[Episode 07] Seomyeon Station (4)

The first place to use Seo Ye-jin’s ability was already decided.

“When it comes to Nambu Min-dong, are you referring to the area near Songdo Beach?”

“you’re right.”

“i know! I’ve never been to a cable car ride! The naengmyeon house there was very delicious.”

Coincidentally, Seo Ye-jin was someone who had been to Nambu Min-dong, where her home was located.

Of course, Ha Dong-gun, who knows nothing, is in a much more advantageous position than the party.

‘Besides, if I send mice, it’s enough.’

Direct rescue should be carried out through Ha Dong-gun’s party, but Seo Ye-jin’s mouse alone was enough to confirm the family’s life and death and send relief supplies.

“Leave it to me!”

[Citizen Seo Ye-jin’s credibility increases.]

[Citizen Seo Ye-jin’s loyalty increases.]

I looked at the system message with a curious look.

‘It went up again.’

Continuing from earlier, despite not doing anything in particular, trust and loyalty were rising in real time.

‘I knew that face-to-face was effective, but it wasn’t to this extent.’

Then, one thing came to my mind.

‘Is it because of this skill?’

[Spirit of the Absolute (Passive) Lv. Max】

You are completely immune to all types of mental abilities.

It was a passive skill received by raising the Dignity Maintenance skill of the Absolute to level 3.

‘Honestly, I thought it was a joke.’

Immunity to mental abilities was like a useless ability to me, who couldn’t even get out of the house anyway.

Only those who had been issued citizenship could enter this place, and any among them who were hostile to me would be immediately eliminated.

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Just like when hunting a group of goblins, all the goblins who were included in the area had their heads blown off.

Is it better than just not having it?

‘I wanted to raise it for no reason at the time, but it’s like catching a mouse while stepping backwards.’

The reason for raising the level of the Maintain Dignity skill was that the efficient function of vassal registration came from this skill.

In fact, I invested skill points in a skill to maintain dignity in the hopes that the limit for vassal registration would go up, but I still vividly remember being discouraged when I only got a completely wrong passive skill.

‘No. Maybe it’s just because the level of the maintenance skill has risen.’

He had already noticed that the dignity maintenance skill had a similar effect. Maybe the effect was strengthened as the level went up.

Either way, the growth of trust and loyalty has accelerated, so raising the skill to maintain dignity was not meaningless at all.

“Then may I ask you right now?”

“Sure!”

Contrary to her sharp first impression, Seo Ye-jin was a very friendly type.

“If possible, please move along the subway tracks.”

“…Are you talking about subway line 1?”

“Yeah. I was thinking of using that route for a rescue operation later.”

That moment.

“No!”

A little taken aback by Seo Ye-jin’s sudden acceleration, I asked her why.

“Why?”

“A monster lives in Seomyeon Station.”

“A monster?”

Seo E-jin nodded with a terrified face.

What kind of monster is it that reacts like that?

“Could you send one mouse to where the monster is?”

“···yes.”

***

Seomyeon Station is surprisingly very wide.

This is because there were long underground shopping malls on both sides, and it was a transfer station where Lines 1 and 2 intersected.

As is the case with transfer stations in Seoul, it was a much larger and more complex structure than a regular subway station.

Like a subway station in a downtown area, it was also an area that was always crowded with people.

But now, Seomyeon Station has become one of the quieter places than anywhere else.

It was because of one existence that nested there.

Deep in history, line 1 track.

Squeak-

Densely sprouted scales of a reptile.

Vertically slit eyes.

A flickering black tongue.

Standing on top of the cold railroad tracks was a huge snake.

The guy who ate all the orcs near Seomyeon Station had a bulging stomach.

That was the reason why Seomyeon Station was so quiet.

All the monsters and humans who entered Seomyeon Station without knowing anything ended up in this guy’s stomach.

The reason I was holding my breath right here was because my stomach was full.

When digestion is complete, it will go back to the ground and eat whatever creature it sees.

Take-

The owner of Seomyeon Station quietly raised his head in the direction of the sound.

Because they sensitively feel the vibrations of the ground, they were already aware of that small existence.

Even so, the reason I didn’t move was because the energy was too precious to move to eat a single rat that wouldn’t even bother the liver.

Besides, befitting his small body, there was no way to catch him if he ran away into the hole.

I wouldn’t know if he voluntarily entered his mouth, but I had no intention of moving to eat that little guy.

Squeak-

But, on the other hand, there was nothing I couldn’t eat if I voluntarily approached it.

As a natural glutton, he eats anything and everything, because he doesn’t cover small prey or large prey.

a little bit closer

a little bit closer

It waited patiently to catch and eat the rat with minimal energy.

The stupid rat kept coming closer to himself, wondering what happened to his head.

little bit more.

Squeak-

As he flicked his tongue, the mouth-watering smell of rats wafted through the damp cellar humidity.

The moment when I couldn’t stand my exploding appetite and tried to move.

squeak-

The rat, who had been approaching fearlessly until now, freaked out and ran away.

The giant snake licked its lips, feeling that it would disappear into the rat hole in an instant.

promised at the same time.

The next time they show up, I’ll attack them right away.

***

“…”

As Seo Ye-jin said, something amazing lived in Seomyeon Station.

To think that a monster with a body length of several tens of meters would be coiled around it.

‘What level does that guy really have?’

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Just looking at his size, he seemed to be well above level 30.

‘Maybe I’ll pass level 40.’

While I was pretending to be serious, Seo Ye-jin opened her mouth first.

“Have you seen Jaehyun? It is better to abandon the idea of using Seomyeon Station.”

yes it was

Because it would have been better to pass through the monsters on the ground than to pass through the place where those monsters were holding out.

“How about skipping one stop and going to Beomnaegol Station? I know the skills of Jaehyun’s co-workers because I’ve seen them. With their skills, they will be able to pass through the road without difficulty.”

Seo Ye-jin was right.

It seemed that Nara would have set up the same strategy as Seo Ye-jin.

‘If it had been before Seo Ye-jin joined.’

Until she joined, there was no way to deal with that monster.

But not now.

I smiled at Seo Ye-jin and said.

“You can go to Room 2701.”

“Yeah?”

“You can stay there from today. Oh, I might have to do some cleaning.”

“Go, thank you.”

In the meantime, more than 800 new people have joined, but there are still many empty rooms.

Because I didn’t give them an empty room.

These were to be returned to the citizens who thoroughly contributed.

Seo Ye-jin deservedly deserved one of them.

“Then let’s go.”

“Yes, rest.”

After sending Seo Ye-jin, I immediately activated construction mode.

‘Installation of solar power generator.’

[Time remaining until solar power generator facility construction is completed]

-23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds

Solar power generation facilities were built in the two newly joined buildings.

Since there was still 350 million won in subsidies left, both units were able to be built for free.

‘This is surprisingly efficient.’

It felt more like that because it was built using support funds.

Because it was money that could only be used for construction anyway.

‘Let’s increase the number of public facilities in the newly joined dong.’

People were taking care of themselves by setting shifts among themselves, eating meals in public facilities, and going to the toilet.

However, two households on the 21st floor were not enough to accommodate nearly 800 people.

‘I’ll have to announce this and that again.’

Fortunately, Kim Da-bin is quite capable, so I didn’t think I had to worry too much about this part.

She was paid a weekly wage in her own way, so Dabin Kim was also passionately taking care of her work.

The weekly wage paid to Kim Da-bin was only 700,000 won, but she was also very satisfied at the moment.

In the current state, it was money that could only be earned by killing 700 goblins. Its value was even more precious in the current situation where goblins were drying up around them.

Right now, she is earning better money than her younger brother Kim Min-ho, so I said everything.

‘I think we should increase the number of people to work.’

Although he didn’t directly appeal to me, I’ve heard him complain of hardships through the eyes of the Absolute several times.

It was natural.

It was because she was working alone for more than 16 hours out of the 24 hours that the public facility was in operation, and Kim Min-ho was watching the other 8 hours.

It was practically abuse.

If there had been a company that operated this way before the end of the world, it would have been accused right away.

‘We need to create a system of at least three shifts. The same goes for new public facilities.’

There was a lot to do.

As I worked on this and that without hesitation, it quickly became the next day.

‘shall we start.’

It was hunting time.

***

Ha Dong-gun’s party was moving to Seomyeon Station via Jeonpo Station.

It was underground, where not a single light came in, but all eight of them were wearing head lanterns, illuminating the path brightly.

“come!”

– Kyaaagh!

It was human-sized bat monsters that took over the subway tracks from Jeonpo Station to Seomyeon Station.

However, they did not pose a threat to Ha Dong-gun’s party.

Wedge love! Fu-wook!

There were also not so many numbers, and it was thanks to the existence of Kim Ga-young, who accurately penetrated the top of the head of the guys whenever they appeared.

After a few battles, the bats completely disappeared.

While quietly following the track, Yoo Hye-rin asked Ga-young Kim.

“sister. By the way, the snake at Seomyeon Station that Jaehyun talked about. Can we really hunt by ourselves?”

“Will it be okay? Jaehyun will summon us in case of emergency.”

“Ah, that’s right. I was worried for nothing.”

All of them knew about summoning vassals.

Even when fighting the enemy, I had stronger faith in him because he was Yoo Hye-rin, who was able to escape safely by summoning a vassal at the perfect timing.

“You don’t have to worry too much.”

At the Ha Dong-gun party, everyone had high trust in Kim Jae-hyun.

Even if things go wrong, you have faith that he will do something.

It was when we finally arrived at Seomyeon Station after the long tunnel.

“Well···.”

The horrors were unfolding there.

One subway was completely off the track and overturned, leaving bloodstains and corpses everywhere.

There were also corpses with traces of being eaten by bats.

“Woo-wook.”

Because of the stench that followed, it was an environment where nausea came out naturally.

Ha Dong-gun said as he picked up the party.

“Move to Line 1.”

I stepped on the collapsed subway and went up into the history.

It was miserable here as well.

There were dead bodies everywhere.

What was strange was that there was not a single monster like Goblin or Orc.

Thanks to this, I was able to easily reach Line 1 along the transfer area.

And.

“!!!”

Ha Dong-gun and his party, who shined the light of the head lantern on Line 1, were frozen as they were.

It was because a monster of enormous size was watching them from inside.

At that moment when everyone froze in the indescribable fear, Kang Deok-soo shouted in fear.

“How can I fight with that kind of thing!”

and that moment.

aaang!

“Ugh!”

“Get down!”

The sound of an explosion that came out of nowhere shook the entire basement.

Beep – – – – Hee hee

Along with the tinnitus, a familiar sound was heard.

Tring!

《Party Quest》

Quest Content: Finishing the giant snake.

Time limit: 10 minutes 00 seconds

Reward: Massive experience points.

Failure Penalty: None.

‘This···? It’s the end?’

Ha Dong-gun slowly got up and looked at the place where the monster had been.

There, a giant snake was gasping for breath.

‘Why are you like that?’

The smoke cleared and what was revealed was the horribly smashed body of a giant snake.

Internal organs were scattered in all directions, as if an explosion had occurred from within.

‘I don’t know how it happened…’

Anyway, it was an opportunity.

Ha Dong-gun lifted his spear and threw it at the head of the giant snake that was still breathing.

Fu-wook!