Admission is a waste of time (2)
Lesson 1. This is your status window – 2
People tend to become calmer when surprising things happen one after another.
It wasn’t some theory someone had advocated, but something that Ban Yu-won was actually experiencing right now.
[Unlocks the Babylonian Code of Power by external stimulation. Selects and displays the ideograms from the language most familiar to the holder of the power.]
‘Ideographic characters familiar to me… … Chinese characters?’
That was correct.
A language in which the meaning is contained in the letters themselves, rather than using phonetic characters to represent sounds.
The Babylonian code appeared before his eyes, organized in the form of those very Chinese characters.
[The common concepts of the two goblins are stolen: demons, life, and flesh. Any other concepts are too minor or too complex to be absorbed by the current holder.]
[Absorbs 0.2 Demons. Demons are a concept that humans cannot possess. You can temporarily store them within your body with the power of the Babylonian Code, but you will not be able to control this power. It is recommended to separate them or give them to other objects or creatures.]
[By absorbing 0.4 life, the holder’s life becomes 10.4. The overall ability and potential of existence are enhanced.]
[By absorbing 0.2 of flesh, the holder’s flesh becomes 10.2. The body becomes stronger.]
Messages written in language that was clearly different from the Academy’s instructions and powerful in its own right appeared one after another, filling Ban Yu-won’s eyes.
In the midst of all that chaos, Ban Yu-won could be seen.
Three strings of text emerged from each of the two goblins’ bodies… … and they found their pairs, merged, and were sucked into his body in order.
‘ah…….’
Mysteriously enough, he could also sense how the string that had entered his body moved, the two-pronged string… … Perhaps the life and flesh had been completely absorbed into Ban Yu-won’s body and had naturally merged with the string that originally existed in him.
On the other hand, the remaining string, the demon, tried to run wild as soon as it entered his body, but was soon suppressed by a mysterious force and isolated in a corner of his body.
After all that absorption was complete, the goblins’ corpses quickly dried up and turned into dust that scattered away.
‘… … My body has changed.’
I had a gut feeling.
I have never used this expression in my life, but at this moment, I am certain that he.
Got stronger.
I could vividly feel the strength of my teeth, my dexterity, and even my skin, which was a bit weak, becoming a little tougher.
I’ve surprised myself with my own language skills many times before… … but I can confidently say that this moment is the most surprising.
No, this isn’t even language ability!
[Reveals all internal concepts that the current holder can recognize.
Life (生) 10.4 – A concept possessed by all living things. It is related to the level of existence.
Physical 10.2 – The concept of body.
Soul 300 – The concept of spirit.
Mandok-an (萬讀眼) 100 – An eye that can read everything. A unique concept only for the holder.
Mancheong-i (萬聽耳) 100 – Ears that hear everything. A unique concept for the holder.
Man-eon-sun (萬言脣) 100 – Lips that speak everything. A unique concept only for the holder.
Devil (魔鬼) 0.2 – A concept possessed by all unclean beings originating from the devil. Humans cannot possess it, but they hold on to it with their power.]
Even as Ban Yu-won touched his transformed body, the messages continued to come to him.
Actually, although I was quite surprised, it wasn’t that difficult to accept this message window.
This is because the Babylonian code appears in place of the status window, and the structure is considered to be very similar to it.
That’s why I can understand why they took the status window away from me.
Taking the concept of language from dead goblins is gaining experience, and now this code is popping into my head, isn’t it to display a status window!
‘Life, this is obviously a level that appears in the game. If this grows, I can see that my level has increased. Things like body and soul are statuses. Why is only soul so high? I don’t know, so let’s skip it for now. Things like Mandokkan and Mancheong are probably related to my language ability… … So this is a skill. Oh, maybe these are related to my excessively high soul stat.’
At this point, you could say that it’s just a status window that’s a little different from others.
Let’s just let it go!
‘If I were to go into why I have this ability, it would be too complicated. I don’t know! Even if I know this, it’s not like I can do anything about it right now… … .’
No, isn’t that necessarily true?
Ban Yu-won’s gaze lingered on the concept that appeared in the last line, the devil.
Obviously, humans can’t possess it, so I told them to get rid of it quickly.
It also came with instructions that it could be separated or given to another object or creature.
Only after seeing that, Ban Yu-won was able to roughly figure out what his abilities were.
‘So, it is possible not only to understand all words, but also to grasp and distinguish the elements that make up a living being as a single linguistic concept.’
Either absorb it yourself and strengthen yourself.
Or, by giving it to another object, you can strengthen or change it.
Or, there could be a way to liberate language and utilize it on its own.
This was the first time that the saying, “Words have power,” was understood so directly.
‘Magic Emperor… … Ahem!’
Perhaps what you understood was correct.
Perhaps because he was the owner of the ability, Ban Yu-won was surprisingly able to understand and accept the ability without any resistance.
And perhaps this is why Union Academy accepted him into their school as a special admission student from a lower dimension.
That will be certain.
‘That means if you have this ability, there’s a chance you’ll make it out of this crazy monster den alive… …!’
It has just awakened its power and grown a bit by devouring the language concepts that two goblins had.
But I knew very well that this was not enough to deal with the goblins head-on.
So what should I do now?
Ban Yu-won thought that the answer might lie in the devil.
‘You said you could grant it. Fortunately, there is someone you can grant it to.’
He immediately brought the club he had just been holding and swinging in front of his eyes to check it.
The club, stained with goblin blood and brain matter, was still sturdy and had a firm presence.
It was doubtful whether Ban Yu-won could fight the goblin with a weapon he had never used in his entire life, but it would be better than bare hands.
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“Stay still.”
At that moment, the realization that came to Ban Yu-won made him let out a cry without thinking.
I looked around in horror right away, but everything was still quiet.
Perhaps it was because the territories of these two goblins overlapped.
‘If you can take the concept of language away from a corpse, can’t you take it away from objects as well?’
Ban Yu-won searched the floor urgently.
The first and second year high school students were annihilated, including the giant sticks they were wearing, but fortunately, both clubs remained.
He put his hand on the club of the first-year student rolling on the floor and activated his power.
It was a power I had only realized a few minutes ago, but once I realized it, I was able to handle it so naturally.
[Now that you have secured ownership of the object, it is possible to hijack the object’s linguistic concept. Would you like to absorb Blunt Weapon 1?]
‘Absorbs.’
A blunt weapon, it’s just a club.
Ban Yu-won unconsciously smiled bitterly and began to rob.
Then, the same scene as before unfolded.
The club crumbled without a trace, and golden strings flowed out from within it and flowed into Ban Yu-won’s body.
However, it was a concept that the devil, like Ban Yu-won, could not directly possess, so he decided to test ‘Giveaway’ right away while he was at it.
[Give Blunt 1 to an object you touch. That object will then have Blunt 2.]
It was simpler than I thought.
The string flowed out of his body again and flowed into the club, and that was the end of it.
There was no change in the club’s appearance.
Is it that there is no big change to the original with a blunt weapon of level 1, or is it that even if you possess the concept of language, there is no change in the original appearance?
Anyway, since the granting was easier than expected, Ban Yu-won tried the next idea that came to his mind.
[Since you have secured ownership of the object, it is possible to hijack the object’s linguistic concept. Would you like to absorb Blunt Weapon 2?]
‘Okay, it looks like the amount doesn’t decrease when you reabsorb something that was once granted.’
This is a more important issue than you might think.
If you exchange money, doesn’t that itself incur a fee?
There is no such fool, but if you keep exchanging won to dollars and then exchanging them back to won, your principal will continue to decrease.
Fortunately, however, his power had no concept of fees, so he could grant or rob at will.
However, we must be careful because if we absorb all the concepts that make up an object, the object will completely collapse.
‘Then let’s cancel the absorption of the blunt weapon… … and grant it the devil.’
Just before executing it, Ban Yu-won hesitated for a moment.
Because I clearly remembered the guideline that language can not only give but also separate.
And then, wouldn’t it be possible to apply it directly to your own body?
‘Ma (魔)… … . Could this be magic?’
To be honest.
It was very interesting.
However, the reason why Ban Yu-won did not do so even though he had expected the result to some extent was because he had no idea that he could bring about a dramatic change by gaining 0.2 of his magic right now.
It was also because I confirmed that in times of emergency, I could always re-absorb the concept from the club.
‘Yes, that’s right. Right now, I’d rather have a weapon possessed by a demon than have me wielding magic.’
The impulses I had when I was suffering from second-year middle school syndrome suddenly burst out, but I desperately suppressed them.
And he extracted all 0.2 of the demons isolated in his body and gave them to a blunt weapon.
Of course, there was no change at all when granting 1 blunt weapon, so granting a concept of 0.2 devil would not make a big difference.
I thought so.
The result was very different from what he had imagined.
[The object will have 0.2 Demon (魔鬼) and will have slight artifact properties. The destructive power will be slightly increased and durability will be noticeably increased. The critical hit probability will be additionally granted.]
“……what?”
As I was frozen in surprise at the unexpected guidance, this time the message from the Academy came to mind.
[I created a temporary artifact during the test. It’s really amazing. It will be greatly appreciated in the evaluation! I recommend you to go to the Artifact Creation Department!]
“ha ha ha.”
I did it.
But it was thrilling.
Didn’t they say that ‘a large amount of bonus points’ were awarded?
It was the moment when it was proven that this unique ability that he was born with was an ability that was by no means inferior even in a place called Union Academy.
‘You can do it. Now you’re all dead!’
… … Of course, that didn’t mean he could fight a blind goblin one-on-one, so he had to continue to walk a tightrope.
He uses abilities that cannot be confirmed with the Babylonian code, such as fraud, collusion, impersonation, and head-slapping, and advances by defeating goblins for a while.
Before he knew it, he was faced with a large door that didn’t match the cave at all.
―The club he was holding had 15 blunt weapons and 1.5 demons.
