[Episode 01] Absolutes everywhere (1)

It is possible to hold the doorknob of the front door and turn it.

However, the moment you push the door, these phrases appear with a sense of being blocked by a transparent wall.

[The absolute person in each corner cannot leave the corner.]

“Gee, fuck!”

The doorknob turns, but the door does not open.

‘I have to get out somehow…’

I know.

Going out at this point is crazy.

Three days after the world is destroyed.

It was purely because of my ability that I was still able to survive.

Dangerous monsters were swarming outside now.

Even if I met the monster bird that had just put its head in the living room window, I would be reduced to a meal.

Nevertheless, there were two reasons why I wanted to go out.

one family.

‘Mom, Dad, and even grandpa and grandma.’

All my loved ones were out there.

[The absolute person in each corner cannot leave the corner.]

“ha-.”

Being away from my family had some complicated circumstances.

3 rooms. 2 bathrooms. I was the only one who actually lived in this 30-pyeong apartment with a spacious living room and kitchen combined.

It was my father’s choice to buy this apartment, and it was a purchase with 200 million won in bank debt and 200 million won in our entire family’s property.

My father’s gamble was successful, and the apartment he bought for 400 million won exceeded 1 billion in just half a year.

The reason I was able to live alone in such a luxurious apartment, not a gold spoon, was because I had to live for two years in order to receive tax cuts.

In order to avoid the tax bomb, I had to sell it after 2 years anyway, so I kept the house in the meantime.

Of course, things didn’t go very well after that.

The collapse of the economy in the aftermath of the corona and war also affected real estate, and the house price, which exceeded 1 billion won, fell to 700 million won before I knew it.

In addition, the interest on the money borrowed from the bank was soaring, so it could be said that it was quite dangerous.

‘That’s all pointless now.’

Since the world has collapsed, what does it matter how much you owe in the bank or whether the price of an apartment goes up or down?

I can’t even sell it anyway.

‘Please just be safe.’

I prayed for the safety of my family and pressed the call button on my smartphone.

[…connecting…]

I knew it.

As in the past three days, no matter how long I waited, nothing changed.

All messengers, including phone calls, messages, and KakaoTalk were unavailable.

I know it won’t work, but I opened KakaoTalk and typed in a message.

– Mom, are you okay?

“Please…!”

However, the result is as expected.

⟳ Mom, are you okay?

A resend button appeared, but the message was not sent.

It was then.

[A temporary error has occurred. Please try again in a few minutes. (Error code: 580, LO) ]

A new message popped up and the KakaoTalk app shut down.

I tried turning it back on a few times, but the result was the same.

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Just in case, I looked at the tab at the top of my phone, and there was an icon that appeared when the data was disconnected.

“······Damn it.”

I was kind of expecting it.

In fact, it was even more surprising that the data had exploded for three days.

Big websites like Googol and Namor were down on the same day the world collapsed.

I clenched my fists in frustration, but nothing changed.

‘I have to do something.’

The problem was not only this.

‘I’ll starve to death if I’m locked up like this.’

Not only the internet, but everything was cut off.

water, electricity, gas, etc.

The necessities of life were disappearing moment by moment.

‘Enough water.’

Fortunately, there was plenty of water from Kupong.

There were 20 2L and 47 500ml bottles, and they were all filled with water regardless of whether it was a water bottle or a cup.

I ordered it because it was annoying to open the purified water one by one, but the cynicism saved me.

‘The problem is eating.’

Yesterday, when the electricity went out and the refrigerator power went down, all the side dishes in the refrigerator were doomed to a limited time.

It’s still holding out with the door unlocked as much as possible and the cold in the freezer, but that won’t last too long.

‘There are only a few pieces of ramen left.’

All that remains is three bags of gin ramen mild flavor.

‘If I had known it would be like this, I would have bought ramen in large quantities…’

Thanks to my parents who came every week to fill the fridge with side dishes, I didn’t think about stocking up on food.

Thanks to that, there was only a week’s worth of food left.

‘Even if I save food, it will eventually run out.’

In the end, it means that you have to go outside to survive.

but.

[The absolute person in each corner cannot leave the corner.]

“…”

Thanks to this ability that completely protects me from ferocious monsters, I will die of starvation one day.

After they run out of food, they will slowly die of starvation.

‘It’s the worst.’

Desperately, I reached out my hand out the living room window.

If I could get out, I thought of getting out through the window.

however.

[The absolute person in each corner cannot leave the corner.]

“Sir baaal!”

He threw his fist at the now tired phrase.

My fists ached with the sensation of colliding with a hard wall.

‘What is the Absolute!’

Isn’t he a half-penny who can’t even go outside his realm?

‘…a pitiful bastard.’

Even when the world was ruined, I was still the same.

Such an unfilial child who does not step out of the house and sucks on his parents’ backs.

I’m an asshole who eats at twenty-eight and still can’t take care of myself, so I get pocket money from my parents.

A parasite itself that is of no help to the world.

“… Shit.”

But that was then.

Tring!

“···yes?”

A message I hadn’t seen in the past three days appeared before my eyes.

[You hunted Kelican (Lv. 23).]

‘Kelican?’

right after that.

[Acquire a large amount of experience.]

[Skill level has increased.]

[Skill level has increased.]

A large number of new messages appeared.

Looking at it, I suddenly remembered the existence of a monster bird that had crashed with its head slammed into the living room window.

I stuck my head out the window and looked down.

“Kaaak!”

“Kak!”

Around the corpse of the monster bird, dozens of green-skinned little monsters and goblins were gathering and having a party.

Looking at it from the upper floors, it looked like a swarm of ants.

‘Are those things finished?’

While the monster bird passed out, it seemed like it was being hunted by goblins.

Strictly speaking, I was the one who knocked out the monster bird, so I also received experience points.

Thanks to this, the skill level rose two stages.

‘Ha, that’s not even funny. What’s the use of leveling up the housekeeper skill?’

But that was too hasty a judgment.

[You have learned a new skill.]

[Loots that meet the conditions are nearby.]

[Settlement of loot begins.]

“yes?”

The change occurred shortly after the unknown notifications appeared.

“Keew!!”

“What, what?”

Startled by the sudden seizure of the goblins, I hurriedly looked down at the ground again.

There, a slightly different landscape unfolded.

The atmosphere of the party was nowhere to be found, and the goblins nearby were screaming desperately.

‘What’s wrong?’

The reason they had seizures was the change that had taken place in the body of the monster bird.

‘Is it disappearing?’

Part of the monster bird’s body was disappearing in real time.

From the point of view of the goblins, it was as if the meat of their prey was decreasing in real time.

So I have no choice but to let out a scream.

[Loot settlement has been completed.]

After checking the message, I checked the below.

‘The corpse has shrunk by a third…’

[Won 2,203,241 has been deposited into the wallet of the absolute.]

The moment I saw the number of newly popped message items, I instinctively repeated.

‘One hundred and ten million, one hundred thousand, one million… This, two million won? Suddenly, two million won was deposited?’

For me, who usually lived on pocket money, two million won was an enormous amount of money.

‘Suddenly, what is this…’

Before I could comprehend the situation, another change appeared.

flash

The living room brightened up a bit.

Because it was broad daylight, it was just a little bit brighter, but it was important that it was bright anyway.

I slowly raised my head.

A light fixture in the center of the ceiling in the living room was shining brightly.

‘…is the electricity back?’

Apparently, the electricity was cut yesterday.

I don’t know the exact reason, but the monster’s appearance must have caused fatal damage to the city’s infrastructure.

It couldn’t have been restored this quickly.

‘It’s a skill! He said earlier that he had a new skill!’

I hurriedly opened the status window to check the change in skill.

[Absolute person in every corner]

Proclamation to Every Corner (Passive) Lv. 3

– No one can invade every corner of the house without the permission of the Absolute.

Maintaining the dignity of the absolute in every corner of the house (Passive) Lv. One

-Restore the normal function of the entire house to maintain dignity.

Everywhere Absolute Shop Lv. One

– Items registered in the store can be purchased at regular prices.

Everywhere Absolute Wallet Lv. Max

– Holding amount: KRW 2,203,240

A total of three new skills were added.

Among them, the return of electricity seemed to be due to a skill called ‘maintaining the dignity of the absolute in every corner’.

‘To restore the function of every corner of the house normally?’

I woke up right away and ran to the refrigerator.

ugh

The electricity went out and the refrigerator, which had become a pseudo-icebox, was spitting out the sound of the refrigerant running.

back

I carefully held on to the refrigerator door and gave it a little force.

“!!”

As soon as I opened the refrigerator door, a light greeted me.

‘It works! It’s really electrified!’

It wasn’t just the refrigerator.

Water came out of the sink right next to it, and the water purifier started working properly.

Also, the gas stove and induction turned on normally.

I checked to see if my phone was connected to wifi.

‘It’s really back to normal. Before the end of the world…!’

The electricity came on and the TV and computer were turned on.

Of course, there is a TV that transmits only a crackling screen because there is no normal channel, but it was a mana item.

At least, it was not useless because it was possible to play offline games on a computer.

‘Still, seeing the monitor turned on is somehow reassuring.’

Before the end of the world, I used to spend most of my time in front of a monitor.

Maybe that’s why just looking at the computer screen that booted up normally seemed to calm my mind.

Should I say that it seems like the world has returned to before it collapsed?

‘I’m connected to the internet, but… there’s no site I can access.’

There were sites that were accessible even before the electricity went out.

I used to talk about monsters and damages that appeared all over the world as breaking news.

However, now there is no site left that can be accessed.

‘The server must have gone mad.’

The situation in Seoul, which was reported in real time until the electricity was cut off, was serious itself.

It was because there were huge monsters destroying entire buildings.

‘Should I say I’m fortunate to live in Busan?’

At least in Busan, there were no monsters as big as skyscrapers.

I was in the middle of rummaging through my computer.

‘This···.’

It was a photo file that I took on a family trip to Jeju Island in the past.

At the time, my mother, who bought a digital camera for the first time, said she would pay for it and took hundreds of pictures.

Among them, I asked another person to take a picture of the three of us together.

“…”

In the picture, I was smiling awkwardly, and my mom and dad were smiling happily as if they were hugging me from the sides.

“···mom and dad.”

Hearing my trembling voice made me feel like I was about to burst into tears.

‘I have to find my mom and dad. certainly.’