episode_0001

I heard that being possessed by games is popular in novels these days.

“under… .”

In my case, it was not possession but reincarnation.

It was a game I played in my past life, and it was an MMORPG game set in Tringer Academy.

After summoning a hero character with a 10-draw draw and drawing the unique equipment used by that character, you play a character scenario.

“You create a party by growing the stats of the SSR characters summoned through the character scenario.”

mumbling-

If you develop a total of 5 characters and create a party, the main scenario will be played with that party.

At this time, people who paid could easily push the stage using characters with good abilities, but it was not easy for non-paying users to push the stage because the difficulty level was quite high.

‘I think I paid a lot, but are there any special benefits from my past life?’

The background of this game is a unique field called a contaminated zone.

The problem was that if the monsters in the contaminated area were not killed, the contamination would continue to spread outside.

And unfortunately, humanity has been unable to prevent the spread of pollution.

‘Is it 40 percent?’

A world where 60% of the planet has been consumed by polluted areas, and humanity is barely able to survive on 40% of the land.

Yes! Yes!!

“Suhan!! what are you doing? “My little brother is crying!”

“Haa~”

The good news is that 40% of humanity’s survival territory is being preserved at all costs.

“That’s not important right now.”

“What does it matter that your little brother cries?”

“I think I’ve awakened.”

“what?”

“It seems like you’ve awakened?”

“I thought the peppers were growing some hairs, and this one is like this too.”

The person protecting 40% of the land was not just anyone.

In polluted areas, poisons that are lethal to humans are dissolved in the air, so ordinary beings cannot survive.

However, special beings called awakened people were able to live without problems even in contaminated areas.

Of course, holding on for a long time is not good for the body, so most people do not enter the contaminated area except when fighting.

The only beings who could save humanity were awakened people, and because of this, becoming an awakened person meant having a very special talent.

‘In this world of class system, if you become an awakened person, you can immediately become a noble.’

No wonder my mom thinks what I say is a lie.

“Come to your senses, boy! you are a commoner “There is no such thing as a secret of birth.”

99% of awakened people are nobles.

There is a very small chance that a commoner becomes an awakened person, but how can I think that the 1% chance is ‘me’?

As I get older, I understand that most kids my age want to become awakened, but realistically this is not possible.

‘The store window looks amazing. How could this not be an awakening?’

But I am a person who awakened through a 1% chance.

Otherwise, there’s no way a window like this would appear in front of you the moment you recall a memory from your past life, right?

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“That’s absolutely true. So please let me get tested.”

“I have no money, you!”

“I know that when you’re born, you get one for free.”

“Oh, what if the prosecutor says no?”

“I will accept the results.”

Seeing the things that can be purchased at the store makes me drool.

I planned to be recognized as an awakened person, enter the academy, earn money, and purchase products in the store.

If you use something sold in a store, it was only a matter of time before you were sitting on a cushion.

“Okay, let’s go. go! I heard that all kids this age are like this… . Are you done talking? Then please comfort your little brother!”

Ugh!!! Yes!!!

I was frightened by my mother’s sad eyes and quickly ran to my younger brother’s room.

For your information, my younger brother cried because he urinated.

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‘There was a time when I was so full of hope.’

Tsk-

Instead of chewing gum, I spit out the blade of grass I was chewing on the floor.

The 16-year-old me, who excitedly told my mother that I felt like I had become an awakened person and wanted to go get tested, was wrongfully accused of being rebellious due to entering puberty.

‘I’m not mentally ill.’

It would have been less unfair if I had suffered from mental illness.

I wouldn’t have chosen to run away from home and become a mercenary.

“Hey, ghost. “Are you really retiring?”

“That’s right.”

Thirty this year.

When I was 16, I took the awakened test and could not accept the result that I was not an awakened person.

The store window kept popping up in front of me, but I couldn’t understand why I wasn’t an awakened person.

I wanted to prove my ability, but I couldn’t because I didn’t have money.

So my choice was to run away from home and become a mercenary.

I was trying to prove that I was an awakened person by making money.

“braided?”

“… braided.”

visor-!

Two glasses clink.

Gulp-gulp-

I drank the cold beer in my glass and wiped my lips with the back of my hand.

“You have a great life, kid. i envy you.”

“It’s so cool to be cool.”

It’s been several years since I’ve been rolling in the gutter, so I don’t know why I’m saying that.

“Did you save a lot of money? Well, I guess I lived because I heard the sound of a ghost.”

“Stop making that ghost noise. “I’m sick of it.”

“why? “I’m just jealous.”

“It’s not just a ghost, it’s a money ghost. Is that a compliment? “It’s an insult.”

I raised money to prove I was an awakened person, but unfortunately the store window did not accept cash.

‘How picky you are. ‘Who knew that they wouldn’t even exchange it if it wasn’t a monster by-product?’

I’m not an awakened person, but in order to use the store window, I have to obtain monster by-products and exchange them?

‘What kind of sick system is this?’

Do you understand how absurd my situation is?

Thanks to this, I had to become not just a mercenary, but a mercenary who hunts monsters that only money-mad people do.

That’s why the nickname was given to me.

To others, you have no choice but to look like a crazy person.

“Then you call the money ghost a money ghost, what do you call it? Because you saved so diligently, you can retire at age 30, right? “Think of good things as good things.”

How can a commoner mercenary who is not an awakened person catch monsters?

These monsters usually live in contaminated areas, but sometimes monsters that escape the contaminated areas appear.

And that monster becomes the target of mercenaries like me.

However, since he was just a commoner and did not have great abilities like an awakened person, his chance of dying was very high.

In fact, there are many people who died while working with me.

‘I also died twice.’

If it weren’t for the items I purchased from the store window, I wouldn’t have survived until now.

The shop window, which gave rise to the unfair misunderstanding that it was teenage rebellion, was very helpful during my mercenary life.

‘It was the shop window that made me become a mercenary, but it was the shop window that actually helped me.’

Isn’t this quite ironic?

I earned money at the store window and picked up items, and the items I picked out at that time have helped me survive until now.

At first, I thought I could just pick a character from the store window and become its owner.

However, the store charm was not designed to be that helpful to me.

‘How on earth can I open this? ‘It’s been 14 years and it still won’t open.’

First of all, the biggest problem is that you cannot enter the window where you can summon characters.

It was tightly sealed in the shape of a lock.

The seal will be released only if certain conditions are met, but as there is no information, I have not been able to find a way until now.

Now I was almost at the point of giving up.

Anyway, I had plenty of ways to make a living even without summoning heroes, so I was just trying not to pay attention anymore.

“Where are you going when you retire? Are you going to go inside?”

“Of course you should. “I’m sick of this place.”

“Wow, I should have saved my money like you did. “Did you hit the jackpot with the by-products you had been saving?”

“Did you ask the mercenary how much money he had? “Am I that easy?”

“Tch! “It doesn’t go down well until the end.”

“I know you are keeping an eye on my luggage. There is no way, so it would be better to wake up from your dream.”

“I’ve known this retired guy since the time when all he drank was one beer, you asshole.”

Since I’m retired, it’s worth drinking until I’m pleasantly drunk.

But I had no intention of getting drunk in this place full of mercenaries.

It must have already been rumored among them that I have earned enough money to retire.

Still, would you do something crazy like get drunk enough to lose your mind?

That meant it was okay to get robbed.

“Are you leaving already?”

I raised my middle finger to the mercenary guy who was looking at me sadly from behind.

I go up to the third floor, go to my room, and pack my luggage.

If you stay here, you’ll only attract hyenas around you.

“excuse me!”

“hmm?”

I packed my bags and went outside, and a kid who looked exactly like me when I first started working as a mercenary hesitantly started talking to me.

“What.”

“Oh, this is Jack, the new guy who came in for the first time today! “I came here to say hello.”

“Greetings? “You don’t have to do it to me.”

“yes?”

Isn’t greeting only something you do with people you will continue to work with in the future?

“I’m retiring today.”

“Yesss?!”

A child is surprised as if he is playing a game.

Anyone who sees me will think they know me.

“Is this your first time seeing a mercenary retiring?”

Well, to a guy who has just started his career as a mercenary, people like me would seem distant.

“Uh, uh… “I can’t do it.”

“?”

What’s wrong with this guy?

“Hey, ghost!!”

“?”

“Luckily I haven’t gone yet!”

Why is this guy calling me again?

I was annoyed.

I don’t like the idea of calling a retired person a ghost until the end.

It’s also annoying to catch someone trying to leave.

“Why do you keep calling me? “I’m going to stop calling because it’s worn out.”

“Hey, it’s the last time, are you going to be upset like this?”

“Business.”

If this bastard kept interfering, I was the one who suffered the loss.

“Can’t I just do this one request?”

“Fuck, people are talking bullshit.”

It’s funny how a dog barks and you react to it.

Since I was human, I decided not to react to words I didn’t understand.