Chapter 368
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Thinking quietly, does this have any meaning?
Is it some side effect from swallowing that Fragment of Dahaka?
Hmm. Right, to summarize the situation, I ate that Fragment of Dahaka and almost went on a rampage like in the original work.
I managed to survive somehow, but whether it’s a side effect or not, a horn grew on my head.
It’s probably Dahaka’s.
It suddenly occurred to me. Actually, having a horn in this world isn’t all that unusual.
Because there are cases where one’s appearance changes during awakening.
If so, couldn’t I just just brush it off as something like that?
No, of course it feels a bit weird, but it feels as if it was originally mine, so it’s hard to express in words.
Why does this newly grown thing feel like mine?
“Hmm. Well, whatever.”
“What?”
“No, it’s nothing, Superior. I just grew a horn, that’s all.”
“I’m sorry. It’s because of me.”
The fucking gay guy is getting depressed all by himself.
No, what’s the point of saying that now?
Besides, surprisingly, I feel completely fine right now. I don’t know why. Anyway, I’m fine, so I wish he’d drop it.
“Right. It is because of you, but I also feel like I’ll be able to retract this later. I think it’s fine.”
I have this feeling that it’ll be fine once I get used to it later on.
So, I wish he wouldn’t make that kind of face.
If it were a woman, maybe, but I hate it when a man makes a face like that.
“You swallowed Dahaka’s Core, so there’s no telling what changes might happen to your body.”
“There’ll be changes to my body?”
“Yeah. Like becoming a Mutant. Actually, it’s already a bit suspicious.”
Certainly, my body right now is, how should I say it. It feels strange.
Should I say there’s a change in the body itself?
It feels a bit more comfortable and all. Like it’s incredibly vibrant, refreshing inside, and light compared to before? Something like that.
Choi Siwoo still seems worried, though.
“We don’t know anything for sure yet. Let’s just wait and see for now.”
“From now on, I’ll protect you.”
“You keep spouting bullshit. My body is fine for now, so let’s just go. Hmm.”
My mouth feels somewhat dry.
I opened my mouth, then let out a deep sigh out of frustration.
Fwoooosh.
At that moment, something like a fireball spewed out of my mouth.
A pure white fireball, at that. A very pretty fireball.
Something is coming out of my mouth, but it’s not hot at all.
I don’t know what it is. But it looks incredibly powerful.
This power surging from within! It’s on a different level from before.
-It feels like my power got an upgrade.
-The author did say something like that, right?
Right. This is a true awakening.
Like in that certain manga where they gather Dragon Balls and their hair turns yellow, or in other shonen manga where the protagonist awakens and gets stronger.
Isn’t it a good thing if I think of it like that?
I was definitely told I was Dahaka. Did I then awaken Dahaka’s abilities? Hmm, if that’s the case, doesn’t this turn into an overpowered munchkin story?
Well, I should pretend to be surprised.
“What is this?”
“Isn’t it a side effect? As expected, you don’t have a normal human body right now.”
“Well. Hmm. Isn’t it fine as long as we keep our mouths shut about it?”
There’s no need to tell Yu Jinseok and make him worry.
The fucking gay guy is annoying enough as it is, but wouldn’t he also run around everywhere trying to fix me somehow?
It’s fine to just treat it as a simple awakening.
“That’s true, but still, usually, something like this should just be told to senior Yu Jinseok.”
“Will saying anything change it?”
No matter how I look at it, I don’t think so.
“That’s not it, but still.”
“Let’s just think of it as an awakening. Then it’s simple. Bringing it up for no reason will only make things bigger.”
“Is that so?”
“Yeah. Let’s just prepare for the team battle. I just simply grew a horn, that’s all.”
It would be fucking great to make a woman with love handles like this give a blowjob. It feels a bit weird since it’s me, but still, it’s just one horn that grew.
It’s fine. This much is fine.
It might be a bit uncomfortable when washing my hair, but whatever. That’s the feeling. I have this feeling that I’ll be able to control the horn later once I can use this power properly.
“Uh, but it’s not a normal thing.”
“What?”
“You were the one who killed Kim Jaesu, you know? Pure white stuff came out back then too.”
Me? I killed a person?
No, well, Kim Jaesu deserves to die, but.
I’m not originally a character in this novel, and committing murder with the sensibilities of a modern person is a bit…
That guy Kim Seung-jun lived too, didn’t he?
“I killed him?”
“Yeah. You smiled incredibly wickedly and said you were glad the seal was released. That’s why I thought you were a bit dangerous.”
Right. Just hearing about it sounds really scary.
Because it’s no different from me developing chuunibyou without even realizing it and going, “Kukuku, the Black Flame Dragon in my hand.”
“That’s just chuunibyou. Don’t lie.”
“I’m telling you it’s real. I even took a video in the middle of it.”
Choi Siwoo suddenly showed me his phone.
A video was playing on the phone. It was just… something that couldn’t be expressed in words to watch that video.
“Oh, fu-ck.”
It was true. A truly massive chuunibyou was right there.
-Since you released my seal, I’ll finish you off as a token of gratitude.
-Ki-ll. Kuaaaagh!
It’s chuunibyou Yu Eunha.
Ah fuck, why did I say that.
This is really on the level of chuunibyou. It seems it would be best for my circumstances to lay low for a while.
“I’ll keep it a secret for you.”
Fuck, I really want to die.
No, right now, my head being a bit dazed is a bigger problem than that.
Every now and then, my head throbs and it feels like I’m seeing unfamiliar memories.
For example, me burning people to a crisp with this ability.
Or laughing bizarrely while killing people.
Is this the effect of awakening?
Dahaka’s power… isn’t this just the cliché of the protagonist gaining the final boss’s power? Then wouldn’t it be nice to go on a vigorous rampage for once?
-Ah, that’s a bit childish.
Self-Splitting saying that was a bonus.
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A pure white space.
A woman leaned her back against the backrest of a chair.
“Is it finally proceeding properly now?”
To think that miscellaneous ability prepared in advance would actually be helpful.
The Evil Dragon had finally reclaimed its place.
Not as the Evil Dragon that once went on a rampage and plunged the world into an apocalypse, but now as a human.
Instead of accepting the promised apocalypse, she would change the world again as a human.
“However, what will happen from now on…”
Still, it should be fine for right now.
Because Yu Eunha’s life has only just begun. At least, unlike the contents of the novel she knew, this side’s Yu Eunha was different.
Because that is the difference between a novel and reality.
She will slowly come to realize that this isn’t a work of fiction, either.
I sincerely hope she lives her own life from now on.
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Korean Hunter Association
The day of Kim Jaesu’s betrayal and the attack on Hanseong Academy.
Association President Choi Cheolsik and Vice President Jeong Nayun suffered from a headache.
Thanks to Choi Siwoo’s active role, the Academy’s damage was lessened, but the Hunters were a different story.
Kim Jaesu’s Academy Attack Incident caused unexpectedly massive damage.
“The number of dead Hunters alone exceeds 100. It seems the Association’s Hunter Military Authority can no longer be used.”
100 dead Hunters alone.
Choi Siwoo tried to prevent even this, but because Kim Jaesu moved faster than in the original work, protecting the Academy was the best Choi Siwoo could do.
Therefore, the guilds' damage was quite large.
“Is it at least fortunate that the Academy’s damage was lessened?”
“Still, quite a few talents stood out through this incident.”
“What about the prominent guilds?”
“Among the prominent guilds, about 10 d-rank hunters from the Rose Guild who were urgently dispatched this time were killed or injured. Also, Vice Guild Master Choi Jun-oh of the Steel Guild is currently in the intensive care unit of the Hunter Central Hospital due to Kim Jaesu’s One strike. He will probably never be able to live as a Hunter again.”
But it’s a shame that the guilds' damage is quite large.
Kim Jaesu dying this time is quite peculiar.
“Who did you say was the kid who killed Kim Jaesu this time?”
“It’s Yu Jinseok’s younger sister, Yu Eunha. Here, look at this.”
Jeong Nayun showed the video recorded on the CCTV.
Suddenly, at some point, a white-haired girl with a horn on her head was mercilessly beating Kim Jaesu, whose arm had been blown off.
Although Choi Siwoo had already blown off one of his arms, it happened in a situation where Kim Jaesu had immediately readjusted his grip on his spear and was lunging back in.
It was Kim Jaesu, who was even in a state of having become a mutant.
On top of that, his combat power was on the high side among the Yu Jinseok Generation, and Yu Eunha, who had only just awakened, was beating up such a Kim Jaesu.
White flames were surging from Yu Eunha’s body.
“Did she undergo a Second awakening or something? What is this power? Putting aside the ability of that White Flame for now, isn’t she overwhelming that Kim Jaesu with just her physical abilities?”
That is truly amazing.
Because that is a physical prowess that even Yu Jinseok couldn’t easily achieve.
Not her main ability, but her basics. She suppressed Kim Jaesu using solely taijutsu to the point of flustering him, and completely shattered the spear made from the Demon Dragon’s scales.
That was the truth of what happened while Yu Eunha was collapsed.
“Can’t we hear what she’s saying?”
“No. The angle is also subtle, so we can’t judge by her mouth shape either.”
“But that appearance is just like…”
“Ah, indeed. That looks just like Dahaka.”
The two recalled the Evil Dragon Dahaka.
Dahaka, the worst disaster in history, who transformed variably into both a Dragon Form and a human form.
That girl named Yu Eunha was using an ability similar to that Evil Dragon.
Of course, there is a huge difference in ability compared to the entity known as Dahaka that remains in videos now, but,
“Dahaka died, right?”
“Yes. As far as we know, it died.”
“And it wasn’t even us who killed it; it was as if it just left after finishing what it had to do.”
“Yes.”
“Well, then there’s no way Yu Eunha is Dahaka.”
For a very brief moment, they had their doubts.
That Skill definitely belongs to Dahaka, but,
Come to think of it, Yu Eunha is Yu Jinseok’s younger sister and a human.
When one awakens, they usually cease to be a normal human, but that much is a common occurrence. There’s no way she could be Dahaka.
“That must be it. Let alone the fact that she’s Yu Jinseok’s younger sister.”
“Besides, Dahaka is capable of devastating a continent with a single attack. Yu Eunha’s attack is strong, but it’s on the cute side.”
Right. That much belongs on the fairly cute side.
Of course there’s no way she’s Dahaka.
“Hmm, still, is it a body that wields the Evil Dragon’s power?”
“By the way, hasn’t the core Kim Jaesu was holding been recovered yet?”
“Ah, Choi Siwoo said it exploded.”
Exploded. He really pulls all sorts of stunts.
“It did look ominous, though. Did he fail while trying to catch Choi Siwoo with it?”
“To think Kim Jaesu would go that far.”
He fell, but he fell too far.
They knew his inferiority complex toward Yu Jinseok was high, but who would have known it was to that extent.
It was something completely unexpected.