I Got a Monster Spaceship from the Tutorial Tower - Chapter 3

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Episode 3
Episode 3
What?
“A harpy afraid of flying?”
A harpy?
Yeon-woo asked for clarification, wondering if he’d somehow misheard.
Come on, surely not.
A harpy with wings?
Flying since birth?
Markross swept her massive wings across her chest and spoke with theatrical exasperation.
“Yes, that’s right! Goodness, it just doesn’t suit my talents, and everything lurches inside and…….”
‘She’s completely lost it, I swear.’
Where had that measured tone gone, that grave voice from before?
Yeon-woo shot a bewildered look at Urelka.
Here was someone they’d selected as an A-Grade Pilot, and yet a fear of flying made no sense whatsoever.
“This is…….”
Urelka, too, had never imagined such a situation would arise, and he looked between Yeon-woo and Markross in confusion.
Even by a goblin’s standards, it defied reason.
Then, as if struck by inspiration, he thrust his hand into his chest.
‘Does he have some kind of cure? Like a monster’s clarity pill?’
Whoosh.
A rusted Hand Axe gleamed far too naturally in the goblin’s green grip as it emerged.
‘This goblin’s insane too!’
An axe.
An actual axe!
Urelka had been playing docile all this while, but he clearly hadn’t abandoned his suspicions.
Yeon-woo hastily retreated, a maelstrom of emotions churning within him.
So they couldn’t reprogram people—but could they reprogram goblins?
Of course, Urelka didn’t swing the Hand Axe at Yeon-woo.
Instead, he held it menacingly toward Markross in a pointed gesture.
‘If a harpy and goblin fought, wouldn’t the harpy win?’
Having secured a safe distance, Yeon-woo watched the tense standoff with keen interest.
A goblin wielding a weapon against a superior monster—a harpy.
So he studied Markross’s reaction, this flying monster with a flying phobia.
“Eeek! An axe, an axe! Have you lost your mind? So what if you’re second officer? Use your words, use words! Crazy goblin!”
“…….”
Markross actually made a bigger fuss than Yeon-woo would have.
‘Well, any monster would fear an axe.’
Urelka glared at Markross for a moment, then returned the Hand Axe to its sheath.
Where in that diminutive frame could he possibly fit an axe?
Once stowed away again, there wasn’t the slightest bulge in his clothing—a peculiarity Yeon-woo found utterly fascinating.
“My apologies, Captain. Crew training is my responsibility as second officer.”
“Ah, no. That sort of thing isn’t…….”
Yeon-woo waved a hand dismissively.
The last thing he needed was to say the wrong thing to a goblin with an axe and suddenly become the subject of remedial training.
With Yeon-woo’s permission, Urelka turned back to Markross.
“Pilot Markross? Once the Captain leaves…….”
Markross recoiled in horror.
“I’ll—I’ll do it! I’ll get in! Let’s handle this democratically, yeah?”
The words “handle this democratically” tumbling from a harpy’s mouth—astounding.
‘My, how the world has changed. ……Wait, that’s not it, is it?’
In any case, a single flash of the Hand Axe seemed to have resolved the flying-phobia problem.
It spoke volumes about Urelka’s competence as well.
Though assessing a second officer’s abilities this way felt dubious.
“I must confess, it surprised me too, but there’s no reason to doubt Markross’s skill. The system doesn’t lie, after all.”
“I suppose you’re right.”
Yeon-woo nodded in agreement.
He’d know for certain once he saw her actually fly the Fighter Aircraft.
Why would the system have given Markross an A-Grade tag for nothing?
Grades weren’t awarded by chance; there had to be rigorous verification protocols in place.
In any case, the first summoning had wrapped up in reasonably successful fashion.
Yeon-woo suddenly felt a fatigue he hadn’t noticed building up until that moment.
“……My body feels sluggish all of a sudden.”
“That’s entirely understandable. You see, Synchronization may look simple on the surface, but it’s no trivial matter. Right after clearing the first floor, I wasn’t reacting to your brilliant talent without reason, Captain.”
“Ha, is that so?”
That goblin certainly had a gift for flattering words.
Throughout his life, Yeon-woo had never heard anyone tell him he had talent in any field.
Could it be that he actually possessed an inborn gift for piloting?
“Well…… understood. I’ll be heading out now.”
“Yes, Captain. We’ll be standing by on the warship.”
He’d been half-braced for Urelka to cling to him, insisting they stay together for all time, but thankfully that didn’t happen.
Urelka saw him off without complaint.
“Until next time, Captain! And if possible…… you know what I mean?”
Wink.
‘What the—.’
Yeon-woo stared at Markross, who’d suddenly taken to winking at him, with an expression of pure bewilderment.
「Exiting the Tutorial Tower.」
Without another word, he left.
“Wait, Captain! Captain!”
Markross’s desperate cry might or might not have reached him, but either way, he’d already exited—it wasn’t his concern anymore.
Well, Urelka would educate her well enough on his own.
Reality, when he returned to it, was still the Convenience Store.
The difference, however, was unmistakable.
“Yeon-woo, you really did Awaken, didn’t you?”
The Store Manager, who’d evidently bolted from home in a panic, still had his hair disheveled.
‘Ugh, I’ve made a hundred mistakes…’
Though it hadn’t been Yeon-woo’s intention, he’d vanished without a word during work hours, after all.
Yeon-woo bowed his waist in apology.
“I apologize, sir. An unavoidable situation came up…….”
The Store Manager waved both hands dismissively.
“No, no, don’t apologize! An Awakening, no less—that’s wonderful! I was worried what might become of you, always so quiet…….”
“…….”
When Yeon-woo fixed him with a steady stare, the Store Manager hurriedly backpedaled.
“I-I mean, I always knew you’d do well, you see? So, what about it—did you get a good Fighter Aircraft?”
“Well, the thing is…….”
Yeon-woo had been planning to vaguely claim he’d obtained something around D or C Rank.
That was the threshold for being treated as having landed a decent job.
“You didn’t get something like a Space Warship, did you?”
“?!”
The Store Manager’s sudden question struck like an awl straight to the heart of the matter.
Yeon-woo mustered every ounce of his acting ability to project an expression of complete confusion.
“I-I just tried moving around a bit and came right back out…….”
The Store Manager grinned widely and showed him his phone screen.
“Sure, sure, that must be it. The customers are going wild anyway. Even I’m wondering if something like this is possible…….”
Earth’s Hero.
Directly beneath the Main Channel’s live broadcast, there was one video dominating the real-time rankings with an overwhelming margin—it held first place.
Not from the Main Channel itself, nor from the exceptional prospect Shin Ha-yun.
And it wasn’t even a live broadcast, but a replay.
[Legendary Grade Space Warship, Name/Nationality Unknown, Floor 1]
“…….”
It was Yeon-woo’s Space Warship.
‘Ah, they said the footage would be registered.’
He’d known it intellectually, but seeing it with his own eyes like this made it suddenly feel real.
But if he showed any sign of already knowing, he’d have no business being the captain of a Space Warship.
Besides, he’d deliberately stretched out the time while summoning and retrieving Markross.
Yeon-woo tilted his head with the air of someone seeing it for the very first time.
“What is this, sir?”
“Well, it just so happened that right after you went into the tower, this came up.”
With that, the Store Manager played the video for him.
A colossal Space Warship floating in the vast expanse of the cosmos.
An unmanned drone that looked like a gnat came charging at him, and then—
Whooooosh!!!
It vanished.
└ Hahahaha is this real?
└ It’s official but why does it look so edited
└ Is this some kind of social experiment?
└ No wait, if this is real how does anything even work? Who is this guy?
└ Seriously~ if you can beat it with just one click like that what are all the other Pilots supposed to eat? ~
The comments were all much the same.
“What do you think? Amazing, right?”
Yeon-woo was able to respond naturally enough.
“…What exactly is this?”
When he’d been inside the Space Warship, things had happened too fast to understand anything.
But seeing the footage recorded from outside like this brought it home.
It was absurd, plain and simple.
A desperate crisis?
Synchronization with no discernible principle, and the surge of an unprecedented power?
…Forget all that—just fire, done.
Urelka had gone on about how he’d die if left alone, how he’d explode, and all that.
‘Even if I’d just left it, it would’ve taken ages to break.’
In reality, it was nothing more than throwing an egg at a rock.
The idea that a toy laser gun on an unmanned drone could destroy a Space Warship was absolute nonsense.
‘Hell, even if I’d just rammed it, that would’ve been a Clear.’
The Store Manager laughed heartily at Yeon-woo’s bewildered expression and gave his shoulder a few encouraging pats.
“Hahahah! Yeah, I bet you’re shocked. How could you have known something like this was coming?”
“I really couldn’t…”
Yeon-woo hadn’t known.
“Hm… but it’s good that you’ve Awakened, and yet it’s a shame too.”
The Store Manager smacked his lips as he spoke.
“You’ve been such a good worker. But you know, a kiosk just isn’t the same as having an actual person at the Convenience Store. Right?”
“Yes, I’ll miss it too, sir…”
Now that Yeon-woo had Awakened, quitting his part-time job at the Convenience Store was a foregone conclusion.
Though he’d worked there a long time, his gratitude toward the Store Manager ran deep.
‘Honestly, it’s not even easy to find Convenience Store work these days.’
Everything was converting to unmanned stores, so employers who still believed a human touch was best were few and far between.
To have quit so abruptly and yet have him say this unprompted was something to be grateful for.
“Instead, I’ll introduce you to a friend of mine. He’s much more polished than I am. I think it’ll be easier for you.”
“Oh? Ah! If you’d do that, I’d be grateful!”
The Store Manager smiled brightly, as if a weight had lifted, and squeezed Yeon-woo’s hand firmly.
A world where the System had arrived, where monsters might come pouring down from the sky at any moment under the name Raid Portal.
And yet the Store Manager still carried the warmth of humanity about him.
“Come by whenever you’ve got time. When you join a good Clan and start making real money, give us a boost in sales!”
“Of course.”
Over all this time, he’d grown quite attached to both the Store Manager and the Convenience Store itself.
‘If I need to buy something, I should always come here.’
He didn’t know how far he could climb with the Space Warship, but he wanted to repay this kindness somehow.
The Store Manager packed up a pile of food from the shelves as a parting gift and advance bribe.
“You shouldn’t go to this much trouble…”
“Hey now, it’s a bribe so don’t go spreading that around. Since you’re leaving anyway, take the good stuff instead of the damaged goods.”
“Then at least let me pay for it.”
“Who takes a bribe at full price?”
The Store Manager tilted his head with a bewildered expression.
He’d Awakened, but he’d only just cleared Floor 1, after all.
The Store Manager, well aware of Yeon-woo’s financial situation, would never accept payment.
Yeon-woo left the Convenience Store with a bittersweet step, thanking him repeatedly.
Ding!
Just then, his phone buzzed with a notification.
It was from the Blue Bank.
‘Already time to pay off the student loan?’
Bank notifications for Yeon-woo usually meant only one thing.
[Blue Bank deposit notification.
Hero of Earth: 1,031,804,210 won.
Balance: 1,032,019,490 won.]
“……?”
The depositor: Hero of Earth.
“This… this fast?”
The timing of the deposit was one thing, but the sheer scale far exceeded anything Yeon-woo had imagined.
Actually, let me double-check the numbers first to make sure I’m reading this right.
One, two, three, four… ten digits.
He squinted, then opened his eyes wide, then squinted again.
He held the screen at arm’s length, then pulled it close to his face.
It was definite.
Over a billion won had arrived all at once.
Which meant compared to what Yeon-woo already had in the account…….
‘Better not go there.’
There was no point dwelling on it.
The future mattered far more than the past already behind him.
The billion won now sitting in his account felt infinitely more real than the Space Warship that still seemed like a dream.
Pinch.
Yeon-woo kept checking and rechecking his balance, pinching his cheek each time as if to confirm he wasn’t dreaming.
‘I heard reruns pay lower Broadcasting Fees than live streams.’
If just that short clip from the first floor could bring in this much, what would the future even look like?
And the video had only just been uploaded.
“Wait… oh!”
Yeon-woo stood staring at his phone for a moment, then suddenly bolted back toward the Convenience Store.
“Huh? Did you forget something?”
The Store Manager looked at Yeon-woo in confusion.
Yeon-woo caught his breath, panting heavily, and held out his card.
“I’d like to… settle the bill now.”
“I told you, there’s no need to—”
“My parents sent me spending money today! Thank you so much for everything!”
“Ha, well.”
The Store Manager watched Yeon-woo shout with uncharacteristic enthusiasm, then smiled.
“Sure, sure. If you’re going to boost my sales right off the bat, I can hardly talk you out of it.”
He took Yeon-woo’s card and finished the transaction, albeit a bit reluctantly.
Watching him, Yeon-woo felt as though he’d set down some great burden.
‘Since I don’t know how far this will take me, I need to handle everything more carefully from here on.’
The ordinary civilian Yeon-woo, who’d looked so natural in a convenience store uniform.
But everything had to change from this moment forward.
“So when are you planning to register as a Pilot?”
“…… Ah, I’m still thinking about that. It feels a bit unclear.”
“Heh, yeah, knowing you, you wouldn’t rush into something like this.”
……though the process wouldn’t be easy, certainly.
Still, Yeon-woo had his reasons about the registration.
‘Honestly, registering carelessly could turn into a real disaster.’
If he were strapped for cash right now, he might have to consider it seriously.
But with a billion won just deposited into his account—why rush?

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