Chapter 3: The Awakened System (3)
The lines on the Mad Deer’s corpse were still present no matter how many times Han-Yeol rubbed his eyes.
‘Is this because of the Dismember skill, by any chance...?’?Han-Yeol pondered.
[...]
“Hey, why aren’t you saying anything?” Han-Yeol grumbled.
“Hmm? Did you say something, Han-Yeol?” the line partner asked. Han-Yeol had asked Karvis, his Ego System, but the line partner beside him had ended up answering instead.
“Ah, it’s nothing. Please don’t mind me. I was just talking to myself,” Han-Yeol said with an awkward laugh.
“Alright, if you say so,” the line partner replied.
Han-Yeol’s line partner went back to his own work, and Han-Yeol talked to Karvis in his head instead. ‘Why aren’t you answering?’
[Did you not tell me not to read your mind?]
‘Cancel that. You can read it from now on,’?Han-Yeol said, with a hint of resignation mixed with frustration.
[Then I shall explain.]
[The ‘Dismember’ skill is a passive skill that assists Han-Yeol-nim whenever you dismember a monster’s corpse.]
[The skill will support you by providing the most efficient and fastest way to dismember corpses.]
‘Ah, so that’s why I’m seeing these lines...’?Han-Yeol thought.
[Yes, that is correct.]
Han-Yeol cut the monster corpse along the lines visible only to him without any hesitation after listening to Karvis’ explanation. Cutting up monsters was something he had been doing for the past three years, so there was no hesitation in his movements at all. This time, however, Han-Yeol felt as if he were basically taking a test with the answer sheet right beside him.
‘It’s really fast,’?Han-Yeol thought with a hint of admiration for the skill.
The speed he was working at was incomparable to before. In fact, his average work efficiency was normally around 12 to 15 corpses per hour, but he had now already exceeded 40 corpses with the help of the Dismember skill. He would be able to finish his daily quota in just three hours if he continued at this rate.
‘This is amazing!’?Han-Yeol exclaimed inwardly. The thought of being able to finish earlier excited him all the more, and his cutting speed increased.
Ding!
[Your repeated actions have increased your knowledge of swords.]
[A new skill has been created—Sword Mastery.]
‘Sword Mastery?’
A message suddenly popped up while he was immersed in dismembering the monster corpses. He found it odd that he had obtained an offensive skill while dismembering monster corpses.
[Sword Mastery (F)]
Type: Passive
Description: A skill that appears when you gain a little bit of understanding of swords. You will gain increased proficiency whenever you handle a sword. The efficiency when you imbue your mana into a sword will increase by a little.
‘It’s a bit of a stretch to call it an offensive skill. I guess it’s more of a support?skill?’?Han-Yeol thought as he went over the skill’s details.
The skill helped its user to gain increased proficiency with swords, and dismembering monster corpses was technically an action performed with a ‘sword’. n0velUsb.c0m
Shhk... Shhk... Shhk...
‘I knew it!’?Han-Yeol marveled inwardly. His cutting speed had increased as expected.
Chiiik! Chiiiik! Chiiik!
Han-Yeol finished his quota of 120 monster corpses in a record time of two and a half hours, and quickly began cleaning his workstation.
“Eh? Han-Yeol, have you given up for today?” his line partner, who was still hard at work, asked with a confused expression. It was understandable, as it had only been two and a half hours since they started working. The dismembering job was very labor-intensive work, so there were a few people who usually gave up halfway.
‘Well, it’s understandable... The factory manager has his eye on him, so it’s actually commendable that he stuck it out till now,’ the line partner thought. The workers all thought that the factory manager was just a scumbag who depended on his elder brother’s position as the factory owner to bully even those who were decades older than him.
“No, I’ve finished my quota for the day. So I’m wrapping things up to go and watch the Alcatraz dismemberment later,” Han-Yeol replied.
“What?” the line partner responded, unable to believe what Han-Yeol had just said.
They had to work a full eight hours without taking any breaks in between to barely meet their daily quota, and it was just impossible for anyone to fulfill their quota in just two and a half hours.
[Daily Quota (120/120)]
However, the machine beside Han-Yeol’s workstation displayed the number 120.
“H-How...?” the line partner muttered, unable to believe his eyes.
“Well... Let’s just say I discovered some techniques from experience? You know... Like the way people get enlightenment in wuxia novels?” Han-Yeol said with a shrug. He gave a silly excuse, as he had not made his awakening public yet. Besides, he was still legally a normal civilian, as he had not done any mana testing yet.
“Even if you say so... That’s still a bit...” The line partner could not make heads or tails out of the current situation. He had been working in this industry for nearly twenty years, and even he found it difficult to fulfill his daily quota in eight hours; but Han-Yeol, who had only worked for four years, was able to complete his daily quota in such a crazy time?
‘Did he pull off some tricks?’?the line partner thought as he gave Han-Yeol a skeptical look.
“Then, I’ll excuse myself,” Han-Yeol said as he waved his hand while leaving the workstation.
“Fwuumhaaa!?The air when you get off work early smells extra sweet!” he exclaimed in delight. He had been working at the factory for four years, and this was the first time he had left work early. The fact that he had been able to finish work early made him extremely happy.
However, while he was relishing in his happiness...
“Oi!”
‘Fuck...?It’s that pig again...’?Han-Yeol cursed inwardly. He had been planning to relax for a bit at the rest area before going to watch the Alcatraz dismemberment, but the factory manager had called him out.
Han-Yeol’s face crumpled in annoyance, but he was all smiles the moment he turned around. He responded in a calm, friendly voice, “How may I help you, sir?”
“Ha? ‘How may I help you’, you say? You’ve got it quite easy, haven’t you? Lounging around when you should be working! Have you even completed your work? Huh?!” the factory manager nagged, giving Han-Yeol an earful while he thought, ‘Tsk...?This fucking beggar. How dare he try to leech off of me!’
The factory manager was pettier than anyone else Han-Yeol had ever met in his life. In fact, it seemed that he still held a grudge for what had happened on Han-Yeol’s first day at work, when Han-Yeol had spilled coffee on his shirt.
‘How dare he make a mess out of the expensive shirt mommy bought for me!’?
Yes, that was how petty the factory manager was, and he was a mama’s boy on top of that. The truth was that he, who did not have any particular skills or sufficient intelligence, was still able to work as the manager of his elder brother’s factory only thanks to his mother.
“Yes, I am done for the day,” Han-Yeol replied.
“Ha! I knew... What did you just say?” Deok-Su asked with a perplexed look on his face. He even doubted his ears for a moment, thinking he had heard Han-Yeol wrongly. That was why he decided to double-check just to make sure.
However, Han-Yeol confidently replied, “I finished my quota for the day. The whole 120 corpse requirement.”
Beep!
[Lee Han-Yeol-nim has fulfilled his daily quota of 120 corpses.]
Han-Yeol tapped his employee card on the machine beside him, and the machine backed up his claim, precisely repeating what he had just said.
“Eh...? H-how could this be?!” Deok-Su shouted, unable to believe his ears.
Deok-Su had worked for quite a long time at the factory, and he knew very well how labor-intensive and grotesque the dismembering job was. In fact, he was also the one who had adjusted the daily quota to be very difficult to achieve in eight hours.
“Well, it is as you heard. So, I will excuse myself,” Han-Yeol said with a smile before he walked toward the rest area. He rested for a bit before going to observe how the veteran workers dismembered the Alcatraz.
‘So that’s how you dismember an Alcatraz...’?Han-Yeol thought with fascination. He focused on the Alcatraz, as he wanted to test whether he would be able to see the same lines he had seen on the Mad Deer or not. However, nothing special happened, and he could not see any lines on the Alcatraz.
‘Huh? What’s going on? Why can’t I see anything...?’?Han-Yeol thought, perplexed.
[Your Dismember skill level is still too low to support you in dismembering an Alcatraz.]
‘Ah, so that’s how it is,’?Han-Yeol thought, feeling slight regret.
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