Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 105

The God-Given Top Star 105 New Stats (2) (105/401)

105. New Stats (2)

2022.02.13.

To be precise, Adrian wasn’t exactly a spirit bound to the land. To put it more accurately, he was tied to the island, yet free enough to roam its entirety. In other words, Adrian had the ability to leave this island on his own, even without Yeon-woo. But the reason he didn’t, or rather, why I believed he couldn’t, was simple: the existence of the thought-forms. ‘He wanted to leave the island, but his resentment towards the thought-forms must have held him back. Since he didn’t know why, he probably just believed he was bound to this island.’ That’s how accurate and sharp the instinct that death pointed to was. [I am quite satisfied. I am deeply grateful to you, benefactor. My colleagues and I have finally found freedom……] Adrian became increasingly blurry, the fragments scattering in the wind multiplying. Adrian’s last words, disappearing like smoke dissolving into the air, echoed. [I was right about you. Please make good use of the ability I have gifted you. It will surely be of help. I am glad that my ability could reach you, benefactor.] With those words, Adrian’s presence completely disappeared. The final farewell with the deceased always leaves a poignant feeling. However.

“……Don’t tell me he did all that on purpose until now?” Making me do unnecessary things. Seriously……? The problem is that the person to ask is already gone to the afterlife. “……” I feel like I’ve been had, but the result is good, so I guess it’s fine. ‘Well, it actually helped.’ If it weren’t for Adrian, it would have been the thought-forms, not Yeon-woo and the humans, who would have been hunted down and left dead. Come to think of it, the corpses of the thought-forms were left behind. If the Child Spirit were here, he would definitely be saying, [I want to eat that, me! Give it to me! It looks so delicious!] He would have made a fuss like that. But the Child Spirit remained next to Kwon Seong-hyun, not here. ‘If I call him, he’ll gladly come, but he’ll complain about how hard it is for a ghost to cross the water. He’ll be chattering non-stop, so let’s not call him.’ He’s been taking the form of a sparrow a lot lately, and his actions are becoming more like a sparrow, chirping and talking a lot.

The problem is that it’s unsettling to just leave it alone. ‘There don’t seem to be any minor spirits, but with that much spiritual power, unnecessary things could get tangled up and cause future problems…… I should deal with it first.’ The thought-forms, which had been tangled together into one body, met a perfect death as they were fragmented again. All that remained were the lumps of spiritual power that they had diligently accumulated by eating people and animals. Ordinary thought-forms would have disappeared from this world as soon as they were exorcised, but these thought-forms were different. They had a presence because they were once revered as gods. Well, now they were just left as ownerless spirit lumps. It wouldn’t matter if I left them alone, but the problem is that they look appetizing enough to drive most spirits crazy. [Give it to me! I want to eat it all! I want to have it all!] Seeing the Child Spirit’s chatter automatically playing in my head, isn’t that all there is to say?

“Hoo……” Yeon-woo swept back his bangs, which were soaked with rain, and took a deep breath. If I just take care of this, all future problems will be neatly resolved. It’s like all obstacles are disappearing. The density of the surroundings is changing, so I can’t just scatter it carelessly. Yeon-woo had no choice but to take out a memo pad and write down a sealing phrase, and just as he was about to put it on the corpse.

-Tring!

[A large amount of spiritual power has been detected.]

[Would you like to acquire a large amount of spiritual power?]

[Yes/No]

“……?”

*

‘What is it?’ Yeon-woo tilted his head. ‘This…… I can harvest something other than lifespan?’ The system notification window floating in front of my eyes. What it was saying was clear. The deliberation was short. “Of course, yes.” Yeon-woo’s finger poked the air. And at the same time.

-Tring!

[Acquiring a large amount of spiritual power.]

-Tring!

[There is an attribute to the spiritual power.]

[The attribute of the spiritual power can be extracted in the form of stats.]

[Would you like to acquire the stats?]

[Yes/No]

A series of unfamiliar notification windows popped up. It was a new type of notification that I had never seen before. ‘Spiritual power has attributes? Extract them?’ Of course, it’s not entirely impossible. In fact, depending on which type of power you mainly use, the characteristics also change. The power of a shaman [a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds] who refines their body and mind and a shaman who curses cannot be the same, right? But that’s in the case of people. The thought-form in front of me was once a god, so it was different from the case of evil spirits. ‘I’m curious.’ I’m very, very curious! I’ve rolled around so much that I’m confident I’ve experienced most cases, but this is definitely the first time. There was only one way to satisfy my curiosity. “Yes.” Yeon-woo’s hand poked the air.

-Tring!

[Congratulations! You have acquired a new stat.]

[Reward: Worship for the Forgotten God]

[S]

The finger that saw the unfamiliar name pressed the air once again. And…….

“This…… is amazing?” Yeon-woo muttered quietly after reading all the status windows. It was the moment when all the memories of struggling with the thought-forms were evaporated.

*

The sky, which had been acting up as soon as the thought-forms were removed, turned clear as if it had never rained. As the energy that had been heavily interfering with the radio waves was all cleared, the signal was very good, so I made sure to send a rescue request just in case. I heard that the rescue signals were piled up due to the abnormal weather, so they were prioritizing support to urgent areas first. ‘The rain was the problem, the rain. If it doesn’t rain, there’s nothing else to worry about now.’ The source of the rain had disappeared, so it didn’t matter if the rescue team didn’t come. As expected, when I reached the cave where the filming team was huddled together, people with much better complexions rushed out and welcomed Yeon-woo. Adrian was gone, but thanks to the A+ grade ‘Finding Your Way Without a Compass’ that he had forcibly given me, I was able to find them without difficulty.

“Oh my god, Yeon-woo!”

“Yeon-woo, we thought you got lost on the way!” Everyone came out with faces that had survived death, but the highlight was.

“Yeon-woo! Are you okay?!” Director Ji, who was as big as a bear and subtly shy, was the first to rush over and grab Yeon-woo’s shoulders, looking him over. “Are you hurt, are you hurt anywhere? The director should have stepped up for something like this, but it was too heavy a burden for Yeon-woo……” He was so surprised that he didn’t have the same ant-like voice as before. I already knew that he was a person who was stubborn enough to film a romance that everyone opposed, but on the other hand, he was infinitely delicate. No one didn’t know how much effort he put into each scene. When it comes to movies, he is a very sensitive and delicate director who is so emotional that it overflows. His original personality was not much different, and the director was a very shy and taciturn man who didn’t match his burly physique with a beard like a bandit. In fact, until now, except for filming, he was a person who conveyed instructions through the assistant director instead of saying very necessary things directly.

“I’m sorry, Yeon-woo. Tell me if you’re hurt anywhere. I’ll make it not hurt. Sniff…… I didn’t have the courage……” This bear…… no, Director Ji, who rushed over, caressing me here and there with a tearful face, was very unfamiliar. Was his voice originally this normal? No……. More than that. ‘Why do his eyes look red?’ He even has tears welling up in his eyes right now! One of the staff members burst into laughter when he saw that.

“Oh my, don’t even mention it, Yeon-woo. You don’t know how much the director blamed himself after you left. He was so worried about what would happen if something happened to someone as slender as you, Yeon-woo, that he was digging a hole for himself.”

“Slender……?”

“Well, Yeon-woo is frail, so…….”. Director Ji sniffled and said. Yeon-woo stared silently at Director Ji. A thick body that looked like two ordinary people combined. Even that’s not all fat, and most of it is muscle. He’s still wearing his wet clothes because he doesn’t have any clothes that fit him, right? It’s definitely not a mistake that you can see his burly muscles behind his half-wet shirt.

“Compared to the director, everyone is a skinny twig! It’s too much to compare him to the director.” Fortunately, a normal person took my side.

“Still, Yeon-woo is too skinny……” Yeon-woo felt somewhat wronged. I feel like I’ve lost some muscle in the past few days, but I’ve been steadily building my body, so I shouldn’t be hearing things like that?

“Director. I’m fine. I’m not hurt anywhere. The rain stopped on the way down, so I didn’t slip.”

“Really……?”

“Yes. It seems like the rain has stopped, but I’ve made sure to report it.”

“That’s not what I’m worried about…… Are you really not hurt anywhere……”

“No. More than that, let’s go down quickly while the rain has stopped. It’s better to return to the base camp just in case.”

Director Ji hesitated at Yeon-woo’s firm words. “Let’s do that. Let’s go down and reorganize and take care of ourselves. We need to check the condition of the actors. Everyone is out of their minds, so they need to recover their mentality. Fortunately, thanks to Yeon-woo, we found a place to evacuate properly, so we didn’t get soaked in the rain.” The assistant director, who was watching the situation, intervened and sorted out the atmosphere. One by one, they lifted their heavy bodies and followed Yeon-woo down the mountain.

“But Yeon-woo, is the rescue team already coming?”

“Yes? No. They said that the reports are piled up and they will come to support us in order of urgency. They said that it might be a little delayed after hearing about our side.”

“Huh? Then what is it? It’s coming this way really fast……?”

“What on earth……?”

“Look over there.” One of the staff members pointed to a place in the sea. A white dot was drawing a white line in the distance, heading straight towards this way quickly. I slightly enhanced my eyesight to check, and it was really a boat. ‘I don’t think they would have sent it already. What is it?’ The boat, which was all white, had no markings of the rescue team anywhere.

“Let’s go down first. Director, stop crying now and come down quickly. Yeon-woo came back unharmed, so let’s rest assured now.”

“Yeon-woo. My bag……” Director Ji was still anxious about not being able to do anything for Yeon-woo. In the end, Yeon-woo had no choice but to come down with empty hands as if he had been robbed by Director Ji. ‘What is it? I have a very unpleasant feeling.’ The more I went down. The closer the white boat got. For some reason, his senses were vehemently expressing their unease. That feeling peaked when the group arrived at the beach completely.

“That’s strange. That doesn’t look like a rescue boat?” A white boat, no, a large yacht that was too big to be called a boat, was creating a splash as it slowly docked at the beach. From inside, a person slowly walked out. Everyone’s eyes widened when they saw that person.

“The investor……?”