Chapter 76: The Offering Box (2)
The Offering Box reached the ground.
[The Offering Box holy relic is beginning to assert its influence.]
[The Offering Box holy relic calms the wind blowing in the Hill of Blowing Wind.]
[The Offering Box holy relic heals all who are injured.]
[The Offering Box holy relic eliminates all monsters.]
Thanks to the Offering Boxs effects, we were out of the woods. The wind disappeared, as did the monsters. All injuries were treated. Naturally, the unconscious Kim Taechun also got up.
...Dammit. Let my guard down.
He grumbled, but he didnt blatantly seek trouble with Yoohyun. He must have sensed that the atmosphere had changed sohow and wanted to see how the situation proceeded.
Alright. Then we have to move onto the next part.
In order to clear this gate, we had to satisfy the Offering Box. Anyone could click the Offering Box, and anyone could read its description.
[Offering Box of the Wind Temple]
A small box for collecting offerings. Those who co to the Temple of Wind must show their sincerity to this Offering Box. When the Offering Box is full, the Blessing of the Wind Temple will be granted.
The sa quest was given to everyone who clicked on it.
[Quest: Donate 100k Coins!]
[Quest reward: Hill of Blowing Wind clear]
So basically, the final quest of this place was to donate 100k Coins to the Offering Box. No matter who made the donation, the gate would be cleared. How much soone donated would not be publicized.
In the past, Jo Sunghyun put it like this:
In the end, we started putting in Coins in order of ti of arrival, leaving it to peoples consciences. There was no way to check how much each person put in. Still, we thought it was the most reasonable thod.
Jo Sunghyun did say that he had dumped all 15,000 Coins he had on him at the ti.
Thats why Sunghyun was chosen by the Offering Box.
He put in 15,000 Coins and was chosen by the Offering Box. In other words, all of the other Players put in less than 15,000 Coins.
There were probably a lot of people who pretended to donate but didnt.
On the other hand, the rather naive Jo Sunghyun invested his entire fortune. He might have done so thinking that it was sothing a person should do, the right thing to do so that everyone could live.
If its the sa as the past I just have to donate at least 15,000 Coins.
Then, I would be chosen by the Offering Box.
The de-facto leader right now, Yoohyun, stated his opinion. Should we go around and put in as many Coins as each person can handle?
Everyone shuffled awkwardly. It wasnt surprising. The clear would be achieved even if you didnt put in any Coins and soone else did it instead. Naturally, what ended up happening was that people went up one by one, pretending to put in Coins. I couldnt see anything with Eye of Perception or Observers Eye.
I cant see how much they put in.
It was my turn.
I
I checked how many Coins I had. I had 21,500 Coins left after buying Enhancent Crystals and Elent Affinity Powder, but Darongi had earned more Coins in the anti.
[Held Coins: 31,500]
The theft genius Darongi had stolen again from the promising thief Gu Sungmin. It was a very good developnt for .
[Set how many Coins you will offer to the Offering Box.]
[Coins: ______ ]
In the past, Sunghyun was chosen by the Offering Box with 15,000 Coins.
[Coins: 30,000]
[Offer 30,000 Coins?]
There was a second confirmation notice, and I invested 30,000 Coins just like that. After all, the Coins themselves werent important right now, so I decided to play it a little safer. I would probably be the person who donated the most Coins here.
A few people did yell out that theyd been robbed.
Huh? My Coins?
M-My Coins have disappeared!
However, they quickly shut up. Making a big fuss about their Coins disappearing in a situation like this was the sa thing as saying I dont have Coins, so I cant pay. Even if they were frustrated, they couldnt quite say so. They could only pretend to put Coins in the Offering Box.
Sunghyun also went up to the Offering Box and put in Coins. Not long after that, a notice rang out.
[The Offering Box is full of offerings.]
[The Blessing of the Wind Temple will be granted to the Players who have co here.]
The Offering Box was filled faster than I expected. I put in 30k, and Sunghyun probably put in 15k. Collecting the remaining 55k didnt take as long as I thought.
[Once the rewards calculation of the Flash Gate Hill of Blowing Wind has concluded, all Players will automatically leave the gate.]
The Players rejoiced. With the Ghosts appearing and strong gusts killing the Players, approximately fifteen people died here.
The victim count is far lower.
In the past, at least 150 people had died. Compared to that, we experienced 1/10 of the loss. I would just have to see what kind of butterfly effects this result would have in the future.
A yellow [!] appeared over the Offering Box. It was apparently only visible to . When I clicked it with my eyes, a ssage popped up.
[The Offering Box has chosen you.]
[You are granted the Offering Boxs reward.]
The Offering Box would only reward one personthe Player who donated the most Coins.
[The Offering Box will determine what you most need.]
This was the reward Id wanted. The System would calculate what I needed and dole out an appropriate reward.
[The Offering Box responds to your need.]
[The Offering Box grants you the special ability Cognitive Dissonance.]
Special ability, Cognitive Dissonance. Id never heard of it before. There was an imnse number of innate abilities and special abilities in the world. Soone might have had this one before, but it wasnt one I had heard of. I checked it right away.
[Cognitive Dissonance]
The special ability granted by the Wind Temples Offering Box after determining what the Player needed. Cognitive dissonance refers to the phenonon that occurs when there are discrepancies or inconsistencies with what one believes and actually sees. This ability, which forcefully creates dissonance between what is seen and what is perceived, will be a great help when concealing the Players abilities, achievents, or cris. The ability of this dissonance is tied to ones talent, whereby its efficacy and effect are based on the Players innate talent.
Duration: 30 minutesCooldown: 12 hoursConditions to use:The will to assist from a Guardian with [Bulwark] [Hallucination] [Illusion] [Defense] [Fortress] [Mountain Fortress] [Barrier] [Eye] [Apparition] in their na.A body that has awakened an innate ability related to perception.
It was an ability that forcefully created disparity between what one saw with their eyes and what one actually perceived.
And the use and effect is determined by my talent.
Since Id never used it before, I didnt know what exactly that would look like. However, this special ability had conditions for its use.
The first ones settled.
I recalled the notice I had heard earlier.
[The Barrier of Blue Light wants to help you.]
[The Barrier of Blue Light states their strong will to sponsor you.]
A Guardian with [Barrier] in their na strongly expressed their desire to help . So as long as the Barrier of Blue Light didnt retract their will to assist , I could keep using this ability.
The other condition was satisfied as well.
A body that has awakened an innate ability related to perception.
I satisfied both of the conditions required to use the reward I got. I was happy, but the other Players heard a notice that was a little baffling to them.
[The rewards calculation has concluded.]
* * *
People began to murmur.
Anyone get a reward?
I didnt get anything?
Did anyone get sothing?
I stayed silent. There was no reason for
to step forward. However, notices even I hadnt expected rang out.
[Determining the number of remaining pillars.]
[Calculating a special additional reward.]
Oh, wow.
The reward is increased if you leave pillars intact?
In the past, all of the pillars were destroyed. But this ti, we only destroyed twelve pillars. There were still six left.
Huh? Look over there!
One of the pillars glowed blue and turned to dust, disappearing. The motes of blue light looked like they would be scattered into the air, but then, they began to fly over like a cloud of fireflies.
Its heading
I could tell.
Towards .
This was basically screaming to the whole world, GUYS, I GOT THE REWARD! I couldnt even refuse it. I didnt know how effective it would be, but I decided to use the ability I just got right away.
[Using the special ability Cognitive Dissonance.]
[Cognitive Dissonance is an ability based on the Players innate talent.]
[The ability to perceive reality is being distorted.]
The way to use it ca to
naturally, like a baby knowing how to breathe without being taught.
[Calculating the use/effect/range of Cognitive Dissonance in real ti.]
I just automatically made a calculation in my head, drawing out the situation I wanted to see. Just like when I designed my future based on what I knew, I did the sa now.
Ill make a distortion so that people cannot perceive the sight of
getting the reward.
I made it so that the Players wouldnt focus on . It was like looking at trees on the side of the roadunless you concentrated and counted how many trees there were, you wouldnt rember it and just think, Huh? How many trees were there? Or wait, were there even trees there?
This is Cognitive Dissonance.
It was a strange feeling, like I was implanting a situation in peoples minds the way I wanted. Though temporary, I used this ability to create the phenonon of cognitive dissonance.
[The duration of Cognitive Dissonance is set to 30 minutes.]
It was fascinating.
Im not drawing any attention.
It was as if people werent able to ntally process what they were seeing with their eyes. In the end, the blue dust poured onto my head.
[Granting the Blessing of the Wind Temple.]
It was the thing that had been in the description of the Offering Box.
When the Offering Box is full, the Blessing of the Wind Temple will be granted.
In the past, no one got the Blessing because all of the pillars were destroyed. It was different this ti.
[5,000 Coins acquired.]
Another pillar beca dust and showered down on .
[5,000 Coins acquired.]
I got 5,000 Coins each from five pillars. This was literally winner takes all. The other Players didnt get a single scrap of rewards, but Id already gotten 25,000 Coins.
The last one.
If I got another 5,000 Coins from the last pillar, that would make 30,000 Coins total, which would an I broke even. The 6th pillar disappeared, becoming glowing blue dust and falling down on .
[5,000 Coins acquired.]
From this part alone, I got 30k Coins. However, it didnt even end there.
[Granting the Blessing of the Wind Temple.]
[Confirming that you have 6 Blessings.]
[The Hidden Piece 6 Blessings has been fulfilled.]
Six Blessings. If at least six pillars were left intact, this Hidden Piece would be fulfilled.
So there was sothing like this!
What Sunghyun said in the past about how it would have been perfect if only about twelve pillars were destroyed was actually turning into reality. In any case, this was great. The more rewards there were, the better.
[30 minutes left in the duration of Cognitive Dissonance.]
[Dramatically increases your wind-attribute affinity.]
In addition, I got an item.
What?
This could be gotten here?
Venti Body To
It was an item, a magic to, that was discovered less than ten tis over ten years. It was the wind version of the Vulcan Body To that Choi Sung-gu currently had.
There should only be about five wind elent classes
But this to had already shown up.
The Vulcan Body To is already out, and theres no law that says the Venti Body To shouldnt co out, too, but
This was an item that enormously amplified the abilities and talent of a wind elent class, a special artifact that would turn an ordinary guy into a talent, and a talent into a genius.
If soone who was already specialized in the wind elent were to use this soone like Jo Sunghyun
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