#231
Aftercare (3)
The Karma Store was an essential system for the survival of awakened people who were sent to another world alone.
No matter how exceptional your unique skills are and how fast growth is guaranteed, no matter how much power you have, it is not enough in an unfamiliar world where danger is everywhere.
〈In the beginning, do your best to protect yourself as much as possible and collect karma to strengthen your main status first.〉
This was now a widely spread common sense and formula that was nothing special on Earth.
‘Of course, it is inevitable that you die unexpectedly before you can accumulate enough karma. Just like Hans became undead in two days.’
But the Karma store is so important.
Even though it was called a store, it was a simple store that only had ‘return’, ‘unique skill enhancement’, and ‘status enhancement’—.
‘You said you had to have 10 million points to unlock the next level?’
It was information that I had not been able to access even now that we have established our own information network on Earth.
Well… it’s almost impossible to collect that much karma, and even if you do, who would keep holding on to it since you’ll just use up all the accumulated karma?
‘This was a special case for me too.’
It was completely unexpected, but anyway, this was also great income.
With satisfaction, I checked out the upgraded Karma Store… ‘Karma Store Ver.2’.
『Karma Store Ver.2』
『Unique Skill Enhancement (1200000)』
『Other Skill Enhancement – View Details』
『Status Enhancement – View Details』
『Purchase Items – View Details』
『VIP Market – View Details』
『Dimension Barrier Reduction (5000000) )』
Unlike before, which was definitely empty, it was full of items I had never seen before.
First, ‘strengthening other skills’.
Now it is possible to strengthen not only unique skills but also lower skills.
‘…Are the skills that the avatars have not working?’
However, the detailed list was limited to only the skills possessed by ‘Han Seong-hyeon’.
Starting with “Mind Herb,” an ability derived from “Avatar,” to skills such as “Super Recovery” and “Bright Scenery Index” acquired through status enhancement.
‘It would have been better if I could have strengthened the avatar’s skills as well. ‘There’s nothing I can do about it.’
Putting aside the small disappointment, the next thing that caught my eye was ‘Product Purchase’, where you can purchase actual items like in a real store.
‘Is this the same ability Hesperon demonstrated?’
A fake unique skill called ‘Summon a specific item by paying a certain price’ used when airlifting items through “Avatar Cloud”.
It was as if he really had that ability.
‘Let’s see… Are the only things you can buy now are those available at Outerica?’
Starting from equipment such as weapons, armor, and magic tools, to materials such as foodstuffs and minerals.
Most of the items available at Outerica were on the list.
‘…I guess the price of this changes depending on the level of difficulty I can get it for?’
And after looking a little more closely, I was able to roughly figure out the standard by which the price was set.
What more needs to be said when the price of iron ore, which is much lower quality than the Aonia iron ore that Howard is currently using, is more than twice as high simply because it is difficult to obtain because the production area is far away.
Cause and effect are the fruits of karma.
To put it simply, it was closer to ignoring the intermediate process and getting the result in exchange for karma.
‘But it’s not bad. No, on the contrary, it’s very good.’
In any case, if there was even the slightest possibility of obtaining it, it was a great advantage to be able to obtain it even by paying expensive karma.
Yeah, like the ones on the list right now.
『……』
『Horn containing the essence of the 14th Demon Lord Leraye (5,150,000)』
『White Dragon Sirionil’s Dragon Heart (1,830,000)』
『XX Fragment of XX-X XXX (3,0000000)』
『.. ….』
“Oh, but what kind of price does that look like?”
The price point is horribly inefficient.
There were as many as 30 million points of fragments of something whose identity was unknown.
‘It’s probably not a way to forcefully retrieve something that has a clear owner…’
Are those items actually sleeping somewhere in Outerica, or are you retrieving information about items that were lost for some reason? In that case, the price is set. Nothing has been clearly revealed yet, such as whether it is determined by the difficulty of obtaining similar items, but…
‘…because there are still a lot of bullets. Let’s take a closer look and shop as efficiently as possible.’
I tried to suppress the urge to buy on impulse due to the feast of dazzling items and looked down to look at the next item.
『VIP Market – View Details』
‘I feel good about being a VIP, right?’
I nodded my head at that satisfied expression.
Well, I am a customer with 10 million points, so it is natural to be treated that way.
However, when I looked at the detailed list, I could clearly feel that for this system, VIP was synonymous with luxury.
『Elixir of growth (7 days) (200000)』
『Acquire random other skills (500000)』
『Summon the other world transmission once (Auterica) (1000000)』
『……』
‘Elixir of growth is experience points Is it like a booster? If you consume 200,000 a week, the daily consumption is only slightly less than 30,000, right?’
A miraculous elixir that can burn the 1 million points that a decent awakened person would need to collect over about 10 years in just over a month.
Still, this product was better.
It’s definitely expensive, but if it guarantees good performance, there’s nothing you can’t use.
No matter what anyone says, I have earned a whopping 10 million won worth of karma in less than a month.
The problem was the following list:
“Random… draw?”
Learn random guitar skills.
For example, it was said that subtle performance skills such as “strongness” that the first Heinz had could also be developed.
And that cost a whopping 500,000 points.
‘The total number of points spent when obtaining ‘Super Recovery’ is 310,000. At least this was an additional income that came with the status rising.’
In addition, the next item on the list, “Summon the Otherworld Transmission,” was the one that was always used as a perk.
It’s such an urgent moment, but there are a million products to look for when it’s on cooldown.
I looked to see if there were any transmission lines heading to a dimension other than Outerica, but unfortunately, that was the only product related to transmission lines.
Meanwhile, I only knew that the first episode of “Extra Life” was worth 10 million.
‘…Okay, let’s remember these as well. Well then this is the last one. Relaxing the dimensional barrier… 5 million points?’
Unlike intuitively understandable items such as ‘strengthening other skills’ and ‘purchasing items’, the effect of ‘relieving dimensional barriers’ was difficult to clearly understand from the name alone.
The price was 5 million won and there was no explanation given in an unfriendly manner.
‘Dimension barrier… I guess it refers to the wall that divides each dimension. Does that mean it becomes weaker? I’m still going back and forth between both sides as I please. Is there any big meaning?’
After glaring at that phrase for a while and rolling my head around, I suddenly realized that it had a very big meaning.
‘The limits of divine power and abyss will be reduced.’
As a bonus, the penalty for summoning would also be affected.
This is all that comes to mind right now.
Considering the price, there was a good chance that there was something more.
‘This is an opportunity to reduce the restrictions on Hans and Heinrich, our biggest forces. Oh, and Harris too.’
I shouldn’t make impulsive decisions, but I’ve been feeling a subtle attraction ever since.
As if my intuition, which had developed dramatically while having five Transcendants, was telling me that this was absolutely necessary.
‘Okay, let’s buy it.’
Of course, the figure of 5 million is a bit far-fetched, but it was a change in the system that occurred when the Karma store was upgraded as a perk.
It’s not even listed in the ‘VIP Market’ and is being treated specially to the point where it has its own independent item.
‘It must be expensive because it’s all worth it!’
Is it really necessary for the system to defraud its users?
Swept up by such a strange conviction, I couldn’t resist the impulse and resolutely used the point.
And the result of that impulse purchase—.
“oh?”
I felt something stirring around my body that I had not been aware of until now.
But I was only able to feel it for a moment, and the strange sensation disappeared in an instant.
‘It seems like something has changed…’
And that was the end of it.
…I wasn’t expecting anything spectacular in the first place, but I couldn’t help but feel empty thinking that I had burned 5 million in this short moment.
In order to appease this feeling, the only way to do so is to confirm for yourself that your current consumption was not in vain.
‘For more details, I’ll have to use “object projection” to check. Then, the remaining karma is….’
Including what was received as achievement rewards, it is about 5.3 million.
This time, it was time to reflect on rational consumption.
***
Beorsen, a southern desert city that suffered enormous damage due to the Immortal King’s rampage.
Many people lost their lives in the chaos, but the number of people who survived was also considerable.
This was thanks to the fact that while Hans paid attention to the berserkers in many ways, he did not particularly actively take care of the city’s residents, who he considered a bonus.
Of course, if we had delayed just a little longer, the number of survivors would have decreased exponentially due to the energy of death spreading in the air.
Fortunately, thanks to the warrior party that entered before it was too late, they were able to prevent the situation from getting to the worst.
“female! Old man! “He was alive!”
“Queep—how did you come on time? “If I had been a little later, I would have had to clean up the invoice, right?”
“Grandma! Are you okay? “How are you feeling?”
“Oh Misty. Thanks to you, I’m safe. “You’ve had a hard time.”
Morna, the great sorcerer and representative of the southern delegation, took as many residents as possible and hid in the barrier immediately after the strange situation occurred.
As she had a lot of work to do, she put aside the joy of reunion and immediately did her best to resolve the situation.
With the help of the warriors who rushed here, the damage to Beorsen began to be resolved one by one, and through continued cooperation with other regions, the remaining remnants were gradually suffocated.
“Great shaman! It is said that the spirit of the berserkers is coming back one by one!”
“Beep that’s good news.”
“However, it seems that many people are still suffering from side effects, perhaps due to insanity. It is especially worse for those who have been brainwashed for a long time…”
“Summit such warriors separately. “It would be difficult to solve with magic alone, but if Harley’s abilities were added to it, it wouldn’t be that difficult.”
There were many problems that still needed time, but the remaining issues could be resolved with their own efforts.
In fact, it is safe to say that the problem in the South has already been solved.
And in the meantime.
As some time passed and the chaos began to settle down, strange changes slowly began to spread around Beorsen, the place where the incident occurred.
“Did you see that then?”
“Of course! “How can you not see them fighting so loudly?”
“Well, it was the first time in my life that I had a fight that big.”
“I know yeah! “I thought warriors like that only existed in stories!”
Residents who were once deceived by Baltheon and supported him.
They felt extremely betrayed by him for dedicating an entire city to the Immortal King, and naturally they came to passionately admire Harley, who confronted him and liberated them.
Of course, that wasn’t that strange.
From the beginning, it was the southern trend to idolize great warriors.
“Is that why you dressed like that? Are you trying to emulate that great warrior Harley? “I thought it couldn’t be possible because he suddenly came out wearing some kind of straw.”
“Wow, what a giant enemy! “There’s nothing you can’t say about seeing the attire of a true warrior that boasts the South’s long tradition!”
“If you’re feeling well, you won’t say anything. Do you think it’s okay to wear clothes like that just because you’re older and your stomach is sticking out? “You have to know the topic.”
“…come to work, dude! Let’s get together! “But I’m stronger than you!”
“What? Do you think it’s okay for you to do it just because you’re dressed like that? “Let’s have a fight!”
However, along with the idolization, the ‘barbarian warrior look’, which had already been in decline since the older generation and was now only seen at traditional festivals, began to become popular again… something no one could have predicted.
With the emergence of a superstar named Harley, a retro craze began out of nowhere.
Of course, right now it’s limited to Beorsen, but it was only a matter of time before it expanded to the entire south.
“There are a lot of rumors these days, so I wish I could see it in person. “I heard that Baltheon is so big that he looks like a child?”
“There is a great warrior named Harley in the death squad this time in Beorsen…”
“These days, Harley…”
Of course, even at this moment, rumors about him are spreading rapidly one after another…
《 The individual has achieved enlightenment by meeting the conditions. The skill “Kalkos-style Battle Engraving” evolves into the special skill “Kalkos’s Engraving.” That’s
because Harley was the new fighting king of Calkos that was born for the first time in hundreds of years.
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