The Novel's Extra Chapter 169

—Kueeek .
A red crystal spear shot forward, piercing the neck of a Lv . 1 Ribbon Pig . The pig collapsed with a painful roar .
Chae Nayun then pulled the spear out of the dead pig's neck .

“…Dismantle . ”

With her soft murmur, the pig's corpse split into meat and leather . Chae Nayun picked up the edible parts of the meat and put them in her inventory .

[Your inventory is full . ]

“Mm, can't you fit more in?”

[No . ]

Chae Nayun's inventory was filled with food she collected for the past four hours .

“…Nayun, are you done~?”

Yi Jiyoon's voice rang out from behind her . She sounded tired and worn out .

“Yeah, I'm done now . What about you? Is your inventory full?”

“Huh? Oh, uh… yeah, mine is full too with food~”

It was clear that she was lying, but Chae Nayun didn't want to dig into it .

“Let's go back now . More people are gathering at the elevator . ”

Essence of the Strait's team had already found an elevator five hours ago, but with Extra7's advice, Chae Nayun had delayed setting off and began to hunt nearby monsters .

“Nayun, we have to go!”

However, none of the other guild members were interested in hunting . Even when Chae Nayun told them it was advice from her master(?) who was already on the 3rd floor, they only repeated telling Chae Nayun to hurry up .
Of course, their reactions were understandable . If other Players rushed into the elevator while they were busy finding food, it was entirely possible for their elevator to get stolen .

“How many people do we have?”

Despite the Essence of the Strait members' uncooperative attitude, Chae Nayun managed to obtain enough food to last the entire team 1~2 weeks .

“27… or maybe 28 . We have to hurry . If it fills up, a fight might break out . ”

Although Essence of the Strait had found the elevator first, other Players had also gathered because they delayed setting off .
Because of the messenger system, only one member of a group needed to find an elevator to get the entire group to come over . It wouldn't be surprising if a huge group arrived at the elevator soon .

“…Okay, let's go . ”

Chae Nayun decided to go back .

“Ehew, good . Follow me~”

Holding the red crystal spear in her hand, Chae Nayun followed Yi Jiyoon .
The two of them ran and arrived at the elevator in just 15 minutes .
It was obvious to anyone watching that Essence of the Strait's members were unhappy . It was clear that they were annoyed but holding back because Chae Nayun was Yoo Yeonha's friend .
Still, Chae Nayun ignored their gazes and stood in front of them .

“Chae Nayun, you delayed us by five hours . Five . Whole . Hours . ”

This time, however, it seemed they had something to say .
Chief Officer of Essence of the Strait's Tower Subjugation Team, high-intermediate rank grade-2 Hero, Kim Youngjin, stood in front of Chae Nayun .

“Don't you have anything to say to us?”

“I suggested hunting together, leaving behind one team to defend the elevator and taking shifts . ”

“What?”

Kim Youngjin frowned intimidatingly .

“Like I said, we need to stock up on food for the 3rd floor . ”

“…The 2nd floor's administrator said that the 3rd floor is a residential area . You think a residential area will be low on food?”

Chae Nayun didn't reply . Extra7, who was already on the 3rd floor, told her to stock up on food .
However, she didn't want to explain the same thing again and again . She knew her words would only be seen as an excuse because of their bias .

“We're delayed because of you . Do you understand that?”

“…Yes, sorry . I won't let it happen again . ”

As such, Chae Nayun simply dropped her head and apologized .
Following the chief officer's orders .
That was one of the conditions Chae Nayun accepted to get the Tower's entrance ticket .

“…Tsk . ”

Kim Youngjin didn't say anything more and opened the elevator door . Following him, the other members of Essence of the Strait entered the elevator, and some other bystanders also got in .
The last person to get in the elevator was, unsurprisingly, Chae Nayun .

[Departing to the 3rd floor . ]

There were 29 people in the elevator .
Not only were they stuck in a small space, but the atmosphere was extremely awkward as well .
Thinking about having to stay in this suffocating atmosphere for four hours, Yi Jiyoon clapped her hands and tried to lighten up the mood .

“R-Right, so, um, did you guys meet anyone famous in the Tower?”

“Famous?”

“Yeah . I'm sure there are many famous Heroes, mercenaries, and hunters in the Tower… so?”

Everyone ignored Yi Jiyoon, making the atmosphere turn even more awkward .

'Shouldn't they say something since we let them join our elevator?' Yi Jiyoon grumbled inwardly .

“I met someone . ”

At that moment, a man wearing a black robe raised his hand .

“Wow, really?”

“Yes . ”

“Who?”

The man smiled at her question . Until then, Chae Nayun wasn't interested in their conversation . She was simply looking through the auction house for any useful items and wondering if she should sell her red crystal spear .

“I saw Fenrir . ”

But at that moment, Chae Nayun's head shot up . She seemed to have been struck by a bolt of lightning .
She turned her head and looked at the black robed man .
Jeronimo's mercenary, Fenrir .
Chae Nayun knew who he was . There was no way she wouldn't . In this world, there was only one person who could wield a gun so well .

“Ah… really?”

In truth, people who were in Cube with Kim Hajin all knew about this . However, Yi Jiyoon pretended to be oblivious out of courtesy .

“Um, was he strong?”

“Yes . ”

The man smiled bitterly and took off his robe . Yi Jiyoon blushed when she saw his handsome face resembling Legolas .

“My friend and I almost died picking a fight with him . He was quite scary . ”

“Oh… I see…”

“Yes, I suspect he's the strongest one in the Tower . If you ever meet him, don't try to fight him . You'll die . ”

Enchanted by the man's handsome appearance, Yi Jiyoon nodded blankly .
Gzz—
Chae Nayun clenched her teeth . The hand holding the spear shaft turned white .
Kim Hajin was here .
Just hearing this caused blood to rush to her head, filling her with all sorts of complicated thoughts .

“Ah… dammit . ”

Her head seemed to be splitting in half . She felt like she was going to lose herself in this intense pain . Rage and fear rose up from her heart, as did hatred and sadness . Doubt seemed to devour her rational thinking .
There's no way he killed Oppa . There must have been a misunderstanding . Such thoughts flashed through her head, breaking apart intermittently . She believed only what she wanted to, yet there were things she just couldn't come to believe . Such things drove her crazy and stifled her breath…

“My, my head…”

An unbearable headache struck her . It felt like a hammer was beating on her head .
In the end, Chae Nayun smashed her head against the elevator wall and collapsed .

“Eh? N-Nayun?!”

Yi Jiyoon quickly helped Chae Nayun up . However, no one else was interested in her . Even the members of Essence of the Strait backed off and glanced at the chief officer to take care of this situation .

“…Ha, what a mess . ”

Kim Youngjin sighed . Just how long did he have to take care of that silver spoon?

“Argh, my head hurts too…”

He massaged his sore temples .

[3rd floor, residential area – 「Prestige」]
[TIP! To purchase citizenship, find a guard . ]

We were currently walking through Prestige .
As we got closer to the center of the city, less and less NPCs were sprawled on the ground and more proper buildings began to appear .

“What's that?”

After about 40 minutes, a tall wall with a large gate appeared in front of us .

“It's a gate, it looks like . Let's go near it and see . ”

When we walked closer, a guard stopped us .

“The inner city is off-limits to non-citizens . If you want to go in, show us your proof of citizenship . ”

Everyone except me blinked in confusion . Soon, Cheok Jungyeong began to crack his knuckles . I quickly stopped him .

“Stop, you won't be able to beat him . ”

“Haha, kid, are you looking down on—”

“Ask the system . ”

“Ask what? I'm sure it'll say…”

Cheok Jungyeong stopped talking . He should have gotten a system alert just now that read something like this .
—All guards inside Prestige receive 250% boost in their stats .
We were only at the 3rd floor, but guards were at least Lv . 5 . With a 250% stat boost on top of that, we wouldn't be able to defeat them until we become strong enough to clear the 6th floor .

“…Uhahaha, that only makes me want to fight more . ”

“Shut up and stay put . ”

Jain restrained Cheok Jungyeong who was smiling mischievously .
The guard spoke once again .

“You can pay 1000TP to register as a temporary citizen or return to the outer city . ”

“…What do you guys want to do? I plan on buying the citizenship . ”

I turned around and asked the others .
In truth, I was only asking out of courtesy . Citizenship was an extremely important aspect of Prestige as you couldn't do anything without it .

“I have 1000TP . ”

“I told you, I think I can beat him in a fight!”

“I don't have a lot of TP . ”

Jain, Cheok Jungyeong, and Boss spoke respectively .

“Then I'll pay for Cheok Jungyeong and Boss . ”

I took out three 1000TP banknotes from my inventory .

“What about me?”

“I know Jain-ssi is rich . ”

“…I should have said I was poor too . ”

Jain pouted as she took out 1000TP .
I considered haggling, but I was dealing with a guard . Guards were the most inflexible lot amongst NPCs . Haggling probably wouldn't work on them unless it was at least at Lv . 10 .

“Here, 4000TP . ”

“…Confirmed . ”

The guard turned around and gave the money to a clerk who was waiting at the front entrance . The clerk wrote down the amount in her accounting book and produced four identification cards in the blink of an eye .

“Here . You are not official residents, so you will have to renew your identification card once a month for 700TP . If you lose your identification card, it will cost 1000TP to replace them, so keep that in mind . ”

We received our identification cards, which were proofs of our temporary citizenship .
Extra7 .
Boss .
PhantomThief .
Goryeo'sStrongest .
Our nicknames were written on our ID .

“How did they know our nicknames? We never told them . ”

“It's probably that NPC's Trait . ”

“Oh, NPCs have Traits too~?”

“We call them NPCs, but as far as the Tower is concerned, they're humans just like us . ”

At that moment, a series of system alerts popped up .

[You obtained Prestige's Citizenship . ]
[Common Player quests have been issued . ]
[1 . Undead Monster Subjugation]
—You will receive 50TP per 50 Lv . 1 undead killed .
—You will receive 75TP per 25 Lv . 2 undead killed .
—You will receive 100TP per 10 Lv . 3 undead killed .
—You will receive 125TP per 2 Lv . 4 undead killed .

[2 . Land Spider Subjugation]
—You will receive 50TP per 4 Land Spiders killed .

[3 . Demon Subjugation]
—There are 666 demons in Prestige . Each demon has a special bounty on its head .

“There's a lot . ”

“There sure is . ”

Prestige wasn't the prettiest city from the outside, but it was certainly a place where you could earn TP thanks to common quests for its citizens, Medea's special quests, and other NPC quests .
However, these benefits would be the cause of its downfall .
The TP earned by Players would grant no benefit to the NPCs here and would only fill the belly of the administrator Medea .

Of course, I had no plans to let that happen .

Here, I wanted to see a different ending with Kim Suho .
Rather than destroying the world within the Tower, I planned to only destroy the shell that was the Tower .
This was the best ending I came up with during my three years of planning .
I planned to turn this Tower into a supporter of its own ending .

“Your inventories are full of food, right?”

“Yep, just like you wanted . ”

To obtain meat on the 3rd floor, we had to kill at least 66 demons . Before then, monsters and wild animals all spawned as undead, so we could only eat grass . That was the shortcut to losing vitality and stats .

“Aren't you going in?”

Seeing us standing still, the guard asked as if to urge us .

“We will . But before that…”

I pointed at the building right next to the wall .

“How much is it for a building like that?”

“You should be able to buy it for 5000TP . ”

The guard answered my question . If I didn't have citizenship, he probably would have ignored me completely .

“Why, do you want to buy a building?”

“Yes, I plan to . ”

“…Why?”

“I just thought it'd be nice to have a shop . ”

I answered Jain's question . Afterwards, system alerts popped up .

[You can purchase the 'Lv . 2 Wooden Building Outside the Inner Wall' for 5000TP . ]
[You currently have 24000TP . ]
[Would you like to purchase this building?]

Buying buildings sure was easy in a world without real estate .
I clicked 'yes' .

[You obtained ownership of 'Lv . 2 Wooden Building Outside the Inner Wall' . ]
[There is currently nothing inside the wooden building . ]

With a single click of a button, a building became mine .

“Let's go in . ”

“Hm? Don't you have to buy it?”

“I already did . ”

“…What?”

Leaving my three puzzled companions behind, I asked the guard once again .

“Is it possible for us to meet the 3rd floor's administrator?”

“No, it's too early to have an audience with her . ”

“How long do we have to wait?”

“Just another week . ”

“…Hm . ”

In that case, there was no reason to go into the inner city .
I crossed my arms and fell in thought . Then I turned on my smartwatch to read the 'abandoned settings' in my settings book . These were the settings that I wrote in my settings book but never included in the real story .

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[3rd Floor Residential Area NPC – 1 . Kiri and Henry . ]
*Brother and sister duo . Give them money or food to get the [Black Pouch] .
*The [Black Pouch] allows you to bring back one item from Earth .
*Kiri and Henry are both clever and have high growth potentials . Worthy of becoming named NPCs .
===

“…Oh right, these two kids were here too . ”

Kiri and Henry aside, the Black Pouch was quite a useful item .
Since I couldn't meet Medea, I had about four days of free time . I should obtain the Black Pouch and go back to Earth to bring back the Goblin Tablet . That way, I could also meet Evandel .

“Boss, Jain, can you two go inside and look for a hideout?”

“A hideout?”

“Yes, just a place for us to stay . You can just rent a house . ”

“…Sure, but where are you going?”

“I'm going back to Earth for a bit . ”

Just like that, I let the three of them enter the inner city .
Then, I took out the Book of Truth and asked .

[Where are the NPCs 'Henry' and 'Kiri'?]

The Book of Truth sucked in about 0 . 5 streaks of Stigma and displayed the location of Kiri and Henry in real time . They weren't too far away, wandering around near the outskirts of the city .
I walked over .
After about 15 minutes…

“Buy some flowers~ they're edible~”

I could see Henry and Kiri in the distance .
They were selling flowers . However, no one was interested or even capable of spending money for flowers . To make matters worse, the flowers in their basket were all withered .

“Flowers, buy some flowers~ they're edible~”

I watched them silently .
I had nothing to say . Two starving children were trying to sell flowers no one wanted . Did it have to be so realistic?

“Haa…”

Sighing away any depressing thoughts, I walked over to them .

“Ah, um, flowers… buy some flowers…”

Kiri and Henry were startled when they saw me . It was understandable considering I was entirely covered in black clothes .
I took off my hood and mask and smiled brightly .

“How much are they?”

“Eh…? You'll buy them?”

“Yeah . ”

The younger sister, Kiri, talked to me .
Kiri hesitated without being able to meet my eyes .

“…10, 10TP . ”

“Each?”

“Yes? Ah… um, no . Everything in this basket is 10TP . ”

Kiri gave the entire basket to me . Meanwhile, Henry was standing next to her, trembling in fear .
Did they think I wouldn't buy anything if each flower was 10TP?
I looked at them silently, then discovered a black cloth peeking out of Henry's back pocket .
That must be the Black Pouch .

“By the way, what's that? That black thing . ”

I knelt down to Henry's eyelevel and pointed at the pouch in his back pocket . Kiri turned to Henry nervously .

“This… this? Um…”

Henry began to fiddle with the pouch in his back pocket with a troubled expression .

“Um, this is… um…”

His small body trembled greatly as he contemplated on what to say . Soon, he came to a decision and took the pouch out .

“W-Will you buy this too? This pouch is really good!”

“O-Oppa! Dad said never to—”

“Shh . ”

The surprised younger sister Kiri stepped in, but Henry stopped her .
Kiri bit her lips with a sad look .

“How much is it?”

“This is a bit more expensive . It's um… 200TP . ”

200TP .
I looked at Henry's face . His cheeks were thin, and his eyes clearly showed that he was afraid .
I suddenly thought .
These two NPCs were created from the setting I abandoned .
A setting that was disregarded because I was too much in a rush to advance the story or because I was too lazy to write about it . What would have been their fate in the original story?
…They should have starved to death .

“Um, 150TP!”

Henry must have misunderstood my silence for dissatisfaction as he lowered the price on his own .

“Mm…”

“I-Is it too much?”

“No, I think it's too little . ”

When I said that, Henry and Kiri's faces lit up .
I took out two 100TP coins and gave one to Henry and other to Kiri .
Kiri and Henry took the shiny coins with their small hands . They stared at them blankly and swallowed their saliva .

“Ah, Oppa, give him the item . ”

“Oh right, h-here!”

Hearing Kiri, Henry gave me the Black Pouch .

“And um, take this too!”

Then, Kiri quickly gave me the flower basket she was holding .

“I didn't buy this . ”

“You can have it! Um, these flowers are edible! If you want, I can also teach you where they grow . I'm the only one who knows about this!”

Kiri was too kind . Such a young girl was braver than her older brother . I couldn't help but worry about them .

“It's fine . ”

I shook my head . I put the Black Pouch away and tapped their shoulders .

“Hey, aren't you two hungry?”

“…Yes?”

This time, they both put up their guard .

“You see, this Hyung is a building owner . ”

[Lv . 2 Persuasive Voice activates . ]

Although they were born and raised in a harsh environment, they were still children . My voice was more than enough to persuade them .

“…Building owner?”

“Yeah . Also…”

I took out my identification card .

“Wow, a citizenship identification card…”

“Uwoah…”

Henry and Kiri's eyes shone brightly . Collecting money and buying citizenship . This must be their dream .
I spoke to them as warmly as possible .

“If you follow me, Hyung will make you lots of delicious food . ”

Since I wrote that they were worthy of becoming named NPCs, I had more than enough reason to bring them along . Not to mention, I needed employees to take care of my new building .

Kueeek . A red crystal spear shot forward, piercing the neck of a Lv . 1 Ribbon Pig . The pig collapsed with a painful roar . Chae Nayun then pulled the spear out of the dead pig s neck . Dismantle . With her soft murmur, the pig s corpse split into meat and leather . Chae Nayun picked up the edible parts of the meat and put them in her inventory . Your inventory is full . Mm, can t you fit more in No . Chae Nayun s inventory was filled with food she collected for the past four hours . Nayun, are you done Yi Jiyoon s voice rang out from behind her . She sounded tired and worn out . Yeah, I m done now . What about you Is your inventory full Huh Oh, uh yeah, mine is full too with food It was clear that she was lying, but Chae Nayun didn t want to dig into it . Let s go back now . More people are gathering at the elevator . Essence of the Strait s team had already found an elevator five hours ago, but with Extra7 s advice, Chae Nayun had delayed setting off and began to hunt nearby monsters . Nayun, we have to go However, none of the other guild members were interested in hunting . Even when Chae Nayun told them it was advice from her master who was already on the 3rd floor, they only repeated telling Chae Nayun to hurry up . Of course, their reactions were understandable . If other Players rushed into the elevator while they were busy finding food, it was entirely possible for their elevator to get stolen . How many people do we have Despite the Essence of the Strait members uncooperative attitude, Chae Nayun managed to obtain enough food to last the entire team 1 2 weeks . 27 or maybe 28 . We have to hurry . If it fills up, a fight might break out . Although Essence of the Strait had found the elevator first, other Players had also gathered because they delayed setting off . Because of the messenger system, only one member of a group needed to find an elevator to get the entire group to come over . It wouldn t be surprising if a huge group arrived at the elevator soon . Okay, let s go . Chae Nayun decided to go back . Ehew, good . Follow me Holding the red crystal spear in her hand, Chae Nayun followed Yi Jiyoon . The two of them ran and arrived at the elevator in just 15 minutes . It was obvious to anyone watching that Essence of the Strait s members were unhappy . It was clear that they were annoyed but holding back because Chae Nayun was Yoo Yeonha s friend . Still, Chae Nayun ignored their gazes and stood in front of them . Chae Nayun, you delayed us by five hours . Five . Whole . Hours . This time, however, it seemed they had something to say . Chief Officer of Essence of the Strait s Tower Subjugation Team, high intermediate rank grade 2 Hero, Kim Youngjin, stood in front of Chae Nayun . . Don t you have anything to say to us I suggested hunting together, leaving behind one team to defend the elevator and taking shifts . What Kim Youngjin frowned intimidatingly . Like I said, we need to stock up on food for the 3rd floor . The 2nd floor s administrator said that the 3rd floor is a residential area . You think a residential area will be low on food . Chae Nayun didn t reply . Extra7, who was already on the 3rd floor, told her to stock up on food . However, she didn t want to explain the same thing again and again . She knew her words would only be seen as an excuse because of their bias . We re delayed because of you . Do you understand that Yes, sorry . I won t let it happen again . As such, Chae Nayun simply dropped her head and apologized . Following the chief officer s orders . That was one of the conditions Chae Nayun accepted to get the Tower s entrance ticket . Tsk . Kim Youngjin didn t say anything more and opened the elevator door . Following him, the other members of Essence of the Strait entered the elevator, and some other bystanders also got in . The last person to get in the elevator was, unsurprisingly, Chae Nayun . Departing to the 3rd floor . There were 29 people in the elevator . Not only were they stuck in a small space, but the atmosphere was extremely awkward as well . Thinking about having to stay in this suffocating atmosphere for four hours, Yi Jiyoon clapped her hands and tried to lighten up the mood . R Right, so, um, did you guys meet anyone famous in the Tower Famous Yeah . I m sure there are many famous Heroes, mercenaries, and hunters in the Tower so Everyone ignored Yi Jiyoon, making the atmosphere turn even more awkward . . Shouldn t they say something since we let them join our elevator Yi Jiyoon grumbled inwardly . I met someone . At that moment, a man wearing a black robe raised his hand . Wow, really Yes . Who The man smiled at her question . Until then, Chae Nayun wasn t interested in their conversation . She was simply looking through the auction house for any useful items and wondering if she should sell her red crystal spear . I saw Fenrir . But at that moment, Chae Nayun s head shot up . She seemed to have been struck by a bolt of lightning . She turned her head and looked at the black robed man . Jeronimo s mercenary, Fenrir . Chae Nayun knew who he was . There was no way she wouldn t . In this world, there was only one person who could wield a gun so well . Ah really In truth, people who were in Cube with Kim Hajin all knew about this . However, Yi Jiyoon pretended to be oblivious out of courtesy . Um, was he strong Yes . The man smiled bitterly and took off his robe . Yi Jiyoon blushed when she saw his handsome face resembling Legolas . My friend and I almost died picking a fight with him . He was quite scary . Oh I see Yes, I suspect he s the strongest one in the Tower . If you ever meet him, don t try to fight him . You ll die . Enchanted by the man s handsome appearance, Yi Jiyoon nodded blankly . Gzz Chae Nayun clenched her teeth . The hand holding the spear shaft turned white . Kim Hajin was here . Just hearing this caused blood to rush to her head, filling her with all sorts of complicated thoughts . Ah dammit . Her head seemed to be splitting in half . She felt like she was going to lose herself in this intense pain . Rage and fear rose up from her heart, as did hatred and sadness . Doubt seemed to devour her rational thinking . There s no way he killed Oppa . There must have been a misunderstanding . Such thoughts flashed through her head, breaking apart intermittently . She believed only what she wanted to, yet there were things she just couldn t come to believe . Such things drove her crazy and stifled her breath My, my head An unbearable headache struck her . It felt like a hammer was beating on her head . In the end, Chae Nayun smashed her head against the elevator wall and collapsed . Eh N Nayun Yi Jiyoon quickly helped Chae Nayun up . However, no one else was interested in her . Even the members of Essence of the Strait backed off and glanced at the chief officer to take care of this situation . Ha, what a mess . Kim Youngjin sighed . Just how long did he have to take care of that silver spoon Argh, my head hurts too He massaged his sore temples . 3rd floor, residential area Prestige TIP To purchase citizenship, find a guard . We were currently walking through Prestige . As we got closer to the center of the city, less and less NPCs were sprawled on the ground and more proper buildings began to appear . What s that After about 40 minutes, a tall wall with a large gate appeared in front of us . It s a gate, it looks like . Let s go near it and see . When we walked closer, a guard stopped us . The inner city is off limits to non citizens . If you want to go in, show us your proof of citizenship . . Everyone except me blinked in confusion . Soon, Cheok Jungyeong began to crack his knuckles . I quickly stopped him . Stop, you won t be able to beat him . Haha, kid, are you looking down on Ask the system . Ask what I m sure it ll say Cheok Jungyeong stopped talking . He should have gotten a system alert just now that read something like this . All guards inside Prestige receive 250 boost in their stats . We were only at the 3rd floor, but guards were at least Lv . 5 . With a 250 stat boost on top of that, we wouldn t be able to defeat them until we become strong enough to clear the 6th floor . Uhahaha, that only makes me want to fight more . Shut up and stay put . Jain restrained Cheok Jungyeong who was smiling mischievously . The guard spoke once again . You can pay 1000TP to register as a temporary citizen or return to the outer city . What do you guys want to do I plan on buying the citizenship . I turned around and asked the others . In truth, I was only asking out of courtesy . Citizenship was an extremely important aspect of Prestige as you couldn t do anything without it . I have 1000TP . I told you, I think I can beat him in a fight I don t have a lot of TP . Jain, Cheok Jungyeong, and Boss spoke respectively . Then I ll pay for Cheok Jungyeong and Boss . I took out three 1000TP banknotes from my inventory . What about me I know Jain ssi is rich . I should have said I was poor too . Jain pouted as she took out 1000TP . I considered haggling, but I was dealing with a guard . Guards were the most inflexible lot amongst NPCs . Haggling probably wouldn t work on them unless it was at least at Lv . 10 . Here, 4000TP . Confirmed . The guard turned around and gave the money to a clerk who was waiting at the front entrance . The clerk wrote down the amount in her accounting book and produced four identification cards in the blink of an eye . Here . You are not official residents, so you will have to renew your identification card once a month for 700TP . If you lose your identification card, it will cost 1000TP to replace them, so keep that in mind . We received our identification cards, which were proofs of our temporary citizenship . Extra7 . Boss . PhantomThief . Goryeo sStrongest . Our nicknames were written on our ID . How did they know our nicknames We never told them . It s probably that NPC s Trait . Oh, NPCs have Traits too We call them NPCs, but as far as the Tower is concerned, they re humans just like us . At that moment, a series of system alerts popped up . You obtained Prestige s Citizenship . Common Player quests have been issued . 1 . Undead Monster Subjugation You will receive 50TP per 50 Lv . 1 undead killed . You will receive 75TP per 25 Lv . 2 undead killed . You will receive 100TP per 10 Lv . 3 undead killed . You will receive 125TP per 2 Lv . 4 undead killed . 2 . Land Spider Subjugation You will receive 50TP per 4 Land Spiders killed . 3 . Demon Subjugation There are 666 demons in Prestige . Each demon has a special bounty on its head . There s a lot . There sure is . Prestige wasn t the prettiest city from the outside, but it was certainly a place where you could earn TP thanks to common quests for its citizens, Medea s special quests, and other NPC quests . However, these benefits would be the cause of its downfall . The TP earned by Players would grant no benefit to the NPCs here and would only fill the belly of the administrator Medea . Of course, I had no plans to let that happen . Here, I wanted to see a different ending with Kim Suho . Rather than destroying the world within the Tower, I planned to only destroy the shell that was the Tower . This was the best ending I came up with during my three years of planning . I planned to turn this Tower into a supporter of its own ending . Your inventories are full of food, right Yep, just like you wanted . To obtain meat on the 3rd floor, we had to kill at least 66 demons . Before then, monsters and wild animals all spawned as undead, so we could only eat grass . That was the shortcut to losing vitality and stats . Aren t you going in Seeing us standing still, the guard asked as if to urge us . We will . But before that I pointed at the building right next to the wall . How much is it for a building like that You should be able to buy it for 5000TP . The guard answered my question . If I didn t have citizenship, he probably would have ignored me completely . Why, do you want to buy a building Yes, I plan to . Why I just thought it d be nice to have a shop . I answered Jain s question . Afterwards, system alerts popped up . You can purchase the Lv . 2 Wooden Building Outside the Inner Wall for 5000TP . You currently have 24000TP . Would you like to purchase this building Buying buildings sure was easy in a world without real estate . I clicked yes . You obtained ownership of Lv . 2 Wooden Building Outside the Inner Wall . There is currently nothing inside the wooden building . With a single click of a button, a building became mine . Let s go in . Hm Don t you have to buy it I already did . What Leaving my three puzzled companions behind, I asked the guard once again . Is it possible for us to meet the 3rd floor s administrator No, it s too early to have an audience with her . How long do we have to wait Just another week . Hm . In that case, there was no reason to go into the inner city . I crossed my arms and fell in thought . Then I turned on my smartwatch to read the abandoned settings in my settings book . These were the settings that I wrote in my settings book but never included in the real story . 3rd Floor Residential Area NPC 1 . Kiri and Henry . Brother and sister duo . Give them money or food to get the Black Pouch . The Black Pouch allows you to bring back one item from Earth . Kiri and Henry are both clever and have high growth potentials . Worthy of becoming named NPCs . Oh right, these two kids were here too . Kiri and Henry aside, the Black Pouch was quite a useful item . Since I couldn t meet Medea, I had about four days of free time . I should obtain the Black Pouch and go back to Earth to bring back the Goblin Tablet . That way, I could also meet Evandel . Boss, Jain, can you two go inside and look for a hideout A hideout Yes, just a place for us to stay . You can just rent a house . Sure, but where are you going I m going back to Earth for a bit . Just like that, I let the three of them enter the inner city . Then, I took out the Book of Truth and asked . Where are the NPCs Henry and Kiri The Book of Truth sucked in about 0 . 5 streaks of Stigma and displayed the location of Kiri and Henry in real time . They weren t too far away, wandering around near the outskirts of the city . I walked over . After about 15 minutes Buy some flowers they re edible I could see Henry and Kiri in the distance . They were selling flowers . However, no one was interested or even capable of spending money for flowers . To make matters worse, the flowers in their basket were all withered . Flowers, buy some flowers they re edible . I watched them silently . I had nothing to say . Two starving children were trying to sell flowers no one wanted . Did it have to be so realistic Haa Sighing away any depressing thoughts, I walked over to them . Ah, um, flowers buy some flowers Kiri and Henry were startled when they saw me . It was understandable considering I was entirely covered in black clothes . I took off my hood and mask and smiled brightly . How much are they Eh You ll buy them Yeah . The younger sister, Kiri, talked to me . Kiri hesitated without being able to meet my eyes . 10, 10TP . Each Yes Ah um, no . Everything in this basket is 10TP . Kiri gave the entire basket to me . Meanwhile, Henry was standing next to her, trembling in fear . Did they think I wouldn t buy anything if each flower was 10TP I looked at them silently, then discovered a black cloth peeking out of Henry s back pocket . That must be the Black Pouch . By the way, what s that That black thing . I knelt down to Henry s eyelevel and pointed at the pouch in his back pocket . Kiri turned to Henry nervously . This this Um Henry began to fiddle with the pouch in his back pocket with a troubled expression . Um, this is um His small body trembled greatly as he contemplated on what to say . Soon, he came to a decision and took the pouch out . W Will you buy this too This pouch is really good O Oppa Dad said never to Shh . The surprised younger sister Kiri stepped in, but Henry stopped her . Kiri bit her lips with a sad look . How much is it This is a bit more expensive . It s um 200TP . 200TP . I looked at Henry s face . His cheeks were thin, and his eyes clearly showed that he was afraid . I suddenly thought . These two NPCs were created from the setting I abandoned . A setting that was disregarded because I was too much in a rush to advance the story or because I was too lazy to write about it . What would have been their fate in the original story They should have starved to death . Um, 150TP Henry must have misunderstood my silence for dissatisfaction as he lowered the price on his own . Mm I Is it too much No, I think it s too little . When I said that, Henry and Kiri s faces lit up . I took out two 100TP coins and gave one to Henry and other to Kiri . Kiri and Henry took the shiny coins with their small hands . They stared at them blankly and swallowed their saliva . Ah, Oppa, give him the item . Oh right, h here Hearing Kiri, Henry gave me the Black Pouch . And um, take this too Then, Kiri quickly gave me the flower basket she was holding . I didn t buy this . You can have it Um, these flowers are edible If you want, I can also teach you where they grow . I m the only one who knows about this . Kiri was too kind . Such a young girl was braver than her older brother . I couldn t help but worry about them . It s fine . I shook my head . I put the Black Pouch away and tapped their shoulders . Hey, aren t you two hungry Yes This time, they both put up their guard . You see, this Hyung is a building owner . Lv . 2 Persuasive Voice activates . Although they were born and raised in a harsh environment, they were still children . My voice was more than enough to persuade them . Building owner Yeah . Also I took out my identification card . Wow, a citizenship identification card Uwoah Henry and Kiri s eyes shone brightly . Collecting money and buying citizenship . This must be their dream . I spoke to them as warmly as possible . If you follow me, Hyung will make you lots of delicious food . Since I wrote that they were worthy of becoming named NPCs, I had more than enough reason to bring them along . Not to mention, I needed employees to take care of my new building .

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