Chapter 152 – Yuanna
When I passed the familiar road I saw when I played on the computer, an ordeal appeared in front of my eyes.
The ordeal has a total of five stages. All of them were ordeals related to their stats.
The first ordeal is the ordeal related to power.
It was an ordeal to remove a large stone blocking the way, but it was a difficult ordeal that was a little too much for me even with the ‘prize’ ability.
“I can see why you can’t break it unless your stats are ‘above’.”
I didn’t know the approximate cut-off of this ordeal when I played it on a computer, but I knew it when I experienced it myself.
It was an ordeal that would have been absolutely impossible if the ability hadn’t reached the ‘top’.
“If the ability was ‘medium’, I could never clear it.”
Even though the stats have risen through achievements after taking the ability to reach the ‘prize’, the difficulty is too much.
Having experienced that difficulty myself, I moved forward looking forward to the trials ahead.
Next is the ordeal related to agility. In other words, it was an ordeal related to moving eyesight and speed.
Traps are hidden along the long road, and the ordeal of avoiding arrows from unknown sources.
During this ordeal, I suffered abrasions on my forearms.
It was the price of being caught in the trap of the time difference that flew unavoidably after passing by comfortably, trusting the sensitive senses of the evolved body.
“This is an error…”
Looking at the wound on his forearm, Lee Jin-seok was nervous.
No matter how complacent he was, he could have avoided it if his stats were a little higher.
However, I couldn’t avoid this ordeal even though I had medium-high stats.
Currently, my lowest stat is magic power.
On the way to the dungeon, I raised quite a few stats and somehow managed to get the ‘Sang’ chin up, but I didn’t know how difficult it would be.
After passing the ordeal of physical strength and spirit, Lee Jin-seok had his last hurdle, the ordeal of magical power, in front of his eyes.
In the ordeal of physical strength, it was an ordeal to pass through a door that looked quite far away in a space with tremendous pressure.
In the ordeal of the spirit, I was trapped in the darkness so thick that even my senses were confused, for an unknown amount of time.
“This is why no one bothers to pass this dungeon in the middle of the story.”
When I played on the computer, it didn’t matter because I could clear it by just moving the character.
Playing in virtual reality made me realize just how difficult it is.
During the ordeal, you were not allowed to turn off the game in the middle, so it was like hell.
It was a difficult ordeal to the point of thinking how many people living in the 21st century would endure such an ordeal.
Eventually, after taking a deep breath, Lee Jin-seok, who entered the last trial of magic, was surprised.
[This trial is a trial of magical power. Sit still and meditate and feel the essence of magic.]
Unlike the previous ordeal, the system said that if you just meditate, you can easily get over it.
Hearing those words, Lee Jin-seok immediately sat down on a random table and began to meditate.
‘A trial like this is worth it.’
It was a comfortable ordeal different from the ordeal of experiencing both physical and mental pain.
Just like when I played on a computer, it was just an ordeal that would clear itself if I stayed still.
How long had it been since you felt the magic flowing through your body?
As Lee Jin-seok looked at the flow of magic, forgetting even the flow of time, he heard the voice of the system in his ears.
[Passed the ordeal of magic.]
Lee Jin-seok, who passed all the trials, went inside as the door opened in front of him.
When you pass through the door, what you see is a fairly huge cavity.
It was an enormous space with a ceiling of over 10M and enough space to be several times larger than a soccer field.
Lee Jin-seok, who looked around the joint once to see if there might be another ordeal, judged that there was nothing special and approached the center.
“I’ve seen it a lot on screen, but this is the first time I’m seeing it in person.”
When you go to the center of the cavity, you can see a reddish jewel the size of a fingertip.
Lee Jin-seok, who saw the jewel, raised his hand after realizing that this jewel was the reward of the dungeon.
[I will give you a heart, one of the traces of God, for you who have passed all the trials.]
The system says that if you raise your hand, you can hear the heart of God transplanted in your ear.
At those words, Lee Jin-seok accepted God’s heart, feeling all the fatigue in his body that had been piled up so far.
How long has it been since you put your hand on the jewel? Not long after, you hear the words of the system.
[God’s heart has been successfully transplanted into your heart.]
I was a little nervous that I might feel pain during the heart transplant process, but fortunately I didn’t feel any pain.
[God’s Heart]
-You have been transplanted with the heart of a god like this planet.
Just by breathing, you can accumulate magic at a speed that is incomparable to other races.
Lee Jin-seok, who obtained the heart of a god he already knew, immediately moved to the secret room.
The secret room was deeper than the heart, but thanks to the map showing the way, I was able to get there without much difficulty.
[This is a place that contains the secrets of a god unknown until now. Would you like to enter?]
Unlike when obtaining the heart of a god, the system says that it can be passed without any special trials.
Hearing the words of such a system, Lee Jin-seok accepted and went inside with the idea of pioneering an unknown world.
Inside was simple. The interior, which was supposed to be decorated separately because it was a secret room, is just a small cave room.
There was only one, about the size of a man, placed there.
When Lee Jin-seok approached a fairly large jar and opened the lid, a message from the system appeared in front of him.
[It is the blood of God that is contained in this. The blood of the god who created the world. After absorbing this blood, you can now inherit the power of the gods.]
I’ve always said a lot about God while playing this game, but it’s never really worked.
The words of the system that it can directly connect the power of the gods made Lee Jin-seok’s heart beat after playing for over 10,000 hours.
‘Finally, I’m pioneering the unknown.’
Around the time Lee Jin-seok was getting a reward unknown to anyone.
In reality, Ji Eun-hyuk was talking to Yuanna about having dinner together.
———
Ji Eun-hyeok went to Yuanna’s office in order to cover up what happened during the day and make the current relationship go further.
-Smart
“Come on in.”
Yuanna’s refreshing and beautiful voice can be heard from inside.
Hearing that voice, Ji Eun-hyeok swallowed once and went inside.
“What’s the matter?”
Yuanna, as always, sitting at her desk and looking at her papers.
Seeing the charismatic and capable career woman, Ji Eun-hyeok hesitated for a moment before telling her business.
“Anna, can we have dinner together tonight…?”
Ji Eun-hyeok, as if he couldn’t change his natural personality, spoke to Yuanna in a timid tone that put the heart that he had vowed to step up to shame.
“Hmm…It might end a little late, but I think I’ll be fine today.”
“Well, then I’ll make a reservation at a restaurant I know, so let’s go and eat there!”
Ji Eun-hyeok, who felt better when Yuanna said that it was possible unlike the dinner promise that had been rejected in the meantime, replied without knowing that her voice was getting higher.
“Okay, I’ll call you when I’m done.”
“Yeah, it’s Anna, you’re having a hard time…”
After receiving Yuanna’s permission, Ji Eun-hyuk quietly went outside.
‘I can finally have dinner with Anna!’
How he had always been turned down for dinner because of Lee Jin-seok.
Ji Eun-hyuk’s heart swelled at the thought of having dinner with Yuanna after a long time.
After that, time passed and Ji Eun-hyuk’s cell phone rang while he was just playing around in his office.
– Since work is over, come to my office.
Yuanna contacted me that everything was over.
After receiving the call, Ji Eun-hyuk smiled and hurriedly went to her office, forgetting to organize his seat.
“So where did you reserve?”
“Anna, I made a reservation at the place you said was delicious the other day.”
“Yes? I will be able to eat properly after a long time.”
While preparing for an interview about Lee Jin-seok these days, Yuanna, who had been filling her stomach with roughly delivered food, thought that she would be able to eat a proper meal after a long time.
“There is a saying that a crisis is an opportunity. I really need to improve my relationship with Anna today…’
Ji Eun-hyeok, whose score was lowered today for suspecting Anna’s relationship with a guy he didn’t know well, decided to make good use of this opportunity.
Although she misunderstood, she must have felt sorry for herself even if she was angry with Yuanna.
I believed that this relationship, which was always sluggish, could progress further if I used that part well.
Of course, that person, Yuanna, was thinking about Lee Jin-seok’s reaction today.
‘Obviously he was interested in my body.’
Lee Jin-seok’s reaction when he used the beauty world today was completely different from before.
His sudden change of reaction confused Yuanna.
I was nervous at first, but did my thoughts change after the second meeting?
At that time, he pretended to be okay, but now he knows his own value and reacts differently.
“Yuna…Yuna?”
Yuanna was paying attention to Lee Jin-seok’s changed reaction to the point that she couldn’t even hear Ji Eun-hyuk calling him by her side.
“Anna!”
“Yes? Why do you speak so loudly?”
“No matter how many times I called, you didn’t respond…”
While thinking about how to find a way out of Lee Jin-seok’s changed reaction, Eun-hyeok Ji became depressed again at Yuanna’s tone, which became sensitive because her thoughts were cut off.
‘I know that Anna doesn’t like me, but isn’t this a bit too much…?’
Ji Eun-hyuk also knows that Yuanna did not date her because she likes him.
She had asked Anna, who had never been interested in her relationship in the 22 years she had known her, why she was dating her.
At that time, Anna’s reply was that she just wanted to try her dating experience before she grew old.
She continued to say that she would be more comfortable with people she knew than people she didn’t know at all.
When she first heard it, it hurt her heart, but now it doesn’t matter.
Since she was in middle school, she has developed feelings for her Anna, and she keeps her side, and she has a crush on her alone.
Other people would think he was pitiful, but Ji Eun-hyuk didn’t care.
Because Anna is now her own girlfriend no matter what she is.
Of course, while dating, I’ve never even had a proper date, let alone hands.
After leaving the office and arriving at the restaurant we had reserved, the two sat down and talked.
“Anna, I think you’re too busy these days…”
“I can’t help it, I think the moment I met Jin-seok is the best opportunity to increase my popularity.”
Words about Lee Jin-seok that pop out even when the two of them come to eat together.
It was the first fight after dating because of Lee Jin-seok, but seeing Anna casually mentioning him, Ji Eun-hyeok became jealous.
‘I had a fight with him because of him, but he brought up his story even when we were together.’
However, the timid Ji Eun-hyeok did not show it. It was obvious that Anna would get angry if she showed up.
“Is he such a great person?”
“Yeah, I think you are a really great person. It’s definitely different from the men I’ve met so far.”
Anna says that even though her boyfriend is in front of her, she is different from the men she has ever met.
That said, it was no different from the story that Ji Eun-hyuk was included.
Afterwards, Ji Eun-hyuk intentionally changed the subject whenever a story about Lee Jin-seok came up.
Using an old story that the two of you have in common.
“Anna, do you remember when you were in kindergarten? You helped me when I was being bullied by boys.”
“Ah…Then? Sorry, I don’t remember very well when I was younger. More than that, isn’t Jin-seok really great?”
But Ji Eun-hyeok’s shallow moves didn’t work.
Even if you turn around the topic, the only thing that comes back before you know it is the story of Lee Jin-seok.
Anna wondered if she really fell for him. She brightened up every time the word about Lee Jin-seok came up.
“Anna… I want you to focus on me when you’re with me…”
It was quite courageous for a timid Ji Eun-hyeok, but it didn’t work.
“Why? I think I want you to be like Jinseok. I want you to become a person with a firm mind and a sharp mind.”
“I, I want to do that too, but each person is different…”
“Haa… I can’t help it when I say that, it’s a law that people can’t suddenly change.”
My boyfriend is right in front of me, and I want him to talk about another guy and look like him.
Hearing those words, Ji Eun-hyeok gradually felt as if something piled up inside him was about to explode.
‘Why do you keep talking about him when you came to eat with me? It’s right to focus on the person in front of you!’
While Ji Eun-hyeok was slowly feeling the limit of his patience, Yuanna brought up the word about Lee Jin-seok once again.
“I want you to change your timid personality and become a more confident person like Jin-seok.”
These are the words I heard from Ji Eun-hyeok, who had been holding back the sadness of the past.
Those words were a catalyst for Ji Eun-hyeok, who had been putting up with it for a long time.
