Chapter 2369 – 2369. Modern Magic War
[The game will now end.]
After training with Wi Yu in the Bright Ascension Realm and returning to the real world, I sprawled out on the floor. Just because you have a strong mind doesn’t mean your mind doesn’t get tired. It’s more of an emotional thing, separate from mental strength.
‘This mental fatigue will disappear quickly after a little rest. No, even now, if I focus… the mental fatigue disappears immediately.’
I took out my smartphone while lying on the floor. Since I’m out of the game world, it’s time to check my points, of course.
[Sung Yu-jin
Level: 94
Strength: 140 Stamina: 140 Agility: 140 Intelligence: 140 Vitality: 140 Mana: 140]
[Available Points: 27,661]
I’ve accumulated quite a few points this time. Even though I used auto-progress often, I stayed in training for quite a while.
‘First, what I need to do is…’
[Original
If used on an item from the game world, its effects will not diminish when taken to another world.
Price: 1,000 points
※Caution
You will regret it if you use it on an ordinary item.]
[Purchase Original for 1,000 points.]
Items with special abilities from the game world lose their power when taken to reality or other worlds. The Original prevents that. Even so, 1,000 points is a bit expensive, but it’s worth it for the Jueun Ring.
Without hesitation, I used the Original on the Jueun Ring.
Of course, using the Original doesn’t mean I can use the Jueun Ring as I did in the Bright Ascension Realm.
‘The Bright Ascension Realm, reality, and other worlds have different environments. Above all, my stats in the Bright Ascension Realm and reality are different.’
I placed the Jueun Ring metal plate on my stomach and spread my palm. Water, wind, and electricity rotated above my palm. I focused on using the power, then frowned.
‘Even with the Original, the efficiency isn’t what I expected. Am I weaker? Is it because the environment is different? Or is it a lack of proficiency?’
It was ambiguous to use in actual combat. It’s much easier and stronger to use lightning, which I’m more familiar with, than water and wind.
‘Still, I can’t not use the power I got with so much effort.’
I clenched my fist tightly. The rotating water, wind, and electricity disappeared. I postponed the Vajra Thunder for later. It’s not enhanced in the Bright Ascension Realm yet.
I had a lot of points left. Where should I use them? After a moment of thought, I did what my heart desired.
[Sung Yu-jin
Level: 94
Strength: 140 Stamina: 140 Agility: 140 Intelligence: 140 Vitality: 150 Mana: 140]
[Available Points: 6,661]
Used 20,000 points on vitality.
My dick is throbbing and seems to be praising it as a very wise investment.
My guess is that a stat of 150 is the average for S-class. In other words, I’ve reached S-class in vitality!
‘You can call me the King of Dick…!’
I chuckled, fondling my dick with one hand and touching my smartphone with the other.
To raise one stat from 150, it required a whopping 3,000 points. It means I can become stronger than S-class… but the points needed were too many.
‘Ugh. This is a pain. Should I keep the 6,000 points for now?’
I don’t necessarily have to use the points just for myself.
Summoning pills that raise all stats.
Potential potions that unlock some of your potential.
Potential votes that raise the potential of the target.
The Fountain of Youth that makes you 5 years younger when you drink it.
There were quite a few items that could be used on others. I then checked my inventory.
[List of Possessions]
1. Container Box.
2. Container Box.
3. Container Box.
4. Hwaryeon Flying Knife.
5. Jueun Ring.
6. Vajra Thunder.
7. Cider.
8. Space Teleportation Scroll.
9. Space Teleportation Scroll.
Nine slots where I can put items in my inventory as long as I can carry them.
I put miscellaneous items in container boxes and stored them as a whole. Things I use often or are important, like the Hwaryeon Flying Knife, I put in separate slots. That way, I can summon them immediately.
‘Even with item summoning, I can’t summon items inside the container box.’
To take out items inside the container box, I had to take the container box out of the inventory and open the box directly. This process is incredibly annoying.
‘My plan is to absorb something like a subspace app, just like the game life app absorbed the elf assistant app.’
Then, wouldn’t the inventory get bigger?
‘The problem is whether there is a creation that has the subspace app ability I want. At least, there isn’t one among the creations I’ve seen. Even if there is, I can’t enter now because the game slots are full.’
Even if the game slots are full, I can still enter the game world through quests. However, there was no guarantee that the game world I wanted would appear.
‘Come to think of it, I haven’t checked the quests recently. It’s about time to check.’
The three quests that were updated this time were:
Entrance Exam Genius (Drama), Boob Duel (Doujinshi), Modern Magic War (Webtoon).
‘I’m not going into Entrance Exam Genius, no matter what.’
Entrance Exam Genius was a drama about high school students studying. It was a short drama I happened to watch, and the content was particularly terrible for a youth drama.
[Entrance Exam Genius
100 days left until the college entrance exam.
Your life is at stake. You must enter Seoul National University, the best university in Korea. All sorts of things will hinder you, but you must overcome them.
Quest Success Condition: Entrance to Seoul National University.
Quest Success Reward: Intelligence +10. 30,000 points.
※There is a penalty.]
Just looking at the quest information makes me feel bad. I can guess what the penalty will be. It will definitely be something that seals my abilities. I probably won’t even be able to cheat.
‘Am I crazy to study in the game world?’
Boob Duel is a doujinshi. A Japanese erotic comic. As the title suggests, it’s about girls dueling by bouncing their breasts. Honestly, this one is a bit tempting.
‘The reward is not good. It only gives points.’
By process of elimination, what’s left is Modern Magic War.
[Modern Magic War
A mysterious item that turns ordinary people into wizards, the Grimoire.
Some call the Grimoire a living blessing.
Some call the Grimoire a terrible curse.
There are those who steal and abuse the Grimoire and magic for their own greed. They are called Harriers.
As the protagonist of Modern Magic War, you must stop the Harriers. You must also lead the story to a happy ending.
Quest Success Condition: Break the Harriers’ ambitions.
Quest Success Reward: Random skill enhancement. Additional random skill enhancement depending on the happy ending score.
※There is a penalty.]
‘Ah, this one. As a result, the world becomes peaceful, but the protagonist is half-crippled and some of his companions die. If you look at it from the world’s perspective, it can be called a happy ending… but it’s unsettling.’
The reward is a random skill enhancement. The effect is to randomly enhance one of my skills. In the worst case, my fried rice skill could be enhanced.
‘I’d rather have a skill enhancement ticket.’
A skill enhancement ticket costs 80,000 points. At least I can choose with that.
‘Let’s think positively. Modern Magic War is also an ability battle, so I can increase the proficiency of the Jueun Ring.’
[Select the ‘Modern Magic War’ quest.]
[There is a penalty.]
[Items from ‘Modern Magic War’ cannot be taken to other worlds.]
[You will not remember some of the original content of ‘Modern Magic War’.]
I was surprised after reading the notification window.
‘There are only two penalties?!’
My lips curved into a smile. The power balance of ‘Modern Magic War’ is similar to reality. In other words, the absence of ability-related penalties means I’m strong from the start.
‘I can’t be sure I’m the strongest, but I won’t be inferior to most guys. I’ve been stressed from getting beaten up by Wi Yu, so I’ll have to relieve it here.’
[The game will now begin.]
• • •
Whoosh!
The bright red flames in front of me devoured the ground and trees ravenously. I stood there blankly, staring at the flames. Memories were flooding into my head.
‘This avatar’s memories. The same past as the original protagonist.’
When I was young, I was the child of a wealthy family, but the factory my parents ran burned down in a fire, and the business went to hell. I was immediately demoted from a rich kid to a poor kid.
Two years ago, my parents died in a fire accident at Incheon Airport. I felt uneasy about this memory. There was something more. But I couldn’t remember. It’s probably because of the penalty, so it must be related to the original story.
And now. I came to Gangwon-do to enjoy my only hobby, hiking, and a forest fire broke out.
‘I only have bad luck with fire.’
I felt something. It was calling me.
It was definitely the Grimoire that caused this forest fire. I moved towards the place where I felt it. The forest fire blocked my path. It wasn’t difficult to ignore it and pass through.
‘The quest condition was a happy ending. And I’m the protagonist. I should play the protagonist role.’
I summoned the Jueun Ring, held it in my hand, and moved my mana. In this world’s language, it’s called magic power.
Dark clouds gathered in the smoky sky and began to pour rain. The magic power drained quickly because the scale was so large.
The forest fire subsided, but it didn’t go out completely. It’s because it’s not an ordinary fire, but a magical fire. Even so, it will disappear over time.
I put my hands in my pants pockets and walked forward.
I found a middle-aged man crushed under the collapsed public restroom building. As soon as he saw me, he reached out his hand and shouted.
“Hey, you! Please save me! It’s too heavy, I can’t move! Just move this! Please!”
Normally, I would have ignored him. If I was in a bad mood, I would have killed him.
‘I’m the protagonist. Happy ending.’
Click.
I snapped my fingers.
A strong wind blew and blew away the debris of the building in one go.
“……?!”
The man looked back and forth between me and the debris with a dumbfounded expression. I’ve saved him, so he’ll take care of himself.
“Th, thank you!”
I heard the middle-aged man’s voice behind me. I ignored him and walked forward.
Soon after, a charred human corpse appeared.
A black corpse lying on the ashes. It was quite a bizarre sight. I approached and found a lighter on the corpse. A cheap disposable lighter with a blue glowing liquid inside.
The original protagonist’s Grimoire, and now my Grimoire, Blue Phoenix.
The moment I held the lighter in my hand, the flames that remained around me disappeared instantly.
“Oh, I’m too late.”
I turned around at the voice that sounded like scraping metal.
There was a demon.
Black skin, two horns on his head, and a pair of bat wings. The demon grinned, his red eyes shining with greed.
“Kid. Hand over the Blue Phoenix. It’s not a Grimoire you can handle.”
I let out a hollow laugh.
The thing in front of me isn’t a demon. I don’t remember his name, but I know he uses magic to transform into a demon.
“I’m in a pretty good mood right now.”
“What?”
“I’ll give you a chance to die peacefully. Break your stiff neck and kill yourself.”
“Huh. Have you gone mad from the Grimoire’s magic power…? It’s the Blue Phoenix, after all. Fine. I’ll take the Blue Phoenix.”
He flapped his wings and flew towards me with acceleration. A speed of over 300 km/h. But it was too slow for my eyes. I could clearly see the fist he raised.
I tilted my head to avoid the fist and grabbed his neck with my right hand.
“Cough?!”
“Where… shall we test how well you burn?”
Whoosh!
Bright red flames rose and burned his body. Starting from his wings, his body began to melt.
“Kaaaaaaak!”
His scream echoed.
I increased the firepower. He couldn’t even scream anymore.
‘It’s easier to handle than water or wind. Is it because it’s similar to lightning? Or is it because I’m the protagonist?’
His magic is released.
He’s turning back from a demon to a human. I adjusted the firepower. I gave him a chance to die peacefully, but he rejected it. I didn’t intend to kill him easily. I decided to slowly roast him to death.
A helicopter approaches from the sky. People in black uniforms fell from the helicopter and shouted.
“Stop! We are the 5th Anti-Magic Unit of the National Order Bureau! Stop using magic immediately!”
They arrived faster than I thought, probably because I made it rain.
I threw the guy I was holding onto the ground and raised both hands.
