Damn System

Episode 36

Chapter 8 Monitor (4)

“Who are the party members?”

“Oh, sister Barney? it’s under You don’t have to come all the way up, do you?”

“That’s right.”

“Your sister has been waiting for you for a long time.”

“me?”

Before I could ask why, Kim Yul, who had arrived on the first basement floor, opened the door in front of me.

“Nuna, benefactor is here!”

Benefactor? Fearing to say something, he frowned and met the eyes of the woman on the other side of the door.

Short hair that barely reached the chin.

Lips stubbornly closed.

He appears to be about 170 cm tall.

Overall, she was a woman with a cold and hard impression.

But for some reason, the eyes looking at me were hot.

‘what?’

Why are you looking at me like that?

It was a completely incomprehensible situation.

Thanks to this, there was no sign of straightening the once wrinkled impression.

As I followed Kim Yul into the mirror room, my mood was on the unpleasant side.

No matter how much I wore a hat and mask, it wasn’t nice to see it so blatantly.

“Nice to meet you, Yang Hye-won. My code name is Bunny Girl, and I am 23 years old this year.”

As the distance got closer, Yang Hye-won reached out her hand and started introducing herself.

“Ah yes.”

I replied in a bitter voice and shook hands lightly.

Right after that, Yang Hye-won, who had been staring at me intently, began pulling something out of her pocket.

“You may be embarrassed, but I wanted to say thank you when I met you.”

I suddenly wanted to say thank you.

While my expression crumpled even more, Yang Hye-won abruptly held out the object in my hand.

What she was holding was her resident registration card and some paper.

I looked into it because I wanted something, and I saw a word that was really out of the blue.

‘Family Relations Certificate?’

Why is this coming out of my pocket?

Scary to feel doubt, one of the names written on the family relationship certificate caught my eye.

“… … Baejun Yang?”

As I muttered the familiar name, Yang Hye-won answered.

“This is my brother.”

Today, as always, the opportunity to curse the system came.

* * *

Yang Bae-Jun, code name Assah.

It was a player who resisted Han Chang-sik until the end and was shot dead.

The silence that came after knowing that he and Yang Hye-won were related was only for a moment.

“I heard that it was Kei who brought us the video of Han Chang-sik. Thanks to you, what happened to my brother… … .”

“We start practicing materialization right away. Because I want to finish it quickly.”

I didn’t listen to Yang Hye-won’s words as she tried to explain her feelings in detail.

It was obviously unfortunate that a family member died in this game, but there is nothing I can do about it.

‘Expressing condolences doesn’t mean that the dead will come back to life.’

Moreover, the story of Han Chang-sik was also a topic I wanted to avoid.

“… … I guess I was short-tempered. Let’s begin.”

When I clicked my tongue and looked away, Yang Hye-won nodded her head without any objection.

“You said you’ve been able to use magic power?”

When I settled down first, Yang Hye-won sat within my reach.

“yes.”

“What is your skill level?”

“It’s just over 2% now.”

Hearing her story from Kim Yul was two days ago at dawn, so it was not a bad result.

‘It seems that he practiced steadily.’

I wiggled my hands as if telling Yang Hye-won to come closer.

He said he would teach me, but I was in a position where I only explained the theory.

It’s all about teaching Ethan through comments or posting on the community.

A little trial and error will be required.

Still, I wasn’t too worried.

This is because he believes in the skill of mana management that he has raised through constant effort.

“Do you know how to concentrate your mana in one place?”

“I practiced after seeing what you posted, but there was no result. It is possible to cycle the whole thing… … It was impossible to move partially.”

I was quite proficient at circulating it in my body, but concentrating it in one place seemed immature.

While contemplating how to teach, I grabbed Yang Hye-won’s shoulder.

Then, I pushed my magical energy into her body.

result is failure.

‘The backlash is quite severe.’

Instead of going inside, the mana was scattered to the side.

In terms of feeling, it was like a rejection reaction caused by a different subject with magical power.

‘First of all, magic is life force, like the root of life.’

It’s not natural for the power of another creature to enter your body.

When you actually kill something and absorb mana, you feel a tremendous sense of rejection.

Although he had adapted to the point of not being shaken during battle.

The process of absorbing mana could not be said to be a good feeling.

‘It’s impossible to directly put mana into the body.’

Then you have to find another way.

I spread my magic power over Ang Hye-won’s body.

Yang Hye-won’s shoulders twitched as if she felt a sense of difference.

‘also.’

I thought that invisibility would also be a way to overlay mana in this way.

“Can you feel it?”

“Yeah, what’s on the skin… … It moves.”

Being able to feel my magic in this way is a good sign.

Today’s class didn’t seem too difficult.

“Concentrating mana on a specific area feels like pushing it to one side in this way… … .”

But don’t just send it to one side.

Circulation should also occur in the area you want to strengthen.

It is necessary to understand the basic premise that the movement of magical power never stops once it is put into operation.

“I’m not talking about pushing it into one place. It feels like you have control to move only where you want.”

It feels like walking in the direction you want while juggling.

“For now, the left arm.”

It took a little over an hour for Yang Hye-won to see the flow of my magical power and do the same.

“Let’s compare this magic circulation phenomenon to a state in which air is rotating inside a balloon.”

“yes.”

Yang Hye-won focused on my explanation even when sweat was dripping from her forehead.

“Substantiating feels like punching a hole in that balloon.”

“A hole?”

I nodded and raised my hand to shoulder height.

Sending the magic that is rapidly spinning inside the body out of the hole I made.

That was the basic principle of materialization that I established.

“If you set the hole small, it looks like this.”

Red magic slowly bloomed from the index finger of his right hand.

“Oh oh.”

Kim Yul, who was sitting nearby watching us, let out an exclamation.

“On the contrary, if you make the hole bigger.”

Magical power that bloomed only at the fingertips gradually covered the entire hand and flowed out from the whole body.

“In this way, it is also possible to materialize through the whole body.”

However, there are a few things to keep in mind when materializing.

“Even in this situation, the speed of mana operation within the body should not decrease.”

If you make a hole next to the magical energy that was spinning in a confined space, the magical energy will escape, and of course the internal pressure will decrease.

If I had to compare it, it would feel like the propulsive force that releases mana is diminishing.

I put my hand on Yang Hye-won’s shoulder again and demonstrated.

“Ugh… … .”

She broke into a cold sweat to follow me.

It sounds pretty tough, but I could be sure she would succeed.

‘He has more talent than Ethan.’

I was at a loss because I didn’t know how to do it, but when I taught him how to do it, he quickly followed.

It seems that it wasn’t luck that he launched his magical power management skill in less than a few days.

After I ordered Yang Hye-won to practice, I told Kim Yul, who was sitting on the ground.

“You come too.”

“ok? me too? Didn’t you just decide to teach your sister?”

If Yang Hye-won couldn’t follow suit, he thought so.

Because I didn’t want to spend too much time on them.

However, Yang Hye-won is following along fairly well just by demonstrating.

Thanks to that, it seemed to be over sooner than I expected.

If that’s the case, I’ll teach Kim Yul how to use magic and clean up this matter.

‘Let’s find out about the contents that directly or indirectly contribute to the survival rate of combined death.’

While teaching Yang Hye-won, no message appeared.

‘There’s no need to explain why.’

I waved my hands without saying a word, and Kim Yul approached me with a smile.

After guiding him to the direction of mana management in a similar way, he opened an auction window.

It was to see if I could resell the potion I bought at a discount.

‘In the past, it was possible to sell it to Edan for 1 hp.’

Unfortunately, however, it seems that this system was not a hogu.

「Products purchased at a discounted price cannot be registered in the auction window.」

‘I thought I’d try to earn some magic.’

already blocked I checked the registration unavailable message and turned off the auction window.

If you look at it objectively, it was a suitable constraint for balance adjustment.

But I couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable because I felt like I was being shot.

‘It’s like a f*cking system.’

I began my personal training, repeating my habitual swear words.

When Kim Yul or Yang Hye-won lost their senses and asked for help, they demonstrated again.

When the two of them practiced separately, they repeated training to increase the duration of materialization.

Has it been three hours?

“It’s up!”

Kim Yul jumped up from his seat and shouted.

“It directly contributed to increasing the survival rate of players. Fame will increase by 0.5.」

A system message followed.

‘This difference is that it directly or indirectly contributes to the player’s survival rate increase.’

They are discriminated against in terms of reputation.

‘Efficiency versus time is better indirectly.’

Posts posted on the community are targeted at an unspecified number of people.

The more the number of players increases, the more fame you can get by unlocking the guidebook.

I don’t think there’s any need to jump around to make a direct contribution.

‘Let’s keep writing the guidebook.’

Stay ahead and keep informed.

Then, the cumulative reputation would quickly exceed 10,000.

The class that day was quite successful.

By the time I got up, Yang Hye-Won also realized her magical powers, albeit very faintly, and her reputation increased by 0.5.

As promised in the first place, it taught both mana management and materialization.

With that, my role is over.

Right before parting, the two contacted the NIS in front of me.

I turned around after watching the agent I had seen earlier in the cafe take them away.

* * *

At dawn on the day that was nine days after the day Han Chang-shik was killed, the timer went off.

≪Important Notice≫

According to the new rules, if you do not complete the mission within 24 hours, the mission will be forcibly started.

Timer : 24:00:00

This made it clear. From now on, all players must complete the mission at least once every 10 days.

I didn’t feel the need to wait another 24 hours.

I was just waiting to see if the 10-day rule applies to me in the first place.

So, as soon as the sun came up, I started the level 3 mission.

“The hall is open.”

“Enter the mission site.”

「This place is not a player protection area.」

“You have passed the beginner section for the first time. Fame will increase by 5.”

As soon as I entered the mission site, I took out a cross-bladed spear.

The first thing I noticed right after that was the thick smell of water.

And the sound of grasshoppers screaming and crying.

Bubbling, the sound of water droplets popping somewhere.

Whoops, the sound of the bushes swaying was intertwined.

But instead of looking around, I kept my eyes fixed on the message window.

It’s been a while since the mission entry message has changed a little.

‘Where’s the shield crest?’

Even putting aside the appearance of unfamiliar sentences, there is no barrier notification that I saw every time I entered a mission.

While checking the message window with a frown, I raised my head in disgust.

When I looked at the sky over the unknown plants that surrounded me tightly.

“under!”

A really complicated exclamation came out.

I started the mission after seeing the sun rise, but the sky here was dark.

Thanks to this, I was able to confirm the assumptions I had made when I first entered the first level 2 mission.

This is not Earth.

As proof, there were two blue-colored moons of different sizes floating in the dark night sky.