115 – 115. Attacking the Knight’s Tomb (2)
The point at which Suho Ahn had just encountered the enemies in the dungeon.
“Yes.”
Kang Ha-neul, who was studying alone in the dormitory, suddenly felt his body become heavy.
“What is this?”
Then all of her senses began to numb. Her vision was blurry, her ears were ringing, and her skin felt like she was wearing a latex suit.
A system message suddenly pops up in Kang Ha-neul’s field of view, embarrassed by the unknown change.
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[ The target ‘Ansuho’ has activated the second effect of . ]
[ For 120 minutes from now, skill user ‘Kang Ha-neul”s ‘all abilities as a superhuman’ will be loaned to ‘An Su-ho’. ]
[ Please be very careful as the ‘all abilities of a superman’ borrowed by user ‘Kang Ha-neul’ will be permanently lost if the target ‘Ansu-ho’ does not return them within 120 minutes. ]
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“Aha.”
Only then did Kang Ha-neul know the identity of her change that had come to her own body.
‘Now I’m no longer a superman, but an ordinary person.’
River Ha-neul moved her body around as if it were strange. She felt strong resistance to her movements, as if she were moving her body in a swimming pool.
‘In the original world, I lived as a normal person for 22 years. Adaptation is scary.’
Kang Ha-neul laughed at her own appearance, which had suddenly adapted to her superhuman and her outstanding physical abilities. But she soon sees a worried look on her face.
The activation of the skill effect meant that Ahn Soo-ho entered the dungeon.
Disturbed Kang Sky closed his laptop and prayed with his hands together. It had no religious significance. It was just a gesture wishing for Ahn Su-ho’s safe return.
“I hope my brother can come back safely… ….”
Kang Ha-neul’s murmur resonated quietly in her room.
***
-Kwajik!
The ghost knight’s helmet flew through the air in Seol Ah-hyun’s fist. Losing her head, black smoke leaked from her armor and she slumped to the ground within seconds.
The sixth battle after entering the dungeon.
Seol Ah-hyun, who marked the end of the battle, asked while wiping a drop of sweat from her forehead.
“Whoa. Is anyone hurt?”
Then, one of the Black Dragon Hunters said with a hearty laugh.
“Do you really think we can only get hurt against these guys? If you really thought that way, it would be a bit sad, right?”
“Junsu, you are a bit anxious. The new chick who barely got promoted to Class A last year is coming…….”
“Leave it. Isn’t it when you’re in the middle of the day?”
“Humility was a virtue among Hunters when I was as good as him. Eh tsk.”
There are a total of four hunters in the Black Dragon Club, excluding Seol Ah-hyun, three middle-aged men who have passed the age of infidelity, and one who is a relatively young man just over 30 years old. The youngest among them, a hunter named Junsu, pouted at the seniors’ criticism and said.
“Are you saying too much to the cute maknae for saying something a little wrong?”
“Inseok, you are neither the youngest nor cute. Because our Lord is younger and cuter than you.”
“Nothing like cancer. Of course, when it comes to cute things, my daughter Yuri is the best!”
“George Joe! My daughter is proud of that. Move these bodies to make it easier for the recovery team to work on.”
“Yes. It should be This is all money, but I can’t let it go in vain.”
“Even so, it’s only a small amount compared to the raid reward.”
“You will know when you send your children to college. Even I have four children. I saw that the first daughter barely got a job, and the second, third and fourth were very sausages……. Anyway, the money going in every month is not the only one.”
The hunters are constantly talking and piling up the corpses of the ghost knights on one side of the labyrinth. Looking at them, Seol Ah-hyun had a heartwarming expression on her face.
Those present there are the best fighters of the Black Dragon Society in name and reality, and at the same time, all of them were those who died in the future in the first playthrough.
“The battle is smoother than I thought. We’ve already advanced two-thirds of the way to the deepest part. At this speed, we might be the first to reach the deepest part.”
“But Mr. Hoe. You will also have to be wary of the direction you came from. Even if you pass by the side roads on the way, there are already 15 of them.”
“Yes. Then, from now on, Mr. Yohan, please take over the rear guard. I’ll take the lead role instead.”
“Are you okay by yourself? I think at least one person should go with me.”
“That is also true. Then… ….”
As Seol Ah-hyeon scanned her seat to select her teeth to accompany him, all the hunters belonging to the Black Dragon Society looked at her. It’s like she’s asking herself to be pulled out.
She laughed as if the people in the Asteroid Guild, including Midreum, were dumbfounded at the idol and her fan club-like appearance. No matter how much they say they are executives of the Black Dragon Society, the fact that there is no fault between the guild master and the executives is something that the Asteroid Guild members, who value strict discipline, could not have imagined.
“Then Suho, please go with me.”
“You mean me?”
Ahn Suho, not expecting to be pointed out, pointed at himself and asked back. At that moment, the heads of the hunters belonging to the Black Dragon Society all turned to him.
“That bastard who doesn’t know where he came from… ….”
“No matter how much the lord acknowledged it, still… ….”
“Why is that guy like that…….”
“…… But I think I saw him somewhere…… ?”
Ahn Soo-ho sweated at those unfavorable gazes and turned to Seol Ah-hyun. Seol Ah-hyun smiled at them and told them to do it properly, then walked about a hundred meters ahead with Ahn Su-ho in the direction of the column.
“Suho? What happened?”
As the two of them started walking separately in the snow-covered labyrinth, Seol Ah-hyun asked him.
“What happened, what do you mean?”
“Don’t pretend. Suho wasn’t originally this strong.”
Seol Ah-hyun lowered her voice and asked if anyone was listening. At that, Ahn Soo-ho shrugged moderately.
“It’s the same reason that Ahyeon became stronger than in the first playthrough. I found a way to quickly become stronger with future knowledge and put it into practice.”
“No matter how much you know the future, does it make sense to become this strong in such a short period of time? When I rescued the student Kang Ha-neul the other day, I had to hit it well to be near B grade, but now I am at the top of A grade, almost S grade?”
“Ahyeon, do you see my skills to that extent?”
“Yes.”
“It’s nice to hear that.”
Ahn Soo-ho clenched his fists after hearing the evaluation of an active S-class superman.
The second effect of the cherry blossoms of love. I kept realizing it while fighting, but it’s really beyond my imagination.’
Ahn Soo-ho activated his status window without Seol Ah-hyun’s knowledge.
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[ ‘Ahn Soo-ho’ status window]
Name: Suho Ahn
Gender : Male
Height/Weight/Age: 182.3Cm/75.9Kg/24 years old
Occupation: Academy security guard
Affiliation: Green House Guard Special Countermeasures Division
Possessed Super Powers: Black Smoke (D), Magic Absorption (A), Avatar (E)
[ Abilities ]
Muscle Strength C++
Agility A+*
Endurance C*
mana A*
Fineness A*
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Lucky S*
1. Strength and agility are given a positive correction due to the wearing effect of .
2. All stats have been temporarily increased by the second effect of .
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For reference, these were the abilities when the first effect of the Cherry Blossoms of Love was activated.
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Strength A+
A+ Agility
Durability B
mana A
Fine A+
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Luck B
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The overall specs were lower than when he received the first effect, but there was little difference in agility, magical power, and finesse, the most important items in his fighting style. Also, in the case of the first effect, the effect was the opening of the potential ability, so there was no change in the luck ability.
Above all, the biggest advantage of the second effect was that there was no penalty unlike the first effect. Of course, if An Su-ho did not return the borrowed power, Kang Ha-neul would permanently lose the power of a superhuman, but there was no way An Su-ho would do that, so there was virtually no penalty.
‘Strength and endurance are still C ranks, but those two items don’t have much of an impact on my fighting style. That’s why Seol Ah-hyun must have seen me as a level equivalent to S-class. Actually, it’s not even that bad of an assessment.’
Even if you can’t do it with normal attack skills, you’ll be at the top of A-class. In addition, considering the instantaneous acceleration ability using the breath of the morning star and the strengthening of psychic powers using only Talisman, it will be possible to temporarily produce power comparable to that of S-class.
Just like when I fought Wilhelm.
‘I never thought that Haneul would awaken this ability the day before the attack. The situation is so good that it makes me anxious.’
“…… Kiyo. Mr. Suho? Are you Suho? Are you listening??”
Ahn Su-ho suddenly came to his senses at Seol Ah-hyun’s call. He had stopped ignoring her because he was so focused on examining her abilities.
“Sorry. What did you say?”
“You kept asking. How did you become strong in such a short time? Let’s share good things with the same regressors. Yes?”
“Ha ha ha…… “
Ahn Su-ho only laughed awkwardly, but did not answer. She had no choice but to do so. Since it is the work of the possessed chair, it is impossible to explain Kang Ha-neul’s skills to Seol Ah-hyun.
“What is it? I can’t tell you is that?”
At that reaction, Seol Ah-hyun frowned and complained. But on the other hand, I could understand Ahn Su-ho’s decision. For the regressor, knowledge was an asset and weapon.
However, what Seol Ah-hyun was dissatisfied with was that, unlike her, Ahn Soo-ho had met her future self, and he already knew everything about her. At that unfairness, Seol Ah-hyun pouted and said.
“It’s not fair.”
“What do you mean?”
“Suho must have met me in the future and heard all kinds of things from me. But why doesn’t Suho tell me? Yes? You heard everything I said.”
“That’s because the future Ahyeon I went through and the current Ahyeon are different people. Actually, the two of us don’t know each other very well yet.”
“Suho doesn’t know me well because he met me in the future-“
“Sure.”
Ahn Su-ho interrupted Seol Ah-hyun and continued.
“If the two of us become close friends in this episode, like the future that Mr. Ahyeon saw, I’ll let you know then.”
From Suho Ahn’s point of view, it was just an excuse to pass this moment. Even if she became close with Seol Ah-hyun, she couldn’t reveal the secret of the possessor.
‘No, maybe it will be revealed…… Do you want to?’
I was just thinking about whether I should tell Ji Ye-won about the truth of this world. If she gets to that extent with Seol Ah-hyeon, he might end up telling her her truth too.
‘No, that’s not going to happen.’
However, Ahn Su-ho immediately shook his head. Because I had an appointment with Kang Ha-neul.
In exchange for condoning the two bridges with Ji Ye-won, Kang Ha-neul asked not to increase the number of women, especially to let the original heroine date Ryu Tae-hyeon, the main character of the original. So, although she could be a business partner with Seol Ah-hyun, she would not be able to reveal everything like Ji Ye-won.
“Chi, I will tell you when I get to know you…… ?”
Ahn Su-ho himself thought so, but Seol Ah-hyun’s head was completely different.
‘My, I will tell you when I become as close to the future as I have seen? Does that mean, sa, you’ll let me know when we’re dating? Could it be that you hinted at it implicitly?’
Seol Ah-hyun had no choice but to interpret it that way, having observed Ahn Su-ho and the future, which would be embarrassing to mention. Feeling her cheeks burning hot, Seol Ah-hyun hurriedly lowered her head.
“Ahyeon? Why?”
“Chi, being close means uh, uh uh, how close do you have to be?”
“I told you. If we become as close as the future Ahyeon saw.”
“So, to what extent, to what extent…… !”
“What do you ask? You saw the future yourself.”
From Ahn Su-ho’s point of view, he didn’t know how much of a relationship he and Seol Ah-hyun would have in the future, so he asked that way, but from Seol Ah-hyun’s point of view, it seemed like he was just pretending.
‘This, this person is really…… !’
Seol Ah-hyeon was angry at Ahn Su-ho for not speaking plainly.
‘Wait. Maybe Suho is saying that because he’s not sure?’
At that time, a possibility flashed through Seol Ah-hyun’s mind.
‘Yes, that’s right. Because the future can change at any time. Even if Suho and I were lovers in the world Suho lived in, there’s no way that would be the case in this world. Similarly, there is no guarantee that the wave, wave and shameless future I saw will happen as it is… ….’
Seol Ah-hyun, who has already changed history to her liking, knew that fact better than anyone else. So Ahn Su-ho also knows that fact, so he shows such an ambiguous attitude. Seol Ah-hyeon, who was self-absorbed, nodded his head to himself.
‘What the hell are you thinking?’
Of course, there was no way for Ahn Su-ho to guess what he was thinking.
“Suho. Then, does Suho want to get close again, like he did in the future that Suho and I went through?”
At that time, Seol Ah-hyun asked him a sharp question.
‘If you answered yes here… ….’
If he and An Su-ho were lovers in the world that An Su-ho went through, just like in the future he saw.
Answering “Yes” To the question Seol Ah-hyun just posed was tantamount to saying that Ahn Su-ho wants to be a lover again with Seol Ah-hyun. It’s not an outright question, so there’s no need to be as vague as before.
“Like in the future? That… ….”
Seol Ah-hyun focused on his next words. Her heart was beating fast.
“I… ….”
The moment Suho Ahn was about to answer that question.
“…… What are you two arguing about?”
Midsummer, approaching behind the two of them, asked her with her eyes wide open.
“Midsummer student? Is there a problem?”
“The Black Dragon Hunter asked me to tell you something. While I was cleaning up the remains of the armor, an artifact came out, and I was wondering which guild to take ownership of, the Asteroid Guild or the Black Dragon-“
“…… Why.”
“Yes?”
“Why are you here now! Why! Of course! Now!”
Hayeoreum was taken aback by Seol Ah-hyun’s angry cry. However, the opponent is the top of the S-class guild. Midsummer, who had to maintain a smooth relationship with her, struggled to keep her smile on her face, even if Seol Ah-hyun’s sudden rash did not hurt her.
“Mi, sorry? Did i do something wrong? I don’t know what’s going on, so could you please explain…….”
“Seo, explanation? All right, all right! Are you okay! It’s nothing!”
“…… Nothing?”
“That, ah, I will agree with the guild leader later on the distribution of artifacts, so uh, know that!”
“… ….”
The midsummer smile she had been struggling to maintain suddenly cracked.
‘Even though I’m a student intern… ….’
Hayeoreum couldn’t understand Seol Ah-hyun’s attitude. That’s why it was unpleasant. She felt that the appearance of her gibberish was looking down on herself, who was nothing more than a student intern.
“Excuse me. Black Dragon Lord. Even though I’m an intern, you and I are clearly partners-“
“Wait, wait.”
“This is real…… !”
“Wait a minute!”
As Seol Ah-hyeon shouted in short words, Han Yeo-reum bit her mouth tightly. But the anger on her face grew stronger.
“…… The Black Dragon Lord?”
However, the anger quickly fades away and questions arise instead. It was because she felt something unusual in Seol Ah-hyun’s attitude as she looked at the other side of her labyrinth in a cold sweat.
“…… Why?”
Ahyeon Seol muttered that to herself. The moment when he was about to ask what happened to Ahn Su-ho and Han Yeo-reum.
-Where you go!
“Everybody bow down!”
An urgent cry. And the air gap flying into my ear.
Ahn Soo-ho and Midsummer did not delay and bowed down as Seol Ah-hyun said. Immediately after, a massive ax slid over them and slammed into the opposite wall.
“What is this?”
Midsummer looked at the ax with a bewildered expression, then she turned her gaze to the other side of the labyrinth.
-Clap.
Then, what I saw there was a ghost knight that I had dealt with many times before.
In the hand of the knight who was staring at the three of them, wafting dark red smoke, was holding an ax the same size as the one stuck in the wall.
“What is it? Is it because of only one ghost knight? He’s such a guy, even if I’m alone-“
“No.”
“Yes?”
“Not just barely. That one. That…….”
Seol Ah-hyun looked at Ahn Su-ho as if seeking help. However, Ahn Su-ho was equally confused.
“What the f*ck. What else is that?”
A soft curse came out of his mouth. And that moment.
-Clap.
A knight exuding dark red aura started moving towards them.