Chapter 84 – The Magic City and the Great Detective
“Oops! This is information that only high-ranking figures know even inside the Metropolitan Police Department. Seongil-nim. Please be careful not to leak information! Do you understand?”
“Yeah! Muh… Of course!”
Seong-il, receiving the attention of Inspector Lethras, nodded and vigorously agreed.
Perhaps Seong-il’s reaction was funny, the inspector smiled and left Yuna’s studio holding onto Wheaton and the others.
“Then… I’ll be on my way! See you next time! Detective Moriarty!”
“See you later!! Inspector Lestras!!”
After Lest Lass left, Yuna approached the remaining Charlotte and Seong-il and thanked her once again.
“Thank you so much!! I was able to overcome this crisis thanks to the help of Detective Charlotte and Assistant Detective Seongil..!”
“Ohhhhh!! Justice always wins! As a great detective, it’s a natural thing! If you need help again next time, please let me know!!”
“Yes…!”
Yuna is even slightly weeping at Charlotte’s words.
Looking at her like that, I thought of her holy day.
‘Now I must have made a lot of excuses for helping Yuna… I guess I’ll be able to eat Yuna on the last trading day.’
Seong-il went back to Yuna’s office with Charlotte.
“You worked hard today! Great detective!!”
“Ohhhhh!! Seongil-kun too!! Today was eventful, so let’s get off work early and rest!!
“Ohh…! Thank you! See you tomorrow!!!”
“Yes!!!”
With Charlotte’s permission, Seong-il left work early.
He took care of only the tasks that could not be postponed, and then started practicing martial arts in his room.
After finishing the training, Seong-il began to review the battle with the thugs during the day while washing his body in the shower room.
‘Hmm… Today’s fight… Wasn’t that bad…?”
Seong-il fought against them wearing only leather gloves lightly without a weapon. Even though Charlotte’s powerful ranged magic was supported, it was a clear fact that he beat the three armed robbers unscathed.
‘At this level, wouldn’t it be enough to beat a person with lower abilities in reality…?’
With that thought in mind, Seong-il heads to the living room after taking a shower.
He stood in front of the decorative armor in the living room, wiping himself with a towel.
And.
Quaang!!
Seong-il looks at the armor made of steel decorated in the living room and raises his skills. After that, he struck the armor with all his might, swinging his fist full of energy, and the armor was easily crushed like a piece of paper.
“…Already at this level, you can be treated as a psychic with a decent amount of body enhancement system?”
Seong-il realized once again that he had become very strong due to martial arts training for about half a year.
‘I didn’t know it well because I’m lazy in a game world where irregulars like LOL’s martial arts are prevalent, but in a world where ordinary people are mainly active, I’ve definitely become stronger.’
‘…Maybe it will be of great help if I go back to the world of 『How to Become an Alchemist』 And participate in Guild Wars?’
Seongil thought so, then shook his head and thought again.
‘No way. Although I was quite strong, it was still too much for me to simultaneously subdue dozens of armed adult men who knew how to fight moderately. It was definitely like that even today. It wasn’t that there weren’t dangerous situations during the battle…’
Thinking so, Seong-il thought as he lightly slapped his cheek with his two hands.
‘Calm down! I’m getting stronger, but I still have a long way to go! You can’t be arrogant because you’re satisfied with what’s right in front of you! Let’s remember the lesson of Pocket Girls!’
After whipping himself like that, Seong-il tilted his head and began to ponder.
‘But… What level is my strength? It may be impossible to clear the game world easily, but wouldn’t it be possible to derive meaningful results in school sparring classes?’
‘…Maybe it’s worth going back to reality soon and checking the performance against Ko Yeong-tae during sparring?’
‘But while experimenting in reality, it would be nice to have a mock sparring so that I can win and take revenge on Ko Yeong-tae… Hmm…’
Then, suddenly, an idea popped into his head.
‘Officer Illina!! Okay!! Officer Illina was there!!’
Police officer Ilya, a martial artist belonging to the City of Windham Metropolitan Police Department.
Just in time, she asked for her sparring, and on her holy day, she decided to sparring with her sooner or later to accurately determine her own skill level.
Seong-Il’s heart boils over Dalian.
‘Keuk.. I finished taking a shower, but my blood suddenly boils. I have to train a little more!’
In this way, Seong-il started to practice martial arts again, practicing the bankruptcy priesthood again.
‘By the way… That sensation I experienced during the day! When I was fighting a thug, what was that sense of time slowing down?’
Seong-il ponders on the mysterious feeling he felt during the day and constantly practices herbivore over and over again.
‘I think I’ll understand something if I do a little more…’
Seong-il falls into a trance without realizing it and practices martial arts.
After practicing for such a long time, he begins to feel something boiling inside him.
‘This feeling!! Okay!! This feeling…!!’
Seong-il feels his head cool, and Seong-il feels that the bankruptcy priesthood’s chor-shik comes out of his body like flowing water, unlike before.
Seong-il was intoxicated by that feeling and practiced the bankrupt priesthood in a trance for several hours afterwards.
“Haha…”
Seongil’s training barely ended when the internal energy and stamina accumulated in the body were completely exhausted.
After the training, Seong-il was lying on the floor, drenched in sweat, staring blankly at the ceiling.
Seong-il, who had been lying in a daze like that, could feel that the shell of something inside him had broken and that his martial arts had advanced.
And.
Wheein!!!
‘Huh…? Why is the smartphone…?’
The vibrating sound of your own smartphone.
Puzzled by this sound, he opened his smartphone to check his contents.
User: Seongil Han
1. Current World: Magical City and Detective
2. Possessed Abilities: Sensation, Game Master
– Sensitivity LV.1: Use electronic products to quantify and understand the abilities of people and items.
– Game Master LV.2 :
1) You can enter the world in the game.
2) You can check the quest from the person in the game.
(ON/OFF possible with a click)
– Cheonji Yin-Yang Bridge 3 Stars: It is an unmanned weapon with internal power.
– Bankruptcy priesthood 1 star: A young Kwonsa who trains Kwonbeop.
3. Ability:
– Agility: 14 (+4)
– Strength: 14 (+4)
– Intelligence: 8 (+3)
– Stamina: 15 (+4)
– Magic attribute: 16 (+6)
4. Points: 36,200 points (+36,000)
5 State: Color ball polishing (side effects exist)
※ Overall Review: Don’t bother buying it, just beat the main quest. Do you know Will you become strong easily?
‘Wow… Clearing 2 out of 3 main quests accumulated a lot of points…? I gave you 15,000 points for clearing one of the main quests the other day, maybe…?’
‘And from the moment I fell into a trance and learned something while practicing bankruptcy priesthood, was bankruptcy priesthood reflected as a skill in my status window…?’
Seong-il learned a lot from the bankruptcy training results and status window changes.
He pondered and thought.
‘Hmm… And the points and general comments… Looking at that, it seems that Game Masters encourage main quest-oriented play rather than training…?
‘Does that mean that even if I don’t have to train, I can easily and quickly become stronger through points or ending rewards obtained by beating the game?’
Seong-il, who was pondering the meaning of the cryptic general comment, muttered to himself, thinking.
‘Okay. As stated in the general review, let’s do our best to see the ending of 『The Magic City and the Detective』. Let’s do this and that while progressing the story to see the ending! Try sparring with Officer Illina and figure out my level!!’
After finishing his thoughts, Seong-il struggled to move his body to the shower room again, washed his body clean, and finished the day.
Smart!
“Sungil-kun! Are you seated? Seongil-kun?”
“Hmm…? Wait a minute…”
Seong-il, who had been sleeping soundly due to the intense training he had last night, someone knocked on his door and called him.
“Ugh… I’m tired…”
After falling into a trance the night before and feeling the aftereffects of intense training for several hours, he struggled to open the door, and Elysia appeared in front of him.
“Good morning! Seongil-gun!”
“Haam… Good morning. Sia.”
“What is it! That reaction! You didn’t forget to go to the ‘Secret Room’ on the pretext of moving in with me today, right..?!”
“Of course I remember… But I’m a little tired. Could you wait a minute? I’ll wash and prepare soon.”
“Huh… I see. Even though he wasn’t injured, it looks like I’ve been helping those who went through the battle too much. Come to the first floor when you’re ready! I’ll prepare a meal for you.”
“Yeah… Thanks! I’ll be right there!”
Having said that, Seong-il went back to his room and started preparing.
After eating the meal prepared by Euphthesia, the holy day moves with her.
“Hmm… So this is the map…?”
“That’s right.”
“But… What kind of magic tool is this?”
Euphthesia makes a greedy expression when she sees Seong-il’s smart phone.
Seeing her like that, Seongil replied with a wry smile.
“Why? Do you want to have it? I’m sorry, but I will never give you this. It’s like my life.”
Seong-il said that and put the phone in his arms.
Nevertheless, Euphthesia still put on a greedy expression, seducing and persuading her on her holy day.
“Huh… Why not…?”
At her flirtatious attitude, Seong-il almost said ‘yes’, but she persevered desperately and cut her off.
“No! If you hand over all the artifacts you have, I’ll consider it.”
“Joy…!”
Euphthesia puts on a slightly sullen expression.
Her holy day soothed her and said.
“Huh… Don’t do this~ If you really want to partner with me, you should understand this much, don’t you?”
“Haa… I don’t know what to say because it’s true. But greed for rare items is my nature… Huh…! Okay! I’ll put up with it.”
Having said that, the two started moving towards the clock tower indicated on the map.
“Ho… Is it surprising that there is a secret room hidden in the ancient clock tower, the symbol of Wyndham City?”
“…Is that so strange?”
“Yes. As it is a great ruin descended from the ancient ruined magic empire, I have explored it countless times. I thought there would be nothing hidden anymore…”
“Aha…!”
Seong-il responded appropriately to her words and moved to the clock tower.
“Hmm… Anyway, how do I get in…?”
As a symbol of the city of Wyndham, the security of the clock tower seems to be thorough.
Seeing such a holy day, Euphthesia smiled and answered.
“You don’t have to worry about that!”
Having said that, she took a ring out of her bosom and handed it to Seongil.
“…This?”
“The ring of limited superior invisibility!”
“To..?”
“A ring that allows you to use invisibility and mute magic for 30 minutes three times a month.”
“…Where the heck did this come from?”
“It’s a bad habit to pry into a lady’s secret~”
Having said that, Euphthesia put her ring on her hand and said,
“If you wear this ring and cast Invisibility, the footsteps will completely disappear. We aim for it and move to our destination.”
“Aha…!”
“Shall we go? Before that~ for a while…”
Having said that, she said while hugging the waist of her holy day.
“Our locations can get confused, so we’ll hug each other like this~”
“Sigh…!”
Seong-il is embarrassed by her sudden and intense physical contact. Looking at him like that, Euphthesia asked.
“Why…? Don’t like it?”
Seong-il replied with a bitter smile at her words.
“No? Quite the opposite. I like it so much…?”
After saying that, she hugged her roughly again and whispered in her ear.
“Shall we go…?”
“Ahh… I don’t like things that are too rough~”
Seong-il enters the clock tower by borrowing the power of an artifact that Euftesia has prepared.
Contrary to the evaluation of the great ruins, there was no particular obstacle to exploration from the inside, perhaps because there was no strategic importance other than symbolism.
‘What is it… There’s not much to say about the great ruins…?’
The numerous cogs and the magic that drives them so that they don’t break were certainly powerful mysteries, but that was all, so there was no particular danger except for encountering characters who appeared to be wizards in the middle.
