Episode 344 < Full moon sailing (滿月航海). (1) >
One.
“indeed.”
After hearing the reason for his summons, the Count nodded his head.
“In short, if I just say I passed, it’s over, right? It’s simple. “It’s easier than adding a slice of cheese to a hamburger.”
“Why is the metaphor a hamburger?”
“It’s because I’m on a diet right now… .”
The Count looked slightly despairing. It was like a hamster that had just heard the Supreme Court ruling that it would be illegal to gnaw on sunflower seeds from now on.
As someone who has never dieted in my life, it was difficult to understand, but it seemed like I was going through very difficult days.
“Wouldn’t it be okay to just simply burn off the fat with Aura?”
“Only a crazy bastard like you would do such a thing. Death King. It would be good to keep in mind that not all hunters in the world use Aurors as brilliantly as you do. “Is it possible to burn fat and internal organs?”
“It’s not difficult… … .”
“Enjoy the deception alone. Well, anyway, I have no reason to object. I passed, I passed. “Hurry and send me back to the first floor.”
The Count swaggered as if he was done now.
But the [Primordial Staff] shook its head.
“I’m sorry, but that’s not the way it works. As a judge, you have a duty to watch over the Death King.”
“If I had to choose the best word I’ve ever heard in my life, it would be my duty. It’s just an exercise of power, but in a strange way, the responsibility is passed on to the one who was forced, not the one who forced it. “The worst deceiver is not a businessman like me, but language.”
“That makes sense. Then I’ll correct it. Watch. “You have no choice, so you will have to follow my power.”
“Damn it.”
The count took out a fan and tapped it in the air. Then something mysterious happened. Bang in the empty air! And a luxurious sofa appeared and settled down.
[‘The eyes that dwell in the labyrinth’ tell us that this is the power of the merchant god.]
[‘The Eye Dwelling in the Labyrinth’ says that if you have enough money, you can purchase almost anything from the Sangshin.]
The god of commerce.
Just as Patricia’s skills came from Hishim Kritz, did the Count receive most of his skills from an unknown person?
“Good. good. The feeling of being forced by someone is so ecstatic that even life becomes happy. “I’d like to at least do my duty while my body is comfortable, you don’t mind, right?”
“That’s your freedom.”
The Count lay down with his chin resting on the sofa. Sigh! When the count opened his fan, a soft pillow, a stuffed cat, potato chips, wet tissues, and cola were summoned in addition to the sofa. Even the potato chips were summoned with the mouth open, and the cola was summoned with a straw inserted.
The Count looked at me while chewing on a potato chip.
“What are you doing? Hurry up and do the quest. “It’s like watching a movie.”
It’s amazing… .
“You can’t diet using that skill?”
“Would you believe it if you could buy hair treatment with the money you buy diet items?”
“uh. I think there is a serious error in the price measurement… .”
“That’s what my skills are like. Sometimes product prices get crazy. A product called [World Peace] only cost 100 gold, so I bought it and realized that the world was originally peaceful! “By realizing this fact, you will have become a better version of yourself than you were yesterday!] A message appeared.”
“wow.”
“If I hadn’t been a rational person, I would have torn up the skill card at that moment.”
I know very well that Sangsin’s personality is not ideal.
“Well, I’m just asking out of curiosity before seeing you off.”
“yes?”
“I heard that the stage you will be in charge of is the 72nd floor. So, that means someone else has already taken on the role of referee on the 71st floor. “Who was my predecessor?”
“ah.”
I said it without hesitation.
“It was Patricia.”
“Ho… … .”
The Count picked up the famous potato chip with the mustachioed man logo and crunched into it.
“Right.”
There was no significant change in expression on the Count’s face.
“I’m just asking this out of curiosity. Just in case. “What happens if the judge doesn’t stamp passing?”
“Iknow, right. What happens, wizard?”
“You just wander around that stage forever. “It’s simple.”
[The Primordial Staff] said.
“So there are many hunters who give up the challenge and settle for the previous level. “Honestly, it’s strange that you, the Death King, challenge the upper floors without any worries.”
“Hmm… .”
The Count wiped his finger, which was covered in cookie crumbs, with a wet tissue.
“Who is the judge? I understand that the challenger will collapse on the stage. But what about the judge who has to watch it?”
“As expected, he will stay here as long as the challenger is trapped on the stage.”
“Even after decades?”
“huh. Even after decades. However, the flow of time is different. If the challenger has to fully endure 30 years, the judge can use ‘acceleration’ as much as he wants. If the challenger is a director who makes a movie, the judge is a critic. “A critic doesn’t have to spend the same amount of time to appreciate a movie as it took to make it.”
“I guess you can only appreciate it. Indeed, indeed… … . okay.”
Wow.
“I roughly understand the rules. As long as there are rules, anything can happen. “Did you say that the world you’re going to this time is related to [money]?”
“yes.”
“Then that’s it. Go forth with a relaxed mind. You found a part-time job and the salary… … . no. “If you get paid at least a week, you will see results right away.”
What the Count said was probably not a lie.
Naturally, I felt that way.
[‘The Primordial Staff’ transports you.]
The white bottom became squishy and swallowed my feet.
Until the moment when the altitude of my gaze coincided with the water level on the floor, the Count was staring at my face.
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A soft line was drawn on the Count’s lips.
“You are a good friend. “Death King.”
That was the last thing the Count said.
2.
[You have entered the 72nd stage.]
[You are entering a place that you cannot normally enter.]
[A small penalty will be imposed.]
I opened my eyes.
It was a village that would normally come to mind when thinking of a ‘Mediterranean seaside village’, and a village that companies would definitely prefer as a computer boot screen.
Blue and white.
A blue-and-white port where the two colors that make up the sky were picked out with a dropper container and transplanted to the ground.
Truly peaceful… … .
“Orange apples for sale! “A fresh, fresh orange apple!”
“Try the sweet potato wine brought in from as far away as Basta Island!”
“Do you know about Dudeok Pig BBQ? “It’s incredibly delicious.”
okay.
There, roasted monsters that looked so evil were being sold that the mere sight of them would make you lose your senses and make you want to catch them right away, cut open their stomachs, and rip out their internal organs, and it was questionable how they could even come into existence like that.
Not in this world. Let’s escape.
[You failed to clear the stage.]
[You cannot voluntarily leave the stage.]
Shit!
“Silbaem. “Please quickly explain what this snail is.”
“Kkieek… .”
The snake waved its tail gently.
[‘The eyes that dwell in the labyrinth’ manifest their power.]
[General information about the stage will be revealed to you.]
As stall vendors chatted noisily on the streets of the port city, letters moved quivering before my eyes.
I read the information with great eagerness, hoping for an explanation of the unidentified foods lined up at that stall.
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[Geumcheon World]
Number of floors: 72nd floor
Constellation: ‘The cat with a gold coin in its mouth’
Difficulty: B+~A+
Commentary (Lv.1): This is a world where everything revolves around bargaining. There is nothing free here. There is no set price either. If you want to buy something, you must bargain with the seller, and the ‘satisfaction’ you feel from this bargaining feeds you.
The nourishment that the inhabitants of this world receive is satisfaction through transaction. The sense of fulfillment that they have successfully negotiated, that they have sucked the backbone of the other party, and that they have given life experience to a hobby nourishes them. Conversely, the frustration of being bullied, deceived, or stabbed in the back will make you hungry.
There is no such thing as regular price. People who are deceived are bad. Think of it all as a bargain!
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what.
Is it hell?
Why is there a living hell and not heaven?
“Try eating an orange apple. It’s an orange apple. If you take just one bite, the juice will stick to the roof of your mouth and never fall off… … .”
“Someone said that wine tastes best when it has a sweet taste on the tip of the tongue. Sweet potato wine offers the perfect experience for you! There bro. Drink comfortably. No, drink it… … .”
“Dudeok pig. Definitely, Dudeok Pig!”
When I looked closely, I saw that the stall vendors had red, bloodshot eyes.
This was the life of the defeated soldiers who had starved for two days after running away from the battle and were left with nothing to see.
It’s scary.
[‘The eyes that dwell in the labyrinth’ manifest their power.]
[Revelation]
[You do not meet the conditions to obtain hidden information.]
[‘Eyes Dwelling in the Labyrinth’ forces you to meet the conditions!]
[Hidden information is revealed!]
But fear comes from ignorance. Hishmit Kritz quickly updated information, and secrets that would have never been accessible to an ordinary hunter were revealed from the beginning.
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[Geumcheon World]
Number of floors: 72nd floor
Constellation: ‘The cat with a gold coin in its mouth’
Difficulty: B+~A
Commentary (Lv.2): This is one of the afterlives provided in the tower.
Commentary (Lv.3): Geumcheon. Those who do not want to believe that there is something other than money in this world, those who are afraid that if there is such a thing, their entire life will be denied, those who do not want their lives to be denied, and hope that even a place after death can be purchased with money. .
The sky is overshadowed for such people as well.
Here they don’t have to worry about the world. Everything is clear. You don’t have to be a heartless person to deny morality. There is no reason to be criticized for refusing to understand others. As they hoped, as they wished, the only thing that exists here is transaction. Like all heavens, Geumcheon accepts you.
Don’t worry. Don’t worry.
Die as you have lived.
You have that right.
You will trade to be full. All you have to worry about is your daily bread. You may be tired of the treadmill you roll every day, but if there is no other world beyond the treadmill, there is no reason to be tired.
May eternal labor comfort your soul.
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“…….”
It was only for a moment, but the back of my neck felt cold.
‘What is heaven for some is hell for others. It’s the exact opposite here.’
It wasn’t surprising that there were people who considered this place to be heaven. at all.
What made me feel cold was the fact that an underworld was truly created for [people who consider this place to be heaven].
‘Top owner.’
I won’t miss even a single soul.
I felt a thought that was almost like a curse.
What kind of heavens were built on the remaining seven floors?
‘… … no. Let’s focus.’
I shook my head to shake off random thoughts.
‘Right now, it’s important to get the count’s seal of acceptance first. okay. That’s the challenge.’
I felt refreshed.
The condition put forward by the count is that even a part-time job is fine, so try to make money.
It doesn’t matter what your job is.
“There, you… … .”
It was time for me to start looking for work.
Among the stall vendors, someone who had just opened a stall spoke to me. It was a traditional sound with an aura, and it was a voice that penetrated my ears with such precision that it was difficult to mistake who was speaking.
“yes?”
“Looking at your behavior, I guess you are a [challenger]? Am I right? The bright eyes clearly show that this is not a soul that has forgotten its past life… … .”
The person was covering his face with a hood. Before I could respond, the man in the hood spoke in a somewhat panting voice.
“How about it? I am a challenger just like you. In this damn world, why not buy the advice of a senior who left 300 years before you for a penny… … ?”
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