I Became a Genius Mage in the Cthulhu Game Chapter 7

Episode 7

Episode 7 Nightmare

It’s a terrible nightmare.

I was aware that I was having a nightmare, but I couldn’t escape the dream.

Heavy rain and eerie moonlight.

Huge pillars rise up, splitting the ground. Even though it is not a place where there is an ocean, huge waves crash and black sea water covers the entire area.

Mud and stench, a horribly turbulent rotten and fishy smell.

In the bizarre sky that emits an indescribable light, a huge green giant stands.

That gigantic, great, and terrible being looks down at me with truly bizarre eyes.

Those empty eyes that contain darkness and abyss! Looking down at me!

Pajijijik-.

[System: The exclusive attribute ‘Abyss Madness’ is activated. Nullifies the effect of nightmare.]

This is the ‘Lelie’s Nightmare’ event that occurs randomly while dreaming.

It’s like a fun broadcast sent randomly by the great Cthulhu buried in the deep sea, but if you get caught, you’ll be forced to lose your sanity and go crazy.

[The Madness of the Abyss] protects my reason and sanity, but it does not prevent my mood from becoming dirty.

A rare event like this happens from day one, and I’m very lucky. shit. Maybe it’s because of the characteristics?

[Feast Offering: Increased probability of encountering mythical beings]

“ha… … .”

I can’t help but sigh.

The tacky wallpaper of a cheap unmanned hotel catches my eye. I have escaped the nightmare, but I cannot escape this strange reality.

I was able to push off the sweat-soaked, uncomfortable bed sheets, but I couldn’t get up.

‘Oh, this is really going to drive me crazy.’

[Insanity – Lying down is the best] didn’t happen, and I don’t have the desire to lie down and laze around while Hansi is so busy.

I wanted to get out of this filthy motel right away, but my body couldn’t move.

‘It’s inevitable that I need to warm up, but this body is really overworked.’

Ultimately, this is the karma I created myself.

‘Because it’s not my life anyway.’ The penalties I threw in my head turned like a boomerang and became my life.

It’s not just a matter of abilities. I can’t check the HP bar, but my HP is probably extremely low due to [reduced physical strength].

Due to [muscle weakness], my actual strength is probably lower than the 5 shown in the status window.

Because of [decreased stamina], just walking a short distance is a struggle.

And [Melee Weakness], [Vulnerability: Disease], [Vulnerability: Poisoning]. I decided to die, I decided to die.

The terrible thing is the [increased damage] and [healing halved] combo!

The damage I take is always critical, and the healing I take is only half.

“Oh, I don’t know, I don’t know.”

It is impossible to start the quest right away in this condition.

If you make a real mistake, you will die.

If it were just a game, I could say “hahaha” and play again, but I only have one life.

‘hmm… … Is it really true?’

I wondered if I might be able to respawn even if I died, but I didn’t think about performing such a terrible experiment with my life.

‘For now, let’s think of it as having one life.’

Yeah, you’ve played a lot of hardcore modes where once you die you can’t come back, right?

First of all, it is difficult to offset the penalty that is attached as a characteristic right away. It’s not impossible, but you have to go to places you can’t even access at this level.

‘On the other hand, there is a way to fix the stats right away.’

It can’t be used to its maximum efficiency due to the penalty feature, but its stats are terrible anyway. First of all, you need to raise your stats and see.

Then again… … It’s farming.

[Ring of Corrupted Flame] and [Slurping Gloves] can be obtained right away.

Although both are cursed items, they are the most cost-effective among those available now.

[Ring of Corrupted Flame] has the effect of providing the wearer with the power of fire and strength +3.

[Slurping Gloves]… … It’s a funny name, but it has several magic effects and +2 health.

‘Ugh… … ‘You have to wake up.’

I tried to get up somehow, but I couldn’t find any strength in my lower back.

‘under… … Shit… … .’

I tried my best, but getting my legs out of the bed was my limit. After all, it would be better to lie down diligently when you can.

As long as you can move, nothing else is a problem. I remember almost everything about this [Cthulhu World] thoroughly.

A variety of dungeons, hidden doors, secret quests, and various tricks and bugs that allow you to obtain all kinds of rewards without effort.

I also think of a few useful bugs related to item trading.

If this wasn’t a crazy world full of otherworldly gods and great old things, I might be able to become rich through business.

However, this requires initial capital.

money… … How much do I have now?

I stretched out my foot and pulled down my wallet that was rolling on the floor. Ouch, I have a cramp in my foot! Rat!

When I suddenly put pressure on my toes, a cramp occurred in my calf, and I had to massage my calf for a long time. Anyway, I picked up my wallet. Shinhwa Kim, let’s do it by hand from now on.

The money stolen from the gangsters was 200,000 won. After eating and finding a room, I spent about half of it, and I guess I had roughly one day’s worth of living expenses left… … .

You may be able to beat up the gangsters once or twice more, but then you may encounter a master or a person with special abilities that you cannot handle at your current level, and if someone sends an assassin to retaliate, there is no answer.

Moreover, the efficiency is not good. [Cthulhu World] is also a world based on modern society, so there are fewer people carrying cash than you might think. Well, who bothers carrying cash around these days?

That applies to me too. You need a bank account and card. And your ID card.

Is this the ‘solver route’ after all? It is one of the various ways to make money that you can choose from in [Cthulhu World].

If you sign a contract with a reasonably smart broker, he will take care of your money, provide all sorts of things, including ID cards and cannon phones, and even find suitable items for you.

Of course, in order to receive such services, one must endlessly resolve troublesome requests.

Moreover, depending on the broker, the capabilities and types of requests are different. Some of them are close to scammers, and some of them betray if they think they have made a little money.

If you want to play the game for a long time, it is best to work with a trustworthy person even if you pay less.

Of course, meeting a good broker in [Cthulhu World], which promotes a genre like cosmic horror, is similar to the odds of winning the lottery.

‘But that’s the story of beginners who play with their eyes closed.’

Here, roughly… … Would it be better to go to ‘Purmir’? Or ‘YB’ or ‘Ko Kyung-soo’, it’s a bit far, but ‘Tudor’ isn’t bad either.

These NPCs each have their own pros and cons. The atmosphere of the game changes greatly depending on which of these players you sign a contract with. Considering my current situation and the stats I need, the best broker is… … .

‘good. ‘Go to Tudor.’

Tudor gave the ‘Abandoned Hospital on Gamaksan Mountain’ quest as a fixed quest. If you are lucky, you can get S-class or higher items there.

If you get something like that in the beginning, it will be easier going forward.

Tudor is famous for his bad temper, entry restrictions, and many bugs during related events, but he often used it because it gave him the opportunity to face mythical creatures from the beginning.

Considering the entry restrictions, it would be a good idea to start off with basic stats by farming along the way.

The plan is over. Let’s get up first.

hmm… … After lying down for just 5 minutes… … .

It will really happen in 5 minutes.

Are there any quests that can be solved while lying down like this? … .

In the end, I had no choice but to pay extra because I exceeded the check-out time of the unmanned hotel by more than 2 hours.

The time is around 3pm.

Unlike Paju City at night, which is full of madness and revelry, Paju during the day was relatively calm, and most of the stores that did business at night were closed.

As a result, I couldn’t see people who looked like cousins ​​of criminals, and the sight of a madman like me wearing a paper bag was bound to stand out.

‘Why am I obsessed with masks… … . If I take this off, I’ll go crazy, so I can’t take it off… … .’

But if you write that, you will look like a crazy person.

‘After all, wasn’t that Niala bastard the one who dragged me here? That guy is truly obsessed with masks, isn’t he?’

Among Nyarlathotep’s nicknames, he wears a thousand masks… … There was something to do.

Considering that among the Outer Gods, Nyarlathotep is the only one who would enjoy doing such useless things, it is almost certain.

‘No, no. ‘I can’t confirm it already.’

First of all, there are too few clues.

anyway.

These paper bags are not very durable and are uncomfortable to use. If it peels or tears during battle and causes you to become confused, you will need a replacement.

‘I need to buy a proper mask. Later, I enchanted it and made it myself… … .’

Suddenly, a general store caught my eye. The company name is ‘It’s all there’. Yes, it’s a name that seems to have everything, so there must be a mask.

That type of store was just a background location during the game and couldn’t be entered, but now it can be entered. It appears that the game itself has not been implemented.

“Hey.”

Upon entering the store, the clerk makes a sound out of breath. However, since it is a city with so many strange people walking around, they don’t do anything more than that.

First, go to the party supplies corner… … Okay, there are a lot of masks. I don’t care if it’s too much like a toy… … . Aren’t you planning on doing it with a paper bag upside down?

In the end, I bought several party masks, and just in case, I picked up some bread bags that I could flip over in a hurry and put them in my pocket.

As soon as I left the store, I hid in a corner and changed my mask.

It’s a plain white mask with a label that says ‘Halloween Night’ or something.

I also bought a generously sized hoodie at a nearby store and wore it.

Because I can’t keep stuffing things into my clothes… … I also bought a large backpack.

It is a black backpack with a sporty design. Although it has a famous brand’s logo on it, since it’s sold at a street vendor, it’s probably a fake, right?

It was a waste of money, but I had no choice as I had a lot of luggage to take care of. The shoes and watch stolen by the gangsters were in the bag… … And he even carefully stuffed the straitjacket he was wearing.

Since it’s already a status window and a message window, it would be nice to support things like inventory… … .

Anyway, preparations are complete.

It’s a bit neater now.

It’s almost like a criminal character that appears as a reenactment in a current affairs reporting entertainment show.

Anyway, there is no need to take any more time. Since the destination is not close, take the bus… … No, it would be better to take a taxi.

I was worried that I might not be able to find a taxi, but I found one easily. The taxi driver even smiled brightly and asked where interesting places we were going. You have to have this much guts to run a taxi business in Paju, which is no different from a devil’s den.

The place we arrived at was… … Unjeong Station is the center of Paju City.

The Paju of [Cthulhu World] is home to more people than the real Paju. Therefore, the number of people going to and from Unjeong Station was very large. It is almost as dense as Hongik University Station or Gangnam Station in its heyday.

I carefully observed the surroundings and activated the magic I had prepared.

[Hazy presence]

Ssssssssssssssssssssss-.

A transparent fog made of magical energy begins to surround me.

[Blurry Presence] is a minor 0-level magic that reduces presence and lowers presence.

In short, it’s not that people stopped seeing me, it’s just that they stopped paying attention to me as much as possible.

If possible, I would like to use the 4th tier [Invisibility], or at the very least the 2nd tier [Shadow Walking], but at my current level, it is not possible.

Still, thanks to my magical talent and powerful characteristics, even level 0 [Blurry Presence] works with the same efficiency as level 2 [Shadow Walking].

This means that it’s okay as long as I don’t wrap hundreds of LED light bulbs around my body and yell, ‘Neighborhood people, look here!’

We mix with the crowd of people and enter the platform inside the subway station. It looks like the train has just arrived.

‘Good timing.’

The subway was open for a while, waiting for people to get on, but I didn’t get on.

I didn’t come to Unjeong Station to take the subway.

Soon the train doors close, and the train leaves with a long noise.

I look down at the empty railroad tracks and look around for a moment, then get off on the railroad tracks.

The purpose lies in the station itself.

There is a secret passage inside the railroad tracks at Unjeong Station.

I proceeded along the railroad tracks, as if chasing a departed train.

fantasy,