This Universe Needs Old People - Chapter 106



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Apocalypse Needs Old People Episode 106

69. Candy (2)

The coin flew towards the jaguar’s forehead.

If it’s a bullet flying at a fast speed, it’s natural for monsters to feel threatened and try to avoid it, but if it’s a coin flying at a slow speed, most monsters try to ‘bounce it away’.

The unicorn jaguar also shook its head as if it found the coin ridiculous and tried to flick it away.

But the moment the flying coin hit the half-broken outer surface of the horn and bounced back with a loud sound.

Phagejik-

The brain waves that had been circling around suddenly concentrated, and the coin glowed red, and at the same time, electricity began to surge from the jewel, making it glow golden.

The jewel that was shining beautifully for a moment was shattered into pieces with a crunching sound the next moment.

dump.

The one-horned jaguar collapsed onto the snowfield as if it had lost power without even a single scream.

Han Yeo-bom would shout out, “Wow! A thousand lightning strikes!” whenever I used this technique.

I feel a little empty now that I can’t hear it.

You could also strike the unicorn directly with lightning, but that would burn it to death and leave it without food.

These Candy Zone guys also seem to be in danger as they came out to find food.

I approached the dentist, who was somehow feeling his way across the snowy ground with his gun slung over his shoulder.

When the dentist examined the animal’s condition, the biggest injury was on the shoulder where the jaguar had bitten him, and parts of his leather clothing were torn, possibly from scratches by the jaguar’s claws.

However, on her body, which could be seen through the torn clothes, there were countless small wounds.

The wound on his arm was so bad that it looked like an arm that had been torn off had been reattached.

‘How much have you rolled here… … .’

With that in mind, I approached the dentist and held out my hand, telling him to get up.

“Are you okay?”

“Who, who… … ?”

The dentist, who had fallen onto the snowfield with his shoulder in his hands, looked at me with a puzzled face as a stranger approached him to check on his condition.

Of course, I thought he would immediately open my profile and ask if I was a ‘dopamine addict’.

The dentist turned his gaze away from me.

I spoke in a soothing tone, as if I was checking to see if the NPCs were okay.

“You don’t have to worry, I left that to my friend.”

As I said that and turned my head so that I could look at the NPCs, the dentist looked greatly relieved when he saw Han Yeo-bom protecting the NPCs.

“thank god…….”

As I was looking at the dentist who seemed relieved, I noticed a pair of thin-framed round glasses lying on the floor.

Were you feeling around on the floor looking for that?

‘The players are possessed by the bodies of 10-year-old children… Glasses? Did their eyesight get worse over the past 6 years?’

Well, in reality, there are many kids who had good eyesight when they were 10, but their eyesight got worse by the time they were 17.

Players can heal by eating, but it only seems to heal trauma and does not seem to heal aging or worn-out bodies.

As I bent down to pick up my glasses, the dentist flinched in surprise.

‘I see you’re surprised, so I guess you’re wary of me.’

When I picked up my glasses and handed them to the dentist, the dentist quickly took them from me and put them on, looking a little embarrassed for being frightened by something so trivial.

The dentist blinked a couple of times as if he could see properly only after putting on his glasses and looked up at me.

“I, thank you… huh?”

‘hmm?’

What is that expression?

That expression was definitely not the face of someone who had opened my profile and discovered that I was a ‘dopamine addict’.

It’s like running into an old acquaintance in an unexpected place…

“What next?”

An unexpected name came out of the dentist’s mouth.

Soon, he grabbed my hand with a confident look on his face.

“Are you Senior Lee Dam?”

It’s not enough to call me by my real name, but you also call me ‘senior’?

At this point, I’m starting to feel embarrassed.

The dentist was possessed with his own face, so if it was someone I knew, I would remember it.

Because I don’t know that face at all.

Even the faces in the highlight videos were faces I didn’t recognize… … .

I was quite bewildered and asked the dentist back.

“Who are you?”

Then the dentist looked extremely disappointed.

“Don’t you remember me? I’m Onchiyeol from the Korea University rock band club.”

‘Wow… Fierce?’

It’s a fitting name for a dentist, but I really don’t remember it.

It’s true that I went to Korea University and was in a rock band, but I wasn’t very active in club activities in the first place and I dropped out of Korea University around my third year.

“You really don’t remember? My name isn’t one that you can easily forget.”

That’s true, but I really don’t remember.

No, wasn’t I an outcast when I was in college?

How do you know me when you haven’t even interacted with my juniors or peers?

He even seemed happy to see me, but I don’t remember anything about it.

‘When I was a college student, there was a time when I was indifferent to other people… … .’

This guy, he looked like he was in his mid-30s in the convenience store video, and he’s my junior.

It looks like you had a really hard time becoming a doctor.

“Senior Lee Dam, do you really not remember me? I even lent you money on your behalf… …!”

My junior is attending class in my stead… …?

Ah… I think I grabbed someone and asked them for a favor one day when I had something urgent to do… … .

“Rather than that, I think it would be better to start by doing something about the blood flowing from your shoulder.”

“You don’t have to worry about that. I’m a player here, and eating food will heal my wounds. Oh, but… … .”

The dentist, who had been talking to me with a slightly excited look, seemed to realize something and his expression hardened slightly.

“If Senior is here… does that mean Senior is also a player?”

You notice it quickly.

“But how old are you, sir? You look younger than me… … ”

He just grew shorter.

“You haven’t looked at the characters yet?”

“yes?”

The dentist tilted his head and gave me an answer that defied my common sense.

“What is that?”

…ah.

Is this a newbie or a junior?

It seems like there’s a lot to teach.

* * *

Han Yeo-bom whispered in a tone of admiration after hearing the dentist tell the NPCs that she was his senior in college.

“Wow, how do you meet your college juniors here?”

“I said I don’t remember.”

“And on top of that, it’s crazy, Daehan University.”

“I dropped out… … .”

“I like it even more because you graduated from Daehan University.”

I’m not a graduate of Daehan University.

Didn’t you hear that I dropped out?

I thought you’d be unlucky, but you like it?

“Why do you like it?”

“I thought that even if I graduate from Daehan University, I could still become a game addict.”

This kid… … .

And I said I didn’t go to Daehan University.

You said you dropped out?

The only fortunate thing was that the dentist simply introduced himself as a ‘college senior’ in front of Han Yeo-bom.

If you said ‘Senior Lee Dam’, even the most clueless Han Yeo-bom would have known about the connection with the dopamine addicts in the Unicorn Zone.

Of course, as long as I was with the dentist, it seemed like it was only a matter of time before Han Yeo-bom found out that my real name was ‘Lee Dam’.

“Saint, are you okay?”

The NPCs who were supporting the dentist, who had recovered to some extent with the star candies I gave him, asked him questions with concern.

It was those NPCs who first suggested that we go to the candy area.

It seemed like he felt bad for leaving the job of carrying the unicorn jaguar’s carcass to me and Han Yeo-bom while supporting the dentist.

Thanks to this, I can now approach the area without looking suspicious, so I’m grateful.

“You got hurt trying to save us again… … .”

“It’s okay. It can be treated quickly anyway.”

“Just because it can be cured doesn’t mean it’s okay to get hurt!”

As expected from a low-level resident, he has a good personality.

They were looking at the dentist with truly apologetic faces, and Han Yeo-bom looked at them and asked.

“But how did such a large monster come so close to this area? Those that are difficult to catch don’t usually come to this area.”

When Han Yeo-bom saw me talking to the dentist, she also spoke nonchalantly.

I didn’t say anything to the NPCs.

Of course, the Candy Zone NPCs responded with no sign of discomfort at all to such a request.

“We wonder about that too. The area near the forest is relatively safe, so we mainly hunt small creatures around here… but we were surprised when a huge monster we had never seen before suddenly appeared.”

“You were running away as if you were being chased by something when you came across us?”

“That’s right, he seemed scared of something and then he turned around when he saw us.”

“But how could you deal with such a huge thing so easily… … .”

“Come to think of it, what was that lightning that struck me earlier? Thanks to that, I was able to catch that guy.”

Perhaps because they were low-level friends, they had faces that didn’t seem to think at all that those were powers that humans possessed.

The dentist, who had been lying on the snowy ground and had not seen my hunting scene, looked bewildered as if he had no idea what I was talking about.

I didn’t care if they noticed my special ability, but I changed the subject because I thought it might make the friendly dentist feel uncomfortable since he was my senior.

“Oh, by the way, you called my junior ‘saint?’ What does a saint mean?”

When I called myself my junior, the dentist looked at me with a happy face.

“Senior! Do you remember me?”

no.

“The word saint literally means someone worthy of being looked up to and emulated. In our area, there is no one who has not received grace from the saint. He always gives up food even when he does not need to eat it… … .”

“I told you, you really don’t have to eat it.”

“They say that wounds heal quickly, so even monsters come out and stop us… … .”

“Because you get better really quickly.”

“Look at this. As a human, there is no way you can avoid eating and get sick, but since you do this, we can only call you a saint.”

The dentist looked frustrated.

Yeah, yeah.

It may not seem like it was intentional, but it looks like you’ve followed the saint’s conquest route well.

I don’t know about the food, but looking at the wounds on his body, it seems like he sacrificed his body to help others, so much so that he deserves to be called a saint.

The person himself didn’t seem to understand why he was considered a saint.

“Oh, we’re almost there. That’s our area.”

In the place where one NPC pointed, there were two-story log houses lined up like a picture.

Beyond the end of the road, a blunt, candy-shaped rock appeared.

‘Meteorite in the Candy Zone.’

The log cabins here are built in a circle around the meteorite, and all the roads in the area lead towards the meteorite.

That’s why you can see the meteorite even before it enters the area.

I asked the NPCs out of courtesy.

“But we are outsiders… Is it okay for us to just come in?”

“Of course! If it weren’t for you two, not only us but also the saint would have been in big trouble!”

“It was thanks to you two that we were able to secure food.”

“You two still look as young as the saint… I don’t know how you came to our area, but since you know the saint, you can stay comfortably.”

“We’ll explain it to you, Captain. For now, go to the saint’s house.”

What truly wonderful and innocent people they are.

Luna muttered in my pocket as I watched the backs of the NPCs dragging away the corpse of the one-horned jaguar.

[You really don’t have to cheat.]

‘I told you I wasn’t going to hit it.’

No, actually I was thinking of seasoning it a little bit.

Now that the dentist has recognized me, I don’t even need that little bit of seasoning.

They seem to be welcoming me even more, so why should I lie?

However, I was curious about how people would react when they found out that I was a dopamine addict.

Would they still be friendly to me if they knew that I was a player who ignored their friend requests and was called a hedonist by other players?

“Please sit here for a moment. I’ll bring out some tea shortly. Please change your clothes first.”

The dentist who brought us inside came out, changed his blood-stained clothes, and started boiling water.

A rocking chair in a wooden house, warm air.

Green trees visible through the wide open windows, and even a leather rug on the floor.

Han Yeo-bom muttered as she looked around the house.

“It’s definitely a different atmosphere from our area. It’s warm.”

“It’s definitely a cozy place, except for the monsters roaming around outside the forest.”

The dentist, who had heard Han Yeo-bom’s muttering, spoke as if he had been waiting.

“Do you know why this forest in this snowfield doesn’t get snow? The tree you saw on your way here is a Christmas tree, and strangely enough, the temperature rises near that tree. They say that a meteorite fell on this land in the past, and the properties of the trees here changed due to its influence. Did you see the big rock on your way here? That’s the meteorite, and it’s the power that makes the trees grow, and it’s also the power source for this place. I’m not bragging, but every time I touch the meteorite, it glows, and the residual heat is used to power the village. And also… … .”

Han Yeo-bom and I listened to the newbie’s story for a while with smiles on our faces.

I want to drop this newbie into a more difficult area right away, but what should I do?

If I succeed in logging out, I’ll definitely have to have the dentist try another area.

‘I guess it’s time to start talking about logging out… … .’

The dentist, who had returned carrying two mugs of sweet-smelling water, asked, as if suddenly curious, whether the water had boiled.

“By the way, where are you two from?”

“we are-”

I quickly covered Han Yeo-bom’s mouth as she tried to answer.

“Before I answer that question… I have something to ask you.”

“What do you want to ask?”

“You. How come you don’t even know how to read the character information?”

And then I asked the question that had been on my mind for a while.

“I got a call from players in other areas. You got it, right?”