At Jung Hyunwoo’s words, who appeared in front of the counter, Lee Hyukjoo nodded and put his hand on the keyboard in front of him.
“How much are you going to put in? 30,000 won as usual?”
Instead of answering the question that was being asked with a calm expression, Jung Hyunwoo opened his three fingers wide.
Jung Hyunwoo was more confident than ever.
At that sight, Lee Hyukjoo answered with a nod.
“Yes, I just need to put in 30,000 won, as usual, right?”
Jung Hyunwoo slightly frowned at the answer.
“Hey, not 30,000 won. This, this.”
Jung Hyunwoo then shook his wide-open three fingers again in front of Lee Hyukjoo’s eyes.
Lee Hyukjoo tilted his head at that sight, and soon he seemed to understand the meaning, so he was surprised as he spoke.
“Hyunwoo, you can’t pay 3,000 won in advance for the capsule room.”
In the end, Jung Hyunwoo spoke with his own mouth.
“300,000! I’m putting in 300,000!”
“Ah.”
Only then did Lee Hyukjoo, who understood the meaning of his fingers, nodded slightly and began to enter the amount of 300,000 won.
But soon, he spoke in surprise.
“Do you want to put in 300,000? You said you don’t have any money.”
At that question, Jung Hyunwoo spoke with a slight smile.
“There’s a way for everything.”
In the mind of Jung Hyunwoo, who was talking, he recalled the conversation of his phone call with the insurance company.
‘I’ve already mastered dealing with insurance company bastards.’
When he first spoke to the insurance company, it was apparent, but they offered very cheap compensation.
In that situation, Jung Hyunwoo did not become angry.
After his older brother and sister-in-law were involved in an accident, Jung Hyunwoo paid for his sister-in-law’s funeral in place of his older brother, who could have easily died during surgery. He was also taking care of his niece, who still couldn’t speak properly while talking with the insurance company.
Then, he realized that it wasn’t worth popping neck veins while getting mad at the insurance company.
If you cry and beg, the insurance company will treat you as a weak pushover.
‘Because you guys completely screwed me over at that time, I’ve prepared properly this time.’
Therefore, Jung Hyunwoo had prepared documents rather than words.
After getting out of the hospital with the old man with dementia, he went to another hospital.
A hospital where the disease severity “increases”, not a hospital that only treats the disease.
He went to a hospital where a full recovery that should take a week instead takes four weeks, where mild vertigo becomes post-traumatic stress disorder, and where a typical mild shoulder and back pain becomes an incurable disease caused by intrapelvic insufficiency in the body. He received the medical certificate very reliably.
Thanks to the exaggerated medical certificate, Jung Hyunwoo now had post-accident stress with aftereffects and had become a person with intermittent psychosis.
‘Too sick to get a job.’
Due to his mental illness, it will be challenging to get a job in the government or at a major company.
The price was 2.62 million won in compensation, and 4.21 million won in vouchers that can only be used at hospitals.
‘Thanks to that, I earned a month’s worth of living.’
One month, it was the moment when Jung Hyunwoo was given the time to play only games.
“Hyung, the payment is settled.”
“Yeah, then make a room for me.”
“How many hours do you want to have today?”
At the continuous questioning, Jung Hyunwoo spoke without hesitation.
“8 hours, full.”
2.
One of the always enjoyable moments in RPG games is when you equip powerful items.
Whether one is lucky, hardworking, or rich, the player got excited the moment the item came into their hands.
[Goblin Champion Mask]
! All skills +5 whenever equipping 2 set items
! All skills +20, an additional 10% increase in damage when attacking goblins whenever equipping 3 set items.
“Ah!”
That’s how Midas felt now.
‘The options are great.’
Unique grade item.
It wasn’t that it didn’t have any connection with Midas at all.
‘Come to think of it, even though I have gotten a unique item, have I ever used one before?’
But the moment he got the unique item, he thought about selling it rather than wearing it.
Besides, even if he obtained a unique item, it was unlikely for the item to be related to his job.
It was the same for this Goblin Champion’s mask.
If someone beats a boss monster, usually items like the Goblin Champion’s treasures come out, and when the person opens the treasure, cards appear. Lastly, he’ll choose one of the cards and get a random item after that.
It was practically impossible to get an item that fits with his job.
‘……There was none.’
That was why Midas had a distant relationship with those unique items.
He finished his thoughts quickly.
There were other items in Midas’s sight.
[ Wand of Goblin’s resentment]
[ Leather gloves of Goblin’s resentment]
They were rare grade items that were made with Goblin leather and Goblin’s resentment.
They could not be compared with the Goblin Champion’s mask, but still, they were worthy enough.
‘I can kill orcs with them……’
He could graduate from the beginner’s village and target a level 20 orc as his prey.
That was what efficient players did.
They proved their value by killing monsters that were higher level than them just like skipping a grade.
They proved that they were different by gladly facing hardship and overcoming it.
‘I can kill goblins much easier than before.’
Of course, Midas didn’t want to do that.
He didn’t deny that killing a monster that was stronger than him was incredible.
‘I would rather kill goblins comfortably than suffer to kill high-level monsters while competing with other high-level players.’
He didn’t want to have trouble playing the game just to gain praise, applause, and attention.
‘Fuel efficiency decreases when I drive faster I suppose.’
Above all, Midas knew that he’d pay the price for over pacing.
That was the point.
‘I’m doing it to make a living. I can’t overdo myself.’
The reason why he played the game was always to feed his family and himself.
He never had thoughts about playing the game to be the best or save money to buy items instead of buying steaks.