Chapter 2483 – 2483. The Devil’s Game

A-Plan Legion decided to give up strategy for the time being and focus on maintenance and training.

This is because volcanic ash from volcanic islands also affects unexplored areas. If you forcefully proceed with the attack, the damage will increase enormously.

Yuria, me, and Elena spent time at the Baldert mansion. As Yuria and Miryeong helped Elena with her work, Elena also had more time. Time passed quickly as she lived with the four of us. Everything went smoothly.

30 days passed in an instant.

[Yuria Grace is reverse summoned.]

[Miryeong is reverse summoned.]

Elena sat back in her chair.

“Now that they’re gone, there’s less commotion. It’s a little disappointing.”

“I never thought you, a disbeliever in humanity, would say that. It’s a little surprising.”

“The reason we distrust humans is that it is difficult to know their true intentions. Even if you can guess, you can’t be sure.”

“You don’t even know Yuria and Miryeong’s intentions.”

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t know. Me and them are equal. The purpose is the same. There is no reason to betray, and even if you betray, it is meaningless. That’s why I can trust you and be your friend.”

“Yuria and Miryeong are not nobles?”

“Don’t you know better than anyone else that being an aristocrat is meaningless?”

Elena said with a grin.

That’s right. Status is not important to them. What matters is that she is my woman.

“What do you think will happen in the future?”

She asked Elena. Elena’s ability to closely monitor the situation is several times better than mine. Her advice is like gold and jade birds.

“The atmosphere is obviously not good. Cold War era? No, it could be said to be a little more brutal than that. The angular stone fits perfectly. It is not for nothing that this saying exists. Buy as much as you can. “The emperor is now looking for a plausible target to channel the people’s anger and despair.”

Turn internal problems externally. It was a common occurrence.

‘The Heavenly Demon Church will have to remain quiet for the time being.’

In particular, it is known that Cheonma is an executive of Helten, which is currently in conflict with the emperor. In times like this, it was best to stay quiet.

‘I guess I should just turn on automatic progress or something.’

[Ending the game.]

• • •

[Seong Yu-jin

Level: 95

Strength: 140 Stamina: 140 Dexterity: 140 Intelligence: 140 Stamina: 150 Mana: 150]

[Available points: 7,499]

I got fewer points this time than I thought.

I sat on the sofa, tapping the armrest of her arm, lost in thought. It costs 2,000 points to raise the ability level from 140. Even if you raise it a lot, you only have 3 abilities. However, there were not enough points to invest in characteristics or skills.

‘In the random draw, you can always win the full amount. But the problem is that I can’t say it’s what I want.’

Even if I used all 7,000 points in the random drawing, I was not confident that I would get any characteristics or skills. I feel especially bad today.

‘I want to raise my abilities.’

In reality, a reputation was building. And I know that fame doesn’t always bring good things. I wanted to match my physical abilities to the level of an S-class hunter.

‘This time, don’t spend it, just save it.’

• • •

I’m bored.

I’m tired of hunting monsters in dungeons and watching my creations at home. It’s scary to mess around in another world.

‘What can I say? There is no chewy taste. ‘I guess I’ve become too strong.’

Of course, I never get tired of having sex with a beautiful woman. But what I needed now was a different kind of stimulation.

The Play Life app makes that possible.

There are 6 Yugi World slots. Everything is full. But there is a way to go to another world of entertainment.

[21 days left until refresh activation time.]

Quest.

You cannot select it because 50 days have not passed since you completed the last quest.

[Would you like to spend 500 points to instantly refresh the quest?]

‘Why should I put up with being bored when there is an app for entertainment? Of course, I do.’

500 points.

That’s quite a few points. However, according to my experience, most quest rewards are at least 10 times more.

‘If you put your mind to it, you can receive points, skills, characteristics, etc. As quest rewards.’

If your goal was simply to become stronger, I think it would be more efficient to actively use quests.

[Refresh the quest.]

3 quests have been updated.

[Consistent training. Continuous training for 30 days. Reward: Points 7,000]

[Entrance exam war. Risking your life studying to get into a prestigious university. Reward: 3,000 points and ergonomic study chair.]

[Be a Virtuber from today. Aim for the best vertuber. Reward: Points 3,000 and Virtuber Avatar.]

‘I’m bored.’

There was nothing I liked.

Constant training? I’m doing it consistently in real life. However, looking at the training provided by the quest, you need to invest more than 5 hours a day.

‘You want me to train 5 hours a day for 30 days? It’s a trash quest with little reward and no fun.’

It is more profitable to enter a different world of entertainment.

‘Entrance exam war. It’s a really famous drama.’

I have to study.

That’s all it takes to get eliminated. The reward, an ergonomic study chair, had the effect of increasing learning ability when sitting on the chair. It wasn’t good.

‘Vertuber? Honestly, I don’t know.’

Virtuber itself knows. It’s also quite hot these days. But I don’t know because I don’t look at the lintel itself very well.

The reward, the Virtuber Avatar, is to change your body into a Virtuber Avatar. It seems that even the gender is changed.

‘If Madoka finds out, she’ll be begging for it.’

But what can I do? I have no intention of becoming a vertuber.

[Refresh the quest.]

‘Oh?’

Fortunately, this time a quest I liked came out.

[Devil’s Game

You have received an invitation to the game.

Join this game and get what you want. The stake for participating in the game is your life.

Unfortunately, you cannot refuse this invitation.

Quest success condition: Survive until the end of the game

Quest success reward: 3,000 points

※You can adjust compensation by setting a penalty.]

‘This is a novel in the death game genre that I read when I was young.’

It was quite shocking when I was young. Since it was a novel consisting of two volumes, it was not very long. It was pretty fun.

‘The quest rewards are so trash that it makes you sigh.’

What I noticed is that you can set a penalty.

‘The quest reward assumes a penalty.’

Isn’t it perfect to enjoy once?

I set a penalty.

[Penalty 1. Ordinary physical ability]

[Physical abilities are adjusted. Mana cannot be used either.]

[Penalty 2. Only one characteristic.

[All skills and attributes except one cannot be used. The selected attribute is Shooting (Lv. Master).]

[Penalty 3. Remnants of experience

[Memories and experiences related to the Play Life app are sealed. Some remnants remain.]

[Yugi ends automatically every 30 days.]

[Set the penalty.]

[Compensation and advantage are given according to penalty settings.]

[Acquire the limited attribute ‘Focus (Lv. Master)’.]

[Concentration Lv. Master

Concentration increases.

‣High concentration

Your concentration increases to the extreme in a short period of time. Consumes mental power.]

[Quest success reward: 10,000 points, future information.]

[Future Information

Obtain future information randomly.

Future information provides only information that is absolutely helpful to you.

Price: 200,000 points

※Caution

It is you who determines the true value of future information.]

“Sounds like fun.”

The compensation wasn’t bad at this level.

Isn’t it overkill to eliminate memories and experiences? However, if I proceeded with the quest with my memories and experiences intact, I could not get the stimulation I wanted. It’s getting too boring.

How much fun would a level 100 character get from killing a level 1 monster?

‘The stimulation and fun are different the first time you do it and the second time.’

And this is already familiar.

In the world of [Dark Moon], I was able to feel fun, stimulation, and experience even though I had no memories. When I close my eyes and think of myself in the [Dark Moon] World, the experiences and stimulation from that time come to mind vividly.

‘This is also entertainment.’

[Let the fun begin.]

‣ ‣ ‣

I lay down on the blanket to sleep.

I look at the ceiling before closing my eyes. I saw a stained ceiling. Looking at the ceiling, I felt an inexplicable sense of déjà vu.

‘No, is this really deja vu?’

I feel like I have become a new me.

For some reason, the current situation felt very unfamiliar. I lost a little sleep. I think about my situation now.

23 years old. High school graduate. Not completed. Debt collector. No family.

Two years ago, when my parents died in an accident, I invested the insurance money and assets left behind by investing them in Bitcoin.

A year ago, when I heard that Bitcoin was rising again, I went into debt and invested all my money in Bitcoin.

‘I was screwed.’

The debt alone is over 100 million won.

Apparently, the borrowed money was about 30 million won… When I came to my senses, I realized that my debt was over 100 million won.

‘The loan sharks said they would sell off my organs if I didn’t pay them back.’

Even now, messages sent by private loan sharks are stored on the smartphone. It’s not like I haven’t thought about reporting this…

‘I saw what happened to the debtor who reported it to the police. Those bastards were working with the police…’

There was no one to trust in this Republic of Korea.

‘The reason I became like this is Park Tae-san. It’s because of that bastard…’

Taesan Park.

A friend with an ambiguous relationship who is not close enough to be called a close friend, but a bit too close to be called a stranger.

A kid who hit the jackpot with Bitcoin. When that bastard heard that he could make money with Bitcoin, his eyes went crazy, and he put all his money into Bitcoin.

‘The money was copied. That bastard made tens of billions of dollars with Bitcoin.’

I watched my friend earn hundreds of millions of dollars in real time next to me. But what about me? It was nothing. It stopped. I thought there would be a difference forever like this, so I followed Taesan Park and poured all my money into Bitcoin.

It plummeted immediately after.

Taesan Park? As it turned out, the cub had already lost his footing.

‘Fuck. Does it make sense for 30% to disappear overnight?’

It will rise. I thought it would rise, but even what was left disappeared.

I was in tears.

Loan sharks are terrible, and the future is so uncertain that it feels like hell. I was born with a great dick… Furthermore, I can’t even use it.

‘Should I kill the loan shark and go to America? I’m aiming for the American dream. A future where you make money and live by hitting on blonde and busty beauties… Isn’t there a possibility?’

But I don’t even know English.

I continued my delusion and closed my eyes.

I had to sleep now to work the night shift at the factory. If I don’t sleep now, I won’t be able to endure it because I’m so tired.

‘No matter how much I think about it, it seems like the only way to change my life now is to commit robbery…’ . If you kidnap that bastard Park Tae-san, imprison him, cut off his limbs, and rob him of his property, wouldn’t your life turn around?’

Suddenly I realized that I was different from usual.

I don’t usually think like this. I was so anxious that I couldn’t sleep well. But now? There was no anxiety. All there is frustration.

‘Park Tae-san… You fucking bastard. ‘Let’s see how well you are living?’

Go to Taesan Park’s SNS.

Taesan Park, like his Bitcoin bastard, liked to show off his wealth. There are lots of pictures of supercars that sound like a lot of money in the best apartments in Korea. Above all, my girlfriend was gorgeous. Her face is so big that you would believe she’s a celebrity.

‘You damn bastard… When I asked to borrow some money, I told him to fuck off. Fuck you… How do I kill this bastard? It seems difficult to hide in the apartment… I’ve to kill it when she’s with her girlfriend. Because then I can fuck this bastard’s girlfriend.’

As I was making plans, I was surprised.

I’m planning a murder? Are you also planning to kill your friend?

‘… We’re not friends. ‘I haven’t seen you since that day.’

I closed my eyes tightly.

‘Something is strange today. ‘Let’s sleep now.’

• • •

Bang bang bang!!

I woke up to the sound of a knock on the front door.

“Hey, Seong Yu-jin! I know it’s in there! “Open the door right now, bastard!!”

It is the voice of a scoundrel under the control of a loan shark. Interest was not pushed back. This is just to scare you. They are warning that if they run away, they will find them and kill them no matter what, and that they are watching.

Normally I would have been scared and shaking, but it was different now.

“… Fuck.”

I got frustrated.

How dare you come and disturb me while I’m sleeping? Like a bully?

I got up and headed to the kitchen. I take the kitchen knife and head towards the banging front door.

When I opened the front door, there was a muscular man. His short hair is blonde, and his exposed arms are full.

“This bastard. “I told you to open the door right away when I come.”

The bully’s words stop. It was because I saw the knife in my right hand. The gangster’s eyes suddenly turn bloodthirsty.

I was like, Oops. Why did you give the gangster time when you had to stab it with a knife as soon as you opened the door?

The gangster’s hand moves towards the hand holding the kitchen knife. It looks like they are trying to grab his wrist. I took a step back and avoided it.

“How?”

What comes next is a kick.

It’s slow.

It seems as if time passes slowly.

If you couldn’t avoid this, you were an idiot.

He dodged to the side and plunged the kitchen knife into the gangster’s neck. Then he pulls out the knife and plunges it into his throat again.

Plop, plop!

After tingling my neck for a while, I took a step back after confirming that the gangster was dead.

“I-I can’t believe I committed murder…” !”

How did it end up like this?

No. The important thing now is to dispose of this body. I think I heard that if the body is not found, it is not murder but disappearance.

Think about it, Seong Yu-jin. How can I hide this body? Cut it into pieces and throw it in the trash can? Bury it in the mountain behind it or throw it into the sea? But for that…

‘It’s so annoying.’

Let’s just jump out.

‘There is no time to dispose of the body. The loan shark will feel strange and send another gangster. And that’s when I really die.’

Cold sweat runs down my neck. Maybe you will suffer more than dying. With his organs stolen, he was taken to a deserted place and became a slave.

‘Now that it’s like this, let’s kill Park Tae-san and take his girlfriend. After that… Let’s commit suicide before the police catch us.’

It is better to die than to live in prison.

‘Because these scoundrels said they had friends in prison. It will be even worse if you go to prison. In that case, it would be better to just die. For some reason, it doesn’t just end when I die, it feels like there will be a next life.’

First, I changed into clean clothes and went out the front door.

While going up the stairs from the semi-basement to the ground level, he stops. There was a black envelope on the stairs.

– Dear Seong Yujin.

‘Is this a threatening letter? ‘Who sent it?’

Feeling curious, I opened the envelope.