Chapter 238 – The Black Dragon Was Flying (6)
Sitting in the hospital room, I rubbed his chin with my finger, lost in thought. A time when no one is in the hospital room. The rounds of nurses and chairs were over, and the evening after dinner was the best time to ponder.
I was struggling with the ability selection right now. It was because a very sudden and unexpected choice appeared in front of my eyes as much as I had suddenly grown into a B-class.
[Please choose the ability enhancement perk according to the promotion.
*Uneven perks from this selection will be presented again at the next promotion.
Fragment materialization of Almighty
Materializes and summons fragments of the Almighty. The time is set in proportion to the summoner’s ability, and the maximum time that can be summoned with the current ability is 30 seconds.
2. Reinforce Phalanx
Adds 10% each to the absorption and emission values of the ability.]
There were two ability options that appeared in front of me. One was the ability to materialize fragments of the Almighty in front of my eyes, and the other was an option that increased my absorption and emission levels by 10%. I wanted to choose the materialization of the Almighty right away, but the displayed duration was bothering me.
30 seconds.
The maximum duration of Almighty Shard Summoning with my current level was only 30 seconds.
They say that if you strengthen further, the time will increase by that much, but 30 seconds was really too short a time. Of course, it’s hard to use in combat. Even a single kiss was too short, and just a hug was enough time to melt like a dream.
[I still think summoning is more correct.]
However, the Almighty strongly insisted on summoning whether that alone was okay. I said.
[If you choose by summoning, now, next time, you will be able to choose A-class, but until then, I have not been able to enhance my abilities at all, so my promotion may be delayed.]
However, the Almighty immediately responded to my words. I couldn’t see her now, but I could imagine her shaking her head.
[No, you must choose now. Don’t worry. Who am I? Wasn’t he someone who was an S-class hunter and a researcher? Do you really think I don’t know how to solve this situation?]
[Is there a solution?]
[Of course. Don’t worry, just pick that ability.]
Says she has her solution. I had only one path to choose. I selected [Summon Almighty] From the status window and took a deep breath. Then I asked her again.
“Even if you don’t do this, you can use the ability itself outside right now.”
If he really worked hard with the determination to not be able to move all day long, he could draw out all the power of the fragments of the Almighty and transform his weapon or body. I used it briefly when I defeated Lee Hyeon-woo, an S-rank hunter, and I had used it once before as a test. The Almighty Emperor answered my question like this.
[Isn’t using an ability different from summoning? Could it be that you were only aiming for my ability? What a bad guy! Son of a gun!]
I was startled when she reprimanded me and shook her head.
[No, not that…]
When I tried to make an excuse, she laughed as if she was happy with that fact alone.
[This is a joke. Because I know better than anyone that you love me. By the way, since you’ve acquired the ability, why not summon it?]
[Ah yes. All right.]
She first chose the ability to summon the Almighty, but she couldn’t figure out how to summon it. I tried to summon by reaching out my hand in the air for a while and drawing a circle in front of me, then I decided to just pretend to summon Misaki. I roughly held a pose with both hands and shouted.
“Summon Almighty!”
Then, the same light emanated from my chest, and fragments of the Almighty became a pitch-black liquid and spewed out. As if she had caused excessive bleeding, she seemed to be scattered in all directions, then she appeared in front of my eyes as the omnipotent figure I knew.
“Uh… ! Uh… !”
I couldn’t help but rejoice at her appearance. She simply summoned her, because her entire body was drained of energy. It wouldn’t have been this hard if I was stuck in the gate all day and just catching monsters, but I was exhausted and sweaty like rain. As the Almighty Emperor reached the point where I was about to stretch out as a side effect of summoning himself, he hugged me and said, without even having time to rejoice at our reunion.
“Gwa, are you okay? Lord, it’s not like you’re going to die, right? Huh?”
“Oh that… !”
It smelled good. Her body smelled fresh, like wild flowers growing in the mountains. The moment she took a deep breath as she was held in her soft arms, the Almighty Emperor’s body dispersed like smoke again, and I heard her voice inside me.
[It’s over.]
Also, 30 seconds was too short. I had to go to the shower to wipe off the sweat that was wet enough to dampen my patient’s gown.
*****
“Congratulations on your discharge!”
Day of discharge. It was Seong Ha-yeon who greeted me. She put a bouquet of flowers with [Her discharge commemoration] Written on it in my arms and hugged me tightly with a soft smile. Her breasts and belly were now large enough to be her pregnant woman’s, and the gentle pressure of her hugging her was tangible. Seong Ha-yeon said as she immediately untied her hug to prevent her stomach from being pressed too hard.
“Soohyun. I was discharged today, where are you going?”
“Today… Would you like to drop by the lab together?”
“Laboratory?”
Seong Ha-yeon looked at me with an expression of surprise. The research institute I am talking about is not just a research institute. It was a research center in [Paradise]. Even if Hunter Yeonjoo Choi died, Paradise was still functioning as a research institute and guild, and despite the great blow of the disappearance of S-class Hunters, it remained strong as a large guild.
When Seong Ha-yeon said that I was going to Paradise, she said this as if she was surprised.
“Why in Paradise?”
“Regarding the fragments of the Almighty, there are things I need.”
“What, what happened as soon as I came out?”
It was love more than work, but I just nodded. Because there is nothing worse than talking about another love in front of the person you love. She happily got behind the wheel and typed ‘Paradise Research Center’ into her navigation system. I said this as I watched her skillfully pull her car out of her parking lot.
“I’m going to enroll in a driver’s license academy this time.”
“Coming to think of it, our Suhyeon didn’t have a driver’s license yet.”
After she said that, she pinched my cheek like it was cute. I held her hand once and said.
“That way, when Ha-yeon is sick to her stomach, we take her to the hospital right away.”
“Since our Suhyeon is now C-class, wouldn’t it be faster to just run? There is also a taxi stop in front. I’ll be at home or at the guild, so going by car won’t be a problem.”
“Still, just in case you don’t know.”
“Take it slowly. What are you trying to pick up so quickly? It’s fun to take you everywhere. When my baby is born, her husband will make fun of her for not being able to drive. So don’t follow It’s not particularly practical.”
“You have to feel good when you drive.”
When I brought up the story of the drive, Seong Ha-yeon smiled brightly. In the meantime, the car passed through the city center where the hospital was located and entered a residential complex lined with apartment complexes. Judging from the navigation system, this was the fastest way to the Paradise Research Center.
“Oh, that would be nice. I wanted to drive a convertible.”
“Should I buy an open car? Raising some money?”
“Since there are only 4 hunters including me, Ichie, Yoojung and you, wouldn’t it be quick to collect money? Or how about buying something like a camper? It’s good for everyone to hang out together.”
“Oh, that’s nice too. We go to the sea together, and go camping somewhere like a valley.”
“I really liked eating meat on the barbecue. In the past, when I was in the sports team, when I went to camp training, I always grilled meat there. It’s great to use that charcoal to grill pork belly… If I knew about alcohol back then, I would have rolled up a glass of soju right away.”
“After having children and when they grow up, we all go to the sea together. With the baby.”
“It’s good to go with the baby. I wanted to put sunglasses on the baby and take a picture.”
“I also want to take a picture of our Hayeon-ssi swimsuit.”
Seong Ha-yeon laughed at my words and shook her head.
“Ugh, pervert.”
“It’s because I love you all.”
“I don’t know why men love swimsuits so much.”
“Hayeon, don’t you like it when I wear a swimsuit? Show off your muscles.”
As the Hunter rank increased, my body was filled with more and more solid muscles. As she said that while showing off her massive arm muscles, Seong Ha-yeon stopped at her red light and raised the corner of her mouth. She and she looked over my body and said:
“I don’t think you’ll like wearing a bikini.”
“Ooh!”
When I imagined myself in a bikini, there was nothing more terrifying than that. I immediately shuddered and screamed at Seong Ha-yeon’s joke. Seong Ha-yeon laughed at my screams.
[Paradise Research Center]
“Arrived.”
I looked at the large signboard in front of me and made a strange expression. Just looking at that name made me feel like a tragedy was resurrected. She laughed a little while ago, but she let out a deep sigh with her subtle look on her face, and she told me.
“Bye.”
“Yes.”
The Almighty said that there was an invention to solve the problem of summoning time. I took a deep breath and knocked on the door of the research center.
