Damn System

Episode 34

Chapter 8 Monitor (2)

“Don’t you have to make contact somehow before you hit someone else! What more do you think this bastard knows?”

Receiving Martin’s sharp gaze, Brian lowered his head.

“If you ever need financial help, they say they will support it too, just ask for anything! Do everything you ask! And bring me here by next week!”

When Martin yelled, Brian and Lily quickly responded.

“Yes sir!”

“get out!”

After the two got up and left, Martin picked up the paper again.

「Title: Damn System 1 (869) – Creator: K

Content: Sharing some information for gameplay on behalf of this damn system that doesn’t even provide proper information.

Before I explain, I want to say that there is no automation in this game.

Practice is essential in order to use the mana acquired through hunting and the skills purchased at the store.

Throw away the illusion that you can just shout out the skill name like a normal online game.

The description of the game will be largely divided into magic and monsters.

1. mana.

1) How to use and effect by step

It is estimated that the mana that can be obtained by repeating missions can be ‘recognized’ when at least 50 is achieved.

After recognizing it, if you can circulate magic within your body, ‘management management’ becomes possible.

This means that you can acquire skills without going through the store.

It will be automatically created in the skill tab, so I hope no one stupidly pays 500 mana in the shop.

When mana can be operated, the body’s abilities are dramatically strengthened.

Think of it as the minimum level that allows you to relatively safely clear level 1 missions.

It is recommended not to challenge the mission until you can use it freely.

Keep in mind that even if you act useless without being up to the standard, you will end up in the same situation as the dead.

Collect them if your magic power is below 50. Mana can also be obtained through plants.

Or should I fill the mission paper with 10 people? If two or three people act as decoys properly, hunting will be possible with less than 100 mana.

The content related to hunting will be covered in more detail in the monster part.

Mana management is followed by ‘materialization’.

This is distinguished in two ways: overlaying on the body and overlaying on objects. The latter is more difficult.

Once mana is taken out of the body and concentrated on a specific part, destructive power, attack power, and even defense power are all strengthened.

You can break a cement wall with your magically enchanted hands… … .」

What was written there was a guide to playing this game.

* * *

Dozens of monitors projected images of people from multiple angles.

It was Ethan who returned to his dorm.

“The pupils are dilated. It looks like you are using the system window.”

“As the movement of the eyes continues, it is likely to be a community or store service with a high proportion of visual activities.”

“It seems like I spend more time using the system window than what I said… … .”

David, who was watching Ethan on the monitor, asked.

“Why didn’t you report it?”

“Because I can’t report on guesswork.”

It was Selena, the deputy director, who answered that question.

“I would have told you to tell me if there was something strange, right?”

“Doesn’t that mean that there was nothing strange about not telling it?”

David’s eyebrows twitched at the repeated reply.

‘Would you like to come out like this?’

To block information by blocking those who directly observe Edan and spend time with him.

I know there are people inside the organization who don’t agree with their ways.

But I never thought I’d show my hostility so blatantly.

‘Fools.’

David secretly glanced at Selena. It’s really stupid.

The players are monsters who have broken all human records that have been tempered to the limit during the tutorial.

Moreover, their self-healing ability is one step higher than that of humans.

There is an environment where you can ‘grow’ without stopping there.

Can we really see them as human beings?

‘Absolutely not.’

As long as it is out of the human realm, it is nothing more than a monster covered in human skin.

They should be removed before they grow any further.

Not only the Prime Minister, but also Selena and other agents are talking about human rights and whatnot.

‘Tsk.’

It was when I clicked my tongue into David.

“Chief!”

An agent looking desperate broke into the room where Ethan was being monitored.

“Kay posted on the community.”

David’s eyes widened slightly.

He held out his hand, and the agent handed over an A4 sheet.

David’s brow wrinkled slightly as he read everything written there.

As the new tutorial progresses, I’m about to discover other players through and through.

Thanks to this, I was able to check the contents of the community more accurately.

‘I can’t help it because that monster is uncooperative.’

This is because Ethan had refused to type in all the contents of the community.

I’m so busy just digesting training, when will I finish it?

So, if something important caught my eye, it was at the level of verbal delivery.

‘If he intentionally left out anything, I can confirm it.’

It was the first time that players could see the world properly.

David’s eyebrows crinkled finely at the thought of the community.

‘It’s a place teeming with little monsters.’

My head hurts already.

How many dangerous elements will come out of them?

Who is the most dangerous of them all?

“Tsk.”

David, this time openly tongue-in-cheek, said, putting the paper aside.

“No results from the search?”

“Yes, the field of candidates is too broad.”

“Assume you are Asian for now, then continue researching.”

According to what is known so far, Kei is making unrivaled results alone.

He is the most dangerous player.

“He is like a bomb. It must be found and monitored.”

As a result of surveillance, if it is judged that he is a person who will cause harm to his country.

‘I have to kill him.’

Fear, contempt, and disgust mingled in David’s eyes as he stared at Ethan and another player through the surveillance camera.

* * *

Even when I came out after washing, I was worried about how to explain it.

Jaehyuk didn’t ask anything.

He must have wondered what happened, but his attitude was no different than usual.

It was silence only for me. I am very grateful for that today.

However, the boy’s offer to take him was rejected.

Because I wanted to organize my thoughts while walking.

So, I set out on the road while using invisibility.

Unfortunately, unlike the plan, I couldn’t carry on with my thoughts.

“It has indirectly contributed to increasing the survival rate of players. Fame will increase by 0.3.”

“It has indirectly contributed to increasing the survival rate of players. Fame will increase by 0.3.」

“It has indirectly contributed to increasing the survival rate of players. Fame will increase by 0.3.”

… … .

The alarm sounded to the point where the goal was ringing.

The fact that fame is accumulating is annoying to the point that it is no longer pleasant.

“Whoa… … .”

I let out a sigh and muttered with my teeth clenched.

“Please update your notification sound settings, you system bastard.”

Apparently, the voyeur pervert system is trying to kill me with a notification sound.

Otherwise, there’s no way all of the thousands of notifications will pop up.

Feeling the urge to plug my ears, I checked the post on the community.

‘There are already 3,000 comments.’

I didn’t have the courage to check the far-out number of comments one by one.

So I just returned to the main page of the community.

The reason I did this, as I had never disclosed any information before, was because of my reputation.

‘Reputation points can be collected by doing actions written on the achievement list.’

So I checked the list, and for some reason, I found a sentence that I didn’t know.

“Any action that increases the player’s survival rate by directly or indirectly participating in the crisis without ignoring the crisis of other players.”

For some reason, it seemed like it was aimed at me.

Did I guess because my conscience was pricked, or did this system really shoot me?

Nothing was certain, but it was clear what I was supposed to do.

I culled information to post to the community, and in the end, my choice was correct.

Because the notifications that plastered the message window are still going on.

After posting that post, my reputation score was accumulating at an alarming rate.

‘Already 1593.’

The number of views of the post has already exceeded 5,000.

Every time a certain player views your posts, 0.3 reputation is accumulated.

Considering the number of players, it means that you can collect more than 2,000 reputations with just one post.

Looking at the reputation figures and the number of views of the posts, I felt relieved for some reason.

Laughter flowed out of him.

“under.”

I was thinking of ruthlessly shaking off the uneasy feeling.

Because there is no need to go carrying unnecessary burdens in a situation where life comes and goes.

A good heart and actions are not very helpful for me to survive.

So I didn’t do it even though I could solve this information at any time.

If it hadn’t been for the reputation associated with store discounts, I wouldn’t be writing.

I obviously acted to reap the benefits after a cool calculation.

However, like all people living in the world, I am also a gray person who can’t help it.

“Whoa.”

It seems to have been left in my heart without knowing it.

So, as soon as I posted, I must have felt relieved.

‘If not all, some will survive.’

My heart was at ease, and my reputation was built up.

The gains from this incident were by no means light, and that is more than enough to help me play this game.

That’s enough. I took my eyes off the post and focused on the chat window with Ethan.

– Ethan Rembrone: A discount… … The higher the reputation, the easier it is to reinforce skills and equipment.

I was about to explain about fame to Ethan, who found my post and sent a chat.

– Ethan Lembron: If you look at the achievement list, it seems that a lot of things are focused on player survival. Why does the system treat this part specially?

– K: Whatever the reason, it’s clear that there’s a way to use it. Do what you think you can do on the achievement list in advance.

– Ethan Lembron: Yes, I’ll think about how to make a feat. Even otherwise, the price of the potion was burdensome, but it’s nice that it’s discounted.

– K: That’s right, in the long run, the potions won’t be cheap.

In fact, I myself have already bought three bundles of potions.

In terms of price alone, 450 mana was absolutely not a small number.

If you pile up and pile up, it will soon become a thousand units, ten thousand units.

Because mana doesn’t help increase power, it’s just consumed.

‘Reputation is a means to reduce magical expenditure.’

The more magic you have, the better your chances of surviving. So, you need to save even more money.

‘I need an attacking machine soon.’

In order to do that, you have to work hard to gather real mana.

It wasn’t long after I pondered over my future steps and organized my conversation with Ethan.

And just as I was about to close the community window to check out the store, I saw an eye-catching post.

「Title: The password is the reward for 1st place in the tutorial – Author: Sultan」

When I clicked on it, a window popped up asking me to enter my password.

After hesitating for a moment, I typed in five question marks.

Then I came across something unexpected.

「Content: Yesterday suddenly ????? The trait is gone, does anyone have any info on this? Even if I think about it alone, I don’t think the answer will come out, so I hope we can exchange opinions.”

‘yesterday?’

The exact time frame was not mentioned.

Even so, I stopped walking and was locked in my thoughts.

‘What does this mean?’

He said that the question mark trait had disappeared, but I was activated on the contrary.

‘Activate characteristics, support type, search, update, NIS, bounty mission, tutorial 1st place reward… … .’

There was a memory that came to mind while rolling around a few fragmentary information.

“monitor… … .”

I didn’t let go of the passing thoughts and held on tight.

I also thought about the monitor when the question mark trait was activated.

The question mark trait functions as a monitor, so when the trait is inactive, the system can only see what’s going on around you relative to you.

Then why is this question mark characteristic only given to the number one?

‘There is a saying that the leaves that are called up are different from the sprout.’

What if that’s why you were concentrating on observing only those who placed first during the tutorial?

But if you think like that, there are parts that don’t make sense.

If the question mark attribute is a monitor role, why did it disappear from the other No. 1?

‘If that feature is a device for finding and updating game errors, wouldn’t it be better to have more points of observation?’

In fact, the system gave the question mark trait to others besides me.

But what the hell is the reason for getting rid of it now?

It was also around the time that the characteristic in question was activated on my side.

‘Looking at this problem alone, it seems like an absurd speculation that it’s a monitor… … .’

Moreover, it is unlikely that the system will ever need a monitor.

Shouldn’t the game manager be able to look at the players holistically?

Why would you attach a monitor to observe only a specific number of people?

Assuming the question mark attribute was a monitor, there were too many situations where it didn’t fit.

But it was embarrassing to say no.