The Genius Assassin Who Does It All Himself - Chapter 166



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Episode 166 Distortion Awakening (3)

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Kang-hoo and the summoner’s training ended much later than Kim Shin-ryung had expected.

Even though a long time had passed, Kim Shin-ryung was not bored for even a moment.

Because I was busy following Kang-hoo’s movements and watching the battle with the summoned beast with interest, I didn’t have time to look away.

I swallowed my dry saliva in the middle of the meal and was so startled by the sting in my throat.

That’s how I lost my mind and watched with my mouth open. I didn’t even realize that I was doing that.

‘It’s definitely not luck.’

Kim Shin-ryeong, with her keen eye, realized that the skills that Kang-hoo had shown were definitely not the result of chance or luck.

Even a Hunter who has gained great power by chance will not find it difficult to skillfully demonstrate destructive power in a short battle.

However, long-term warfare is a different story. Long-term warfare requires experience and skill.

Kang-hoo was thoroughly the latter.

Rather, he used the movements of his summons as a material to upgrade himself.

Kim Shin-ryeong herself had called Kang-hoo because she needed him, but it felt like the opposite had happened.

It felt like I was helping him grow in reverse? So I kept having mixed feelings.

“Oh my.”

Kim Shin-ryung burst into laughter as she looked at the summoned creature’s status window.

All of them only have the sign ‘Recovering’ written on them. This means that all of the summoned creatures were defeated while fighting Kang-hoo.

It’s not like I used my summons with as much force as I would in a real battle.

But by this point, Kang-hoo had calculated that he could at least ‘hold out’ against him.

Considering the difference in level, it’s amazing that they were able to endure it.

Kim Shin-ryeong clapped her hands toward Kang-hu, who was sweating profusely, and spoke with emphasis.

“Good. Very good. It was a feast for the eyes. I wonder if I worked too hard.”

I was sincere.

I was so grateful to Kang-hoo, who trained with all his might without any leeway.

Of course, it was because a price had been promised, but Kim Shin-ryung could still sense the sincerity.

“I just gave it my all because it was a win-win situation for both of us. All the summons are top-notch. It’s amazing.”

Kang-hoo was surprised several times when he felt that Kim Shin-ryung’s summons were more powerful than he had imagined.

The growth status of each summoned creature was too good to be considered negligent in management.

The basic combat feel was good, except for some learning issues.

I was envious of him as a colleague. Of course, that would never happen, but I wanted to work together in the dungeon.

“It’s really interesting. If you ask me who the master is, it would be very rude, right?”

“Shall I be honest with you?”

“Then I should be grateful.”

“doesn’t exist.”

“lie.”

“It’s true.”

As soon as she heard Kang-hoo’s answer, Kim Shin-ryeong couldn’t believe it, so much so that she immediately thought it was a lie.

If this level of assassination skill was achieved without even a teacher, what would happen if only one good teacher was attached to it?

I don’t know for sure, but he will become an assassin with more destructive power than the one he has now.

“All of my summons are capable of dealing with level 250 to 300 hunters.”

“That’s right.”

“You fought a long and splendid battle against such a summoner. You taught yourself this? Should I believe you?”

“You are free to believe it or not, but my answer is always the same: There is no teacher.”

Kang-hoo found Kim Shin-ryeong’s surprised reaction really funny. On the other hand, he also felt good because it seemed like he was being acknowledged.

“Thank you anyway. Now it’s time to keep our promise. Are you ready?”

“Of course.”

“Wait a minute. I think I need to get something from the security storage.”

“Yes. I will wait.”

“Come inside. You can warm yourself up in front of the fireplace.”

“I don’t mind.”

Kang-hoo followed Kim Shin-ryeong into the mansion and sat down in front of the warm fireplace.

Meanwhile, Kim Shin-ryung went down underground for a long time and did not come back up.

I thought it was talking about the nearby underground, but it seems to go much deeper underground.

Considering what she does, it wasn’t a strange structure.

The same goes for thinking about security as your top priority and paying attention to it. Too much is a hundred times better than not enough.

‘About 3rd or 4th grade.’

Kang-hoo expected something like that.

It’s not like Kim Shin-ryung took the destroyed weapon for free.

It must have been brought in at some price. In that case, it would be difficult to give Kang-hoo such an expensive item.

Realistically, I think it’s more likely to be a 4th grade. Even a 3rd grade is a luxury after seeing it twice.

Anyway, the reason Kang-hoo came here was to build a network with Kim Shin-ryeong.

It is an investment for the future.

The purpose of obtaining the destroyed weapon was more like a small excuse. A weight that would not be regrettable even if it was broken?

The goal has already been achieved.

Kim Shin-ryung looked quite satisfied with herself for fighting with all her might against the summoned beast.

Her eyes and words proved that she could not hide her emotions. It was filled with trust and affection.

How long have I waited?

As the sweat cooled and my slightly shivering body warmed up by the fireplace, I began to feel hot.

Kim Shin-ryeong came with a dagger and threw it at Kang-hu without a second thought.

Since it was a dagger in a scabbard, it wouldn’t be a problem to receive it however you wanted.

She said.

“Look. It’s a destroyed weapon, so it can’t be used in actual combat. But it should be fine to feed it to your weapon.”

“Thank you. Just a moment.”

The moment Kang-hoo takes off the scabbard and holds the item in his hand.

“… … ?”

I was shocked when I saw the item’s grade displayed in the status window. It wasn’t even grade 4 or 3… … it was grade 2!

They gave him an item worth a whopping 100 billion won.

Of course, since it was a destroyed weapon, the purchase price would have been much lower, but in any case, its initial value would have been unconditionally 100 billion won.

“How does it look?”

“Isn’t this a second-class item?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

Kim Shin-ryung made a face as if to say, “What’s so great about that?”

It didn’t feel like I was bragging about money in a cheap way.

Then, it felt like he thought he couldn’t even use this much. It was like the feeling of luxury of those who have it?

“You really paid a lot for it.”

“The purchase price is not much. Don’t forget that it’s a destroyed weapon. Don’t be so grateful that you feel embarrassed.”

Kim Shin-ryung shrugged, turned her head, and drank the tea that had been steeped in water.

If it were someone else, I would at least watch to see how Kang-hoo reacts and what his expression is like.

She didn’t seem to care much.

“Then I will feed you right away.”

“Oh. Okay, do that.”

【Distorted Awakening – By utilizing the Corrupted Belief of a weapon of the same series, you can absorb some of its stats.

A total of 5 absorptions are possible, and the higher the total stats of the weapon, the greater the absorption amount.

When you bring a corrupted belief to the weapon you wish to absorb, the distortion awakening is activated.】

Kang-hoo checked the tooltip one last time and then proceeded with the Distortion Awakening.

As described, when I brought the dagger, Corrupted Belief, to the destroyed weapon, the Distorted Awakening was immediately activated.

Proceed without hesitation.

The results came out right away.

After feeding the destroyed weapon, which previously had 300 strength and 300 agility stats, to the corrupted belief.

The stat increase value of the fallen belief increased from 350 to 440 for strength, and from 0 to 90 for agility.

A total of 180 stats have been raised.

Considering that it was made using materials that had no value as weapons in the first place, it was a huge gain. Kang-hoo didn’t even invest a single penny in the process.

“How about it? Maybe a 30% increase?”

“That’s correct. Strength increased by 90 and Agility increased by 90.”

“That’s good. Don’t ask about the purchase price, even if you’re curious. I won’t tell you even if I die.”

“You don’t have to tell me. I’ll just exaggerate it in a positive way and make you imagine a lot.”

“That’s a bit presumptuous. Are you offering to do me a favor?”

“I will never forget to be grateful.”

“Anyway, that’s a simple question. Why are you so good at answering questions so eloquently?”

“If you talk to each other often, your thoughts will change.”

Kang-hoo said with a faint smile.

Considering that close friends Park Dong-jae and Jung Yu-ri always point out Kang-hoo’s ‘uninteresting’ conversations…

Kim Shin-ryung felt that she still didn’t know much about herself. That must be because she only saw a part of herself.

“I hope you can help me with summoner training often in the future. I hope we can meet in other ways as well.”

“Are there any other issues?”

“What… … I get a chance to test out a dagger I crafted or modified?”

“Tester?”

“That’s what it is. I’ll pay you a reasonable price each time, so don’t worry about that.”

“Okay. Contact me and we can coordinate our schedules to meet.”

“Yeah. You’ve worked hard.”

“Thank you for the dagger. I will put it to good use.”

“Let’s meet often.”

“yes.”

That’s how my meeting with Kim Shin-ryung ended.

Of all the experiences I’ve had so far, this was the easiest one to raise my stats in.

Just feed it a weapon and its stats will change immediately. How great would it be if growth were this easy?

Anyway, after leaving her mansion, Kang-hoo walked along the well-paved road in front of the mansion to get some fresh air.

But right then.

At the bottom of the status window related to the fallen belief, letters slowly appeared.

It wasn’t there right after I fed it the weapon, but later on, it started to take on color and the letters became visible.

【New options are activated by achieving special conditions. They will be activated after a set waiting time.】

“This is my first time seeing this.”

This was an issue that had never been experienced in the original.

This is because the main character, Jang Si-hwan, did not have an item that fed him other weapons like a corrupted belief.

Because there wasn’t much to do in the novel about item descriptions for characters other than the main character.

This has never been mentioned in the narrative.

I’ve thought about it and imagined it at least once, but I’ve never written it down in detail.

‘This too.’

It would be the realm of the unconscious.

It is a structure completely shrouded in mystery.

They didn’t tell us what the special conditions were, and they didn’t tell us how long the waiting time was.

The content flows thoroughly according to the system’s pace.

‘I think we’ll need to do some more research on the area of ​​feeding items in the future. This area is largely unknown.’

There is more to study.

It is clear that the original author himself was the one who created this huge worldview.

But I didn’t draw all the pictures. I left some blank spaces, leaving room for thought.

That gap is now appearing as a ‘new option’ to fill the void.

There is no need to explain or create a world that has not been covered in the novel.

In this world where I had been trapped, every blank space was filled to the brim.

The answer to that blank must be found in the subconscious.

That is, on the vague and ambiguous borderline of neither knowing nor not knowing.

at that time.

【A Hunter who has acquired the hidden skill ‘Madness of Blood Sucking’ has appeared.】

A hidden skill notification has appeared, shared only with the owner of the hidden skill.

At this very moment.

It seemed that somewhere on Earth, a hidden skill related to bloodsucking had appeared.