45 – Discipline 19. The leader tests unique abilities (2)
The outside world of Neo Seoul.
Bright lava was flowing in a dark world.
Which point among them?
Goliath was soaking naked in the bubbling red lava. The temperature was more than 10 times that of boiling water.
Goliath spread his broad shoulders, tilted his head back, and enjoyed the lava. He drew an arc with his large teeth clearly exposed.
[Hey.]
A bipedal goat-headed monster approached behind Goliath and spoke to him.
A muscular creature with long golden fleece.
It was the so-called ‘another golden sheep.’
He asked gently in a voice similar to that of a human male.
[Wouldn’t you get tired of enjoying hot springs in a place like this every time? Are you not planning on enjoying a hot spring in ordinary hot water?]
“I’m not satisfied with anything else. As for the hot springs, I like the lava itself… !”
Rather than enjoying hot springs with water heated by magma, Goliath’s hobby was to enjoy hot springs by soaking in the erupted lava itself.
The sky covered with volcanic ash.
If you raise your arm on the blackened lava, flames rise above it.
Goliath liked this sentiment.
There was a problem that occasionally an intruder would come running and try to kill you, but that can be overcome by using your magic power appropriately.
Suddenly, Goliath’s gaze shifted towards the volcano’s vent.
A huge turtle whose shell itself was a volcano stood like a gatekeeper, revealing its overwhelming majesty.
From one day, the volcano turtle accepted Goliath, who was enjoying the lava hot springs, as a guest and allowed him to invade the volcano.
[Okay, that’s it. I’m not interested in your emotions. Can we now bring up ‘that story’?]
Until recently, Goliath was unable to shake off the lingering feeling of excitement and lived by running through the sea or defeating demonic beasts.
So, the Golden Sheep is now able to tell the story that she couldn’t bring herself to tell.
“Are you talking about Ahn Woo-jin?”
[Yes. What are you going to do? The one chosen by the ‘Golden Sheep of Space’.]
“… “It was a free car.”
A deep bass sound, like the roar of a tiger, was heard in the lava hot springs.
“Hasn’t something useful finally come out? I guess I’ll have some fun… !”
Goliath opened his big mouth, grinned, and stretched his finger upward to point at the golden sheep.
“Keep an eye on us! And! Until he is ripe, he waits for a fight! That’s my perfect plan… !”
The desire to win was burning in Goliath’s golden eyes.
[I see. Perfect plan….]
The golden sheep sighed silently.
Goliath is a man who absolutely hates using his head.
Because he had excellent fighting skills in the first place, he rarely had to use his brain. He originally believed that if his body was good, his head would be at ease.
However, Goliath was sincere in his ‘plan’. To the extent that he doesn’t mind using his brain.
So, the Golden Sheep did not want to interfere with Goliath’s ‘perfect plan’.
[You are like that too….]
Another golden sheep.
The golden sheep of space chose a man named Ahn Woo-jin.
There are beings born from the Golden Sheep.
One of them is myself.
And one more thing, the golden sheep of space.
He was superior to himself, and in fact, it was no exaggeration to say that he was the true alter ego of the Golden Sheep.
In the end, Ahn Woo-jin, who received power from the golden sheep of space, would threaten Goliath’s title as ‘the strongest’.
However, Goliath had no intention of stepping on Ahn Woo-jin.
The title of the strongest had no meaning to Goliath.
Just… Goliath had the feelings of a child growing a flowerpot for the first time, and only looked forward to Ahn Woo-jin’s growth, saying, ‘Grow up!’
Even after the Golden Sheep chose Goliath and laid down his power, he still could not understand him.
“My body is itching…” !”
Soon, Goliath escaped the lava spring.
When his bare feet touched the black hardened lava, he heard a crunching sound, heat radiated out, and flames rose.
Once the lava, which was dripping like slime, was completely removed, Goliath’s muscular body was fully exposed.
“Get ready, Golden Sheep!”
Goliath shouts excitedly.
“Until Ahn Woo-jin becomes stronger, we need trash to soothe his boredom… !”
[Put on your clothes first.]
“No need!”
Goliath ran around the volcano with his bare body and defeated the lava monsters with his bare fists.
However, the volcano turtle, the owner of the volcano guarding the vent, was not touched. Because he had already become friends with him.
* * *
The girl I had never seen in my dream came next to me and hugged me. I felt cozy.
At that moment, I perceived.
This was a dream.
Wet dream?
No, it was different from that feeling.
At some point, Oh Baek-seo appeared next to her and, crying out loud, asked who that woman was.
She quickly answered that she was a woman I did not know.
“I really don’t know…” . Uh?”
The explanation that kept popping up finally brought my consciousness back from the dream to reality.
Weak sunlight was shining through the window and illuminating the room. Because the sun had not yet risen, it was still dark.
Today is the weekend.
Even so, I woke up quite early.
“Hmm?”
For some reason, I felt unwell. It felt like something was tying me like shackles.
Even though I woke up from a dream, my body was still warm.
Suddenly, I felt the embarrassing touch of something soft touching my body.
I turned my head to the side.
“… “Seu.”
“… ….”
For some reason….
A girl with light hair in a white dress was hugging me, sleeping and breathing softly.
I stopped breathing for a while.
This was because violent confusion raged through my head like a storm, sending even my ability to breathe to the other side of oblivion.
Soon, I regained my senses.
‘Who is it!?’
Cudangtang!
I quickly got out of bed and looked out for the light-haired girl. Coincidentally, there was a black dromedary nearby.
Worse! When he swung the dagger, the baton made up of the armor of the iron armored dragon inside it stretched out. It was Cheolryonggon.
“Who are you?”
Put a poker face on your face.
He asked in a threatening tone typical of the leader.
“… “It’s a teddy bear that has been making a fuss since morning.”
The girl spoke in a classical tone like an old man.
Anyway, did you treat me like a teddy bear and sleep with me?
“Haam.”
A girl raising her upper body and yawning leisurely.
She looked at me with golden eyes.
“… Intruder?”
There are especially many security robots roaming around the residential area, and to top it off, there are additional security drones from me and White Paper roaming around as well.
In other words, if an intruder appeared, the alarm would have sounded loudly.
But.
‘The alarm didn’t go off.’
It was quiet.
Did the girl in front of me use any unique abilities?
In the first place… Why was the intruder hugging me while I slept?
Doubts were gnawing at her tail and swirling around her mind.
“You’re threatening me with a stick like that. “He’s a guy who doesn’t know any grace.”
The girl clicked her tongue, shook her head and shrugged her shoulders.
I couldn’t understand what favor I had received.
“Well, we’ll talk about it later. I’ll sleep some more. “Are you saying that an appropriate amount of sleep is essential for skin care?”
“…… ?”
The girl started talking something incomprehensible and then she got back under her blanket and took the place where I was lying.
Then the expression melted with a unique exclamation reminiscent of the bleating of a sheep.
“Meh…. It’s warm when I warm it up…. There is no such thing as paradise….”
… Are you kidding me?
“Why don’t you wake up?”
There was frost in my voice.
Magic power moves.
While I was asleep, the magic circuit seemed to have returned to normal.
We decided to resolutely drive away uninvited guests.
Tsk!
Blue-green lightning magic arose in the iron dragon.
“If you stay still for three counts, it will be considered a trespass and you will be detained on-site.”
“… ….”
“One.”
“… ….”
“Two.”
“Ahh, tsk! What a picky guy! I come out because I am dirty… !”
Sensing her aggressive magic, the girl hurriedly got out of the blanket. Her speaking tone became younger, as if she had forgotten her grandmother’s speaking style concept.
The girl stood facing me.
“Look.”
A girl stretches her index finger upward with a sullen face.
Then she said, ‘Jeok-jeok’ and the sound of something that shouldn’t be splitting apart occurred.
Weeeing.
Above the girl’s index finger, an alien gate formed in the air.
“Huh?”
Embarrassment hit the back of her head.
Without any doubt, it was identical to my natural ability. The same goes for the feeling of magic that touches your skin.
It was definitely the spatial ability I used.
“I am a vagabond who wandered through another dimension. Master of your abilities. One who has power. “The one who gave you protection.”
The girl caught her mood and started spewing out her fancy names one after another, but because her alchemy feet had built a new house, she looked completely unsightly.
“And, to borrow your expression, another ‘golden sheep.'”
Tzu….
Her magic power that had flowed into Iron Dragon disappeared.
First of all….
“… “I’m asking to confirm.”
“Tell me.”
“I would like to ask you if you suffer from false statements.”
“There is no such thing as false statements…. Yes, your boy! Are you still acting like an idiot even after seeing this!?”
The girl’s face turned red and blue with excitement.
……
After listening to the girl’s story.
“To summarize… , you are another golden sheep born from a golden sheep.”
“Yes.”
“While I was staying in another dimension, I realized my unique ability and was able to come out to this world?”
“That’s right.”
Before we knew it, the girl was eating the potato chips she had picked up somewhere.
“To be precise, the unique ability you acquired came from my authority. I chose you. “Innate abilities are acquired after birth.”
… Uh?
“I think I’ve just casually heard the secrets of this world… ?”
“You treated me like a fool again. “Isn’t it just common sense?”
The girl answered indifferently.
No, crazy.
Are you saying that unique abilities are not innate but acquired?
It was a story that could turn the academic world upside down.
“Well, you can be happy. “Because this body chose you.”
Arrogant tone of voice.
The woman who somehow built a new house on her head didn’t seem to have anything to say as she suddenly grabbed three chips at once and ate them.
First of all, there was nothing to talk about at length about whether unique abilities were born innate or acquired.
So let’s move on.
“… “Why did you choose me?”
Asked looking at her girl, standing with her arms crossed and her shoulders against the wall.
Meanwhile, she tried to open the crack that the girl had caused, but she still didn’t feel anything.
“Because your magical power was particularly clean. I must say that he was the most fascinating than anyone else in this world. “You can’t use spatial abilities without that kind of magical power in the first place.”
I have repeated Goliath’s magic exercises more constantly than that man did when I was young. Thanks to this, the magical power was refined to a level close to 100% purity.
“I was attracted to you from the beginning, and I chose you.”
The girl shouted, pointing at me with her cookie crumb-covered index finger.
A triumphant face.
He told me to hurry up and be proud.
“That’s why I gave you my power, clung to you, and waited for you to reach the minimum level… !”
Her voice contained a refined exuberance that did not match her cat-like fierce eyes.
“… Like a stalker?”
“I’m warning you. “If you refer to me with such an unfamiliar title again in the future, you will not be able to avoid bloodshed.”
The girl responded resolutely in a fast, flowing tone.
Ignore it.
“Then, was the Golden Sheep originally able to intervene in the unique abilities of living things?”
“You can think like that. Well, the original guy doesn’t seem to be interested in that.”
“Are there any other cases like this other than mine?”
“There is one more person. “The guy who invaded my space last time.”
Meaned Goliath.
This was a story about when the Golden Sheep’s protection was manifested.
“He must have another golden sheep. We each have powers and exist as individuals. “He’s not as good as me, though.”
The girl flicked the cookie seasoning on her finger with her small tongue, created a crack in the air, and threw her bag of snacks into it.
My unique ability can be used as a trash can.
It seems like the uses are endless, even from minor to trivial.
“Anyway, the alter ego that chose him would have the appearance of a mountain goat monster.”
The girl placed both hands with outstretched index fingers on either side of her head, expressing her own style of mountain goat horns.
“You will just be born as a human, what is so awesome and cool about such a monster-like appearance? Tsk….”
In the end, the person who gave Goliath his special abilities was another golden sheep derived from the golden sheep.
And it seemed that they existed with individual bodies, lives, and souls.
‘Is that why the trait name was ‘Golden Sheep’s Protection’?’
If only Goliath could have talked to the owner of his unique abilities like I do now.
I understand how he was able to explain the protection of the Golden Sheep.
‘When I was playing the game, I thought it was just an idiomatic expression.’
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Just to give Goliath, the strongest man in the game, dignity.
I thought his ability was named ‘Golden Sheep’s Protection’ by referring to the golden sheep, a deity.
I thought it was an idiomatic expression that stimulated the romance of middle school students, like ‘Zeus’ lightning’ or ‘Prometheus’ flame.’
‘Was it really a blessing bestowed by the Golden Sheep?’
It was just as it was said.
“And just in case.”
The girl approached me and lifted her head to look up at me.
It was much smaller than white paper.
About the late 140cm range, or maybe around 150cm.
The girl still had not straightened her new hair.
“Don’t ask me about things like what’s beyond the gate or what the golden sheep means.”
“Why?”
“I was born after the Golden Sheep passed through ‘The Hall’, and we are now separate entities. I know very little. However, I will tell you this for sure.”
The girl grabbed my wrist, lifted it up, and made me open her palm. Afterwards, she supported the back of my hand.
Seuuu.
‘Huh?’
Like a tsunami, a powerful and mysterious sensation began to coil around my whole body.
The sensation traveled through the magic circuit and eventually reached her palm and rose upward.
What a mess!
“!”
A crack appeared in the air above our palms.
The crack was dark and mysterious.
It looked dangerous, as if it should not be touched, but it had a fascinating color that seemed to captivate the heart.
The girl said with a grin.
“I will allow you to dominate space.”
It was only then that I realized what exactly my abilities were.
Unique ability, mastery of space.
The basic ability is to connect space to space at will.
My eyes naturally widened, and the corners of my mouth turned up a little.
I was unable to feel joy because the sense of using my unique abilities had disappeared like a ghost.
“… “That’s cool.”
When I realized that I had finally discovered a new ability, I was belatedly filled with joy.