episode_0047

49. His child-like appearance.

Yohan’s eyes shone like a child who had received a new toy as a gift. They were so sparkling that Sarah frowned at the dazzling light.

“All of this… Am I allowed to receive it? Really?”

“Hahaha! You have such a human side to you! Take it all you want! What’s more, the rewards don’t end there!”

“….Th-thank you.”

He was so happy that his voice trembled slightly.

Inside the bag were what looked like at least a dozen magic-related books.

Not all of them were magic books, but there were also textbook-type books on the concept of spells.

It was the perfect composition for Yohan, who basically lacked knowledge.

“And this is gold.”

“……!”

This time it was a slightly neater design of pouch. The butler added in a calm tone.

As if to say, you are the kind of person who should receive this much.

“It’s 180,000 gold. For reference, this is just the amount for participation in the Wave. I will deliver the consolation money that Lordson Grand Duke gave separately later.”

“……”

Sir Jakison opened his mouth cheerfully from the side.

“I heard that you are interested in close combat, unlike a wizard! I will make sure to prepare specially selected weapons for you tonight!”

Yohan was starting to feel dizzy now. He had worked hard to participate in the Wave and helped Sir Jakison for 5 days, but he never expected this much of a return.

“And this is…”

Before he knew it, the dinner had been transformed into a place for rewarding meritorious subjects, and Yohan had to entrust his time to the pouring rewards.

***

“That’s amazing. It seems like you’ve definitely caught the right line.”

Sarah said as she sat on the bed. Yohan easily agreed.

“That’s right. Depending on what kind of relationship you have with the residents of the Tower, you will be able to widen the gap between you and the modern people.”

“It’s all thanks to you, Yohan. Sir Jakison approached you after seeing the magic you unfolded on the wall, right?”

Sarah calmly praised Yohan. Her tone was always consistent and calm, so it didn’t feel like she was forcing flattery.

“Haha, I may have made the path, but it was Sarah who walked that path. Look, Sarah also received a hefty reward, didn’t she?”

Yohan said, pointing to the pouch that Sarah was holding in her hand.

It wasn’t as much as Yohan, but she had definitely received an overwhelming reward compared to other modern people.

If someone else had been Yohan’s companion, would they have received this much of a return? Yohan didn’t think so. It was definitely possible because her talent shined.

In the end, Sarah surrendered. She decided to stop the unnecessary praise relay.

“By the way, when is the 1st floor going to end? I thought that if we killed the boss, a reward room would appear and the 1st floor would end.”

Yohan had also been thinking deeply about this, so he opened his mouth smoothly. In fact, something came to mind.

“This is just my personal opinion, but I’m predicting that even the rewards that the residents of the Tower are giving is the last event of the 1st floor.”

“Come to think of it… the rewards for the Wave are being measured abnormally fast.”

It was actually strange. How long has it been since the Wave ended, and they’re already handing out rewards?

“The Tower must have intervened. There’s no way this kind of absurd administrative speed could come out.”

“Then when does Yohan think it will end?”

“I think we’ll probably move on to the reward room when today ends. Or maybe there won’t be a reward room.”

“Ah……”

Nothing could be easily predicted. In the first place, the Tower wasn’t that kind.

You can tell just by the fact that it didn’t even send a message after we caught the boss.

“Let’s stop for today. We’ll catch some kind of clue tomorrow.”

“Okay.”

Yohan and Sarah lay down on the bed with familiar movements. They had already finished their ablutions.

Sarah said softly.

“Good job today.”

“Yes. Good job, Sarah.”

The two ended with soft greetings, and slowly entrusted their bodies to slumber. As it was a day of fierce battles, the two quickly lost consciousness.

“……”

“……”

How much time had passed, in the room where the two men and women were sleeping, there was a cuckoo clock that came out every hour.

Soon the hour hand pointed to the very center of the number written as 12, and so did the minute hand.

The cuckoo was about to come out of the wooden house according to the familiar routine.

Just as the cuckoo’s face was about to be slightly visible in the moonlight, the world stopped.

[Aggregation has been completed.]

[Floor 1 terminated.]

[The status of players who have 0 hunting success is demoted to ‘NPC’.]

[Moving to the reward room.]

Paaaaat─

***

“Hmm…”

Yohan made a sound and looked around. The scenery was quite familiar. That’s because it was the room he faced after the tutorial stage ended.

All sides were covered with surfaces, and the walls were painted white. It wasn’t that there were no differences from before, but the size of the room was different.

“It was about 5M last time, but this time it’ll be 10M.”

He rubbed his eyes out of habit and measured the distance. He wasn’t tired, but it was because he had just woken up from a deep sleep.

“Forcing me to wake up, I’m not feeling very good.”

He expressed his dissatisfaction as if he were talking to the Tower, but there was no response.

Instead, the Tower only displayed a blue window.

[Calculating rewards.]

[Acquire 231 Karma.]

[Acquire 220,000 gold.]

[Awaken characteristic.]

[Item: Magic Big Toe is provided.]

“……”

Yohan twitched his eyebrows. The quantity and quality of the rewards he received before were both outstanding.

The Tower didn’t say he was number one, but Yohan was sure. That his contribution was number one.

‘The karma I received in the tutorial stage was only 56 karma. It’s more stingy than I thought.’

He had performed the trials for a relatively long time, and even got 1st place (in his expectation), but this is all?

The corners of Yohan’s lips lowered slightly.

“Magic toe?”

What is this again?

Yohan opened his inventory and took out an item with a strange name.

“……It’s really a toe?”

It had blue skin, but the sky-blue, flat toenail and short, stubby shape were clearly a big toe.

The use of this bizarre item could be quickly found. As soon as he grabbed the toe, a blue window popped up.

[Magic Big Toe: The big toe of an ancient superhuman who achieved the realm of great magic. If consumed raw, magic power increases. In addition…]

There was more to say after that, but the key point was simple. You can think of it as a kind of tonic. For reference, it is said to be effective only once.

“So it’s a real person’s toe. Ha……”

If it were someone else, they would be disgusted, but Yohan was not an ordinary person. After letting out a short sigh, he threw it into his mouth as it was.

gulp─

“Fortunately, it doesn’t taste like anything.”

It didn’t touch my tongue and I swallowed it right away, so there was no way it could taste anything. Anyway, Yohan opened the status window.

———————–

[Name- Shin Yohan]

[Age- 20]

[Disposition- Cold-blooded egoist]

[Job- Wizard]

[Ability]

[Strength- 17]

[Senses- 17]

[Durability- 17]

[Stamina- 17]

[Magic- 27]

[Characteristic]

[Complete memory ability]

[Thinking acceleration]

[Skill]

Magic Missile. Lv2

Shield. Lv1

Dig. Lv1

Drizzle. Lv2

Angry wave. Lv2

Freeze. Lv1

Ice awl. Lv2

Fire Arrow. Lv1

Flame Star. Lv1

Explosion. Lv1

[Karma- 239]

[Gold- 472162]

———————–

Yohan’s eyes widened. The magic power that was 23 went up by 4 to 27.

As the skill of casting spells increased, so did the number of undead needed to acquire Karma, so he had been having difficulty with supply recently.

‘Amazing. Even a new characteristic has been added.’

He immediately opened the explanation for [Thinking Acceleration]. He was used to it because he had done it during the tutorial.

[Thinking Acceleration]

[Accelerate thinking. It is affected by mental strength and sensory abilities.]

As expected, it was a shabby explanation. I didn’t expect much anyway. There is no way to get used to it except by using it.

Yohan moved on to the next thing to do.

‘Shall I use Karma, or not.’

There was an old saying that saving it will make it poop. Even if you don’t use it all, consuming some of it will definitely be a rational choice.

Surely that must be right, but for some reason Yohan frowned and continued to worry.

‘Let’s save it. I don’t know what kind of trials await in the next floor.’

If it’s an environment that’s good for intercepting spells like on the 1st floor, I’ll invest in magic power or skills, and if it’s a physical-related trial, I’ll invest in physical ability stats.

It was a choice that only Yohan, who had an infinite regressor as a companion, could make.

Soon, all the selections were over, and the surrounding environment began to distort.

[Reward receipt complete.]

[Exit the reward room.]

Paaaaat─