青苹果乐园影院

Chapter 58 - The Sound of a Dragon Calling (2)

-Janus’s whisper: Honestly, it was impossible to keep hidden. Eunah, she must’ve been holding onto some pretty rough wounds. Even if I had helped, it would’ve cost 100 million HP.

It was evening now. Eunah was barely satisfied, but she was finally removed as he returned to the dormitory. Janus, who heard about the situation from Kang Shin-hyuk, was making fun of him. Kang Shin-hyuk took out the by-products accumulated in his inventory one by one, cleaning them and sorting them by type.

-Do you have 100 million HP?

-Janus’s whisper: Ha, 100 million HP is a lot. Anvil was really good, though. He made a weapon that was worth hundreds of millions. Have you recovered your skills?

-C rank.

-Janus’s whisper: Ah, it’s still far away. I’m growing old and dying. When will the Godslayer be done?

-I’m still working on it diligently.

-Janus’s whisper: Come on, grandpa. Dimensional quest, dimensional quest!

Janus offered an unexpected proposal. Kang Shin-hyuk, who was curing the monster’s shell from the previous quest, tilted his head at the unexpected words.

-Janus’s whisper: They’re perfectly suited to the aptitude of Hero Universe members.

-The administrator said that there are a lot of dimensional quests to recover weapons I made in my previous life…ah.

The administrator immediately affirmed him.

-The dimensional quest is a noble task of bringing balance to the world, but it is also a privilege only granted to VIP members. It opens the door to the most suitable environment for those few members who want to push their limits. You are just adding your special recovery quest to it.

“Well, it sounds like a win-win no matter how I look at it…”

-You only need to trust the administrator. We will guide you through the dimensional quests that aren’t dangerous. It is also the fastest way to recover your skills.

Kang Shin-hyuk knew well that the administrator wasn’t trying to trick him.

-Janus’s whisper: Dimensional quest. Got it?

-Yeah, if I have time.

Shin-hyuk couldn’t happily agree to his words as he would need a few days free to head off to a place like Kieron.

-Janus’s whisper: Did you say it was school? It is bothersome you didn’t come back to this world with your abilities.

-I need to lay down my foundation at school. If you hurry too much, you’ll make yourself sick. I’ll make a new sword later somehow, so don’t complain too much and wait patiently.

-Janus’s whisper: …That old grandfatherly tone came out for no reason.

Shin-hyuk was ready to end the conversation, but another message arrived.

-Janus’s whisper: By the way, you will have a hard time in the future.

-Why?

-Janus’s whisper: Eunah.

-That’s…yes, it seems like it will be annoying.

-Janus’s whisper: You don’t know Anvil yet, but as a third party, I have a clear view.

-Anything else to tell me?

-Janus’s whisper: It will be more fun if you look forward to it! Welp, I’m going to catch the Chaos Dragon!

-Hey! Don’t just ask me to make you something then run off! If you catch something like that, send me some of its materials!

Janus left without a reply. Both Tsukuyo and Janus, or rather all members of the Hero Universe, were like this. Kang Shin-hyuk grumbled as he finished organizing his inventory. He had a large number of mantis blades and carapaces, as well as various bits of the spiders. Even the parts from the queen alone weighed about 200 kilograms.

“With this, the rough cleanup is over…let’s take a look at this guy.”

-50HP Bonus for members!

After organizing all the by-products, the last thing to examine was the two fragments of the marble. It was an unknown bit of energy, but he thought it was the biggest harvest he acquired. When he put the two cross-sections together, they fit so well he could laugh, but they didn’t fuse together.

“Hmm.” It wasn’t like him to give up so easily, though. He tried to communicate with the fragments with his spiritual power while aligning them once more. He could feel the aggregate of spiritual power that existed in the marble fragments, connecting them together. He wondered what sort of power would be produced when they were fused together. However, his spiritual power only allowed them to communicate back and forth; it didn’t connect them.

“If so…” Shin-hyuk retrieved the spiritual glue he used at the last gate. He had just enough for one more use.

-Spirit adhesives don’t have any basic restorative properties. I do not recommend this.

“But currently, I have no other option.”

-Your spiritual power will increase, and if you hunt more monsters, you can secure materials like mana stones…perhaps with that, you can repair this…

“Even if this fails, I can just try that later. The worst that’ll happen is I’ll be out of spiritual glue.”

-I’ll observe it then.

The administrator seemed sure he would fail; however, Kang Shin-hyuk clearly remembered his own abilities. He carefully spread the adhesive against the marbles and fit them once more. They were perfectly interlocked.

‘Good…now.’ As the administrator said, the spiritual adhesive temporarily connected the beads but didn’t restore it. However, he recognized the flow of spiritual power rotating in the marble and began to lead it. As the broken passage was temporarily restored and spiritual power circulated through it, the connection became more natural.

‘But it’s still weak.’ Kang Shin-hyuk’s eyes lit up as he watched the spiritual power circulated inside of it. The radiant lights in it were like a collapsed galaxy. He began to add his own spiritual power into it, speeding it up and repairing it. His trait, Golden Eyed Dragon, activated. The marble resonated with the gold in his eyes, strengthened by his influence.

-…Amazing.

Kang Shin-hyuk was unaware of the administrator’s message, completely focused on pouring his spiritual power into the marble as his traits activated. He was struggling hard just to focus. If he could activate this marble, maybe his characteristics would be able to take another step forward…!

‘It’s sticking.’ Thanks to the spiritual glue and his own characteristics, he was able to restore the marble. The incomplete surface was filled in, fully bonded now as the adhesive dissolved away. The flow of spiritual power smoothened as countless sparks of spiritual power moved in the marble, slowing the power leaking out. The marble began to radiate an intense golden color.

And at the moment, Kang Shin-hyuk injected all of his remaining power into the marble; a dazzling light burst from it. It was like the Milky Way had been released inside of his room.

-After restoring the damaged item beyond perfection, you obtained [Shinfeng Orb (SS)]. However, since it was damaged, some energy has been lost. A lot of effort will be needed to restore it to its original state.

-Talent (Golden-eyed Dragon (S)] has satisfied one condition for evolution. As soon as the other two conditions are met, the trait will evolve.

-Acquiring experience in restoring valuable artifacts, your metallurgy skill has grown to C+ rank! Heat resistance has further increased.

-Synchronization has accelerated—current rate of 14.1%.

Kang Shin-hyuk’s eyes opened wide, a smooth marble of gold floating in the air in front of him. It was the size of his fist.

“SS rank…” The words leaked out of his mouth at the message.

-Even that level is lower than its true form. Depending on your efforts, it can be restored beyond that.

“Why was such a treasure in that gate…?”

-Wouldn’t those who attacked you know? No, maybe not. It may have been so long that no one knew of its value.

Could it be that they knew information about this orb and tried to find it using Shin Eunah? No. Rather, Onyx easily found it. Was Onyx special? As usual, he found no answers.

‘Nothing could be done about it.’ The administrator asked him to store it away, and he complied. Now that it was regaining its power, he knew he had to be careful in using it.

“But it’s still a jackpot.”

-That’s not an item available even in the Hero Universe. I’m surprised that you’ve successfully restored it.

“My metallurgy has grown too because of that.”

-It’s not an armament, but it is a great artifact. It’s surprising that it didn’t grow more than that.

Kang Shin-hyuk placed his hand on the orb to check its information, but only the message, ‘Unable to confirm’ appeared. He wondered what it was, but he still couldn’t figure it out even after he restored it. Perhaps it was because the rank difference was too extreme.

“Then, let’s focus on acquiring some other skills.”

-You have the ability to create and enhance things, so you will be compatible with most emotional skills. The cheapest is 5 million HP. With your VIP discount, it will be 4 million.

“I’ll take a look at it later.” After all that, he had no choice but to work on his own spiritual power to communicate with this marble. It was an SS-rank item, so he had to be incredibly careful in touching it.

‘I need a space where others can’t see me…My Room.’ However, the moment Kang Shin-hyuk had that item, his stick began to ring. Glancing at it, the caller was Karen.

“Should I answer it?” He couldn’t ignore it in the end. This was because he had a message saying that if he didn’t go to the female dorm, she would come directly to him, accompanied by the vice-captain of the Wyvern Knights.