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Like the day I lost my memory and woke up.

My whole body throbbed.

Still, I felt as if I was alive.

“Ugh… .”

My vision was red.

Was it because the cliff was quite high?

It seemed like his body was probably broken in several places. To be honest, I can’t even stand up right now.

Still, I tried to move.

however-.

A mysterious smell that passes by the tip of your nose.

‘What is this smell…’ ?’

No, it wasn’t exactly a smell.

It would be more appropriate to think of this as a scent. A sweet scent that stimulates the nose. At the same time, I was getting crazy hungry.

Even with my blurry vision, I looked around to find the source of the scent.

and.

‘Is that…? ?’

I found a lot of dark red fruits lying on the floor right in front of me.

Perhaps the source of the scent is that fruit.

After seeing it with my naked eyes, I really wanted to eat that fruit. The desire grew bigger and bigger until it became unbearable.

“I have to go.”

I have to go to that fruit.

However, perhaps because his leg was broken, he could not stand up. So, I dragged my legs, lay flat on my stomach, and used only one arm to get to the fruit.

And if you stretch out your hand, you can reach it.

Only after reaching that distance was I able to hold the fruit in my hand.

“This, this… ?”

Was I mistaken because my vision was red?

This was a black fruit, not a dark red fruit.

And I knew what this fruit was.

Samiidae.

It was a fruit that was almost taboo, never to be eaten or even slightly tasted.

but-.

‘I can’t take it anymore.’

Sweet scent.

My will was broken so easily. I was so hungry.

Is that all?

Did I lose a lot of blood? The thirst was also enormous. That’s why I felt like I had to keep eating Samigua.

In the end, I took a big bite of the samigua.

‘Delicious and refreshing.’

The juice bursts and quenches thirst.

Not only that, the taste was excellent.

It was the best fruit I’ve ever eaten. It’s like a heavenly fruit that angels eat. It almost makes me think that this is what it tastes like.

I ate them all in an instant.

Still, I couldn’t be satisfied.

“… I want to eat more, more.”

The desire to eat more did not subside. I moved my body again. To eat another Samigwa.

So I-.

It started eating up all the Samigua that was lying around.

Until I am satisfied.

I didn’t stop.

It wasn’t until I ate it to the point that my body couldn’t accept it anymore…

I stopped eating and lost consciousness.

***

It was three months before Eren’s ogre hunting.

Aaron, who was calmly practicing according to Erickson’s words, asked Erickson.

“Master, is there a way to quickly become stronger?”

It was a question asked because growth was slow.

Erickson nodded as if it was no big deal.

“That’s it, it’s full and overflowing.”

“Yes? If so, I have that method too… !”

“There are three methods.”

How to quickly become stronger.

As far as Erickson knew, there were three.

“First, there is actual practice.”

In practice.

It’s not training like real combat, it’s really real combat.

“Stay in a place where lives come and go for just a few months. Your skills will improve quickly. However, the probability of dying in vain is higher.”

Eren was silent.

Even in Eren’s opinion, this method was not a good idea. If you save your life, revenge can be successful.

That’s why Eren asked about the next method.

“Then what is the second method?”

Erickson smiled.

Then he put his index finger and thumb together. It was a gesture that meant money.

“If you have a lot of money, you can make things that shouldn’t happen. All you have to do is eat a lot of herbs, spirits of spirits, and elixirs.”

“You mean spirit herb, spirit dan, or elixir?”

“Okay. However, these are rare and cost a lot of money. If you’re satisfied with it, you’ll be able to buy a fortress. Of course, there are limits.”

Eren was silent for a moment.

Then I asked vaguely.

“… Master, do you have any money?”

Aaron looked at Erickson with eyes full of anticipation.

but-.

Erickson was adamant.

“Arthur. I only have money to eat and die. I don’t have money to buy you those expensive things.”

“… Are you sure? The things I kept locked away… ”

“Well… If I hadn’t used that expensive potion on you, I could have gotten you some elixirs. It’s really unfortunate.”

The potion used on Eren.

As Erickson said, the price was enough to buy several elixirs.

Eren was silent again.

I immediately lowered my head.

“… Thank you for saving my life once again.”

“Ah… ! I almost forgot that.”

“What do you mean?”

“Now that I think about it, Samiguwa. Just be careful about that.”

Samiidae.

It was also a spirit fruit similar to Yeongcho. It is said that you can obtain about 10 years worth of mana just by eating one.

Moreover, unlike other magical things, it was easy to obtain.

That is why Ericson warned us like this.

“Samigua is called the taste of death or the taste that transcends death. If I could only eat one, it would be a really good snack. But it is a fruit that can never be like that.”

Once you eat it, you will want to eat it again.

This was an unbearable desire.

That too, absolutely.

That’s why it also has the nickname of the fruit that brings death.

“Ah, can you do that? And if there is only one Samidae… Well then, isn’t that okay?”

Because you can only eat one.

Erickson shook his head at Aaron’s words. It was something that could never have happened.

What it means to eat just one Samigua.

“Where there are Pomegranates, there are a large amount of Pomegranates. You can never eat just one. And even if I manage to eat just one, I become a crazy person who wants to taste that taste again.”

Loss of ease.

That was the scary thing about Samigua.

It was a fruit that was so addictive that it drove people crazy.

“Then you can eat until you are satisfied, right?”

“Ha. Do you know the saying, too much is too little?”

“You mean you shouldn’t be greedy? Yes, I know. But why are you suddenly saying this?”

“Samigua is such a fruit. Eating it once will replenish 5 years of mana. If you eat ten of them, it will last you 50 years. If you eat just 20 pieces, it will last 100 years.”

This was the moment when Eren’s interest piqued.

“Wow… . Isn’t that enough to break through the master’s wall by force?”

“I guess so. That is, as long as you survive. If you accept a lot of mana at once, your body will not be able to accept it. It might just explode.”

“It’s going to explode?”

“Don’t you know? A phenomenon called mana runaway.”

Mana overflow.

That was a phenomenon that often happened to greedy prosecutors. A phenomenon that occurs when the mana that the Danjeon, which holds mana, cannot contain flows back.

“More dangerous than mana runaway. Since you are taking in more than you are regurgitating, your body will truly explode.”

Although Erickson spoke jokingly, it was a bloody story. It was also filled with sincerity.

Eren was disappointed and asked about the last method.

“Then what is the last method?”

“That means having a great teacher.”

While saying this, Erickson pointed to himself.

Eren smiled helplessly and said.

“In the end, you were proud of yourself.”

“Well, what I said wasn’t a lie, so you just have to listen to me.”

“Yes, I understand.”

So Eren gave up. A way to become stronger easily and quickly.

In the end, Eren realized that all he could do was to work hard and accept the teachings.

*

Samiidae.

The fruit had a secret. A secret that no one knows.

There was one way to survive even by eating Samigua.

Eren was eating samiyaki like crazy. The moment he lost consciousness, his body began to twist. It turned red and steam came out.

Even though he was unconscious, Eren let out a groan of pain.

My bones were twisted and my muscles were about to explode. Then it tries to calm down again, and then explodes again.

It was a repetition of that.

Within-.

Eren’s eyes opened, unable to bear the pain.

Eren, who came to his senses from pain, instinctively sat cross-legged. It was to calm down the back pain mana in the body.

If not-.

It was because he instinctively realized that he was going to die.

As I literally shed blood and sweat, I tried to calm down my body. I was out of my mind. Just an action close to instinct.

Even though the pain was unbearable, I somehow held on.

and-.

Eren’s body came to mind for a moment. At the same time, the skin cracked, and a dark red liquid, not blood, leaked from the skin.

Clothes that came into contact with the dark red liquid melted.

Eren came down to the floor again.

Eren is out of breath more than before. The changes in the body also subsided.

Eren gently opened his eyes.

For a moment, it seemed as if there was a light in the eye, but the light soon faded.

Eren slowly stood up.

Even though my leg was clearly broken, I was able to stand up just fine.

“This is… ?”

Eren looked surprised.

I tried to move my body quickly. I punched and kicked the air several times. Only then did Eren realize the change that had occurred in him.

“It’s clear that the wall has been overcome.”

I knew it instinctively.

My body felt infinitely lighter, and my dantian’s mana became vaster than before. It was as if he was being compared to his own teacher.

“… I haven’t crossed the barrier to the highest level.”

It was not that he had risen from the upper class to the highest level. That’s not it, he had risen from advanced level to master level.

Two steps were skipped.

Samiidae.

The secret that no one knows.

It was said that if eaten in a dying state, it would help the body recover and reach a state of enlightenment. No, to be exact, it was closer to reconstruction rather than recovery.

It transformed me into a body that could more easily accept mana.

At the same time, as the body reorganizes, the taste of Samigua is lost.

It was the only Sami way of survival.

However, the survival rate of this method was also extremely low.

Just luck.

Eren was just lucky.

This incident was close to luck.

Eren smiled after realizing his condition.

“With this level, I can defeat the ogre with my own hands.”

Eren clenched and unclenched his hand a few times.

The force itself was on a different level.

The broken leg soon returned to its original state.

Eren stands in front of the cliff wall.

And then he slammed his hand into the wall of the cliff. Fingers digging into the wall like tofu.

Eren began to climb the wall little by little.

The purpose was clear.

To get revenge on the ogre who almost killed him, and to pass the teacher’s conditions.