＜ 6: Awe and Fear (2) ＞
——Enforcement Agency ‘Cloud’.
Under the emperor of the great empire, the investigators in Cloud who had jurisdiction over the entire empire boasted outstanding military power.
In the deep darkness of the Empire lurks all kinds of heinous criminals.
It was only natural that the investigators in Cloud who had to deal with them had a level of force.
It was no exception to the fact that ‘Rick Swile’, a third-level investigator of Cloud patrolling a small town on the outskirts of the Empire, was not an exception.
Rick Sway. The eyes of the investigator with a sharp impression scanned the empty town.
A brazier that still retains its warmth.
Food spilling on the floor.
Even the wet cloth hanging on the window.
A sense of life still remained throughout the village.
Obviously, it meant that people had been living there for some time.
However, contrary to the appearance of such a village, there were no visible people in the village.
Rick, who was looking at the deserted village, said to the guide who was nearby.
“I mean, it happened overnight.”
“Yes, I’m fine! In just one day, the whole village was gone.”
“Is there any possibility that you have moved somewhere as a group?”
“It can’t be. My friend Jack… is a crippled guy.”
The guide Rick brought in was a man who had a friend in this town.
I have a friend who has difficulty moving because of his leg discomfort.
If he’s been saying this, he certainly hasn’t moved anywhere.
Rick said as he walked towards the village.
“I can definitely feel the sense of life… I can’t see anyone.”
Feeling uncomfortable, Rick walked around the village and began to open the doors one by one.
profit.
The old wooden doors opened easily without any resistance.
However, no human figure could be found anywhere in the building that had been opened like that.
There were traces of people, but the object was nowhere to be found.
If the villagers did not move all at once, it was a story that all the villagers had evaporated in one day.
“Do you have any guesses?”
“Uh, I heard a rumor that a thief appeared in this area a while ago! Maybe that’s what they did?”
“You’re a thief…”
Rick’s eyes looked again at the deserted village.
If there was a battle, there must have been traces of the battle.
But nowhere in the village were there any traces of human blood.
If there was one peculiar thing, it was that black soot was formed all over the village.
It was a rather unusual trace to have been made due to a fire.
“If the thief appeared, there would have been traces of resistance.”
“then…….”
“Looks like there’s a wizard nearby.”
The ability to erase a village without a trace.
And black soot appearing all over the town.
After putting all of this together, Rick Swaye was forced to come to one conclusion.
A wizard exists around here.
It was a powerful wizard that would not even leave a trace.
“Wizard……!”
When the guide heard Rick’s story, he looked astonished.
The presence of wizards was not uncommon in the Empire.
Among the investigators in the cloud, there are also wizards who use magic.
However, the fear of evil wizards had long been ingrained among people.
There are people who abuse magic on the wanted list that Cloud is pursuing, so it was a factor enough to be fearful from the guide’s point of view.
“Don’t be too loud. It might still be hiding nearby.”
“Oh, I see.”
“By the way, did you say there was a bandit nearby?”
“I don’t know for sure, but there are rumors that bandits sometimes roam around.”
Hearing the story of the bandits, Rick put on a worried expression.
“Isn’t it too dangerous to send you alone?”
“There is a side road only I know near here. If you go through it, you won’t run into any thieves.”
“Okay. Then let’s go back. I’ll investigate this by myself.”
At Rick’s congratulatory message, the guide bowed his head and backed away.
An unidentified wizard and band of thieves.
It is unknown which of the two is more dangerous.
And the guide who guided Rick to the village put more weight on the former side.
After a short greeting, the guide left Rick behind and left the village.
In a desolate village left alone, Rick looked up blankly at the sky.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve taken on a tricky job.”
* * * * * *
– Karma has increased by 1.
– Karma increased by 1.
– You have reached level 3.
Two more days have passed since I gave Yutenia a dagger and a cloak.
In the meantime, I found 5 more villages, and destroyed 3 of them.
One of the ruined villages was full of thieves who were chasing after Euthenia.
Of course, like the thieves they had met before, they were put to an end by the ＜Lightning＞ magic.
The karma obtained by eliminating the three villages was a number close to 30.
Karma 30.
That’s enough for a new level up.
Naturally, I reached level 3 through the karma I got this time.
“Because it’s level 3… my magic power has gone up a lot.”
Once they reached level 3, the biggest change that occurred was the increase in magical power.
As the level went up, the amount of magic power doubled.
If you could use ＜Lightning＞ 10 times with the existing amount of magical power, it is now possible to use ＜Lightning＞ 20 times in a row.
It was definitely an extraordinary ability increase.
Assuming that the magic power doubles every time you level up, by the time you reach level 10, you can use it more than 1000 times in a row.
– ＜The Observer’s Eye (Lv.2)＞ grows.
– It has become ＜The Observer’s Eye (Lv.3)＞. You will be able to observe the continents with a clearer eye than before.
The following changes were made in ＜The Observer’s Eye＞.
As the level of the ＜Eye of the Spectator＞ skill increased, I was able to face clearer graphics than before.
If the character you saw before was a dot graphic, now it has become a cute 3D graphic level.
As the level goes up, the game’s graphics evolve.
Anyway, it was a strange structure.
And Yutenia’s face with the new graphics was cuter than I thought.
“Because I’m doing this, it seems like I’m developing a real character.”
A small character with gray hair is chewing the black bread he is holding in his hand.
It’s like watching a squirrel eating an acorn.
While she was still eating, she was showing various speech balloons floating above her head.
Judging from the fact that the contents had not changed, the level 3 ＜Eye of the Observer＞ did not seem to have any effect on the speech bubble.
After watching Euthenia for a while, I turned my gaze again to see the next change.
– Warning: Karma that is too biased in one direction is more likely to cause ＜Causality Correction＞.
The next message was a warning from the ＜Karma Balance＞ skill.
It was said that ＜causality correction＞ could occur if karma was biased to one side.
But I don’t know what to do to make karma unbiased.
However, it is not impossible not to level up at all in the game where you paid 50,000 won.
I decided to simply ignore the message.
“I don’t know what this is, so pass. And next, um… This is here again.”
After scrolling down, I looked at the message with a disappointed smile.
The next evolved skill was a very familiar name.
Needless to say, the shop skill occupied the spot.
– The skill of ＜Paid Goods Store (Lv.MAX)＞ has been expanded.
– You have acquired ＜Paid Goods Store (Lv.MAX + 1)＞.
– You can now purchase the contents of the store using paid goods.
The skill of ＜Paid Goods Shop＞ has evolved.
And what was even more unusual was that the level notation of the skill of the ＜Paid Goods Store＞ was odd.
The skill level is MAX + 1.
If it’s level MAX, that’s the end of it, how does MAX + 1 level exist?
Heck, it didn’t make sense for the store to evolve as the level went up.
As the game was getting closer and closer, I held my forehead and sighed.
“If the store has evolved, what is it that sells even bigger products?”
Although he was swearing with his mouth, he couldn’t help but wonder about the contents of the store.
I did not intend to purchase the product again.
I was just thinking of coming here to see what kind of product there was.
Kwok.
I clicked the shop button in the right-hand corner of the screen to enter.
As soon as I entered the store, a welcome message greeted me.
– Welcome to ＜Paid Goods Store＞.
– ＜Paid goods store＞ sells various items for smooth play.
Ignoring the message that came to my mind, I looked straight to the sales list.
The items in the store were not much different from before.
10 better draws.
That was all the merchandise in the store.
The difference from previous products is that the modifier ‘better’ is attached to the front.
And the price for the 10th lottery was 69,900 won, up 20,000 won from the previous one.
“Wow, really… it’s a great game in many ways.”
Even the 50,000 won lottery that existed before has long since disappeared.
Now, in order to draw, you have to pay 7,000 won unconditionally.
The higher the level, the higher the purchase cost.
It was a mysterious game that the more you look at it, the more astonished and lamented.
And I was the user who played the game.
Admiring myself for playing a game like this, I put my finger on the back button.
“Who’s going to buy this? I’ll never buy it.”
I will never come to this store again.
With that thought in mind, I was about to press the back button.
I felt uncomfortable and looked at my fingers.
His finger, which was pointing towards the back button, was moving in a strange direction.
“What, what… Wait, what’s wrong with this!”
A strong attraction was coming from somewhere on the screen, pulling his finger.
Your fingers move regardless of your will.
I tried to shake off the force acting on my fingers, but the mysterious attraction was stronger than I thought.
The finger that moved in an instant was sucked into the 10 pull button.
Kwok.
So my finger pressed the draw button 10 times.
“under…….”
As the screen of the smartphone flashed, a lottery page began to appear.
I became a disappointed face and looked at the items being output one by one.
tyring.
A text message from the card company that appeared at the top of the screen was a bonus.