Episode 123. Aftereffects
As soon as Franco’s head was decapitated, a notification window appeared in front of Kim Jin-seong’s eyes.
▶ You have defeated the wicked.
▶ Obtained 230 Vis Creama points.
▶ Acquired the opponent’s skill ‘Mana Blockade’.
▷ Mana Blockade: Seals the mana of one target and makes it unusable. Mana is drained steadily to maintain the target’s mana blockade.
▶ Would you like to delete the existing skill to acquire the ‘Mana Blockade’ skill?
‘I have to get this at all costs.’
Kim Jin-seong, without a moment’s hesitation, began to choose which skill to delete instead of mana blockade.
‘… It would be better to throw away the petrification powder. This is a skill that can be used when transformed into Porgynay.’
Kim Jin-seong immediately erased the petrification powder skill and inserted mana blockade into the empty slot.
Then he looked back at the hunters who were trapped in the fog of illusion.
‘Would you like to try it?’
Kim Jin-seong immediately used the mana blockade skill on Franco’s colleague who was closest to him.
Trapped in a fog of illusion and struggling while swinging his sword in all directions, he stopped with a bewildered look on his face.
“… uh?”
He seemed to slow down and panic, as if his body wasn’t listening.
He didn’t seem to notice that his mana had been blocked due to being trapped in a fog of illusion.
Kim Jin-seong approached right behind him as he struggled, not knowing what to do.
He was completely oblivious until Kim Jin-seong openly pulled out his dagger.
‘Because it blocks mana, you won’t notice even if you don’t use the stealthy approach feature.’
When I approached Franco, who was in the fog of illusion a little while ago, I used the ‘Stealth’ skill and even used the ‘Secret Approach’ feature, which makes it impossible to detect mana.
Even if you fall into a fog of illusion, it doesn’t mean you can’t feel the presence of people around you at all.
But this time, I didn’t even use stealth, and I had no idea they were approaching.
‘This way you can hunt more comfortably.’
Kim Jin-seong immediately used the ‘Neck Cutter’ skill to plunge the dagger into the enemy’s neck.
Sigh!
After driving it in so deeply, he swung diagonally and cut off another person’s head cleanly.
Afterwards, he hunted down the remaining enemies in the same way.
Each time you use the neck cutter skill, enemies lose their heads and fall down one by one.
So Kim Jin-seong approached the last remaining Ivan from behind and stabbed his neck with a dagger.
“Ugh… !”
Sigh-!
Ivan’s head fell and rolled on the ground.
Soon, another notification window appeared in front of Kim Jin-seong’s eyes.
▶ You have defeated the wicked.
▶ Obtained 205 Vis Creama points.
▶ You have acquired the other person’s characteristic, ‘Picture Emotion’.
▷ Picture Appraisal: By appraising pictures or letters in your field of vision, you can discover hidden pictures or letters.
“… “This is why I noticed Karen’s hidden tattoo.”
Jinseong Kim turned his head and looked at Karen.
Karen was also struggling, trapped inside the illusion.
It was only then that Kim Jin-seong noticed the burning devil tattoo hidden behind the dragon tattoo on his left chest.
When I looked at it in the shadow hiding mode earlier, it was not visible at all.
‘It’s a good trait. ‘It might come in handy later.’
Kim Jin-seong’s gaze went to the bottom of the notification window.
This was because the descriptions of the characteristics obtained by defeating the remaining five were listed.
▷ The chosen owner of superpower: Permanently increases strength by 40.
▷ Genius Martial Artist: Permanently increases strength and stamina by 35.
▷ Chosen Tenacity: Permanently increases skin defense by 45.
… .
‘… These are all characteristics that increase basic abilities. Still, it’s pretty cool, isn’t it?’
The reward was so good that it was incomparable to the abilities I had previously gained by defeating pirates.
In addition, the important thing was that I gained 200 Vis Crimea points.
‘It’s much better to raise your abilities like this rather than using mediocre skills.’
Considering the high-level Demon World dungeons that we will have to go through in the future, we need to become much stronger than we are now.
And obtaining the ability to permanently increase abilities was the most honest and sure way to become stronger.
Soon Kim Jin-seong’s gaze returned to Karen.
‘What will I get in return if I kill this guy?’
Kim Jin-seong was momentarily lost in thought as he looked at Karen, who was the only one standing.
Since I was able to deal with the Twin Head Ogre alone, I thought I could at least obtain a high stat increase characteristic.
‘… no.’
After thinking for a moment, Jinseong Kim shook his head and canceled the Fog of Illusion skill.
Then, in an instant, the surrounding gray fog disappeared as if it had been washed away.
Karen, who was still unconscious at that moment, glanced around.
He soon seemed to have figured out the situation and thanked Kim Jin-seong.
“You saved me. Thank you so much.”
At that time, Jinseong Kim lightly stretched out his hand towards Karen.
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▶ I used the skill ‘Mana Blockade’.
▷ From now on, targets cannot use mana.
“… … !!”
At the same time, Karen’s eyes shook greatly. She realized that the mana in her body had been blocked again.
‘Why on earth…? Kim Jin-seong opened his mouth to Karen, who was looking at him with a ‘?’ expression.
“I hung it up in case it ran away. “Because I’m not good at trusting people.”
Kim Jin-seong picked up the hunter’s shackles that were lying on the floor in the corner of the cave.
And he immediately threw it at Karen.
Karen unknowingly received the shackles flying in a parabolic direction.
“Choose.”
Soon, Karen heard the same words she heard from Franco.
“Are you going to follow what I say, or are you going to end up in the same situation as those corpses over there?”
“… … !”
“From what I heard earlier, it seems like I can get a bounty just by taking your head… .”
Karen wiggled her eyebrows. Because it was a question for which she had virtually no answer.
“… “What do you want?”
Karen asked Jinseong Kim with a stern expression.
“I heard you originally lived on this continent?”
“… “That’s right.”
“Then you know well about Selepo City, the capital of this continent?”
Karen nods.
Kim Jin-seong said something to him.
“Guide me.”
Originally, I had planned to follow Rio’s party members and move to Selepo City.
However, since they are all dead, there is no one to guide them.
Of course, this time it was different in that it was a forced order rather than a request, but Kim Jin-seong didn’t care.
‘I saved your life, so I have to do something like this.’
Rather, it was Kim Jin-seong who was looking at Karen with confident eyes.
* * *
At that time, the monitor room at the immigration office.
There was a man who was looking at the monitor and the clock alternately with an anxious expression.
It was Pablo.
“Why doesn’t it come out like this?”
Pablo stamped his feet while looking at the monitor that was broadcasting the situation at the entrance to the cave where Franco and others entered.
‘The staff will be arriving soon!’
Pablo checks the time again.
12:45. It will soon be time for the staff in charge to return from lunch.
Before that, Pablo had to leave the monitor room. This was because entry to this place was prohibited except for specific employees.
If Pablo is discovered to be here, he will be in a very difficult situation.
‘… uh!’
At that time, someone appeared at the cave entrance.
Pablo’s face, which had been showing a happy expression, suddenly hardened.
‘Jin and Karen… ?’
The ones who came out of the entrance looking fine were none other than Jinseong Kim and Karen.
They soon took a step and disappeared outside the monitor.
After that, no one came out of the cave. I waited a bit just in case, but it was the same.
‘Why are only the two of you coming out? no way… ?’
Pablo urgently calls Franco. but… .
– … I can’t answer the phone because my phone is turned off… .
The voice heard was not Franco’s, but an answering voice.
Pablo’s complexion turned blue.
‘He’s the guy who never turns off his phone during operations… ?’
At this point, there was only one conclusion from Pablo’s perspective.
‘The plan has failed!’
His eyes turned to the monitor right next to him.
Pablo caught the eye of Kim Jin-seong and Karen, who had just appeared at the end of the monitor, walking toward the entrance management office.
‘If the real plan had failed, there’s a high possibility that those two would have killed all the crew members, including Franco.’
Otherwise, it made no sense for the two of them to walk out like that.
‘In that case, it’s obvious that they will find me and interrogate me as soon as I return to the management office… ?’
When I thought about that, I suddenly felt like my heart was sinking.
The fact that he brought in an outsider during the entry test was enough reason for him to be fired.
What if it was discovered that outsiders were helping to hunt down people seeking entry into the country?
Immediately after, Pablo rots in prison for the rest of his life. In extreme cases, he could have been summarily executed.
‘This is a big deal! What do we do?’
Pablo began to think quickly.
* * *
After a while.
Kim Jin-seong and Karen returned to the immigration office.
“… huh?”
Jinseong Kim stood in front of the information desk, and a strange thing appeared in his eyes.
Obviously, there was Pablo earlier, but now there was a female employee I had never seen before.
“Please give me your identity card.”
A female employee held out her hand in a business-like voice.
When she saw the identity cards they held out, she scanned their faces and spoke one after another.
“You took the test three times. “Please submit evidence of capturing the monster.”
At those words, Karen held out the bag she was holding.
After opening the bag, the female employee picked up the long tongs lying next to her and began counting the loot inside.
“… That’s 20. “You have passed the entry test.”
That’s when the female employee stamped the two’s identity cards with a passing stamp.
“Where is Pablo?”
Jinseong Kim couldn’t hold back and asked a question.
“Pablo? Did you know each other? “I just suddenly felt sick to my stomach, so I took sick leave and went to the hospital.”
At those words, Kim Jin-seong and Karen turned to each other.
As the two exchanged glances, the same thought occurred to their minds.
‘You noticed in advance and jumped out.’
At that time, a female employee handed out an identity card to the two.
“Just get your card, go inside the waiting room and wait for a moment.”
The two headed to the inner waiting room pointed out by the female employee.
The inside was empty. It seemed that no one had passed the entry test so far.
“What are you going to do Pablo?”
Karen asked Jinseong Kim.
“Seeing as he is connected to Franco and his group, he must also be connected to the Triunfo Clan.”
“… … .”
“And the Triunfo people I know are the ones who will kill those they seek revenge on even if they chase them to the ends of the earth. “They are one of the worst people in the New World.”
Jinseong Kim just sat silently despite Karen’s words.
“Jinhwan Lee.”
At that time, the employee sitting at the counter called Jinseong Kim.
When I walked in front of the employee, the employee held out two items.
“Hunter watch and smartphone. “The Hunter Watch is required to enter the dungeon, so you must never lose it.”
Jinseong Kim immediately put the Hunter watch on his wrist and touched the screen.
Then the screen became brighter, and letters began to appear.
Name: Jinhwan Lee
Age: 20
Occupation: Hunter
Demon World Dungeon: No experience yet.
Tower of Trials: No experience yet.
Just below the letters was a square code with a complex pattern. It seemed to be an identification code unique to the New World.
Kim Jin-seong soon turns on the smartphone screen and starts fiddling around with it.
Meanwhile, Karen also followed suit and received a Hunter watch, etc., and appeared to have finished wearing it.
“Congratulations on becoming a citizen of the Selepo continent. “The exit is on the right.”
Jinseong Kim walked with Karen following the direction indicated by the employee.
As I came out of the exit, a fairly large downtown area unfolded before Kim Jin-seong’s eyes.
Kim Jin-seong slowly looked around the downtown area of El Nakhon Port City.
“What are you going to do now?”
Karen asked him.
It was a question that meant choosing whether to head straight to Selepo City or deal with the Pablo case and then go.
(Continued in the next part)
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