Chapter 371 – Dyeing (4)
I visited the training room alone after a long time.
Sit in the center there and meditate.
“Seueueup.”
Breathe in calmly.
The particles of magical energy that can be clearly felt in the long breath that is drawn in endlessly are pushed into various parts of the circuit, and the breath that has been trapped for a while is exhaled.
“Whoa.”
Through repeated breathing, the senses around me become increasingly clear.
Magical power surrounding the body.
What’s inside one lumpy particle?
“Seueueup.”
Stop struggling in that ecstatic sensation and push your consciousness deeper.
The thread of will that was connected to the lumpy magic reaches deeper.
Fire, water, wind, earth, etc.
The magical energy within the body runs through the thread of will connected to each particle that makes up magical energy.
When magical power is added to increase the flame particles, the surrounding temperature rises rapidly.
When we add force to the wind particles, the wind rustles in the tight space.
As force is added to the water particles, the humidity soars, like after a heavy rain.
Lastly, if you add force to the earth particles…
“Knock, call!”
Wow.
This is yellow dust or something.
Every time I breathe, something like acrid dust enters my nostrils, and it feels like I am committing a sin on my body.
“Hmm… “Whoa.”
I catch my breath and regain my lost concentration.
I realized this while trying various things to come up with a plausible training method for Han Ju-hee.
I wasn’t using my body’s talents 100%.
I said this to convince Han Joo-hee, who was skeptical.
The talent I enjoy now is the stage of evolution that modern wizards must reach by developing and developing.
When I thought that way, my perspective on my talent changed.
If the talent I enjoy now is truly the next level of evolution that modern wizards must reach.
There is a next stage of evolution for me too, and isn’t being the first to dig into it the true privilege of the talent I have been given?
“Seueueup.”
The more your consciousness becomes entangled in the magic around you, the more such a hypothesis gradually turns into a certainty.
Magical power floating in the air.
Also, each attribute particle roams freely within it.
If we sink our consciousness even deeper…
“Ah.”
The thin but firmly connected thread of consciousness is broken.
“Seup… “Are we still here?”
Thanks to several days of effort, I succeeded in infiltrating my consciousness into the magical power, but that’s all.
I’m sure there’s something more underneath… , As soon as you decide to delve into it, your consciousness is cut off and you return to your original state.
“It doesn’t seem like an impossible area…”
This place hasn’t reached you yet, so don’t come too hastily.
Every time I am pushed out of consciousness, something seems to whisper to me like that.
“What… , I have to be satisfied with this for now.”
That’s enough.
Just by further increasing the depth of consciousness, the ways to utilize magical power have become more diverse.
For the time being, you can focus on that and look for opportunities while training.
Eventually, I close my eyes again.
“Seueueup.”
As the magic power absorbed along with oxygen dissolves throughout the circuit, I think about the time I spent in this body.
A very debaucherous time spent in merriment.
He boldly took a woman he liked and pushed forward with his overflowing talent instead of effort.
A competition between 504 people?
Honestly, it didn’t touch me.
Since I can’t clearly grasp anything, I guess that’s just the way it is.
The same goes for uncovering Han Joo-hee’s secret.
As long as I was intoxicated by the smell of the flesh of the women around me, I thought it didn’t matter.
A relationship that was almost broken.
I wondered what I would do by revealing it so far away and digging it up… , That is no longer possible.
“Whoa.”
Connections keep emerging between the biggest challenges in my life.
Problems that were thought to be completely separate are now straddling each other’s territory.
Red Pill, Gwangmyeong Bridge, Hexagram, etc…
An organization that everyone knows and that evokes fear just by its name.
Or an organization that creates doubt and fear due to the lack of information.
Only after hearing the names of the people who had caused numerous crises during Son Si-woo’s time did a heavy tension finally settle in his stomach.
The stage suddenly became huge.
And on top of that, Han Joo-hee, who I thought didn’t care at all, is also standing on top of him.
I don’t know what her role is yet… , It won’t be that simple.
“Seueueup.”
As the game gets bigger, we need to prepare now.
What needs to be done is determined.
Acquiring information to broaden the horizons hidden by the darkness of ignorance.
Juhee Han We cannot rely on one person to acquire information.
I’m not ready yet to ask for her information by asking her.
If you blindly ask, ‘Who is the boss of Hexagram?’, You will get the answer.
Instead, I just can’t handle what happens next.
Therefore, we need to find another source of information.
Whether small or large, it is an object that can give you a clue to where to start.
Just one person.
There is someone who comes to mind.
It’s not a very friendly relationship, but it’s someone worth suggesting a deal with.
Sometimes I have the items they want.
“Whoa.”
I take my last breath and open my eyes.
Then, he immediately stands up, takes out his smartphone, and calls the other person.
“Oh, it’s me. “Let’s meet up.”
* * *
A five-story building located on the outskirts of Gangnam.
The name ‘Zodiac’ is elegantly written on the sign hanging at the entrance of the building.
“I ended up doing better than I thought.”
My stomach hurt.
It’s only a camouflage guild, but it’s on the outskirts of town, but it’s set up in Gangnam.
“… “Some people are just using the club room as a guild hideout.”
In contrast, the guild hideout of ‘Twilight’, a guild founded by Kim Do-jin, is set up as a club room at a Korean university.
Of course, it wasn’t because I didn’t have money.
It was just an extremely strategic choice to survive in a red ocean that had already reached saturation point.
Still, looking at the handsome building makes me feel sick to my stomach.
‘Should I rather ask for this building as a condition of the transaction?’
A delusion that fills up in an instant.
However, Kim Do-jin sighed a little and gave up his mind.
“That’s it, that’s enough.”
Right now, reliable information was more urgent for him than a fancy building.
As he shakes off his regrets and enters the building, the desk clerk welcomes him.
“Oh, welcome.”
“…”
A blonde foreigner.
It’s even pretty.
“Dojin Kim, is that right?”
Plus, he’s fluent in Korean.
A foreign receptionist leads Kim Do-jin out of the desk and into the elevator.
“The guild leader’s office is on the 5th floor. So, I hope you have a good time?”
“Uh… , Thank you.”
“Hehe, you’re welcome.”
The door closes with fluent English pronunciation.
“I almost got possessed.”
I never thought I would use an awakened person with the kind of characteristics that charms others as a guide.
Even so, I was shaken too easily.
“It was only a C-level fascination…”
It seems that the world of beauty, which used to be extremely strong, has become much weaker now.
“… “There are more things to prepare for.”
The elevator arrived just as I was shaking my head.
As soon as I went outside, there was a familiar face standing in front of the guild leader’s door.
“It’s been a while since I saw you.”
A man with bright blonde hair and a smiling smile.
At the same time, K was the guild leader here.
“Now, let’s eat inside.”
I entered the guild leader’s room after him.
I didn’t see anything of note.
Desks, chairs, sofas for welcoming guests, etc.
A well-organized guild leader’s room, equipped with everything an office should have.
That was it.
“What would you like to drink?”
“That’s okay, I wish we could make a deal right away.”
Kim Do-jin puts a small box out of the inside pocket of his thick jumper and places it on the table.
“It’s a bead with accumulated bad karma.”
A bead obtained by killing a sword spirit stained with murderous intent in the last dungeon, with his bad karma piled up intact.
“Can I open it for a moment?”
“As you please.”
As soon as he gets permission, K reaches for the box.
When I open the lid, glass beads shimmering with black-gray light spread an unpleasant aura around me.
“Umm… , It’s definitely a considerable amount.”
K shakes his head with a satisfied expression and closes the lid again.
He raised his head and opened his mouth.
“I will buy it. “If there is a price you want, we will do our best to match it.”
Kim Do-jin is slightly surprised by the answer, which is cooler than expected.
He quickly returned his expression and answered.
“I want to pay for the item in something other than money.”
“If it’s something else… ?”
I open my mouth resolutely towards him who asks with a puzzled expression.
“Information.”
Zodiac.
Although they disguised themselves under the name of a guild, they are also one of the organizations that swim hard underwater.
Considering that some of them have come up to the sun, it seems that they are still watching their liver rather than committing evil acts openly, but it is also true that most of their bodies are still buried in the shadows.
If they were like that, they might know.
“Hexagram.”
Information about them that no one standing in the sun knows.
“Hand over the information you know about them. “That’s the price I want.”
The transaction between the two was in full swing.
A message was delivered to Han Ju-hee, who was meditating in the main room of the Magic Tower.
[Contact with Zodiac K and Kim Do-jin.]
Han Ju-hee’s face frowned slightly when she confirmed this.
It was brief news, but the story behind it was obvious.
Kim Do-jin probably visited Zodiac to get information about the hexagram.
“Ha… “I warned you so much.”
Is he running wild because he can’t control his youthful energy, or is there something else going on?
She was worried for a moment by his unstoppable actions despite leaving advice that was almost like a warning to her.
Should I cut the buds in advance and get rid of the later troubles, or should I just wait and see for a little longer?
After much thought, she took out her smartphone and left her message.
[Han Joo-hee: See you in the lab in two days.]
I felt like I could only decide if I saw it in person.
