TGMND 15

Yeo-woon fell asleep as if exhausted after running all night. During the sleep, a familiar ringtone echoed. Yeo-woon, who had his ears covered with a pillow, couldn’t stand the loudness and woke up, groping around. The ringtone became louder, and then the phone was in his hand.

“Hello!”

Yeo-woon answered the call somewhat aggressively. Unless it was something important, he couldn’t care less.

“… Ah yes.”

Yeo-woon, who couldn’t even open his eyes, suddenly responded to the other person with a calm voice. He could feel that he had become somewhat more composed than before.

“You’re so noisy.”

The call didn’t last long. Yeo-woon, who had fully awakened during that time, placed the phone on the bed and crawled to the floor, shaking Se-hyung.

“Se-hyung, wake up. Huh? Get up and look at me.”

“Why?”

Yeo-woon forcefully lifted the swollen-eyed Se-hyung to his feet and spoke to him while holding him.

“Slap my face.”

“Okay.”

Slap. Se-hyung mindlessly slapped Yeo-woon’s cheek, and in a moment of pain, Yeo-woon retaliated with a slap that knocked him down. He complained that his head was ringing. This couldn’t be a dream…

“I have to go to work.”

Se-hyung blinked at those words and then replied with a distorted expression.

“What are you talking about? From yesterday? Wasn’t that a voice phishing?”

“Hehe.”

Se-hyung’s face turned disgusted as Yeo-woon smiled sheepishly. He gritted his teeth as if he were about to crush Yeo-woon.

“You’re really lucky… Congratulations, you bastard. So, are you moving now? If you get the job, are you going to move nearby?”

“I’ll just look into some properties for now. It’s not urgent.”

“Don’t rush into it and get scammed. Look around at several places.”

Yeah, that’s right. Yeo-woon couldn’t hide his smile and laughed softly. However, during this, a chilling sensation ran through him due to the thoughts passing through his mind.

“…I didn’t log in yesterday.”

“What log in?”

“Oh, it’s because of you!”

While pushing aside his friend sprawled on the floor with his foot, Yeo-woon turned on the computer, and the guy groaned while crouching.

“It hurts… Stop playing games. What’s wrong with skipping it for a day?”

“I can’t get the rewards if I don’t play for just one day!”

Alright. It’s not an easy task to ask for understanding from a guy who can only play Tetris or Minesweeper. Yeo-woon logged into the game’s main screen, entering the password and ID. Even though it wasn’t like he would receive any rewards for missing yesterday’s attendance, he felt anxious for some reason.

A loading screen with cute characters passed by. The town where he had last logged out appeared on the monitor as the screen transitioned. At that moment, red letters greeted Yeo-woon first.

‘The mailbox is full and the auction house cannot be used. Please check your mailbox and empty its contents!’

Curious about what this was all about, Yeo-woon double-clicked on the postman icon right in front of him to open the mailbox. Inside, the sight of all 20 pages of the mailbox being completely full unfolded. Each page could hold up to eight pieces of mail, and he now had 160 mails just because he hadn’t logged in for a day. Moreover, seeing that the “Check All” button wasn’t working, it seemed like all of them had items attached.

[Ji9star] .

[Ji9star] .

[Halloween Eggplant] New Year’s money

[Ji9star] .

[Wanduwandya] It’s pocket money^^

[Ji9star] .

[Ji9star] .

[Ji9star] .

Most of the mail was sent from Earth Star, and occasionally there were mails from other usernames. After opening the mail that arrived at the top, Yeo-woon couldn’t help but laugh in disbelief. Could it be that this guy just returned the 1.2 billion to him the day before yesterday and disappeared…

[Received mail]

Sent by: Ji9star

Title : .

Mmm

Attachment: 100,000,000 Bell

“Lee Yeo-woon. Let me sleep a bit more. Wake me up for lunch at three.”

“… Uh, sure, get some sleep.”

Se-hyung crawled up from the floor and occupied Yeo-woon’s bed. Yeo-woon didn’t even glance in Se-hyung’s direction and scrolled down the mouse wheel. Then, he started opening the mails one by one and pressed the shortcut key to check the couple’s window. Perhaps because it was still morning, Earth Star was not online yet.

Yeo-woon decided to go to a nearby bank NPC to save all his money and then count how much money he received from Earth Star. He excluded the mail left by the Poseidon guild members and pressed the “Receive All” button. Coin sounds rang out, and an enormous amount of money began to accumulate in the previously empty balance. After organizing only three pages, a message appeared that the [Get Rich Quickly] achievement was broken.

‘The Get Rich Achievement has been unlocked.’

The achievement system was a feature in the game where certain conditions were met to achieve specific goals. However, achieving achievements didn’t provide any significant buffs, other than a sense of accomplishment. Unbeknownst to him, the balance had already surpassed 10 billion Bell. The attached amounts varied in each mail, and occasionally, there were event items.

Is he crazy? Why would he entrust over 10 billion to someone like me? What if he ran away with it? Yeo-woon became even more puzzled about Earth Star. After sorting out the remaining mails, the accumulated money was close to 50 billion.

After Yeo-woon returned all the money he received from the Poseidon guild members, the people currently online sent him messages through friend chat.

[Friend] ParkRoach: What?

[Friend] Captain Poseidon: Just take it…

[Friend] Halloween Eggplant: Neub-nim, seriously! You’re a real piece of work; just like I heard from the Earth Star….;;

[Friend] neutaaaa: It’s not B, it’s T, it’s Neuta

[Friend] Halloween Eggplant: ? Well…

[Friend] Halloween Eggplant: I also received mandatory education, but it seems I’ve become someone who can’t read the alphabet sob

[Friend] Captain Poseidon: Hahahahaha

“Ah, you meant to say I’m a newbie.”

Realizing that fact only now, Yeo-woon blinked and furrowed his brows. After turning Halloween Eggplant into someone who couldn’t even read the alphabet, he decided to break down these people’s absurd logic.

[Friend] neutaaaa: Actually, I’m not a newbie. The game I was playing went downhill, so I quit and moved here.

[Friend] neutaaaa: I was a max-level player there too

[Friend] neutaaaa: I was the vice guild leader of the biggest tavern on the Paladin server.

[Friend] Halloween Eggplant: LOL Little Foret 2?

“…!”

Yeo-woon heart sank as Halloween Eggplant guessed the name of the game he was playing before. He had used a different nickname in that game, and he wondered how he figured it out. The surprise overwhelmed him more than rational judgment.

[Friend] neutaaaa: Hey, do you know me?

[Friend] Halloween Eggplant: How would I know lol

[Friend] Halloween branch: Little Fore refugees all came to illusion haha ​​Hot topic

[Friend] neutaaaa: Ah…

He heard that most people who left the game for the same reason as him were going to Illusion because the game genre was similar. Little Forest 2 was literally a dead game. Most of the longtime players have left. There were many problems with the new company running the game, and they made dubious difficulty tweaks under the guise of attracting new players. Many players who had enjoyed the prior atmosphere were unable to adapt to the new game, and it was steadily heading toward its demise.

[Friend] Halloween Eggplant: Why did you come to Illusion? They say this place is a shit game haha.

[Friend] ParkRoach: New-nim, people usually call that a newbie,,

[Friend] neutaaaa: I’m almost level 160?

[Friend] ParkRoach: Hahahahahaha yes!

[Friend] Halloween Eggplant: ? Hahahaha

[Friend] Captain Poseidon: Your level is too small haha

[Friend] ParkRoach: 160 lol

“Small…”

Even just looking around the town, there were plenty of people with levels lower than his. He couldn’t understand why these people were treating him so well when he had no intention of raising them all.

[Friend] Halloween Eggplant: But seriously, why would a newbie ignore people’s kindness like this?

[Friend] neutaaaa: Then I’ll gladly accept your kindness. Thank you.

[Friend] Halloween Eggplant: In that case…

‘New mail has arrived. Please check your mailbox.’

[Friend] Halloween Eggplant: My kindness usually manifests in a monetary form

‘New mail has arrived. Please check your mailbox.’

[Friend] Captain Poseidon: Mine too… lol

‘New mail has arrived. Please check your mailbox.’

[Friend] ParkRoach: For 3rd advancement, it’s about equipment. In Illusion, it costs a lot of money to enhance weapons. In Little Forest, even if the enhancement fails, the weapon doesn’t break, right?

[Friend] neutaaaa: Ah yes… .

[Friend] neutaaaa: Not now, but back then…

[Friend] Halloween Eggplant: Seriously???? How does the weapon not break??