Three Promises (2)
The two executive dokkaebis glanced at each other. How long did this last? Then the two dokkaebis burst out laughing at the sa ti.
[Kuk. Kuhahahat!]
[Interesting. Don’t tell ...]
The smart executives seed to have noticed sothing. Paul watched the scene with a puzzled expression.
[I will allow a solo eting with the dokkaebi Paul.]
[The free solo ti is 20 minutes.]
The executives of the bureau agreed to my request like it was interesting. I figured they would do this.
Originally, the executives didn’t like strears. They were closer to the ‘subscribers’ than the ‘strears.’ The mont they spoke, a transparent do ford around and Paul. The original ‘solo eting right’ was a space for constellations and dokkaebis to secretly et.
[The solo eting with the interdiate dokkaebi Paul has begun.]
However, the usage could be changed according to the user. I saw Bihyung talking to the executives outside the do.
Paul was trapped with and revealed his hostility. “Why did you want to see ? Do you want to deal so dicine to those up there?”
His body was still affected by the executive dokkaebi’s Redemption Code. As long as the code existed, Paul wouldn’t be able to use his own power as well as the authority of a dokkaebi. In other words, the person in front of was completely helpless.
“Don’t bluff. I know your current situation.”
Paul winced and withdrew to the edge of the do. Yet there was still a smile on his face. “Haha, I see. I know what you are thinking. Do you want to get revenge for that slave?”
“...”
“How funny. Don’t you know it is a superficial human desire? Yes, you can try it once. I don’t know how you found about the solo eting rights but this is a place where we can’t hurt each other. No matter how hard you try...!”
I ran to him and punched him as hard as I could. Blue blood erged from his nose and the person who couldn’t grasp the situation scread and belatedly collapsed. I told him, “I can’t kill you but I can beat you to a pulp.”
“Keooook! You dare...!”
“Yes, now your true nature is erging. I don’t want to hear those disgusting honorifics.”
“Heok, kuheok...”
“Is this the first ti you are feeling pain? You must’ve never been beaten up like this after living as a dokkaebi.”
“K-Kuhut! Kuhuhut...” Paul was still smiling despite his blood dripping down. “You made a mistake just now. There are special rules in place to prevent people like you from exploiting the solo eting rights.”
Then the system ssage arrived like it had been waiting.
[You have injured the dokkaebi in the solo eting space.]
[500 coins have been consud as a penalty.]
These dokkaebi, they were really great. They prepared a penalty in case the constellations tried anything. It was a coins penalty. However, I was aware of the penalty and just shrugged.
Paul laughed as he wiped off his blood. “Foolish human. You are bringing destruction on yourself with your anger. Yes, try to hit as many tis as you like. The coins you have at the mont...”
“How much coins do you think I have?” Paul fell silent. “Isn’t it strange? How could I beco a platinum mber when I am an incarnation?”
I grinned at his shaky eyes. “I have a lot of coins. I made a lot of money thanks to you.”
My fists descended towards the pale Paul. The damn scenarios I experienced so far passed through my head.
[Coins Possessed: 205,902 C]
I rembered Shin Yoosung’s dying appearance. These were among the things I told her:
–That dokkaebi, I’ll beat you to death.
This was the first promise I would keep.
[500 coins have been consud as a penalty.]
Once again, my fist moved and his nose was broken. I didn’t say that it was soone’s share. In the first place, this couldn’t be anyone’s share.
[500 coins have been consud as a penalty.]
“Kuaaak! A-An insignificant human dares...!”
Peeeok-!
[500 coins have been consud as a penalty.]
“Y-You won’t be safe if you do this to ...!”
Peeeok-!
[500 coins have been consud as a penalty.]
“I’ll kill you! I will surely kill you...!”
Peeeok-!
[500 coins have been consud as a penalty.]
“W-Wait a minute! Wait! Stop...”
His frightened body curled up and I stopped my fists for the first ti. For a mont, hope filled his eyes.
“Y-Yes. You thought well There is nothing about doing this here...”
I watched him hurriedly speaking with honorifics and asked, “Did you stop?”
“What?”
“When Yoosung asked you to stop, did you?”
I quietly looked down at him. He didn’t say anything and just looked at the ground. Then he raised head and stared at the sky. He felt resentnt for the ones who made him like this.
“This doesn’t an anything! Your dead companion won’t co back to life!”
My dead colleagues wouldn’t co back to life. He was right.
“It ans sothing.” However, I raised my fist to the trembling guy. “So what if she is dead. Shin Yoosung would’ve done this as well.”
Peeeok-!
Paul’s fangs protruded as he rolled across the ground.
“Lee Hyunsung would’ve done so as well. Yoo Sangah and Lee Gilyoung also.”
My fist slamd into his belly.
“Maybe... that bastard Yoo Jonghyuk...”
My companions outside the do were looking this way.
Shin Yoosung was forming fists with red eyes. Lee Jihye and Lee Gilyoung were shouting sothing. Lee Hyunsung’s eyes were red as he made a serious expression and Yoo Sangah was staring at with wide eyes. Yoo Jonghyuk was the last one I looked at before glancing back at Paul.
“I-I am outside the scenario! You can’t earn coins by doing this! It won’t benefit you!”
Coins...
Yes, only the dokkaebis would think like this. So stories would beco coins. So stories wouldn’t beco coins.
“Maybe that is true.”
None of the constellations had made a bounty scenario, nor was there a sub-scenario. However, this behaviour was aningful. Nobody was making do this.
“I’m not intending to get any benefits from this.”
“W-What?”
Since the fall of the world, coins had beco the principle behind every human’s actions. They moved if the constellations gave coins and didn’t move if there were no coins. Still, humans often moved regardless of whether there were coins or not.
“You don’t know it but humans are animals that seek for the aning of life through these things.”
“W-What...kuoock!”
I raised my fist and started beating him again.
Peeeok-!
The subsequent punches crushed his face, ribs and joints. I didn’t have to control my power because there was no fear of him dying. One blow was the best blow. Every ti bones broke, sothing exploded inside of .
[500 coins have been consud as a penalty.]
In fact, I knew.
[500 coins have been consud as a penalty.]
I knew very well. No matter how hard I beat him up, it wouldn’t give any comfort over Shin Yoosung’s death. The dead Shin Yoosung would never see this sight yet I still moved my fists. I hit and hit him again.
Peeeok-!
It was just like Yoo Jonghyuk. He kept repeated his regressions until the last mont, even if no one knew his cause.
[500 coins have been consud as a penalty.]
Then the ssage of a constellation was heard.
[The constellation ‘Prisoner of the Golden Headband’ is excited about the unseen developnt.]
[500 coins have been sponsored.]
I stopped punching for a mont and stared up at the sky. Even this was a story to the constellations.
“It isn’t an act this ti.”
[You have returned the 500 sponsored coins to the constellation.]
[The constellation ‘Prisoner of the Golden Headband’ is very embarrassed.]
Think of it as a free service. Now things would be good for .
[The constellation ‘Secretive Plotter’ is interested in your actions.]
[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ is thrilled with your actions.]
I started punching again. There were only the sounds of the dokkaebi’s skin bursting and intermittent groaning.
The constellations silently watched what I was doing. No one gave any coins but I could feel them watching . Sotis, this alone was sufficient.
“U-Uhhh... I was wrong. S-Spare ! P-Please! Please!” Paul couldn’t endure it anymore and dragged his body to the edge of the do.
The wall of the do made a faint sound but the executives didn’t respond. Rather, they were pleased with my actions. Maybe they would be saying sothing like this:
「 That coin making bastard. 」
「 Damn strear scum. 」
The executive dokkaebis didn’t like strears. The executives who evolved from constellations were good at fighting but had no talent in leading the scenarios.
Shortly after, Paul’s body beca completely ragged. I grabbed at his bloody neck. At this point, I asked what I really wanted to know. “Where is Shin Yoosung’s soul right now?”
***
Dead souls that were part of the scenario couldn’t escape from the confines of the contract, even in death. It would’ve been different if the contract itself had been destroyed.
The interdiate dokkaebi Paul opened his mouth after he was hit a few more tis.
[T...That. I also don’t know. You borrowed the power of an archangel and... our contract was destroyed...]
Indeed, it was like this. The dokkaebis had been handed the ‘disaster Shin Yoosung’ by a great demon. In the course of the transfer, the strings of the contract were created using the great demon’s power.
Then Uriel’s Hell Flas Ignition had burned those strings. In other words, Shin Yoosung’s soul was now floating around the world.
[Y-You. Absolutely, can’t, regain, companion... Her soul, soon, the labyrinth...]
Paul finally collapsed.
[The ‘Dokkaebi Solo eting Rights’ has ended.]
The transparent do disappeared and the executives whistled.
[Oh, you are in terrible shape even before the disciplinary hearing.]
They glanced at before moving away with delighted smiles. I watched Bihyung hurriedly chase after them and asked,
‘Did you get back the money?’
-Of course.But didn’t you use too many coins?
‘I still have a lot left.’
I hit Paul exactly 124 tis.
[Coins Possessed: 143,902 C]
Bihyung sighed as he glanced at .
–I won’t be able to communicate with you after entering the bureau.I will keep the channel open so don’t get into trouble in the anti.Please.
I watched Bihyung and thought it was good. Without him, no one would argue with him from now on.
[The scenario error will delay further compensation settlent.]
The administrator of the main scenario had completely left the scene and the scenario developnt was likely to be stagnant for a bit. It should only be a day or two but that was enough ti.
I looked up at the dokkaebis disappearing into the portal and recalled the last conversation I had with Shin Yoosung.
–Don’t worry.You won’t die.
–What do you an?
–I can help you resurrect.I’ve resurrected twice so it isn’t as bad as you think.
In fact, I tried to avoid using this thod until the end. After all, according to the design, she must ‘die once.’ There was also no guarantee that she could revive again.
–I don’t know how long it will take.If you just wait and don’t give up, I will surely revive you.
If Shin Yoosung’s soul had fallen in to the labyrinth of the world, it was almost impossible to revive her again. However, that wasn’t necessarily the case. She would surely survive if I could regain her soul. The problem was ‘how’ to find her soul.
I suddenly looked back at Yoo Sangah. “Yoo Sangah-ssi.”
“Yes.”
Shin Yoosung’s soul might enter a new world line but in the all, all souls escaped from this world through the ‘Underworld.’
I rembered so constellations related to the afterlife. All of them were in a place I didn’t dare touch or were beyond my reach. Still, there was one person that I could talk to.
“Can you call the Abandoned Lover of the Labyrinth here?”
Yoo Sangah hesitated for a mont before nodding. After a while, faint sparks appeared around her. It wasn’t the previous thod of directly descending due to the increased probability consumption but it was certain that Ariadne nestled inside her.
I opened my mouth. “Olympus. I want to do business with you.”
The sparks bouncing around the area were rough. Well, our last encounter wasn’t great. This ti, I had to make concessions. I took a deep breath before getting to the point.
“Let et with the King of Hell.”
Now it was ti to keep the second promise.
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