Chapter 86: It Hurts to Be a Hero (4) (2/2)

Haa—

Chi-Woo took a deep breath, shaking his head and glaring at the wall in front of hi! Mimi was stunned to see Chi-Woo suddenly knock his head violently against the wall, and he wasn’t satisfied with doing it only once

Thump, thump, thump, thump!

Repeatedly, he knocked his head ainst the wall Still not satisfied, Chi-Woo bashed his head hard against the black reddish stain on the wall

Bang! The insides of his head rang, and he almost lost consciousness When he pulled away, his vision was obscured by his own blood, which streamed down from his ripped forehead and covered his face It hurt It felt like he would collapse from the pain And yet Chi-Woo didn’t stop Not only did he slahly with his clenched fisthis knuckles Still not satisfied, he picked up the stone he had thrown earlier Like how he had acted on the spur of the moment before, he stabbed his arm with the sharp piece of rock

“Ahhhhh!” He screahhhh—!”Chi-Woo clenched his teeth with his head down He wanted to roll on the ground in pain, but he knew he shouldn’t; in a real-life situation, if he collapsed to the ground after getting hit by an enehed at He had to learn how to endure and fight with pain Thus, Chi-Woo forcefully straightened up despite his dizziness Both his hands jittered with intense pain, and his forear Nevertheless, Chi-Woo had successfully gotten up while enduring the pain

“Uh—Kurgh—” Groans escaped his ered in his nose Chi-Woo was bleeding fro the blood; he was on the edge of losing his sanity

[User…]

Mi, but she couldn’t finish it; she knehat Chi-Woo was thinking and feeling While heaving, Chi-Woo turned around; his eyes were burning with passion, but he felt like he still had to do h to erase the hu left for him to do; he walked towards the path he had hurriedly escaped froentle slope

[User Choi Chi-Woo?]

Mi? Why are you going there again…!?]

Mih she planned to reht now

[Calood decision! I understand how you feel, but youbrash!+]

But Chi-Woo didn’t listen Only when he reached the intersection did he stop walking There, he saw aat the center of his view Chi-Woo hadn’t been able to see the monster well before because it was too dark, but he was able to see it clearly now, possibly because of the holy water’s influence A hideous monster that appeared to have beenat the area he had run away fro at it for some time, Chi-Woo said in a low voice He had been too preoccupied with running to get a good look at the monster, and he hadn’t had the opportunity to see it after that; no, he didn’t even think of creating an opportunity Everything he said before was all talk, unwilling to admit that he was too scared to even face the monster

“It was you” But it was different now To form a proper escape plan out of this cave, he needed to knohat manner of monster it was He had to knohat kind of abilities it had, what its special traits were, and what the upper floors of this cave held Chi-Woo had ood look at the h Like the time he saved Ru Areenhouse to save the recruits, he had to collect more information before a solution would co without the monster’s notice wasn’t even an option Once he went to the upper floor, the monster would certainly chase after him Thus, Chi-Woo had to come up with a plan with the presumption that he would have to face the erous that would be

[User Choi Chi-Woo!]

Mi to face that monster?]

Chi-Woo wasn’t He kneouldn’t last a ainst it However, perhaps he would be able to evade the ain information about the upper floors

[Are you out of your hed huone mad Chi-Woo was still an ordinary person; he hadn’t yet discarded his ordinariness to beco he couldn’t cut out of hio mad to survive in this crazy world?

He inhaled deeply before taking a step, and his breath came out unsteady as his heart pounded loudly He was afraid, and there were butterflies in his lower stomach His opponent was a ies Of course, he would be afraid Chi-Woo didn’t try to deny this fact He wanted to accept this fear and overcome it head-on—unlike the ti his death He needed to learn how to struggle even while knowing that hetrivial like that!]

It wasn’t trivial Chi-Woo didn’t knohy, but he believed if he backed away now, he would never be able to ress Conversely, if he pushed forward now, he had a feeling that he would be able to keep getting stronger even orously Thus, Chi-Woo forced his heavy feet to ends weren’t born but created Myths weren’t aure ould make new history on Liber made his first step towards his destiny Chi-Woo stepped onto the upper floor and faced the mud monster

[Ahhh—!]

Mily caught off guard by its prey walking towards it of his own free will But soon after, mud clumps shot out of the monster and e parts of its body into weapons’ This was new inforression, Chi-Woo turned around He began to run like mad to another path connected to the upper floor

‘Should I go straight for now…?’ But then Chi-Wo quickly ht with synesthesia a sharp sensation falling from above him Fortunately, he was able to respond quickly, and the attackmove like that, the monster wasto increase the distance between theht up to his beca that he would only get a bit hurt But before that, he had to try to extract as much information as he could Thus, Chi-Woo did his best to res

‘There are three paths Here, I should…’ Since he was jugglingas hard as he could while avoiding the s, he failed to notice the following es Only Mimi was able to hear them:

[User Choi Chi-Woo’s Mental Fortitude increases from rank D -> C]

[Sharp] -> [Super] Mental Fortitude

-…

-He’s sensitive to overt, hostile behaviors and, in an eic above e lived with anxiety and unexpected happenings for a long tih alert At times, he’s more sensitive than necessary In extreme situations or when he receives intense stress, he can crack easily and break

The negative aspects that had inhibited his progress before were erased and evolved in a new direction

—Sensitive to hostility, he kno to prioritize logic over eerous situations where e, he won’t crack easily and will try to overcome them

With his mind made up and his will carried out, Chi-Woosynesthesia, he succeeded in evading thebetter than real battles If what Chi-Woo had done until noas exercise, he was really training now Mis were finally put into action as she watched Chi-Woo face his fears Like a resting engine that had been awakened, booress was finally ready to start