Intertwined Stories – 1
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“Wow!”
Taejin’s knees fell to the regime that hit his whole body. There was no way to escape. properties that are triggered immediately.
[Illness (Lv7.0) is activated.]
[Physical defense is reduced to the limit. You fall into a dangerous state.]
[Penalty: You will feel extreme pain for 3 minutes.]
“Shut up…!”
The scent of blood that spreads cheaply.
Taejin, who swallowed the bitter taste of blood, straightened his knees and looked at Choi Seok-min with a shaky gaze.
My shaking legs seemed like they were going to fall down soon, but I clenched my teeth and tried to hold on.
I didn’t want to see him fall down with just one shot.
Because it’s not the old Han Tae-jin anymore.
at that time.
[Limit Break Attribute rises to level 3.]
[The stat correction effect increases.]
[Limit Break (Lv3) is activated.]
[The mind and body are at their limit, but they have the will to overcome.]
[Effect: Strength 1, Endurance 1, Mana 1 increases.]
Following the sickly attribute, the limit breaking attribute is activated.
Until now, after the limit-breaking trait, the sickly trait has always been triggered.
This time the order is reversed.
This was a follow-up action that was created by Taejin’s strong ‘will’.
‘great…!’
Like a collapsing tower, a weak vitality pervades the body.
And a hazy anticipation blooms in the gaze that seemed to be about to go out.
He bit his molars forcefully and inflated his throbbing muscles.
“Hey…”
Seeing this, Seok-min Choi was slightly impressed.
obviously got stronger.
If it were him in the past, he would have had to fly out of the dungeon already under this oriental medicine regime.
However, he persevered and was preparing for a counterattack again.
“Magic Arrow.”
Taejin pulls the bowstring.
“First shot.”
The skill was cast, and the demonstration bounced.
Bloody! A sharp pounding sound resounds, and an arrow stronger than before cuts through the resistance and is shot at Choi Seok-min.
And, cry.
Taejin had to bleed through the internal wounds that had not yet recovered.
“Magic Guard.”
Even though he’s gotten stronger, he’s still at the level of blood.
The arrow’s trajectory is clearly visible.
However, Choi Seok-min did not avoid it and chose to respond head-on.
– Koo!
Soon after, there was an explosion.
The aiming time was obviously short.
As soon as there was a protest, they fired right away.
However, the power and accuracy were perfect, and Choi Seok-min’s doubts are increasing with the arrow that hit the center of the Magic Guard heavily.
‘What happened in the last few days?’
With this level of skill, he has reached the level below promising prospect Baek Seok-hwa.
But then.
– Pyung!
– Kwaang!
A magic arrow flies one more step and strikes the magic guard. Choi Seok-min’s body recoiled slightly with a loud sound that seemed like an explosion.
“Great, what is this?”
I looked over the magic guard with surprised eyes, but Taejin Han, who should be exhausted by now, is preparing for a follow-up fire again with blood on his lips.
Her pupils are out of focus, but her arms are visibly shaking.
The strength of the magic arrow was becoming more prominent.
followed.
– Whoops!
Instead of a sharp pounding sound, an arrow is fired with a heavy pounding sound.
This time, rotation is added, and it flies around the atmosphere like a whirlpool shoots.
– Aww!
“Suck?”
– Damn it!
An arrow that strikes the Magic Guard with an explosion again.
And, a small crack arose in the center of the magic guard.
It’s a tiny crack, so it’s invisible to the cadets, but it’s a clear crack.
‘This, what is this.’
It was frustrating.
It was clearly not destructive enough to crack.
However.
Cracks were formed in the hit rate that hit the center without an error for three consecutive years.
Accuracy comparable to that of an established hunter.
Choi Seok-min felt chills on his back.
Beyond the metamorphosis of bones, it feels as if you have become a different person.
And I was sure.
The change and growth that happened to Taejin wasn’t just a passing midsummer night’s dream.
“What, what? Han Tae-jin, why are you here?”
“professor! Taejin Han is in a strange state!”
“Who, didn’t you turn your eyes?!”
what?
Choi Seok-min quickly removed his magic guard and looked at Tae-jin.
And, with a red magic wind wrapped around his body, he could see Taejin preparing for a follow-up fire again.
again and.
I could see the pupil disappeared.
is in a dangerous state.
It was not exhaustion, but it had reached a trance that was dangerous even to the life of a hunter.
It has entered the so-called ‘overhead’.
“Stop it, cadet Han Tae-jin. Dalian will do this.”
He tried to stop him, but Taejin puts stronger magic into the magic arrow again.
Of course, the strength was weakened due to the mana exhausted to the limit.
Choi Seok-min raised his voice as he opened his palms.
“stop! Cadet Han Tae-jin!”
“…still…one step left..”
– Pyung!
“∑!”
Choi Seok-min hurriedly turns to avoid the arrows flying in without a time to cast Magic Guard.
It was just one difference.
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Just enough to allow an attack.
-bang!
An arrow that strikes the wall of the smithy.
Then, the magic power is dispersed and evaporated.
I didn’t know if I would fall into a state of unconsciousness if I went on like this. Choi Seok-min wrapped magic around his legs.
It had to be physically restrained.
“Electrification.”
Purple magic burns fiercely from the bridge.
It was a different cohesion than before.
– Shoo!
Choi Seok-min disappears in an instant.
At the same time, he appeared from behind Han Tae-jin.
And I tried to slap Taejin’s neck with a sharply forged hand.
-Shh!
Partisanship only rips open space.
Taejin is gone.
‘…this!’
The lightning flash, equivalent to teleportation, was not a speed that a cadet could dare pursue.
No, even among the faculty members within the academy, there would be very few people who could avoid the last blow.
But, as if he had read Jeon Gwangseokhwa, Taejin disappeared and Choi Seokmin hardened without even being able to lift his hand that cut through the air.
‘How the hell…!’
Taejin’s evaporation was unexpected and even shocking.
What’s more, he didn’t feel a single ounce of his magical power.
It really ‘evaporated’ and disappeared.
Even as a veteran, he couldn’t help but be embarrassed.
‘Where are you…! Taejin Han!’
But soon, Choi Seok-min realized that his thoughts were foolish.
“…”
Instead of evaporating, looking at Taejin lying on the floor, fainting.
[Illness (Lv7.0) is activated.]
[Dantian’s magic power has been exhausted, and physical and mental consumption has exceeded the limit. It enters a state of super-death.]
[Penalty: You fall into a coma for 48 hours.]
[Penalty: Strength, stamina, stamina, and magic power decrease by 2 each.]
Han Tae-jin, who has gone beyond the limits and has gone to a state of groggy body and mind that cannot handle it, eventually falls into a coma.
And the result was a strong penalty in the end.
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“Cadet Han Tae-jin! stop!”
《Still… one step… left…》
The top floor of the Academy’s main building.
Numerous professors gathered in the faculty meeting room were showing various reactions while watching one video.
someone’s astonishment.
someone in awe.
distrust someone.
Anyone suspicious.
anyone to worry about.
embarrass anyone.
Various reactions were gathering on the screen, and the principal Ki-hwan Kim looked at Professor Seok-min Choi, one of the main characters in the video.
“You mean the cadet in the video is Taejin Han?”
“yes. It was in a more advanced state than in the previous practical test. It’s only been a few days.”
“That’s bizarre.”
Not only Kim Ki-hwan, but also the professors who were in charge of the senior class lectures tilted their heads and were bewildered.
Han Tae-jin’s cadet.
Theory, common pension, and liberal arts lectures all had the lowest grades, and he had a good reputation as a cadet with no motivation or thought.
Then, about two weeks ago, he suddenly showed enthusiasm in his eyes, and now he made Professor Seok-Min Choi, who was an A-class hunter in practical training, bewildered.
The professors who gathered in the faculty meeting room had been in charge of cadet education for quite a long time.
The growth of cadet Han Tae-jin was unusual even for them.
No, it was like the first time.
It’s like being possessed by a ghost.
Then, following the principal Ki-hwan Kim, the attention of the conference room turned to his advisor, Ella.
“Professor Pernaella?”
“Yes, four.”
“What is the current status of cadet Han Tae-jin?”
“Ah, he is hospitalized at Hunter National Hospital and his life is not in jeopardy. I think it will take a couple of days to recover.”
“is that so.”
overhead state.
A state of trance where you lose your reason and cannot control yourself.
It is a phenomenon that happens occasionally to established hunters, but it has never been seen before in cadets.
why?
Because the overhead phenomenon only occurred in actual raids where the fear and fear proportional to death were felt.
The confrontation with the professor may have put a lot of pressure on the mind, but it was never an overhead situation.
So, doubts do not go away easily.
Kim Ki-hwan, who was stroking my beard and staring at Tae-jin in the video, turned to Ella again.
“As an advisor, how do you see the current growth of cadet Han Tae-jin?”
“Ah.. I did the interview, but I didn’t see anything special.”
“Hmm, what motivates you to be motivated?”
“What… hahaha, not really…”
Ella smiled shyly.
It was also embarrassing for me as a supervisor.
Even though the rapid growth started two weeks ago, I still haven’t found any reason or motivation.
“You’re hiding something. What is the probability? For example, if he touched black magic.”
Darkness Magic.
It was not pure awakening magic, but artificially refined magic, which brought a temporary increase in power, but when used repeatedly, it showed addiction like a drug, and in the end it was a forbidden magic that eroded the mind and turned into a monster.
Since there were no cases in the history of the academy, Kim Ki-hwan asked that question.
“It is unlikely, but we are not completely closing the possibility.”
“is that so. Please keep an eye out for cadet Han Tae-jin for the time being. If it goes up overhead, this growth could lead to a fatal flaw for the cadets.”
“Oh, yes.”
In response to the principal’s words, Ella nodded her head vigorously.
And he smiled invisibly.
‘Be careful’ because the name of Principal Haran sounded like ‘following’ to her, and it sounded like a good cause to lessen her remorse.
Yes, this is an advisor’s ‘interested observation’ for cadets.
Moreover, the principal also ordered us to be careful, so he is simply trying to faithfully fulfill that order.
All you have to do is find out about the changes that happened to Taejin and why he stopped stalking.
‘okay! Anyway, dangerous things may be happening to Taejin anyway, so as an advisor, you should make a ‘home visit’!’
If we can look at Taejin’s house, we can figure out what the medium of change is.
The corners of Ella’s lips had to twitch like that for a while.
# #
Meanwhile at that time.
Hannah, heavily armed with sunglasses, a mask and a hat, was heading somewhere.
Taejin was admitted to the hospital.
It was clear that the magical mass he had seen in Taejin’s house would find him in the hospital room.
Therefore, I was planning to follow if a suspicious person appeared while hiding near the ward.
‘It must be one of the graduating class.’
Hannah sits on the bench in front of the ward for a while and continues the undercover investigation (?).
And while waiting, the image of Taejin in an overhead state was being drawn in her mind.
It was nice.
Unfortunately, it was drawn quite nicely.
Knowing Tae-jin Han, who was always sickly and frail, the sudden change in her appearance is a fresh shock to Hanna.
Is it a reversal?
As if a person who had nothing to see suddenly appeared in a metamorphosis, his eyes would naturally be drawn to him.
So I got even more annoyed.
It was a bit distasteful that things started to change from the moment I stopped stalking.
‘what…’
I’ve been waiting like that for 6 hours.
Even though the night sky has darkened and a crescent moon has risen, no one can see the nose.
‘…what? Why don’t you come?’
If you were one of the graduating class, you couldn’t have known that Taejin was hospitalized here.
Or are you not a cadet?
‘But wouldn’t it be a Hunter?’
Curiosity grows
who the hell
Hannah jumped out of her seat and stood up.
It didn’t seem like they were a cadet in the same class, and in order to answer this question, it seemed like they had to go directly to the tiger’s den.
Hannah thought so, and headed straight to Taejin’s house.
