Max Talent Player

ted in me, since regardless of the situation as a whole, I did end up killing them.
This was why absolute good types were exhausting to deal with.

“That yellow light was the indicator for getting the quest reward.”

I stilled for a moment, examining Senia’s expression.
What were the Guardians saying? But Senia was as expressionless as ever, and I wasn’t able to glean any hints from her expression.

“As the quest reward, I got an innate ability awakening.”

I decided to tell the truth on this.

“Eye for an Eye, Tooth for a Tooth.
It’s an innate ability where I must attack back if someone attacks me first or directs ill will towards me.
If I don’t do anything after getting hit… I’ll have a seizure as a side effect.
If you want, you can scan it.”

This much explanation was probably enough to appease the Lady of the Scales a little, too.
I was simply following the rules of the System.
A Player is an existence bound to scenarios and quests.
That was, in effect, an ‘Absolute Law’.

‘It’s about time for the Lady of the Scales to bite.’

This time, I received a real whisper, a voice only I could hear.
Even the Guardians couldn’t hear it.

Why did you lie?

 

Is the reason important?

 

Lies can lead to later problems.

This Streamer… still had a long way to go.
I could tell she was a beginner simply from the way she blatantly whispered to me.

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Did you really get that ability?

It was true that I got an innate ability called ‘Eye for an Eye, Tooth for a Tooth’.
Senia continued talking to me in a businesslike tone.

Your lie cannot be exposed, not even by mistake.
The Guardians are sensitive to lies.
They can even give the command to kill you for fabricating the quest.

How very cute.
I grinned, but only inwardly.
I couldn’t show the Guardians my expression.

What’s higher? The chance of you making a mistake, or of me making a mistake?

The fact she had aided and abetted my lie meant we were in the same boat.

You overlooked my lie.
One misstep, and you’ll also become a target for the Guardians.
After all, they can’t tolerate being deceived by lower beings.

It was a relief she wasn’t glib-tongued or talkative.
She didn’t talk much, so there should be less of a chance for her to slip up.

‘It’s actually better than being talkative.’

Her talent as a Streamer was at the bottom of the barrel, but it didn’t matter—she could still survive if she had quality content that could cover for her lack of talent, and then some.

I said a few more things aloud.
If a whisper went on for too long, the Guardians would definitely think something was up, though this blockheaded Streamer didn’t even know that.

“I don’t feel good about it,” I said, making a dark expression.
“I was also an ordinary person until very recently, and leading someone to their death like this is scary and terrifying.
I feel that way, even now.”

Lady of the Scales, are you listening? I didn’t want to have to say this much, but I had no choice.

“But I’m even more fearful of someone precious to me getting hurt.
I would rather become a murderer… than let something terrible happen to a child who sacrificed her life for me.”

This was the final nail in the coffin.

“Because that is what I consider to be the greatest justice I can carry out.”

I finally heard a notice.

[The ‘Lady of the Scales’’s misunderstanding has been resolved.]

[The ‘Lady of the Scales’ acknowledges the ‘Absolute Law’.]

[The ‘Lady of the Scales’ understands your true heart.]

The lovely notices continued.

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[The ‘Lady of the Scales’ has gifted you 300 Coins.]

[The ‘Lady of the Scales’ is seriously considering bestowing a ‘large gift’.]

[The ‘Lady of the Scales’ decides to postpone the ‘large gift’.]

Ah.
The result fell a little short of the mark.
If possible, I would have liked to make her feel a bit sorrier and direct the play a bit more dramatically so that she wouldn’t just consider, but actually ‘bestow’.

‘Well in any case, I’ve acquired the possibility of getting a large gift from her.’

You couldn’t expect too much with the first swing.

‘The pause will end soon.’

Shortly afterwards, the pause ended.

* * *

So Yoohyun was a future Ranker.
He was someone who would rise to the position of ‘Fist King’ even without my help or meddling.
Naturally, he was a Player of overwhelming talent, and so I thought he would quickly become accustomed to death.

“I would have done the same.
Even death was too good for them.
Hyungnim, don’t be too torn up about them for no reason.”

I expected this response from him.
However, Sunhwa’s reaction was unexpected.
She was unexpectedly extremely calm, and was unmoved by the indirect murder I had committed.

“It was really scary, but those were bad people.”

She didn’t go so far as to say “good riddance”, but it didn’t look like Sunhwa was all that fazed by their deaths.
The phrase ‘influence of talent’ was a very famous set of words that described why someone could adapt so quickly in a situation like this.

‘Hm?’ Come to think of it… ‘The person most unfeeling about this situation… is me.’

I had just essentially killed Seo Joohwan’s group with my own hands, but despite that, I suffered absolutely zero mental shock.
On the contrary, I was calm enough to use the situation to soothe the Lady of the Scales and paint the situation I wanted.
It was enough to make me wonder if I was a psychopath.

‘Though they were trash who deserved to die.’

In any case, it was surprising to me that I could be so aloof to someone’s death.

“I trust you, oppa.”

I picked up on an intense emotion via ‘Eye of Perception’.

State: Trust / Reliance / Respect

Under my direction, Yoohyun and Sunhwa hunted the ‘Buzzing Bees’ littered on the ground with reddened bodies and bulging bellies.
You couldn’t even really call it hunting.
You just had to nudge them and they would explode with a pop! It was a side effect of having sucked too much human blood.

We didn’t get any notable items.

[Acquired Buzzing Bee’s Stinger.]

…

…

[Acquired Buzzing Bee’s Stinger.]

The most we got were Buzzing Bee Stingers.
The monsters also didn’t give much EXP.

We hunted all of the Buzzing Bees we could see.
The time had come to advance.

“Let’s go.”

At the end of this path was a ‘crystal’, a crystal that would allow us to clear the ‘Seoul Station Dungeon’.

There was one in this path, and one in the path that Joohwan had gone to.
Once we got both, we could achieve what I wanted.

We continued forward, hunting the Black Yaks and Purple Yaks along the path.

[Acquired Black Yak’s Lean Meat.]

[Acquired Black Yak’s Lean Meat.]

Yoohyun and Sunhwa showed a fairly impressive Play.

“Oppa, over there.”

I saw a crystal exuding purple light floating in the air, around thirty centimetres in size.

Just then, a notice came in.

[The ‘Seoul Station Crystal’ does not welcome intruders.]

An ominous purple energy began to spread from the crystal like a fog.

[Eye of Perception detects danger.]

It was a vicious poisonous gas.