Chapter 55
Episode 12 – First Person Protagonist’s Point of View (2)
[The recreation of your flesh has begun . ]
Just like falling paint spread out, my vision slowly cleared . The surrounding contrast and saturation were unclear . By bones, capillaries, digestive and respiratory tract and my whole eyes regenerated . My senses were confused because they still hadn’t found their place .
In any case, I could rest assured about Chungmuro .
No matter how strong the apostles were, they wouldn’t be able to defeat Yoo Jonghyuk who was stronger than the original .
By the way… it was a truly unique experience . I shared a first person point of view with Yoo Jonghyuk . If possible, I didn’t want to do it again .
[The exclusive skill ‘Fourth Wall’ offsets the mental shock caused by your death . ]
[Compensation is being prepared for the Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint stage 3 . [
…Usage compensation?
I could see Jung Heewon shouting from afar . Her face was astounded as Lee Hyunsung held onto her . Jung Minseob and Lee Sungkook were in shock when they looked over here .
Fortunately, they were all safe . I wasn’t too late .
“Dokja-ssi!”
Jung Heewon forgot and cried out my name .
Kyaooooh!
In fact, there was no need to hide it anymore . Air flowed into my newly created lungs . There was still the merciless lesser dragon in the vicinity .
“As expected from Yoo Jonghyuk-nim!”
“Did he use a divine restoration pill?”
These cries came from the few prophets who had survived . Of course, I didn’t have a divine recovery .
Reviving from death was completely different to recovering from a serious wound .
[The benefits of the King of No Killing has been completed . ]
[100 karma points have been consumed . ]
[The wastes of your flesh have been completely removed and the performance of your body has increased . ]
[Physique and magic power has increased by 1 each . ]
There was even a resurrection bonus . This was why ‘King of No Killing’ was a scam . In all of Ways of Survival, Selena Kim of the United States was the only one who obtained this attribute .
[Current karma points: 0/100]
[Fill up the points for your next resurrection . ]
[One karma point will be obtained every time you save someone’s life . ]
The privilege of the King of No Killing was ‘resurrection . ’ Of course, it wasn’t unconditionally resurrection . Karma points were necessary . It was fortunate that the first resurrection started with 100 points .
Kyaooooh!
[The 5th grade fire dragon species, ‘Lesser Dragon Igneel’ is using the ‘Flames of Destruction’ . ]
I couldn’t die as soon as I revived . Since my points had fallen to 0, the resurrection privilege couldn’t be used for a while .
I looked around and saw the number ‘2’ written on a foothold . The other people were already standing on a foothold .
“Hyunsung-ssi, go over there! We’ll go to the next one!”
Lee Hyunsung rushed towards me at Jung Heewon’s quick judgement . Lee Hyunsung arrived and opened his mouth while sweating .
“Dokja-ssi, are you okay?”
“Just take a look . ”
“…I thought my eyes were mistaken for a while . ”
I didn’t have time to explain in detail how it was possible .
[Absolute Shield is activated!]
The Flames of Destruction burned in front of my eyes . I spoke to Lee Hyunsung, who was looking at me like I was Jesus .
“Hyunsung-ssi, do you have anything for me to wear? A poncho or…”
“I might be a soldier but… ah . ”
Lee Hyunsung belatedly recognized the situation and looked at my body . The resurrection was good except for one thing . The external suit had melted and most of the items I picked up were destroyed .
In other words, I was now naked .
“…No, that’s okay . ” I muttered .
Lee Hyunsung had raised his hand to his waist and now he returned it to his original position .
No matter how strong a person, this sense of sacrifice was too much . In any case, I didn’t need clothes but the items that fell .
Even the Flames of Destruction couldn’t dissolve star relics or scenario items . In fact, Unbroken Faith was rolling around the lesser dragon’s legs and the brown flag was also on the ground . It was a location where other people couldn’t easily pick them up .
As soon as the shield was lifted, people started to run from far away . The one who ran first was Jung Heewon .
“Dokja-ssi!”
Jung Heewon’s expression gradually stiffened as she ran towards me .
[The constellation ‘Abyssal Black Flame Dragon’ is looking at the black flame dragon . ]
I felt her gaze covering my shoulders and back before she looked away .
“I didn’t see anything so don’t worry . Is now the time to care about that?”
I reflexively shrank back at the words . Then a poncho covered my body . Looking closer, it was a big one .
[Samyeongdang’s Straw Mat]
Jung Heewon handed it over to me .
“Thank you, Jung Heewon-ssi . ”
I was very thankful to her right now .
[The constellation ‘Bald General of Justice’ is a little sad . ]
“Let’s move . ”
Kyaooooh!
The lesser dragon Igneel’s physical movement stage had begun . We once again moved counterclockwise and avoided the attack .
Jung Heewon and Lee Hyunsung ran ahead of me . They seemed to care about the ‘black flame dragon’ dangling from my lower body . The straw mat was more uneven than I thought and didn’t cover the front .
Jung Minseob ran without noticing and asked, “What now representative? All the apostles have died…”
As Jung Minseob said, I didn’t see any remaining apostles .
The proof was that their ice pills were rolling around the areas where they died . They were items with a long digestion time and didn’t melt in the flames .
A dragon’s paw flew through the air .
“Kyaaak!”
Two prophets running behind the party were crushed .
I ran to the centre of the platform and grabbed Unbroken Faith and the brown flag .
[You have recovered the brown flag . ]
[You can use the flag’s abilities . ]
I looked around and it was only my party members remaining . As I was thinking, the time for the footholds to be activated had already come .
[Numerical footholds are activated . ]
“Gather!”
Fortunately, a foothold with the number ‘5’ was activated . The problem was that there was only one active foothold this time .
The intermediate dokkaebi’s voice could be heard in the air .
[Huhu, you are still holding up well . But will that luck continue?]
Next time, the number on the foothold might be three or four . If so, someone in the party would surely die . If it was six…
[The 5th grade fire dragon species, ‘Lesser Dragon Igneel’ is using the ‘Flames of Destruction’ . ]
[Absolute Shield is activated . ]
We barely made it with 10 seconds to spare . I had to think of this as the last time .
“Phew… this bastard . Dokja-ssi, what do we do?”
Lee Hyunsung and Jung Heewon were exhausted . It was natural since they had ran dozens of times in an environment where it was hard to breathe .
“I think we should fight . ”
“Can we catch it?”
“It isn’t impossible . ”
I pointed to the ice pills rolling around on the floor . The number was exactly a match for the members of our party . If we ate the items that the apostles prepared, it wasn’t impossible to damage the lesser dragon . The question was if we could kill it before the next full attack began .
[Absolute Shield will be released . ]
“Run! Pick up the pills that have dropped on the ground!”
The party members popped out as I yelled .
[4,100 coins have been invested in magic power . ]
[Magic Power Lv . 16 -> Magic Power Lv . 25]
[Your soul is attuned to the world!]
In order to get rid of the lesser dragon as quickly as possible, I needed to raise my magic power instead of my strength .
I picked up an ice pill and swallowed it .
[The ice property has temporarily opened . ]
[40% ice damage is added . ]
Now the only thing left was to inflict damage . What should I do? There was a limit to charging recklessly .
Lee Hyunsung had Great Mountain Smash but he lacked agility . Jung Heewon had excellent agility but she lacked a powerful finishing blow .
It would be good if we attacked a weak spot . Was it something that Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint could point out? Ah, that reminded me…
[Exclusive skill, Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint is already in use . ]
[The compensation for the exclusive skill, Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint stage 3 is available . ]
I used the reward .
[You have experienced the first person protoganist’s point of view . ]
[You can take one of the protagonist’s skills . ]
…What?
I was too puzzled to see the flying paw of the lesser dragon . Jung Heewon’s body pushed against mine and the paw landed where I used to be .
Kwaang!
“Why are you freezing?”
Jung Heewon cried out but I couldn’t easily answer . I could take one of the protagonist’s skills . This meant I could get one of Yoo Jonghyuk’s skills .
[Presenting the list of available skills . ]
Oho, I got a choice?
Now that I had eaten the ice pill, what if I could get one of Yoo Jonghyuk’s skills?
If I could obtain something like Strong Self-Defense or Breaking the Sky Sword…!
[Please select a skill to acquire . ]
Cold Resistance Fire Resistance Lie Detection .…Shit, it was like this .
Things couldn’t be resolved so easily . I liked Lie Detection the most among the available skills, but it was useless for me right now .
The most useful thing for this situation was Fire Resistance…
Kuoooooh!
The lesser dragon roared and breathed out fire . Once this action was over, the Flames of Destruction phase would being .
Let me think . I was a ‘reader . ’ There would be an answer in what I had read .
[Due to the effect of your exclusive attribute, the memories from the books you have read will increase . ]
The pages flashed in my head . The lesser dragon’s attacls . There was some information in the 12th, 14th and 17th regressions . Now these things were given to me .
“Dokja-ssi, quickly…!”
I slowly closed my eyes .
Then .
“Cold Resistance . ”
I decided .
[The skill Cold Resistance is now available to be used . ]
I turned to the others and shouted .
“Jung Heewon-ssi, Lee Hyunsung-ssi! Have you eaten your ice pills yet? Give all of them to me . ”
“Huh?”
“Lee Sungkook, Jung Minseob! You too!”
Jung Minseob’s eyes widened just as he was about to put the ice pill in his mouth .
“Quickly!”
“Ah, yes!”
I quickly received the four ice pills . I avoided the flames and poured all of the pills into my mouth . I was certain . This was for the best .
[You have taken an ice pill . ]
[The attribute overlay effect of the ice pill will increase the attribute damage . ]
[200% ice damage is added . ]
[The chill of your heart engulfs your entire body . ]
I would’ve never done this in a normal situation . The ice pill was actually a type of poison . Eating just one would make you feel like you were standing naked in the middle of winter .
It meant that I should usually only take one .
[The exclusive skill ‘Cold Resistance Lv . 5’ has protected you . ]
The skill I gained from Yoo Jonghyuk started at level 5 .
“Everyone come behind me!”
I shouted as I held the handle of my sword . Perhaps it was due to the memories when I was Yoo Jonghyuk . The feeling I got when I grasped the sword subtly changed .
[Blade of Faith is activated!]
Kiiing!
[The special option of Unbroken Faith is activated . ]
[The ether property is converted to ‘darkness . ’]
[The effect of the ice pill will add ‘frost’ to the ether property . ]
The ether blade became a dark blue . It was due to the overlay of ice and darkness .
Chwaaaaak!
The dark blue ether blade started to hit the flames . I exploded all my muscle strength and ran to the lesser dragon .
Now it was an all out battle .
[The stigma ‘Song of the Sword’ has been used . ]
[Your sword is filled with the words left by the Duke of Loyalty and Warfare . ]
The buff ability varied according to the verse of the Song of the Sword . Please don’t let it be a strange verse .
「 In the night, a god appeared in his dream and said, “You will win big if you do this . Otherwise, you will lose . ” 」
I wanted a different verse when different colours appeared on the lesser dragon’s body . Most of them were green but there were parts that looked a toxic red .
[The constellation ‘Maritime War God’ is supporting your battle . ]
I realized the meaning of the Duke of Loyalty and Warfare . I see . These were the weak points .
I ran through the fire and swung my sword at the lesser dragon’s head . The first point was pale red .
Kyaaaah!
It floundered while I cut the Achilles tendon of its hind legs . The second was dark red .
Kyaaaak!
I jumped to avoid the tail and its paw swung towards me .
Peeeeok!
[The shield effect of the brown flag is activated . ]
The flames couldn’t be blocked but the shield could endure a few ordinary attacks .
I ran as it roared and stabbed my blade .
Puok!
It was at a red light on its chest .
Kyaaaack!
The lesser dragon started to wince .
The shield of the brown flag was instantly destroyed and flames started to gather at its mouth .
[The 5th grade fire dragon species, ‘Lesser Dragon Igneel’ is preparing the ‘Flames of Destruction’ . ]
The attack phase was finally starting . Now I had no shield . I used all my magic power and the elongated ether blade struck its chest . I swung and swung again .
The explosive ice damage hit its chest . But it still didn’t fall .
Kuaaaaaah!
Just a bit more .
Kyaaaak!
A bit more…
[The 5th grade fire dragon species, ‘Lesser Dragon Igneel’ is using the ‘Flames of Destruction’ . ]
The flames burned in front of me . I would die once they struck me . I could hear the calls of the party members in the distance . I listened to the calls and swung my sword without backing down .
I could do it . My calculations weren’t wrong . I was a ‘reader . ’ If I had been Yoo Jonghyuk…
A sharp sense of emotion came as I wielded the sword in a trance . Yoo Jonghyuk’s sword was invisible and silent . The sensation was strongly embedded in me .
I grabbed the hilt with all my strength . I recalled the feeling of that moment with my senses .
At least once . If I could iminate even a bit of that ‘one sword . ’
Kuooooh!
The sword moved and I heard something burst . It was the sound of flesh exploding .
The blood of the lesser dragon soaked my eyes and its body parts flew through the air .
After rolling around in the high-temperature dust, I vomited up all the congested parts .
I shook my head to regain my vision . I staggered as I barely got up . I was staring into the lesser dragon’s eyes . I was taken aback and shook . It seemed that the burning Flames of Destruction had quietly turned off . The huge eyelids blinked once before it slowly backed away .
Kuuong!
The Blade of Belief was crying out silently from what it was stabbed into the dragon’s heart .
[You are the first to kill the disaster ‘Lesser Dragon Igneel’ . ]
[You are the first to contribute to clearing the fifth main scenario . ]
[An impossible feat has been accomplished . ]
The power slowly went out of my body . There was no power in my clenched fists . I gaped for breath as I sat down .
It was a reckless challenge . This time I really almost died .
[The compensation settlement will take some time due to the impossible achievement . ]
[Some low-grade dokkaebi have requested a ‘plausibility’ request from the Administration Bureau . ]
The intermediate dokkaebi was staring down at me quietly .
Anyway, now was the time for sweet rewards .
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