Chapter 2
Just as I was about to use all my money to buy as many diamonds as possible, a strange thought crossed my mind.
‘1,000 won for 1,000 Gold. 10,000 won for 10,000 Gold. How does this match up so perfectly?’
At first glance, it didn’t seem odd.
It could simply be a system designed to match real currency and virtual currency units for user convenience.
But the problem was this:
‘Who created this system?’
The world turning into a game wasn’t something that happened only in Korea.
It was a phenomenon experienced by everyone around the world.
Even here at Seoul Station, there were tons of foreign Awakeners looking for work.
In such a world, would some benevolent god suddenly create a system that Favors only Koreans?
That’s absurd.
[CURRENCY EXCHANGE]
What made me even more suspicious was the foreign exchange booth right in front of me.
‘So… what happens if I buy Gold using dollars?’
The current exchange rate was 1,201 won per dollar.
If 1,000 won buys 1,000 Gold, then theoretically, 1 dollar should buy me 1,201 Gold.
But that would make the system highly inconvenient for people using U.S. dollars.
‘Let’s see.’
I transferred some unused foreign currency into my account using my banking app and made a purchase in dollars.
And then…
[Gold balance: 1]
‘…What?’
I had received only 1 Gold.
When I bought Gold with 1 dollar, I received 1 Gold in return.
“What nonsense… This is such a scam…”
But suddenly, a thought crossed my mind.
‘Wait.’
1,000 won for 1,000 Gold.
1 dollar for 1 Gold.
And now, my eyes shifted to the foreign currency exchange rates displayed in front of me.
‘Indonesian Rupiah’
I quickly transferred some Indonesian Rupiah into my account and made another purchase.
1,000 won was worth 12,820 Rupiah.
When I bought Gold with the Rupiah…
[Gold balance: 12,821]
‘Got it.’
Now I understood.
This broken system doesn’t care about currency value or exchange rates.
It means that the larger the denomination, the more value I get.
So, using a currency with the lowest possible unit value yields the most benefit!
My next step was obvious.
[Search: The world’s lowest valued currency]
A quick internet search.
‘Zimbabwe… Already discontinued. Venezuela, Iran… not available for exchange in my country. Vietnamese Dong… That’s it!’
The Vietnamese Dong had the highest available denomination among the currencies I could exchange.
The current exchange rate was 23,037 Dong per dollar.
I immediately converted 1 million won into Dong.
1 million won equaled 20,661,157 Dong.
After converting the Dong into Gold, and then into Diamonds…
{You have received 206,739 Diamonds.}
“Holy…!”
I couldn’t help but swear out loud in the middle of the train station.
People passing by glanced at me briefly, some shaking their heads, perhaps assuming I had just lost money in the stock market.
But the truth was quite the opposite.
[Diamond balance: 206,982]
At a rate of 50,000 won per 10 Diamonds…
I had just earned 10.34 billion won worth of Diamonds for roughly 1 million won.
───
The moment every Awakener goes through the awakening process, they receive a unique Guardian Spirit.
The abilities of the Guardian Spirit directly determine the Awakener’s abilities.
The weapons they can wield, the stats they can boost, and the skills they can use all depend on their Guardian Spirit.
To put it simply, in game terms, the Guardian Spirit is akin to a class or job.
However, unlike in games where everyone gets an equal opportunity to choose their class, the allocation of Guardian Spirits is completely random.
They are classified into five tiers: Lower, Higher, Rare, Historic, and Legendary.
A lucky few are granted a legendary Guardian Spirit with an extraordinarily low probability upon awakening.
But most people, like me, start off with a lower-tier Guardian Spirit.
Of course, you’re not stuck with it forever.
For just 300 Diamonds, or 1.5 million won, you can re-summon your Guardian Spirit.
The catch? The odds of summoning a better one are still extremely low.
[Estimates vary by organization, but foreign statistics suggest that the probability of summoning a rare or better Guardian Spirit is less than 0.05%.]
[The probabilities for historic and legendary tiers are even lower, estimated at 0.003% and 0.00025%, respectively.]
[With each Guardian Spirit Re-Summon costing 300 Diamonds or 1.5 million won, the expected cost of summoning a legendary-tier Guardian Spirit would be around 6 trillion won!]
So, there are two ways to become powerful in this world of Awakeners:
You either get insanely lucky or have the financial resources to pour an immense amount of Diamonds into the system.
“6 trillion won…”
Click. Click.
I muttered that absurd amount of money under my breath as I moved the mouse.
Right now, I’m searching the internet for information about Guardian Spirit re-summons.
I can’t say for sure if all these claims are true.
As you can imagine, ordinary people can’t even fathom the scale of these transactions.
Still, the site I’m browsing is known for providing reliable information.
I’ve used it frequently in the past.
[Is 6 trillion won too cheap for you? Do you have more money than the chairman of Korea’s richest conglomerate, the Baeksan Group, with his 15 trillion won fortune? Then you should try re-summoning right now!]
[That’s because historic and legendary Guardian Spirits, which have proper names, are one-of-a-kind entities. Once someone gets one, no one else can obtain the same one.]
[So don’t wait too long. If you do, you might not be able to get a legendary Guardian Spirit even if you have the money later.]
“Right. I shouldn’t wait.”
I chuckled.
In the past, this laugh would have meant I was resigned to my fate.
But now, it’s different.
Because now, Diamonds are an abundant and cheap commodity to me.
“I really feel like a billionaire now.”
I didn’t suddenly discover I was the heir to a conglomerate in some over-the-top drama plot.
But I had obtained something just as valuable—no, something even more valuable.
“This smartphone… it’s a gift from the gods.”
I had no choice but to acknowledge it now.
This was no ordinary phone. It was a Divine Artifact.
“Alright, let’s do this.”
With over 200,000 Diamonds in my possession, I could perform 689 re-summons.
Without hesitation, I prepared to use all those Diamonds to start re-summoning Guardian Spirits.
{Do you wish to re-summon a Guardian Spirit?}
A message appeared before my eyes, and unfamiliar scenes began to unfold.
My current Guardian Spirit, Hoplites, vanished, and a new form appeared, bathed in light.
{You have acquired a Lower-Tier Guardian Spirit: Ronin.}
A swordsman wielding a katana.
Garbage.
I re-summoned again.
{You have acquired a Higher-Tier Guardian Spirit: Dire Wolf.}
This time, a higher-tier Guardian Spirit.
But that wasn’t good enough.
Again.
…
Most of the Guardian Spirits I re-summoned were lower-tier, with the occasional higher-tier appearing.
“If I could just get a rare-tier Guardian Spirit…”
I was aiming for rare.
Once I obtained that, I could work my way up to legendary.
Having a rare Guardian Spirit would mean more than just a daily wage from some corporation—I’d be able to secure a permanent position in a core department.
With a high-paying salary, I could save up and upgrade to historic and eventually legendary tiers.
The moment I obtained a legendary Guardian Spirit, my days of struggling to afford gear would be over for good.
“Just one rare… one rare-tier Guardian Spirit…”
I prayed fervently as I continued re-summoning, over and over.
{You have acquired a Historic Guardian Spirit: Lionheart King Richard.}
Was luck on my side today?
Had my momentum shifted?
Something I hadn’t even dared to expect appeared before my eyes.
“Ah…”
The moment I saw it, my world flipped upside down.
Back then, I had plenty of time on my hands, and I happened to have some extra money in my pocket. So, I decided to give the slot machine a try.
The flashing lights and loud sounds were enough to dazzle anyone.
Before I realized it, I had already thrown 500,000 won into that small machine.
It wasn’t like poker or blackjack, where people place large bets; I was just making small bets, spending only a few thousand won at a time.
Compared to the people losing their fortunes on other games, it was as if I had lost nothing at all.
But one thing became clear to me—gambling is terrifying.
What lit the spark in me was the 100x jackpot that hit not long after I started.
Experiencing 1,000 won turning into 100,000 won in mere seconds made a few ten thousand won seem like nothing.
And that’s exactly how I felt right now.
The moment I started re-summoning, I managed to pull a historic Guardian Spirit, and suddenly it all felt trivial.
Then I began thinking that if I just pushed a little further, I could easily reach the legendary Guardian Spirit tier.
‘0.00025% chance.’
And that thought wasn’t baseless.
‘With a 6 trillion won expected value, using the smartphone app and the Vietnamese Dong exchange rate… this is doable!’
From that day forward, I ran around everywhere to gather money.
I cancelled my weapon order, broke my savings, and even took out loans.
I exchanged all the money I could gather into Vietnamese Dong, bought Gold, and converted it into Diamonds.
For nearly a month, I dedicated myself solely to re-summoning Guardian Spirits.
“…It’s done.”
Every day was the same—exchange money, make payments, and re-summon.
During this time, I invested about 400 million won, using not only first-tier but also second-tier financial institutions.
“It’s done.”
The amount I exchanged was 88 billion 473 million 617 thousand 179 dong.
In Diamonds, that was 88,473,617.
With a total of 294,912 re-summons.
If you convert that into the current market value?
That’s 4.4236 trillion won.
Through this astronomical investment in Guardian Spirit re-summons…
“I did it!”
{You have acquired a Legendary Guardian Spirit: The Evil Dragon Azidahaka.}
I had achieved it.
And much sooner than I had planned.
I now owed over 3 billion won.
That includes loan sharks.
It was truly insane.
But I wasn’t worried anymore.
Because I now had a legendary Guardian Spirit.
<Evil Dragon Azidahaka> – The avatar of Angra Mainyu, who brings the world to ruin. Wielding immense magical power, it uses all sorts of evil tricks to steal the lives of God’s creations.
The description alone was extraordinary.
Its appearance was no less remarkable—a terrifying monster dragon with three heads.
This was a one-of-a-kind Guardian Spirit, something that only I in this entire world possessed.
Just thinking about that made me feel like this was more than just having the highest tier—it felt far more significant.
“But… what’s with these stats?”
Attribute: Dark
Weapon: Knuckles
Main Stat: Willpower
Sub Stats: None
Assimilation Rate: 0.00%
[Ability List]
[Authority List]
For some reason, the stats seemed incredibly unbalanced.
The main stat was Willpower, which is a magic-related stat, yet the weapon was knuckles, which rely on strength.
In other words, I’d have to fight with my fists, but my stats would be boosted in magic-related areas.
And on top of that, I had no sub-stats.
“What’s the point of this?”
Feeling something was off, I opened the list of abilities.
I needed to figure out how these factors worked together.
- Vast Magical Power
-(Always Active) Mana increase per point of Willpower rises from 3 to 6.
“A twofold increase in mana?”
If this was a magic-type Guardian Spirit, it could be somewhat useful.
But even then, it felt underwhelming.
It would’ve been much better if it increased magic attack power instead.
And the weapon is knuckles.
‘No matter how I look at it, this isn’t a magic-user’s weapon.’
Full of confusion, I checked the second ability listed below.
- Evil Dragon Magic Arts
- When activated, all stats become equal to the current amount of mana (mana cycle calculation excluded). Mana is continuously consumed.
“…So that’s it.”
Suddenly, everything made sense.
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