Chapter 10 (1/2)

The trio went from place to place around the foot of the mountain, removing all the traps they'd laid. Afterwards, they went down to the entrance of Mt Bukhan where they stood with flushed faces, staring at the yellow note.

”Well now, I don't think it was a dream but…was he really a mountain G.o.d?”

”Even if he isn't a mountain G.o.d, he must be an expert shaman. Didn't you see it too?”

”I wouldn't be surprised if he turned out to be a high schooler from his appearance though.”

Their suspicions were reasonable. That mountain G.o.d was, in fact, wearing ordinary clothes. But the eldest hyung believed in him, even if the younger ones didn't.

”He's a rare personage. A n.o.bleman I say. It was by heaven's will that we met with him, so stop with the pointless doubts. There are things in this world that are beyond our comprehension, outside of common sense.”

”Again, again with that nonsense. Hyung-nim certainly has changed after meeting that child. At this rate, it wouldn't be strange if you suddenly joined a religion.”

”It's only natural to change after meeting an angel. You guys don't know, that child's parents don't know, but I saw.”

”Are you talking about that one wing?”

The younger men picked at their ears, as if they'd already heard this on multiple occasions before.

Where on earth would you find someone with one wing?

They thought it was just a figment of his imagination, but the eldest appeared steadfast in his belief.

”The n.o.bleman will cure that child. This is all fate and karma. The reason I met those two was precisely for this. It was all heaven's guidance.”

”Aigo, the Buddha himself has descended among us.”

Knowing that the younger ones wouldn't listen any further, he closed his mouth, but his expression was obviously full of life as he looked at the yellow note. He had the face of a man who had witnessed a miracle; except this was already his second time.

He respectfully held on to that note as he kowtowed once more in the direction of Mt Bukhan.

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Supat!

Sparks flew before my eyes, caused by the golden red squirrel's sharp claws scratching past right beneath my nose.

”This d.a.m.n b.a.s.t.a.r.d!”

Cursing with no semblance of n.o.bility at all, I pulled the rubber band of my slingshot.

Shuung!

Paak!

It was a hit. The iron marble pierced the red squirrel's head, however, it didn't die. It continued to run amok despite the many shots it took, as if immortal.

'So you won't go down quietly huh?'

Determining the golden red squirrel's location and finding it had been easy, but I encountered a setback during my ambush. I didn't consider that it might not die instantly from an iron marble shot directly to its head.

'Its movements have slowed quite a bit though.'

Compared to the start of the fight, the difference was clear, so it wasn't as if there was no effect at all.

Breathing in deeply, I pushed my movements to the extreme limit.

This was the first time I had worked my body this hard since my return to the past, making my movements feel awkward.

'Hu! I feel like a sponge full of water.'

In my prime, before my return to the past, I was a superhuman who could fly in the skies and run 100m in a second, but my current body was the definition of average itself. The discrepancy between my old body and the current one made moving feel like a ch.o.r.e.

I had been too full of myself. I thought it would be easy since it was just finding a gate.

'I knew my day was going too well.'

Nonetheless, humans were adapting animals.

My ability to adjust was especially out of the ordinary.

Kyaaaaa!

The golden red squirrel's attacks were akin to frantic struggles, evidence that it also wasn't having an easy time.

However, it was definitely gold colored. It had appeared as black before my spirit transferred to Uriel Diablo, but it was now returned to its original color.

My breathing was irregular; I couldn't afford the time for proper deep breaths. My heart inched towards its limit along with the increased number of clawed wounds I received.

At the same time I was angry at myself for struggling with a mere beast.

'A skill. I'll have to use one.'

I did have a plan: the skills I had earned through synchronizing with Uriel Diablo.

I hadn't used them, saving them for last measures. They were Lv9 skills after all. My body could explode from being unable to withstand the recoil of using them. Of course, Mind's Eye was a probing skill so the possibility of that happening was extremely low, but it didn't hurt to be careful.

But at this rate neither myself nor the beast would get out of this in one piece.

I sank into brief consideration, before nodding to myself.

'Mind's eye.'

It was at that moment.

My sight brightened, my concentration sharpened, and simultaneously a message rose before my eyes.

['Mind's Eye(Lv9)' has been activated.]

Name: Golden Red Squirrel(value-???)

Stats:

Strength 17 Agility 25 Const.i.tution 13

Intelligence 10 Magic Power 15

Potential(80/80)

Special note: Its value cannot be appraised due to its possession of the 'gate'. It is capable of s.h.i.+fting the organs inside its body at will. Its heart and brain currently resides in its right arm and left leg respectively.

So it wasn't possible to use Dominator due to being unable to calculate its value.

But I gained information more important than that.