Chungmuro station
A man brings someone, carrying on his shoulder. Some people do react, and some don't.
— Another newbie here? Seems to be dead.
— Last night was hell, and here is this guy bringing another trouble.
— Hey! What is the point of bringing a dead man?
After coming to a safer place, he drops the person. It's Ken.
"Arghh! Why did I even bring this guy here?"
"Last night, there was slaughter because of the monsters, and the green zones are also decreasing! And I just took in another problem here."
After calming down, he thinks. "Yeah, this guy is already half dead, and also has a foul mouth. So I should just leave him here, whether he dies or lives is not my problem."
—***—
Lee Hyunsung, a person with a pretty big build, just sitting in a corner, upset about something.
And his friends are trying to increase his morale.
A kid, Lee Gilyoung, comes in front of him and says something, and that was enough to lift his morale.
On the side there were hiding three people. Yoo Sangha, Jung Heewon, Kim Dokja.
Heewon says, "That was enough to lift his morale?"
Sangha replies, "Well… sometimes simple things can do the job, and more so if it is coming from a kid like Gilyoung."
Kim Dokja just stays silent and thinks that Hyunsung is really a simple man, and the fact that his plan on increasing his morale worked.
At that time some people pass by while talking about something.
— That kid, do you think I can get coins if I help him?
— That could work, because three constellations seem to really care about that kid. They were even willing to give three thousand coins in total.
— But wouldn't killing him be better. He's going to die soon anyway, and from what I see, he should have more coins than we are being offered.
— But wouldn't that also mean those consternations become angry at us?
— Well, who cares that kid will die soon anyway.
Hearing this, Dokja was a bit intrigued, but didn't really care as this was not his problem.
Then suddenly.
[Constellation "Demonic judge of fire" urges you to check out.]
[Constellation "Prisoner of golden headband" thinks it will be interesting.]
[Constellation "Abyssal black dragon" wants to know about your decision.]
[Constellation " Secretive plotter" waits for your decision.]
Dokja thinks about it for a while and then decides to act on it. Before going out he tells others about it.
He asks some people about it and finally finds a person lying on the floor.
Dokja tries to use his skill on the boy. But it doesn't work.
[This character is not registered in the character list.]
"That means he is a real person, not some extra from TWSA."
"But… what is actually wrong with him?"
Dokja, for a while tries to figure out the reason and suddenly multiple messages start popping up.
[Constellation "The dead man who came back" says he should have picked me.]
[Constellation "The masochist of Joseon" tells you to save him.]
[Constellation "Merchant of Venice" offers you payment for saving him.]
Dokja is surprised for a moment that the rumors were really true.
"Which one of you is his supporting constellation?"
[Constellation "The dead man who came back" says that he doesn't have one.]
"A person without a constellation… that's rare considering three of them are this worried about him."
Did he reject them like I did? No, there is no one crazy enough to do that. So… what could be the reason? He wondered.
"What is the reason for his state? He doesn't seem to have any injuries."
[Constellation "The masochist of Joseon" says, it is the poison fog from the surface.]
Dokja stays quiet for a while and takes out something from his pocket.
[Ellain monkey's lung.]
[Description: Neutralizes deadly poison.]
[Time: 20 minutes.]
"Luckily I bought an extra one for use, but didn't really use it.'
He places the item on the boy's mouth and his breath, even if a little, starts to stabilize, slowly but surely.
[A few constellations ask you if he will live.]
"He should, considering the item I gave him. It neutralizes poisons."
[A few constellations reward you with 3,000 coins.]
This sudden reward stuns Dokja for a while. He knew the rumors were true, but seeing constellations so worried for an incarnation was new to him.
"I want to ask something… what is the reason for giving this many coins for just one person?"
[Some constellations tell you that he is fun.]
"... Is that it?"
[Constellation "Merchant of Venice" says yes.]
Dokja ponders for a while and takes the boy with him.
After taking the boy with him back. Everyone is a bit surprised at what Dokja did, as they never really expected Dokja to bring another person in.
—***—
Ken slowly opens his eyes. A headache.
"Fuck!" He looks around for a while and sees a boy standing beside him.
After he notices Ken waking up and swearing the next minute, he calls someone. But Ken's mind is too hazy to understand it.
"Ugh… what the fuck.. Did I live?"
[Some constellations feel relieved that you are alive.]
"Did someone save me? But I didn't really expect someone to do that."
Just then someone calls him out. "A-are you okay?"
It's Yoo Sangha.
Ken thought. She looks familiar.. For some reason…
She calls out to him again. "Are you alright? Is there some kind of problem?"
Ken finally recognizes her but somehow hides his excitement, "Y-yeah, I-I'm alright. Just that my mind was hazy for a second there."
"Thank god." She exclaims.
Ken, after realizing that Yoo Sangha is here, asks. "Did you save me?"
"N-no, I didn't. One of my companions, Kim Dokja, saved you."
Hearing this, Ken's excitement knew no bounds. Yeah! That's it! Dokja, I can finally meet him. Luckily he isn't a bastard like how Joonghyuk was early on.
"But before that… am I finally in the third scenario?"
"Yes. This is the place for the third scenario… and it is way more brutal compared to the last two scenarios…"
Ken notices that she has been meaning to say something. So he asks her about it.
"Well.. I just wanted to know how you got that." She points toward the sword he had. Luckily no one stole them.
"I stole them."
Sangha seemed extremely shocked. "W-what? Y-you stole them? What do you mean by that?"
"It's just as I said. I stole them from the National Museum on my way here."
This leaves Sangha completely stunned. Ken, seeing this, finally stands up and starts to look for someone.
After walking around for a while, he meets some others. Lee Hyunsung, Lee Gilyoung, Jung Heewon.
Gilyoung asks him if he is okay.
"Y-yes. I'm okay now."
Heewon asks Gilyoung about him and he tells her that Ken is the same person Dokja brought and. "He seems to swear a lot."
Everyone is surprised, even Ken. Gilyoung continues, "The first thing he did after waking up from death-bed was to swear."
Jung Heewon looks at him for a moment and takes Gilyoung with her. Leaving Hyunsung standing there.
"Uh… hi, I'm also a companion of Kim Dokja. And…"
"And what?" Ken asks.
"Well… don't you have any teammates?"
Ken stays silent for a while and answers. "No."
He continues. "After all these started, I was holed up in a convenience store, which was a safe zone. And after 5 days. I came out and had to run through the poisonous fog… luckily I didn't encounter any monsters there."
"And after I reached Geumho station, all of the food I stuffed in my bag disappeared because of a penalty and I had to walk the rest of the way alone again."
"On the way, the poison started to affect me worse and worse.You better forget those abominations called rats. But luckily I reached Chungmuro before I collapsed and someone brought me here."
"Oh. By the way, I travelled all the way here from Bogwang-dong."
All this was enough to melt the heart of the simple-minded Lee Hyunsung.
By the time Dokja finally came back after convincing Lee Jihye to help him with his plan that night.
Nothing was like how he left them. Especially Hyunsung.