I Live Alone in the Inventory

Episode 57

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Vargas swung his sword and deflected the stabbing spear.

‘Ooh!’

I just bounced the spear out of the way, but my fingertips felt tingly.

Vargas started swinging the spear he was holding frantically.

Caang! Caang!

Jeongmin was busy swinging his sword and deflecting the spear.

‘It’s too fast…but I can’t win just by blocking it!’

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Jung-min, who swung his sword wide and forced Vargas to step back for a moment, immediately used teleportation.

Jung-min appeared behind Vargas’ side.

As it was, he lowered his sword sharply towards Vargas.

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Vargas raised the spear with both hands and leisurely blocked the sword.

While Jung-min, who had not expected his attack to be blocked so easily, was a bit taken aback,

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Vargas’ foot kicked Jeongmin in the stomach.

Jung-Min, who was flying behind, was hit by a large stream of fire from Vargas’s mouth.

I hurriedly lifted my shield to block it, but I felt the heat all over my body.

Feeling that the fire no longer came out, Jung-min lowered his shield and lowered his sword as hard as he could, sending the sword energy away.

However, Vargas was no longer in the place where he sent his sword energy away.

Vargas, who rushed right after firing a stream of fire, was flying towards Jung-min’s head.

Jung-Min, in awe, raised his shield to block Vargas’s spear.

As soon as Jung-min was thrown back, he immediately used ‘stealth’ to hide himself, and then moved to the side of Vargas using space movement and swung his sword.

He thought he wouldn’t be able to see him, but Vargas blocked his sword with his spear, looking directly at Jung-min.

[‘Stealth’ will be revealed due to the opponent’s ‘seeing’ skill.]

‘Oh, he also has a perception skill?!’

Vargas, who effortlessly blocked Jung-min’s blow of conversion, soon pushed Jeong-min roughly.

A white light formed on Vargas’ spear, and he felt his attack sharper and stronger.

Jung-min stepped back, blocking the flying spear.

‘At this rate, the sword will break!’

When the sword made an unusual sound whenever it collided with the white lighted spear, Jung-min cast the ‘Flame Sword’ skill to surround the sword with red energy.

At least the sword seemed to be able to withstand the collision with the spear, but I was worried about the amount of mana draining out in seconds.

‘I can’t hold on for long, I have to finish quickly!’

Jung-Min, who was in a hurry, attacked with a ‘Strike’ skill with a sword encircled with a ‘Flame Sword’.

A slam skill that can cause a small explosion at the place they collide with an additional level 5 effect.

An explosion of sound erupted from Vargas’ window, which blocked Jung-min’s attack.

Vargas, as if flustered, pushed back and blocked Jung-min’s sword.

Jung-Min continued to attack and used a blow skill with a sword imbued with the energy of flame, but Vargas’s spear was never destroyed.

Eventually, Jung-min ran out of mana.

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Jung-min’s attack, which had been burning and drinking, turned into a normal blow.

The spear of Vargas, tinged with white light, flew at Jung-Min, who felt despondent due to the depleted mana.

Jung-min hurriedly raised his shield and prepared for Vargas’s spear.

However, the impact that should have been felt on the shield was not felt.

“..?”

Feeling puzzled, Jeongmin lifted his head and looked over the shield.

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Before he knew it, he saw Leah appearing in front of Jung-min and holding onto Vargas’s spearhead.

Leah looked at Jeongmin and said.

“You worked hard, Mr. Jeongmin. Are you completely depleted of mana? Let’s get this far.”

Leia finished her sentence and thrust the sword she was holding into Vargas’ chest.

“Keeck!!”

Vargas collapsed on the floor with a deathbed.

Watching Leah so easily deal with Vargas, who was unable to hurt even with such an attack, Jung-min let out a small sigh.

‘It’s still a long way. I have to train harder…’

Jeongmin lowered his shield and sat down on the floor.

When I removed the armor, I felt a sharp pain all over my body.

Leah came over and said to Jung-min.

“I said I blocked it with a shield, but I must have been burned because it was covered with Vargas’ flames. Please wait a moment”

Leah slowly stroked Jungmin’s body with the hand that used the healing skill.

Feeling the bitter pain disappearing, Jeongmin spoke in a sad voice.

“I wanted to win, but I couldn’t. None of my attacks worked, and I ran out of mana.”

“Jung-min fought well enough. It’s like a monster at the A-rank gate. It’s great to have endured this far.”

Leah comforted Jung-min, who seemed downcast, with a friendly voice.

“If you destroy more gates to raise your stats and train at the same time, you should be able to deal with A-class monsters. Got it?”

Jung-min nodded his head as if he gained strength from Leah’s comfort.

The two of them heard Chang Chun-bok’s bewildered voice.

“You can easily defeat the monsters of the A-rank gates… What the hell are you…”

Leah looked back at Jang Chun-bok and said.

“I told you not to worry because there is something. Didn’t everything go well?”

At Leah’s words, Jang Chun-bok giggled.

“Bye, is there anything special? I just stood there doing nothing..”

Leah nodded and said.

“I’m glad. Then could you wait for a while? I’ll destroy that gate and come back. I need to get some gold.”

“Crab, destroy the gate?”

When Jang Chun-bok was startled, Leah looked at Jang Chun-bok as if she was puzzled and said,

“Yes, is there any problem?”

“Everyone, I know you’re strong, but you can open the gate by yourself… is it possible? There’s even a gatekeeper!”

“It’s okay. It’s possible enough.”

“That, that…”

When Jang Chun-bok hesitated as if he had something to say, Leah tilted her head and said.

“Do you have anything you want to say? Then I’ll go and listen to it. It won’t take long.”

Leah then spoke to Jeong-min, who was sitting on the floor taking a break.

“Jungmin-ssi, I’ll be back. Take a break.”

“Yes, take care, Miss Leah.”

Leah, who even greeted Jung-min, was quickly shot towards the A-class gate.

Soon, a loud explosion began to reverberate at the Class A gate.

and after a while,

Watching Leah destroy the gate and walk away, Jang Chun-bok’s eyes and mouth widened as if they were about to tear.

Leah walked slowly and said.

“It’s been a long time since I moved. Did you come back soon?”

“You’ve worked hard, Miss Leah.”

Leah, who was greeted by Jung-min, looked at Jang Chun-bok and said.

“I’m here. What were you trying to say?”

At Leah’s question, Jang Chun-bok suddenly came to his senses and began to speak.

“Oh, no. We’ll do it later. I think we need to get out of here quickly.”

“Why?”

“I’ll go and tell you all.”

“Hmm..”

Leah, who was looking at Jang Chun-bok disapprovingly, nodded.

“Okay. I delayed quite a bit here.. Let’s go quickly. Go together with Jung-min’s teleportation. I’ll run after you.”

“I’ve said it before, but how do you say you’re going to our Junglim branch through space transfer?”

“You just have to trust Jung-min and go. Just point me in the right direction.”

Leah looked back at Jeongmin and said.

“Are you ready, Mr. Jeongmin?”

Jeongmin said to Leah while drinking the mana potion.

“Yes, I will take the two of you first, so please follow me.”

“Oh, wait a minute”

After Leah spoke to Jung-min, she stared into space for a moment.

Then, he took a small marble from his inventory and placed it on his hand.

It was the ‘Skill Enhancement Orb’ that Jung-min also recently bought.

“I was able to collect a certain amount of gold by destroying the A-level gate. I will strengthen my ‘Mental Connection’ skill with this.”

When Leah broke the bead, the fragments of the bead soaked into Leia’s palm, and she selected the option of an additional effect that appeared in front of her eyes.

Leah said to Jung-min, who was watching him.

“It’s done. Fortunately, it had the desired additional effect.”

Looking at Leah, whom he liked, Jung-min asked.

“Has the number of people who can connect skills increased?”

“That’s the same, but one more important thing has been added.”

“oh!”

Jang Chun-bok shouted in surprise and looked at Jeong-min.

“I-I understand what that person is saying! I didn’t understand it at all…”

Jung-Min, who heard Jang Chun-Bok’s words, was also surprised.

It was because I could understand what Jang Chun-bok was saying.

When I looked at Leah in amazement, Leah said with a smile.

“Even people who are mentally connected to me should be able to talk now. It’s an added effect I just got.”

Jung-min’s face lit up when he heard Leah’s words.

It was because I was frustrated inside that I couldn’t understand other people’s stories.

Jung-min formally exchanged greetings with Jang Chun-bok.

Jang Chun-bok showed a restless appearance, saying that while he was curious, he had to move quickly.

Leah nodded in agreement, and Jung-min approached Yoo Ji-kwang, who was sitting on the floor.

Yoo Ji-kwang, who treated his leg with a potion, looked at Jeong-min with a wary look.

When Jung-min gestures for him to stand up, Yoo Ji-kwang struggles to get up.

The shoulder that had been cut off and the leg that had been pierced by Leia’s sword still seemed uncomfortable.

Jung-Min put his hand on Yoo Ji-Kwang and Jang Chun-Bok’s shoulder and looked at Leah.

“Then I’ll set out.”

Leah nodded, and Jung-min started moving in the direction Jang Chun-bok told him.

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“Did you lose contact?”

[Daesung]’s shelter chief’s room. Jo Won, sitting in the chair, heard the report of Kang Ho-yeong, commander of the combat unit, and asked with surprised eyes.

Hoyoung said.

“Yes, only 3 out of 5 gate search groups returned. The remaining two groups have lost contact.”

“Big..”

Joey buried himself in the chair and sighed.

Seeing Jo Won like that, Ho Young said.

“We are organizing a tracking team to track down the whereabouts of the search team that has been out of contact.”

“Take the chase..”

After thinking for a moment, Jo Won said to Ho Young.

“Significantly increase the number of people in the newly formed tracking team. Include battle trait awakeners and leaders.”

“.. do you think the risk will be high?”

“Yes, it is. In fact, this isn’t just happening to our shelters. They said similar things happened in other shelters around them.”

Hoyoung asked Jo Won’s words as if he was surprised.

“Yes? Are you saying that there have been situations where people who went outside have gone missing?”

“Yes, I heard that there are many cases in which the members of the reconnaissance and search teams who have gone out have lost contact.”

“that..”

Joey sighed and said.

“[Mirinae] said that one of the outer search teams at the Shelter met and battled the raiders.

Fortunately, it was a search group that included many battle awakeners, so they overpowered the raiders. They said they fled toward the nearby gate. In the end, I heard that they could not pursue it further and returned.”

“No, who are they? Attacking the troops in the large shelter…”

“Anyway, I think it was derived from the recent disbanding of guilds. The marauders appeared, and they started to work in earnest.”

Hoyeong’s eyebrows furrowed at Jo Won’s words.

Joe’s words continued.

“In the future, please drastically increase the number of people going outside, and take measures so that the leaders can accompany them without fail. It’s not just monsters and gates that we need to be wary of now.”

Hoyoung bit his lip and nodded.

After Hoyeong left the shelter manager’s room, Jo Won sighed deeply once again.

“It’s originally like that, but it’s getting more and more difficult. The monsters are getting stronger and it’s getting tougher, so it’s hard to believe that humans have to fight like this…”

While leaning back in his chair, Jo Won suddenly thought of Jung-Min.

“At a time like this, it would be nice if you would step in and take care of the looters, but where did this guy go so he can’t even see his nose? Eh..”

Jo Won’s lament resonated in the shelter manager’s room.

At that time, Jung-Min, the object of lamentation, was moving in space with Jang Chun-Bok and Yoo Ji-Kwang.

Jung-Min, who moved through dozens of space shifts, said to Jang Chun-Bok.

“Is that the direction of the mountain?”

Feeling dizzy from the numerous space shifts, Jang Chun-bok spoke with difficulty.

“Yes.. Just beyond that mountain is the main body of our Jeonglim branch. Now, can we take a break for a while? I’m so dizzy…”

“I’m almost there, so let’s go and rest. Please bear with me a little longer.”

Jung-Min looked towards the mountain again and used space movement.