Chapter 135 – The Freaky House
“Um… I don’t know how the information was injected into me, but… I came to know that this ‘world’ is not real, but a ‘fake world’ created by Assistant Detective Seongil.”
“…”
“Huh… But it’s scary.”
“?”
“For some reason, I must have gone crazy or panicked if I found out such a scary fact, but I think my smartphone was forcibly ‘modified’ to keep my mind from collapsing.”
“Hmm…”
“Whoa… I can’t say anything. It’s like I’m not the real me.”
An explanation of the ‘Game Master’ and ‘Follower System’ that are more terrifying than Elysia’s. When she thinks that her holy day has made her a follower for no reason, Elysia replies with a smile.
“If you’re sorry for making me a ‘follower’, you don’t have to think so. I’m still confused, but I definitely feel that something great has been given to me. So don’t be sorry.”
After saying that, Elysia hugged her on her holy day, and she whispered.
“Tell the other three honestly and invite them to join ‘followers’. It will definitely be of great help to Assistant Seong-il.”
After answering that, Elysia gave her a strange smile and pushed her on the back of her holy day, sending her to Charlotte’s room.
After saying that, Seong-il started making her colleagues, including her Charlotte, one by one her followers. Surprisingly, it was not difficult for her colleagues to convert their followers, but Charlotte blankly followed what her Sung-il said without thinking (..) She became a follower, and Yuna took advantage of the fact that she had greed on her smartphone. Made her follower.
A holy day that made all of her followers her own. As the general comment said, he started returning to reality to solve the problems of another game world in order to receive the reward of core absorption.
“Whoa… It was a crazy day.”
Seong-il sat on a bed in the corner of her own room, staring blankly at the ceiling and sighing. He catches his breath, takes a break, then takes out his smartphone and looks at it.
‘Hmm… The Game Master said he would give me a reward, but why didn’t he give me anything…?’
Thinking so, Seong-il turns on his phone and runs Game Master.
Wooooo…!!
Then, an intense light is emitted from the phone’s screen in the direction of Seong-Il. Seong-Il, who was directly hit by the intense light, freaked out and turned his hand upside down to return the light to the floor.
“What… What?!”
Seong-il is taken aback by the sudden light. The light radiates out onto the floor for a while and then changes into a specific shape shortly after.
“…Pineapple?”
A mass of light that looks like a pineapple. The mass of light gradually begins to turn gray, and soon after, it begins to materialize from light to decoration.
“…”
Seong-il checks the finished pineapple stone pieces with an absurd look. He took the piece of pineapple in his hand and began examining it.
‘… What the fuck is this? Crazy?!’
Upon closer inspection, the piece of pineapple was, to be exact, a small house shaped like a pineapple. The entrance at the bottom, and the cute eyeball-shaped windows above the entrance and on the left and right were impressive.
Seong-il holds up the piece out of curiosity and starts examining the interior. Interestingly, all kinds of household items such as furniture, beds, and kitchens were installed inside the sculpture. He thought while examining the finely crafted items.
‘…Are you trying to play with dolls?’
When Seong-il was dumbfounded by the gamemaster’s incomprehensible gift, his smartphone started to ring an alarm.
‘…What?’
User: Seongil Han
1. Current World: Reality
2. Possessed Abilities: Sensitivity, Game Master, Martial Arts
– Sensitivity LV.1: Use electronic products to quantify and understand the abilities of people and items.
– Game Master LV.2 :
1) You can enter the world in the game.
2) You can check the quest from the person in the game.
(ON/OFF possible with a click)
– Heaven, Earth, Yin-Yang Bridge 4-Star: It is the ultimate unmanned man with inner strength.
– Bankruptcy priesthood 1 star: A young Kwonsa who trains Kwonbeop.
3. Ability:
– Agility: 22
– Strength: 22
– Intelligence: 16
– Stamina: 24
– Magic attribute: 27
4. Points: 173,200 points
5 State:
– Color ball polishing (side effects exist)
※ Overall Review: Leave the Pineapple House on the floor and walk while constantly thinking that you want to enter it.
‘…Are you saying that? This bastard?’
Seong-il is taken aback by the absurd general comment. However, it was not possible to ignore the request of the general reviewer, so Seongil went on a long walk and walked to the object called the pineapple house on the floor as the general reviewer said.
‘What… What!!’
Then, surprisingly, every time I moved to my pineapple house, I could feel the building getting bigger and closer.
‘…No, I’m getting smaller!
Seong-il panics in an absurd situation. At first, I thought the building was getting bigger and bigger, but when I arrived at the entrance of the house and looked around, I could see that the bed I usually sleep on and the computer I play games on had become huge.
“…If you approach the house thinking you want to enter, will the user become smaller and be able to enter?!”
Surprised by the power of the magical Pineapple House, Seong-il opens the door and enters. Then you can see nice furniture and daily necessities.
“Hmm… I wonder if it’s okay to use it as a residence or a warehouse?”
As a result of looking around, the 3-story Pineapple House boasted the size of a tolerable villa, so it was a building that did not lack at all for someone to live in.
“…I’m a landlord now too?”
Seong-Il laughs and eats when he suddenly thinks that a useful building has been created. He is dumbfounded and opens the door on the last floor.
Squeak…
“Uh…?”
Then, a room close to the clearing with an impressive huge door in front of him. There was a large conference desk in the center, on which was placed a piece of paper the size of an A4 paper.
‘…What?’
Holy day to find and pick up the paper.
“Welcome to Pineapple House! This house is the place to bring your followers!! Although followers cannot leave the house except for you, you can call your followers here and make them do various things!”
‘!!!’
Seong-il was shocked by the expression “A house that can attract followers.” That’s what he thinks
‘…Then you could have them meet Erica and Yuna so that they could work together?!’
Shocked by the tremendous effect of the house, Seong-il continues to read the explanation.
『Of course, the power of the house is weak right now, so summoning followers is impossible! Strengthen your house to create new buildings! Then you can call the followers of that world!』
‘I mean… If you make a house in another game world based on this house, you can connect the game world…?’
The contents of the instruction manual are vague. He continues reading the explanation to dispel his doubts.
『In order to expand a house, a lot of ‘core energy’ is required. Therefore, even in order to build more buildings, we desperately need the cooperation of the building owners! If the number of houses increases, it might become a city!”
‘…Was the last time the Game Master absorbed the power of the dungeon core to make this?’
Seong-il continues to read the manual, curious about the game master’s intentions.
“Caution”
1. The Pineapple House can be destroyed.
2. Once destroyed, regeneration is not possible.
3. If there are buildings in the world connected to the Pineapple House, if the Pineapple House is destroyed, all connections to the game world will be cut off. (Cannot reconnect)
4. For this reason, it is recommended to install the house in an absolutely safe place from the outside.
“…Somehow, it’s filthy good. If it breaks, the game world will actually be destroyed. It’s a good and dangerous thing!! This…”
Thinking so, Seong-il opens the inventory to put the pineapple house in a safe place.
“Customs!”
– Great Pineapple House: 999,999,999 points
“?!?!?!?!?!?!”
Seong-il freaked out by ridiculous astronomical tariff points. He thought in a panic when the most massive points were listed among all the items he had seen so far.
‘No fuck… What kind of dog is this… It’s actually 1 billion points… Crazy… Are you kidding me?!’
The point price of the Pineapple House, which cannot be put into the inventory. He thinks in amazement at the point.
‘…If this is the case, I won’t be able to summon my followers to the Pineapple House. If the pineapple house is destroyed by being attacked by an external enemy, it’s as good as the deaths of my colleagues in the game world I cleared.’
Seong-il is terrified by the penalty that is more brutal than he thought. He ponders how to use ‘Pineapple House’ safely.
‘Hmm… Should I rather use it for storage? I think it would be useful just to use it as a secret storage room.’
Seong-il was just about to give up its use and use it as a warehouse to eliminate the risk. Suddenly, an idea comes to him.
“Wait… There’s one special clear reward left…?”
Thinking so, Seong-il turns on his phone and stares at a reward coupon.
『Skill Copy Ticket 1 pc: Copy 1 NPC’s unique skill. (Skill level is always fixed at LV.1)』
‘If this is the case… If I copy the skills in the new world I’m trying to go to… I can have my own world where outside enemies can’t invade. If that’s it…?’
Somehow I feel like I could get a safe zone for Pineapple House. Seong-il continues to think based on that feeling.
‘That’s right. With ‘that skill’, I’m sure you can perfectly protect the Pineapple House from outside invasion. Because of that, I’ll have to buy an A-grade game soon.’
When the plan for the pineapple house came to mind, Seong-il took out a black ball and held it in his hand.
“Customs!!”
– Blackball: 100,000 tariff points
‘Heuk… My point like blood…’
Seong-il felt that the hard-earned points were a waste, but he closed his eyes and paid the black ball tariff.
“Whoa…”
Seong-il tries to summon Eun-wol while calming his pounding heart after paying the black ball’s tariff.
“Me and Eunwol!”
Then, a familiar In-yeong appears from the ball that fell.
‘Done!!’
Holy day full of joy. And soon after, Eun-wol appeared and asked him a question.
“Huh? Young master, where is this place?”
Eun-wol is puzzled when a building with a pretty cool conference room-like atmosphere appears. Her holy day prepares to explain her circumstances to her.
‘Hmm… First of all, 『Luke Martial Arts』 Hasn’t been cleared yet… There’s no need to say that this place is real. In the case of Elysia, if she later clears 『Laughing Martial Arts War』, She will naturally be able to tell her the truth…’
With that in mind, Seong-il begins to explain to Eun-wol.
“This is my imaginary world! Eunwol!!”
“Yes?! Are you here?!”
“Um… Well… To be precise, it’s the gateway to the world of imagination…”
“A gateway?”
“Yes… You enter another world of images through this place, and I think I will be able to bring you to the world of images from time to time.”
“Wow! Really?”
Eun-wol is delighted like a child when she hears that she can be with Seong-il. Looking at her like that, her Seong-il answers with a bitter smile.
“First… Explain where I need to go…”
Weeing!!
While trying to explain to Eun-wol, the alarm on her smartphone rings out of nowhere.
He is puzzled and picks up his phone for a moment to check.
『Warning: You have invited followers from a world that has not been cleared yet. Since this is beyond the tolerance of the system, the summoner is automatically banished to the original world after 24 hours.”
‘No crazy?!’
Seong-il is taken aback by Game Master’s warning that Eun-wol will be exiled after an endless day. He gets a little pissed off and continues reading the warning.
『…However, if you want to summon additionally, you can re-summon for 24 hours from the next round by forcibly consuming 10% of your total points. However, the minimum consumption amount of points is 10,000 points. (If 10% is less than 10,000, 10,000 points will be consumed unconditionally. If there is not enough points, it cannot be summoned)』
‘…Actually, put in at least 10,000 points and summon it for 24 hours…?’
The game master put the brakes on summoning Eunwol by using bloody points. He gnashed his teeth and was furious, but soon regained his composure and began to worry.
‘Anyway… Even if it’s 24 hours, where’s the summoning? 24 hours is enough.’
Seong-il thought so and began to explain to Eun-wol about the world of How to Become an Alchemist and the situation he was in now.
