episode_0013
by adminNot much is known about Cheon Yu-hwa.
Even from the information I know, the only things I know are her abilities and fighting style.
Important information such as her growth background and goals were not revealed in the game.
Depending on the branch, a character rises to the level of the hidden boss of one episode.
The only person in the world who is not born with magical powers.
Cheon Yu-hwa’s unique setting and character naturally attracted the attention of users.
Is that why? Whenever the story of DLC came up, Chun Yu-hwa’s name always appeared.
… The story of the DLC that was actually released was centered around a different character than Chun Yu-hwa.
‘A cadet brought by Othinus himself?’
However, I unexpectedly learned a surprising fact about Cheon Yu-hwa.
I pulled out Gungnir and caught Othinus’ attention.
He was not a cadet brought to Eden by Othinus from the beginning.
But not Cheon Yu-hwa. A cadet who was directly admitted to Eden by Othinus. In some ways, it is a special admission.
“… Why do you look at me like that?”
“I was just surprised.”
“It’s not a very pleasant story. Because I didn’t come in because my skills were recognized like other cadets.”
I didn’t come in because my skills were recognized. Those words actually piqued my curiosity.
What happened between Othinus and Cheon Yu-hwa?
I wanted to ask her a question, but I couldn’t open my mouth.
Just as Cheon Yu-hwa said that it was not a pleasant story, a shadow was cast on her expression.
“I don’t know what happened between cadet Cheon Yu-hwa and the president, but I’m not trying to reveal their past today.”
Professor Caria mediated the sinking atmosphere.
And then I put my hand inside the coat I was wearing. Her hands reappeared, holding two luxurious wooden boxes.
It is a black wooden box similar in size to my fist. For an item that came out of a coat, it was quite large.
“I have the subspace spell engraved on the inside pocket of my coat.”
“Ah, yes.”
Was the inside pocket a subspace pocket? If so, it makes sense.
The subspace pocket allows you to freely store items up to the size of the subspace you set.
‘It could be useful as a substitute for inventory.’
As I was thinking about that, Professor Caria came out and handed a wooden box to Cheon Yu-hwa.
Get “”
“This is… What is it?”
As soon as the wooden box was handed over, Cheon Yu-hwa opened it and expressed curiosity upon seeing the contents.
Rather than feeling curious about the contents of the wooden box, I felt surprised.
‘You’re getting this already?’
The item contained in the black wooden box was an elixir that looked like a round bead.
It is even a top-of-the-line item that can only be obtained in the later stages of the game.
[World Tree’s Great Retreat]
─This is a pill made by adding various ingredients to the leaves and sap of the World Tree.
─If you consume it, you can obtain an extremely large amount of magical power.
─When consumed, the body becomes extremely pure and improved.
An elixir made from the leaves and sap of Yggdrasil, the world tree located on this continent where Eden was built.
I don’t know the exact manufacturing process, but I do know that it is made by grinding fresh world tree leaves, adding various ingredients to powder, and pickling them with sap.
Furthermore, the World Tree’s elixir is a superb product that can only be made with Othinus’ permission.
Because the manufacturing process requires collecting the leaves and sap of world trees, it is not made well despite its excellent effects.
Such a top-quality elixir was placed in the hands of Cheon Yu-hwa and I.
“As you can see, it is an elixir. I don’t know how he knew, but the president gave it to you, saying he would hand it to you two.”
“Have you met her?”
“No. When I went to work, there was a note on my seat.”
I received the elixir from the president.
After hearing that fact, Cheon Yu-hwa asked Professor Caria if she had met Othinus in person, but she shook her head and denied it.
“Anyway, take the elixir here. No matter what problem arises, it’s easy for me to deal with it.”
If you take the elixir well, you can achieve tremendous growth without any special practice or effort.
The problem is when the elixir is not consumed properly.
If there is a problem with the condition of the elixir or the process of ingestion, it returns as an extreme poison that threatens the user.
The body you worked so hard to train can be damaged, or in extreme cases, you can lose your life.
‘That’s why it’s rare for people to eat the flounder right away even if they receive the elixir.’
Just in case, I take it with someone I trust nearby… .
There is no need to worry about that now.
This is Eden, and Professor Caria will be watching us take the elixir.
“You can just put it in your mouth and swallow it, right?”
“Yes. It will probably dissolve quickly and disappear as soon as you put it in your mouth, so there is no need to chew it.”
Cheon Yu-hwa asked how to take it, and as soon as he heard the answer, he put the elixir into his mouth.
“Woo-eup… ?!”
Immediately after the elixir entered Cheon Yu-hwa’s mouth, her expression was greatly reduced.
Seeing that, a minor setting that I had forgotten for a while came to mind.
‘It would be very tasteless.’
Good medicine is bitter to the mouth.
faithfully reflects this proverb.
Ordinary elixirs taste like ordinary, bitter medicinal herbs, but the more precious and excellent elixirs are, the more their taste goes straight down to the depths of hell.
In fact, the elixir does not give strength without a price, but the process of putting it in the mouth and swallowing it is expressed as a price.
“This is really an elixir… ?”
Cheon Yu-hwa opened her mouth as if in pain.
Her complexion had gone beyond wrinkles and was now pale.
He puffed out his cheeks and made a painful expression, as if he was going to throw up at any moment.
It doesn’t stop there, tears are welling up in my eyes.
If I told him to eat it twice, it would immediately break that person’s spine in half.
‘… ‘Maybe I should have eaten first.’
I feel like I’m under the curse of knowledge.
How on earth is he so tasteless that Cheon Yu-hwa suffers so much?
I remember that the most horrible meal of my life was probably fermented skate.
Next was fish sauce bomb pasta and strawberry carbonara tteokbokki.
Surprisingly, the mint chocolate and pineapple pizza was edible despite its reputation.
… Of course, the World Tree’s grand feast before your eyes will update the ranking of the worst foods in your life.
‘But still, do you really have to die because it doesn’t taste good?’
I swallowed my saliva and cleared away the ominous thoughts.
With nervous hands, I picked up the world tree’s grand altar placed on the wooden box.
Bracing myself for the terrible taste, I closed my eyes and took a mouthful of the elixir in my hand.
And I realized it right away.
The moment the elixir hit my tongue, I realized that it could kill people.
“Whoop?!”
The resolve I had made to shake off distracting thoughts was overshadowed by the nausea that immediately came to me.
My expectations were shattered in an instant. It’s a disgusting taste that can’t be compared to fermented skate.
‘Holy shit, this is an elixir?’
Crazy, it tastes better than this even if you listen to poisonous medicine.
If I had to explain it, it was an extremely vicious taste that could not be fully expressed in human language.
A horror that went beyond imagination filled my mouth.
I succumbed to the ordeal of the elixir that began to cruelly ravage my tongue.
Like Cheon Yu-hwa, I also frowned with all my might and trembled in pain.
‘Fuck, fuck…’ ! Otinus !’
Maybe it’s Othinus’s evil trick to torment me by giving me a reward?
The accident does not work normally. An insult directed at Othinus came to mind reflexively.
A terrible taste and aroma that was difficult to describe filled my mouth.
My internal and external organs are twisted by the horrible scent that travels down my throat.
‘This is the taste made from the leaves and sap of the world tree?’
In the gaming community, users often talked about this among themselves.
If you pick a bunch of World Tree leaves, chew them, and drink the sap like water, wouldn’t you become stronger than Othinus?
That is correct. In theory, it is not impossible at all.
The leaves and sap of the World Tree contain tremendous magical power.
It is better to eat it processed into pills, but it is not necessary.
The leaves and sap of the World Tree, which has just been collected, are no different from a ready-made elixir in itself.
So users talked openly about it in communities and on NewTube.
Why don’t you eat the world tree? Why not drink sap?
‘Fuck you.’
People who haven’t tried it themselves don’t know. That’s not something a person should do.
Who would be crazy enough to want to give up their sense of taste and smell and become disabled?
I am not a disabled academy cadet.
Anyone who gives up some of their five senses to gain a superior body or magical power will soon regret that choice.
“… Is it that bad?”
Cheon Yu-hwa and I simultaneously turned our heads towards Professor Caria.
Cheon Yu-hwa’s fierce expression really looks like she would catch someone if she said one more word.
For no reason, even I got scared. What’s different from usual is that I don’t have the energy to worry about such creepy things now.
I’m probably making a very similar facial expression to Cheon Yu-hwa.
“The elixir is a pill made from the leaves and sap of the world tree. It’s so rare that I’ve never eaten it before.”
After hearing those words, Cheon Yu-hwa began to endure this terrible suffering with a solemn expression.
… Even though his expression was still in tears.
Still, you somehow manage to eat something precious.
‘It’s so precious that I can’t spit it out.’
The Great Hwandan of the World Tree is a rare item among rare items. It is one of the few elixirs that you have a chance to obtain in one character episode.
Although this damn taste is high risk, further growth is guaranteed as a return.
“Still, the elixir dissolves and is absorbed quickly. It will get easier soon.”
Could it be that the sound of getting comfortable means losing one’s sense of taste and collapsing from shock?
Still, as Professor Caria said, I didn’t feel as much pain as when I first put it in my mouth.
‘I can’t feel the texture of the elixir in my mouth.’
The elixir in my mouth had already begun to dissolve and be absorbed.
[I consumed the World Tree’s Great Hwandan.]
[The World Tree’s Great Hwandan is absorbed into the body.]
“Ugh… !”
Suddenly, I feel pain all over my body. The muscles under the skin hurt as if being pricked by a needle.
Vast magical energy permeates every single cell of the body.
My body feels stuffy. It feels like going into deep water, sticking your head out, and breathing.
“Slowly, breathe in and circulate the magic power through your body.”
Professor Caria placed his hand on my back and infused magical energy into me.
With the magic power already filled in my body, more magic flowed into my cramped body.
But strangely, the feeling of stuffiness gradually began to dissipate.
“With my magic power, I will make way for the circuit so that Cadet Seong Yujin can easily move his magic power.”
The core of magical power is located in the heart.
Just as the heart supplies blood to the entire body through blood vessels, the core also moves magical energy through circuits that extend throughout the body like blood vessels.
Magic power circulates. The mass of magical power that filled the body and was not moving began to flow through the circuit little by little.
With one contraction, the magic power gathered in the core of the heart expands explosively toward the ends of the body.
The magical power that once traveled around the body returns to the core of the heart along a circuit that spreads like blood vessels.
“I’m doing well. Just let the magic seep into the circuit.”
The speed of flowing magical energy gradually decreased. Some of the magic power that began to flow slowly penetrated the circuits and cells.
The flowing magic power cleans the circuit, and the seeping magic power makes the circuit bigger and stronger.
[The magic stat has increased.]
[The magic stat has increased.]
[The magic stat has increased.]
…
…
…
The message in the status window appeared repeatedly. In response, magical energy began to well up in the body.
The body is adapting to the enormous magical power created by taking the world tree’s pills.
‘done.’
Magic power has reached a plateau. The magical energy stored in the circuit circulates regularly without any special manipulation.
“Good job. Now take a break… … .”
Fit-.
“Kkeup… ?!”
Oh, wait a minute.
Something was wrong inside my body.
The pain rising in my abdomen slowly began to spread throughout my body.
“Wait a minute. Cadet Seong Yu-jin, why are you like this? Where is it uncomfortable?”
Professor Caria came forward urgently. Her complexion hardened.
Suddenly my body became hot. My lower abdomen felt hot, as if I had swallowed a fireball.
“Quaaaagh!”
I screamed in unbearable pain. My breathing becomes difficult and my body burns.
For some reason, the stabilized magical power began to run wild again.
The entire body’s magic circuit repeats contraction and expansion like a rubber band.
The muscles and circuits that had been protecting each other are intertwined and running wild.
‘Why, why, why… ?!’
It was confusing. The body that had finished absorbing the Great Hwandan suddenly began to go crazy.
weird. Something is wrong. The surge of magical power far surpasses the amount of magical energy I possessed.
There is no control over magical power. The magical power that suddenly appeared was beyond my control. The magical power that is out of control is running rampant through my body.
“This… !”
Professor Caria lifted me up and carried me. She immediately strengthened her body with magical power and kicked the ground.
“Keuuu… .”
My consciousness began to blur as I felt pain for the first time in my life.
The muscles that were struggling in pain relaxed. My wide-open vision gradually blurs and blinks.
Professor Caria’s voice, which was shouting something, gradually became fainter and began to ring in my ears.
Tiring-.
The clear sound effect that comes when a notification appears in the status window hit my eardrums.
It’s a strangely clear and clean sound. But now was not the time to question the purity of the sound.
‘I’m really dying… ?’
Consciousness was interrupted.
***
[1st play data: The succession of ‘Romantic One Tool # Barrier Wizard’ has been completed.]
[Part of the status from the first play data is added.]
[Acquire some of the skills from the 1st play data.]
[2nd play data: Succession to ‘Barrier Man # Barrier Wizard’ is possible.]
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