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Phew-!

After hearing Do Yu-jin’s words, Monica jumped into the air without a moment’s hesitation.

‘How on earth did things turn out like this!’

I chewed my lips nervously and screamed inwardly, but my thoughts were not organized.

My head was in disarray because things that were beyond my understanding kept happening.

She may be good at experiments and research, but she’s not very good at combat or fighting.

Monica herself knew this fact very well, so she never went outside her own boundaries unless it was something very serious.

But if you step forward, it’s one of two things.

The prey is so attractive that it must be obtained even at the risk of a little, or there is a clear difference in skill between humans and animals that must be turned into enemies.

Monica was able to say this with confidence because she was quietly watching Do Yu-jin hunt Mine.

This incident was one of the latter.

In fact, when they first started fighting, she had the upper hand.

However, the small shadow that was initially only the size of a palm quickly grew in size and engulfed her shadow.

“Ugh!”

And now, he was trying to devour her too, greedily.

‘How on earth… … No, just ignore it! You can analyze this situation later!’

There is only one thing that matters now.

All I had to do was survive and get out of this space.

“Dark Coffin! Lock that guy up!”

Monica shouted, throwing her hands into the air.

The idea was to seal Do Yu-jin here using the pre-installed barrier and escape.

“Huh?”

But no matter how long I waited, the barrier did not respond.

When Monica was embarrassed by him.

“Oh, so that’s how you do it?”

Do Yu-jin’s light voice pierced her head with an even more ominous tone.

“Is it because I’ve never used shadows like this before? It’s definitely a bit strange.”

When I turned my head, I saw Do Yu-jin playing with a shadow that sparkled like a jewel.

I could tell as soon as I saw that sight.

‘The barrier I created using countless artifacts… …was taken away in this single moment with a single gesture?’

Now, she is no longer the master of the barrier.

“Monster, monster… … ”

“Don’t be so harsh. I paid a big price for this talent.”

Do Yu-jin said, looking into Monica’s eyes which were trembling as if an earthquake had occurred.

“Well, since we’ve finally started this conversation, I’d like to continue it until the end… …but the location isn’t very good.”

Do Yu-jin muttered softly, took out a few ampoules, and injected them into her arm.

Then, Do Yu-jin’s figure disappeared from the spot as if melting away.

“Huh?”

Monica, who was flustered by the sudden situation, realized it belatedly.

It’s not that Do Yu-jin disappeared, but that the space around her has changed.

“What is this? On a theater stage?”

“The reason I didn’t use up my points until the end is because I thought you would feel safe and come out if I was like a bug and couldn’t do anything.”

Monica looked around with a mixture of puzzlement and tension on her face.

As if telling her to do whatever she wanted, Do Yu-jin muttered something like a narration without thinking.

“Well, if I had to pick another reason, it would be because I was expecting it. I thought I could beat you even if I spent points on magic talent instead of dark talent.”

Clang!

The space, where you can see nothing but black, is filled with the sound of beasts’ wings flapping.

A sound all too familiar to Monica.

It was the sound of a bat flapping its wings.

“If possible, I wanted to save as many points as possible. Points can only be earned by leveling up.”

“You kid, you really… … ”

As Monica muttered in a trembling voice, realizing what the sound was, a swarm of bats rushed in.

An attack that seems to cut the body with fangs.

It was the same attack she had made on Do Yu-jin a little while ago.

“Gyaaah!!!”

Monica screamed and thrashed in pain beyond imagination.

But all those sounds were buried in the sound of the flapping wings and disappeared.

“But things didn’t work out as expected.”

Ugh-

Monica ignored Do Yu-jin’s words heard throughout the room and used all the artifacts she had.

A huge pitch-black shield protects Monica.

But it was no use.

Clang-

The shield was quickly eaten away by bats, and the bats gained strength from it and bit her even harder.

“Your power, which I saw in person, was stronger than I thought.”

“Ugh… … ”

Darkness is not allowed.

It is absorbed as is and only serves to fill the enemy’s stomach.

However, the only magic she specializes in is shadow magic.

With no solution in sight, Monica slowly fell into despair, drowning in blood.

“Of course it is. Even though you are the weakest among them, you are also a boss of an event.”

A voice that has been continuously ringing out since the stage was created.

Listening to that one-sided conversation, Monica naturally realized.

At first I thought this was revenge.

But what he was doing now wasn’t revenge.

This was a simple experiment.

Like a child who just picked up a pen and put it to paper, wondering what he could do with it.

Now he was scribbling pen on paper called Monica as a tool to organize his power more efficiently.

So that you can just crumple it up and throw it in the trash at the end.

Right?

Did you get it right?

If it’s true, please do.

Hurry up and kill me and free me from this suffering.

Without confirming or denying Monica’s small mutterings, Do Yu-jin continued to get used to the process of moving and handling the shadow.

◎ ◎ ◎

The more points you invest in talent, the stronger its effect becomes.

It’s easy to understand if you think of a falling snowball, a growing domino effect, or compound interest.

In short, if you invest all your talent points into one attribute, it is possible to play as a munchkin like Do Yu-jin now.

‘If there wasn’t a system like this, no matter how many buff potions I bought and injected into my blood vessels, I wouldn’t have been able to overwhelm Monica from the front like this.’

At first glance, it may seem like the easiest way to gain power, but I have never seen a player who seriously wants to build a strong character invest talent points in this way.

In the beginning, it was standard to invest points in physical talent or magical talent.

reason?

‘That way, you can increase more stats with less training.’

As I’ve said before, talent points are a deliberate, if somewhat thoughtless, consideration from the developers, meant to let you struggle to your heart’s content by drawing the same growth curve as the game’s power inflation, which draws a crazy upward curve.

By the way, if you turn this fact around, the sentence becomes, “If you don’t think carefully about this point, you will absolutely not survive in the later story.”

Okay, so here’s the problem.

Why shouldn’t you pay attention to attribute talents in the beginning?

“Because it doesn’t help at all in raising stats.”

It’s common sense.

Just because you don’t get hot when you touch the flame doesn’t mean your strength, agility, stamina, or intelligence will increase.

Magic is a bit of a different story, but in any case, investing all your points in attribute talents may make you stronger in the short term, but in the long term, it will reduce your potential for growth.

“Well, of course, it’s a problem that can be solved somehow by leveling up.”

But we must not forget.

There are two main reasons why Do Yu-jin was able to level up so quickly even though it was still early in the game.

One is that it was possible to catch enemies far above thanks to the existence of a cheating system called game knowledge and two trait squares.

And the other one was just because they were purely low level.

In other words, from a certain level up, it was highly likely that it would be difficult to obtain a large amount of points this easily and simply.

As I organized it like this, a smile suddenly came out.

“Not only are my technical and weapon talents all mixed up, but I’m also putting all my accumulated points into one attribute… … I’m really the worst of the worst.”

Well, I said that, but I don’t really care that much.

If I hadn’t done this, I would have been killed by Monica, the shadow magic expert.

Unless you become an extreme and heretical specialist, it would be impossible for you to get involved in a fight with this cursed body.

“If you do this in the original game, you’ll be countered by other attributes, making it impossible to deal with various enemies that will appear in the story later… … Well, I guess it’s okay.”

That’s because it only becomes a problem when you’re the main character.

Let’s not forget.

He is not the main character.

An extra who creates a stage for the main character to be active.

So, it’s just like this.

All you needed was the ability to hide in the shadows and move around obstacles without being detected.

“They keep saying it’s a game, but this place is a reality, right? So there has to be some way.”

I can’t think of a way, but it was a possibility.

In the first place, this large amount of magical power was raised to this point using methods close to such expedients.

“It’s a cliché, but in the end, it all comes down to what I do.”

Phew-

“Thank you for listening to my long story. It helped me in many ways.”

It’s not an empty promise.

Even though it was one-sided, I felt a little better after pouring out the words that were in my heart.

Do Yu-jin, as the person who created this shabby play, asked today’s clown who went up on stage and ran around with all his might.

“Do you have any last words? By the way, the time is 11:47 PM now.”

At Do Yu-jin’s words, Monica, who was hanging in the air like a clock with all her limbs engulfed in shadow, opened her mouth slightly.

Phew-

“Even if you curse me like that, I will eat well and live well from now on.”

I didn’t hear any voices.

But since she could read lips, Do Yu-jin answered while sticking a dagger between Monica’s eyebrows.

[Your level will increase as you gain enough experience.]

[Dealt with the villain ‘Selfish Young-ae’ Monica Airion.]

[You earn 50310 EXP.]

[You have achieved a heroic feat.]

[Acquire a new trait (5★).]

[… … ]

[You have achieved a simple achievement.]

[Acquire a new trait (2★).]

[Weapon Talent, the level of the dagger increases by one level.]

[Weapon Talent, Dagger level has reached its limit.]

[Your talent will evolve one level based on your records.]

[You have acquired a new skill.]

“Hoo… … ”

Do Yu-jin let out the breath she had been holding as she saw the flood of messages pouring in.

“Yeah, I have to live well.”

I will somehow adapt, grow, and survive in this world.

The sticky feeling of killing something runs through my hand and soaks my heart, making me want to vomit, but I have to survive somehow.

‘Because I promised you two that I would live happily ever after.’

When Do Yu-jin was making the same promise she always made.

Kwaaang-!

After the play ended and silence fell over the theater, an unexpected actor appeared.

“… … I don’t know what the situation is, but let me ask you one thing.”

First of all-

“Are you that guy?”

One of the main characters of this world, Han Si-yeon, pointed her sword at Do Yu-jin and said.

What should I say in this unexpected situation?

I thought about it for a while, but I was so tired that it was hard to think of anything.

‘Fortunately, [Hatred of the Palace] is still working well, so I can just say it normally.’

Uhm, so… …

“Is this the second time we’ve talked face to face?”

Shhh-

Han Si-yeon answered Do Yu-jin’s question by raising her lips fiercely.