Chapter 44
But soon, Jihad’s attitude completely changed once he confird that Do-hyeon was no longer there.
“Damn it, what the hell… I really got involved with the wrong guy. In all my life, I’ve never seen such a ruthless human being. That guy is no human, he’s Satan, Satan!”
How could soone beat him up so severely without even listening to a word?
Of course, he couldn’t deny that he harbored bad intentions, but still, this was way too much.
“…He’s really gone, right?”
Jihad looked around once more before collapsing flat on his back.
His entire body throbbed in pain, and he let out a scream.
Grimacing in agony, Jihad grumbled.
“If only my original powers were intact…”
For so reason, after being reborn, almost all of his powers had been sealed away.
Even the undead he had painstakingly raised had all disappeared.
It was already unfair enough that he had died after being beaten like a sandbag without putting up much of a fight. To make things worse, this ti, he had been beaten just as badly.
If only he could fight again in perfect condition, he would definitely…
Jihad flinched.
At that mont, the image of Do-hyeon’s fist and the chilling sword blade flashed in his mind, making him tremble.
“…Can I really win?”
Perhaps it was because he had been beaten so helplessly twice.
For so reason, just thinking about standing up to that man made his confidence wane.
Unwilling to admit it, Jihad kicked a random stone in frustration.
“I swear, one day, I’ll smack that man’s big, stupid head.”
As he was making this vow, or sothing close to it, a ssage suddenly appeared.
[You are being moved to the Guardian Room.]
“Huh? What room?”
Before he could even question the sudden ssage, his vision blinked, and Jihad’s body was transported sowhere.
As the blinding light faded, a new world was revealed.
“Wh-where is this…?”
The dark and dreary cave was gone, and the sight before him was one where countless worlds seed to coexist.
Clouds and earth connected seamlessly, with an icy region to the left and a lava field to the right.
It felt like it should be out of place, but sohow, it all seed natural.
Beyond a certain distance, the world abruptly cut off, revealing only part of it, which strangely made it seem even more mysterious.
“Ah…”
Jihad’s pupils quivered as he gazed at the world.
It was undoubtedly the first ti he had seen this place.
But why?
“This… this is what it feels like to stand on the surface again.”
Sohow, a sense of peace washed over him.
How long had it been since he last stood on solid ground? How long had it been since he last felt the fresh air?
Jihad fully felt the wind tickling his face. It was a strange breeze that carried both cold and heat simultaneously.
“…Not bad, I suppose.”
After all, Jihad had been practically confined to his hideout.
Compared to being stuck in an underground cave, perhaps this place wasn’t so bad.
For the first ti in hundreds of years, Jihad fell asleep on new ground.
* * *
The capsule opened with a hiss, and Do-hyeon stretched his arms out wide.
His joints cracked, and as his body loosened up, he finished a quick stretch and turned on his phone.
[20:12]
“It’s already evening.”
He had logged in at 10 in the morning, and now it was already evening, nearing nightfall.
Still, since he had logged in earlier than the day before, even after playing for a full 10 hours, he still had a day left. Not bad at all.
‘This is why you need to be diligent.’
…Though he wasn’t sure if starting a ga early in the morning could really be considered diligence, the world had changed.
Now, diligently playing God of Savior was recognized as part of living an industrious life.
Normally, he would’ve shown extre diligence by heading straight to the gym, but unfortunately, he had sothing else to do.
Click.
Do-hyeon turned on his computer and naturally logged onto the God of Savior website.
He was looking for information.
Known as the sea of information, the website greeted Do-hyeon with countless posts as soon as he logged in.
So of them contained guides for the next city, but that wasn’t what Do-hyeon was after.
[What is a Guardian! A must-read for beginners unfamiliar with Guardians]
[Perfect Guardian Guide!]
[Guardian Tier List]
[Not all Guardians are the sa? What is a Divine Beast!]
‘I still can’t believe there’s a Guardian like that…’
The strange Guardian he had just acquired, Jihad Black.
He was looking for information about that guy.
He had already taken preventive asures to keep him from betraying him, but having so information was better than having none at all.
[Title: Guardian Tier List]
[Author: GodOSeDoctor]
-God of Savior is a ga obsessed with rankings. Everything in the ga is graded in a discriminatory manner.
Of course, Guardians also have ranks.
Commonly used Guardians like Salamanders and Golems are considered rare tier… but that’s basically the highest tier you can expect.
Anything above Hero-tier is practically impossible to obtain… (truncated).
“This is useless…”
Skimming over the things he already knew, Do-hyeon continued to scroll through a few more posts, but most of them were just common knowledge or trivial comnts.
Suggestions like “Raising a Guardian is inefficient” or “Here are so decent Guardian recomndations” were all aningless.
Just as he was about to scroll past a few more, sothing caught his eye.
Click.
[Title: Want to Obtain a Divine Beast?]
[Author: GodOSeDoctor]
-Divine Beasts are the ultimate partners a player can obtain as Guardians, and they are the most powerful entities available.
Other than being notoriously difficult to acquire and requiring a lot of money, they have no drawbacks.
Well-known Guardians like Celestial Guild’s Pegasus, the Empress’ Emptiness, and the Monk’s Haetae are all Divine Beasts.
Though Divine Beasts are also graded, they are all at least Hero-tier, making them incredibly powerful… (truncated).
Most people ask, “So where do you get a Divine Beast?”
To acquire one, you need one of three things:
1. Insanely good luck that calls forth destiny.
2. A massive amount of money to manufacture that luck.
3. Achievents related to Guardians.
Do-hyeon stopped scrolling for the first ti.
‘Achievents…’
It was the ntion of achievents that had caught his attention.
Of course, DemRock didn’t have that elent.
Or maybe it did, but at least he hadn’t heard of it, even from Purple, who was quite knowledgeable about Guardians.
It might have been nonsense, but it was new information, and it piqued his curiosity.
‘The author is that guy again.’
Honestly, the author also played a part in drawing his interest.
That user, GodOSeDoctor, seed very interested in Guardians, as they often posted about the topic, and most of their posts displayed considerable knowledge.
So much so that he seed like a real doctor of God of Savior.
With soone like that, Do-hyeon figured they wouldn’t be lying, at least.
-Achievents are sothing everyone knows about. You unlock achievents and earn rewards when you accomplish sothing particularly difficult.
These rewards could be titles, stat increases, or even hidden quests.
Divine Beasts are no different.
If you complete an extrely difficult achievent related to a Divine Beast, you might be granted the opportunity to obtain one… (truncated).
“Hmm.”
Although the post continued with more lengthy details, the crucial information ended there.
There wasn’t any ntion of specific drop routes or quest contents.
Well, no matter how knowledgeable soone might be about Guardians, there was no way they’d post such valuable information publicly.
“At any rate, that was quite helpful.”
At least now he knew that acquiring a Divine Beast through defeating monsters was impossible in both DemRock and God of Savior.
There were no such cases.
Instead, in God of Savior, a new route called achievents had opened up as a ans to obtain Guardians.
‘It seems like this achievent is related to the recent event… but all I did was clear a dungeon and defeat a boss. Could it really be that?’
As Do-hyeon pondered this, a sudden mory flashed in his mind.
Now that he thought about it, there was sothing.
Amidst the flood of ssages that had appeared after defeating Jihad, one particular ssage stood out.
[You have unlocked a hidden achievent.]
“Yeah, that’s exactly what it said.”
Finally, the puzzle pieces fit together.
Obtaining Jihad Black as a Guardian hadn’t been due to so random stroke of luck or a weird bug; it was a reward for completing a hidden achievent.
At first, he found it hard to believe that clearing just one dungeon could be considered a hidden piece, but when he thought about it, it made sense.
‘That dungeon was absurd.’
From the hidden location of the boss room in a four-person party dungeon, to the condition of having to be the last one standing, and the impossible difficulty for a level 24 player—it all seed too extre.
Everything about it had been out of the ordinary.
On top of that, failing to clear the dungeon would result in its complete disappearance—a brutal consequence.
‘Now that I think about it, clearing it was the real anomaly.’
It was as if the developers had designed the dungeon to be impossible to clear, yet he had sohow done it.
If the developers had been watching that mont, their ntal states probably would’ve exploded like fireworks.
In any case, completing that achievent seed to be one of the hidden conditions for taming monsters.
That ant there could be more boss monsters that could be turned into Guardians in this manner.
‘If I could get a legendary dragon as a Guardian…’
He could surpass Purple’s dragon and achieve even more epic status.
Do-hyeon shook off the daydream of that mont.
Just because he had obtained one Guardian in this manner didn’t guarantee that other bosses could be acquired the sa way, and besides, right now, his reality was that he had a re Goblin as a Guardian.
‘Well… maybe he’ll turn out useful if I train him.’
Still, it wasn’t just any Goblin.
Despite being a Goblin, Jihad was of Hero rank, and though he couldn’t use it right now, he also had a unique trait called Bloodline Factor.
Since he acted like so sort of Black Fla Dragon, surely he’d amount to sothing.
Whether that sothing would be a majestic black dragon or a wriggling eel, though, remained to be seen.
Clap.
Turning off the computer, Do-hyeon stepped into the living room.
Now that his curiosity had been satisfied, his stomach growled in hunger.
Of course, after 10 hours without food, it was only natural.
He originally had plans to buy so beef, but… one look at his empty bank account and those plans went up in smoke.
“Mom, is there any food at ho?”
“Nope~ nothing.”
The response was not his mother’s refined voice, but an annoyingly chirpy female voice that made Do-hyeon’s eyebrows furrow in irritation.
Hyun-ah, leaning against the living room sofa while watching TV, giggled.
Why was it that seeing her dropping crumbs from the snacks she was eating onto her stomach made him so annoyed?
Was sibling rivalry an inherent human passive skill?
“Where’s mom?”
“She has plans.”
“Did you eat? Go buy so groceries.”
“I already ate. It’s already late, you know. Oh, there’s so stew in the fridge. Mom made it yesterday for you, but you just slept through it, didn’t you?”
“Oh…”
Now that he thought about it, she had ntioned it yesterday.
But Do-hyeon had been too engrossed in God of Savior, having completely forgotten about it in the excitent.
‘Right, I just got out of the army yesterday, didn’t I?’
It felt like it had been at least a week, but it had only been two days.
His ability to adapt to civilian life so quickly was astonishing, even to himself.
The constant flurry of events and accidents over the past two days probably played a role in that.
‘But why hasn’t anyone contacted ?’
Other guys in his unit said their schedules were packed for a full month once they were discharged…
Feeling a bit down, Do-hyeon opened KakaoTalk and scrolled through his ssages, but there wasn’t a single unread personal chat.
The only activity was in a five-person group chat…
– Gwak Jae-yeol: Man, I really wanna have sex.
– Kim Doo-hyeong: You crazy bastard.
– Yoo Jong-hyun: Hey, anyone playing Pratel right now? A field boss just appeared.
– Kim Hyun-soo: Yeah, but the guild’s already taking it. You’re not getting a turn.
– Kim Doo-hyeong: When’s Do-hyeon getting discharged? Haven’t heard from him lately, did he die?
– Kim Hyun-soo: I think the bastard finally kicked the bucket. We’re holding a morial today.
– Gwak Jae-yeol: Oh? One person left the chat. Guess he’s not dead after all. LMAO.
– Kim Doo-hyeong: LMAO
– Yoo Jong-hyun: LMAO
– Kim Hyun-soo: LMAO
“……”
…Maybe I shouldn’t have checked.
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