Chapter 337
Chapter 337 . Final Wave (7)
After finishing up Japan’s crisis, we quickly returned to Korea . While the land transmittance was underway, we didn’t know where the next place would be .
When things began happening exactly as Revival said, the minority of people who doubted us began to evacuate in a panic . While a mandatory evacuation was already underway, people began to be more proactive in doing so .
At the same time, footages of the massacre in Japan and Revival’s quick clean up spread and increased talks about me even more . I wasn’t the only one there, but I was the only one everyone was talking about .
What was even more terrifying was the ring of light spinning around my horn . As time passed, it only became firmer and more stable . Pointing at this ring of light, Hwaya asked .
“Have you heard of Halo?”
I retorted jokingly .
“I do, but I haven’t played it . ”
“Not the game!”
I smirked and shook my head . Of course, I knew what she was talking about .
“Don’t be absurd . I’m not an angel or a saint, why would this be a halo?”
“What else would it be then?”
“…”
At a Loss for words, I touched my horn . I could still only feel a faint heat . I couldn’t feel the halo at all .
Closing my eyes, I concentrated on the horn . As expected, it didn’t feel any different . With a shrug, I asked Hwaya .
“Hwaya, how do I look like?”
“A handsome man with a halo and a horn . ”
“Not that . Do I look different?”
“Yeah . ”
Hwaya immediately replied .
“It’s hard to put it . It’s a hard-to-approach kind of feeling . Even if I wanted to hug you, I would hesitate right before doing it . Something like awe… or admiration… You know how I’m not affected by most mental magic, right? But you go right through it . ”
“Damn . ”
If Hwaya was saying this, something was happening to my body for sure .
But I didn’t feel any different, and although I learned to control my body’s energy, I couldn’t do anything about this ring of light .
After touching the horn and struggling to control the light for a few more minutes, I gave up and fell on the couch .
“What is this good for?”
“That’s what you’re thinking about when something strange like that happens to your body?”
Hwaya spoke with a wry smile .
“I thought you got too far out of reach, but it’s nice to know that you’re still the Shin I know . ”
“What do you mean, far out of reach . If anything, I’m closer to you than ever . ”
“If your wife had a light bulb on her forehead, I’m sure you’d be scared too . ”
I couldn’t help but laugh at Hwaya’s words .
“Scared? You are?”
“I might not be scared of other things, but thinking about bad things happening to you or my mother makes me scared to death, so don’t laugh . ”
Hwaya frowned, and a few fireballs popped up in the air . It was a trick she learned to do after she got her Evil Eyes and had her flame wielding ability strengthened . I decided to take this moment to say what I needed to say .
“Don’t worry, Hwaya . I’ll be with you forever . ”
“You better not let the Demon Lord kill you after saying that . ”
“Don’t worry, I won’t die . The only thing that can kill me now is myself . ”
“You also can’t suddenly say you’re bored with the human world and transcend into heaven . ”
“The heck is that . Anyways, there are so many things I haven’t done yet, so don’t worry about something like that . Come here . ”
Since I didn’t know how busy things would get from now on, I had to service her when I could . When I pulled Hwaya into my embrace, she didn’t resist and even dug deeper into my arms .
“Good, that was 99 points . ”
“What about the other point?”
“You know . ”
Hwaya looked up into my eyes with a shy smile . Because of her lovable smile, I completely forgot about that halo or divinity .
While Walker interrupted us last time, thankfully, no one interrupted us this time as I slowly obtained my last point .
*
The sudden start of the land transmittance and the tragedy in Japan were more than enough to stir up the world . Those who worked to seek personal profits realized the gravity of the situation, and the world-wide evacuation sped up .
It seemed my existence also put a check on these greedy people . Unlike in the past where I looked around for monsters to show off my power, this time, I had appeared in the middle of Tokyo and swiftly cleaned up all of Japan . As a result, people were beginning to see me as an existence that had transcended humanity .
While I was still treated as a human in the past, now, it was as though I was in a higher realm . It was a truly strange feeling .
[Revival’s master, Kang Shin, came into this world on year XXXX in XX Hospital in Seoul…]
“Oh, it’s about you, Shin . ”
“Ye-Eun, turn that off . ”
Just listening to TV nowadays gave me goosebumps . Come on, came into this world!?
Instead of turning the TV off, Ye-Eun changed the channel . Unfortunately, it wasn’t any different .
“Look Shin! It’s our school!”
Because I was focused on climbing the dungeon, I barely remembered about the university I used to attend . Just when I was thinking about it some man was excitedly blabbering in front of the camera, I realized it was a business department professor .
“Why is a professor that I don’t even remember seeing talking about me?”
[He was an extraordinary student . He rarely came to school, but his grades and performance on assignments were always excellent . I should have known it back then… Many female students had a crush on him too . Just by being there, he caught people’s eyes, truly a remarkable trait . ]
He was writing a novel . Plus, because he mentioned female students, all of the girls in the guild house turned towards me and gave me funny looks . I vowed to get my revenge on the professor and turned the TV off .
The bigger problem was that something like this was happening on a daily basis . It was as though a sleeping volcano has finally woken up .
“There’s going to be a Church of Kang Shin at this rate . ”
“I’m afraid it might really happen, so don’t even mention it, Walker . ”
“I’m surprised it hasn’t happened earlier . ”
On the other hand, Ludia acted as though this was completely normal . In this regard, she shared the same sentiment as Ciara .
“People of Earth need to be more thankful . Most worlds fail to prepare properly at first, so their Heroes don’t end up on the top of their worlds even after tens of years passing by . Worlds like these generally end up losing without standing a chance . But Shin managed to rise to the top in just a few years and came to minimize damages this much while being invaded by two worlds at the same time . It would be weirder if no one worshipped him . ”
“That’s because Earth already had several widespread religions . Plus, there are more educated people on average compared to people of other worlds . They probably felt weird worshipping someone who was alive . ”
“But because we have a friendly relationship with the Vatican and displayed an undefeatable might in front of everyone, we managed to topple this perception of theirs . ”
“Those things aren’t important at all . ”
I interrupted the others who were analyzing what happened .
“Of course, if possible, I want them to stop doing that, but if that helps more people survive, I’ll leave it alone for now . I’ll leave Earth for a while once I defeat the Demon Lord, so it won’t matter then . ”
“Kang Shin, your horn decoration got bigger . ”
“Kuk, don’t mention it . I don’t want to think about it . ”
The golden ring of light, what Walker called a horn decoration, was indeed slowly getting bigger and strutting its presence . I didn’t even want to imagine what would happen once ordinary people found out about this ring . Of course, as I had a lot of other important things to worry about, I didn’t have the time to think too much about it .
“Kuhum, anyways, what’s important is how to divide ourselves . We can’t all just stay in the guild house when we don’t know when the land transmittance will occur . We still have many things to obtain from the dungeon, so we’ll have to form a rotating shift . Of course, we’ll have to leave out people who need to enter Beyond . But since I’m about to Clear Beyond, you can leave me in . ”
It was important that the guild house was never empty . Revival’s members consisted of Earth’s strongest ability users . I formed teams based around some of the stronger members and had them stay in the guild house in the time slot allotted to them . That way, everyone else would be informed of a land transmittance whenever it happened .
“What an incredible world and what incredible subordinates . To think you can receive information and react based on it so quickly…”
Kain seemed extremely impressed with how smoothly everything was executed . Seeing him making a surprised face for the first time, I laughed .
“It’s meaningless if we don’t have the strength to support it . In that sense, take care of us, Kain . ”
“I’ll just do what I’m contracted to do . As long as it’s within the terms of our contract, I can do whatever you want . ”
I was satisfied with his reliable reply . I added with a gentle smile .
“As you know, we don’t have a lot of time left . ”
“I’m looking forward to it . ”
By the time the aftermath of Japan’s land transmittance was resolved, many things had changed . However, things that were important to me all stayed the same .
I headed to the dungeon once again . I wanted to see the end of the dungeon that was now within my sight .
Next on the list was the 95th Floor Master .
The difficulty of the world breaking that started on the 91st floor continued to escalate, and by the time I reached the 94th floor, it took my current self a whole ten days to reach the Floor Shop .
Just like on the 91st floor, I continued to face gigantic monsters, destroying dozens of giant golems or krakens .
I expected the 95th Floor Master to be similar, but my expectations were a bit off . Unlike the previous Floor Master rooms, the 95th Floor Master room was an entire room . The moment I went up to the 95th floor, I could hear a voice ring out .
[There’s finally a human who managed to reach me . How truly incredible . ]
“…”
Although I couldn’t see even a tiny fraction of him, I could clearly hear his voice in my ears .
[Born in a human’s body, yet trying to transcend humanity, I give my utmost respect to you, Challenger . But a League must be given to one who fits it . ]
In an instant, the surroundings became dark . I guessed the reason without even looking up . There was a giant being eclipsing the world’s light .
[Thus, I will test you with due diligence . Are you prepared, Human?]
Looking up, I saw a dragon .
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