54 – Great Forest-8
‘This is real.’
It pierced the mana shield of a B-class Awakener, but there were many flaws.
First of all, the duration was extremely short. Even though I used all the mana in my body, the time to send mana to the tip of the dagger was less than 0.1 second. It wasn’t even that all of the dagger’s mana was pushed away, and it was clear that the well-rounded defense would not be able to penetrate it.
‘Still, it’s definitely a meaningful skill.’
You can only use it for a very short time yet, and you can simply strengthen the tip of the dagger, but if you train steadily, you can gradually increase the use time.
Of course, since it was a skill using mana, the actual power might not improve no matter how hard I tried.
But even so, you’ll need more experience to better apply this skill in battle.
“brother…”
“Don’t tell anyone.”
When the dagger was removed from the giant’s shoulder, the wound healed in an instant. If you look at it, he’s a monster too.
“Were you an Awakener?”
“Does it look like that?”
The giant shook his head from side to side.
“I definitely didn’t feel any mana. He’s definitely a non-awakened person…”
“This sword is a very special sword.”
He nodded as if he understood.
“I certainly felt strong magic power at the tip of the dagger, but there wasn’t anything like that during the fight earlier.”
“It’s a skill with a rather long cooldown.”
I put the dagger into the scabbard hanging from my waist.
“Hyung-nim, let’s go. I trust you will keep the secret.”
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No matter how fast it is, it will not be until tomorrow that we will re-enter the Great Forest.
Until then, you should get used to this technique as much as possible.
***
As a result of studying all night, I have finished figuring out all the techniques I can do right now.
Frankly, the results were very disappointing. First of all, there was no practicality.
First of all, the cooldown is 2 hours. As it was a skill that poured all the mana in the body to use, I expected that it would take a considerable amount of time to use it again, but 2 hours was too long.
And it was difficult to get the timing right. It took less than 0.1 second for mana to accumulate at the tip of the dagger, and inserting the dagger into the opponent’s body in such a short time was beyond imagination.
It was worth doing against a still target. As a result of testing all day yesterday, I was able to successfully attack at the correct timing in all 4 out of 4 times.
The problem was when the subject moved.
Mana had to flow the moment it hit the target’s surface, but it was insanely difficult to get the timing right. If you put mana even a little quickly, it means nothing, and if you put mana late, you don’t know how to get rid of the shield, but physical power was lacking.
I woke up every 2 hours last night to practice, but I think you can see how insanely difficult this is when you consider that only the last one was successful.
The biggest problem is that it is actually backwards compatible with using a pistol.
Against monsters, you can use your gun as much as you want, but it has a wider range and more power than stabbing with a dagger.
When dealing with a large number of monsters, there could be a lack of ammunition, but I was able to last much longer than fighting with a dagger.
‘After all, it’s a skill that’s meaningful only when dealing with people.’
Still, I will continue to train myself. No matter how practical it is, one more trump card has been added.
“I found it!!”
A loud scream rang out from the younger room. It seems that he has been analyzing the information he has been investigating since yesterday, but now it seems that all the analysis has been completed.
‘It’s almost time for breakfast, so shall we go out?’
I left my room and headed towards the kitchen, where three children were having breakfast.
If it’s special, it’s commendable, but it’s uncomfortable. I’m at an age where adults should take care of me, but I’m actually doing housework.
The two girls were doing it voluntarily to get points from Sa-hyeon, and Sa-hyeon was happily following Wol-ha’s orders, but I couldn’t help but feel pricked by my conscience.
“Are you awake?”
“Yes, it happened.”
As I put my spoon and chopsticks down, my younger sister smiled and sat down at the table.
“Looks like you finally found it?”
“Yes, I had a bit of a hard time finding something hiding like a rat. I’ve contacted my sister, so I’ll be able to finish the job before the end of today.”
“Yeah, good job.”
lightly stroked her hair My younger sister suffered a lot, maybe because she was an A-class Awakener, but she didn’t look tired, but she slept less than 3 hours all week and was only focusing on analysis.
“I know that because I’m going to sleep in my brother’s arms after work.”
“What should I do with this? Driver has a lot of overdue appointments right now?”
“Is it an overdue promise?”
“The reason I’m holding back right now is because of my contract with the driver.
Oh, has the time already come…
“You’re going to do it at night anyway, right? I’ll sleep during the day.”
“Well, then it doesn’t matter.”
I inadvertently leaned to the side because I was afraid of Wol-ha, who was sitting next to me with a fresh smile.
‘Let’s pass this worry on to the future me…’
Meal time was quite peaceful. Ari and Ga-yeon were anxious because they couldn’t feed Sa-hyeon, but the adults ate peacefully.
After Ha-yeon went back to her house in the center of the city because of her busy work, it was really quiet when I didn’t talk.
Ha-yeon and Wol-ha became quite close and the two of them talked well, but Yeon-ha and Wol-ha weren’t that close, so unless I was the center of the conversation, nothing was exchanged.
As the children-only meal was almost over, the front door opened.
As it was inside the building, the outside of the front door was indoors, but only one person could enter the house without ringing the doorbell.
“Is your sister here?”
“Uh, I took a day off today and came back. Establishing the chain of command has been completed to some extent, so I think I’ll be able to find more time in the future.”
“It’s good, then, are you going to stay here from today?”
“Yes, I have to receive what I deserve from my older brother.”
Hayeon glared at me with hot eyes.
“Are you going to take it?”
“Do you not remember what my brother said when he lost his memory?
It’s time to clear your karma…
“A… that’s right…”
“Be prepared for tonight.”
“Brother!
Younger shouted loudly to relieve Hayeon’s heated atmosphere.
is not it? Did he just want to let you know how much he suffered?
“Oh yeah.”
Ha Yeon-i looked at her younger sister with a sour expression.
“I don’t know the exact size, but I think it’s probably a group that hid in the Great Forest.”
“They went into hiding in the Great Forest? Why?”
“I don’t know about that. The only thing I’ve found out is where they are hiding and how they reduced the number of monsters in the Great Forest.”
To be honest, I wasn’t curious about how to reduce the number of monsters at all, but I couldn’t win over the stares of my younger sister who eagerly asked me to ask how I found out, so I opened my mouth.
“How did you find out?”
“Do you know who the lowest prey is in the Great Forest?”
“Was it an Elevore?”
In fact, they were F-class monsters that were not much different from wild boars, and they competed with quantity rather than quality, so unless it was a large group, they became prey for other monsters.
“Yes, over the past week, Elevore populations have been regularly declining in some of the districts we’ve been examining.”
“therefore?”
“Didn’t we go to the Great Forest at different times every day for the past week?”
“Yeah it was.”
It was quite difficult the day before yesterday when I woke up early in the morning and went with a drowsy mind.
“As a result of measuring and analyzing the decrease in elevore by time zone, I found out where they are starting to get rid of the elevore!”
“Something is strange, but if they were destroying Elevore even when we were investigating, shouldn’t they have been affected by your ability?”
“Because the ability I used is to detect mana. If there is no mana or if there is some kind of trick to block mana, I can’t find it with a simple method!”
Tell me about your weakness so confidently.
“Anyway, you mean you found the location?”
“Yes! I can go in right away.”
“Then let’s go right away.”
There was no tension at all. Well, there are S-class awakeners and A-class awakeners, so no matter who is the opponent, you can run away.
But why?
My heart wasn’t tense at all, and I was maintaining a normal rate.