chapter 301
301 – Tingling in the Back of My Head
The time when Ilwol was training in a dark space.
Denar Panizial came from another world.
He hadn’t been able to do what people here call ‘going to work’ for several days.
“Damn it!”
Kwajangchang-!
He went head-to-head with the man who kept interfering with what he was doing.
After getting beaten up at that time, he barely managed to run away.
He was holding his breath in his hiding place, concentrating on recovering from his injuries.
“I never thought I would be that strong… There was a person stronger than me in this world? How could something like that happen?”
Of course, it had been a few years since he had lived in this world, so he knew well that there were many strong people here as well.
However, since there was no man with that face in the information he had accumulated, he continued to accumulate doubts.
“There’s no way I wouldn’t remember such a smooth face…”
Even in the eyes of Denar, who came from another world, the man’s appearance was very outstanding, and because he could not understand it, he ordered his subordinate to update the list of those who were called the strongest.
“If the information is not wrong, it is ultimately an ability similar to ‘mask art’. How can it be so perfect without any sense of heterogeneity?”
Denard had been unable to escape the feeling of facing a huge wall for several days.
He was pushed from all sides and even had to run away.
A complete defeat with no excuses.
“The energy I felt from that guy was definitely that of a blackened dragon… A man who used the power of a dragon that had become an evil spirit… No, that was probably-“
The appearance of the man he last saw was not much different from the appearance of the Yongin people only known in legend, so he was quite embarrassed.
“Levua… Are you saying that light really cannot overcome darkness…”
Denar cried out to the god he served, and at that moment, the great responsibility he carried on his shoulders and his contorted his face in pain.
“No… Let’s not be weak. First of all, we have to avoid meeting that bastard again. To do that, we’ll need a variable… A variable.”
That handsome man’s eyes seemed to see through everything, so I figured I wouldn’t be able to turn that bastard’s eyes away from me using normal methods.
“Since we haven’t even filled half of our malice yet, it will be difficult to bring in a monster of the level. It will be possible to bring in someone equivalent to that level.”
Denard, who was calculating how many days it would take to bring about disaster, soon called in another servant under his command.
“…”
Before he knew it, a dozen blue-eyed believers appeared next to him and stood silently.
Uniform face and body shape. The eyes were burnt with fire and were extremely hideous, and the sight of the believer standing upright without any movement and looking at him made even Denard feel creepy.
‘I didn’t want to use these guys…’
He realized that there were limits to the unfinished ‘teeth’ that his teacher kept sending him, so he had no choice but to borrow the power of blue eyes.
“I will open a rift. The place is… The place with the most people in this city.”
“”… Yes…””
They answered at the same time in gloomy voices and then disappeared.
“Disgusting things…”
But I was the dirtiest person to ask favors from those people.
“Hmph! It doesn’t matter! I will definitely fulfill your wish, Master. To do so, I will cover myself with any filth.”
Denard’s eyes as he washed his face his were more determined than ever.
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Woooooung─
When I was called home again, I came out in front of the summoning door and greeted a cute creature waiting for me, stomping its feet.
“Wow, did you come? How was it? Aren’t you scared?”
“Tick, tick, tick.”
Yeonhee seemed to have a lot of questions last night, so she came close to me and asked me a barrage of questions.
In fact, the dark space was like my home, but the image I heard of that place seemed to be perceived as scary and a place that should not be visited.
“It might be scary, but I want to go there too. If I go with Il-wol, it’ll be okay… Right?”
‘I hope that doesn’t happen…’
I gently stroked Yeonhee’s hair and listened to her story, and she, who was chattering like a blue bird, shook off what had accumulated on her body and went into the bathroom and started washing her body.
Now, when she takes a shower, she no longer has to block out her senses.
Feeling the flowing lines of the body, I once again take out the great sword and sweep the blade.
‘Hmm… It’s the best as expected.’
The curve of the large sword, as smooth as Yeonhee’s body, gave me a feeling of satisfaction. At some point, I developed a habit of looking at the sword when I had nothing to do.
Well-
“This side dish store is really delicious-“
The only thing I cook for Yeonhee is dinner.
The rest of the meal is eaten with side dishes purchased at a store a short distance away from home or stuffed with bread.
However, the rice cooked with Irmana lake water was so delicious on its own that Yeonhee ate three bowls without any side dishes.
“Okay! Shall we go? I told Black Lady I’d be late by about an hour.”
Nod-
We didn’t go straight to the dungeon, but stopped by the ‘White Knight Guild’ headquarters first.
“Let’s pay off the debt first!”
Nod-
Yeonhee first used the money she received from Helen’s request to repay her mother’s surgery expenses, which she had borrowed from the White Knight Guild.
The amount is a shopping 700 million.
Although it was a 1% interest loan, it was virtually interest-free. Because the hospital fees were so expensive, a considerable amount of money was spent.
Still, I happily repaid the loan and was happy, but now I found out that this dirty bastard had messed with the contract.
According to the contract with the White Knight Guild, when you awaken, you must contract with the White Knight Guild. Afterwards, there was an insane clause that stated that if the guild was not active for 7 years, it would have to pay a fine of up to 50 billion won.
‘Is that even legal? Fuck… Really.’
According to the hunter-related law that was revised a few years ago.
Contracts between hunters may have no ‘time to time’ limits. A new phrase was added, and that was the problem.
‘We’ll have to find out later what kind of crazy bastard came up with this outdated law.’
Anyway, Kang Yeon-soo probably didn’t know about the details of the contract, so he repeatedly expressed his apologies to Yeon-hee.
In any case, Yeonsu was not involved when the contract was made.
Her text apology she seemed sincere, but she didn’t provide any further help, perhaps because she thought it wasn’t for her to be involved in what happened next.
‘You’re really good at keeping the line.’
Although Yeon-hee reproaches herself for her foolish deception, she is grateful that it has kept her mother, who would have died soon anyway, alive for nearly a year. No matter how much money she had, it seemed like she was determined to pay it back with her feet.
But, regardless of that, her feelings for Jo Ki-man were greatly damaged.
Yeon-hee also thought that helping her was not a pure favor, but it was a hidden clause that was revealed the moment she paid off her loan and touched her contract for her signature.
“It’s too much… I was forced to join the guild in the first place, so what on earth was going on in my mind when I came to my house and even acted to persuade myself? Are there any other victims like me in the guild?”
“Tap…”
Yeonhee seemed to think that Jogiman did it for money.
However, since Jo Ki-man was a man who had already surpassed money, it must have been important that the first hidden clause was ‘You must join the White Knight Guild’.
The reason I came to the house was because I needed an excuse to check on Yeonhee’s condition.
‘It’s a fraud worth up to 50 billion won… It must make the back of your head tingle. But when you live in society, there are people everywhere trying to scam you. It’s a good thing to think about as an experience, and it’s also a good thing to know Jogiman’s true nature at an early stage.’
Jo Ki-man probably never thought that Yeon-hee would repay her debt this quickly.
‘What does he think of Yeonhee, who has changed a lot from the previous episodes?’
When I thought about him, I felt scared, but at the same time, I was puzzled.
‘Hmm… Why are you putting in so much trouble when you could just kill him…?’
I had that question as I quietly watched Yeonhee’s activities from the morning.
Jo Ki-man finds Lee Yeon-hee annoying. That’s for sure.
Otherwise, there would be no reason to keep an eye on it. Maybe he has memories of being bullied by Yeonhee in the past.
And later, there will be something to eat using Yeonhee.
However, that alone does not make it possible to understand Jo Gi-man’s irrational behavior.
…
‘…How about something like this? Jo Ki-man can’t kill Lee Yeon-hee directly… Is there perhaps such a restriction?’
Yeonhee is a mysterious being in many ways.
I’ve seen many hunters, but I’ve never seen anything as alien as her.
Even though I haven’t gained any special enlightenment, my mana continues to grow by a certain amount per day.
The same goes for things like being able to invest the level-up stats into one ability.
Besides, didn’t I also receive all kinds of special favors from her because I was in a relationship with her?
‘Surprisingly… I think there may be no need to be too afraid of Jogiman…’
What I was most afraid of was Jo Ki-man harming Yeon-hee.
If that is something that is impossible, you are slowly starting to think that there is no need to hunker down too much.
Of course, we will not neglect the checks and preparations that have been made so far, but it is clear that our options for action will increase.
Not long after, Yeonhee regained her cheerful appearance.
“They said the money from the mine would come in 15 days later, and our income has increased a lot these days! If we work hard for a few years, we don’t have to work for 7 years. Wouldn’t we be able to just pay the money and get out?”
“Crack, crack, crack!”
“Okay! Let’s do our best!”
Anyway, even though we had paid off the loan, we still had a large amount of money in our pockets, and we were hoping that maybe we could join together with the party members and repay the money to purchase the house that Professor Kang had previously
In that sense, Frogfolk’s tongue and Nixie Siren’s heart were very good means of earning money.
This is because it was a by-product sold at a fairly high price to alchemists and potion makers.
Of course, it was not easy to get their tongues and hearts completely intact, so the price was high.
That’s because materials get damaged in fierce battles, and since we were often killed cleanly from the head, the supply of materials was smooth.
We entered ‘Frog Folk’s Village’ an hour later than yesterday.
The four members of the veil asked to stay there for a few more days to gain exploration experience and additional benefits, and we agreed because we were reluctant to progress too quickly than the party members.
Although we started an hour late, we soon beat out all the other parties and were in the lead.
We arrived at the third zone out of a total of five safe zones, and we chatted just like yesterday.
“Besides, your party members still haven’t reached level 60?”
Even though ‘Jeok-ah’ already knew the truth, he went out of his way to ask such a question in order to advance the story, and Yeonhee nodded slightly as if she was disappointed.
“The rest of us are also full of talent, so we will be able to achieve it soon.”
“Of course! They are much better than me!”
“Yeonhee… That’s not true.”
“Yes?”
“You still lack self-awareness. Even that guy next to you…”
“…”
“No. As long as they don’t die, it’s a well-established theory that even the least talented people can somehow rise to C-level. You don’t have to worry about it.”
“Yes…”
The reason it is difficult for party members to raise just 1 level is simply because they have entered the 9th level and the required experience points have increased, not for any other reason.
“Did you hear that? They said a villain appeared in the Direwolf Dungeon.”
“Ah… Dire Wolf is the next dungeon, right?”
With a serious expression that did not suit Heuk-ah, he delivered heart-warming news.
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