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Chapter 47: Open Door( 4)
Open Door.
This word has two literal definitions.
First, opening one’s dostic market to allow other countries to freely engage in trade or economic activities.
Second, leaving the door open for anyone to co and go without restrictions on entry.
And looking at the current situation, the aning of open doorapplied in this world was both of these.
Even now, strange monsters are invading under the pretext of being pioneers, and those beings from outer space are appearing out of nowhere and conducting business.
Moreover, none of this was approved by humanity.
The only thing that the majority of humanity unanimously agreed on was that sothing was wrong with the world and sothing had to be done.
‘But how did it co to this?’
Yeongwoo scratched the ground noisily, staring blankly at the approaching stone box.
Thud, thud.
The box that eventually arrived at Yeongwoo’s feet showed little movent for a while.
Boom!
Suddenly, with a loud noise, it opened its lid.
Clang!
Surprised, Yeongwoo drew his black sword like lightning, and the trio watching him from a distance also flinched, each taking a combat stance.
But what appeared from the box was…
-Crunch.
A small goblin carrying only its body size. Moreover, its skin was golden.
“Uh, this is….”
As Yeongwoo unintentionally pointed at the goblin with his finger, the goblin looked up at him.
-Kek?
Then, a tooltip appeared in Yeongwoo’s field of vision.
Thunk!
「Golden Goblin」 – Relic Slave
【Stores items in a pocket dinsion.】
【Picks up things that turn into money.】
With just that eye contact, the golden goblin beca Yeongwoo’s possession.
An Relic-grade slave.
‘Is this really an item? It just looks like a living being….’
anwhile, the golden goblin was rummaging through the shattered stone box with its small hand.
And then.
Whoosh.
It seed to have found sothing.
It was none other than…
「Kekidite」- Hero’s Gem
【Slot: 10% Magic Resistance
It was a slot-specific gem that Yeongwoo had purchased along with the goblin.
A tiny black gem the size of a human thumbnail.
-Kit!
Confirming that Kekidaite had transferred to Yeongwoo’s possession, the golden goblin, carrying it on its shoulder, spread the tip of the bag it had on its shoulder.
Then, the golden goblin gestured as if asking if it was okay to store this item in the bag.
‘Ah, confirming with the owner before putting it in. So, is that like a pocket dinsion bag?’
Yeongwoo nodded towards the goblin, curious to see how the pocket dinsion worked.
The goblin tossed the kekidaite into the bag, and in that mont,
Whoosh!
The interior of the bag, glimpsed through the tip of the bag, transford into a space resembling the universe.
“…!”
Yeongwoo, peeking at it, felt a montary sense of disorientation so strong that he took a step back.
‘What was that just now?’
Yeongwoo blinked, looking at the bag again, but the goblin had already tightly closed the bag’s tip.
-Crack!
The goblin, locking the bag, looked up at Yeongwoo and made a sharp sound, seeming to be a sharp warning.
“…”
Although no one translated or explained, Yeongwoo instinctively sensed that it was so kind of warning not to look inside the bag when the pocket dinsion was open.
-Kit!
Next, the goblin found and held up Yeongwoo’s last item, the ancient scroll.
After placing the bag on the ground, this item, despite its na “scroll,” was not paper but a grayish stone slab.
「Morning Star」 – Ancient Scroll
【Activated in the Open Door state.】
As it was the size of a large encyclopedia, Yeongwoo had to receive it with both hands.
Thud.
‘What is this…?’
Deeply engraved on the stone were hieroglyph-like symbols, but naturally, they were unreadable.
However, there was no guidance or information appearing in Yeongwoo’s hands, the owner.
Externally, it looked like just a useless large rock.
But the rchants of Voltak had priced it at a whopping 80,000 karma, and the Serpent of Greed, an epic compass, also claid it to be a rare item.
The tooltip only ntioned that it activated in a open door state, so Yeongwoo couldn’t understand not only the usage of “Morning Star” but also what kind of item it was.
Crunch.
He tried biting the corner of the slab secretly, but it remained silent.
‘Or does it activate automatically in specific situations?’
In the end, Yeongwoo couldn’t find a solution until the SUV of the Jeong family appeared on the other side of the road.
Brrrr!
At first, it was an approaching SUV with a quite loud engine noise, but not far away, the sound suddenly quieted down.
It was because they belatedly discovered sothing inside the black pillar of light.
“Hey, Mr. Yeongwoo?”
As always, Myeongho parked the car from a distance and only extended his head, calling out to Yeongwoo.
“Are you okay?”
This was also a question about whether he and his mother will be safe.
Upon this, Yeongwoo glanced briefly at the trio still standing in place and then moved towards the Jeong family.
Then,
-Kitkit!
The golden goblin, who had been circling the box debris, surrounded Yeongwoo and ran after him.
And all of this seed revolutionary in the eyes of the trio.
“Uh… Mr. Jeong Yeongwoo!”
So much so that they rushed towards him, pushing commorative coins engraved with Yeongwoo’s face and na into his hands.
“…?”
Turning at the sound calling him, Yeongwoo saw that just ten minutes ago, those who used to show him hostility were now standing with polite deanor.
“What are you doing?”
Yeongwoo asked with a raised eyebrow, and the man in the leader-like outfit among the trio bowed deeply.
“Please take us in!”
“…What?”
He had received requests for help or temporary shelter before, but the phrase “take us in” was a first.
“Whether colleagues or subordinates, I won’t accept such requests.”
As Yeongwoo replied, mories of parting with Yechan, which already felt like a long ti ago, flashed through his mind.
According to Yechan’s judgnt, it was difficult for Yeongwoo to form a party.
For ordinary people, fighting monsters would be nearly impossible without increasing their party size.
However, as the Strongest Sword, Yeongwoo was different.
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His main opponents were not just monsters but much stronger mutants and the Strongest Sword from other regions.
Therefore, unless they were strong enough to help in battles with them, party mbers would be a burden—no, a weakness.
“Don’t talk nonsense and think about surviving on your own. Your chances of surviving are higher that way than traveling with .”
Although Yeongwoo stated it firmly, the man in the leader’s outfit seed dissatisfied.
“No! We are weaker than you, of course, but we can follow you and learn at least…!”
“Whether you learn or not, you’ll die within today or tomorrow.”
In gaming terms, it was like a user who had just finished the tutorial following a high-level hunting ground user.
Swish.
After finishing his words, Yeongwoo was about to continue walking towards the Jeong family, but the man who had been continuously bowing behind him raised his head and pointed at the SUV.
“What about those people? Are you saying those people will die within tomorrow because of Mr. Yeongwoo too?”
“…”
It was an undeniable point.
Upon this, Yeongwoo slowly turned around.
Then, in a subdued voice, he spoke.
“Yes. One person has already died. So, they’re expected to fall apart soon.”
“…!”
The pupils of the three individuals widened significantly.
However, the man in the leader’s outfit was not usually persistent.
“Then please let us stay with you until we part ways.”
At this, dissent arose within the trio for the first ti.
“Why go to such lengths?”
“Just being with them is dangerous enough. Let’s stop here.”
The other two were not only scared by Yeongwoo’s words but also had no desire to follow soone else by clinging desperately.
It made sense, as the three of them had been doing quite well on their own so far.
Yeongwoo had refused their joining for the sa reason.
However, the man in the leader’s outfit was looking far into the distance.
“We might have a chance to see how soone like that operates and moves from a distance. We need to understand how the world works to find a proper way to survive.”
While saying this, the man pointed at the SUV of the Jeong family once again.
“It’s not like we gain nothing. If we join that vehicle, we gain mobility. It’s not a losing choice at all.”
“But how do we know those people want to be with us? That’s also unknown.”
Another mber imdiately countered, but the man gestured that there would be no problem.
“Are there people who don’t want to live, no right…? Already one person has died, and soon Mr. Yeongwoo won’t be there either. They won’t refuse our request to join them.”
Although continuously attaching ‘Mr.’ felt burdenso, Yeongwoo found the man’s last opinion strangely convincing.
If, according to the previous agreent, they were to part ways in Chungju and go their separate paths, the Jeong family without combatants would practically be as good as dead.
It was quite selfish, but it was an opportunity to unload the burden on his mind.
“Okay. If the condition is to join them when I part ways with you, I’ll allow you to travel together for a while.”
Yeongwoo, who had been firm until now, suddenly changed his stance, and the man in the leader’s outfit’s expression brightened.
On the other hand, the other two mbers looked more serious and expressed resentnt.
“I’m not interested. Essentially, we’ll be following that guy.”
“We know he’s an outstanding person, but if he can’t take responsibility for our lives, there’s no reason to follow him.”
Sizzle.
The atmosphere inside the vehicle changed, and the composition seed different.
With the two stepping back, it no longer looked like a trio.
Yet, the man in the leader’s outfit was obsessively fixated on Yeongwoo, to an unusual extent.
“I want to know how that person fights and what thoughts guide him. If you’re going to stay here, I’m going, even if I’m alone.”
“What?”
“Then, it’s just the two of us.”
By declaring their departure so simply, it seed they weren’t family.
Now that it had co to this, Yeongwoo was also intrigued by the man.
However, since he couldn’t drag out the ti, he intervened in the conversation of the trio.
“I’m leaving now. If you really plan to follow, decide now.”
Saying so, Yeongwoo continued walking towards the vehicle.
The man in the leader’s outfit adjusted the backpack on his shoulders and moved along.
The other two, once the man stepped back, made blunt remarks as a farewell.
“Crazy bastard.”
“Don’t regret it just before dying.”
At the sa ti, Yeongwoo, who had arrived at the SUV, opened the rear seat door with a surprised look at Myeongho.
“Spare a seat for one more person, will you? Let him sit in the front passenger seat.”
“Uh, yes… of course…”
However, Myeongho’s gaze was not on the new mber, the man in the leader’s outfit, but on the golden goblin that had bounced onto the back seat with Yeongwoo.
“Yeongwoo, excuse , but what is that?”
Looking around the back seat with the rearview mirror, Myeongho cautiously asked.
At the sa ti, Myeongae, who was startled, pressed herself against the opposite window.
“W-What kind of monster is that?”
In response, Yeongwoo handed the artifact ‘Morning Star’ to the goblin he was holding.
“It’s my slave. You can store your belongings with this little guy now.”
However.
-Kitkit!
For so reason, the goblin did not accept the certificate that Yeongwoo handed over.
“Why is that?”
Yeongwoo handed the item once again, but the goblin, like before, did not react.
The reason beca clear when the man in the leader’s outfit climbed into the front passenger seat.
“Shi-aat…!”
Suddenly, a gray slate, or rather a sooty slab, began to emit white smoke and break apart when the man stepped onto the seat.
“Oops…!”
Realizing sothing, Yeongwoo went out of the vehicle holding the crumbling slab in his hand.
At that mont, the slate that had maintained its outline so far scattered into the air.
“Uh?”
Myeongho, who extended his head only as far as the driver’s seat window, the man in a stylish suit trying to see Yeongwoo from the passenger seat, and Myeongae who still looked dreadful, all focused their attention on Yeongwoo.
With all eyes on him, Yeongwoo saw a new ssage appear in his field of vision.
[Achievent Unlocked: Advertisent Model]
| Achievent Grade: Artifact
| Achievent Rank: First
‘Advertisent model…?’
Yeongwoo, receiving the gaze of those around him, looked at the dust-like particles of the shattered slate that had soared to the dark sky.
‘What did I advertise?’
Just as Yeongwoo had this unsettling question, a faint tir appeared at the top of his field of vision.
| Ti until advertiser arrival: 04:30:00
Soon after.
‘Huh.’
| Ti until advertiser arrival: 04:29:59
The tir started counting down.
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