Chapter 198
Restoration
After an entire week of complete isolation inside a small, suffocating room filled with filth and grime, a young man with relatively short black hair and handsome features sat cross-legged in the middle of the room, his eyes tightly shut.
Silence prevailed.
A heavy silence, as though time itself had stopped out of respect for what was happening inside his body.
After some time...
Son Jo Woo slowly opened his eyes.
He suddenly coughed violently, and clumps of disgusting, sticky blood burst from his mouth, splattering across the floor before him.
Taking a deep breath, he spoke in a tired voice that nevertheless carried obvious relief.
"Finally... finally, I'm done."
He rose to his feet with visible heaviness. His body had not yet fully recovered, but his steps were steady.
"At last... I've completely restored the magical power core within my body."
A calm smile appeared on his face as he looked at his current body.
To simplify things...
After leaving the hospital, his body had been so weak that even a breeze could have shaken him and knocked him over.
But now...
He possessed the body of a normal human being—not strong, but stable, capable of standing and enduring.
And that alone was a tremendous achievement.
That simple sensation of strength...
Calmed Son Jo Woo's heart.
"Clean this place."
He ordered Hwangbo in an ordinary tone before heading straight to take a shower.
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After some time, Son Jo Woo emerged from the bathroom to find the room completely clean, free of dirt and filth, as though it had never been a filthy prison.
He paused for a moment and looked at Hwangbo thoughtfully.
"I should change your name..."
He stood before him, staring quietly.
"Hmmm... how about Kyu?"
A faint smile appeared on his face.
"From now on, your name is Kyu. Understood?"
"Yes, my lord."
Son Jo Woo sighed and said with slight irritation,
"But... for the love of hell, I still hate your damn face."
He turned his head away.
"Maybe after I fully recover my strength, I'll do something about it."
Then he added,
"Now go prepare some food. I'm human at the moment, and I need food, water, and everything else."
Before Kyu could even move—
"Wait. Do you even know how to cook?"
"My apologies, sir... I do not."
"You damned idiot... one minute."
Son Jo Woo took out his phone and began searching for an easy recipe.
After a short while, he found something suitable.
He handed the phone to Kyu.
"Here. Follow the recipe exactly. If you don't recognize an ingredient, just look at the picture underneath and you'll understand."
"Understood, sir."
Kyu then left for the kitchen.
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|Congratulations. You have completely restored the magical power core within your body.
You have received 2,000 points.|
'Ooooh... finally, some points.'
"Alright... let's see the status window."
|Name: Son Jo Woo
Age: 18
Level: 1
Strength: 0.5
Agility: 0.6
Endurance: 0.7
Magic: 0.10
Darkness: 0
Skill: Necromancer – Rank D
Points: 2000|
'Good... everything is better than before.
Now I have two options...
Either improve my body directly, or purchase an enhancement technique.'
"Cain... is there a technique for increasing stats that I can buy?"
|There isn't. You're broke, you idiot.|
"Damn it... calm down a little."
He could hear the hint of mockery and amusement in Cain's voice, and he smiled quietly.
"Alright then..."
"Spend 500 points on Strength."
"250 on Agility."
"250 on Endurance."
"500 on Magic."
"250 on Darkness."
He sat down cross-legged on the floor.
Suddenly...
Energy began flowing gently through his body, like a warm and pleasant current.
His body was now ready to receive magical energy.
After repairing the power core, growth had become possible.
The energy traveled from his head to his neck, then his chest, lingering briefly around his abdomen before flowing into his legs and wrapping around his entire body in remarkable harmony.
After a short while...
He opened his eyes.
Quickly rising to his feet, he said,
"I feel... like my body has truly advanced."
He smiled with genuine satisfaction and opened the status window once more.
|Name: Son Jo Woo
Age: 18
Level: 1
Strength: 0.55
Agility: 0.40
Endurance: 0.48
Magic: 0.86
Darkness: 0.90
Skill: Necromancer – Rank D
Points: 250|
"Even though I'm still Level 1...
This power is real.
And more importantly... I have a power core and magic again.
Without them, all my techniques were meaningless.
Even my greatest abilities were useless.
But now... everything has changed."
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"Sir... the food is ready."
The smile instantly vanished from Son Jo Woo's face.
"Damn you."
He took the food, sat down, and began eating in silence while lost in thought.
'That bastard... will come back.
I'm sure of it.
But what's strange is... why haven't they shown up all this time?'
"Sir... I have a report."
"Hm?"
Kyu walked into the adjacent room...
And dragged out sixteen corpses.
"Are those...?"
"Yes, sir. Throughout the past week, a new assassin came for your head every single day."
Son Jo Woo stared at the corpses.
"Oh... the worst God of Death and the Master of Assassins are sending assassins after me."
"Damn."
He smiled calmly.
Suddenly...
An idea ignited inside his mind.
|Special Skill: Necromancer
The dead are under your command, your loyal servants.
Learning Progress: 0%
Rank: D
Followers: 4 / 0|
"What happened to my skeletons, Cain?"
|All of your skeletons were destroyed after the strike you received from the sky in the previous world.|
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