[Episode 08] Summon Phantasm (2)

The golden light that rose from the air split into eight branches and began to draw beautiful lines.

Within the circle formed by the meeting of the two lines, six lines were moving dizzyingly, carving a splendid pattern.

Chijik­ Chijik-

And picturesque patterns began to be engraved in the empty space created by overlapping patterns.

When those that started at 12 o’clock and spread clockwise filled the empty spaces.

Wow!

Golden light emanated from the magic circle and summoned a golden egg the size of a basketball.

And.

shit

The egg started to crack, and soon it opened completely.

And something small fell from there.

“What?”

Instinctively I reached out and took it.

A small object in the palm of my hand felt a soft touch.

There was a fluffy lump of black downy hair there.

The boy looked up at me with bright eyes.

-Beep?

A cute baby bird was there.

‘The eyes of the absolute.’

“Three-Legged Crow (Lv. 1)”

A three-legged crow divine beast.

He was born with the power of the sun from birth. A baby bird that needs protection because it hasn’t grown yet. It needs good sunlight to grow.

It looked like a black chick.

“hi?”

– Beep!

When I greeted him awkwardly, he responded vigorously.

“What should I call you?”

I didn’t have the affection to call it a three-legged crow, so I wanted to give it a name.

“Since it’s a jet-black crow, how about a crow?”

– Beep! Beep!

As soon as he was born, he was so full of energy that he seemed to keep talking to him while flapping his little wings.

For some reason, I understood that.

“You like it?”

– Beep!

“I’m glad.”

As soon as he was born, he was able to communicate, so he was very clever.

– Beep!

“Are you hungry?”

– Beep!

I thought about whether I should catch a bug or not, but soon realized that this is not what the three-legged crow needs.

I carefully moved to the window of the living room, taking care not to let him fall.

Then he carefully set him down on the floor where the sunlight came in.

OK.

-Beep…

After a good stretch, he closed his eyes and began to bask in the sunlight with his whole body.

“It’s good to sell.”

The boy fell asleep in that position.

Watching the little fellow breathe out evenly made me feel at peace.

[The level of the Three-Legged Crow has risen.]

[The efficiency of solar generators increases by 100%.]

‘Well?’

It is understandable that the level of the three-legged crow rose while receiving sunlight, but the efficiency of the solar generator suddenly increased?

I immediately went into construction mode and checked the solar generator item.

《Solar Generator》

A facility that produces electricity using sunlight.

Depending on the amount of sunlight per day, it produces 80,000 to 100,000 won (+100%) worth of electricity, and the surplus power that is used is returned to the wallet of the absolute owner in every corner of the house.

The amount of electricity produced by solar power generators has doubled.

‘Wait a minute…’

Recently, 10 new buildings were not built with solar power generators.

It’s because I’ve used up almost all of my subsidies.

To be honest, it was a waste to invest 130 million won in a facility that only produces 30 million won in efficiency after a year.

‘But this is a different story.’

If the efficiency continues to increase whenever the level of Cami rises, there is sufficient investment value.

Of course, I wasn’t sure yet.

I couldn’t guarantee that the efficiency of the generator would increase whenever Cami’s level rose.

Then, the alarm appeared once again.

[The level of the Three-Legged Crow has risen.]

[The efficiency of solar generators increases by 100%.]

At once, the efficiency of solar power generators tripled.

’90 million won a year.’

Even if he leveled up a few more times, the speed of recovering his investment would be faster, and his profit would increase as time passed.

After confirming it, I made the choice without hesitation.

‘Build solar power generators in all 10 buildings.’

Tring!

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

-23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds

When I came out of the construction mode, Kami was in a sound sleep.

While Kami took a nap in the sun, I had a busy day.

First, I had to decide where to invest the remaining one skill point.

‘What should I put on the remaining one?’

Now, there were three types of skills with the [+] button left.

The storehouse of the Absolute, the health of the Absolute, the invisible hand.

‘Among these three, the warehouse is the best.’

I wonder if health is meaningful if I raise it honestly.

After all, I was in a position where I couldn’t even step out of the safe corner of the house.

I wondered if it would be useful to say that I became healthier.

‘It’s the same with the invisible hand.’

It was definitely a powerful ability, but what use is it when you can’t get out of the corner of the house?

It was only useful for subduing monsters approaching the area around the house.

‘Still, the warehouse is used in conjunction with the eyes of the absolute.’

But what would be improved by raising the level of the warehouse?

‘It’s better to just keep it and raise the level of the Dignity Maintenance skill or the Eye of the Absolute.’

Having concluded, I immediately left the house.

First of all, I went to room 3001, right next door, and met Hyungjun Choi.

“There is something I would like to ask of you.”

“Yes, Jaehyun. Please feel free to speak.”

“I would like you to take care of a billion.”

“Yeah?”

It was a conclusion made while thinking about tax collection skills, and it was a calculation that it would be beneficial to give money to a reliable citizen and leave it alone.

Although there is a 10% fee for the first donation, after that, it can generate 10% profit regularly every month.

It was Choi Hyeong-joon who was entrusted with the 1 billion won that he decided after thinking about it.

The reason was simple.

『Name: Hyungjun Choi (Lv. 25) [+]

Title: [First Servant]

Reliability: 89 Loyalty: 98

Awakening Ability: Gorilla’s Superpower

★Quest given 』

This is because the reliability and loyalty figures were over the top.

Perhaps because they met frequently, their reliability and loyalty figures had increased to the limit.

‘This is reliable enough.’

I immediately donated 1 billion to him through a quest grant.

[The quest costs 100,030,000 won.]

The 10% fee, 100 million won, and the basic cost of the quest, 30,000 won, were consumed.

“Oh, my God…!”

That moment.

[Citizen Hyungjun Choi’s credibility increases.]

[Citizen Hyungjun Choi’s loyalty increases.]

[Citizen Hyungjun Choi’s loyalty has reached 100.]

[Citizen Hyungjun Choi is already registered as a vassal.]

[The vassal holding limit increases.]

Hyungjun Choi asked carefully.

“Everyone, of course, you shouldn’t be wearing it, right?”

I originally intended to do that.

But I never thought I’d get 100 loyalty with just this.

Considering the value of the vassal possession limit, it was not enough to add 1 billion more.

“You are welcome to use any amount.”

“Me, really?! Thank you thank you!”

Next, he took Hye-rin Yoo to Da-bin Kim and introduced her. In addition, Kim Da-bin was entrusted with full authority over public facility staff.

“Can I really choose?”

“Yeah. It doesn’t matter. Mr. Dabin, please make a team. Since you are the team leader, I will double your weekly wage.”

[Citizen Dabin Kim’s loyalty increases.]

“thank you! We will do our best!”

While watching Kim Da-bin hand over to Yoo Hye-rin, I toured the public facilities for a while. It was seen that the citizens were busy moving.

The people on duty at the restaurant were eating and standing in line to use the bathroom.

‘It must be inconvenient.’

Even though it is a public facility, it was once a common family home.

Accommodating or accommodating a large number of people at once, like a public restroom, was realistically difficult.

Taking a shower is considered a privilege among citizens, so a solution was needed.

‘I can’t just give it to you though.’

If so, the morale of citizens who have worked hard to obtain electricity, water and gas will suffer.

‘Is there no way.’

As I was thinking about it, an idea came to my mind.

‘Can’t I sell it at the canteen?’

I registered the item as a test.

[Electricity license for one day] (10,000 won)

‘It works?’

Intangible values could also be registered.

It was a kiosk method in which electricity was supplied automatically when the corresponding number and number were entered.

‘Let’s make water and gas too.’

It was divided into one-day, one-week, and one-month passes and sold at 10,000 won, 30,000 won, and 100,000 won, respectively.

‘Those who buy will buy.’

Rather than using such inconvenient public facilities, I would rather save money and purchase a license.

‘And···.’

The next thing to be solved was the gun issue.

The idea was to cull out people who could afford guns from among the loyal citizens.

It didn’t take that long because there weren’t that many people who reached 50 reliability and opened their loyalty than expected.

‘All those who meet the conditions are combatants.’

Most of them were in an open state of loyalty, perhaps thanks to the intentional attempt to face the combatants.

Among them, Baek Seung-yeop also had a loyalty of 57, but he was not going to give this guy a pistol.

‘It’s obvious what will happen to this guy’s personality.’

If I gave Baek Seung-yeop a pistol, all I could think of was a campaigning campaign with it.

This is why first impressions are so important.

‘If that happens, the only ones left are Kim Min-ho, Nam Ji-ho, and Shin Yu-ra.’

All of the items produced by registering the S&W M60 were revolvers with the S&W mark, and among them, the M60 was the best.

‘Let’s meet separately later and pay.’

Now, all three of them had gone hunting outside the realm.

‘Seo Ye-jin seems busy…’

Looking at it, he seemed distracted from leading his colleagues.

First of all, I went to Ha Dong-gun’s party waiting in Room 2901.

♩♬―

[The 29th floor.]

[The door opens.]

When I checked with the eyes of the absolute, Kim Da-jeong and Oh Eon-ju, who wrote room 2902, were also gathered in room 2901.

“That snake was level 40?”

“Yeah.”

“Hmm. okay···.”

At Ha Dong-gun’s answer, I saw Oh Eon-joo with a bitter expression on his face.

He probably remembered the contents of the quest I showed him back then.

clap.

Then, when I opened the door and went in, the people who were taking a break all stood up and greeted me.

“Everyone worked hard today. Are you feeling better?”

“yes~.”

“It’s perfectly fine.”

“I haven’t done much, what.”

He smiled at those who answered jokingly and continued talking.

“Thanks to the monsters at Seomyeon Station, the surrounding area has become a monster-free zone. Especially on the subway tracks.”

Currently, Seomyeon Station was the same as Muju Gongsan.

The owner, Kingsnake, is dead, but the fact has not spread widely yet.

The monsters would be avoiding the role of Seomyeon as usual.

“There were almost no monsters until Beomnaegol and Beomil Station near Seomyeon Station.”

It was a fact that Seo Ye-jin had already confirmed.

It was hard to find even a single monster near the two or three stations, probably because he was sitting on the track of Line 1, coiled up.

“Now is your chance. You have to move first before other monsters take it.”

Today, seeing Yoo Hye-rin crying and asking me for a favor, I realized one thing.

It was the fact that the people in front of me were risking their lives to fulfill my request.

So now they were entrusting their lives to me.

It was fortunate that Seo Ye-jin joined in and knew about the monster in Seomyeon Station in advance, otherwise it would have been quite dangerous.

Now, the outside world was really a place where it wouldn’t be strange to die at any time.

I know at least that my desire for the safety of my family and my desire to save them is greed.

‘Nevertheless.’

Although the price of their lives weighed heavily on my shoulders.

“Tomorrow, I would like you to go directly to Jagalchi Station.”

I couldn’t give up.