Episode 181
One’s own body.
For the pitiful absolute Sardonyx, Crupeos willingly bowed his head to Shin Yuseong.
“…please. Sardonyx. Please save her.”
Monsters without intelligence simply invade the territory or attack humans to the extent of starving them like wild beasts. Boss level monsters with intellect mostly have a purpose of fighting.
Krupeos’ goal is to protect his master and break the curse of the covenant.
“…Only. It’s something only you can do.”
Seeing Shin Yuseong, Crupeos no longer seemed to have the will to fight. Rather, he politely asked for it and kept his head down until now.
Swoop.
Shin Yoo-sung slowly approached Krupeos. I’ve fought countless monsters so far, but this was the first time I had an opponent who didn’t want to fight.
“I’m sorry… but I’m not the man you’re looking for.”
Shin Yoosung said in a calm voice.
No matter how much he resembles a knight named Taru, Shin Yoo-seong, who has no such memories, Sardonyx was just one of the boss mobs. It was just an opponent that had to be attacked and dealt with in order to clear the 7th grade raid.
“It doesn’t matter.”
But Krupeos knew instinctively.
“Even if you don’t know her. Even if it’s not the real Tarrou. It doesn’t matter.”
The power of the covenant comes from the dragon.
The poison that afflicts Sardonyx now was the guilt of not keeping the promise.
“You resemble Taru in appearance. He had such a pure soul. It wouldn’t be difficult for Sardonyx to see you and think of Taru…”
Crupeos raised his head and approached Shin Yuseong.
“I can tell. Just by meeting you… she can be saved.”
Krupeos held Shin Yuseong’s hand with both hands.
Saaa- As
Krupeos grabbed her hand, her desperate feelings leaked into Shin Yoo-seong. However, Shin Yoo-seong did not try to block those feelings.
‘This may be the possibility of a new strategy that has never existed before…’
Krupeos’ hand shone.
At first it was a blue light, like river water, slowly eroded by the color of the night sea like her hair.
“I am also a dragon. Covenant as part of her. …I swear. I will give you all my remaining strength… please…”
Saaa!
Countless blue and purple fireflies danced in pairs in the dark dreamy world.
The light that spreads from your hand.
It covers the whole world and scatters beautifully like cherry blossoms in spring.
“Please save her.”
Paat –
After that word, Crupeos disappears like a bubble of blue light.
Shin Yooseong looked at the back of his hand in a slight throbbing pain. On the back of the hand, a mark of an unknown pattern glowed and then slowly disappeared.
“This is…”
Shin Yoo-seong, surprised by the sudden situation.
But it was too early to be surprised.
[You absorbed the fragment of Sardonyx-(a fragment of the incarnation of Krupeos).]
The hologram of the pocket erupted and began to explain. The piece of Sardonyx engraved on the back of my hand just now. It was the power of a 7th grade named boss.
‘In a place like this… to get the power of fragments.’
[The power contained in Sardonyx’s fragment is recognizing the Awakener’s ability.]
[Calculating the assimilation rate…]
But absorbing it is not the end.
If the final assimilation rate does not exceed 50%, the fragment will not recognize the absorber as its owner.
A total of five items are used to calculate the assimilation rate of the absorber.
[The assimilation rate of Red Dragon Sardonyx and Shin Yuseong is as follows.]
[1-Information cannot be displayed.]
Let’s start checking the assimilation rate with the message from Pocket. Shin Yooseong’s expression hardened. There was no way he had anything in common with the red dragon, Sardonyx.
[2-Standard personality and inclination]
[According to item 2, the assimilation rate drops by 25%.]
Not to mention that the personality and inclination are opposite.
[3-Abilities]
[Assimilation rate drops by 25% based on item 3.]
There was no way that Sardonyx, who used magic, and Shin Yuseong’s ability to concentrate and polish his body were similar.
[4-Mana]
[According to item 4, the assimilation rate drops by 25%.]
It is also ridiculous to compare the mana of Shin Yuseong, a human being, to the vast amount of mana of a dragon.
[5-Body and Appearance]
[According to item 5, the assimilation rate drops by 25%.]
In addition, Sardonyx maintains polymorphism in dragon form or female form for most of its appearance. There was no physical or external contact with Shin Yoo-seong, a human male.
[Final assimilation rate 0%]
[Determined unsuitable.]
In the end, it seemed impossible to absorb the piece of sardonyx that was obtained. But at that moment, the back of Shin Yoo-seong’s hand emitted a blue light.
[1-Split Fragment Krupeos applies a new rule with the power of the covenant.]
Adding a new rule to the fragment absorption. Changing the rules of the world like that required an unimaginable amount of mana. However, Krupeos willingly applied the exception rule by consuming all his mana even though he knew that he would be destroyed.
[From now on, the assimilation rate of the piece is calculated with Taru, the knight of reversal, not the red dragon Sardonyx.]
This is Krupeos’ promise.
The wish she left by dedicating her power was not to find a successor who looked like Sardonyx, but to save Sardonyx.
Therefore, it is not an absorber resembling Sardonyx that transfers power. He was the right person to save Sardonyx from the power of the covenant.
How desperate can a sacrifice be?
Shin Yuseong calmly looked at the back of his hand.
How much he resembles a man named Taru. It didn’t seem bad to leave that evaluation to Pyeonrin.
[2-Standard personality and disposition]
[The assimilation rate increases by 20% based on item 2.]
The assimilation rate increased by 20% from the beginning
Taru and Shin Yuseong both have upright personalities that carry through their own justice. Even the personality of going forward somehow in a given situation was the same.
[3-Ability]
[According to item 3, the assimilation rate will decrease by 10%.]
However, the abilities of the two were not the same at all. Taru is an ordinary human being. Although he achieved great success in the war with the Dragon’s Covenant, he was born different from Shin Yoo-seong, a hunter.
[4-Mana]
[According to item 4, assimilation rate increases by 10%.]
It was surprising that Taru and Shin Yuseong were similar in item 4. Shin Yoo-seong and Taru were the same person, but there was no way they had the same amount of mana.
In other words, it was the nature of mana that the fragments were evaluated as similar. There is no real difference in combat, but like a person’s personality, mana has an inherent quality that is subtly different. And having similar properties is as rare as finding fingerprints of the same shape.
[5-Body and Appearance]
[According to item 5, the assimilation rate increases by 23%.]
[Final assimilation rate 93%]
[Determined suitable.]
[Shardonyx’s Fragment-(Incarnate Crupheos’s Fragment ) has been obtained.]
[Mana increases and physical abilities are strengthened in proportion to the power contained in the fragment of Sardonyx.]
Rurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr –
A lot of information was displayed in the hologram of the pocket in front of Yuseong. However, as described in the pocket, mana increased and physical abilities did not strengthen.
‘That’s probably because…the promise hasn’t been kept yet.’
The power of the covenant is activated the moment the promise is made. In order to use the piece of Sardonyx, Yoosung Shin had to save Sardonyx, as Krupeos requested.
thud. cooong. thud!
The world around me slowly began to crumble. The fireflies that wandered in the darkness wrapped around Shin Yoo-seong.
* * *
Once Krupeos disappeared and the raid was over. Joo Him-chan and Shin Yoo-seong transferred to the entrance of the crystal cave.
“No heck! Huh! What the hell is this place!?”
Joo Himchan took a deep breath as to what had happened.
“Did student Shin Yoo-seong go through the same thing as me!?”
“yes?”
“After swimming and swimming in the black sea for almost an hour… Suddenly, a group of dolphins with horns appeared. A huge blue whale…”
Joo Himchan uttered gibberish with a bewildered face. Shin Yooseong reluctantly nodded.
“…The capture of Crupeos is over.”
“Did you kill Yuseong Shin alone while I was hallucinating? Active hunters can be so useless!”
Surprised, Joo Himchan made a disgusted expression and checked his pocket.
“I also wanted the dungeon to be big. China already. japan. Italy. The invasion of the United States is over.”
It was a natural result as he listened to the story of Crupeos while wandering through the crystal cave instead of immediately entering the battle in the dungeon.
“But no matter how strong the incarnation is. It’s surprising that the 7th graders haven’t finished their raid. I wonder if they are strong enough to have a hard time…”
As Joo Himchan said, Hwashin was not a difficult opponent for Roger and Aventino. However, Roger and Aventino have yet to successfully attack.
“Then, I will move to a temporary shelter to join the other hunters.”
I don’t know if Roger and Aventino’s request for support came in, but recklessly entering the dungeon being attacked was the same as committing suicide.
Right now, they have no choice but to wait for the raid party’s report. Joo Him-chan moved to a temporary shelter with Shin Yoo-seong.
* * *
The temporary shelter was a high-tech facility created by the association for this attack.
The entrance of the dungeon could be monitored with the camera installed by the officials, and during the operation, the command tower commanded them, and in case of an emergency, they could request support through the portal.
“It’s amazing that Italy built a place like this just for one raid.”
As Wei Lin said, it was an excessive facility that cost an astronomical amount of money to build for a single attack.
“That’s why a 7th grade raid is so great. Didn’t it take so much time just to catch the incarnation?”
Let Colt put on his cowboy hat and get in shape. Wei Lin made an impression.
‘… what is that unhygienic beard? Are you really a student like me?’
While I was sighing like that.
After completing the attack, Shin Yoo-seong enters. Waylin’s eyes lit up.
“Oh, is it over? How did you eat the artifact?”
Yooseong Shin walked into the waiting room without answering. Adela looked at the scene in silence.
‘…It’s not over there.’
Now, Colt and Isshin were sitting next to Weirin, but there was no one in the seat next to Adela.
That’s because the mentees were divided into the Sardonyx raid team that passed the test and the Incarnation raid team that didn’t.
However, Wei Lin pushed Colt away and patted the seat next to her, calling Shin Yoo-seong.
“Come here and tell me about the strategy~ I was wondering how strong Crupeos is. Let’s share information with the same hunters~”
Yoosung Shin was in the same Sardonyx attack team as himself. A Hunter who has to sit next to himself. Adela looked at Waylin with a disapproving face.
Adela thought that at least it was her rival who deserved to sit with Shin Yoo-seong here.
Swoop.
Adela, who had been sitting with an expressionless face until now, stood up. Then, in order not to lose his rival, he willingly strode towards Shin Yoo-seong with unsuitable steps.
Hold on.
Adela grabbing Shin Yoo-seong by the collar.
“…Adela?”
Let’s look at Shin Yoo-seong with a puzzled face. Adela said, pointing at the chair with her index finger, narrowing her eyes.
“Your seat is… here.”
An attitude unimaginable to others.
Adela passed the test with Shin Yoo-seong and claimed her due rights as a colleague and rival.
