Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Red Flame

Even after returning to the lobby, the excitement didn't easily subside.

Only after sitting on the floor and taking deep breaths for a while did I calm down a bit.

“...”

That much, the destructive power of Flame Burst was shocking.

Explosive power that blows away a diameter of 30m whole.

If used wrongly, even I might be swept into the explosion.

‘I should not increase the size if possible.’

Resolving like that, I approached the skill merchant.

The Hispanic merchant's gaze headed toward me.

[Held points: 6360]

[Obtainable series: [Flame]]

[Obtainable skills: [Red Flame (5000)]

There is.

New flame series skill, Red Flame.

[Acquiring Flame series skill]

[Red Flame (LV1)]

Finally learned the third flame skill.

Burn, Explode, Expand, Purify, Melt.

The third of the five items of flame skills.

The skill in charge of expansion ability.

Learned the skill, but there's no immediately noticeable change.

I floated a Fireball above the palm.

There's no change the same.

The Red Flame skill activates only when striking the enemy with flame.

Confirming the performance in the lobby is impossible.

‘Shall I go to the labyrinth?’

I pondered for a moment, but it's not a good thought.

If rushed, it rather ruins the work.

Reality must also be paid attention to as much as tower climbing and labyrinth exploration.

Along with light dizziness, I arrived at the room.

I wrapped my body with Mana Thread that became much softer thanks to the level up and headed to the bathroom.

I showered and dried my hair.

I put on the training clothes, pressed down the hat, and stepped outside.

[Please go to Mapo Station]

I showed the note to the taxi driver and tapped my neck with my finger.

Light sympathy passing over the driver's face.

Soon with the sound of the gear changing, the taxi departed.

Scenery in the city center passing by outside the window.

Looking at the gradually cleaner scenery from the messy streets of Daerim-dong, I inwardly chuckled.

Sympathy, of all things.

It's not even fitting.

From the position of having had my life completely confiscated, the current reality was like heaven to me.

I closed my eyes and reduced the sensation.

The busyness disappeared and the mind became peaceful.

I dozed off briefly like that.

There was no other heaven.

#

[Yu Ji-seong Office]

Today too I used the back door instead of the front door.

Most of the people using the office would be awakeners.

There was no need to show moving with Mana Thread and attract gazes.

When I opened the door and entered, Yu Seo-ha jumped up from her seat.

“You've come!”

The tightly tied hair swayed behind the pure white face.

A pretty face.

Delicate facial features.

It's amazing that a small face has everything.

“I've prepared everything you mentioned. Would you like to check?”

I sat perched on the sofa.

The soft leather texture came up through Mana Thread.

On the table, a teacup with steam rising.

I silently shook my head at Yu Seo-ha offering coffee and checked the documents.

Name, Lee Seonghan.

I reversed the front and back of the original name Lee Hansung.

With just that, the feeling changed sufficiently.

It became quite manly, or something.

“Born in 00, twenty-seven. Actually you look younger.”

Yu Seo-ha who lightly coughed continued speaking.

“I added Seonghan's information to the actual national database. Not only checkpoints, but even if the police or association side inquires, there will be no problem. Of course, if dug really in detail, the fact that information was inserted will be exposed, but if an accident of that degree was caused, floating overseas would be a wise judgment.”

Yu Seo-ha handed over a small side bag.

Opening it, there was a bankbook and card inside.

“You can use it comfortably. Visiting the bank and doing additional business is also possible.”

I organized the following explanation in my head.

Don't cause a big accident.

Though not said, it seemed Yu Seo-ha could get into trouble.

Lee Seonghan is a perfectly existing person.

Even documents containing the trajectory of 27 years of life existed.

It meant that everything others do can be done.

“Is there anything else you need by any chance?”

At Yu Seo-ha's words, I nodded.

I needed money.

I engraved letters in the empty air.

[I want to take on a request]

Yu Seo-ha who confirmed the message narrowed her eyes.

From the slightly awkward expression, difficulty is felt.

Why?

While inwardly tilting my head, Yu Seo-ha said.

“Th···is it okay to call you Seonghan-nim?”

When I nodded, Yu Seo-ha's expression slightly brightened.

“Our office has set rules. If it's an awakener taking on work for the first time, no matter how excellent the ability, they have to perform quite a few low-stage requests.”

I understand.

It would be a feeling of building trust rather than confirming skill.

There's no more foolish act than handing over a client's intimate information to a person one doesn't even know properly.

Rather, it's a good thing for me.

A situation of having awakened not long ago.

Regardless of the size of the talent possessed, there are many things I don't know and many things to learn.

Just slowly taking one step at a time was enough.

[It's fine]

“...Is it really okay?”

[Yes]

At my message, Yu Seo-ha stood up from her seat.

She opened the cabinet in the corner and brought documents.

My gaze went to one of the neatly organized items.

[Annihilation: Monster sweep]

[Location: Labyrinth]

[Condition: Grant vitality to the Breath of Hatred]

[Reward: Payment amount varies according to the density of vitality]

I pressed the request hard with my finger.

A message was engraved above it.

[This one]

#

On the way back.

I additionally purchased some shoes and clothes.

I immediately returned to the motel and lay down on the bed.

The rustling texture of the new blanket tickles Mana Thread.

Better than the 40,000 won motel blanket.

I opened the inventory and took out the item.

[Breath of Hatred]

-A container that holds the vitality of monsters.

-Can hold the vitality of low-grade monsters.

One small glass bottle the size of a palm.

This small bottle that doesn't seem like much is actually the aggregate of magic engineering technology.

Not an existing substance.

A container that holds the vitality of monsters.

If magic stones are the core of power generation that creates electricity.

The Breath of Hatred plays a core role in creating all kinds of medicines including potions.

Demand always overflows, and the quantity is insufficient.

Thanks to that, it was a request that most offices essentially hold.

I immediately dug through the community.

Since it's such a famous item, information was sufficient.

Among them, one post particularly caught the eye.

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[Verified][Information]Tips for filling the Breath of Hatred

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I read through the information post overall.

As befitting a verified post, the contents were quite high-level and substantial.

The structure of the labyrinth.

Monsters and items appearing in each zone.

Risk factors.

Even manners and precautions that awakeners should keep among themselves.

If the contents in TV seen until now were composed with interest as the focus.

The verified post was filled with practical help.

I indulged in information without noticing time passing.

Then the content I needed came out.

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Next.

A zone suitable for mages focused on wide-area skills.

<​Kobold Colony>

The endgame of Breath grinding.

As much as pushing in thousands of souls in one go, the characteristic is that the density of vitality becomes high.

Moving straight west from the open area, when Nehemis's Life Water comes out, immediately turn south.

While moving, a narrow canyon comes out.

Don't go down.

Go up.

Looking down, the inside of the canyon will be full of kobolds.

If you launch wide-area magic from above, they all die.

Cleanly sweep and go down to collect the Breath.

*Caution 1.

If mana is lacking, absolutely don't try.

<​Full of kobolds> is not empty words.

It starts from 2000 as basic.

I often saw guys who clumsily rushed and got isolated above the canyon.

I also saw guys who died.

*Caution 2.

There are caves dug in the middle of the canyon here and there.

It's where the nose guys live, and quite a few hide there if wide-area skills fall.

While humming a tune and collecting the Breath?

Getting a skewer stuck in the head is in an instant.

If possible, take about two vanguards.

There are cases of losing the head while begrudging money.

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Southwest direction of the labyrinth.

Information about the kobold colony located in a huge canyon.

Double-checking with other verified posts completed.

A place specialized for wide-area skill users, while having quite a difficulty so not anyone can challenge it, was confirmed.

A place perfectly suitable for me.

‘I should go here.’

Once I decided the hunting ground like that, something suddenly came to mind.

I opened the phone received from Yu Seo-ha and checked the contacts.

The numbers saved in the contacts were a total of four.

Yu Seo-ha and Yu Ji-seong's personal phones.

The official and unofficial phone numbers of Yu Ji-seong Office.

I sent a message to Yu Seo-ha's personal phone.

[By any chance, can I receive the purchase place number for A-Kroine elixir?]

A-Kroine was the product name of the elixir I eat.

A reply came immediately.

[You seem to dislike troublesome things (laugh)]

“...”

It seems she misunderstood as the type that only tries to take essential nutrients.

Instead of bothering to clear the misunderstanding, I quietly waited.

The next message arrived.

[If it were my heart, I'd like to gift a box as the price of my life, but since you probably wouldn't want that, I'll stop. If it's okay, I can purchase it at a discount for you, shall I do that?]

There was no reason to refuse.

[Thank you]

[How much should I prepare?]

I was about to write one box, but paused Mana Thread.

Kobold colony.

I judged it as a place suitable for me, but I couldn't be sure of succeeding in the hunt.

[Just half a box please]

[Understood!!(OK sign)]

Looking at the text, I inwardly chuckled.

Clumsy in reality.

But secretly lively online, Yu Seo-ha.

#

The next day.

I stopped by the lobby and visited the equipment merchant.

A course I don't miss recently.

“Brilliant development.”

Inside the visor.

The knight's gloomy gaze scans me.

[Held points: 1360 points]

[Weapons][Armor][Accessories][Auxiliary equipment]

I checked the equipment one by one.

There wasn't suitable equipment buyable with 1360 points, but it doesn't matter.

From the start, what I wanted wasn't an ordinary item.

Cursed equipment.

Items that repurchase equipment bought from other awakeners.

‘There is.’

After a long time, two items existed.

The first time since the cursed wooden doll.

[Cursed Viper Fang Dagger (Assassin exclusive)]

-Unusable.

One was exclusive to assassin trait awakeners.

Perhaps because unusable, even the options didn't appear.

The other was different.

[Cursed Nyros's Ring (980)]

-Lowers the user's mana absorption ability.

-[Appraisal] skill usable.

-Common item.

Appraisal skill.

A skill that confirms the information of items obtained in the labyrinth.

Since it's a common skill, it probably won't be an amazing level.

But it should distinguish between items to discard and items to keep.

The price being expensive for cursed equipment is also natural.

The Detection skill that must be used throughout hunting.

On the other hand, the Appraisal skill is fine if used briefly only when confirming items.

There was no reason for the price to become miserable just because it hinders mana absorption ability for a short time.

Of course, even so, the labyrinth where one doesn't know what will happen.

Even that fleeting gap could be fatal.

But it doesn't apply to me.

Since the maximum level Meditation skill exists.

[You have acquired the Cursed Nyros's Ring]

I immediately headed to the labyrinth.

There were two things to confirm.

Red Flame skill and Appraisal skill.

Whether the two skills will rise to the maximum level.

And.

What the destructive power of the Red Flame skill that reached the maximum level would be like.

“Hello, Awakener Transcendence.”

I met eyes with staff member Lee Heeyeon.

She politely bowed her head and said.

“I hope you have a safe labyrinth exploration.”

I walked into the left passage of the labyrinth.

As soon as the open area came out, according to the community information, I immediately turned direction west.

Not long after, a red dot that floated up.

It's a goblin.

“...”

Trying to confirm the new skill, my heart pounds.

I can develop, and move forward.

For the current me, just that one fact was enough.

Whoosh!

I threw the Fireball that floated above the palm.

Flames piercing the pitch-black darkness like lightning.

Looking at the flames burning the body of the goblin whose chest was smashed, I recalled.

Red Flame.

That ability is expansion.

I muttered in my heart.

[Spread out]

As if hearing my words, the flame shook largely once.

And.

The awaited message floated up.

[You have defeated an enemy with the Red Flame (LV1) skill]

[[Transcendence (EX) ability manifests]

[Experience points gained increase by 1,000,000 times]

[The skill level of Red Flame (LV1) increases]

[The skill level of Red Flame (LV2) increases]

[The skill level of Red Flame (LV3) increases]

···

..

.

[Red Flame (LV20) skill has reached the maximum level]

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