493. Stopover (1)
The fact that there are not one but two more pioneers and more pioneer laws is not something to be taken lightly.
‘… … I thought it was possible, but I never thought that an administrator who had a record of being chosen as a pioneer at the Tower of Trials would not lose and keep the laws of vision that he gained as a pioneer.’
This is something you can immediately realize just by looking at the system messages in front of you.
“You can select one of the new halos to learn the ‘Law of Perception’.”
“Revelator”
「*Explanation: You can learn the law of perception <Revelation>. The law of precognition <Revelation> applies the power of a transcendental being, ‘omniscient and omnipotent made of lies’, to the challenger for 10 minutes. However, no matter what happens after that, the law of precognition <revelation> completely disappears.”
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「Guide」
「*Explanation: You can learn the law of perception <Guidance>. The Law of Presence <Guidance> allows all the powers of the challenger to be shared with up to 4 people. However, those who use it must feel a deep sense of intimacy with the challenger to the point where they are willing to sacrifice their lives.”
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“victim”
「*Explanation: You can learn the law of perseverance <Sacrifice>. The Law of Presence <Sacrifice> can resurrect any number of people for a short period of time at the cost of the challenger’s life. The information in your memory will be restored as is. The same goes for ancient deities.”
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‘therefore. The Lord of Iron Blood, and the White Crane Swordsman. As they are both seers, they both have one of these seer laws, right?’
It was enormous.
A power that even the three ancient godheads of the universe do not possess.
What would happen if the Lord of Iron Blood and the White Crane Sword possessed each of them, and if I, as a pioneer, also learned the laws of vision?
At least from now on, you will climb up the Tower of Trials and reach the final floor very easily, rather than feeling a sense of crisis.
Of course, more than that is possible.
‘It was said that with the massive expansion of the system, managers who signed a contract with a challenger can participate in trials together, and it has also become possible to move to another dimension with the challenger himself.’
In other words, he could take the Iron Blood Lord and the White Crane Swordsman to Earth and have them prepare for an emergency.
‘Anyway, Catherine Bennett and Lee Ha-yeon on Earth weren’t the only ones feeling safe, but the benefits gained from the massive expansion of the system are greater than expected.’
At first, I thought negatively about the expansion of the Tower of Trials system, but not anymore.
It is no exaggeration to say that thanks to the massive expansion of the system, the risk burden this side has to shoulder has been reduced significantly.
Perhaps the Tower of Trials didn’t want to do me any good, but they probably didn’t have any way to do anything about it.
There is no way left to stop me now.
‘Maybe the Tower of Trials knew this would be the case and was trying to get me to betray the administrators.’
At this point, I began to understand why the Tower of Trials was trying to trick me into betraying and killing the managers I had directly contracted with.
‘If the Lord of Iron Blood and the White Crane Swordsman, who became pioneers and learned the laws of vision, come all the way here and join in, there will be no answer.’
Is that why?
Suddenly, I felt bad about not being able to contact the Iron Blood Lord and the White Crane Swordsman sooner and take better care of them.
As I climbed the Tower of Trials, with the intention of becoming a transcendent, I focused on becoming stronger, not even returning to Earth, nor even having a light chat with anyone.
However, the Lord of Iron Blood and the White Crane Swordsmen would also understand that fact, as they would know it.
‘Well, not only the Lord of Iron Blood but also the White Crane Swordsman is generous, so he shouldn’t have been angry.’
But… … .
“Administrator ‘Lord of Iron Blood’ waits for you to contact him and gives a cold smile, exhausted.”
“The manager, Baekhakgeomseon (白鶴劍仙), is looking at you intently and waiting for you to talk to him.”
“The manager, ‘The Lord of Iron Blood’, unknowingly breaks the handle of a teacup while waiting for the contractor to visit.”
“The manager, Baekhakgeomseon (白鶴劍仙), is looking at you intently and waiting for you to talk to him.”
「… … .」
“… … .”
Isn’t that right?
“Administrator ‘Lord of Iron Blood’ chews his lips with a cold smile as he waits for the contractor’s visit.”
“The manager, Baekhakgeomseon (白鶴劍仙), is looking at you with lifeless eyes and waiting for you to talk to him.”
“The manager, ‘The Lord of Iron Blood’, chews his lips with a cold smile as he waits for the contractor’s visit… … .」
“The manager, Baekhakgeomseon (白鶴劍仙), is looking at you with lifeless eyes and waiting for you to talk to him…” … .」
“The manager, ‘Steel-Blooded Lord’, chews his lips with a cold smile as he waits for the contractor’s visit… … .」
“The manager, Baekhakgeomseon (白鶴劍仙), is looking at you with lifeless eyes and waiting for you to talk to him… … .」
「… … .」
It was cold.
In the beginning, not only the Lord of Iron Blood but also the White Crane Swordsman seemed to be patiently waiting for this side to arrive, but as time passed, things completely changed.
After breaking the handle of the teacup, the Lord of Iron Blood was chewing his lips, waiting for me to contact him. Unlike before, when Baekhakgeomseon was just staring at me, something had changed strangely.
‘Why on earth are they both reacting so strongly…? … ?’
There was a sense of tension because it had been a long time since the Iron Blood Lord or the White Crane Swordsman had been so full of system messages.
‘Maybe I did something wrong?’
I’d like to believe that’s not the case, but looking at those two’s extremely intense behavior, it seems like there’s something wrong.
‘I don’t know… … .’
The fact that this side hasn’t been in contact with those two for a long time is something that can’t be helped, and isn’t it something that should be hated so much?
“Administrator ‘Steelblood Lord’ has told us not to send any more system messages to the other party sitting in front of the table.”
“Manager ‘Baekhakgeomseon (白鶴劍仙)’ looks at the person sitting in front of the table with cold eyes and narrows his eyes.”
“The manager, ‘The Lord of Iron Blood’, smiles and asks the person sitting in front of the table what they are so dissatisfied with.”
“The manager Baekhakgeomseon (白鶴劍仙) softly says that there is no need for a woman from a snowy village to meet a teacher and student after a long time.”
“The manager, ‘Lord of Iron Blood’, is grinning that he doesn’t know why the second person to join is behaving like a boss when he was the first person to sign the contract.”
“If the manager Baekhakgeomseon (白鶴劍仙)’s greatest achievement is being the first contractor, he laughs at me, saying that he cannot be compared to himself, who has formed a relationship between priests and friends.”
“Administrator ‘Lord of Iron Blood’ clenches his teeth and stands up with a cool smile.”
“Administrator Baekhakgeomseon (白鶴劍仙) feels the need to properly organize the ranks at this opportunity and adjusts the handle of his sword.”
「… … .」
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It was an unusual atmosphere.
At this point, it feels like something big will happen just by not contacting those two.
And immediately, without wasting time, I stood up, took a deep breath, parted my lips, and spoke quietly.
“… … Lord of Iron Blood. And Baekhakgeomseon. Any one of you is welcome, so please invite me. “We will meet in turn.”
and.
Tiring, tiring, tiring-!
Next moment.
“Administrator ‘Steelblood Lord’ invites you to the common waiting room.”
“Administrator ‘Baekhakgeomseon (白鶴劍仙)’ invites you to the common waiting room.”
“Administrator ‘Steelblood Lord’ invites you to the common waiting room… … .」
“Administrator Baekhakgeomseon (白鶴劍仙) invites you to the common waiting room… … .」
“Administrator ‘Steelblood Lord’ invited you to the common waiting room… … .」
「Administrator Baekhakgeomseon(白鶴劍仙) has invited you to the common waiting room… … .」
“… … .”
In the blink of an eye, my vision was filled with system messages and my mind went blank.
***
The feeling of going crazy only lasted for a moment.
System messages were still appearing in my field of vision and invitation requests were still coming in.
Because of that, the longer this person stays silent, I don’t know why, but both of them seem to have a strange sense of competition, and they are sending system messages more intensely than before.
No matter how dull I may be, at this point I couldn’t help but notice that the two were feeling an inexplicable sense of competition with each other.
‘… … It looks like if I pinpoint one person and don’t accept the invitation request, this will continue without stopping.’
In the end, I recognized that there was a need to respond to an invitation request from either the Iron Blood Lord or the White Crane Swordsman.
‘What should I do?’
To be honest, since both of them had a relationship in many ways, not only because they signed an apostolic contract with this side, it was not difficult to take one side.
“… … .”
One, I was worried for a while.
‘ah.’
There was one answer.
‘Why did I forget that?’
It’s a very clear answer that doesn’t require us to single out just one of the two and take sides.
Hold-.
“Exclusive authority #B-714 [Area Movement] is activated.”
“Please specify the administrator area to move to.”
and.
「Designation complete.」
「You will be moved to the common waiting room of Manager ‘Steelblood Lord’ and Manager ‘White Crane Swordsman’.」
Next moment.
widely-.
Just like that, I realized that I had arrived in a new space and looked around.
‘Is this the common waiting room where the Lord of Iron Blood and the White Crane Swordsman are?’
The place that the Tower of Trials named the ‘communal waiting room’ was different from the typical private waiting room used by challengers.
It’s as big as hundreds of private waiting rooms combined.
As if that wasn’t enough, its internal structure was also very different from a typical private waiting room.
There are snowflakes piled up all over the common waiting room that you don’t even know where they came from, and there are cute big and small bamboos that don’t match the snowflakes.
At first glance, it looks similar to the challenger’s personal waiting room, but if you look specifically inside the stone room, there is no resemblance at all.
‘… … Honestly, at this point, I think it should actually be called a model garden rather than a waiting room.’
If I were to be specific, I think it would be more like a combination of the manager’s areas rather than a waiting room used by challengers.
Jerk, jerk.
However, it only takes a moment to look around and feel interested in the common waiting room that the Tower of Trials has created for administrators.
‘ah.’
Ta-da-da-da-da-da-!
Suddenly, I realized that someone was running quickly in front of me, so I turned my head, and soon I could feel the warmth and soft texture.
Ouch-!
It’s no different… … .
“… … Finally, after a long time, you came to my side. Seongyun.”
Baekhakgeomseon.
The manager who signed the second contract at the Tower of Trials realized that I was visiting and came running all the way here.
Perhaps because I was hugged by Baekhakgeomseon at a completely unexpected moment, I felt embarrassed for a moment, but it did not last long.
Ouch-!
Suddenly, the White Crane Swordsman, which was held in my arms as if diving, buried its head in this body and began to thrash around.
‘uh?’
Was it because it was truly unexpected?
Somehow, it felt as if my brain’s thinking function was completely and temporarily interrupted.
However, apart from that, Baekhakgeomseon continued on his journey of unknown meaning while being held tightly to me, and then took a deep breath.
“Seuuuuu… … . Whoa… … .”
“… … .”
“Phew… … .”
“… … ?”
Seeing him exhaling heavily as if he were an airport drug detection dog, I even felt a bit of a sense of strangeness.
“that. Master? Excuse me, but could you tell me what’s causing this… … .”
That’s why he said this with a wry smile, as if he was in trouble, but the answer he got back was not kind.
“later.”
“yes?”
“Later, I want to talk.”
“… … .”
“… … Isn’t that right? I was waiting for you to come back. From then until now. I waited a long time. Seongyun.”
“… … Is that so.”
“Well, I think it’s okay for me to feel a little reward for waiting in this way. As a teacher. And, as your companion. Don’t you deserve it, Seongyoon? Please answer me.”
“uh… … . hmm… … . Well, if Master says that, I guess I don’t have anything to say… … .”
I responded as if I was embarrassed and then realized that there was something foreign in those words.
‘Even if the teacher is like that, he’s still a companion?’
Well, considering that they are managers who signed an apostolic contract at the Tower of Trials, they should be like partners, but for some reason, it felt like they didn’t mean it that way.
“… … Seongyun. Just now, what you’re saying is that I am a very special person to Seongyoon, to the point where I can enjoy him like this. Is that so?”
no.
“… … you’re right.”
That was actually the case.
“great. Seongyoon, hearing those words makes me feel relieved. “It was worth waiting for Seongyoon for a long time.”
Just like that, Baekhakgeomseon gently lifted his head buried in this body as if he had caught on to something and smiled mischievously.
“Administrator Baekhakgeomseon (白鶴劍仙) is very satisfied with your answer and boasts to someone.”
“… … Hehehe. Now, Seongyoon himself said that? As a teacher and companion, I deserve this. “It’s different from that story.”
and.
Sabak, Sabak-.
At that moment, Baekhakgeomseon slightly turned his head back with a smile that seemed to be somewhat ridiculed.
Ujijik-!
“Hoo. … … That’s a really interesting story. It’s also really fun. Isn’t it? “Han Seong-yoon.”
From where her gaze was directed, a beautiful woman with a familiar face wearing a uniform walked out with a somewhat angry expression on her face.
“… … Seongyoon Han. It seems like you and I have seen each other for the first time in a very long time. “I think we might have a story to share.”
… … The Iron-Blooded Lord tore off the bamboo standing next to him like a piece of paper and gave off a cold look.
Tap, tap, tap!
“… … .”
“Ask me one question.”
The Iron-Blooded Lord took long strides to where he was standing and then put his face in with a cruel smile.
“As a teacher. And as a companion. Did you agree that Baekhakgeomseon deserves to share deep expressions of affection with you? Then I guess so too. yes?”
“… … uh? Ah, yes. Isn’t that of course true? “The Iron Blood Lord is also a special person to me.”
When I made an effort to respond to the silent pressure suddenly poured out by the Iron-Blooded Lord, she made a huffing sound and turned her head.
“Hmm? According to Han Seong-yoon himself, that is true. “It doesn’t seem like I have a lower priority than any sword-wielding gorilla.”
“… … .”
“It’s pitiful. I think his specialty is claiming that he is a teacher… … . Now that I know that he is no different from me. “It will be difficult to be proud from now on.”
“you… … .”
“Ahaha.”
Why?
If Baekhakgeomseon’s face seemed to have a cold look upon hearing those words, would it be an illusion?
… … Probably not.
Well, it wasn’t just that White Crane Swordsman started hugging me more tightly, he suddenly started pinching me with the nails of both hands.
As a strange tension began to form between the three, the Lord of Iron Blood drew in the corners of his mouth and made eye contact as if he was interested.
“hmm. Now that we’ve come this far, shall I ask one more question? “I hope you answer well this time too.”
and.
“… … That woman. and me. If you had to choose between the two here, who would you choose? “Han Seong-yoon.”
The moment when the Iron Blood Lord casually asked a question about a bombshell topic.
‘ah.’
The moment Baekhakgeomseon also started looking at me with his eyes shining brightly, he instinctively realized one thing.
‘… … ‘You’re in big trouble.’
… … This is a hell-level problem that requires more careful answering than expected.
