Chapter 223
The New Advantages
| The new update will include several new and appealing features, including:
Card Feature
Summoning Feature |
| Card Feature:
You can now purchase cards from the Heavenly Shop.
The cards are divided into several types, including:
Offensive Cards
Defensive Cards
And Multi-Effect Cards
Each card can only be used once,
and naturally, each one has a limited duration. |
| Summoning Feature:
By consuming a certain number of points,
you can summon a person from another world.
The summoned individual will serve as your servant and assistant for a limited period,
and will carry out all of your orders without exception.
Any damage they suffer during the summoning
will disappear immediately once they return to their world,
as though they had never left it in the first place.
Therefore, do not worry about their fate. |
Arthur stood silently.
Not because he failed to understand…
but because what he had just heard exceeded all his expectations.
Cards.
Summoning entities from other worlds.
For a moment…
he felt as though he had stepped into some strange game that obeyed none of the logic he was familiar with.
"All right… all right… all right."
He said it slowly, as though his mind was trying to organize the chaos inside it.
"The features are incredible,
but tell me…"
"How long will the update take?"
| … |
"Cain… just tell me."
| One full year. |
Arthur froze.
He neither spoke nor moved.
He began thinking about everything all at once.
"What if I finish my mission in this world
while you're still updating?"
| Unfortunately,
you will not be able to transition until the duration is over. |
An entire year…
| Remember,
you will not be able to access anything. |
| Not the status window,
not the inventory,
not the Heavenly Shop…
Nothing at all. |
'I know… I know.'
Arthur remained silent for a moment.
Then a faint… calm smile appeared on his face.
"Start the update now."
| Are you sure?
You may need the inventory,
or one of the features in an emergency. |
"No."
He said it with confidence.
"I have already merged the Spatial Cloak with my body,
and my soldiers will be with me wherever I go."
"As for weapons…
I'm an assassin, Cain."
"I can fight without a weapon. And as for the Miracle Healing Potions…
give me only two."
| One for Sung's mother,
and the second? |
"Backup."
| As you wish. |
Two bottles suddenly appeared in Arthur's hands.
| See you in a year, you bastard…
Don't die. |
Arthur smiled calmly.
Then Cain's voice disappeared from his mind,
announcing the beginning of the new update.
---
'Now…
I have to become stronger during this year,
no matter the cost.
Creating a guild can wait.
I am an S-Rank Hunter…
but that doesn't mean I'm the strongest.
I don't have an inventory now,
nor Cthulhu's power,
nor any external support.
In critical situations…
I'll have to save myself.
Better yet…
I shouldn't fall into a critical situation in the first place.'
---
While Arthur was lost in his thoughts,
Estaroth and Kio were fighting each other in the training grounds.
"Kio."
The moment he heard his name,
Kio stopped immediately.
He approached and knelt on one knee before Arthur.
"Yes, Master."
"Kio…
I trust you now. I taught you the Blood Demon Technique."
Arthur extended his hand
and placed a bottle in Kio's hand.
"This is called a Preservation Bottle."
"Hold it in one hand,
activate the Blood Demon Technique with the other,
make your body a conduit between the two,
and transfer the energy into it."
Then he placed another bottle in his hand.
"And this…
is a Miracle Healing Potion."
"Master?"
"Use the first one with the technique."
"And the second…
protect it no matter what. If you or Estaroth ever find yourselves in a life-or-death situation,
use it without hesitation."
"But…
don't rush,
and don't hesitate either.
Use it wisely."
"On that day,
the decision to use it will be yours.
Do not disappoint me…
understood?"
"Yes, Master."
"Good.
Return to your training."
Kio immediately returned to his training.
Arthur sighed quietly and spoke in a soft voice.
"Rath."
At the call,
Rath emerged from Arthur's body
and sat calmly before him.
"I don't fully understand your nature,
and I never asked Cain about your development…"
"But I have an idea."
Arthur extended his hand.
A dark black sword appeared…
beautiful and majestic.
The Sovereign of Death's Sword.
A cosmic weapon Arthur had obtained in Kim Dokja's world.
Its power was equivalent to that of an S+ Rank Hunter.
But the current Arthur…
could not use its full power.
He raised his hand,
then brought it down with force.
The sword split in half.
The break was not the result of physical strength,
but because the sword had responded to its master's will.
If someone else had tried to break it…
their hand would have been severed.
Pure,
cosmic power
slowly began leaking from the two halves of the sword.
Arthur gathered his magical energy
and directed it toward Rath.
Rath closed his eyes
and began calmly absorbing the power.
---
At that moment,
Arthur's phone rang.
"Yes, Sung."
"Arthur,
I'm joining an excavation team belonging to the Hunters Guild.
Do you want to come?"
"Why not?
When is it?"
"Now.
I'll come pick you up."
"No need…
I'll come. Wait for me."
He hung up.
Then he turned toward Kio, Estaroth, and the giant skeletal bear.
"Protect Rath."
"It may take some time…
and it may be dangerous."
Then he looked specifically at Kio.
"Take good care of him. If he needs energy,
or support…
don't hold anything back."
Arthur then headed toward the door,
his eyes gleaming with a calm, murderous light.
"And if you need anything,
just call me using the phone I bought for you.
You know how to use it now."
"Yes, Master."
Arthur smiled calmly.
He placed a cigarette between his lips, lit it without haste,
then mounted his motorcycle and headed toward Sung's house.
---
"Are you ready?"
"Yes. Let's go, Arthur."
Sung climbed onto the motorcycle behind him,
and the bike sped down the road, its engine devouring the silence of the city.
---
Arthur and Sung stood before the excavation team leader,
both wearing the simple clothing of excavators.
"So, you two are both E-Rank?
And are you experienced in this field?"
"Yes, sir. We're E-Rank.
And no… we're not experienced."
The team leader explained the nature of the work,
the risks,
and the basic instructions.
Afterward, everyone remained standing, waiting for the Hunter team assigned to escort them.
Silence filled the area.
"What deadly boredom…"
Arthur said without interest.
"What's wrong with you, Arthur?
You don't seem like yourself."
Arthur sighed as he lit another cigarette.
"A friend of mine went away on a one-year journey.
And I want to become stronger.
There are powerful entities after my beautiful head…
and here I am… digging."
Before he could finish,
a mocking voice came from the side.
"Your beautiful head?"
"Look at yourself. You're disfigured from head to toe."
"You're honestly the ugliest thing I've ever seen."
The speaker was one of the excavators.
He had a muscular, powerful body…
at least for an ordinary human.
Sung reached out and placed a hand on Arthur's shoulder, trying to calm him down.
But Arthur said nothing.
He simply blew smoke calmly into the man's face.
The next moment…
the man collapsed to the ground.
Blood flowed from his mouth and nose,
and his body struck the ground without moving.
"What happened?!"
The excavation team leader shouted
and immediately ordered his men to carry the unconscious man away.
"I don't know, sir.
He was only complaining about pain,
then blood started flowing from his mouth and nose…
and he collapsed unconscious."
Arthur said it with complete sincerity,
without changing the tone of his voice.
"Damn…
I told that bastard, if he was sick, he should stay home."
The leader sighed,
then patted Arthur on the shoulder.
"Anyway… I'm lucky that the two of you are here today."
Arthur smiled calmly.
"You bastard… you've gotten faster."
Sung whispered quietly.
"Look who's talking…
Mr. Sharp Hawk Eyes."
---
What had happened moments earlier was simple…
and frightening at the same time.
Arthur had blown smoke,
and at that exact moment, he had moved his hand.
One punch.
He directed a precise portion of his magical energy into it,
sealing the flow of energy within the man's body.
The result:
A broken nose.
Several shattered teeth.
A direct concussion to the brain.
Immediate unconsciousness.
All of it…
without anyone noticing.
Except for one person.
Sung Jin-Woo.
He had been close enough,
and possessed sharp enough speed and reflexes.
He saw Arthur's hand move.
But what truly frightened him…
was that he could not understand the movement.
He did not know:
Had Arthur targeted the man's head?
His chest?
His stomach?
His shoulder?
Or his heart?
The strike was ambiguous.
The speed was terrifying.
And the power…
had been cut off before it could even be perceived.
Only then did Sung realize one thing clearly:
'Arthur no longer fights with speed alone…
he fights with ambiguity.'
And that was far more dangerous.
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