Chapter 1850 – 1850. Eternal Eden
「Individual Name: Seong Yu-jin
Potential: ★★★★★
Awakened Abilities: Absolute Mind, Lightning, Recovery.
Traits: Dullard, Lecher, Purity, Agility.」
In [Eternal Eden], players can see the abilities and traits of NPCs. Through this, they recruit NPCs and place them in key positions according to their abilities. However, there was a condition that the NPC had to be an Awakened. And after coming to the world within the game, another condition was added. That was that they had to make contact with the other person.
‘To think I’d meet an early Awakened here…!’
She had met an early Awakened here, someone she hadn’t encountered once in the past 70 days. She quickly checked the information window.
‘Five stars for potential, three abilities, and four traits. Just based on the numbers, it’s incredible. I guess you could call it a five-star.’
Gulp.
She swallowed.
Potential of five stars. The potential was top-tier. [Eternal Eden] players called NPCs with five-star potential ‘Hero NPCs.’ In fact, NPCs with five-star potential who grew in the game were worthy of being called heroes.
‘And they have three awakened abilities. Absolute Mind, Lightning, and Recovery. I’ve never seen any of them before.’
She didn’t know exactly what the abilities were. But she could infer their abilities just from their names.
‘Absolute Mind is probably a mental defense type, Lightning is the ability to control lightning? Recovery is probably as the name suggests.’
What to say? They seemed like simple abilities. Lightning was probably the best of them.
‘Electricity is helpful for survival.’
Next were the traits. Unlike abilities, she could know the traits in detail.
Dullard: Learning ability -150%.
Lecher: Sex drive +500%, all stats +30% for one day after sex.
Purity: Potential decreases when the body is modified, efficiency -50% when the body evolves. Body training efficiency +50%.
Agility: Excellent reflexes and decent speed.
Another sigh escaped her lips as she looked at the traits.
‘Except for Agility, they’re all bad.’
NPCs with Dullard had slow growth rates. Even if you taught them new skills, they either couldn’t learn them at all, or they learned them very slowly. Purity wasn’t bad in the early stages, but it was a bad trait as you progressed. Agility was a good trait, ranking high among traits.
The biggest problem was Lecher.
Traits had invisible effects, and in the case of Lecher, if they didn’t have sex for a certain period of time, they had a high probability of causing incidents. They would rape women within the faction. The raped women would become depressed and, in severe cases, cause incidents. If the woman had a husband or lover, things would get even more complicated. An NPC with the Lecher trait could even cause the collapse of a faction.
That’s why in the original game, [Eternal Eden], NPCs with the Lecher trait were mercilessly kicked out. It was easier to maintain the faction that way. The same was true for factions that chose slavery. This crazy Lecher would go out of their way to violate women who weren’t slaves.
‘But their potential is five stars. And they have three awakened abilities… Even if their growth is slow because of Dullard, they’ll become a hero-level character someday.’
But the Lecher trait.
There was a high probability that they would rape women in the faction. Not only that, but they could also rape her.
Her mind raced. She calculated what she would gain and lose.
Bang!
A gunshot rang out from the loan shark office.
Na Chae-yeong was startled. A gunshot in South Korea, where gun control was perfect. And in broad daylight. Even if they were gangsters, this was too much. Her face turned pale. All the plans she had prepared for the next 30 days were shattered.
‘No!’
Na Chae-yeong gritted her teeth and ran towards the loan shark office.
• • •
“I’d like to borrow some money.”
I said to the loan shark. I even used honorifics. Four burly men stood around the loan shark. The loan shark, who had a scar on his face, scratched his chin and looked me over.
“You look young. Do you have an ID?”
I took out my resident registration card. The loan shark clicked his tongue briefly.
“Twenty years old? You’re still wet behind the ears. Are you a college student?”
“Yes. I’m a college student. Please lend me 20 million won.”
I had no intention of paying it back. After all, the zombie apocalypse would happen in 30 days. There was no way the loan shark would come after me to pay back the debt.
‘20 million won is woefully insufficient, but I can borrow from other loan sharks.’
The loan shark returned my resident registration card and asked.
“20 million won. That’s a lot of money for a 20-year-old. What do you need it for?”
“Tuition. And my father’s hospital bills. My father was hospitalized.”
“Don’t give me that crap, you psycho bastard. If you’re going to lie, at least get rid of that annoying face. Seriously.”
“Ah.”
Come to think of it, I didn’t have the acting trait. If I had acting, I would have fooled the loan shark in an instant.
“Ah, my ass. Go back, you little punk. Do you think I only deal with one or two guys like you? You were probably planning to take the money and run overseas. The world isn’t as easy as you think. If you understand, get lost!”
“How about lending me even 10 million won? I’ll pay it back.”
“You still haven’t come to your senses. Guys. Teach this young punk a lesson. Just enough, just enough.”
“Yes, boss.”
The four burly men approached me.
Even if they were gangsters, they didn’t hesitate to use violence. This South Korea was not as safe a world as I thought.
I opened my hiking bag and took out a kitchen knife. The eyes of the gangsters, who had been looking bored, instantly turned fierce as I charged at them.
Crack.
Current flowed through my body, stimulating my nerves. I used the current as internal energy to use the Lightning Heaven Style. I temporarily accelerated and slashed the necks of the four gangsters with the kitchen knife.
Even for me, it was difficult to cut through a human neck with an ordinary kitchen knife, so I only cut the carotid arteries. Blood spurted from their necks like a fountain, staining everything around.
“Kkkyaaaaak?!”
The panicked men hesitated. I held the kitchen knife in reverse and stabbed it into their necks, taking them down one by one.
“…You, were you a killer?”
The loan shark said in a cold, hardened voice.
“A killer? I just wanted to borrow some money.”
I ran towards the loan shark. The loan shark pulled out a black pistol from under the desk.
‘A Korean loan shark with a gun?’
He even pulled the trigger without hesitation.
Bang!
My left shoulder was pierced. If I hadn’t moved to the side as soon as I saw the muzzle, it would have hit my head or chest. Crack. Lightning temporarily strengthened the blade of the kitchen knife. It could be called a kind of sword aura.
I swung the kitchen knife and cut off the wrist holding the gun. The wrist was severed as if it were tofu, and fear appeared in the loan shark’s eyes. Even so, he swung his leg and counterattacked me. He seemed experienced in combat.
Before the kick could fully swing, I struck his knee joint with my left fist. As the loan shark lost his balance and collapsed, I swung the kitchen knife at his neck.
Thwack!
With a chilling sound, his neck was severed.
‘Ah, damn it.’
I clicked my tongue. The blade of the kitchen knife was a mess. It would be difficult to imbue it with sword aura, and even if I did, its power would be reduced.
‘I killed them all in a fit of anger. This damn temper… Ah, whatever. Let’s run first. If I lay low, it’ll be fine. The world is going to end in 30 days anyway, so it’s not like I’ll be running forever.’
As my head cooled down, I felt pain in my left shoulder. It was the area where I was shot. The wound healed, and the bullet popped out and fell to the ground.
‘Looking at it like this, Recovery is also excellent. I wonder if it can regenerate severed fingers?’
I was curious, but I had no intention of experimenting. If my fingers didn’t regenerate, it would be my loss. There was no complete recovery, so there was no way to fix it. And after causing this incident, it wasn’t easy to go to the hospital.
‘I should grab the money and run.’
Da-da-da-da-da!
I heard the sound of someone coming up. They were coming because they heard the gunshots.
I took the kitchen knife and quietly walked to the door.
Bang!
The door opened. At the same time the kitchen knife moved, a gun appeared and aimed at my head. My kitchen knife was aimed at the woman’s neck.
“……”
“……”
It was the woman I had bumped into earlier.
Black hair that reached her chest. She had tied her hair in the middle and brought it to the front of her chest. She looked to be in her mid-20s, but her eyes were coldly calm. She was the most beautiful woman I had seen in this world. Even though it had been less than three hours since I came to this world.
To be honest, when I saw her earlier, I almost raped her without realizing it. I had been using superhuman patience to gather money and then follow her to rape her… but to think she would come to me on her own like this. Should I call it good luck?
“Were you with the loan shark? Will your gun be faster? Or will my knife be faster? Want to try?”
I pretended to look at her face while watching the finger on the trigger. If she tried to move the trigger even a little, I was going to subdue her without any conversation.
“Let’s get out of here first. The gunshots were pretty loud. People will be here soon. You don’t want to be chased, do you?”
“Weren’t you a colleague of the loan shark?”
“No. If I had to say, we were just in a business relationship.”
“Put your gun down first.”
“You put your knife away first. I know you’re an Awakened. Don’t you wonder how I know?”
“……”
I was curious.
‘Does she have the ability to know the other person’s abilities?’
If so, that was good. If I made her my companion, it would be convenient in many ways. Besides, she was also a beauty.
I didn’t feel any killing intent, so I put away my knife first. She also sighed softly and lowered her gun.
“We need to escape from here. Follow me.”
“I want to take the money.”
“There’s no time.”
She said firmly. I grabbed my bag and followed her. I got into the compact car parked in front of the alley. She was in the driver’s seat, and I was in the passenger seat. She immediately started driving, heading out of Seoul.
“What’s your name?”
I asked her. She was silent as if thinking about something, then said.
“Na Chae-yeong. You’re Seong Yu-jin, right?”
“How did you know my name?”
“I can see it.”
“What can you see?”
“Your name and your abilities.”
“Is that your ability?”
“No. It’s a player’s ability.”
“What’s a player?”
I said that, but I knew what a player was.
Those who play the game. Thinking about the original game, there would be a maximum of 300 players in this world. She was one of them. It was lucky that I met her. A player’s abilities were superior to those of an Awakened.
“It’s too important of a conversation to have while driving. I’ll tell you after we get out of here.”
“Okay. But you’re a bit clumsy.”
“…What?”
I reached out to her as she was driving. I took out the gun from the inside pocket of her jacket. I pushed the muzzle into her ample chest. Her breasts, wrapped in a white T-shirt, were so big that I couldn’t even grasp them with one hand. They were probably an H-cup.
Press.
The muzzle pressed into her breasts. The breasts pressed by the muzzle were quite lewd. Even though she was wearing clothes.
“You…!”
“Focus on driving. Let’s get out of Seoul and talk in a place where there aren’t any people.”
I used my other hand to fondle her breasts. Maybe it was because she didn’t exercise, but her elasticity was a little lacking, but her breasts, which my fingers sank into, were hot in themselves. She passed.
On the other hand, Na Chae-yeong’s face was as crumpled as it could be.
