Chapter 98 – Episode 98. Awakening
Lee Soo-ah, who shed tears for a long time, started talking again about how much she had calmed down.
“Due to the Blood Festival Guild’s attack, the Swordsman Guild’s stronghold was ruined.
Lee Soo-ah’s eyes filled with tears as if she were filled with emotions again.
Lee Soo-ah, who gritted her teeth and swallowed her tears, spoke again.
“After seeing Jia’s death, I… Couldn’t think of anything. I just had the thought of getting revenge on those who made Jia like that. I moved to the bloody festival guild without hesitation. However, no matter how few people survived the fight against the sword guild and went back, it was ridiculous to attack a guild with active defensive combat buffs by myself…”
Lee Soo-ah recalled the situation at the time and continued the story.
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A translucent barrier covered the Blood Festival guild’s stronghold.
From the inside, long-distance skills are shooting out to intercept him.
Lee Soo-ah slowly approaches the guild base, dodging and knocking out skills.
Even that defense could not be destroyed with her own power, but Lee Soo-ah had a trump card.
A skill that has been hidden and hidden for so long.
An explanation was written that this skill, named ‘The Hero’s Light’, must be used only in a decisive battle with the Demon King.
The reason was simple.
Because what was needed to use the skill was the lifespan of the hero.
The skill that burns one’s lifespan to deliver a powerful blow was the skill called ‘Light of the Warrior’.
Lee Soo-ah had no intention of replacing a few years of life in moderation.
He pours all his life into it.
He still has weak power, so it is unknown how strong a blow will be if he spends all his life span, but at least it will be enough to cut through the defense in front of him.
If he uses this skill, he himself will eventually die, and the game will end with the human’s defeat.
But to Lee Soo-ah, that didn’t matter anymore.
For Lee Soo-ah, it was more important to punish Jia’s enemy right in front of her.
Anyway, there was no longer any regrets in the world where Jia, the last blood relative, left.
No matter what happened to the people who drove Jia to death, it was no longer a part-time job.
But…
-I want to protect Lee Soo-ah from now on.-
– Grace. Receive grace, pay it back, and go. Where are you? Between us-
The face of Kang Min-goo, who has been by his side to protect and be with him until now, flickers before his eyes.
A good man who did his best to protect himself for the victory of mankind.
He was very sorry for his decision.
‘I’m sorry, Min-gu… I’m really sorry..’
Lee Soo-ah raised her sword.
The white energy formed on the sword gradually grew, and soon it soared as if it would pierce the sky.
Lee Soo-ah’s sword, clad in white light, towering high,
As it was, it descended toward the base of the Blood Festival guild.
The ‘Light of the Hero’ who burned all of his life.
The ‘Light of the Hero’, which had tremendous power, shattered the defense of the Blood Festival Guild base in an instant and even split the building inside as if it were cut in half.
Lee Soo-ah looked at the destroyed Blood Festival guild base and prepared to face death.
‘Jia, wait.. My aunt will be there soon too.. Sister.. Brother-in-law… I’m sorry.. I couldn’t protect Jia.. I’ll apologize again when I go there..’
However, even after time passes, death does not come to Lee Soo-ah.
Lee Soo-ah looked at her body with his bewildered eyes and said.
“Why… Not die…”
At that time,
[You used the power of sacrifice to burn yourself on someone other than the Demon King. Sacrifice is the spirit that represents a true hero. The true hero’s power will be given to you who have passed the hero’s test.]
A white light began to emanate from Lee Soo-ah, and at the same time, I could feel the power surging from his body.
[All stats are +100 due to the effect of ‘True Hero’. Change the skill ‘Light of the Warrior’ so that it can be used by consuming mana. You have learned a new skill, ‘Stat Distribution’. When you level up, the amount of stat increase and the amount of skill points obtained increase. ]
Lee Soo-ah stared blankly at the messages that came up in front of her eyes.
The ‘Light of the Warrior’ skill, which used to burn life with ridiculous stat bonuses, has been changed so that it can be used by consuming mana. Also, when you level up, bonus stats and points to new skills.
Lee Soo-ah, who finally has the ability to be worthy of a warrior, laughed out loud at her dejection.
‘If I had had this kind of power.. I could have protected Jia..’
Apart from gaining strength, anger boiled over.
‘The reason I used the ‘Light of the Hero’ skill was not because of the spirit of sacrifice. It’s just that I was blinded by revenge and used my life while ignoring it. But thinking of it as a spirit of sacrifice and bestowing the power of a true hero? What a poor system. My sister and brother-in-law died because of these things… And even Jia…’
Lee Soo-ah shook her head, calming her simmering anger.
‘Now this power has no meaning. Because I have nothing more to protect. Human? Tell me not to be funny It has nothing to do with me being killed by a monster or being killed by a demon king…’
Lee Soo-ah didn’t want to think about anything anymore.
Just suddenly, she missed the sea.
When she came to peace in the past, she went with her sister, her brother-in-law, and even Jia.
Lee Soo-ah used the ‘stat distribution’ skill.
Enormous stats rushed into the dex, and Lee Soo-ah’s body jumped out at a tremendous speed.
Toward the sea where her whole family was happy.
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I listened to her story of Soo-ah Lee and looked at her with a dumbfounded expression.
‘Wow, I almost got fucked. Didn’t the game just come to an end? Uhhh…’
If the description of the skill ‘Light of the Hero’ had been the truth, not a lie for the hero’s awakening, Lee Soo-ah would have died by now and the game would have ended.
I felt goosebumps running down my spine.
‘By the way, a true hero… In short, it’s a story of ‘awakening’, right? What? All stats increase by 100 and a level up bonus is attached? In addition, you can now use mana to freely use the skills that destroyed the Blood Festival guild. Also, what is the stat distribution? You can distribute stats whenever you want and drive them to one side? What a fraudulent skill…’
More than anything else, I threw out my tongue about the fraudulent skill of the ‘stat distribution’ skill.
Somehow I couldn’t catch up with the car.
It is clear that Lee Soo-ah’s current stats are all above 100 on average.
All stats became +100 while awakening, so it’s only natural.
I don’t know the stats before awakening, so I can’t say for sure, but I think all stats will be at least 150 or higher.
That said, I can raise one stat to at least 600 or more whenever I want.
The moment you attack, you can put 600+a power on your str stat, and the moment you defend, you can put 600+a power on your con skills.
You can also add 600 or more stats to your dex stats for crazy moves like you just did.
If you put 600 or more stats on int skills when using magic skills…
Oh wow, that’s awesome
This is the job of a real warrior.
It’s the same 5 adults, but somehow I feel like my job is getting shabby.
I don’t know anything else, but I don’t think there’s any job that can surpass a warrior in terms of combat alone.
When you level up, bonus stats and points are attached, so you can’t even guess how strong you will become in the future.
I shook my head and said to Lee Soo-ah.
“I know that Sua has become a true warrior. By the way… She’s saying that she no longer intends to do her warrior’s duty..”
Lee Soo-ah looks at the sea with melancholy eyes at my words.
“It is literally. I… I don’t want to do anything anymore. The meaning of ending this game quickly has disappeared, and there is no meaning to bring victory to the human side by defeating the demon king. I just hate everything. The monsters who killed my sister and brother-in-law… The humans who killed Jia… Everything is everything…”
Hmm. That’s an understandable statement.
I’d hate it all
So far this is what I want.
Making Lee Soo-ah fall into human hatred and have no intention of ending the game.
However, Lee Soo-ah’s remarks that followed were never in the direction I wanted.
“I… Tried to think of the reason why everything happened like this. My sister, her brother-in-law, and even Jia’s death are all because of this game. If it wasn’t for this game, we would be living happily now… This is all because of this game.”
Lee Soo-ah’s eyes were burning with anger.
Um, I think I’ll say something disturbing.
“Hey, Soo-ah, let him calm down a little-“
“I have decided. I will take revenge on the people who made this game. I will go to them and ask them. Why are you playing this crazy game on us-“
“Sua!”
Lee Soo-ah looks at me with surprised eyes at my cry.
I spoke to her in her sweet tone, as if to placate her.
“Soo-ah, calm down. Now you are vengeful and tell a very dangerous story. If the person in charge of this game listens to our story right now, it will be over before the revenge or anything even begins.”
Of course, the ‘God’ who presides over this game? I don’t think that the same being is listening to our story.
If that were the case, it wouldn’t have been possible for Sue to sneak up on me and give me information.
Lee Soo-ah shook her head at my words and spoke.
“I don’t care if you listen or not. In fact, no matter how strong my power may be, I will not be able to reach the person who presided over this game. Even this power must be the power they gave. Whether my revenge succeeds or fails doesn’t matter. Just doing it is what matters. Now that the purpose of life is gone, only revenge is the driving force that keeps me moving. Like my life-”
“What if there was a way to bring purpose back to life?”
“… Yes?”
Lee Soo-ah looks at me with suspicious eyes.
Yes, in the end, this is the only way.
It’s unavoidable.
I looked straight into Lee Soo-ah’s eyes and said.
“It is literally. What if there was a way to return Sua’s purpose in life?”
“What is that…”
“What is the purpose of your life? Wasn’t it Jia?”
Lee Soo-ah looked at me with confused eyes and said.
“Ji, I don’t know what Mingu is talking about right now. It is correct to say that the purpose of my life is Jia. However-“
“That’s why I’m saying that there is a way to return the purpose of that life to Sua.”
The confused eyes that stayed in Lee Soo-ah’s eyes are gradually filled with different emotions.
Chilling eyes.
With a gaze that even felt hostility, Lee Soo-ah looked at me and said.
“… Tell me the exact story. What is it that can give me back the meaning of life-“
“That means there is a way to save Jia.”
“…”
In Lee Soo-ah’s eyes, even the energy of anger is now visible.
She spoke to me in a cool voice that seemed like she had never heard it before.
“Mingoo Kang… Are you kidding me right now?”
