Chapter 9

009. Outside the Well. (4)

009.

Awakening.

The minimum condition to receive insurance compensation for the damage caused by the Apocalypse.

That was the awakening.

However, as a result, I obtained a common item and a rare skill.

The process of receiving the insurance compensation itself became a stepping stone to surpass others.

I had already started faster than others.

However, for me, obtaining items and skills by opening the system was a process, not a result.

The real outcome I was waiting for had never been revealed.

Especially for mercenaries, since they can't be hidden once summoned, I had delayed receiving them.

‘In the end, it came to this.’

But contrary to my wishes, someone provoked me while I was hiding my claws.

I just ignored the appropriate pretense because I didn't want to be noticed.

I delayed it to avoid unnecessary people getting involved in a messy situation.

However, I no longer felt the need to wait when they tried to kill me.

Ding!

In this situation, what I chose was the summoning ticket to call a 'Unique Grade Mercenary.'

This power was given as 'Safety Compensation' among the three rewards.

Why is safety considered a reward?

Moreover, this reward had a time limit.

The words 'safety' and the time limit rather instilled a sense of anticipation in me.

‘...Stopped?’

As my hand touched the summoning ticket and a message popped up.

Everyone's movements stopped.

Including mine.

I wasn't surprised by the situation where everything, including me, stopped.

The world frozen like a scene from a movie was both astonishing and intriguing, but I had already experienced something similar when I entered the awakening room.

While my body couldn't move, I was calm as I waited for a change.

Ding!

Then a message came, and something appeared before my eyes.

‘It seems to be a roulette. It’s incredibly divided.’

The giant roulette, which could be about 4 meters in diameter, was finely divided with many names written on it.

The roulette, with too many names written in tiny letters, was hard to read.

It meant that among the unknown names, there was a mercenary who would help me.

I had to spin the roulette while time was stopped and my body couldn't move.

The method was conveyed to my mind, so I wasn't flustered and moved my mana.

It was a simple method of spinning it by appropriately infusing mana, not by physically grabbing and spinning it.

Clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk!

‘Please.’

The vigorously spinning roulette left everything to fate.

The names written on it were completely unknown, and the divisions were so fine that they couldn't be controlled.

The only thing I could do was pray.

The roulette, with at least several hundred names, spun a few times and made a loud noise.

In the frozen time, the only sound I could hear sped up my heartbeat.

But soon, the loud noise gradually decreased and showed its final destination.

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