「PHASE TWO MATERIAL!! ( •̀へ •́ )」
Everyone nearby slowly looked toward Si Hon.
Then toward the white cute haired kid floating.
Then back toward Si Hon again.
Nobody spoke.
Mostly because their brains were currently liquefying in real ti.
anwhile Si Hon completely misunderstood the silence.
(Yeah... fair enough.)
His gaze drifted toward the gigantic dragon corpse nearby, black scales still steaming beneath the rain while smoke curled upward from between shattered concrete and lted debris.
(I an... it IS a dragon.)
He nodded then casually thought.
(Status.)
Blue translucent light imdiately flickered across the rain filled air.
Not subtle light either.
It expanded outward brightly enough that everyone instinctively looked toward it, the glowing screen forming layer by layer in front of Si Hon like reality itself had opened a nu for him.
Because it did...
And instead of Mimi’s information appearing— His own status window materialized first.
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Na: Si Hon
Level: 56
Tendency: Careful Strategies
Job: Unemployed
Title:
Still new but hanging in there — tap for more...
Thief — tap for more...
A Clown — tap for more...
Stat Points: 103
Strength: 29 (3.2)
Agility: 29
Stamina: 52
Endurance: 48
Luck: 41
Intelligence: 27?
Mana: 26
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Silence followed imdiately afterward.
Not normal silence either.
The kind where everyone’s thoughts collectively crashed into a wall at the sa ti.
Rain continued falling softly across the ruined school grounds while steam hissed endlessly from the dragon corpse nearby, each raindrop evaporating the instant it touched those black scales. Sowhere farther inside the city another explosion echoed faintly beneath the storm clouds overhead.
But around Si Hon—
Nobody moved.
Because it wasn’t the dragon shocking them anymore.
It wasn’t even the absurd stats.
Not the level.
Not the weird titles, and definitely not the fact one of them literally said.
"A Clown."
No.
It was because—
They could see it.
The system.
An actual visible status screen floating openly in front of soone.
A real one.
Aeloria’s eyes widened slightly despite herself, blue hair shifting softly in the rain while her calm expression cracked for maybe half a second.
Which honestly said a lot considering she normally reacted to disaster like soone mildly inconvenienced by weather.
Seong’s expression flattened so completely it almost beca art that turned black and white.
Mihu physically stopped breathing for a second.
Han and Suha anwhile had absolutely no idea what was happening, but refused to be left out emotionally.
So both of them slowly looked at each other.
Held hands.
Then nodded very seriously like two tiny businessn discussing the economy.
"Crazy," Han whispered.
"Yea," Suha agreed imdiately. "Very crazy."
anwhile Jisoo’s grip around Si Hon’s wrist tightened unconsciously.
Her eyes never left the floating screen.
Shock.
Suspicion.
Confusion.
Calculation.
All layered together behind her stare while rain slid quietly down strands of her dark hair across her face.
Because this wasn’t supposed to happen.
System windows were locked in this region... or maybe because they crossed a portal they aren’t in the... that explanation could wait.
At least—
That’s how it should’ve worked.
In the other hand, Si Hon remained completely unaware that everyone behind him was experiencing catastrophic psychological damage.
Instead he squinted thoughtfully at his own stats like a tired office worker checking grocery prices.
"Agh... can’t even call status nonchalantly anymore..." he muttered while rubbing his chin. "But woah..."
His eyes narrowed harder.
"Sothing definitely changed, and what’s with the question mark in my intelligence?"
Nobody answered.
Mostly because nobody knew how to even BEGIN answering that.
Si Hon tilted his head slightly.
"Why’s everyone acting weird?"
Dead silence.
Seong imdiately looked away toward the rain like the sky suddenly beca fascinating.
Aeloria coughed softly into her hand.
"(• ▽ •;)... perhaps stress."
"Yeah," Seong added instantly. "Mass hallucinations are probably happening."
"Definitely hallucinations."
Mihu nodded WAY too fast.
"YES. HALLUCINATIONS..."
Han copied her imdiately.
"YEAH!"
Suha copied him.
"SUPER hallucination."
Si Hon stared at all of them.
"You guys are weird."
anwhile Jisoo continued staring directly at the floating system window with an unreadable expression, her brows slowly tightening while her thoughts visibly spiraled deeper and deeper into suspicion territory.
Because now she had even more questions.
Too many questions.
And every single one of them sohow pointed back toward Si Hon.
Unfortunately for her—
Si Hon casually dismissed the entire screen before she could process half of it.
The blue window vanished instantly into scattered particles of light.
Then, while everyone still stood there ntally buffering, Si Hon quietly whispered:
"Mimi status."
Another blue screen appeared imdiately afterward.
And sohow—
It was worse.
Much worse.
Because unlike Si Hon’s relatively understandable status window, this one looked like sobody shoved an EXXAGERATED hardwork poured soul research paper into a microwave and called it a tutorial.
The glowing text expanded endlessly through the rain filled air.
「Na: Proto-Bond Ring — Han Gyeol Mimi
Status: Dormant Seed (Phase 1 / 8) Binding: Soul-Linked — Temporary Lock Removal: Unavailable till phase 4/8
Growth Condition. Absorption Target: Dead organic entities only. Absorption Progress: 32 / 80 Bodies. Boss-class entities: Locked. 2/8 Absorption requires direct contact.
Tips; Host is vulnerable during the process.
Passive Effects: Proto ring— Mimi can pass through the system and use it at her own will Minor. Vital Resonance. Slight fatigue suppression. Body temperature stabilization. Massive regeneration effects. Body enhancent.
Host Sync — Lv. 1 Ring(Mimi) reacts automatically to lethal intent and cannot be manually activated
Growth Inheritance. For each successful absorption: 0.1 Strength (value scales slightly with absorbed entity’s strength) Inheritance is PERMANENTLY retained. Gains are diminished for weak entities
Example: Low-tier monster → 0.1 STR Mid-tier monster → 0.2 ~ 0.3 STR High-tier monster → Locked (Phase restriction)」
Rain continued falling softly while the massive wall of glowing text kept scrolling downward... endlessly...
Growth conditions.
Body absorption.
Permanent stat inheritance.
Fatal intent synchronization.
Passives
Host vulnerability.
Every new line sohow sounded more cliche than the previous one.
Behind Si Hon, the others silently watched the horrifying system explanation unfold with the exact emotional energy of students realizing the final exam was written in a ancient demon language.
Aeloria’s expression slowly beca more complicated the longer she read.
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