Chapter 423. Deepening (2)
For reference, the individual who had tried and failed to connect with Seo Esther was, by nature, single-minded. True to the term “single-minded,” he paid little attention to anything outside his own interests, so his ears were sowhat dull when it ca to hearing news.
'If the news isn’t sensational enough, he’d probably even forget the presidential election.'
Fortunately, the compatriot they ran into in the hallway had a personality completely opposite to his. In other words, he was practically an information hub. That's why he could vividly relay the events he had heard about.
'Kim Giryeo didn’t show his abilities at a crucial mont...'
Moreover, superhumans within humanity were far from perfect. In a sense, their evolution hadn’t been achieved solely by their own power. Honestly, there was no guarantee that this newly manifested ability would last forever. After all, the phenonon of the Gate itself hadn’t been explained even in the slightest, so it seed entirely possible that modern wonders could vanish through so extraordinary event.
“I see. When I saw him earlier in the restroom, he didn’t exactly look to be in great shape.”
I wonders could vanish through so extraordinary event.
"I see. When I saw him earlier in the restroom, he didn't exactly look to be in great shape."
"Really?"
"To be honest, he did co across as a bit frail. I didn't expect him to look like that in person."
But if that blonde superpowered individual had truly experienced a decline in ability, a new question arises. Kim Giryeo, without overwhelming power or an impressive background, is now on friendly terms with the head of [Korea Magic Tower] while in a completely ordinary state
'Why is that person the only one special?'
Soone else recently suffered great humiliation because they made one wrong engagent proposal. Yet, this person nad Kim Giryeo, for so reason, seems to have gained an excessive bond rely by sharing the sa nationality.
'No matter how you look at it, he's not impressive, and honestly, his clothes don't suit him nearly as well as they do ...'
At that mont, the foreigner dressed in a white dress shirt suddenly felt a surge of indignation.
Why does Gae-Father hang around that awakener? If he were at least a world-class handso guy, I wouldn't feel so i...
At that mont, the foreigner dressed in a white dress shirt suddenly felt a surge of indignation.
'Why does Seo Esther hang around that awakener? If he were at least a world-class handso guy, I wouldn’t feel so incredulous.'
But he didn’t recklessly show these feelings. Even if rumors had spread that he suffered a devastating blow as a hunter, and even if the Korean youth he actually faced seed rather unassuming, that young man hadn’t caused him any real harm. In the end, the only source of conflict was the woman who had cast the [curse].
“Hmm.”
The round-faced individual, who had been repeatedly called Leo, finally fell silent. He had nothing more to say about South Korea’s fourth S-class. So he kept his peace, but when he closed his mouth, the acquaintance standing opposite him imdiately pushed the conversation forward.
“Oho! So you ran into KIM in the restroom earlier, and he even looked gaunt?”
A superpowered individual, always keen on rumors and skilled at spreading them far and wide, had started with an opening remark.
***
How did things get so complicated?
I'm back in this otherworldly, filthy life!
Forty-five minutes before the conversation in front of the restroom, an incident occurred—even before the bespectacled foreigner had arrived at the event hall. For reference, at that very mont, Kim Giryeo and Seo Esther had just stepped into the specially designated area for VIP guests.
No matter how much he searched, there were no items suitable for use as golem materials, and by evening, the world auction where the [Hydra] would be sold was set to begin.
'In the end, I couldn't find anything like that.'
Up to this point, Kim Giryeo was still in a relatively peaceful state.
'Like a mana-absorbing item, these artifacts... Earthlings don't recognize their value and are selling them for next to no thing...'
But just as he was about to head to the restaurant prepared by the organizers...
thing...'
But just as he was about to head to the restaurant prepared by the organizers...
– Flash!
A strange incident unfolded before the South Korean hunters.
“Kyaaaaak!”
A space ticulously designed to accommodate the top S-rank hunters from every country. And yet, here he was, right at the very center of the building, witnessing an unexpected burst of dazzling light.
“What is this?”
“Who used the item indoors...?”
“I’m sorry!”
For reference, the “beams” they encountered were, in many ways, a serious phenonon. Since they were composed of light, their speed was enormous—too fast to anticipate and close your eyes in ti. Moreover, these visible light rays kept appearing from various spots in the hotel-like lobby, and their intensity was so strong that they could temporarily blind even hunters.
“That startled !”
It was a blinding flash, so intense that one might almost faint from surprise.
“What’s with all this commotion…? No, more importantly, aren’t those Japanese S-rank hunters over there?”
But after calming down and observing the situation, the source of the chaos was quickly revealed…
“That’s right.”
“I’m truly sorry! Everyone!”
After taking a few steps, he had reached a distance close enough to translate.
‘That’s the blue-haired Japanese person I saw earlier.’
'That's the blue-haired Japanese person I saw earlier.'
This was the specific situation that caused rumors about Kim Giryeo to skyrocket.
'And that is a legendary-grade weapon that should be carried on their back.'
He had felt uneasy for so ti, and now the greatsword from another world had finally revealed its true nature.
'What on earth is that? How on earth did a human manage to operate it alone?'
The soul from the Alphauri planet—the place where the legendary greatsword was first created—had this thought around that ti.
'Hmm, as a proper mage, let offer a brief opinion...'
After careful consideration, he concluded that these lights were probably caused by the resonance between the items. After all, such a phenonon wouldn't be possible unless so kind of magically vibrating stone or similar object had appeared.
'Or maybe it was activated by so kind of Earth-style vibration I can't quite understand. I can't say for sure right now.'
Since this building is a world auction house filled with curious artifacts, the culprit is most likely an item. Moreover, such troubleso malfunctions aren't unique to the Alphauri. Even the AI assistants in most devices, like Siri, sotis react unpredictably to a phrase like, “My tooth hurts today.”
'Seems the hardships people face here aren't so different from those back on my ho planet.'
At this point, it's worth ntioning again—the legendary weapon before them was, without a doubt, a complete failure.
'Alphauri once had a dream...'
A magic wand that could be operated easily with a single command—without the headache of morizing complex spell formulas. That was, without a doubt, the original intent behind its invention.
'diocre magicians could work more easily, while those dictator brats could use it to keep their people ignorant and profit from it. Co to think of it, wasn't that a kind of two-birds-with-one-stone business?'
As you can see, the result turned out like *that*.
Originally, the goal was to create an intelligence smart enough to hold a free conversation with humans.
'Sohow...'
That damned ego weapon was a troublemaker that frequently malfunctioned.
'Sothing's ambiguous.'
For reference, golems are usually forces that are carefully preprogramd to carry out specific actions in specific situations. And that thing was an item focused on “real-ti response,” so its design challenges were different in many respects.
'Honestly speaking, it’s just stupid.'
At the very least, the efforts of the mages weren't enough to complete a high-performance artificial intelligence. Perhaps it was because they could simply enslave their neighbors through magic that the developnt of related technology had been so sluggish.
'That kind of thing... is what they call a world?'
ps it was because they could simply enslave their neighbors through magic that the developnt of related technology had been so sluggish.
'That kind of thing... is what they call a world?'
Thus, the more one reflected on it, the clearer it beca—that planet had gone down in the most satisfyingly disastrous way possible.
'Anyway, they died well, Alphauri.'
But anyway—enough with the idle thoughts. Snapping out of his brief reminiscence, Kim Giryeo calmly scanned his surroundings.
"Whaaa! Why won't it stop!"
The Ego Sword was literally going crazy.
'Thankfully, it doesn't seem like any fatal function has been activated.'
And the Asian man who was desperately struggling—almost in tears—to sohow stop it.
'Well, since voice recognition errors happen so often, most creators probably designed it to require double authorization in combat situations, right?'
For reference, around this ti, Esther had suggested, *“Should we just run away?”*
It was, indeed, a remarkably sensible and relatable suggestion. However, the one standing here happened to be among the top 1% of intellects from Alphauri.
'I detest your past actions of trying to kill , but if soone as innocent as Hunter Iori gets hurt like that, it’ll be a real headache.'
Complete forgiveness was impossible given his personality. However, he figured he should at least explain the precautions for using a [Legendary] weapon. After reaching that conclusion, Kim Giryeo took a few steps forward.
“G, Giryeo-ssi?”
The Guild Master of the Korean Magic Tower gaped in shock at the sight. An unknown item anomaly was unfolding right before them—yet he was charging straight into the center of it without hesitation! That said, to be fair, the situation wasn’t nearly as terrifying or dangerous as it seed.
“Sir. Please step away from the sword for a mont. I’ll figure sothing out.”
wasn't nearly as terrifying or dangerous as it seed.
“Sir. Please step away from the sword for a mont. I'll figure sothing out.”
“Mr. Kim...!”
“Ugh, this is the problem with translation devices.”
Just walk up and handle it like this—that's it.
“Hmm.”
First, he cleared his throat so his voice would co out clearly. Then, without the Earthlings noticing, he cast a small spell on his ears, one that allowed him to hear better.
“Ahem!”
Kim Giryeo then began negotiating with a particular inanimate object.
[...Replaying celebratory illumination for the congratulatory party]
[Additional commands can be used to adjust the brightness and color of the light]
[...Replaying celebratory illumination for the congratulatory party]
[Additional commands can be used to adjust the brightness and color of the light.]
[(9)]
By the way, what was all that random light? Was it just the result of so kind of trick magic?
[Hey!]
[There will be eight more decorative bursts to follow.]
[Hey, you brat!]
Swoosh.
Kim Giryeo carefully knelt down and placed his hand on the fallen blade. To others, it might have looked like he was trying to commune with the weapon. But in truth, he was simply trying to transmit sound more effectively without having to utter a single word.
[Stop counting! Shut up! Zip it and turn off all the magic! Enough!]
ying to commune with the weapon. But in truth, he was simply trying to transmit sound more effectively without having to utter a single word.
[Stop counting! Shut up! Zip it and turn off all the magic! Enough!]
The blond alien blurted out random words that might work as a stop command.
[Huh? And who might you be?]
But the vibration that ca back was like this.
[What?]
[You're not even my master, so please don't talk to ...]
[Damn it! Don't tell this model even requires identity verification!]
[I literally just told you not to talk to , didn't I?]
For reference, that last sentence was practically a warning—an indication that “repeated command attempts will trigger an automatic attack.”
[You little...! Your “master recognition” is ridiculously lenient anyway, so why are you acting like a loyal servant?! If your perception were actually strict, this whole ss wouldn’t have happened!]
A brief burst of frustration slipped out toward the weapon's creator. However, since the mysterious white light continued to flare even at that very mont, Giryeo wasted no more ti and swiftly brought the situation under control.
[Ugh, anyway... let’s see, what was the dedicated spell for an ergency shutdown? Ah, the model na is written around here.]
Since it would be a disaster if a valuable mage died just because of a re experintal magic tool, of course it had an OFF function. So soone had simply used that.
Shhk.
[Stopping the magic.]
The situation was resolved in an instant.
“Uh...”
However, this simple action unexpectedly caused a significant stir.
“Oooohhh!”
“It's stopped!”
“That item that was going absolutely berserk!”
The Earthlings, oblivious to the fact that the magic scholar had rely spoken, were purely amazed. From their perspective, the scene looked entirely plausible: a blonde man strides forward, places his hand on the fallen sword, and within seconds, the weapon that had been raging like an angry bull suddenly quiets down, as ek as a lamb... In short, that's exactly how the mont appeared to them.
“Th, thank you, Ranker! Truly, thank you so much!”
‘Even if he’s not a ranked hunter anymore... Ah, but since he’s planning to return soon, I guess the title doesn’t really matter.’
'Even if he's not a ranked hunter anymore... Ah, but since he's planning to return soon, I guess the title doesn't really matter.'
Up to this point, everything was fine. In fact, it was even a mont where a new legend might have been written far a way in a foreign land.
Fwoosh.
But what is this burning sll that's been creeping in through his nose for a while now?
'Huh?'
There's no tasting corner in this building... Just as everyone around glanced in the sa direction, that mont arrived.
'Fire.'
This is what they saw.
'The carpet on the floor is catching fire over there.'
The Ego Sword had only triggered a celebratory light magic, but the energy it contained was so imnse that it ended up causing such a side effect.
'Or maybe so stray sparks flew during the magic’s activation... Either way, it’s truly an insignificant fire.'
What’s even stranger is that no one moved even after the fire broke out.
'Huh? No way.'
Swish.
Kim Giryeo felt an inexplicable sensation and briefly turned his head. What t his eyes were several pairs of gazes looking his way, each bearing a noticeably relieved expression. After all, this place housed an S-rank who could be considered a master of the Water elent.
"Giryeo-ssi?"
Even the female Earthling who had been accompanying him at the event chid in now. In simple terms, everyone was basically telling Kim Giryeo, "Please put out the fire."
Even the female Earthling who had been accompanying him at the event chid in now. In simple terms, everyone was basically telling Kim Giryeo, “Please put out the fire.”
‘Did you leave with the cold water?’
But as you might expect, one problem quickly arose. He had boldly decided to retire and relinquish his hunter status, yet this world—Earth—was a place where unregistered, reclusive mages caused trouble every single day.
‘From what I’ve gathered, even South Korea, which is sensitive about unregistered awakeners, seems to allow the ergency use of abilities for relief purposes.’
This is why early retirent needs to be considered carefully. Back then, he was blinded by the comfort of a leisurely life, thinking, ‘If anything happens, just claim it’s an ergency use of ability.’ But now that the ti has co to use unqualified magic, his head’s a ss. Is this little fire on the carpet really an ergency?
Or not?
‘What if I splashed water without thinking and I get into legal trouble?’
In particular, a certain water-elent SS-rank had no choice but to face structural difficulties at certain critical monts. After all, he was a being from another world. The blonde man was fundantally in a position where he couldn’t understand humanity’s unwritten rules. It also ant he would have a hard ti grasping the subtle legal boundaries that even people on Earth barely understood.
In particular, a certain water-elent SS-rank had no choice but to face structural difficulties at certain critical monts. After all, he was a being from another world. The blonde man was fundantally in a position where he couldn't understand humanity's unwritten rules. It also ant he would have a hard ti grasping the subtle legal boundaries that even people on Earth barely understood.
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