Learn Martial Arts

A penthouse in Valencia. It only costs a few million won to stay a day, and is a great spot for drama. The penthouse swept around a living room as spacious as his home, where he had never been to a cozy hotel or even a neighborhood motel.

“You didn't bring her? ”

“I got into Abyss today. Are you the secretary? ”

“I came all the way to Korea. He said he wanted to go on a tour. ”

Valencia was a broad sleeveless dress, with a mottled tattoo on both arms with a pair of glassy muscles sticking together like a sticker. She still had an interpreter's artefact chain necklace around her neck, so there was no problem having a conversation.

“Artifact was made here? ”

The splendid living room had an odd distance from the workshop. In the first place, Baek Hyun had no idea how artifacts were made.

It's just an obvious fantasy. Burn it, melt the iron, knock it with a hammer. Is that how you make it? In the living room of this expensive penthouse? Valencia smiles as she looks at the face of Baek Hyun.

“You don't know anything about Iron Maid. ”

“I don't know. ”

I know that the hunters who signed the contract make artifacts, but I knew nothing else. Valencia sits on a big couch. Valencia raises her hand as she wishes.

“Hunter, who contracted with Iron Maid, calls himself an 'artisan’, but is actually close to an alchemist. But alchemy is wrong. We don't make gold. ”

Patzts... a flock of silver glitters over Valencia's palm. Valencia moves her fingers slowly, and the light sticks together and becomes a crystal of metal.

“Iron Maid said it was" Creative Magic, "but it wasn't that grand. ”

“The monarch will be listening. ”

“That's what the Iron Maid himself said. I wanted to imitate my creativity, but I thought I had stopped in the magical realm because I didn't end up in the realm of creating life. That's why it's creative magic.”

The crystal of metal twisted over Valencia's hand grew long and became a single dagger. Valencia spins the dagger she made on her hand.

“Do you want to have it?”

“I don't need it.”

Valencia makes metal crystals very simple, but a dizzy craftsman subtracts sweat from making one crystal with only one fist. The level of craftsmanship shifts from transforming the crystal into the desired shape and blowing magic.

“... wait. ”

The face of the white man who saw the dagger turn back into a crystal of metal and disappear hardened.

“Is that how your underwear was made? ”

Baek Hyun recalled steel pants and steel pants. In fact, it doesn't matter what the weight is, but it seems to be touching sensitive areas, so isn't it important to wear it? Valencia, who realized the intentions of Baek Hyun's question, remembered the laughter.

“Not all artifacts are made of metal. You can make materials, plants, and ore from monsters. Creative magic isn't just about making metal. ”

Valencia raises her body by saying so.

“Follow me.”

Valencia was using one of the many rooms in the penthouse as a workshop. Horse workshops, large tables and fluffy chairs in the spacious rooms. Baek Hyun glances at the things on the table.

“Underwear.”

A large triangle pant rests on the table. No matter how big it looked, Baek Hyun was too big to wear.

“When you wear it, the size is self-adjusting. As you wish, you don't have to change. You can take a shit and pee. ”

“I'm not cheap. ”

“Here's an example. But if you take a shit and piss... you'd better take one, wouldn't you? It's perfectly waterproof and doesn't smell bad, but it does. ”

“It's not cheap. ”

“What would you think of yourself in your opponent's shoes if you wore the same underwear every day? That's why I put in all the extra features. Try it on. ”

“... try it on? ”

“You can put it on your pants. ”

Baek Hyun wore underwear on his pants with a trembling expression. Wide waist banding is paired, and the entire underwear is reduced to size. Valencia, who had been out of the room for a while, returned to her room.

Her hands were full of boxers of a completely different design.

“Bring it to me. ”

Baek Hyun said he brought boxer shorts as he was told. Then the underwear changed like a boxer in my hand. Baek Hyun opened his mouth and admired it.

“These are pants. ”

The trousers were more focused on convenience than design as required by Baek Hyun. Baek Hyun liked the pouch that was bigger than the others. I put my hand in for the test. I definitely put my hand in my pocket, but it seemed like it was in a completely different place than my pocket.

“How much can you put in there? ”

“... about this room? ”

That was too much. Valencia coughs low as she sees Baek Hyun making a satisfactory look. From now on, it was real.

“This is the weapon. ”

Unlike the underwear and trousers that were placed roughly unconsciously on the table, the 'weapon’ was sealed in a luxurious box.

I opened the box. It contained a pair of bracelets. The surface of the glossless, silent bracelet was intricately engraved with a golden pattern.

“Arachne.”

Valencia raises her bracelet and says,

“Do you know who it is? ”

“I think I've heard of it in Greek mythology. ”

“Exactly. An arrogant woman who's good with looms. But his skills were real. The Athena Goddess and the Battle of the Fist also prevailed. But in the end, he's human. There's no way a human horse touched by a god would be beautiful. After all, he was cursed and became the first spider. ”

“Gods are fucked. ”

Valencia nods as she giggles at Baek Hyun's muttering.

“Isn't that great? After all, he's a human being, and he's won by God with just pure technology. You'd be arrogant if you had that kind of talent. ”

Baek Hyun received Arachne from Valencia. I liked Valencia's words that she won over God with pure skill alone. After looking down at Baek Hyun Arachne for a while, I look up at Valencia.

“Why did you name it? ”

“It is also Spider-Man that you were inspired by this weapon, and you have not signed a contract with a monarch called God. And Iron Maid liked that name. ”

“Iron Maid is a god. ”

“Iron Maid is not a god. ”

Valencia laughed in vain.

“I told you before? Ironmaid said she wanted to imitate her creativity, but she failed. The same. Iron Maid is just a wizard who wanted to be a god, not a god. ”

That was quite interesting. The monarchs or apostles that Baek Hyun has met so far. Like Iron Maid, he was never openly and unmistakably unclean, not himself.

“The reason Ironmaid came to Abyss is very different from the other monarchs. Because I wanted to get to the source of chaos and complete the magic of creation. Do you understand what I'm saying? Ironmaid, too. I'm looking for Arachne. I don't want to be cursed to death. ”

Valencia sits on the table talking like that.

“I'm only being used by Iron Maid in the end, but I was able to be a preliminary apostle because I used Iron Maid's power better than anyone else. I don't know if you'd like that name, but it's named after Iron Maid himself...”

“I like it. ”

Baek Hyun replied and put a bracelet on his wrist. The bracelet, which was a little big, tightly wrapped around Baek Hyun's wrist. There was no frustration. Baek Hyun lightly turns his hands and clenches his palms.

“I don't intend to die cursed. I don't intend to be a spider. ”

I remembered the deaf queen who had killed me before. What would have happened if I hadn't met the deaf queen then? What if she's been in solitary for a longer time? If you succeed in making that poison stronger and more ferocious. Did the venom of the deaf queen outweigh the venom dealt by the serpent of regeneration?

"No."

It's impossible. Baek Hyun has been confronted with the serpent of regeneration that descended on the body of Essence. At that time, the Serpent of Regeneration was never worthy of Baek Hyun. That enormous existence-which the Queen of the Deaf has been doing for hundreds and thousands of years, was not enough to narrow it down.

‘What about me? ’

The spirit was not God.

Even though he had not lost his rapidity, Baek Hyun could not think of him as a god.

“How do you use this? ”

“That kind of artifact needs to understand magic. Bring your magic to life. ”

You can use it as an internal air. Baek Hyun breathes his internal air into Arachne. Keeping. The engraved pattern on the surface shines subtly.

“Shoot me in the wall. ”

“Shoot him? ”

“Give me one. ”

Valencia kicks Arachne in her right hand and reaches for the wall. Wedges! A bracelet of gizzards has pierced the wall.

“Like this.”

Valencia demonstrated a few more demonstrations. Arachne's gift was not just to break through. The number, sharpness, intensity and length of the nuns were adjustable by Baek Hyun.

Baek Hyun adapted while shooting Eunsa for a while. Though it was a test piece, I honestly couldn't imagine an artifact with more than this performance.

“If you're not satisfied, you have to make amends. ”

“Enough.”

It should be tried in practice, but it will feel right. Baek Hyun was satisfied with Arachne's performance. The minor problem was that there were no opponents to use this. If you're just using it, you can deal with Abyss' monsters, but that's why you can't use a cattle knife to kill chickens or ants.

‘That doesn't mean I can't write to Sarah. ’

I was told to contact you if there was a problem, and I left the penthouse and took the elevator. Valencia seemed to be staying in Korea for a while.

The cafe next to the lobby was crowded. After looking at you once, Baek Hyun passes without thinking.

“So, what happened to the colony? ”

That wasn't a particularly loud voice.

There were a lot of people gathered, and they were all talking in their mouths. Baek Hyun could hear everything they said. I learned to be voiceless, and the overdeveloped sensation made me not to miss any small noise.

Whenever he did, Baek Hyun missed the monastery. That quiet world. Compared to that world, where you can hardly hear the noise, this world where he was born and raised was too noisy.

But I don't hear it right now. It wasn't as good as it used to be.

“You're not dead, are you? ”

“Suddenly, what happened? ”

A wide open ear heard all the sounds. Baek Hyun stood among the people who had been mixed up.

“Argh!”

When I saw Baek Hyun suddenly, people were surprised. Baek Hyun stood at Uduckerny and watched TV hanging from the ceiling.

An anchor with a stiff face is buzzing the news.

*

“There are times like this. ”

Seo Ming said with an unprofessional expression.

“How can a man win every day? Hey, Hunters, do you know what the average mortality rate is? ”

I was used to the view of the infirmary four months ago. Baek Hyun came back from the monastery and opened his eyes. The most expensive single room in that hospital. The colony was wearing a patient's uniform on its spacious bed.

“There is no order to be born, but there is no order to die. But would Hunter be dead? Abyss, the job of hunting monsters while in that fucking world is hunting, man. Among the existing occupations, the highest mortality is said to be occupations. ”

It's been a while. Seocolony has been living in Aye Abyss for recent weeks.

I never thought I'd see you again at the hospital.

“Hey.”

“If you do, I'll turn around. ”

As I was about to say something, Seo Min-sik raised his hand and stopped Baek Hyun.

“Why are you turning around? ”

“Son of a bitch. Do you think you're the only one who's messing with me? ”

The colonists grumbled like that and lay in bed. He knocks on his temples with his fingers.

“You can't even call this a person. ”

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