Free Web NovelChapter 6: Logistics Queen and the Broken Attribute Link
The deafening roar of the distant portal continued to shake the glass windows of the convenience store, but inside, the atmosphere had turned completely still. Han Chae-won stood with her head bowed, her breath hitching as she waited for Min-jae’s response. She was fully prepared to beg, to pledge her life, or to carry heavy crates until her fingers bled— anything to avoid being left behind to die in the jaws of the green monsters outside.
Min-jae didn’t speak immediately. Instead, he stepped closer, his piercing gaze locking onto her.
In his past life, Han Chae-won was known as the "Void Treasurer," one of the top five non-combat support players in the entire Eastern Alliance. Her high-level spatial coordinates allowed her to transport entire army divisions and hoard millions of tons of supplies across dimensions. Hearing her name today had triggered a calculated plan in his mind.
An unyielding tank needed a flawless supply line. If he wanted to build an empire that could withstand the descent of ancient gods, he couldn’t waste his own time carrying backpacks full of water and canned food.
"Look at me," Min-jae commanded calmly. fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
Chae-won flinched slightly but forced herself to lift her chin, meeting his cold, obsidian eyes.
"You said you’ll manage my supplies," Min-jae said, his voice smooth but carrying an implicit warning. "In my world, there is no room for dead weight, cowards, or betrayers. If you break your word, I will personally throw you into the next monster horde. Do you understand?"
Chae-won swallowed hard, as she clenched her fists. "I understand. I’ll do whatever you ask. Just give me a chance."
[Ding! Target ’Han Chae-won’ has initiated a formal allegiance request.]
[Would the host like to accept her into your personal party? (Current Party Size: 1/2)]
"Accept," Min-jae murmured under his breath.
The moment he confirmed the prompt, a faint blue string of light briefly connected his chest to hers. Chae-won gasped as a standard system notification flashed before her eyes, confirming her status as his subordinate.
But what she didn’t see was the golden, reality-warping interface that instantly overrode Min-jae’s field of vision.
[ Subordinate Registered: Han Chae-won.]
[Scanning target’s innate parameters... Tracking soul signature...]
[Innate Talent Detected: Basic Pocket Space (Rank D)]
[Description: Allows the user to store up to 5 cubic meters of non-living matter in a localized sub-dimension. Weight limitations apply.]
[Cosmic Cheat System Active: Analyzing world logic rules...]
[Hidden Evolution Path Found for Subordinate’s Talent!]
Min-jae’s eyes narrowed slightly in fascination. So my evolution cheat doesn’t just work on my own skills and equipment—it can actively rewrite the talents of the people bound to my soul.
He focused his mind on the golden text, revealing the hidden options.
[Evolution Options for Subordinate ’Han Chae-won’ (Talent: Basic Pocket Space)]
1. Standard Path: Expanded Inventory (Rank C) — Increases spatial capacity to 50 cubic meters. Removes basic weight limitations. (Cost: 50 Mana Crystals).
2. Hidden Path: Infinite Void Treasury (Rank SSS) — Grants an infinite, limitless sub-dimensional storage space with absolutely zero weight restrictions. Items stored inside enter absolute time-stasis (food never spoils, potions never lose efficacy). Additionally, grants the passive skill: ’Spatial Devour’ — The user can instantly vacuum and loot any items, corpses, or environmental resources within a 100-meter radius with a single thought. (Cost: 0 Core Points — First Party Member Promotion Bonus!).
Min-jae felt a thrill of dark excitement run down his spine. An infinite inventory with absolute time-stasis and a 100-meter automatic looting radius. With this talent active, they could literally strip entire cities clean of food, weapons, and monster drops in seconds just by walking down the street.
"System," Min-jae commanded internally. "Execute the hidden evolution path for Han Chae-won."
[Commencing Subordinate Hidden Evolution...]
[Deploying Cosmic Energy... Process complete.]
A sudden, blinding flare of violent purple energy erupted from Chae-won’s chest. She gasped, her eyes snapping wide as she was lifted an inch off the ground. The ambient air around her body warped and rippled like distorted glass, creating miniature vacuum pockets that hissed with static pressure.
The two surviving convenience store customers who were hiding in the corner let out a terrified yelp, burying their faces in their hands, thinking Min-jae was executing her next.
Within three seconds, the purple light snapped back into Chae-won’s heart. She dropped back onto her feet, panting heavily, her skin radiating a pristine, ethereal glow. Her mind was in a complete daze as she stared at her transformed status screen.
"T-This... this is impossible..." Chae-won stuttered, her voice trembling so violently she could barely speak. She looked at her hands, then up at Min-jae, her gaze filled with a profound, terrifying awe that bordered on religious worship. "My talent... it changed. It’s not Rank D anymore. It says... it says Rank SSS! Infinite Void Treasury? Absolute time-stasis?!"
She wasn’t an idiot. She knew the global system rules that had just been broadcasted into everyone’s heads. S-Rank was supposed to be the absolute pinnacle of human potential—a literal myth. But her screen was showing three S’s. And she knew exactly who had caused it. The casual wave of this young man’s hand had just elevated her from a garbage-tier utility worker to a literal goddess of logistics.
"Don’t waste time celebrating," Min-jae interrupted her smoothly, his expression remaining entirely unbothered. "Test it right now. Clear out this store."
Chae-won snapped out of her trance, nodding frantically. "Yes! Yes, right away!"
She turned toward the massive rows of convenience store shelves packed with bottled water, ramen packets, canned meats, and medical kits. Instead of walking over to pick them up manually, she simply closed her eyes and focused on her new passive skill: Spatial Devour.
Voom!
A localized, silent shockwave of purple energy rippled outward from her body, expanding exactly one hundred meters in every direction.
In a fraction of a millisecond, every single shelf, item, bottle, and piece of inventory inside the building vanished into thin air. The heavy metal storage safes in the back room, the commercial refrigerators, the medicine cabinets— even the cash registers— were cleanly sucked into the void, leaving behind a completely hollow, pristine concrete shell of a building.
Outside on the asphalt, the six goblin corpses and their shattered weapons vanished instantly as well, cleanly converted into raw materials inside her infinite pocket.
"It’s all inside," Chae-won whispered, her eyes sparkling with excitement. "Everything is perfectly organized in my mind. Not a single ounce of weight is pressing on me."
"Good," Min-jae said, checking his own interface.
The red apocalyptic sky outside was turning progressively darker as the massive obsidian gate in the square reached full stability. The screeching of thousands of advancing goblins was getting closer, the vibrations rattling the empty concrete floor beneath their feet.
But Min-jae’s eyes were fixed on the impending problem. The system announcement had stated that the Regional Boss was a Goblin Shaman Chief— a magic caster.
His Eternal Vajra Deity Body granted him absolute immunity to physical attacks. But magic damage was a completely different metric. If that Shaman blasted him with a Rank-A fireball or a corrosive lightning curse, his physical immunity wouldn’t do a single thing to stop it.
I need a magical defense or an attribute conversion before I reach that square, Min-jae calculated rapidly. And I have exactly five free attribute points left over from my recent level up.
He opened his personal status screen, staring intensely at his basic attributes: Strength, Agility, Vitality, and Intelligence. If his system could find hidden evolution paths for talents and items, could it find a hidden path for raw, basic stats?
"System," Min-jae thought, focusing his consciousness entirely on his stat pool. "Scan my attribute parameters. Is there a hidden evolution path to bridge the gap between physical and magical defense?"
A heavy, low mechanical chime vibrated deep within his brain, accompanied by a sudden burst of blinding golden code.
[User has initiated a fundamental rule-break query.]
[Analyzing host’s SSS-Rank core logic... Modifying attribute structure...]
[Hidden Stat Evolution Path Found!]
