Chapter 229
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[Eternal World, the eternal realm, awaits you.]
Seeing the logout message,
Seonghyun logged out and stepped out of the capsule.
“Huuu…”
He looked unusually tired.
Did he hunt for too long?
No way.
Had he ever been tired from hunting for a long time?
No.
Then why was he like this?
Because he had been organizing his skills to choose new ones.
‘Too many skills.’
Counting only the combat-related skills roughly, there were 53.
Even dividing them into utility, dealing damage, buffs, and debuffs, it was still too many.
He pondered which skills to increase next.
But ultimately couldn’t decide and logged out.
He didn’t feel lacking anyway.
Especially,
‘Thanks to Lord of Darkness, I basically have almost unlimited skills.’
He only needed to consider dark-based skills on the spot.
Mana consumption was huge,
But there were natural mana regeneration skills and mana-draining skills from opponents.
So mana wasn’t really a concern.
Recently, he’d felt like he couldn’t use all his skills.
Probably because the skill list had grown so long.
‘I don’t have to use all skills, but I have to decide which to use depending on the situation.’
So he couldn’t choose which skills to pick.
Since it was late, he logged out for now.
But he had to decide by tomorrow at least.
His head was a mess.
As Seonghyun was about to leave the living room,
Yoo Mina, standing opposite him, smiled.
Her smile seemed to say, “If you don’t know something, just ask me.”
Seonghyun frowned slightly at her unpleasant smile and said,
“Why?”
“You just look like you’re having trouble.”
“Yeah, it’s nothing.”
Seonghyun replied as if to say he was fine, smiling gently.
But then,
“Why? What is it? Do you want me to help? Hehehe.”
Yoo Mina said with a laugh.
Seonghyun, not wanting to talk more, quickly left.
Of course, since she handled swords, he didn’t think she couldn’t help.
But still, he was a single ranker after all.
Although he was a single-digit ranker, his skill tree could surely be well designed.
But Seonghyun thought this was something he needed to do on his own.
‘If I ask for help, she’ll definitely make a big deal out of it.’
Knowing his sister’s personality well, he avoided asking.
He absorbed many memories from knights for knight skills and swordsmanship, so that part was fine.
But he hadn’t done the same with mage skills.
Though he had absorbed the memories and experiences of incredible mages like Helena and Serphina,
It was too much for him to fully read all of it.
He felt he needed to gain more diverse memories and experiences from new mages.
‘Is there a Mage’s Hall or something like that?’
If such a place existed, he could gather many mage memories.
That was really regrettable.
Was there another way?
While pondering, something suddenly came to mind.
Yeah, that would work.
Seonghyun made that expression.
Yoo Mina, as if bored, muttered with her lips puckered,
“You never accept help like this.”
Although that was good,
From her perspective, it seemed a bit disappointing.
Of course, whether she sulked or not, Seonghyun wasn’t the type to care.
Anyway, as Seonghyun and Yoo Mina bickered,
Their mother, Lee Nakyeong, watching from the living room, tilted her head and asked,
“Oh my~ kids, the food’s getting cold, hurry up and come eat~”
“Ah, yes.”
“Okay~”
Seonghyun and Yoo Mina responded promptly and headed to the dining table.
Once again, the table was beautifully set with a feast, and they quietly took their seats.
Seeing Seonghyun settle down, his father, Yoo Gwangjin, asked with some concern,
“How’s it going?”
“Huh?”
Seonghyun wondered what he meant.
“That... the game. You seem to be doing well...”
“Ah, yes. I’m doing fine.”
“Hmm, try not to get too stressed out.”
It looked like he had been worried when he came out of his room just now.
Hearing his father say that, Seonghyun chuckled softly and nodded.
His father’s concern made him feel warm inside.
Nodding, Seonghyun replied,
“Yes, I will.”
What if he couldn’t read Helena’s and Serphina’s memories?
He could just ask them directly.
Both were physically present anyway.
With that thought, Seonghyun logged in.
[Welcome to another world and the eternal realm, Eternal World.]
[May fortune smile upon player 『Seonghyun』.]
Welcome messages greeted him.
Seonghyun quickly cleared them and looked around.
The outskirts of Sysbalt.
He had returned here after receiving additional quest rewards from Leon.
Even though it was the outskirts, the whole city seemed noisy, as if abuzz.
It was expected.
The Equinox Knights had lost their captain overnight.
But their former captain, Leon, had returned.
And Ragna Ekrion’s villainy had been exposed.
Naturally, the city was abuzz.
“Crazy! So there was a special quest?”
“No wonder!!! That’s why a High Elf appeared!!!”
“Ah! It all makes sense now!?”
Users were especially excited.
‘If I get caught, it’ll be a disaster.’
It was such a misunderstanding to have accidentally revealed his Sylvanor form before.
This time, he absolutely couldn’t be exposed.
From now on, he had to use cognition impairment effects.
Seonghyun thought this but also realized that going to the knight order might not be easy.
He had attended faithfully before.
Missing today would be awkward.
‘It should be fine if I return to the knight order by tomorrow.’
He couldn’t leave the order immediately due to Hindel’s affairs.
And even if he did, he could ask Leon for help.
Seonghyun wasn’t greatly worried for now.
Without paying much attention to the knight order, he headed out of the city.
It was time to build his foundation.
Of course, Seonghyun wasn’t weak.
However,
‘I’m just not performing at my best.’
Failing to use what he was capable of was a problem.
With that in mind, he soon arrived outside the city.
He immediately summoned Helena and Serphina.
A teal portal opened, and Helena walked out gracefully and nobly, followed closely by Serphina like a secretary.
The two greeted Seonghyun.
“Hello!”
“Thank you for calling us.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
Seonghyun welcomed their greetings warmly.
He hadn’t summoned them much lately.
Serphina felt like a long time since he had last seen her.
Though it was only a day or two.
Anyway,
Helena tilted her head, seeming a bit puzzled.
“So, just the two of us today?”
“Is there something you need?”
Serphina asked curiously, looking at Seonghyun.
Seonghyun looked at them and said,
“Teach me some magic.”
“Magic?”
“Hmmm?”
They both looked at him puzzled.
Since they could read thoughts in the spiritual state,
They immediately understood what he meant.
He wasn’t asking to learn magic skills themselves.
“Ah, you want to know how to utilize them.”
“Hmm~ I see.”
They said that with a mysterious smile.
Seonghyun looked at them, wondering why they were smiling like that.
Serphina stepped back.
Helena smiling said,
“There’s been a training boom even in the Netherworld, and you want the same, huh!!! Great! I’ll teach you properly!!!”
Her enthusiasm overflowed uncontrollably.
Seeing that, Seonghyun swallowed hard for some reason.
Something felt ominous.
With that thought, Helena smiled faintly and muttered,
“I was jealous of how fun Grandpa Drakanos looked, so this is perfect.”
“...?”
The atmosphere felt strange.
And what on earth did that mean?
Seonghyun looked at Helena with that unease.
Serphina quickly prepared herself, readying defenses.
Huh?
Seeing that, Seonghyun looked slightly anxious at Helena.
Helena smiled and said,
“Alright, Seonghyun’s doing well, but his magic usage is definitely lacking! Don’t worry, I’ll help!”
“...H-how?”
“Well, maybe after taking countless hits, you’ll get better? Try using Lord of Darkness!”
As she spoke, heavenly spears filled the sky above Seonghyun’s head.
“Huh?”
The heavenly spears appeared so rapidly and in such great numbers, failing to defend would spell disaster.
Apparently, this was the effort Helena was putting in.
So that’s why Serphina was preparing defense!
Realizing that, Seonghyun immediately thought of a skill.
With so many, it seemed appropriate to block them using a thousand blood swords.
As he tried to activate it,
“No! Use only Lord of Darkness!”
“Ah.”
Not yet familiar with using Lord of Darkness,
Seonghyun hesitated, then followed Helena’s advice, pulling darkness upward to block the heavenly spears.
However, the heavenly spears, which had advantage in attribute, mocked the darkness, piercing through it easily.
They broke through his defense and attacked Seonghyun.
Heavenly spears rained down in countless numbers.
The darkness was disadvantaged against them.
Trying to dodge with his body,
“Lord of Darkness!”
Helena shouted to only use Lord of Darkness.
In that difficult predicament, Seonghyun squeezed his eyes shut and led as much darkness as he could to fend off the spears and endure.
But he couldn’t hold out long.
The heavenly spears he missed—
Kwa-ga-ga-ga-ga——!!!
“Ugh!”
Fell down on Seonghyun like hail.
Seonghyun screamed as he desperately blocked the attacks.
“Ha ha! That’s no good! You have to overcome the attribute disadvantage to get real effectiveness! One more time!”
Helena said and summoned countless heavenly spears again.
Seonghyun’s face turned pale.
He realized he probably made the wrong choice.