chapter 22
<Character Quest>
Subject: Dayoung Kim
Alignment: Moderate, Good
– Complete Character Story 1.
Reward: Among the sealed warrior’s job abilities, [Chosen One] is unlocked.
This time it was a character quest.
The same format as Monica’s time, but with only a slight change in the reward.
However, compared to Monica’s compensation, it was a slightly ambiguous ability.
the chosen one.
This is a very warrior-like ability, and it was the ability to release it when the target was limited in using an item.
To give an easy example, the ability to use not only the holy sword that only warriors can draw, but also the magic sword that only the demon king can use.
And in reality… maybe Monica’s spear, which is said to only be used by contractors, will be able to use all of its abilities without any restrictions.
It looks good to pretend.
The reason why this was ambiguous was, of course, that it was difficult to touch an item with that level of restriction.
Wasn’t Monica’s spear a legendary item?
When and how to obtain such an item?
of course what
If you can look into the distant future… it’s an ability that you can’t lose by holding it.
but.
“So what?”
The content of the quest was the problem.
With Monica, I just had to accept Monica’s offer.
I don’t know what that intention is now.
How do you advance the character story?
I don’t think accepting Dayoung Kim’s proposal to return from here…
So, are you saying that Dayoung Kim should be dragged and attacked by the hwangryeong?
Any way you think about it, it’s suicide.
If that’s not the case, would it be possible to solve Dayoung Kim’s phobia?
But it’s not easy.
rather close to impossible.
Or is there a way for me to solve this?
“No, wait.”
I remembered something and rummaged through the bag I had brought with me.
And I looked at the jar of sorrow there, the <Blood Bead>.
<Blood Orb>
rare item
It’s a marble that Blood Rang had in his body.
You can obtain the skill ‘Gwanghwa’ by using it.
Gwanghwa.
With that skill, Dayoung Kim can overcome her personality.
But, does this apply to others?
I do not know.
Can I give it to you once
“Mr. Kang Jin-woo?”
Dayoung Kim was looking at me worriedly as I muttered to myself.
For a while, I alternated between her and the Blood Orb.
The only thing that can be used as a synthetic material is to possess the blood orb.
It was never something I would write about.
So it’s not too much of a waste, but… Does the skill apply to Dayoung Kim?
And the question was whether Dayoung Kim would accept this.
“Let’s come over here for a second.”
“What’s going on?”
Dayoung Kim followed me even as I asked.
I came back to the ground and settled down near the hospital entrance.
“You know I met Hulrang last time, right? At that time, there is a marble from Hyolrang…”
I explained to Dayoung Kim about the effects of the Blood Rang Bead and Gwanghwa.
And even that’s not the sure way.
However, Dayoung Kim’s reaction was more intense than expected.
“Is it really? As long as you have this…!”
“So that’s not accurate, and as I said before, Gwanghwa is-“
“I know everything. I’ll try anyway.”
Dayoung Kim’s eyes flashed.
It looked like it would take the blood orb from me if I dragged it a little longer.
I handed her the marble right away.
A red bead was placed on Dayoung Kim’s palm.
“Oh… this is pretty. oh!”
Before she could finish her words, the beads melted in her hands.
As if Dayoung Kim absorbed the marble.
Did this happen?
“Is something changing?”
“That… I don’t know.”
ambiguous answer.
Hagiya, originally, Gwanghwa skill was not always a skill that could be felt even in another world.
It only activates when a battle takes place.
In other words, whether or not Dayoung Kim acquired the Gwanghwa skill could only be known by meeting Ma.
“·······”
After I explained this, Dayoung Kim pondered for a moment.
But it didn’t take long to decide.
“I will go down. me alone.”
Dayoung Kim said that as if she didn’t want to cause any more trouble.
But isn’t it a bit like being alone?
I thought so, but Dayoung Kim’s determination seemed firm.
She went down the stairs without even listening to my answer.
“·······”
And I kept a little distance and followed Dayoung Kim.
If the skill doesn’t activate, she dies.
But I didn’t want that outcome.
Saving Kim Da-young, who was about to die, could be a character story itself.
Even if it wasn’t a quest, there was no reason to watch a colleague at work die.
“Whoa…”
Sighing deeply, Dayoung Kim took out the claymore and held it in her hand.
A sharp force rose markedly from the blade.
In that state, Dayoung Kim went down the stairs to the second basement floor one by one.
But every time she went down the stairs, her blade shook greatly.
Slowly, her reason was consumed by fear.
However, Dayoung Kim did not stop her steps.
“·······”
In silence, she stepped onto the second basement floor.
Before I knew it, I was trembling to the point where it was strange to hold the sword.
Fear seemed to have completely swallowed Dayoung Kim’s head.
But nonetheless, she threw open the door to the morgue.
Then in it
“It’s big…”
There was also an emperor.
And its appearance was unique and even more bizarre, unlike Baekryung.
Is it because it’s a hospital?
His arms and legs were wrapped in bandages.
Hundreds of metal attachments that looked like scalpels were stuck in his head.
Also, the outer skin of the upper body was torn long, revealing the intestines inside.
Hwangryeong’s gaze, which had been looking into the air, slowly returned to Dayoung Kim.
“Ah… ugh…”
Standing in front of him, Dayoung Kim couldn’t even breathe properly, let alone move.
I quietly drew out the star cloud sword.
and the next moment.
“Quaaa!”
A ferocious ear full of pain erupted from the emperor.
It was like the sound of a horn announcing the start of battle.
“·······”
I looked at Dayoung Kim nervously.
If Dayoung Kim couldn’t respond to Hwangryeong, I was thinking of stepping out.
And the emperor moved.
One of his arms threw off the bandage.
Beneath it was a scalpel the size of a man’s arm.
Bloody, yet sharp, metal rushed at Dayoung Kim.
But I didn’t move.
Because I was already feeling it.
ghastly intent to kill.
The overflowing madness that seems to be visible.
Gwanghwa finally activated.
visor!
Hwangryeong’s arm collided with Dayoung Kim’s sword, creating a rupture.
Dayoung Kim, who is showing the most outstanding growth among the current trainees, is level 19.
That’s why, if you look at the level, it was a lower level than the emperor.
“Hey hey hey!”
Hwangryeong screamed and was thrown back by Dayoung Kim’s sword.
Dayoung Kim surpassed Hwangryeong in physical strength, not skill.
furthermore,
“aaa!”
Shouting like a ghost, Dayoung Kim chased after the thrown Hwangryeong.
Then, a fierce series of attacks aimed at the emperor.
Barbaric slashes like beasts, unparalleled in swordsmanship.
As a result, the bandage on the emperor’s other arm came off, revealing a huge scalpel again.
With a scalpel on both arms, Hwangryeong began exchanging battles with Dayoung Kim, who was like a mad dog.
Numerous metallic sounds awakened the silent basement of the abandoned hospital.
“·······”
I watched the fight between the two with interest.
Dayoung Kim.
I knew that she had a talent for swords.
However, even if it is a talent for the sword, not all are the same.
That’s why it’s to find a swordsmanship and training method that suits the individual’s aptitude.
That was what teachers had to do in the fantasy world.
from that point of view.
There was no swordsmanship that suited Dayoung Kim… among the ones I knew.
Because she didn’t need artificial technology.
“it hurts! it hurts! it hurts!”
The imperial spirit howled.
However, even in the face of that terrible scream, Dayoung Kim’s madness did not abate in the slightest.
Rather, his mouth was full of light and he swung the longsword like a raging wolf.
An absurdly violent and aggressive swordsman.
However, upon closer inspection, the movement was strangely seamless.
Furthermore, when he had to step back, he backed away cleanly, as if the madness had suddenly disappeared.
Moves like a mad dog turned into a cunning fox in an instant.
It was not that the madness itself was controlled.
Like Dayoung Kim herself opening and closing a door, she was distinguishing when to let out madness and when not to.
purely on its own instinct.
“under···!”
Dayoung Kim’s slash ended up breaking Hwangryeong’s arm.
I have seen cases like this often in the fantasy world.
The highest level of orcs.
Called the ghosts of snowy mountains, the commanders of the Imperial Orcs were exactly like this.
They were wiser and cold-hearted with their innate instincts than their reason.
So, they were crazy guys who had never learned swordsmanship, and competed with sword masters in madness.
that is to say.
It is said that Dayoung Kim possesses the same talents that an Imperial Orc would have.
Should I say the incarnation of the Imperial Orc?
For some reason, the tone is not so good, but anyway, the compatibility with Gwanghwa is great.
“no! no!”
The tense battle soon turned.
The emperor, who had lost an arm, began to be pushed back rapidly.
Noticing that, Dayoung Kim continued her offensive even more sharply.
In an instant, the rest of the arm was also shattered by the Claymore.
The Empress lost her weapon.
But there was no mercy before him.
Immediately, his body began to be torn to pieces.
That savage attack cut off the emperor’s upper body.
The emperor fell helplessly to the floor.
“help me! I don’t want to die…”
And that face seemed to leave a sorrowful plea.
bang! bang! bang!
Before he could finish his words, the Claymore’s blade fell on his head several times.
The emperor, whose face was crushed as if he had been hit by a club rather than a sword, disappeared as it was.
Truly overwhelming power.
At this level… it was comparable to Monica’s.
“hahahaha···”
Meanwhile, in the morgue where Hwangryeong disappeared, only Kim Da-yeong’s rough breathing could be heard.
Standing at the entrance to the morgue, I was nervous inside.
Even if you are caught in madness, it is true that identification of friends and family will be on the edge.
However, Dayoung Kim was a talented person who fit so well with Gwanghwa, so I wasn’t sure about that idea.
However, in the eyes of Dayoung Kim who looked at me soon,
“I···”
There were only tears.
“I did it!”
Dayoung Kim’s bright voice.
Along with him, the quest window flashed.
It seemed that Dayoung Kim’s character story 1 had been completed.
***
After that, another fortnight passed.
It has been more than two months since I entered the training center.
The remaining period at the training center is four weeks at most.
Next month, the training center would be over, and he would officially become a police officer.
But even when I look back, I don’t think time has gone by so quickly.
This is because a lot happened during the two months at the training center.
“hello~”
Dayoung Kim greeted me energetically and approached me, who was absentmindedly in the classroom.
Ever since she went to the hospital with me, she has always been bright.
Is it natural that the problem that I was worried about has been solved.
“good morning.”
Then Lee Hyun-seok appeared.
I’ve been in a group like that in practice in the past two months.
Although not to the extent of Monica or Kim Da-yeong, Lee Hyun-seok also had the temperament of a fairly good exorcist.
Above all, he had excellent basic physical strength, and he was not without talent.
And who came last.
“···hi.”
It was Monica.
She is learning spearmanship from me and has been acting with us lately.
Also, Kim Da-young and Lee Hyun-seok treated Monica in a sad and lighthearted way.
Should I say it’s an insider-like response?
That’s how the four of us had small talk until the training started.
Then education began.
It was Lee Soo-yeon who stood on the podium today.
“Hello, trainees.”
After a short greeting, she brought up the screen first.
It was a calendar showing the schedule for a month.
However, there was only one item written on the schedule.
“From tomorrow, for four weeks, we plan to conduct the final practice at the training center.”