Episode 351
A green area full of bushes.
Two eggs taller than a person were placed on top of a huge nest made of twigs.
“You know that?”
Lorelai looked around curiously at the sudden expanse of greenery and giant eggs. However, the forest was quiet except for Shin Yoo-seong and Lorelai. That moment when no sound or presence was felt.
A rustle-
a brown-haired boy rose from a hidden part of the huge nest.
“Oh sorry. The challenger came while you were sleeping… Originally, it’s time to hibernate…”
Shririk-
smiled shyly as the boy flicked the snake’s tongue proudly. .
However, Shin Yoo-seong, who can detect mana, did not check the boy. Rather, the essence of this stage was the same as the giant egg.
‘It’s like… a lump of condensed mana.’
Since the opponent of the test took the form of an egg, Shin Yoo-seong couldn’t help but be curious.
What kind of being is born from an egg with such a huge amount of mana? I had never seen any monster or bird with this level of mana.
“Be careful, Lorelai. Rather, the main body to be wary of is the Al side.”
Shin Yoo-seong got nervous and showed a nervous expression, and the snake boy stuck his tongue out and admired it.
“Oh he hasn’t hatched yet, but do you feel his mana? You are so amazing.”
The snake boy stroked the eggs in the nest as if they were treasures, and then started chattering.
“By the way, the challengers are lucky. The rest of the guides don’t have funny personalities, they’re stiff, and they’re not kind like me.”
Lorelai, however, did not match the snake boy’s pace. He asked with a solemn face as he stretched out his hand, saying that he would fire a magic bullet if he approached.
“So what is the path to the stars Lewis prepared, and whose egg is it?”
Lorelei was able to whip the golden mana like a cannonball just by taking a ready stance.
Even without the power of Chronoa, the goddess of time, her combat power was at a level comparable to that of a 6th grade.
In the case of a snake boy who could not feel any mana from his body, even a trace would disappear with a single gesture.
“Hee hee! Quit! I have nothing to do with the test! Just a guide!”
“I will ask you again. What is the length of a star and what is the identity of the egg?”
Saaah-
With those words, golden waves began to ripple around Lorelai. Now it seems like a gentle wave in a calm sea, but you never know when it will turn into a raging wave in a storm.
“Of course I will tell you everything! Because I am an Indian! the most courageous Walk the path of the stars… Now, what is courage?”
Lorelai furrowed her brow fiercely as the snake boy smiled and asked the question.
Lorelai’s small expression could have made her look cute, but the golden mana didn’t.
It was puffing up as if it would attack the snake boy at any moment.
“roo! Lewis thought! Courage! It’s about facing your fears! Jagoro! No matter how strong a person is, everyone is afraid of one thing!”
Having said that, the snake boy laughed.
[The most courageous one.]
[Walk the path of the stars.]
The sentence engraved in the ice cave was neither an ambiguous quiz nor a metaphor. The path to the stars was a path that only the bravest could pass.
“By the way, no one has ever passed the path to the stars. Even that silver-haired monster chose the path of the sun, not the path of the stars. …do you know why?”
The snake boy salivated at Lorelai. Then he raised the corners of his mouth and laughed.
“The stronger you are! Because the object of fear is also strong! It’s a race where the more you walk, the farther you will reach your destination! It’s like a swamp you can never get through!”
After the snake boy’s explanation, the eggs in the nest slowly began to crack. The huge mana contained in the egg was to conceive something, and it was a spell to create a disaster in itself.
“You asked what was in the egg earlier? I don’t know. Do you know what you guys are afraid of? Kyakyakak!”
Jjeok-jjeok-
Black hair could be seen in the cracks that gradually opened up.
“Ohh- finally!”
The snake boy’s eyes flashed.
What a terrible shape.
how strong did you have
grasp!
The shell surrounding the egg cracked, and the magic formula regained its true form. The word ‘fear’ was born with mana as food.
“Eh?”
However, contrary to the snake boy’s expectations, what came out of the egg was just a rather large spider. Even the size was similar to that of an ordinary spider, and it did not appear to have any special abilities.
I looked around, but the one that broke the egg and appeared was really just a big spider.
“…just a spider?”
Shin Yoo-seong shed a bewildered laugh at the appearance of the opponent who was too ugly to explain it grandiosely.
But Lorelai didn’t. Lorelai was backing away, trembling like a frog before a snake.
“Oh, that spider… the spider…”
Lorelai, whose complexion was visibly pale, muttered like an idiot. It was broken by the appearance of the spider.
“Spider…”
Lorelai shook her head and stepped back, and the snake boy let out a sigh of relief. Then he cheered for the spider and skillfully booed Lorelai.
“Well then! You acted arrogantly as if it were your own world, and you’re only afraid of spiders!? I thought it would work!”
Who decided that the object to be feared must be strong? For some, house spiders, which you might see at home, may be the most frightening beings.
“It’s disgusting… I have a lot of legs and eyes…”
The moment Lorelai, who became a fool, panicked, the spider attacked. He dared to expose his poisonous teeth to Hunter despite being a huge spider.
“Chwiiik-!”
But Lorelai’s only fear of spiders is her fear.
Chin-
Shin Yooseong grabbed the head of the attacking spider with one hand. He casually grabbed the huge head as if it were too light, and with the other hand he used the spider’s antennae as a handle. At that moment, Spider had a hunch that something was wrong, but it was too late.
“This level isn’t even close to the level of a level 2 monster…”
Boowook- Green bodily fluid mercilessly splashes towards the surroundings with the sound of cardboard tearing.
Took.
The body of the spider, which had become a mop, was thrown on the floor.
Lorelai, who had been watching, turned away from the scene, trembling as if goosebumps ran through her body.
“Ha keuheu….”
If you were always afraid of spiders, would you come out as Louis’s test subject? Yoosung Shin, who skillfully shredded the spider, looked down at Lorelei with worried eyes.
“…Lorelai?”
Lorelai then looked down at the spiders scattered across the floor. If the usual spiders were disgusting, the split in half exuded a more presence. Just looking at it makes me dizzy and my legs lose strength.
limp!
In the end, when Lorelai, who was exhausted from fear, stumbled, Shin Yoo-seong supported Lorelai with his arms.
“are you okay? Lorelai!?”
Thanks to this, Lorelai faced Shin Yoo-seong at a close distance she had never seen before.
It’s not a big deal, but when the unimaginable body contact was added, the fear of spiders in my head turned white as if it had been erased with an eraser.
Nod!
As Lorelei, who had closed her mouth tightly, moved her head vigorously, Shin Yoo-seong saw the rest of the eggs in the nest.
Fortunately, Lorelai ended with the appearance of a spider that was less than a second-class monster, but if the snake boy’s explanation was true, she couldn’t be careless.
‘What’s left is my turn?’
Now Shin Yoo-seong had no choice but to ask himself. Have you ever been terrified of anything like Lorelai? If not, what is there to be afraid of?
However, no matter how hard he tried to think of it, Shin Yoo-seong was hardly predictable. It was very difficult to ask myself the question.
‘Let’s change the question. If the object you fear is not fear… but strength…’
Who would you admit to be the strongest you are most afraid to face?
Damn-!
The moment someone’s face flashed in Shin Yoo-seong’s head, the egg began to crack.
The egg is just a shape, and the test Lewis prepared is nothing more than a spell.
Since it is impossible to materialize a being stronger than the mana that Al had, it is bound to deteriorate.
but nonetheless.
In an instant, the air thickened.
Lorelai frowned at the intense speculation that made it difficult to breathe, and Shin Yoo-seong realized it belatedly.
‘i get it.’
Shin Yoo-seong shuddered at the refined sense of intimidation despite the intense speculation that seemed to be sporadic around him.
‘I am… the one I recognized as the strongest…’
Concentration boiled to the limit in the aura that was so nostalgic and familiar, and the whole body’s tactile senses were on edge.
The figure of the opponent was revealed in the subtle fog like a smoke screen. Rough-grown beard and thick fists. The body, trained to the limit of human beings, gave off a sense of intimidation.
Shin Yuseong’s prediction was correct.
The opponent was Shin Yoo-seong, the one he feared the most, the one who first taught Shin Yoo-seong about despair, and the strongest Shin Yoo-seong knew.
“Master…”
Shin Yuseong raised his concentration.
The concentration raised from the depths of the body made it possible to predict the opponent’s next move.
“…Lorelai. Let’s aim for survival from now on.”
