<Chapter 50: The Warrior Who Regressed to Level 2>
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To obtain the SSS-grade skill, the Nameless Art, one must meet the condition of having 'Strength 30'.
And to have Strength 30... no, to possess the 'Strength' stat, there was a prerequisite.
It was the F-grade Gift, the Wanderer's Eye, that Seo Jihan possessed.
[Strength has reached 30.]
[The Constellation, 'Wandering Warrior,' is sensing you through its traces.]
'The traces must refer to the Wanderer's Eye.'
This Gift, which was poorly described as something that allows a good grasp of other players, had a hidden description, much like Yoon Seo-a's Gift.
[Gift - Wanderer's Eye (Grade F)]
- Allows a good grasp of other players.
- Contains fragments of the Constellation 'Wandering Warrior' in the eyes.
- Allows the use of Dongfang Cuo's items.
In his previous life, the 'Wandering Warrior' remained as Seo Jihan's constellation.
He was a good memory for Seo Jihan.
Other players with constellations had to endure countless pains to become stronger, but the 'Wandering Warrior' did not demand much from Seo Jihan.
Instead, when the time came, he silently imparted the SSS-grade skill, the Nameless Art, and even passed on the ultimate title [Successor of the Warrior] that he used until the end.
The contract with the Wandering Warrior's constellation was a one-sided benefit for Seo Jihan, where he only received.
'I need to make a contract with him again.'
[The 'Wandering Warrior' is watching you...]
Another line was added to the system message.
Seo Jihan felt a gray light spread throughout his body.
The light seemed to be absorbed into his body.
[The 'Wandering Warrior' is recognizing Player Seo Jihan as its successor...]
[The skill 'Nameless Art' is being imparted.]
Just like in his previous life.
Seo Jihan smiled and waited for the Nameless Art to appear in his skill window.
Even though he could use the Nameless Art now, having it registered in the skill window would make it easier and more powerful to use.
[Basic Art, Samjae Mugeuk, is in place...]
[Movement Technique, Seomcheon Reubo, is in place...]
The basics of the Nameless Art, Samjae Mugeuk and Seomcheon Reubo.
Just like in his previous life, he started with these basics to set the first button of the Nameless Art.
However.
"Hmm?"
Zzzt-!
Suddenly, sparks flew from the gray light being absorbed into Seo Jihan's body.
[The 'Wandering Warrior' frowns.]
The system message began to show a different reaction from his previous life.
[The 'Wandering Warrior' realizes that 'Player Seo Jihan' has all three dantians open.]
[The 'Wandering Warrior' is extremely wary of 'Player Seo Jihan'.]
[The 'Wandering Warrior' cancels the imparting of the martial arts.]
"What...?!"
Seo Jihan was taken aback by the sudden messages.
'For a divine being in BattleNet to be wary just because I have all three dantians open?'
And the strange behavior of the wandering constellation did not end there.
[The 'Wandering Warrior' terminates the connection with 'Player Seo Jihan'.]
[The 'Wandering Warrior' recovers 'Player Seo Jihan's' Gift, 'Wanderer's Eye'.]
The 'Wanderer's Eye,' which was the trace of the Wandering Warrior, was also recovered.
[The skill Nameless Art is imparted in an incomplete state.]
Incomplete?
Seo Jihan opened his skill window with a stiff face.
[Nameless Art 無名神功]
- Skill Level: S
- A skill that only received fragments of the Nameless Art.
- Only the basic art Samjae Mugeuk and the movement technique Seomcheon Reubo are included.
- When the martial art reaches the realm of mastery, the incomplete Nameless Art can be restored to fit the user.
The Nameless Art's grade dropped from SSS to S, a two-level decrease.
Moreover, the only martial arts he could use were Samjae Mugeuk and Seomcheon Reubo, which he could already perform.
"Phew..."
In his second life, Seo Jihan had never been this flustered.
The constellation, 'Wandering Warrior.'
In his previous life, he was generous, but now he suddenly acted like this...
The bad news didn't end there.
"Status window."
[Gift - ]
The Gift, 'Wanderer's Eye,' was indeed recovered and no longer existed.
[Reached level 25 without a Gift.]
[Special achievement, 'Graduated Bronze without Talent,' cleared.]
[Received 10,000 achievement points as a reward.]
[Selected in the TOP 100 without a Gift.]
[Special achievement, 'Selected in the TOP 100 without Talent,' cleared.]
[Received 30,000 achievement points as a reward.]
And with the disappearance of the Gift,
He was judged to have cleared special achievements, earning a total of 40,000 achievement points.
A sudden achievement point jackpot.
But Seo Jihan's face remained cold.
'If this happens, all my plans will be ruined.'
If this happens, waiting until level 25 would have been meaningless.
"Hmm."
Seo Jihan sighed and circulated the energy in his dantians.
What could be the problem that made the 'Wandering Warrior' react like this?
While checking the flow of his energy and inner power,
'This is... what?'
He felt a subtle sense of foreignness from within.
It mixed perfectly with his own energy, but it was clearly something different.
Seo Jihan carefully traced this energy.
'There it is.'
This 'something' was hidden very subtly, from the upper dantian in his head to his eyes.
If Seo Jihan hadn't handled both power and strength simultaneously,
If he hadn't had the memory from his first life, he would never have detected this foreign energy.
'I don't know why I'm feeling this now...'
It must be related to what just happened.
Seo Jihan identified where the foreign energy was located and began a thorough cleaning using his power.
"Ugh..."
Then, he felt a sharp pain in his left eye.
Sssss-
Gray smoke began to seep out from there.
"This is...?"
A deep gray.
The same color as the light that was emitted when the 'Wandering Warrior' tried to make him a successor just now.
Seo Jihan instinctively felt that the light and the smoke were of the same energy.
'Is this a trace that the constellation failed to recover?'
It seemed that while the Gift was recovered, the faint trace of the Wandering Warrior's energy was not.
While he was thinking this, the system message appeared again.
[The remnants of the 'Wandering Warrior' have been removed.]
[Player Seo Jihan is completely freed from the constellation's control.]
[From now on, you can receive support from other constellations.]
"Free from control?"
Seo Jihan's face stiffened as he read the message.
According to the system message, he had been under the control of the 'Wandering Warrior' all this time?
'I didn't feel that way in my previous life...'
But the system message itself doesn't lie, so if the message is to be believed, the Gift itself was a means of control.
"I didn't know this..."
In his previous life, he praised the 'Wandering Warrior' as a generous tree.
[The 'Wandering Warrior' is even more wary of 'Player Seo Jihan'.]
[The 'Wandering Warrior' hastily disappears.]
"But why is the constellation acting like this?"
From the messages, it seemed as if the constellation was fleeing from the Bronze, wary of it.
Even with the 'Wandering' descriptor, he is still a warrior, isn't he?
Why is he acting like this?
Everything was a mystery.
"At least it's fortunate that there's still a way."
Epic Quest.
The 'Shadow Queen,' another constellation, might know something.
Seo Jihan looked forward to the 25th.
The promotion battle and the epic quest.
He needed to successfully complete both.
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"Aah! I lost again!"
In the vice president's office of the Lee Sung Guild.
Lee Hyeon was pulling her hair out.
"I could have won! Ugh..."
"Miss. Please stop gambling. I've told you 183 times this year alone."
"No... I can't give up... I have to win and retire here..."
Lee Hyeon's face, standing behind her, turned cold.
This person is really hopeless.
"Moreover, your recent win rate is even worse."
"Ugh... Can you be quiet for a moment?"
"Except for the one Seo Jihan picked on 8.15, everything else failed."
"Ugh! I should have put more money in then!!! If I had just put a little more... it would have exploded 37 times..."
"Wow, 37 times? Then you must have made quite a bit of money."
"No. I put more money on Japan's complete victory..."
Lee Hyeon mumbled with sunken eyes.
I could have had a big win.
How painful it was to let it slip away and even lose.
Thinking about the missed opportunity while communicating with Seo Jihan over the past week made her shudder.
"Huff... How, how can I get a big win?"
"Miss. Why do you do this when you have a good life? You're from the Lee Sung family."
"I'm going to be independent. Gyeong! Do you know what the men being considered as my fiancés are like?"
"..."
Lee Gyeong was speechless.
Matching Lee Hyeon's level, the sons of other wealthy families being considered as her fiancés were quite problematic.
While not all wealthy men are bad, many are well-managed and are often of high quality compared to the general public.
However, the men being considered as Lee Hyeon's fiancés were so bad that she despised them.