The Hero Returns Chapter 17

Chapter 17: Chapter 17

“Select.”

[The command has been entered.]

[Please choose your reward.]

A long list of rewards appeared as soon as Su-hyeun spoke those words. Very much similar to a website, various items were listed from top to bottom.

The ordinary stores used achievent points as their exchange currency, but these were different.

[Stored accomplishnt points: 70.]

Although he had heard of so selected stores using a different thod, he had not encountered any in his past life.

Su-hyeun looked through the list of rewards.

It might have been hard to stumble upon this chance again in the future. He had to be careful with his choice.

There were many items worth purchasing using his accomplishnt points.

There were skills, equipnt, and consur goods. Unfortunately, the skills that Su-hyeun was unable to learn yet were not available for purchase.

Skills with a low requirent for magic level required fewer accomplishnt points. Su-hyeun could have bought a few skills, but he quickly turned them away.

Su-hyeun turned to the equipnt and consur goods. Unfortunately, none of the skills he could learn right now were better than Fla. On the contrary, there were a lot more useful items under the equipnt category, so of which were of similar standards to what he had used in his past life.

“It’s better than I thought.”

As it was tough gauging the difficulty on the 10th floor, it was the sa for the rewards.

Su-hyeun swiped down the rewards list. The items got more expensive as he went down the list, but it also ant that those were much more valuable.

Similarly to skills, he thought the sa way about equipnt.

Instead of carrying several pieces of equipnt on him, owning just one an outstanding weapon or set of armor would be more efficient.

Su-hyeun went to the last item on the equipnt and consur goods category. The most expensive was 65 points.

He felt that sothing was lacking.

It was the armor category. Nad the Heavenly God’s Armor, the item had the effect of changing its form according to the user’s wishes. It also served as an extra lifeline, with resistance to various attributes like fire, electric, poison, and more. It was great.

In truth, it was a piece of equipnt that wouldn’t normally be obtained on the 10th floor.

But...

[Others.]

Su-hyeun’s eyes turned to the last remaining category. It wasn’t skills, equipnt, or consur goods, but “others.”

All other random items were gathered here. Su-hyeun did not pay special attention to it at first, but he had decided to take a look at it; it didn’t matter if it was lacking.

“Let’s just take a look.”

He selected the category, and various items appeared before him. Indeed, there was a wide variety.

From musical instrunts to water tanks and fashion items, so would make one wonder why they were on sale. It was quite a spectacle. There were so useful items amongst them, but they would be a waste of the points.

“All that for nothing.”

However, the last item on the list caught Su-hyeun’s eyes.

[Unidentifiable God’s Egg]

[An unidentifiable egg. Not sure what will be hatched.]

An item worth 70 points.

But why is this even called an item? It was evident that sothing would be hatched, but there was no way to tell what it would be.

“God’s Egg.”

It was the item’s na that caught Su-hyeun’s eyes.

“This is it.”

He was confident that he would sohow be able to get the other items.

No matter how valuable the equipnt was, Su-hyeun knew how to obtain the hero level weapons, like Balmung, that he had used in his past life.

But it was different for God’s Egg.

In fact, if an awakener was lucky enough to get this egg, the hatched item could elevate the awakener’s rank. It was one of the few items that Su-hyeun knew of but did not know how to obtain.

“Although the unidentifiable explanation is quite worrying....”

But it seed that there was no other better option.

“I’ve decided.”

[You have used 70 accomplishnt points.]

[You have purchased the “Unidentifiable God’s Egg.”]

As soon as he made the transaction, an egg with the size of a fist appeared before him. It was a white egg without any patterns. Su-hyeun accepted it carefully with both hands.

“It’s smaller than I thought....”

Su-hyeun had thought it would be around the size of his body since it was called God’s Egg. As it was his first ti seeing the Unidentifiable God’s Egg, he didn’t know if it was normal.

“Anyway, with this, my job on the 10th floor is done....”

It was ti to head back.

Most of the poison had been neutralized. It wouldn’t be a problem for him to move about. Su-hyeun stood up and reached his hands out.

And with all his strength, he grasped the air and opened the door.

Rip—!

The door back to reality opened. Su-hyeun’s expression cald down as he stepped out.

“With this... Did I et the minimum standards that I had planned out?”

He had cleared the 10th floor. It was the minimum standard that Su-hyeun had in mind initially.

That was what he had been working hard towards. However, the results were beyond his expectations.

“Although it took longer than expected...”

Step—

He grinned slightly as he passed the door.

“I’ve gotten a lot stronger than I had planned.”

The standard was no different from when he cleared the eighth floor and obtained the Fla skill.

“I can’t delay any further.”

Act 9

Ti flowed differently in the Tower of Trials and reality. Although it was dawn on the 10th floor, in reality, it was just 2 PM.

Su-hyeun headed to the nearest bank. He inserted his card and verified his bank balance. A total of 1,210,000 Korean won was all that Su-hyeun had.

He had saved all the allowance that Shin Su-yeong sent him every month. The fact of the matter was he had no use for the money. His only expenses were the occasional gifts for Shin Su-yeong, so he had saved quite a lot.

Whirl—

He withdrew all the money at once.

Su-hyeun took the money and headed to Seoul by bus. He had to rely on his mories to find his way from Seoul Station. Su-hyeun finally found the place he was looking for, which was located in a reasonably large area.

The Awakeners Accreditation Authority.

It was a state-run institute that evaluated the awakeners’ ranks, but wasn’t just that; the institute also monitored the foreign awakeners’ movents and managed the local awakeners.

“It has been a while.”

The awakeners who got stronger every singe ti they ascended the tower would sotis increase their skills and request reassessnts. Therefore, an average awakener would visit the institution three to four tis in his life.

But of course, it was different for Su-hyeun.

There was no reason for him to be elevated in the first place. Su-hyeun was previously a local awakener, but he wasn’t a normal awakener.

He started heading in. He took his ti, reminiscing about old tis, as he had been living all the while as Su-hyeun.

“What brings you here?”

A staff mber greeted Su-hyeun brightly as he stepped into the lobby.

“I ca to be evaluated.”

“Is this your first ti as an awakener?” The female staff mber, who appeared to be in her mid-20s, smiled and spoke calmly. She must have been one of those people in Korea who had seen many awakeners in her life.

“It has been a while.”

“It might take a while according to procedures. Please follow .”

Guided by the staff, Su-hyeun went through several procedures to verify his identity and headed to the first floor. Several chairs were placed in the middle of a spacious room, and many people were standing. As soon as Su-hyeun saw the five people sitting on the chairs, he realized that they were awakeners like him.

“Oh?”

Su-hyeun recognized one of their faces.

“Choi Hak-joon?”

He was the awakener he had chanced upon at the Tower of Trials not too long ago. It seed that Choi Hak-joon had also co to be evaluated as an awakener.

“Please wait for 30 minutes until the ranking evaluation is prepared. You will be called accordingly.”

The woman who guided Su-hyeun quickly left after she finished speaking. Soon, everyone in the room looked towards Su-hyeun.

“Oh?”

Unlike the other awakeners, Hak-joon narrowed his eyes and waved his hands as he seed to have recognized Su-hyeun, but he soon tilted and scratched his head as if he was afraid that he recalled the wrong person. True, it would not be easy to recognize Su-hyeun right away after only one encounter.

“It has been a while.”

Since he had ti, Su-hyeun approached Hak-joon. Actually, he was also curious as to what kind of person he actually was.

Hak-joon asked, delighted that his mory did not fail him, “Indeed, we have t before, right?”

“We did have a small encounter once on the second floor.”

“Ah, I rember it now.”

Hak-joon clapped his hands and laughed while looking at Su-hyeun. It seed that Su-hyeun’s first impression was too intense to be forgotten.

“Are you here to be re-evaluated again?”

It seed that Hak-joon had been evaluated once before.

Su-hyeun shook his head.

“No, it’s not a re-evaluation.”

“So it’s your first ti?”

“Yes.”

“Hasn’t a year passed since we last t?”

Usually, after a person has awakened, they were evaluated within a month because it was the first ti that they are magically awakened. After that, one would usually get re-evaluated every ti their magic level increased. It was the only reason why awakeners were evaluated. One had to be ranked in order to enter the dungeons, and then one could earn so big bucks there.

In this regard, it was rare to see soone doing their evaluation a year after awakening.

“If you’re unsure about the rank evaluation for awakeners...”

“I’m fully aware.”

“So, you’re not here for the money?”

There had been occasional instances, too, when those who awakened but did not care about the money did not receive rank evaluations. They were usually rich enough to decide not to work as an awakener.

“My objective...”

Truthfully speaking, it wasn’t for the money at all — it was because that was the minimum requirent to work as an awakener.

But...

“It’s not my purpose, but I sort of need it.”

He did not intend to let Shin Su-yeong suffer forever.