Let's Build a House!
Let's Build a House!
Paris, France.
The Catacombs, where bones have been piled up for centuries.
The underground labyrinth, devoid of human footsteps, was submerged in darkness.
Faded bones wandered aimlessly in the gloomy passageways, having lost their owners.
Clack—
Rattle—
The old stone tablet at the entrance delivered a grim warning to visitors.
[ARRETE! C'EST ICI L'EMPIRE DE LA MORT.]
(Stop! This is the empire of death.)
Following the darkness without a single ray of light.
The deeper one descends underground, the more the bone-chilling cold intensifies.
Groundwater rising damply from the floor.
In the deepest part, following the underwater cave.
A heavy throne towers in the center of the bones filling the surroundings.
The Witch of Death sitting alone in the middle of the tomb.
The codename granted by the Hunter Association is.......
'Thanatos'.
She swept back her blonde hair that spilled through the gaps in her black veil.
"......."
Glamorous, well-defined curves.
Her black nun habit clung tightly to her body.
A high-slit skirt cut daringly up to her pelvis.
As she crossed her legs, the straps of her black garter belt pulled taut.
Thanatos stared into the void, tapping her stocking-clad foot.
[General] I have arrived.
Author: ㅇㅇ(404.404)
If you wanted to see me, smash that upvote button lololol.
FertilizerFactory: Oh lol, you survived, haha.
ㄴLifeLogout ♥: To think you'd repay the Walpurgisnacht event with an upvote... this...
ㄴMirrorTherapySpecialist: But you're still gonna smash, right? What are you gonna do if you don't? lol
FutanariNoona: Aaaaaah!! Me, me, I immediately smashed that upvote button! But newbie-jjing~ 'smashing'... that's lewd hehe.
ㄴㅇㅇ(404): ??
ㄴReinforcementSuccessPrayer: Idiot.
RoomCornerShrineMaiden: Hawawa... Now I can do a housewarming for the newbie... (Upvote upvote)
She exhaled languidly and tapped the screen.
CorpseFucker: You managed to survive.
With the refresh, replies were posted.
ㄴㅇㅇ(404.404): Thanks to you, I survived ㅠㅠ Seriously, overwhelming thanks!!
FishEatingDeepSeaFish: What? Did you two meet?
ㄴReinforcementSuccessPrayer: CorpseFucker is doing a newbie-smashing show lol.
ㄴCorpseFucker: Don't talk shit.
ㄴFutanariNoona: Holy crap, so jealous ㅠㅠㅠㅠ I want to smell the top of newbie-jjang's head too ㅠㅠ Newbie, please post a photo, I'm getting dizzy. If you post a selfie, noona will dote on you!!! Please!!!
ㄴㅇㅇ(404.404): ;;;;;;;
Thanatos's eyebrows narrowed slightly.
CorpseFucker: Bullshit. Absolutely not. Everyone shut your traps.
ㄴMirrorTherapySpecialist: Lol, seeing you get all serious, there must really be something going on lol.
ㄴDarknessItself: Hehehe... If you crave upvotes, project your form onto the screen of the abyss, newbie...
ㄴSchizophreniaMax: Nice. A trade for this? What a steal~
Perhaps unable to withstand the pressure of public opinion.
Eventually, 404 created a new post.
[Verification] Heu-eung. Send newbie-jjang to the top posts.
Author: ㅇㅇ(404.404)
(Attached photo)
Thanks to all you Witch Gallery folks~ Love you ><
Sitting on a toilet seat.
A platinum-blonde girl confidently throwing up a double peace sign with her fern-like hands.
Trying to protect her privacy, she drew a white mosaic only around her eyes.
FutanariNoona: Sluuuuuurp! Newbie, noona can't take it anymore!! You definitely flirted first!!
ㄴㅇㅇ(404.404): Huh???
ㄴGrilledBoss: Okay, clicked it.
ㄴRoomCornerShrineMaiden: Hawawa... It's so adorable... I want to kidnap you...
ㄴSchizophreniaMax: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
ㄴLifeLogout ♥: FutanariNoona, if you go find the newbie, you'll get banned. I warned you.
ㄴFutanariNoona: Ah, why!!! CorpseFucker-nyun met them too, me too me too me too me too me too!!
ㄴReinforcementSuccessPrayer: Idiot.
Thanatos stared intently at the double-peace-sign girl on the screen.
In the middle of downtown South Korea.
Crying and wailing while clinging to a zombie, trying to survive somehow, even while panting with her short legs.......
A small, soft living creature.
The warm and pleasant heat transmitted when she was hugged tightly.
And the sweet scent of fruit.......
"......."
She moistened her lips with her tongue and lowered her gaze.
She stroked her own thigh through the slit of her nun habit.
"That kid......."
The smooth sensation of the see-through stockings was transmitted directly to her index finger.
"Did she say she liked stockings?"
Chuncheon, Gangwon-do.
Some Blockland theme park.
The sensation of the toilet seat touches her bare skin.
"Ugh... it's cold...."
All she has is an oversized t-shirt that comes down to her knees.
Maybe that's why.
Her thighs are exceptionally cold.
She can't go buy clothes anywhere.
She has no wallet.
And this is even the women's restroom.
"Haa......."
As she let out a deep sigh, a clear, faint voice hit the wall and bounced back.
Without realizing it, she touched her cheeks.
The soft flesh was caught helplessly between her fingers.
"It's not a dream."
Even with the situation like this, the system window on one side of her vision was taking it a step further.
The Witch Gallery screen.
The post she just uploaded was stuck right at the top of the popular posts.
A selfie of a platinum-blonde kid in a toilet stall.
And even confidently throwing up a double peace sign.......
Of course, she was able to repay the Witch Gallery folks with this.
It was a cheap price to pay, but.
It feels like she lost something precious as a man?
"Hoo-ung......."
She wants to cry.
She turned her gaze to the long wooden stick leaning against the corner of the stall.
The horse head attached to the end of the stick stared straight at her.
"Pant, pant."
A bright fellow, letting its tongue hang out.
"Hey... you're not a dog, you're a horse, a horse."
"Pant? Pant pant pant pant."
Sigh, whatever.
It seems she lost all her energy from flying non-stop from Seoul to Gangwon-do.
She stroked the wooden top of its head.
"You worked hard."
If it weren't for this guy.
She would have been swept up in the chaos and died long ago.
"Anyway, it's already morning."
Sunlight seeping under the partition.
The only fortunate thing is.
The bathroom door didn't open until morning.
She heard that Chuncheon Blockland is a fortress of tears suffering from massive deficits year-round.
She never dreamed that a failing amusement park would be this grateful.
Even if they are Hunters, they wouldn't chase her all the way to Gangwon-do, right?
"Hoo-ung......."
She managed to escape from Seoul and catch her breath, but.
What now?
She can't just stay holed up in a toilet stall and be homeless forever.
In the end, are the old-timers on the other side of the internet her only hope?
[Question] Newbie Witch Gallery user. What do I do now?
Author: ㅇㅇ(404.404)
Title says it all.
As soon as she registered the post, notification sounds poured out.
GrilledBoss: Witch's House.
ㄴMirrorTherapySpecialist: You have to open the Witch's House, you brat.
ㄴFertilizerFactory: Open the Witch's House and solidify your territory. Go go.
ㄴCorpseFucker: Build the Witch's House first.
A word that popped out in unison.
Witch's House, and territory.
ㅇㅇ(404.404): What's that
ㄴFertilizerFactory: Lazy...
ㄴLifeLogout ♥: Read the pinned tip post, please.
Calling her lazy.
She can ask, that's mean.
She puffed out her cheeks and roughly scanned the pinned notice at the top of the gallery.
"Ho-oh."
The summarized tips were quite intuitive.
To summarize, the Witch's House is her hideout and dungeon gate, and the territory is private land where her authority works.
Is it a concept like StarCraft's Hatchery or Pylon?
ㅇㅇ(404.404): Okay okay, I get what you mean. But how do I take out my heart? What do you mean build a house with my heart?
ㄴMirrorTherapySpecialist: Super easy. Put your hand in your chest and pull out your heart lol.
ㄴㅇㅇ(404.404): ?? Are you telling me to die?
ㄴGrilledBoss: The Witch's House is made with your heart, you brat. You'll know once you try, so stop talking nonsense and just pull it out.
They say such brutal things so casually.
Still, the old-timers wouldn't lie.
She swallowed hard and brought her right hand over her thin t-shirt.
She could feel a small heartbeat thumping inside her ribs.
She squeezed her eyes shut.
"Eit!"
She pushed her hand into her chest.
She thought if she was unlucky, she'd experience a heart attack firsthand, but.
"Uh......?"
There was no pain at all.
Her hand passed through her chest softly like a ghost.
When she pulled, a purple crystal the size of an adult's fist was pulled right out of her chest.
This is.......
My heart?
Curious, she immediately uploaded a captured image to the gallery.
ㅇㅇ(404.404): Is this the heart?
ㄴFutanariNoona: Holy crap, lololol Newbie-jjang's heart is so lewd, lick lick, I feel like I'm going to go blind, unnie ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
ㄴReinforcementSuccessPrayer: Idiot.
ㄴCorpseFucker: Yeah, now if you put it down where you want, it will activate on its own.
Where she wants.
She got up from the toilet and pushed the bathroom stall door.
As she came out, the fresh scent of grass and the morning air brushed against her bare legs.
"Huuu!"
She can't get used to this creepy feeling.
Looking around, she headed to the backyard hidden by trees and bushes.
It should be fine here, right?
No one is watching.
She placed the purple crystal in the air.
The heart floated from her arms like a balloon.
Whoosh!
At the same time, the air split open with a sharp sound.
Crackle, crackle!
Plasma sparks that would blind her flashed in all directions.
"Waaah!!"
Surprised, she covered her ears and stepped back three or four steps.
Splendid firework sounds exploded from the gaps in the split space.
Toy blocks soared up from the floor like crazy.
Large red, yellow, and blue Lego blocks.
The modular blocks interlocked with a clatter-clatter sound, building the frame of a huge castle gate.
Eventually, a magnificent gate was completed.
"Wow......."
It's huge, isn't it?
It has an overwhelming size, like a city bus stood up vertically.
"Eh? Wait a minute. Was it supposed to be this noticeable?"
Even if it's a secluded backyard, the presence is too much!
Fortunately, Blockland is in the form of colorful blocks.
Y-yeah....
If you look from afar, it will look like an amusement park structure.
Still, a strange sense of accomplishment washed over her at the thought that she finally had a house.
"......I'm getting a house here that I couldn't even have in my past life."
Filled with anticipation, she opened the castle gate.
Unlike how it looks, it pushes open as lightly as a balloon.
But her expectations were shattered as soon as she stepped inside.
"What is this?"
It's empty.......
A gray block floor that seems to continue to the end of the horizon.
Above it, there is only pitch-black darkness as if everything is blacked out.
A blank space without even a piece of wallpaper, let alone furniture.
Feeling dejected, she captured this desolate interior and uploaded it to the gallery.
[General] Telling a story about being scammed by the system lol
Author: ㅇㅇ(404.404)
(Attached photo)
Is this a house?
I opened the door and came in, but there's nothing but the floor?
It's just a dark room with gray blocks laid out.
Got scammed by the system lolololol
ReinforcementSuccessPrayer: It's normal for there to be nothing at first... but this is a bit too much.
ㄴRoomCornerShrineMaiden: Ho-eh... I at least had a shrine...
ㄴLifeLogout ♥: It depends on the witch. It's fine since you can install structures later.
ㄴFrostbittenGrandpa: If you pick a house site,,, you get bonus points,,,,, check your status window settlement first,,,,,
Bonus points?
At those words, she quickly pulled up the status window.
The moment she checked the asset column in the bottom right.
She thought her eyeballs would pop out.
[Held Points: 10,000 pt]
"Crazy......?!"
When she risked her life to catch two Beaters in Seoul, it was only 20 points.
Just for building a house.
A whopping 10,000 points?
The Witch welfare benefits are insane?!
She quickly took a picture of the screen and left a reply in the comment section.
ㅇㅇ(404.404): Oh lol, nice. Points yum yum, so sweet lol
But contrary to her expectations, countless hooks were stuck in the replies.
ㄴGrilledBoss: ?
ㄴMirrorTherapySpecialist: ??
ㄴLifeLogout ♥: ?
ㄴFutanariNoona: ???? Newbie-jjang, is this a fabrication?
ㄴDarknessItself: ??
ㄴRoomCornerShrineMaiden: Ho-eh...?
ㄴSchizophreniaMax: ??? What the??
Why are the kids reacting like this?
ㅇㅇ(404.404): Why is everyone like this??? Isn't this given by default?
ㄴMirrorTherapySpecialist: Bullshit no. I got 900pt at first.
ㄴGrilledBoss: I squatted on a volcano in a tourist spot and only got 1,200pt, you lucky bitch.
ㄴCorpseFucker: If the house site has synergy with your authority and the defensive terrain is good, you get more as a bonus. For reference, I got 8,000pt.
ㄴSchizophreniaMax: Uh... I'm pretty jealous of this?
ㄴFishEatingDeepSeaFish: Oh my... It's a total jackpot lol. Did you hit a dragon vein or something?
Anyway, does it mean my house is special?
"Huu......."
They say hard work pays off.
The reward for all that suffering is finally shining!
ㅇㅇ(404.404): Newbie Witch Gallery user, thanks to you guys, I got a sweet spot. I'll report my recent status when the house is finished, bye bye.
She turned off the translucent Witch Gallery window.
And spread the dedicated system window wide in the center of her vision.
[Status/Skill]
[Craft]
[Toy Familiars]
[Queen's Treasury]
If it's space editing and structure building, it's basically my major.
How far can I build with 10,000 points?
"Shall I show off my skills for the first time in a while! Hoo-ung...."
She smiled slightly and touched the 'Craft' tab.