Chapter 1095 – 1095. The Dark Moon
“What are you doing? Stay focused. It is important to dispose of mana regurgitation. If it is not handled cleanly, there will be aftereffects on the mana road.”
A man presumed to be a doctor said angrily.
I left my confused mind behind. There is nothing wrong with his words. It’s a setting in the game.
‘Mana reflux needs to be treated in time to avoid suffering later. What’s urgent is not my memories, but my body right now.’
It reminds me of the mana breathing method I learned a few years ago.
‘You can’t do that with breathing. I’ll lose more than enough mana in my body.’
It was also a small surprise. It was too good to give up painting. A chance like this may not come again in the future.
Then, my mind flashes. The knowledge of mana breathing comes to mind as if the scattered pieces are automatically put together.
‘I think I can lower the loss rate to 30% by slightly modifying the breathing method….’
The mana breathing method, Raytal, is complete in itself. Even if it was only a second-class mana breathing method, an irreversible situation would occur if it was touched hastily. Ironically, I could have died as soon as I entered the game.
‘… But it’s hard to turn away from these things that come to mind. I’m giving you the answer, so I’m just ignoring it?’
The more I thought about it, the more confident I was about knowledge. I decided to accept this knowledge.
Astral, called the spirit of the wizard, was opened. The mana load in my body becomes clearer. Mana flows through the Mana Road like a train running on rails. There are a total of 3 Mana Rods connected to Astral. This is the average of a 1st class wizard.
‘Not enough. There’s too much mana to handle with 3 mana rods.’
After thinking about it, I tried expanding Astral. I was thinking of quitting right away if something goes wrong, but strangely, I instinctively felt how far my astral limit was.
‘It’s currently impossible to expand Astral enough to go up to the 2nd class.’
My astral was currently empty. As for the game, it means that there is no experience point. Whether it’s magic spells or combat experience, he needed something to fill Astral with. Of course, the body is not ready.
Two mana rods extended from Astral. A total of 5 mana rods all followed my will. The mana filled in the ship is organized and begins to circulate. I watched the circuit. It was slightly changed from the original circuit, so if there was a problem, I thought I would take action right away. But there were no problems. The five mana rods were stable.
Opened her closed eyes.
The doctor looked at me with impassive eyes.
“Your mana has stabilized. All right, go back.”
“Yes. Thank you.”
I said goodbye without any sincerity. I instinctively know that it won’t do me any good to touch the doctor’s planting.
The doctor waved his hand in annoyance. I got out of bed, put on my shoes and went out of the infirmary.
Outside the door was a hallway.
The gray concrete walls and floor continued for a long time. Memories come to mind. I turned right. As I walked, I organized my memories.
‘I am Seong Yu-jin. Korea’s F-class Hunter. I am 21 years old. Don’t have a girlfriend I don’t have my abilities as a Hunter. It’s a special case where only physical abilities were awakened without any abilities.’
Searching for memories, I frowned. I remember the names of my college and high school, but I can’t remember anything that happened there. I don’t even know the faces of my parents. Memories are like a net full of holes.
On the contrary, the memory of room 211 and the Dark Moon game are clear.
‘I was born to parents who were slaves. I naturally became a slave. After my parents died, my master sold me to Freecell Kingdom. Until the age of 10, I grew up with no shortage. Food, clothes, and bedding were all provided by the kingdom. The problem is that the purpose is for the Battle Mage Project.’
Battle Mage Project.
It is Freecell Kingdom’s plan to secretly gather children with first-class mana affinity and nurture them as battle mages.
Words are nurturing, but in reality it is more like an experiment. To become a battle mage, you need a talent with a mana affinity of level 3 or higher.
The substance of the project is an experiment to forcibly raise the first-class mana affinity to the third-class mana affinity.
‘And this experiment has already been successful. The problem is that the success rate is about 5%.’
The Kingdom of Freecell is satisfied with the results of the project and continues. If 5 out of 100 children with the 1st class mana affinity talent become a battle mage, that alone would be beneficial.
‘Room 211. It’s a name given to me… Do you think you would accept a name like this? My name is Eugene.’
Organizing memories is almost over. There was no great memory in Room 211’s life.
‘My ego is Sung Yu-jin. The memory of room 211 feels like reading something.’
I could see the glass windows hanging in the hallway. Seong Yu-jin’s face was reflected in the glass beyond the iron bars. Black hair, black eyes. Except for being a bit young, I was certain of Seong Yu-jin.
I left the window behind and headed to my office in my memory.
11 home office.
When I opened the heavy-looking door, a place resembling the old military internal office of the Republic of Korea came out. It wasn’t strange. Because the place where the Battle Mage Project was being carried out was the Kingdom of Freecell.
There were 17 children my age in my office. A total of 18 people including me. It was a mix of men and women. 8 are women and 10 are men. In this world, human rights are a piece of shit, but surprisingly, gender is equal.
‘Everyone is there.’
Two of them died two months ago without being able to defeat the goblins in one-on-one combat.
Each child is doing their own thing. Flirting with close kids, sleeping, reading a book.
“Room 211. I heard you passed out from mana backflow during mana breathing training? Are you okay?”
The skinny boy smiled and started talking. No. 205. He is the head of the 11th Internal Affairs Office and the squad leader. As a squad leader, he had a high sense of responsibility. He was a good guy, although he had a bit of a flaw in his memory.
“Uh, it’s okay.”
“If it wasn’t okay, it would have been disposed of.”
A sarcastic voice was heard.
A boy with a burly build who was sitting leaning on the watchtower said. No. 202. His left eye is blind. Contrary to room 205, he had a bad personality.
“Well, if it were you, you would have been disposed of by mana regurgitation. You’re not good at handling mana, are you?”
“… Are you going to do it now?”
“Try it.”
I laughed at room 202. He can’t do anything anyway. If you cause an accident here, only annoying torture awaits you.
Knowing that, Room 205 didn’t stop us either.
“Tsk. See you later.”
202 clicked his tongue and lay down on the floor, closing his eyes.
I shrugged once and went to my seat. I like it because it has a wall next to it.
“What happened?”
The woman sitting next to me spoke to her. She was a woman with short brown hair. No. 212. She was an ordinary woman. I reflexively scanned her body and fixed my gaze on her eyes.
“What?”
“Mana backflow. No. 177 died due to mana regurgitation.”
I remember. She died about three weeks ago from mana regurgitation, unable to withstand the mana injected into her body.
“Room 177 and I have different cases. I just had backflow of mana while practicing mana breathing.”
“The fact that mana flowed backwards is the same.”
“The situation is different. I’m sluggish, as you know. It hasn’t been long since I became a first-class wizard. He didn’t have much mana to regurgitate. You can say I was lucky.”
I was really lucky.
The mana filled in my body through mana regurgitation was at a level that I could handle, and the doctor did nothing. Things could have gone bad if the quack had messed with me.
“Is it really all about luck? Something… Is there any special secret technique?”
Room 212’s eyes twinkled. I guess this was the real purpose. I laughed out loud.
“There can be no such thing as a slave subject.”
“I heard that No. 31 has arcane magic?”
“… That’s what makes him special He’s rumored to be from an aristocratic background.”
No. 31.
Rumor has it that he is the illegitimate son of a nobleman. The managers of the Battle Project also showed a difficult face when dealing with #31. They are receiving special treatment in many ways.
“Are you really lucky? I’m glad you’re safe. Congratulation.”
Room 212 laughed and said. The corner of his mouth is smiling, but the corners of his eyes quiver. The voice is quite pretentious.
‘If it were me, I wouldn’t have acted like that.’
She decided to take her mind off of her and focused on her muddled head. She needed to organize information about the game Dark Moon.
After 10 minutes, a heavy male voice came from the speaker on the ceiling.
“The evening roll call begins in five minutes.”
Waking up from my thoughts, I smiled bitterly. I was a slave, a soldier, and a test subject. Three similar words decorated me, so I felt sad for no reason.
After the evening roll call, which felt familiar, I laid down on the bed. I closed my eyes, but sleep did not come. As the surroundings become quiet, I realize the reality I am in now.
‘…… What should I do from now on? Will I return to reality when I open my eyes?’
It can’t be.
I have confirmed several times that this place is not a dream.
I don’t know why I entered the game, but I have to live in this world. Even if this world is fucked up, it’s not to the extent that I can’t live in it.
‘I don’t know anything else, but the information about the Dark Moon comes to mind clearly. I see that there are no players in my memory.’
The Dark Moon allows the player to choose a starting point. If it is not here, the player itself may not exist, or it may be somewhere else. I think the former Because there’s a chance that I’m a player.
‘Dark Moon players were able to develop freely by taking stats and skill trees. If so, maybe….’
I muttered in my heart.
‘Status window.’
Nothing happened.
“…… Status window.”
It may have to come out of your mouth. I muttered in a very low voice.
Nothing happened.
Swallowing a sigh to burst out, I got rid of useless thoughts and thought about the future.
‘I have no intention of driving a stake into the army. Later, when the opportunity arises, they escape. I want freedom I don’t want to live as a slave for the rest of my life.’
I touched my right forearm.
A strange crest made up of 7 triangles is drawn.
A high-class slave seal of the Kingdom of Freecell.
Through this seal, slaves can be easily killed and escaped slaves can be tracked.
‘My life is in the hands of others…. It’s terrible.’
In order to get out of here, you have to get rid of this seal.
Several methods come to mind. In less than three minutes, five methods came to mind.
‘Did I have such a good memory?’
Even now, even at this moment, the sixth method comes to mind. The possibility of success is to be evaluated later. Once you come up with a method, make a plan by eliminating things with a low possibility of success.
I fell asleep after midnight.
