Beginning of the scenarios (3)

With his arms crossed, Yoo Jonghyuk observed the situation.

Due to all the gazes on him, Cale didn't notice the regressor and patted Choi Han-Gyu's shoulder.

The terrorist was pulling out a hammer from his side. As he was about to hit the back of a middle-aged man's head right next to him, he felt a hand on his shoulder and turned back.

Choi Han-Gyu saw a handsome crimson-haired man coldly smiling at him.

Cale's gaze briefly paused on the hammer in the other's hands before he stopped smiling and went back to his usual stoic face.

Suddenly, he kicked the terrorist in the solar plexus with his knee.

As Choi Han-Gyu was disoriented but barely budged because of Cale's low amount of strength, Yoo Jonghyuk witnessed the crimson-haired man grab the terrorist's hair and headbutt him.

Cale slightly winced at the pain and frowned before headbutting the other man a few more times.

Meanwhile, the terrorist regained his senses and swung his hammer at Cale.

As people finally pulled themselves out of the shock of seeing the crimson-haired man headbutt Choi Han-Gyu, some even cheered for Cale as they saw him fighting the terrorist who was about the set off a bomb right before the scenarios began.

With his rich fighting experience against monsters, Cale avoided the blow by stepping to the side and hit the back of the knee supporting the terrorist's weight, taking Choi Han-Gyun by surprise and making him fall.

After all, even though it had been a long time, Cale hadn't only fought monsters when he lived as Kim Rok Soo, but also humans.

As the terrorist was enraged, Cale still didn't let him any time to counterattack and stepped on the man's hand holding the hammer while bending down to press the man's head against the floor.

With his other hand, Cale grabbed the hammer and struck the terrorist's neck without any hesitation, immediately ending his life. After all, he knew that hesitating in such a situation could have severe consequences and lead to a bad outcome.

Around him, people watched him with horrified gazes as a chilling sound resounded from the man's broken spine.

[You have killed a living thing.]

[100 coins have been earned as additional compensation.]

[Incarnation 'Kim Rok Soo' has achieved the feat of 'first murder'!]

"Uwaaah!! Murderer! He's a murderer!!"

The crowd freaked out as people even forgot that they were cheering for him earlier.

The crimson-haired man raised his head and stared at the people distancing themselves from him with a stoic face.

"…"

He observed every person one by one, recording their movements in his retina with the cursed ability that had never left him even when he came to this world.

Yoo Jonghyuk's gaze crossed the reddish-brown eyes of the crimson-haired man as the regressor wondered whether he should kill this variable.

Meanwhile, the timer in the air was ticking down bit by bit.

[Remaining time has decreased.]

[Remaining time: 10 minutes]

Anyway, only by killing someone could one survive, and this man had chosen a person who was about to kill people with a bomb to begin with as his victim. Yoo Jonghyuk chose to spare the crimson-haired man and even considered proposing him to join his side.

[An extremely small number of constellations is satisfied by the sight of the subway car.]

[An extremely small number of constellations is expressing their interest in incarnation 'Kim Rok Soo'.]

[A constellation who hasn't revealed their modifier is sponsoring incarnation 'Kim Rok Soo' with 100 Coins.]

The mysterious man's gaze finally settled on a bench and he slowly stepped forward toward it.

Tak, tak, tak.

Everyone held their breath.

At each step Cale took, the crowd retreated to give way to him, not daring to approach the one who had just killed someone, until he sat down and stared blankly into the air.

The other people were now at a loss and stared at each other, wondering what to do, while some of them still kept their gazes on Cale just in case the man changed his mind and decided to kill everyone.

The regressor was in a dilemma. He had to decide on a victim if he wanted to survive the first scenario. Then, he would find Kim Dokja in the cabin next to them…

Right, he had to hurry before the others left the train and ran toward the bridge.

Maybe he should just kill everyone here apart from the crimson-haired man?

But in that case, the timer would continue until 10 minutes had passed instead of the scenario ending right away since he wouldn't be alone.

"Tsk."

Yoo Jonghyuk clicked his tongue. This was annoying.

He decided to simply kill as many people as possible for the coins that went with it and used a skill.

Boom!

The only other man untouched by Yoo Jonghyuk's skill glanced at the source of the sound, then looked at him in disgust as he saw everyone else dying. At least, Yoo Jonghyuk could deduce that even though the man had just killed someone, he appeared to be a good person; or he simply didn't like the sight of blood.

[You have killed a living thing.]

[100 coins have been earned as additional compensation.]

[You have killed a living thing.]

[100 coins have been earned as additional compensation.]

[A large number of coins has been acquired! Do you want to check the coin usage tips?]

[You have killed 47 living things.]

[Kill History: 47 humans.]

[4,700 coins have been acquired!]

[The 'Mass Murderer' achievement has been gained through excessive killing.]

Numerous messages were appearing in front of Yoo Jonghyuk's eyes.

[A small number of constellations is satisfied by the sight of the subway car.]

[A small number of constellations is expressing their interest in incarnation 'Yoo Jonghyuk'.]

[A handful of constellations admire your scenario.]

[The constellations have sponsored you 500 coins.]

[Some constellations admire your skills.]

As the timer slowly ticked down, the regressor and the crimson-haired man engaged in a staring contest until Cale finally chose to turn his gaze away.

At that moment, Yoo Jonghyuk remembered to use Sage's Eye on the mysterious man to check his Attributes' Window.

[Name: Kim Rok Soo.

Age: 17 (?).

Constellation Support: None (4 constellations are currently showing interest in this person).

Personal Attributes: Transmigrator (Rare), Reincarnator (Legend), Strategist (Common), Trash (Common), Commander of the Allied Forces (Hero), Loved by Nature (Legend), Loved by Dragons (Quasi-myth), Loved by Gods (Legend), the One who Sealed a God (Myth), the One who Escaped Fate Twice (Myth), the One who Can't Forget (Rare), the One who Lost Everything (Rare), Reader (Common), Young Master Silver Shield (Hero), Unlucky Bastard (Legend), Sworn Brother of the Emperor (Rare).

Constellation Alignment: Chaotic Neutral.

Skills: Glib Tongue Lv. 9, Scam Lv. 17, Record Lv. 44, Instant Lv. 5, Embrace Lv. 12, Premonition Lv. 2, Indestructible Shield Lv. 26, Vitality of the Heart Lv. 30, Immortality Lv. 2, Sound of the Wind Lv. 19, Dominating Aura Lv. 21, Fire of Destruction Lv. 34, Super Rock Lv. 15, Sky Eating Water Lv. 18.

Stigma: None.

Overall Stats: Stamina Lv. 2, Strength Lv. 1, Agility Lv. 3, Magic Power Lv. 0]

Yoo Jonghyuk frowned at the amount of legendary attributes and above, as well as the numerous skills.

Moreover, it was a reincarnator. No wonder that man didn't hesitate to commit murder.

Having had a bad experience with reincarnators in the past, Yoo Jonghyuk deliberated whether he should assassinate the crimson-haired man and end the scenario sooner.

Feeling the killing intent in the other man's gaze, Cale narrowed his eyes and stared back at Yoo Jonghyuk.

Meanwhile, Yoo Jonghyuk continued thinking.

'Should I kill him?'

However, the man hadn't displayed any sign of hostility until now. Moreover, judging by his other attributes, the man seemed rather unlucky.

To conclude, with the variable of Kim Dokja, Yoo Jonghyuk had already learnt that not only bad outcomes could happen when someone unexpected appeared (except 75% of the time when said-person risked their life to save others).

'He could be useful.'

At the same time, the scenario ended.

[Main Scenario #1 – Proof of Value has ended.]

[300 coins have been acquired as a basic clearance reward.]

[100 coins have been reduced for the channel usage fee.]

[Additional compensation settlement will begin.]

In front of Cale, some other messages showed up.

[A few constellations are impressed by your actions.]

[The constellations have sponsored you 200 coins.]

Was 200 coins a lot?

With the 100 coins he received from killing someone, the 200 coins for clearing the scenario and the 100 coins he had been sponsored before, he now had 600 coins.

The other man should have a lot more.

Cale watched the coin usage tips and decided to invest in his stats later.

[Survivors from the 3434 Train to Bulgwang, Carriage 3707: Kim Rok Soo; Yoo Jonghyuk. A total of two survivors.]

Bihyung's excited voice could be heard next as a message spread out in front of the two.

Yoo Jonghyuk stared at the sponsor selection and ignored it since he already had a sponsor. Then, he turned his gaze to the crimson-haired man who seemed to have 4 choices, but didn't intervene. He had to at least be able to make the right choice to be worthy of becoming his companion.

Cale read the panel in front of him.

['Sponsor selection' is commencing!]

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<Sponsor Selection>

– Please select your sponsor.

– The backer you choose will become your trusted sponsor.

1. God of Wine and Ecstasy

2. Abyssal Black Flame Dragon

3. Demon-like Judge of Fire

4. Secretive Plotter

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Meanwhile, in the flying train, Xin Jian hurriedly woke up the Oldest Dream.

The latter sighed softly and resignedly looked at his companion.

"What is it…?"

Source: ORV chapter 518

(I'll stop putting the source, it's too annoying…)