Chapter 97 (1/2)
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Chapter 97 – Karma Transaction (2)
”I will exchange all 20 item backpacks for karma”
When I said that, the words on the board changed
-20 Iteed for 5,000 karma
-Will you exchange?
”I will”
Pat!
A light shone momentarily from the board
-Itee) 20 have been used
-You have acquired 5,000 karma
-Re karma: +5,000
”I really did get 5,000 karma”
”Congratulations You will be er with that”
”I really had no idea you could buy karma with money No matter how precious money is, a life is on the line in the exams so to sell karma……”
Odin drank all the alcohol in his glass
Then he started grinding his teeth as he said
”It is time for you, Kim Hyun-ho, to learn a bit more about this community”
I listened to Odin with all ears
”When you look at all the exaer side Since, so far, I have never failed an exam”
”I can see that I was really awed by the aura sword you used at The Brown Mountain”
Odin smiled and said
”That is right I a as I er people don't exist Since there are some monsters that have passed the 50th exam”
I flinched when he said the 50th exam
Then just how long have those people lived in the Arena
”Of course, there are lots of those examinees that have nearly reached the ultimate destination in the exam But what do you think is the reason the exam still continues?”
”Why is that?”
”It is for money”
”In order to make money, they purposely do not clear the exaiven to the in Arena”
”But if they don't do the mission…”
”They get et rid of the karma they do have”
Odin continued his explanation
First off, they steadily clear the er
And then at a certain point when they have beco
For a while they gatherthe er as easy to do the ive up on the mission
”China's co crazy in their efforts to acquire e quantities They give a generous reward to exa”
”But not clearing thetheir survival?”
”That isn't exactly the case Not clearing theis actually safer Rather, if you try to clear exaerous”
I went blank
Giving up on the mission is safer?
That was possible?
The Gods know about this situation and are leaving it alone?
Without any penalty?
”So, you're saying there is no penalty for exaive up on the exams?”
”Why wouldn't there be a penalty? Minus karma is the definition of that penalty”
”What is the effect of the minus karma?”
”Examinees that have accumulated minus karma are called 'dropped exaet that minus amount in karma”
”Have you killed any?”
I asked
Odin nodded his head
”Just once He was a Chinese exa But he underestimated me”
”Then the nore examinees must seek out these dropped examinees”
”It is hostile relations Because they are grand prey Not only that, Chinese exaather lots of minus karet”
I could feel
That people were focusing oneach other
What kind of chaotic situation has this become?
Gods nor angels, none of them foresaw a situation like this?
Or is this situation too so that they had wanted and even planned for?
'Just what is the true purpose of the exams?'
The rules of the universe along with the Gods, how could they be allowing this to happen? Or maybe they know and simply don't care
It can only be sur such actions from humanity
”Do you think all the ultimate destination of all the examinees is the same?”
”It is assuuarded secret and therefore not verified as such but it does seem that all the exams for all examinees is headed in the same direction”
”And what is that?”
”I don't know that either I am just at the 20th exam so”
Odin let me know
”Mr Kim Hyun-ho, be careful not to be eliminated yourself”
”No matter the odds, that won't happen I want to clear all the exams and return to a safe life”
”That is a good ht endless battles in the Arena I just want to spend a happy life with hter”
”Please clear your exam Let's finish this crazy shi+t and put a nail in its coffin”
”Yes”
We promised each other so and parted ways
That night, I boarded onto ht and returned to Korea
The inside of my head was a mess
If the final destination for all examinees is indeed the same……
If just one person reaches that destination and completes that exam, the exams themselves will disappear Then all the examinees don't have to do the exams anymore
But the situation is that with China at the head,
If eneration, would they leave alone the only way they can get the ather the
Would those examinees just leave it alone and allow the end of their easydays?
'Theythe exams
At the thought that fellow examinees may distract others from their exams floods me with fear
If I keep up in the exams, eventually there will be a tiainst another examinee
In that instance, I ht be threatened in the real world as well