Miracle Skill Vending Machine

Kim Yong-hoo fell into another world a year ago.

This world wasn’t just ‘another world’ as you’d expect at first thought, this was a completely different world like the games and RPGs that Yong-hoo had played in his previous life.

This world is quite strange, and here even when someone dies, their life doesn’t come to an end.

Is it because of the RPG-like settings of this world?

Of course, this doesn’t mean that people are immortal here…

The phenomenon of death exists, but resurrection also exists…

You heard it correctly, people can resurrect here after death

The life of a ‘user’ doesn’t come to an end upon death and they are resurrected.

But of course, there’s a catch, whenever a ‘user’ undergoes this process, a part of their memory is lost, which is quite troublesome.

This has already happened several times.

After dying four to five times, a user will lose enough of his memories that they might even forget their names from their previous life!

This is such a dilemma, and Yong-hoo isn’t the only one facing it, there are several others in a similar situation as him.

So the question arises… If everyone is aware of this danger then why would they risk their lives?

The answer to this question is that the easiest source of income for anyone who fell into this strange RPG-like world is to go out of the safe-towns and hunt monsters.

You know, the adventuring stuff…

In fact, hunting and gathering monsters are not only a source of income, they are also meant to level up in this world.

Leveling up is very important in this world because only by leveling up, can a ‘user’ become stronger, and by becoming strong they can avoid dying… But of course, this is not an easy task, and you would have to hunt a lot of monsters to become strong enough to not die easily.

Up until now, there have been very few people who have managed to reach such a high level without dying even once, and even then, their life is not safe, because even if they have reached high levels, as long as they continue to take quests that includes combat and hunting dangerous monsters, they can never completely avoid death.

Of course, they won’t lose their lives because of the resurrection provided by this world, but at what cost, their memories?

No thanks, Yong-hoo didn’t want that.

He believes that losing one’s memories is much worse than death because losing his memories would mean losing himself, and doesn’t that mean losing his sense of existence?

So, Yong-hoo did not hunt monsters.

As such, he didn’t even take any quests that involved hunting or fighting.

Of course, this didn’t mean that he was jobless…

He had to find a way to survive and earn his living in this foreign world, and for that, he chose to do simple and not so dangerous quests.

During one of his quests, Yong-hoo was lucky enough to become acquaintances with an NPC who happened to be the owner of a general store in this village.

The owner of the General Store also gave him a decent job at that general store.

At first, Yong-hoo was paid a daily wage, but because the owner of the general store was impressed by his work so Yong-hoo was well accepted and now he earns a monthly salary.

Although Yong-hoo could have made more money by continuing to carry out quests he still prefers this job at the General Store.

Even if he only earns enough money to barely feed himself, he is quite content for the time being.
Yong-hoo is grateful, and he even donates a small part of his salary.

Although those donations don’t mean much because they are just pennies, it is still better than nothing.
As for the place he donates at?

It’s the church in the village, and the church serves the Goddess of this World.

This is an RPG-like world of Sword, Magic, and Monsters, so there is no denying the existence of a real Goddess watching over this world.

Yong-hoo believed that if there really is a goddess in this world, then perhaps she might become happy with him and reward him.

His donations were penny anyway, so, even if nothing happened, he wouldn’t be all that upset, his expectations are not that high.

In this way, time continued to pass, and Yong-hoo was living his daily life in another world.

However, not long ago something strange happened… Which almost baffled him!

Today, when he came home after work, he found a Vending Machine at his home… Literally a Vending Machine!

Can you believe that!?

After calming himself, Yong-hoo thought about the probability of such a thing happening and found it so strange that he could only attribute the appearance of the Vending Machine in his home as a gift from the Goddess.

Arriving at such a conclusion, Yong-hoo observed the Vending Machine.

From its appearance, it looked like a real Vending Machine, with ‘Miracle Skill Vending Machine…’ written on it with big characters.

There was a Coin Insert on it, which means that it can accept the currency of this world too…
By inserting gold or silver coins into it, Yong-hoo could probably buy a skill from this ‘Miracle Skill Vending Machine’.

And on the display glass, he could see the names of all sorts of skills inside it, various kinds of Magic Skills, Attack Skills, Welding Skills, Defense Skills, and whatnot, you name it, and it will most likely be present in the Vending Machine.

But it’s a pity that each of these skills is too expensive for Yong-hoo to afford… His pay is not enough to buy even the cheapest skills in the Vending Machine as their starting prices are worth several gold coins.
What’s more, there is also no detailed explanation or description here other than what’s written on the button.

The only thing that’s written here is the price and name of the skill, if it’s magic, it’s magic, if it’s an attack skill, it’s an attack skill, if it’s a defense skill, it’s a defense skill and that’s it!

So, he wasn’t sure what to do with the Vending Machine.

However, there is one thing that caught his attention, it is the button on which the written prince is relatively cheaper, and the characters ‘Random Draw’ is written on it.

It’s not hard to infer the meaning of ‘Random Draw’, it’s a button where there’s no telling what going to come out…

The price of a random draw is 1 copper coin.

Yong-hoo’s monthly salary is 5 copper coins.

So, even though the price of ‘Random Draw’ is relatively cheaper compared to other draws, it is still very expensive for Yong-hoo.

But, Yong-hoo wanted to try it, because he, who has been living in this RPG world for nearly a year and has been working in the general store for a few months now doesn’t even have a single skill!

He wishes to have at least one skill, and he also wants to test if this ‘Miracle Skill vending Machine’ is genuine or not, whether the skills it is selling are real or not!

Because if that’s not the case, does that mean it’s not a gift from the goddess? And if it is not a gift from the goddess, then why is this ‘Miracle Skill Vending Machine’ even present in his room?

So, Yong-hoo decided to take a risk…

He took out a Copper Coin from his pouch, but he didn’t rush to put it in the ‘Random Draw’ slot, instead he took a deep breath and once again considered whether to take this risk.

No way, one copper coin is almost equivalent to one week’s living expense, if this is all just a prank, then he would waste one week’s worth of living expenses!

Of course, if this ‘Miracle Skill Vending Machine’ before him is genuine, then this risk might even be worth it…

So, after taking another deep breath, Yong-hoo held out his hand and slowly inserted the Copper coin in the ‘Random Draw’ slot.

“……!”

As soon as the coin was inserted, the buttons were lit.

Seeing such a scene before him, Yong-hoo felt that this is not a prank!

It is impossible to play such an elaborate prank in a different world where Science and Technology have barely developed.

Of course, this is also not magic.

After all, which wizard would be crazy enough to make something like a ‘Miracle Skill Vending Machine’ just to prank someone, especially him?

Making such a thing wouldn’t just involve the use of magic, it would be a very troublesome process! To make such a structure, the Dwarfs will also have to be hired and a lot of Mana stones would be consumed, so it’s totally not worth it.

As such, Yong-hoo felt that this ‘Miracle Skill Vending Machine’ might be genuine, and perhaps it is indeed the gift of the Goddess!

Therefore, after inserting the coin, Yong-hoo reached out his hand and pressed the ‘Random Draw’ button.

As soon as the button was pressed, something happened…

It was as if a random box was hit… and knocked down!

Knock Knock Knock Knock

After some sounds, something fell into the pickup box…

Yong-hoo lower his body, and as he put his hand into the outlet, he caught onto something.

It was an egg-shaped capsule, and it was about the size of a baseball.

“Is it a skill capsule?” muttered Yong-hoo and tried to figure out how to open it…

He didn’t have to struggle too much as he turned the two sides, the egg-shaped capsule opened with a ‘click’ sound.

And immediately after that, a hologram notification window–that Yong-hoo has often seen when he used to do small quests–appeared in front of him.

Skill: Only 1 Gold Coin.

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-Skill-
Only 1 Gold Coin (LV1)
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When Yong-hoo opened his skill window, a skill had indeed appeared in the empty skill column.
The level of the skill (LV1) is also written next to the name (Only 1 Gold Coin) of the skill.

This clearly means that the skill is genuine and Yong-hoo has acquired it, however, he had a doubtful expression on his face., and couldn’t help but think, “Does such a skill really exist?”

Although Yong-hoo personally never had any skill before, he still had quite a lot of knowledge about skills in this RPG-like world because he would often buy monthly skill books as well as adventurers’ skill guides and read them with surrogate satisfaction.

However, neither in the skill books nor in the adventurer’s guide did he ever see a skill called ‘Only 1 Gold Coin’.

It’s been a year since he came to this world, and Yong-hoo has heard all kinds of stories…

There are times when he would go to taverns where he could hear not only the stories of towns and cities nearby but also the stories of distant places. There are times when the details of high-level quests are often heard and discussed in the beginner level village such as this one, however, not once did he hear the name or detail of such skill before him.

Yong-hoo is also very clear that he has acquired this skill, and just by looking at the name, he could guess what kind of skill it is…

This is a skill that will allow Yong-hoo to get Gold coins from someone… But is he allowed to get only 1 gold coin using this skill?

“The bigger problem is the success probability… I just hope that it’s not too bad.”

With such a thought, Yong-hoo touched the skill on the holographic skill window, and the skill description window appeared before him.

(10% success rate!)

“This is awesome!”

The success rate is 10%, which means that if Yong-hoo asks some random people to give him 1 gold coin, 1 out 10 people will give it to him.

If the success rate is really as high as shown in the description window, then this skill that Yong-hoo has got is really a jackpot!

Especially when he only paid 1 copper coin to buy it!

“I’ll have to try it!”

With such a thought, Yong-hoo left his house.

The sun has yet to set, which means many users and NPCs are still present on the streets and markets.
Oh, by the way, people like him who were not the aboriginals of this RPG-like world and appeared here are referred to as the ‘Users’, while the indigenous people of the world are called ‘NPCs’.

Of course, the ‘NPCs’ and ‘Users’ all have their individual different names, the terms ‘User’ and ‘NPC’ are just the terminology that is used to collectively refer to the two groups of people currently living in this world.

As Yong-hoo arrived at the market, he soon identified several ‘Users’, and after thinking it over, he decided to approach a ‘User’ armed with decent equipment.

Anyone armed with decent equipment will definitely have more than 1 gold coin with them, so there is a decent possibility that Yong-hoo can get a gold coin from such people.

Arriving near the target user, Yong-hoo called out, “excuse me………”

“Yes?”

The user stopped and looked back at Yong-hoo with a questioning gaze…

Yong-hoo hesitated a little, then gathered up the courage and spoke, “Only 1 Gold Coin!”

Hmph!

The skill was activated.