NOVEL NEXT chapter 10-The Dragon
Episode 10, The Dragon
There was no need to climb further, and the eastern staircase was deserted and quiet.
After stopping between the 3rd and 4th floors and waiting for a while, Cha Yoo-ra appeared.
“I don’t think I even remember saying goodbye.”
She stopped four steps down and looked up at me.
The closest distance to meeting her in real life.
I think it’s the most perfect face among the faces without expression.
“You don’t have to know it to be useful.”
“Then it must be something that doesn’t have to be me.”
“That’s right. So I guess you’re lucky.”
One side of Cha Yu-ra’s earlobe turned red.
I wondered if I got the concept wrong, but the beginning is good.
The color of her earlobes is her only emotional window, and she does not distinguish between joy and sorrow.
“Tell me that thing. I need to know why you are being so rude.”
From the nuance of the words like this, you can guess that it’s anger, but that doesn’t matter at all because she doesn’t know about her past feelings.
‘I forgot hundreds of hours because I didn’t know this.’
The highest level of intimacy works with unknown likes and dislikes. Cha Yu-ra’s strategy, which was revealed belatedly, was just a lot of agitation.
It was an ear lobe dye.
“The party is waiting for you.”
At Cha Yoo-ra’s urging, another fact flashed into my mind.
“ah! What did you say to your companions?”
“What do you say? Seongjun Han asked to see you.”
She couldn’t lie “Did you ever think about why I asked to see you via message?”
“I don’t even think there is a need to go around.”
As with class work, useless misunderstandings are likely to grow. That part was also the reason why she was nicknamed ‘Yongnyeo’ and received a lot of love.
During the conversation, I tried assigning Cha Yu-ra’s ring to the index, but it didn’t cost anything.
It means no item. “Is the ring you’re wearing right now, by any chance, meaningful?” I’m asking, but I think it’s just one of the accessories.
It was a ring that was quite noticeable on Cha Yu-ra’s ashen skin, and if it was an important item, there was no way I wouldn’t have seen it in the main story.
However, the answer that came back was very different from what I expected.
“I didn’t think so, but it was that way too. What kind of confidence are you…?”
Then turn around and go down the stairs. I had a brief brain freeze, but I soon figured out why. Cha Yoo-ra means the meaning of the question
‘Do you have a boyfriend?’
It seems that you know that much.
“Ha, how confident are you? wait.”
I took out a spare ring of copper wire from my pocket and quickly entered the options. Save the settings added to the destination.
-[consumed DP 55] 55 DP was manageable.
[The item has been created.]
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[“Magic” ring made by twisting copper wire]
[Rating] Lowest
[Durability] 3/3
*(+) Increases total magic power by 3% when equipped.
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It’s only 3%, but Cha Yu-ra, a magician, will feel the difference. I threw a copper wire ring to Cha Yu-ra, who was waiting on the third floor.
“It’s about changing. I need a nigerium ring, and maybe you’ll like it.”
Cha Yoo-ra snatched the ring and looked around, then checked the smartwatch without context.
“I don’t have time to play with you.”
Was it like that?
“Come in and see and talk.”
She put her finger through the ring of copper wire and lifted it.
“Is it okay? Now look at me and see these pieces of wire, ah….”
A bright red light was on in both earlobes of Cha Yu-ra, who had lost her words.
“Look. Because you will like it.”
Did you feel the magical power increase effect from something that couldn’t be an artifact? It wasn’t simply a matter of performance value.
What I gave her was a sample, and depending on the research results, it could be a production method. And the artifact production technology was treated as a secret to all magicians.
“I will give you this. Why?”
However, the response was better than I expected. Maybe it’s because JS Opparts (JSO) at this point is at the level of a toddler.
“It’s a deal.” “It’s a trade-out of balance.”
“Then. Ask your father if he would like to raise a scholarship student. The balance will be adjusted gradually.”
Cha Yoo-ra’s father was the best magic engineer and businessman in the country, and she couldn’t help but notice the value she knew.
Cha Yu-ra grabbed the Nigerian ring and climbed the stairs again.
“Careful.”
It felt strange to say the words while handing over the ring, but I realized the reason after accepting it.
“<0x07> <0x07>!”
Nigerium was a metal with a good magic absorption rate, and Cha yu was a brain-attribute magic talent.
He gritted his teeth and endured, barely escaping the moaning uglyness.
In the meantime, Cha Yu-ra, who had climbed a step higher than me, reached out her hand.
It was at the right eye level.
“It was a satisfactory business.”
I reached out my hand, but her hand kept going up. Then, because of my brain, I tidied up the hair on my head that stood on end. with that perfect expression.
It’s embarrassing.
“Uh, thank you.”
“One last thing I want to make sure,”
“say. ”
She displayed a hologram of my cadet profile on her smartwatch.
“I am your sister. Don’t call it you.”
[Formed a relationship with the character ‘Yura’Cha’—Acquisition 55 DP]
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【Nigium ‘Magic’ Ring】
[Rating] Intermediate
[Durability] 100/100
* Nigerium Unique Property: Stores some of the wearer’s surplus magical power.
*(+) Increases total magic power by 9% when equipped.
*(+) Increases magic recovery speed by 9% when equipped.
*(-) Cannot recover 1% of total magic power when equipped.
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DP consumption skyrocketed when it exceeded 10%, so I was satisfied with this. Still, the cost performance was good even after spending 886 DP, perhaps because the raw materials were sucked.
For me now, when magic exhaustion means zero vitality, the best option for magic is the magic-related option. Anyway, I should have prepared for this. I put the Nigerian ring on my left little finger and put on the training top I had taken off. 「9:16 p.m.」
Time passed quickly as I came in after dinner and coordinated the options. ‘I wonder if there are still many people.’ Personally, what I liked the most about Cheongsong was that the regular classes were 1-2 lines a day, and the second was that there were no restrictions or roll call for autonomous and bedtime except for waking up.
Perhaps the loose control is because the position of the cadets can be identified in real-time. I sent a message to Gayoung through my smartwatch. I’m going to the refinery, but if you’re frustrated too, come out.
The reply took less than 10 seconds. Gayoung: I will be at the familiar coordinates. food. It seems that he was practicing according to my advice.
The advice was nothing special. Could it be that the object has been pushed beyond space?
Also, what was pushed beyond the space might come back—it was about talking about it. It’s a thought he might have thought of at least once, but I suggested two more specific methods by borrowing the understanding of 〈Creative Gaze〉.
One of them was to be conscious of ‘coordinates’, and the other was to make the image of the subject unique. Anyway. It would have been a big step forward for Gayoung now, even if she just grasped the concept that the object had not disappeared.
(Let’s go to the gym; protect me.)
This time, I sent a message to Kwon Ha-sun. Since tomorrow is the score that was given every week, I had to pick mulberries today.
(Kwon Ha-seon: I washed it, tired of it.)
Let’s go, exercise, and wash up again. In this age of superstition, if you want to serve as a person, you must be diligent.
(Kwon Ha-seon: Yes, be diligent as well.)
(You ate about 6,000 calories for lunch and dinner earlier. Would that be okay?)
(It’s okay… Yes),
if you’re tired, you should rest. (Kwon Ha-seon: Oh this ㄱㅅㄲReally, you and I are in charge.
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On the morning of the 3rd day, training time for adapting to the paranormal environment. Following the guidance of the smartwatch, we visited the XR (extended reality) equipment room on the basement floor of the main building.
With 20 capsules lined up on both sides of the central manager’s capsule, it was truly a space only for a virtual experience.
“Wow, how much is all this?”
“One capsule is almost the cost of a car.”
It would be the price of a house, not a car. The capsule that the cadet knew was the five-sense capsule shown in TV commercials, and it was a sixth-sense capsule that read magic signals.
Mana reading technology is an area of magic engineering, but it has not been successfully developed in Korea yet.
I know that the first domestic development and distribution of that equipment was led by Cha Yoo-ra’s father’s JSO.
I looked at Cha Yu-ra, who was standing far away.
Because she was as much a fan of magic engineering as her father. As expected, there was a calm expression, and the lobe of the ear was hot.
It felt like spying on an old memory of a historical great man.
“Different from the general capsules you know, it is a special equipment designed for superhumans. As it is a very sensitive and valuable asset, be sure to fully understand the manual and follow it. If an action outside the manual causes a device malfunction, the cadet concerned will be zeroed out immediately.”
After the instructor growled, a beam screen appeared on the empty wall in front.
There were quite a lot of texts in 12 items, but the manual was just a branch of the setting in front of it.
“Everyone familiar with this, please stand in front of the capsules one by one.”
About two minutes after entering the capsule according to the procedure, the 40 cadets met again in the spacious interior space.
“Is it just the same?”
“Really? If I wake up from this, I won’t be able to distinguish it from reality.”
I also agreed with what the cadets said. When I just closed my eyes and opened them, it felt as if only the capsule had disappeared from the original XR equipment room.
The cadets were amazed at the rate of assimilation by moving their bodies and implementing their abilities. Then, all of a sudden, everyone stopped moving and stared into space.
[Group 1] Kang Seon-ho, Jung Seul-gi, Hwang Seo-hee, Ga-young
[Article 2] Seo Beom-jin, Song Yeon-hee, Kim Hae-na, 「Han Seong-jun
[Article 5] Kwon Ha-sun, Cha Yoo-ra, Lee Seong-jae, Yang Ho-seong
[Group 6] Choi Beom-gyun, Park Chang-ho, Oh Ra-hee, Park Tae-rin 10 groups formed and aligned one by one and floated in the center of the field of view. It is not a group evaluation exercise.
Don’t pay attention to who it is; just sort them in the order you’re looking at.
The instructor’s words were as clear as a system voice. The cadets moved right away, and I went to the second line too. After everyone had lined up, the instructor spoke again.
Let’s check the inventory in the UI. It’s a strange feeling to be a system in a system world.
“It’s crazy.”
“And!”
“Oh my god.”
Admiration erupted everywhere.
His inventory was full of all sorts of weapons, as if it were a merchant’s account.
It seems that almost all existing weapons are present. You know very well that a weapon that fits in your hand is essential in a paranormal environment.
However, many cadets still couldn’t find a weapon that was right for them. I prepared this as an extra because I thought it would help fill out the application form for weapons, so I hope you can touch various weapons during training and find the one that fits you perfectly. Since the purpose of this course is adaptation, we will not evaluate combat capability. It is an evaluation of individual adaptive ability, and the time is until death. then… …
Entry from group 1! At the instructor’s cry, the front row disappeared.