Light of Arad: The First to Walk - Chapter 82



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Things like flashy level-up effects weren’t of interest to her.

Jinseong felt the golden light pouring down on him and let out a hollow laugh.

‘I’m leveling up too. Well, I didn’t break up the party, so I guess the experience points are shared.’

This time, I didn’t actually do anything, so I guess this is a generous judgment.

But Jinseong’s interest was no longer in leveling up.

Vivi’s figure was already out of sight, having disappeared into the wreckage of the GT-9600.

A rattling, rustling, or something that doesn’t feel right pops out of the wreckage… … .

Was it the same peninsula that made it confusing whether this was a battlefield or a junk shop?

“Mo, Adventurer, I’ll take our children back, so you go check with the captain of the garrison and see what the situation is at the other gates. It looks like you don’t have much experience commanding an army, so I’m worried that you’re only looking one step ahead.”

As expected of the leader of the Iron Wolf Knights, he gave Vivi advice while taking into account the future situation.

And Vivi answered with only her face sticking out from the pile of scrap metal.

“Huh? You don’t have to worry about that! Just leave it to me, I can now protect and crush the East Gate, North Gate, West Gate, and South Gate.”

Ban was left speechless by her bold words.

The Iron Wolf Knights surrounding them also looked at Ban and Vivi alternately, but that was all.

As soon as Ban turned around and disappeared in the other direction, they too began to swarm him.

“……Hey, Vivi……?”

“Ah, Jinsang! Wait a minute! I have a lot to take care of!”

“I also gather materials… but is there something you’re looking for separately?”

Jinseong asked Vivi, who had disappeared into the wreckage of the GT-9600 once again.

Only Vivi’s voice rang out.

“First, we need to collect all the good parts! This is called Teroton alloy! Isn’t it awesome?”

“Awesome- Ahem, what’s that? In Dungeon & Fighter, doesn’t it just appear as or ?”

Teroton alloy.

Jinseong asked about proper nouns that he had never heard before.

However, Bibi answered as if she was embarrassed that Jinseong was even asking such a question.

“Huh? What are you talking about? Teroton alloy! Don’t you know? It’s something to do with celestial mechanical engineering?”

That attitude was something that made Jinseong feel uncomfortable.

An obsession with Teroton alloys.

Vivi is abnormally happy at the prospect of actually owning it.

Jinseong tried to gather memories related to the Teroton alloy, but only fragmentary information came to mind.

“Uh… I think there was some kind of adventure quest involving an alchemist from the De Los Empire a long time ago. I don’t know for sure.”

It had to be that way.

What Jinseong remembers is not the word ‘Teroton Alloy’ that he only briefly mentioned in the quest, but the secrets contained in the adventure quest, and the things related to the De Los Empire and the dimensional transport facility.

“No way! I didn’t know that! Teroton alloy! It’s a material passed down from Meister Lathi! It’s also said to be used in Gae Bolg – the airship Errox and the dimensional sailing ship Bahite that appear when completing the celestial quest are all made of Teroton alloy!”

However, those who are immersed in a specific part tend to have completely different interests even though they enjoyed the same quest and did the same things.

How would Jinseong even know what materials the airships and dimensional sailing ships made in the heavens were made of?

Information that doesn’t even appear in the quest script and is of low importance is bound to be of no interest to Jinseong…

“Ah, ah… I see.”

“Of course! And this GT-9600 itself was made by the Cartel using Melvin’s stolen blueprints! Even if you can’t see the blueprints directly, you can get a general idea by examining the destroyed interior! Since Melvin must have made the AT-5T as well, I think there must be a system that links it to it, so it would be good to look into it in advance. Not only the worn equipment, but also the skills might be modifiable and upgraded-.”

“Huh? What does that mean?”

As a genuine person, I couldn’t properly understand what Vivi was saying.

Although there were cases where Jinseong made equipment by collecting material items like the set, it was strictly based on information displayed in the game Dungeon & Fighter system.

Although it is currently a virtually discontinued or unused item, it is clear that in the past, it was possible to collect and use the materials, and Jinseong must have used it as a means to protect his current self by tracing back those memories.

By the way, can you make equipment with Teroton alloy?

So how is the equipment created in this way named and how can it be used?

‘No, let’s say the equipment is like that. Let’s say it’s possible… … .’

The bigger question was what happened next.

“Can you modify your skills? Is that even possible?”

This is an expression for skill modification.

Even Jinseong never imagined that such a thing would be possible.

There was a reason why Vivi tried it.

“Yes. I haven’t tried it myself and it hasn’t been verified yet… but it might be worth a try. I’ve heard about it.”

“You hear that? Who… Wait a minute. No way?”

If Vivi, an expert in analytics, has such confidence despite saying she has never done it herself, it must mean that she obtained the information from someone she can ‘trust enough’.

So, the truth could be known.

“You’re quick-witted, Jinsang? That’s right, that guy. There must have been a reason why he came to Heaven in two weeks. Oh, and the reason why he was able to modify Jinsang’s flamethrower was because he told me about it.”

Non-standard equipment for the game Dungeon & Fighter.

A skill outside the standard specifications of the game Dungeon & Fighter.

“That’s ridiculous.”

It means that ‘that Berserker’, who was possessed by Plain: Arad later than Jinseong, has already attempted such a thing and succeeded.

* * *

It was something that was difficult for Jinseong to understand.

Anyway, wasn’t everything supposed to happen within the system of the game Dungeon & Fighter?

‘Users can see my items. In addition to the fact that Pureun saw me, I could see that Ranger’s… … information. How much fame he has, what percentage of critical hit he’s raised to, what equipment he’s wearing, and whether or not he’s been strengthened or amplified. It’s like checking the target’s [character information] with a mouse click!’

Could it be because Jinseong has experienced it like that?

Of course, I thought anything else would be impossible.

I thought that only equipment or skills that exist in the game Dungeon & Fighter would be possible.

But that wasn’t it?

‘Can we say that all the numbers I saw were fake numbers? Well, if it’s not a part where I can interact with NPCs as a user, the users wouldn’t hear me talking to Ban or Aganjo in other places. They wouldn’t show me cheering or jumping in place out of the blue either.’

Should I have approached it that way too?

Even though he had thought about it that far, Jinseong shook his head and calmed his mind.

Didn’t Jinseong just hear Vivi’s testimony, and Vivi also said that all she heard was a word of advice from Berserker?

‘More than anything… … I already have it. . I know from using it so far – it’s much better than I remember. Much better than that I’ve powered up to +8.’

Is that the way to approach it?

As Vivi mentioned in the ‘remodeling’, is it possible that there are parts that can change from a slightly different track than the system of the game Dungeon & Fighter?

Does this mean that not only such ‘non-standard equipment’ exists, but even ‘non-standard skills’?!

When his thoughts reached that point, something occurred to Jinseong as well.

If the you are currently using is part of [non-standard equipment].

You may have also experienced [non-standard skills].

Because among the many things I’ve experienced since becoming possessed by my current body as the Dark Knight, there were some that were similar.

‘When Deregi entered the dimensional rift… … is that what it felt like?’

During a user’s first awakening quest, didn’t Jinseong try to open the with his own power?

How he did it is still unknown, and no amount of desperate attempts to try again have borne fruit, but at least when he first opened the dimensional gate, there was something out of the ordinary.

‘… … That way it works too… … Indeed.’

Even as doubts and concerns arose at the same time, the corners of Jinseong’s lips twitched.

Because Jinseong realized that he could also utilize these possibilities.

‘I guess that means I can become stronger too.’

In other words, it means that Jinseong’s own growth potential is also an unknown quantity ‘outside the standard’.

Jinseong looked at Vivi, who was listening to Zeldin and Melvin’s conversation from the side.

At least he was certain that his choice to be with her was bringing about the best, most optimal result.

“We’re checking it out right now. It looks like they’re trying to use a diversionary tactic, pretending to attack the South Gate while aiming for the North Gate. It looks like even the mechanical arm Warjack is going to show up himself….”

“There’s an AT-5T Walker there. That would be quite helpful. Why don’t you use it?”

Melvin, a member of the Seven Shards, the best engineering and scientific group in the heavens, spoke as he listened to the sighs and grumblings of the Zodiac Guardian Captain Zeldin.

Zeldin averted his gaze as if he was ashamed.

“Well, actually, there are no soldiers who know how to operate. The trained soldiers died in battle… That’s why they are still in the middle of enemy lines.”

“What? You’re saying that I made it for you and you just threw it away? And you didn’t even hand it over to me?”

Even though Melvin was clearly ten years younger than him, he was always angry.

Melvin is the most intelligent person in the Celestial Realm and is in charge of producing and distributing various supplies in the war against the cartel.

Moreover, since it was ultimately Zeldin’s fault for losing the robot, she had nothing to say to Melvin, who had ten mouths.

“That’s right, that’s right! You left it behind!”

Even the tone of voice that instigates it is Bibi.

“Haa… I don’t have time to educate everyone individually. The lab is also in a mess.”

Melvin sighed and shook his head.

“Could you please let us know by radio? We’d like to send a second party, but there’s cover, and there are rumors of warjacks going around… We can’t do without AT-5T walkers.”

“but-.”

Just as Melvin was about to reject Zeldin’s subtle offer,

“I’ll do it! Wirelessly! Let me know!”

Vivi raised her hand and stepped forward.

It was a natural reaction, since what she wanted more than the remains of the GT-9600 was the AT-5T.

“But I have to get there by getting through all those guys. No matter how great an adventurer I am, I’ll die if I go alone, right?”

Melvin said, half worried, half curious.

The one who took the lead in that part was Sergeant Maywin.

“I will be your escort. You helped me before, Adventurer.”

An NPC who accompanied us when we defeated Mobile Captain Schroed.

If it’s a quest with only her, Jinseong can also participate.

“Ugh, do as you wish. I’m just going to sit here and not move… Adventurer, take this. It’s a radio. When you find the AT-5T Walker, press this button.”

Melvin handed Vivi the walkie-talkie while sitting in his artificial intelligence-equipped super-scientific robot, the ‘Geumgangrang’, which he had created.

Vivi snatched it away and started running without even paying attention to Maywin and Jinseong.

“I’ll go to the north gate, Zeldin! I’ll finish off the mechanical arm warjack and bring back the AT-5T!”

“Thank you, Ga-.”

Before Zeldin could finish his greeting, Jinseong also followed Vivi to the north gate of Ghent.

Because the majority of the Imperial Army had been driven to the South Gate due to the Cartel’s ‘Screaming East, Attacking West’, the number of Imperial Army guarding the North Gate was very small.

Not only was they numerically inferior, but they were also suffering from a qualitative disadvantage as they were mobilizing wounded soldiers, so it would not have been strange if the walls of the North Gate of Ghent collapsed and the gate was destroyed at any time, as Zeldin had worried.

After a while of defeating the cartel members, Vivi’s tearful voice finally rang out.

“Mr. Jinsang! I found the car! Over there!”

“Yes, I can see it too.”

Finally found the AT-5T Walker created by Melvin Richter.

A heavy bipedal walking mountable weapon was revealed, moving forward by alternating between two feet.

‘It was fun when it first came out. There are also skills that come out like finishing moves when you eat special fuel.’

Vehicles that can fire rockets and gatling guns, spew flames, barrage missiles, and even attack using the kinetic energy of a massive, brute force lump of metal by charging forward at a moment’s notice.

Could it be because of the anticipation for Bibi’s performance?

“Adventurer, please take the cockpit. Oh, and contact Melvin as well.”

Sergeant Maywin swallowed hard and said.

Vivi answered.

“Let’s do some remodeling first. Hehe.”

With a smile that somehow makes Jinseong feel embarrassed.