Only My Skill Tooltip Is Strange

18 – 1st Floor, Point Distribution.

As soon as I returned from the struggle for the course vouchers, I was faced with Eun Seoryeong, whose left arm was severed.

And the shocking news…!

“Y-You mean it raises your stats? The Soul System?”

I barely managed to steady my trembling voice and asked.

In that moment, I forgot about Black Dragon RP and ended up using honorifics.

Eun Seoryeong said.

“I gained enlightenment and overcame the wall. It was the peak wall that had blocked me for ten years.”

“…Peak?”

“It’s the realm of martial artists. You might not know, Great Hero.”

Eun Seoryeong continued to explain.

The content wasn’t difficult, so I could easily understand.

‘Basically, it’s like a second job change, awakening… It means I achieved something similar.’

But is it really right that stats increase?

I never thought there would be a race that grows in a way other than receiving bonuses after passing a test.

‘That’s cheating….’

I finally realized.

Why Earthlings are treated like trash.

‘I would have ignored it too.’

From the perspective of other species who can hone their skills and become stronger, there would be no race as pathetic as the powerless Earthlings.

I gritted my teeth.

‘There must be a way.’

I firmly believed that Earthlings, too, would have a means of turning the tables in one stroke.

Otherwise, it would be too unfair.

「Let’s settle the course tickets! Please check the pieces of course tickets you have collected!」

I rummaged through my pocket and took out the pieces of course tickets.

The crumpled pieces, did they look particularly pitiful, or was it just my imagination?

“I have gathered as many as I could.”

Baek Song took out more than his share.

When persuading to participate in the scramble, his stance was, ‘No matter what, this is a bit…’

But once he participated, it seemed he had enthusiastically swung his sword.

‘Or maybe, he only killed really bad guys.’

Our gaze soon turned to Eun Seoryeong.

You too, take out your course tickets.

Since you reached the climax while fighting, you must have gathered a lot, right?

That was the meaning behind our gaze.

“Hoho. I’m sorry. Oh, great hero. Baek Song Dojang.”

Eun Seoryeong said with an awkward smile.

“I couldn’t gather any course tickets. I was busy slaughtering villains.”

“…What?”

That could happen.

“It’s okay. I gathered a lot.”

I reached out to Eun Seoryeong.

It meant to hand over the first one provided to the participants of the scramble.

As I stared at her, she responded with a proud smile this time.

“The one I received, I just gave it to someone who was crying because they couldn’t get a course ticket.”

“…….”

I almost sneered without realizing it.

Clapping his hands together.

‘No matter what, it’s my team. If the teamwork breaks, I’m the only one who loses.’

He barely managed to calm his emotions.

“Well, just one sheet.”

Fortunately, he had prepared more than his share, just in case.

「To move on to the next stage, you need 3 admission tickets! Teams that fail to collect 3 tickets will be eliminated!」

Elimination means death.

The administrator was cheerfully making a dreadful announcement.

「Do you want to live?! I made the admission tickets, but do I have to die because of the team?! Alright! Thanks to your support, I’ll give you a small mission!」

At that moment, a television appeared in the waiting room.

「Without admission tickets, you can’t attend the lecture! The time of the ascendant is not that cheap! So what should you do?」

“…….”

「Of course, you have to reduce the number of people!」

The television screen showed the waiting room.

A waiting room with the same structure as ours, but with different players.

「Mini-game start! If you see your team on the television, leave as many people as the number of admission tickets you have!」

The administrator shouted excitedly.

The first team looked at each other in confusion.

Then they distanced themselves.

─ Because you couldn’t make the admission tickets.

Two people locked eyes.

Together, they killed one.

─ aaah!

The horrific scene was broadcasted through the television.

“…It’s cruel.”

I agreed with Eun Seoryeong’s words.

─ Wait a minute. Why, why is it me?!

─ Let’s talk. Maybe there’s another way if we talk.

The team pointed out on the television started to cut each other off one by one.

Up to that point, it was no different from the tests we had taken so far.

Killing and being killed, it’s something I’ve done since the tutorial.

Players from other dimensions might be more familiar with it than those from Earth.

The problem was, it wasn’t yet our team’s turn.

‘…The waiting room without the course tickets must be in chaos.’

In fact, many teams excluded one as soon as they appeared on television.

They had already decided who to kill during other teams’ turns.

That atmosphere.

The air felt by the weak standing alone in front of those who are trying to isolate and kill them.

Just imagining it for a moment makes me want to vomit.

‘What if it were me?’

What if two female martial artists formed a temporary alliance and came at me to kill me?

‘I wouldn’t die quietly.’

I’d use the Hatchling Breath right away.

I’d kill them all in return.

When I think it’s for survival, I have no hesitation about killing.

It’s better for others to die than for me to die.

The mini-game the administrator started anew progressed quickly.

Players didn’t hesitate to swing their swords at their own team.

It had only been half a day since the teams were formed.

They were just superficial teams.

‘And yet they keep their loyalty?’

It was essentially a mission of killing and being killed.

“……”

A familiar face appeared.

‘Kim Min-seong.’

The woman next to him, is that Lee Soo-jung?

─ Mi, Min-seong. Wait a moment.

We also managed to gather quite a few course ticket pieces.

But we couldn’t make multiple complete course tickets.

I had the necessary amount first, and the rest went to Kim Min-seong.

If Kim Min-seong’s team couldn’t find the course tickets, there was no way they had enough.

─ You guys insisted on participating! I said I didn’t want to!

Kim Min-seong and Lee Soo-jung.

And the woman confronting the two of them screamed.

Kim Min-seong struggled to ignore her desperate wail.

─ aaah! Please! I’ll do better!

─ S-sorry.

“Tsk.”

They quickly moved on to the next turn.

About an hour passed.

The deadly mini-game ended.

「I thought I scattered plenty of course tickets, but why couldn’t you all find them! So many of you died!」

The administrator appeared with a bright smile, drawing the players’ attention.

「It’s over now! Players who made course tickets can request teachings from the ascendants! Of course, how much you absorb is up to you, so do your best!」

The waiting room door opened.

Outside, a blue light shimmered.

It was a portal similar to the one seen in the white room of the tutorial.

“……”

Eun Seo-ryeong and Baek Song exchanged glances.

Their eyes met, and they each stepped toward the portal.

Beyond the portal was a waiting room in the form of an auditorium, just like before.

An Earth ascendant was waiting there.

Blue jacket and jeans.

A woman who could only be described as an Earthling.

「…….」

She sighed as she looked around at the Earthlings pouring in.

The sound was loud enough to pierce their ears.

「First of all….」

The woman stood on the podium and manipulated something.

Then, the players’ positions were rearranged.

“All players standing to the right of me, go out through that door.”

The players began to murmur.

“What?”

“Go out? Where to…?”

The woman looked down at them and said.

“Blinky called it a course ticket, but it’s not really a course ticket. Players from other dimensions might learn something… but for players from Earth, learning something won’t solve the problem.”

“…Then!”

Someone shouted in defiance at the woman’s words.

An old man, spitting as he spoke, questioned her.

“Shouldn’t you be telling us more? In this dangerous world, same dimension? We should help each other out, people from the same hometown!”

“Oh, right!”

Perhaps inspired by the old man’s courage, a woman nearby raised her voice as well.

Earth wasn’t the only place with South Korea.

There were many other countries.

Even if their skin colors were different, the trials they had faced were the same.

Everyone felt uneasy, and their complaints burst forth like a dam breaking.

“Are we asking for much?”

“Weapons! Don’t you have any good weapons? Guns?”

“We almost died because of those other dimension b*stards! You must know more than us, miss! Then at least give us information! So we can survive!”

Though they were divided, the people on this side seemed to think similarly.

“Information?”

“Yes! Or at least stats or skills!”

They had somewhat adapted.

They knew they had to use the soul system, so they demanded related bonuses.

The adaptability of the elderly was never slow.

They learned new things faster than anyone.

‘The slow ones are already dead.’

There were many filters in place.

The people standing here could be considered players whose judgment had been proven.

However, the woman seemed to view the Earth-born players differently.

「Even if I give you information, it doesn’t mean much. The content of the test changes according to the master’s whim.」

“……”

「And sending people up like that doesn’t really help Earth. They’ll die soon anyway, so why bother? Isn’t it better to just cut them off cleanly here?」

“W-What…”

Some players seemed shocked by the woman’s confident voice.

「Well. You probably don’t understand what I’m saying. That’s possible.」

The woman manipulates something.

She’s probably touching the soul system.

Ding-!

A sound is heard, and the players’ gazes turn to the air.

[Floor 1, Prove Yourself.]

The ascendants have stepped forward for the growth of the player challenging the seat.

They will strive to fully convey their experiences.

“……”

[Floor 1, Distribute.]

Ascendant Joo Sohee won 100 points by winning a bet with the floor master.

How to distribute this is up to her.

People raised their heads.

Everyone looked at Ascendant Joo Sohee.

「I can’t tell you anything like the ascendants from other dimensions, and I have nothing to tell you. So I earned some points with what I’m good at.」

“……”

「Should I invest these precious points in a player who looks like they’ll die soon? Or should I give them to a player who has at least some potential?」

No one could readily answer.

Because they instantly realized what their positions meant.

“Still…”

“Y-You should give them to the weaker ones…”

Someone spoke in a small voice.

It was a ridiculous statement, but it was just the right thing to scratch their nerves.

“What nonsense!”

“You’re asking for points because you’re weak? Are you saying we should all die together?”

The players growled at each other.

They were on edge.

“The player on the right doesn’t even have a course ticket. Honestly, they have no right to tell me what to do.”

“……”

“Still, just in case, I called you here. As expected, there was no one special.”

It’s cold.

Did they feel the chill directed at them?

“Please, give us a chance too.”

“What do you know about me? Are you trying to kill me as soon as you see me!”

The players were desperate.

Joo So-hee clicked her tongue.

“Really? Well, I didn’t want to use the same violent methods as Blinky, but I have no choice.”

Joo So-hee, who muttered so, delivered a message to the players.

“First floor, cut it in half.”

Show that you have the qualifications to challenge the seat as a player from Earth.

A moment of silence.

People had a rough idea of what was about to happen.

Thud-!

Someone stabbed the person next to them with a spear.

Blood splattered.

“Ahhh!”

The auditorium turned into chaos, a pandemonium.