Chapter 97 – #98 Siren’s Heart (3)
#98 Siren’s Heart (3)
“What? Where did you come from… Huh?”
When I entered the sea hall with Han Ji-min, Gina, who had entered first, approached me. When Gina saw Han Ji-min standing next to me, she immediately went into alert mode. It was a stinging gaze, as if glaring at a rival.
“Who is this?”
“Do you know director Han Seon-hyuk?”
“Director Han Seon-hyuk? Of course I know. But how do you… No, oppa know that person?”
“This is Han Ji-min, the daughter of director Han Seon-hyuk.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Hello.”
“Yes, hello. My name is Balzina.”
“Ah!”
Han Ji-min exclaimed at Gina’s self-introduction.
“I’ve heard a lot from my father. He’s a very talented person for his age.”
“Is it so?”
Because of her praise, Gina’s wariness faded somewhat. Why is it so simple?
“Let’s talk about it later, let’s go inside. Dad and mom are inside, right?”
“Yeah. Jimin-ssi is going too.”
“Yes.”
Me, Gina, and Han Ji-min went into the ocean hall to see the heart of the siren. There were already many people inside, and everyone looked excited at the thought of seeing the heart of the siren.
Soon after, a man with an impressive white beard came inside, being guarded by S-class heroes. In his hand was something like a box covered with cloth.
‘Reel? Are you a genophile? And was he… A tough guy?’
The S-class heroes who protect men were people I knew. One was a genefider who became my mount, Gamabunta, and fought the Shadow Killer, and the other was a tough guy, a muscular hero I saw from afar.
In addition to that, A-class heroes were standing guard inside and outside the sea hall, vigilantly in all directions with sharp eyes.
The level of security was so high that it could be called Cheolongseong.
‘Wouldn’t it be easy?’
With such a composition and number of people, most villains would not dare to steal the heart of a siren.
Of course, I will do whatever I can to steal the siren’s heart for Alice, who will be waiting for me at home.
“Honey, if you look over there…”
“Yes. But it won’t be easy there either.”
“…”
‘This side is having a hard strategy meeting.’
Dad and Mom were looking around unnoticed and planning a strategy. Since it was a special jewel made by processing the heart of a monster, there was no way the two people who were called the great master villains could not stand still.
‘Shall we try a throwback?’
Stealing would be better for dad and mom than for me. If so, it might be easier to take it when the two steal the heart of the siren.
‘Um… But then it’s no fun!’
Even so, it was not a pleasant thing to get the heart of a siren by stabbing your family in the back. Rather than that, it was better to have a friendly competition.
“Thank you very much for being here.”
The man standing in the center, being guarded by two S-class heroes, opened his mouth.
“It’s not enough, but I’m Samuel Soth, the director of the Akradan Museum. It’s a great honor to show you such a precious jewel today.”
Clap clap clap-!
People clapped at the words of director Samuel Sauce. No, why are you clapping?
Anyway, when the applause stopped and it became quiet, the director opened his mouth again.
“First of all, I will give you a brief explanation about the heart of the sirens. Twenty years ago, [C. Norend. Siren], Commonly known as the Siren, crossed the sea and attacked the Dark City. City is…”
It was the curator repeating what he had already heard from Gina and Ellis. Why don’t you show it right away and take a look at it? He was a man who knew how to push and pull.
The curator, who explained the process of making the siren’s heart for about a minute, placed the cloth-covered box he was holding in his hand into the glass tube.
“Then let me introduce you. The heart of the sirens!”
The director removed the cloth covering the box and presented the heart of the siren to the world.
“And!”
“Oh my god…”
“So beautiful!”
“Wonderful! Beautiful! Elegance! Unbelievable!”
“Hey heck… To be able to see the heart of a siren while I was alive… Now, even if I die, I have no regrets… Damn it!”
Those who saw the siren’s heart were greatly impressed. Some even fainted in tears.
The siren’s heart was a large drop-shaped jewel the size of a human head. The light from the ceiling is reflected on the jewels, doubling the mystery.
“A siren’s heart holds a very special power.”
The curator held up a small bottle and showed the people what he was holding.
“It contains sea water. If you spray it on the heart of a siren…”
Then he put his hand into the glass tube and sprayed the seawater from the bottle into the siren’s heart. Then an amazing thing happened.
“Singing sound?”
“Oh my god…”
“It’s so beautiful…”
Surprisingly, when the sea water hit, a song flowed from the heart of the siren. As I listened to her song quietly, an image of a beautiful woman looking at the sea and humming her song was drawn.
It was a sound with only melodies, but the beauty was there, and I would never get tired of listening to it for the rest of my life.
“Really… So pretty… Isn’t it, oppa?”
“…”
Seeing the siren’s heart beside her, Gina, deeply moved, spoke to me, but I couldn’t answer.
Because-
[[Artifact: Processed Siren’s Heart] Found.]
[You will receive 1 [Psychic Level Up Ticket] As a reward.]
[Tickets: [Psychic Option Ticket] X1 [Psychic Level Up Ticket] X14]
[A player-only quest will be granted.]
[Take [Relic: Processed Siren’s Heart]!]
[If you clear the quest, you will receive a special reward.]
– Because this phrase appeared.
Quest?
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When the viewing time was over, everyone went home.
Some people clamored to show the siren’s heart a little more, but the director calmly took the siren’s heart to the basement of the museum, saying that it was impossible for security reasons.
However, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, people will be able to see more of the siren’s heart, so they swallowed their regrets and left the museum.
Her dad and mom went home too, and I too went home with Gina to Elise waiting.
“Hey, where are you sick?”
“…”
“Hey!”
“I’m surprised. Why are you screaming?”
“It’s because there is no answer when I call.”
“You called me? Why?”
“Where does it hurt? You haven’t said anything since before.”
“Do I look like a sick person? It’s just because the aftertaste is strong.”
As if relieved by my words, Gina leaned back in her chair.
“Really?
“Therefore.”
I casually agreed with Gina’s words.
The heart of a siren is beautiful and mysterious. But now I had something more important than that.
[A player-only quest will be granted.]
[Take [Relic: Processed Siren’s Heart]!]
[If you clear the quest, you will receive a special reward.]
‘Emergency quest…’
The quest had never popped up until now. Why did the quest suddenly pop up?
‘Ruler. Let’s summarize what I know.’
This world and the game [Dark City] Do not have quests. In the first place, quests exist for the smooth progress of the story, but this is because the story does not exist in this game.
There was no story, so there was no reason for quests to exist.
This is because you can force the player to proceed with the story in this way using the quest as an excuse.
Based on the infinite degree of freedom, the player’s thoughts and actions are made into a story, but is the story forced? This is impossible and has never happened before.
But now a quest appeared.
Why the hell
‘Special reward.’
I paid attention to the special reward.
The Siren’s Heart is not a necessary tool to advance the story. It is a tool that exists to give players that ‘special reward’.
Then, what kind of convenience does the creator want to give the player a special reward?
‘Tutorial system?’
The first thing that came to mind was the tutorial system.
If there’s one thing I most desperately want to get, it’s the tutorial system.
All-in-one system that allows you to see everyone’s status window regardless of whether or not they have psychic powers, and can do everything, such as giving directions and finding people.
‘But it won’t be a tutorial system.’
The tutorial exists only for beginners. Can I say that I am a beginner?
He has four level 10 psychic powers, and compared to other S-class villains, he has a force that is not lacking.
I’m already out of the beginner’s category. The probability that the special reward was a tutorial system was close to 0%.
‘Hmm! I don’t know.’
I kept thinking, but I couldn’t figure out what the special reward was. Well, it was natural. If I could find out that only through reasoning, I wouldn’t have bothered to hide what I would give as a reward.
‘I was going to steal it anyway, but…’
I was planning to steal it anyway for Alice who wants to see the heart of the siren. But with the quest attached, now I have to take it unconditionally.
‘If I’m not lucky with this, I might have a proper match with my dad.’
Mother is no match No matter how advanced she is armed with, she is not of great strength in battle as her psychic trait is for thieves only.
The person I should be wary of was the hero standing guard and my dad.
Although she is treated as a set with her mother, saying that she is a big thief villain, her father’s psychic powers were never negligible.
[Name: Bal Ji-woon (Male / 50 years old)]
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[Psychic Power: Unidentified in the Fog (Lv.9)]
[Psychic Tree]
Lv.1 [Fog]
Lv.2 [Body Restoration]
Lv.3 [Partial Fog]
Lv.4 [High Speed Movement]
Lv.5 [Materialization (Active)]
Lv.6 [Heavy (Active)]
Lv.7 [Fog Control]
Lv.8 [Shroud of Fog (Active)]
Lv.9 [Unidentified Monster]
I summoned my father’s psychic powers that I had seen before.
‘Fog.’
The basic base was fog. It can be created from fog, and it is possible to turn into fog and pass through walls. It is also possible to create a battlefield that is advantageous to oneself by making the fog heavy.
However, the characteristics to be most wary of than that were the ‘veil of fog’ and ‘unidentified monster’.
The Fog Veil creates a fog that completely blocks the senses, including vision. And the unidentified monster is literally a monster that exists in the fog.
No one knows what kind of monster it is.
All I know is that it is very ferocious and powerful. Even a level 10 psychic could not easily deal with it.
‘Should I prepare a little more thoroughly?’
If you go out with a light heart like usual, you might get a serious nose injury.
I plan to pour all my energy into this fight for the Siren’s Heart.
