The Evil God Beyond the Smartphone
chapter-50

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As soon as I saw the banner, I touched the shop button as if I was possessed by a ghost.

Thud.

The screen went dark for a moment as I pressed the button, and then the <Paid Currency Shop> page popped up.

79900 won for a 10-draw.

The price was the same as usual, but today there was another factor that made it different.

It was the small text below the draw button that had been newly added.

If you do a 10-draw during the event period, you will receive a ticket that allows you to do another 10-draw.

You can only receive the 10-draw ticket once during the event period.

As it was written on the banner, they were really doing a payback event.

I thought the developers would only suck the users’ money, and they had nothing to do with events.

Who would have imagined that they would do a summer event like this?

I marveled at the unexpected event and looked at the draw button that was shining brightly.

“They actually prepared an event like this.”

If you do a 10-draw, you get a ticket that allows you to do another 10-draw through the event.

In other words, you could do 20 draws for the price of 79900 won, which was the cost of a 10-draw.

They wouldn’t give you unlimited tickets even if you kept drawing, but it was enough profit with just one 10-draw.

It was obvious that if you were going to draw, you should do it while the event was going on.

I exited the game with excitement for the first event I was going to participate in.

“I just need to check my balance and then I’ll do it right away.”

And then I launched the bank application and checked the balance in my account.

I was going to check how much I had left and then immediately do the draw.

Thud.

My finger that was running the application stopped in its tracks as it faced the balance.

“…”

I slowly read the balance that was displayed on the screen from the front.

The amount left in my account was strange.

Blink. Blink.

I rubbed my eyes in disbelief and looked at the screen again.

But no matter how many times I closed and opened my eyes, the numbers on the screen didn’t change.

My balance had decreased significantly.

It was much lower than I had expected.

It had broken through my psychological threshold and dipped slightly below it.

It seemed that money had leaked out from here and there without me knowing.

Of course, having such a doubt didn’t mean that the money that had gone out of my account would come back.

I couldn’t help but worry as I looked at my devastated account.

“Ha… This is really the best event ever.”

If you do a 10-draw, you get to do another 10-draw.

It was an event that the developers had prepared ambitiously, after raising the price of a 10-draw whenever they could.

If I missed this event, I wouldn’t know when it would come back again.

Should I save the money I have in my hand?

Or should I cut down on my future spending?

As I was lying on the floor and agonizing, a cup noodle that was rolling on the floor came into my sight.

“…Maybe I should just reduce my food expenses.”

A plan to reduce my food expenses popped up in my head as I saw the cup noodles.

I always think about this whenever I need to spend money on the game, but it’s also the first idea that comes to my mind.

If I just eat cup noodles for every meal for a few days, I can easily afford to do the draw.

There’s no better way to raise funds than this.

It’s an amazing idea no matter how I think about it.

“I have to do it right now.”

I can’t miss the 10-draw event that gives 100% payback for just a few meals.

I decided to eat only noodles and launched the game.

Ding.

As I opened the <Paid Currency Shop>, the draw button that was shining brightly welcomed me again.

If I had decided to live on noodles, there was no need to hesitate anymore.

I pressed the draw button that was shining in the middle of the screen with a firm click.

And then, with a bright light, the draw items started to appear one by one.

-You obtained [Stylish Tunic].

-You obtained [Stylish Tunic].

-You obtained [Stylish Tunic].

-You obtained [Stylish Tunic].

-You obtained [Stylish Tunic].

-You obtained [Stylish Tunic].

-You obtained [Stylish Tunic].

-You obtained [Stylish Tunic].

-You obtained [Stylish Tunic].

-You obtained [Stylish Tunic].

I couldn’t help but grab the back of my neck as I saw the final result of the 10-draw.

Swear words naturally came out of my mouth at the ridiculous draw outcome.

It was an impossible event from a probabilistic point of view.

How could the same item pop out 10 times in a 10-draw?

The probability of getting the best hand in poker was much higher than this.

“No, this is… How is this possible?”

The strength left my hand that was holding the smartphone.

It wasn’t rare for a game to give you nothing but trash in a random draw, but it was always unpleasant whenever it happened.

Sigh.

I looked at my smartphone again after letting out a sigh.

When I touched the screen to move on from the draw screen, a message popped up saying that I had received a 10-draw ticket.

You received a [Free 10-draw Ticket].

Do you want to do a 10-draw right now?

Yes / No

I was already on edge from the previous draw.

If I didn’t get anything comforting from the new draw, I wouldn’t be able to sleep peacefully tonight.

I immediately chose ‘Yes’ to the message that asked me if I wanted to do another 10-draw.

Thud.

As the screen changed, the output window for the next draw appeared.

“Ha, really… Please give me something good.”

I looked at the draw screen with a desperate hope.

I did think that I needed a lot of [Stylish Tunic], but that didn’t mean that I only wanted [Stylish Tunic].

This time, I hoped to get a useful item like a magic book.

Shhh.

Just like before, a bright light burst out and the results of the 10-draw started to appear one by one.

-You obtained [Rusty Iron Sword].

-You obtained [Stylish Tunic].

-You obtained [Baguette].

-You obtained [Magic Book: Giga Lightning].

-You obtained [Sponge Cake].

-You obtained [Sponge Cake].

-You obtained [Holy Relic: Etalia’s Compass].

-You obtained [Stylish Cloak].

-You obtained [Shoddy Dagger].

-You obtained [Baguette].

I looked at the items that were displayed on the screen one by one.

Iron sword. Tunic. And a baguette.

My eyes stopped as they found something among the basic items that always came out.

There was a magic book in there.

Fortunately, this time I didn’t get 10 [Stylish Tunic] in a row like a disaster.

“Giga Lightning? Is it a lightning-based skill?”

I opened the screen with the magic book and started to examine the name of the new magic I had drawn.

[Magic Book: Giga Lightning].

It was an offensive magic book that I had obtained after a long time.

It seemed like a skill that dealt lightning damage, judging by the name.

It was good enough to get an offensive magic, but the fact that it was lightning-based was even better.

It was because the attribute of magic was also important now that I had Evan as my apostle.

“Maybe it’s an advanced skill of Lightning. I wonder if Evan can use it too.”

If it was a lightning-based magic, it could be shared with Evan through the trait of [Artifact: Astraphe].

The value of lightning-based magic increased just because of that reason.

It was possible to make Evan grow by learning lightning-based magic.

I checked the magic book from the 10-draw and continued to look at the next item.

Normally, I would have moved on after checking the magic book, but this time there was an item that I didn’t expect.

“And Etalia’s Compass…”

[Holy Relic: Etalia’s Compass].

It was a rare item that I had obtained along with the magic book in this draw.

Like the magic sword that had appeared before, it was an item that emitted an extraordinary aura.

The first thing that caught my eye on the draw screen was the appearance of Etalia’s Compass.

It looked like a jewel with a string attached to it, rather than a compass as its name suggested.

I looked at the screen with Etalia’s Compass and touched the screen to end the draw.

“I guess I have to go to the inventory and look for the description.”

According to Evan’s explanation, holy relics were objects that symbolized the six temples.

They were materials needed to evolve the <Divine Power> skill, and they had a high difficulty of acquisition by default.

And one of those holy relic items came out of a 10-draw.

Of course, I couldn’t use this item to grow the <Divine Power> skill, but it was still valuable nonetheless.

I was surprised by the unexpected encounter and pressed the inventory.

As the inventory opened, I saw the magic book and the holy relic lined up in the item window.

“Then let’s check the description.”

Thud.

I moved my finger and clicked on [Holy Relic: Etalia’s Compass].

As I clicked on the item, its image enlarged and a detailed description of the item appeared below it.

My eyes scanned the description of the item slowly.

After reading the whole description, I was shocked by the more radical content than I expected.

“…Why is this item coming out of a draw?”

The special ability of the holy relic item that I obtained for the first time.

It was something that matched very well with the name of the compass.

***

The Temple of Abundance in Crossbridge.

Saint Serena was sitting in the temple’s office and reading a book, when a priest came over and handed her some tea.

Before she entered the Temple of Abundance, Serena had kept a distance from tea due to financial problems.

But ever since she became a saint and entered the temple, she had been eating sweet things whenever she felt like it.

She sent away the nun who brought her tea and snacks, and opened her mouth as she ate a piece of cake.

“The empire’s expedition failed to subjugate Cuebaerg.”

The one who listened to Serena’s story was naturally her knight escort, Lian.

The Abyssal Lord Cuebaerg.

He was one of the apostles of the evil god who was opposed to the six temples.

The failure of the expedition to subjugate the monster that was ravaging the empire was a huge misfortune for the holy land.

“…That’s bad news.”

“It is. Not only for the empire, but also for us. It’s a big problem.”

The Cloud, the elite group of the empire, had participated in the expedition to subjugate Cuebaerg.

If such elites had failed in their mission, it wouldn’t be easy to succeed with ordinary forces.

Moreover, the empire, which had suffered a great loss from this expedition, would surely ask for help from the holy land.

Crossbridge, which served the six temples, couldn’t be free from the responsibility for the apostles of the evil god.

The holy land also had a high possibility of having to prepare for the next expedition.

“It would be difficult to dispatch many troops from the holy land, even if we form an expedition together.”

“And the heroes won’t be free either in the next expedition.”

“Has the council already decided?”

“Yes. They decided to send out the hero of wisdom and the hero of hunting for the expedition.”

Serena brought up the topic of heroes and lifted up her teacup quietly.

The six heroes chosen by the goddess were those who existed to defeat the forces of the evil god.

The council had decided to mobilize them for the next expedition, judging that they had grown enough.

Lian thought they were still lacking, but there was nothing he could do if the council had made a decision.

He expressed his dissatisfaction with the situation of the heroes who were sent to battle sooner than expected.

“That’s faster than I thought.”

“Is that what you think, Lian?”

“Of course. And there are still heroes who haven’t come to the holy land yet.”

“Ugh…”

“Especially if the most important hero of abundance doesn’t come… Saint?”

Serena’s hand that was holding a teacup trembled at Lian’s words.

She reacted violently especially when it came to the hero of abundance.

It was because she remembered what she had gone through at the council meeting.

She put down her teacup that she had been holding on her desk.

And then she tried to calm herself and spoke to Lian.

“I’ll find him.”

“What?”

“I’ll find him myself. That mercenary named Gilford.”

“You’re going to go find him right now?”

Serena nodded at Lian’s words.

The Temple of Abundance was one of the top temples in the holy land, but its status had been falling continuously because of the missing hero.

Not to mention, many elders at the council meeting were giving Serena a hard time.

She couldn’t stand it anymore and decided to take matters into her own hands.

She couldn’t wait for the hero forever and endure the situation.

That’s why Serena told Lian the story that she had been keeping in her heart while attending the council meeting.

“Lian. Let’s leave the holy land together.”

“…”

“And then we’ll find the hero of abundance and bring him back.”

Naturally, Lian opposed Serena’s plan when he heard it.

The apostle of the evil god was wreaking havoc in the empire.

He was worried that something might happen to Serena if she went to the empire.

“That’s a dangerous plan. It would be better to send someone else…”

“No. We have to go. Only I can know his location.”

“Saint.”

“I’ve been patient enough. But this Gilford guy doesn’t seem to have any intention of coming to the temple.”

Serena was determined.

Lian tried to persuade her somehow, but Serena just stuffed a snack into his mouth.

It meant that she didn’t want to hear his words.

Gulp.

Lian swallowed the snack that had entered his mouth and looked at Serena with a disappointed expression.

“Do you have to go?”

“Yes. I have to go no matter what.”

“…All right. Then I’ll ask the knight to take out the holy relics.”

She was unhappy that the saint was going by herself, but the problem of Ascalon and the heroes had to be solved someday.

After a short hesitation, Lian nodded at Serena’s words.

It was a matter that required the secret escort of the holy land.

He thought he had to talk to the captain separately.

Serena’s face brightened when she heard Lian’s words.

She put down the snack that she was about to put into Lian’s mouth and held his hand.

“Lian…!”

“But you have to promise me that you won’t go out for a while when you come back.”

She always tried to act wise, but her essence was still nothing more than a young girl who hadn’t even reached adulthood.

He sighed and thought of the holy relics that were stored in the knight order.

Which holy relic should he take with him to prepare for any situation?

That was the most important homework given to him from now on.