ocean-life Chapter 14: 14: The Collector
Chapter 14: 14: The Collector
chapter 14: 14: the collector
[team one had finished the second stage]
[winners: survivors]
kim seojin finally came out of his daze as the sword path had disappeared. there was no thread guiding his movements.
with the thread around, he was hyper focused on following the trail. he didn't even know what was happening around him.
now that the thread disappeared, kim seojin came to his senses.
he saw his sword stabbed in lee junho's chest.
there was a puddle of blood around lee junho, his clothes stained red with blood.
kim seojin didn't know why, but he didn't feel the same shock as before. when he first killed a person, his hands were trembling and everything felt so surreal.
this was the second time he killed someone. it was also in self defence, but he didn't feel anything.
he felt perfectly fine, as if this was something perfectly natural.
'am i becoming insensitive to death?'
he pulled out his sword that was tainted red with blood.
"your swordsmanship is good? just as good as that sword."
kim seojin was thinking about where to clean this sword when he heard the regressor's voice.
he turned around to look at the regressor who was once again sitting back under that tree.
he had started paying attention to kim seojin who was someone that didn't belong here.
"if it's a good sword, why aren't you interested in it?"
"who says i am not?"
"you had the opportunity to kill me. if you were interested in this sword, you could have killed me and taken it."
"it is true that i am interested in that sword, but i am more interested in you. this is the first time something has changed in this unchanging reality."
"unchanging reality?"
even after knowing what the regressor meant, kim seojin still carried a puzzled look.
"don't tell me you want to become a garbage collector in this world." a hint of a smile appeared on the regressor's face, but it just as quickly disappeared.
"haven't you heard the saying? one man's garbage is another man's treasure. i just have to trade this garbage with another man's garbage which could turn out to be a treasure for me."
"that's too much overthinking. but whatever, do as you please."
the regressor closed his eyes.
"by the way, collector-ssi, if you're going to carry all these things, you would need the ring on the man's finger. it should be a storage ring."
"a storage ring?"
kim seojin looked at the ring in lee junho's finger.
when he last used [insight] on lee junho, he hadn't seen anything in the equipment section.
'no wonder he was able to kill so many people despite such a bad class. it's because of the storage ring.'
kim seojin had already noticed a flaw in his insight skill.
in the equipment section, it only showed the things that were equipped at the time of use of this skill.
lee junho didn't wear that ring at that time.
'he probably kept that ring in his pocket and only used it when the stages began. so his trick was, appearing like a magician and then striking people with a sword.'
a mage class player was supposed to be weak in close range.
their spells were strong, but also couldn't be used repeatedly. and they took some time to activate.
this weakness was present at least in the lower levels. hence, many people lowered their guards in presence of a mage class player.
it was especially true as lee junho was so popular amongst players.
kim seojin walked to lee junho after robbing jiang min.
[ring of arcane cook]
[grade: low]
[a ring used to store materials and items. every item kept inside the ring will stay fresh for a long time]
[used slots: 0/5]