.
[Do you want to complete construction of the ‘Enchantment Workshop’ facility immediately?]
[8 crystals are required for immediate completion of this facility.]
It seemed to have the effect of reducing construction time by about 10 hours per crystal.
I currently have 100 crystals left.
Considering that I could get a new item by collecting 300 crystals, I couldn’t afford to waste crystals like this.
‘cancellation’
[Cancel immediate completion.]
‘Now that I think about it, it seems like there’s an unidentified dungeon in the newly expanded area. I should go check it out.’
Although I couldn’t say exactly where, I had a rough idea of where the dungeon appeared.
‘What dungeon will it be this time?’
Since I gained quite a bit from clearing dungeons the other day, I was quite excited for this one as well.
‘If I collect 200 more crystals, I can draw another divine object.’
Both the Ring of Communication and the Crown had excellent functions. If possible, it would be most efficient to only use Crystals for drawing new items.
‘Now there are two skill points left’
I thought I’d have to think a little bit about where to invest these.
‘As my level goes up, it becomes more difficult to level up.’
It was said that level 30 might not be reached at any time.
Perhaps because of the frustrating experience of filling up the store items but not being able to level up, I had no choice but to be careful about using skill points.
‘In order to level up quickly, you must eventually hunt high-level monsters.’
The experience points from small monsters were helpful, of course, but they were nothing compared to the high-level monsters like the high-level vampire I had hunted this time.
I felt happy when I thought of the Ha Dong-Geon party that had made a great contribution to hunting high-level vampires.
‘I guess I should say that it’s a true Ace Party.’
As soon as Ha Dong-gun’s party returned, they held a splendid inauguration ceremony.
He earned billions by eliminating vampires, and at the end, he earned a whopping 36 billion by capturing a high-level vampire.
Other hunting teams are showing results that would be hard to come by even after a month on their first day back.
It was indeed an Ace Party worthy of its name.
‘If you see it, you’ll be lucky!’
Aside from Moon Byung-ho, who has been a blessing to me since the beginning, Ha Dong-gun’s party was lucky overall.
First of all, there weren’t many parties that frequently encountered high-level monsters like the Hadonggun party.
Even if they encountered high-level monsters, there was no party with the ability to hunt or drive them out.
‘Because the settlement money and experience points increase exponentially as the level goes up.’
You could tell the difference just by looking at the fact that it was about the same amount of time to kill hundreds of goblins below level 10 as it was to kill one orc in the late level 10s.
Even in terms of experience, the orc had one more.
This phenomenon tended to get worse the higher you went.
A difference of just one level can make a difference of billions.
‘The problem is that there are only a very small number of monsters at that level, and they are dangerous.’
This time, thanks to the great performance of Hadonggun’s party, we were able to hunt the high-level vampire, but honestly, it was very precarious.
‘If there were two high-level vampires, even if it was a Hadonggun party, it would not have been possible to conquer them without taking damage.’
Ultimately, in order to level up quickly, you need to hunt high-level monsters, but high-level monsters are rare and hunting them carries great risk.
‘There is no guarantee that you will get lucky and encounter high-level monsters in the future.’
I had no intention of going out of my way to find high-level monsters.
In that case, the leveling up speed would inevitably slow down.
‘So let’s leave the skill points for now.’
You may end up filling up all your shop slots again before you even reach level 30.
‘The Eyes of the Absolute’
As if it were a habit, I opened my eyes to the absolute and first checked on Choi Hyeong-jun, who had left the children in his care.
Seven children, including Choi Na-yeon and Choi Seo-yeon, were sleeping tangled up in a blanket on the living room floor.
As expected of children, they seemed to have become quite close in just one day.
‘Then’
I looked at the floor right below where Kang Deok-su and Kim Geon live.
This place, which had been given to the Hadonggun party, was now occupied by Kang Deoksu and Kim Geon.
In Moon Byeong-ho’s case, he was living with his grandmother in the other generation that I gave him, and in Yoo Hye-rin’s case, she was staying with Oh Eon-ju at Kim Da-jeong’s house.
“Dreureureung~ Kuuuul.”
Although there were still empty bottles rolling around, Kang Deok-su and Kim Geon were not asleep from drunkenness.
Next, we naturally looked around Kim Da-jeong’s house, room 2902.
I thought everyone was asleep, but Owen Ju was the only one awake.
She was now browsing through Siwoo’s photos on her old smartphone.
……..
I used the communication ring on Owen Ju, who was quietly flipping through photos on the living room sofa.
[Mr. Oh Eun-ju.]
Owen Ju raised his head in surprise.
[Can you come up for a moment?]
There was one thing I wanted to ask.
As I opened the front door, Owen Ju cautiously came inside and waited for my question.
-This vampire would have been worth the quest, so why didn’t you ask for a chance?”
“ah…….”
Although I said it indirectly, Owen noticed that the topic I was talking about was ‘resurrection’ when he said the word quest.
After thinking for a moment, Owen Ju began to speak.
“I experienced a miracle that day. It was all thanks to Jaehyun.”
She made a bitter expression and continued speaking.
“But after that, I saw Gayoung’s father pass away, and I thought a lot when I saw my colleagues who had lost their families. I also heard Dajeong’s story.”
“I felt a lot when I saw everyone hurting and having a hard time. If I continue to insist on seeing Si-woo, it will definitely become a problem someday. The tail that grows longer will eventually get caught. I thought that because of that, Jae-hyun might have a hard time, and this society that has barely regained stability might fall into chaos. I don’t want my son to become a seed of conflict.”
“that….”
“I concluded that everyone has similar pain and lives through it, so I didn’t need to be special.”
Owen Ju bowed toward me and spoke with a smile.
“Thank you for giving me and Siwoo a miracle. It still feels like a dream to have the time to say goodbye… It was a great comfort.”
Her expression was completely different from when we first met.
Unlike that time when he was so unstable, his gentle expression gave off a sense of stability.
“Thank you for your concern. Good night.”
I realized anew that she was much older than me.
For some reason, her words of comfort comforted me.
I felt like I could sleep comfortably if I fell asleep now.
After that.
A month passed by in an instant.
[Episode 15] Ace Party (5) > The End
