Chapter 164
The Red Eyes started to go wild, as if they wanted to jump right this instant into the arms of their true owner.
I dont know what will happen.
I didnt know what kind of effect the Red Eyes had. It didnt even occur to
that it was an item that I could use to control the Shepherd Boy. I couldnt calculate all the pros and cons. I simply had to do what I could right now. I didnt want to regret anything in this life.
I took out the Red Eyes from my Inventory.
[The Shepherd Boy asks for the Red Eyes.]
[The Shepherd Boy strongly demands the Red Eyes.]
In his haste, the Shepherd Boy sent
two ssages, and it didnt end there.
[The Shepherd Boy expresses faint hostility towards you.]
[The Shepherd Boy ntions that his hostility can beco goodwill at any mont.]
He even warned . He was telling
to leave the Red Eyes alone. The Shepherd Boy was a powerful Guardian. Things would beco very tireso if I made him my enemy. If possible, it was best to do as he wanted. Logically speaking, that is.
No.
But this wasnt the ti for that.
Im a little more of an adult than her.
I was an adult, and she was a child. As an adult, I should act a little more adult-like. There were occasionally tis when I had to act with no regard for my personal gain. Why? Because I was a little more of an adult than her, and she was of the age to be protected. Because she couldnt die here. Because I had to do everything I could. While I was flicking the abacus beads and watching my own step, this child put her life on the line.
[The Shepherd Boy wishes to freeze your actions.]
[Your movents are being dulled.]
The Guardian involved himself rather directly, going so far as to put a debuff on . He wanted the Red Eyes that desperately. Just what was this thing?
My movents slowed visibly. I was a level 37 beginner Player. Even simple dulling made my body feel as if it were restrained.
Seohye has completely stopped breathing.
It took a long ti for
to move my arm. Everything seed to move in slow motion.
Oh.
But thanks to everything being slowed down, I could notice more things. It was natural to see details you hadnt noticed before when playing sothing in slow motion.
Seohye hasnt completely died.
How could I put it? Her heart had stopped, as had her breathing. Scientifically speaking, she was dead. But what was this subtle feeling that she was alive?
Theres so kind of flow connected to the Red Eyes.
And these Red Eyes wanted to return to their owner. I had to give the Red Eyes back to her. The eyes I extracted with the Hand of Salvation had to be returned to their original place. I looked at Seohyes pale white face, wondering what kind of world she had wanted to protect.
Baseless belief and aspiration stirred within .
Ill save her.
I could save her. No, I would definitely save her. Ahn Seohye hadnt died yet. Yeonseo snatched the Red Eyes out of my hand and lifted them.
Boss Hyukjin. I have to give these Red Eyes to Seohye, right?
I nodded. Ti had slowed for , so Yeonseos movents seed extrely fast. She rapidly brought the Red Eyes to Seohyes eyes.
How do I do this? Its not working. Yeonseo looked like she was going to cry. It says the power of an agreent is in effect.
The power of an agreent?
It says she cant absorb the Red Eyes.
I realized what happened. The Shepherd Boy had played a cruel trick. No wonder he handed out a marble with such an incredible effect. The penalty of death had been set down from the start.
I bit my lips.
Shepherd Boy.
Was this a dead end?
No.
My desire to protect Seohye was as great as her desire to sacrifice her life to protect us. I wanted to revive her. Right now, right here, that was how I truly felt.
[The Shepherd Boy breathes a sigh of relief.]
[The Whispering Devil is having fun.]
[The Lady of the Scales reproaches the Shepherd Boy.]
[The Naless Observer observes.]
I focused on a certain fact.
Only now is the Shepherd Boy relieved.
The power of an agreent should have been in place from the start, so why? Why was he relieved when I, a re Player, shouldnt be able to breach that power?
Considering how anxious he was earlier
A thought flashed through my mind.
[Your movents are no longer being dulled.]
Yeonseo looked at , crying. Boss Hyukjin. What do we do? What should we do? Seohyes not gonna die, is she? She cant die. Shes not soone who can die here!
I was able to move my body like usual again.
Ill save her.
* * *
* * *
I had already experienced false power once, and I had also broken it before. The power to discern the true nature of things, the power of insight, were powers I possessed. I had eyes that could see through lies.
Seohyes incantation earlier was distorted.
It was different from the incantation I knew. I knew the correct incantationit was just that I couldnt realize it properly. Still, the fact that I knew it was the important part.
Ill correct that distortion first.
One who trusts even without seeing shall die even in life.
That was wrong.
One who trusts even without seeing shall live even in death.
This incantation was not an incantation to kill, but an incantation to save. I corrected it.
Thy cry of agony and entreaty, I have heard.
Thus shall I sublimate thy lacerating suffering into peace and joy.
It was the sa as back then. I used the Incantation of Salvation on Ahn Seohye.
[You who have trust.]
[I command thee. Open thy eyes and face the world.]
[You have partially succeeded in uttering the Will Incantation.]
I didnt know what kind of aning this incantation would have on
right now, or what I stood to gain from this incantation. I was simply driven by a gut sense that this was what I had to do.
No matter what it is, I have to do everything I can.
Everything I could to shatter the Shepherd Boys fabricated power. I didnt know what kind of agreent the Shepherd Boy and Seohye made, but that agreent was a fabricated power. That was how the System saw it, and sothing the Shepherd Boy himself knew.
I will shatter it.
I had also experienced a strong wish. That experience told
that my wish right now was to save Seohye.
[The Guardian Tower is responding to the Guardian Tower Masters Guardian Will.]
[The Guardian Tower acknowledges one with Guardian Will.]
I imdiately knew that the one with Guardian Will was referring to Seohye. Her feelings had been acknowledged by Tintin as well.
The notices continued.
[The Guardian Tower adds its Guardian Will to the Guardian Will.]
My fervent wish to save Seohye was interpreted as Guardian Will, and the Guardian Tower bolstered . It buffed , so to speak.
Cracks began to appear in the fabricated power enveloping Seohyes body. Naturally, it wasnt sothing you could see with the eye. My Eye of Perception just sensed it.
Its still not enough.
There wasnt much ti. A little longer, and Seohye would really die. I had to topple this power.
A thought shot into my head like an arrow.
This power right now is my enemy.
It was an enemy blocking my path. It might just be a false authority, but the person who put it in place was the Shepherd Boy, of all Guardians. A powerful enemy.
If I use this right now, the Shepherd Boy will completely beco my enemy.
That was naturala lowly Player would be regarding a Guardians power as an enemy and shattering it, after all.
I was going to do that anyway.
I imdiately opened my mouth without a mont of further thought. My lips ford the incantation that I had experienced very briefly earlier as a re shell.
I will shatter it.
That will took root firmly in my heart. This ti, the incantation wasnt just a shell.
The will to not flee in the face of a powerful foe.
The fighting spirit to never waver, even when pushed to the breaking point.
In the end, the Shepherd Boy revealed his true colors.
[The Shepherd Boy assus a hostile attitude towards you.]
Hostility? He could bare his teeth as much as he wanted. Trash like him could see itself out the door.
The ambition to topple without fail those who endanger all I hold dear.
Those are the things I wish for.
It was an elentary incantation, an easy one belonging to the basics. That also ant it was an incantation that could act as a foundation.
I instantly heard a notice.
[You have partially succeeded in uttering the Will Incantation.]
[Manifesting will based on the grade of the Will Incantation.]
My Will Incantation wasnt complete. To begin with, it was an incantation I cobbled together from the words spoken by the Fight King. Vela wasnt an idiot; there was no way he would have publicized an excellent incantation of high grade. From Velas point of view, the incantation he shared with the world was extrely low quality, and I was stealing and producing a re imitation of that low quality incantation. Despite that, it was a definite fact that I successfully uttered the Will Incantation.
More cracks appeared in the fabricated power. And then, I was able to capture the correct timing for the last spurt.
To incantation and incantation, I added another incantation. They might just be elentary incantations from the beginner period, but stacking multiple incantations would surely produce a stronger effect than just one.
I wouldnt have known had I not experienced it, but the Incantation of Insight was familiar to . All the experiences I had accumulated made
who I was today.
Illusions and apparitions, distortions and lies, cannot covet .
No matter what ravine of evil in this world I must traverse.
No evil power that seeks to harm
can violate .
Such is the power of intuition.
The Eye of Insight that sees the true nature of things.
Having experienced the Eye of Insight before, my Will Incantation was further fortified. I once again manifested the Eye of Insight that had pushed the fabricated authority of the Yellow Charm Gate to its knees.
[May all lies.]
[Be shattered.]
The fabricated power wrapped around Seohyes body shattered entirely. I brought the Red Eyes to Seohyes eyes without delay.
[Consu the Red Eyes?]
The current Red Eyes were a consumable item. I didnt know what would happen, but I decided to go ahead with it. I didnt weigh this and that. I also used another special skill that had co off of cooldown.
[Using the special skill (Courageous) Hunters March.]
I did it unconsciously out of instinct, as naturally as breathing. Though I used it instinctively, I knew why I used the skill.
3.
40% increase in effect of consumable items in a solo battle
At this mont, the Red Eyes were a consumable item, and the skill gave a staggering
40% increase to its effect.
[The Lady of the Scales holds your act of good in high regard.]
[The Lady of the Scales sends you a Judgnt of the Law as a sponsorship.]
The Red Eyes lted down and flowed into Seohyes eyes.
Please!
Red light began to whirl around Seohyes body. The wicked looking energy swelled before streaming into her body.
Huh?
And then, Seohyes body began to disappear, starting from her feet.
What?
Her body faded like dust scattering in the wind. Yeonseo and Sunhwa scread at the sa ti.
NO!!!
Her feet, her knees, then past her thighs to her stomach. Her chest, her neck, even her face. She completely disintegrated, just like Lily.
What is this?
I was struck with an incomprehensible sense of dj vu. Seohye disappeared. And yet, she didnt disappear. She disappeared, but she didnt?
I can definitely feel her presence.
She was there, but her body wasnt.
Where?
The next mont, I could feel the energy around the Guardian Tower shimr. Sunghyun apparently discovered it as well.
Hyung. Look over there.
I observed a new flow in the Guardian Tower Tintin.
A red energy that could clearly be seen, even with the naked eye.
Reviews
All reviews (0)