CH 36

The reason why I was so sure that Kang Si-hoo would be here is that this dungeon was none other than the starting point of the novel. After being swept away by the dungeon as an ordinary person and losing his parents, he awakened and played a role in saving Lee Myung-won.

The main character, Kang Si-hoo, has to go through an ordeal after making a connection with Hansung.

I couldn’t control my facial expressions at all. Kang Si-hoo was wearing a mask and pretending to be someone else very naturally.

TL/N: WOW.

Is it someone else with the same name? I thought, but seeing that brown hair and big body, I couldn’t see any other way of this coincidence. No matter how much I tried to hide it, my eyes automatically fell on his presence.

[CH.Personal/One Who Seeks to Avoid The End: Apollo.]

[CH.Personal/One Who Seeks to Avoid The End: Apollo!]

[CH.Personal/One Who Seeks to Avoid The End: Can you feel it?]

[CH.Personal/One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun: What do you mean?]

[CH.Personal/One Who Seeks to Avoid The End: The thing you said last time about Baek Tae-beom, my contractor.]

[CH.Personal/One Who Seeks to Avoid The End: You said you were repulsed by his existence itself.]

[CH.Personal/One Who Seeks to Avoid The End: What about this person? Don’t you feel that?]

[CH.Personal/One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun: Huh, no?]

[CH.Personal/The One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun: I don’t feel anything?]

[CH.Personal/One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun: Why do you care about these strange things? How much does that have to do with the Fall?]

[CH.Personal/One Who Seeks to Avoid The End: Is Apollo this talkative because he’s single?]

[CH.Personal/The One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun: Hey! Why are you attacking me all of a sudden!]

Leaving the babbling Apollo behind, I stared at Kang Si-hoo. From my gaze, the man shrank further and struggled to hide his unhidden size.

It was malicious and suspicious.

Why is Kang Si-hoo out here, asking for help? Why is he acting like that, and even though he seems to have done a lot of activities based on his titles, why is he hiding it?

Where the hell did the original novel play out like that?

“What’s wrong? Hunter Choi Ga-hyun, is there something with our kid?”

“I was just wondering what this kid’s name was.”

“What was it… Kang something?”

“K-kang… Kang Cheol-su.”

“Well, that’s what it is.”

Isn’t that a commonly used name?

I’m not stupid enough to believe this situation and just as I was about to say something, Lee Myung-won interrupted me. (어처구니가 없어 뭐라고 하려 하니 이명원이 제지해 왔다.)

“Let’s prepare to enter first. You can talk afterwards. There are ordinary people inside.”

And Lee Myung-won called me along with Baek Tae-beom.

“What’s the matter, anyway?”

“What?”

“That hunter over there… You stared at him like you were going to kill him.”

I refuted Lee Myung-won’s words.

“I didn’t want to kill him.”

“You glared at him. Is there any problem?”

“It’s so suspicious….”

“Who is?”

“Kang Si… No, that hunter named Kang Cheol-su.”

Lee Myung-won contorted his face as if he had heard that a dog on the street stood on its head.

“Are you serious?”

“Do you think I’d lie?”

“What’s so suspicious about that hunter?”

Baek Tae-beom also agreed with Lee Myung-won’s words.

“I don’t know what the problem is, Hyung. Rather, that damn Kim Ki-won is more suspicious… .”

Is it because of the mask he was wearing? I thought it might be the cause.

Like the main character he is, Kang Si-hoo develops at a frightening pace. Unlike Baek Tae-beom, he has a natural talent, and no matter how desperate he was, he was a character who recovered quickly and got back up without collapsing like Baek Tae-beom. This is why Baek Tae-beom hated and loved him in <The Fall of Another World>.

So, even if Baek Tae-beom does not destroy the world, or if he is on a path that leads to the end somehow because this world is the same world in the novel, I thought that I could somehow do it with the power of Kang Si-hoo. So this time, I tried to turn the development in a different direction than before.

‘Is the development already ongoing?’

I shook my head quickly. If that was so, then there is a high probability that the cause was due to the 1st Monster Incident.

‘Isn’t it because of me?’

It made sense if Kang Si-hoo’s parents were in a dangerous situation long before that, and that made Kang Si-hoo awaken. But then, why does Kang Si-hoo, who grew up without Lee Myung-won’s help, look like that?

‘Are your parents already dead? Or are you here to save your living parents?’

I couldn’t get the hang of it. I felt so frustrated as I calculated these things one by one.

[The constellation, ‘One Who Seeks to Avoid The Fall’ is synchronized with the body.]

I glared at the window that popped up. No matter what I think, my constellation body won’t help me to think like a ‘human’ easily.

Lee Myung-won went over there to talk for a while and check the suspiciousness, and Baek Tae-beom looked at me anxiously. He went into his inventory, pulled something out, and held it out.

Without needing to look closely, it was obviously a staff. It was studded with golden amber, and the white wings that surrounded the jewel stood out. It was an expensive-looking item.

[Staff of Condemnation A]

[I can see your ending. The end will be repeated forever. But if you have the will to get through it, you will be able to get out of the yoke of fate. New skills can be acquired when used. (Cannot be duplicated)]

“What’s this? How much is this?”

“That’s a secret.”

This became natural now. Baek Tae-beom naturally placed it in my hands and leaned over. I felt his breath coming closer.

“You just have to stick to my side, Hyung.”

“…Okay.”

I was actually thinking of doing that. I couldn’t confirm the development of the novel, and Kang Si-hoo’s current condition was unanticipated, so I had to stick close to Baek Tae-beom in order to preserve my lifeline.

First, I had to check my skills.

‘Skill window.’

I scrolled down while looking at the window that appeared in front of me.

[Skill: Sponsor]

[You can select and sponsor an awakened person. You must sponsor at least 1 coin to do that.]

[Skill: Soul’s Sanctuary]

[Moves you to a place of your own.]

[Skill: Thorn of Sin]

[I bind the enemy with the thorn that carries their sin. Depending on the type of enemy, the properties of the shock that can be given to the enemy vary. (Can be used when the correct weapon is equipped.)]

Thorn of Sin is a skill that can no longer be used, so it has been completely removed from the skill window.

[Skill : Hand of the Golden Sun]

[You can use the power of the sun to fire arrows. The strength of the force depends on the constellation’s ability.]

[Skill: Eye of the Dead]

[By borrowing the power of the dead, you can properly see through the state of others. The strength of its ability depends on the constellation’s ability.]

Immediately after, I checked the gloves I was wearing and their condition.

[Star Gloves of Aquarius A]

[Gloves for the guide of the new star. It increases defense and destructive power, and new skills may be acquired when used. (Cannot be duplicated)]

There’s basically a passive ability that increases defense, so I used the item in hopes of getting defense skills when I use this item.

[A new skill has been acquired.]

[Skill: Falling Stars]

[Pours out stars to block an opponent’s attack. Cannot be used consecutively. (Can be used when equipped with the correct armor.)]

‘Good.’

It was an item that gave me better skills than I thought. It was written on the A-grade clothing that it’ll block the opponent’s attack, so it was clear that it wouldn’t budge in any fire.

I placed the staff, which Baek Tae-beom had given me, on the floor. The staff, large enough to fit in my hand, was like a weapon made just for me.

It’s a crafted weapon, so I think we should recruit whoever made this as soon as possible.

With that in mind, I checked the information window of the acquired skill after using the item.

[You have acquired a new skill.]

[Skill : Condemned]

[Judge the opponent. (Can be used when the correct weapon is equipped.)]

‘Why are you doing this?’

Was that the end of the description? I examined the staff and looked down at it with suspicion. I don’t think Baek Tae-beom would have given me something strange, but….

“Tae-beom-ah.”

“Yes, Hyung.”

“Where did you get this from?”

Baek Tae-beom blinked at me. He had a nonchalant expression.

“Is there something wrong?”

“Nothing’s wrong….”

It was a problem because it seemed too unusual. Baek Tae-beom realized my serious expression.

“Lee Myung-won-ssi… It came out of the box he gave me.”

“Box?”

“It was an unnecessary gift from his constellation, random things appeared inside of it… I’m guessing it was a box.”

Hold on.

“Something good came out of it so I thought that I should give it to Hyung someday and kept it in my inventory.”

[Ch.Personal/One Who Seeks to Avoid The Fall: Wait.]

[Ch.Personal/One Who Seeks to Avoid The Fall: Apollo?]

[The constellation, ‘One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun’ does not respond and looks at a distant mountain.]

[CH.Personal/One Who Seeks to Avoid The Fall: Did you open a random box?]

[CH.Personal/One Who Seeks to Avoid The Fall: No, did you use the random box? Did you make your own contractor do it too? How long have you been doing this?]

[CH.Personal/One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun: That….]

[CH.Personal/One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun: Is that really important?]

[CH.Personal/One Who Seeks to Avoid The Fall: Don’t you know it’s a gimmick?]

[CH.Personal/One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun: Even though people know it’s a gimmick, there are times when they do it anyway.]

[CH.Personal/One Who Seeks to Avoid The Fall: You are not one of those people. You’re a constellation.]

[CH.Personal/One Who Seeks to Avoid The Fall: You still have a lot of money left, right? Do you buy those things all the time? You must be happy. Why don’t you donate some to your son?]

[CH.Personal/One Who Is More Dazzling Than The Sun: I have no son.]

[CH.Personal/One Who Guides The Dead: Sometimes.]

[CH.Personal/One Who Guides The Dead: You have to walk a fixed path. There are times when you have to do it.]

[CH.Personal/One Who Seeks to Avoid The Fall: How much did you spend on that?]

[The constellation, ‘One Who Guides The Dead’ is not responding. 404 Not Found.]

Don’t send out weird messages.

“Why? Is it bad?”

“No, no. I was just asking where it came from.”

I hurriedly excused myself and sighed. I patted Baek Tae-beom on the shoulder as he was still looking at me worriedly, and approached Lee Myung-won, who looked at me.

“Now that we’re ready, let’s enter.”