On the way to Section 35âs Center D StoreâŚ
âYeah, Iâll be home soon.â
âOkay. Iâll make a lot of your favorites so hurry home!â
As I made my way to the general store, my Comm Link rang and I happily picked it up. After letting my mother know that I would be home soon, I entered the Store and went up to the general store.
âWelcome to Section 35âs Center D general store.â
âShow me your items.â
The storeâs menu came up soon. I scrolled all the way down to the Stat points. I selected exactly 2,552 for now.
âYour total comes out to 2,552,000,000 golden rings.â
That was a hefty price, but I handed the golden rings over without hesitation. I had already made my decision on my way here. I invested the 8,000 Stat points I now had into STR.
==[Your base STR has surpassed 60,000 points.
Your total STR points: 83,478
Your base STR points: 60,000
STR points increased by items: 15,500
STR points increased by skills: 7,677 (Shaman Koâs Selfish Prick), 300 (King-Emperorâs Grand Dignity), 1 (Kiranâs Stat point.)]==
==[You will be awarded a bonus for surpassing 60,000 points in STR before anyone else.
STR will be increased by 2,000 points.
This bonus is awarded to the first person to accomplish this achievement.]==
With the bonus STR points, I now had a base STR of 62k. I just needed 8 billion more golden rings to make it 70k, 72k with its bonus points. And I still had 12.5 golden rings to spend!
âLetâs do it! Iâm going to do it sooner or later, so I might as well do it now.â I was only saving up golden rings to spend them on Stat points anyway. This war wasnât over, so I needed more Stat points to get stronger. I didnât want to push it off and end up regretting that decision. If Earth ended up losing a Section to the enemy, the Store prices were going to go up by 5%. I had no intention of letting that happen, but it wasnât like I could outright control fate.
I bought another 8,000 Stat points right away.
âYour total comes out to 8,000,000,000 golden rings.â
As I handed over the golden rings, I started to miss the 20% VIP discount I had at Antonâs Store. Maybe I was starting to miss Anton and Marie, too. Either way, I invested the 8,000 Stat points into STR right away. After receiving the bonus messages, I opened my Stats Menu.
Level: 1289 Death Count: 0
Title: Earthâs First Deva
HP: 29,140,700/29,140,700 MP: 702,800/702,800
Strength: 87,801 + 7,677 Agility: 48,601 Vitality: 49,501
Willpower: 6,968 Intelligence: 6,228
Unassigned Stat Points: 0
Special Effects: Luck Boost (X+1), immune to all Status effects, Dungeon Seeker 14 points
Physical Attack: 322,947 Physical Defense: 84,197
Magical Attack: 20,854 Magical Defense: 42,634]==
ââŚâ It was so beautiful. I took a moment to stare at it and bask in all its glory. After a while, I finally came back to reality and left the general store. Fated Crossroads was finally off its cooldown and I was planning on using it at the weapon shop, but I had something to take care of first. An annoying fly was buzzing around since I had left the dungeon.
I leisurely walked over to a man who was standing off to the side. âJust what is it that you want to know so badly?â
â!!!â The man with red irises stared at me in shock at my question.
I brought my pinky finger to my ear to scratch it. âGod, you were so noisy and annoying with your incessant buzzing. What, donnât you have something to ask me? If youâre not going to say anything, then come back when youâre ready. That is, if you can.â I had pulled out my spear before I finished talking, and I stabbed the red-eyed man. I had also already activated Mana Conversion, Warriorâs Brave Spirit, Howl of the Wolf, and Judgeâs Gavel before leaving the general store. I attacked him so fast he didnât have time to react.
==[You have obtained 0 golden rings for defeating a powerful enemy.]==
âTsk. How despicable.â I really did kill him. There was no way any ordinary deva could withstand all that attack power. And like the message said, that attack had killed him, but since I didnât get any golden rings, it wasnât a clean death. He had some sort of ability like Angel.
âWhat is up with that? Itâs so annoying.â I doubted he could resurrect thirteen times like Angel, but it was frustrating regardless. Why couldnât they just die normally?
âBut his eyesâŚtheyâre bothering meâŚâ I had known of his existence for a while now, ever since I had started Survival at the Ogre Dungeon.
==[What skills do you know?
Will you reveal this information?]==
==[What level are you now?
Will you reveal this information?]==
==[How many Stat points do you have?
Will you reveal this information?]==
Will you reveal this information?]==
==[What secrets do you have? What are your weaknesses?
Will you reveal this information?]==
The fact that these messages kept appearing was confusing, but they all asked for my permission. I rejected all of the ones that I could. There were some that I couldnât and they mostly had to do with external information about me, like my location and whatnot.
Still, I gathered that this was happening because of my Listen passive skill. I had thought that it was a dud skill after opening the Random Skill Chest at 0 skill points, and still did up until recently. All it did was allow me to hear Shaman Ko, the Dungeon Mole, and Deathâs Achilles Tendon. But for the first time ever, Listen was actually useful.
âBut it doesnât change the fact that that guyâs still around!â I had ignored him on purpose, biding my time to get the jump on him. I pulled my Comm Link out and called someone from the Empire.
âHow can I help, commander?â
âIâd like you to find someone for me. He has red irises, black hair, on the good-looking side, stands at about 187 centimeters, and should weigh about 75 kilograms.â
ââŚâ I didnât know how to answer for a moment, but my instincts screamed that he was an enemy. The system had also told me that he was an enemy when I killed him.
âNo, heâs from Croot.â
âI see. Iâll get right on it, sir.â
After hearing the officerâs reply, I hung up, but I didnât move from my spot right away. He was definitely my enemy; all of the evidence pointed to that he was, which was why I attacked him without hesitation. But for some reason, I had hesitated when I tried to answer the officer. It was only for a moment, but it was bugging me because it wasnât normal.
âHmm⌠thereâs something wrong hereâŚâ No matter which way I looked at it, it wasnât right, but I couldnât figure out why. I tightened my hold on my spear. I was not going to let him go the next time I saw himâŚ
Section 92 of the Judgeâs ContinentâŚ
Dunia was panting heavily, his face beet red. He really had just died. He took out an item shining with a white light from his inventory.
==[Resurrection Crystal (Rank 8)
This is a crystal imbued with resurrection magic. You will receive its effects as long as it remains in your inventory.
Increase all Stats by 100 points. (No effect)
Increase VIT by 200 points. (No effect)
You will be asked to resurrect with no penalties upon death. (No effect)
Choosing to resurrect will cause the Resurrection Crystal to lose all of its effects.]==
Dunia had thought that this item was useless. All it did was protect him from one death penalty. To Dunia, a single death penalty was nothing to worry about. Dunia had believed that it wasnât worth being Rank 8. Still, he didnât want to sell it to deities who feared death more than devas, so no matter how much they offered he had just kept it in his inventory all this time. He could at least do with the increase in his Stat points. But it had just saved his hide here on the Judgeâs Continent. He frowned now that his one insurance policy was gone.
âFine. I can acknowledge that you can kill me with one attack. I knew that when I saw you fight Angel. But how the hell did you know?â He didnât care that he died instantly. He wasnât very strong, thanks to Claudia, and he had seen Lee Jiwon kill Angel with just a couple of swings. But the way Lee Jiwon had just casually walked up to him and asked what it was that he wanted to know so badly had freaked Dunia out. No one on Croot knew about Duniaâs ability, so no one on Earth should know, either!
âBut Absolute Trust didnât work on him, either.â It was only for a moment, but his red eyes had locked on to Lee Jiwonâs. He had used Absolute Trust in that short amount of time. He had to, no matter how surprised he was. But all he received in return was a stab through the heart without hesitation.
âFuckâŚâ Dunia was afraid. The three insurance policies that could keep him alive against Lee Jiwon were all gone. Dunia no longer had an escape route for the next time they met.
âJust what in the world are you, Lee Jiwon?â Dunia stayed rooted in place for a while, thinking about the mystery that was Lee Jiwon.
Section 35âs Center D weapon shopâŚ
âActivate: Fated Crossroads.â My heart was beating hard in my chest. I was about to attempt to upgrade my Harrier to Rank 10.
==[Fated Crossroads has been activated.
You are presented with two paths.
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Path 1: You attempt to upgrade your Heartâs Blood Harrier to Rank 10.
Path 2: You decide to not upgrade your Heartâs Blood Harrier to save your golden rings.]==
==[Please select one of the two paths.]==
It was the same message as last time and I made the same choice as well.
âSelect first path!â A video appeared before me.