[Episode 08] Summon Phantasm (1)

The S&W M60 was a 38-caliber revolver and was one of the representative firearms used by the Korean police.

Of course, it was rarely used in practice.

It was only a pistol, but that alone would change a lot.

‘I can’t display it at the canteen.’

There were many advantages to displaying a gun.

Right now, people’s hunting for monsters will become a little more active.

It’s not uncommon for ordinary people below level 10 to catch orcs.

Even monsters that were more powerful than that were worth trying if there were several citizens with guns.

‘As much as that, the experience points and settlements earned by citizens will increase exponentially.’

However, there was one downside that was just as big as the upside. That’s just too dangerous.

‘It’s hard to trust all citizens.’

The way I now accept citizens has been haphazard.

That means there are no standards.

The reason I accepted everything without any verification was because I was confident in controlling them no matter what happened. As the population of citizens increased, there were many advantages.

But when you’re carrying a gun, things are a little different.

‘There’s no guarantee that none of these people have problems.’

It was obvious what would happen if unverified people were allowed to own guns.

Envy, resentment, jealousy.

Accidents will happen for any reason, and in the worst case, people could die.

Extremely speaking, giving a gun to someone with a mental illness is bound to lead to catastrophe.

‘It should be given out only to verified people.’

The criterion was simple.

‘It should only be given to loyal people. Among them, we filter out those who need to be filtered out.’

Outright discrimination might cause complaints, but it was better than having an accident.

If you only give firearms to highly loyal personnel, you will be able to expect the effect of inducing an increase in trust or loyalty to some extent.

‘The person to be given first has already been decided.’

A person with no mental problems, high loyalty, and the ability to maximize the use of firearms.

Moon Byeong-ho was given a pistol and 100 live ammunition that he had bought at the store.

Gee-

Mun Byeong-ho, who was suddenly greeted with a gun and live ammunition, bowed his head toward the air.

‘It’s not there.’

I bowed my head in the wrong direction, not the one I was looking at, but I think it was enough if the meaning was conveyed.

Ha Dong-gun’s party followed the mouse’s guidance and quickly arrived at the shelter where the survivors were hiding, and brought them back without any major problems.

“I think we’ll be there soon, shall we go down together?”

“Jaehyun too?”

“I want to go for a walk after a long time.”

I went down with Seo Ye-jin and took a deep breath as I walked down the trail.

“Sup- ha ha.”

the air is nice

As the area of each corner of the house increased rapidly, the walking trail was included.

It was a new feeling, perhaps because it was my first time seeing him in about a month.

[Unauthorized target attempts to enter.]

It seems that the thirty-five survivors saved by Ha Dong-gun’s party have arrived at the main gate.

[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?]

‘Propose.’

Thirty-five more citizens joined like that.

‘Isn’t there this time too.’

I checked the citizen information window one by one, but not a single person had the ability to awaken.

In addition to them, there were no Awakeners among the 200 or so newly joined citizens who devour 10 dongs by leveling up.

As much as that, the Awakener was a rare talent, and among them, a talent with A-class ability like Seo Ye-jin could be said to be more valuable.

‘Awakening ability could not be granted even as a quest reward.’

I’ve already tried it.

I tried to give the awakening ability to Nam Ji-ho, who had the best performance among the citizens, but it said ‘impossible quest reward’.

It was nailed down as an impossible quest reward rather than a notification of lack of money.

‘That person’s natural essence must be that he can’t do anything about it.’

So, the only way to turn an ordinary person into an Awakener was to register as a vassal.

However, since even vassal registration was a system that favored awakened people, it would be correct to assume that there are innate genes.

‘Let’s think slowly. After all, there is only one slot left that can be registered as a vassal.’

It was already filled with ten people.

The only thing left is that Byeong-ho Moon has a loyalty of 100 and has increased by one digit.

‘It should be a bit difficult to make 100 loyalty.’

He deliberately tried to increase the time he spent face-to-face with Ha Dong-gun’s party, but he did not think of increasing his loyalty beyond a certain level.

To be honest, it seemed difficult to achieve 100 loyalty unless there was a special event like Moon Byeong-ho.

Thirty-five citizens who received new citizenship passed through the main gate and walked here.

They seemed preoccupied with looking around the apartment complex.

“mom! Yeo Jin!”

Seo Ye-jin ran and was embraced by her family.

“Yes Jin! Where did you go without a word? Do you know how worried your mother was?”

“I’m sorry, Mom.”

Even though they were only a day apart, the mother and daughter were having a tearful reunion.

Seeing it made me think of my mother.

“Great! Sister smells good! Did you take a shower?”

“yes. There is hot water and you can take a bath.”

“really?”

“Sure. I have a bed and I can eat warm rice.”

Hearing Seo Ye-jin’s words, the rest of the survivors could see the anticipation on their faces.

I said to Seo Ye-jin.

“Yejin.”

“Yeah?”

“Room 2701 was given to Seo Ye-jin. Seo Ye-jin, you can use it however you like, but it will be a bit cramped to accommodate all over 30 people.”

“ah······.”

Seo Ye-jin, realizing the meaning of my words, looked at the faces of the people she had been responsible for so far with a confused expression.

“Then what should I do…”

“I will give you three more empty rooms. Seo Ye-jin is worth it.”

“Oh, thank you!”

When more than 10 people share a house, supplying electricity, water, and gas was a common condition for other citizens.

In fact, there were quite a few citizens who lived together, enduring discomfort because of this condition.

“You can use rooms 2402, 2301, and 1902 in the same building.”

“I will do my best!”

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

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

Starting with Seo Ye-jin,

[Citizen Hong Dal-rae’s credibility increases significantly.]

[Citizen Seo Yeo-jin’s credibility has greatly increased.]

[Citizen Lee Seung-jun’s credibility increases.]

[The reliability of the limited number of citizens increases.]

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Notifications that citizens’ trust had risen were exploding.

‘It definitely has changed.’

There has never been a time before when the trust of the citizens rose to a heap.

It was when people gathered at Hyungjun Choi’s house to hunt down a group of goblins.

The moment he showed his abilities, such as summoning water or food, the trust of the people nearby had risen to a heap.

‘But there was no case where it went up ‘largely’.’

Now, I only said a word, but my trust was rising rapidly.

It was clear that it was an effect that occurred as the level of the Dignity Maintenance skill increased.

‘Come to think of it, I just raised the level and couldn’t confirm it.’

An interesting feature was added to the Dignity Maintenance skill, which reached level 4.

ᛇReturn Management (0/10)

‘Well···?’

Upon checking, there was a button that could summon a phantom beast.

[Phantom Beast Summon] (1,000,000,000 won)

‘······10 billion?’

Apparently, the newly added function was a money-eating hippo.

It was then.

“Jaehyun. Are you okay for a moment?”

It was Yoo Hye-rin.

“What happened?”

“I have something to tell you.”

“Please speak.”

“that···.”

After confirming that Hye-rin Yoo was paying attention to the others, she said.

“Thank you all for your hard work. Go up and rest.”

Seo Ye-jin’s group was busy dividing the number of people to use the three rooms, and Ha Dong-gun’s party was completely absent.

After sending them off, I told Yoo Hye-rin.

“Shall we take a walk for a while?”

“A walk… yes, I like it.”

Hyerin Yoo and I walked for a while without speaking, and after a few minutes, she spoke first.

“I···.”

He said to her who hesitated for a while.

“You can speak comfortably.”

“Yes, then…”

Yoo Hye-rin said with her head bowed.

“I’m really sorry, but I want to leave the party.”

It was as expected.

The feeling that what is to come has come.

She continued as if making excuses.

“My ability… I don’t have a presence in the party, and I wonder if it’ll be okay without me…”

I spoke as kindly as possible towards her who was talking nonsense as if she had committed a crime.

“You can be honest.”

Hyerin Yoo then bit her lip, then closed her eyes tightly and said.

“scary!”

Her emotions, once uttered, flowed out like a rapid-fire cannon.

“I am so scared. I was afraid of goblins, fighting orcs, and the giant snake.”

Emotions that burst out quickly turned into tears.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I am a useless human being. They chose me at best, but I couldn’t live up to their expectations… Whoops.”

That kind of feeling had been there before.

Even when she went to rescue Moon Byeong-ho’s grandmother, to be honest, Yoo Hye-rin’s performance was almost non-existent.

In the last chase with the enemy, he almost fell and died, and there was nothing special to do when subjugating the orcs.

Poison fog itself is an ability that can cause damage to teammates if it is wrong, so it is difficult to use.

My physical ability improved and my ability to shoot a bow improved a lot, but if it was helpful, well.

Even Kim Geon was helping the team with reconnaissance using Kkamangi, but she was unable to do anything.

He would know better than anyone else that he was objectively useless for the party.

Yoo Hye-rin is definitely risking her life to accompany the party, but the result is not good, so I can’t help but feel sick.

It seemed that they piled up and exploded during today’s encounter with the giant snake.

“Oh. Whoops.”

Perhaps it was a lot of hard work, Hye-rin Yoo cried sadly.

She felt more anger and embarrassment than fear.

I said in a casual tone.

“Good for you. It was just when I needed a hand.”

“Ouch. yes···?”

“You know Dabin Kim from the 21st floor public facility, right? It was very difficult to handle the work. I guess it’s because I’m trying to do everything by myself.”

“Sniff.”

“I plan to create and operate public facilities in each neighborhood as well as there. That’s why I needed someone I could trust and entrust the work to.”

Hyerin Yoo, covered in tears and mucus, was looking up at me with a sob.

He reached out his hand to her and said.

“I think I can trust Yoo Hye-rin and entrust the work to me. Can you help me?”

It was a time when I honestly thought it was a bit of a waste to register her as a vassal while teasing and appeasing Yoo Hye-rin.

[Citizen Hyerin Yoo’s loyalty increases.]

[Citizen Hyerin Yoo’s loyalty has reached 100.]

[Citizen Hyerin Yoo is already registered as a vassal.]

[The vassal holding limit increases.]

‘this?’

I never thought I’d get 100 loyalty points for something insignificant.

“Ahhh.”

The moment I approached to soothe her who was crying like a child with both hands covering her face, she suddenly came into my arms.

“I will work hard! Just leave it to us! Black.”

I was taken aback for a moment, but then I patted her back lightly until she calmed down.

“You have worked hard all this time.”

“Huh, I will do my best!”

“Yes Yes.”

After barely calming down, he took her to room 2901 and returned home.

And then I tried to press a button.

[Phantom Beast Summon] (1,000,000,000 won)

‘Wouldn’t it be nice to try?’

Every feature that has appeared so far has been useful, and everything that costs money is worth it.

Besides, it wasn’t that I was short of money now.

‘Yeah, let’s do something. Summon a phantom beast!’

[1,000,000,000 won is consumed for the summoning cost.]

Ugh-