"…I've really co back, huh." YuWon sighed.
He felt conflicted. In his haste to [Load] before losing his life, he carelessly picked the first checkpoint. Either that or Ereshkigal intentionally threw him at the start to undo his mistakes.
Either way, YuWon checked his stats first. Everything remained the sa, with a couple of changes. He had new options right under his na.
[Community] and [Special Store].
These were the surprises Ereshkigal had prepared for him. Although it wasn't his first ti in such a scenario, it seed the goddess had gone all-out to help him, though he didn't know what [Community] ant.
YuWon tried clicking it, but nothing happened. As for the [Special Store], it didn't take a genius to figure out what it was. A store made just for him.
"I bet the other gods also got so privileges," YuWon sighed.
From what little he knew about the gods, they wouldn't let Ereshkigal allow YuWon to have such stuff without sothing in return. The first thing he could think of was their involvent in the ga.
Earlier, their involvent depended on the world tree's growth. But now that it was gone, they must be compensated. Allowing them to intervene early on would be the best and the easiest option for the angels.
Another thing was the new stat, [God Seed: 0.00% progression]. Since Ereshkigal had already explained it to him, YuWon bothered a little about it. But a last surprise was waiting for him.
"I greet the master."
A feminine voice appeared behind YuWon. He smiled, knowing who it was.
"Good to see you too, Lilith," YuWon said, turning around.
Lilith wasn't the small fairy YuWon rembered. She was now a fully grown woman, carrying a sword—YuWon's Noir blade. She handed him the blade and YuWon inspected it before handing it back to Lilith.
"Use it well," he said.
Lilith already knew YuWon would say sothing like that and didn't offer him the sword back. He won't need the sword soon. Why? Because he wasn't planning on killing any beast that would require him to use a weapon.
"It's about ti."
YuWon turned around, staring at the clock. The next mont, the ground shook, marking the arrival of the goblins. But this ti, YuWon wasn't planning on wasting his ti on the roof.
YuWon decided to follow Ereshkigal's suggestion. Instead of getting strong alone, he would raise others to be as strong as him. Once they reached his level, he could freely take part in the scenarios.
"Let's collect so people, shall we?"
In his past tiline, YuWon had hastily killed or let go of so powerful individuals. This ti, he was planning to recruit them, by hook or by crook.
Just because he didn't intend to fight the scenarios didn't an he was about to let go of his old ways. Climbing over the terrace walls, YuWon looked around for the first person he'd recruit this ti around.
In less than ten minutes, the place had turned upside down. People were trying to escape with little goblins chasing after them. But in the middle of it all, YuWon saw it: the first monster to give him so much trouble.
"Found you..." he smiled, staring at the hobgoblin.
Why was he looking for the Hobgoblin? To lead YuWon to Soo-Ah, who was practically the stronger awakener in the tutorial.
If YuWon went to look for her in the chaos, it would take him hours. But if he followed the Hobgoblin, he'd lead him to Soo-Ah. If he saved her from the beast, wouldn't she feel indebted to him?
"Sorry, Min-Joon. I'll be taking your girl this ti."
***
Soo-Ah stood in the dimly lit utility room, panting wildly. A bloodied baseball bat remained in her hand. It was an odd sight, but without the baseball bat, she'd be lying on the floor instead of the goblin.
She had just returned from her practice when she saw it. A small green-skinned creature hiding inside, waiting to pounce on its target. She dodged the initial attack purely on instinct, grabbed the bat, and kept hitting the beast until it died.
"I... I did it," she whispered.
She glanced around the empty room, half expecting more monsters to burst through the door. But she was all alone. Just as she was thinking she was safe, sothing unexpected happened.
The goblin's corpse twitched. Soo-Ah jumped back and raised the bat again, ready to strike. But then she stopped. As the creature stood up, its flesh and skin slipped off, leaving a bare skeleton behind.
The skeleton looked at her for a mont, then to her astonishnt, it kneeled before her.
[You have gained a subordinate.]
"What the...?" Soo-Ah gasped, lowering the bat slightly. Enjoy exclusive content from m v -
As she stared at the skeleton, she realized it wasn't nacing at all. It tilted its head in a way that reminded her of a curious puppy. Despite herself, she found it oddly... cute. Still, she had to be sure.
"You will not attack , would you?" she asked hesitantly.
The skeleton shook its head—or at least; it seed to. Soo-Ah let out a laugh. This was insane. All of it. But she couldn't help but rember a teddy bear she'd cherished as a child when she looked at the skeleton.
"Mickey," she whispered. "I think I'll call you Mickey."
Suddenly, the ground shook. Then it shook again. Sothing big was headed her way. She carefully peered outside and saw another goblin, but it was different.
Not only was it bigger than Mickey, its skin was a lighter shade of green and it seed to be heading her way.
"Oh, crap!"
She didn't want that thing to get anywhere close to her. Soo-Ah quickly adjusted her sneakers and made a break for it. The hobgoblin roared when it saw her, but she didn't dare look back.
But the sound of a shattering floor caught her off guard. Soo-Ah risked a glance over her shoulder, expecting the worst.
To her surprise, she saw a pile of desks and benches crashing down onto the hobgoblin. But that wasn't all—next to the heap of debris stood a couple.
Before she could ask them anything, the man grabbed her hand.
"Don't stop, run!" YuWon yelled.
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