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“Who are you?”

It had been quite a while since I noticed something unusual.

Even though Lee Seol-hee knew about it, she didn’t do anything, so she just thought that her brother used the skill.

Until Lee Seol-hee slaps Cheon-hwi’s hand away.

“Do not touch.”

Cheon-hwi looks at Seol-hee with sinister eyes and licks his lips with regret.

A woman who can’t stand her brother like that suddenly starts beating him up?

If it’s not being pushed or pushed, it’s definitely not Jeon Cheon-hwi.

After stopping the guild members in front of the entrance of the huge library, she trudges towards where Lee Seol-hee and her brother are.

Lee Seol-hee, who saw me walking towards her, secretly hides her head behind Cheon-hwi’s back.

“…”

“Welcome, Suyeon.”

Seolhee hits her head at the words that came out of Cheonhwi’s mouth.

“Just keep your mouth shut.”

“Who are you?”

“Jeon Cheon-hwi, 25 years old A friend who shares unusual secrets with you?”

“You’re a wizard.”

At the same time, golden magic cuts off Cheonhwi’s head.

Cheonhwi’s head, which fell to the ground, continued speaking as if it were answering my words.

“Hmm… I can’t really get a sense of their relationship from the conversation shown here. What is your relationship with this man?”

Something that pretends to be Cheonhwi, who naturally picks up the fallen neck and attaches it back to the neck.

“Where is the man?”

“This man? It’s nothing special. I’m just having tea at the library.”

With those words, he cut Cheonhwi in half from top to bottom and ran straight to the library to push open the huge door.

It didn’t budge.

“..?”

There has never been anything like this.

The library door was never locked.

“I’m talking to a customer right now, how can I open the door?”

“Open it. If you don’t open it right away, I will kill you.”

“Tsk.. Oh.. But when I look at it closely, I see that you have greater talent than this man. Oh.. Wouldn’t you like to become a new human being?”

“I will give it to you. So open the door.”

“It’s nice because it’s refreshing! Hurry and end the conversation with this man and get out! Because this guy hasn’t listened to me for two hours!”

Then, something pretending to be Cheonhwi, who had not been cut no matter how many times he was cut, inflated his body movements.

“Tch.. Everyone! Ready for battle!”

I didn’t know that I would already have to deal with a mid-boss.

Eventually, something that was Cheonhwi grew bigger and raised his fist and slammed it right into the place where Suyeon was standing.

*

“Do you see it? That woman has greater potential than you.”

Slurp.

I don’t know how many times I’ve already refilled the tea given to me by a man who calls himself an archmage.

“Please send it again. You said you wouldn’t do that?”

“Just think about it a little more, you’ll never die, didn’t you just see that? Even if you cut your throat, just touch it and your skin will regenerate.”

“So you’re saying you won’t do that?”

“I’ll show you a little more like this. Now look at this.”

At the same time, it shows me in a gigantic form that Sooyeon and the Hyeseong Guild people are currently fighting with.

“When you want it like this, your gestures can become bigger and create powerful force! Right now, I’m not equipped with accurate reason, so I go on a rampage like that, but if I become you, I can use that power completely for myself!”

“So you don’t do that?”

“Let’s think a little more.”

We’ve been having this conversation for two hours now.

Two hours ago, while I was walking in the center of the group, someone said something that made my head pound.

-You have the talent of a new human. Would you like to have some tea with me and chat for a bit?

“What is it?”

I was startled by the sudden voice and turned my head, and Seolhee, who was next to me, also asked me what was wrong.

-It’s late to say hello. I’m the master of this space, the Archmage. If you don’t mind, I’ve already created an artificial life form that looks just like you, so why don’t you change for a moment and come here and talk to me without being noticed?

“What do I trust in you?”

-If you just come and get a consultation in person, I will share the potion I have with you.

“To cajole me with something like that,”

-There is also a medicine in there.

“That’s enough, teacher.”

“What are you talking about, Cheonhwi?”

I told my sister what I was hearing in my head right now and that an artificial human just like me would come here instead of me. After telling my sister not to worry too much as I would just come for consultation.

During the expedition, I went into a corner under the pretext of going to the bathroom and entered the portal, leaving behind a creature that looked exactly like me that had quietly jumped out of the opened portal without anyone noticing.

“Nice to meet you, stranger.”

After that, the self-proclaimed archmage’s invitations and my refusals continued.

“The chimeras were a complete failure, but didn’t you see the androids as a success?”

“I don’t want to become a tentacle person.”

“Hmm.. Then do you want to become a chimera? It’s still close to completion…”

“I just want it to be like this, right?”

“Umm..”

An old man tapping his fingers on the desk.

Repetitive actions and words from 2 hours ago.

At first, I was worried that the old man might have dementia, but now I see that it is not dementia.

‘Are we wasting time?’

It felt like time was wasting away.

‘I can’t do this. I really need to go out and see.’

“Can you open the portal again? I really have to go.”

“Um… Um.. Mmm.. Eup.. Ha hahahaha! Haha!”

An old man who lets out a creepy laugh.

“Ah… I’m tired now, acting isn’t easy. Thank you for your hard work.”

“What are you talking about?”

“What do you mean, I’m done cloning you, so I don’t need you anymore.”

At the same time, the creature landed and broke the spot where I was sitting. I rolled backwards, quickly regained my bearings, and raised my head.

That creature was me.

“Your body is overflowing with talent. There is so much talent to become a new human being. Just like this!”

An old man, smiling as if overcome with madness, puts his hand into my other head.

The old man’s arm, which seemed to have no skull inside my head, seemed to be touching something, as if it was gnawing at my brain.

“Can you see it? An ordinary person would have died right away, but for a new human being, this is a wound that can be recovered quickly.”

When the old man removes his hand, the wound quickly fills up.

“He recovers quickly, is stronger than you, and is even smarter than you! And.. you also have your own personality.”

“…”

“Greetings, Jeon Cheonhwi.”

“Hello.”

“I can’t say goodbye.”

“Or don’t do it.”

He’s the same unlucky guy as me.

I grip the red sword in my hand even sharper.

Bang bang!

A strong explosion could be heard outside the door, as if the library was about to be broken down.

“If I hold on, I will win this fight, right?”

“Can you really endure it?”

“The kid behind him is the strongest human being. You were caught wrong.”

“Isn’t that you?”

“That’s right.”

“Don’t worry, that woman who is called the strongest will soon become just like you.”

Soon the Archmage clapped his hands in the air. In the distance, a tightly locked door slowly opened and hundreds of weapons flew out.

“For your information, this is not my strength.”

“I’m sorry, so do I.”

The counterfeit Jeon Cheon-hwi sharply raised a red sword identical to the one I was holding.

Concentrating my mind, I quickly spread my magic throughout my body.

The counterfeit Jeon Cheon-Hwi, who saw this, also followed my actions.

So we ran towards each other at the same time.

I have never learned how to use a knife separately.

However, the red sword felt like it fit perfectly in my hand, as if to prove that I had used it so far.

swing the sword

I swung the sword as I was accustomed to.

A sharp attack can be made even with a sword that has never been learned.

It was the same for the counterfeit Jeon Cheon-hwi.

He cuts me at the same time and in the same posture.

Sometimes, it reacts a little slowly, as if it’s following me, and if it fails to follow me and attack, the weapon flying around will fly out and leave the same wounds as the counterfeit one I suffered.

One problem is that I had accumulated wounds and the fake Cheonhwi recovered from them quickly.

I feel like this is a fight I can’t win.

The game was decided quickly.

Get down on one knee and use the knife as support.

“Is this the end? ”

An old man looking at me with disappointed eyes.

“You have a lot of talent, but you didn’t put in the effort.”

An old man clicks his tongue.

“I haven’t shown you my special move yet, can you show me?”

The old man asked back, as if my words had piqued his interest.

“Hahahaha! Is it okay to say that without hiding it?”

“Okay then. I told you this, but you didn’t give me any good information?”

” I’ve been alive for a long time, but this is the first time that a soon-to-be-dead person has entertained me like this. Okay, I’ll give you one as a gift. What can a dying person do anyway? ”

I couldn’t wipe the smile off my face at the old man’s words.

“The library door that never opens also has one fatal weakness.”

“What is it?”

“If I don’t invite people to the library, it never closes.”

“So, if I leave here, the library door will automatically open?”

“Okay, but don’t worry. From now on, I have already invited the woman who has a special relationship with you, so even if you die and the door opens, it will close as soon as that woman called Jeong Su-yeon comes in.”

“Thank you for letting me know. I’m going to use my special move, so listen carefully.”

“I’m ready anytime! Even your special moves are perfectly prepared by your clone!”

“Chivalric Jeong Soo-yeon.”

“?”

Soon the closed library door opens.

As the door opens, a woman strides towards here.

Behind her, Cheonhwi, who had been here until now, was behind the woman.

“Special move! Summon humanity’s strongest!”

“I was a fool for worrying even for a moment..”

“Why were you worried about me?”

“Don’t talk nonsense.”

The archmage felt like he was dreaming.