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“Hyung, is there anything I can help with?”

This kid is Lee Hyun-soo, a small-built sophomore in high school out of the two. As I saw him expressing his desire to be of some help to me, a thought that I had put off after raising my faith came to mind.

‘Maybe this kid could do it now.’

As the thought popped into my head, I looked at Lee Hyun-soo and thanked him.

“Hyun-soo, I really appreciate your willingness to help us.”

After a few explanations, I went outside the nursing home with Lee Hyun-soo to search for zombies.

“Hyun-soo, it might be really tough. Even though they are zombies, killing them could be a big trauma.”

“If it helps you and us, I can handle it.”

“Thanks, kid.”

Saying that, I smiled at him and ran towards a zombie wandering in front of us, subdued it, and approached Hyun-soo.

Thud!

“Ugh….”

“Hyun-soo, if it’s too difficult, you don’t have to do it.”

“No. You and the others have been doing this difficult task for us.”

Seeing Lee Hyun-soo, who seemed mature beyond his years, I thought that it would be easy to use a mature child like him and watched as he swung the knife towards the zombie, watching it fall dead.

“Think strongly and specifically about what you want!”

“Ugh….!”

“Hyun-soo! Overcome it!”

‘ I want to catch more zombies easier and faster! I want to be helpful to everyone, like the protagonists! I want to become stronger quickly and endlessly!’

As Lee Hyun-soo strongly thought in his mind, his body writhed in apparent agony, and changes in response to that pain were happening instantly.

‘I want to be strong enough not to be tormented by others! I want everyone to look at me with friendly eyes! I want to be as cool as Sang-il hyung, like a protagonist!’

In response to Lee Hyun-soo’s strong desire, his body briefly writhed and transformed into a muscular body, and soon the transformation stopped. Although Lee Hyun-soo seemed unaware of the great pain, a message of this content was emerging in his mind.

Evolution, overcoming, breakthrough of limits, and ideal type are attributed to the awakening of the hero as the top characteristic.

Seeing Lee Hyun-soo’s appearance after awakening, using his characteristics, I couldn’t help but be amazed.

‘Crazy….’

[Stats]

Strength (D): 30 Agility (D): 30 Stamina (D): 30

Intelligence (D): 19 Mental (B): 20 Magic (F): 50

Charm (F): 9

[Characteristics (1)]

[Hero]

– Grows even more with the attention and trust of others.

– All kinds of talents increase.

– Evolution: Dramatically transforms towards the goal.

– Overcoming: Grows as you overcome crises.

– Breakthrough of Limits: Does not reach a growth limit.

– Ideal Type: Becomes the ideal type of everyone as you grow.

[Skills (1)]

[Lv_5 Indomitable Body]

– Strengthens the body.

– If the mind does not collapse, the body is less likely to collapse.

The mental grade was a surprising B. Originally, the mind was a very high C grade, but with just a first awakening, I acquired a B grade mind. The important thing here was not just the increase in mental strength but the focus on the skills related to the mind and my characteristic, which seemed even more powerful than the contaminated god-like characteristic.

‘He has abilities similar to mine….’

The ability to grow with the attention and trust of others was very similar to my ability to gain faith and become stronger as I gained faith, which was the main focus of my ability.

‘Most of them are abilities for rapid and smooth growth….’

And as I confirmed my information as I said, Lee Hyun-soo’s faith in me skyrocketed to a level I couldn’t even imagine.

[Faith: 30]

Looking at Lee Hyun-soo, I briefly thought that there is not just me, but someone else who will become the protagonist in this world. With a firmer resolve, I decided that I must definitely subjugate Lee Hyun-soo and ensure that he cannot escape from under my control.

“Hyung…!”

“Good job, Hyun-soo.”

After confirming his information, I hugged Lee Hyun-soo, who was crying and asked for information.

“Isn’t our Hyun-soo amazing?”

“Oh, no, haha.”

“If there’s ever a need, I’ll definitely protect you!”

We entered the nursing home in a good mood and informed others about this fact.

“I want to awaken too!”

“If I can be of help…!”

Although we awakened Jang Min-hee, a third-year high school student, and An Do-hyun, a second-year high school student, along with Lee Hyun-soo, they were not particularly happy with the awakening that only raised their abilities by about 10 points, possibly because they had set their sights high after seeing Lee Hyun-soo.

“Shall we awaken the elderly as well?”

Despite my initial resistance, everyone responded positively, so we completed the awakening, raising everyone’s abilities by about 5 points. As their weak bodies became slightly healthier, the faith of the elderly, except for one person, greatly increased, and I postponed the awakening for the young children who were still mentally vulnerable.

‘When my divine power increases, I might be able to protect their minds from sacred corruption… well, for now.’

“Now, shall we go and get supplies?”

As if waiting for my words, the orphan, Go Ah-young, got up and walked towards me, smiling slightly.

‘I hope she doesn’t think going to get supplies with me is like a date.’

Although it was a bit scary to think that way, I forced a smile and picked up my bags again, heading to the mart with Lee Hyun-soo.

“There aren’t any zombies around?”

“I took care of the zombies around while awakening people earlier.”

I looked at Lee Hyun-soo, who was trembling slightly as he spoke. His body was now full of muscles, except for his height, and I patted his back, which had transformed into a physique similar to mine.

“Hyun-soo, you can do well.”

“T-Thank you, Sang-il.”

As soon as the conversation ended, a zombie’s groan reached my enhanced ears, and soon I could see the zombie with my naked eyes.

Crack-

“We believe in you.”

*gulp…*

Dragging his tense body, Lee Hyun-soo, holding a knife, moved towards the zombie in a precarious manner. I looked away from him and glanced at Go Ah-young.

“Ah-young, if you feel it’s dangerous, don’t hesitate to use your magic to help.”

“Yes, Oppa, I’ll do that.”

I lightly patted Go Ah-young’s shoulder as she nodded slightly, and then looked at Lee Hyun-soo, who was about to fight the zombie.

‘Even if he gets infected, I can definitely heal him…’

Contrary to my expectations, Lee Hyun-soo easily maintained the offensive against the zombie and finished it off, surprising me. I ran towards him and praised him.

“You did well, Hyun-soo!”

“Hyung!”

Now without much worry, we safely returned to the nursing home after gathering all the supplies at the mart. After coming back and forth about three more times, we realized that we needed rest, and it was too difficult to secure visibility after 11 o’clock. We decided to sleep in the nursing home and go back to get supplies tomorrow.

“Now, Lee Hyun-soo can handle at least five people on his own, and Go Kang-hyun can handle six…”

After finishing my shower and getting into bed, I converted all the points I had gained into abilities to increase my stats.

[Abilities]

Strength (D): 32 Agility (D): 33 Stamina (D): 37

Intelligence (D): 32 Spirit (D): 40 Magic (E): 46

Charm (D): 22 Divine Power (E): 46

Points: 277 Faith: 0 (16037/6h)

Realizing the importance of magic and divine power, I made up my mind to invest in them until at least reaching grade D. Therefore, I used all my points on magic and divine power.

“Now, should I get some sleep?”

I fell into a deep slumber at a speed so fast that no one could wake me up, and as soon as I closed my eyes, my interrupted memories continued with Go Ah-young’s voice.

Tap!

“…Wake up.”

“Ugh…?”

“San-il… wake up.”

In disbelief at the situation where it was already morning as soon as I closed my eyes, I groggily got up.

“…Huh?”

Rubbing my eyes and looking ahead, I could see Go Ah-young waking me up by my side.

“Ah-young…?”

Come to think of it, I think I heard a tap just now, but it couldn’t be.

“Yes, oppa!”

Looking at Go Ah-young smiling unnecessarily brightly, I got up from my seat upon smelling food from outside and opened the door. Once again, I was the last one to come out, and everyone had already eaten.

“Oppa, let’s eat now.”

Of course, excluding Go Ah-young and Shi-hee.

“Mmm, delicious.”

Noticing that the food lacked flavor compared to yesterday and Go Ah-young drinking the soup awkwardly, I naturally judged the food based on Go Ah-young’s reaction and immersed myself in breakfast.

“Oh! Really? I tried making breakfast for the first time, oppa.”

“Really? Ah-young, you’re good at cooking too?”

“No… I just tried making it for the first time while thinking of oppa…”

Thanking Go Ah-young shyly, I forced myself to swallow the weird-tasting soup.

‘Tastes like garbage… I already want to stop eating.’

“If I ask you next time, can you cook for me again?”

“If oppa wants me to…!”

Using the excuse of still being sleepy, I slept for about 3 more hours and woke up at 12, interrupting Go Ah-young’s lunch preparations and leaving it to Shi-hee. We headed to the market to get supplies.

[Stats]

Strength (D): 32 Agility (D): 33 Stamina (D): 37

Intelligence (D): 32 Spirit (D): 40 Magic (E): 74

Charm (D): 22 Divine Power (E): 74

Points: 581 Faith: 0 (17117/6h)

“I should be able to promote both to grade D tomorrow.”

Utilizing my strengthened stats to deal with zombies more efficiently, we used the idea that came to me this morning to collect items using a box and made multiple trips between the market and the nursing home. By 9 o’clock, we were able to bring back all the items from the market.