Episode 418
“Is this real?”
Shin Young-jun approached Lee Seo-jun and looked at the compass of fate.
At the same time, the needle of the compass swung around and headed for Shin Yeongjun.
Seeing this, Shin Yeongjun turned his body sideways.
Then the needle of the compass moved after him.
“…Really. How did you get this
?”
“I stole a magic tool called ‘thief’s cloak’ from my grandfather’s room that can avoid tracking. I took it from the Association surveillance with that.”
At that, everyone put on a relieved expression.
Yoon Ha-young looked at the compass with a thoughtful face and said.
“The fact that the compass is working well must mean that Sunwoo is doing well, right?”
The Compass of Destiny moves in response to the registered human magical power.
The fact that the compass was working was proof that Kim Seon-woo was alive somewhere.
“It will. And you saw it on the news. Seoul Black Demon Beast Killing Incident.”
The black beast that first appeared in Seoul.
And the mysterious wizard who solved the case…
At the time, various media outlets and wizard communities debated whether the wizard was Kim Seon-woo or not.
However,
those who have been with Kim Seon-woo for a long time could be sure.
That the magician is Kim Seon-woo.
“Sunwoo. It was still there.”
Yoon Ha-yeong muttered as she recalled the events of the day.
Kim Seon-woo has been secretly solving hidden dangers in everyday life for a long time.
Even in the situation of being pursued by the association, he was still the same.
At that time, Choi Seo-yoon asked as if he remembered.
“Senior, did you bring only one compass?”
The number of compasses of fate buried in the ground is
6 in total.
There should still be 5 compasses left
.
Seojun Lee nodded.
“I brought only one just in case
.”
“good job. It only increases the chance of being caught by the association if you brought it all for no reason
.” Yooara said that and then
opened her mouth again.
“so. I will also find a compass. What are you planning to do if you find Kim Seon-
woo?”
Lee Seo-joon answered Yoo-ara’s question,
“I told you. what happened. And I want to hear the story of how it came to be.”
“After that?”
There was a moment of silence.
“Are you going to come back after saying good bye just to hear the story? Or… are you going to ask us to clear up the misunderstanding with the association and return to our daily lives?”
“What if Kim Seon-woo is satisfied with his current life? What are you going to do then?”
It was definitely something worth thinking about.
According to their belief, Kim Seon-woo may be a human being misunderstood as a demon.
However, what is clear is that Kim Seon-woo has become the ‘King of Demons’ and that humans and demons are like water and oil that cannot be mixed at all.
Even if they were to reunite, it would be practically impossible to return to the original relationship.
This is not a problem that can be solved by simple misunderstanding, but an ethical problem created by human history.
“…Ah, you’re right. You have to think about what happened after we met.”
Yoon Ha-young nodded her head in sympathy with Yoo-ara’s words.
At that time, Choi Seo-yoon, who had been quietly listening to the story, opened her mouth.
“……I am.”
After a moment of silence, he said as if he had gathered all his thoughts.
“After hearing your story, if you tell me that you are satisfied with your current life, I will respect your opinion. But if there was a misunderstanding and you need help, I will do my best to help.”
Choi Seo-yoon’s words were unstoppable, as he had thought for a long time.
And everyone who heard her was silent for a moment.
Yuara gave a small smile and nodded.
“That’s right. I thought it was too difficult.”
Yuara nodded like that and turned her gaze to Lee Seo-joon.
“When are you going to find Kim Seon-woo? Even now, the association is heavily monitoring it, so it must be difficult to move freely.”
“You have to take the time.”
At Lee Seo-joon’s answer, everyone’s eyes turned to him.
“When?”
Instead of answering, Lee Seo-jun showed the compass in his hand to everyone again.
At the same time, the needle of the compass fluctuated greatly and headed east, where no one was pointing.
“Did you forget Kim Seon-woo’s pattern?”
Seojun Lee continued.
“As always, there will come a day when great chaos will befall the world. When that time comes,
Kim Seon-woo will move first. We just have to wait for a gap in the chaos.”
The date for the succession to the throne, which can be said to be the biggest event in the Mine society, has been set.
The date is Saturday in 2 weeks.
According to Ha-ryeong, it is the day when the full moon rises, which symbolizes God’s grace to the demons.
Thanks to this, the inside of the hideout
is busy preparing for the succession ceremony.
Ha-ryeong and Seon-hwa, who often looked for me, as well as Wi-ye, who followed me around like a secretary, were hard to see.
“.Hmm.”
On the contrary, now I am very free.
I was free at first, but when no one was looking for me, I became even more free.
To train for the rest of the time, my stamina is not infinite, and it has limits.
In the end, all I could do was wander around the treasure house of the hideout or
read the old Mine’s tome.
“Yeah!”
ah. Sometimes, when there’s really nothing to do, she plays with Gretel.
“Gretel is fine. Every day looks like fun.”
Recently, using the king’s authority, five mines were assigned exclusively for Gretel’s play.
Originally, Ha-ryung was in charge, but he seemed too busy with various things recently, and I was sorry, so he ordered another mine.
It’s called abuse of power.
It’s unfair that I suddenly became the target of the Society, the enemy of mankind, but I should use something like this.
“Woong!”
Looking at Gretel smiling at me, I smiled along and lay down on the bed.
“…Let’s go shopping for traits.”
Due to recent incidents, the points have accumulated quite… no, a lot.
Tolerable SS rank attributes are all available for purchase.
At this point, it is time to stop saving.
I activated the outsider’s benefit.
[Possessed points: 401000]
“…I did collect a lot.”
Recently, over 400,000 points have been gathered despite purchasing various skill potions and understanding potions to quickly learn ancient magic.
It’s not an urgent situation right now, and there could be a sudden discount event (?), so
I’ve been saving it, but I think we should plan to use it sooner or later.
I immediately entered the point shop.
[Enters the point shop.]
As expected.
There are no special discounts today.
“I’m the only customer, but I’m doing business with the guts.”
While muttering like that,
I looked at the characteristics and skills that were visible to the eye.
As always, the stronger the restrictions on the characteristics and skills, the more the user is given the appropriate abilities.
[Like Moon Gahi has a limitation that it can only be used once a month, but when activated, it gives great power to reverse any situation.
Since the enemy I had to deal with in the future was a powerful being like ‘Croas’, it was meaningless to become obscurely strong.
After looking at the characteristics, I selected one that stood out.
[Dragon Slayer (SS)]
Classification: Characteristic
►Dragon Slayer
Inflicts 500% additional damage to dragons. Also reduces damage taken from Balaur by 50%.
Price: 400000
“…wow.”
As a natural enemy characteristic of a specific target, such as ‘destroying’, the effect itself was enormous.
Considering that the protection of the moon I have now increases all stats by 4.4 times, this is even more frightening as it can deal 5 times more damage.
“…The problem is that it can only be used on dragons.” To be honest
, I don’t think I can win
against Croas even if I receive [Dragon Slay E] and [Moon Gahi] at the same time .
I don’t know if all stats increase 5 times, but if only the damage increases, it means that the safety is lowered.
No matter how strong the damage was, it was meaningless if you couldn’t withstand the guy’s attacks.
I don’t think reducing the damage I receive is meaningful because if I can’t avoid his attack, I’ll die.
Besides, there is little to do with dragons. In a situation like this
, it might be more efficient to train
discus like crazy .
“…Keep it for now.”
In any case, it was definitely a good trait when dealing with Croas, so I couldn’t just think about the downside and throw it away.
Maybe there are better characteristics, so I’ll look for more.
As I was looking around the store, a button caught my eye.
“What is this?”
[NEW!!]
[The special shop that was locked after obtaining qualifications has been unlocked.]
…Unlocked the special shop?
It was hidden in the corner of the point shop, so I didn’t know it until now.
When did this happen?
I entered the specialty store with many questions.
[You have entered the special shop ‘Underground Dark Shop’.]
[20% discount on Starter Pack for beginners to use magic!] [
Composition: Super regenerative ability (D) Demonic release (D) Dark chain (B) Darkness (A) )]
[Price: 60000 points -> 48000 points]
“……What is it.”
The goal started to hurt for a while in a sudden situation.
Looking around, it seemed that it was a store where you could purchase some ‘Mine’ abilities that you couldn’t buy at regular stores.
There was an absurd laugh at the completely unexpected flow.
[Warning!]
[All abilities sold in the underground dark shop can
only be used by ‘Mine’.]
The moment I can use Magi is only when I use Runaway Fire.
And the time to maintain reason during runaway
is only about 10 seconds.
After all, the time to use any attribute is only 10 seconds, so it cannot be considered efficient.
“But let’s take a look.”
I wonder what they sell.
As far as I know, I’ve heard that demons, like humans, have a ‘minority’ and have special characteristics that no one can use.
►[Skill] Darkening (B)
►[Skill] Darkening (A) ►[Skill] Darkening ( S)
►[Skill]
Demonic Confrontation (S) ►
[Attribute] Attribute Demonic (S)
►[Attribute ] ] Magic Conversion (S)
► [Attribute] Transcendental Will (S)
► [Skill] Black Fog)
► [Item] Ancient Magi Meditation Method 1-4 Set (B)
There are many types.
To the point where I can’t see the end even though I keep looking down.
“……what the.”
I had doubts before.
Why didn’t the store show Mine-related abilities?
Were you all here?
I looked around and chose the one that caught my eye.
[Attribute Demonicization (S)]
Classification: Attribute
Description: All possessed attributes can be realized as demonic.
Price: 150000 points
“…O uh ”
—
To put it simply, it seemed that human skills or
characteristics could be implemented as demons.
For example, in a runaway state, you can activate ‘Disc Strike’ or use the Heart of Mother Nature, which is bound by the magical rain rune.
And maybe even the blessing of the moon.
“This is a little bit. No, it hurts a lot.”
To be honest, I covet it immensely.
Although it is a situation where you can only maintain the rationality of the runaway fire for 10 seconds, it rains demonic energy while becoming stronger with the runaway fire.
Doesn’t your heart tremble just by imagining it
?
“150,000 points…
This is too expensive because it’s simply a talent for ability conversion.
Mmm.
After thinking about it for a while, I turned the window off.
Investing 150,000 points in that trait right now is too expensive.
I’d rather buy the SS class traits.
“…I wonder if there is a characteristic that makes runaways stable.”
After looking around, I picked one that caught my attention.
[Transcendence Will (S)]
Classification: Attribute
Description: Automatically activated when using Runaway Fire. Gains a strong will that goes beyond limits.
►When transcendent
runaway is activated, the time you can maintain your sanity increases by 500%.
Price: 100000 points
found.”
Regressed extras become geniuses