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Side Story 29
-Wow... how many bad endings did we see?
-In the end, they all get swept up by the Taiji and die;
-It feels like Seong Jihan-nim is deliberately finding and collecting situations where he dies...
During a week of intense action.
Viewers watched Seong Jihan get swept up by the Taiji in various settings.
At first, it started with a basement two-room and a smuggling ship.
Later, they could see the Taiji rising in slightly better environments.
-Still, since it's just the background... it's not like he really dies, right?
-Yeah, yeah. Each time it ends with the surroundings collapsing first.
-So, it just felt like watching a natural disaster. lol
-But I'm a little tired of the Taiji now...
-frfr, it feels like the Taiji always spins in reverse now. lol
Still, while the viewers didn't see the details of how the souls of the Taiji died.
Seong Jihan himself could see exactly how they ended up, as he absorbed their fragments.
'Geez... they all died from the Taiji.'
As if the name "soul of the Taiji" wasn't given without reason.
The Seong Jihan inside the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams.
No matter the situation, they all got swept up in the Taiji, their bodies torn apart and disappearing.
However.
"This uncle... well, he was amazing..."
"Why?"
As the scale of the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams increased, the environment surrounding Seong Jihan in the formation was also getting better.
Among the various situations that appeared.
"I didn't know uncle liked women that much."
"Hmm..."
"How could he have 9... geez..."
In the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams they entered and destroyed last, a scene appeared that was enough to disgust Yoon Seah.
'When my sister told me I was seeing 9 people, I just laughed it off...'
He didn't know it was true.
Seong Jihan recalled the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams he had just entered.
Seong Jihan was lying in bed with five women as soon as he entered.
Soon after, he could see four more women entering.
-9-timing lol, it was legendary.
-I've never seen such a large bed in my life lol, how many people were lying there, wtf?
-Honestly, am I the only one who was expecting an R-rated scene...?
-heheh... still, Yoon Seah was there too, so that couldn't happen.
-I thought I could see Seong Jihan-nim's taste in women... there were all the races there. ^^
Like that, the various women had pointed their fingers at Yoon Seah, who had entered the formation with them, and screamed that she wasn't the 10th one.
"I got my hair grabbed in the bathroom later... They asked if I wasn't the 10th one, and they scolded me in English, asking where I had crawled out from."
"Is that so...?"
"Yes. Uncle really... was that his plan if he was successful? I thought he only liked gambling, but I guess it wasn't just that."
"No. That was just one case, right? It was just one exception among many deaths."
Seong Jihan tried his best to shield the soul of Taiji while acting like a third party, but
"Is that so...?"
Whether it was because of the shock of being treated like a rolling stone by the women and getting her hair grabbed.
Yoon Seah couldn't easily agree.
Still, thinking that it would be rude to talk about her uncle's womanizing to the Martial God.
She changed the subject.
"Um... but the old man who appeared in the flashbacks of the large Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams, was he perhaps the Martial God Dongbang Sak?"
"Yeah."
When they dismantled large Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams.
Even if Dongbang Sak didn't appear in person, he would appear in the flashback scenes of the fragments.
So, Yoon Seah was already aware of his existence.
"The last time I was dragged in with Sophia, he showed himself in person. But he hasn't appeared until now."
"Ah... then, maybe he'll appear in that Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams?"
"Maybe."
Seong Jihan nodded looking at the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams that was telling him to bring either Lee Hayeon or Lim Gayeong.
Whether it was because there wasn't a target to protect until now, the Taiji had activated as soon as he had entered.
But in the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams that told him to bring a specific person, things might play out differently.
'The stat Blue has stopped increasing at 20.'
The stat that had been increasing steadily as they dismantled Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams for a week.
Had become stagnant and stopped increasing at 20.
With this stat, could he defeat Dongbang Sak inside the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams?
'It doesn't seem easy yet.'
Although he only wielded the Taiji sword.
He was a strong opponent that was difficult to beat with just stat 20.
He needed to grow more here to have a chance, but it had stalled at 20.
'I want to enter with at least one more point in stat Blue...'
Seong Jihan suddenly remembered sub-quest 1.
The quest that would give him a point in stat Blue if Yoon Seah reached Diamond League.
Now that he had removed this many Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams, couldn't they reach Diamond soon?
"Seah, what's your level?"
"I'm 196 right now."
"Then you're in Platinum League?"
"Yes... I just breezed by Silver and Gold without playing a single game."
She had only destroyed Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams for a week, so high-speed growth was to be expected.
However.
"Your growth has slowed down compared to the beginning."
"Yes. Actually... my level up has stagnated around 190."
"Is that so?"
"Yes. I need 4 more levels to reach Diamond..."
The Diamond League started at level 200.
She was really close to the goal.
'Then, since we've been running non-stop for a week, I should let her level up.'
Whether he entered with Blue 20 or 21, it didn't seem like there would be a huge difference, but.
He still wanted to prepare as much as possible before entering.
And there was also the issue of persuading either Lee Hayeon or Lim Gayeong.
'I should take some time to prepare until she levels up 4 more times.'
He decided to return to the BattleNet Center for now.
When he opened the portal and returned to the room they were staying in.
Knock. Knock.
Not long after they had arrived, the sound of knocking was heard.
"Come in."
"Ah. You've returned...!"
The one who opened the door and entered was Department Head Park Yoonsik, who had become the Martial God's handler.
"Why? Is something wrong?"
"We were worried because you were gone for too long..."
"I've been coming and going a lot though?"
Seong Jihan was fine even if he didn't eat now.
But Yoon Seah had to eat and sleep.
Even during the week-long intense action, they had been returning through portals to rest from time to time.
Still.
'I was in the center for a while until recently. They must be worried since I keep going in and out.'
From the perspective of the Korean government, who needed to hold onto the Martial God at all cost.
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It seemed like they were worried that he might move somewhere else as Seong Jihan was showing active movement.
And that was why.
"We've prepared what you told us about before!"
"Huh? What?"
"The gear for Yoon Seah-nim to use..."
"Ah, right. I did mention something like that."
Seong Jihan had asked for Yoon Seah's gear to be prepared as a passing comment.
The Korea BattleNet League was fulfilling that request with 200% sincerity.
"We couldn't find any SSS-grade items because there were none in stock, but... we did our best to prepare SS-grade gear...! Of course, this is not enough, but we thought it would be best if you tried using this while we look for others..."
"Hoo. SS-grade? Aren't you overdoing it?"
"No! It was something that the Martial God mentioned. Of course we have to get it for you!"
Park Yoonsik answered as if it was a matter of course at Seong Jihan's question.
He looked at Yoon Seah.
"Then, get your gear and reach level 200."
"Ah... Level 200? Yes!"
"You've leveled up too much right now, so first, get used to the increased stats."
Yoon Seah had grown rapidly in the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams.
But, her body that had originally been in Bronze League had suddenly advanced to Platinum League.
And she was also level 196, which was the final stage, so it wasn't going to be easy for her to adapt.
"Did you put in your stats?"
"Ah. Not yet. I've been too busy entering the formations..."
"Put them in and then try moving around."
Yoon Seah, following Seong Jihan's directions, increased her stats.
"Uh...?"
Bang!
She lightly tried to jump and then hit her head on the ceiling.
"Ah, ouch..."
"You should get used to it before going into the BattleNet."
If a Bronze was suddenly given the stats of a Platinum, it would be more than a child suddenly becoming an adult.
Looking at Yoon Seah, who was touching her head that she had bumped into with a tearful expression.
'This... it might take some time.'
Seong Jihan thought that it might not be so easy to level up 4 times.
Then.
-Lord. In my imperial family, there is a martial art suitable for this situation.
-My father created a method for the successor who received internal energy through Remote Energy Transfer to adapt quickly.
Kang Seol-young had sent him a message in the chat window.
Remote Energy Transfer was talking about transferring internal energy to disciples or children, right?
But there was a method to adapt quickly in that state.
'Geez... Seol-young is like a walking martial arts dictionary.'
Seong Jihan had far surpassed the realm of humans through training in Ark, but.
There were still things he could take note of from Kang Seol-young regarding this kind of martial arts control method.
'I should go out and hear about the method.'
He had been able to clear the sub-quest 1, that he thought would take the longest time, quickly thanks to the Disciple of the Martial God title.
He should just clear it right now and then go on to get the linked quest.
'And then, I can reach Blue 21 and fight Dongbang Sak properly...'
To do that, Yoon Seah had to quickly adapt to her current state and reach level 200.
Seong Jihan, who had made that decision, immediately did a temporary log out.
Zzzzzz...!
-Oh... he logged out.
-It was a week of intense action. lol
-Even when I play games, I don't purposely seek out bad endings... I'm seeing them on Seong Jihan-nim's broadcast.
-Still, you saw him with 9 women lol, that doesn't seem like a bad ending.
-No, that's the most terrible ending. They were all swept away by the Taiji in that situation.
-Yeah, it's more upsetting to create a harem and die than to die while smuggling oneself in...
As Seong Jihan logged out and the viewers were typing various things after looking at the black screen.
'....Huh?'
Yoon Seah became aware of the world that had completely stopped.
* * *
'Suddenly... what's going on?'
No.
Just a moment ago, she was talking with the Martial God?
He had clearly told her that she needed to adapt before going into the BattleNet.
Hadn't he been worried about her?
But not long after those words ended.
The world had suddenly stopped like this?
'Why, why... isn't it moving? The Martial God-nim is also still... what the heck?'
Had her stats exploded so much that she was hallucinating or had lost consciousness?
When Yoon Seah had no idea what was going on.
[You have a part of the ‘Soul of Taiji’.]
[You share senses with ‘Seong Jihan’.]
White letters appeared in front of her eyes.
Paaah...!
Her vision flashed white.
And what appeared after the light stopped was.
A living room that she had seen many times.
'That's... me?'
It was Yoon Seah, who was chuckling to herself.
"Uncle! I saw everything! How can a person actually see 9 people at the same time?"
Slap!
The stinging sensation she felt on her forearm.
The Yoon Seah in front of her was smiling while hitting 'her' forearm.
No.
More accurately, it was hitting the forearm of 'Seong Jihan' who was sharing senses.
And then.
"Hey. Well, maybe there was a Seong Jihan like that. Anyways, that's not me, right?"
From the mouth that was sharing senses.
Her uncle's voice came out.
"Geez... but uncle. Why are you so abstinent right now? There's a rumor that you might secretly like men, you know?"
"Shut up, you little brat. You should start dating someone yourself."
"Eh. Me, well... I need a man that is befitting of the world number 1 rank to date!"
Looking at 'Yoon Seah', who shrugged her shoulders.
Yoon Seah felt a pang in her heart for some reason.
'No. Why... am I here? What does she mean by world number 1 ranking...?'
Like that, without knowing what was happening.
While only holding onto this uneasy feeling, she listened to the two of them talking.
Thud, thud, thud...!
Along with the sound of the window opening.
"Lord."
A woman wearing a pure white martial arts uniform entered the living room.
"....Sister. Use the door when you come in."
"That would take too long, since the Lord is looking for me."
While saying that, the woman looked this way and smiled with her eyes.
"Lord. I have prepared the martial arts to teach to 'Fake Seah'..."
......What?
"No. Sister! What do you mean by Fake Seah!"
"Huh? Isn't 'fake' another word for imitation? That's what everyone was saying in the chat window."
"That's a slang word. A slang word! It's not something that the Princess should be saying!"
"Ah. It's a slang word. I wondered why it felt good to say."
The conversation between the women went on like that, but.
'Fake? Am I fake...?'
Yoon Seah, who heard the conversation through their shared senses, fell into great confusion.
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