Chapter 304 – Christmas
On December 22, as soon as Seo Joo-hwan returned home, he immersed himself in writing. After the end of the lecture, he frantically wrote down the lines, and he was more immersed than usual because he had the end of the series ‘Devil Predator’ right in front of him.
Another day passed like that, and the 23rd.
Waking up early in the morning, he put off even the early morning workouts he had been doing every day and pounded on his keyboard until the sun went down.
Tadadak, tadak, tadarararak.
A light clicking sound unique to the red axis resonates. The sensitive red axis repeatedly sat down and rose up, filling the white blank paper with black lines.
‘It’s not long. Let’s focus more.’
There are talents acquired through the system, but in the end, it is the user’s ability to utilize the talent. Even if you can run faster than others, if your efforts are not backed up, no matter how talented you are, you will not be able to bring out your full potential. Of all the talents he had, the most brilliantly developed talent was the ‘writing’ talent that he had been carried on since before his return.
‘Blessing of concentration, two more hours.’
Belt ring.
[1,200LP is used.]
[Blessing of Concentration (2 hours) is applied.]
The string of concentration that was about to unravel becomes taut again. If it was like usual, I would have finished it at this point considering the consumption of stamina, but the flow was good, so I couldn’t cut it off easily. It was the day when I was properly plugged in for a person who created something that I felt at least once.
‘A predatory alliance composed of humans who have obtained the power of the devil. Drive out angels and demons and return to the world of humans… Predators who are already on the verge of being encroached upon by demonic power burn their lives for the future of mankind.’
The pre-determined plot is unraveled so that readers can fully understand it. The battle scene is already over. Rather than depicting a tense situation, I focused on portraying emotions.
[The special ability, ‘Universal style’ is activated.]
[Sufficient knowledge of the genre.]
[The scene and the feelings of the characters that came to mind are specific.]
[Enough detail in the setting.]
[Adjust the ratio of the simple body and the full body.]
Concise is a style of writing that clearly expresses content through short and concise sentences. It seems easy at first glance, but it is a difficult task to convey all the situations and emotions to the reader with short and concise sentences.
On the other hand, the universal style is a style that contrasts with the previous concise style. By repeating and explaining more phrases, there is an advantage in that sentences can be expressed in lengthy terms and information can be conveyed in detail. However, there was also a disadvantage that readability could be lowered and the closeness of the sentence could be lowered.
[Adjust the ratio of the colorful body and the dry body.]
Ornate style is a style that can give a more specific image because the sentence is very colorful and has a musical rhythm like a poem. However, this also has similar disadvantages as the rampant body. In vulgar language, sentences could appear vulgar and promiscuous.
On the other hand, the dry style can be seen as a style that contrasts with the splendid style, as in the case of the simple style and the widespread style. It has few metaphors and rhetoric and is effective in faithfully conveying only the necessary information, so it is suitable for explanatory texts.
‘The protagonist who embraces the power of the devil and sacrifices himself for the happiness of his colleagues… But the finish…….’
Seo Joo-hwan used his talents, blessings, and special abilities to write. A variety of styles that can easily become messy are applied in the right place to create sentences.
*
Seo Joo-hwan immersed himself in writing as if he were the main character.
– This is really the end.
– Can I finally die?
– Ha ha! It’s the death you wished for. Let’s all finish it off nicely!
He broke both the angels’ and demons’ schemes, but in the end it was only a temporary measure. In order to make the earth a perfect human world, the boundary between the heavenly world and the demonic world must be closed.
The Predator Alliance knew they had only a few lives left and tried to burn their lives to close the border.
However, the main character did not want such an ending. If all the comrades who fought together died, the meaning of the fight so far would fade. That’s why the main character, Yonghyeon, says that he is enough to sacrifice himself, and takes the demonic powers of his colleagues into his own body.
– Leader! What are you doing!
– Hyeon! Hey, Yonghyun! You can’t… !
The cry of colleagues who have lost their power.
Yonghyeon, who trapped the power of the devil in his body.
He says with a smile on his dark red face.
– You live as a human, you die as a human.
The source of the boundary that I reached alone like that.
Yonghyeon accepts the demonic power that is trying to devour him.
‘Here’s a spoonful of reversal.’
Although the demon predator Seo Joo-hwan thought of was a desperate story, even the ending was not tragic.
– Cheeky human being, get out of here too.
The appearance of the voice that has always been with us after returning. A demon that has been enslaved to the protagonist since he ate it. Lucifer, the fallen angel, the devil who was always looking for an opportunity to take over his body.
Lucifer, who emerged from Yonghyeon’s body, forcibly draws out the devil’s power from him. At the same time, Yonghyeon’s body, which had lost its strength, cracked and collapsed.
– What are you doing… !
Realizing Lucifer’s ulterior motive, Yonghyeon’s eyes widen. Lucifer wasn’t about to betray him now.
Yonghyun exclaimed urgently with a bewildered expression.
– You! You said you would take over my body! But what is this…….
Yonghyun could not forget his words. This is because Lucifer’s wings his, which had the skin of a bat for a moment, were stained white.
Shaking off the ominous black and red energy, she showed her teeth and smiled, just like she did when she was a demon.
– I hate men’s bodies because they sweat, stupid human beings.
Lucifer gave Yonghyun a short kiss. A warm energy spreads into the body from the lips that touched like that. Soon, Yonghyeon’s body, which had collapsed after taking on the form of a devil, began to return to a human form.
– Go back to your peaceful life.
– Lucifer!
– You had a lot of trouble, Hyun. To be born as an angel or a demon in the next life.
Lucifer smiled as he watched Yonghyeon walk away.
– It wouldn’t be bad for me to be born as a human.
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[00:00:01]
[00:00:00]
Tring!
[The effect of Blessing of Concentration disappears.]
Percussion!
A period was placed in the sentence.
“Aaaaa! I wrote it all!”
Seo Joo-hwan stretched his arms upward and relaxed his stiff body. He hadn’t eaten and was sitting in a chair, and his body stiffened and it felt like it was creaking.
Then he was smart and there was a knock on the door.
“Ok? Oh, is it dinner?”
“Yumma! Did you write everything? Did you write it all down?!”
Lee Seok-chan opened the door and entered. He came to see me a long time ago out of boredom, and when he saw Seo Joo-hwan writing, he was quietly distorted.
An avid fan of the writer Seohwan, he exclaimed.
“Give me!”
“No, you madman. I haven’t even retired yet…….”
“Ah, it’s done, so give it up! I see first!”
“Yeah, turn it off. There is someone else to see first.”
Lee Seok-chan was not the only person waiting. It was clear that his editor, Choi Mi-hwa, was on the phone waiting for the next episode.
Lee Seok-chan crumpled his face.
“Hey, sir, I’m the representative!”
“Yeah~ I’m the representative too.”
Nominally, Seo Joo-hwan was also co-representative of Nobel Dice.
“No, Mi-hwa is my subordinate! Are you tired of seeing me first?”
“Then, does Mi-hwa wear out just by looking at it first? And Mihwa hasn’t left the company yet… Ok ma’am I will send it to you at the same time.”
Seo Joo-hwan changed his words and sent the file to both of them at the same time. It was because I thought I would get hit if I teased him more. To be honest, I felt sorry for Lee Seok-chan because of the last trip to Busan.
‘Both of his fetishes are gone.’
20,000 LP paid along with the achievement ‘Delete Fetish’ that came to mind out of the blue. At first, I wondered why it was suddenly deleted, but after thinking about it for a moment, I could understand why.
‘Well. Even if it were me, I’d feel the same way.’
I did the same fucking and throbbing, but both women showed interest only in him and clung to him. No matter how much one night’s rice cake was the goal, as a man, his pride his must have been hurt. Also, is his stamina and technique his a little better? To an ordinary person without a system, it would have been astonishment and shock itself.
‘Well, in hindsight, he did a good job.’
I’m sorry if I lowered my self-esteem, but Lee Seok-chan’s fetish is kind of dangerous in the first place.
Threesomes and partner swaps.
It was fortunate that he was at the lower level, but even if he reached the middle level, he would gradually get away from a normal sex life. In some ways, it was a worse fetish than sadism or masochism. It is clear that it is a fetish that must be eliminated even for a happy family in the future.
After completing the mental victory, Seo Ju-hwan headed to the shower room.
“Oh, I’m going to die. Blessings should be used in moderation.”
Even though I trained my stamina through gym and jogging, I feel exhausted after using Blessing for a long time in a row. The tremendous energy that could be used to make rice cakes for several hours was not much in front of mental fatigue.
‘I’ll keep using it though.’
Blessing of Concentration is as effective as fatigue. To be honest, compared to the return, it was embarrassing to even say that this level of risk was a risk.
‘Honestly, the blessing of concentration is more expensive than other talents or special abilities.’
Human concentration is lower than expected. According to some research, it is said that the concentration of a fully-bodied human being is only 8 seconds, lower than that of a goldfish.
However, if you use ‘Blessing of Concentration’, you can forcibly increase your concentration. Of course, it is accompanied by great fatigue, but in the end, the recoil ends with just fatigue without any brain damage.
‘The reason I can increase my talent proficiency in a short time is probably because of my concentration.’
When you do something, the efficiency will change depending on how much concentration you exert. Thanks to this, he was quickly acquiring the ability of the ‘Writing’ talent that he had taken an A rank.
Instead, the point was escaping like pouring water into a bottomless dock.
“Whoa. Cool. I need to eat some food now.”
After coming out of the shower, Seo Joo-hwan was too lazy to prepare dinner, so he turned on the delivery app and browsed the list. In the meantime, Lee Seok-chan, who had finished reading the article, came and said.
“Hey, is this over?”
“Why? Is it not good?”
“No, that’s not it… It was fun, it was so fucking fun. The last scene was also good.”
“By the way?”
“By the way, man. Of course I want to see the back story. The main characters were also well chosen. Doesn’t there be a back story like a hoebyeongsaeng?”
Hoebyeongsaeng refers to Seo Ju-hwan’s previous work, ‘The Barrack Life of a Returner’. In the case of his previous work his, he published quite a few anecdotes even after completing it.
Seo Joo-hwan said with a smile as if he knew that.
“I’m going to write a few later stories. It won’t be as long as the roundabout.”
“Is not it? I knew there would be, of course. Ah, but what about Lucifer? Is it over after closing the border?”
“Look at that later.”
“Oh, let me tell you something. No, just don’t say have to see for yourself Oh, I’m still curious.”
Lee Seok-chan sighed as he was confused.
‘Well. Son, you’ve become a great piece of shit.’
Seo Joo-hwan giggled and laughed. Even at the beginning of the semester, he was the one who said he hated web novels and said that he was a bitch culture. He was even more proud as a writer because that was the reaction that he came out after seeing what he wrote.
‘Shall we draw one as a group as a final self-congratulation?’
He hasn’t formally learned painting yet, so he’s not satisfied, but he’s improved quite a bit by self-study. He felt that readers would like it if he drew a group illustration himself.
Then Lee Seok-chan said.
“Joo-hwan, anyway, since we finished it, we should congratulate ourselves.”
“Uh, I’m going to draw one as a group anyway.”
“What are you talking about? Invite the kids to eat. Let’s have a drink after a long time.”
“Long time no see? You drank the other day.”
Didn’t he go to Busan and drink orgies?
Lee Seok-chan crumpled his face.
“Don’t ask, bitch. Are you calling the kids?”
“Good. I was still drunk.”
“Okay. Then we will run for three days.”
Suddenly three days? I wondered what kind of crazy it was, so I turned around and Lee Seok-chan said.
“Now it’s Christmas. If you’re a solo with nothing to do, you’ll be stuck at home and drinking.”
“What are you doing? Since it’s Christmas, I thought you were going to a club because you said it was good to flirt with girls.”
At those words, Lee Seok-chan spat out an insult.
“I’m going to take a break because I’m being fucked up for someone, why?”
“…….”
Ah, baby. It’s pretty narrow-minded. The shock I received in Busan must have been bigger than I thought. Well, it’s to the point that the fetish disappears. I’ll have to get some good stuff later.
