'What's this?'

Seol stared at the piece of paper that had fallen on the shelf.

'Oh, that's right. I got that from one of the Necessary Boxes….'

He remembered receiving it as one of his starting bonuses. Honestly, he had completely forgotten all about it. At that time, he was far too stunned by the revelation regarding his Nine Eyes, and afterwards, the food he pilfered from the convenience store hid this paper away from his view and it languished at the bottom of the bag.

He couldn't help but feel a bit surprised by the fact that he had completely forgotten about it until now.

“Hey, Sungjin?”

“Yes?”

Yi Sungjin raised his head and looked at Seol after he stopped emptying the contents of his bag to the ground.

“What was your Mark's grade again?”

“Bronze.”

“That means, you got a Random Box, right? Back at the assembly hall.”

“Yes.”

“What came out from there?”

“It was a paper talisman. Why? Is something the matter?”

Yi Sungjin replied without hesitation.

“I'm kinda curious, but uh, the magic spell you can use with a talisman, can it be anything you want?”

“No, not really. Mine had 'Bind' written on it.”

Seol looked back at the paper talisman resting on the shelf and began frowning slightly. This scrap of paper in front of his eyes was…. almost completely blank.

“Is it possible for you to show me your talisman? If you still have it on you, that is.”

“Oh, that. My bad, but I already used it up back in the Tutorial…. We ran into that Gaekgwi monster as soon as we came out of our hiding place.”

Yi Sungjin scratched the back of his head apologetically.

“Hmm… I wonder if there’s anyone who still has their talisman….”

“I'm sure that everyone has used theirs up by now. I mean, the Neutral Zone's about to close anyways.”

“Huh? What does that mean?”

“Hm? Oh, well, they are starting bonuses, right?”

“What do you mean?”

When Seol asked back in surprise, Yi Sungjin showed how stunned he was as if the thought of Seol not knowing about it didn’t cross his mind.

After all, it was common sense for every Invited. Well, not unless they...