Light of Arad: The First to Walk - Chapter 145



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145

Jinseong had a dumbfounded expression.

Jiiiiiing… … .

Even the moment the door to the first floor of the Tower of Despair opened and I stepped outside, I still didn’t fully understand the situation.

“Ugh.”

The sunlight pouring down was quite bright. It felt a little warmer for a moment.

Jinseong looked back again with a blank expression.

The towering Tower of Despair no longer had the gloomy and bleak feeling it had when Jinseong first entered it.

‘What should I say… … I went to that tower in Jamsil a while back and it felt similar to that time.’

Rather, I should say that it was a moment when memories from reality overlapping with feelings like, “I had a good experience, I saw all kinds of people, people from all over the country are gathered here.”

[Click, click, it’s probably a good thing my neck didn’t blow off.]

“Of course… there were actually a lot of fortunate things.”

Jinseong lowered his head as he looked back at the Tower of Despair and looked at his hands.

The hand clenching and unclenching its fist looked no different than usual.

But Jinseong could tell that things had actually changed.

‘And the level has already increased. It’s 69.’

What did you get?

The first thing you’ll notice is that your level has increased.

Jinseong himself, who entered the Tower of Despair at level 68, was level 69 when he left the tower.

Although Jinseong himself didn’t realize it at times, all the ‘experiences’ he gained while fighting the APCs on the first floor and the battle with Soldoros became the basis for leveling up.

‘Actually, I fought Soldoros… … I’m embarrassed to say that. With Ego Sword Claris, that was it- No, even that was more like a show, where I took advantage of an opening to use on Soldoros.’

It could be said that there was some combat-like fighting between the APCs occupying the 1st to 5th floors, but other than that, it was just brief clashes that were too embarrassing to even call battles.

Jinseong looked embarrassed for a moment, then scratched his head and started walking.

“Well, I guess I should think of it as those amazing people who level up just by complaining to that extent…”

I have a teleportation potion, but I’ll need some time to gather my thoughts for now.

The voice of Heukgu echoed in Jinseong’s head as he walked along.

[Kukuk, isn’t this a realm that you can’t reach even if you die and are reborn?]

“What are you talking about? Think carefully about who covered for you when you were scared.”

Jinseong said as if he was in awe.

Heukgu’s voice trembled again.

[Ker, coverani, no, to begin with, it is absurd to say that I, the other self of the black disease Direzier, was afraid.]

“Haha, don’t make me laugh. I know that, right? Oh, and you did know that what you just said was also incorrect, right?”

Jinseong added a word to Heukgu, who was mumbling in confusion and anger.

[What are you talking about?]

“If it was a state that I couldn’t reach even if I died and was reborn… would these people have done it for me? In such an unexpected way?”

It was solid evidence.

Jinseong quickly raised what he was holding in his right hand.

It wasn’t the that was always in his hand until he entered the Tower of Despair.

Heukgu thought for a moment as if he was looking at Jinseong’s pose, then smiled.

[… … .Kkle, isn’t that the mind that handles interesting toys, Jinseong.]

“A toy! It makes me even angrier because I think it’s not a completely wrong expression?!”

[Hahahahaha!]

Heukgu laughed loudly.

It wasn’t just a fun joke with Jinseong, but it was also a voice filled with relief for what had happened inside the Tower of Despair.

“If you were still in the flesh, you would have hit me once, you know that?”

[If I had a body, would I have hit you, Jinseong?]

Of course, even in the midst of all this, there was another self of Direji who did not want to give up a single word to Jinseong.

Jinseong chuckled at Heukgu’s reaction.

“Oh, anyway……”

The expression “black ball” itself would certainly not be wrong.

But you might think differently.

‘You must have found me interesting. Maybe that’s why all of this… … came from that reason.’

Jinseong smiled faintly.

He thought that what had happened at the Tower of Despair a little while ago was something he would probably never forget for the rest of his life.

* * *

“Gloves, gloves… I don’t remember them well because they were so long ago, and they’re from the days of Thunder Naked, so I’m not sure if I’ll be able to find them.”

“Yes, oh, sorry, I’m sorry.”

Jinseong bowed his head.

The embarrassment felt by the man who was floundering in front of a box full of junk was not even in the sight of the magnificent view outside the window on the 100th floor of the Tower of Despair.

Divine Sword Yang-Eol.

‘Skills on par with Soldoros… …. According to the background settings, there are evaluations that he is better than Soldoros. Rather, it feels like Yang-Eol is closer to the qualifications of Soldoros, so he took a step back and praised his teacher.’

But is this young man who seems somewhat foolish really the new swordsman Yang-eol?

“No, no, I’m not blaming Mr. Jinseong. He was a guest sent to me personally by Soldoros- and he was damaged by something I had no involvement in?”

“It’s not like there was any damage, but yes, that guy named Ah-haeng is probably still using it.”

“Ugh, if Lord Soldoros finds out, he’ll be furious, but anyway, I’ll look into what Mr. Jinseong just said, so make sure to stop that person when you go out.”

“Yes, of course.”

As a user of the game Dungeon & Fighter, it’s not like I haven’t encountered the new sword Yang-Eol.

At the time when the Tower of Despair content was actively maintained, Jinseong naturally cleared the 96th floor of Soldoros, and then quickly advanced to the 100th floor and faced off with the divine sword Yang-eol.

‘I always thought he was a character who found everything annoying. Is he actually this clumsy and troublesome?’

“Oh, by the way, I’m telling you this just in case. I’m not being rude or mean. Lord Soldoros has never sent a guest like this before, and the item you asked for is from a long time ago, so I’m just a little embarrassed.”

“Yes, yes? No, not a word-.”

“Just, yeah, just letting you know in advance, ahaha.”

Yang-Eol scratched his head as if he was embarrassed.

Jinseong was truly embarrassed when he saw that sight.

‘… … Did you read my mind? No way.’

Jinseong was thinking about it himself, but you suddenly answered?

Jinseong swallowed dryly as he thought about the possibility of such a thing, but Yang-eol showed no reaction.

Gulp.

He is not a character whose secrets are revealed even in-game.

It wouldn’t be strange if Jinseong himself had abilities he didn’t know about.

‘It could be an ability similar to Soldoros, where you can read the flow of air, or waves, or read thoughts and intentions, or minds, by sharing sword strikes. Hmm, but while you’re criticizing me for being clumsy, why on earth… . . . ‘

Jinseong thought while looking at Yang-eol’s back.

At that moment, Yang-Eol lifted something from the clutter.

“Ah, I found it! It’s a little worn, but will this work?”

“Thank you, Yang-Eol!”

“Well then… I’ll give you this, so shall we finish what we were talking about earlier? What on earth did you talk about with Lord Soldoros to get him to let you pass?”

“Ah, that’s-.”

The exchange conditions that Jinseong set out in order to receive items from Shingeom Yang-eol.

Jinseong started by telling us about his life-threatening fight with Soldoros on the 96th floor.

The part that made Yang-Eul’s eyes widen was already decided.

“T-True, you’re a scammer!”

It was from that very moment that Jinseong shouted towards Soldoros.

* * *

Jinseong didn’t stop.

I didn’t know how Soldoros would react or what had scratched him, but I couldn’t bear to not say anything.

“Soldoros, damn it, yeah, since it’s come to this anyway, I’ll just say one thing! Well, I guess the word swindler was awkward! Strictly speaking! That’s what I mean, you’re a swindler! Don’t you think? Do you think everyone is given more than 2,000 years of time, that kind of leeway? That alone is a fraud, a fraud that cheats time!”

As a user of the game Dungeon & Fighter, these are things I could only watch because I was a user, but I could also see them as things that couldn’t be helped in order for the ‘main character user’ to shine!

“You’ve been stuck here, building up your power on your own, and what have you been doing up until now?! While Lady Azalea was out there struggling with the moderates and that small group of people, what have you been doing here besides training?! I don’t want to blame you for the things you haven’t done so far, but do you know how much more ‘you can’t do’ there is in the future, Teacher?”

That’s why Jinseong, who was deeply immersed in the game Dungeon & Fighter, still had regrets about the main character Soldoros.

Plain: Things you can say because you are possessed by Arad, things you could never say when you were a game user.

Jinseong vomited it all out.

“You swindler, you said something you didn’t want to hear, you’re trying to kill someone? That’s right! I’m not the adventurer that Lady Azalea predicted! I’m not another ‘forged blade’ that will be prepared besides you, sir! But I can still say it proudly!”

It had already been a long time since I had gone beyond ‘one word’.

But Jinseong did not stop.

“Teacher, please… use your head properly and think about it for a moment. The current adventurers, the people who will become the other forged blades besides you, don’t have the luxury of training for over 2,000 years. There’s no coach like Azalea who can give them direction right next to them. That’s why I’m telling you. That’s why it’s necessary. Don’t you understand?”

There was no wavering in the two eyes that were looking straight at Soldoros.

“Just as you have Azalea, the Tower of Despair, and Ego Sword Claris. To the forged blade, to the adventurer that Lady Azalea foresaw-.”

Because the sincerity I wanted to convey clearly was not a lie.

“I am here. I am the one with the tongs.”

That’s what Jinseong said.

What were those eyes like?

Jinseong himself couldn’t know.

But Soldoros looked straight into Jinseong’s eyes, and was thus able to make a decision.

* * *

“It’s a reverse eye…”

The legendary Weapon Master muttered as he thought about that time.

Yang-eol, who was swinging a branch beside him, asked.

“Do you see the possibility?”

After sending Jinseong down, he came down to the 96th floor and is having some free time.

Or maybe he came down because he couldn’t trust the real conversation and wanted to confirm it, and because he was curious about what judgment his teacher, Soldoros, would have made in that conversation.

Soldoros shook his head at Yang-Eul’s question.

“It’s not me who sees it. It’s him who sees it.”

Yang-Eol smiled broadly as he heard the answer.

“Then do you think he can see it?”

“I don’t know. At least… I don’t know yet, that’s all I can say for sure.”

“Hmm, is that so? Lady Azalea is truly amazing. I felt bad for her when she went out with only a few moderates… But I didn’t know she’d already grown so much power outside. Isn’t it amazing that there are so many who follow Lady Azalea’s will?”

“…Doesn’t that mean that what everyone essentially wants is the same in the end?”

Soldoros looked out the window.

The sun was rising outside, where it had been dark.

Yang-Eol also looked at the place and asked.

“Is that why you cared so much about him? I didn’t even know you would send it to me. And since we mentioned Azalea, I have feelings for Azalea for no reason-”

“Stop talking nonsense and focus on your training, Yang Er. The situation outside…is probably not as easy as we thought.”

Even though Soldoros lightly scolded him, Yang-Eul still had a smiling face.

This can be seen as a playful disciple who treats his virtuous teacher without hesitation.

“-Please don’t beat around the bush and tell me. I clearly told you before-.”

“Clarisse.”

“-Wow, whoa, Lord Soldoros!?”

Yang-Eol hurriedly dodged Ego Sword’s attack.

Then he called the name of the soul contained in Clarisse.

“And Claire!? I still find her a bit difficult!”

Clarisse looked even more indignant as she slashed through the air and shot down at Yang-Eul.

Soldoros clicked his tongue as he watched the fleeing sheep.

Then he muttered.

“Not only things I couldn’t do until now, but also things I ‘can’t do’ in the future… … That’s what I said.”

It was a word that Jinseong blurted out unconsciously.