[Episode 02] Survivors (4)

I was in the middle of observing the promenade carefully in the hope that they would not appear again.

[Unauthorized target attempts to enter.]

“yes?”

I tilted my head at the unexpected alarm, and suddenly I felt uneasy.

‘Could there be goblins left?’

I was worried that something had happened to Hyungjun Choi.

‘The eyes of the absolute.’

I immediately used my skill to check the emergency exit.

And there, I could see people wearing familiar clothes.

“uh? You say you can’t get in?”

“What are you talking about?”

“I can not see? A strange message appeared before my eyes.”

“What? Then how did that man get in?”

“I don’t know.”

Six men and women with various weapons in their hands.

‘It’s those people!’

I never thought I’d come in contact like this already.

‘It’s a lot better than I thought.’

Hyungjun Choi did a much better job than I expected.

When I turned off the Absolute Eye skill to greet them, a new notification window appeared in front of me.

Along with the six photos that I saw with the eyes of the absolute.

[An object that satisfies the conditions to be accepted as a citizen has approached every corner of the house.]

[Would you like to offer citizenship?]

This revealed a new fact.

‘Citizenship grant turned into an offer.’

Unlike Hyungjun Choi’s family, who were in the realm from the beginning, they were outside the realm.

‘Citizenship can be forcibly granted to those involved in the process of territorial expansion, but in this case, giving them a choice?’

suggest.

It literally meant giving them the choice to become citizens or not.

then.

‘You mean you can refuse.’

How can I get rid of the option of rejection from them?

When I was struggling with how to

♬♪♬♩~

The bell rang.

As soon as I heard that sound, an idea came to my mind.

‘This is it.’

All you have to do is make them feel like the act of accepting a citizenship offer is nothing.

If so, they will accept citizenship without any hesitation.

‘Quest granted.’

[Citizen Hyungjun Choi has a quest already in progress.]

[Are you sure you want to reset the quest?]

‘yes.’

[Please reset the quest.]

The content of the changed quest was simple.

‘Serving six guests a meal.’

[The quest content has been updated.]

At the same time, he checked the outside situation through the wall pad.

Hyungjun Choi, who was ringing the doorbell, checked the contents of the updated quest and moved toward the emergency exit with a tilt of his head.

The sounds of their conversation came from the wallpad’s speakers.

(If you don’t mind, can I treat you to a meal at my house?)

(Yes? But we can’t even get in right now.)

At that time, I thought to myself at the right timing.

‘Offer citizenship to all six.’

[I propose citizenship to Ha Dong-gun, Kang Deok-soo, Kim Ga-young, Yu Hye-rin, Kim Gun, and Moon Byeong-ho.]

After displaying the number of wins, I stared at the wall pad screen.

(Oh! The transparent walls are gone!)

With a cheerful voice, a man with a sturdy physique entered the area.

Seeing him holding a baseball bat, he seemed to be the man who had decorated the end of the group of goblins earlier.

Followed by.

(Really? You can enter immediately after obtaining citizenship?)

All six, in turn, accepted citizenship and entered the realm.

That moment.

[The number of citizens has reached 10.]

[Experience earned by citizens and settlement increases by 10%.]

A notification that I had never seen before appeared and made me smile.

‘Is it the bonus settlement for the bonus experience?’

Such a quality buff at the same time as the number of people who will go out hunting monsters in earnest.

It was something to be welcomed with both hands.

‘Citizen administration.’

The profiles of the six newly joined members were satisfactory even at a glance.

Ha Dong-gun (Reliability: 19) (Lv. 23)

Deoksoo Kang (Reliability: 28) (Lv. 13)

Gayoung Kim (Reliability: 17) (Lv. 17)

Hyerin Yoo (Reliability: 30) (Lv. 10)

□Gun Kim (Reliability: 15) (Lv. 11)

Moon Byeong-ho (Reliability: 11) (Lv. 10)

······

······

Current Population ( 10 / 600 people)

Indeed, like the party that overpowered the goblins, the level units were different.

Surprisingly, everyone had a double-digit level, and one of them was a whopping level 23.

‘At level 23, it’s on the same level as the Kelican I caught a week ago.’

The strangely high level of secrecy was understandable the moment I checked his civil information.

『Name: Ha Dong-gun (Lv. 23)

Reliability: 19

Awakening Ability: Baseball Throwing

EXP distribution rate: 0%

Settlement amount distribution rate: 0%

★Quest Grant Exit』

‘He is a talented person.’

As I focused on the Awakening ability, a brief description of his ability came to mind.

Baseball Throw (Class D)

Consumes stamina to increase the ball’s power by 3 times.

It seemed that Ha Dong-gun was the first man to throw a ball at the goblins.

‘This is why the goblin died instantly.’

As anyone who has ever touched a real baseball knows, it was no different from a stone.

In addition, if the power of the skill was increased by 3 times, it could be a lethal weapon.

It was a little disappointing that most of them had low reliability, but that’s enough if you upload it slowly.

‘Set the experience distribution rate to 70% for all six newcomers.’

[Setting completed.]

The settlement money was not touched.

It was because there was no place where citizens could spend their money, and they did not feel the need to distribute it.

‘done.’

Now, by simply giving them a quest to hunt monsters, they could sit back and earn experience and money.

Automatic hunting becomes possible.

Of course, I had no intention of treating them as money-making machines.

I was thinking of meeting face-to-face at the right time and having human exchanges.

Maybe they could be the key to saving our family.

‘Before that, let’s take a look at what kind of people they are.’

The moment I tried to use the Absolute Eye skill.

[Citizen Ha Dong-gun’s credibility increases.]

Unexpectedly, the reliability increase alarm started to appear.

‘···What?’

You haven’t even talked to me face-to-face yet, so can your trust in me rise?

[Citizen Gayoung Kim’s credibility increases.]

[Citizen Yu Hye-rin’s trust increases.]

“her.”

I guess I’ll have to see for myself what’s going on.

***

“Come in.”

“Excuse me.”

Ha Dong-gun’s party, which was suddenly invited to dinner, rushed into Choi Hyung-joon’s house.

Park Hye-won, who had come to the front door to meet her at the sound of entering the door lock password, said in surprise.

“honey? What is all this about?”

“I will explain later. Can you prepare some rice?”

“Bob? I have to do something new…”

“Please. It is his order.”

“It will take a little while. I’ll make it soon.”

When Hyungjun Choi mentioned ‘him’, Hyewon Park went to prepare a meal without saying anything.

Ha Dong-gun looked at him and asked.

“What kind of person is he?”

“Ugh. That, I don’t know.”

“You don’t know?”

“Yeah. Except that you live next door…”

At his words, Ha Dong-gun looked at the front door and thought.

‘Was it the house on the other side?’

Why did their party come here?

It was because of the existence of a strange man throwing ramen and laver on the top floor.

He had come to see if he could get more.

“Anyway, you are a mysterious person. As I said before, electricity comes from his power. You also have the ability to create water and tangerines.”

“Hmm.”

Ha Dong-gun carefully observed the porch light shining down on him.

‘Is it a superpower?’

The day they appeared in the world, he himself awakened to a new ability.

There was no law telling others not to do it.

‘It’s an amazing ability.’

They seemed to understand why he threw food at them.

‘Obviously it’s not just water and tangerines that he can create. It must be possible to make the ramen and seaweed they threw at us.’

It occurred to him that he might have the power to create anything he wanted.

‘I have to stick to this person.’

At times like these, you had to stick to someone with a lot of power to save your life.

The ability to provide electricity and produce water and food.

In today’s world, it was truly a miraculous ability.

It has a different value than the throwing ability he has.

Choi Hyung-joon said while thinking of a way to appeal to him by contacting him somehow.

“It takes a little while to cook, so would you like to take a quick shower?”

It was Kim Ga-young and Yoo Hye-rin who reacted the most fiercely to his words.

“A shower?!”

“Can you wash it?”

Even if I knew that electricity would come on, I would have thought that the water supply would also come on.

‘Well, if you have the ability to create water, that shouldn’t be difficult.’

Hyungjun Choi answered with a kind smile.

“Yes. There is also hot water.”

“warm water?!”

“This is also his grace.”

Gayoung Kim and Hyerin Yoo spoke in turn.

“Get out of the way! I will wash first!”

“Well, I’m next!”

Next to him, Hyungjun Choi said quietly.

“There are two bathrooms, so two people can wash at the same time.”

“Great!”

“One person can use it here, and the other person can use the bathroom in the master bedroom. Let me guide you.”

“Go, thank you.”

There was a reason why Kim Ga-young and Yoo Hye-rin tried so hard to pretend to be bright.

He must have wanted to change the atmosphere a little bit.

Because their mood these days is too heavy.

The two women disappeared, leaving only four men in the hallway.

Kim Gun muttered.

“···senior. Is that man a psychic too?”

Ha Dong-gun nodded and replied.

“maybe. It seems that he is a person with abilities that are incomparable to those that I have.”

Hearing those words, Kang Duk-soo placed his shoulder on Ha Dong-gun and spoke loudly.

“Don’t be discouraged, dude! If that guy is just one of my club packs—”

“You madman. What bullshit are you talking about when you can’t even look good?”

“ah? Is that so?”

“It’s a request, so please don’t do anything and stay still.”

“Ahahahaha. okay, okay.”

Ha Dong-gun sighed and said.

“Anyway, our goal is to get as much food as we can from here. Make no mistake and look as good as you can. Understand?”

“Okay, okay.”

“···Yeah.”

“…”

There was one man who did not respond to Ha Dong-gun’s words.

Ha Dong-gun put his hand on his shoulder and called out his name.

“Byeongho.”

Then the response finally came.

“Oh, yes, brother. Sorry, I didn’t hear you.”

“sorry. It’s just because of me.”

Moon Byung-ho struggled to shake off his dark expression and answered.

“No, brother. What’s wrong with your brother?”

“after. sorry. Because I called a housewarming party for no reason…”

“No, brother. I came because I wanted to come too.”

The Ha Dong-gun party came together because of the newlyweds Ha Dong-gun and Kim Ga-young’s housewarming party.

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Just as the preparations for the party were in full swing, monsters appeared and the world was ruined.

Of course, they were all isolated at Ha Dong-gun’s house.

“Grandma will be fine. certainly.”

“······Yeah.”

Everyone was worried about their family, but Moon Byung-ho was especially worried.

The grandmother, the only one in the family, was getting old and had trouble moving, and Moon Byung-ho’s care was essential.

However, Moon Byeong-ho was unable to return home.

That day, as soon as the monsters appeared, they all promised to visit Moon Byeong-ho’s house first.

However, in the past ten days, I tried to go out several times, but each time I was blocked by the goblins.

It was all thanks to their experience that they were accustomed to capturing the goblins.

“After we get food here, let’s all go to Grandma’s house.”

“······yes. Thank you, bro.”

Moon Byung-ho’s voice was trembling.

He knows that too.

that it’s already too late

Ten days have passed since that day.

Even if they were lucky enough not to be attacked by monsters, the chances of Moon Byeong-ho’s grandmother still alive were very low.

back

What made me angry was that his house was so close that it could be seen from Ha Dong-gun’s house.

However, it failed every time.

There were too many goblins scattered around right now. Dozens of units were on the verge of appearing without even trying, so I said everything.

“It’s close by, so if we work together, we should be able to get there. Let’s try harder.”

“Thank you so much, brother. By the way······.”

let’s stop now

it’s okay now

I wanted to say it because I knew it was a nuisance to everyone, but I couldn’t bear to say it out of my mouth.

It was stuck in my neck like a thorn and only hurt.

A heavy silence fell for a moment.

It was a time when no one could speak first.

clap

“yes?”

“uh?”

“what?”

Everyone tensed up at the sound of the front door opening and raised their baseball bats.

Ha Dong-gun also took a baseball out of his pocket and held it.

But the next moment, when the door opened and the man appeared, everyone froze.

‘What, what is it? What about this presence?’

He was an ordinary-looking man.

He wasn’t very tall or bulky.

On the contrary, her soft impression and her clean skin without a trace of sunburn gave off a gentle atmosphere.

Nevertheless, there was a feeling of pressure as if a giant had opened the front door and entered.

It seemed that the jaws of a huge beast were aiming at their necks.

In the meantime, their instincts, which had been sharpened through many deaths, sounded an alarm bell.

Ha Dong-gun instinctively realized.

‘This man…’

That the man in front of her was holding the lifelines of herself and her friends in the hands.

The intuition came that a man could kill them at any time if he set his mind to it.

he opened his mouth

“I will help.”

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Just one word sparked hope in Moon Byung-ho’s heart.

Maybe that’s why he nodded his head as if possessed.

‘perhaps···.’

A belief was born that the man in front of her would be able to save her from this abyss of despair.

Confidence without any basis.