Chapter 256. To Become Stronger (3) (2/2)

“Is it that severe?”

“It’s not a situation where you can talk about whether it’s good, bad, or okay I read through the reports you gave me yesterday, but I didn’t think it would be this alaxy-scale event right now, and events of this scale had almost never occurred before

“But it’s an environment where speed is very important,” Byeok continued Consider person A who could only run 1 km in an hour but 1,000 km in total; and then consider person B who could run 10 km in an hour but 100 km in total In this example, speed represented one’s talent, while the total distance a person could traverse was their potential If time was liht lag behind in the beginning, but in the end, they would make it ten times farther than person B—but that was only the case if there was no time constraint

The problem was that time was finite on Liber, and there were other restrictions Their ene and wouldn’t wait patiently as their opponents grew Following the saiven five hours, while person B would be able to go 50 km In this case, it was thus more efficient to raise person B rather than person A despite their potential

“But since it was your request, I loweredto order hi 10,000 tiave him plenty of time, but he still couldn’t do thatshe had talked Chi-Woo down tooto, she added, “…I understand since he has been living as an ordinary person until now If he started out as a hero, he wouldn’t have been at this level Why…”

In short, Byeok was saying that Chi-Woo shouldn’t have coreed But there was no turning back now, and they needed to use all s around Chi-Hyun knew better than anyone else of Chi-Woo’s condition He even tried teaching Chi-Woo, but after that experience, Chi-Hyun realized that it was difficult to even figure out what to do Even he couldn’t rashly try to change his brother’s condition Thus, he trusted the person in front of hian, but closed his ain Byeok wasn’t soranted his request yesterday and today considering Chi-Hyun’s position and the attachment she felt for Chi-Woo when he was a baby, but that would be the end of that Given her disposition to prioritize maximum efficiency and perfection, she would never turn back around once she judged the situation to be hopeless And there would never be a second chance

“Well…since there’s still sos turn out”

“…I understand” Knowing that even those words were spoken in consideration of him, Chi-Hyun had no choice but to accept her response

Splash!+

Chi-Woo felt coldness sweep and soak through his entire body and opened his eyes in shock He saw Evelyn holding a bucket over hiuest How long are you going to stay asleep?” Evelyn said in a low voice As she said, there was sohtly taken aback expression on her face: a lady with ivory-colored hair, Noel Freya Chi-Woo hurriedly got up and told Noel to come inside But Noel said she was fine where she was since she needed to leave soon and sat on the porch

“No I didn’t think you would come…” Chi-Woo hastily washed his face with the water already there When he saw Philip look at hiless to try to look presentable now

“By the way, how is your condition…?” Chi-Woo asked

“Perfect” Noel shtly and raised one arm “I feel like I could fly I feel even better than before” And she praised to the heavens hoas all thanks to Lord Chi-Hyun’s great care Hearing this depressed Chi-Woo further He remembered how his brother had promised to heal Noel, which made him realize that his brother always kept his prole one of them unlike…

Noel soon noticed Chi-Woo’s mood And she cut her praise of Chi-Hyun short, which would’ve normally lasted over 30a hard tiood” Chi-Woo smiled bitterly, and Noel looked more worried Chi-Hyun and Chi-Woo were tied by blood, and this connection was deeper than most realized They should’ve been existences that could turn to one another no matter what happened Thus, it was neither in Chi-Hyun’s nor Chi-Woo’s favor that they were drifting farther apart

“Then…what are you going to do, young master?”

“…I don’t know” Chi-Woo lowered his head and sighed He looked worried-sick Noel thought she knehat Chi-Woo was feeling Chi-Woo was a good sibling who ca his older brother out It was natural that he would feel so conflicted when his relationshi+p with his brother orsening now Perhaps he even lost his purpose of co to Liber

“…But,” Chi-Woo started and fell into deep thought

[What…can I do… to et his brother’s anshen he asked this question His brother’s words kept circling in his mind

Thus, Chi-Woo continued, “I have the desire to becohtly She was a little relieved that his condition didn’t appear as severe as she thought Chi-Woo still had a will that could turn the current situation in ato becoht with you…could I give you some help?”

“Help?”

“Yes, did you know that the ninth recruits came to Liber recently?”

Chi-Woo nodded

“There’s a great lady I would like to introduce to you,” Noel said Chi-Woo was surprised to hear her address another person formally when she considered everyone besides his older brother as low-lives

‘Who in the world…ah,’ Chi-Woo thought and said in realization, “Are you perhaps talking about Ms Byeok?”

Noel’s eyes widened “Oh my You already know her?”

“She already came to see me and left”

“What?” Noel’s voice rose It sounded like she couldn’t believe it Then she murmured to herself, “I see…she already ca her response, Chi-Woo’s curiosity shot up It definitely see on “Who is this hero na about his question for a bit, Noel spoke, “Hardener? Someone who blooms talent In short, you can consider her someone who fosters people”

Chi-Woo looked confused by Noel’s explanation He asked, “Um…aren’t celestial heroes recruited from many planets?”

“That’s true,” Noel said “I should have specified that she fosters not ordinary people, but heroes” Then she continued, “She fosters special heroes and cultivates them even further” Noel explained that not all heroes were the same From an ordinary person’s point-of-view, everyone could be a splendid hero, but there existed differences between heroes These differences were clearly shown by the scale and danger level of the stages the heroes acted on Heroes chose where they fulfilled their duties according to their abilities Some decided to resolve planet-scale events, while others took on those at the stellar-systereater the scale of their stages

Evidently, the heroes didn’t choose their own standards and scales The person who assessed whether a hero could work beyond a planet scale to a stellar systereater stage, they needed to seek out Byeok first, receive proper education, and pass a test to receive a certification Only then could they go on to the next step In short, Byeok was soave out celestial examinations

“For your infor account for less than 10 percent” A hero could only take the exa, and they could only take the examination within a specific tih the training all over again

“Furthermore, less than 3 percent complete the examination and receive a certificate,” Noel added

“…That’s insane” Chi-Woo’sthe low success rate Besides that, he was surprised by how iure There are many complaints about her, but she shows clear results”

“What do you mean?”

“Not all heroes who had made a mark in Celestial Realle one of her disciples who didn’t spread their nahts can’t coh it was a very special case, there was also a tiht Lord Chi-Hyun”

In other words, Byeok was Chi-Hyun’s end It was then Chi-Woo realized why Philip had told him to follow Byeok’s command the moment he saw her inflict a blow