Chapter 8 Slime is too strong (4) Myunghan
Kwon, executive director in charge of Arcadia.
After returning to his office after an emergency meeting, his face was full of tiredness.
“Whoa…..”
He took a deep sigh and rubbed his eyes to relieve fatigue for a moment, then looked at the computer that was turned off and said.
“Ellis.”
Wii Ying-
A computer that turns on suddenly as if in response to his words. And text appeared on the screen.
[3rd level manager Kwon Myeong-han, executive director. It has been confirmed.]
Myeonghan Kwon was unable to concentrate throughout the meeting because of his complicated thoughts. Others had dismissed the matter as mere error, but he knew it was not.
Alice, an artificial intelligence system that seems to have far surpassed modern technology that is close to perfection.
He knew that this slime incident was not a simple mistake, but a thoroughly intentional and calculated situation, as the subject who oversees and controls everything in Arcadia is not a human being, but an artificial intelligence. I just don’t know the reason why it is like that.
“Did you do the slime stat adjustment this time, Alice?”
Ellis answered Executive Director Kwon Myung-han’s question.
[Yes.]
“Why?”
His question pops out immediately as it should be. However, after a brief loading, Ellis gave a dry answer.
[Insufficient access rights for related information.]
Insufficient access rights.
Information that he, who is in charge of and oversees the Korean branch of Arcadia Co., Ltd., cannot access. The executive director, who had recommended that fact, had a distorted face.
“No, what should I do if I, the general manager of Korea, can’t read it? Shouldn’t the company respond if they know the circumstances before and after? Consumer complaints are exploding exponentially right now!”
one room.
As the exquisitely strengthened slimes shattered beginners’ earthenware pots with just one shot, Korean users’ dissatisfaction increased exponentially. A situation where normal play is impossible. But Alice’s answer was the same.
[This is a normal stat change. It is impossible to adjust the related content.]
If you are a person, you can calm her down, but since she is an artificial intelligence, it was impossible to appease or threaten her, so Kwon Myung-han gave up trying to convince her.
“Then… would you mind revising the basic quests we prepared for beginners first?”
In order to put out the urgent fire, Executive Director Kwon Myung-han brought up a story about a tutorial quest prepared to help beginners get started.
[Beginner Adaptation Quest – 1]
– Defeat the slime. 0/1
Because of this quest, the official website and the customer center were on fire.
-Did you guys send me to catch them and then send them to the nether road?
-Are you crazy? Are you telling me to catch this as a beginner now? Da X Soul is not like this.
– A game for beginners from the start. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
– You gave me the wrong quest. ‘Be killed by slime’ was originally correct ha
ha . Although it was a problem that game companies had nothing to do with all of this.
[Which adjustment are you talking about?]
“Please disable the slime hunting quest for now. It would be difficult if there were more protests saying that they died because of us.”
At the words of Executive Director Kwon Myung-han, Ellis immediately gave an answer.
[…satisfied with administrative rights. Disable ‘Beginner Adaptation Quest – 1’.]
It didn’t yield much, but he thought it was a relief to solve one of the problems that caused beginner damage.
But he didn’t know.
That this situation is just a prologue.
* * *
Who said that humans are animals of adaptation?
The situation where the reinforced slime slaughtered unsuspecting beginners did not last as long as Jaeyoung had hoped.
Since it became a hot topic on the Internet and even an article came out, the number of newbies who died trying to catch slime has decreased sharply. That’s just in two days. And the efforts of users also played a big role in this situation.
“You shouldn’t go hunting for slimes.”
“hey! The slime here is great. I have to catch the other guy.”
“Oh yeah?”
Jaeyoung was able to realize that the honeydew was drained now when there were people who stopped users heading to the slime habitat, not knowing whether they didn’t read the Internet well, and even made them turn away.
“Well… but this isn’t a bad situation, though.”
– Killing beginner users who have not changed jobs.
-Number of novices killed: 9640
-Time remaining: 1 day 22 hours 46 minutes 17 seconds.
Nearly 10,000 users died because of Jaeyoung and were restricted from access. And even now, very intermittently, the number was increasing. And the moment the number reached 10,000…
[You killed 10,000 newbies.]
[A feat that no one can accomplish! You are a vicious killer that everyone acknowledges!]
[You have acquired the title ‘Newbie Killer’.]
[You have exceeded the reward range of the given mission. Interim payment is being executed.]
Various messages appearing in front of you as if congratulating you. Among them, Jaeyoung tilted his head as he looked at the last window.
“Medium reward?”
When he pressed the shiny spear, a black orb appeared right in front of him.
Uh-uh–
A fierce storm blew around and cracked the space itself. And something came out of the little hole.
“Kwaaaek!”
Something about the size of a palm with a black glow all over its body appeared with a strange scream.
[Interim reward settlement has been completed.]
[You have acquired Familiar.]
Familiar. It’s similar to a pet, but it’s usually a type of fairy that gives various buffs and debuffs, and what appeared in front of them…
“What is this place! And why am I like this!”
It flapped the wings of a tiny bat and took the form of a demon with two horns.
It looked around as if it had been suddenly dragged in, but soon found Jaeyoung and glared at him with ferocious eyes.
“You bastard! Did you summon me?”
“…I didn’t do it, but maybe it was because of me?”
At those words, the little devil’s face contorted in a grim manner. Then it started to glow violently.
“no! I have time. I’m not some low-level imp. What’s a familiar? It’s not even this crazy contract, it’s a forced contract, so what if I throw it away like this! It’s not just one or two things I’ve done right now in the Demon Realm!”
Jaeyoung, who was about to open his mouth at the sight of him squealing and blazing with a small size that was not even the size of the palm of his hand, was startled when he saw the name on the top of the little devil.
[Satan, the lord of chaos.]
Satan.
At first glance, this cute little devil had a famous name that could only be heard in mythology. Even with the prestige of being the ‘Demon King’.
“…?”
It was the same for Jaeyoung that he did not understand the current situation. Are you suddenly a demon? No matter how many beginners he killed, it seemed too much to throw a demon king to use as a familiar language as an intermediate settlement. Even the demon king who seemed very, very angry.
“Ha… even bad students should be moderately twisted. What the fuck is this in his later years, really…..”
Satan, who had been lamenting as if he were a sergeant in his later years who had gone through all the hardships of the world, looked at Jaeyoung and started talking.
“Hey human.”
“…?”
Seeing him speak so casually, I wanted to scold him, saying, ‘You’re a family man, but you’re rude to the owner!’, but I couldn’t.
[Demon King Satan.]
Just by looking at that name, there was a very strong sign that if I touched it wrongly, I would have to give up the game.
“No matter what, since the forced contract was made in your familiar language, I think we should stay together for a while.”
When Jaeyoung saw Satan jumping up and taking his seat, a message popped up in front of his eyes.
[You can use the power of the Familiar by consuming Probability.]
[However, the Familiar is a demon. Be aware of deception and temptation.]
“Hmm…? You have quite a bit more power than I thought, right?”
Satan rides on the head and suddenly speaks in a strangely interesting voice.
“What power?”
“Is this why I became involved in the contract… If I do well, I can push all the chicken wings out?”
In response to Jaeyoung’s question, Satan muttered to himself what to do, lost in thought. Then, he waved his fluttering wings and floated in front of Jaeyoung, asking.
“Humans, can you give me the power you have?”
“No, so what power?”
“What is it? The power to overturn the laws of the world! The one you have!”
“what? Are you talking about probability?”
The power to overturn the laws of the world. Hearing Satan’s words, Jaeyoung was able to realize that what he wanted was probability.
“It’s a power that a mere human wouldn’t be able to use anyway, so just give it to me. Then I will reward you appropriately.”
– Probability: 8975
I don’t know what it is, but Satan covets probability while drooling. Looking at him, Jaeyoung realized that this stat is much more important than he thought.
“How much are you going to give me?”
“Let’s see… um… if you’re giving me all you have…”
Satan, seemingly contemplating something, waved his hand in the air, then pulled out a cloak from somewhere and said:
“This much?”
[Nargal’s Sigh – Unique]
Nargal’s cloak that leads the 2nd Corps of Pandemonium.
-Equipment limit: 150.
-Physical Defense: 2500.
-Magical Defense: 1500.
-Special Skill: Spirit Absorption Shield.
-Evil Skill Lv. +2.
-Protects the user from a fatal blow once (Cooldown: 2 days).
“…..”
Jaeyoung’s mind became complicated in a situation that left him speechless.
The game just opened less than two weeks ago. But even though it was such a game, Jaeyoung felt as if he was playing another game. I heard that an American ranker has finally reached level 50, but this little devil was pushing 150 equipment right in front of his eyes.
Even with a unique grade.
For a moment, he fell into an extremely strong temptation, but Jaeyoung swallowed and shook his head.
“Umm…isn’t that enough?”
Satan is a little disappointed when he rejects the offer, but mutters as if he knew it. However, after returning the cloak somewhere, he asked again with a coy look.
“As expected, if you’re my contractor, there’s no way you’ll be satisfied with this. Then, is there anything you want?”
Jaeyoung pondered for a moment at Satan’s question. What do you want? Now that he had just started playing the game, he didn’t want much. If it’s what you want right now…
Jaeyoung, who was seriously thinking about it, suddenly heard a group of party members passing by.
“hey! Are the slimes hot right now?”
“So! As much as I got stronger, my experience and gold increased, but the mob regeneration remains the same, the pattern is the same, and there is no other place that has the same hunting efficiency as here.”
A slime with abnormally enhanced abilities. However, the simple behavior patterns for beginners and the horrendous mob regeneration rate remained the same, so this place was no different from a dream hunting ground for users of appropriate levels.
And, as if that fact had spread, parties of users who had leveled up to a certain extent after changing jobs began to gather in the slime habitat one by one to hunt.
“Kwuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…”
Suddenly, it seemed that the sound of slime crying plaintively came from somewhere. And Jaeyoung suddenly asked Satan.
“Can you strengthen the monsters?”
“Eh? what monster?”
Satan asked with an absurd face as if the request was too different from what he had imagined.
“Slime.”
“Slime….?”
Satan, who was absent-minded for a moment. And suddenly he started laughing like crazy.
“Khehehehehe. Hehehehehehehehe. crazy! Kiki Kiki Kiki Kick!”
Satan couldn’t stop laughing for a while. After calming down a bit, he gasped.
“It’s really fun. I don’t know what the situation is, but I think it’s the first time I’ve ever seen a contractor making a wish like you.”
Satan has a genuinely funny look in his eyes. Seeing him like that, Jaeyoung asked again.
“Is it possible?”
“Not possible. But how much?”
Jaejoong answered the question without hesitation.
“entire.”
At that, Satan replied with a mischievous smile.
“Contract established.”
Jaejoong didn’t know. What kind of results will the deal with Satan now lead to? What a huge event it will be proudly recorded in the Arcadia Incident and Accidents section.
