Chapter 61: Changes 1
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By that time, he was used to getting there and naturally covered his eyes with his hands. The light disappeared, and he opened his eyes and looked at the number in the corner of the room.
It said 8,390G.
The last time he checked, it said 383G, so he had earned 8,000G.
The first magic increment increase cost 2,000G. One sword was eligible for a 30 percent discount, so one sword would cost 1,400G. Both swords together would cost him 3,400G.
Junhyuk checked his chest for the Blood Sword and was relieved. He pulled it out.
"I was able to bring this as well."
It was from the Dimensional Battlefield, and he was able to bring it back. Junhyuk looked at the Blood Sword and smacked his lips.
"I could sell this. It must be expensive."
Heroes sold stuff they didn't use even though Bebe only paid them half of the original price. However, he might still get a large sum.
Junhyuk checked on his expert gear and saw two swords. Those swords were free, and Junhyuk's eyes twinkled.
"I'll use them for throwing."
He could summon his own weapons any time he wanted to, so he would take these swords and use them as projectiles when he was in danger. He didn't know how to throw expertly, but he could do the basics.
He couldn't throw them at heroes, but he could use them on minions and novices.
Junhyuk girded the swords around his waist and heard a soft voice.
[Welcome. You are being summoned to the Valley of Death.]
"What welcome?!"
He had heard it before and was not surprised.
[You may exit using the main entrance.]
Junhyuk went to the entrance, and the voice continued:
[You've activated two powers and became an expert. You may reincarnate one time as an expert.]
"I have an extra life, but I'll save it for later."
Last time, Skia had killed him. He had felt filthy by being killed, but that wasn't the issue. He could really have been killed and lost his soul!
"Skia, that filth must've also come back!" Junhyuk murmured, and the voice continued:
[Expert 01 deployed.]
Junhyuk took a deep breath and walked out. A hundred minions were talking among themselves. In that chaos, Junhyuk looked for familiar faces, but did not find any.
It was a small change, but the others looked even smaller to him. Junhyuk shook his head and someone yelled at him.
"Big brother!"
Sarang was the one yelling, and he looked at her. She looked different. She had grown, and her armor had changed as well. The armor accentuated the contour of her body, and she was much taller.
Sarang looked like a model.
"Big brother, look at this!" She said as she approached him.
She was holding a two-handed staff. He thought of his own two-handed sword when he became a novice and laughed.
"Your attack power has increased."
"Definitely!"
Sarang looked at him and smiled.
"I have one more news that will surprise you to the core."
"What is it?"
Is there something surprising in the Dimensional Battlefield? The fact that they were there was the most surprising thing.
Junhyuk stared at her blankly as she showed him her hands. He looked at her wrist and shook his head.
"Oh! You were able to bring it here?"
"Right! Shocking!"
Sarang was wearing the jujube tree bracelet.
"How were you able to bring it here? It's not from here."
"That's not all. It has attributes!"
Sarang handed him the bracelet, and Junhyuk examined it, shocked.
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Jujube Tree Bracelet
Add Lighting attribute to all of the owner's attacks.
The God of Thunder has touched it. He only grazed it, but the God of Thunder is very strong, so the bracelet received the lighting attribute.
Lighting attribute: increase attack by 3%, add stun (1s duration).
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"The God of Thunder grazed it?"
"That must be about the lightning hitting the jujube tree."
Junhyuk clicked his tongue.
"I didn't know it would be an item here, and what's this about the God of Thunder?!"
Sarang shrugged, and Junhyuk handed the bracelet back to her.
"The things about the lighting attribute are nice!"
"Right?!"
Junhyuk realized the Dimensional Battlefield was not the only issue. He could get items from Earth and use them on the battlefield.
He was thinking about it when Sarang asked him:
"So, aren't you much taller?"
"Is that so?"
Junhyuk could feel it too, but he wasn't sure. Growing one inch from five feet, six inches was really noticeable, but growing an inch from five feet, nine inches wasn't easy to discern.
He was talking to her when the door opened, and Artlan and Vera walked in. They looked around and found Sarang and Junhyuk.
Sarang hadn't grown much, but Junhyuk was very tall among the minions. Artlan walked up to him and laughed.
"You trained hard."
"I didn't rest."
He was working, but when he transferred to marketing, all he did was practice. He had also slept less and trained more, so he was quite powerful.
Artlan measured his height.
"Right. When you train your body, your soul will keep up."
"Is that right?"
"There aren't many experts who could fight you and kill you."
Artlan paid him a very rare compliment, and Junhyuk smiled brightly.
"Thank you."
"Don't thank me. I like guys who work hard."
"You love them," Vera said.
Artlan didn't speak, and Vera looked at Sarang.
"By the way, I checked, and the number of human novices has increased! What is your novice number?"
Sarang shook her head.
"They called me Novice 012?"
Junhyuk was shocked.
"Really?"
"Yes."
Artlan touched his chin and said:
"Becoming a novice depends heavily on the person. If they are lucky, one battlefield may activate many novices. Still, it's a high number."
Junhyuk had been the seventh novice, and Sarang was now the twelfth. That meant that there were four other novices, but it still didn't mean that novices had a high survival rate.
They usually tripped up and got killed on the battlefield.
"Are there any survivors?"
Vera nodded.
"Yes. I heard there are two survivors."
"Maybe we could meet them?"
Artlan shook his head.
"No. They are from a different battlefield. The enemy heroes must have them."
Junhyuk thought there was no need to meet them, at least not in that place.
However, in South Korea, that was another matter.
Artlan lifted his hand and said:
"From here to there, follow me!"
Artlan spoke, and this time no one objected. Unless a minion had half a brain, no one would object based on Artlan's stature alone. If anyone objected, he would kill them.
He took the lead.
"The battlefield has changed."
"How so?"
"I don't know what they are thinking."
Artlan complained while Sarang was asking Vera about her jujube bracelet. Vera laughed at her.
"It's a valuable item. We usually bring our own weapons. Reality and the battlefield intersect, and when you come here, things become valuable items. Low-class heroes bring things and sell them at the merchants.
"They sell items?"
"Right. But Bebe gives them low prices, so I don't recommend doing it."
Junhyuk was listening to the conversation between the two, and Artlan said:
"We used to use the forest to attack our enemies. Now, they put stronger monsters in the forests, so heroes might even die in them."
"Are they that strong?"
"Yes. And there are other monsters that could change the flow of battle. It looks like it takes three enemy heroes to kill one of the new monsters."
"There are monsters like that here?!"
He knew how strong heroes were, and if it took three heroes to fight a monster, that was really a big issue.
Artlan nodded heavily.
"Yes. They let the dragons loose."
"Dragons?"
Junhyuk thought about the dragons he had read about in books. They were usually the main character's nemesis, all-powerful, large lizards! Those were dragons!
"Right. They are half-sized dragons. I don't know where they got them, but they lost some strength by coming here, so we will be able to deal with the dragons."
"Half-sized?"
Artlan nodded calmly.
"Your world doesn't have dragons?"
Junhyuk nodded.
"At least not for real. They are fictional characters."
"Then, you will meet one here, but be careful. Dragons could kill you in one blow."
"Can't we avoid them?"
"I told you already, they could change the flow of the battle."
They would encounter dragons eventually, and Junhyuk sighed.
"We won't go after the dragons. We should first find out how strong the monsters are."
If there had been changes, they had to know for sure what those changes were. Junhyuk respected Artlan as a warrior and thought he had a lot to learn.
Junhyuk showed him the Blood Sword.
"I have a question."
Artlan looked at the Blood Sword, and his eyes sparkled.
"Where did you get it?"
"On Earth. Someone was carrying this and went crazy. I had to fight him... I got it from him."
"Hm. The Blood Sword is not the highest-priced core item, but it's still very expensive. You got lucky."
"I am using dual swords. I can't use this."
Artlan laughed.
"Why would you want to use it?"
"It has a lot of buffs..."
"Do you want to use magic swords?"
"Yes."
"You should use one magic sword, and fuse the other with the Blood Sword."
"Fuse?"
Artlan continued:
"Right. Pay Bebe, and he will synthesize it for you. Its buffs will be transferred to your longsword, so don't worry."
"OK."
He thought he had a powerful item, and now there was a way to use it.
Artlan looked behind him and said:
"I don't think we have enough."
Junhyuk looked back, and there were dozens of minions following them.
"What are you talking about?"
"I want to go hunting for the new monsters."
"They must be really strong!"
"We have to find them first. Let's go."
"Right."
Artlan moved with increased speed, and the minions followed him. They went into a forest.
Junhyuk ran beside Artlan and frowned once he got inside the forest.
"What is that?"
His soul had grown, and he sensed something ahead. Inside the forest, he felt something in the air that he hadn't felt before. Artlan looked at him and said:
"You have grown for sure."
Artlan scoped out the forest and said:
"There are various types of monsters. Be careful."
"OK."
Junhyuk had no intention of dying in that place. Artlan ran for a while and signaled with his hand. The minions stopped, and Vera and Sarang stepped forward.
"Is this the place?"
"Yes. I feel something strong."
"Then, let's go."
Artlan pulled out a saber and took the lead. He stepped forward through the forest and saw something out of fiction. It was a werewolf, but the werewolf's height was shocking.
"The werewolf's height..."
Grrrr.
Slowly, he lifted his head and looked at the beast. It was twenty feet tall. Warren looked and felt cute compared to that werewolf.