[Episode 02] Survivors (5)

Seven men and women were sitting huddled together on a large table in the living room.

“I’m sorry, what should I do? Because there are not enough seats.”

I said to Park Hye-won, who looked at me and didn’t know what to do.

“Fine. It’s our fault for suddenly entering.”

Seven grown adults came to the house where a family of four lived, so there was no choice but to run out of seats.

“I don’t have anything prepared, but enjoy your meal.”

Contrary to Park Hye-won’s humble words, a delicacy was laid out on the table.

It was a very hearty table with freshly cooked rice flowing with gloss, beautifully rolled egg rolls, puffed-up steamed eggs, and deliciously cooked fried eggs.

“You don’t have anything! It’s a complete feast, sister!”

When Kim Ga-young made a fuss, Park Hye-won waved her hand and returned the ball to me.

“It’s all thanks to the ingredients Jaehyun gave me. If it wasn’t for Jaehyun, I would have served only real rice and tangerines.”

In fact, there was no way there would be any proper ingredients left in the house that had endured for ten days.

That is why all dishes are made with eggs.

I filled the refrigerator at Choi Hyung-jun’s house, which was empty, with milk and eggs, and also filled the empty rice container.

In the process, Park Hye-won’s reliability reached 50.

‘I never thought I’d reach 50 before Hyungjun Choi.’

It was Park Hye-won who started with the lowest level of trust among Hyung-jun Choi’s family, but she was a person who felt great happiness in small things.

“I will enjoy this food!”

When the full-fledged meal began, everyone was busy playing with spoons non-stop.

“Mmm! Steamed egg is absolutely delicious!”

“Wow, is this egg roll that sweet? If you go to a Japanese restaurant, it comes out!”

At that time, Choi Seo-yeon grabbed Park Hye-won by the crotch of her pants and muttered.

“mom. Seoyeon also has egg rolls…”

“Seo Yeon-ah. If all the guests eat, mom will make it right away. got it?”

“Hing.”

Seeing this, Kim Ga-young said to Choi Seo-yeon.

“Shall we eat egg rolls with Seo Yeon-ah?”

“yes!”

Before Park Hye-won had time to stop, Choi Seo-yeon sprinted and squeezed into the seat next to Kim Ga-young.

“Ah-um.”

It looked like a baby bird being fed.

At that time, Ha Dong-gun said to Choi Hyung-joon’s family, who were standing awkwardly in the kitchen.

“Would you like to eat together?”

“Oh, we are fine. There is no seat, and I ate earlier…”

Contrary to what he said, Hyungjun Choi was drooling while looking at the delicacies on the table.

Apparently, the only thing I ate earlier was raw rice and water, so it was natural if it was natural.

I opened my mouth.

“Come and eat together. I still have rice left.”

“Is that so?”

In the end, eleven people sat close together at the table to eat.

I picked up a piece of egg roll that was cut into bite-size pieces and put it in my mouth.

“!”

Gayoung Kim’s reaction was no fuss.

Park Hye-won’s cooking skills were better than I thought, and the taste really reminded me of egg rolls sold at Japanese restaurants.

‘It’s delicious.’

In addition, the seasoning of steamed egg was just right.

It was to the point where I felt perfect even if I just rubbed steamed egg over rice.

“Wow. It’s been a while since I’ve had a home meal, this.”

It was as per Kang Deok-soo’s admiration.

‘long time no see.’

As I was eating a meal without ramen, I automatically thought of my mother.

This was especially so because of the needlessly generously set table.

‘Everyone will be fine.’

I wanted to see my family.

The reason why my heart was moved after learning about Moon Byeong-ho’s circumstances through the eyes of the absolute was that the feelings of concern for his grandmother were revealed on Moon Byeong-ho’s face.

I know very well that you care about your family.

In addition, I also liked the loyalty of Ha Dong-gun’s party, who moved together for Moon Byeong-ho.

It was for this reason that we came here without any hesitation and ate together.

Because I knew they were good enough people.

“…”

Suddenly, a heavy silence fell over the table.

I wondered why, and when I looked up, everyone was looking at me.

Apparently, my face was severely hardened, so I was nervous for no reason.

I pretended to be fine and softened my face.

“Hmm. Hmm. Oh, it’s delicious.”

I felt that everyone was having a hard time with me.

‘It’s strange.’

There were people who looked at me easily or felt comfortable with me, probably because I had a relatively young appearance, but no one treated me this hard.

But everyone is having a hard time with me.

Except for one, of course.

“Mom, Seoyeon is sleepy.”

Only Choi Seo-yeon, the youngest, seemed to feel comfortable with me.

Even in the case of Choi Na-yeon, who is a little older than him, I can see that she is paying attention to me.

“That’s right, Seo Yeon-ah. Shall Nayeon go to bed with her mother now?”

“Yes.”

After Park Hye-won entered the room with her two children, she started talking in earnest.

He said to Ha Dong-gun.

“Let’s continue what we were talking about earlier. Why couldn’t I go to Grandma’s house even though it was so close?”

he opened his mouth slowly.

“It’s because of the goblins.”

“A goblin?”

“Yeah.”

It was strange.

The scene I saw was a scene where Ha Dong-gun’s party crushed four goblins in an instant.

As I was making a puzzled expression, Ha Dong-gun continued to explain further.

“You should know that there is a large space in the basement parking lot of the apartment.”

“Of course it is.”

“Perhaps because it’s a good place to hide, like a cave, all the goblins around the apartment complex seem to have gathered and settled down.”

How wide is the underground parking lot?

A space big enough to park thousands of cars, how many goblins can it accommodate?

“There seem to be at least a few thousand of them congregating there.”

“…”

It was a more serious situation than I thought.

Thousands of goblins swarm underground.

The dozens or so I saw on the trails were really just the tip of the iceberg.

“And as you know, all entrances to the apartment are near the underground parking lot. With so many goblins roaming around, we can’t even think of going out.”

I objected to Ha Dong-gun’s words.

“I know there is a side road.”

“Yeah. you’re right. From the beginning, what we were aiming for was to get out through the side road…”

Ha Dong-gun’s eyes were shaking violently as he blurted out the end of his words.

“There was one that looked more dangerous than a goblin.”

“A dangerous-looking guy?”

Ha Dong-gun replied with a serious expression.

“… I guess it was a werewolf.”

“werewolf?”

“We don’t know exactly. It was so dark, and it looked so dangerous that I ran away as soon as I saw him.”

If you can’t use the side road, it’s the origin after all.

“In the end, you have to break through head-on.”

“Yeah. So I’ve been focusing on reducing the number of goblins for a few days.”

Ha Dong-gun confessed with a dark face.

“I’ve killed quite a few goblins, but I haven’t felt the numbers decrease significantly, and now I’m at my limit.”

“Are there limits?”

At that time, Ga-young Kim, who was next to Ha Dong-gun, stepped forward and continued to explain.

“Our main weapons are a bow and a baseball. But since arrows are consumables, they are running out. I collect and recycle them on my own, but… There are not many baseballs left for my husband to throw.”

“If that is the case, I can handle it. Can I see some arrows? Even a baseball.”

Gayoung Kim brought her own bow, arrows and baseball.

“Here you go.”

After registering them in the store, restoration of the goods was carried out immediately.

Arrows and baseballs did not cost much to restore.

The problem was the bow.

[An amount of KRW 1,530,000 is required to restore a ‘compound bow in good condition’.]

[Would you like to recover?]

After thinking for a while, I made a decision.

‘Recover.’

If nothing else, it was clear that bows and arrows would be very useful in the future.

If it was something he would continue to buy in the future, restoring it was a business that remained.

“Does everyone shoot bows?”

After hearing my question, Ha Dong-geon Party looked at me with an expression that he did not understand.

I looked at them with a meaningful smile and repeated to myself.

‘Buy five sets of bows. Buy five sets of arrows.’

Gee-

He pointed to the newly appeared five sets of bows and arrows.

“Even if you can’t shoot, let’s practice for a while. We will continue to use it in the future.”

The rest of the crew didn’t use baseball bats because they were more useful.

Since he had no bow, he had to wield a baseball bat.

However, immediately five additional personnel were armed with bows.

It was a great advantage to have a weapon that could strike from a distance even if it was clumsy.

The moment you hand them a bow and arrow.

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

[Citizen Gayoung Kim’s credibility increases.]

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

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The trust of everyone in this room rose at once.

“Certainly this will speed up the hunting of goblins several times.”

“If you have enough arrows, there is no need to force yourself to retrieve them. Would it be possible to forcibly break through the entrance to the apartment like this?”

Ha Dong-gun and his party were very excited.

It was Moon Byung-ho who showed a particularly encouraging response.

[Citizen Byeong-ho Moon’s reliability increases significantly.]

It was worth it.

Because the hope of saving her grandmother was coming true right in front of her eyes.

said to him

“It is still early. Before that, we need to drastically reduce the number of goblins.”

“but···!”

“No matter how we get out, if the goblins are still alive, coming back in will be a problem. You don’t mean to come back, do you?”

“…”

Ha Dong-gun nodded in agreement.

“you’re right. To be safe, we must first reduce the number of goblins. So, when are you going to launch the operation?”

Hearing those words, Moon Byeong-ho’s complexion darkened again.

The more time passes, the less chance Grandma is still alive.

I said.

“The operation is tomorrow.”

“Tomorrow?”

“Yeah. This is a problem, the sooner the better.”

“I do, but…”

“Tomorrow. I’m going to find Moon Byeong-ho’s grandmother.”

Everyone who heard that made a long look on their faces.

The reaction was how much it could be reduced by reducing the number of goblins in just one day.

After looking at them once, he said as if declaring.

“We will go on a sheep hunt.”

I began to outline the operation.

Those who heard all the strategies had a determined expression.

“Maybe it’s possible…”

“If only it works out…”

“There is no time, so finish your meal here, and follow my instructions.”

It was then.

[Citizen Hyeongjun Choi has completed the quest.]

[The quest costs 30,000 won.]

Upon checking the notification, I frowned.

‘Did I have to spend money?’

In fact, if the quest could be granted for free, the trick would be possible.

‘For example, giving quests something very easy.’

It was enough to give a quest like 10 push-ups and get a small amount of experience as a quest reward.

Then, without having to hunt monsters, they would be able to slowly raise the level of the citizens.

‘In other words, as long as I have enough money, I can raise the level of the citizens.’

It was said that if you had enough capital, you could use a trick.

‘If it’s not really necessary, there’s no need to use it.’

Because my wallet wasn’t that rich yet.

At that time, a message appeared saying that Hyungjun Choi’s trust had suddenly increased, perhaps because he had received a reward for completing the quest.

[Citizen Hyungjun Choi’s credibility increases.]

at the same time.

[Citizen Hyungjun Choi’s reliability has reached 50.]

[Loyalty is unlocked.]

[Citizen Hyungjun Choi’s loyalty has exceeded 30.]

[Citizen Hyungjun Choi has met the conditions for vassal registration.]

Finally, Hyungjun Choi’s reliability reached 50.

Moreover, as soon as I opened loyalty, there was a notification that I had exceeded 30.

‘Is that possible? Citizen information, Hyungjun Choi.’

『Name: Hyungjun Choi (Lv. 9)

Reliability: 51 Loyalty: 62

Awakening Ability: None

EXP distribution rate: 0%

Settlement amount distribution rate: 0%

★Quest Grant Exit』

When I checked the citizen information, Choi Hyung-joon’s loyalty was 62, which was higher than Choi Seo-yeon, who was the first to open loyalty.

This will allow you to register immediately.

‘Register as a vassal, Choi Hyeong-jun.’

That moment.

Whoops!

A bright light seeped into Hyungjun Choi’s body.

“What, what was that just now?”

“Something flashed…”

Tring!

[You have appointed a vassal for the first time.]

[As a reward, you will acquire the ‘Summon a vassal’ skill.]

{Summon vassal}

Summons a vassal into the house.

However, a vassal summoned once can be summoned after two hours.

The newly acquired skill was very intuitive.

It was a skill that could be very useful if used well.

In addition, there was a fairly large change in Choi Hyung-joon’s citizen information window.

『Name: Hyungjun Choi (Lv. 20) [+]

Title: [First Servant]

Reliability: 51 Loyalty: 62

Awakening Ability: Gorilla’s Superpower

★Quest given 』

11 levels had risen right away, and the title of ‘first species’ had been newly created.

In addition, the ability called ‘Gorilla’s strength’ was awakened.

Gorilla’s Strength (C) [Passive]

Become the owner of super strength comparable to that of a gorilla.

A closer look at the title revealed its effect.

{first bell}

The EXP and settlement money of the monsters hunted by the vassal are doubled and paid.

Creates an area within a radius of 5m from the outside of the house that can summon the ‘Eye of the Absolute’.

Now, if Choi Hyung-joon is sent to scout, it will be possible to grasp the situation outside in more detail.

‘What’s the plus button next to the level?’

[Would you like to raise the level of Hyungjun Choi who left with 1,000,000 won?]

When I saw that he was asking for a whopping amount of 1 million won, I turned off the message without regret.

‘Surprised.’

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Just when he was trying to control his surprise, he saw Choi Hyung-joon staring at his hand from the side.

“Why is that?”

“Oh, Jaehyun. Something seems to be overflowing with power after just being hit by that light. It seems that anything can be done… Did Jaehyun do this too?”

Perhaps it was the gorilla’s strength effect.

“you’re right.”

I looked at him and gave him a warm smile.

“Thank you, Jaehyun. I really feel like I’ve gotten 10 years younger…”

I handed the newly purchased bow and arrow set to him, who seemed to be in a good mood, and said.

“Hyung-Jun-nim, please participate in the operation as well.”

“·········Yes?”

10% experience bonus granted to citizens by default.

It was paid twice as much as the vassal effect, so it was like getting 220% of the experience.

It was said that the reward was better if I caught the monster with Choi Hyeongjun’s hand than if I caught it myself.

“You must catch as many as possible.”

He asked Choi Hyeong-jun, who was crying, once again.

“I believe.”