86 – Are you the king?
Tadadak-!
But my steps could not be as cold as my head.
In one motion, he grabbed the Yeti on top of the black panther with his hands and tore it into two pieces, then grabbed the sleeping mantis’ legs and started sweeping away the small insects.
I finished the stage in less than 10 minutes and did not forget to make an offering with [Abundance].
Now the daily supply and demand points have reached 1300.
‘Is it okay to stop…?’
Now that you can receive points for 30 people every day, wouldn’t it be better to receive even 40,000 points immediately?
‘I need to think about this a bit.’
＜2,115,000P is added due to the shelter effect.＞
Points held: 25,432,873
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There was no clear message of great interest, but there was one interesting fact I learned at the end of the battle.
Rough Claws (Advanced+)
– In the wild, the chopped claws viciously tear everything to pieces. The target is no exception, even if it is a shield.
– When damaging the shield, a mark is left. (Possible to overlap)
– When attacking the marked area again, damage increases by 45%.
– Range + 20%
He scanned the black panther with Insight and succeeded in stealing its characteristics again, stealing the rough claws again.
As a result, the damage inflicted by the rough claw mark increased by 5% and the range increased by a whopping 20%.
“I didn’t know I could steal the same thing again. Plus, the increase in ability is huge.”
The increase in damage was not large, but I nodded with satisfaction as I saw that the magical claws sharpened from my fingers had grown to about 30cm long.
If you were to learn the Yongin’s fighting skills in this state, you wouldn’t be able to imagine being pushed back by the enemy in close combat.
I wanted to quickly go into the dimensional gap, so I couldn’t even feel Eun-chae’s hand carefully wiping me with a towel, so I went straight back to my room after taking a shower.
“···Wait a minute, is it okay to open it in the room?”
I had a gut feeling that it would be okay, but just in case, I went back outside and stayed away from the shelter for a while.
“Forcibly opening the dimensional gap… Opening… Opening…”
However, just thinking did not magically open the portal.
“Force…Force?”
As soon as the armor materialized in both hands, the skin color instantly turned black, as if it was covering the skin of a dragon race.
Then, he activated the characteristic [Rough Claws] On both hands, applied magical energy, and tore apart the area where there were subtle cracks in the surrounding space visible through the Insight Eye with a [Swing].
Sssss! Shhh! Okay!
As I swung it frantically hundreds of times, the space I was swinging slowly felt bulky and cracks began to spread.
“Oh… It’s completely different from a portal, but the feeling is similar.”
I widened the crack in all directions as if tearing open a package, then quickly pushed my body in.
A sense of space folding unfolds along with the entrance message.
Countless doors pass by quickly in all directions.
I grabbed whatever hand I could find and pushed inside.
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Umm…
In a dense forest with a very refreshing phytoncide scent.
I came to a different space from the last time, but this place gave me a strange feeling of déjà vu…
“··· Ah! I saw it in that dream!”
It was there that I caught a glimpse of a huge furry behemoth and a man wearing a hood.
And where those two people were, there was a bonfire lit as if someone had been there just a moment ago, and the surroundings were extremely quiet.
“How did you come here? Is there anyone here?”
I looked around carefully and slowly approached the bonfire.
There were huge footprints here and there near the bonfire, big enough to fit several of my bodies.
“This might be bigger than the Chimera Dragon… Hmm?”
But for some reason, it feels like the surroundings have become much darker than before.
‘Damn it… Can’t we just move on?’
Quaaang!
“Ugh!”
The huge fist turned the lawn I was on into flat ground, then turned towards me again and struck.
Boom!
Quang!
I was running away for a while, unable to come to my senses as I was hit by dozens of huge fists. At some point, I realized that the fists had no killing intent at all and glanced at the owner of the fists.
There, a huge monkey with golden fur and golden eyes was looking down at me with an expression that seemed like it was going to kill me with amusement.
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“Oh really! Stop playing around!”
For some reason, I was angry that he was playing with me, so I yelled at him, and he scratched his chin and said.
“Hey Nambhind, stop coming out.”
Hmm?!
When the hooded man I saw in my last dream came out of the bushes right behind me, cold sweat broke out on my back.
‘You couldn’t detect it from this distance?’
I thought I had improved my skills by going through 27 stages. I realized that there was still a long way to go.
“Tsk… If I say that, Tan Kranku, won’t you misunderstand as if I was collaborating with you?”
You couldn’t see its face because it was wearing a huge hood, but you could tell it was humanoid just by looking at the tip of its chin.
He was also smaller than me.
“May I ask what on earth you two…Are doing?”
“Ahae is so impatient.”
“When I see a monster monkey like you, even my easy-going personality becomes impatient.”
The giant who was 4 stories tall was looking down at me and smiling, but it wasn’t very pleasant.
The fear of being trampled to death if I let my guard down even for a moment was irritating one side of my back with something sharp.
And even if that’s not the case.
Chaos: 4498(-272)
I was concerned that the chaos continued to be consumed.
This time, it was even more so because I had no intuition that the chaos would fully recover when I returned.
“Yes, you managed to absorb up to three pieces.”
“I remember it was very expensive for players to buy… Is this really possible? I still don’t know.”
In the first place, my question seemed unimportant.
So, I just sat down and stared blankly at the hooded man approaching the bonfire and bringing in some air.
– It is a being that the insight eye cannot grasp.
– It is an entity that cannot be grasped by insight.
‘Tch… He’s not just a monster on the outside…’
“Three things.”
“··· Yes?”
A hooded man suddenly opened his mouth towards me.
“Ask just three questions. I will answer.”
“Anything?”
The hooded monster nods.
Even though I was suddenly given the opportunity, I calmly chose a question.
I wonder if I got used to being caught up in such a strange situation.
“··· The beginning-!”
“But even if I answer, I doubt you’ll understand.”
“······”
In the end, even if you answer sensitive questions, there will be a filter.
Then I have to ask what I’m most curious about right now.
“Are you two… 147 Or 1177?”
“···!”
“······”
The two raised their eyebrows for a moment at my question, then looked at each other and started laughing.
Puhhehehe!
Kyahahahahaha!
‘…Where is the laughing point?’
I couldn’t get enough tension to keep up with those two, so I was thinking about the next question.
“I told you! He’s a fun guy.”
“hehehe…”
Okay, the next question is…
“One person got it right.”
One person? Not all of them?
It’s strange. My intuition is that those two are definitely…
“Don’t be mistaken when an insight always gives you the right answer.”
“······ How do you know?”
I already got a feel for it while asking the question.
A person with insight or at least the insight trait.
“That’s the correct answer.”
“······ Are you reading my thoughts too?”
“Do you need to read what’s written on your face?”
“Kkekekeuk, you’re so young that you’re really bad at managing your facial expressions.”
‘Tch… They say it’s hard to recognize people at the shelter anymore!’
“I also have the Insight trait, but you are currently the only one with the Insight Eye, so rest assured.”
“··· I see.”
Something feels strange. Smells similar to mine…
“First of all, guessing only one person means that Hood is not 147.”
“Yes, the one currently observing you is my older brother.”
Somehow the feeling was similar.
As the ability of insight increases, seekers are called spectators.
In particular, I could sense a faint scent from those who expressed their opinions a lot through messages, and it seemed very similar.
But if you say they are brothers, it makes sense.
Forcibly tearing through the space and meeting the spectators…
‘Then if you go back and forth through the gap, you can also meet the great devil Ser?…’
I wanted to meet him someday, but I only vaguely said I would visit him and there was really no way to go there.
I was shaking my head to myself when Hood held up two fingers.
“··· Tell me what you know about the Watchmen.”
Then each other put off answering, and eventually the giant monkey spoke.
“A culmination of nightmares created by the gray circle.”
“······!”
“It would be simple to say. How do you understand?”
“Are you sure?”
“Cluck cluck”
Hoodie guy, right? He shrugged his shoulders with a gesture and continued speaking again.
“It doesn’t matter what it is, what matters is what you want.”
“What do you want?”
“Is that the third question?”
“Keuung…”
I think we can make an inference with just these clues, so let’s move on.
Then, let’s ask what you’re most curious about.
Phewㅡ
The two people waited calmly as they watched me take a deep breath and compose myself.
“If we clear stage 50… Are you really going to save us? Is it okay for us not to do this crap again?”
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The two spoke in somber voices.
“Is giving life a living?”
“Once you are trapped in this bondage, you cannot escape.”
“At least while you’re alive, I won’t go through this again.”
······
‘Well, that’s enough, I know the bridle and all.’
I received a somewhat satisfactory answer.
Chaos: 4266(-504)
It was a waste of chaos, but there was still time to spare, so I calmly waited for the two monsters’ next actions.
The hooded monster suddenly stood me up while stroking my chin. He fiddled here and there for a while before nodding his head as if satisfied.
“As expected, I inherited a surprising amount.”
“What… Did I inherit?”
“Those eyes that even the king of your race couldn’t get. It was hard to be sure with that alone…”
“··· Who is the king of my race?”
When I first met the former goddess in my room, I remembered looking around to ask where the king was.
“Hmm? Hey, haven’t you told me that yet?”
“Giggles, how could a king who is just a facade brag about the importance of something?”
What does this mean?
“···Are you the king of my people…?”
I was just puzzled because the giant monkey and I had nothing in common except that we had four hands and feet.
That giant monkey even had a third eye between its eyebrows.
“You don’t need to think about it too much. It’s not important at all. Just come here for a moment.”
I walked towards the monkey, whose fingers were as big as my body.
‘Your hands are so ridiculously big. It was at the level of just playing around.’
The energy I felt as I got closer was truly incredible.
‘This is even worse than the man named Jin at that time…’
He flicked my head as if to stop me from thinking about unnecessary things, placed his finger on my back, and began to infuse me with an unknown energy.
‘Even if I take this off, I can’t even hit it. ‘You’re not going to die, are you?’
Hot energy like lava was constantly being injected into my body.
Then, the energy that entered my body became entangled with the energy that was originally in my body and swirled around for a long time.
“You have a lot of shabby energy… I’ll take this opportunity to get rid of it all.”