chapter 12
“older brother. How is your body? No, you are more emaciated than when I saw you before.”
Baek Min-seong, who entered Choi Deok-cheol’s room, said with a fuss.
Choi Deok-chul frowned and slowly raised his body.
“Lie down, brother!”
“Who is your brother, you bastard!”
Deokchul Choi screamed.
But then he grabbed his chest and shook his head.
“Calm down, you don’t feel well. Can I bring you some water?”
Baek Min-seong muttered as he saw it.
Choi Deok-cheol opened his mouth with a wave of his hand.
“Why are you here again?”
“I came to see my brother, what is the reason?”
“under! Something else must have happened I’ll tell you in advance, I’m an old man in the back room now. I don’t know what it is, but I can’t help you.”
“Oh, that. It’s not like that.”
Choi Deok-cheol and Baek Min-seong were seniors and juniors from the same high school.
so-called academy.
Choi Deok-cheol was not the type to obsess over such things, but Baek Min-seong was different.
After becoming a police officer, Baek Min-seong clung to Choi Deok-cheol, talking about senior and junior ties, and that has continued until now.
“Then what is it?”
“That’s… look at this.”
Baek Min-seong took a quick glance and took out a wooden box.
Inside was an old arrow.
It was what Jinwoo Kang called the arrow of Haeju.
“What is this?”
“This is a miracle that lifts the curse.”
“what?”
Choi Deok-cheol looked at the old arrow and Baek Min-seong alternately with a bewildered gaze.
A god that lifts the curse?
If there was such a thing, he would have found it on his own a long time ago.
So Choi Deok-cheol quickly deduced the whole story.
Where did this pathetic bastard think he had been tricked by bad guys?
“You bastard, you’ve been cheated on. Hey, you bastard! A guy called a cop runs around getting scammed!”
“It’s not like that! What are you buying? This was at the training center!”
“You madman! believe that? Be honest! Where did you buy this and how much did you pay for it? These impostors of mine just…!”
Choi Deok-chul, who was screaming, grabbed his chest again.
“Oh, I’m dying.”
“Don’t get excited about that.”
At those words, Choi Deok-cheol looked at Baek Min-seong with ferocious eyes.
Baek Min-seong sighed.
“I knew. I’ll explain everything. As for how this happened.”
Baek Min-seong slowly solved the story.
After hearing all of that, Choi Deok-cheol cleared up the misunderstanding.
“A trainee at the training center found it… I know what it is about.”
“Right? It’s not like I was scammed.”
“But Minseong-ah. My curse won’t be cured that much. To put it bluntly, the rosiest beauty of the police hospital, they said it wasn’t that year.”
If it is Choi Jang-mi, she is the most outstanding Haejusa belonging to the police.
In the realm of Haeju, he was one of the top three figures in Korea.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that there was no way to curse her once she let go.
“I know, brother. Shouldn’t you give it a try though?”
“What are you trying…”
“You have to do everything you can. Don’t you hate leaving like this, too?”
“·······”
At Baek Min-seong’s words, Choi Deok-cheol silently glared at the arrow.
As he said, Choi Deok-cheol was also reluctant to give up his position as an exorcist here and now.
If it was just for the sake of success, I might be content here.
And if getting stronger was my goal, I could have given up here.
But he liked it anyway.
He was a cop to the core.
All he wanted was to root out the bad guys in society, and he still had goals left to do.
So he reached for the arrow with a deep sigh.
“Whoa…yes, I’ll have to do everything I can.”
“That’s right. Well thought out, brother.”
“But Minseong-ah.”
“yes?”
“How do you write this?”
“how? uh, that’s…”
Baek Min-seong hesitated.
Come to think of it, I hadn’t even heard how to use an arrow from Lee Soo-yeon.
“Ooh, you stupid bastard.”
“Even if I call now…”
“It’s okay, you bastard. I’ll figure it out.”
Choi Deok-cheol held Paju’s arrow in his hand.
Then, he felt heavy spiritual power from the arrow.
I don’t know if Haeju has any effect, but it’s certain that it’s a Shingi.
So Deokcheol Choi quietly analyzed the spiritual power of the arrow and its flow.
Impossible for most exorcists.
However, as a first-class exorcist, he read the flow accurately even with his body damaged by the curse.
“I think this is just stabbing.”
“yes?”
After reaching a conclusion, Choi Duk-cheol boldly stabbed an old arrow into his chest.
Then, the arrow’s spiritual power flowed through the arrow’s head and into his body.
The arrows that had lost their spiritual power turned to dust and crumbled.
“older brother? did it happen?”
Baek Min-seong opened his eyes wide and looked at Choi Deok-cheol’s body.
However, even after time passed, the black light on his body did not disappear.
This means that the curse has not been lifted.
A light of disappointment flashed in Baek Min-seong’s eyes.
“Oh, I must have done something wrong, brother.”
“No, no.”
“I have nothing to cover, brother. I should have looked into it a bit more-“
“That’s not it, kid.”
Choi Deok-chul looked at his body.
Clearly, the black spots caused by the curse still remain.
But he knew.
That the curse that held him right so much had clearly weakened.
“It doesn’t. But you weakened the curse.”
“Then does it work?”
“That’s how it is… No, this is not the time.”
Choi Deok-cheol, who had barely sat down, stood up.
“older brother?”
“Certainly, the body is light. Minseong-ah, I need to go to the hospital again. Did you bring your car?”
“I came to have it…”
“Then let’s go.”
Choi Deok-cheol took out his street clothes and put them on, then kicked open the door and went out.
Even a few days ago, I couldn’t even walk without support.
Baek Min-seong, who was staring blankly behind him, heard a scream.
“Minseong-ah! Aren’t you coming!”
“Ah yes! going!”
Minseong Baek hurriedly followed Deokcheol Choi.
***
The day after I went to the training center’s Shingi warehouse.
Today’s education was Dalian, as Suyeon Lee predicted.
“Dalian is conducted among the members of each class. Classes B and C are in numerical order, and class A has a separate list written by us, so please check them.”
Along with Lee Soo-yeon’s words, the list was distributed on the tablet that was distributed.
And my opponent is, of course, Dayoung Kim.
It was as per the contents of the quest.
Meanwhile, class B and class C moved to the opposite side of the large auditorium, probably because it is held every class.
In the end, only Class A was left.
“Please take care of me.”
“I really ask you to be gentle. By the way… you’re not very scared?”
I asked, recalling the image of Kim Da-young cutting the spirits.
But she continued as if it were natural.
“That’s right, Jinwoo isn’t a ghost.”
but.
Dayoung Kim was originally a doctor.
I don’t know if it’s a command.
There was no way he was afraid to use a knife against people.
Then Lee Hyun-seok, who was next to him, smiled and opened his mouth.
“Are you two sticking together? That would be fun.”
“Then, Hyun-seok, who are you hanging out with?”
While Dayoung Kim asked, I checked the roster myself.
Lee Hyun-seok’s opponent was none other than a transfer student, Monica.
“If he were my opponent, he would be a bit nervous.”
I said jokingly.
But Monica’s skill was real.
Only the visible level is 22.
The blow that rips through the han with the spear, which is the main weapon, was quite impressive even when I saw it with my own eyes.
As long as the others are still trained soldiers.
Because Monica had reached the level of an official knight.
Maybe that’s why the roster had only Monica sparring twice in order to match the number of class A with 11 people.
“You have to do your best. I really need to learn a lesson from this. He’s the kind of person who doesn’t give you a chance to talk.”
Lee Hyeon-seok said with a smile, as if he was still confident.
Class A usually hangs out with people of similar generations, but among them, Monica was isolated.
No, should I call it isolation?
She always exuded an aura telling her not to talk to everyone.
Even if someone, especially Kim Da-yeong, mustered up the courage to talk to her, she would only respond coldly.
So other people couldn’t approach her easily.
It was unavoidable since most of them were foreigners in the first place and, with the exception of the three of us, there was a big age difference.
“Oh, I think it’s already started.”
The first order was Monica and a woman in her 40s.
I can’t remember her name, but she must have been the only woman to use a gun.
Monica and the woman faced each other in protective training gear.
Looks like wearing a helmet over bulletproof armor.
Meanwhile, in the woman’s hands were a black pistol and rubber bullets.
The use of rubber bullets was, of course, for safety.
It is said that since spirits are only affected by spiritual power or the ability of exorcists anyway, the bullets loaded with them do not necessarily need to be live ammunition.
Meanwhile, Monica, who confronted the woman, also took out a spear.
It was not a sacred weapon, but an ordinary spear issued by the training center.
“If you’re ready, let’s begin.”
As soon as Lee Soo-yeon finished speaking, Monica sprinted.
The gap of 10 meters narrowed in an instant.
At the same time, the pistol also pours out bullets.
The ability of a woman to shoot a gun is paralysis poison.
Each bullet could be endowed with an ability, and even a single shot could paralyze even a spirit.
In comparison, Monica’s ability was relatively simple.
combat sense.
A body-enhancing type of ability that moves more precisely and quickly in close combat.
So if you think simply, Monica will be at a disadvantage.
Turton!
With a heavy crash, Monica was hitting the rubber bullets flying toward her with her spear.
“Wow…!”
Dayoung Kim exclaimed.
Even if it’s a rubber bullet, to block a bullet with a cold weapon.
What you see in the movies is actually happening.
In the end, the rubber bullets did not stop Monica from rushing, and the confrontation ended in an instant.
Even if you shoot a gun, it’s an opponent who will charge you by knocking out bullets.
What kind of resistance can a shooter do?
beep–
Suddenly, the tip of Monica’s spear touched the opponent’s chest.
As a result, the protective equipment that detected the impact sounded an alarm.
“Yes, until there.”
Lee Soo-yeon naturally declared the end of the match.
Then, towards the defeated woman, what to do with opponents who are not as easy to attack from a distance as now.
He gave some feedback.
However, Lee Soo-yeon, who said that, was also somewhat surprised by Monica’s fighting power.
“It’s really amazing. Does it make sense to block bullets with a spear?”
“…that’s how it is.”
Lee Hyeon-seok’s face, which looked confident just a moment ago, turned dark.
Hey, it overwhelms opponents with pistols like that, but it must be cramped for those who have to fight close range together.
“Then the next step is-”
The sparring continued.
After two or three more teams passed by, it was my turn to Dayoung Kim and me this time.
I grabbed a spanner and stood facing Dayoung Kim.
Dayoung Kim’s claymore flashed bleakly.
The quest to win against Dayoung Kim is D rank.
It was two levels higher than the F rank.
That said, Dayoung Kim is not an easy opponent, but I was confident.
Yesterday, it was because of the reward obtained after completing the quest to solve Lee Soo-young’s request.
<Lesser Attribute Draw Ticket>
A random attribute is registered as a passive skill.
It’s a draw right.
It was a game.
And the right to draw was in the inventory that was opened as a quest reward.
The word low class bothered me, but I didn’t care much because I already knew what the characteristics were.
The characteristic is divine, and that is a special option that was only attached to epic items.
In addition, it was actually a key option for epic items.
If you get this as a passive skill, even if it’s a lower class, it’s no different than having one more epic item.
So, at least it will have a great effect.
“Then, prepare the two of you.”
“Ah, yes.”
So I put on my protective equipment and quietly used the lottery ticket.
Then, a brown slot machine appeared in front of me and started spinning.
Then, all of a sudden, with fanfare, the slot machine turned silver.
“Ho-oh”
It seemed that the color of the slot machine was decided according to the draw result.
If so, at least it’s not the lowest level.
But the changes did not end there.
Another fanfare was heard and the slot machines turned golden.
The word “lower class” is colorless, a sign that something very good will come out.
I looked at the slot machine with a happy heart, and the result came soon.
“Oh oh!”
Attributes were displayed on the log with bright golden waves.
<Congratulations! Acquire A-class attribute Mana’s Protection!>
Mana’s protection? A grade there?
It was a quality that seemed very good just by listening to it.
okay.
If I had no knowledge of mana, I would have thought it was really good.
I immediately glared at the Mana Protection skill added to the skill window.
Attribute [Blessing of Mana]
– Mana amount +50%
– 10% reduction in all damage caused by magic
– 20% reduction in all mana consumption
– All magic skills +1
“It’s gone.”
murmured softly.
really messed up
If you don’t know anything, it looks like a fraudulent trait, but it wasn’t.
Because there is no mana here.
Don’t you have mana? There is no magic.
But what about raising magic skills and increasing mana by %?
No, more than that, this is a quest reward.
But give me something I can’t even use as a reward?
It’s a scam!
“Mr. Kang Jin-woo. Are you ready?”
“Ah…yes.”
To Lee Soo-yeon’s question, I answered tremblingly.
And when I looked ahead, Dayoung Kim, who was facing me, smiled.
Holding a 150cm weapon in one hand.
“Then let’s start sparring.”
Dayoung Kim’s ability is a prosecutor.
The ability to handle the sword well, and also to strengthen the sword attack itself.
Even with my own eyes, that ability was not a lie.
A gigantic blade rushed at me as I unleashed it without regret.
“f*ck…”
Swearing leaked out of his mouth at the unexpected slash.