I Live Alone in the Inventory

Episode 53

Jeongmin and Leah explored the inventory together.

He worked hard on the inventory exploration while writing the coordinates in his notebook, but there was no particular income.

Jeongmin murmured as he wrote down the coordinates in his notebook.

“The 42nd inventory to the west. Presumed earthling, dead..”

Jung-min closed the notebook with a thud, and looked at the dull inventory wall and said to Leah.

“It looks like it will take longer than I thought. It’s not easy to find the inventory of awakened people from other dimensions, and even if you find them, they’re often dead…”

said Leah, looking over the junk in her inventory.

“Iknow, right. It’s really not easy. Well, this is what I expected and started. Don’t be in too much of a hurry, let’s try to find it step by step. ”

Jeongmin nodded and went through the west wall again to the next inventory.

Jung-min and Leah arrived at the 43rd inventory in the west direction.

Jimin looked around and said.

“Looking at the color of the wall, the owner of the inventory is a living place. But… if there is nothing in it, it won’t be easy to determine which dimension the person is.”

Leia also nodded while looking inside the empty inventory.

Jeongmin wrote the coordinates in his notebook and said.

“Shall we go over here? Checking back later… Huh?”

Jeongmin and Leah looked at the inventory gate opened on the wall with surprised eyes.

I could see the owner of the gate looking at this place from beyond the gate.

The owner of the gate who looks like a human but has blue skin.

Even at a glance, it was clear that he was absolutely not an Earthling.

“Hey, it’s open! Not even Earth! Come on, let’s go!”

Leah grabbed Jung-min’s outstretched hand.

After confirming that he was holding Leah’s hand, Jung-min casts space movement while looking at the gate.

*****

-That’s too bad. It was a different dimension I had discovered…

Liddell said, sitting on the floor of Jung-min’s studio and sipping green tea.

– Well, it’s not without success though. If you look for it like that, I think you’ll find it eventually.-

“I guess so. Although it is a question of how long it will take. Anyways, it was a pity. To think that the dimension I had discovered was the one during the preparation period for [Trial of the Gods]…”

The dimension that Jung-min and Leah discovered and crossed over to was a dimension in the preparation period, where [Trial of the Gods] hadn’t even started yet.

After calming the owner of the inventory gate who was frightened by the sudden appearance of the two people, Leah learned about it by communicating after connecting with her mental connection skill.

Drinking the same green tea as Riddell, Yamazaki said.

“The owner of that inventory gate must have been very surprised. I know from experience. A terrifying experience when someone suddenly appears behind you when you open your inventory and take out something..”

Leah listened to Yamazaki’s words and smiled.

“I was sorry then. We were in a hurry, too.”

“No, I was able to save Liddell thanks to you. I feel really fortunate that you two were able to find my inventory and get out there.”

After talking about this and that, Liddell and Yamazaki went back to their lodgings.

Leaving the door of the studio, Liddell said to Jung-min.

-Ah, come to think of it, the shelter manager was looking for Jung-min. I’ll tell you when I see it later, but I forgot. Let’s go see the shelter chief tomorrow-

“Oh, is that so? Okay. Let’s go see each other tomorrow.”

After Liddell and Yamazaki left, Jung-min and Leah also prepared a place to sleep.

Leah lay down on the bed, and Jung-min leaned against the bed.

After turning off the light, Jung-min, who held Leah’s hand, patted Leah until she fell asleep, as always.

next day.

After Jung-min and Leah finished the morning training, they went to the shelter manager’s room together.

Jo Won, who was present at the time, greeted the two of them, sat down, and started talking.

“I heard you were looking for me?”

Jo Won answered Jung Min’s question.

“Yes, I have something to tell you. Do you remember when I went to the [Pearl River] Shelter before? Aren’t there two people who saved me from the gunfire?”

“Of course I remember. Maybe it was the [Star] guild. I said I would repay you later, but since I don’t have a chance to meet you after that…”

“I was able to meet you. I came here yesterday. There’s a story they brought… but it’s kind of troublesome.”

“What happened?”

Jo Won took a cup of water on the table, took a sip of water, and started talking.

“That… After the shop opened, a strange atmosphere flowed among the guild members.”

“A strange atmosphere?”

“Yes, if we are going to talk about this, we have to go back a little bit and talk about it… is that okay?”

“Yes, please speak slowly.”

“Hmm.. What do you think is the advantage of belonging to the guild, Mr. Jeongmin?”

After thinking about Jo Won’s question, Jung Min said.

“What… aren’t there two big things? Defense facilities and stable food to protect the body. this much? Shelter will be the same.”

Hearing Jungmin’s words, Jo Won nodded.

“Yes, that’s right. That’s why many people knocked on the doors of guilds and shelters even before [Trial of the Gods] began. However, the defense facility that could protect the body became meaningless after [Trial of the Gods] began.”

“The meaning is gone.. What does that mean?”

Joe let out a small sigh and continued talking.

“Actually… it’s ambiguous to say that being inside the defense facility of a guild or shelter is particularly safe. The reason is the fact that the monsters in the gate do not invade the surroundings. It is a story that it has become ambiguous to say that a defense facility is safe because of the passive movements of monsters who guard the gate and run only a small number of patrols to look around. No, it is rather dangerous.”

“Is it dangerous?”

“Because of the randomly generated location of the gate. In fact, wasn’t [Daesung] like that? In the beginning of [Trial of the Gods], I had to fight a lot due to the D-class gate created nearby.

And this time, a C-class gate was created closer. They hurriedly dispatched combat units to destroy it, but what would happen if a small guild other than [Daeseong] had suffered this? Instead of destroying the gate, it must have been annihilated by the monsters.”

“Well..”

“That’s why the merit of a defense facility that protects the body is diminished. The smaller the facility, the greater the risk. Then, what remains is the food issue..”

Jo Won took another sip of water and said.

“Before [Trial of the Gods], if an individual tried to collect food, how much could they have gathered? However, shelters and guilds, which gathered food through group power, are different. They had the ability to hold and supply enough food to last for quite some time. However, it is different from the opening of the store. Even an individual has a means to receive a stable supply of food if he has a little gold. Besides, food and daily necessities are cheap..”

“Well..”

Jimin let out a small sigh.

Jo Won also let out a small sigh and said.

“That’s how things like that come out. Do you really need to be tied to a guild and risk your life to destroy the gate? They say that if you just figure out the location of the gate and live far away and hunt the patrols that come out from time to time, you will have enough gold to buy food, so you can live freely and safely.”

“…”

Looking at Jung-min who was silently listening to the story, Jo-won continued to speak.

“So the [star] guild was eventually disbanded. A lot of Awoken people are leaving, so there aren’t enough people to maintain the base…”

“ah..”

“As it turns out, this isn’t just happening in the [Star] guild. They say it happened mostly in small guilds.”

“Are shelters and large guilds okay?”

“It still is. Somehow, it is thoroughly organized, and the scale of the facility itself is different.”

“Hmm… that’s a real headache. I’m worried about the people who broke away from the guild. I think I will live by plundering the surroundings from now on…”

Jo Won also nodded as if agreeing with Jung Min’s words.

“you’re right. Now that the rules that bind them are gone, they are free to live as they really want. If you kill other Awoken, you can get gold and experience, so there is a high possibility that you will become a looter. ”

“I’ll have to warn the troops out on patrol.”

“Yes, it is. In that sense… if you ever have to go outside, please take care of them.”

Jimin’s eyes widened.

“Treatment?”

“Yes, take care of it.”

“It’s unfortunate that they disbanded the guild, but what they did wrong right now…”

“Of course, I haven’t done anything wrong at this point. However, if you wait a little bit, you will hear that you are almost 100% a looter. We are talking about that time.”

“Well. Well, let’s go and talk about it then. Ah, so what happened to the two of those [star] guilds?”

“They owed their lives, how could they throw them away? The problem is that the two are not the end. Even the lost guild members were brought with them. Right now, we don’t have enough living space… Fortunately, we were planning to build additional accommodations by purchasing materials from the store, so we’ll have a place to sleep soon, but the future is a problem. There are many refugees who have lost their place to go in this way, and most of them will become looters if other guilds or shelters cannot accommodate them. We are busy focusing only on defeating the gate, but we also need to be careful with looters.”

“Whew..”

Jungmin sighed heavily and said to Jowon.

“When the marauders start to act, I will do my best to deal with them. Shelter Commander, please prepare this and that. It’s a real problem to have such a headache at this time when high-level gates are appearing. well, what would you do ”

Jo Won nodded, and Jung-min took out two high-grade potions from his inventory and handed them to Jo Won.

“I think you can give this one to two people in the [Star] guild. You have to pay what you owe.”

Jo Won put the potion in his inventory and handed the ring to Jung Min.

“I forgot to return this. It was put to good use.”

What Jo Won gave was a ‘ring of protection’.

“Oh, I forgot about this. Since it’s something I don’t really need… First of all, Shelter has it. You must be prepared for any unforeseen threats. It will save your life at least once.”

“I will not decline. As you know, they have no ability to defend themselves.”

Jo Won bowed his head and took the ring back.

Jeongmin and Leah got up, and Jo Won saw them off.

As they walked out of the shelter manager’s room, Jung-min spoke to Leah.

“It took longer than I thought. Do you know what conversations were going on?”

“Yes, just by listening to Mr. Jung-min, I could understand at least what kind of conversation was going on. It was a story about small guilds being disbanded and groups trying to live freely, right? I worry that they will become predators.”

“Yes, that was the story.”

“It was the same with Elan. They say that where people live is the same after all..”

“Ah, was it like that in Elan too?”

Leah nodded at Jeongmin’s question.

“Yeah, it was the same. And those who go out like that will become 100 out of 100 plunderers. You’ll see how much you can benefit from hunting one Awoken. ”

“Ha.. that’s a problem.”

“If you meet them outside later, you have to deal with them unconditionally. After a while, they eventually form a group, and the group formed like that is a really big hindrance to attacking the gate.

If it weren’t for those people, Elan’s [Trial of the Gods] could have been completed quickly by more than two years. Really they are… cancerous beings.”

Jungmin nodded at Leah’s words.

“I will keep that in mind. There are so many things to do. You have to keep the looters in check, you have to attack the gate, and most of all you have to find the dimension where [Trial of the Gods] is ending…”

“It’s something everyone has to do. If it hadn’t been for [Trial of the Gods], all of these things would have been unnecessary…”

Jung-min spoke softly as Leah bit her lip as she spoke.

“Still, I was able to meet Leah-san because of [God’s Trial].”

“… Yes?”

Leah opens her eyes wide and looks back at Jung-min.

Jeongmin said with his face reddened and averting his eyes.

“Oh, no. It’s already time to eat. Come on, let’s go eat. I am hungry.”

Looking at Jung-min’s back as he spoke quickly and walked quickly, Leah smiled lightly and followed him to the restaurant.

Episode 53