The man’s name is Kim Min-seong.

“My girlfriend is Soo-jung, Lee Soo-jung.”

I hadn’t even asked about that, but it seemed Kim Min-seong felt very awkward walking together, so he rambled on by himself.

“I saw you on YouTube, Error Player. Your taekwondo is really cool.”

He gave a thumbs up.
Was he mocking me?

“So when I heard you had an accident, I was really shocked.”
“……”
“I thought we might finally have a gold medalist to follow in the footsteps of Kim Yuna and Son Heung-min.”

I tried to say something but held back.
Instead, I urged him to stop talking, signaling to search for the admission ticket.

“Which way?”
“I feel like it’s this way.”

The skill Kim Min-seong mentioned was an E-rank skill.

‘Wasn’t it called Drug Detection?’

The skill name was Drug Detection, but it didn’t only deal with drugs.
The important thing was the mechanism of skill activation.

“Can you feel it?”
“Yes.”
Sniff sniff.

Kim Min-seong sniffed the air for the scent of the admission ticket fragment.
Then he decided on a direction.

“I felt it in the tutorial too, but the Soul System is really fascinating. My sense of smell became super sensitive as soon as I activated the skill.”
“Does it have a cooldown or mana cost?”
“Yes. A 5-minute cooldown and a mana cost of 30.”

For a skill that only enhances smell, the cost was surprisingly high.

“Does it have a racial specialization?”
“Yes, it does. For beastkin, there’s no cooldown or mana cost at all.”
“Beastkin, huh…”
“It’s probably the same beastkin you’re thinking of?”

Kim Min-seong asked with an excited voice, showing interest.

“You saw them in the waiting room too. There are all sorts of weird races.”
“That’s right.”
“I think it’s a bit risky to think favorably of beastkin without any hesitation.”

The beastkin he was picturing was probably a pet-like image.

That probability was high.

‘They’re close to humans. Friendly.’

Still, they’re beastkin, so they could be as large as a human, but unlike other races, they’re a friendly race that doesn’t threaten humans.

That’s the result of Kim Min-seong’s maximum imagination.

‘…Not at all.’

I had encountered a knight who seemed like she came out of an animation in the tutorial.

A cookie-cutter knight.
With blonde hair and blue eyes, she wore an armor or dress that was hard to distinguish.

But I didn’t want to jump to conclusions.
I could be shocked by the appearance of beastkin that differed from my expectations and be unable to act.

‘Think of the worst-case scenario.’

As a pathetic Earthling, I had to survive.

Sniff sniff.
“I think it’s this way.”

After using the skill every 5 minutes and wandering through the dense mountains for 30 minutes, our first harvest was before us.

Kim Min-seong confidently moved in the direction indicated by his skill.
Then he suddenly started digging nearby.

Dig dig dig!

While Kim Min-seong was digging like a dog, I stood guard.
I was on alert, waiting for any other players to appear.

“I found it!”

Kim Min-seong shouted joyfully, lifting up a box.
It was a box that immediately emanated an extraordinary glow.

Squeak!
“O…!”

As I opened the box, which was the size of a human head, there lay an Omega part admission ticket fragment and a green stone.

“What about the skill?”
“……”
“Is this the skill?”

I picked up the stone and checked the information.

[Healing Rune][E]
Category: Artifact
Attribute ▼
【Regeneration: +1】
【Durability: 10/10】
Option ▼
【Lowest Level Healing Lv.1】
Recovers 105 life force instantaneously by borrowing the power of the rune.

As soon as I confirmed the information, my eyes widened.

Recovering 105 life force.
Since my maximum life force is 150, it was practically akin to resurrection.

“It’s an artifact? It’s not a skill.”
But Kim Min-seong’s reaction was lukewarm.

“It seems it’s the lowest of the low. How could I stick that on anyone when it only recovers 10?”

To Kim Min-seong, it looked like the healing recovery value of the lowest level was only 10.

‘What a ridiculous bug.’

Just like with Heavy Strike and this,
What kind of reaction would others show if they found out?

What about those who died to me?
Would they be able to sleep in indignation?

‘They’d probably go crazy.’

They might leap to the universe with that high jump.

I quickly pocketed the Healing Rune.
And very firmly stated.

“I’ll take this.”
“…I was going to give it to you from the start. Go ahead.”

Kim Min-seong’s eyes trembled.
It seemed that he found it valuable now that he was about to hand it over.

“Instead. My skill has been proven, right?”
“Yeah. I trust you.”

I handed him the Alpha fragment of the admission ticket.
Kim Min-seong found the corresponding part by smelling the admission ticket fragment.

‘A Healing Rune, huh…’

I was anxious because I had no defensive or healing skills.
But I got lucky.

‘How do I use it?’

I didn’t plan to use it right away, but it would be good to know how.

At that moment, a message popped up.

[The ‘Illusionary Grimoire’ has consumed the ‘Healing Rune.’]
‘What the hell?!’

The Healing Rune I held in my hand had vanished without a trace.
The Illusionary Grimoire had whimsically devoured it.

[The Illusionary Grimoire is satisfied.]
[The Illusionary Grimoire is evolving.]

Should I be happy or not?

“Ooh…”

I checked the abilities of the Illusionary Grimoire.
As a result, I had no choice but to be satisfied.

[Illusionary Grimoire][S]
Category: Growth-type Artifact
Attribute ▼
【Intelligence: +13 (1)】
【Wisdom: +13 (1)】
【Durability: ∞ (Indestructible)】

Intelligence and Wisdom increased.
This meant my skill slots had expanded.

‘This is even better.’

I was blinded by the performance of the visible healing artifact.
So I failed to properly plan for my future.

‘It was an artifact I should have discarded anyway.’

What bonus might come out of the random box for the admission ticket?
This time it was an artifact, but next time it could be a skill.

What if that skill was as good as Hatchling Breath?
I had to acquire it at all costs.

I didn’t want to pick between losing Heavy Strike and Hatchling Breath.
So the only choice left for me was one.

‘Now I know exactly what I need to do.’

However, finding the admission tickets was not an easy task.
Although Kim Min-seong was making an effort, there were far too many players one step ahead of us.

“W-we might not gather the admission tickets at this rate!”

Two hours had already passed.
The scramble for admission tickets had crossed the halfway mark.

“I-I can’t let this happen…”

Players who couldn’t create complete admission tickets should be starting to feel anxious.
Kim Min-seong was no different.

“Min-seong. The more you panic in this situation, the more you need to act calmly.”
“…Error Player, you only need one Omega part, so you’re fine. I need to find two.”
“Stay calm. We still have two hours left.”

As I comforted Kim Min-seong, who was panicking, I felt a question arise.

‘Why am I… comforting an adult?’

He was the one who had decided to participate in the scramble for admission tickets.
But why?

‘Did someone hold a knife to his throat and threaten him?’

Honestly, the dragon administrator had half-threatened us.
From the perspective of a pathetic Earthling, there was no choice but to participate with that kind of pressure.

‘Still, it’s not like it makes sense for him to whine to someone he just met today.’

I wanted to open one or two more random boxes.
How could I coax him to raise his efficiency?

“Hmmm…”

I looked closely at Kim Min-seong.

‘It feels like I might have an idea.’