Episode 1
“It’s trash.”
Jin-Ho gave the sentence as solemnly as a judge. He was the secretary of the gosiwon where I lived, and he was a 30-year-old goshi this year.
With a three year age difference with me, we were quite close, and I remembered that I used to say that I was quick in the IT field, so I showed him the capsule I had picked up… … .
“Is it that bad?”
“no. Because it’s trash.”
Wow, you can see there’s not even an inch of hesitation. For some reason, I feel that my self-esteem is hurt.
“You didn’t even look properly.”
I didn’t even look inside.
I just skimmed it up and down, and it was trash. For me, who was thinking about the reasonable used sales price, it was a huge psychological shock.
“Taekyung-ah. Tae-gyeong-ah. Jin Tae-gyeong-ah. You have a big misunderstanding.”
“…..?”
“Poop is just shit. You don’t have to dig up your poop to check the bean sprouts you ate yesterday. It just looks like shit.”
“ah.”
“Shh. don’t say more I didn’t mean to hear a public official between us.”
“brother…….”
i want to kill As his fists trembled, reflecting his impulse, Jin-ho startled. Unlike him, who had been sitting at the head of his desk all his life, I was the owner of a rather menacing size.
“Tae Kyung. Let’s review Article 1, Paragraph 12 of the Special Law for Awakened Persons. What you’re about to do is assault civilians by the Awoken… …
“I heard that an F-class Hunter like me isn’t even an Awakener?”
“I? when? Was I drunk?”
I can only sigh when I see him making a fuss.
The fist slid down.
“Yeah, well thought out. Even though the floor is already narrow, if rumors spread that he assaulted civilians, he would be fired from the guild… …
“It was cut.”
“uh?”
“As soon as I went to work, the team leader said that.
You have suffered so far.”
It started at the age of twenty. I had to take care of the livelihood instead of my father who passed away, so the job I chose was a hunter.
F grade. She was a low-level hunter with no special talent, but she prides herself on working hard. With the money she earned, she cured her mother’s illness and took care of her only younger brother.
But now… … It feels like the last 7 years have completely disappeared. A few hours ago, he remembered the calm face of the team leader who was notifying him of the dismissal, and his heart ached.
“Uh, um.”
Jin-ho hyung’s flustered appearance made me laugh out loud.
“Are you sorry?”
“to be honest. kinda like that.”
this human. Unsuitable for suddenly making a serious expression.
“Then buy me a drink. At times like this, you have to act like an older brother.”
“Look at what you’re talking about. Treat him like a big brother and say those things.”
While saying that, he chins up to come out. Looking at his expression, it seems that his nose is going to drink crookedly today.
The gate is the boundary of the world.
Outside the gate, Hyundai is a civilized society as we know it, but when you go inside, monsters you have never heard of are teeming with them.
Among them, the most common is the goblin, a weak monster that even an F-rank hunter like me can catch.
Why are you talking about this now, Kuwo. coo woah.
‘How can people do that?’
Is that a human or a monster?
The image of Jinho hyung leaning on a telephone pole and vomiting is like a goblin beaten hard in the stomach.
“Bosho, Jinho-hyung. Seong Jin-ho. Come to your senses.”
“Cow?”
… … Just keep doing what you were doing.
‘Drink slowly.’
It poured like crazy from the first car alone, and this is what it looks like. Putting aside my calculations, my whole body was drenched as I carried a man who had become unconscious to the kosiwon.
Sweat is basic, vomit is optional. It is clear who it came from.
I watched the setting sun with the intermittent sound of vomiting as the background sound.
‘It’s sad that I was cut off, Shiba.’
Memories of today pass by like a panorama.
Iljin is simply, awesome.
“Ouch. turn it off Where are you, knight? yes?”
Among them, you are the most dominant.
“Where is the house? We’re all here, so take care of yourself.”
“house? My house is in Gangwon-do.
Oh, Mom. mom! I want to eat the soybean paste stew that my mom made.”
“Oh, please. Gosiwon hyung.”
“dorm? Hope Gosiwon?”
“Uh, so calm down.”
“hope… … Yes, hope can’t be bought with money. My mom said it’s in everyone’s heart. You boil the soybean paste stew so well.”
I waited patiently and hit Jinho in the stomach at the soybean paste stew part.
Even while throwing up, he mumbled Article 1, Paragraph 12 of the Special Act on Awakened Persons, proving that he was a high school student.
“It’s so embarrassing.
I went straight to the shower room in the goshiwon and washed for 30 minutes, but the smell of vomit still lingers in my nose.
In the room I sniffed and returned to, there was a jar of teasing waiting for me. two of them too.
“Cow… … .”
One is Jinho hyung who has become unconscious, and the other is.
“Oh, I forgot this.”
capsule. I put a guy the size of a refrigerator in a room about 3 pyeong, and the room seems to be full. I took refuge on the bed and began to figure out what to do with this guy.
‘Take it back and throw it away?’
Or you can hand it over to the junkyard. What’s the scrap metal market these days? Even if you can’t do it, 50 kilos is an expensive item, so you should be able to pay for snacks.
‘I thought it was a pretty useful item.’
it’s shit Is this that old-fashioned?
Come to think of it, I didn’t even open the inside. Out of curiosity, I began examining the capsule.
“First of all, the appearance… … Not good.”
The surface of the capsule is yellowish, whether it is nicotine or not. It looks like there is rust here and there. It was the moment when Jin-ho hyung’s words made sense.
“Did you open it like this?”
When I pressed the button sticking out alone, the lid opened and the inside was revealed. I was expecting something great, but nothing special.
An ergonomically designed chair for long playtime and a VR helmet that covers the entire head… … uh?
“What is this? User’s Guide?”
To be precise, it is a small booklet that says ‘product user manual’.
Do you sometimes put instruction manuals in the discarded items? What’s more, junk like this?
I opened the first page out of curiosity.
[Product User Manual]
Product Name: Virtual Reality Connector Model Name: Ark – 2020 Manufacturer: H Soft Manufacturing Date: January 1, 2020 The place where the eyes stopped thinking while scanning the typeface was the manufacturing date.
It’s January 1, 2020. It must be a typographical error. all right
‘What kind of crazy guy would be making game consoles on that day, no, at that time?’
That period is referred to as a cataclysm.
January 1, 2015. It wasn’t just the New Year’s sunrise that came to mankind.
Gates, or what are called dungeons, were created all over the world, and unheard of monsters poured out through the gates.
Monsters and Awoken, War and Destruction… … .
Unreality invaded reality, and a great war that would never happen again in Earth’s history ended with the death of the demon king Asmodeus, the lord of monsters.
That day is January 1, 2020. It is the so-called ‘Victory Day’.
‘That’s why it’s nonsense.’
I clicked my tongue and turned the pages.
[caution]
– Players cannot arbitrarily log out.
– If you die while playing, you cannot resurrect.
ah-ha, I see. I nodded and laid down on the narrow mattress. There were a few pages left, but I didn’t know.
“I need to get some sleep.”
It’s better to go to sleep than to read the instruction manual like a psychopath. I pushed Jinho into a corner and closed my eyes.
coo woah. coo woah.
coo woah. coo woah.
Was that capsule soundproof?
The chair was hard. It was made in 2020, so I’m the same age as you. Chair, bang year 27 years old. The cushion had been out for a long time.
Comforted by the fact that there was no smell, she pulled the blanket up to her neck.
coo wo wo wo
… … I even wore a VR helmet.
‘My throat hurts when I sleep wearing something like this.’
Minor complaints disappeared the moment I put on the helmet. A world of complete silence.
There was stillness, not a single noise.
But what followed was thoughts instead of drowsiness.
‘What should I do from tomorrow?’
Hunter is obviously a job with a high salary, but that also depends on the level.
F-rank hunters like me, who are insignificant, are widely spread, and if you are not a member of a guild, you have to stamp the manpower office from the dawn of time.
Hunters who do not belong are sad. Government policy is never in favor of independent hunters, and the outrageous tax rates imposed on hunters are breathtaking just by hearing them.
‘Now I’m like that.’
Unlike me, my mother and sister live in an apartment in the Safety Sector. The income of an F-class hunter is not enough luxury, but for me, the safety of my family was my top priority.
Until now, we have barely matched the amount until the charter contract period that is renewed every year, but from now on, well.
‘Shiva, I don’t know.’
Suddenly, I remembered my late father.
My father, a devoted family man and socially accepted man, died when I was seven.
Attacks by monsters caused by cracks in the gate. For his father, an ordinary office worker, there would have been no escape.
If my father had still been by my side, would my son have been able to point me in the direction I needed to go?
‘Still, I’ve lived hard up until now. Trust me.’
Perhaps the energy from the alcohol I drank earlier began to rise, or perhaps it was because I was thinking about the old days.
Accepting the drowsiness pouring down, I thought.
‘When I open my eyes, I feel a little better, someone’s voice pierces my ears, but now it’s okay. I fell into a slumber.
– Recognize the player. … … This is an unregistered player. Would you like to register?
– Since there is no response for a long time, it is automatically processed.
– One%… … 27%… … 94%… … complete.
– The player [Jin Tae-kyung] has been registered on the device.
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Go to the options. Do you want to connect to [Moorim]?
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Since there is no response for a long time, it will be automatically processed.
Good luck!
