## Chapter 321 – Helper
321. Helper
With only one day left until the Chinese support arrived, I checked my equipment.
‘Hwaryeon Flying Daggers and bombs… I’ve got the potions too… Well, if things get hairy, I can just bring stuff from another world. And… I can’t be bored, so I’ll bring my game console too….’
I had no intention of working properly in China.
Performance points would accumulate if I worked moderately.
‘If I die in China, I’m the only one who loses.’
My life was more important than performance points.
‘I’ll just keep a low profile and suck up the honey.’
I was about to head to Han Harin’s place when I picked up my smartphone. It suddenly occurred to me that today was the day I could refresh the quests on the Leisure Life app.
[Quests can be refreshed every 50 real-time days.]
‘Last time, I did the “Kill the Gay King” quest. …Damn. Those gay bastards…. Thinking about it again makes me shudder.’
I would never have done that quest if the reward hadn’t been [Your and My Sex Doll].
I clicked the refresh button with a click of my tongue.
[You can only select 1 out of 2 current quests.]
[50 days remaining until the refresh activation time.]
There were three before, but now there are two. It seems the number of selectable quests changes each time I refresh.
[Ghost Hunter
There are many ghosts in this world that torment humans.
Please save the humans who are possessed by ghosts and cannot live their own lives.
Enter the ‘Evil Spirit’ world and defeat 666 evil spirits for humanity.
Quest Reward: 666 Points]
‘This is a dud.’
I have to kill 666 evil spirits, and the reward is only 666 points. One point per evil spirit.
‘Evil spirits. This is like a ghost-busting drama. Finding hidden evil spirits is no easy task… 666 of them.’
It was annoying. Plus, this quest could take at least a few months.
‘Unless the reward was better, I’m not doing it.’
I looked at the next quest.
[Guardian Angel of the Protagonist!
Enter 3 worlds and help the protagonists create a happy ending. The protagonists want to be happy.
The 3 worlds are randomly determined.
Quest Reward: Skill Enhancement Ticket.]
‘What’s with telling me to help the protagonists… Wait, the quest reward is a Skill Enhancement Ticket?!’
[Skill Enhancement Ticket
Enhances one skill from the Leisure Life app. You cannot enhance an already enhanced skill again.]
‘I didn’t know this existed…! I can’t miss this!’
I didn’t know when another chance like this would come. And unlike the last [Kill the Gay King] quest, it didn’t seem to have any hidden penalties, so if the world wasn’t too messed up, I could complete the quest easily.
[Quest accepted.]
[Starting the game.]
•••
I was standing on a rainy street in Seoul.
My whole body was soaked with rain.
‘Aish. What’s this as soon as I start.’
I looked around. Cars were driving on the road, but there were far fewer than I expected. Also, there were no people on the streets, and most of the stores were closed. It was completely different from the Seoul I knew.
I ran towards a store with lights on nearby. It was a store that specialized in selling men’s suits. Unlike the light shining through the window, there was a sign on the door that said they were closed.
Knock knock knock!
I knocked on the door.
“We’re closed!”
An old man shouted irritably from inside the store.
“1 million won! I’ll give you 1 million won! I’m in a hurry! Please! Please!”
“…Please come in! Customer!”
I was going to smash the door and kill him if money didn’t work, but thankfully, the door opened.
I opened the door and went inside. I could smell the unique scent of a clothing store and see the neatly arranged suits.
I gave the old man the 1 million won I had taken out of my inventory before the door opened and said,
“Give me a decent suit. Oh, and bring me a towel too.”
“Of course, sir. Of course.”
The old man, who quickly tucked the wad of cash into his pocket, bowed repeatedly and led me to a seat.
I took off my clothes without hesitation and wiped my wet body with a towel, looking at the TV on one side of the wall. There was news on TV.
-Breaking news!
-Hundreds of monsters have spread from the Han River to all over Seoul!
The screen on the TV changed to a video of the Han River, where heavy rain was falling like a waterfall.
In the Han River, where not a single person could be found, black monsters were rising up and crawling onto land. There were dozens of them.
I realized where this world was.
-The South Korean military has moved to save the citizens! Citizens, please do not go outside and wait at home!
I took out my smartphone and checked the Leisure Life app.
[Currently progressing ‘Guardian Angel of the Protagonist!’ quest.]
[The current game world is ‘Miracle on the Han River’.]
‘Miracle on the Han River is… a creation within a creation.’
Miracle on the Han River is a South Korean movie.
Not the real South Korea, but a movie in the world of [Vampire Detective]. It’s a creation within a creation.
‘In reality, there are hunters who hunt monsters, so these kinds of movies are usually a flop and aren’t even made.’
But the world of [Vampire Detective] was a bit different. Vampires existed, but they looked similar to humans and could talk. Moreover, [Vampire Detective] was a world ruled by humans.
“Aigo…. Those monster bastards…. The military needs to wipe them out quickly so I can run my store normally….”
The old man, who had brought the clothes, shook his head while watching the news.
“…Old man, why did you bring me a silverfish?”
“Sir, this suit was directly imported from England. It’s worth every penny of the 1 million won….”
“Okay, okay.”
I said, annoyed, and took off my pants and put on the silverfish suit. To take clothes out of my inventory, I had to go back to reality and then put them back in the inventory, and that process was annoying.
“…Aren’t you going to wear underwear? I’ll give you some as a service.”
“It’s okay. My thing is strong even without underwear.”
“…It does look strong.”
It would dangle if I moved roughly, but I was used to it, so it didn’t matter.
-Bang! Tatatatatang! Boom!
I heard gunshots and explosions on the TV. It was a video of the military fighting the monsters. The monsters were hit by dozens of bullets but didn’t fall easily. They staggered when hit by a grenade, and only fell to the ground after being hit by over a thousand bullets. Even then, they didn’t die and were still twitching.
“…How did those monsters appear in the Han River…. No, it’s weird that they’re even coming out of the Han River…. It’s the end of the world. The end of the world.”
The old man with a serious face muttered. I could see his fear.
“The American bastards dumped poison in the Han River, and that’s why those mutant fish bastards came out. Ah, I’ll take that raincoat over there. Give it to me as a service.”
“What are you… No, more importantly, are you thinking of going outside now? Stay inside until the situation calms down. If you go outside and run into those monster bastards, you’ll die! You’ll die!”
“They’re the ones who are going to die.”
I ignored the old man’s pleas and went outside.
There was no time to dawdle here. The fact that the military had stepped in meant that the ‘Miracle on the Han River’ was in its mid-to-late stages. I had to move to succeed in the quest.
Just then, I saw a mid-sized car speeding down the road. I walked towards the road.
Screeeeeech!
The car stopped, and the window opened.
“You crazy bastard! Get out of the way?!”
I approached the car door, punched the man in the head, knocking him out, and dragged him out of the car. I threw the man roughly on the street, sat in the driver’s seat, and stepped on the gas.
The protagonist of the movie ‘Miracle on the Han River’ is a family. Right now, that family is being held captive in the monsters’ lair. The family’s escape from the monsters’ lair is the latter part of the movie.
‘In that process, two of the six family members die. The son and the wife.’
The completion condition of the quest is to help the protagonist create a happy ending.
‘In short, I can’t let a single member of the protagonist’s family die.’
Screeeeeech.
The car stopped. I took out a rifle and Hwaryeon Flying Daggers from my inventory, armed myself, and got out of the car.
There was a collapsed, large bridge. The monsters had gathered the debris of the collapsed bridge on land to create their lair. And inside, there were food that the monsters had captured, dead human bodies, and other things.
The protagonist’s family hadn’t been captured by the monsters but had entered the lair out of necessity to survive. And now. Now that the monsters have scattered all over Seoul, they will try to escape.
‘The problem is that there are still monsters guarding the lair.’
When I enhanced my eyesight with mana, I could see a monster hiding behind the debris. I pulled the trigger without hesitation.
Bang!
The bullet flew and hit the monster’s body. But to take down a monster with bullets, I would have to hit it at least hundreds of times.
The monster looked at me.
“You look disgusting.”
Bang!
I pulled the trigger again.
The monster, as if enraged, started running towards me. It was much faster than a human could run.
‘But still slower than me.’
I leisurely pulled the trigger, intending to tease the monster. It was a burst, not a single shot. The muzzle kept spitting fire. Even after emptying an entire magazine, the monster’s speed didn’t slow down.
I threw the rifle carelessly on the ground.
‘Manroe.’
Pajijijijik!
Lightning gathered in my fist and compressed into a swastika shape.
The monster opened its mouth wide at a distance of 3 meters. I could smell the disgusting odor of more sharp teeth than a shark and vomit.
‘Fire.’
Kwarururung!
Lightning was fired at the monster. Pajikpajik! Electricity sparked from the monster’s body, which was electrocuted.
Thud!
The monster fell to the side.
‘I killed one… Huh?’
The fallen monster twitched and got up.
‘Does it have resistance to electricity? At this level… it’s probably a high-level D-rank monster.’
I took out the Hwaryeon Flying Daggers. Without even needing to create sword energy, I stabbed the monster’s head with the blade. When I put strength into my hand, the blade easily pierced the monster’s head.
“Hup!”
I swung the blade and split the monster’s head. The monster fell to the ground again and didn’t move anymore, confirming that it was dead.
‘That was nothing.’
I decided that I could handle several at the same time, and I walked towards the monster’s lair.
On the way, two monsters attacked, but they died with their heads cut off by my blade.
I dug through the debris and went inside. It was a pretty well-made lair for something made from the debris of a collapsed bridge. It was dark and damp. However, it wasn’t very wide, so it seemed difficult for two monsters to enter at the same time.
“Is anyone here~?”
I went inside, illuminating the darkness with the light from my smartphone, and found monster eggs attached to the ceiling and walls. Just by looking at the eggs, there were dozens of them. If you combined all the eggs in this lair, there would be at least thousands.
‘The monsters will eventually be annihilated by the military, so it’s meaningless.’
I stopped as I was walking inside. I felt a presence.
When I shone my smartphone forward, there were swarms of small, dog-sized monsters.
The monster babies all rushed towards me.
Pajijijijik!
The crimson lightning that erupted from the blade electrocuted and killed the baby monsters.
‘They’re not as big as the adults… and it’s not normal lightning, but red lightning, so they won’t be able to get up.’
Thump thump. I nudged the baby monsters with my toes, but they didn’t react. I stepped on the corpses of the baby monsters and went further inside.
“Is anyone thereeeee~?”
“Quiet! Be quiet!”
I heard an old man’s voice from inside.
“Oh. You were here.”
“Didn’t you hear me say be quiet?!”
It was a place full of human corpses. And in the corner of the debris, the protagonist’s family from ‘Miracle on the Han River’ was hiding.
A grandfather, a middle-aged man, a middle-aged woman, a young man and woman, and a boy who looked to be around 10 years old.
Six in total. It was the protagonist’s family.
“Wow. You’re all alive. That’s a relief.”
I looked at the protagonist’s family.
“Ah, please! Be quiet!”
The grandfather yelled at me. I looked at the protagonist’s wife. She wasn’t very pretty, so my interest quickly faded.
I shifted my gaze to the protagonist’s daughter. She was glaring at me warily, which made me think she had a strong personality. She was dirty, but if she was cleaned up, she would be my type of woman.
‘I was originally going to take the protagonist’s family out right away, but… I’m changing my plans!’
