NOVEL NEXT Chapter 7, setting
Episode 7, setting
The elevator to the men’s dormitory.
Inside, it was just the two of us, a cadet named Ga-young, and we were on the 7th floor with the same destination.
It might be worth talking to, but because of the situation a moment ago, I couldn’t open my mouth.
It wasn’t a particularly gloomy impression, but it seemed like there was a story.
Aroused by curiosity, I searched for Ga-young in the index and was lost.
“<0x07> <0x07>.”
<0x07> <0x9B>
This makes no sense.
Since I had no memory of her face and name, I thought she belonged to the group of extras.
However, the index function said that the cost of reading Ga-young’s information was a whopping 18,200 DP.
It was 20 times more valuable than Ham Seong-ah from the previous day. Having seen the ending several times, I don’t know the most important character.
“Excuse me.”
“Ah.”
I was watching too closely.
“Sungjun hyung, right? same class.”
“Right… The Age?”
Despite his short stature, he looked very young.
“Nineteen.”
“ah… okay. Is it young? nice to meet.”
[Formed a relationship with the character ”Gayoung’—acquired DP 260]
‘!’
Relational compensation is also incomparable to other characters.
“<0x07> <0x07>.”
Somehow, the words came up, but I was not in the mood to continue the conversation yet.
As I was lost in my thoughts, he didn’t speak anymore. Gayoung.
It’s a name I haven’t seen in the game.
Assuming that he had not finished growing, there was no matching character, even though he tried attaching beards and scars here and there. Is it a person who appears but does not come to the fore?
-Ding! It is on the 7th floor.
The elevator arrived, and the conversation didn’t continue even while walking down the hallway. “See you later.”
It was only when I arrived at my door that Gayoung greeted me.
“Ah, infant.”
“yes?”
I caught him once. Because if we broke up like this, I wouldn’t be able to do anything because of curiosity.
But there is nothing I can ask right away. I don’t know what to ask to guess the identity.
“That. Would you like to team up with me?”
“<0x07> with me?”
“Looking at you at the entrance earlier, it seemed like you didn’t care about your training score. From my point of view, this doesn’t seem like a score for evaluation.”
“Thanks for the offer, but I won’t be of any help. There is nothing you can do in a person-to-person battle.”
“May I ask why?”
“It’s a special talent. Erases the target. Naturally, people can’t use it.”
ah…! There was a name that popped into my head. “Erasing means making it disappear from where it was, right? Without a trace.”
“Perhaps.”
As a service, not as a person.
The name that was above the system, not the story.
‘Kai!’
The world’s largest auction house.
A hyperspace transportation service that allows you to instantly receive a successful bid anywhere by simply entering the coordinates.
From the player’s point of view, it is no different from a part of the system function, but it was a service of the company in the setting.
If you’re still only halfway through your talents…
The puzzle fits. If Ga-young is the founder of Kai Auction, the insane reading costs are fully explained.
No matter how great Seongah Ham is, it was nothing compared to a person who occupied an axis of the system.
‘ Come to think of it, KY was Gayoung’s initials.’
I may be able to help at least speed up the blooming of talent. And if that were the case, it seemed that my homework would be solved together.
I tapped him on the shoulder and said,
“I heard why. If you give up, write it. Come with me during training.”
“why? I’m not going to help… .”
“Yai-san, are you dating someone to help them? When you’re dating, you get help, and that’s all. You just have to follow your brother from now on.”
It was a word that came out of nowhere, but I felt like I was about to die.
But I’m glad Gayoung nodded her head with a smile on her face.
“That, yes. Then see you later.”
I hurried to my room.
***
After displaying detailed information on talents and characteristics, I lay in bed and pondered. Earlier, I concluded from a long-term perspective, but after seeing the contents of the training, I changed my mind a little.
The ultimate goal of setting foot in Cheongsong was growth.
I thought I would just have to follow the class, but if I do it in moderation, it will end up as a waste of time.
I felt that Cheongsong’s policy was a competitive arena where you had to seize opportunities yourself.
In other words, a slight advantage in the future may be nothing more than a speck of dust, depending on how much effort you put in for two and a half years.
Therefore, the direction I would go first was 「Academy Gangster」.
‘It’s not like it doesn’t suit the original temperament of being hit and run.’
I envisioned a battle mage specializing in close combat. In the game, there was experience in fostering a similar position with strengthening magic specialization.
Of course, my abilities were mediocre compared to that time, and my magic talent—reinforcement magic belongs to standard magic—was not good… Thanks to developer rights, the possible builds are much more diverse.
I modified the trait to match my stats first.
[There are 5 revisions.]
Are you sure you want to save the changes?
[Consumed DP 1,250]
250 DP level per part.
As I modified it within the range of not exceeding the potential of the attribute, the DP consumption was not that great.
<0x07> <0x07>Brawler: Modified
<0x07> <0x07>Details [Lv: 1]
*Increases magic attack power by 6% for each nearby enemy. (up to 30%)
-Increases Strength and Magic by 3 for 3 minutes when attacked.
(Waiting time for reuse: 30 minutes)
While mana is less than half, mana consumption is reduced by 30%.
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Intelligence is useful, so the strength buff was left as it was, physical strength was modified with magical power, and the fighter’s characteristics were designed to match the wizard.
With this, I don’t think there will ever be a case where the mana will be depleted before the opponent.
《Current DP: 5,030》 It’s important from now on… If it exceeds the original potential, the DP consumption value rises exponentially.
It would take quite a bit of DP to turn a mediocre magic talent into a decent combat magic talent. I was willing to take a little penalty to earn DP.
Even in the game, you can acquire penalty characteristics through hidden events.
Penalties are not always bad, but if you can offset only the debuff factor well with a combination of control and items, it can become a unique weapon.
The problem is that I have to do all of that with my body.
It was no longer beyond the monitor.
If you put on 〈Chronic Fatigue〉 or 〈Weak Constitution〉 now, the motivation to try something might disappear.
In that sense, the penalty characteristics to be added had to be’mild tastes’ that could be tolerated.
The characteristics I picked and chose were,
[A DP of 900 will be rewarded as a penalty for the attribute ‘Myopia’.]
[1,200 DP is rewarded as a penalty for the trait ‘Nervousness’.]
[2,400 DP will be rewarded as a penalty for the attribute ‘Overactive Magical Species’.]
[2,100 DP will be rewarded as a penalty for the trait ‘Physical Isolation Disorder’.]
It was all four.
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◈ Characteristics
〈Brawler: Modified〉 <0x07>Details <0x07>Details [Lv: -]
* Decreased cognitive range during battle.
-25% ranged accuracy reduction.
Physical attack power increased by 10%.
▽Details [Lv:-] * Charm decreases by 1 and recovery speed decreases.
-Increases magic reuse time by 10% due to reduced concentration. increases magic attack power by 8%.
▽Details [Lv:-] *Health decreases little by little when mana is full.
If you do not consume magic power for a long time, death may occur. Significantly increases magic recovery speed.
〈Sudden isolation disorder〉
▽ [Details]
*Disorder that affects blood circulation due to unstable magical flow. The increase and decrease of mana and vitality are linked.
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“Wow, Mr.”
Let’s see some quick things. I felt my heartbeat speed up along with the subtle pain. A little excitement? No, irritation was a bonus.
I released some of my inherent magic to the outside without casting.
That alone gave me a feeling of exhaustion, as if cutting my life, but the pain disappeared and soon a strange feeling of refreshment wrapped around my stomach and heart. and were intended to be slightly modified and used as buffs, and the main mechanisms I envisioned were.
If you fall into a deep sleep in a state full of mana, you can go to the goal, and the penalty of becoming a glass body to the extent that you use mana is by no means light.
When you have both characteristics together, the risks are offset.
The downside is that you have to constantly feel the fluctuations in your health, but then that “Whoa, chew.”
My personality will break down first.
The influence was greater than expected. It’s an option, so even if you can modify it, you can’t change the tangible effect of the attribute.
However, it is irreversible before DP overflows.
Anyway, as a penalty reward, the DP I had was 11,630. I popped up the talent details and wrote the two more options I had in mind at the bottom.
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▽Details
[Lv: 1] Magic talent that allows you to freely use magic instead of having no specialized attributes.
The power of fixed-type magic is inferior to attribute magic talent. Apply desired attributes to magical power. Granted 30 minutes of persistence to the molded magical body.
creates an area within a 5 m radius of the caster.
(Only for targets within the area, magic power does not decrease, and physical stats are strengthened as much as magic power is allocated.)
30% reduction in magic power consumption for targets within the area.
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There are two revisions. Are you sure you want to save the changes? [Consumed DP 16,500] “Oh… .” As expected, the required DP wasn’t that great.
At first glance, fraudulent options or area buffs that are too close to ordinary wizards had no merit. After reducing the area radius to 4 m, I checked the DP value again.
Are you sure you want to save the changes?
[Consumed DP 13,000]
Next, I reduced the percentage of mana consumption reduction: 25%, 24%, 23%… 18% settled at 9,250 DP.
“Hmm.”
It’s a little disappointing, but it’s not bad at all.
If it overlaps with the effect, you can save 48% of your magic power from less than half. “Are you done? Oh, last… .” 500 DP was used to change’s melee attack power buff to magic attack power.
《Current DP: 1,880》 I finished with a decent amount of DP left.
If you do this, you have the ability to be like a gangster in the current academy. “Has it already been like this?” It is probably because of the penalty adaptation that took more time than expected. A thought came to my mind, and I checked the message.
(Kwon Ha-seon: Hey, when will it come out?)
(Kwon Ha-seon: When will it come out?)
(Kwon Ha-seon: Ya Han Seong-jun) (Haseon Kwon: -Emoji of a cat holding a fist on fire)
(Kwon Ha-seon: Are you sleeping?)
(Kwon Ha-seon: <0x06>)
I must have gotten a lot of shit.
(Are you going outside?)