Regress and Eat

Kim was sitting in the back seat of the car, I closed my eyes and focused my mind on Mana Core in my body.

Seo Jin-wook's core is not even able to measure the size of the bowl.

Whether the body is tasteless or not, [successor's eye] has not been shown by quantifying the mana of Seo Jin-wook.

I try to activate even a tiny bit of Mana while I'm on the move.

I have to use Mana to get any artifact I want today so I can make user impressions.

Ordinary people don't feel the Mana hidden in their bodies until they wake up, and they can't activate it, but I'm in a different situation.

I was concentrating on my mind for a long time, but something happened that I expected.

Whoo-hoo!

I only elastic myself so that Kim's secretary doesn't notice.

All right, they're responding! ’

Until now, Mana had fallen asleep in the core quietly, showing off his weight and not even moving, like the sea water that filled a giant tank.

But now, a very small part of it has created a faint wave.

Activating a potential Mana involves pulling it into an area where it can be manipulated at its own will.

Contrary to the fact that Seongjin had unleashed a potential mana under extreme emotional excitement before becoming possessed, I was able to control and activate Mana with a highly concentrated mind.

Compared to the potential mana like Seo Jin-wook's ocean, it was only the memory of Choi Seung-hyun who practiced so hard in her life with a few Mana that was close to water drops · · · · · or moisture.

Rich in ingredients, but the cook's skill to handle them is exceptional.

So I succeeded in activating very little Mana.

“Wake up, boss. We're almost there."

I stop pretending to be asleep and open my eyes. It was a warehouse area in Incheon Harbor.

Hiding my joy, I say to him, raising my belly.

“Remember all the precautions? ”

“Of course.”

He frowns as he answers.

“By the way, sir, how did you know about this place? ”

“Well · · · First, I'm the successor. ”

Kim's secretary tilted his head but finally made sense.

In fact, Seo Jin-wook in the Celestial Dragon Guild may have shared this information at the moment. You haven't woken up as a hunter yet, so you probably shouldn't have told me.

“Here, take it. ”

Kim gives me the items from the Guild Storage.

Cough, cough, cough!

An opaque, colorless gummy bears were slowly rumbling, one on top of Kim's secretary and one on my hand.

These are called mask slimes. An item captured in a dungeon.

In my lifetime, discussions in academic circles were active about life and not life. Of course, only until the academic age remained.

“You said you brought it, but · · · you really need to use this, right? ”

I nodded.

“It's a tough place to be once your face is sold. ”

Kim sighed a little and spread a slime like a fist in his hand with both hands. Then the slime grew like a cellophane.

I opened the slime I was holding just like Kim's assistant. Like a flat piece of dough, I pull it up to the size that covers my entire face and turn it over my face. Like a mask pack.

Glug!

Rumble, rumble!

Roll!

Then, the opaque slime on the face gradually changed to a color closer to human skin. Then I began to mold on my face a piece of equipment that was completely different from the original me.

It's been a really unpleasant sensation for a long time. Kim's secretary is reluctant for a reason. To paraphrase it, is it like washing your face with a cow's tongue?

After a short time in that state, my face was completely transformed into a stranger's.

There is a slight difference in texture when touched by hand, but it is hard to realize that it is fake if you just observe it with your eyes without touching it. There is no distortion at all in the connection between the face and neck.

I looked at the man with the razor-sharp eyes in the mirror and said,

“You said people's faces had nothing to do with the Heavenly Dragon Guild, right? ”

Soybean Kim had more preparation time than I had to stretch the slime to his face size, and he didn't answer right away because he still put it on his face.

After a while, Kim, who also transformed into someone else's face, nodded.

“Yes, I have prepared it perfectly in advance. ”

The mask slime reproduces the face that was covered just before the next one.

So if I take off what I have written now and someone else uses it, then I will reproduce my face.

Of course, the guild will take care of that part before putting it back in storage. I don't want anyone to pretend to be the successor of the Celestial Dragon Guild.

There was a small office building next to the four-story tall warehouse. I see a crude sign called 'Taeju International Logistics’.

Stand in front of the office door and knock twice before opening the door without waiting for an answer.

Eye-catching is not so simple as it is modest. A middle-aged man sitting at his desk in the middle of the night.

He rolls his eyes at the customer as if annoying. That response, that look, it's all an act.

“· · · Who? How can I help you?"

I said, "Stop it."

“Account, please. ”

Then, the middle-aged man's expression changed subtly.

He tapped and tapped the latest handset that was on his wrist. At the same time we have a clear hologram in front of us.

At the top of the screen, there is a large number of 30, followed by a European bank account number.

I look at Kim's secretary. Then he also manipulated the handset on his wrist. And after a while, boom! A voice rang out.

Kim nodded his head and I said to the man,

“We just deposited 3 billion. ”

Then the man led us to the inner door without even checking. It was a door on the exact opposite side of the exterior entrance we came in from.

“Please wait here for a moment. ”

I changed my mind.

We follow his lead.

There was a reception room with a modern and luxurious interior that was completely different from the office I had just seen.

Kim and I sat on an expensive couch, and the man closed the door and disappeared, and the two of us whispered in my ear.

“You've never been here before? It's too natural."

“No? Absolutely not. ”

“Hmmm · · · That's really weird. Anyway, how long do we have to wait here? ”

“It won't take too long. ”

Perhaps confirming the deposit was unavoidable from the date of the mission of another employee other than that man.

The money we send will also be checking whether it is from a third country or an account of an untraceable nature.

Five minutes later,

The door opens in the opposite direction and a woman in a neat suit walks in.

Kneel down and greet us with an excessive waist. Then, he raised his head and said, shining his dazzling eyes beyond the rare old glasses of today's times.

“I'm sorry to keep you waiting so long. This is the Head of Misfire. We'll take you inside. ”

Precious people?

It's not something that this industry can say. No · · · Is this the usual salutation of this era? Something doesn't feel right.

Besides, this woman...

I stared at her back for a moment, to be precise with her chest, and walked accordingly.

So we enter the real entrance of the black market.

*

Black market.

Needless to say, the highest demand to be traded on the black market in this age is from dungeons.

Many of them were heavily controlled by the state, so there was always a demand to break free from such chains and trade with free materials.

This is the black market that targeted the gap, as most of these consumers have a strong funding force.

In a way, it's more like a guts business. Instead of identifying the customer, they receive a deposit to enter the market. Money is an identity card.

From the customer's point of view, you risk withdrawing the money, and you have to make a deposit without asking. It is the client's fault if he meets a fraudster and loses money. You don't even have the ability to find the right black market.

The interior we entered was much smaller than the size of the warehouse we had seen outside, just by looking at the visible space. It means that the region is divided in its own way.

Although there was a slight disagreement with the Head of Misevolution, I decided to give up the deal and try to make a trade instead. My suspicion of her arose because she was a member of the black market, but on the contrary, there are some things that are credible about her being a part of the black market.

At least we won't be harming us unless we start telling the truth.

As she stepped inside, she took turns making eye contact with both of us and asked.

“Do you have something you're looking for? ”

Here, you don't have to build things that I need in advance and give them to the target. There's plenty of time.

“I'm just going to look around. ”

Then, the director replied with a big smile.

“Yes, sir. Take your time and look around. I'll take you by your side. ”

With her tightly controlled smile on the background, we walked in the area first with weapons and armor.

If I wanted to stay on one item, the misevolution director intervened appropriately and explained it. I went through so many products, but nothing came to my attention.

Later.

Oh, yeah?

I felt like the light bulb was on in my head.

But without color, I like to put it in a similar level as before. That looks weird. ’I had a face that was about right.

Then again, the leader of misevolution got involved.

“The design is unique, right? And so is performance.”

I looked at it for a few more seconds without answering for a moment. Then she quickly took out two pairs of gloves. It looks ordinary, but it's also specially crafted.

“Would you like to hold it in your hand? ”

I nod loudly.

What she brought from beyond the ornaments was a bracelet made of black metal. The thin snakes seem to intertwine and bite and form a circle.

I called for joy in my heart. This was not something I had previously come across, but something I had literally stumbled upon.

That was rotting away in a place like this at this time!

I try hard to manage my face. I picked up the item in gloves in response to the chairman's recommendation. It is said to be a special glove, but [Successor's Eye] did not interfere with the ability to use it. Thanks to this, I was able to see the system messages and/or description of the item attributed to it.

The results were, as well. My guess was right.

“This item was found in the Gate Dungeon near Helsingborg, Sweden, last December. ”

I don't know how it got here to Incheon's black market after it was discovered in the dungeon. The dean of misevolution did not even explain it.

Being able to find it in the black market in the first place means that there is a high chance that it did not go through the normal channels.

The misevolution leader focused on product descriptions instead of stories about distribution routes that would have been outlined illegally.

So far, three Hunters have attempted emotion using 'Emotion Scroll’, but returned to failure. Therefore, the exact item name and function registered in the system is not known at this time, but there are some features that Hunters have learned using directly.

"Just like a normal dungeon item, if you put a little Mana on your wrist and brand it, you're ready. ”

The description follows.

“If the wearer is injured in this condition, the item will trigger its own healing magic without the user's Mana consumption, which has been confirmed to restore the user. A rare auto-heel wearable wrist item. ”

In this age, such functions may still be rare.

I looked down with a bracelet on one finger.

“It's worth it. Pretty, unusual. ”

“Yes, sir. You are also very discerning. Can I help you with your purchase? ”

“Yes, I will. ”

Now it's your turn to explain what we've put off in the last order, right? Chief of Misevolution?

Black Market never cheats against shoppers. It is difficult to survive by turning multiple hunters against one another.

On the other hand, the misevolution director swiftly touched the handset on his wrist and floated one document into a hologram.

“But first, a word of advice. The maximum effect of healing is limited and injuries above a certain level have been identified as incurable. “

Continue to explain.

“In addition, occasional uncontrollable side effects occur. ”

A few new photos appeared in the hologram.

Unlike what we just saw, only one type of injury is listed.

They were like bitten, cut wrists in rough cross-sections.

In severe cases, almost the entire arm was torn off.

“Near random, the decorations that make up the bracelet every unpredictable cycle have been found in almost every case, biting around the wrist of the user. I suspect this will replenish the Mana in the item, but it has not been proven. ”

Misevolution attempted to predict and calculate the balance of mana on the bracelet by recording how many times the auto-heels were triggered and how many injuries recovered, but the error was too large.

Some Hunters tend to cut a few small cuts, then tear them apart, and some Hunters tend to tear through them dozens of times, making it hard to guess.

I ask.

“So, what's the price? ”

"620 million won. ”

Price close to a bargain for items with Auto-Hill capabilities.

Injuries can be repaired, but if something like that happens during an urgent battle, it's a good idea to die. It is not reliable because it is unpredictable.

But · · · there is a way.

“I'll take it.”

Then Kim's assistant twitched his thick eyebrows. This was the meaning embedded in his two eyes. You want to buy something like that for 62,000? You'd better buy that many potions! ’

I glared as if to calm down. Somewhere, another employee came out and took the artifact from me.

Other than that, there were no obvious items, and we moved on to the next area.

"Sir, this is the area with skill cards."

I crossed the blind shelf.

This wasn't my concern in the first place.

Seeing that I'm walking faster than before, the director of misevolution carefully looks at me.

"I don't think we have what you like on this side. ”

I answer blankly.

“Oh, well. ”

The use of a card is to fill the Hunter's skill slot with it.

If Hunter wants to use a skill after filling a slot, simply release Mana thinking about activating it. Then the Mana moves in the body with a specific shape and flow according to the delivery of the system. Hunter doesn't need to be proactive.

As a result of Mana's movement along a particular pattern, a pillar of flame rises from her hand, lightning streams from the tip of the sword, and space moves out hundreds of kilometers.

Hunter doesn't need to calculate and control all of this. It's like a game where you press a button and technology comes out.

All Hunter cares about is focusing enough Mana to be released and improving his skill level with frequent use.

But · · ·. Why don't I need a skill card?

I have seen countless Hunters use their skills in my previous life as Choi Seung-hyun, and I have seen each moment clearly how Mana moves.

And I remember not forgetting any of what I have seen so far.

All those patterns.

End