Author: Xerenity

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109. Preparations

I obtained a skill that was unheard of thanks to the assistance of the commander and Ho Jin.

The ability empowers my skills only against monsters.

This meant that I could not deal bonus damage to humans, such as the radical faction.

However, that wasn’t much of a problem.

Right now, Korea…. No, the entire world was being invaded by monsters, something far more dire than humankind’s greed.

After hearing about the demonic realm from Ho Jin, the commander was further confused.

There was no guarantee that this invasion would come to pass.

Ho Jin already said so, and he agreed.

However, a period of peace that lasted 10 years since the level 28 portal explosion had been shattered.

Higher levels of portals were exploding.

Of course, the radical faction’s portal explosion project was partly to blame.

However, monsters still poured out of the portal even after that.

He believed that there was something beyond the fault of humans that was causing the portals to explode.

Now the commander could guess that the magical energy the monsters released on death that was sent by the demonic realm was the cause.

The 80 days until the invasion was different from before.

To be precise, it had to be different from before.

For 40 years, the commander fought from the moment Awakened began to appear.

Whether due to his personal beliefs or a different agenda, he risked life on the front lines to fight.

Not once had he ever lost or retreated from any battle against monsters.

He was known as the lone general carrying righteousness upon his shoulders.

Still, he could not but worry about the current situation.

They were facing the demonic races, the ones behind the creation of the portals on Earth.

It was likely that they had power far exceeding that of the monsters.

He did not witness their powers himself, but it was obvious, since they could control the monsters.

After steeping in worry for some time, the commander picked up his phone.

-ring ring

-ring ring

-click

“Hello.”

“Have you been well?”

“Yes, commander. How about you?”

“For an old man like me, every day is peaceful. I heard from Ho Jin. Were you able to get any decent skills?”

“Yes. About sending you a thank you….. Sorry.”

“No, no. I’m not trying to discuss about the skills. I called, because I had something I wanted to talk with you about.”

“Please, go ahead.”

“About the demonic realm that you talked about with Ho Jin…..”

“Yes.”

“What do you think? Do you really think they will invade?”

“Just like you, commander, I think there is a fifty-fifty chance it’ll happen. I am just doing everything I can to be prepared if it does.”

“Hm….. I see. Unlike the situation with the radical faction….. I won’t let you handle all of this by yourself.”

“……”

“This old man knows already. No matter what organization or nation comes forth, they can’t hold a candle to your strength. However, there’s a saying that many hands can make light of heavy work.”

“Thank you. It will be a lot of help towards me.”

“Today, I will be summoning all the rankers and leaders of the association, and telling them of what you told me.”

“But if you do that…. It could lead to absolute chaos.”

“Of course, it probably will. However, it wouldn’t be right to put all the responsibility solely on you.”

“……..”

“I ask you one thing.”

“Yes.”

“If you get any new information on the demonic realm, please tell me as well.”

“Of course. However, I haven’t been able to obtain additional information since my meeting with the servant of the demonic races.”

“Is that so…… Rather frustrating, since we can’t tell if what he said is true or not until the gates form.”

“That’s right. If I gain additional information, I will make sure to let you know.”

“Thank you. I heard that you won’t be entering the gate that will form……”

“Yes. Since I’m not sure what will happen yet, until they make their move……”

“I understand. I will call you again sometime.”

“Yes, thank you commander.”

After finishing the call, the commander picked up his phone again.

Just as he told Min-Cheol, it was about to gather all the rankers of the association together.

Until now, he had only commanded the magician rankers of the association, but he was now going to summon all classes of Awakened using his position as temporary president of the association.

Telling his secretary of his intentions, he stayed alone in his office for a long time.

“……”

****

An hour later.

The commander moved into the conference room.

The members of the room was quite rowdy.

Just as commanded, the commanders of every Awakened class were gathered in one spot.

This call to gather has never been done before.

That was why everyone could not hide their anxiety.

Other than those that were already deployed in the field, it seems that everyone else was here.

Yoon Jong-sun bowed his head 90 degrees to greet them.

Taking a sip of water, he opened his mouth.

“Nice to meet you all. I am commander Yoon Jong-sun.”

With one sentence, the rowdy conference room was enveloped in silence.

Each class’ commander stood in the front, with 10 Awakened rankers behind them in a line.

Each commander saluted towards him in a show of respect, and the rest followed suit.

“Thank you for coming, despite your busy schedule.”

“…….”

“…….”

“I won’t skirt around the topic. The reason why I gathered you all here is to let you know of the chaos that will be coming for us.”

With just a single sentence from him, the entire crowd began to murmur amongst themselves.

The situation with the radical faction was finally beginning to quiet down.

However, the general was announcing that chaos was coming.

As if he had expected the panic ahead of time, he waited a bit before speaking up again.

“The radical faction! Even though we knew of their existence, we stayed idle and let the situation go out of hand.”

“……”

“That’s right. It’s all in the past now. But do you think that it was possible with just our strength? Of course, it wouldn’t have been possible to stop them without the sacrifices of our association and that of the guilds. We paid the price of cleansing the wound of its infection that we allowed to fester, after all.”

Yoon Jong-sun looked towards the second highest magician class Awakened Lee Sang-Ho.

He had sustained a heavy injury while trying to defend against a portal explosion before.

The commander spoke.

“Hey Sang-Ho. Did you find out the identity of A?”

“…….”

“Thankfully, I was able to meet A. The portals exploded. Many lives were lost in Incheon, Gapyeong, and where I was able to meet him, Busan. It was there.”

“Commander…..”

The commander looked towards the crowd again and began to speak of the main topic at hand.

“80 days. In 80 days, we will be facing chaos far beyond what we faced before.”

“What do you mean…..”

“Commander. We barely obtained this period of peace. What are you trying to say?”

Each commander of their respective classes began to speak their opinions.

To reply to that, the commander spoke of A’s identity, Min-Cheol.

He spoke from the start of Min-Cheol weakening the radical faction to the defeat of the overboss of the radical faction, Zekill.

He did not reveal A’s real identity as Min-Cheol, but all of his deeds were revealed.

Listening to the commander, each of the leaders of their respective classes thought to themselves.

When the portals exploded, the commander forbid certain areas from being deployed to.

Not only that, but some of the portals disappeared without a trace.

Everyone expected that some kind of entity did exist, but they had no idea that this entity would be this powerful.

They began to focus on the commander’s words.

“This is what I heard from A. They were the ones behind the creation of the monsters and the portals to invade us with on Earth. They are still in the midst of their plans to invade us with monsters. We are not absolutely positive that they will. However! We cannot let the blood that spilled due to our lack of preparations be in vain!”

The commander spoke louder.

The heavy air of the conference and anxiety that followed grew stronger.

“Our association must be prepared. Panic may spread due to this, but we must start by asking every guild for assistance. Not only Korea, but all the nations in the international organization must recognize this truth and prepare.”

“…….”

“I hope that everyone is aware our strength is nowhere enough to block portals beyond level 30. It’s of human nature to become complacent in a peaceful world. However, I believe that things will change the moment we leave this conference room.”

Just like that, the commander’s speech continued for awhile.

He spoke of countless defensive tactics and countermeasures against the great chaos that was approaching rapidly.

****

“Kerururu.”

After he received the command from Berdan, he was guarding the gate that would soon form to connect Earth with the demonic realm.

In the demonic realm, strength determines one’s position.

This meant that the puppet goblin Karin is at the lowest position.

He did not have noticeable combat capabilities or any special authority.

However, there was a simple reason why he was able to speak directly with Berdan, who was far above him and an absolute existence, and even acted as his subordinate when completing this mission.

It was became he had intelligence.

Perhaps this could be counted as a type of authority?

Most monsters did not possess intelligence or the ability to reason.

They only moved to the will and command of those possessing stronger magical energy than them, and they carried out their primal instincts to kill as they lived on.

Heading to Earth and meeting three humans, Karin’s heart was soaring.

His intelligence wasn’t high, but he had some.

It was also his first time traveling through a different dimension.

Berdan had gifted him this ability.

He did not know when it would be taken back, but for now, he had the freedom to travel back and forth unhindered for awhile.

“Keruru. That idiotic human is scared of me! He listens well because he is scared of the great Karin! I want to go back to toy with him again. Stupid human! Should I give a quick visit?”

Berdan, like usual, was relaxing as he was indulging in his wealth and power.

He was always checking on the other demonic races, lost in his dreams of bringing his grand plan to fruition.

Karin headed towards where Berdan was.

Countless monsters were lumbering around, fighting amongst one another.

Of course, they were consuming monsters weaker than them.

However, none were attacking Karin or even making eye contact with him.

It was because they instinctively recognized the Authority that Berdan gave him, flowing with magical energy.

Greeting Berdan, he planted his head on the ground before speaking.

“Keruru. Sir Berdan!”

“Karin…. Has something happened at the gate?”

“Kerukeru. Not at all. I have come to visit for your permission to see the idiotic human, since I believe that I should give him another reminder!”

“Hm… Is that so?”

“Yes! I am sure that you are aware just how ignorant they are. He won’t be able to come on the right day if I don’t remind him again.”

“Lending you my authority wasn’t a mistake. I will allow it.”

“Kerururu! I shall be off then!”

****

-slice!

“Kerururu! Human!”

“Oh?”

It was a time that I desperately needed information.

He had disappeared after only telling me to come to a gate previously.

That same goblin had come on his own volition.

‘How should I coax him?’

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108. Seoul’s Skill Rich Mr. Kim Min-Cheol (2)

The first skill’s name, Blessing of Strength, wasn’t to my liking.

Just from hearing the name of the skill, I could guess what the effect was.

To be fair, anyone else could as well.

If the skill ‘Blessing of Courage’ from the healer class buffs up one’s attack power, this was probably a skill that increased strength stat.

Jong Ho and Ho Jin were thinking the same thing as well.

“I think it’ll be best to skip this one?”

“Blessing….. It looks like a buff skill?”

“I already have 30k points in my strength stat, so I don’t think I’ll need any more…..”

“Yes. Regrettably, we should pass this one up.”

My base stats were already over 30k, so I really didn’t need any increases in my strength stat.

Since there were four more skills beyond ranking I could learn, I did have the luxury of passing up one or two out of the 6 that were brought.

For any other Awakened, they would have been grateful to even have one.

After all, these skill books could only been obtained by defeating a hidden boss or a mimic.

There were many who’ve probably never seen one in their lifetime.

Pushing aside the skill book, I looked over at the rest of them.

[Level Requirement 400]

[Stamina Requirement 1,000]

“Looks like this one is a tank skill. It requires 1,000 stamina stats.”

“….. Would Mr. Min-Cheol need this?”

“Well…….. My stamina stat is nearing 60k……”

“Min-Cheol. Isn’t your expectations too high? Two of them were already misses.”

“Seems so……. For now, I should put this one aside as well. Defensive skills are a must though, so I’ll keep this in the backburner.”

“Yes, we’ll do that for now.”

Out of the 6 skill books, already two were rejected.

4 skill books were left.

I really needed the other skill books left to be good ones.

However….

“This one is also a pass.”

“Ah…….”

“This one too.”

“Hm….”

“This one is a recovery skill, but I can already recover a fair amount with my ring.”

“Yes….. This one too……”

“Yes. Just like the tank skill, I’ll put this one on the backburner.”

After rejecting them one by one, there was only one skill book left.

If this skill book is useless to me as well, that mean that the association’s assistance that Ho Jin mustered up to bring all these skills beyond ranking would end in a fruitless endeavor.

I felt sorry for Ho Jin’s look of disappointment, but what could I do?

Right now, I had to obtain the most cheat like skills possible.

It might have been a different story if the amount of skills I could obtain wasn’t limited.

However, the current situation didn’t allow me to keep my manners.

“Sorry. Even though you went through all that effort to get these…..”

“Hohoho. No worries! It’s to be expected. Right now, you must obtain the most powerful skills. Do not hesitate. I’m just glad that you can separate the bad ones out using your Eye of Insight.”

“Yes……”

“Let’s not keep the last skill book waiting.”

“Yes!”

My excitement and expectations I had at the start was long gone.

Since all the information about the skills weren’t revealed to me, there still was a bit of suspense, similar to checking the lottery.

However, the current situation was that five of the skill books were revealed as useless to me.

I looked at the book that was under the rest in silence.

[No Level Requirement]

[Required Mana 2,500]

[Required Magic Power 20%]

“Hm?”

“Why? Is this also bad?”

“No…. The mana stat needed is 2,500.”

“Oh! Doesn’t that mean this is a decent attack skill? But 2,500? That means that you’ll need to only invest in mana stats for 500 levels to learn this skill. Yikes.”

“That’s true but…..”

“What’s the matter? Is there an issue?”

“No. That’s not the case, but there is something odd about it.”

“What is? Hurry up and tell us!”

“Magic power.”

“Magic power?”

“Yes. It says that 20% magic power is required.”

“Magic power, you say?”

“Doesn’t the Drain Monarch ring has the 20% magic power stat attached to it?”

“That’s true, but…. the magic power stat isn’t a common stat bonus. It can’t be obtained unless one goes through the unknown dungeon.”

“Of course. The first time I heard of such a stat bonus was from you, Mr. Min-Cheol.”

“Well, it means you can learn it right now though, right? Hurry and look at the skill name at least!”

“Ok.”

I immediately put the skill book to my chest.

The skill book gave off a bright light.

Afterwards, I heard the announcer voice.

[Requirements are met.]

[Will you obtain Archangel’s Fall?]

“Archangel’s Fall?”

“That’s the name?”

“Yes.”

“…..”

“The name and stat requirements seems to indicate that this is a pretty decent skill at the least. What will you do?”

“The mana requirement and the name of the skill isn’t of importance to me. What I’m really interested in is the magic power requirement.”

“……”

“You should learn this skill. This doesn’t seem to be you average run of the mill skill book.”

“Finally, you got one that’s good. Hurry up and learn it.”

The skill book glowed brightly once more.

Almost as if it never existed in the first place, it sunk into my body.

The sensation was odd to say the least.

Obtaining the average skill didn’t cause any sensations in me.

The skill would be obtained and listed under the skill list.

Maybe it was like Dual Casting, a passive skill that fundamentally changed my casting method.

However, I felt as though this skill was causing a change in my body.

“Is it an attack skill?”

“…..”

“Is it a buff?”

“………”

“Mr. Min-Cheol?”

“At least this one went well.”

“Huh? What skill is it?”

“What is it?”

I repeatedly exactly what the skill description said.

 

[Archangel’s Fall]

Class: ?

Rank: ?

*Obtains the blessings of an archangel who traded with the demonic races to obtain greater power.

*Causes greater damage to the demonic races (monsters). (Additional damage does not apply to those that were created by the heavens.)

*As a passive skill, this applies to all attacks.

 

“It’s not a skill that I can cast.”

“A passive that does additional damage against monsters?”

“It seems that we can’t tell how much that bonus damage is just from looking at the description.”

“Yes…. Jong Ho hyung-nim.”

“Hm?”

“Are there still lots of Meteors left in Balrock’s ring, right?”

“Of course. It’s overflowing with Meteors.”

“Let’s go to the dungeon. I’ll need to confirm this firsthand.”

****

The three of them rode in Jong Ho’s car to head for the level 34 dungeon in Gapyeong.

The artifact ring called Balrock’s Treasure Storage allows one to store identical spells of the caster, allow the wielder to use those spells.

This meant that the ring would have stored spells of my skill level and the 20% magic power increase stat.

However, the passive I just have obtained wouldn’t have applied to the stored skills, since I had stored them before obtaining this passive.

I was going to compare the skills that Jong Ho would be bringing forth using the ring against the spells I’ll be casting.

If this passive was the real deal, the difference should be clear as day.

“I’ll hide the car with Mass Stealth Jutsu.”

“Alright. Let’s go in.”

“Yes.”

The three of us entered into the dungeon.

Since this wasn’t the first time Jong Ho and Ho Jin have been to this dungeon, they stood next to me as if to show how much they were used to this situation.

“Hopefully it’ll show good results……”

“Hyung-nim. The name of the skill has archangel in it. Not just any angel, but an archangel. Do you really think this skill would be bad?”

“Hohoho. Even if you say that…….”

While the two of them were continuing their conversation, I pulled the aggro of the monsters.

I had brought 5.

I used Frost Orb to deal the least amount of damage while drawing their aggro.

These monsters would reflect the damage they receive.

Until they were attacked, they would not attack first.

Casting Mana Shield, I came closer to them.

Since the amount of damage and the area affected was huge due to the skill being transcended, Jong Ho and Ho Jin were already keeping their distance.

I yelled towards Jong Ho.

My voice echoed as if I had yelled from the interior of a cave.

At my call, Jong Ho casted Meteor as if he had been waiting all along.

“I’m ready!”

“Okay!”

-CRASH!

-BOOM!

3 meteors formed and crashed into them.

The portal shaped monsters shrunk down in size greatly, and 15 meteors rained from the sky towards me.

I was able to stay relaxed because of my Mana Shield. Most would have pissed themselves if they saw such a spectacle.

It didn’t take a genius to figure out that if that connected with one’s body, he or she would not survive.

The shockwaves and quaking was enough to make me wonder if the dungeon was going to be destroyed.

My Mana Shield shook heavily to the point where I could not see in front of me.

I shouted again.

“Continue please!”

The meteors continued to come out from the ring, and it took 3 casts to completely annihilate them.

Since each cast summoned 3 meteors, that meant that total of 9 meteors had rained down.

A regular Meteor would have needed to be cast 10s of times before it would be able to annihilate the monsters here.

This triple cast clear was only possible due to transcending the skill and the magic power stat.

“Looks like it took 3 casts.”

Finishing the conversation, I pulled 5 more monsters.

The method was the same as before.

In order to confirm the passive effect, I needed to make sure that the starting conditions were the same.

The Frozen Orb that I had casted on them were reflected back to me.

I turned around to confirm the distance between me and those two.

“I’m going!”

Both of them nodded their head from far away.

-CRASH!

Meteor had fallen on them.

However, the dungeon was quiet.

Jong Ho must’ve felt that something was off, since he spoke immediately after.

“Min-Cheol! Are you sure you hit them? Don’t you think it’s too quiet?”

“……”

“It’s possible. They say that even monkeys do fall from trees occasionally. Try again.”

I was sure the the skill was a direct hit on the opponents.

There was no way the skill would’ve missed.

However, that meant that 15 meteors should have been heading my way.

Instead, not a single speck of flame came.

“Are you doing this because you’re embarrassed? Hurry up and go again…..”

“……”

“No way……..”

I used the Eye of Insight on the forms of the monsters that were out of view due to the intense flames left by the meteors.

Their weaknesses and positioning should have been revealed to me via red dots.

However, nothing was there.

This meant that the monsters were decimated without a speck of dust being left behind.

“It’s over…..”

“What?”

“Huh?”

Jong Ho and Ho Jin came running impatiently.

It seemed that none of them could come what just had happened.

It was the same for me.

Casting Blizzard, I stopped the fire.

“Is it over?”

There were only bloodstones left where they were standing a moment ago.

3 times the damage? No, it could be even more than that.

It could be that the damage done was far greater than how much health the enemies had.

I blankly stared at the distance for awhile.

“Archangel’s Fall…… Where is the demonic realm?”

“What the hell…… Try doing it again.”

“Hohoho! Wonderful! Wonderful!”

Aggroing all the monsters in the dungeon in one go, I attacked once more.

The result was the same.

Just look at this insane skill.

The enemies weren’t able to retaliate in the slightest before dropping their loot.

The 5 other skill books Ho Jin brought were no longer on my mind.

It was enough with this. No. This was more than enough.

I spoke to Jong Ho, who was completely zoned out.

“Student.”

“Huh…… Huh?”

“Did you just say huh!”

“Hm?”

“Student number 36! You are to empty out all the skills in that ring today. Is that clear?”

“What?”

“You are to reply with a yes! Is that understood?”

“Hohoho! Shouldn’t you hurry up and answer?”

“Yes! Understood!”

“Pffft.”

If I put these improved spells in the ring, Jong Ho should be able to clear the level 34 dungeon without any defensive skills, because there would be no counterattack.

He would be able to gain all the experience from solo clearing the level 34 dungeon, and on top of that, bonus stats on his armor.

‘If I do go to the demonic realm….. looks like I won’t be going alone?’

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107. Seoul’s Skill Rich Mr. Kim Min-Cheol

“All of the skill books beyond ranking the association owns, we must give to him.”

“Huh? Skills beyond ranking?”

At the commander’s words, Ho Jin was shocked.

He had been working for over 20 years in the association.

However, during all that time, this was the first time he heard that the association possessed skill books beyond ranking.

Leaning in towards the commander, he asked.

“Do you mean that the association owns skill books beyond ranking? I have never heard of such a thing till now, commander.”

“Maybe it’s because you’ve been working in the special unit for taking care of the Awakened.”

“…..”

“That and the usage of skills beyond ranking has never been authorized before.”

“What do you mean……”

“As you know, skill books beyond ranking cannot be identified without using it first. If you’re lucky, you could gain a very powerful passive or attack skill, but you could also be unlucky and obtain a skill that does not have synergy with one’s class.”

“Well, the only downside of the bad outcomes would be a loss of a skill book and a useless skill for the user. Of course, the loss of that skill book would be equivalent to a loss of a very valuable item.”

“That’s true, but there’s actually a set limit of skills beyond ranking that an Awakened can obtain.”

“……”

“Five. Any attempts after that would result in no skills being obtained and the destruction of that skill book. Even if you learn the same skill twice, it applies to the total count. Same for if you get a skill that doesn’t have synergy with your class.”

“Is that so. I guess you can only leave it up to luck.”

“That’s right. There’s also a chance that even if a good skill drops, it wouldn’t be an attack skill.”

“But what does this have to do with the association having ownership of unranked skill books?”

“Do you know why the Awakened rankers joined the association, giving up the benefits they would have had if they didn’t join for a period of time?”

“That’s…..”

“It’s because of the skill books beyond ranking.”

“……..”

“It’s a trade they make with the association. They get a skill book in return for serving a certain amount of time. This is because no matter how much money you make as an Awakened, you cannot purchase unranked skill books.”

“That makes sense. From what I learned, Mr. Min-Cheol already has one skill beyond ranking.”

“Is that so. Hm…. Then he can obtain four more. Since the leaders of that association and the government must agree before the skill books can be given, it’ll take a long time. We should hurry.”

“Yes, understood.”

“I’ll take care of the unranked skill books, so please get me the list of S to S+ ranking skill book list you mentioned before.”

“Yes, I shall take care of it at once.”

“Yes, please do.”

****

[Skill level has increased.]

“KUWECK!”

“Is it finally level 40? Looks like the cooldown and cast time has decreased by a bit.”

In order to level up the skills that I’ve obtained recently, I was completely devoted to hunting.

All of them were S+ ranking attack skills.

Since they were all area of effect skills, all of them had cooldowns and cast time other than Chained Explosion.

It was like the case with Meteor and Iceberg.

I headed for the dungeons with the highest number of monsters to level up the skills as quickly as possible, but it was quite the tiresome task.

I was using magic on monsters with 100% magic resistance.

If I didn’t do that, the sheer power of skills would clear the entire dungeon with one cast.

The attacks of hundreds were easily absorbed by my Mana Shield.

Receiving all of their attacks, I was casting my skills as they came off cooldown.

Chained Explosion, which did not have a cooldown, was already Awakened after hitting level 100.

It was already two weeks after meeting the goblin named Karin.

According to what he ranted on about, there were roughly 70 days before the portal would open.

There was enough time to get all the skills transcended.

Just like that, I was completely focused on leveling my skills each day.

In the midst of leveling, a call from Ho Jin came.

He called often, but since it was rather early in the morning, I expected him to call for business.

“Yes, Mister.”

“Mr. Min-Cheol, are you in the middle of hunting?”

“I just came out.”

“Is that so. This is about what you said earlier.”

“Ah. About the demonic realm?”

“Yes. Due to how serious the situation was, I informed the commander about it without asking for your permission first. For that, I’d like to apologize.”

“No need. I trust the commander, so it’s ok.”

“Yes. Thank you for understanding.”

“So it doesn’t seem like you called just for that…..”

“Yes, that’s right. Before I get to the main topic, I’d like to ask a few questions.”

“Yes.”

“I heard that you have a skill beyond ranking….. Is it true?”

“Yes, I have one. It’s called Dual Casting. It isn’t an attack skill, but as a passive skill, it figuratively gives me a third hand to cast spells with.”

“I see. Is it possible to see the skill book’s info with Eye of Insight? I’m asking if you used the skill book knowing that it was Dual Casting.”

“For skill books beyond ranking? Hm…. I obtained the skill before gaining the Eye of Insight, so I’m not sure on that.”

“You said that you had 5 essences of transcendence?”

“Yes. But am I getting taken away by the police? Unlike how usually it is, it feels like I’m being interrogated…..”

“Hohoho. I apologize if I made you feel that way.”

“…….”

“It’s just that the commander said he will be supplying you with skill books beyond ranking.”

“Ah. The association has things of that caliber? Guess they’re quite rich.”

“I’m not sure if you knew this already, but it seems that there is a limit as to how many skills beyond ranking one can obtain. Five, to be precise.”

“No, I didn’t know that.”

“Since we have no idea what skill you’d obtain, I wanted to know if Eye of Insight could confirm it before learning it…..”

“I understand what you mean.”

“Can you spare some time in the evening?”

“Sure. Can you come to my house? It’s been quite awhile since we had dinner.”

“Yes, will do just that. I shall contact you later.”

“Ok.”

****

It was late evening.

Much time had passed since the last time the estate was this lively.

The wide table was fully seated.

Ho Jin, who made a promise with me, was there. Along with him was Jong Ho, who was living with me.

Mother and those who assisted around the home were all present for dinner.

The food prepared could be compared to the buffets of hotels.

After filling up my hungry stomach, I went into a room with Jong Ho and Ho Jin.

Ho Jin then brought out the skill book he carried here on the table and spoke.

“This is it.”

“Wow….. Ho Jin hyung-nim. This is the skill book beyond ranking?”

“Hoho. Yes. Seeing the real thing is a first for me too.”

Jong Ho said that this was the first time he saw this skill book in person.

That was to be expected, as this drop was difficult for one to get, even if one got a mimic from a dungeon.

The drop rate was insanely low even if one defeated a hidden boss.

Even I had only obtained one after all this time.

Before confirming what the skill was, I headed for the safe in the corner of the room that held the essences of transcendence.

I wasn’t quite convinced, but it was true that my hopes were high.

Even if I had obtained the skill, I wouldn’t be able to transcend it right away.

I would have to level up the skill to 200 first.

However, the reason why I was bringing an essence was to decide on how I was going to use the remaining essences.

-beep beep beep beep

-click

The safe opened.

The only thing inside was a small pouch that would go together with a hanbok.

None on Earth could use these essences.

Regular Awakened already had enough difficulty trying to hit level 100 to Awaken their skills, but you would have to hit level 200 with your skills to transcend them.

They would probably consider these unevenly shaped essences as broken essences.

The only reason I had these in a safe was because the room already came with one.

It was the same with my weapons and armor.

These were artifact class equipment that would not activate unless they were equipped by me.

I brought the essence over to the table.

Looking at the skill books beyond ranking, I spoke to Ho Jin.

“They’re shaped differently from the skill book that I’ve obtained.”

“Yes, it should be like that. The books come in many shapes and the abilities cannot be revealed until the person obtains them.”

“What are you waiting for? Hurry up and learn it, Min-Cheol.”

“Hm…..”

“Why?”

“I heard that there is a limit to how many you can learn.”

“Is that so? I had no clue.”

The three stared intently at the skill book.

To put the skill book hastily to one’s chest could result in a massive loss after all.

It was different from when I learned Dual Casting, having no clue of the limit back then.

It was only like that for a moment.

Ho Jin spoke up.

“Mr. Min-Cheol. Could you confirm it with Eye of Insight first?”

“Yes, will do.”

“Wow….. I didn’t think of that at all…..”

I casted the Eye of Insight that had been transcended.

Information about the skill book was revealed.

However, something seemed off.

Usually explanation about the skill book is revealed to me next to the book like post-it notes, but it seemed that almost no information was revealed in this case.

Looking closely at the revealed information, nothing about the name, explanation of the skill, or the class the skill was for were revealed.

The only thing that was shown to me was the requirement for obtaining the skill.

Previously during the time I was trying to obtain Dual Casting, the requirement needed was the proper level.

Since I had no idea of knowing that, I had shoved the book in the corner of the room for awhile.

There was no information or even rumors about unranked skill books after all.

Looking at the skill books that Ho Jin brought with him, they seemed to have different requirements to obtain, ranging from levels to strength, mana, stamina, and dexterity stats.

I could learn the names of the skills when the announcer voice would ask me if I would learn said name of the skill, but the name wasn’t very important.

It was then.

I could hear the sound of Jong Ho and Ho Jin swallowing their saliva in anticipation.

Perhaps unable to wait after seeing my confused expression, Jong Ho spoke up.

“Well? Do you see it? Is it coming up?”

“Mr. Min-Cheol. How is it? Is any of the information being revealed to you?”

“Yes…. It did come out but…..”

“Yes! Success!”

“It worked! It worked!”

“But…. something seems off? The skill name and explanation isn’t showing.”

“Huh? What do you mean? Then what is showing up?”

“The only thing that I can see is the requirement needed to obtain the skill.”

“……”

“Look at it again carefully! What kind of a half assed reveal is that?”

Even after casting Eye of Insight a second time, the result was the same.

Just in case I could’ve obtained information on the books. Ho Jin had brought 6 books instead of the 4 that I could use.

It was also so that I could take my pick of the better skills.

Making a smile fit after a complete defeat, Ho Jin spoke.

“Ohoho…… I didn’t expect an outcome like this. Guess it can’t be helped. We’ll have to leave it up to luck……”

“Yes, it seems so. But I think just by looking at the requirements, I could tell what class the skill books are for? And I could learn the names by putting them by my chest.”

“Hey. Even so, what’s the point? You don’t know if they’re offensive or defensive skills.”

“I’ll have to play detective. By learning the name and requirements, I can make an educated guess.”

“Hohoho! I am sorry that I raised your hopes for nothing. Apologies.”

“No need. I’ll learn the skills that require mana and strength stats first.”

“Ok. Do as you see fit.”

I picked up the skill book that require 600 strength to use and put it on my chest.

The skill book glowed brightly.

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106. Demonic Race Berdan

It was another planet different from Earth.

To be specific, the demonic realm was in another dimension entirely.

There existed four demonic races.

Purian, Lubeta, Keruoh, and Dabehneh.

Out of those, the one called Jamon from the Lubeta race was known as the demon king, for he had over half of the total magical energy in the realm.

On top of that, over half of the demon world was his territory.

The rest was split amongst the remaining three races.

The demon king Jamon had decided that peace must be made between the demons.

It was for his plan to go beyond the demonic realm to other realms and the entire universe in a plan for conquest.

Since he had absolute power, the other races had no choice but to follow his will.

Due to the constant war between the races, they knew well how powerful the Lubetas were.

Not only that, but demonic races were born with the innate ability to detect the magical energies of their opponents.

No matter how brave a dog was, it would piss itself in front of tiger. Put in another way, natural instincts.

It was a peace pact only in name, and in reality, an absolute command.

However, the demonic races pretended to follow him only in appearances.

All of them were rotten to the core.

Due to magical energy being limited in the demonic realm, one could not grow any stronger, and thus many planned to grow stronger by pulling in magical energy from other realms.

They planned to take down the current demon king and take over as the new one.

Out of the 3 races, the one that put his plans into motions first was Zekill.

He commanded the weakest of the four races, the Purian.

It was probably because his desire to grow stronger was far greater than any of the others.

After the peace pact was made, he had traveled to the dimension where Earth resided by expending all of his magical energy he had absorbed so far.

He then spawned gates that connected his territory to Earth.

While observing the magical energy that kept on gathering, he recovered his magical energy.

He had waited with bated breath to obtain massive power.

However, there was one who knew about all about his plans from the start.

He was Berdan, leader of the Keruoh race.

The demon king was far stronger than him and the two could not even be compared, but he still was the 2nd strongest in the demonic realm.

Berdan knew why Zekill was heading to Earth.

However, he did not react at all and even pretended to be blind to the scheme.

Instead of increasing his territory in other dimensions like Zekill was doing, he was enjoying his luxurious life in his own territory in the demonic realm.

The reason was simple.

Zekill was considered weak amongst the demonic races.

On top of that, he was still recovering his magical energy, so there was no way that he could match up against Berdan.

The moment that the plan Zekill toiled away for 40 years bore fruit, he had planned to consume the entire world that Zekill had created.

Of course, he planned to do so after he had subjugated the Purians, who were weak due to Zekill’s absence.

He was going to use one of his powers, Dimensional Travel, and travel without any loss of his magical energy.

These powers that demons were naturally born with were called Authority, and just like the special traits that an Awakened could have, they did not cost any magical energy.

Berdan’s plan had him gambling with his life since he would be violating the peace pact.

The demon king, Jamon, could unite all the races under one banner with just brute force if he wished so.

His plan was pretty much spitting at the mercy the demon king showed.

However, if he was able to absorb all the magical energy of Earth and the Purian race, he would be able to obtain enough magical energy to face against the demon king.

However, that scenario he planned was destroyed in a split second.

Zekill had lost to the humans, who he had believed to be vastly inferior to the demonic races.

Berdan already knew that the humans had mutated into the Awakened, allowing them to fight against the monsters.

However, he believed that they were no match for the demonic races.

There was a vast gap between the two, after all.

However, as if mocking at that concept, the humans had defeated one of the four leaders of the demonic races, Zekill.

Not only that, he was defeated by a single Awakened.

Now, he could no longer head to Earth without a plan.

If he also disappeared from the demonic realm, the Dabehneh race would absorb the magical energies of the two races without leaders, obtaining enough energy to fight against the demon king.

Even if Berdan took a huge risk to obtain the magical energy of Earth for himself, it was far from enough to face against the demon king.

That’s why he decided to bring over Min-Cheol to the demonic realm, since he had the greatest magical energy in all of Earth.

By doing this, he would be able to continue fighting against the other two races while obtaining a massive amount of magical energy.

It was simple as killing two birds with one stone.

The amount of magical energy that Min-Cheol possessed was far beyond what one could imagine.

In order to obtain magical energy, they would have to kill monsters.

The magical energy the monsters possessed would naturally be passed onto the predator who took them down.

But would that make any sense?

The amount of monsters Min-Cheol slayed to obtain magical energy was far below the amount all the other ranked Awakened had.

Just looking at the level difference, it was clear as day.

Min-Cheol’s level was not even 400 yet.

However, there were ranked Awakened that were almost level 600 on Earth.

Despite having a special trait of infinite mana, the amount of experience required to level was the same as everyone else for Min-Cheol.

This meant that others had hunted two or more times than how much Min-Cheol had so far.

But how did Min-Cheol obtain so much magical energy that it was difficult for him to be compared to others?

That was due to the radical faction.

There were nearly 2000 Awakened in the radical faction before.

Think about how many monsters and the subsequent magical energy they must have consumed.

Just the like the food chain, Min-Cheol, who had killed them all, had obtained all that energy.

Of course, Min-Cheol had no idea of this at the moment.

After all, he didn’t take them down for the sake of magical energy.

Magical energy wasn’t visible to the human eye.

The result was that Min-Cheol had magical energy far greater than anyone else on Earth without him realizing that he did.

Berdan made his decision and sent his servant, Kurin, to Earth.

After finishing his mission, Kurim kneeled before his king and spoke.

“Keruru. Sir Berdan, I’ve completed the mission you’ve tasked me with.”

“Good work, Kurin.”

Berdan spoke as he stroked the giant horn that jutted out of his forehead.

The pathetic form Kurin had seemed far worse in front of the giant form of Berdan.

Not even being able to make eye contact, Kurin smiled nervously as he replied.

“Kerururu.”

“How was his magical energy.”

“Kel. He had enough magical energy to make me doubt that he was human. Despite that, there’s no way that it’s close enough to what you carry. However…..”

“What is it. Speak.”

“It seemed to me that it’s a bit of a stretch……. for a pathetic human to have killed Zekill. Even if he is the weakest of the four demonic races and was recovering his magical energy, he was still the leader of an entire demonic race.”

“Continue.”

“He only had 2/3rds of the magical energy that Zekill possessed.”

“He does not know how to use his magical energy. We cannot judge him from just the amount of magical energy he carries. And even that much magical energy is enough. It seems that he possesses far more magical energy than I had expected initially.”

“Keruru. It seems that the evolution called Awakening gives quite a lot of power.”

“Even so, they’re still mere humans. They will kneel before the might of the demonic races.”

“Correct you are, sir. Kel kel.”

“What of the message I asked you to declare?”

“I have delivered your message to the dot.”

“What was his response?”

“Other than swinging his sword in arrogance, it seemed that he would obey without much resistance.”

“What a foolish race. He will never expect that the moment I obtain his magical energy, I will subjugate the Purian race and head for Earth.”

“Kulkerukeru. That’s right. Seeing that they did not understand my words and had to ask multiple times, the humans must be very idiotic existence.”

“Yes. Have you also notified the other two humans as well?”

“Of course. The one called Brook was quite rude.”

“Brook. Is that the one with the second highest magical energy?”

“Yes, that’s correct. Brook was quite weak compared to Min-Cheol, but still had quite a tasty amount of magical energy.”

“Yes…. Yes. Remember that the rest are nothing more than snacks. Do you understand?”

“Yes, sir Berdan!”

“Good. Kurin. Go guard the portal that will soon be formed. The moment the foolish humans cross over, report to me immediately.”

“Yes sir. For you, the all powerful absolute!”

****

Ho Jin explained what he heard from Min-Cheol to the commander Yoon Jong-sun.

If the demonic races do arrive on Earth as Min-Cheol said, the damage would be insane.

The first wave of monsters would threaten humankind.

Even if the first wave was successfully fended off, the magical energy the monsters left behind would make the portals far stronger, making the second wave that much harder.

The monsters of the dungeons had become 1.5 times stronger due to the magical energy that was spread out when Zekill and his subordinates were killed.

The peace they had so desperately fought for would be destroyed, and higher level portals would appear.

Stronger monsters would pour out and humanity would no longer be able to stop them at a certain point.

With a serious expression, the commander spoke.

“How can such nonsense be true!”

“This information isn’t completely confirmed yet. I’m just informing you what had happened to Min-Cheol.”

“No….. I don’t have a good feeling about this.”

“…….”

“So what is Min-Cheol’s take on this?”

“He is obtaining multiple new skills and preparing for the worst.”

“Is that so. That’s why our lad Min-Cheol was uncharacteristically asking for skill books.”

“Yes, that’s correct. That’s why I ignored the rules of the the association and asked assistance for him.”

“What use is there for laws and rules in such a grave situation like this!”

“You’re right.”

“There’s something you must do.”

“Huh? What’s……”

“Bring me the list of all the skill books ranging from S to S+ ranks the association currently possesses to me immediately.”

“…….”

“Humanity’s survival is on the line here. You know well enough that only Min-Cheol has the key.”

“Yes, I understand.”

“Give all the support we can give him. If he needs manpower, then give him manpower. If he needs money, he’ll get it even if I must empty my own pockets. Do you understand now?”

“Yes, commander.”

The commander gave the order to support Min-Cheol in any way possible.

Through the defeat of Zekill, Min-Cheol’s ability was already confirmed.

The commander believed that the chaos that was about to hit Earth once more could not be faced without the help of Min-Cheol.

Continuing to speak for awhile, the commander suddenly spoke in a more serious tone than normal that carried resolve.

“One more thing…..”

“Please speak.”

“…….”

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105. Nibble (2)

The rift that the Puppet Goblin jumped out of disappeared.

With its hoarse cackling voice, it began to speak again.

“Ah, my introduction was late!”

“I don’t care who you are, so just tell me why you’re here…..”

“I am one of the 4 demonic races in the demon realm called the Keruoh! I am a servant of Sir Berdan, who is ranked second highest of the demon realm and equal in power to the demon king.”

“Just shut up and get to the point….”

“My name is Sir Karin! Kerururu! You, oafish human, should consider it an honor for to have met me, who is of pure demonic blood!”

“Eh? This guys isn’t listening in the slightest……”

“This is the first time I’ve met a human! Just like the rumors, humans have ugly twisted faces! Keruru.”

-SLICE!

I swung at the goblin’s arm for interrupting me repeatedly and for his arrogance.

However, as if his form was projected from a hologram, the sword went through without much effect.

This meant that I couldn’t deal any damage to him.

Well, it wouldn’t be easy for someone to cross over here from the demonic realm.

The goblin I saw was probably nothing more than a shell.

And even this shell seemed to be unstable, barely showing his form.

Seeing my attack, the goblin spoke.

“Kell kell kell! It’s 100 years too early for you to reach me! Kell kell.”

“Wow…….. You’re really pushing your luck with me.”

“Listen well, twisted and ugly human!”

“Whew……”

“Sir Berdan has selected you as a worthy sacrifice! That idiot Zekill didn’t know this, but Sir Berdan had known all of Zekill’s plans from the moment he headed here. He knew that Zekill was trying to gain magical energy to increase his powers. If Zekill had taken over this world, he would’ve taken him down immediately and taken all the magic power for himself. Kell kell. Funnily enough, he lost his life to a human though.”

“Sacrifice? Why is it me again? It’s really bothersome.”

“It’s because you have the strongest magical energy in this world.”

“Magical energy? Then you picked the wrong person. I’m not part of the demonic races nor am I monster. There’s no way that magical energy would be flowing through my body. I’m just a human, like you said.”

“Kerukeru. As expected of a lesser lifeform. You don’t even know how to wield magical energy. The fact that you’re even speaking to me makes me want to hurl, but I, Sir Karin, shall forgive you, for I am very compassionate!”

“Thanks to you, I think I can relate to Buddha a little more. So what’s the message….”

“Shut up! My fellow demons were taken by a lowlife such as yourself! Their magical energy is condensed within your body. Despite being just a human, you seemed to have killed a lot of monsters. So many in fact, that it’s enough for even Sir Berdan to take notice of you. Keruru. Surrender your magical energy to Sir Berdan.”

“……..”

“Sir Berdan’s demand is as follows. 100 days! Wait, no. I guess it’s 88 days from now. 88 days from now, head to the demonic realm and become a sacrifice for Sir Berdan. If you do so, we shall remove the portals connected with the demonic realm and spare the rest of you humans!”

“If I go to the demonic realm, can I meet you with you? Berdan or whatever his name is, I’ll let him have a painless death. You shriveled green skin on the other hand, I don’t have any plans on letting you have an easy death!”

“Pathetic human who cannot even use magical energy. You’re even arrogant to boot! If you do not become a sacrifice and come to the demonic realm in the next 88 days, he has told me to that he shall annihilate this world.”

“Oh, is that the plan. If he’s to come here, he’ll have to spend all of his magical energy. Wouldn’t it take 40 years plus 88 days, not 88 days?”

That’s right. It was like that with Zekill before.

To come to this world from the demonic realm, one would probably have to use up all their magical energy.

That was why Zekill had bided for 40 years in order to recharge his magical energy.

It wasn’t an imminent crisis, but one that would occur a very long time from now.

“40 years from now…… It seems I’ll be nearly 60 years old. I would’ve married by then…. I wonder if my wife is pretty? Well, enough of that. Hey, shrivel skin!”

“Keru? What is it, human!”

“Tell your great king this. Tell him he can come whenever he wants. Get here and spend all his time charging his magical energy, wasting away his years. Just make sure he stays out of my sight, okay?”

“Ke kell kell kell kell! Amusing. Human is amusing!”

“…….”

“You dare compare Sir Berdan with the likes of Zekill!”

“What?”

“One of his abilities is Dimensional Travel! For him, traveling through dimensions into this world can be done with his eyes closed!”

“……”

“What will you do? Will you willingly become a sacrifice and enter the demon realm? Or will you be eliminated along with this world? Ah! Ah! Of course, the moment Sir Berdan arrives here, all the puny humans would become meals for him!”

“Wait…. Something doesn’t add up. There’s plenty of Awakened other than me who have vanquished countless monsters. Wouldn’t he gain a lot more magical energy if he arrives here and wipes out all of humanity? It doesn’t make sense to only have me come over. Shrivel skin, if you’re selling phony medication, you should at least make a good sales pitch.”

“Keruke!”

He spoke while clapping.

I didn’t know why he was doing that.

It even made me wonder if there was a style of comedy like this in the demon realm.

The goblin continued to speak.

“You can think that far, human? Unlike how you look, you’re quite smart.”

“Just who do you think I am…..”

“Shut up! It’s a piece of cake for Sir Berdan to come over to this world, but he’s very busy! For the advancement of demon society, he agreed to a peace treaty. However, if he leaves his seat, it could destroy the balance in the demonic realm!”

“Then he just shouldn’t come in the first place. The more I hear you talk, the more confused I get.”

“Keru?”

“So what you’re saying is that I should go to the demon realm in 88 days and become a sacrifice. If I do not, he will destroy this world. However, he is busy so he cannot come to Earth.”

“That’s right!”

“Think I’m going insane. So what if I don’t go to the demonic realm? Berdan won’t come to Earth either way. Alright. Let’s say I go over there. Is there any guarantee that he won’t mess with this place?”

“Sir Berdan is busy! He does not have time for those weaklings without much magical energy!”

“Hey…. Listen well, you little green monster. You said that he needs my magical energy, right? He picked me because of my magical energy, correct?”

“That’s right!”

“Is there a hidden camera somewhere! This is frustrating.”

“Enough! Just come to the demon realm, human!”

“Ha…… Alright, alright. I’ll go. But how do I go? Hm?”

“88 days from now, a giant gate will open! You just have to go through it! Those without sufficient magical energy in their bodies will instantly be obliterated without a trace the moment they cross through.”

“So I can go in? Where does it open?”

“88 days from now, a giant gate will open! Go there! That’s all you have to do.”

“….. I knew cancer didn’t just occur without a reason. There’s always a reason.”

“Are you coming, human?”

“I’m coming, you little shit! I’m coming with a nail clipper to destroy you!”

“Keruru. Of course, you fear my presence! Yes, yes. I knew you’d come without resistance!”

“88 days from now, a giant portal, right? If I go through there, I will arrive in the demon realm, correct?”

“That’s right!”

“Alright, Mr. Green Monster. I got it clearly, so can you fuck off, okay?”

“You must come, human!”

“……”

“You must come! I command you!”

“…….”

Look at how that disgusting looking green goblin rants.

I was not just boiling mad, but downright steaming.

Why could he speak properly, or at least explain things completely through?

I was sure that he was testing me.

Ignoring him, I headed home.

Even still, I could hear him shouting behind me.

“Human! Are you scared! Are you listening because you’re scared of me! Keruru.”

“Ah…..”

I immediately dashed to where he was in a instant.

He was dancing in a fashion that I’ve never seen before.

I spoke.

“Oi, monster.”

“Keru?”

“I said I’m going. Just please stop appearing in my dreams. I need to sleep so that I can bring fresh magical energy to the demon realm.”

“Kerurum…. Ok. I, Sir Karin will reward you as such. Be thankful.”

“Whew….. Yeah, thanks. Now just leave. Stop making such a ruckus.”

“I am the only one here who gives commands! Even if you don’t say it, I was already on my way!”

“Ok……”

****

“PHAHAHAHAHAHA! Is it really true that a monster spoke?”

“I’m telling you, it’s the truth.”

“Are you sure you’re not trying to make me laugh? Pfft!”

“His voice is like this too. ‘Kerururu!’ I thought I was going insane.”

“Ah, this is comedy gold.”

Jong Ho was laughing to the point where tears were coming out.

It was due to me trying to mimic what the goblin Karin said to me.

After laughing for awhile, Jong Ho asked.

“Whew….. I can finally calm down a bit. Is that the reason why he was appearing in your dreams this entire time?”

“Yes. From then on, I could sleep in peace.”

“Wow. He’s really tiresome.”

“There’s 86 days left. The gate will open after 86 days. He said that I would arrive in the demon realm if I go through there. He asked me to become a sacrifice by first going to the demon realm.”

“So, you’re really going in?”

“Hyung-nim, do you think I’m crazy?”

“…..”

“I’m not even sure if that gate even leads me to the demon realm. Even if it did, I don’t know the way back.”

“That’s why I asked. I thought you were going in there without much concern.”

“I’d really like to go in and rip apart that goblin immediately. However, I can’t do that. The one thing I know is that the demonic races in the demon realm are looking for a lot of magical energy on Earth. Due to the collateral damage of the fights between demonic races, we’re getting caught in the crossfire.”

“Hmmm… Do you let out some kind of pheromone or something? It looks like all the baddies are coming to you.”

“That’s what I’m saying. I wasn’t sure if what the goblin said was the truth, but it looks like I need to start preparing for the 3 months ahead.”

“Yeah, I hope that isn’t the case, but just in case it’s good to be prepared.”

“Yes.”

“Ah. Forgot to give you these due to laughing too much from the ‘Keruru!’ Pfft!”

Jong Ho’s spittle flew out once more as he laughed.

He pulled out the skill books from his bag that he brought.

It was the Chain Explosion and In Storm spells.

He must have picked them up from the midget’s office on his way back from hunting.

I obtained the two skills on the spot.

To determine their worth, it seemed that I’d have to level up the skills to see.

Since it was a S and S+ ranking spell, it should be quite strong even if the levels are low.

There’s a saying that there’s a mountain over the mountain.

After taking down the radical faction, now the demon realm was harassing me.

If what the goblin said was the truth, this was a crisis that couldn’t be compared to the radical faction.

If the demonic races do bring monsters to Earth, the damage dealt by them would be enormous even if we could defeat them.

If I had a bit more information, I wanted to immediately head through the gate and suppress them all.

Instead of fighting on our own turf and causing collateral damage, I’d rather fight on their lands and cause chaos.

I was surrounded in a wild storm.

I wasn’t sure how it would end, but I was suffering in a lot of ways due to it.

The only thing I could do was quietly complain to myself.

“Ha……. I’m not sure what sins I’ve committed in my past life, but this is difficult. So difficult.”

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