Chapter 9 Tutorial (7) (1/2)
Yeon-woo stared at the young man as if asking what was wrong with it.
The young man seemed to have a lot to say, but he kept his mouth shut.
He was thinking this was a chance. His only chance to get out of this awful place.
His eyes then filled with determination.
“Okay. I’ll help you. What do you want me to do?”
* * *
The young man presented himself as Yul.
“Yul?”
“Yes, Yul. Everyone calls me by that name.”
Yeon-woo noticed that it was an alias, but he didn’t bother asking any more.
After all, they would part ways after getting what they needed from each other.
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“All right, Yul. I’ll open up a path so follow right behind me. If you lag, I’m just gonna leave you there.”
“Got it.”
“And one more thing.”
“Hmm?”
“Use honorifics when talking to me. I’m not gonna let you off just because you’re a child.”
“….”
Yul thought it was no longer necessary to act strong since he had already failed to conceal his age, so he answered with an ‘Okay’.
Still, as if his stubbornness ran in his blood, he didn’t want to appear weak until the end.
With his Draconic Eyes active, Yeon-woo took the lead and walked along the passage. Every time they advanced a certain distance, a copper puppet would come out and block their way. Taking the same posture as Yeon-woo, the puppets tried to attack them. But each time, Yeon-woo pushed them aside and stabbed the dagger into their flaws.
*Kwang*
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Whenever Yeon-woo brandished his dagger, one or two of the copper puppet’s limbs popped into the air.
Sometimes, broken fragments of their heads fell onto the floor.
If until now he had been focusing on speed, now his focus changed to clashing head-on with the copper puppets and knocking them down.
After switching to it, he realized this method was better. He was able to figure out some clues about new ways to use his senses with his now stronger muscles.
During the whole time he was following Yeon-woo, Yul couldn’t hold his mouth from gaping.
Whenever Yeon-woo swung his ordinary dagger, the monstrous copper puppets exploded into pieces.
He was beginning doubt whether they were the same puppets he had fought before.
Then, Yeon-woo looked back at him.
A look asking why he hadn’t started speaking yet.
Only then did Yul came to his sense and opened his mouth.
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“I don’t know about you, but I can “see” mana inherently.”
“Inherently?”
For a moment, Yeon-woo stopped walking and narrowed his eyes.
“Is this something related to your bloodline(血系)?”
“It is similar.”
“Hmm….”
Cases like this were scarce on Earth, but could be often found in other worlds.
Cases of individuals possessing some Unique Talent(異能) or maybe even a Supernatural Power(超能) were associated to genetic factors.
They usually had an outstanding ancestor, and their abilities had been passed down to their descendants generation after generation.
Then, the descendants would awaken their abilities during their lifetime, rise to prominence, and continue passing down their abilities to their offsprings. This was also the case for Yul.
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“The ability I inherited is something along the lines of affinity towards mana, which allows me to see, to feel and to taste mana. That’s how I found out that the copper puppets had sensors attached to them.”
Yeon-woo fell into a deep thought for a while.
‘Isn’t this similar to Jeong-woo?’
The trait his brother had, Psychometry.
To be able to communicate with everything, also meant that he could communicate with mana.
Naturally, his brother didn’t have any complication when feeling mana, unlike other people from Earth who commonly struggle with it.
Rather, he could even handle mana very smoothly, as if he had just recovered something he had once lost.
It was said that his teammates were appalled after seeing that.
The reason why he was chosen by the Ancient Dragon Kalatus was all because of that characteristic of his.
Because he could communicate with all things, it was possible for him to inherit the abilities of the dragon race that ordinary humans couldn’t grasp.
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Therefore, the description of mana his brother had left in his diary was not very helpful to Yeon-woo.
The whole concept was something Yeon-woo couldn’t rely on, like a pie in the sky.
The same went for Yul.
The bloodline inheritance and the awakening of abilities through traits, they both sounded the same too Yeon-woo.
‘Technically, these two people can be classified as geniuses, which I am not.’
Yeon-woo was starting to think that the deal he had made with Yul would end up being of little help to him.
However, the next comment Yul made caught Yeon-woo’s attention.
“You can consider mana as some kind of river. Magic would be the water drawn from the river to a reservoir.”
Yeon-woo repeated to himself in a low voice.
“A reservoir?”
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Something kept hovering in his head and jumbled up his thoughts.
In the meantime, Yeon-woo had already defeated the last remaining copper puppet and was approaching the iron gate leading to Section B.
* * *
[You have successfully cleared Section A as a solo player.]
[You have made an achievement that is not easily accomplished. Additional Karma will be provided.]
[You have acquired 500 Karma.]
[You have acquired 300 additional Karma.]
[Your health and mana will be restored]
[All status effects will be removed]
‘Fortunately, we weren’t recognized as a team.’
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Looking at the pile of messages, Yeon-woo cracked a slight smile.
The interface system marked everything as Yeon-woo’s achievements, presumably because the copper puppets were taken care of by Yeon-woo without any help from Yul whatsoever.
‘I got 800 points from that.’
In The Tower, the concept of Karma was very important.
Karma, a scoring system given according to a player’s achievements.
The Tower and the Guardians provided rewards based on Karma, and it was also used as a currency amongst players and could be traded for other items.
Basically, it was something that every player had to do their best to gather as much as possible throughout the Tower.
But Yeon-woo, who had just passed Section A of the tutorial, had already gained this much Karma. Others would be shocked if they knew it.
‘It’s not enough yet, I need to accumulate more. As much as possible.’
Yeon-woo closed the Karma window, and stepped into the waiting room of Section B.
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