I Never Run Out of Mana - Chapter 126

Chapter 126

126 . To the Demonic Realm

“Kekek! Human! We must go now! The Gate… . Sir Berdan awaits!”

“Alright, alright . Just wait a bit . ”

“Kuhhoop . ”

After returning to the house, I checked the Gate that led to the demonic realm through TV .

The Gate was far bigger than what I had originally anticipated .

Karin kept stomping his foot and tried to hurry me along, saying the he could feel the Gate’s aura .

However, the food still hadn’t arrived yet .

Since I wasn’t a monster that could use magical energy as a source of food, this matter was of life and death importance .

Stuffing his mouth with steaks, I bought as much time as possible .

I proceeded to contact the commander .

“Commander . ”

“Yes, lad Min-Cheol . Did you confirm the location of the Gate?”

“Yes, I just saw it on TV . ”

“Right… . . When do you think you’ll arrive here by?”

“Hm… Probably 2 hours from now . ”

“2 hours… . . ”

“Yes . During that time, please prevent any Awakened or civilians from getting near the Gate . They would be sent immediately to the demonic realm if they did so . ”

“Yes, I’ve already gave the order for that . But you said it’ll take 2 hours… . Is something the matter?”

“No . I asked for food supplies, but they told me that it’ll take roughly 2 hours . ”

“Hm… I see . Since it could become a long drawn out fight, that would be necessary . I shall try and see if I could speed up the delivery for you . ”

“Yes, thank you . By the way, did any monsters come through the Gate?”

“Right . So far, there were no signs of such things . Please contact me again when you’re ready . ”

“Yes, understood . ”

It would still be awhile before the ordered items would arrive .

As I was about to head to the living room, Jong Ho returned from hunting .

It seemed that he ran here as fast as he could so that he could save the Warp cooldown, because he was drenched in sweat .

Catching his breath after being winded, he spoke .

“Whew… . Whew… . . I’m not late, am I?”

“Yes . You arrived just on time . ”

“Thank goodness . Whew… . . ”

I casted Mega Cure on Jong Ho .

His breathing steadied, and he was lively once more .

Since he had a massive amount of dexterity and stamina stats, his recovery was really fast .

After he finished recovering, Jong Ho continued .

“What about the goblin? Karin?”

“Probably eating steak in the room?”

“That’s one heck of an appetite . What about our food supplies? Is it ready yet?”

“Yes . It’ll be here soon . ”

“So we’re all ready now……”

“Yes… . . ”

“What about mother?”

“She’s in her room . ”

“I’m so conflicted that my head feels like it’s going to explode . You know, it was enough to make me wish that we weren’t ready to go to the demonic realm?”

“Everything will be fine . Don’t worry too much . ”

“Yes, of course! I’m acting like this because I’m way too nervous . It’s the first time I’m going to the demonic realm, after all . ”

“Pfft . If someone heard this, they would think that I visited there countless of times because of how calm I’m acting compared to you . ”

“Heh heh! The dry humor between us does make me feel a bit better though . ”

Jong Ho took in a deep breath .

Seemed that he was trying to get rid of his nervousness .

It didn’t last long, however .

We heard mother coming out to the living room .

“You’re back, Jong Ho?”

“Yes, mother . I’m back . ”

“Good . Min-Cheol, are you done preparing as well?”

“Yes, all done . ”

The three of us stood in silence for awhile .

There was no way that the departing and the ones sending would be comfortable with this situation .

Mother squeezed both of our hands tightly and looked at both of us in turn .

It was then . Mother took off the ring she was wearing and gave it to me .

“This… . . Will you not need this?”

“The ring? You were wearing it well, so why all of a sudden?”

“Mothers just know . Even if they don’t want to know, and even if they want to pretend that they don’t know, they learn everything about their children… . . ”

“…… . ”

“When you first put this ring on me, I still can’t forget the face you made . It was filled with worry, yet kind beyond comparison . This item has to do with my safety, right? This ring, that is……”

“……”

“Take it with you . ”

“No, mom . I’m okay even without this . You should hold onto it . ”

“Mother, it is alright . We’ll finish it quickly and come back safe and sound . ”

“Yes, of course . That’s to be expected . But I’m still worried, so take it with you . ”

“……”

“If you insist… . . You should be the one to wear it, Min-Cheol . Since it’ll be a piece of cake, it won’t matter who wears it, right? You should hold onto it . ”

Taking the ring from my mother’s hand, he held it towards me .

-Trade with the Reaper- 1

*Once the wearer’s life runs out, blooms .

*A new life is gained .

*1 time use per person .

I had already obtained a variety of defensive skills from multiple different classes, as well as the Mana Shield .

Jong Ho, on the other hand, had a massive amount of stamina points, and his cooldown reduction allows him to always keep up a shield skill . Still, it paled in comparison to me .

There was only one skill that could recover health and vitality in one go .

It was Status Denial .

On top of that, this skill had a cooldown of 24 hours .

If both of us were to get into the worst case scenario…?

Just in case of the unexpected, I thought that it would be best to bring it along with us .

With the thought of giving the ring back to Jong Ho on the way to the Gate, it suddenly happened then .

As if mother knew what I was thinking, she closed Jong Ho’s hand on the ring and spoke .

“No . I think it would look better on my elder son, Jong Ho . ”

“Yeah . An old ring like that doesn’t suit me . ”

“Mother… . ”

“It’s ok . Who was the one who said that since nothing will happen, it won’t matter who wears it? That means that you can be the one to wear it, right?”

“…… . ”

“Even though I became both your mother in different ways, remember that you two are my sons… . You know how I feel about this, right?”

“Yes . This is fine… . It should be like this . ”

“Thank you…… . ”

“Shouldn’t you two eat first? There’s a long way to go, so you can’t leave on an empty stomach . ”

****

It took less than an hour after we finished our meal for the truck to arrive .

Just from a glance, I could tell that there were tons of supplies .

Looking at this, Jong Ho spoke .

“Hey, Min-Cheol . Does all that fit in the duffel bags?”

“What, do you think the duffel bags are some magic pouches or something?”

“No . That’s why I’m asking . Why did you order so much if you don’t know how we’re going to carry all that? And the duffel bags are already filled with frozen beef . ”

“Hyungnim, did you perhaps heard of the great Karin?”

“The goblin?”

“Yes . His pockets are the magic pouches . ”

“I don’t understand what you’re talking about at all . ”

I spoke in a tiny voice to prevent from Karin from overhearing .

“Hyungnim . When we get to the demonic realm, you will be able to see Karin . ”

“Yeah……”

“You cannot harm him under any circumstances . He’s our meal storage . ”

“Huh? What do you mean? Are you saying that we’re going to eat goblin meat?”

“He has the ability to carry his own personal pocket dimension . ”

“Pocket dimension?”

“Yes . His pockets are enormous . All the items we’ve gathered here are going into Karin’s pockets . ”

“Oho… . . ”

“Now do you understand?”

“Okay . ”

All the items were put out in the courtyard .

Checking that the truck drove away far out of sight, I called Karin .

I wondered how much meat he had eaten, cause his belly was nearly touching the floor .

“Keru . Human . I don’t think I can eat anymore steak . Let us hurry to the Gate . ”

“Okay . But before that, you are going to keep your promise, right?”

“Keru… . Okay . I just need to put all the items here in my pockets, right?”

“Yep . All of it!”

“With my ability, this is a piece of cake . ”

“Yes, that’s good…… . ”

****

Karin started to shove in all the items on the floor into his pockets .

He spoke while looking at me .

“Human . As promised, I put everything in . Now let us go to the Gate . ”

“Yes, let’s go . Hyungnim, let’s go . ”

“Yes… . . I think we should at least give our farewells to mother before leaving though . ”

“No . She told me to go without giving farewells . ”

“……”

“She said that she might change her mind and prevent us from going . Told us to give greetings after we come back . ”

“Alright… . . The location of the Gate?”

“We’ll go to the level 34 dungeon in Yangpyeong with Warp, then run from there, I think?”

“Keruk! Human, we can go there through the Warp I make . ”

“Hm?”

“Keruru . Did you already forget about the Authority for dimensional traveling that sir Berdan had bestowed upon me?”

“Ah… . . So we can go to the Gate right away?”

“That’s right . We aren’t able to go to the demonic realm in one go, but that much is possible . ”

“Then let’s go… . To Yangpyeong . To the supposedly amazing demonic realm . ”

“Kerurururu . Got it . ”

With a single sweep of his hand, the space before us tore open .

It had a different appearance from the Warp that regular Awakened used .

With both his hands behind his back, he walked through first .

Jong Ho and I followed suit .

For a split moment, it felt like my body was being sucked down through the floor .

At the same time, the surrounding view changed, and we were able to arrive in front of the giant Gate .

“Oh! Jong Ho! Mr . Min-Cheol!”

“Young Min-Cheol . Young Jong Ho . So you’ve both arrived . ”

Near the Gate were nearly a thousand Awakened gathered around .

Not only were there Awakened from Korea, but rankers all over the world were gathered, being deployed by the global Awakened organization .

Of course, they were keeping a certain distance away from the Gate and coming not an inch closer .

I could hear Ho Jin and the commander’s voice from far away, which was soon followed by their hasty run towards us .

“Why didn’t you contact us earlier!”

“That’s because suddenly a method to get here much easier suddenly appeared . ”

“Jong Ho, I’m sorry . I should be coming with you… . . ”

“Hey, no worries . You should be protecting your family . ”

“Look at you, acting all cool . And Mr . Min-Cheol……”

“Mr . Ho Jin, don’t worry . We’ll be careful . ”

“Apologies……”

“Yes… . . Is everything ready on your end?”

“Yes . We plan to enter right away . ”

“I see……”

“After entering, there is a chance that monsters will come out of the Gate . Of course, this is just a speculation, but I am counting on everyone here to protect this place . ”

“Of course! I am already ashamed for having you two take on this burden . Do not worry at all!”

“Yes . And also……”

“Your mother? Do not worry about that either . I will protect her, even if I have to sacrifice all the lives of the thousands of Awakened gathered here . I promise you!”

“Thank you . ”

“Please stay safe! I will be waiting, hoping that we meet again with smiles like this . ”

“Yes . Hyungnim, let’s go . ”

“Huh? Oh…… Just a second… . ”

Jong Ho ran towards So-Hyeon, who was standing far away .

It seemed that he was handing over something .

It wasn’t the resurrection ring, of course .

After talking with So-Hyeon for a short while, he quickly ran back to the front of the Gate .

“Let’s go!”

“You can talk for a bit longer, if you want to . ”

“It’s enough . Love is like this, kiddo . ”

“Pfft . Let’s go!”

“Keruruk!”