Chapter 174 (1/2)
Chapter 174 Belonging, For, and By the Choi Faardener instead of an architect, Chi-Woo would’ve been a very picky seed It wouldn’t be enough to just plant it in suitable soil and water it like other plants; each and every part of its growth process must be tended with care before it would sprout and bear fruit In other words, Chi-Woo needed ement that perfectly catered to his needs frorow If even one condition wasn’t le flower Thus, before Chi-Hyun began, he grilled Chi-Woo about everything that had happened since he came to Liber and until Chi-Woo ain in detail What did you say you drank there?” Chi-Hyun specifically asked for more details about Chi-Woo’s life in the cave And after hearing the story, Chi-Hyun checked Chi-Woo’s body personally, touching a few parts in particular and using a tiny aive me an answer now?” Chi-Woo asked nervously after Chi-Hyun pulled his hands back “What do you mean that I’m a mess?”
“Your body is a mess,” Chi-Hyun said bluntly “Your physique is too poor for you to use your skills”
Chi-Woo furrowed his brows He didn’t know about the other aspects of hi hat Chi-Hyun just said After all, his user information told him that he possessed a perfectly balanced body that most humans couldn’t compare to
“But the Golden Ratio—”
“Only the ratio is good,” Chi-Hyun cut him off “Don’t fool yourself Golden Ratio is an inherent ability and not the result of your efforts” It wasn’t an ability Chi-Woo achieved through blood and sweat; he was effectively an ordinary person who had suddenly received a treift It was only natural that Chi-Woo would have no idea what to really do with it
“And even that ratio is beco distorted”
Chi-Woo flinched and wondered how Chi-Hyun knew
“At this rate, Golden Ratio would regress to rank AA,” Chi-Hyun said
While Chi-Woo was locked inside the secret roo to the effect It hen he, under Philip’s suggestion, opened his user infor how rade Golden Ratio, Chi-Woo realized so was off Before, he had needed 2,178,675 merits, but when he checked it in the secret room, the number had increased to 2,217,392 Chi-Woo knew he hadn’t re There was a discrepancy of 38,717
In that regard, Miy, if Chi-Woo was studying a particular subject to level 10, and he was already at level 5, where he knew half of the materials, he would need to study five levels worth of et what he had already learned, causing his level to drop from 5 to 3, he would have to study seven levels worth of materials That was essentially what had happened to his in this world that don’t lie Do you knohat they are?”
Chi-Woo shook his head at Chi-Hyun’s question
“Data and statistics” Chi-Hyun tapped the user information displayed in the air “It’s all in here too”
8 [Golden Ratio AAA] – … While the skill creates the best body a inally low and lacking, the effects of this ability will only be semi-perh continuous training
“See, your physical abilities started out low and lacking”
“…”
“And it’s a seh continuous training,” Chi-Hyun said, e one word in particular To maintain a semi-permanent skill, one must fulfill the conditions to make it permanent, and Chi-Woo hadn’t been able to do so the entire time
“But I trained…every day…”
“Really? What did you do?”
“Uh…I ran…” Chi-Woo stopped talking and looked eht about it, it really didn’t make sense that all he ever did topush-ups Running had been difficult at first He heaved before he could even finish a single lap, but after coer tired him He thus increased the nu But looking back, this was all less He had become too complacent, satisfied with the fact that he hadn’t skipped a single day of training But that only fulfilled his self-satisfaction and couldn’t be considered true training Without even realizing this fact, he had coress and envied Ru Amuh
“You at least know to be embarrassed” Chi-Hyun snorted “The time you spent in the cave was poison to you”
“To call it poisontoo far…”
“No, it was poison,” Chi-Hyun said firest properly That’s why you are in this current state”
“What do you est it?”
“If what you told me is true, it doesn’tand drinking so est probably seeped into your veins and blood”
“Isn’t that good?”
“…But didn’t you say that you made a contract with La Bella?” Chi-Hyun looked baffled
Chi-Woo nodded He had sworn to La Bella that he would fix everything that harmed the balance on Liber A vow htly in any way, and it was necessary for a hero to progress The vow didn’t apply only to the outside world, but also to the hero himself
“You said she was the Goddess of scales and the guardian of balance, right? You think she’d be pleased to see the power she gave you clu your internal balance?” Chi-Hyun said Soreeerly nodded
“It harms my balance?”
“Did you not read your user information? Or ever study Core of Balance?” Chi-Hyun repeated the phrase ‘seeks absolute balance’ several tiiven to you for your growth Don’t you think then that you should center your progress around it?”
Chi-Woo pouted slightly as Chi-Hyun kept badgering him
“…Then, what should I do?” Chi-Woo asked, and Chi-Hyun calood body and an engine; the problem was the fuel that moved him His current fuel didn’t match him, and there was too little of it It was like he was pushi+ng his body to run hundreds of kiloht work out in the end once or twice, but if he continued on like this, his bodydown; once the engine broke, he wouldn’t be able to run ever again
“First,” Chi-Hyun stretched his neck and continued, “Let me just beat you up a bit”
“?”
Chi-Woo looked at his brother like Chi-Hyun wasn’t ot was the sound of Chi-Hyun’s knuckles cracking Chi-Hyun stomped forward, and Chi-Woo instinctively backed away
“You’re going to hit ets on my nerves” Chi-Hyun bared his teeth “Now that I think about it, it’s only right that you get hit for doing soood, so stay still”
Chi-Woo was completely baffled “Wait—kuh!” He couldn’t resist even one bit And as soon as he realized so, Chi-Woo doubled over in pain Chi-Hyun had landed a blow in the center of his stomach
‘He hit me? For real?’ Even his s didn’t end with just one blow When Chi-Woo collapsed, Chi-Hyun began to pound on hi for the moment He punched and kicked Chi-Woo in several places, spreading his hits throughout Chi-Woo’s body evenly
“Ah! Urgh! Kuh! Kkurgh!” Chi-Woo felt like he was dying Chi-Hyun hit hiot hit It felt like Chi-Hyun’s blows had passed through his skin and penetrated deep into his ans Chi-Woo tried to resist in his oay after a while and cursed, questioning if Chi-Hyun was really his brother