## Chapter 253 – 253. S-Class
#253. S-Class
“Hoo…”
I took a deep breath of the dawn air and opened my eyes.
Calming the internal energy that had been circulating through my body, I wiped away the sweat with a dry towel.
I turned to the window, watching the sunrise as I lightly stretched.
I had focused on training all night, but I didn’t feel tired at all.
I had broken a sweat placating Noel, who had misunderstood something ridiculous last night, but that was already in the past.
At first, I thought Noel was trying to kill me.
I couldn’t help but be taken aback when I saw her sobbing like someone who had been betrayed.
‘She even asked me to get her pregnant too.’
I managed to resolve things smoothly by promising to grant her a favor later.
After returning home and repairing the broken window, I explained the blessing of infertility that had been placed on me to Seo-ha Jeon.
I tried to tell her in a way that wouldn’t hurt her as much as possible, but Seo-ha Jeon ended up crying anyway.
Just thinking about it still makes me break out in a cold sweat.
If Noel hadn’t helped me then, I might have had to hold her and comfort her all night.
‘Her personality is gradually becoming more gentle; I guess that’s her real personality.’
But the way she acted spoiled and wagged her tail was more like a dog than a wolf, no matter how I looked at it.
I began to suspect that Seo-ha Jeon might be a mixed breed.
I should seriously consider this later when I go back and stroke her ears and tail.
Anyway, after that, I was kicked out by Noel, who said they had things to talk about among themselves.
I had no choice but to go next door and meditate, reviewing the sparring match I had during the day.
And now I’ve opened my eyes.
‘I started at dawn, so has it been about half a day?’
Strictly speaking, I didn’t just meditate. I also circulated my energy from time to time.
It wasn’t a very long time to train, but things changed if I repeatedly used Thought Transcendence.
In reality, I focused on training for nearly nine hours.
And those nine hours became a time for me to look back on the martial arts I had built up so far.
4-Star Limitless Vajra Body and 3-Star Scarlet Cloud Thunderclap Art.
In the case of Limitless Vajra Body, if you count the detailed martial arts, Limitless Step was 6-Star, and Limitless Sword Art was 4-Star.
Of course, there were other martial arts, but there were too many to list one by one.
To give a brief example, Vajra Tathagata Subduing Demon Palm was 2-Star, and Limitless Void Palm was 1-Star.
Considering all of this, my current level was Late Stage Transcendence.
Some might say that I was right on the verge of Peak Transcendence, but at least I didn’t feel that way.
That one step seemed so far away.
From the beginning, I hadn’t reached the level of Transcendence by accumulating proper enlightenment.
It would be more accurate to say that I raised my level based on the know-how I gained from using mana.
This was close to a kind of trick.
If I had learned demonic arts, it might have been different, but if I had learned orthodox martial arts, this kind of level increase would not be beneficial to me in the long run.
Seo-ha Jeon told me this last night.
-I swung my sword to survive. You could say that the direction of my life was determined by survival. Hyun-woo, you also need to clarify the direction of your life, the reason why you want to wield your sword.
The direction of life.
The reason for wielding a sword.
I had never seriously thought about it before.
“…It’s difficult.”
Of course, Late Stage Transcendence is not a low level. I’m not a pure martial artist, and 5-Circle with Transcendence would be considered the top of A-Class.
But I had a reason why I couldn’t settle for my current level.
Asura Demon Lord, Ma Pae-seon.
An elder of the Heavenly Demon Church and an absolute master who has reached Extreme Demon, whom I will have to face someday.
Although I inflicted internal injuries on him, he was definitely a stronger enemy than any I had faced so far.
The only good thing was that Extreme Demon was considered about half a step lower than Transcendent Grandmaster.
That was the difference between orthodox martial arts and demonic martial arts.
Of course, it’s all the same to me.
“…Let’s take it slow.”
I don’t think I can beat Ma Pae-seon right now.
Above all, now that I’ve just reached 5-Circle, it’s time for me to reorganize for the time being.
I need to constantly delve into research on the elements of light and darkness that I’ve just started to handle, as well as methods of combining fire, lightning, and dark flames with elements.
Limitless Vajra Body wasn’t over just because it reached 4-Star. Rather, it was just the beginning.
In this situation, impatience is only poison.
Now that I can’t see the destination with the naked eye in the fog, it’s most important to calmly move forward one step at a time at my own pace.
“What I need to worry about right now is the Triad.”
The night before, I heard about a woman named Seo-yeon Joo from Seo-ha Jeon.
Seo-yeon Joo.
The second daughter of the Joo family, a cold-blooded woman who solidified her position as successor by eliminating the eldest son and eldest daughter at a young age.
I don’t know why she came to Korea, especially to find Seo-ha Jeon, but it’s definitely not with good intentions.
Even if Seo-yeon Joo was more of a bystander than an abuser of Seo-ha Jeon, that wasn’t a reason to let down my guard.
But that doesn’t mean there’s anything I can do right now. It’s not like I’m going to storm into the Triad.
The only good thing is that the Triad won’t be able to openly target Seo-ha Jeon.
It might be different overseas, but in Korea, the three major families wouldn’t stand idly by.
Even if there was an attack, I wouldn’t worry.
Even if I’m not there, Seo-ha Jeon and Noel are top-tier A-Class, and there’s a barrier I’ve set up around the house.
To take Seo-ha Jeon away in this situation, you’d need at least a special team of A-Class hunters armed with artifacts.
No matter how powerful the Triad is, it wouldn’t be easy to send that much force overseas, so I can put my worries aside for the time being.
“Still, just in case… hmm?”
Woo-woong-
When I picked up my phone, I saw a familiar name.
[Hye-na Choi]
***
After receiving the call from Hye-na Choi, I headed straight to the Choi family’s mansion in Seongbuk.
“We have been waiting for you, Hyun-woo Kang.”
A maid I had seen somewhere before was standing in front of the gate. She was definitely the maid who was by Hye-na Choi’s side when I visited the mansion last time.
I followed her into the mansion.
‘It’s still big.’
The main building, which I arrived at after passing through a garden of a scale that was hard to get used to, was rather noisy. Maids were busily moving around here and there.
“Is there something going on today?”
“It’s the day the head of the family returns from overseas after half a year.”
“Head of the family?”
“He is Hye-na Choi’s grandfather.”
“Ah.”
When I came last time, only Grandma Young-ok Choi was there, so I was wondering, but I just thought there must be a reason.
Hye-na Choi didn’t give me any hints either.
But the fact that the day he returns after half a year is today, I couldn’t help but feel that it was a coincidence.
‘I hope nothing happens?’
I tried to suppress my anxiety and went up to the second floor.
I soon met Hye-na Choi in the drawing room. She was sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed, sipping tea, looking like a chaebol heiress.
Oh, she is a chaebol heiress, right?
“You’re late.”
Hye-na Choi glared at me with a slightly lowered voice.
“If I got a call at 6 a.m. and arrived in 30 minutes, I came quickly.”
I heard it was urgent, so I didn’t even take a taxi and ran all the way here.
“Hmph, you probably came after fooling around with that bunny girl.”
I closed my mouth. Making excuses at times like this only backfires.
I quietly tried to sit across from her, but Hye-na Choi frowned as if she didn’t like something and glared at me.
“What?”
“…”
No answer came back.
Instead, Hye-na Choi tapped her side and avoided my gaze. I could see her earlobes slightly reddened through her hair.
When I sat next to her, sensing the situation, Hye-na Choi hugged my arm as if she had been waiting for it. Her eyes were filled with dissatisfaction.
“…Why didn’t you ever come to see me?”
“?”
Huh?
“I haven’t replied for days, shouldn’t you be worried and come to see me at least once? Did you forget about someone like me because you were spending time with that bunny girl?”
“What are you…”
“Am I already a fish you’ve caught?”
“No, that’s not it, I just thought you were busy with research.”
I don’t know what she was so upset about, but Hye-na Choi was blaming me as if it was my fault.
Of course, I was wronged.
Unlike me, who sent messages regularly, it was Hye-na Choi who had been holed up in the workshop and hadn’t been in contact all this time.
I was the one who should be complaining.
“You’ve already got another woman? Who would have expected you to seduce even the person you called master and start living together?”
“How did you…”
But the complaints that came up to my throat disappeared again at Hye-na Choi’s next words.
“How did I know? I didn’t see you once, so I secretly went to your house. How do you think I felt when I saw another woman walking out of my boyfriend’s house when I went to surprise him?”
Thump, thump-
It was the moment the culprit was determined.
As I was sweating profusely, Hye-na Choi stroked my cheek with a light sigh.
“I’m not saying anything about you having another woman. I knew you were a womanizer from the start.”
Immediately after, our lips met.
Seeing me stunned by the hot and soft touch, Hye-na Choi raised the corners of her mouth.
“But remember this. The position of the main wife and the first to get pregnant with your child will all be me.”
When I nodded without saying anything, Hye-na Choi smiled with satisfaction and sat back down.
The soft touch of her breasts hugged my arm.
‘Main wife, huh…’
I’m sorry to Hye-na Choi, but there will be no main wife in my harem.
The basic principle of my harem is that my wives get along well with each other without any ranking.
Of course, you can think of it as a pipe dream.
It’s not for nothing that there’s a saying that if three women get together, four group chat rooms are created.
Nevertheless, I believe that my women will not hurt each other with things like power struggles.
Well, I’m a little worried that Yeo-hwa and Hye-na will definitely fight if they meet, but you have to be able to handle and solve even that to build a harem.
“…I think you’re thinking strange things right now.”
“No way.”
I ignored Hye-na Choi’s gaze, who was glaring at me with a sulky expression.
“By the way, didn’t you say you had something urgent to say?”
“Ah.”
Only then did Hye-na Choi make a serious expression and narrow the distance.
It was close enough just now.
“Where did you hear the name Seo-yeon Joo?”
“Seo-yeon Joo?”
I wondered why that name was coming out of Hye-na Choi’s mouth, but soon I remembered asking Hye-na Choi about her when I met Seo-yeon Joo in front of the dojang.
I had forgotten for a while because I had so much to think about lately.
“I met her a few days ago?”
“…What?”
At that moment, Hye-na Choi’s eyes widened.
She was clearly flustered. I was surprised by the rare reaction.
“W-Where exactly?!”
The moment Hye-na Choi’s voice rose.
Bang!
The drawing room door opened as if it would break, and intense killing intent swirled around. I reflexively deployed a barrier of maximum strength and cast a spell.
“Is this the place.”
Goosebumps rise on my skin.
And it was a sensation that my instincts remembered.
There’s no doubt.
It was the sensation I felt when I faced the branch manager at the Hunter Association in the past and when I encountered Asura Demon Lord Ma Pae-seon.
I tried to calm my pounding heart and looked beyond the door.
“This is where the scoundrel is who dares to take away my precious granddaughter.”
There stood a man with tremendous muscles.
