chapter 78
78 – Autumn is the season for reading (2)
“Hey, are you listening to what I’m saying?”
“Yes. I am listening.”
“So, in my time… I heard this never happened? Just bring it to me and it will take care of itself! That was the basics. Why are kids these days so fussy…”
This is the 52nd time in total.
The number of times I have experienced this crap event.
From what I’ve experienced so far, these events are nothing but mental torture, like a collection of the top 100 most disliked experiences in life.
Sometimes I had the experience of just looking at the snow at the pension or seeing the splendid magic, but very few.
All you have to do is remember that it was a time of pain except for number 3.
The only thing I got from this event was the fact that my Luck 5 stat was really at the level of dog crap, and that it was faster to give an answer that accepted than to refute it.
“Haa… Stop going in. If you do this again next time, then it’s really over. Okay?”
“Yes. I understand.”
After the event ends, the world flickers on again, and it takes its place in the form of a library with a purple light lingering around.
With this, another volume is over.
“………”
In order to catch up for a while, I put aside the books I had piled up and started walking around.
Standing in the central hall on the first floor and looking up, what you see is a number of books that look far away.
At least 15,000 volumes, even if you estimate it.
In a library full of books boasting the thickness and content of professional books.
Can I read all of this?
Tired of reading only about 50 books?
Since it was only for the sake of passing the test, it was a faraway situation, as if trapped in a room of mind and time.
What should I do?
The only field I am confident in is this tenacity.
“…… Yes. It’s still too early to say give up.”
Let’s think positively.
At least for the next four years, considering the original work, I can’t take up time to study for two or three years.
Rather, it is better to be beaten first, and it is more comfortable to end it now.
Besides, the events that follow are disgusting, and these books are all information that will become blood and flesh later on.
So, in order to progress again, I picked up the books around me and started perusing them.
How much time has passed.
Finally, I finished a book and started a new event.
When I open my eyes, what I see is a deep blue meadow that looks familiar somewhere.
“This is… It’s definitely a grassland themed field that was used during the duel…”
At that time, I had doubts when the field suddenly appeared.
“Hey…! What are you doing without sleeping this way, disciple?”
“…..Me?”
“Yes, you mean, you bastard. Are you even talking half-heartedly now?”
What else is this…
Is this the concept of being a disciple of an unknown master?
Hearing the sound of urging from afar, he had no choice but to start moving his steps.
“When it explodes so slowly, I don’t know when the hell I’m going to do it right.”
“Yes, yes. I will run from next time.”
“You know I’m not talking about that, cadet Kim Ga-sok.”
“…… Huh?”
A sudden change in tone.
When I looked at it in bewilderment, the old man wearing a hat that I had seen at first disappeared and someone in the shape of Professor Lim Yeon-woo stood there.
“This. What…”
“Hmm. Judging by the expression, it doesn’t look like this.”
“………”
“If that’s not the case, is this what it looks like?”
“…..Rachel…?”
Even though I was looking at it with my own eyes, it was too late to notice the guy who had changed in an instant.
I can’t keep up with the current situation at all.
I’ve never had anything like this before.
At least they were scenes from the game that could be reconstructed from experience or someone’s memory.
This is… Like…
“It’s not even this. It’s similar, but something is different. You have the image of a ‘teacher’, but he’s not your teacher, right?”
“What the hell are you? What are you doing?”
“…….”
“Tell me…..!!!”
“Ah, I found it. This is what it looks like.”
It seems like this is an event related to ‘me’.
The guy who ignored my words until the end, soon began to change into the ‘dawn’ teacher.
“Yes. Is this the ‘teacher’ you currently think of?”
“Why did you bring me here…?”
“Actually, the appearance is only a formality. I will proceed quickly from now on.”
“……. What the hell…..”
And finally.
I was able to recognize the identity of the sense of incongruity that I had felt until now.
‘The conversation doesn’t mesh at all… To be precise, it’s like my words don’t reach the other side at all…’
This awkwardness.
One-way traffic of information.
Events that continue independently of my actions.
This isn’t a person, it seems to be ‘programmed’.
“There’s no time, so let’s move on quickly. Let’s just say I’m here… To help you.”
“…….Can’t you hear me at all…?”
“Yes. It must be your problem. In the end, you will feel the limits of your growth.”
“As expected…”
“And about your [Speed].”
“…….!!”
The guy who keeps claiming that he came to help me.
I don’t know.
And the mention of [Speed] That came out exactly.
Why the hell does this event exist?
An event just for me?
No, it can’t be.
I’ve been active as a deceased person in the game, but at least I’ve never heard of an event like this.
Even if it’s an event for someone’s growth, it doesn’t make sense.
Since I’ve been playing games up until now, if there was an event related to growth like this, there’s no way it wouldn’t have been revealed.
In the end, nothing could be known from memories from the original world.
“To put it bluntly, I’m going to break that limit for a moment. You may have felt it too, but I can’t even begin to grow to that extent.”
“…….”
“Shouldn’t you at least be able to use all the power you have?”
As soon as he finished speaking, a translucent window appeared in front of his eyes.
What has been opened is a new feature that has been locked up until now.
[The unlock condition for the attribute [Access] Has been opened.]
[Access]
[Special]
[Unlock Conditions – Demonstrate full strength equal to the highest stat level. (Speed – 630/999)]
‘…… 630…? Could it be that the highest speed I’ve ever used is 630…?’
I immediately remembered the time when I grabbed my head and accelerated the fastest.
And the most memorable thing was when I used the skill [Shunbo].
‘At that time… It was only 630? If I can use all of the remaining 999 stats in the future, what will happen…?’
I was deep in thought.
Even in my memory, I have never made a speed value of 999, so I have no idea at all.
What comes at the same time is a bit of anticipation and an unbelievable amount of anxiety.
Yeah, the biggest question.
How does he say that he will raise me to 999 stats after I barely reached 630 by borrowing the power of technology?
“The method is the same as before. However, there is a big difference.”
“….. What the hell is that?”
“First of all, the difficulty level will be close to impossible. Even if you spend all this time, the probability that you will use all 999 stats will be very small.”
That’s something I’m already well aware of.
The important thing is, of course, the second.
“And the second. That’s why you’ll have to risk your life to break through the limits of your growth.”
“……. What…?”
“Don’t even think about being clumsy. If you do, you’ll really die. That’s something we both don’t want, right?”
Living is felt in an instant.
My body is pressed down so intensely that it reminds me of the first time I met the dawn.
I could clearly tell by the intimidation he spits out with that figure.
If you don’t do it right, you really die.
“The method is simple. All you have to do is avoid my attacks for 3 minutes from now. From now on, give me time… 5 Minutes. Either warm up in it or finish warming up for speed. It doesn’t matter if you let it go.”
“…….”
“The only thing that matters is 3 minutes. You don’t have to worry about stamina. Just do your best.”
As soon as he finished speaking, I immediately started to get into my stance.
You can’t start with an awkward start.
You have to use [Soonbo] Immediately and keep the speed as fast as possible.
Ride on.
“Hmm… That’s right.”
“Damn it…”
No matter how fast I run now, I can feel his eyes following me.
It means that he still has the upper hand.
A little more, a little more, the acceleration starts to increase.
I kept running like that, and by the time I got to the point where the guy in the center started to blur.
“It’s over now. Three minutes from now. Let’s begin.”
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure disappeared.
Where the hell have you gone?
“……. Which one……..!!!!”
“It’s already behind you. It’s slow.”
“……[Sunbo]…!”
In an instant, the scenery around me slows down, and at the same time, my body starts to move quickly again in the slowed-down world.
With this, I firmly caught up with him again.
‘If the first confrontation is in this situation, it might be worth a try…?’
“Yes. It’s that sensation. In this world, it’s called entering the [Realm]. Well, I’m sure you know that.”
“……!?!”
But I thought about that for a while.
Along with his words, my movements suddenly slowed down.
The guy’s words continued at the same time as he felt goosebumps at the unknown phenomenon.
“Make it so that you can reach this [Area], At least in one step. That’s your current goal.”
“…C.S….C.Sche…”
“In that area, the movement flows at the magnification of a person with such a high speed. Again…”
“…….That…Ran…”
“Slow.”
Kwaaa!!!!!
In an instant, I was hit by a flying fist and my body fell apart.
After flying hundreds of meters, digging through the ground and rolling to the point where the bushes clung to his whole body, he was finally able to recover from his injuries.
“Keuhhhhh… Khhhhh…”
“Stand up. Sharpen yourself so that the blow you just received can become the blow you must deliver.”
“Haa….. Kuh…..”
“And the time… It lasted 5 seconds.”
5 Seconds…?
Barely?
“Stand up. Your body has already been restored.”
“….. Really… Is…”
“Give me another five minutes. If you’ve just felt my speed, try your best to jump over it. At least that’s about a minute, let alone three.”
When I got up again.
Certainly, as he said, his body was fine as if he was not injured.
However, the impact comes as it is.
If you take enough damage to die, you may die without being able to recover.
“hahahaha….. hahahaha…..”
“Four minutes. Get ready.”
I fell off in an instant after being hit by that guy, but I didn’t despair at all.
About this much right? It’s a pain that I’ve been through so far.
Running continuously, practicing [Soonbo] To avoid his attack.
All of these are exercises that I have been doing.
In exchange for just increasing the intensity a bit, I got an environment where I never get tired.
That’s enough.
Then imagine it.
The image I had imagined until now is appearing in front of my eyes.
The utopia that my character ‘Kim Ga-sok’ dreams of.
There is no man who would not be thrilled to experience that romance firsthand.
Do it. Will make it No, I have to do it.
It doesn’t matter how much time is left.
3 Minutes. Be sure not to hold out.