[Translator - Kiteretsu]
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Chapter 358
“What the hell? Why did it disappear?”
Yoo Chan, who had just turned 27 this year, tilted his head in confusion.
He was a level 900 warrior who had advanced to Sword Master.
Of course, that explosive growth was thanks to Jeong-hoon’s code modification.
Until not long ago, Yoo Chan had been stuck at level 300.
When he played the ga, he had only reached level 150, but after the world beca reality, he signed a contract with an Incarnate and rapidly advanced, eventually achieving level 300.
Of course, that beca aningless once the dungeons were revamped and his life was put in danger again.
‘Please, show a way to fight those things!’
Yoo Chan cried out to the Transcendent who was fully supporting him.
‘What the… So you’re telling to just die like this?’
“Damn it!”
Yoo Chan cursed loudly and dashed out of the building onto the street.
The building he had just been hiding in collapsed in an instant.
That was because goblins nearly at level 800 began pouring out.
Also, the street was now swarming with monsters.
“Chomp, chomp.”
The orcs were rcilessly slaughtering people with the weapons in their hands, and were devouring the corpses to fill their starving stomachs.
“Shit……”
Yoo Chan stood frozen in place, trembling as his face went pale.
No matter how hard he tried to think, he couldn’t co up with a way to fight them.
Even the Transcendent seed to have given up and suggested death to Yoo Chan.
“Hah.”
Screw you.
You bastard!
If he was going to choose death so easily, he wouldn’t have fought this hard to survive!
Yoo Chan bit down on his lip and charged toward the monsters roaming the street.
He used every skill he had, every item he had purchased with his points, and barely managed to shake them off and reach the shelter.
Of course, in the process, his body was torn to shreds and he couldn’t move for a while.
“I really thought I was going to die.”
Even after escaping, Yoo Chan didn’t give up his will to live.
He planned to recover as much as he could and join forces with other survivors to hunt the monsters.
Talk all you want.
Yoo Chan didn’t even glance at him.
He was grateful for the full support, but that guy kept telling him to drive the survivors to their deaths and to fall in battle himself in so grand sacrifice.
‘The monsters’ levels have dropped significantly!’
‘Leveling up is much faster now!’
‘Even class advancent happens this fast?!’
Wasn’t there a saying that even if the sky falls, there’s always a way out?
The monster levels, which once seed impossible to overco, had drastically decreased, and the amount of experience gained from defeating just one was no joke.
Usually, the higher your level, the more experience is needed to advance, making leveling up extrely difficult—but these guys gave enough experience to level up after hunting only a few.
‘Even that guy doesn’t know?’
Thinking that this was his chance, Yoo Chan ignored the Transcendent and focused entirely on hunting.
As a result, the Transcendent vanished, and even the binding contract disappeared, making him a free man.
‘It broke this easily?’
Back when the contract was signed, he had been in a thoroughly subordinate position, and the clause stated that the contract could never be broken unless the superior party willed it.
And even if, by so luck, it were broken, he would have to endure a massive penalty.
But not only had the contract been terminated, there was no penalty whatsoever.
It was truly strange.
At that mont, a new ssage appeared before Yoo Chan.
“A new contract? What kind of bullshit is this now?”
As Yoo Chan frowned and looked at it,
The ssage continued.
“Reset…?”
“You goddamn—don’t fuck with .”
Despite Yoo Chan’s curses, the ssage continued quickly.
A growth rate on an entirely different level.
“Oh? Is that so?”
Then there was no reason to hesitate.
Yoo Chan expressed his intent to initiate a new contract.
[Contract is being transferred.]
The contract transfer was completed in an instant.
[‘The One Who Transcended Death’ says he will assign you a new quest.]
A new Transcendent began to dominate Yoo Chan.
He was one known by the title ‘The One Who Transcended Death.’
‘Who the hell is this guy now?’
As Yoo Chan wondered, a quest appeared before him.
* * *
“There sure are a lot.”
Jeong-hoon let out a dry laugh as he looked at the countless icons.
All of these icons were Incarnates.
He had accessed the server and forcibly severed all contracts with Incarnates by driving out the Transcendents.
Normally, a penalty should’ve been imposed, but he avoided the penalty by transferring them to Thanatos.
Thanatos had successfully lured them in with 100% false promises.
Of course, if they refused the transfer, penalties would be imposed, but perhaps out of fear of the penalty—or maybe due to the anticipation of a promised growth rate unlike anything before—only a very small number of Incarnates gave up their contracts.
The Incarnates who did not transfer were all penalized and died.
Tenebris found the sight extrely displeasing.
“Right now, stopping the invasion takes priority.”
Jeong-hoon completely blocked access to the dinsion so that the Transcendents could no longer interfere.
Because of that, soone was needed to control the large number of Incarnates.
That’s why he chose Thanatos.
No matter what, he needed soone who could lure the Incarnates and use them as a defensive wall for Earth.
It would have been nice if Tenebris could help, but since he had lost his powers as a Transcendent, he was effectively nothing more than a soul tethered to Jeong-hoon.
“If we do that, we’re just playing into their hands. The others are surely monitoring the Divine Realm.”
“You think they wouldn’t notice?”
The Divine Realm is their ho base.
Even if Tenebris had those abilities, there was no guarantee he wouldn’t be detected.
So it was necessary to move cautiously.
Tenebris burst out in rage, but Jeong-hoon’s decision didn’t change.
“You got beaten even when you still had your power.”
He wanted to argue, but perhaps nothing ca to mind—Tenebris was left speechless.
“Anyway, for now, we’ll block the invasion and absorb the dinsion.”
“Yeah.”
Jeong-hoon was half human, half Transcendent.
He had beco the master of the dinsion, but due to instability, he couldn’t exercise full authority.
However, by forcibly linking other dinsions, he could cross over—so it wasn’t an impossible plan.
Tenebris was dissatisfied with the plan, but if, as Jeong-hoon said, the nad ones were focused on monitoring the Divine Realm, the chances of being caught were indeed high.
If they were detected right away, they’d be erased before they even had a chance to fight back.
So moving safely was the correct answer.
“Then let’s go.”
“Yeah.”
The place Jeong-hoon was heading to was Earth Korea, which he had previously visited.
* * *
Earth Korea.
Oh Jin-Soo, who had been standing vacantly on the 7th floor with unfocused eyes, slowly regained clarity and blinked several tis.
“Huh…? Where am I?”
Was it because he had been asleep for so long?
Everything around him felt unfamiliar, and his whole body was as heavy as cotton soaked in water—he wanted nothing more than to lie down on a bed right away.
However, he couldn’t do that because of the young man standing in front of him.
The man scanned Oh Jin-Soo up and down and asked,
“Are you conscious?”
With that one question, all of Oh Jin-Soo’s mories ca flooding back like a tidal wave.
Realizing why he had been unconscious here for such a long ti, a wary look settled in his eyes.
“Wh-Who are you?”
“I’m the one who woke you up.”
“You woke … up?”
“Yes.”
As the young man nodded, Oh Jin-Soo frowned.
“How did you even do that? More importantly, who exactly are you?”
Before he lost consciousness, a ssage had popped up in front of him.
[NPC conversion in progress.]
Damn NPC conversion.
That had clearly been the reason he lost consciousness.
To reverse it would an forcibly breaking out of his NPC role and restoring his original self.
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[NPC Information]
– Nickna: Oh Jin-Soo
– Level: 100
– Class: Dungeon Manager
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Even now, his NPC role remained the sa; only his lost consciousness had been restored.
How on earth is sothing like this even possible?
Oh Jin-Soo waited nervously for the young man’s answer.
“If I said I was the person you used to stalk, would that ring a bell?”
“Stalk? I’ve never done such a thing.”
“I don’t really like liars.”
The young man smirked and turned his gaze toward a monitor.
Oh Jin-Soo wasn’t completely clueless—he looked at the monitor and fell deep into thought.
‘Monitor? That’s the one used to run the surveillance program. …Wait?!’
When his thoughts reached that point, Oh Jin-Soo’s eyes widened.
“C-Could it be?!”
“Yes. That ‘could it be’ is correct.”
The young man nodded in confirmation.
“It’s an honor to et you!”
Oh Jin-Soo hurriedly bowed.
To think that the young man he had seen until now was actually Hoon.
“Don’t you have anything else to say? If not, I’ll be disappointed.”
But the young man frowned, seemingly displeased with just the greeting.
“Eh…?”
After racking his brain for a mont, Oh Jin-Soo finally realized he needed to apologize.
“I-I’m sorry!”
Apparently, the apology was the right answer, as the young man’s face finally relaxed.
“It’s a forced apology, but… if you’ll do a favor, I’ll accept it.”
“A favor…?”
“There’s no ti for a long explanation. Starting now, make a program.”
“A program? I don’t know how to do that……”
“I said there’s no ti to explain. Sit down, quickly.”
“Y-Yes!”
Oh Jin-Soo scrambled to take a seat.
“You’re a Dungeon Manager, so you should be able to do it quickly. From now on, we’re going to build a radar that can detect dungeons.”
“Understood.”
Though his consciousness had only just returned, perhaps because he was now an NPC,
he felt no discomfort at all when starting the work.
Following the young man’s orders, Oh Jin-Soo began building the program.
Despite the fast pace, Oh Jin-Soo understood everything and typed rapidly on the keyboard.
‘What the…? How am I able to do all of this?’
What happened to after I blacked out?!
‘This is insane. So this is what it feels like to see from a genius’s perspective!’
Oh Jin-Soo, filled with excitent, continued working.
[Translator - Kiteretsu]
[Proofreader - Kyros]
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