novelraw Chapter 130 : Chapter 130
Chapter 130 : Chapter 130
Chapter 130 - Bimu and Bimu (3)
Yoon Joo-hee felt a bitter taste in her mouth.
The chaotic disturbance of her senses had caused nausea to rise up from her stomach.
Even amidst this confusion, the bitter sensation in her mouth was real.
‘This is only level 1?’
She had heard that Stupeo could be set up to level 5.
And with each level up, the degree to which her senses went crazy would at least double.
She couldn’t imagine it.
It was already this agonizing, how much more would the next level drive a person mad.
“Are you done with the push-ups?”
Seo Ji-han’s voice, which she could hear with surprising clarity.
The sound of her own breathing and other noises were also heard in a distorted way, so she wondered how this was possible.
“There are still seven left!”
“Then, finish them.”
Seo Ji-han said so easily and then resumed his own weightlifting.
“Phew.”
Yoon Joo-hee took a deep breath and put strength into her arms.
Every time her arms bent, it felt like climbing a mountain.
The hands and feet on the ground still felt like they weren’t hers, and the muscles in her arms and core also felt like she was controlling someone else’s.
The theoretical principle to solve this situation was very simple.
To regain the lost senses through the management of mana.
And to completely control her own body through the seventh sense she found.
Yoon Joo-hee endured the feeling of her stomach about to churn again and bent her arms.
“Hwaaaaaak!”
She let out an unsightly scream, but she succeeded anyway.
After climbing another mountain like that, she felt a fleeting sense of liberation.
But there were still six mountain peaks left.
She felt like she would go crazy just thinking about it, but if she could become stronger this way, she had to overcome this mountain.
If she lost the Bimu against Nam Woo-hyun, Seo Ji-han would surely kick her out of the Chamryongdan.
And the training through this Stupeo would not be a frequent opportunity. She didn't know how long it would be until her next turn, so she thought she had to get as much out of it as possible.
‘Now I think I get it.’
And she felt that her questions about Seo Ji-han were being resolved a little.
How the sickly, terminally ill young master could have undergone such a transformation.
She was convinced that it was the effect of Stupeo.
This mysterious item could drive a person mad, but it also seemed to bring about a new change.
If so, this brief agony was something she had to endure.
Yoon Joo-hee believed in her own stubbornness.
That was the one thing that had kept her going even after the Jeongjin Sword Family had collapsed.
She once again put strength into her whole body.
‘I can be like the commander too.’
With a living witness of amazing change lifting weights next to her, her sense of elation grew even more.
“Uweeeek!”
But the fact that her body reacted on its own was another matter.
Yoon Joo-hee had to endure the rising nausea again.
It was endlessly painful and endlessly bitter.
Then suddenly, she came to admire Seo Ji-han.
Because he must have overcome a much more difficult time than she had.
Seo Ji-han always showed a noble appearance on the surface, but she imagined that he was secretly undergoing penance every day through Stupeo under the surface.
When her thoughts reached that point, she felt like she could now overcome the remaining five mountain peaks.
And a little while later, she heard a voice like a welcome rain that washed away all her suffering so far.
“You’ve improved.”
“Pardon?”
“I said your ability to recover your senses has improved a lot.”
This was a clear compliment.
For a moment, she felt a surge of vitality.
“Ah, yes!”
“From tomorrow, we can raise the intensity of the training a little more.”
“Then, does that mean I’ve been acknowledged by you, Commander?”
Perhaps because her senses were going crazy, Yoon Joo-hee blurted out whatever came to her mind without realizing it.
Her face might have even turned red.
But Seo Ji-han answered without paying any attention to it.
“Acknowledged……. Yes. Your performance today is worthy of acknowledgement.”
“Thank you!”
After receiving Seo Ji-han’s acknowledgement, she now felt as if she could overcome any hellish penance.
“Oh, right! Have you thought about it?”
“Pardon? What do you mean?”
“The Abyss portal map. The matter of going to Nekarion’s Castle with me.”
“Ah, that……”
For a moment, Yoon Joo-hee’s thoughts froze.
She had almost unconsciously blurted out that she would go with him.
Perhaps because her senses were disturbed and her mind had gone strange, for a moment, Seo Ji-han seemed like an omnipotent being.
“I’ll think about it a little more.”
She was confused.
If she thought about it any further here, she felt like she would be led by Seo Ji-han’s hand to Nekarion’s Castle before she knew it.
“Alright. Then finish what you were doing.”
“……Yes.”
Nekarion’s Castle.
The tragic place where the Jeongjin Sword Family had lost most of its power.
Recalling that place, her fighting spirit ignited.
Yoon Joo-hee once again put strength into her arms and core.
***
Commander Ji-han. Come here and help me!
The first message from Rosie.
The place she was at now was a bustling street near the Abyss entrance.
I was just about to go to the Spring of Elixir, so I decided to go out a little early and see Rosie for the first time in a while.
‘But what on earth is she doing.’
I was curious, but she had only sent one text message and wasn’t answering her phone, so I had no choice but to go and see for myself.
I just hoped she hadn't caused any trouble.
“Commander Ji-han! You’re here?”
Rosie waved at me happily when she saw me.
But she was in a different polymorphed form than before.
She had become a full-fledged lady instead of a little kid.
Her clothes and everything felt a bit awkward.
“What’s with that look?”
“Why? Is it strange?”
“It doesn’t suit you.”
When I said it bluntly, Rosie pouted her lips as if she was a little hurt.
“Alright. Since you say so, Commander Ji-han, I’ll go back to my old form.”
“Not right now.”
“Okay. I know that much. And to be honest, I was a bit annoyed with this form too.”
“Why?”
“Guys I’ve never seen before kept coming up to me and asking for my phone number.”
“So what did you do?”
“Don’t worry. I didn’t kill them.”
“You just refused them, right?”
“Yes!”
When I stroked her head, Rosie smiled proudly.
Anyway, it was a relief.
No citizen had been killed for asking for her number.
“But the one who has changed more than me is you, Commander Ji-han.”
As expected, Rosie recognized it right away.
“Ignarog’s Rune. Do you happen to know it?”
“Of course I know. It’s made from the root of Yggdrasil.”
Actually, I wouldn't know even if she told me that.
Because it didn't exist on Earth or in Kalia.
“Anyway, Commander Ji-han, you won’t have to suffer from poison anymore.”
“Don’t tell me this also gives me resistance to poison?”
“Yes. No matter what kind, it’s now impossible for you to be poisoned, Commander Ji-han.”
This was an effect I hadn't known about.
The reward from Nesos was even better than I had thought.
“Oh, right! Commander Ji-han. By the way, aren't you going to Nekarion’s Castle?”
“You said you didn’t want me to go because it was dangerous.”
“Seeing how you’ve changed, Commander Ji-han, my thoughts have changed a little.”
I really wanted to go.
Because that place was connected to my homeland, Kalia.
“That aside, you asked for my help? What were you doing here?”
“Ah! What that is, is that right there!”
What Rosie pointed to was a claw machine.
“You called me here to get that for you?”
“Yes. That damn thing kept eating my money! With that money, I could have bought so many mint chocolate ice creams!”
I let out a dry laugh for a moment, but on the other hand, I was also relieved.
At least Rosie hadn't broken the claw machine.
“Which doll do you want.”
“That one over there! The purple one!”
“It’s a dragon shape.”
“Yes. That’s right. It’s a bit different from the real thing, but I like that one the best.”
With a flushed expression, Rosie put a coin into the claw machine.
“I know you can do it, Commander Ji-han!”
She could do it herself if she used mana.
But it seemed she didn't want to use cheats for something like this.
That would mean I shouldn’t use mana either.
I focused all my attention.
I had grasped the horizontal and vertical coordinates and the shape of the claw, so the key was to finely adjust the claw’s position.
Of course, even if all my calculations were perfect, there was no guarantee that I could get the doll.
If I didn't use mana, the moment I pressed the button, all fate was in the hands of that claw.
No matter what tricks that claw pulled, there was nothing I could do.
Tap!
After adjusting all the levers, I pressed the button.
“Commander Ji-han! Aren’t you being too hasty?”
“No. It was perfect.”
Now, there was nothing to do but wait.
If I failed, the problem was with the machine, not me.
“Oh? Oh? Oh? It got it!”
The creaking claw wrapped around the doll’s neck and torso and lifted it up.
“But we don’t know yet, Commander Ji-han! Because that damn claw always lets go at the last minute!”
“Come on!”
“Come on!”
“Come on!”
Rosie shouted as if she were chanting a spell.
But one of the claw’s fingers slightly loosened its grip, and the force holding the doll weakened.
“What is this! I knew this would happen!”
The claw was moving precariously, lightly wrapped around the doll.
It was clear that if it loosened its grip even a little more, it would drop it.
“Hang in there! Hang in there! Hang in there!”
Before long, it was almost at its destination.
The claw was precariously holding the doll by its fingertips. And then, in the end.
Thud!
Just short of its destination, the doll fell.
“No!!”
Rosie clutched her head and screamed.
But at that moment, a miracle happened.
The label attached to the doll, and a single thread that was attached to it for some reason, had gotten caught on the claw.
The dangling doll was finally delivered into Rosie’s hands.
“Commander Ji-han! I knew I could count on you!”
“That was lucky.”
It was indeed lucky.
If it hadn't been for that unexpected bit of luck, I would have lost to the machine again.
‘Don’t tell me this is also…….’
The lucky coin that Lloyd had given me in Nesos.
It had now become the raw material for a new item called Nike’s Ring, and it was said to bring me luck with a high probability.
“I need to check this.”
I needed to find out how this item worked, and to what extent it was effective.
“Huh? What are you checking?”
Rosie held the purple dragon doll in her hand and smiled innocently.
“I was thinking of playing a few more claw games.”
“Really? Commander Ji-han, then how about this one next to it?”
This time, what Rosie pointed to was a capsule toy machine.
“You want me to get it for you, right?”
“Yes! But the baby dragon is ridiculously hard to get here.”
“Baby dragon?”
“Yes. I’ve collected the dad dragon, the mom dragon, and even the grandpa, grandma, aunt, and uncle.”
Rosie took out the figures she had collected so far from her bag.
She had collected quite a lot.
“This time too, I’m counting on you, Commander Ji-han!”
In fact, there was nothing to count on.
All I had to do was put in a coin and turn it.
Since what would come out was already decided, there was nothing more I could do.
‘In the end, I’ll be able to see if I’m fated to be a winner.’
I turned the handle without hesitation.
With a cheerful rattling sound, a capsule dropped out.
I handed the capsule to Rosie.
I could gladly give her the fun of opening the lid.
All I needed was the result.
“Commander Ji-han!!!”
A little while later, Rosie jumped up and hugged me.
Seeing her reaction, it seemed the baby dragon had come out.
At the definite effect of the ring, I too smiled.
I had only used it for a claw game for now, but I believe that someday, this will guide me to the place where the Red Dragon is.