The Ring of Contract

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Floor 28.

Giant Water Slime.

It spun in a tornado-like fashion and swallowed Anonymous in one gulp.

But Anonymous’s cooling ability burst out like lightning, instantly freezing the water.

Clear.

• Wow.

• Are we playing the same game?

• Ability cheat

• Abilities vary. Besides, abilities are weakened here.

• LOL, he’s playing on easy mode alone.

• It’s easy, but all that comes out are strategy guides LOL. Yeah, strategy guides are easy. Just follow the guide LOL.

• Anonymous’s strategy: Kill everything.

• With his cooling ability and the slime, he got lucky this time.

• Yeah, he got lucky with the slime since he was unlucky with the Golem.

• Usually, it’s the opposite LOL. Why is the slime easier LOL?

• Abilities are a talent, too.

• Still, he cleared it too easily LOL.

• He clears the easy ones the hard way.

• That’s just ridiculous.

As expected.

Slimes are difficult monsters.

There’s a saying, “Trying to cut water with a knife.”

Like embodying that saying, slash attacks are almost useless against slimes.

You have to attack the core directly to kill it, but it’s transparent, so you don’t know where to attack with your sword, and if it’s not the core, the damage is zero.

If the attack hits the weak point, it’s relatively easy to kill, but if it doesn’t, the attack doesn’t work at all, making it a monster of extremes.

Given the game’s characteristic of using swords as the main weapon, it was one of the worst monster types.

For those who knew Anonymous was a cooling ability user, it was not a worrying opponent as expected.

As everyone expected, Anonymous froze the slime and easily achieved victory.

At that moment.

“Acting Head of Family, may I speak my mind for a moment?”

One of the cousins said.

Tang So-hye tried to ignore it.

She was too busy watching the video.

However,

“I saw Anonymous’s video for the first time today, but does this person perhaps suffer from Nine Yin Severed Meridians?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Well, I’ve been researching Nine Yin Severed Meridians. Before the monsters appeared, everyone was busy hiding their identities, but…”

After the identities were revealed, it was different.

Martial arts began to spread to the world.

To fight against the monsters.

“Thanks to that, we’ve gained 8 billion potential talents, and what used to be a genius appearing once every 10,000 years now appears once every 100 years, as everyone has heard.”

The Murim world was narrow.

Avoiding the media only made it narrower.

Naturally, the talent pool was bound to be small.

But after it was revealed to the world, a craze for learning martial arts swept through.

“I’ve heard it, but it’s still out of the blue.”

“I’m sorry. I have a habit of speaking without a filter.”

“More than that, why are you suddenly saying that?”

“Ah, yes. Just as the number of geniuses has increased, so has the number of discovered cases of Nine Yin Severed Meridians. As everyone knows, our family has been conducting research on improving or reproducing constitutions with poison. That includes Nine Yin Severed Meridians. What Nine Yin Severed Meridians is…”

“That’s enough.”

The speech was too long.

It seemed like it would get longer.

The Acting Head of Family cut him off.

“Just tell me the conclusion.”

“I have seen the manifestation of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements due to Nine Yin Severed Meridians. In Full Dive, we are especially benefiting greatly from the Geass system. Based on that experience, I would say…”

He asserted.

“This is Yin energy due to Nine Yin Severed Meridians, not an ability.”

“Oh.”

The Acting Head of Family exclaimed with interest.

“I didn’t know that. Does that mean there’s a possibility that Anonymous is from our Murim world?”

“I don’t know. Just as we have Awakened ones, there is martial arts in the Hunter world. I believe there may also be Nine Yin Severed Meridians.”

“Hmm… continue.”

“Yes.”

The cousin continued the explanation of Nine Yin Severed Meridians that he couldn’t finish earlier.

It was a boring theory, but,

Already, no one in this conference room was not interested in his words.

Nine Yin Severed Meridians was, as the name suggests, a disease that blocked the flow of meridians and prevented the circulation of Qi.

But if all the meridians were severed, they would have died in the first place, and the name for calling Nine Yin Severed Meridians also differed depending on which meridian was severed.

“I diagnose Anonymous as suffering from Nine Yin Severed Meridians.”

“You’re saying it’s not an ability?”

Tang So-hye went to her cousin separately and asked.

The meeting was over.

The floor 29 strategy video showed Anonymous being caught in the Dream Frog’s spell, wandering through a dream for a few minutes, then breaking the spell and completing the strategy by putting the Ring of Contract on the Dream Frog.

Dream Frogs are also called Nightmare Frogs and stimulate trauma.

Comments speculated that he coveted the Dream Frog’s ability to fight strong opponents in his dreams.

Looking only at what was visible, it ended with falling into a dream and waking up, but,

There must have been a fierce battle in the dream.

That’s why he used the expensive rare item, the Ring of Contract, to tame it.

Anyway,

Tang So-hye met her cousin.

The cousin who suggested that Anonymous might have Nine Yin Severed Meridians welcomed her.

“I’ve heard of Nine Yin Severed Meridians. It’s quite famous among the Severed Meridians, isn’t it?”

“Yeah. It’s famous. It’s a common material used in martial arts novels. So-hye, are you very curious about whether Anonymous has Severed Meridians or not?”

“Yes… Anonymous might be in the village I’m active in.”

“Still Gospel?”

“Yes.”

There was speculation that Anonymous was a newbie.

He may have already left for another village, but the prevailing opinion was that he was in Gospel at least until recently.

“By the way, Uncle Woo-joong. If you have Nine Yin Severed Meridians, shouldn’t you be Frail? In novels, Nine Yin Severed Meridians patients all act like they’re about to die, but is that just the image of the novel?”

“The image varies from novel to novel, but being Frail and short-lived are both correct.”

“But…”

Anonymous flies around.

“If you use Qi, cold energy circulates throughout your body and you die from hypothermia. It’s fortunate if Qi doesn’t accumulate, but since it’s Severed Meridians, there’s no Qi going out, so it gradually accumulates and eventually leads to a cold death.”

That’s not what I’m curious about.

Tang Woo-joong was a typical explainer.

He likes to explain.

“The more you learn martial arts, the closer you get to death. It’s absurd for a Severed Meridians patient to learn martial arts in reality. The reason why someone like Anonymous isn’t famous in either the Murim world or the Hunter world is probably because they couldn’t be active for that reason, right?”

He came to a conclusion too quickly, so it was a bit late to understand.

So what are you saying?

She couldn’t ask.

Tang Woo-joong was located at the peak of the collateral line among the blood relatives who had logged into the game.

The reason he logged into the game was that in the game environment, which pursued reality to the extreme, he would not be caught even if he used poison openly.

He was faithfully fulfilling his duty.

In other words, he was a respectable person.

She couldn’t just ask him to tell her what she was curious about.

“But this is a game.”

“Ah…”

“You don’t die. You couldn’t even spread your Qi in reality, but it’s not like that here, right? You revive even if you die. That’s very good.”

Still, it doesn’t make sense.

A person who couldn’t properly learn martial arts in reality flies around in the game?

“You have a face that doesn’t understand? I told the Acting Head of Family, but Severed Meridians patients are generally born with a natural talent for using Qi. Is it because they’ve been handling Qi to avoid dying? I don’t know the reason, but isn’t the reason Anonymous is strong because of that?”

Is that really possible with talent alone?

Tang So-hye was still doubtful.

Tang Woo-joong didn’t think deeply.

Whether Anonymous was strong or not, it was surprising, but it wasn’t his concern.

He was interested in Nine Yin Severed Meridians, but in Full Dive, if you had some talent, it was possible to implement it with Geass.

If he wanted to research Nine Yin Severed Meridians, he could create a patient then.

That was about the extent of his interest, so there were too many research topics he had accumulated to turn his attention to that, and he didn’t even have time to breathe.

He wouldn’t be able to resolve all of Tang So-hye’s questions.

“Is that all you wanted to ask?”

“…Yes. Thank you.”

“What for? Ask me anytime if you have any questions. I’m surprisingly free, even though I look like this.”

Tang So-hye knows.

Tang Woo-joong’s words of being free meant that his mouth was free even though his body and head were busy to death.

As expected of a collateral line recognized by the Head of Family.

His way of thinking was extraordinary.

Ding.

A text message arrived.

The Acting Head of Family called.

When she went, she received a mission to investigate Anonymous in Gospel.

A bit late, but,

“Telepathy?!”

Gusta shouted in surprise.

Americano belatedly appraised the Ring of Contract.

She had said she would get it appraised but had completely forgotten about it, and she was only getting it now.

“Where did you get this?”

“From the Tower.”

“The Tower, huh? It really is a treasure trove. I never thought I’d see telepathy in real life.”

“Is it that valuable?”

“Do you think it’ll just end with being valuable? With just this, what is it, solo climbing? With just this, you can get the same effect as bringing a companion.”

“….”

Is it good?

“How can our values be so different?”

Gusta scribbled on a piece of paper.

[Appraisal Result]

[A ring that establishes a master-servant relationship. It has the function of conveying the owner’s intentions and making them understood. It can strengthen the connection with pets.]

[Function] [Telepathy]

“And this is my personal opinion, but it’s best to be careful.”

“Yes?”

Gusta showed the inside of the ring.

“Looking at the craftsmanship of this ring, it’s familiar. I won’t ask what you defeated to get this, but from today, be especially careful of Beastmen and Witches.”

“Beastmen and Witches?”

“Yes.”

Both were categories of monsters that belonged to the dangerous group.

They were targets to be wary of even without being told.

He was probably telling her to be even more wary.

“To be exact, be careful of the Witch of the Beastmen.”

“The Witch of the Beastmen?”

“Hmm…”

Gusta wondered if he had made a fuss and changed his words a little.

“Well, it’s been over 200 years since that Witch was active. She may already be dead. There’s no harm in being careful, so just know that.”

This is a game world.

200 years ago?

She might be dead?

‘Then she’s probably not dead.’

Let’s be careful.

“Anyway, looking at the craftsmanship engraved on this ring, it’s highly likely that it was a gift that the Witch gave to her Beastmen. And the Witch cherished the Beastmen very, very much.”

“Then does that mean she might come looking for it?”

“If we only look at the possibility, that’s right. If she’s alive, that’s highly likely.”

She turns the ring over.

The intaglio engraved on the inside of the ring.

“Where does that Witch live?”

“Are you going to find her? It’s dangerous, so no.”

“Wouldn’t it be better to know so I can avoid her?”

“….”

Gusta couldn’t find words to refute.

She was able to obtain location information.

A sub-quest was added to the quest window.

[Main Quest]

[Opened when conditions are met]

[Sub Quest]

[Knight Chris’s Last Words]

[Mother of the Beastmen]

Ah.

The sub-quest I had completely forgotten about.

[Knight Chris’s Last Words]

The quest location with [Mother of the Beastmen] wasn’t that far away.

‘I’ll clear it together later.’

“….”

Americano’s gaze turned to the surrounding space.

“But is it okay?”

“What are you talking about?”

“The store.”

Gusta’s weapon shop was half destroyed due to the clan war.

The goods were looted, and the heart of the smithy, the furnace, was half collapsed.

“It’s not something you need to worry about. Rather, go visit the kid at the Magic Shop.”

“Did she come?”

“Yeah, she came. She kept asking if you hadn’t left, and I thought my ears would fall off. Besides, her shop suffered the most damage, so it would be nice if you could go and comfort her a bit. Then I won’t take the appraisal fee.”

“….”

She didn’t lack money.

Still, she had to go to the Magic Shop, so she said she understood.

As she left the weapon shop,

“Ribbit.”

A frog poked its head out.

From inside the robe.

From the gap between her chest and clothes.

It was hiding and living in the triangular gap created by her large breasts as if it were its home.

She put the Ring of Contract in that gap.

The frog wore it well on its own.

Telepathy.

‘Straight to the Tower after this?’

‘Get the main quest first.’

Magic Shop.

When she went inside, there was no ceiling.

The displayed products too.

“Sniff. Welcome.”

Mew greeted the customer while sniffling.