I Never Run Out of Mana - Chapter 103

Chapter 103

103 . Shadow Boxing

How could each day be this exhausting?

I had no idea who the enemy was and I was being suppressed into subjugation through my dreams .

At least if they appeared before me like the radical faction, I could destroy them into pieces .

I could never clearly hear what he was saying despite appearing in my dream every day .

At the most, I could only guess that he was someone from the demonic realm from what Zekill said combined with the dreams .

Since it turned out this way, I could not continue my relaxing daily routine, even if I did not know how strong my enemy was .

Currently I had 5 transcendence essences .

Some were from the unknown dungeon, while the rest were from Zekill .

It was another factor that added weight to the theory of Zekill coming from the demonic realm .

To think that he would drop a transcendence essence like the monsters .

The amount of essence mentioned was after having Meteor, Formless Sword Aura, and Mana Shield being transcended .

No matter what skill I transcend, the results would be more than satisfactory .

However, it would be better to transcend skills that are of the highest rank .

Meteor Call is an A+ ranking skill .

Of course, the amount and damage of the skill increase noticeably, but imagine this type of increase on an S or S+ ranking attack skill?

The destructive power would be beyond what one could imagine .

On top of that, I obtained the 20% magic power stat bonus .

The stat that no one in the world has .

Imagine transcendence of a skill with this magic power bonus .

Demonic realm or demon king, I would be able to consume them all .

It’s not like I didn’t have money or have Awakened Essences that were unobtainable by money .

Any skill book could be obtained if I just want to .

The reason why I wasn’t doing so before was because there were many annoyances in the way, such as the radical faction .

It seemed that the time has come to change these peaceful days back into tension filled ones instead .

It could be just a repetitive nightmare .

Not a prophetic dream, but the result of all the stress I’ve accumulated up till now .

However, my intuition didn’t agree .

It felt as though something from the demonic realm was visiting me to purposefully show this visage in my dreams .

Dark circles went down to my cheeks and my eyes were bloodshot .

Despite the weather becoming nicer so that I had to wear less clothing, fatigue on both my heart and body was ever encompassing .

I opened the door to my room so that I could wash myself and eat breakfast .

“Where are you going, young master . ”

“Woah . You surprised me . ”

It wasn’t easy getting used to the role of a young master, even if a whole month had passed .

After deactivating the magic I readied on reflex, I spoke .

“Yes . Good morning, butler . ”

“I was worried since you’ve been holed up in your room and not eating properly for days . ”

“Hahaha… . Sorry . ”

“Has your health gotten better?”

“Yes . It’s gotten a lot better . ”

“Looking at your appearance, it seems you should rest a bit more… . . ”

“Thank you for worrying about me . ”

“I’ll ask chauffeur Mr . Hwang to prepare the car . Please wait just a moment… . ”

“Ah… No . I’ll go for a walk alone . ”

“Hm… . Is that so? Then I shall prepare a meal instead . ”

“Yes, thank you . Do you know where mother is… . ”

“Ah . The mistress has gone to a meeting . She has informed me that she will be returning after lunch . ”

“Yes… . . Has Jong Ho hyung gone out hunting?”

“Yes . That’s correct . ”

“Is there any issues with living with my family members?”

“Not at all . Thanks to the young master and the mistress, I’m quite comfortable . ”

“Glad to hear that . If there is anything you’d like to bring up to my attention, please do without any reservations . ”

“Thank you . Let us head to the dining area . ”

“Yes . ”

Perhaps it was because I wasn’t used to it yet, but I felt very uncomfortable .

‘Wonder how the kings of old lived like this . I heard that the servants even watched you as you used the bathroom . ’

Finishing my meal, I left the house .

Since there wasn’t a place I planned to head after this one, I used Warp to get there .

“Ha… It’s been awhile since I’ve been here . Huh? Was the sign always like this?”

The place I haven’t visited in awhile was the office of the midget .

It had become the base for Ho Jin, Jong Ho, and me .

Since it’s been awhile since I visited, I didn’t Warp into the storage room of the office .

Instead, I Warped to an alleyway out of view, then headed for the office .

“Have you been well?”

“Waaaaa!”

The midget looked at me and made a very odd sound .

It sounded like wailing, but it was probably was just my imagination .

Tossing the wooden chopsticks he was eating Jajangmyeon with, he rushed towards me .

It was the same with the other two employees .

“I thought something terrible happened!”

“Nothing happened, right?”

“Of course . Thanks to you, we’ve been doing well as usual . ”

“When I saw the sign outside, I think it was changed… . . ”

“Ahem! Did you see? You did mention it before and we also thought we couldn’t live on like this, so we stopped loaning money as a business . ”

The midget spoke with pride, pulling out a calling card from his wallet .

Finding this scene amusing, I looked at the card .

“Whatever item you’re searching for, we’ll find it . Call Me, Call Me, Call Me Up?”

“Yes! That’s right . Obtaining things that you can’t get with money, items that are lost, or even rare items that are few in existence in this world . We’ll obtain them all for the customer . ”

“Ah . So stealing or black market deals?”

“Uhahahaha . Is that how it goes?”

“Well, it’s not bad . I’ve witnessed firsthand of you obtaining skill books for me, and I find it that it fits your skills perfectly . ”

“Of course . It’s not completely legal work, but at least we won’t be causing harm to others . ”

“Yes . When there was chaos a couple months ago, there wasn’t any damage done to this area, right?”

“That’s right . Most areas were engulfed in chaos . We were quite worried since you haven’t visited or contacted us since . ”

“That’s a relief . I am also safe and sound . ”

“Now, what skill book are you looking for today?”

“Haha . Jong Ho hyung and Mr . Ho Jin should be arriving soon, so we’ll talk then . ”

“Will do . What are you two doing? Why aren’t you getting tea at the least?”

“Yes!”

“Thank you . ”

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It didn’t take long for Jong Ho and Ho Jin to arrive .

Since Jong Ho lived in the same house, I saw him every day, but that wasn’t the case with Ho Jin .

Just like before, he was passionately invested deep into his work at the association .

I heard that the workload has severely increased recently due to the portals changing color .

It was then that I heard Ho Jin’s jolly laughter .

“Hohoho! It’s been quite awhile since we’ve all gathered like this . ”

Next to him, Jong Ho spoke with a mischievous expression .

“Hohoho! Talk about how short it has been since we saw each other at home . It’s getting repetitive!”

“Have you been well, mister? Hyung-nim… . You can just go hunting instead!”

“Yes . Every day I’m spending is a wonderful day . ”

“Hey! You’re the one who called me here, so why are you saying that!”

“Whatever . Mister, is the commander doing well?”

“Of course . The commander is always filled with a sense of duty . ”

“I heard that all of the Awakened deployed returned home safely . Thank goodness . ”

“Yes . He was very worried about his subordinates . Only Lee Sang-Ho was severely injured, but thank goodness that it stopped there . Of course, he has completely recovered with Status Negation . ”

“Is that so . I’m just glad we’re able to see each other after such a long time . Thank you for coming despite being busy and all . ”

“Hohoho! No worries . ”

“Please have a seat . Hyung-nim can sit over there . ”

“Hohoho!”

“It seems we have to get going due to how busy we are with our jobs, so please take your time . ”

“Yes . Thank you . ”

“Thank you again . Hoho . ”

The midget and the two employees left the office .

Almost as if owning the place, we relaxed our posture .

I spoke up .

“Well… I’ll be frank, I’d been suffering from nightmares every day . ”

“Hm . Just from looking at your face, I can tell that you haven’t had much sleep . ”

“Yeah . Even before we left the house, you were sleeptalking and sweating as if rain was falling on you . ”

“Yes . That’s right . It seemed to be a simple nightmare that keeps on repeating…… . ”

“What’s the nightmare about?”

I explained about the nightmare that’s been repeating .

“The dream seemed too detailed to be simply concluded as a result of all the stress you’ve accumulated so far . ”

“A barren field and monsters . On top of that, enough power to suppress even you . What could it be?”

“That’s… . The truth is… . . I did hear a few things from Zekill . ”

“Huh?”

“…… . ”

I explained how Zekill told me about the demon realm and how the monsters crossed the realm to this side .

This included the reasons why the portals were summoned in the first place and their ultimate goal .

“What… . What do you mean……”

“It’s the truth . We finally found peace after such a long struggle, so I didn’t want to cause panic by telling you all . ”

“Does that mean the dreams you’re having… . . ?”

“Yes . It could be one of the 3 demonic races in the demon world still left or the demon king he was talking about . ”

“If that’s true, it’d be a huge disaster . We barely found this peace, but it’ll be chaos again… . . ”

“We’re not absolutely sure of this yet, right? It could be from what you heard from Zekill and the bloody fights you’ve been taking on combining together as a dream . Your mental state has become weaker too . ”

“Yes . I’m also hoping that’s the case as well . But… . ”

“……”

“Is there anyone the association having these dreams as well?”

“No . I’ve never received such a report . ”

“I’ve recently been meeting with most rankers and I have not heard such things . ”

“As expected…… . Just in case, please check the association for anyone who might be also having these dreams . ”

“Yes, will do . ”

“Hyung-nim, could you also look around as well?”

“Yeah, ok . ”

“Well, since it turned out this way, I guess I can’t just sit idly at home . ”

“Makes sense, since you have no idea what’s to come……”

“That’s why I plan to grow stronger!”

“Hey . How are you going to become stronger than you already are!”

“There’s skills for me to obtain . I have only one attack skill that’s a S rank, Formless Sword Aura . On top of that, I have 5 transcendence essences leftover . ”

“So you will be purchasing a S ranking attack skill?”

“Yes . Stuff beyond that is ok too . Since I’ve given all the essences to the commander, I better start getting some more to gain back some purchasing power . ”

“S ranking skill……”

“The class and mana cost doesn’t matter, right?”

“Hey, hyung nim . It’s not the first time you’re meeting me, you know?”

“I’m asking just in case! A S ranking attack skill… . . ”

“There are quite a lot of skill books in storage in the association . There are probably offensive skill books either S ranking or above in there . I’ll speak to the commander about it . If it’s Mr . Min-Cheol’s request, he probably would grant it without delay . ”

“Thank you . You know you’re the only reliable source I can get information about skill books, right hyung-nim? Is there anything decent?”

“What about this one?”

Jong Ho showed his phone’s screen .

“Oho… . . ”

“Looks pretty good from the description, right?”

“It looks like it could cause some serious damage . ”