The Novel's Extra

The Novel's Extra Chapter 162

Chapter 162: 162

By the time Chae Nayun completed a mission, the sky was already dark .

She trudged back to the inn she stayed in the night before . Although she completed a 500TP mission, she only received 200TP, and after paying for her lodging, she was only left with 125TP .

“Hey, you need to pay another 75TP . ”

“Ask my companion for the other half . ”

“…Hm, fine . ”

“Alright, then I'm going back to my room . ”

After walking past the greedy innkeeper, she returned to her room .

Lying on the empty bed, Chae Nayun stared at the ceiling .

She was tired, but she couldn't fall asleep . In an empty room, she was all alone .

Suddenly, her heart rate slowed down, and her mood turned sour . Lonely thoughts began to distract her .

Tk, tk, tk .

Rain began to fall .

“…It's raining . ”

She opened the door, thinking that she was perhaps hearing things, but it really was raining .

She let out a small sigh .

Thinking about it now, the first two tutorials were much easier . Back then, she was so physically exhausted that her brain didn't have the time to function .

But now that she had idle time… in complete solitude, everything began to come alive once more . Fragments of her memory swept through her head .

Her mental illness had gotten worse ever since she entered the Tower . Was it because she wasn't eating her pills? Her breathing became rough and her head hurt .

“…Uk!”

An unbearable headache struck her . She clutched her head . Beeeeep— A ringing noise buzzed in her ears . She felt like the strange sound was making her surroundings quake .

“Ah… fuck… . ”

Blood dripped down from the lip she was biting . Things she couldn't understand flashed before her eyes . The conversation from that day rose up in her foggy consciousness . She still had many questions left unanswered .

“Argh… . ”

If it really was him that did it or if he was making up an absurd lie .

And if it really was him who murdered her brother…

Why, why, why?

Just why did he do it?

Her questions repeatedly rattled her mind . Resentment and sadness came together and formed a restrictive chain that bound her .

Click—

At that moment, a clear clicking sound rang out .

The door to her room slowly opened . Chae Nayun raised her upper body slightly . She could see a man with disheveled hair trudging in . His face was that man's face .

Kim Hajin, Kim Hajin, Kim Hajin .

The face she could never forget… was now in front of her .

She stealthily reached towards the spear standing next to her bed .

“You're already back?”

However, her hallucination scattered away with a single sentence from the man .

With a sigh, Chae Nayun closed her eyes before opening them back up .

She now saw who the man really was .

“Why you are sitting in bed like a ghost?”

Shin Jonghak asked . Chae Nayun scrutinized his clothes . As though he spent his day rolling in mud, there was dirt all over his body .

“…Did you make some money?”

“Pft, is that the first thing you ask? Is this what it feels like to have a nagging wife?”

“Shut up . ”

Chae Nayun encountered Shin Jonghak purely through coincidence . When she was looking for a mission to take on in the mercenary's pub, he had suddenly appeared with a stupid smile .

Although Chae Nayun was freaked out at first, she decided to share a room with him to save money .

“What's this bento box?”

Shin Jonghak pointed at the bento box sitting on the bed .

“Oh, this? It came with an item I bought…”

Chae Nayun glanced at the half-empty bento box .

“I didn't finish it though . ”

“Why? Is something wrong with it?”

“No, it's actually pretty well made according to the status window . ”

“Then why didn't you finish it?”

“No reason . I just wasn't to my taste… Why do you keep asking anyways? For the record, I didn't leave it behind for you . ”

The truth was that she couldn't taste it .

After 'that' incident, Chae Nayun lost her sense of taste . Ironically, she had overcome her picky taste by losing her sense of taste entirely . For the current Chae Nayun, food was only a method of obtaining sustenance .

“Also, you bought an item? Are you sure you didn't get scammed?”

“…Please, if anything, I'm the one who scammed the seller . ”

Chae Nayun held up the red crystal spear proudly .

“…Is it good?”

“Yep . I think it should be worth at least 1500TP, but I bought it for a tenth of that price!”

Huhuhu— Chae Nayun made a big smile .

“I went on a mission with this thing . It cut through goblins like butter!”

However, Shin Jonghak didn't react . Seeing his serious expression, Chae Nayun smiled awkwardly .

“Don't force yourself to smile . ”

“…What?”

“It hurts me to see you like this . ”

“What are you blabbering on about . ”

Chae Nayun brandished her spear in front of Shin Jonghak who promptly raised his hands and backed away .

“I'm kidding . Anyways, doesn't that mean you used TP?”

“Yeah, but I ended up making money from it . ”

“What?”

Shin Jonghak frowned . He clearly had doubts . Seeing this, Chae Nayun took out five gold coins from her inventory and told him about the lucky incident she had today .

“…I was going to give it back, but they chased me out while calling me an idiot . ”

Shin Jonghak normally would have made a snarky comment, but he stayed quiet . Chae Nayun caught him looking at the coins with a complicated expression .

“So, how much do you have?”

“…H, Huh?”

As expected, he was flustered . Chae Nayun sneered .

“Pft, I bet you're poorer than me . ”

“…Pft, as if . Of course I have more than you . Who do you think I am? I'm the man who will become the world's youngest high-intermediate rank Hero, Shin Jong—”

“Then show me . ”

“…I'm getting sleepy all of a sudden . ”

When Chae Nayun put her hands out demanding him to show his money, Shin Jonghak pretended to be drowsy and collapsed on the ground . Chae Nayun snickered and looked down at Shin Jonghak .

“Oh right . ”

Suddenly remembering something, she nudged his shoulder with her foot .

“If you're going to sleep, stay on the floor . If you try to put a leg over the bed like last night…”

“…I'll give it my best, but my only flaw is my bad sleeping habit . ”

“Try it if you want to break your leg . ”

“Actually, since I slept on the bed last night, I'll sleep on the floor tonight . ”

“What? You don't need to—”

“Hurry up and move . ”

Despite Shin Jonghak's resistance, Chae Nayun dragged him onto the bed .

Tk, Tk .

Late night with drizzling rain .

I closed the stall . Cheok Jungyeong left to drink with the TP he had left, but I returned to the inn . Feeling like someone threw a huge rock in my mind, I couldn't bring myself to stay outside .

“Ssp… huu . ”

Boss was the only one inside the room . She was sitting cross-legged and was focused on regaining her lost stats .

For some reason, her attire was more daring than usual . Wearing only a black tank top and hotpants, her well-developed muscles were being outlined every time she breathed .

I quickly walked past her and lied down on the bed .

“Did something happen?”

Boss asked with her eyes still closed .

“…No, nothing . ”

“Did the stall not go as well as you expected?”

“No, I sold everything . I made a lot . ”

“Then did you get scammed?”

I shook my head . Before going to sleep, I took out two Random Dice for my daily routine . Thinking 'good items to sell', I rolled the two dice .

[Lv . 4 Krill Dragon Leather]

[Lv . 3 Big and Juicy Mango]

A good material and a nostalgic fruit from the second tutorial .

With these, I had things to sell tomorrow .

Then, feeling a laser-like stare, I turned around . Boss was staring at me intently . Heh . I grinned .

“Are you hungry, Boss?”

“No . ”

Boss furrowed her brows with a pout .

“Do you think I'm a glutton?”

“No, it's just that you were staring at this mango . ”

“…That's a mango?”

She showed interest in the mango . Her eyes were clearly flashing with greed .

However, Boss soon retracted her gaze and got up with a dry cough .

“Kuhum, it's not that . You don't look so good today, Newbie . ”

“…I just get a bit depressed on rainy days . ”

Things that made me angry, things that made me sad, things that made me apologetic… For a long time, I've been burying my emotions deep inside my heart . Otherwise, I would only be in pain every day .

But when these emotions were subconsciously pulled out, they always came with great distress .

…Just like now .

“Anyways, Boss . ”

“Hm?”

“How are your stats looking like right now?”

To be honest, Boss was currently a NEET . After I gave her 1000TP, she stayed indoors all day without doing any work . She spent all of her free time either eating or training .

Since that was the case, she surely must have seen some improvements to her stats .

“My magic power is at 3 . 5 . Other stats entered the 2-point range too . ”

“Oh?”

Even while considering the increased stat gain inside the Tower, her growth speed was incredible . This was why division of labor was important .

“You're like a max-level NEET . ”

“…What's that?”

Boss narrowed her eyes .

Max-level NEET . It meant she was a bum who played around all day without working but could easily dominate whatever she set out to do .

“It's a good thing . ”

“I don't believe you… I'm hurt . I think I need to eat that mango to feel better . Give it here . ”

Boss reached for the mango, but I stopped her by putting the mango in my inventory .

For the ten-day duration of the third tutorial, I continued to make new equipment and sold them at my street stall .

Because I spent all my time either crafting or selling items, I couldn't increase my stats by much . However, the most important aspect of the third tutorial was money .

Since I now had over 20000 TP, I was more than satisfied .

“I should be able to buy it now . ”

Today was the last day of the third tutorial .

I stood in front of a dilapidated shop in the outskirt of the town . The pouch in my pocket was overflowing with money .

[Miscellaneous Item Shop]

Although it looked like the town didn't sell anything special, there was actually a shop that sold rather unique items . As the shop that only existed in the highest difficulty tutorial, it could be said that this shop was what made the highest difficulty tutorial worth the trouble .

Kiiik—

With a trembling heart, I walked into the shop . The moment I passed through the door, an aged smell of wood and dust spread out .

“Uh… . ”

The shop was quite battered, and the shopkeeper was reading a newspaper without even looking at his customer .

First, I took a good look around .

“You have quite the collection of items here . ”

The shopkeeper NPC didn't say anything . However, his silence made him more trustworthy . After all, being talkative was one of the key characteristics of a scammer .

I pretended to look around the shop once again .

[Lv . 2 Magic Contract]

[Lv . 2 Illness Cure Potion]

[Lv . 2 Speedwell Grass]

[Lv . 2 Sprite Shield]

[Lv . 2 Kim Joonghon's Claymore]

…

…

There were all sorts of items in the shop .

However, the real specialty of the shop was on the counter .

I walked up to the counter and pointed at the egg sitting on it .

“Is this egg for sale too?”

An egg with question marks as its item description .

The shopkeeper finally reacted .

“That egg is the egg of a special bird that only lives in this town . It's not something a nobody like you can buy . ”

The man spoke with a husky voice that wasn't hospitable in the slightest .

I retorted with a smile .

“Who else would buy it if not me?”

“…That's 40000TP, kid . ”

40000TP .

Even if someone knew about this before coming into the Tower, 40000TP was an impossible amount to acquire in only ten days .

However, this egg was certainly worth every TP .

This egg was laid by Muninn, a raven that belonged to the god Odin . In other words, this egg was Muninn's descendant . Since Muninn was the pet of a god, this egg would surely be…

Well, I actually didn't know the real answer .

This egg was introduced as an Easter egg and was something that not even Kim Suho could buy in the original story . Instead, the shop NPC would see through his sense of justice and righteousness and gift him a different item .

Of course, since I didn't have Kim Suho's disposition, I had to make do with money .

“How about half of that amount? 20000TP . ”

The shopkeeper gave me an odd look .

“Isn't that reasonable? I don't have any more than that, and this egg isn't an item you can sell here anyways . ”

There was no way a 40000TP item would be sold . Not even a business god like Yoo Yeonha would be capable of earning that much money in only ten days .

“You mean to say you have 20000TP?”

“Of course . ”

I took out twenty 1000TP banknotes from my inventory and showed it to the shopkeeper .

His eyes flickered conspicuously .

“…Why don't you take that hood off first? It's rude, don't you think?”

“Ah, yes, sorry . ”

As one of the only polite customers he would have met in this town full of scammers, I was surely seen in a favorable light .

I quickly pulled my hood down .

“So, do you know what this is?”

“…Yes, I do . ”

“What is it?'

“The egg of an eagle, I think?”

The shopkeeper's eyes widened .

As I said before, Muninn was a raven . But when I was writing my novel, I thought it was an eagle and wrote it as such .

Of course, there were commenters who pointed out my mistake, but because it was too late to make edits, I remembered saying something like, 'an eagle sounds cooler' .

“You have good eyes . You're right, it's the egg of an eagle . But most people won't be able to raise this beast . In fact, they won't even be able to hatch it . ”

“Ah… but you see, I'm not really an ordinary person . ”

The shopkeeper gave me a meaningful look .

“Otherwise, how would I have made 20000TP?”

I received the shopkeeper's gaze and spoke with ease .

[In three hours, the third tutorial will end . ]

On the other hand, in the forest near the outskirt of the town, a wooden tent was barely standing in front of a campfire .

“This dumb, stupid town . ”

One of the owners of the tent, Aileen, had a haggard and impoverished face after only ten days .

“Everyone in this town is trash, every single one of them!”

The humiliation she suffered all this time flashed before her eyes .

Having to eat a restaurant's leftover food, her money being pickpocketed out of her inventory, accidentally spilling a juice she worked so hard to buy on a noble's clothes and having to kneel and beg for his forgiveness…

They were all things she never would have faced on earth .

“But we managed to get enough TP somehow . ”

Yi Yongha was in a similar circumstance, but precisely because of all the trouble they went through, the sense of accomplishment they currently felt was overwhelming . They slept outside, skipped meals, and gave up on living like decent human beings to scrape together 2000TP .

“…I know, hic…”

Aileen began to tear up .

“Are you crying?”

“Uun… they're tears of joy . ”

Aileen was proud of herself . She was so proud of herself for being able to gather 2000TP while her stats were restricted that she wanted to shower herself with kisses .

“…Oh, by the way, they're them, right?”

“Them?”

“You know, the people we met on the first day at the pub . ”

“Ah, yes, they should be members of the group Aileen-ssi is chasing . ”

Aileen didn't know their names . However, she was familiar with their faces . She met them before in an artifact scramble . With an impeccable strategy, she had almost arrested them both .

“Wasn't there someone else?”

However, there was someone else in the pub other than the two people they saw .

“You know, the person who made me drink alcohol . ”

“I'm not sure, but only one person comes to mind when I think of a mask and hood . ”

“I agree . ”

Aileen nodded . In truth, she was quite confident .

Black Lotus .

That he entered this Tower too .

[The third tutorial has ended . ]

“…Finally, this damn tutorial is over . ”

“I'll bet my honor that less than half gathered more than 1000TP . ”

Exhausted and enervated, Aileen and Yi Yongha leaned on a tree and read through the system alerts popping up .

[Of 78 challengers, 50 currently possess more than 1000TP in their inventory . ]

[Congratulations . You managed to protect your profit from pickpockets, robbers, thugs, and scammers . ]

Aileen turned towards Yi Yongha . He laughed awkwardly .

“…There's a bit over half, haha . ”

However, the system alerts weren't finished yet .

[Hidden Reward – Profit Master]

[The profit of victorious challengers will be revealed along with their nicknames (expenses excluded) . ]

[Top 5 challengers will be given 100% of the profit they gained as a bonus . ]

[Rank 1 – Extra7, 21300TP . ]

[Rank 2 – PhantomThief, 7800TP]

[Rank 3 – …]

“…Eh?”

“…What?”

Aileen and Yi Yongha became speechless . The difference was too overwhelming .

“It's not 2130TP but…”

“21300TP? How the fuck is that possible!?”

Aileen cursed inadvertently, mixing Korean and English together .

“Who is it!?”

Aileen felt wronged .

She suffered through one humiliation after another to scrape together 2000TP, but someone had earned 21300… He had to have used a cowardly method!

“Who's Extra7!?”

Three hours later .

A burst of light brought me back to my waiting room . I didn't say goodbye to Jain, Cheok Jungyeong, and Boss, since we should be able to contact each other soon through the messenger system .

[Congratulations on achieving first place . ]

[21300TP has been deposited . ]

“Ah, thank you, thank you~ you did well too, System-nim~”

I bought Muninn's egg with 20000TP . Although I was left with only 3000TP because of it, with the hidden reward, I obtained 100% of the profit I made, making me rich once again .

It was a setting change I didn't expect . I thought the co-author only made things harder, but it seemed I was wrong . A little bonus wasn't so bad every once in a while .

“…Ah . ”

I took out Muninn's egg from the inventory as quickly as possible .

It was a 20000TP egg .

Huu, huu .

I blew on it just in case it was cold and carefully placed it inside my bed .

Wondering what cute eagle would pop out of this egg, I pulled my blanket over it .

However, that wasn't the end of the good news .

[Your black entrance ticket has been confirmed . ]

[As the tutorial has ended, you may take out three items you deposited . ]

It was the alert I'd been waiting for .

Equipment that could make up for the stat gain I neglected while crafting and selling items .

I kneeled respectfully .

I decided long ago what items to retrieve .

Aether, Desert Eagle, and my laptop-linked smartwatch .

[Soon, your equipment storage will be transferred over . ]

[Come to a decision within one hour . ]

Of course, the Desert Eagle had limited use because of bullets . But there was a reason I was choosing it despite its disadvantages .

“…Jin Sahyuk . ”

Killing Jin Sahyuk .

That was the only reason .

By the time Chae Nayun completed a mission, the sky was already dark . She trudged back to the inn she stayed in the night before . Although she completed a 500TP mission, she only received 200TP, and after paying for her lodging, she was only left with 125TP . Hey, you need to pay another 75TP . Ask my companion for the other half . Hm, fine . Alright, then I m going back to my room . After walking past the greedy innkeeper, she returned to her room . Lying on the empty bed, Chae Nayun stared at the ceiling . She was tired, but she couldn t fall asleep . In an empty room, she was all alone . Suddenly, her heart rate slowed down, and her mood turned sour . Lonely thoughts began to distract her . Tk, tk, tk . Rain began to fall . It s raining . She opened the door, thinking that she was perhaps hearing things, but it really was raining . She let out a small sigh . Thinking about it now, the first two tutorials were much easier . Back then, she was so physically exhausted that her brain didn t have the time to function . But now that she had idle time in complete solitude, everything began to come alive once more . Fragments of her memory swept through her head . Her mental illness had gotten worse ever since she entered the Tower . Was it because she wasn t eating her pills Her breathing became rough and her head hurt . Uk An unbearable headache struck her . She clutched her head . Beeeeep A ringing noise buzzed in her ears . She felt like the strange sound was making her surroundings quake . Ah fuck . Blood dripped down from the lip she was biting . Things she couldn t understand flashed before her eyes . The conversation from that day rose up in her foggy consciousness . She still had many questions left unanswered . Argh . If it really was him that did it or if he was making up an absurd lie . And if it really was him who murdered her brother Why, why, why Just why did he do it Her questions repeatedly rattled her mind . Resentment and sadness came together and formed a restrictive chain that bound her . Click At that moment, a clear clicking sound rang out . The door to her room slowly opened . Chae Nayun raised her upper body slightly . She could see a man with disheveled hair trudging in . His face was that man s face . Kim Hajin, Kim Hajin, Kim Hajin . The face she could never forget was now in front of her . She stealthily reached towards the spear standing next to her bed . You re already back However, her hallucination scattered away with a single sentence from the man . With a sigh, Chae Nayun closed her eyes before opening them back up . She now saw who the man really was . Why you are sitting in bed like a ghost Shin Jonghak asked . Chae Nayun scrutinized his clothes . As though he spent his day rolling in mud, there was dirt all over his body . Did you make some money Pft, is that the first thing you ask Is this what it feels like to have a nagging wife Shut up . Chae Nayun encountered Shin Jonghak purely through coincidence . When she was looking for a mission to take on in the mercenary s pub, he had suddenly appeared with a stupid smile . Although Chae Nayun was freaked out at first, she decided to share a room with him to save money . What s this bento box Shin Jonghak pointed at the bento box sitting on the bed . Oh, this It came with an item I bought Chae Nayun glanced at the half empty bento box . I didn t finish it though . Why Is something wrong with it No, it s actually pretty well made according to the status window . Then why didn t you finish it No reason . I just wasn t to my taste Why do you keep asking anyways For the record, I didn t leave it behind for you . The truth was that she couldn t taste it . After that incident, Chae Nayun lost her sense of taste . Ironically, she had overcome her picky taste by losing her sense of taste entirely . For the current Chae Nayun, food was only a method of obtaining sustenance . Also, you bought an item Are you sure you didn t get scammed Please, if anything, I m the one who scammed the seller . Chae Nayun held up the red crystal spear proudly . Is it good Yep . I think it should be worth at least 1500TP, but I bought it for a tenth of that price Huhuhu Chae Nayun made a big smile . I went on a mission with this thing . It cut through goblins like butter . However, Shin Jonghak didn t react . Seeing his serious expression, Chae Nayun smiled awkwardly . Don t force yourself to smile . What It hurts me to see you like this . What are you blabbering on about . Chae Nayun brandished her spear in front of Shin Jonghak who promptly raised his hands and backed away . I m kidding . Anyways, doesn t that mean you used TP Yeah, but I ended up making money from it . What Shin Jonghak frowned . He clearly had doubts . Seeing this, Chae Nayun took out five gold coins from her inventory and told him about the lucky incident she had today . I was going to give it back, but they chased me out while calling me an idiot . . Shin Jonghak normally would have made a snarky comment, but he stayed quiet . Chae Nayun caught him looking at the coins with a complicated expression . So, how much do you have H, Huh As expected, he was flustered . Chae Nayun sneered . Pft, I bet you re poorer than me . Pft, as if . Of course I have more than you . Who do you think I am I m the man who will become the world s youngest high intermediate rank Hero, Shin Jong Then show me . I m getting sleepy all of a sudden . When Chae Nayun put her hands out demanding him to show his money, Shin Jonghak pretended to be drowsy and collapsed on the ground . Chae Nayun snickered and looked down at Shin Jonghak . Oh right . Suddenly remembering something, she nudged his shoulder with her foot . If you re going to sleep, stay on the floor . If you try to put a leg over the bed like last night I ll give it my best, but my only flaw is my bad sleeping habit . Try it if you want to break your leg . . Actually, since I slept on the bed last night, I ll sleep on the floor tonight . What You don t need to Hurry up and move . Despite Shin Jonghak s resistance, Chae Nayun dragged him onto the bed . Tk, Tk . Late night with drizzling rain . I closed the stall . Cheok Jungyeong left to drink with the TP he had left, but I returned to the inn . Feeling like someone threw a huge rock in my mind, I couldn t bring myself to stay outside . Ssp huu . Boss was the only one inside the room . She was sitting cross legged and was focused on regaining her lost stats . . For some reason, her attire was more daring than usual . Wearing only a black tank top and hotpants, her well developed muscles were being outlined every time she breathed . I quickly walked past her and lied down on the bed . Did something happen Boss asked with her eyes still closed . No, nothing . Did the stall not go as well as you expected No, I sold everything . I made a lot . Then did you get scammed I shook my head . Before going to sleep, I took out two Random Dice for my daily routine . Thinking good items to sell , I rolled the two dice . Lv . 4 Krill Dragon Leather Lv . 3 Big and Juicy Mango A good material and a nostalgic fruit from the second tutorial . With these, I had things to sell tomorrow . . Then, feeling a laser like stare, I turned around . Boss was staring at me intently . Heh . I grinned . Are you hungry, Boss No . Boss furrowed her brows with a pout . Do you think I m a glutton No, it s just that you were staring at this mango . That s a mango She showed interest in the mango . Her eyes were clearly flashing with greed . However, Boss soon retracted her gaze and got up with a dry cough . Kuhum, it s not that . You don t look so good today, Newbie . I just get a bit depressed on rainy days . Things that made me angry, things that made me sad, things that made me apologetic For a long time, I ve been burying my emotions deep inside my heart . Otherwise, I would only be in pain every day . But when these emotions were subconsciously pulled out, they always came with great distress . Just like now . Anyways, Boss . Hm How are your stats looking like right now To be honest, Boss was currently a NEET . After I gave her 1000TP, she stayed indoors all day without doing any work . She spent all of her free time either eating or training . Since that was the case, she surely must have seen some improvements to her stats . My magic power is at 3 . 5 . Other stats entered the 2 point range too . Oh Even while considering the increased stat gain inside the Tower, her growth speed was incredible . This was why division of labor was important . You re like a max level NEET . What s that Boss narrowed her eyes . Max level NEET . It meant she was a bum who played around all day without working but could easily dominate whatever she set out to do . It s a good thing . I don t believe you I m hurt . I think I need to eat that mango to feel better . Give it here . Boss reached for the mango, but I stopped her by putting the mango in my inventory . For the ten day duration of the third tutorial, I continued to make new equipment and sold them at my street stall . Because I spent all my time either crafting or selling items, I couldn t increase my stats by much . However, the most important aspect of the third tutorial was money . Since I now had over 20000 TP, I was more than satisfied . I should be able to buy it now . Today was the last day of the third tutorial . I stood in front of a dilapidated shop in the outskirt of the town . The pouch in my pocket was overflowing with money . Miscellaneous Item Shop Although it looked like the town didn t sell anything special, there was actually a shop that sold rather unique items . As the shop that only existed in the highest difficulty tutorial, it could be said that this shop was what made the highest difficulty tutorial worth the trouble . Kiiik With a trembling heart, I walked into the shop . The moment I passed through the door, an aged smell of wood and dust spread out . Uh . The shop was quite battered, and the shopkeeper was reading a newspaper without even looking at his customer . First, I took a good look around . You have quite the collection of items here . . The shopkeeper NPC didn t say anything . However, his silence made him more trustworthy . After all, being talkative was one of the key characteristics of a scammer . I pretended to look around the shop once again . Lv . 2 Magic Contract Lv . 2 Illness Cure Potion Lv . 2 Speedwell Grass Lv . 2 Sprite Shield Lv . 2 Kim Joonghon s Claymore There were all sorts of items in the shop . However, the real specialty of the shop was on the counter . I walked up to the counter and pointed at the egg sitting on it . Is this egg for sale too An egg with question marks as its item description . The shopkeeper finally reacted . That egg is the egg of a special bird that only lives in this town . It s not something a nobody like you can buy . The man spoke with a husky voice that wasn t hospitable in the slightest . I retorted with a smile . Who else would buy it if not me That s 40000TP, kid . 40000TP . Even if someone knew about this before coming into the Tower, 40000TP was an impossible amount to acquire in only ten days . However, this egg was certainly worth every TP . This egg was laid by Muninn, a raven that belonged to the god Odin . In other words, this egg was Muninn s descendant . Since Muninn was the pet of a god, this egg would surely be Well, I actually didn t know the real answer . This egg was introduced as an Easter egg and was something that not even Kim Suho could buy in the original story . Instead, the shop NPC would see through his sense of justice and righteousness and gift him a different item . Of course, since I didn t have Kim Suho s disposition, I had to make do with money . How about half of that amount 20000TP . . The shopkeeper gave me an odd look . Isn t that reasonable I don t have any more than that, and this egg isn t an item you can sell here anyways . There was no way a 40000TP item would be sold . Not even a business god like Yoo Yeonha would be capable of earning that much money in only ten days . You mean to say you have 20000TP Of course . I took out twenty 1000TP banknotes from my inventory and showed it to the shopkeeper . His eyes flickered conspicuously . Why don t you take that hood off first It s rude, don t you think Ah, yes, sorry . As one of the only polite customers he would have met in this town full of scammers, I was surely seen in a favorable light . I quickly pulled my hood down . So, do you know what this is Yes, I do . What is it The egg of an eagle, I think The shopkeeper s eyes widened . As I said before, Muninn was a raven . But when I was writing my novel, I thought it was an eagle and wrote it as such . Of course, there were commenters who pointed out my mistake, but because it was too late to make edits, I remembered saying something like, an eagle sounds cooler . You have good eyes . You re right, it s the egg of an eagle . But most people won t be able to raise this beast . In fact, they won t even be able to hatch it . Ah but you see, I m not really an ordinary person . . The shopkeeper gave me a meaningful look . Otherwise, how would I have made 20000TP I received the shopkeeper s gaze and spoke with ease . In three hours, the third tutorial will end . On the other hand, in the forest near the outskirt of the town, a wooden tent was barely standing in front of a campfire . This dumb, stupid town . One of the owners of the tent, Aileen, had a haggard and impoverished face after only ten days . Everyone in this town is trash, every single one of them The humiliation she suffered all this time flashed before her eyes . Having to eat a restaurant s leftover food, her money being pickpocketed out of her inventory, accidentally spilling a juice she worked so hard to buy on a noble s clothes and having to kneel and beg for his forgiveness They were all things she never would have faced on earth . But we managed to get enough TP somehow . Yi Yongha was in a similar circumstance, but precisely because of all the trouble they went through, the sense of accomplishment they currently felt was overwhelming . They slept outside, skipped meals, and gave up on living like decent human beings to scrape together 2000TP . I know, hic Aileen began to tear up . Are you crying Uun they re tears of joy . Aileen was proud of herself . She was so proud of herself for being able to gather 2000TP while her stats were restricted that she wanted to shower herself with kisses . Oh, by the way, they re them, right Them You know, the people we met on the first day at the pub . Ah, yes, they should be members of the group Aileen ssi is chasing . Aileen didn t know their names . However, she was familiar with their faces . She met them before in an artifact scramble . With an impeccable strategy, she had almost arrested them both . Wasn t there someone else However, there was someone else in the pub other than the two people they saw . You know, the person who made me drink alcohol . I m not sure, but only one person comes to mind when I think of a mask and hood . I agree . Aileen nodded . In truth, she was quite confident . Black Lotus . That he entered this Tower too . The third tutorial has ended . Finally, this damn tutorial is over . I ll bet my honor that less than half gathered more than 1000TP . Exhausted and enervated, Aileen and Yi Yongha leaned on a tree and read through the system alerts popping up . Of 78 challengers, 50 currently possess more than 1000TP in their inventory . Congratulations . You managed to protect your profit from pickpockets, robbers, thugs, and scammers . Aileen turned towards Yi Yongha . He laughed awkwardly . There s a bit over half, haha . However, the system alerts weren t finished yet . Hidden Reward Profit Master The profit of victorious challengers will be revealed along with their nicknames expenses excluded . Top 5 challengers will be given 100 of the profit they gained as a bonus . Rank 1 Extra7, 21300TP . Rank 2 PhantomThief, 7800TP Rank 3 Eh What Aileen and Yi Yongha became speechless . The difference was too overwhelming . It s not 2130TP but 21300TP How the fuck is that possible Aileen cursed inadvertently, mixing Korean and English together . Who is it Aileen felt wronged . She suffered through one humiliation after another to scrape together 2000TP, but someone had earned 21300 He had to have used a cowardly method Who s Extra7 Three hours later . A burst of light brought me back to my waiting room . I didn t say goodbye to Jain, Cheok Jungyeong, and Boss, since we should be able to contact each other soon through the messenger system . Congratulations on achieving first place . 21300TP has been deposited . Ah, thank you, thank you you did well too, System nim I bought Muninn s egg with 20000TP . Although I was left with only 3000TP because of it, with the hidden reward, I obtained 100 of the profit I made, making me rich once again . It was a setting change I didn t expect . I thought the co author only made things harder, but it seemed I was wrong . A little bonus wasn t so bad every once in a while . Ah . I took out Muninn s egg from the inventory as quickly as possible . It was a 20000TP egg . Huu, huu . I blew on it just in case it was cold and carefully placed it inside my bed . Wondering what cute eagle would pop out of this egg, I pulled my blanket over it . However, that wasn t the end of the good news . Your black entrance ticket has been confirmed . As the tutorial has ended, you may take out three items you deposited . It was the alert I d been waiting for . Equipment that could make up for the stat gain I neglected while crafting and selling items . I kneeled respectfully . I decided long ago what items to retrieve . Aether, Desert Eagle, and my laptop linked smartwatch . Soon, your equipment storage will be transferred over . Come to a decision within one hour . Of course, the Desert Eagle had limited use because of bullets . But there was a reason I was choosing it despite its disadvantages . Jin Sahyuk . Killing Jin Sahyuk . That was the only reason .

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