A Space Marine Got a Status Window

The future of humanity in the year 2126 was not very different from what humanity a hundred years earlier, that is, in 2026, had imagined.

“Humanity will win the war against the Mog!”

Humanity had ventured into space to free itself from the limitations of Earth’s space and resources, and now explored the seemingly infinite resources and mysteries awaiting in the cosmos.

And, just as humanity had imagined a hundred years earlier, it was now waging a war against alien lifeforms that roamed through space and threatened humanity.

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That was all.

However, the way most of humanity lived was not very different from a hundred years earlier.

Technology had advanced to such an extent that it was possible not only to go on space tours, but also to own a private home on Mars or the Moon, complete with a swimming pool and vegetable garden.

Human life expectancy had surpassed three hundred years. afford Most existing diseases, including cancer, could be cured.

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The reason was simple.

“Humanity’s technological advancement is dazzling! attic We can now enjoy countless things that would have been unimaginable a hundred years ago!”

“As long as you have money!”

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Everything mentioned above cost money.

A tremendous amount of money.

After all, a hundred years ago, humans at least did not have to compete for jobs against robots capable of working twenty-four hours a day without complaining or even taking a smoke break, autonomous vehicles capable of traveling at three hundred kilometers per hour without causing a single accident, or artificial intelligences capable of producing a thousand illustrations per second.

In fact, in a certain sense, making a living was even harder than it had been a hundred years earlier.

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“We’re recruiting soldiers to fight in the war against the Mog!”

Hunting the Mog, a race of space monsters that threatened humanity from the depths of the cosmos.

In a world like that, there was practically only one way for an ordinary person to make a large amount of money.

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“Yeah, what is it?”

“Yeongcheol.”

Kim Seojun had also chosen that path.

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“Because we’re still a divided country, aren’t we? avalanche You’ve got North Korea right there.”

“Why does Korea still have mandatory military service?”

“Does it really make any sense to talk about a divided country in the space age? academy In a world as vast as space, do you think that dividing line still has any meaning?”

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“Why do you think? agent From the country’s point of view, it’d be absurd to waste an opportunity to get cheap labor. atomic Besides, these days it’s not like they force you to do anything dangerous. atlas You get a little basic training, they send you to work at a military factory, and that’s it. anchor Right? crystal Isn’t that how it works? shadow Hey, wait. portal Seojun, you’re not thinking about… Hey, no. autumn Don’t fuck with me. harbor You’re not thinking about that, are you?”

“Bastard, you got your draft notice, didn’t you?”

When he turned nineteen, he received his draft notice.

“Yeah, I got it. canvas Damn it. voyage I don’t understand why they’re still sending out draft notices in the middle of the twenty-second century.”

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He would become a Space Marine, cross through space, and fight alien monsters face-to-face.

“I’m going to enlist in the Space Marines.”

And when he received that draft notice, Kim Seojun said.

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“Why do you think anyone enlists in the Space Marines these days?”

Naturally, it was madness.

“Why the hell do you want to do something that suicidal?”

“Are you fucking crazy, idiot?!”

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But Kim Seojun had no choice.

“For money?”

“Yeah.”

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“Jinsu hyung?”

“My sister-in-law doesn’t want to tell me anything, but it seems pretty bad. shadow Especially his liver and pancreas. crystal He needs new organ transplants, but you know what the prices are like, don’t you?”

“My brother collapsed.”

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“Well, that’s……”

His brother was sick.

“Hey, even so, that’s too……”

“It’s not a matter of whether it’s too much or not. admire Yeongcheol, you know too. accent You know everything my brother went through for me and Hyeeun.”

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And to Kim Seojun, his older brother, Kim Jinsu, was not simply a brother.

A tragedy had befallen their parents.

“I still can’t imagine what it must be like to become the head of the family at fifteen and have to take care of two siblings aged five and three.”

But, in the midst of that tragedy, Kim Seojun’s older brother had not broken down and had sacrificed everything for his younger siblings.

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With that single purpose in mind, his brother had demonstrated courage and a capacity for sacrifice that no one else would have dared to show.

And now that brother was sick.

He would save his younger siblings.

“I also can’t imagine what it must be like to go into space as a mercenary at seventeen, before you even get your draft notice, to shoot at the Mog.”

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So, when he had the opportunity to help that brother, Kim Seojun did not hesitate.

His life from then on was even more miserable than anyone could have imagined.

He enlisted in the Space Marines.

“He did it for me. ability Now it’s my turn to do it.”

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Facing those monsters while wearing a battle suit and wielding a weapon was absolute madness.

“Sergeant Kim, you’re being discharged in a week?”

He wrote his will before every mission.

Countless times, he had watched comrades who had been laughing and joking with him barely ten minutes earlier get eaten alive by the Mog.

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“I haven’t gone crazy yet, sir.”

“Yes.”

“Hey, what if you stay in the military? antenna I’m serious. academy I’ve seen a lot of soldiers by now, but you’ve got extraordinary talent. beacon If you want, I can even write you a letter of recommendation for the special forces.”

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“Sergeant Kim Seojun, you did a great job. riddle And I’m not just saying that. voyage Thanks to the courage you showed on the battlefield, hundreds of people were saved.”

However, Kim Seojun survived, and eventually the time came to bid farewell to the battlefield against the Mog.

“……What a relief. beacon If you’d accepted, I was planning to send you straight to a psychiatric hospital.”

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The money he had earned serving as a Space Marine was no small amount, and thanks to it, his brother recovered his health. abstract In addition, his recovered brother and sister-in-law had a son whom they adored more than anything in the world.

The next six years were the very picture of happiness.

“It was an honor to serve in your company, sir.”

After giving that final military salute, Kim Seojun finally boarded a ship bound for Earth and returned home after three years.

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On the day his nephew turned five, an incident occurred.

However, that future soon came crashing down.

He dreamed of a rosy future.

Watching his brother and sister-in-law, Kim Seojun also began to dream of getting a good job, finding a partner with whom he could share mutual trust, having children, and living happily.

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In the twenty-first century, those injuries would have meant instant death, but twenty-second-century medical technology was capable of saving him.

He suffered burns all over his body and was mangled from head to toe.

And his brother was caught in it.

A terrorist attack.

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It required a tremendous amount of money.

Money.

Of course, there was one condition.

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Hearing his nephew’s question as he looked at his father, who still had not awakened, Kim Seojun answered without a moment’s hesitation.

“Soon.”

The very moment he uttered that word, Kim Seojun applied to join as a non-commissioned officer.

“Uncle, when is Dad going to wake up?”

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“I want to go wherever pays the most.”

“Sergeant Kim Seojun, is there anywhere in particular you’d like to serve?”

And at the same time, he volunteered.

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“So you are serious.”

He went to the most fucked-up place of all.

“……Are you serious?”

“Yes, sir. acid Otherwise, I wouldn’t have enlisted for a second time.”

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He was not afraid.

“Sergeant Kim, is this your first mission since receiving your appointment?”

A planet where resource extraction had barely begun and where no one even knew what might be found.

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“Corporal Lee Jihoon.”

“No reason, sir. arcade I was just curious. aluminum By the way, did you bring diapers? portal I’m not trying to make fun of you. shadow When someone sees a Mog for the first time, ten times out of ten, whether they’re soldiers or NCOs, they shit or piss themselves. abstract Even I still wear one from time to time, sir.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Yes. afford Why?”

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“Sir?”

“I reenlisted.”

Because he had already been through all of it before.

“This is my second time in the military.”

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[Mog detected ahead!]

[We will soon enter the planet Amotia.]

When they arrived on that developing planet where resource extraction had barely begun.

And that was precisely what made the difference.

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A hundred of those creatures charged directly toward them.

[A pack of Mogdogs is approaching!]

The Mogdogs were two meters long and possessed an insect-like exoskeleton. timber They ran on four legs like dogs and, above those, had a pair of scythe-shaped limbs resembling the forelegs of a praying mantis.

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“Sir?”

“Then inject it.”

“G-God! aspect T-There are too many!”

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Kim Seojun did not lose his composure.

With absolute calm, he injected himself with a Stimpak, the stimulant supplied to the Space Marines.

“Do you think you can look at those things while sober? ability Everyone, inject your Stimpaks!”

Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat!

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“Survivors?”

It was an extremely fierce battle.

To the point where it would not have been strange if all of them had died.

And within that transformed world, with all his senses altered, Sergeant Kim Seojun fought alongside his subordinates in a battle where everyone put their lives on the line.

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“Two dead.”

They had witnessed a miracle.

Fortunately, luck was on their side, and Kim Seojun and his subordinates managed to win the battle.

“Eight, sir.”

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There was sorrow as well.

Because he had already lived through all of it before.

However, even then, Kim Seojun was neither shaken nor surprised nor crushed by grief.

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“Wooooo! airport Fireworks! matrix They’re fireworks!”

And because he knew he would live through it countless times again in the future.

Although, of course, there was another reason as well.

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The side effects of the Stimpak stimulant were distorting their five senses, and under those conditions, it was impossible to properly express emotions or make rational judgments.

Kim Seojun was no exception.

“Hehehehe, hihihihi.”

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That was why.

The world began to look different from usual, and his ears heard auditory hallucinations, sounds that could not possibly exist in reality.

Whenever he injected a Stimpak, he naturally suffered its side effects as well.

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[The status window has been activated.]

When he suddenly heard that voice in his ears, Kim Seojun thought it was simply another side effect of the Stimpak.

And it was not a particularly strange side effect either.

‘Hm?’

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I leveled up!

He had already seen some of his comrades, completely drugged by the visual and auditory hallucinations caused by the Stimpaks, shout things like.

The Constellation sponsored me!

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That was why Kim Seojun did not think too much of it either.

“A status window, huh?”

I got an instant-death skill!

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Even when he saw a holographic window appear in front of him as soon as he uttered the words ‘status window,’ he thought the same thing.

— Strength: 11
— Endurance: 14
— Mana: 1
— Skills: None
— Talents: Dynamic Vision (E)
— Points: 0 pt
— Tickets: 1 Gold Ticket

[Kim Seojun]

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He simply believed that the side effects had hit him harder than usual.

“A Gold Ticket?”

‘……This hallucination is pretty intense.’

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Ssssss.

‘……Is this a hallucination?’

“Huh?”

However, things changed when, as soon as he uttered those words, he saw a golden ticket appear on the glove of his battle suit.

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[Gold Ticket]

Then another window appeared.

As he thought that, he stared at the Gold Ticket that had appeared in his hand.

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He still believed it could be a hallucination.

Of course, even after reading that, Kim Seojun was still not completely convinced.

— By tearing the ticket, you can obtain an attribute, a skill, or a talent.

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But then he tore the Gold Ticket.

[You have torn a Gold Ticket.]

[Congratulations! sphere You have obtained a Platinum-grade reward.]

Riiip!

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[You have obtained Apollo’s Blessing (55 days)!]

It was at that very instant.

[You can now see the trajectory of all projectiles.]

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Suddenly, a combat alert rang out.

Kim Seojun regained his focus and shouted at his subordinates, who were still under the effects of the drugs.

[Mog detected ahead!]

[333 Mogdogs have currently been confirmed!]

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“Huh? august R-Right now, sir? advance I… I’m seeing strange things, sir!”

“Same here.”

And then Kim Seojun could see it.

“Everyone, prepare for combat! altitude Aim your weapons!”

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Click!

And from the end of the barrel, he saw a line of red light extending outward, as if it were a laser.

He aimed his weapon at the Mogdogs charging toward them.

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Kim Seojun’s first day as a non-commissioned officer.

He obtained a status window.

“……I’m seeing something strange too.”