I Live Alone in the Inventory

Episode 14

Jung-min returned to the inventory only late at night.

Even though she was tired, she didn’t forget to go into Leah’s inventory and put plenty of ramen and snacks.

Jung-min lay down on a thin blanket on the hard inventory floor.

“I need to get a bed… no, at least a thick mattress… anyway, where should I get it? Should I search a broken house or something?

Jeong-min fell asleep while thinking about how to decorate the inventory.

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Jung-min, who had been sleeping as if dead, opened his eyes.

Jungmin twisted his body.

“Ah…my whole body hurts…”

The aftereffects of the intense training and the rest on the hard floor gave pain to the whole body.

Jung-min got up from his seat after roughly picking himself up.

“What time was it…”

After wiping his face with a wet tissue, Jeongmin took out his smartphone from his pocket.

I tried pressing the power button on the smartphone that was turned off, but the power did not come on.

“Ah… the battery is out… how do I charge this again… uhh…”

Putting the turned off smartphone back in his pocket, Jung-min opened the inventory gate.

As the bright outside scenery came in, the inventory also became brighter.

The scenery beyond the gate was the alley next to Daesung Shelter, where Jung-min opened and closed the inventory for the last time yesterday.

Jung-min, who stared blankly at the desolate alley where no people, monsters, or anything else could be seen, shook his head and said.

“I didn’t wake up…let’s move quickly. I have to go to Leah-san’s training in the evening, so until then, I have to do as much as I can.”

Jung-min decided to practice the swordsmanship he learned yesterday.

After passing through the inventory gate and appearing in the alley, Jung-min put handcuffs and shackles on both his wrists and ankles and set the weight of each to 20 kg.

“This should be enough.. Now, each action is performed a thousand times.. Let’s start with blocking first.”

Jung-min recalled the movements he had learned from Leah and started practicing repeatedly.

The more the action was repeated, the more questions popped up in Jungmin’s mind.

‘Can I really become stronger by repeating these simple movements? Wouldn’t it be a waste of time for useless things?’

Whenever that question came to mind, Jung-min thought of Leah.

‘Let’s trust Leah. She walked the same path and became so strong. I just have to trust Leah and work hard.”

A long time passed, and Jung-min was able to repeat the movement a total of 3,000 times.

Jimin took a deep breath and thought.

‘It’s so hard to do it 1,000 times per movement. Sigh..”

Jimin wiped away the dripping sweat. Looking at the sky, it seemed that it was already lunchtime when the sun was setting overhead.

“Quite a bit of time has passed.. From now on, I have to wake up earlier and train.

Jung-min opened the base gate and entered the inventory.

“I’m hungry…what should I eat…”

Most of the food in Jung-min’s inventory was ramen and rice.

Other than that, all the small side dishes were in the refrigerator, so Jung-min started to get tired of the same diet every time.

“I think I had a few cans of tuna…”

Jung-min started to rummage through his inventory and soon found several cans of tuna.

“Okay. Let’s settle today with rice, tuna and kimchi.”

Jung-min put water on the portable gas stove and cooked instant rice.

Jung-min murmured as he ate the finished instant rice, tuna and kimchi.

“Kimchi is not long.. We have to come up with a way to procure the items somehow. To make the inventory a livable environment, there are a lot of things we need. There is no word on when it will be opened, so eh”

Jeong-min, who had a simple lunch, tidied up the bowls he had eaten.

“Time is ambiguous. It’s past lunchtime, so I have to go to Leah-san’s world in a while.. What should I do… Should I practice more?”

Jung-min thought blankly as he looked at the wall leading to Leah’s inventory.

‘Come to think of it… I’ve never been to any other place besides Leah’s inventory.

Jung-min found a flashlight and took it out.

‘It’s not completely dark inside the inventory, but it’ll be convenient if there’s a flashlight’

When I turned on the flashlight, I felt that the light intensity was weak as if the battery was not enough.

‘I won’t be able to use it for a long time… I need batteries too… Ugh…’

Jung-min took water and some snacks from the bag with the interior space expansion option from Leah’s inventory and put it on his back.

“I’m just looking around in the inventory.

After getting ready, Jung-min moved to the wall opposite the wall where he could enter Leah’s inventory and used the clairvoyance skill.

A bluish light appeared in Jung-min’s eyes, and he began to see beyond the wall.

“As expected…it’s someone else’s inventory. Then…”

Jung-min looked over the wall and used the space movement skill.

The figure of Jeong-min, who had disappeared from the inventory, appeared in the inventory beyond the wall.

Jimin looked around.

“…what’s so empty about it?”

Unlike Leah’s inventory, which was full of all sorts of weapons and items, the inventory that came over this time was almost empty.

Jung-min turned on the flashlight and looked around.

“Hmm…? The walls of this inventory feel a bit duller? Is it a different color…?”

Unlike Jung-min and Leah’s inventory, the color of the walls inside seemed more dull.

“Is it just my feelings? It’s strange..”

Jung-min looked at the surroundings with a flashlight and picked up a small box.

“This..”

Cereal from a famous company that Jung-min also bought and ate from time to time. However, the language written on the packaging box was not Korean.

“This is…all in English…is it an inventory of someone living in an English-speaking country?”

I looked around, but there were no items, so I was able to finish the search quickly.

“There’s nothing to see here. Shall we move on to the next thing?”

Jung-Min leaned over the wall and moved to the next inventory using the two-handedness and teleportation skills.

Arriving at the inventory, Jung-min looked around.

“Oh…there’s a lot of stuff here?”

It wasn’t as much as Leah’s, but it was an inventory with various items.

Jung-min turned on the flashlight and began examining each one.

“I’m sure I’ve come to a different inventory like this. The inventory I went to before definitely had a more dull gray-like color on the walls. What’s the difference? Is there something special about that inventory?”

Jeong-min had a question, but gave up because he couldn’t find the answer and started exploring the inventory.

Jung-min, who decided to look at the weapons first, picked up a large weapon nearby.

“Hmm. It’s a rather bloody-looking sword. It’s quite large, too.

Jeongmin opened the status window.

[Jungmin Choi

Strength: 24 (+10)

Stamina: 25 (+10)

Agility: 20

Intelligence: 11 (+10) [mp:24/38]

Holding Gold: 410 Gold

Possessed Skills: Gate (lv.1) Space Movement (lv.2) Perspective (lv.1) Emotional Eye (lv.1) Mana Recovery (P) (lv.1)

“…Well?”

Jung-min confirmed that his strength stat and physical stat increased by 10.

“This… it’s an item with a stat increase option… the rate of increase is insignificant… but still…”

Jeongmin put down his sword.

“It’s not a good item… but it’s an item that can’t be obtained on Earth now… Then…”

Jimin let out a small sigh.

“It must be said that the owner of this inventory is also a person from another world…like Leah..”

Jungmin shook his head and murmured.

“..How many places are [Trials of the Gods] going on? How many other worlds are there…”

Jung-min tried holding the other weapons next to him one by one.

Most of them were items with stat-up options similar to the first sword.

After holding all the weapons, Jung-min put them down and saw a large amount of glass bottles lying in one corner of the inventory.

White bottles with long snouts and round bodies. The entrance was covered with a lid made of the same material.

As I listened, I could feel the movement of the liquid inside.

“…is it like a potion?”

Jeongmin opened the lid and smelled the liquid inside.

“Hmm…the scent seems pretty…good…what is it…?”

Jung-min couldn’t overcome the curiosity and used ‘eyes of emotion’ while looking at the glass bottle.

The information in the glass bottle floated in front of Jung-min’s eyes.

[Baekhwaro: A high-quality liquor made from the dew of one hundred flowers. Made with ‘Sunyang”s Brewing (lv.6) skill. When taken, HP +20 for 2 hours]

“Ugh..?”

Jung-min was surprised once more that these glass bottles were all alcohol, and that this alcohol gave a stamina buff.

“This is all a drink that gives buffs..?”

Although he doesn’t drink much, Jung-min’s neck, which he enjoyed quite a bit, went down.

“…Shall we just take a sip?”

The temptation of fragrant liquor moved his heart, but Jeong-min shook his head.

“…I have a lot of work to do and I have to train in the evening…I can’t do that…Hmm…it’s a pity..Wouldn’t it be nice to bring a bottle with me when there are so many of them..?”

Jeongmin thought about it, but shook his head.

“Ah, let’s stop. What’s wrong with something that’s not mine…”

Jung-min put the bottle down and looked for something else.

“What is this?”

What Jeongmin lifted was a small wooden box.

When I opened the box, I could feel the fresh scent wafting out.

Inside the box were three black pills the size of fingernails placed on a fine silk cloth.

Jung-min used ’emotional eyes’ once again.

[Cheongshimdan: A stat-increasing potion made with ‘Jeongcheon”s short-drug manufacturing (lv.4) skill. When taken, all stats are permanently increased by 5. One person can consume up to three times.]

“Huh..”

Jung-min was very surprised to see the explanation that popped up in front of his eyes.

“A drug that raises stats? That’s not temporary, but permanently? If you eat all of these pills, all stats go up by 15, right? To think there’s an item like this…”

Jeongmin put down the medicine and looked around.

“Looking at the items here, I think I know roughly what kind of world the owner of this inventory lives in.”

Jungmin lifted up the pile of books on one side and opened them.

A book full of characters that look similar to Chinese characters.

Putting down the book again, Jung-min murmured.

“As expected… the world the owner of this inventory lives in is probably…”

At that time, the inside of the dark inventory became bright.

The light coming through the silently open inventory gate illuminated the inside of the inventory.

‘…the inventory gate opened?!’

Jeongmin looked at the gate nervously.

What can be seen through the gate is the face of a man who looks urgent.

A man wearing a uniform that was often depicted in martial arts places reached out to the inventory gate and shouted something.

Fluffy

The sword Jung-min looked at at first rose into the air and flew toward the gate.

The sword rotated and passed through the gate starting with the handle, and the owner of the gate was seen holding the handle of the sword and turning and swinging it.

The sword the man wielded cut through the waist of the large monster behind him.

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But at the same time, the monster’s hand pierced the man’s back and protruded.

“Keuhuhuh!!”

The man’s desperate words penetrated Jung-min’s ears as he stared at the gate in surprise.

The man shuddered once and fell forward, unable to get up.

“Dead…dead…?”

Jung-min couldn’t come to his senses at what had suddenly happened in front of his eyes.

As the man collapsed, the situation beyond the inventory gate came into view.

The first thing you see is a large monster gate.

However, it felt different from the black gates Jung-min had seen so far.

A translucent yellow gate stood emitting an ominous look, and around it were large monsters Jung-min had never seen before, fighting people dressed like the man who had just died.

People fought monsters using their own weapons.

Some attacked by jumping into the sky while stepping on the air, while others attacked with white aura wrapped around the sword they were holding.

However, due to the number of monsters, one by one, I had to lie down on the cold ground.

After everyone died, the monsters let out a victory roar towards the sky and started collecting people’s corpses.

The corpse of the man who appears to be the owner of the inventory where Jung-Min is located also disappeared somewhere, being dragged by the monster’s hand.

Jeong-min, who saw people die in front of his eyes for the first time, stared at the inventory gate with a frozen look.

‘..Calm down. You shouldn’t stiffen up just because you saw a sight like this. It’s a sight you may see countless times in the future.”

Jeongmin raised both hands and slapped both cheeks.

I felt a tingling pain on my face, and it seemed to calm my mind somewhat.

‘If it’s a yellow gate… at least it’s not D-class. It’s more of a gate. This world, which only appears in martial arts, must have started [Trial of the Gods] earlier than Earth… By the way… the owner of the inventory is dead, right? Is this inventory okay…? Doesn’t it disappear or something?”

Fortunately, even though the owner died, the inventory was still intact.

Jung-min looked around the inventory again, just in case, and was shocked.

‘The inventory wall… has changed!!”

Apparently, the inventory wall, which had a black wall that softly reflected light when I first entered, had turned a dull gray like the wall of the inventory I stopped by just before.

It was only then that Jung-min learned what the gray wall meant.

“An inventory with gray walls… means that its owner is dead.. The owner of the inventory we stopped by just before must also… be dead…”

Jeongmin thought while looking at the inventory gate that was still open and shining outside.

‘…That gate will disappear in 30 minutes. And… it won’t open again…’

Jung-min remembered the moment the man who owned the inventory died, but he shook his head and shook his head.

‘How many inventories have lost their owners… Not only on Earth, but in all worlds where [Trial of the Gods] takes place, inventories that have lost their owners must still be created…’

Jimin looked around with a sad face.

‘The items in this inventory have become unowned items. Then…it doesn’t matter if I take them all, right?’

Jung-min started to move things into the bag of space expansion.

As he moved things, Jung-min felt an inexplicable sense of guilt.

The space in the bag was quite large, so I could put everything in my inventory.

Jeongmin looked at the gate that was still open and nodded.

‘I don’t know who it is, but I hope you rest in peace…’

Jung-min packed all his things and opened the base gate to return to his inventory.

I didn’t feel like continuing to explore the inventory any longer.

Jung-min suddenly thought that he wanted to see Leah.

Jung-min sat down on the inventory floor and waited for the time promised to arrive with Leah.

Episode 14