[Episode 01] Absolutes everywhere (3)

It’s been a week since I luckily hunted Kelican and gained new skills while leveling up my skills.

“Buy Jin Ramen Mild Flavor.”

[Do you really want to buy?]

[Yes No]

“Yes.”

Gee-

A bag of five gin ramen mild flavors appeared where the light from the shop window stayed.

I lifted it up and checked the expiration date.

‘The expiration date has been pushed back from what I bought a few days ago.’

It was exactly three days behind the expiration date written on the bag of ramen that I ate this morning.

‘As expected, it comes out updated by the expiration date.’

Among the newly acquired skills, the most useful was by far the ‘Shop of the Absolute in every corner’ skill.

A skill that allows you to buy as much as you want by registering the necessary items in the store.

In fact, it was thanks to this skill that I could not starve to death.

‘It’s a bit disappointing that only 10 can be registered, but…’

There were a few things I found out while using the store.

Only 10 items can be registered, or items registered once cannot be deleted.

And

‘Even the fact that the condition of the item sold at the store is determined by the condition of the first item scanned.’

For example, when I first registered at the store, the shelf life of ramen was 3 months.

Perhaps that’s why all the ramen purchased at the store came out with an expiration date of 3 months from the current date.

So, it was said that the product came out in exactly the same condition as the ramen at the time of registration at the store.

‘Well, it’s because I can eat enough of it in three months.’

Ramen was the best in the current situation where there were no side dishes and delivery was impossible.

shiver

I got water in a pot, put it on the gas stove, and turned on the heat.

thump thump

After confirming that the fire was lit, I added soup stock and soup powder and waited for the water to boil.

My lunch today.

“Is it ramen~ is it ramen oh~ ramen…”

I stopped humming the song and fell into a sense of shame for a while.

“…”

Now that the world is doomed and you don’t even know if your parents are alive or dead right now, you’re eating well and humming songs at home.

Even in a house that my parents invested all their property in.

“ha-.”

bubbling

I still have to eat and live.

I put noodles in the sound of boiling water.

I blankly watched the ramen, then stirred the noodles with my chopsticks.

And at the right time I cracked an egg.

After a while, the ramen, which was transferred to a bowl at the optimal timing, reached its peak in the chewiness of the noodles.

After repeating this for several days, he had developed quite a knack for it.

slurp

It was a taste that did not disappoint, but I felt that it was lacking by 2% somewhere.

‘Am I getting tired of eating ramen every day?’

It’s already been over 3 years since I lived alone, but it was the first time I’ve eaten only ramen for such a long time in a row.

Usually, once a week, my mom would come over to my house.

Even when I was told to just stay and go, my mom always cleaned the house, made side dishes, or cooked curry.

When Mom came and went, the refrigerator was always full of food, and I only had to cook.

In order to eat all the side dishes before they go bad, there was little need to boil ramen.

“···mom.”

It’s only been a week since I couldn’t eat the side dishes my mother made, so why do I miss the taste so much?

I didn’t miss it this much in the military either.

pop.

A tear fell out of nowhere.

I thought blankly as I wiped my face.

‘Is my hair going to taste?’

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Just a moment ago, she sang while cooking ramen, and now shed tears with ramen in her mouth.

Even looking at it, my own mental state didn’t look so good.

‘I have to keep my mind straight.’

There was half of the ramen left, but I had no appetite.

‘I’ll have to throw it away.’

Food waste.

Originally, I had to keep it out as much as possible, and if there was one, I had to collect it and release it later, but now I have a different method.

“The warehouse is open.”

Opening the warehouse, I looked at the bowl of ramen and ordered.

“Keep the contents in the bowl. Everything from the noodles, soup, and ingredients.”

[Would you like to keep it in the warehouse?]

“yes.”

The light from the warehouse illuminated the bowl of ramen, and the inside of the bowl was emptied cleanly as if the dishes had been washed.

In this way, leftovers could be stored.

Through various experiments, it was found that food does not mix or spoil in the warehouse.

‘It’s kind of useful. If we run out of food, we can eat it.’

After finishing the meal, I roughly rinsed the dishes and piled them in the sink.

-son! I have to wash the dishes every now and then!

Seeing the dishes piled up like a mountain reminded me of my mother’s nagging voice every time, and I became depressed again.

“Whoa. Shop open.”

[A shop of absolutes in every corner]

Classic Nonslip Dumbbell 3kg (16,990 KRW)

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Jin Ramen Mild Flavor (3,100 won)

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Jeju Samdasoo, 2L, 12ea (12,400 KRW)

Gomgom Korean Rice 5kg (14,890 KRW)

Gomgom Special Ranch, 10 balls (3,950 won)

Easy-to-digest milk, 930ml, 2 sticks (6,220 KRW)

Yangban Olive Seaweed 24 Bags (9,800 KRW)

Canola Oil, 900ml, 2ea (12,330 KRW)

Ottogi Tomato Ketchup, 500g (3,350 KRW)

Tangerine peel (300 won)

ᚠAmount held: KRW 1,893,340

▶Item registration

A total of 10 items are currently registered in the store.

Starting with dumbbells registered to catch goblins, ramen, water, rice, eggs, milk, seaweed, and cooking oil were all registered only for daily necessities.

Then, the trace of the first mistake he made was ‘half-left ketchup’.

‘I just thought it would be a new product if I registered it at the store.’

But I never thought that the title ‘half left’ would stick.

The ketchup I bought as a test was really a used ketchup that was half left in its condition when I registered it.

It could be said that it was fortunate that the store registered a new product that had not been opened before registering ketchup.

And the very last item in the store.

Tangerine peel (300 won)

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Just looking at that makes my blood pressure rise.

After confirming that ketchup was registered in an incomplete state, I tried registering tangerine peels with a futile experimental spirit.

It was done out of pure curiosity, ‘Will this trash be registered?’

“A sick bastard.”

The price of curiosity was great.

Right after that, when I tried to register my shampoo, I had to see the notification [Items can no longer be registered in the store.].

‘I should have been more careful.’

I hated the past me for acting thoughtlessly, but I couldn’t help what had already happened.

‘it’s okay. Seeing that shop skills also have levels, there must be a way to level them up. Then the number of items that can be registered will increase.’

It doesn’t make sense that only 10 items can be registered in a subject with the name of an absolute shop.

Things like shampoo and conditioner weren’t immediately necessary anyway, and there were also new products that hadn’t been opened.

‘It would be nice if I could level up before opening new products.’

Only then will you be able to purchase the whole thing.

At that time, I was thinking about this and that while staring at the shop window.

“uh?”

ᚠAmount held: KRW 1,893,339

I obviously didn’t do anything, but the holding amount decreased by 1 won.

“What?”

After thinking about it, I came to a conclusion.

‘···Dignity maintenance skills also cost money.’

electricity, gas and water.

It seemed that money had to be spent to maintain these.

The reason the money went out even though I was doing nothing was probably because the refrigerator was running.

‘It’s a big deal.’

There are a lot of things to do with money, but there was no way to earn money.

Goblin hunting was the only way to make money right now, and now that’s impossible.

‘You damn goblin bastards.’

Even if the goblins were smart, they were too fast.

On the day I hunted a few animals by dropping dumbbells, the evil spell towards me moved and ran away for a while.

Thanks to that, the number of goblins I’ve hunted in the past week is only 13.

Most of them were hunted on the first day.

After the goblins moved their residence, they only managed to catch 2.

‘It’s too inefficient.’

On the first day, it was pretty exciting.

If I bought a set of dumbbells for 16,990 won and killed two goblins, I could get about 5,000 won back.

The reason I was able to catch the dumbbell-throwing goblins was because the goblins were crowded under the living room window.

Thanks to that, I was able to hit it no matter how I threw it.

‘But now, should I throw ten and catch one?’

That’s like spending 170,000 won to catch one goblin.

In this way, the 2,000,000 won that he had earned while hunting the Kelican had no choice but to be consumed quickly.

‘If that happens, it’s the end.’

If the money is used up, not only the food, but also the skills to maintain the dignity of the absolute will be cut off.

‘Damn it. Is there anyone I can catch?’

In the past, if you looked down the apartment walkway, you could see goblins in groups of several, but now the frequency was too low.

I had to look out the window all day to find one or two groups, but the number of goblins that came within range to kill by dropping a dumbbell could be counted on one hand.

‘Thankfully, some goblins came to visit because of that.’

A piece of Kelican’s corpse left behind by the goblins.

Because of that, a group of goblins came to visit a few times.

However, it was not possible to hunt by summoning a dumbbell from the warehouse as it was far from the place where the body of Kellican was located, and he had to throw the dumbbell himself.

Of course, the accuracy is absurdly low.

‘I can’t see any of them today.’

Moreover, the situation was only getting worse.

I didn’t see a group of goblins all day yesterday and today, as if rumors had spread among the goblins.

‘I have to find a way.’

Something groundbreaking was needed.

‘For example, a Kelican flying in and crashing into a window.’

Looking back, it was really luck.

‘If it wasn’t for that, I would have slowly dried up.’

If there was no large amount of experience points to raise the skill level, the store and maintenance skills would not have been awakened, and by now all the food that was considered food would have been consumed.

Maybe he was eating raw rice.

‘Oh, where can’t a stupid kelican pass by?’

It may sound carefree in this situation, but the sky seen from the high-rise apartment was clear without a single cloud.

“The weather is nice.”

It was then.

“…?”

From the other side of the cold blue sky, something appeared like a black dot.

It got bigger and bigger and quickly became the size of a fist.

‘That one?’

Only then did he discover its true identity.

I had seen the exact same thing about a week ago.

‘Kelican!’

It was a giant monster bird, Kelican.

A situation I’ve been imagining several times over the past week.

How to act has already been decided.

“aaagh! It’s here! This monster aaa!”

He opened the living room window and vigorously waved his arms.

I screamed loudly and even ran around so he could find me.

‘please!’

With a sincere heart.

“It’s here! here-! You fucking monster!”

attracted aggro.

And it was successful.

‘done!’

Eyes met with the guy.

The guy was flying right in this direction.

‘nice!’

If the excited Kelican hits this place, the game is over.

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Just like that time, I’ll faint and fall to the floor.

Now there were no goblins to suffocate Kelican, but there was no problem.

‘Because I can finish with dumbbells myself.’

A Kelican was flying toward me at breakneck speed.

But unlike last time, I didn’t feel the fear. My heart just swelled with anticipation.

‘If you catch that one, it’s a 100% level up.’

Even that guy was bigger than the guy I saw back then.

Of course, the level will be higher too.

Then the experience will be much better and more money will be given.

It was absolutely amazing.

“Come on, you son of a bitch!”

It was the time when I was provoking him with all my might.

flutter!

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Just before it hit the window, a strong gust of wind blew.

“Ugh!”

When I close and open my eyes due to a sudden gust of wind.

“······what?”

The figure of the man had disappeared without a trace.

‘What is this…?’

Where the hell did you go

Then, all of a sudden, I got goosebumps.

‘no way?’

I slowly lifted my head, and my eyes met Kelican, who was standing upright on the roof of the apartment building, looking down at me.