The Live

Win-win. Wood-win.

I flex my neck to the left and to the right. As soon as Yoon Jae woke up, he prioritized his physical condition.

‘Not bad. ’

It was only after a day.

Recovered faster than I expected. More powerful than ever, the magical circuit that was twisted in just one day was released.

Did not deliberately use skills to recover body. I felt that my current condition was perfect.

‘My body is like steel. The hotter the brazier, the stronger it gets, the cooler it cools and repeats. ’

Kim Jin-seok said. Recovering with skills no longer improves when it becomes a habit.

‘There's not much time left. ’

Genji's move meant that the demons' time was running out.

He wasn't the only one who knew about it. Perhaps soon everyone will know.

Yoon Jae hurriedly got up from his seat, finished washing his face and changed his clothes. Then I went straight to the guest room upstairs.

It was because of what Kim Jin-seok said last night.

- As soon as you wake up tomorrow, go see the Hundred.

Master of the White Tower Clan, 100 thousand.

Kim Jin-seok told Yun Jae to meet him. Yoon Jae, who didn't have much of an appetite, asked why.

- I don't know why he's looking for you.

- You haven't heard anything?

He didn't tell me. I'm not really curious.

Kim Jin-seok's story was over.

He told Yun Jae to rest and immediately turned around and disappeared. Yoon Jae also didn't want to move too much anymore.

Yesterday, even the slightest movement was messy enough to put my strength into it. I liked to rest for a few days.

‘Is this it?’

Yoon Jae found a room for a hundred thousand.

I knocked a few times, and I heard an answer from inside.

“Come in.”

It was a man's thin voice.

I heard it from the meeting room briefly before, but it didn't feel like Kim Jin-seok or Arhan.

Yoon Jae opened the door and looked inside. Hundreds of thousands tied their heads in the middle of a large room like a studio room.

“Welcome. Was it one of ours?”

Bright smile.

It was a smile that matched the handsome appearance of a young man. The smiling face was embraced on my face.

‘That face in the late forties. ’

On this side, he seemed to realize that he didn't know his age just by looking at his face. Hundred thousand was also the first generation, such as Arhan and Kim Jin-seok.

In other words, it means that it has been more than 20 years since we entered the world of the other side.

“Before the war against the Murder Clan, I saw you briefly at a meeting. We didn't get to talk about it in private. ”

Unlike Arhan and the Hundred Thousand, a hundred thousand raised their words without regard to age or position. It looked similar to Turner, who was known as a gentleman, just by looking at his personality.

“I've been remembering. I didn't, but I don't know how surprised I was at that. ”

“Because I'm the key? ”

“Yes. I thought I was going to die of anxiety the entire meeting. ”

“…… I didn't look like that. ”

“Is that so?”

Hundreds of thousands walked to the sink with a smile on their mouths. Then I poured water on the ground coffee.

“Coffee, tea, something like that? ”

“Coffee, please. ”

“Yes, sir. Please, sit over there. Relax, relax. ”

In the direction of the Hundred Thousand, there were two chairs side by side. It was a big room, but it wasn't a room for guests, so there wasn't a table.

‘I'm uncomfortable.’

Yoon Jae, sitting on the chair handed out by a hundred thousand, turned his back and looked at the back of a hundred thousand who were riding coffee.

I thought it would be more convenient to say "no" like Arhan or Kim Jin-seok.

I was uncomfortable because I was much older than myself, and I had tens of thousands of people downstairs who were respectful and even had hand coffee.

‘Master of the White Tower Clan. Nicknamed for their character, they are swordsmiths, but they are closer to scientists developing items than they are to swords. ’

Yoon Jae thought, looking back at the Hundred Thousand.

Why the hell did he call me? ’

Soon, the eleven thousand who were drinking coffee turned around, holding a cup in both hands.

“I don't know if I'll fit in your mouth. It was as rich as I like. ”

“I'm fine, thank you. ”

Yoon Jae took the cup handed to him by a thousand and took his mouth to a steaming coffee. One hundred thousand did not drink coffee right away, but smelled the aroma first.

“I heard you called. ”

Yoon Jae took a sip of coffee and said to the Hundred Thousand.

“Is that the point? ”

“I'm in a bit of a hurry. ”

When Yoon Jae said that, he took a look at the Hundred Thousand and placed the cup in his hand on his knee.

“We don't have much time. ”

“…… not really. It's a rush hour. ”

There was no time. A hundred thousand people knew. He smiled bitterly and said.

“Very well. Let's get down to business then. ”

“Thank you for your understanding. ”

“You're welcome. There's only one reason I wanted to see you. I hear you have a good head, but you guessed it. ”

Hopefully there was.

I wasn't sure.

“Isn't this the same reason as Kim Jin-seok? ”

“That's right, you know. ”

The same reason as Jin-seok Kim.

He taught Yoon Jae. To keep him from dying.

A hundred thousand was the same reason.

“Jinsuk said there's nothing more I can teach you. You'll be fine on your own. ”

“…… did Kim Jin-seok really do that? ”

During the months she was with me, Yoon Jae had never received a compliment from Kim Jin-seok. However, it felt strange to say that to the eleven thousand behind me.

“He's not much of a compliment to begin with. I'm ashamed.”

“Shame on you... ”

Yoon Jae stopped smiling.

I tried not to laugh, but I secretly smiled. Such a cute name for that hard Kim Jin-seok. It didn't fit too well.

“I'm surprised you don't have more to teach. So what are you trying to teach me, Mr. Hundred? ”

“Teaching?”

“Yes?”

“Jin-seok taught me, what else can I teach you? They call him The Swordsmith, but he writes black better than I do. ”

Yoon Jae lost his words for a moment because he seemed to ask me something so strange.

Then what the hell are we supposed to do? ’

Yoon Jae's face was puzzled and he hurriedly said that he wanted to give up 100 thousand.

“By the way, Yoon Jae probably doesn't know me very well. ”

“Yes, but.... ”

“You know where my clan leads? ”

Yoon Jae nodded at a thousand questions.

Very few people don't know that he's a White Tower Clan master. The White Top Clan, along with the Skyscraper Clan, was the largest of the five.

‘Then... ’

Yoon Jae recalled the characteristics of the White Top Clan, led by the Hundred Thousand.

And why the White Top Clan changed so much, and I couldn't tell if my ears were even open.

“Are you going to give me an item? ”

The item that Yoon Jae is wearing on her neck, the 'Necklace of Ghosts’, was by the White Top Clan.

The White Top Clan was as unique as any clan's ability to craft items. And the propensity of such clans comes from the clan master, the Hundred Thousand.

Nicknamed the Peacock of Sword.

But he was also known by the same name as a scientist or explorer.

“An item...... We don't have much better than that necklace. ”

Items of Grade B or higher were astronomical with the money and time needed to craft them.

Especially if you wanted to make items that exceeded A grade, you couldn't make them look like you wanted to make them.

“Plus, the item isn't just about ratings and effectiveness. No matter how highly rated and effective an item is, if it doesn't suit your personality, it only counteracts the effect. ”

Tendency was just as important as the item's grade.

What if you were to give someone like Royce an item shaped like a sword, or something that would consume magical power to gain strength?

No matter how high the item is rated, it will not have any effect.

As the number of individuals differs from the way they fight, the items should also be used accordingly.

“I don't think it's a good choice to support items in that way. Items are just a few items that fit you. ”

“Then how are you going to help me? ”

“I heard from Jinsuk. There are side effects to Yoon Jae's skills. ”

Over the past few months, Jin Seok Kim has seen Yoon Jae use 'reverse direction’ countless times.

And I trained to reduce those side effects as a top priority.

The side effects have been reduced considerably from the first time. It was also due to increased stamina and the magical circuit itself being much more robust than before.

Even though the battle with Emily amplified her magical power much more than usual, she could see the effects of the twisted magical circuits recovering in just one day reduced.

But…….

‘The side effects are not completely gone. ’

I thought it was possible.

Even if you use it a few times, the overloading of the magic circuits through inversion has not adapted.

If I could reduce the side effects as much as possible, I couldn't get rid of them at all.

“I'm telling you, it's impossible to eliminate the side effects. ”

Hundreds of thousands opened their mouths as if they could see through Yoon Jae's thoughts.

“I heard from Jinsuk. and the theory of inversion skills. A magical amplification method for mediators of dependent items against magical circuits. It was a funny idea.”

Funny.

It was not an empty message to compliment me. Hundreds of thousands smiled joyfully at the mouth as if it were really fun.

A creepy smile that gives me goose bumps. It was completely different from the brightest smile just now.

‘…… I think I know why Kim Jin-seok insulted this person. ’

Yun Jae recalled a long time ago when she asked Kim Jin-seok about the other first-generation people.

And Kim Jin-seok's assessment of 1,000 of them was cruel.

Hundred thousand, he is.

- What do you mean, crazy?

- Haven't you ever heard that story? There are a lot of geniuses out there.

- It's not that there are no such images…….

- That's the one. I don't know what he's been doing over there, but he prefers to use his head rather than his body. By talking nonsense about wanting to explore the truth of the world.

Truth and exploration.

It was a headache just hearing it. I wanted to know what I was tired of doing.

- Soon after I found out about the Temple and the key and the world, he was locked in a room to find out about the world. Scraps up all kinds of books and information, digs into history. At some point, I started developing items.

- Is that why you're called a scientist?

- In this world, developing items is a skill. And there's no one to follow him in that area.

- It's hard to say crazy with that, isn't it?

- He doesn't need it.

Kim Jin-seok thought for a moment and shaken his head as if he really didn't understand.

- I do it because it's fun.

‘Because it's fun.... ’

Yoon Jae examined the face of the Hundred Thousand.

He had a lot of opinions about reverse.

Starting with the basic configuration of the magical circuitry, to your own assessment of the idea of reversal. In that single word, it was really difficult.

Is that the kind of technology I use? ’

That's what I thought.

It sounded right to me, but something was difficult. It seems that a hundred thousand people know better than you, even if you were able to use your own magic to construct a skill.

“It's not like no one's used similar technology before. But in the end, he couldn't overcome the side effects of technology……. ”

“Mr. Hundred. ”

“So……. ”

“Mr. 100,000? ”

I did not see the end of the story of the sobbing.

Yoon Jae repeatedly called out the name of a hundred thousand. Hundreds of thousands of storytelling were enlivened, and they quickly regained their senses.

“Yes? You sent for me? ”

“Even if you say that, I won't understand a thing. I'm sorry... ”

“Ah……. ”

Hundreds realized their story was too difficult.

He smiles beautifully with a shy face.

“I'm sorry. I'm excited again. ”

“No, thank you. ”

“Thank you for saying that. Please understand. because I think it's absolutely necessary. ”

It was a different story from what Kim Jin-seok had heard. That's why Yoon Jae tried to hand it over.

But…….

“I think there are limits to technology and culture that are not theoretically established. I think the side effects of technology are part of the limit. ”

“Limits……? ”

“Yes. When Yun Jae first created the technology, did you know that there would be those side effects? ”

Yoon Jae shakes his head in a hundred thousand questions.

Of course I didn't. If I had known there would be these side effects, I would have thought of a better way to eliminate them somehow.

Or maybe they've found another way to amplify their magic or become stronger.

Is that it? ’

Yoon Jae realizes the importance of the theory, which Hundred Thousand said.

‘Theoretically speaking, when you create a skill or item, you can significantly reduce the likelihood of it failing. ’

No, it wasn't just that.

‘Maybe……. ’

“Do you know how to get rid of side effects? ”

“Well, roughly. But as I said before, it's not completely eliminated. ”

Hundred thousand still smiled and replied.

Yoon Jae's heart began to beat. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't find it.

If I could find it, I'd be a lot stronger than I am now. That's all I could think about.

“What's the method? ”

“Do you remember Abram? ”

Question returned to question.

And Yoon Jae answered the question suddenly.

“How can you forget him? ”

It was a natural question. I couldn't forget.

Abram.

The perpetrator of the massacre of tens of thousands of people who lived in Mellon. A resident of the great wizard and mad scientist of old.

Tens of thousands.

No, in the anticipated future, Abram was the terrible madman who killed millions.

“I can't imagine. It turns out that Yoon Jae also caught Abram. ”

“Why did you mention Abram all of a sudden? ”

“The research books in Abram's lab. Do you know where it all went? ”

“…… No way? ”

“That's right. Those books, I bought them. It was bought in the name of the White Top Clan, not me... ”

One hundred thousand spoke again in an exalted voice.

“There's a lot of really interesting research there. ”

Abram's Lab.

The harvest you were able to get there after killing Abram was not just his ring.

Lots of research books inside the lab. A hundred thousand thought it was the best harvest you could get by killing Abram.

“Abram was a madman, but a genius. I can assure you that I've checked his research books. ”

“…… I don't want to hear the praises of that madman. Anyway, what kind of research was there in that book? ”

“I can't count on it. It took me over a year to read over a thousand books. ”

“You read a thousand books in a year? ”

Yoon Jae asked with a silly look on his face.

One year was never too short. However, over a thousand books of thick research were not readable in a year's time.

It was different from just reading and passing on fiction or essentials. The study books required reading, understanding, and making them your own.

It only takes a few weeks to read and study a book right away, and it would take more than a month to read and understand a book written by Abram the Great.

“Do you think Yoon Jae only has items that slow down the time sensation? ”

A hundred thousand said so, and he took out a round pair of glasses from his chest.

“Abram's masterpiece, 'The Clock Ribbon,' is not the same, but I can make similar items as well. Well, it's hard to expect anything more than a quickie. ”

“So...... you really read all the books? ”

“Yes.”

“Was there a way to solve the side effects of 'reverse'? ”

“Yes.”

“What? That way? ”

“Follow me.”

A hundred thousand stood up first, saying so.

“We have a place to go together. ”

* * *

A hundred thousand were not escorted separately.

The Hundred Thousand on the Skyscraper's Clan House is headed for Warp Gate.

Yun Jae thinks he's headed for the White Top Clan. But it was Mellon on the warp gate where he was headed.

“Why here...? ”

“Familiar place, right? Every time I come here, I remember the first time I came over here, and I feel like... ”

Haha with his mouth, his expression disappears when he smiles a little. Until just now, I couldn't even think of it as a single smiling face.

“Then why did you ask me to come? ”

“Isn't she here? Abram's lab.”

Hundreds of thousands said so and began to walk straight away. The direction he was headed was the dungeon where Abram's lab was found.

The two of them head straight for the dungeon where Abram's lab is. The entrance to the dungeon is blocked.

“The dungeon was not opened? ”

“Unlike the other dungeons, Abram's laboratory somehow attracted the souls of the people. A few years later, those new people who had just come over here had a hard time resisting the power, and they were forbidden to go in. ”

“Do you still have the magic cult aftermath? ”

“We couldn't completely neutralize the power unless we destroyed the dungeon itself. This was the limit for us. ”

In the answer of a hundred thousand, Yoon Jae could see how great Saab was.

Even a White Tower Clan master would say it's impossible to completely counteract the magical faction's effects.

“Are we okay? ”

“On average, people in the third year are not affected by the magic team. There's no need to mention it if you're a person like Yun Jae. ”

A hundred thousand answered and walked towards those who were guarding the entrance to the dungeon.

They wear a badge with the White Top Clan's mark on their chest. It seems the White Tower Clan is responsible for managing the dungeons.

“Your Clan is here! ”

They found a hundred thousand and raised their voices. Even though the stiff appearance was stiff, it was difficult to see the eleven thousand.

“Has anyone been inside? ”

“Yes!”

“I'm going in with him today. Please don't let anyone in. ”

Hundred thousand said, eyeballing Yoon Jae. The clan members wanted someone, but didn't ask for it.

Whoever he was, his identity was as sure as a thousand.

Yoon Jae followed behind the Hundred Thousand into the dungeon. The dungeon where the chimeras roamed was empty, so I could feel nothing.

Pot, Papa-

Yoon Jae and Hundred Thousand sped up.

The interior of the dungeon is quite deep. It takes more than a day to relax and walk to Abram's Lab.

Of course, it was a story of walking.

‘This should be quick. ’

The speed of the hundred thousand leading was hard to catch up with.

Yoon Jae eventually followed behind him, even using a clock leaf.

Then, when he came to the dungeon and hunted the chimeras, he was able to arrive in less than 30 minutes in the distance of a few days.

A giant door that appeared right after.

Opening the door, Abram's inside of the lab appeared.

‘It's been a long time.’

I didn't know what the Wizard's influence of the Hundred Thousand was. In the beginning, Yoon Jae was free from the effects even when the magic group was fine.

Yoon Jae opened the door for a moment and stood there and looked inside the lab. The lab, which was covered in dust and scattered around, was well organized.

“Who put this away? ”

“I've taken care of it in my clan. The books are being restored and interpreted and stored in the White Tower Clan. ”

A hundred thousand said so, walking towards the books piled up on one side.

Dozens of books. It was so worn out that I thought I could read it.

‘Stuff I've never seen. ’

Yoon Jae found flask bottles lying on one side of the lab.

It wasn't just that.

Inside the lab, there were a lot of things that weren't there before. Items, pens, notebooks, etc.

Yoon Jae, who was looking at various things, asked.

“You converted this place back into a lab? ”

“There's even something called modifications. He just took some of my stuff. ”

Hundreds of thousands looked around the lab and said,

“I know this place is upsetting, but it's a pretty good place. I don't know if it's magic, or if it's the original dungeon, but overall, it's tens of times denser than anywhere else. ”

“So you used to make items here? ”

“Instead of making items, I was researching Abram's research in my own way. ”

A hundred thousand replied, and opened one old book.

“Do you know what this is? ”

An ugly painting in a book.

The human body is attached to another creature.

A four-legged monster with a human head, a monster with a human limb, or a human head with a monster's head.

Or a mixture of different kinds of monsters.

Different types, but not strange.

“Isn't that chimeric? ”

I felt nauseous just looking at the pictures.

It would have been disgusting if he'd just done that with a monster. It is not reasonable and unforgivable to have done such a cruel thing with the same person.

“That's right. It's the kind of monster that just appeared in this dungeon. ”

“It can't be... even a hundred thousand... ”

“No way. But I wasn't crazy enough to do this. ”

It seemed to me like I was telling myself I was crazy. Yoon Jae sat on a table nearby with a smile on his face.

“Then why are you showing me that? ”

“I'm going to talk about the essence of chimeric technology. ”

“Core?”

“Yes, I was quite surprised to see this. because chimera technology is essentially the key to fusing ordinary people with other organisms to bring those benefits. I didn't think that would be possible... ”

“It's about looks instead. ”

“The biggest problem is not the appearance, but this way. ”

A hundred thousand said so, pointing to his head.

“Most of Abram's chimeras have degraded their heads to enhance their physical abilities. I stabbed myself so hard that my head couldn't handle it. And this was the vector. ”

Tuk-tuk-

A hundred thousand touches the little blue stone on the desk with your fingertips. It was a magic stone embedded in the bodies of chimeras.

“The method sucked, but Abram's experiment clearly worked. Abram was going to apply this experiment to his own body after he got a new body. ”

“To yourself...? ”

He was going to apply the experiment to himself, which means he found a way to eliminate the side effects of the experiment.

“There are two ways. ”

One hundred thousand said with two fingers outstretched.

“The first is Abram's experiment to maximize the regenerative power of the magical circuits in the body. ”

“Abram's experiment... you mean the chimeric experiment? ”

“Similar but different. because in the first place, chimeras were experiments to complete the experiment. The context is similar, but Yoon Jae is not becoming a chimera. ”

The hundred thousand who said that hesitated for a moment, then said:

“Of course…… the experiment itself is not guaranteed to succeed. There may be other side effects, and the experiment itself may fail. ”

“What are the odds?"

“I can't say for sure, but it'll be about seven. ”

“Seven Halls……. ”

The odds were high. However, it was also unlikely that he would fail.

The hundred thousand was not Abram. He only saw Abram's completed experiments through the books.

‘If it fails……. ’

What's going on?

Yoon Jae shakes his head. I didn't want to ask, and I didn't want to hear the answer.

Maybe it's better not to know. Because…….

“Let's do it.”

It'll make it easier to stay strong.

“Are you all right?”

“I don't think I'm that unlucky. I wouldn't say seven, I'd say three. ”

“Is that so?"

I laughed a hundred thousand times to see if I liked Yoon Jae's answer. He nods.

“Well, I haven't told you one thing yet. I actually need it to do an experiment or something. ”

“What is it?”

“Actually, this is the biggest problem... …. ”

Hundred thousand sighed and said.

“Abram has done two studies to make the new body more perfect. One was to maximize lost magical power, and the other was to have a body that surpassed human beings through chimeric experiments. ”

I knew what it was like to maximize my magical power. The potion for the Magic Tablet, the result of the study, was already consumed by Yun Jae.

“Abram tried to strengthen himself so that he could endure the experiment in order to apply the chimeric experiment to himself. That's what I studied for. It's a potent elixir of life. The problem is, it's not that complicated. ”

“Yes…? ”

I told you a serious story.

“I already ate that.... ”

“You ate?”

At Yun Jae's words, a hundred thousand expressions puzzled him.

“The potion? How did you... ”

“I was the first one to discover this lab. ”

“I'm aware of that, but was there a potion here? ”

“Yes, I shared it with the regular. ”

The reward for the dungeon belonged to the person who first discovered it.

If Abram's laboratory reward was the potion he made, it was no wonder that Yoon Jae and the regular person took the potion they first discovered.

“Somehow...... I understand now. ”

“What makes sense? ”

“Theoretically, the burden of 'reverse' skills on the body is not usually able to withstand physical strength. It's not as easy to use as it is to constantly burden the body and, of course, the magic circuit itself. ”

“The potion kept you afloat? ”

“Yes. The main effect of the potion in the beginning was not to improve physical ability, but to make the magic circuit more robust. ”

Reversal was a theoretically feasible technology.

Reverses the Magical Power in the opposite direction from which it flows, amplifying the Magical Power indefinitely through items that amplify it.

If others attempt to use this technique, the magical force will reverse and vomit blood and die.

Nevertheless, there were two reasons why Yoon Jae could use reverse reversal to amplify his magic.

‘Not just the potion, but the magic circuit itself must be special for some reason. ’

Zahar's Magic Power Source.

It was the driving force that made Yoon Jae's magical circuit itself more robust. It also enhanced the purity of the magical power flowing through the circuit.

This was the reason why Yoon Jae devised the skill of reverse. He thought he could overcome some of the side effects of reversal with his magic circuitry.

“That makes it easier. If you have already finished taking the potion, you can start right away. ”

“You mean...? ”

“I'm roughly ready. ”

The smile on the face of the eleven thousand who replied like that felt strange.

A sudden feeling of anxiety.

Yoon Jae smiled awkwardly and said.

“Well… please. ”