Level 4 Human in a Ruined World - Chapter 15

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Chapter 15 6. Golden Rain (1)

[3 Million Karma]

or

[30,000 Karma distributed to all residents in the region]

Young-woo couldn’t take his eyes off the reward selection options.

‘So this is why they called it a binary choice.’

At first glance, it seemed like monopolizing the 3 million karma would be unconditionally right, but depending on perspective, the latter option’s benefit was much greater.

Because.

‘30,000 karma to all residents in the region…? Even if there are 100,000 people left in Gumi City, that’s equivalent to receiving 3 billion karma.’

They wouldn’t even need to risk their lives fighting monsters for this money.

Just one person. If only Young-woo gave up the 3 million karma, he could provide everyone with the foundation for survival.

‘But who would give up such a huge amount unless they were crazy.’

As Young-woo clenched his teeth in front of the sphere, Ye-chan, who noticed something, approached.

“Mister, what’s wrong?”

Young-woo, remembering that Ye-chan also had the right to hear about this problem, shared his dilemma.

“There’s a choice reward. One is me receiving 3 million karma, and the other is…”

Individual distribution of 30,000 karma to all Gumi City residents, who might number in the hundreds of thousands.

“What? 3 million karma?”

As expected, Ye-chan gave his answer as soon as he heard the problem.

“Then it’s definitely the 3 million. What’s the point of throwing money around when everyone’s wielding swords in these times? It’ll just create more robbers. Now they’ll know everyone has money.”

It was absolutely right. Moreover, Ye-chan added his own reasoning.

“And if it were me, I’d take the 3 million alone just because I wouldn’t want to give money to bad people. Then at least I could punish injustice with my own power.”

“…That’s true.”

Young-woo nodded.

Bad people.

Probably whoever had bullied Ye-chan at school and the group that had beaten Young-woo at the Exchange Office would be among those ‘bad people.’

In other words, distributing money to everyone meant giving benefits to enemies and villains too.

For this reason, Young-woo also wanted to immediately choose the 3 million, but…

‘It feels too unsettling.’

Young-woo was suspicious.

Anyone could see that monopolizing the 3 million was the right choice, yet this world’s intention in brazenly presenting a foolish alternative alongside it.

Hadn’t it been the same when the reset began?

It induced the public to target celebrities, then delivered punishment as if it had been waiting for it.

Couldn’t you tell just from how his roommate Im Bong-hee had exhausted all his points and ultimately died from Death Strike?

The appearance of mutants was also, in the end, karma for the public’s reckless witch hunting.

“…”

This world, and whoever designed the ‘reset,’ knew human nature well and was not favorable toward humans.

So perhaps this time too.

‘Isn’t it a trap? Where making choices according to instinct would accelerate destruction.’

Even the amount of currency that could be produced this time was overwhelmingly more with the second option.

At least 3 billion, or possibly even more than that.

‘So if necessary, I could make up for losses by directly recovering the karma released into circulation. Though I’d prefer not to go that far if possible…’

As Young-woo’s eyes flashed while considering this insane decision, Ye-chan, who noticed this like a ghost, tried to dissuade him.

“Mister, that’s really not right. It’ll only make the situation worse!”

“…Ye-chan.”

“Yes. Please speak.”

“Let’s just close our eyes and try throwing around 3 billion once.”

“Ah! Really, mister! Please!”

While Ye-chan looked at him like he was watching a father addicted to gambling, Young-woo made the most unilateral decision of his life.

[30,000 Karma distributed to all residents in the region]

Pop!

If someone were watching this scene, they might laugh at this choice or burst with frustration.

But Young-woo decided not to regret it.

In his mind, the 30,000 karma distribution itself was valuable enough.

‘Are there other regions besides Gumi where karma has been distributed? I think there are almost none.’

The golden sphere that accepted Young-woo’s choice was spinning rapidly.

Ye-chan also realized what had happened and made a dejected expression.

And after a moment.

Kwaaat!

The sphere shook as if it would burst at any moment, then soared up into the sky.

“Oh!”

“Huh, what’s that.”

The Sky Villa residents who had been approaching Young-woo and Ye-chan also stopped walking and looked up at the golden diagonal line drawn in the sky.

Shuaaaaa!

The golden sphere rose to the edge of everyone’s vision and there.

Boom!

It exploded.

Like fireworks.

“…!”

What Young-woo’s group saw next was golden waves covering the entire sky.

Just like when First Sword’s Aura activated, golden ripples spread widely from where the sphere had burst.

Then all the golden light in the sky fell toward the ground.

Swaaaaaa…!

Then one of the Sky Villa children pointed at the sky and said.

“Mom, it’s rain.”

“What…?”

“It’s raining.”

The child was right.

The countless golden lights falling looked exactly like rain.

“Mister. Is this r-really rain?”

Ye-chan asked while catching the raindrops in his palm.

The golden raindrops mysteriously disappeared the moment they touched objects, leaving no trace or sensation.

“I don’t know either… Anyway, it doesn’t seem harmful to the body.”

Young-woo was also getting rained on with an expression of not understanding what was happening.

Swaaaaa…

About a minute passed like that.

A notification appeared in everyone’s vision.

《Gumi First Sword ‘Jung Young-woo07’ has given up monopolizing 3 million karma and gifted 30,000 karma to all Gumi residents.》

Then the warning message that appeared whenever karma was distributed appeared slightly differently.

《30,000 karma will soon be distributed in the form of commemorative coins. Please prepare.》

Please prepare…

A phrase that would make anyone who had been to the Exchange Office tense up.

30,000 Karma meant a whopping 30 coins.

Sure enough, everyone including Young-woo was hastily tucking weapons into their waistbands, preparing to receive money.

Clink.

Soon, the familiar sound of coins rolling that everyone knew echoed out.

But what happened next was something no one could have imagined.

Swoosh.

The coins that appeared with a thin friction sound were…

“Huh?”

“What?”

Golden in color.

And only 3 of them at that.

“Wh-wait a minute!”

Everyone was so surprised that they failed to catch the golden coins that appeared in front of them in time and dropped them.

Ting, ting, ting!

A total of 6 for Young-woo and Ye-chan.

21 for the Sky Villa side with 7 members total.

A total of 27 golden coins made a loud noise as they hit the floor.

But the surprises didn’t end there.

“Mister? You need to see this.”

Ye-chan, who had picked up a coin first, even grabbed his arm, so Young-woo unconsciously looked at the coin… no, gold coin that the kid held out.

And then.

“…?”

He couldn’t say anything with his mouth hanging open.

It was because he saw his own face engraved on the brilliantly shining golden coin.

“What is this?”

Young-woo picked up his share of coins from the floor with an expression of disbelief.

“Good heavens.”

Sure enough, the same face was engraved on the other coins too.

Below the face, the name Jung Young-woo07 was also written.

On the back was a single very thick solid line, presumably indicating it was a 10,000 Karma coin.

“Then those commemorative coins from earlier…”

Young-woo couldn’t finish his sentence.

Even the Sky Villa people over there were looking back and forth between the golden coins and this side.

And then.

“We, we should express our gratitude somehow…”

They began approaching hesitantly.

Of course, they probably had no intention of voluntarily returning the coins.

“…Ugh.”

Quite flustered anyway, Young-woo instead stepped backward and shook his head.

“Wait… wait a minute. Everyone stop. I’m still not thinking straight either.”

That was understandable, as another message was being displayed to Young-woo.

Ping!

【Quest Complete – “Binary Choice”】

【Reward Distribution】

|Mutant Equipment

|Massive Amount of Karma

Ping!

【Reward Distribution Complete – Mutant Equipment】

「Angry Goblin」 – Mutation Ring

【Daily Strength +100】

【–Empty Slot–】

Slip.

Simultaneously with the second message output, Young-woo detected a foreign sensation on his left index finger.

“Oh.”

When he shifted his gaze there, he could see a reddish ring fitted on his index finger.

‘Ah, so this is the Angry Goblin.’

When he focused on the ring, a small tooltip appeared.

|This equipment carries the scent of a mutant. Other mutants may detect this and be wary.

‘I guess it means they’ll know I’ve killed a mutant before.’

In addition to this, he felt vitality coursing through his body as soon as the ring was fitted, and he could understand the reason through the next notification.

「Strength permanently increased by 100 due to Angry Goblin.」

Strength 100.

In monetary terms, it was like earning 100,000 Karma every day.

‘Oh? This isn’t too bad.’

Of course, it was still unclear whether he had made a wise “binary choice” since he had essentially paid 3 million Karma to make his face and name known to everyone in Gumi City.

But seeing the Sky Villa people holding commemorative coins with hopeful eyes made him feel good at this moment.

Perhaps other people in Gumi were making similar expressions? Though there would be villains among them too.

“This rain shows no sign of stopping.”

As Ye-chan spoke in a sullen voice while brushing away the rain with his hand, Young-woo looked at the coin in the kid’s hand and said casually.

“Are you disappointed?”

“I don’t have that kind of authority. You’re the one who fought the mutant, mister.”

“Authority? You have plenty of it too. I wouldn’t have been able to catch that guy if you hadn’t helped.”

“That’s true, isn’t it?”

A faint smile finally appeared on Ye-chan’s face.

“But no matter how I think about it, isn’t it too wasteful? 3 million Karma would be 3,000 ability points.”

“It is wasteful.”

Young-woo reflected on the battle with Jang Seon-bok.

There was only one reason why his waist and pelvis weren’t shattered even after taking that guy’s tremendous Knee Kick.

‘It was thanks to raising my durability to 150 beforehand.’

He had seen such effects with just a measly 150 points, so what would have happened if his ability points had increased by 3,000 more from there?

“…”

It was hard for Young-woo to imagine.

“Mister, but you know.”

“Yeah.”

“There aren’t many mutants stronger than Jang Seon-bok, right? There were people who turned into dragons and such.”

“There were.”

“Then they’ll come looking for us someday too…”

Ye-chan omitted the rest of his words.

Young-woo completed the sentence for him.

“How are we going to fight and win against them after throwing away 3 million?”

“…Yes.”

“Well, that’s the thing…”

That was actually the problem.

Of course, he was still far ahead compared to other people, but that was only within Gumi.

There were definitely strong individuals in other regions who had monopolized 3 million, and there was a high probability that mutants would become stronger accordingly.

“Hmm.”

As Young-woo groaned and stared into the void, the golden rain began to gradually subside at just the right moment.

And then finally.

Swoosh.

The rain stopped completely and the bright yellow sky cleared to blue.

“Ha.”

Was this really all there was?

Then from now on, would he have to pay the price for his recklessness in not daring to look out for his own interests first?

Young-woo let out a sigh, sensing that the feast was over.

Then, as if waiting for this moment, new text suddenly began to appear before his eyes.

Piiing!

[Achievement Unlocked: One Who Calls the Golden Rain]

|Achievement Grade: Legendary

|Achievement Rank: First

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「You have discovered an Achievement for the first time!」

「Achievement system has been unlocked.」

「Achievement tendency has been adjusted to ‘Troublemaker’.」

「You have 2 unclaimed Achievement rewards.」

Grade 4 Human of the Ruined World (Serial)

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