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Chapter 257 – Growth (7)
The Head Elder widened his eyes in surprise . The arrogant, self-absorbed prince had bowed his head . Did this child know what that meant? What had made him this desperate?
Actually, the Head Elder judged Phante highly, despite what he had said .
He said that Phante was simple, but it only looked that way because Phante was direct and honest .
In fact, Phante’s ability to differentiate and judge things was outstanding . Also, if he wasn’t qualified, he wouldn’t have been chosen to be the successor of the throne .
The same went with what he said about being weak . The Head Elder and the Martial King were geniuses, so it wasn’t fair to compare Phante to them . Phante was actually one of the most skilled . There was almost no one around his age who achieved the level of the martial arts he had .
There was just one reason why he was mocking him .
It was to test his patience .
Patience was the most important part of Mugong . When your growth stopped, when you hit a wall, and when you lost in a battle, you had to be able to look back at and reflect on your actions .
If you threw a tantrum and ran away because it was too hard, you could never grow .
This was especially the case for a skill like Blood Lightning .
The skill involved many difficult concepts because it was a Mugong that the Head Elder himself had made, and deep self-restraint was needed to learn it .
You would only be a book with a nice cover if you didn’t have patience .
The problem was that the Phante that the Head Elder had observed until now was too impulsive . It was unacceptable to the composed Head Elder .
However… . .
‘He’s changed . ’
The Head Elder examined Phante with flashing eyes . The normal Phante probably would’ve kicked the door open to leave or lay down on the ground to throw a tantrum, but he was still standing with his head bowed .
The Head Elder was silent for a long time . He wanted to check if Phante was just playing games or if he had really changed .
In that long silence, Phante didn’t move . That was how desperately he needed the Blood Lightning . It wasn’t just because of his inferiority and desire to defeat Yeon-woo . He still respected him, and Phante had been genuine when he said he would become Yeon-woo’s teeth .
Phante and Yeon-woo couldn’t be split apart anymore .
And with all these emotions, there was one conclusion Phante came to .
‘Strength . ’
He grit his teeth .
‘I need strength . ’
Like what Yeon-woo said about becoming stronger, Phante knew that he would be nothing if he kept going like this .
Edora agreed with him .
However, unlike Edora, who would gain strength through climbing the floors, Phante needed a more substantial and destructive strength .
He couldn’t forget the Blood Lightning he saw the Head Elder use on the battlefield . The influence the threat of Blood Lightning gave was something he wanted .
This was why he wasn’t going to move no matter what the Head Elder said . Pride? Arrogance?
Were those things important? They were something only people with strength could have .
Some time passed… . .
“Haa . ”
The Head Elder sighed, shaking his head . Phante realized that he had received a chance . However, he felt like it wasn’t going to be easy, knowing the Head Elder’s personality .
And of course .
“Fine . If you’re this stubborn, there’s nothing I can do . However, you have to prove yourself . ”
Phante lifted his head . His back hurt from bending over for a long time, but his eyes were sparkling .
“What should I prove?”
“Your qualification . ”
The Head Elder’s gaze was sunken beyond his glasses .
“I’m talking about your qualification to become my successor . ”
‘Qualification… . .
Phante was deep in thought as he left the Head Elder’s residence .
Proving his qualification to become the Head Elder’s successor… He didn’t understand what that meant . It probably wasn’t something the Head Elder just said to make Phante leave . The Head Elder wanted to see a reason to give Phante the Blood Lightning .
‘A reason to become his successor . ’
Phante looked down at his open hands . The Head Elder was the oldest person in the tribe, but he was also Phante’s great-great uncle .
He was the man who raised the Martial King Nayu to where he was and led the Cheongram family to prosperity .
The motif of Blood Lightning, Lightning Control, was something Phante enjoyed using . That meant he had the most basic qualification .
It would be easier to learn Blood Lightning on top of what he already knew .
Then that meant… . . ?
Pause!
Phante stopped in his tracks .
‘Shouldn’t I get the Lightning Soul first?’
Lighting Soul . It was what you earned after mastering Lightning Control . Your lightning and body became one, and you could open the path to Strong Energy . Blood Lightning was a Strong Energy Mugong . Of course Lighting Soul was the next most basic condition .
Phante felt like his mind became clearer . The path that he found after its many twists and turns was the same .
Individual training . Lightning Soul was the final result of what users of Lightning Control could gain .
Unlike before, when he didn’t know what to do, he now had a clear goal .
Phante headed out . There was no time to waste .
“Haa . Haa… . . are you saying Phante is doing closed training?”
Yeon-woo panted as he looked at Galliard .
What Galliard said as he practiced Arrow Shadow Leap, a skill that rapidly sped one up, piqued his interest .
“Yeah . I heard he went to the Martial King and insisted for the key to the Myunbyeok Building . Haha . ”
“The Myunbyeok Building . Seems like Phante is really determined this time . ”
Yeon-woo’s eyes became bigger .
The Myunbyeok Building was in the deepest parts of the closed training buildings .
In there, you had to spend time alone with only a limited amount of food in a 5-pyeong area . It was impossible to open the door from the inside, so it wasn’t something one easily attempted unless one was very patient .
Only people who wanted to train for several years entered it . Phante definitely hadn’t gone in there half-heartedly .
“Also, with the authority of the royal family, he requested to open the Martial Archives . The Elders convened that he was allowed to take 5 different books in with him from the Gold Archive . It’ll probably be hard to see him for the time being . ”
The Gold Archive was something that only the king or the Elders could allow the entrance of . However, members of the royal family could enter at least once in their life freely . It seemed like Phante had used this authority .
Like what Galliard said, Phante was definitely determined this time . What kind of expression had he made as he went into the Myunbyeok Building? Yeon-woo was curious, but he wasn’t planning on visiting him .
It was too cringy for each other . Also, there wasn’t any need to do that .
Yeon-woo felt like he knew how Phante felt . The reality of things being easier said than done had probably motivated him .
“And he took 5 books with him… . . he’ll have to work hard with that temper of his . ”
“It’s easier for people who have had experience studying to study . ”
Galliard smirked as he replied to Yeon-woo .
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“Also, they say Edora began to climb the Tower . She left quietly with only a note to the Psychic Medium, so it seems like she’s also pretty determined too . ”
Yeon-woo nodded his head . He understood their different decisions .
Edora had Insight and the Yang Sword . It was best for her to raise her Insight while using the Yang Sword in actual battle .
‘Edora will do well . ’
He was a bit worried about Phante, but his trust in Edora ran very deep .
She hadn’t shown him much, but he knew that she had many things she kept hidden .
If she properly used her Divine Magic Sword, it might be hard for him to win against her .
Yeon-woo lightly shook the dust off his body and got ready again . If the two siblings were that determined, he couldn’t fall behind .
‘Losing to them will be an embarrassment as the eldest . ’
With those thoughts, Yeon-woo kicked off from the ground again .
Kwang!
Swek—
As soon as Yeon-woo moved, time flowed quickly again .
[You have learned about the way to control Consciousness . ]
[You have learned Arrow Shadow Leap . ]
[Your proficiency in the skill ‘Shunpo’ has increased dramatically . 89 . 1%]
And like that—
[You have earned a large hint about circulating Consciousness . ]
[You have learned Single River Crossing . ]
[Your proficiency in the skill ‘Shunpo’ has increased dramatically . 95 . 2%]
Training continued,
[You have learned how to use Consciousness subconsciously . ]
[You have learned Tension Teleportation . ]
[Your proficiency in the skill ‘Shunpo’ has increased . 99 . 6%]
And the time came to bear the fruit of his training .
[You have completely assimilated Consciousness into your body . Extrasensory Perception and your body are being synchronized . ]
[You have learned Body Transpose . ]
[Your proficiency in the skill ‘Shunpo’ has dramatically increased . 121 . 6%]
[Congratulations! The proficiency of the skill ‘Shunpo’ has reached the Max . ]
[You have gained a method of Bobup . ]
[All stats related to the skill will increase . ]
[Additional stats are being given . ]
[Strength has increased by 15 . ]
[Dexterity has increased by 19 . ]
[You have gained a new understanding related to your skill . A Superior skill is being opened . ]
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[The skill ‘Slide’ has been created . ]
[Your proficiency of the skill ‘Slide’ has dramatically increased and succeeded in reaching the Max . ]
[You have gained a method of Shinbup . ]
[A new skill is being searched for considering the player’s stats . ]
[The Superior skill ‘Light Trace’ has opened . ]
[You have earned a method of Kyunggong . ]
[The proficiency of the skill ‘Light Trace’ dramatically… . . ]
[It is receiving the influence of your traits ‘Demonic Dragon Body’ and ‘Monk . ’]
[A Superior skill is opened . ]
[Wind Path]
Numbering 80
Proficiency: 0 . 0%
Summary: The only friend of the Dark Elves, who had to live in the darkness away from the world, was the wind .
The wind doesn’t stay in one place and doesn’t differentiate . Its flow is always free, and the Dark Elves desire to take after the wind . If you linger around the wind like the Dark Elves, you might find a path that you haven’t been able to see before .
*Pathfinding
Every time you use the skill, different skill paths will be shown to you randomly . At the end of every path, there is a different result, and you can see from at least 2 to 5 of them . The higher your proficiency, the more paths you can see .
You currently own three winds (Zephyr, Gust, North Wind) .
*Eye of the Storm
You can gather the wind around you and explode it . The storm can heavily damage your surroundings .
**The skill ‘Draconic Eyes’ can be connected for clearer Pathfinding . The number of paths you can see increase and their power is amplified .
**The skill ‘Spirit of the Abyss’ can be connected, and the Blessing of the Wind Spirit will follow .
Hwak!
The changes came suddenly .
He had been practicing controlling his Consciousness and the Body Transpose .
Suddenly, his Draconic Eyes burst open, and he could see ten times more flaws than before .
Yeon-woo felt his world spinning .
In the slowed down world of Time Difference, he got himself together, and he was able to see a whole new world .
The flaws were flowing like rivers . It was only a slight difference, but they all had different colors from each other .
Some were dark, and some were light . There were even some that were large and small, and they covered the entire world .
All Yeon-woo had seen until now were flaws that were bound together like string .
It was the first time he saw them flowing like this .
Yeon-woo realized that this was the ‘Wind . ’
The wind that he had felt only through his senses was something that he could now see through his eyes .
That wasn’t all .
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Like how he could see the wind, Yeon-woo could see his own body from another perspective .
His senses were completely different . Yeon-woo felt more with his physical senses that were connected to Consciousness, and he skillfully adjusted this .
His heavy body felt light as a feather .
He could feel the wind on his fingertips . Some parts were soft, and some were rough . Not only did he feel the wind, he could feel things beyond it .
Also, Yeon-woo was able to control these all naturally . He spread his hand out .
The wind naturally rolled into his hand in a round form . He blew Consciousness into the form .
Hrsh! The form flared up with fire .
Magic body, his body, Consciousness, and flaws . Everything moved easily . Just a few hours ago, he could only connect them by focusing, but there was no need for that anymore .
“Congratulations . You’ve opened Wind Eyes . ”
Just then, Galliard came down from above him . He patted Yeon-woo’s shoulders .
“In our tribe… . . yeah . You would be a ‘Hunter’ now . It must’ve been hard for you since you’re not part of our tribe . You’ve done well . ”
Yeon-woo shook his head .
“If it wasn’t for you, I couldn’t have even attempted it . ”
It was the truth . He couldn’t even imagine how long it would’ve taken without Galliard .
His brother’s first teacher had taught Yeon-woo so many things . He had generously passed the legacy of the Dark Elves down to him . Thanks to that, Yeon-woo was able to break down the wall that had been blocking him .
[You have earned the title ‘Dark Elves Hunter . ’]
Yeon-woo was proud of himself as he read the message .
Also, connecting Wind Path to Draconic Eyes and Spirit of the Abyss had been so easy . Because of them, considering the amplified Effects it brought along with it, it wasn’t just a Numbering skill .
‘This… . . is almost an Authority . ’
It would probably be a mid-Authority . Yeon-woo believed that this Wind Path would change him like the Wave of Fire had .
“How about trying it out?”
Yeon-woo nodded his head and stretched his hand out . The Magic Bayonet wrapped around his hand . He felt things that he never would’ve without Wind Eyes .
It was hard to explain, but it was like he could feel the emotions of the Magic Bayonet . Like how he could see the wind with his Draconic Eyes, he could feel the Magic Bayonet with his senses .
It was crying, saying to wake it up . It wanted to be released from loneliness .
Yeon-woo blew Consciousness inside of it to calm it down . His holiness followed after, and magic power flowed from him . The Magic Bayonet was finally able to release its vestige .
In that moment, Yeon-woo felt like he became one with his sword . He was the Magic Bayonet, and the Magic Bayonet was him . Consciousness had completely synchronized them .
It was the moment that his body became one his sword .
Chingggg—
The Magic Bayonet cried out . Aura formed around it .
It was Sword Strengthening .
Yeon-woo lifted it powerfully to the right . With this, wouldn’t he be able to replicate the Palgwae that was imprinted in his head?
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