62 – A Momentary Rest (5)
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A month has passed since it fell into the world.
If it’s long, it’s long, if it’s short, it’s a short time.
But to me it felt longer than a year.
I fell in the woods and was almost killed by a goblin.
Fortunately, I met Erina and survived.
While carrying out her request, she met Kayla in Arachne’s Cave.
After all her twists and turns, she killed Alfred and recruited her as her ally.
I went on an expedition to Nostel Snow Mountain to escape the bad rumors in the capital.
There, he killed the snow woman and found her cold flame and gained strength.
Who would believe that all of this happened in just one month?
There were several situations where life was in danger.
He almost died fighting Alfred, and he met a snow woman in a snowy mountain and fought fiercely.
Still, the hard work was worth it.
“Status window.”
Name: Seohyun
Age: 23 years old
Gender: Male
Class: Dragon Knight
Level : 25
HP : 2100/2100
MP : 500/500
Strength: 38/100
Stamina: 38/100
Agility: 15/100
mana: 32/100
Wisdom: 22/100
Luck: 29/100
Compared to the past, it is a remarkable growth.
As expected, the hidden class, the dragon knight, was greatly influenced.
Compared to before, strength and stamina have doubled.
It was also important to defeat the power of the snow woman.
I was completely unfamiliar with magic, so there was a reason why my magic and MP went up.
A satisfied heart smiled.
At this level, his abilities were similar to when he first met Kayla.
In fact, it achieved almost impossible growth in a short period of time.
“My lord…? Why are you suddenly like this?”
When she turned her head, Kayla was staring at me.
I hurriedly closed the status window.
In her eyes, she must have looked blankly at the empty space and smiling.
I replied with a blank smile out of embarrassment.
“No. I have something to think about.”
Kayla tilted her head and examined my complexion, but her attention was short-lived.
Immediately she looked away and looked up. And faced with the waterfall in front of her eyes.
Foam crumbling on the surface of the water scattered spray around.
The stream of water descending with white mist made a beautiful scenery.
A huge waterfall not far from the capital.
It was a landscape that could only be seen as a wallpaper from a distance because you couldn’t go directly in the game.
I was amazed at the beautiful scenery more than I expected.
If it was the original world, wouldn’t it have become a tourist attraction?
“My lord, then I’ll be back.”
“Yes. Be careful.”
With a brief conversation, Kayla slowly headed down the waterfall.
I was able to gauge the considerable height even from a distance.
Kayla put her body in the water of the waterfall.
They continued to breathe while enduring the water pressure of the pouring waterfall.
After taking the Chill Fire, Kyla didn’t feel her cold.
I couldn’t even feel pain from the water flow of the waterfall.
However, the water pressure and roar of the cascading water could not be ignored.
“Kayla. Are you okay?”
She called her in her mind, maybe her is her.
Fortunately, the answer came back with a smile.
“You don’t have to worry.”
I started meditating with my eyes closed sitting in the middle of the waterfall.
After returning to the capital, Kayla began mental training every morning.
At first, she started with meditation or strength training, but gradually the intensity began to increase.
She said she would meditate while enduring a waterfall today.
When she asked if there was a reason for the sudden practice, Kayla replied with a smile.
‘It’s to settle my heart for the lord.’
There was a desperation in her voice that made her firm will felt.
Did something happen in the snow mountain?
Still, it was good that she practiced.
In fact, even in the game, meditation was treated as a training of its own.
It was obvious that it would have a positive effect on the stats to some extent.
And I decided to follow her and train her every day.
I drew my sword. As I tightened her arms, I could feel the energy running through her body.
A chill that made your bones ache. But it was only a figurative expression, there was no pain.
She grasped the magic flowing along her arm with her fingertips.
Frost permeated along with the chill on the blade of the longsword.
The power to control cold. It is an ability that was absorbed by killing the snow woman.
“It’s quite usable.”
At first, I couldn’t use my abilities properly.
My arm froze on its own, and icicles grew on my sword.
Still, I was able to get used to it after practicing every day.
The longsword, polished even sharper than before, gave off white smoke while frozen.
After swinging it a few times as a test, frost spread white in the air.
It’s not a simple decision.
The blizzard made of magic split space along the path of the sword.
There was a reason why Erina often uses lightning magic.
An ordinary longsword gained considerable power when surrounded by cold energy.
Aimed at a nearby tree branch and swung lightly.
It was lightly cut in two without even feeling that something had been cut.
After that, I wielded her sword until she got used to it.
I swung it dozens of times until the sense of difference with the knife disappeared.
This is a new one-handed sword that I got after my sword broke in the snowy mountains.
It’s still clumsy because it doesn’t fit my hand, but it’s clear that it’s a better knife than before.
As tens of minutes passed, I felt a presence in the back of the forest.
I could tell who it was just by hearing the sound.
“Erina.”
“Yes. I’m back.”
The person who appeared through the grass was none other than Erina.
“How are you?”
“Don’t worry. We’ve dealt with all the monsters in this area.”
Dark red bloodstains splattered everywhere.
The first time I saw him covered in blood, I felt creepy, but now it’s nothing.
“Good job.”
While she was training, she asked Erina for fear that monsters might appear.
As expected, I returned in less than an hour.
I couldn’t even hear the sound of the wind, let alone the cries of monsters around me.
Erina was smiling at me quietly.
Bloody armor is a back burner.
“You worked hard. There was a lot of blood.”
“Oh, sorry. I’ll clean it now.”
“No, just come here.”
Taking her towel out of her pocket, she went over to Erina.
I wiped off the dust and bloodstains on the armor.
At first, the hands that led to the arms and shoulders naturally continued to the face.
As time passed, a blush appeared over the white skin.
I wiped the blood from my cheek and finally removed the flesh from my hair.
“Thank you…”
He was embraced in my arms with a satisfied smile.
I tried to push it down moderately, but it didn’t come off for a long time.
Meanwhile, Kayla, who was training in the waterfall, raised her body.
I slowly got up from my seat and returned to the riverside.
“I’m back.”
“Today is faster than expected.”
The practice, which usually lasted for an hour, ended quickly.
Kayla opened her mouth with an uncomfortable expression.
“I’m sorry. I’m not feeling well today.”
“Don’t overdo it. If you feel unwell, it’s okay to rest.”
Covered her with her large towel as she came out of her waters wet all over.
Kayla took off her damp clothes and wrapped herself in her towel.
Her head turned to her strangely sensual figure.
I’ve seen her naked a few times before, but I couldn’t help but feel ashamed of her.
Then Kayla whispered in a quiet voice.
“It’s okay…”
What the hell is going on?
Her neck fell at the strangely misleading words.
Suddenly, along with a grumbling voice, I felt a shock behind my back.
“Let’s go back now. I think the sun will go down soon.”
“Okay. As long as Kayla changes her clothes, she’ll go back.”
At my words, Kayla hurriedly put her body in order.
She changed her clothes and put the wet clothes in her backpack.
On the way back to the capital after training.
There was only quiet silence.
A month has passed since Kayla and Erina met, but their relationship has not progressed.
On the contrary, we should consider it fortunate that the relationship between the two did not deteriorate.
Since I had the worst impression from the first meeting with her, there was no way our relationship would improve.
As the cold air swirled around, I looked at Kayla, who was next to her, through her side of the eye.
‘Come to think of it, Kayla’s abilities must have improved a lot.’
She killed countless monsters with me.
She must have raised her abilities as well.
‘Where should I look?’
I opened the status window and checked the stats.
Name: Kayla (nameless dragon)
Age: 349
Gender: Female
Class: Yongin
Level : 33
HP : 2550/2600
MP : 3600/3600
Strength: 43/100
Stamina: 37/100
Agility: 33/100
mana: 46/100
Wisdom: 34/100
Luck: 5/100
Your abilities have improved a lot compared to before.
Magic and MP showed the highest growth rate, probably because of the recent use of magic.
I closed the status window with a satisfied heart.
The stronger Kayla got, the more reassuring she felt.
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However, as she grew stronger, there were some colleagues who became more anxious.
Name: Erina
Age: 21 years old
Gender: Female
Class : Hero
Level : 50
HP : 3000/3000
MP : 360/470
Strength : 70/100
Stamina: 62/100
Agility: 52/100
mana: 15/100
Wisdom: 22/100
Luck: 36/100
Fortunately, it did not grow as much as expected.
But her head dizzy at Erina’s status window, which she hadn’t seen in a long time.
Comparing his level and abilities, he was twice as high as me.
When it comes to strength and stamina, the numbers of Kayla and I are barely enough to boil.
If Kayla and I face Erina, can we win?
There was no immediate answer.
Ability is an indicator of strength, but it was not unconditionally reliable.
Even with low stats, there were times when you faced a strong opponent and turned the game upside down.
As an extreme example, I defeated a snow woman who was much stronger than me on a snowy mountain.
At the time, Snow Woman was injured, and she was able to win by ambush first, but Snow Woman was overwhelmingly stronger than me.
But I couldn’t ignore the ability.
In a fair match under equal circumstances, the person with the higher ability had a higher chance of winning.
Then what if the opponent is Erina?
‘I will definitely lose now.’
Even if Erina was injured, she could easily defeat me.
I already had a track record of overcoming the combined efforts of the snow woman and the monsters.
Didn’t he destroy the world even in the first playthrough?
‘Wait a minute… ?’
I felt something strange.
According to the goddess, Erina destroyed the world in her first playthrough.
His level must have risen as much as he killed many monsters and people.
But when I first met Erina, she was the same as the last time I saw her.
‘…What is it?’
This is a very obvious contradiction.
Why didn’t I realize it until now?
“Why is that?”
Erina stared at me with bright eyes.
Feigning her composure, she waved her hand.
She tilted her head, perhaps feeling a sense of deja vu at the unusual reaction.
“Do you have anything to say?”
“No, nothing.”
She quickly turned her head and looked straight ahead.
The moment Erina’s eyes met, I felt a chill in her arms.
Thinking about it, Erina was too strong.
In the snow mountain, he faced even the snow woman while surrounded by countless monsters.
Even so, there was no sign of being pushed back at all.
Rather, he showed an overwhelming image.
No matter how high the level is, it’s abnormal.
She was smiling even as doubts grew in her mind.
She was chatting casually and then suddenly clapped her hands and clung to me.
“Oh, I wanted to eat the roast wild boar I ate last time!”
“…Okay. Then let’s go eat together later.”
Erina smirked and smiled as if she felt better at my words.
On the other hand, my insides only got more complicated.
As time passed, instead of solving my worries, only questions increased.
‘Erina… ‘
Is there an error in the status window?
Or did Erina use her hands on something?
Something happened to her while I stopped playing her game.
There was no way for me to know.