TL: Enigma
PR: Forgotten_one
Episode 23: The Acquired Skill
[You have acquired ‘Dashing Slash’.]
[Charging Slash]
-Grade: General
-Restrictions: Prosecutor series
-Description: You can swing your sword and lunge once in the desired direction.
-Effect: Deals 150% damage of attack power, and movement distance is proportional to movement speed. The faster the attack speed, the faster it activates.
-Cool time: 10 seconds
‘Oh!’
Do-hyun was amazed after checking the skill information.
His job allows him to use the skills of all jobs.
As such, skills such as magic or archery could have appeared, but luckily, sword-related skills emerged.
‘It’s not bad if it’s a lunge cut.’
No, it wasn’t that bad.
Aside from the fact that it was a sword-related skill, it was a skill that was very useful among general skills.
Even though the power itself was unsightly, the nature of the skill meant cutting while moving, so there were endless possibilities when using it, such as using it for a combo or cutting off the enemy’s skill.
Thanks to the short cooldown, there was virtually no risk, and it could also be used as a mobility device when in a hurry…
‘Actually, I used it a lot when I was doing Demlok.’
Thanks to his god-forsaken luck, he had to make the most of low-grade skills, and he had no skill other than dashing slash.
That skill has returned to Do-hyun once again.
‘Please take care of me this time too.’
Of course, there will be fewer expectations than before.
Do-hyun chuckled and closed the system window. However, the inventory has not been closed yet.
It was natural.
[Random Skill Draw Ticket]
‘There’s still one step left.’
God Ose gives you a random skill draw ticket every 10 levels.
A lottery ticket that comes out randomly from normal to legendary grades.
Naturally, Do-hyun received one for clearing the dungeon and reaching level 10, and he saved it to go to the village and use it without interference.
[Do you want to use the random skill draw ticket?]
And now, the time has come to use that lottery ticket.
“Okay.”
When Do-hyun used the drawing ticket, ten cards came to mind, and soon the Eye of Truth was activated and a dazzling light burst out.
Do-hyun closed his eyes tightly against the light and cried out earnestly in his heart.
‘Golden, please golden…’
And when he opened his eyes and saw the ‘thing’ that greeted him, Do-hyun’s eyes widened.
[Connection timeout has ended.]
[Forced shutdown after 5 seconds.]
“Wow, crazy!”
Access timeout.
This system exists to prevent people from starving to death or losing track of time while engrossed in the all-too-real world of God.
This also happened during the Demlock era, so it wasn’t surprising.
But…
“Has it already been 10 hours?”
I didn’t think it was a generous time limit, but it just didn’t make sense that I used up all that time just by graduating from Arde.
Didn’t we even clear the dungeon faster than any other party?
Goblin hunting felt more like sheep farming than hunting…
“Ah.”
At that moment, a memory of the tutorial suddenly flashed through my mind.
I remembered a tutorial that took over 6 hours.
As soon as it occurred to me, reason returned, and I quickly assessed the situation.
[3…]
[2…]
There are 2 seconds remaining.
‘Quick, the card! I have to draw the card quickly!’
Do-hyun’s eyes quickly scanned the card.
Do-hyun’s eyes, as he was looking at cards emitting various lights like random skill drawing tickets, rested on one card.
‘This is it!’
The moment he drew the card,
Whoosh!
A dazzling light burst out and the information on the skill card came to mind,
Tiring-.
[The connection time has expired and will be forcibly terminated.]
At the same time, Do-hyun’s vision turned black.
That was Do-hyun’s last memory of his first day at Godose.
And when Do-hyun suddenly disappeared in a beam of light, the Shield Chief and his party immediately stopped, like a machine with dead batteries.
“Ah…?”
“What?”
The response came a few seconds later.
“What, what? Did Kaiser log out?”
“No, I was in the middle of drawing a skill and suddenly?”
“Wasn’t Kaiser also drawing skills?”
In response to the surprised reactions of his friends, Shield Chief checked the party list and shook his head.
The name ‘Kaiser’ had disappeared from the list.
After finishing the check a little late, Mi-gan and Yubin muttered as if they were embarrassed.
“If you left while your drawing skills… I guess you would just flip out?”
“Seeing as he haven’t reconnected yet, I think his connection timeout has expired.”
“Oh, that’s right. But why is it all over already?”
“Well…? Hasn’t he been drawing gods for a long time?”
Since they had been with him since level 1, the only answer was the tutorial.
They couldn’t have imagined that they would spend more than 6 hours on the tutorial, so they just passed it on.
Anyway, after understanding the situation, Yubin and Mi-gan sighed softly.
“It’s a shame I couldn’t even say hello to you properly.”
“I know. I wanted to leave a deep impression on you.”
“If that were the case, wouldn’t you have already left it behind? It’s rare for someone to face the risk of extinction from the first hunt.”
“Let’s fight?”
The two were bickering as usual, but they seemed to be somewhat disappointed.
And it was the same for Shield Chief.
The last thing I hesitated to say when thanking Do-hyun was ‘Can I make a friend request?’
It was a pity that we were cut off without even being able to bring up the conversation while hesitating.
‘No, I’m actually glad.’
But Chief Shield kept his composure.
To be honest, he was a human being too, so it was true that he wanted to become friends with the famous Kaiser.
No, apart from that, the person named Kaiser was just so bright.
It was only natural to have a human crush on such a person, but…
‘To want more than this is greed.’
I’ve only received help so far, so asking for a friend request was unconscionable.
Aren’t friends supposed to be helpful to each other?
I didn’t see anything in my current self that would dare to help him.
Even if that wasn’t the case, greed could have arisen.
I didn’t want to feel that way toward him, who cooly passed over his mistakes without any restraint or compensation.
‘This is correct for now.’
Chief Shield, who had gathered his composure, opened his mouth.
“How was your day?”
“Today? It was the best. I met Kaiser, and we were ranked first together with him. What could be better than this?”
“It was so much fun. This is why everyone likes God ose, God ose.”
The two’s faces were flushed as if they had been fighting for some time.
His friends became as serious about the game as he did.
Even if the eyebrows are crossed, I didn’t expect Yubin to fall in love like that…
The Chief Shield nodded and blurted out.
“Good. Then you can log in every day, right?”
“Of course. Were you planning on not doing it every day? I’m unemployed, so I can work 24 hours a day.”
“You idiot, there is a maximum limit of 10 hours.”
“Oh, that’s right. Anyway, it’s cheap.”
“I also took a leave of absence from school, so I have a lot of time for a few months.”
After hearing the two people’s answers, Chief Shield looked satisfied and suddenly spoke in a serious voice.
“Let’s grow quickly.”
At those words, Yubin and Mi-gan paused.
The eyes that were staring into the serious eyes of the shield chief chuckled.
There wasn’t much conversation, but it was clear what he was thinking. He shrugged his shoulders and answered in a lighter tone for no reason.
“Okay. Grow up well, and this time, let’s give Kaiser a ride on the bus.”
“That’s right. I feel sorry for taking it too far.”
“With that in mind, let’s quickly get over to the main continent. Before I give Brother Kaiser a ride on the bus, I’ll give you a ride first.”
“Yeah, that’s not it.”
In a lighter mood again, Chief Shield, who was making eye contact, smiled softly.
And in that smile, a hint of anticipation spread.
‘Yes, the day will come when we will meet again.’
We might meet in the next city, Raven, right now.
Things will be a bit different after Brion, the Promised City, but as we move up to the higher level content, there will inevitably be moments of overlap.
Some graduation quests and raids were like that.
So…
‘When that time comes, it will be different from now.’
Chief Shield walked forward, looking forward to that moment.
Warp to the main continent.
“Then let’s go to the main continent.”
“Okay. No one can stop me until the access restrictions end.”
“Let’s go together~!”
The Shield Chief party standing in the warp blinked with a dazzling light.
* * *
Meanwhile, at Do-hyun’s house at that time.
His younger sister Hyuna was in a very bad mood right now.
“Hyuna~ Can you ask your older brother to come out for a moment?”
“Ah… I’m in an important scene?”
“Quickly~.”
“Ha, okay.”
It was an important scene toward the end of a drama that she had been waiting for 10 minutes for the live broadcast, but she had to go call her older brother at the request of her mother, Chae Mi-sook.
It didn’t help that the kitchen was the farthest from her brother’s room.
In her heart, she just wanted to watch the drama, but she knew that if she did, Chae Mi-sook would scold her and cut her allowance, so she wisely chose to listen when someone spoke nicely.
“Miss, what are you doing without answering KakaoTalk? Are you still playing games?”
It’s already 10 p.m., and I still want to play a game, but my brother has more than enough to do.
Because his game stopping power was not normal.
Her older brother was someone who rarely made friends and the only thing he did was exercise and play games.
As she entered the room, Hyuna was greeted by a capsule lying around, as expected.
“Oh, that’s right then.”
Tsk, Hyuna clicked her tongue and shook her head.
‘I’ll have to do it tomorrow.’
If it had been urgent, Chae Mi-sook would have told him to come out right away.
If you force it to end now, they will foam at the mouth and run away.
You can send a message through the Godose app, but… There’s no way that friendless guy installed something like that from day one.
In any case, Hyuna had done enough, so Chae Mi-sook would not say anything.
Swish-.
It was the moment when Hyuna turned her back to leave the room.
Pushu-.
“Ugh!!”
“Kyaak!”
Hyuna let out a loud scream at the shout that was suddenly heard along with the sound of the wind falling.
As if it was too much to express her surprise, she jumped up like a spring and stepped back in horror to look at the place where the sound came from.
The culprit of the sound was the capsule, and to be exact, it was Do-hyun sitting inside the capsule.
“Surprise, you bastard. Why are you screaming all of a sudden!? My heart almost dropped!”
Hyuna suddenly screamed, but Do-hyunDohyeon didn’t even pretend to hear her.
He just stared blankly into space and muttered.
“Wow, damn… and… .”
“and… That’s my heart. Stop acting weird and come out quickly. Mom called me.”
Hyuna could be heard talking, but Do-hyun couldn’t hear it.
It had to be that way.
Because the color of the skill that appeared a little while ago was flashing in my mind.
“What, can’t you hear me? Hello?”
“… .”
Do-hyun doesn’t have the presence of mind to care about whether Hyuna waves her hands in front of him or not.
Suddenly, he comes out of the capsule, screams, curses, and then loses control?
It didn’t look normal at all, and Hyuna was a woman whose honesty was her strength.
“Mom, mom! Oppa is weird! He finally seems like he’s going crazy playing the game!”
“Hey, what kind of habit do you have when talking to your brother?”
“No, it’s really strange? Don’t we have to take him to the hospital?”
With Hyuna’s voice and Chae Mi-sook’s voice moving away, Do-hyun was lost in thought with the most serious face in the world.
If Rodin had seen this, the thinker’s motif would have changed.
‘That dazzling color… If I’m not mistaken, it was gold.’
It was not much more different than what caused Do-hyun to be in such trouble.
‘Isn’t it gold? It seems like it’s a bit lighter than gold and has less eye bulges, but it seems to be yellow… No, it’s not like that. Isn’t it bright enough?’
Is it yellow or gold?
With that, the rare problem that separates heroes from legends filled my mind.
It was true that it was a happy worry no matter what, but it was as different as winning first or second place in the lottery, so I couldn’t help but think about it.
Especially in Demlok, he didn’t have any legendary skills.
Do-hyun couldn’t stop thinking about it, as it was a situation where he might have his first legendary skill in his whole life.
‘Ah, if only I had seen 1 second, no, 0.5 seconds more… Why does it go out the moment the light bursts in?’
The endless worries could only be stopped after hearing the nagging of Chae Mi-suk, who had been dragged into the room by Hyuna.
