“Check Status Window.”
[ An Su-ho ]
Lv : 329
Class : Blood Cardinal
Rank : Middle Player
Betting : ＜Umbra＞
Traits▲ : ＜New Blood★＞＜Hercules▲＞＜King of a Ruined Nation＞＜Grid’s Partner＞＜Sun-Moon Body＞
Mighty Strength(S) : 27
True Demon Horse(S) : 289
Super Senses(S) : 19
Command(N) : 149
Bonus Stats : 0
Seeing the updated Status Window, Su-ho grinned.
Because after converting the stat fragnts Pi Seong-yeol had gathered by grinding things down with ga Crusher into True Demon Horse stats, he had secured a full fifty of them.
'Next, the items.'
More specifically, the runes.
Before carrying out the Hero’s Destiny, the only thing left that could really be called a final maintenance check was making use of the items he had in his possession.
One by one, Su-ho took out the Rune of Deep-Sea Species Paracondia, the Rune of Life Evolution, and the Lizard Dragon’s Rune, and brought up all their item information in front of him.
[ Rune of Deep-Sea Species Paracondia ]
Rank : S
# A rune containing the power of Deep-Sea Species Paracondia, one of the deep-sea species that live in the deep sea.
# If the Rune of Deep-Sea Species Paracondia is used, you will be able to use part of the power of Deep-Sea Species Paracondia.
# Not much is known about Deep-Sea Species Paracondia. Other than the fact that Deep-Sea Species Paracondia is an ancient species that has lived in the deep sea for a very long ti.
[ Rune of Life Evolution ]
Rank : S
# There are many mysterious runes in the world. The Rune of Life Evolution is one of them.
# A rune that can evolve a living being into a higher-order existence.
# It can only be used on living beings.
# It cannot be used on living beings with too high an order.
[ Lizard Dragon’s Rune ]
Rank : S
# The rune of the Lizard Dragon, called the guardian deity of the Lizard World.
# The Lizard Dragon’s Rune is the will, mind, spirit, and soul of the Lizard Dragon.
# The possessor of the Lizard Dragon’s Rune can communicate with all Lizardn and possesses absolute dignity.
Three things among Su-ho’s forces that he still had not used.
Of these, so he had put off for later, so had refused to be used, and so he had been unable to use because he lacked the qualifications.
Among them, Su-ho used the Lizard Dragon’s Rune first.
[ Qualifications are insufficient. ]
[ You cannot use it yet. ]
Damn.
So it still wasn’t enough after all.
Honestly, by this point, he had thought he might finally be able to use it.
But to still be lacking the qualifications.
'The rank itself isn’t S , it’s only S . Even so, if I still don’t qualify, then I really must need to be at least High Player rank.'
Then again, this wasn’t just anything. It was a Rune of the Greedy Thrones, after all. Middle rank obviously wouldn’t be nearly enough.
In Umbra’s case, he had placed a bet, and Su-ho had co to know the story, so he had been allowed to use it specially.
After tucking the Lizard Dragon’s Rune away, Su-ho picked up the Rune of Life Evolution from between it and the Rune of Deep-Sea Species Paracondia.
“Jack.”
- Yeah.
The mont he called him, Jack, who had been dissolved into Su-ho’s shadow, appeared beside him in a swirling burst of black effect.
Shaking the Rune of Life Evolution, Su-ho said,
“Do you know what this is?”
- Of course I do. You’re carrying sothing fairly rare.
“I tried to use this on Guiyeong before, you know? But your master Umbra refused to let .”
He rembered it clearly.
He had tried to use it several tis, and each ti it had been refused.
- So?
“But now Umbra is my Betting, which ans there’s no one left who can stop . So I was about to use it now, but then I suddenly thought of sothing. Why did Umbra stop from using this on Guiyeong? And once I started thinking that way.......”
Su-ho shifted both his gaze and his index finger and pointed at Jack.
“Suddenly, I see you.”
- Don’t tell you’re trying to say Umbra had you save that to use on ?
“That’s what I think. Because the Rune of Life Evolution says it can only be used on living beings, but when I tried to use it on Guiyeong, it wasn’t unusable. But you’re a divine beast too, aren’t you?”
- More precisely, I’m the king of divine beasts.
“King of divine beasts or whatever, you’re still a divine beast. So sorry to Guiyeong, but for soone like who’s aiming for power, it feels more efficient to use it on you instead of Guiyeong.”
- .......
Jack fell silent.
Then after a mont, he let out a faint laugh and shrugged.
- Well now. I did volunteer of my own accord to beco a divine beast, but whenever sothing like this happens, it really drives ho again that I’m a summon.
“So you admit it?”
- Yeah, I admit it. And probably just as you expected, Umbra likely blocked you from using it on Guiyeong because he was aiming for exactly this.
“Good. Then let’s use it on you.”
At last, the owner of the Rune of Life Evolution had been decided.
All of this must have been Umbra’s wish.
Su-ho imdiately used the Rune of Life Evolution.
[ Using the Rune of Life Evolution. ]
[ Is the selected target correct? ]
The system asked.
Of course it was yes.
[ Using the Rune of Life Evolution. ]
[ The target is ‘Shadow Divine Beast King Hollow Jack.’ ]
Fwaaaaash!
Light burst forth.
The mont he used the Rune of Life Evolution, the rune shone bright white just like that one had, and soon glowing particles began to form and seep into Jack.
But at that mont—
Pat!
The light went out.
At the sa ti, the Rune of Life Evolution in Su-ho’s hand returned to its original form.
It was baffling.
Because he had experienced this phenonon before.
At that mont, a notification appeared in front of Su-ho.
[ Failed to use the Rune of Life Evolution. ]
[ The target’s order is too high. ]
“What?”
The mont he saw the system notification, Su-ho blurted it out loud without even realizing it, so dumbfounded was he.
It failed because the target’s order was too high?
What the hell was that supposed to an?
Startled, he checked the item information again.
[ Rune of Life Evolution ]
Rank : S
# There are many mysterious runes in the world. The Rune of Life Evolution is one of them.
# A rune that can evolve a living being into a higher-order existence.
# It can only be used on living beings.
# It cannot be used on living beings with too high an order.
Good lord.
It was true.
The reason the rune had failed, absurdly enough, was that Jack’s order was too high.
As Su-ho stood there with a vacant expression, Jack, who had been waiting beside him with his arms crossed, furrowed his brow and asked,
- What is it? Why’d you stop halfway?
“.......”
- Why? What is it?
“It says it won’t work.......”
- What?
“It says your order is too high, so it can’t be used.”
- What? Puhahahahahaha!!
The mont he heard the reason for the failure, Jack’s brows twitched for an instant, and then he promptly burst out laughing so hard the whole place seed to shake.
- Hahahahahahaha!!
And not just a little. He laughed hard. Violently hard.
Su-ho lowered his head and covered both eyes with his right hand.
“Ha, I seriously never saw this coming.......”
Now of all things, it couldn’t be used because the target’s order was too high?
What kind of bullshit case was that?
Apparently, exactly this kind.
As Su-ho stared at the Rune of Life Evolution with a sigh, Jack—who had been clutching his stomach and laughing hard enough to cry—placed a hand on Su-ho’s shoulder and said,
- Upset?
“How could I not be?”
- Don’t worry too much. There’s a way.
“There’s a way?”
At the words there’s a way, his ears perked right up.
“What is it? What’s the way?”
- Raise your order.
“My order?”
- You’re using it on a summon anyway, right? Then if your order becos higher than your summon’s, the problem solves itself. Because if your order is higher, then no matter what your summon’s order is, it’ll be recognized as more or less a bestowed gift.
“Does that even make sense?”
- Why? Do I look like I’m lying just to ss with you?
“No, not that, but...... put differently, that ans my order is lower than yours right now.”
- Krahahahahahahaha!
Jack doubled over laughing again.
Then, wiping his tears, he said,
- Well of course my order is higher than yours. You still don’t even have an SS-rank skill, you’re not a High Player, and you’re not a guardian deity, a constellation, or even quasi-seat-class, are you? But I’m the ‘summon’ of soone who beca a constellation after passing through guardian deity rank and even participated in the independent ga three whole tis. Look at it this way or that way, my experience total is higher than yours, so naturally my order has to be higher too.
“Wow...... that’s seriously irritating to hear, but I can’t even argue with it.”
- Can’t be helped. I only spoke the truth. And if you don’t like the truth, there’s nothing for it but to grow stronger.
“Fine, then. Out of sheer spite, I’ll definitely go through High Player and plant myself in a guardian deity seat and a constellation seat too. No, but speaking bluntly, didn’t both you and Umbra lose to ?”
- Heh heh, do you really think we lost? If we’d drawn out all the power we had at our peak, you never would’ve beaten us.
“What a joke. If you said you were testing with everything on the line, then you should’ve been ready for that much.”
- Nyaaah, can’t hear you. Run your mouth all you want, but one way or another, the fact right now is that your order is lower than mine.
“Ha.......”
How irritating.
With that, the Rune of Life Evolution had failed too.
Furrowing his brow, Su-ho tucked away the Rune of Life Evolution after the Lizard Dragon’s Rune.
Now the only one left was the Rune of Deep-Sea Species Paracondia.
Just as he was about to use it, Jack said,
- What, it wouldn’t fail this ti too, would it?
“Shut up.”
- It’s even a boss monster you killed yourself.
“I said shut up.”
- Oops, yes sir.
That bastard really was annoyingly smug.
Without replying further, Su-ho used the rune.
[ Using the Rune of Deep-Sea Species Paracondia. ]
[ The Rune of Deep-Sea Species Paracondia is being absorbed. ]
At that mont—
Shuaaaaa!
Along with the system notification, an enormous amount of energy began surging into Su-ho’s body.
Fortunately, the Rune of Deep-Sea Species Paracondia could be used.
Seeing that, Jack pursed his lips and gave a whistle, then quietly disappeared back into Su-ho’s shadow and gave him space.
At that mont, the power surging into his body burst outward, then began exerting pressure as imnse as the Pressurized Water Paracondia had lived in.
But it wasn’t Pressurized Water.
Su-ho had used Bloody Hand on Paracondia and copied Pressurized Body, the constitution that allowed it to move freely even within Pressurized Water.
'With Girad, it expanded from the inside. This one’s crushing from the outside.'
Whatever it was, none of it ever ca easy.
'Umbra went down smooth enough, but this one’s being troubleso.'
Then I’d better start preparing now.
Su-ho imdiately activated his skills.
[ Blessing is activated. ]
[ Endurance is activated. ]
[ Breath-and-Energy Circulation is activated. ]
He sat down cross-legged.
And focused his mind.
When it ca to enduring pain, there was no better combination than this.
Su-ho began concentrating with his legs folded, and soon, as Breath-and-Energy Circulation fully activated as well, the pain gradually began to subside.
And after spending a long ti focusing solely on fusion with the rune—
[ You have successfully completely absorbed the Rune of Deep-Sea Species Paracondia. ]
At last, he was able to encounter the notification he wanted.
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