Ken was heading back to the Jongno station while looking at the dokkaebi bag– trying to hold himself back as much as possible.
"Ahh! Fuck! I can't stop myself!"
[Your membership has been upgraded to gold.]
[5,100 coins have been deducted for the purchase.]
[Growth pack I, has been bought.](9x)
[Growth pack II, has been bought.](4x)
[Growth pack III, has been bought.](2x)
[Growth pack IV, has been bought.]
[33,700 coins have been deducted for the purchase.]
"Whoo… now it feels better."
[Multiple constellations are confused by how you are acting.]
Ken looked at the messages with a regretful expression. The way he was acting was actually because of a weird sensation within him.
Sometimes it happens to him that when he feels like doing something, he can't just stop himself from doing it.
And just now… he had gotten the feeling to buy a total of one month worth of growth packages and stack them multiple times.
Which is why he bought the first growth package nine times, as he had bought it once not long ago and it offers twice as fast growth for three days. The same for the second growth package which stacks and works for seven days.
Every single one only gives twice as fast growth, just that they can be stacked. Which is why he bought four different ones and stacked them like that.
[Coins possessed: 16,900.]
"Both my dear constellations and readers… I think I'm broke."
[Constellation The masochist of Joseon says that you are the reason for your own state.]
"... Since I'm already this broke, I can take the risk."
[Multiple constellations are confused by what you are implying.]
Ken opens the dokkaebi bag again and buys something again.
[You have bought a random armor box.](5x)
[1,600 coins have been deducted for the purchase.]
"Fuck… This shit is too expensive, more expensive than I thought… I regret it."
[Some constellations are mocking you for regretting your own choices.]
[Some constellations have given you 1,000 coins as pity.]
Just as Ken sat down on the railway from frustration, as he had no idea as to what might come out.
Then an orb of light appeared and a box appeared in front of him.
Ken takes the box in his hand and uses it, waiting for something good to come out.
'Please something good come out, please, I'm asking for something good. Oh god, please!' As he prayed by himself.
Just when he looked at his hand, he saw dark-gray clothing. It looked like that of what one would usually see in most murim stories.
Not to mention, it also came down with a pair of dark boots. When Ken wore it, he felt a bit tight around his chest and back because of the weight vest.
Its upper garment had dark colour and the one inside had a dark-gray colour. They nearly came down to his ankles and dark loose pants, which he felt comfortable about. Even its boots fitted perfectly. The best thing being that fit perfectly in his stature of 5'5, which was originally 5'3.
It even had a belt of sorts that would let him hang his sword in it. Which was really convenient, considering the fact that he always had to take it out of his bag and forth.
[Martial artist's robe.]
[Grade: B.]
[Description: It is loose, comfortable, flexible and more importantly, it is durable enough for a martial artist to use it even in real combat.]
Ken didn't mind it looking like, and actually being a martial artist's robe from usual murim stories. He, in fact, liked it. But the problem was that he was kind of nervous as to how everyone would react when they would see him.
Since, who wouldn't be weirded out seeing a modern guy walking around in a murim style martial robe?
—***—
And just as Ken had expected. Everyone was eyeing him like they were about to stare into his soul.
From the sixth day onwards, for some reason, it's almost like people suddenly started to be drawn to gather around and make groups. Which is why, by now, the seventh and the last day, some groups had already formed.
At the same time, he found out that in the bare fight. There was no rule stating the weapons are not allowed before the third day of the bare fight, while he arrived on the fourth day. After the fifth day, use of active skills were stopped, and in the sixth day, passive skills were also exempted from use.
Which is why Ken was wondering what the handicap of this day will be. Not knowing what to do, he started to do various types of physical exercise. As he also didn't want to waste the time of the growth packages.
And again, even his physical exercise was something that would make people eye him.
He did indeed try to use his sword to practice, but also he knew how to imagine an opponent and randomly swing at it, but as he expected. It didn't do much.
After a long while, the bare fight was about to start. And Ken could very clearly see the effects of the growth packages.
[Name: Kennedy.]
[Age: 15.]
[Attributes: Regeneration (Rare), Avid reader (Rare), ADHD (Rare), Delusional (Common).]
[Personal skills: Regeneration (lvl 3), Body control (lvl 3), Reading (lvl 3), Reader's POV (Stage 1), Hyper thinking (Stage 1), Hyper imagination (Stage 1), Weapon proficiency (lvl 2), Poison resistance (lvl 5), Dark star weapon aura (lvl 2), Lie detection (lvl 1), Thread manipulation (lvl 1).]
[Stigma: Indomitable.]
[Stats: Strength (lvl 14+7), Constitution (lvl 18+5), Agility (lvl 13+2), Mana (lvl 60).]
[Coins possessed: 16,300.]
All of his physical stats had increased by one in the meanwhile.
He lied down, staring at the ceiling, waiting for the fight to start. As it could start any moment.
[You have been selected for the bare fight.]
[Go into a blue zone to start the bare fight.]
[If you don't go into a zone, you will be randomly placed in one.]
Just as everyone stood up to gather around the blue zones. A dokkaebi appeared, the one in charge of this station.
[Hello my dear incarnations. I know what you all must be thinking about. What will today's handicap be?
Do you want to know? Actually… there will be no handicap today! In fact, all the handicaps will be turned off!]
The dokkaebi was speaking in a cheerful tone today, which Ken had an idea as to why. It was because the bare fights are like one of the most boring things in existence.
It's a surprise that constellations still linger around even after seeing how boring the third scenario is. Well, he is a bit special, as he just doesn't waste his time in this place.
After a while, the dokkaebi disappeared and just like everyday, he, and twenty nine other people were teleported to the blue zone.
"... Wow. Do you think you are some kind of murim protagonist or what?" Someone said in a mocking tone.
Ken looked in front of him, the one who said it looked like someone in their late teenage years. He was actually the only person who actually dominated the bare fights just like Ken did.
And unlike Ken, who only had half-assed ideas and practice of martial arts, this guy in front of him seemed to have actually learned taekwondo.
Ken didn't know for sure, as both of them completed their bare fights around the same time every single day. The only way Ken knows that is when he completed his fight a few seconds before this guy and saw him literally break the jaw of his opponent with a roundhouse kick.
"Well… I dunno, but I feel pretty confident today you see?" Ken said pretty confidently.
Ken's confidence wasn't baseless, as he had actually gotten pretty stronger from before, not forgetting the fact the things he had gained. It also boosted his strength.
Ken quickly drew his sword and strode towards his opponent, the other one also drew out a sword.
[Many constellations are excited about the fight.]
They clashed with their swords… or at least that was what was supposed to happen.
The moment Jeung was put against the other sword, the blade was cut like it's butter. Following the blade, it also cut down the arm and the entire body of Ken's opponent diagonally.
[You have acquired 2,340 coins.]
[You have completed the third main scenario: Bare fight.]
[You have been given 1,000 coins for completing the scenario.]
Seeing this, even Ken was both surprised and confused by what just happened. He had expected Jeung to be both extremely sharp and durable, but not to this extent.
[Multiple constellations are disappointed with the outcome.]
[Constellation The masochist of Joseon puffs his chest proudly.]
[Constellation The dead man who came back is sad about losing a bet with The masochist of Joseon.]
[Constellation Merchant of Venice is a bit surprised at the sharpness of the sword.]