Chapter 60
Chapter 60
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 60
Chapter Title: Constellation Gallery EP.59
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Shadow Play.
The skill name felt strange right from the start, but the description is even weirder.
Undetectable for 30 seconds, invulnerable to damage, no interactions possible.
'No interaction with the living, huh...'
That means I can't attack either.
So it can't be used for assassination... It's more like blurring your very existence, like a shadow.
Nice way to put it—shadow. In reality, it's no different from vanishing completely.
A skill made for hiding?
Or for escaping?
'More importantly, if this is just from entering the ghoulified state... doesn't that mean others can get it too?'
The solution is simple, then.
"Tulip, can you make more ghoulification antidotes?"
"Huh? I can if you need them... but you're not thinking of turning into a ghoul again, are you?"
Have Tulip prepare the antidotes in advance, take some, then deliberately infect the others.
Treat them right away.
Everyone gets Shadow Play.
'That's a huge win.'
But then I froze at the post that had gone up on the Constellation Gallery.
I narrowed my eyes.
'...Incarnations can't clear them?'
Because contractors borrow constellation power, they can't meet the conditions?
Like beginner-only quests?
'Good thing I didn't push the kids too hard, or I'd have gotten flamed.'
The hellish pain of ghoulification, the agony of bones reassembling on returning to human form.
All that for nothing.
'Anyway, what if you farm all the non-contractor exclusive rewards... then contract afterward?'
Could be a solid strategy.
Problem is figuring out which achievements are non-contractor exclusives.
'Hard to give up on.'
Achievements no one else can clear.
Rewards no one else can claim.
Collect them all, then sign a contract when there are no more left?
'Jackpot.'
I got Shadow Play as the mark of "One Who Knows to Use Death."
Means survivors in this game will be that type.
'Who knew non-contractor achievements were this key.'
Still, better check the contracts in advance.
I opened the window, and piled-up contracts flooded in like crazy.
"Mister."
"Ah, don't talk to me. Just sleep. Storm's passed—enjoy the breather."
"Huh?"
Tulip added with worried eyes.
"You're not fully recovered yet, right? That's why you wanted more antidotes?"
"Nah, no need. Just sleep. You too, Kang Harin. Elder too."
The elder goblin lay down first.
And I started sorting through the contracts quickly.
I tilted my head.
One of the titles that sponsored me before?
"Lightning and fertility—Zeus?"
Just as I thought named from the start.
What? Not Zeus?
And Silent Eye that Swallowed the Mirror?
Why the fuss?
Fuck. Says it'll make me solitary. Piss off.
Next.
Hm, defeats gods. Full of bravado.
And admits not a god.
Pass.
This one's Zeus, probably?
Eternal hegemony?
Why phrase it so convolutedly.
Keep for now.
This guy's description is so damn long-winded.
Buddha's path? Contradiction incarnate.
Pass.
This screams red flag.
Needs a closer read.
Tsk...
The tone doesn't match their gallery posts at all.
Even constellations wear masks and cosplay as normies in society, huh.
Everything looks good, but...
The "price" mention sticks out.
Unnecessarily honest.
Makes it more trustworthy, though.
Keep for now.
Who even is this, and what do they offer? No clue.
Hard pass.
Appears where balance breaks—not blood ink, is it?
Just thinking of it makes me want to puke.
Don't wanna be anyone's spear.
Hard pass.
Gave me chills a bit.
"Wolf that eats gods? Stronger than gods?"
"Mister, you're looking at contracts?"
"Yeah, thinking it's about time."
My words set the Constellation Gallery ablaze.