Max Talent Player No Chapter 159

Chapter 159

There were always two sides to every coin. If there was sunshine and light, there was shadow and darkness.

[Fire Giant has recognized the traces of a strong wish.]

[Fire Giant has begun to seek the traces of a strong wish.]

This situation could be seen as a bit of a side effect. I could understand what was happening.

One of the Fire Giants that appear during the Gwanghwamun Dungeon break will co to .

I didnt know how long that would take. It might make a beeline for , or it might take a roundabout way. One of them picked up my scent.

[The Gwanghwamun Dungeon Break Scenario

Attack of the Fire Giants has begun.]

[The traces of a strong wish condition has been fulfilled.]

[A sub-scenario is being generated.]

[The Gwanghwamun Dungeon Break Sub-Scenario

Hunt of the Fire Giant has begun.]

The scenario I knew from the past was Attack of the Fire Giants. It was synonymous with the Gwanghwamun Dungeon break, and three Fire Giants erged from the rift, laying waste to an entire district of Korea. After creating countless casualties over approximately three days of chaos, the Fire Giants automatically disappeared.

The Gwanghwamun Dungeon break scenario, Attack of the Fire Giants, was not one we could clear to begin with. Those three monsters were ones we couldnt yet hunt. And one of them was hunting .

Fuck. Are you serious, Hyukjin?!

It was aningless to lie here.

Yeah. You heard the notice that a sub-scenario has been generated, right?

Everyone nodded. Yoohyun said, Did you know about the strong wish, Hyungnim?

I did.

The feelings my sister devoted for my sake, her love for , manifested into a strong wish. Thanks to that strong wish, I was able to clear the Yellow Charm Gate. But a side effect was that the very sa wish was calling a Fire Giant to .

Its not Noonas fault.

No one could say it was her faultthis was just bad luck. If there was light, there was shadow, and when it ca to dicines, there were side effects. You could kinda call this a side effect of

changing the past.

A side effect can be treated with another dicine.

But what dicine? To fra it as a disease, the Fire Giant was an incurable illness. What kind of dicine was I supposed to use to treat an incurable illness?

So? Fuck. What are you gonna do?

This wasnt a part of the future I was drawing. But I couldnt just do nothing. I now had people to protect, and a future I wanted to see. I couldnt just helplessly give up because a monster that could not be defeated showed up.

There definitely is a way.

After seeing Ham Sohyuns precognitive note, I made preparations nonstop. The worst-case scenario unfolded, but I wasnt giving up.

Definitely.

I would be able to pull through this scenario.

* * *

* * *

Song Kiyeol made a sound of dismay.

Ah

After receiving all the reports, his face beca very dark.

Shall we call back the Players who have been dispatched to Boracay?

No.

It was aningless even if they ca back. Those were monsters even Kim Hyukjin could not kill. Hyukjin had gone so far as to call them a calamity. A natural disaster that human strength could not block.

Then what should we do?

There was nothing they could do.

Watch over the situation.

Ti would resolve the calamity.

Does that an we can only sit here and hide?

It ans we need to wait and see.

Unlike him, his sister Junghye appeared to be going for a more active approach, so Kiyeol called her to his office.

Junghye.

What?

Dont fight the Fire Giants.

Even now, the Fire Giants were being broadcasted on TV, like usual.

Currently, one Fire Giant is moving in the direction of Seoul Station

The reporters were unable to get close, either. They fild the Fire Giants from high up in the sky, far away.

The Fire Giants palm has been confird as a powerful fire attack

The four to five ter tall flaming humanoid monsters had ? for levels. The Gwanghwamun downtown region was in flas. Every car that ca into contact with palms as massive as their bodies were thoroughly crushed and reduced to burning heaps of wreckage.

Why? Worried Ill kill them?

...

He was worried. About his little sister. They might be competing for the succession of the company, but to Kiyeol, Junghye was his little sister. He still rembered how she looked when she was young. She was such a gentle and kind child.

Junghye sneered. Youre too weak, oppa. And far too clumsy to have a big treasure like Taeguk Shield in your grimy hands.

...

He caught their grandfathers eye by a stroke of luck and was getting full support, but from what Song Junghye saw, her brothers actions were so-so.

Let

tell you what the weakness of these Fire Giants is. Junghye continued, looking like she was having fun. Each giant has to hunt a certain number of people. In other words, after theyve hunted their quota, theyll disappear.

How do you know that?

Thats not whats important right now, is it? She looked at her brother as if looking at sothing pathetic. So once theyre offered a set number of sacrifices, they can be hunted. To be precise, they can be made to look like they were hunted.

Junghye rose from her seat. She opened her palms, drawing a rainbow in the air, her face full of satisfaction.

How beautiful. A tower of blood built on the noble sacrifices of many Players.

Junghye.

If they are buried in the National Cetery and conferred badges of honor, how magnificent do you think such a picture would be?

Junghye.

Oppa, youre too weak. Why do you think I told you the weakness of the Fire Giants?

It wasnt really a weakness, but the condition to extinguish them.

Want

to tell you in more concrete terms? Each giant needs to hunt 10,000 people. A Fire Giant that has killed 10,000 people will sputter out of existence.

The amusent on Junghyes face vanished.

Even if I tell you, you wont be able to do it.

Her brother was incapable of the coldheartedness it would take to sacrifice Players and earn the honor of risking his life to hunt Fire Giants.

Junghye eyes were full of disappointnt. I wanted you to make the call, Oppa.

If he wanted to beco the next leader of Sungshin, she wanted him to at least shoulder that onus. If her brother, by so very small chance, had any thoughts of sacrificing Players or people to turn Taeguk Shield into heroes, her opinion about him might have changed a little.

But youre still as weak as ever, and as much of a drear as ever. Youre just an idealist.

...

You have to use every thod and ans at your disposal. Thats how you win. Be it in a fight or a war.

...

Theyre not disappearing anyway, right? This scenario will only end after 30,000 die. Then soone needs to feed the 30,000 and profit. That is whats right.

Kiyeol could not bring himself to speak. These were his sisters true thoughts. He was scared. No, he was sad. What made his sister this way?

If you have nothing to say, Im leaving, good brother of mine.

...

Junghye turned around. Kiyeol felt as though his little sisters back was a wall made of cold steel.

After she left, Kiyeol sat alone and murmured to himself.

It may be correct that 30,000 people have to die anyway.

That was an established fact. Humans could not stop a disaster.

But you arbitrarily deciding who those 30,000 people are is another matter entirely.

Just then, his phone vibrated. He looked over to find that it was Kim Hyukjin.

Yes, Ive picked up, he answered his phone.

Kim Hyukjins next words were shocking.

Are you serious?

Kim Hyukjin had called to tell him he would be hunting a Fire Giant.

* * *

I was a Fire Giants prey. It would chase . I couldnt run. In the end, we would collide head-on. It was just a matter of whether that was very soon, or a little less soon.

Thats all I have to say. Im going to fight the Fire Giant. Anyone who wants to leave, can.

For a very short mont, there was silence. No one got up. No one left. Everyone was saying they would fight the Fire Giant with .

You might die.

And it was highly likely. But Sunhwa said this in response.

If not for Oppa, I would have been left to die in the Tutorial Field anyway. She clutched the hem of my clothes. Do you rember what I said to you back then?

The Sunhwa back then was desperate.

Dont throw

away.

Saying that, she clung to .

I begged you not to throw

away. And you didnt. Now, I cant throw you away.

A bright smile blood on Yeonseos face again. Her famous smiling eyes were truly radiant today as well.

I still havent forgotten that you saved my mom.

Summary: Swordsman who Hasnt Forgotten their Debt

Today, her summary showed up as swordsman. It ant she had a swordsmans mindset.

Youve got to give

a chance to repay that debt.

Yoohyun raised his arms. Exactly, Hyungnim. One little Fire Giant, cant we just smash it to pieces?

Sunghyun didnt say anything, but he also didnt leave his spot.

State: Firm Determination / Rage Toward Evil / Righteous / Fighting Spirit

Summary: Wind Spellcaster with the Heart of a Devoted Hero

Evil was probably referring to the Fire Giant. As one would expect from soone who was contracted with the just-minded Lady of the Scales, Sunghyun was very enraged by the Fire Giants that were wreaking havoc on our society and killing swathes of people.

In stark comparison, Sung-gus state was a sight to see.

State: Strong Desire to Run / Desire to Survive / Fear

Summary: Flaming Mouse who Wants to Run Away, but Cant (Isnt)

His summary was the weirdest one Id seen yet.

It says he cant run away but also that he isnt.

The isnt was in parentheses, reflecting the indecisiveness in Sung-gus own heart.

Fuck. Youre insane. Youre all crazy bastards. We should just bounce at a ti like this. Ah

He said everyone was crazy and that we should run, but in the end, he stayed put.

Fuuuck. Whatever. Its not bad to just all die together. He suddenly broke into maniacal laughter. Thats right! Were all going together! Lets go! Into the lighow!

Yeonseo had pulled out a wooden sword from her Inventory and whacked him in the head.

What do you an, go? I havent even gotten married yet.

Owww, that hurts. Whyd you hit

so hard?

Sunghyun scolded, Yeonseo noona. Hit him harder, please.

In any case, the entire team chose to co with . I truly, sincerely thought that it was fine if they ran. We had only been a team for half a year. I never intended on forcing them to risk their lives for a comrade theyd only had for half a year, and I thought a few would leave.

This feeling is pretty okay.

In the past, I had no one. But now, everyone was choosing to stay by my side. Back then, all I ca ho to were insects that scattered when I turned on the light, but things had really changed.

In the anti, I heard a notice.

[Fire Giant has recognized the traces of a strong wish more precisely than before.]

And with that notice, I felt it, too. If I had to put it into words

The sll of fire.

It felt like sothing I was sensing with Eye of Perception, but I recognized it as a sll. A sll that I perceived with my eyes. That sounded weird, but thats how it felt to .

The sll of fire is getting closer.

I could feel the sll with my eyes, and it beca an energy and flow I was familiar with.

[The title Person of Fire recognizes flas of a higher grade.]

The sll of fire started becoming more potent. It was a sll only I could perceive.

I was struck with the sensation that so kind of energy was radiating from

without my conscious doing, like the fire ki that took root in my body when I got the Person of Fire title was boiling up.

I felt instinctive fear co alight within . Fear that a stronger fla was drawing near. But one corner of my heart began to tremble with another emotion, an emotion that defeated the fear and was starting to grow.

Fighting spirit?

It was like the fla within

was impatient to swallow the fla outside of . It couldnt quite be called fighting spirit. It was hard to put words to the sensation.

This kind of feeling is a first.

I was scared that the Fire Giant was coming closer, but I also wanted it to co. Two contrasting emotions were in

at the sa ti.

Each of us must do what we can to prepare.

We couldnt fight the Fire Giant without any preparations.

The Fire Giant will soon draw near.

From the mont I decided to fight a Fire Giant, this scenario began. Everyone had things to prepare in their assigned positions. They went off to do them.

One hour later, I got a call from Song Kiyeol.

A Fire Giant has passed the Sinchon area and is heading towards the DMC Riverview Xi. The other two are committing slaughter in the Gwanghwamun vicinity. I will send a video to your phone.

I examined the video. I could see the rough gist of what traits Fire Giants had and how they moved.

There were two Fire Giants in the video, and a man was screaming. He was captured by the Fire Giants. One had his head, and the other grabbed his legs and pulled.

A-AHHHHH!

Sadly, the man died. When another thirty minutes passed, I got another ssage.

It has gotten very close to the DMC Riverview Xi.

In the vicinity of the DMC Riverview Xi, I waited for the Fire Giant, keenly feeling the flas of a higher grade.

Another five minutes passed. The sll of fire drew ever closer.

Its coming.

There, in the distance, I began to see the Fire Giant coming up the road.

Co.

My preparations were done.