Learn Martial Arts

The face from Rolls-Royce was familiar. I've never actually seen it. I've seen it somewhere. Ah. Baek Hyun recalls an interview article he saw about ten days ago. Piercing, tattooing all over the body and blowing cuckoo.

“Valencia?”

“You know me? ”

Valencia raises her head. Of course she didn't speak Korean. But what I said was basic English, so I could hear it.

“Who else is that? ”

Sarah, next to Baek Hyun, shoots Valencia with her borderline young eyes. I told you it was four months since I came out of the monastery and lived in this world. What the hell have you been doing for four months? Sarah stares at Baek Hyun with her eyes full of contempt.

“Hello."

The secretary with Valencia bows her head to Baek Hyun. The secretary was also a woman. Sarah's eyebrows twitched.

“Why are you here? ”

“What's he saying now? ”

Valencia grumbles. Han Sung Min from the driver's seat coughs low. Hansung Min stepped forward and took out the business card case in his arms.

“Hello, Mr. Baek Hyun. I'm sorry to see you so suddenly. I should have contacted you beforehand...”

“Who are you? ”

Han Sung-min was also famous in Korea, but Baek Hyun had no idea who he was. In the first place, he had little interest in being Artifact, so he had never thought about finding out who was the head of the Korean branch of the Maister Guild.

“It's called Han Sung Min. ”

Han Sung Min took out his business card without panicking and gave it to Baek Hyun. After confirming the name and position of the business card, Baek Hyun nods. I still couldn't figure out why they were in this apartment. I don't think I'm going to move in this time to say hello.

“Bright?”

I remembered the interview video, and I had something in my head. Hanseong-min nodded with a bright face at the murmuring of Baek Hyun.

“Yes.”

In the meantime, Valencia was scratching her coat pocket. There was a reason for not dragging a carrier on a journey to this distant country. Her coat was a handmade artifact, and her pockets could hold any object regardless of size or weight.

“One.”

“Yes?”

The moment I tried to explain why, Valencia called Han Sung Min. Valencia pulls out a heavy chain necklace and throws it to Han Sung Min.

“Hug it.”

Han Seong-min looks down at the chain necklace in his hand. The chain was thicker, but not heavier than I expected, and the surface of the chain was carved with small, incredibly complex patterns.

"Artifact."

Han Seong-min immediately put his head on a chain necklace. Artifact created by Iron Maid's Preliminary Apostle. In other words, this chain necklace, which can be carried by a wrapper or a garage, is an artifact created by the closest being to God.

“Ah, ah. ”

It was Valencia who trimmed her throat with the same necklace.

“Hi, nice to meet you. Good to see you. Kanadamarabassa...”

Valencia embraces the information that comes into her head and refines her language for a moment. Baek Hyun stares at Valencia with such curious eyes.

“What is that? ”

“Interpreter Artifact. I made it just out of curiosity, but I'm glad I have something to use. You don't speak English? ”

“I'm learning recently. ”

It was problematic that Sarah had never been to the institute since she came. While I was at home listening to internet lectures and memorizing words, I was not yet proficient enough in the English language of Baek Hyun to speak.

“Are you here about Bright? ”

“That's right.”

Valencia nods with a smile.

“I want to talk business, but are you going to keep it here? ”

Baek Hyun looked at Sarah. Sarah was still staring at Valencia with her young, vigilant eyes.

[It's okay.]

You don't even know people's minds. Sarah squirms her lips with her fat eyes. Baek Hyun taps Sarah's shoulder once and looks back at Valencia.

“Have you tried your feet? ”

“What is that? ”

“So... it's like a Korean academy. ”

“Haksen? Pig legs? ”

Valencia raises her head.

I had to put my feet on it, and I didn't want to leave my house and go anywhere else. Moreover, they are the ones who came to me without even talking in advance.

“There's nothing I can do for you. ”

“You can have a beer. ”

“Master doesn't drink Korean beer, so please pay attention. ”

“Is that beer? It was like a camel pee. ”

“Have you even taken a camel pee? ”

“Don't be crazy. ”

Valencia looks horrible and spits. Baek Hyun took a few cans of beer out of the fridge and brought them to me. Sarah was sitting in a chair with her legs twisted and looking at Valencia slippery.

‘This is a bit surprising. ’

Valencia rips out a can of beer and faces Sarah. I've never seen it myself. But it is.

[Ironmaid murmuring about her.]

Valencia didn't know anything about Sarah, but Iron Maid knew about Sarah. Valencia smiles as she hears the roar in her head.

“I didn't know you were married. ”

“What, what? ”

“No, are you just a partner? ”

Valencia murmurs with a sparkling beer. Sarah's face turned red as she understood the meaning of the word. Baek Hyun shakes his head as he sits next to Sarah and across from Valencia.

“Guardian.”

“Guardian?”

“That's how it happened. ”

In response, Sarah squirms her lips. Living together in a house for ten days, Sarah understood that Baek Hyun did not consider herself to be rational at all. It was a very angry and humiliating thing to do as Sarah, but it was not unusual to think of 20 years in the monastery.

Even in that world, there were quite a few. The problem was that Sarah had never felt this way about reason, nor did she know the right way to express it.

That was the same for Baek Hyun. Baek Hyun was only interested and enthusiastic in the Monastery, and Sarah lived nearby and was a regular opponent. Occasionally, they are puzzled by an unknown hysteria, and they cry frequently. It takes quite a while. He was such an opponent, not a reason to feel a palpitation.

“Talk business. ”

“The reaction is very dry. Are you excited or not? You're guessing why I'm here, right? ”

“Do you have a reason to be excited? ”

“Master, yes. ”

The secretary raises her head. Valencia has a slightly egotistical expression, and Han Seong-min, who was still listening, seemed to have a tight heart. No one else, the Preliminary Apostle of Iron Maid, came directly. Of all the hunters in the world, where are the hunters who will reject Valencia's own artifacts?

“... if you're not sure. ”

Valencia sipped the rest of the beer. She places an empty can on the dining table with a small dent.

“Do you know who I am? ”

“You're the Iron Maid's Preliminary Apostle. Your name is Valencia... what's your full name? ”

“Valencia Sevez. Do you know what kind of monarch Iron Maid is? ”

“I've never met him. How do you know? But I know this. The hunters who signed the contract with Iron Maid are making artifacts. ”

“That's right. Hunter's equipment is all we make. You can't bring weapons or armor made of modern technology into Abyss. ”

The only thing you can bring to Abyss is the clothes you're wearing right now. If you can't even carry it, the Pandemonium that arrives at the end of the tutorial will be full of naked men and women.

“Why did I come to see you? It's simple. I wanted to give you my own artifact. ”

“Why me? ”

It was not surprising, as I had already guessed. Baek Hyun asked in a grave voice, and Valencia did not like that petty reaction.

“Because you're special. ”

“That's too much to hear. ”

“It's worth it. You didn't even sign a contract with the monarch, did you? But it's that strong. ”

“That's why it's not so exciting. I can catch monsters without weapons. Without armor, you can survive barefoot, and you can't get dizzy. ”

That was true. I've fought quite a lot in Abyss so far, only when Baek Hyun fought with a gentleman, a Carpago, and a rapidly losing spirit. There was no attack that would threaten Baek Hyun without a minimum apostolic rank.

“You don't have to, but you don't have to. Wouldn't it be better if you were? ”

Next door, the secretary was keyed. She was delighted that the arrogant master was so distressed with something he didn't think he would be. On the other hand, Han Sung Min frowned and looked down. I thought I was going to die.

Sarah was hungry. I wondered when my feet would come, and I wanted the uninvited to get out of the nest quickly.

“I don't need anything right now. ”

Baek Hyun murmured like that and laughed at his head. I did. I don't know if I can use a weapon anymore, but Baek Hyun doesn't use a weapon. I didn't know how to use it, but both arms and legs are intact. Do you need a weapon? The same goes for defense gear. Avoid it and stop it if you can't. Is it foam?

“Holy shit. ”

Valencia's face is distorted. Don't rush, relax. With that in mind, the business mind that came and started kindly was crushed in less than five minutes.

“I came because I wanted to give it to you! ”

“Do you want to give it to me, or does your lord want to give it to you? ”

Baek Hyun looked at Valencia, who raised her voice. Valencia's eyebrows twitched. She stares at Baek Hyun for a moment, turning her head and staring at Han Sung Min.

“Get in the car. ”

“Yes?”

“Go."

Han Seong-min's eyes were twitching, causing a tangled body. I didn't ask why. From now on, I knew that the story of going back and forth was the kind I shouldn't have heard.

“What about him? ”

“She's fine. ”

Valencia grabs the gun chain necklace around her neck and spits it out. The secretary laughed as she listened.

[She's something strange.]

Sarah sends a note by Baek Hyun's side. I already heard about the Apostle and the Preliminary Apostle, so I understood the tremendous power felt by Valencia.

But what is the power you feel from the secretary next to you?

[I know.]

Baek Hyun also felt the Secretary's disguise. Sitting before her eyes, she must have been human, but she did not feel human at all. It didn't feel like an alien or an Abyss monster in the Iron Palace.

It's like a corpse. ’

I was smiling, I was talking. Baek Hyun felt a dead body from his secretary.

“It has nothing to do with Iron Maid. ”

Valencia spits with an annoying look.

“My monarch is not interested in this. It's my personal feelings that I want to give you an artifact. ”

“Why?"

“I want to see it. ”

Valencia frowns.

“I want to see how you use my artifacts. There won't be anyone else who can handle it. ”

“There are a lot of talented hunters. ”

“More than you?”

“No, that's not it. ”

Baek Hyun replied with a smile. When I heard it, Valencia was arrogant, but didn't take it for granted.

“Look at that. I'm proud of my artifact. The artifact I created is superior to any other artifact. Abyss' Relic? Ha, Hunters who use suspicious stuff like that are idiots! ”

“Suspicious? What else do you mean? ”

“Let me explain to you that I don't even know Abyss' origins...”

“I know everything, so you can explain. ”

“What do you know? ”

“The source of chaos. The Castle of Abyss. Ten years ago, there were 20 monarchs, right? Seven of them were corrupted and swallowed up in chaos. The remaining 13 monarchs have taken refuge in the outer dimension for fear of chaos and corruption, and have not returned to their original world and are tied to Abyss. Don't you think?”

Valencia's mouth was wide open at Baek Hyun's words. She gazes at Baek Hyun for a while, muttering in an unreliable tone.

“How do you know that? ”

“You might know. ”

Why do the events that only the Monarchs and Apostles of Abyss would know come out of that man's mouth?

“... artifacts found in a chaotic world. Some of those artifacts have been used in quarrels between monarchs over the last decade. ”

It is not a divine thing. Items used by the monarchs. These are the relics that were lost in battle, left intact, and then rediscovered by humans.

“But not all artifacts are like that. Some of them were in Abyss from the beginning. I think I'd like to use the ones I don't even know. ”

It was suspicious and inevitable. They are objects that don't know who made them or why they are in Abyss.

“Abyss is a world full of chaos. There, for a short time, 10 years, maybe a lot longer than that, I think, is an artifact. That curious, long-standing object and the artifact I make. Is it worth comparing?"

It was full of pride and self-love.

“Do you understand what I'm saying? I mean, an artifact that will make up for the shortage you feel...”

“Can you make me some clothes? ”

Baek Hyun pondered for a moment and opened his mouth. Valencia shines two eyes at the words.

“You can make anything. It doesn't matter if it's not a weapon or an armor...”

“Underwear?”

Valencia's words are blocked.

Baek Hyun was conscious of the black man he was wearing in his clothes. I don't need to change. There is no need to wash it. It is recovered even if it is torn. It also ventilates well. No matter how long you wear it, it doesn't smell.

“Underwear you don't need to change. ”

“This...”

Valencia's face was distorted at Baek Hyun's words.

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