Cale feel the heat that comes from his spacial pocket.
He put his hand in the spacial pocket and taking a black book from his spacial pocket. The book starts to open and shows the word writen in it. When Cale try to read it, the Dokkaebi started to speak.
[I never thought that you'll all survive the first scenario. I don’t know how you find those insects and animals so quickly.]
The Dokkaebi said with an eerie grin.
[For now, shouldn’t there be a reward for overcoming the hardships? As a reward for the first scenario, you are entitled to the sponsorship of the ‘constellations.’ Waahhh! How about it? Aren’t you looking forward to it? Hmm, you are all unenthusiastic. This is really a big deal. The difficulty of the next scenario will be raised because of the number of the survivors. ]
Everyone look confused and the Dokkaebi give some simple explanation about the ‘sponsorship ‘ and ‘constellations’.
“To simply describe it, it’s like being chosen as a Saint or Holy maiden. They really want me to hit them behind their head. Let’s just ignored it. ” Cale said with an expression that usually describes as disrespectful by Alberu.
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{Kim Dokja POV}
[Survivors from the 3434 Train to Bulgwang, Carriage 3807: Kim Dokja, Lee Hyunsung, Yoo Sangah, Han Myungoh and Lee Gilyoung. A total of five survivors.]
Five people. More people than I thought survived. I looked at the faces of the survivors one by one.
Lee Hyunsung had a good physique and excellent motor skills, so it was expected that he would survive. I even expected Yoo Sangah to a certain extent.
In addition, Lee Gilyoung. If my guess was right, ‘Lee Gilyoung’ was the name of the boy standing next to me. The fluids from the crushed grasshopper was still on the boy’s hands. It was the grasshopper I had squeezed.
The boy was looking at his mother, who lost her head. The boy’s mother had abandoned him to join in on killing the grandmother. The boy had just watched the whole thing from beginning to end.
I hesitated for a moment before touching the boy’s shoulder. It wasn’t foolish sympathy. To put it simple, this was…
That’s right. Hypocrisy.
“Kid.”
The boy slowly turned his head and in his eyes, I could see the fear of death that he encountered for the first time in his life.
Unavoidable instincts. This boy wasn’t grieving his mother’s death. He was just afraid of his own death. It was natural. He was human.
“Do you want to live?”
The boy’s eyes shook anxiously. His body trembled with a force that couldn’t be resisted. Then little by little, the boy’s head moved.
The boy’s eyes shook anxiously. His body trembled with a force that couldn’t be resisted. Then little by little, the boy’s head moved.
“Then let’s go together.”
Lee Gilyoung moved slowly and came close to my legs. Yoo Sangah was watching me with an impressed expression. I unintentionally caused another misunderstanding. In fact, it was meant to be seen. But the target wasn’t Yoo Sangah.
[A few constellations are impressed with your good deed.]
[The constellations have sponsored you 200 coins.]
I couldn’t help thinking that it was a low move. But I also wanted to live.
Given the upcoming major events, it was essential to draw the attention of the constellations right now.
“W-Will you release us now? Didn’t you get what you wanted?”
Han Myungoh in a torn shirt shouted from half a dozen steps away. Department Head Han Myungoh. He was a lucky human.
But I couldn’t help wondering. Why was Han Myungoh riding the subway when he had so much money? This was the man who had shown off a new S class Mercedes-Benz not long ago.
[Hrmm, released? Haven’t you seen outside? Do you really want to go out there?]
The dokkaebi chuckled.
[It is somehow admirable. In fact, I didn’t expect much from this carriage but you managed to pass the first scenario. This proves that bugs deserve to survive.]
His words made us realize our position. Maybe we were like grasshoppers in his eyes.
[Now now, shouldn’t there be a reward for overcoming the hardships? As a reward for the first scenario, you are entitled to the sponsorship of the ‘constellations.’ Waahhh! How about it? Aren’t you looking forward to it? Hmm, you are all unenthusiastic. This is really a big deal.]
The reaction was natural. I was the only one here who knew what ‘constellation’ or ‘sponsorship’ was.
The sponsorship of the constellations. The meaning was obvious. One of the key events of Ways of Survival, ‘Sponsor Selection’ was about to begin.
[Hmm, everybody has confused expressions. I can easily tell you. Right now, you are incredibly weak. If you are thrown into the scenarios that will take place, you will be killed when you meet a weak ground rat, let alone a ‘kruk.’ But kindly, there are some great people in the universe who pity you and would like to sponsor you. Do you understand what I am saying?]
Lee Hyunsung finally couldn’t stand it anymore and opened his mouth.
“What are you saying? Who is sponsoring whom…”
[Hmm, my words are just entering dirty ears. Isn’t there an old saying in South Korea? It is better to see it once than listen a hundred times. So experience it directly. Well, the less fortunate ones might not get the chance. Hahahat!]
I was tense. From now on. A good choice here would make my survival in the future easier.
“Dokja-ssi? Two strange choices suddenly appeared in front of me…”
“I don’t know even if you ask me.”
This was naturally a lie to avoid suspicions. By the way, there were two choices. Yoo Sangah was quite lucky.
“Do it comfortably. Think of it as an aptitude test.”
“Aptitude test…”
“Nobody knows what the situation is anyway. Why not do it comfortably?”
“Ah… I understand.”
Yoo Sangah closed her mouth and started staring into space. It was a profound expression, as if she had encountered something curious.
The others suddenly became silent.
Everyone was reading the options in front of them. I also had my own choices to look at.
[Now now, everyone has finished the selection. Rest here for a while. I have to go prepare the next scenario. I’ll see you in 10 minutes!]
After the Sponsor Selection finished, the dokkaebi disappeared. He told us to rest, but these 10 minutes were really crucial. In 10 minutes, I needed to sort out this situation and prepare for the following scenarios. I tried to recall my abilities in my head.
[Character List] and [Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint]. I didn’t know the precise use yet but I had a general sense of these skills. This would work somehow.
“Let’s all gather together.” The survivors gathered at my words. The first one to reach out a hand was Lee Hyunsung.
“Hello, I am Lee Hyunsung.”
“Kim Dokja.”
“Nice to meet you…although I don’t know if these words suit the situation. As I said earlier, I am a soldier…well, I should say that I was a soldier.”
“You can’t contact your unit?”
“…Yes.”
The grip around my hand was considerable. As expected from the tanker that appeared in the early stages of Ways of Survival. I must take Lee Hyunsung with me. He might not look like much now but Lee Hyunsung was an increasingly important figure in the latter parts of Ways of Survival.
“Ah, Dokja-ssi.”
“Yes?”
“I wanted to thank you. If it wasn’t for Dokja-ssi, we would all be dead.”
“No, that isn’t the case.”
“Even if I had lived, I wouldn’t have been able to live as a person. Thank you very much. And…I am ashamed.” Lee Hyunsung bowed deeply.
My mind was a bit complicated. In fact, Lee Hyunsung would’ve survived even if I didn’t do anything. Then somebody grabbed my shoulder.
“Haha, our contractor did one big thing. Dokja-ssi, do you know my name?”
I could tell who it was without looking back. I took the hand off my shoulder and said, “I know, Han Myungoh-ssi.”
“Huh, Han Myungoh-ssi? Shouldn’t you call me Department Head?”
Han Myungoh was still trying to use his position in this situation. He really was the king of authoritarianism in Mino Soft.
“This isn’t the company.”
“Hah, look at this. Are you planning to not go work now? Where did you learn your basic etiquette?”
“No matter how I think about it, your actions were too much. Yes? If you had the insects then you should’ve tipped me off. Why would you throw them like that?”
“…”
“Dokja-ssi, you have to be good to me. How much time do you have left on your contract?”
All of a sudden, it became ridiculous. In the world I previously lived in, I was too fragile. “Han Myungoh-ssi.”
“Eh?”
“Shut up.”
“W-What?”
“You still don’t understand the situation? Weren’t you hit by that bastard earlier? Mino Soft? Do you think the company still exists when the end has come?”
Han Myungoh’s face was white and stricken. I turned my eyes towards the other people. Since I was already saying it, I should make it stick. “Han Myungoh-ssi isn’t the only problem. Everyone, you need to wake up. As the dokkaebi said, this isn’t a joke.”
“…”
“I think you should’ve all roughly noticed the situation. Exclusive skills in the attributes window. A game-like interface. Is there anyone who still hasn’t caught onto facts?”
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