Chapter 9 (1/2)
“Wow ah ah-!”
Sunwoo couldn’t shut his mouth. He ran around their new house.
Then he asked Jinwoo.
“Brother! Is this our home?!”
“Yes.”
“Wow ah ah ah-! Awesome!”
Sunwoo went back to the house.
Jinwoo pretended to be nonchalant throughout the process, but he too was surprised.
“No way, I can see the Han River.”
He thought to himself.
The Taewang guild provided the residence. It was a luxury apartment overlooking the Han River.
“I used to live in a 15-year-old villa, and now I’ve moved here, how can I adapt?”
“Well, I have to. That miserable life is now in the past. I have to reach further forward.”
In the future, he was planning to progress further as a player.
He opened the inventory and checked the items. There were two items there. The first item was the hero skill card that he had received from signing the contract; The other was a ticket to get back to the strange subspace.
Jinwoo took out the skill card.
“Sunwoo.”
He called his brother.
“Yeah?”
Sunwoo came with a slightly tense expression.
“Take this.”
“Huh? What.. That’s.. It’s a hero grade skill card!”
“It’s for you, learn it.”
“This? Really?”
Jinwoo nodded.
“I’m already out of skill slots. Even if I wanted to learn the skill, I am unable to. In the first place, I asked for it so I can give it to you. So you better learn it.”
“That’s…”
Sunwoo sobbed.
They lived in a dangerous world. Time will come when Sunwoo will also have to go to the dungeon as a player. Getting a stronger will increase his chances of survival.
“I wish I could bring a legendary card…”
The octopus man had more at his shop.
“I can’t take it.”
“Then, I’ll make you stronger by being in this world.”
Jinwoo vowed once again.
“And Sunwoo.”
“Mhh?”
“Don’t worry too much about me. I have to go somewhere. I will be back in about four days.”
“Where are you going?”
“To become strong.”
Jinwoo smiled.
* * *
The axis of time at the place he was heading did not align with Earth’s. Therefore, at the time of the contract signing, Jinwoo requested for Sunwoo to have a bodyguard. Sunwoo had a bodyguard securing him for 24 hours a day.
“I must go now.”
Jinwoo took the admission ticket from the inventory. The admission ticket looked like a standard red ticket. Upon looking at it, there was nothing on its surface. There was no information provided at all.
[Admission Ticket]
Even if he checked the item information, that was all it said.
He remembered what the octopus man said.
‘You will know when the time comes.’
“I have to become stronger.”
Knowing that it would expedite the process, Jin-woo ripped the ticket.
* * *
When he opened his eyes again, Jinwoo welcomed the familiar scenery. There was a large snow mountain and a village underneath.
He had returned to the place that changed his life.
“I missed checking the time last time.”
He looked at the bottom right to see how long he could stay.
His eyes opened wide with surprise.
[59 seconds]
“What is this? You’ve got to be kidding me.”
Previously, he had stayed there for close to an hour. But this time, he was only given 59 seconds. Fortunately, the time did not start counting down yet. Unlike his first visit, this time, he was using an admission ticket.
“Is that why?”
He asked himself confusedly.
“My head hurts.”
“I never expected it to be like this…”
This time, he planned to buy an item. He had enough money in his bank account to purchase anything he wanted to. But there was an unsuspected limitation set on him.
“Hoo-! It doesn’t solve the problem.”
He calmed his mind. Like in his guide days, even in the event of an emergency, he quickly adapted to reality and found a way to cope.
“I have to buy something in 59 seconds.”
He thought to himself.
No matter what, he needed to purchase a ticket and a return bead first. If he did not have an admission ticket, he would not be able to enter the place again. More importantly, if he does not use the return bead in time, he would die.
The two things were his top priorities at that moment.
“Then, I must get a Muramasa-class weapon.”
It was best if he got Muramasa. If not, he at least needed to get a weapon of the same quality.
A Legendary grade weapon.
He needed an item that produces the maximum effectiveness of the Dokgogu Sword.
Legendary-class weapons and skills will give him the strength that no one else can surpass.
“I have to hurry.”
Time was of the essence.
* * *
He stood in front of the entrance.
There were guards staunchly guarding it.
When he looked inside, he could see many shops. The nearest one was the uncle’s shop.
“Could it reach Mister Octopus if I scream?”
He asked himself.
“Mister!!”
But, the octopus man could not hear him.
Jinwoo shouted again.
“Mis-“
“They can’t hear it.”
“They don’t see you.”
The guards alternately said.
“If you want to buy something.”
“Pass the door first.”
Said the guards.
“Why are you talking turns talking?”
Jinwoo asked them.
He was puzzled, but it was not relevant since he was pressed for time.
He sighed. He only had one choice.
‘I need to be quick.’
He stepped back, posed like a sprinter, and then launched himself.
[58 seconds]
It was as he anticipated, the moment he passed through the door, the time started counting down.
[55 seconds]
He arrived at the uncle’s shop.
“Huh? It’s you, little Earthling.”
The octopus man said.
“Mister! It has been a while. I don’t have much time. Please give me a ticket and a return bead!”
Jinwoo said to the octopus man.
“Have you eaten wrong? Why so sudden…”
“The Entrance time!”
“Aha! Okay.”
As if he understood Jinwoo’s situation, he quickly took out the admission ticket and the return bead.
“What was your account number again?”
The octopus man asked him.
“The Bank of Korea! 375-0000-00000!”
“Okay, wait a second.”
The octopus man pressed a button on something that looked like a phone.
Time check.