Chapter 120
At the very top, a brand-new ticket caught my eye.
Dimensional Altar Installation Ticket.
Reading the description, I got a rough idea of what it did.
'It's a ticket meant to pair with dispatch tickets.'
An isekai world without any Jo-ryeokja. Install an altar there, and you'd get support from its inhabitants. That was the gist.
'I can have the dispatched monster handle the altar installation.'
Now I finally understood the point of regular dispatch tickets. I'd wondered what good it did sending monsters to randomly selected other worlds, but clearly, they were designed to work in tandem with the Dimensional Altar Installation Ticket.
And this was a ticket unlocked by birthing a Trinity-grade Jo-ryeokja. Which meant...
Until a Trinity Jo-ryeokja was born, regular dispatch tickets were basically useless. Except for the slim chance of recruiting a Jo-ryeokja from that world, anyway.
'More than that, this ticket feels different from straight-up inviting Jo-ryeokja.'
In a way, the people offering tributes at the altar were in a lower position than Jo-ryeokja.
To put it in simple terms, like church hierarchy:
Jo-ryeokja were like the pope or cardinals.
The ones offering items at the altar were regular parishioners.
That was the vibe. Unlike regular parishioners who could only donate and pray, Jo-ryeokja watched my broadcast live, offered direct support, chatted with me in real-time, and at the highest ranks, could even meet me in person.
Of course, I'm not saying I'm a god—it's just an analogy.
'If I play this right, installing an altar might net more support than recruiting a few individual Jo-ryeokja from an isekai.'
The issue was how to request that support from the isekai locals.
I pondered for a moment.
Then an idea flashed through my mind.
'Savior stuff would probably work best, right?'
A supreme being descends, performs miracles, solves the world's crises. Bestow favors on the otherworlders, proclaim myself a god, set up the altar, then induce them to offer regular tributes.
Like that. Posing as a deity protecting the world, and demanding support under that pretext. Easiest method out of the bunch.
'Kinda feels iffy doing that... but it's still helping people out, and not really scamming anyone, so maybe it's fine.'
It was a fair trade—no losses on either side. As long as I didn't die, with an altar under my protection, I could aid that world anytime it was in peril.
Assuming I stocked up on designated dispatch tickets, anyway.
'For now, put off recruiting Jo-ryeokja from isekais and focus on altars for support requests. Figure out details later.'
That gave me a solid reason to start using regular dispatch tickets.
Oh, and for the record, I'd planned to test a regular dispatch ticket anyway.
I'd been itching to experiment: If I use multiple dispatch tickets at once, do the monsters go to the same world, or different ones?
Personally, I hoped they'd group up if used back-to-back without cooldowns.
I wanted to bundle a strong monster with Iris to relay the view back to me.
Whether Iris could share vision from another world was unknown. Another experiment item.
Designated dispatch would confirm it instantly, but wasting one on a mere test felt too pricey, so I'd held off.
'Should've sent Iris instead of Dochi back then...'
Anyway, I'd test all that soon in one go.
'...Whatever. Next ticket.'
I scanned down the list.
Mid-grade Invitation Ticket. Perfect—exactly two, as desired.
Decided: Use them on chaebol heiress Hwang Mi-reu and Sage Lunaris.
They were helpful people anyway. Until I figured out how to become the dominator, I'd been planning to recruit as many Jo-ryeokja as possible.
I had no intention of pulling Jo-ryeokja from isekais that could become massive coin farms, but these two candidates were already from worlds with existing Jo-ryeokja, so no issue.
After that, I skipped the mid-grade ones and looked lower.
No low-grade invitation tickets.
Luminous Evolution Ticket price had hiked even higher—impossible to afford, so pass without regret.
And dispatch tickets...
'What the—why are these so cheap starting here?'
I thought I'd misread.
Dispatch Ticket: 1 coin.
Designated Dispatch Ticket: 3 coins.
Transferable Return Ticket: 1 coin.
Reverse Support Ticket: 1 coin.
Practically free. Compared to previous prices.
'...Makes sense. For every vending machine jacking up prices, there's one selling dirt cheap.'
Even if it was an investment, buying three Dimensional Altar Installation Tickets felt burdensome, but the cheap prices elsewhere eased that.
Finally, skimmed the Return Ticket and ignored it.
Explains the low price—comes with some worthless weird conditions.
Not worth agonizing over.
I bought every available ticket, then thanked the Solorb who'd guided me here again.
"Solorb, seriously, thanks again. Your light led me to these cheap tickets. Even snagged some promising new ones."
Solorb playing dumb to the end. Weird personality, but kinda cute in a sneaky way.
Day 64 in the Labyrinth.
After a quick check on the desert village construction site, I returned to the oasis shelter and picked monsters for dispatch.
Not using regular dispatch today—that's for tomorrow.
Today: Designated dispatch to Earth to invite two new Jo-ryeokja.
Mid-grade Invitation Tickets required contact with me or a tamed monster within 5 days.
I wanted to send Iris. Perfect chance to test vision-sharing from another world.
Wasn't wasting a designated dispatch either—had to send one today anyway.
But that test would have to wait for regular dispatch.
Even I had second thoughts about Iris...
Earth Jo-ryeokja weren't keen, so whatever.
Iris test deferred to regular dispatch; removed from candidates.
"Didn't everyone used to rave about how pretty Iris's eyes were?"
Dispatch candidates narrowed to two animal-like monsters.
Hedgehog Summoner God. Melody Fox.
Final pick: Melody Fox.
Reason? Hedgehog had already done a dispatch stint.
First, I showed Melody Fox the Jo-ryeokja directory.
So she'd memorize their faces ahead of time. Tamed monsters instinctively recognize Jo-ryeokja, but better safe.
Prep done.
"Dispatching to near you, Dan-bi."
Used designated dispatch ticket. Melody Fox to Earth.
A quiet park.
Five women sat on a bench.
Three were Kang Geon's Jo-ryeokja: Seo Dan-bi, Shin So-mang, Ha Yu-mi.
The other two: Prospective Jo-ryeokja Hwang Mi-reu and Sage Lunaris.
They waited for Melody Fox's dispatch from the Ancient Labyrinth.
"When's it coming?"
Seo Dan-bi muttered, glancing around.
Suddenly, a massive shadow loomed over them.
"Wh-what?! Guys, up there...!"
"What the hell is that!!"
Ha Yu-mi pointed shakily at the sky.
Hwang Mi-reu looked up, staggering back in shock.
Before their eyes stood a fox colossal enough to blanket the city.
