chapter 18
Episode 18
Park Yoon-gu said to Jung-min.
“He sent me after hearing that he had passed through the main gate of the shelter.
Yoon-gu took the lead and guided Jeong-min.
Jung-min slowly followed Yoon-gu.
The place Yoon-gu took Jeong-min to was an office with a sign saying ‘Personnel Department’.
Upon entering, several desks were placed, and a small private office was located inside.
Jung-min said as he looked around the empty office.
“Where has everyone gone? Is the office empty?”
“Ah…that…it looks like everyone went to have lunch. It’s meal time…”
“Hmm… Looks like everyone is leaving the office and going to eat..”
“Kuhm!”
After clearing his throat, Yoon-gu led Jung-min to his private office.
“Let’s go in. Manager Kwak is waiting for you. Oh, could you store the black in your inventory?”
Jeong-min looked at Yun-gu for a while, then opened his inventory and put [Ruunan’s Sword] in it.
Then I opened the door to the office and went inside.
There were three people in the small office.
Kwak Jo-won is sitting on the sofa and a thin and short man is sitting next to him.
And a young man with a body similar to Seongdong, the leader of the first team, was standing next to him.
Jo Won stood up and held out his hand to greet Jung Min.
“Hello, Mr. Jeongmin. It’s so nice to see you again like this.”
Jung-min greeted Jo Won by holding his outstretched hand.
“hello”
“Okay, please sit down.”
As Jung-min sat down, Jo Won introduced the men on either side to Jung-min.
“Is this your first meeting?
Hearing that he saved the life of his colleague, Captain 6, he said that he wanted to meet and say hello. So I set up a place like this.”
The little man sitting next to Jo Won smiled and held out his hand to Jung Min.
“Hello, my name is Jung Ki-chan, the 3rd commander of the Daesung combat unit. Nice to meet you.”
Jung-min greeted Gi-chan by holding his hand and at the same time activated ’emotional eyes’ to examine Ki-chan.
[Jeong Gi-chan
Strength: 13
Stamina: 14
Agility 17
Intelligence: 21 [mp:37/37]
Holding Gold: 380 Gold
Possessed skills: Wall of Flame (lv.1) Eye of Discrimination (lv.2)]
‘…Eye of Discrimination? What kind of skill is it?’
Among the skills revealed in Ki-chan’s status window, Jung-min focused his attention on the skill called ‘Eye of Discrimination’.
[Eye of Discrimination (lv.2): Consumes mana to hide the truth of what the other person is saying.]
Jung-min laughed at the content of the skill that popped up in front of him.
‘As expected, he has all sorts of skills… This man… in one word… isn’t that a lie reader?”
While Jung-min was thinking, a tall man standing next to him greeted him in a low voice.
“This is Kang Sang-do, the 4th leader.”
Jung-min also used ’emotional eyes’ on Kang Sang-do.
[Gangsangdo
Strength: 26
Stamina: 24
Agility: 17
Intelligence: 9 [mp:18/18]
Holding Gold: 530 Gold
Possessed Skills: Superpower (lv.1) Martial Arts (lv.1)]
‘This one…has an easy-to-understand skill’
After Jeong-min greeted Sang-do, he looked at Jo-won.
Jo Won, who saw them greeting each other, said to Jung Min.
“By the way, you said you wanted a deal? Did you decide to sell us potions?”
Jimin shook his head and said.
“No, the item I want to trade today is not a potion… I want to sell an weapon. To be precise, it’s three swords.”
“A sword…?”
As if it was an unexpected answer, Jo Won’s expression became subtle.
Jung-min opened his inventory and took out a single sword.
It was one of the weapons that were difficult to use due to the low stat increase option among the weapons brought from the inventory of the deceased not long ago.
Jo Won said while looking at the sword Jeong Min held out.
“Sword…well…well, there’s an artisan with weapon making skills in our shelter too… He makes all the necessary weapons…”
“It is a sword with the option of increasing stats.”
Jo Won, who had been staring at Jung-min for a while as if he didn’t understand Jung-min’s words, looked at Ki-chan next to him in shock.
After giving Jo Won a nod, Ki-chan grabbed the handle of the sword and raised it.
“Let me check…status window!”
Ki-chan opened the status window and looked into the air and said to Jo Won.
“It’s true… My strength stat and stamina stat each have 5 additional stats attached to them.. How can this be…”
After hearing Ki-chan’s words, Jo Won’s rice field grew in surprise.
Sang-do, who was standing next to him, looked at the sword Ki-chan was holding with widened eyes, as if he was quite surprised.
Joe said, licking his lips with his tongue.
“A sword that raises a total of 10 stats… that’s amazing. A total of three swords like this?”
Jungmin nodded.
“Yes, Hanjaru is not a sword, but a sword… but the stats it raises are similar.”
“Awesome…really great…By the way…how did you get such an amazing item? Did you make it yourself?”
Jimin shrugged and said.
“Let’s just say it’s…trade secret? How, are you willing to buy it?”
“Of course. Of course you have to buy it.
Joe said as he corrected his posture and sat down.
“Are you sure you have no intention of selling the potion you used before? I’m willing to buy it at a good price…”
“No. Today, I’m here to sell only these three arms.”
“Ah…yes…that’s right.”
Jo Won glanced at Ki-chan, who was sitting next to him, and asked Jung-min a question.
“Have you not refused to move into our shelter before? Do you still have that opinion?”
“Yes, I have no plans to move in here.”
“I see… are you affiliated with a different guild or shelter?”
Jung-min glanced at Ki-chan and shook his head.
“No. I don’t belong anywhere.”
Jung-min did not miss Ki-chan’s slight nod while looking at Jo-won.
Jo Won asked Jung Min with a much lighter expression.
“They say they don’t belong anywhere…but I don’t know how they possessed such amazing items…alone in such a harsh world without belonging…Ah, is it true that they live alone?”
“You’re lucky to find a safe place… and live alone.”
Ki-chan nodded again, and Jo Won, who saw that, buried himself in the sofa and said.
“He lives alone without any affiliation… He freely uses weapons and potions with ridiculous performance… Ah, of course, the potions too… It’s a trade secret, right?”
Jimin nodded his head with a smile on his lips.
“Um..I see..Ah, let me ask you one last question. Does Jung-Min have any combat skills?”
Jimin shook his head and said.
“No, none of my skills are combat skills.”
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Before entering the office, he had stored [Runean’s Sword] in his inventory, so the ‘Strike’ skill he had at least was gone.
Of course, Jung-min’s words were determined to be true, and Jo-won looked at Jeong-min with a smile on his lips.
I could feel the cold air flowing through the office.
“If you don’t belong anywhere, it would be nice if you moved into our shelter. This is for the safety of Jung-Min. If a talented person like Jeong-Min decides to live outside defenseless and be killed by monsters, it will be a huge loss to our shelter, no, to humanity. Because it wins.”
“It’s strange. I’ve already been rejected by this shelter before.”
“That must have been by deceiving Jung-min’s skill. If you had told me correctly, would you have refused to move in at the shelter?”
“Hmm..I don’t know what they lied about, but..Anyway, I have no intention of moving into this shelter.”
Joe said with a smile as if he was embarrassed.
“Ha.. this is so.. there is only one seat left, so I tried to save it as much as possible… but it can’t be helped.”
“..?”
“Let me summarize. My suggestion is this. I will purchase all of Jung-Min’s weapons at a good price. And in addition… I will prepare a good seat in the shelter for Mr. Jung-Min, who lives alone in this harsh world, and treat him with good treatment. Let’s talk slowly about items other than potions.”
Jungmin tilted his head and said.
“You must have turned it down, right? I have no plans to move in here.”
Jo Won smiled coldly and looked into Jung Min’s eyes.
Then, in a colder, strange voice, he spoke to Jung-min.
-No, Jung-min will move into Daesung Shelter. Will you do that?-
Jo Won’s eyes seemed to glow red when he was facing Jung Min, and soon I felt that Jo Won’s words echoed loudly.
Jung-min listened to Jo-won’s words with a dazed expression and for some reason felt that he had to follow Jo-won’s words.
Then, a message appeared in front of Jung-min’s eyes.
[The skill ‘Perception’ is activated. Recognizes the ‘brainwashing’ skill. ]
“…Brainwashing..?”
Jung-min murmured, and Jo-won shook his head and screamed.
“Kwaaak!”
After he screamed once, blood dripped from his nose.
Jo Won looked at Jung Min and murmured.
“how…”
Jeong-min’s rage surged as he regained his daze.
‘I thought Kwak Jo-won was an Awakener…’
Jung-min is angry at Jo-won for not using his ’emotional eyes’.
Apart from that, he was even more angry with Kwak Jo-won, who played tricks on him.
Jung-min glared at Jo-won’s face and said softly.
“What were you trying to do?”
Avoiding the eyes of Jung-min, who was glaring at him, Jo Won exclaimed desperately.
“Captain 4! Suppress!”
Hearing Jo Won’s cry, Sang Do clicked his tongue and rushed at Jung Min.
With one hand, he grabbed Jeongmin’s arm and bent it backwards, and with the other hand, he wrapped his arms around Jeongmin’s neck.
In that state, he spoke in a low voice in Jungmin’s ear.
“Don’t rebel. Then you won’t get hurt.”
Jo Won, who saw Sang-do subdue Jeong-min, shouted while holding his bleeding nose.
“Well done. Captain 4. If you rebel, break your arm. No, it’s okay to just break it now. Let’s put you in the shelter hospital and talk slowly.”
“…He’s already subdued. I don’t think that’s necessary.”
A thread of blood appeared on Jo Won’s forehead.
“Chief 4? Don’t just nag me and do as I’m told? I’m in a bit of a rage right now, right?”
Hearing Jo Won’s sarcastic remarks, Sang-do gritted his teeth once and spoke softly.
“…Do it in moderation. I’ve already helped you as much as you want. If you want more, I don’t think I can stand it any longer.”
Ki-chan, who was restlessly watching from the side, said while drying Sang-do.
“Ah, Captain 4! Why are you so inflexible? It’s difficult.
When the head of team 3 intervened, Jo Won, who had been staring at Sang-do, sat down on the sofa again and said,
“Well… it’s already over… I think I’m a bit angry. I apologize. Captain 4”
“They are playing”
Everyone looked at Jeong-min with surprised eyes at the words of Jung-min, who had been strangled by Sang-do’s arm and suppressed.
Jo Won seemed dumbfounded and said to Jung Min.
“…what did you just say?”
“They’re playing. They call people over and play live with each other, and then they try to use strange skills.
After Jeong-min finished speaking, he grabbed Kang Sang-do’s arm, which was wrapped around his neck, and lifted it up.
“uh…”
The arm, which had been bent backwards, was quickly freed from Sangdo’s hand as Jeongmin gave it strength.
Sang-do stared blankly at Jeong-min, who had slipped out of his hands so easily.
“Chief 4! What are you doing! If you just let me go like that…!”
“Oh, no… I’m not like that…”
Kang Sang-do reached out to grab Jung-min again.
Jimin held out his hand and held it.
Two people holding hands.
Unlike Kang Sang-do, who used the dragon as much as he could, Jung-min’s expression was very calm.
“Ugh!!”
Tendons sprouted from Sangdo’s arms, and tremendous power began to pour out.
When Jung-min caught a glimpse of the power transmitted from their clasped hands, a different color appeared in Jung-min’s eyes.
‘The power suddenly exploded. Is this the effect of a skill called superpower?”
Jung-Min’s arm doesn’t budge even after using the Super Strength skill.
Sangdo’s eyes were stained with despair.
Jung-min grabbed Sang-do’s face and pulled his head back.
“Kuuk!”
Sangdo tumbled backwards with a clattering sound.
Leaving behind Sang-do rolling on the floor clutching his face, Jung-min looked at Jo-won.
Joe’s face turned blue.
As Jung-Min approached, he hid behind Jung Ki-Chan next to him and screamed.
“Team 3! Skill! Use skill!”
“Skill, skill? It would be dangerous to use my skill in a place like this?”
“Just, just write!”
Ki-chan looked at Jo-won with tired eyes.
Jungmin stood still and listened to their conversation.
“Captain 3?”
Gi-chan looks at Jung-min in shock.
“I can get out of this place without any damage even if Captain 3 uses a skill. It’s probably the rest of the people besides me who are at risk.”
“Don’t talk nonsense! Can you really get out of here?”
Jung-min, who glanced at Jo-won who was screaming, looked at Ki-chan again and said,
“I have enough power to do that. Is it true or a lie, Mr. Lie Detector?”
Ki-chan looked at Jung-min after being startled and said.
“….truth”
“So don’t do anything stupid and stay still.”
After he finished speaking, Jung-min rushed at Ki-chan like a dog.
perok
Jung-min’s fist lodged in Ki-chan’s abdomen.
“Turn it off…”
Ki-chan let out a squeezed moan and fell forward.
Jung-min took a step toward Gwak Jo-won, who was the only one standing.
at that time
[The skill ‘Perception’ is activated. The ‘Stealth’ skill is revealed.]
As soon as the message appeared in front of my eyes, Park Yoon-gu approached with a small knife in front of the office door.
“Well?”
When Jung-min looked at him, Yoon-gu felt that something was wrong and stomped his feet.
Jung-min lightly dodged Yoon-gu’s stabbing knife and swung his fist at Yoon-gu, striking Yoon-gu in the face.
Woodangtang
Yoon-gu, who fell to one side with a loud sound, fainted and could not get up again.
Jung-min looked at Jo-won, who was really alone, and smiled.
“There are only two of us left now. Personnel officer…?”
Seeing Jungmin’s smile, Jo Won’s face grew even more blue.
Episode 18