Chapter 126
Chapter 24 Achievements (2)
It was only a small murmur, but all the eyes of those around me were focused on me.
But instead of looking back at them, I went deeper into my thoughts.
‘The gold standard is 10 million.’
If you go up to the gold plate, you will be able to take down the 5-star evolutionary species with only pure physical strength.
I’m sure because I’ve experienced the difference one step at a time.
A bar that can produce physical abilities equivalent to 4th and 5th grade in a stealth situation.
If you go up to the gold plate, you will be on par with higher evolutionary species.
‘Wouldn’t it be possible to compete with a general?’
The difficulty of this game is relatively constant and accurate.
The level of monsters to deal with was also systematically divided according to the level of the player.
So, it can be said that the validity of the hypothesis that popped into my head has been proven to some extent.
Then, this time, it is time to examine the possibility of realizing this method.
‘How can I replenish the mana?’
First of all, there is a way to use the auction function.
If you can draw magic power through that function, it is possible to upgrade to a gold plate.
However, it is impossible in the theoretical possibility.
‘The additional mana to secure is 9 million… … .’
Would it be possible to procure that amount of magic with the help of other players?
In this situation where the main scenario is in full swing?
‘no.’
Not 1 or 2 million, but 9 million.
It is not a number that can be filled with the help of one or two people.
The more people I have to persuade, the less likely I am to achieve my goal without a variable.
Furthermore, magic that can be used for shops or auctions must be purified unconditionally.
If you lend me all the purified magic power, only the contaminated magic will remain for the other player.
‘The chaos level will skyrocket.’
Knowing that, there couldn’t be many people willing to lend her magic.
‘Betas, including Edan and Lily, are comfortable with such restrictions, but there are few of them.’
Even if that wasn’t the case, how many people would lend the mana they absorbed with blood and sweat to others in the first place?
‘Right now, I have no intention of ever lending it to you.’
In the end, the method of procuring magical power through an auction was too unrealistic.
If so, you have to find another way.
As I thought about it, the object I put in the depths of the locker shimmered.
After a brief hesitation, I took the item out and held it.
[Voucher for one-time use of the power of Kalos]
It was a reward at a time when I didn’t even know what was going on in Bihar.
‘I’ve been saving it because it’s hard to get.’
Originally, the Kalos Church had fewer priests and paladins compared to other churches.
In addition, it is said that it is almost impossible for even priests to receive divine protection.
So I’ve been saving it and not using it as much as possible.
It’s something I can’t save even in a situation where my life is at stake right now.
I thought about it while holding the ticket tightly.
‘Kalos’ power is close to exchange.’
If we dig into the essence of power, we can see it as a structure that creates something by sacrificing misfortune.
‘I don’t know why this power is related to the doctrine of kindness.’
I asked about it, but I almost stopped listening to the three-hour special lecture on doctrine, so I quickly gave up my question.
Thanks to you, I still don’t know why this power symbolizes kindness.
But I know that Carlos’ authority will help me overcome this crisis.
‘The unhappiness defined by the authority of Kalos depends on the user’s subjective judgment.’
In a word, it meant that objectivity was excluded from this power.
This was both the greatest weakness and strength of Kalos’ Authority.
There was a strange certainty in knowing that fact.
‘At least I think I’m filthy unhappy right now.’
It’s a situation where I could die right away, but it’s not enough to say I’m unhappy.
So, in exchange for this misfortune, wouldn’t it be possible to get something to overcome this situation?
‘It’s okay to give magic in exchange for misfortune.’
It’s better if you get rid of all the guys outside the barrier.
Then all the threats surrounding me will disappear.
‘It’s worth a try.’
Whatever the outcome, it would be better than sucking your fingers in hopes of players lending you magic.
If this attempt fails, there is a lesser evil to avoid the worst.
Countless signs standing behind me.
‘Excluding my party members, there are 9 silver and 37 bronze.’
Considering the average mana of current players, it might be narrowly possible.
If you poison your mind, there is a way to obtain magic power.
Organizing my thoughts, I clenched my teeth.
I don’t want to indiscriminately kill innocent people.
I didn’t believe that life had any weight.
But if the moment comes when I must make a choice, what I will choose is fixed.
‘Don’t be weak, Hyeonu Kang.’
If I had to choose the lesser evil to avoid the worst, I would not hesitate.
I clenched my fists tightly to hide my trembling hands and caught my breath.
At the same time, the agitated emotions subsided.
‘It’s only when the worst comes.’
A tragedy that wouldn’t happen if the worst could be avoided with the authority of Kalos.
I gritted my teeth and added strength to the hand holding the ticket.
‘It’s all about begging like gambling in this way.’
It’s a situation I really hate, but I can’t turn away just because I hate it.
“Brother, Kim Yul.”
I hurriedly organized the plan and called the party members.
And he said, conveying the plan as concisely as possible.
“You never know what will happen, so leave everything at home.”
It was a promise to prepare for battle in case of an emergency.
“… … I get it.”
“I can handle clumsy guys on my line. don’t worry.”
Yang Tae-ho shook his head with a firm expression, and Kim Yul moved his seat.
It was a good position to jump in the direction of the players, not the direction where the evolutionary species and generals were located.
After confirming that the two went into their respective preparations.
‘I am unhappy, unhappy.’
I tore up the pass, repeating with all my heart that I was filthy unhappy.
The unfamiliar divinity permeated and the world he saw changed.
The biggest change was the black smoke that filled the surroundings tightly.
I didn’t hear anyone explain it, but I could tell just by looking at it.
‘That’s it.’
The unhappiness felt by those gathered here, including me, was revealed in the form of smoke.
‘It’s the power to pay for misfortune that doesn’t benefit me at all and get something helpful.’
Except for the downside of not being able to predict the outcome, it is a very fraudulent power.
I briskly rolled my eyes in admiration.
It was to find the greatest misfortune.
But there was no need to search for it.
Because the smoke that bloomed around me was the thickest and also dark.
Is it because the obsession with life is the most intense?
Or maybe it’s because he subconsciously thinks he has to be in charge of the escort procession.
‘It doesn’t matter what the reason is in the current situation.’
My misfortune has given me an opportunity, so it’s time to seize it.
I swallowed dry saliva and grabbed hold of the black smoke that filled the surroundings.
Soon after, the smoke was sucked into my body, causing a little commotion around me.
“What, what?”
“Why is that?”
“The gold is gone!”
This is because the cracks in the barrier began to disappear every time smoke was absorbed.
“What the hell happened?”
“What does it matter? The gold is gone!”
“It doesn’t matter! You have to know the reason so you can’t keep going in here!”
Of course, not all of them have disappeared, but only about 8 or 90%.
It’s because it can’t bring any more misfortune.
‘This is the limit for a one-time use power.’
After taking care of all the misfortune that could be brought about by the Authority, I blinked my eyes inappropriately for the situation.
No matter how long I waited, there was no further change.
I brought misfortune with the Authority, and the barrier was restored. That was it.
‘Is this the power of God?’
Isn’t repairing the barrier something even space magicians can do?
It was a time when I stood still as if I was embarrassed and dumbfounded.
“Huh.”
Suddenly, mana began to swell from within his body.
It was a really strange feeling. The feeling of blowing air into a balloon inside your body.
Breathing in vain from the distant sensation, I staggered as I grabbed Tae-ho Tae-ho’s shoulder next to me.
“K?”
“brother?”
There was no time to answer the call of the party members.
As the far-off sensation was about to end, a number appeared in the upper left corner of my field of vision.
「Time limit: 00:30:00」
The timer, which had been filling up for 30 minutes, started moving right away.
I didn’t have to rack my brains to figure out how things were going.
It was enough to guess what was happening through the newly popped up system window.
[Do you want to proceed with the 3rd awakening? (Y/N)]
The solution suggested by the one-use power of Kalos was exquisite.
As if he had read what I was thinking.
The situation was a little uncomfortable, but it was not the time to think deeply.
I have already laid out all the plans according to various situations.
‘The opportunity given to me by the power of Carlos is only 30 minutes.’
There was no time to hesitate.
Due to the aftermath of the sudden increase in magical power, I forcibly opened my mouth even in a hazy state.
“Brother, I have my 3rd awakening.”
“Are you really doing it?”
There was no time to explain in detail to the bewildered Yang Tae-ho.
Because I had already pressed the yes button.
* * *
As the barrier shattered with the sound of a spear, a blue flash covered the 3 o’clock direction of the siege net.
“Run, run! Run faster!”
“What are you guys doing?! I have to stop it!”
“Because we only have two hands, too?”
“Do your best to avoid that!”
At about the same time, the humans hiding in the barrier rushed towards the same direction.
Among them, a few people took the lead and pierced the road.
After the blue flash occurred, the evolutionary species that had not moved due to the electric shock easily gave way.
“Kuruk?”
The general-level officer who was watching the scene tilted his head.
It’s because I couldn’t understand why he was doing such a stupid thing.
I wouldn’t be able to go far anyway because of the double barrier.
It’s a while to look at the humans who are getting farther away and the 5-star evolutionary species that are busily chasing after them.
The general level moved slowly.
It started following people.
Because the order he received was to exterminate the sub-species.
“Kurururu… … .”
If there were subhuman species living nearby, they would not be liable.
The generals diligently teased their slow legs.
Thanks to this, it wasn’t long before we found humans huddled together at the end of the double barrier.
Look at this, I couldn’t go far anyway, so why did I run so hard?
If I had died there earlier, I wouldn’t have bothered chasing after you, and it would have been comfortable.
“Kuruk, Kuruk.”
As if expressing dissatisfaction, the general-level tongue rolled out his hand.
There are no more barriers to protect humans who have come out.
The idea was to separate the head and body at once by distorting the space where their bodies met.
However, before the general level even implemented magic.
thump, thump, thump!
Several humans slammed their shields into the ground in perfect order.
“It’s not wide enough! I’ll stick with you!”
“Get on your back!”
“Listen baby! quickly!”
And then I thought the humans behind them were shouting busily.
A golden curtain was created based on the shield.
“Kuruluk!”
A general who knew what the phenomenon meant kicked the ground with a violent reaction.
It was to destroy the golden curtain before it was completed.
But before the generals reach their target, something stands in their way.
“You want to play with me.”
He was a man with golden eyes.
I didn’t even feel the presence, but it couldn’t be anything but a sudden appearance.
The situation that followed was equally sudden.
bang-!
The generals who could not avoid the human kicks bounced back.
Thanks to that, the evolved species that were in that direction were also swept away.
In the meantime, the human who had kicked off the rank of general jumped into the air.
Then, stepping on the red footstool in the air, he muttered while spitting bloody saliva.