After dinner, Kang Hye-in left with a recording of Yoon-seok’s story to show her father. What happened next went as Yoon-seok expected. Their father confronted Kang Hyung-woo, who broke down like a cornered mouse. Kang Hye-in informed Yoon-seok of what was happening in real-time.
-Kang Hye-in: Father told him he would forgive him if he admitted everything, so Hyung-woo got down on his knees and confessed.
-Kang Hye-in: He tried to explain the reason for the fire in a different way, but Father couldn’t control himself and threw down the TV in a rage. It’s quite expensive…
-Kang Hye-in: That bastard is being completely slaughtered. It’s the first time I’ve seen my dad get so angry. It’s quite scary.
-Kang Hye-in: He’s begging not to have his name erased from the family register with tears and snot running down his pathetic face.
-Kang Hye-in: Wow, Father kicked him out. Without financial support, how will that pathetic bastard survive?
-Kang Hye-in: Father wanted me to tell you that he’s sorry, and don’t ever worry about retaliation. You don’t have to pay off the debt, and you’ll be compensated several times.
-Kang Hye-in: This won’t be enough to comfort you, but…I’m sorry. Not even in my dreams did I think that you were being subjected to such a thing.
-Kang Hye-in: You must be tired. Please sleep well.
After reading the last message, Yoon-seok turned off his smartphone. It must be the worst-case scenario for Kang Hyung-woo. He didn’t feel happy about it, but he wasn’t sad either. Rather, he felt normal about it. Kang Hyung-woo was paying the price for what he sowed, nothing more, nothing less.
“It’s over…finally.”
With that, the ugly relationship he thought would last forever came to an end. Kang Hyung-woo’s father, despite being the head of a chaebol, Kang Hyung-woo’s father was a fair and kind man.
‘I’ve always wondered how such a child could come from such a wonderful person.’
Without his support, everything that Kang Hyung-woo enjoyed would disappear. Fearing his father’s wrath, Kang Hyung-woo wouldn’t dare touch Yoon-seok in retaliation.
‘Why couldn’t I have done this before?’
It was something he had been thinking about. He ignored the objective possibilities and kept on rationalizing, telling himself that a father would never give up a son. The solution to his problem was on him all this time. It was a hell that he could have stopped just by reaching out to the right person.
‘Why was that so terrifying back then? It must be because I didn’t believe in myself.’
Yoon-seok let out a sigh before looking up at the ceiling of his hotel room.
「Time remaining until return 00:00:31.」
It was almost time to go back to that place. But for Yoon-seok, he felt like he was returning to where he belonged, rather than being dragged away to a different dimension.
“Thank you for giving me a chance to change. Otherwise, I might have lived like that for the rest of my life.”
Soon, a phrase appeared in front of him.
「Ticket (Rank F) has expired.」
「Teleporting to the waiting room on the 3rd floor.」
* * *
「Time until the next duel 22:33:50.」
As soon as he returned to the familiar waiting room, Yoon-seok checked the timer. It was the exact time he had before he tore up his ticket. Thus, he began to do what he was supposed to do before a duel.
He had a total of 8,700 AP left after purchasing the F-rank return ticket. Yoon-seok carefully looked at the technical items first. He wanted to find something that would help fight against bizarre abilities. It was to make up for his weaknesses, which were exposed in his last duel. Soon, he noticed something that felt just right for him.
*Anti-Magic (Rank F-) – Magical power takes on the properties of anti-magic.
Selling price: 1,500 AP.
For reference, he began searching the chat rooms for mentions of anti-magic, hoping to find an explanation.
‘Based on these…it’s just what I need…no, it’s an essential skill for every fighter.’
Yoon-seok wondered whether malicious information aimed to induce the waste of AP, but seeing how wizards commented on it, he judged it reliable.
-Blood Mage: It’s making life hard for magicians; I’ll give you that.
-Gum Gum Gum Gum: Oh, I thought my Unique Skill was great, but from now on, it’s hell.
Compared to fighters, the number of wizards was small. However, if someone purchased anti-magic to prepare against them, they would be left behind by other martial artists who spent their AP improving their physical attributes. Therefore, anti-magic power was thinly spread out among the challengers. Of course, if everyone had it, it would be unfair for wizards. Only the talented ones would survive.
‘Huh, if I had bought it earlier, I wouldn’t have gone through such trouble….’
It was a pity, but there was no changing what had already happened. Now that he had reflected and prepared for this, he wouldn’t make the same mistake in the future. Along with the anti-magic, Yoon-seok purchased four stat potions worth 6,000 AP.
「Stamina (F-) rank rises.」
「Stamina (F) rank rises.」
「Magic (F-) rank rises.」
「Agility (F+) rank rises.」
With this, his agility reached a whopping E-rank. Yoon-seok felt the change in his body immediately.
‘I won’t be able to buy anything with the 200 AP left.’
With that, Yoon-seok immediately started training. He had to grow accustomed to these new physical changes. There was also the Unique Skill b Blood Pact} which he only had a short time practicing. His training began in earnest.
It was a training session filled with screams. What Yoon-seok was going through was something so bizarre and cruel that it couldn’t be called training.
“Argggh!”
Yoon-seok moaned in pain as he watched his blood spurt out of his body. He was harming himself to practice exploding his blood and also to train his healing abilities.
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