The Gamer - Restart

by TheBlackDuelist

An AU story that retells the Manhwa known as "The Gamer" where our protagonist, Han Jee-Han will be forced to not only grow as a warrior but also as a man while he faces the cruel dangers of the Abyss without his "Gamer's Mind" passive. Rated T as this series will take on a much darker tone as Jee-Han climbs to the top of the Abyss, crushing anyone that gets in his way.

11. (Arc 1 Finale) Chapter 11

A/N: The finale has cometh!

It's been a long road but we've finally reached the last chapter of the 1st arc of the story. Once again, I'm really thankful towards all of you who've continued to read my story and your reviews always bring a smile to my face.

NinjaFang1331: Thanks! Things are definitely looking different and you'll see that in this week's chapter!

Guest 2: Your praise is very much appreciated. I'll do my best to meet your expectations!

Dulemina: Your very welcome!

Claw Reacher: Those ideas are definitely interesting and I'll keep them in mind. Mana armor sounds like something Jee-Han would think of for more defence while Mana weapons is a concept I was actually working on myself. The reason why he hasn't actually tried them is because he's been a bit preoccupied. Once things settle down, he'll fully explore more of his powers.

With that said, let's jump right in!

Disclaimer: TheBlackDuelist does not claim any ownership of "The Gamer" Manhwa written by Sung San-Young and Sang-Ah. I am not using this fan fiction to make profit off of this story.

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The Gamer – Restart

Arc 1: Finale

Chapter 11

Let's rewind a bit before Jee-Han and the others had arrived to help Sung-Gong.

【10:15 AM, Near the Illusion Barrier】

"S-Slow... pant... down!"

Jee-Han's muffled voice rang out to the several individuals in front of him who tried tune out his whining.

"Hah? If we don't go at this pace we'll never make it there in time. It's not our fault you can't keep up, slow poke"

Jee-Han's eyebrows twitched in annoyance at the less than welcoming reply from Sun-Il who was keeping a steady pace ahead and wasn't short a single breath. He had been training his stamina ever since he was just a kid; running at this speed for hours was child's play for him.

"Come on now Jee-Han, show us the power of a natural ability user!"

That voice came from the excited Sae-Young who was moving next to Sun-Il, not even bothering to hide the mockery in her tone. The thought of being tired or exhausted was a foreign concept to this woman as her toned legs carried her on. Being an Olympic athlete that ran marathons as a warm-up, it came as no surprise to Jee-Han that she wasn't even the slightest bit fatigued.

Jee-Han was bothered at how they were making fun of the fact that despite being a natural ability user, he was still weaker than both of them by a large margin. Well, it wasn't like he could disagree with that notion. Getting his powers only recently, the idea of suddenly becoming the strongest badass around was a far cry from reality. Someday however, he would definitely make sure to flaunt his awesomeness in their faces. That'd show em.

"This just shows that the boy lacks proper training. It seems as if we'll have to give him the baby course to get started" Sun-Oh who had been travelling along with them by jumping from rooftops nearby proclaimed as Sun-Il and Sae-Young both snickered.

"Like hell you will!"

Jee-Han's nagging was ignored as they continued down the empty streets to the source of the rip in the dimension. Sae-Young had already taken the initiative in creating an Illusion Barrier so that they wouldn't be spotted by normal civilians who lived in this area. That was only a temporary solution however, as they still needed to deal with the giant rip in the sky that was getting larger by the second.

"I sense Sung-Gong's presence within that barrier... could he... " Sun-Oh frowned as he recalled his talk with the Black Summoner. If memory served right, he had made sure to warn him of the possible consequences of his soul gathering and it seemed that he was right to do so. A sigh came from the elder's mouth at the troublesome development and he made a note to scold the man for causing such a mess.

"Hey, gramps!" Jee-Han called as he had finally decided to activate the『Chunbu Foot Technique』to not get left behind. "We'll be in trouble with Gaia if that Illusion Barrier is broken right?"

Sun-Oh turned his attention to Jee-Han who had caught up with Sae-Young and Sun-Il, giving him a slight nod.

"Correct. One of Gaia's founding philosophies is that the super natural should never become public, no matter the circumstance."

A worrisome look appeared on Jee-Han's face as he remembered Sun-Il's warning regarding those who tried to use their powers to affect the real world. If that Illusion Barrier broke and whatever monsters inside decided to come out, just how would Gaia deal with the situation? More importantly, in what way would a man as powerful as Sung-Gong suffer under Gaia's judgment? The mere thought made Jee-Han's spine crawl.

"We'll need to create a shield to contain that crack so that even if it should break, the contents of whatever is inside would not leak to the real world"

Sun-Il had now joined the conversation and offered his input.

"Hou..." Sun-Oh gave Sun-Il an approving look. "As expected of my grandson"

Sun-Il could only produce a genuine smile as he blushed at the compliment. Sae-Young noticed this and elbowed him on how it wasn't fair to get ahead. Yes, she too was competing with Sun-Il for the spot of becoming the Chunbumoon's official head but it could be said that she was fighting a losing battle. Sun-Oh had already named Sun-Il as his successor years ago and she took the news pretty hard but got over it when she resolved herself to change Sun-Oh's mind before the inheritance ceremony.

Jee-Han was clueless to how their system worked but understood at the very least that while they were cousins, they were also rivals. If it was from his own opinion, he believed Sae-Young to be stronger than Sun-Il and just in case, decided to inspect her.

"Observe"

Name: Poong Sae-Young
Class: Chunbumoon's Champion
Title:《Charismatic Brawler》
Level: 36

STR: 82
VIT: 95
DEX: 82
INT: 26
WIS: 11
LUK: 35

EXP Level: 0.00 %

"What are these beastly like stats!?"

Jee-Han almost tripped on his own two feet as he basked in Sae-Young's remarkable stats. If these were accurate, it would make her almost twice as strong as Sun-Il and over four times stronger than himself. Just imagining what it would feel like taking a serious punch from her made him shudder in fear. What was she, some sort of super amazon?

Looking at the "SP" stat, Jee-Han had a proud smile on his face at how now he could finally see those beautiful numbers. When he had visited the Chunbumoon earlier with Sun-Il, he immediately requested the man to teach him the『Spirit Channel』and fortunately, Sun-Il had a book on it. He wasted no time in absorbing it and learned how to utilize chi, though he was still a novice at it. He really had to thank Gaia for giving him such a convenient power, it really rocked!

Focusing back on Sae-Young who was running in front of him and chatting with Sun-Il, Jee-Han's attention was drawn to her plump rear and slick thighs as he felt his face redden from embarrassment. He didn't know whether to thank Sae-Young for such a delicious view or to curse her for trying to unconsciously seduce him in a situation like this. Even though he knew it was wrong, he kept his eyes firmly glued on her rear when suddenly...

«Ding!»

A skill has been created through a special act! Through continuous observation of a female's body, "Perverted Gaze", has been created.

『Perverted Gaze (Passive) Lvl 1: EXP: 0.00%』

A skill created by "The Gamer" to stare perversely at a member of the opposite sex.

"What the fuck!?"

Jee-Han went into frenzy at what his powers had bestowed upon him and deleted the forbidden skill immediately, ignoring the odd looks coming from Sae-Young and Sun-Il. He awkwardly laughed as he scratched the back of his head and kept his head down to avoid their stares, especially Sae-Young's. He would never admit to her that admiring her well shaped ass had given him a new skill. He'd take that secret to the grave.

Sun-Oh observed the antics of the boy and just raised his eyebrow in utter confusion. Trying to figure out what went on in the head of a game freak like Jee-Han was task too daunting even for the old man.

The rest of trip was spent in silence as Jee-Han constantly tried to change subjects, if only to get his mind off of that dangerous skill.

Almost half an hour later, the four of them arrived in the middle of a town square that was eerily quiet and had finally made it to where the crack had originally formed. Now that they were this close to it, it came as a shock at the sheer size of how large the crack had become. It must have stretched for miles and didn't look like it was going to stop anytime soon.

"Man, look at that thing. Whatever caused that must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed" Sae-Young mused.

Sun-Il stretched his arms. "I'll bet. It's probably going to be a pain in the ass to deal with."

Jee-Han was the only one among them who looked visibly paranoid as he checked over every corner, as if he was expecting some sort of bogey man to appear and try to scare him.

Sun-Oh frowned at watching the boy. "We'd pick up anything that would try to do us harm so calm down already. It's pathetic."

Jee-Han shot the old man an annoyed glare before sighing and accepting his words. Getting this worked up would serve no purpose so he could agree with the elder on that one. Though, calling him pathetic was still something he gritted his teeth about.

Finishing his stretches, Sun-Il walked up to his grandfather.

"How should we proceed?" The atmosphere around him changed as Sun-Il's eyebrows narrowed, as if he had turned on a switch of some sort. Jee-Han had rarely seen Sun-Il looking that serious and understood that it was time to get down to business.

Sun-Oh nodded and then looked towards the rip.

"First of all we should-

He stopped mid sentence as he along with Sae-Young and Sun-Il picked up on various presences heading in their direction. Sun-Oh already predicted who was coming while Sun-Il and Sae-Young kept on guard. Jee-Han on the other hand had absolutely no clue as to why they were showing such hostility and gulped internally as his eye flickered in every direction. Having no way of detecting approaching enemies was too inconvenient as he contemplated a way of solving that issue.

At that thought, an idea popped into Jee-Han's head.

"If it's my powers then maybe..."

Thinking there was no harm in testing it out, Jee-Han closed his eyes and tried to utilize his inner ki. Sun-Il had explained early on that one of the skills that ki users were able to pick up was the ability to detect another person's life energy and measure their total amount of ki. It was a tricky skill to master that took several months if not years of dedicated training to learn. Of course, that restriction didn't apply to Jee-Han believed he could acquire the skill as easily as breathing in and out.

"Come on Gaia, don't let me down now! Try to sense other presences... detect... detect" Those words echoed throughout every corner of Jee-Han's mind until a notification popped up.

«Ding!»

A skill has been created through a special act! Through continuous utilization of ki to sense another being's own ki, "Sensory", has been created.

『Sensory (Passive) Lvl MAX: EXP: 0.00%』

A skill created by "The Gamer" to detect the presence of nearby individuals and measure their total amount of ki.

"Hell yes!" Jee-Han exclaimed triumphantly as he clenched his fists and a wide grin appeared on his face. They seriously needed to nerf his powers, this was just too unfair.

The three Chunbumoon's concentration was broken by Jee-Han's loud voice and they all shot him irked glares. Jee-Han waved an apologetic hand while forcing a smile to seethe their anger.

Sun-Oh sighed as he cracked his neck to the side and huffed. Some things would never change.

Jee-Han definitely wanted to try this skill out and closed his eyes, trying to utilize his new skill. In doing so, it was as if a radar had been drawn in his mind as he saw several white dots appear in numerous locations. He understood quickly that the three white dots closest to him were obviously Sun-Il, Sae-Young, and Sun-Oh but he didn't recognize the various white dots heading in his direction. There had to be at least twenty of them and they were moving at an incredible speed.

What terrified Jee-Han more than that were the levels of ki that were coming from two individuals that were ahead of the pack. Comparing it to the levels of the others was a bad joke.

"Guys, we've got company!" He wasted no time in informing the others of the situation.

"We know" Sun-Il stated, the sharpness of his eyes never wavering for a second. He had not been surprised when Jee-Han had now learned to be able to sense presences and had already expected Gaia's hand in this.

A dark smile appeared on Sae-Young's face. "Are they enemies?" Jee-Han thought she seemed a little too excited at that last mention.

Sun-Oh shook his head. "Not exactly"

Spontaneously, several unfamiliar strangers landed a few feet away from Jee-Han and the others. There were at least eight people gathered now, both men and woman alike and standing at the head of them were three people, one of them both Sun-Il and Jee-Han recognized immediately.

"S-Shi-Yun!" Jee-Han happily exclaimed as the woman in question finally noticed his presence and bowed in his direction.

Though she seemed a bit surprised that Jee-Han was actually present, she inclined her head respectfully towards her classmate. "I see you have also decided to come, Han Jee-Han"

The head of the Yunhonmoon, Kwon Shi-Sen took notice of his granddaughter's familiarly with the unknown boy but decided it wasn't worth looking into at the moment and directed his hardened gaze at the man he knew all too well, Shin Sun-Oh.

Time just seemed to stop as the two stared at one another from across the square and the other lower ranked members of the Yunhonmoon could feel the rising tension. It was common knowledge that both heads of the Chunbumoon and Yunhonmoon had been long time rivals and had competed with one another for decades. It could even be said that both clans were born directly out of the fierce rivalry between these two staggering veterans.

The first to break the silence was none other than Shi-Sen. "Time hasn't been kind to you, my old friend. Look at you, I'm surprised you can even leave your bed with that relic you call a body"

Sun-Oh snorted. "Forgive me, but not all of us can pretend to be younger than we really are. It really is a shame that even through all these years, your mind is still as childish as it was when I last saw you"

Sparks were seen flying between the two as their eyes held such hostility towards the other that several people flinched at their subtle verbal confrontation. Shi-Yan who was standing next to her husband just sighed and shrugged her shoulders. No matter how much time passed, the two of them simply couldn't hold a decent conversation.

Over on Jee-Han's side, he had been relieved that the people he were sensing were Shi-Yun's clan mates and sighed in relief while Sun-Il returned to his calm and collected self. The only one who seemed to be displeased with the current development was Sae-Young. From what Jee-Han could tell by her terrifying grin, she was hoping they were enemies as she wanted to crush them. Seriously, he wondered just what type of woman got excited with this kind of stuff but such dangerous thoughts quickly left his mind.

Shi-Sen stopped starring at the fossil of a man and turned his sights to the three brats standing near Sun-Oh. He already recognized two of them from his faint visits to the Chunbumoon dojo and was well aware that they were two of the most capable combatants the Chunbumoon had to offer. Of course, he would never believe they were more skilled than his own granddaughter but he at least respected their talents.

The third individual that Shi-Sen noticed was someone that made a question mark pop into his head as to the identity of this unfamiliar boy. Was he associated with the Chunbumoon? If so, why hadn't he seen this boy before? If he was such an important member that the old fart would bring him on a mission of this scale, surely he had to be worth the effort. However, no matter what angle Shi-Sen observed him from, the boy looked no different than an average high school student. He didn't even have a shred of decent muscle on him so he couldn't be much of a martial artist. Just who was this boy?

Jee-Han felt an immense pressure swell up at the strong gaze the unknown man standing before him cast. It wasn't just his physical appearance; even the air itself around them seemed to be terrified of this man as his mere presence made it difficult to concentrate.

"W-Who's that?" He asked no one in particular.

"That is the head of the Yunhonmoon, Kwon Shi-Sen. He's been gramps' rival long before the two of us were even alive" Sun-Il responded as he cast an observing glance at the towering man. Even though he had already acquainted himself with the man already, his presence was still as overwhelming as ever.

Jee-Han sighed in amazement. "So he must be a monster too..."

Sun-Oh chuckled. "Not just him, but the woman standing over there as well. She's that classmate of your's grandmother so don't be fooled by her appearance."

Jee-Han was a bit taken back when he discovered that the drop dead gorgeous woman with a super model body who was standing next to Shi-Yun was actually her grandmother. He assumed she was her sister or even mother, but grandmother? Jee-Han instantly recognized that she must have been a woman who took great pride in feeling "youthful".

Over on the Yunhonmoon's side, Shi-Sen recalled Shi-Yun's earlier greeting with the boy and took it upon himself to end his curiosity.

"Shi-Yun"

"Y-Yes?" Shi-Yun stiffened at his unexpected call.

"Are you acquainted with that boy standing over there?"

Shi-Yun looked confused by his sudden question and wondered why her grandfather was interested in Jee-Han before she decided to get to answering him.

"Yes. His name is Han Jee-Han, one of my classmates."

Shi-Yan who standing next to her husband looked fairly amused as a mischievous grin appeared on her face. "One of your classmates you say?"

Unlike Shi-Sen, Shi-Yan's gaze towards Jee-Han was filled with playful interest as she wondered what kind of relationship he had with her Yun-Yun, since the girl wasn't much of sociable person.

Shi-Sen's eyes now glanced at his granddaughter. "Is he powerful?"

Shi-Yun immediately shook her head to deny the notion, an act that made Shi-Sen and Shi-Yan both raise their eyebrows at the quick denial.

"From what I observed, he is not a martial artist. He is also not an official member of the Chunbumoon but he has close ties with their heir, Shin Sun-Il... however..." Shi-Yun looked like she had a hard time saying the last part of her words.

"However?" Shi-Sen frowned at Shi-Yun's hesitation. Just what was she trying to say? Shi-Yan's eyes clearly showed visible curiosity as well as the woman listened intensively as to the identity of the boy.

"He seems to be a natural ability user"

Simultaneously, both Shi-Sen and Shi-Yan's eyebrows twitched and then they turned to face Jee-Han, narrowing their intensified eyes.

"Hoho..."

If they weren't curious about Jee-Han before, they definitely were now as the news of a mysterious natural ability user having affiliations with the Chunbumoon was enough to get their attention.

Sun-Oh frowned when Shi-Yun had revealed Jee-Han's secret and he turned to look at the boy who was still fidgeting from being observed at by two clan heads. He was a bit worried that they might approach the frightened boy and god only knows what would happen to him if they discovered the nature of his power. He was going to have to watch them very carefully.

As the two groups were still eyeing each other, a sudden development got their attention as a crack in the barrier appeared right in between the two groups. From the size and shape of it, it looked as if someone or something had tried to punch the Illusion Barrier and that it looked close to collapsing any second.

"This isn't good" Sun-Il scratched his cheek. "Whatever's inside this Illusion Barrier must be desperately trying to escape..."

Sae-Young folded her arms as she huffed.

"What's the big deal? You can't seriously be suggesting it'll be something we, scratch that I, can't handle?"

Sun-Il shrugged his shoulders.

"Who knows" His voice held a whimsical tone as Sae-Young grunted in annoyance. She hated when he used that vague tone of voice.

Sun-Oh stepped forward, passing both his grandson and granddaughter as he made his way over towards the Yunhomoon's heads. Shi-Sen who noticed his approach inclined his head before walking towards Sun-Oh himself. As they finally were only mere inches apart, they both turned towards where the crack had been and raised their palms, concentrating a staggering amount of ki within them.

"Project"

They both exclaimed simultaneously and without warning, the crack began to morph and a transparent image of what was inside the broken Illusion Barrier appeared.

It was the same city but clearly, some sort of hard fought battle had taken place judging by the destroyed buildings and dissolved objects. Both members of the Chunbumoon and Yunhonmoon were visibly shaken by the sight of what had occurred, including Jee-Han whose mouth was wide open at observing the several monsters that were trying to destroy the Illusion Barrier. Ugly and repulsive, they were creatures referred to as "trolls" in fantasy games but clearly, they were zombified versions of them and gave off a feeling of disgust and dread.

"I'm going to shred you bastards to dust!"

A familiar voice echoed through the minds of everyone present as they fixated their gazes upon the source. Though the Illusion Barrier was a bit blurry, the person who was floating in mid air with a hateful scowl on his face was undeniable. Sung-Gong, the one known as the Black Summoner was facing the several atrocities as a large amount of blood list emitted from his body.

Shi-Sen frowned. "Che, as I suspected. The cause of this disturbance was related to him..."

Sun-Oh on the other hand had a hardened expression on his face as he noted the obvious damage Sung-Gong had taken in his engagement. Missing his left hand, he showed signs of fatigue as he was panting and his face looked a bit sweaty.

"For a man of his skill to have taken such damage..." It was an unpleasant thought.

As both of the elders observed the situation, Jee-Han was the only one who was speechless at the current spectacle before him. What he knew about Illusion Barriers was thrown out the window as he had just seen the two clan heads open a projection of another person's barrier. He was beginning to become anxious at what was going to happen if Gaia was forced to intervene to stop it.

"Ara~, It seems the Black Summoner is in quite a predicament"

Shi-Yan's playful voice snapped Jee-Han out of his thoughts and the boy in turn narrowed his gaze at one of the troll zombies sneaking up on him.

"We've gotta bust in there and help him!"

Though he had shouted it, no one responded to Jee-Han's declaration as both the Chunbumoon and Yunhonmoon were silent. It was as if they weren't even bothering to listen to him at all.

"Why aren't they saying anything...?"

"Jee-Han... I don't think you quite understand the current situation" Sun-Oh stated as Jee-Han now had his eyes fixed on the geezer.

"W-What are you talking about!? So you're saying its fine to just stand here and do nothing?" Jee-Han simply couldn't understand why they weren't going to help him. Okay sure, he knew they weren't on the best of terms but this wasn't the time to let grudges surface. They could deal with that kind of crap later, after the situation was resolved.

"Han Jee-Han" Shi-Yun had now cut in and stepped forward, only stopping a few short steps in front of Jee-Han.

"Sung-Gong caused this dilemma by his own hands and the result was the current predicament we are now facing. Our clan may be obligated to restore the balance of his broken Illusion Barrier but we are under no obligation to help him. More than that..."

Jee-Han flinched as he saw the hidden hostility surface on Shi-Yun's face and the temperature around the woman slowly rose.

"Why should I assist the bastard who harmed my clan?"

Those words struck at Jee-Han like a thunderbolt as he took in the woman's seething rage. Not just her, excluding the two clan heads, every member of the Yunhonmoon seemed to agree with Shi-Yun as a mixture of annoyed expressions were present.

"By the look on their faces... He must have really done a number on those guys..." That day where Jee-Han had first met Shi-Yun and Sung-Gong played back in his head as he recalled Shi-Yun's clear contempt for the man. At the time he had discarded it as he wasn't aware of the way things are back then but now, he understood her frustration.

It was obvious.

After having most of your clan crippled by a single man and after swearing revenge on that person, how could anyone expect them to aid him now? If it were him, he would have probably done the same thing in their place. That unforgettable rage he had felt that day when he saw Sun-Il in the hospital, broken and bruised. It was one of the few times where Jee-Han had ever thought about harming another individual, regardless of the consequences.

Jee-Han quickly stole a glance at his friend who had noticed his stare. Sun-Il merely shrugged as he walked up to Jee-Han and gently placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Stop worrying about what happened before. I don't hold any grudges against Sung-Gong and you shouldn't either. Of course, I can't say the same for those guys over there but what you want to do is the most important thing."

As if Sun-Il's words had punched him straight in the face, Jee-Han stared disbelievingly at his best friend who now sported a wide grin.

"What I... want?"

In the next moment, a familiar arm was thrust around Jee-Han's other shoulder as he spun around to see Sae-Young also giving him a smirk.

"That's right, stop thinking so hard. It's not like you; just do what you want to do. Men have to be decisive in these kinds of moments, am I right?"

Not because his beautiful noona was this close to him that Jee-Han felt a bit embarrassed, well somewhat but it was mostly because he didn't know how to respond to their declarations. They were essentially saying that they didn't care about what the Yunhonmoon thought regarding Sung-Gong and wanted to hear his own opinions. Just being here in itself was a privilege for Jee-Han, and now he was allowed to decide what he wanted to do? Did he really have the authority to do such a thing? Agreement or not, he couldn't help but feel as if he was overstepping his boundaries a little as he turned one final glance to Sun-Oh.

A sigh escaped the elderly man's mouth as he had already expected something like this.

"Do as you please. We agreed to recognize you as an equal on this mission so you're free to do as you wish. Just don't screw things up for everyone, geek"

"Geezer..."

Annoyed but also touched at the old man's decision, Jee-Han smiled warmly at how much faith they put him in. He understood what was important to him now. More than saving Sung-Gong out of good faith or trying to be a hero, Jee-Han knew what he wanted more than anything right now. He wanted to be paid; compensation was the only true motivator in this world. Just imagining the things he could get out of Sung-Gong if he saved his life made his mouth drool.

Sae-Young let go of the now resolved Jee-Han and crossed her arms and she glanced towards Sun-Il who only snickered and then nodded approval. It seemed they both understood that Jee-Han was ready to make his decision.

Stepping forward, Jee-Han confidently walked towards Shi-Sen who could only continue to glare at the brat who now faced him.

"I want my compensation so I'm going to assist Sung-Gong!"

It was a completely out of the ordinary declaration that made the nearby inhabitants widen their eyes in disbelief and confusion, especially the now speechless Shi-Yun. Never in her wildest dreams did she ever expect the cowardly classmate of hers to have enough balls and courage to stand up to her grandfather. But more than that, what was this about compensation now? She couldn't understand what he was talking about.

Shi-Yan who was standing next to her husband hummed as her interest in the boy had just risen.

"Compensation? What are you... no, never mind. Brat, are you aware of what your statement implies? Sung-Gong created this mess in the first place and now you, a mere child who has no standing wants to help him? What propels you to do such a senseless thing?"

Jee-Han gulped at the piercing glare now directed at him but steeled himself for whatever awaited next.

"I know that you and your clan have beef with Sung-Gong but that's not my concern! Sung-Gong screwed up but he's my ticket to more skill books so helping him out is something that will benefit me. However, I'm aware I'm lacking in a lot of areas so I'd appreciate it if you and your clan could assist me in that regard, please!"

The last of his words came out a bit too desperate as Sun-Il along with Sae-Young both cast a sorrowful gaze. Though they were more than willing to lend a hand, it was a completely different matter for the Yunhonmoon.

Shi-Sen merely huffed at the estranged request."Your words fall short on me" Shi-Sen didn't hesitate for a second to rebuke Jee-Han's pleas as he turned his back to the boy.

"Ignoring the Black Summoner, I want all of you to spread out and utilize your ki to cover the broken Illusion Barrier. Whatever happens to Sung-Gong is his own problem, we'll be intervening to destroy those monsters in the barrier and then pull out of here. Though I do not hold a grudge against him for what he did to the others, I see no reason to offer him any assistance. Is that understood?"

"Yes sir!"

His decision had been made and just as he was about to walk forward along with the rest of his clan members, the words that Jee-Han would speak next would paralyze the Yunhonmoon head.

"In exchange for helping Sung-Gong, I'll heal the members of your clan that were hurt by him!"

"..."

An eerie silence followed Jee-Han's exclamation as the words he had spoken had not yet processed in the minds of those belonging to the Yunhonmoon. Both Shi-Yun and Shi-Yan had their mouths hanging wide open at his declaration and Shi-Sen, a man who held one of the greatest poker faces in Seoul could only blankly stare at the unpredictable boy in front of him with a glint of curiosity in his eye.

"What... was that?" His voice was unnaturally anxious and he didn't think he had heard properly so he asked once again.

Jee-Han gripped his fists tighter than he had ever done so before as the pressure he was feeling before might as well have been nonexistent compared to now. In truth, he didn't want to reveal this method until he was confident in his abilities and secured a standing within the Abyss but the opportunity to make a deal with the Yunhonmoon had just presented itself.

This was a gamble to say the least; if it worked, Jee-Han could obtain a friendly relationship with the Yunhonmoon and earn their trust, along with possible skill books from their clan. If it failed however, the Chunbumoon and Yunhonmoon could have their barely holding alliance crumble over the fact that the Chunbumoon had given out one of their borrowed books to a stranger. Even if Sun-Il had claimed that it wasn't a big deal if someone outside the clan learned it, Jee-Han couldn't be absolutely sure of that so he decided to take the risk.

"The members of your clan that were crippled by Sung-Gong... I can cure them. If you're willing to help us defeat those monsters and assist Sung-Gong, I'll heal them"

"Hoh..."

Shi-Sen had turned around now to face the young man again and narrowed his eyes, calmly observing him. Shi-Yun had mentioned that he was a natural ability user so there was some merit in what the boy was saying, but could he really do it? To heal injuries that even the finest doctors the Yunhonmoon could barely tend too was no simple task. Just what were this boy's abilities? No before that, he had to confirm something.

His focused eyes wandered over to Sun-Oh. "I heard some members of your clan suffered the same fate as some of mine. This boy... was involved in their recovery?"

Sun-Oh frowned his eyebrows and clicked his tongue in annoyance. Damn, the man was as sharp as he remembered. He tossed a quick glance towards the hardened Jee-Han and to the elder's surprise, he nodded his head, as if telling him it was alright. Reading between the lines, Sun-Oh also nodded and decided to trust in Jee-Han's decision. It was the least he could do.

"That's correct"

"...I see."

Shi-Sen's piercing glaze focused back on Jee-Han who flinched automatically towards it but surprisingly, it didn't hold the same hostility as before. In fact, one could say that the gaze was more of curiosity than actual detest. At this, Jee-Han sighed in relief as he believed that he had at least somewhat gained the clan leader's respect, if only ever slightly.

"Han Jee-Han... is that true? Can you really heal the people of my clan?"

Jee-Han's eyes flickered and he turned to see Shi-Yun standing only a few feet behind him. He felt his heart beat soundly rise at such a close proximity and almost screamed in surprise but held it in not to embarrass himself.

"Th-That's right Shi-Yun, sorry if I never mentioned it before but-"

"I don't care about that!"

Without warning, Shi-Yun swiftly grabbed Jee-Han's hand with both of her's and stepped closer towards him as her beautiful orange eyes came into viewing. Jee-Han gulped internally as he was met with those intoxicating pupils and the pleasant aroma coming from her was enough for him to stiffen anxiously.

"Can you really do it?"

The proud and strong Shi-Yun who always displayed herself in that manner was nowhere to be seen and her voice had become tender, gentle even. For her to suddenly become like this over the prospect of her clansman being healed; she really must have loved them dearly.

"Y-Yea... I can do it" He was starting to get a bit embarrassed.

"How? Does your natural ability allow you to heal people?" Her question was expected and Jee-Han wryly smiled.

"You could say it like that. If you're willing to trust me and give me a bit of time, healing them shouldn't be a problem"

Shi-Yun stared at him with a blank face, trying to ascertain if he was lying or not. She believed herself to be a good judge of character and didn't sense any deceit in Jee-Han's words.

"Really?"

Jee-Han nodded. "Definitely"

"Are you sure?"

"...Yes"

"Are you absolutely certain?"

"...I'm sure"

"Are you-

"Damn it, I said yes already!" Jee-Han erupted as he had enough of the woman pestering him on the matter. Jeez, did she really think he wasn't capable of doing anything!?

"Haha, how amusing~" Shi-Yan chimed as she watched the exchange between her granddaughter and the amusing child.

Over towards Sun-Oh and the Chunbumoon, Sun-Il just chuckled while Sae-Young gave an approving nod while the old geezer just sighed as he held his templates.

After Shi-Yun had asked several times again to confirm it, she turned to her grandfather and bowed her head, an act that made said grandfather look at her with a hardened glare.

"Grandfather, allow me to assist my classmate Han Jee-Han in exchange for him providing care for Oppa and the others. I believe he can do it"

Jee-Han's eyes widened when he heard mention of that. This was the first time that Shi-Yun had ever willingly acknowledged him in regards to being useful so he felt a bit embarrassed as a light grin crept upon his lips.

Shi-Sen who had confirmed his suspicions of the boy stared at his bowing granddaughter before he nodded in acceptance.

"Very well. Kwon Shi-Yun, you are to assist the Chunbumoon and that boy in helping the Black Summoner. We shall deal with the Illusion Barrier and keep it from collapsing"

"Thank you!"

Shi-Yun's gratitude was present in her thanks as she stood up and looked back towards Jee-Han.

"I'll be in your care." She inclined her head respectfully towards Jee-Han who honestly didn't know how to respond to such respect. He settled on giving her an appropriate response to fit the mood.

"Glad to be working with you" was all he could muster as he turned to Sun-Il and Sae-Young who had both long finished their preparations. As he nodded, he then faced the old man who had been observing the conversation with small interest.

"Looks like we're heading in, geezer"

"Ah, be careful in there. Sun-Il and Sae-Young, I leave him to you"

They both nodded. "We got it"

With their objective clear, Jee-Han, Sun-Il, Sae-Young, and Shi-Yun all walked towards the projection of the Illusion Barrier and readied themselves. From the way things looked, Sung-Gong was going to need their help as soon as possible.

Jee-Han took a deep breath to calm his nerves before shouting...

"Let's go!"

---

【Present Time】

"So that's what happened..."

At the moment, Sung-Gong was resting against a wall as his missing left arm had stopped bleeding. He wasn't worried about it since recreating it would be a simple matter with his energy but now wasn't the time to be worried about that.

"Yea, I made a deal with the Yunhonmoon. So for now, we're all allies" Jee-Han had taken the time to explain the events of what transpired earlier to Sung-Gong while Sae-Young and Sun-Il kept an eye on the troll zombie's movements.

"...I see. I'm grateful for the assistance."

Jee-Han sported a less than innocent at that remark. "If you really are grateful, then compensating me for getting the Yunhonmoon to cooperate with you should be expected, right?"

Sung-Gong's mouth hung wide open at the mention of the boy's less than subtle attempt to blackmail him, the Black Summoner! He didn't know if the kid was incredibly brave or incredibly stupid but at the very least, he knew the kid had some balls to try and get something out of him during such a crisis.

A light chuckle escaped Sung-Gon's lips. "I suppose you're right. I'm a man of my word, name your price"

"Hell yes! I've got him right where I want him so I better make sure I request something I can definitely use for my survival... I'll need to think on this one" He surmised.

"I can't think of it at the moment but I'll let you know once it comes to me. Just don't go forgetting our agreement, alright?"

"Understood"

Jee-Han faintly smiled before observing how differently Sung-Gong was acting compared to his normal self. He believed Sung-Gong to be a prideful man that would refuse help under any circumstance but his image of him had turned out to be way off track. To think, only mere days ago he had wanted to get revenge against this man for what he did to Sun-Il and now here he was, negotiating with him.

"How pathetic, Black Summoner..."

That abrupt voice alerted both Jee-Han and Sung-Gong as they turned to see Shi-Yun leaning against a wall nearby with her arms crossed and eyes closed.

Sung-Gong hung his head down in shame at that mention.

"Yea you're right... I am quite pathetic..." The visible guilt in Sung-Gong's voice alarmed Jee-Han as he never pictured the confident and mysterious Sung-Gong that he used to fear would end up in such a state. Just what exactly transpired in here before they had arrived?

Shi-Yun could only open her eyes and glare at Sung-Gong's disgraceful answer before she gritted her teeth and turned her attention away from him. To see the person who had caused the Yunhonmoon such humiliation act this way made Shi-Yun's opinion of him drastically fall. When she had first engaged him, his calm and collected attitude along with his confidence made Shi-Yun internally fear just how powerful he was. Even if she loathed him, she couldn't deny his undeniable strength and wanted to overcome him not just because of what he did but also because of her warrior spirit. This sight of him however, was not what she had wanted at all and it made her angrier that a man who earned the respect of her grandfather was reduced to such a sorry state.

Jee-Han awkwardly looked between the two as he had no way of calming Shi-Yun down ever since she had made eye contact with Sung-Gong. He couldn't really blame her though given the circumstances and decided to leave it alone as he left Sung-Gong's side and walked forward, placing a leg on the edge of the balcony and eyed the four enemies in front of him that were conversing in some unreadable language.

Sun-Il and Sae-Young, who were both standing nearby on a rooftop both jumped down to join Jee-Han and Shi-Yun.

"So, are we ready?" Sun-Il asked with a hint of excitement in his voice, causing Jee-Han to side glance at him. The bastard was actually enjoying this.

Jee-Han sighed but nodded in confirmation. "I just finished explaining the circumstances to Sung-Gong. He's in pretty rough shape so it'll just be the four of us"

Sae-Young grinned happily at that revelation as she punched her palm with a fist.

"Sounds good. I was worried he'd hog all the fun"

Jee-Han produced a wry smile at the girl's confidence before glancing at Sung-Gong. Truthfully, he was sure he could heal Sung-Gong's injuries with the『Yunhon Soul Recovery』technique. However, Sung-Gong had already informed him that he didn't need to concern himself with his shameful wounds and that he would handle it on his own. Though Jee-Han was very curious as to how he'd re grow a missing freaking limb, he left it at that and decided to leave it to him. Besides, in this upcoming fight he'd probably need to focus on healing the four of them.

Sung-Gong apparently noticed the boy's inquiring gaze and waved a dismissive hand.

"Your worry is not needed. Though I don't know how strong you all are, I can at least tell that those two geezers over there would never let you guys fight unless you were properly prepared. I'll just warn you all now though not to underestimate those things; they're much more intelligent than they let on. Be cautious"

The four of them took in Sung-Gong's advice and then turned their gazes towards the four zombies. In the time they had spent talking, the zombies also had been preparing on some sort of strategy as they spoke to one another in ruffled moans and groans.

"Is that they're way of communicating? That's just wrong..." Jee-Han absently wondered as he watched the four of them group up as if they were some sort of dungeon party.

Party.

That word resounded in Jee-Han's mind as he recalled the party he had created with Sun-Il not too long ago. If he wasn't mistaken, Gaia never specified a limit to how big a party could be and if that was the case...

"Hey, Sun-Il"

"Hm?" The green haired boy answered.

"Don't you think it's time we made a party?"

The boy in question raised an eyebrow. "What are you...oh!" As if it had just hit him, he let out a surprised sound by accident and caused both Shi-Yun and Sae-Young to trade odd looks between the two boys.

Sun-Il grinned as he nodded at Jee-Han.

"I completely forgot about that. Go ahead and set it up, I'm really interested to see if we can do it here"

Jee-Han nodded. "Right,『Create Party』!"

«Ding!»

You've created a party.

What would you like to name your party?

Jee-Han did a fist bump internally at the creation of his party and brought a hand to his chin, trying to think of an appropriate name for his new team.

Just as he was about speak the name of the party, Sun-Il nudged him with his elbow and whispered over to Jee-Han.

"Oi, let me name the party this time. You have a horrible naming sense"

Jee-Han scoffed. "As if yours is any better... but fine, just this once".

Sun-Il smiled happily at it and whispered the name to Jee-Han, while Shi-Yun and Sae-Young were both at this point completely clueless as to what was transpiring. Even Sung-Gong who was resting nearby had tried to comprehend what they were babbling about.

"Oh! That's not a bad name!" Jee-Han exclaimed with a hint of excitement.

Sun-Il shrugged. "It's what I do"

"Then..." Jee-Han began.

"Illusion Busters!"

Would you like "Illusion Busters" to be your party name?

Confirm (Y) / Refuse (N)

Confirming it, Jee-Han gave Sun-Il a high five at their "cool" new name.

"For awhile now... just what the hell have you guys been doing?" The confused voice of Sae-Young spoke as she looked for an explanation. They were talking about things she had heard before from Jee-Han during his geeky rants and she theorized it had something to do with his gaming powers but she still needed an explanation.

Jee-Han just shot the girl a wide grin before pumping his chest out.

"I'll explain later Noona but first, let's invite you guys so we can start.『Party Invite, Sun-Il, Shi-Yun, and Sae-Young』"

Instantaneously, three notifications appeared before the three individuals that had just been named, earning several mixed reactions.

Sun-Il grinned. "I was waiting for this"

"Kya! Wh-Wh-What is this!?" Sae-Young yelped as she took a few steps back.

Shi-Yun's eyes blinked several times in disbelief. "... Just what in the world..."

Jee-Han giggled at the girls expressions, recalling Sun-Il's similar reaction so Jee-Han's amusement had been well earned. Sun-Il already confirmed his invitation and went over to his cousin, patting the startled woman on the shoulder.

"What are you doing? Confirm Jee-Han's invitation already"

"B-But he... wait you know what this is!? Explain it properly to me!" The woman's cool and in control confidence was nowhere to been seen.

Shi-Yun also nodded. "I also require an explanation, Han Jee-Han. Your power is... very intriguing"

Jee-Han sighed as a hand dropped to his hips. "Look I'll explain the details of the party later, just confirm those notifications already!"

The girls both shot Jee-Han a puzzled expression before nodding slightly and did as he instructed. With that, the『Illusion Busters』party had been established with Jee-Han as the party leader.

"Good, looks like we're just about ready. Now I just need to make some adjustments..."

Quickly navigating into the settings menu, Jee-Han analyzed the different features of his party system much more thoroughly than before. During his analysis, the button he had been looking before appeared and he selected [Set Roles], prompting another notification.

You have entered [Team Battle] mode.

Select the appropriate roles for the members of the『Illusion Busters』party.

Jee-Han praised himself internally for his decision to utilize the party system better this time around. No doubt thanks to his increased wisdom, he had come to think of the idea when he used『Observe』on Shi-Yun's status before they had arrived.

Name: Kwon Shi-Yun
Class: Yunhonmoon Prodigy
Title:《Spirited Inferno》
Level: 34

STR: 64
VIT: 82
DEX: 78
INT: 17
WIS: 13
LUK: 20

EXP Level: 0.00 %

With those stats, Jee-Han had come to understand that those in both the Chunbumoon and Yunhonmoon had "DPS" orientated builds that focused more on their physical abilities as opposed to their magical ones. It made sense; they were martial artists so it was only natural that they were more suited for close combat.

The real genius part had come in when Jee-Han realized that if they were to ever party up, they could fill the roles that Jee-Han lacked during the battle with the Legion Zombie. It became apparent to him that he wasn't ready for close quarters just yet and only having Sun-Il act as his diversion was pushing it. Now with both Shi-Yun and Sae-Young joining the party, things would definitely go smoother. At least, that's what he hoped.

"Good, I can set the roles. Hmm, looking at all of your stats I suppose that..." Jee-Han kept mumbling to himself and everyone else present could only watch in confusion. Even Sun-Il didn't understand what his friend was up too this time.

As Sun-Il decided to turn his attention back to the monsters who he still couldn't believe hadn't attacked them while they were planning on how to kill them, he widened his eyes and his alertness rose tremendously.

"Heads up!"

His sharp voice alerted the other three and spontaneously, they all turned around to see a nightmarish view. The four monstrosities from before where nowhere to be seen and what now stood before them was a giant mass of garbage that was beginning to take shape.

"Che... they're regrouping" Sun-Gong expressed annoyingly. Not only having the ability to disassemble into separate identities, the troll zombie also held the power to regroup into one whole being. Just what the hell kind of monster were they dealing with here?

Moments later, the imposing figure of a twenty feet tall troll zombie was now looking down on the five of them while the clan heads who had been observing the events so far had chimed in.

"Hoh... that beast has quite the intriguing ability" Shi-Sen hummed as he watched the zombie groan disgustingly.

"Fufufu..." Shi-Yan's lighthearted chuckle was heard next. "I wonder how the kids will handle this".

Sun-Oh watched the scene in silence as he stroked his beard. Though he held his worries, he was confident that Sun-Il and Sae-Young could handle it; along with the Yunhonmoon girl and the geek.

"Gazzzahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

The troll zombie's roar spread across the Illusion Barrier as the『Illusion Busters』exhibited caution and had taken up fighting poses. Faster than what they expected, the zombie's mouth began to chew on pile of dark ooze before producing a large wave of toxic sludge at the group.

"Incoming!" Sun-Il shouted as he jumped to the side to avoid the attack. The rest of the group followed his lead and jumped in separate directions, easily avoiding the corrosive damage. Jee-Han had activated the『Chunbu Foot Technique』as to not fall behind as he sailed through the air. The four of them had now been separated and hid behind houses and corners to obstruct the troll's aim.

In no time at all, the infected building that they used to be standing on was easily corroded away and all that was left was a puddle of ooze. The scene made Jee-Han flinch as he turned back to the beast with an uneasy expression.

"Note to self, never get hit by that." He absently thought as he prepared to find out more information regarding the zombie.

"『Observe!』"

«Troll Zombie»

Level 62

HP: 40000 (45200) | MP: 1650 (3000)

The restless souls of the absorbed zombies want their revenge and took the shape of this monstrosity. The birth of this unique zombie was due to the resentment of the wicked souls that were absorbed by Sung-Gong along with the intervention of an outside party. Despite its appearance, the troll zombie possesses notable intelligence and has a high instinct for survival. It's not as slow as it looks so don't underestimate it. Also, keep away from its sludge attacks otherwise you will die, okay?

"..."

Jee-Han felt himself get a headache as he read the unnecessarily accurate description that basically told him nothing that would really help. Stupid Gaia was trying to be funny again no doubt.

Though he said that, that one piece of information he discovered made him frown. The troll was born not just from Sung-Gong's soul gathering but also from an outside party? If that was the case then this situation might not completely be his fault.

He glanced over towards Sung-Gong who had already taken procedures to avoid the sludge attack and was at a safe distance. Even if he was now ware that the man wasn't the only cause, it still didn't sit right with Jee-Han that he could allow this to happen for his own selfish goals. Jee-Han couldn't understand; just what could the man be after that he'd risk creating a situation like this?

Jee-Han shook his head to focus back to the task at hand. He needed to rid himself of his doubts; he didn't have the time to be spacing out now as he focused back on setting the roles.

Pulling up the screen, he saw four distinctive positions that could be assigned to any member of his party.

『Tank』|『Striker』|『Healer』|『Controller』

"So my gamer ability even incorporates even this type of party system..." He tipped his nonexistent hat off to Gaia, the scope of his powers just kept on getting wider.

Jee-Han scanned over the stats of his companions and was able to figure out everyone's roles pretty easily.

"So... like this?" He dragged the four separate icons that represented each of the positions onto each member and instantly, a notification appeared.

The following roles have been decided for each member.

《Han Jee-Han – Controller》

《Shin Sun-Il – Striker》

《Poong Sae-Young – Tank》

《Kwon Shi-Yun – Striker》

Would you like to confirm these roles?

Confirm (Y) / Decline (N)

"Seems good"

Jee-Han was able to decide their roles based on everyone's total HP and MP along with their highest stat total. For Sae-Young who had possessed the most HP and VIT out of the group, the position of the『Tank』was an easy choice. For Sun-Il and Sae-Young, who's STR and DEX were only slightly lower than Sae-Young's, the『Striker』position was the best way to go. For himself, Jee-Han's healing methods were too inefficient at the moment to designate him as a pure healer so the『Controller』role was the only viable option available. In an RPG he played, the job of『Controller』was essentially the tactician of the group that watched the battlefield and issued out commands to utilize his companions to their fullest.

Clicking the『Voice Chat』option which he tampered with a few days ago together with Sun-Il, he spoke to his separated companions.

"Guys, can you hear me?"

Once again...

"Kya! Wha-Wha Jee-Han, is that you?"

"...Why can I hear your voice directly in my head?"

Sun-Il was the only one who wasn't freaking out. "Yo, loud and clear! You're using voice chat, right?" Of course when Jee-Han had first tested it out, Sun-Il's reaction was similar to the two woman who were currently flabbergasted.

Jee-Han scratched his cheek awkwardly. He didn't notice earlier but he just now came to realize how absolutely weird his power must have been to others.

"It'd take too long to explain completely but let's just say my power will let us communicate with each other easily like this, alright? Just think of it like a wireless headset."

"O-Okay..."

"...I understand"

The two of them hesitantly accepted his reasoning but made mental notes to question the boy on these unbelievable phenomenon's later. Jee-Han's power's were simply far too strange to just let it be.

Sighing in relief, Jee-Han then concentrated on explaining the [Team Battle] system to his companions and their designated roles. Sun-Il understood the terms pretty easily since he and Jee-Han had partied up before in games but Sae-Young and Shi-Yun were utterly clueless when it came to understanding what they were supposed to do. Jee-Han tried his best to simply the terms so that game noobs like them could grasp it and the result was...

"So basically... I'm a shield? That sounds boring..." Sae-Young pouted as she crossed her arms.

"Please Noona, you're the only one who can do it!" Jee-Han pleaded.

She relented a bit before clicking her tongue in annoyance and scratching her beautiful cerulean hair.

"...Fine but just this once, alright?"

Jee-Han grinned widely. "That's my noona!"

Sae-Young huffed before turning her face away as an evident blush was apparent on her face. Damn him, Jee-Han must have known that it was hard for the girl to deny him anything when he asked like that.

"So me and the princess are the heavy hitters, is that right?" Sun-Il's inquired with his laid back tone while Shi-Yun flinched at the term "princess". Why did he keep calling her that?

"That's about right. Is that cool with you, Shi-Yun?"

Shi-Yun had no complaints as she nodded her head. "Very well. With my pride as a member of the Yunhonmoon on the line, I'll do my best"

With that out of the way Jee-Han thought, they could finally get down to business.

Facing the troll zombie who at this point was still searching for the separated group, Jee-Han thought of the best way to approach the situation. Unlike the time with the legion zombie, the troll zombie was an enemy that could attack from a distance so they couldn't recklessly show themselves and use the same tactics. This time...

"Sae-Young, can you get its attention?" Jee-Han communicated with the now grinning older woman who cracked her knuckles.

"Piece of cake. You've got a plan right?"

"You could say that."

"Hmm... well, I guess I'll leave it in your hands. I'm off!"

Sae-Young focused her inner ki towards the soles of her feet as she squatted down. Not a second later, she exploded from her position and soared towards the alarmed troll zombie who had just now noticed her presence. The beast could do little against the woman's terrifying speed as she stretched her right arm back. With the added momentum, she shot her fist forward and it landed directly against the zombie's abdomen, blowing the troll several meters backwards. It skid across the floor and quickly regained its balance but it was evident that some damage had occurred as the zombie groaned unpleasantly and bits of dirt came out of its mouth.

Sae-Young landed on the ground with a thud as she casually shook her wrist, wiping away pieces of dirt that had spread on her hand.

"Ugh, how gross. Jee-Han better make this up to me"

As she complained, the troll had already recovered from its earlier dilemma and now directed its full hostility towards the grinning woman.

"So, you wanna play with me?" Her voice came out sharp and she narrowed her eyes as a curvy grin took shape upon her attractive face.

She squatted down again and rushed at the beast once more, this time however she was planning on landing a round house kick. However, she quickly noticed that the zombie had prepared itself for her attack as it stretched out its own fist that expanded, rapidly making its way to the startled Sae-Young.

"Che!"

She threw both of her hands up to block the incoming attack. The troll's fist hit her directly as she was catapulted back a considerable distance, smashing straight through the window of a nearby house and was buried within the rubble.

The arm that had been stretched out retracted towards the troll zombie and it let out a hardy laugh at the damage it had caused. However, the zombie wasn't foolish enough to believe that the human had been done in with that amount of damage and inhaled a great deal of toxins before spitting it out towards the destroyed building. It wouldn't hurt to have a little insurance.

Suddenly, Sae-Young sprang up from the rubble and nimbly avoided the toxins that corroded the remaining pieces of the building. She landed on a nearby rooftop and looked at her body from top to bottom before scratching her head.

"That's odd... even though I took that attack head on, it didn't hurt as much as I thought it would"

It was puzzling to her as she suspected she would have at least taken some considerable damage from that last attack but was surprised to see that she was in pretty good condition. Could it have anything to do with Jee-Han's power?

"Noona! Is everything alright?" Jee-Han's voice appeared in her head.

Sae-Young shrugged. "Surprisingly, I barely felt anything when I got smashed. Does this have anything to do with the tank thing you mentioned?"

Jee-Han grinned as he watched Sae-Young's HP bar barely drop from the recent damage. His experiment had been successful and Sae-Young had fully taken on the role of the group's tank; a person who could soak up huge amounts of damage like a wet sponge.

"Yea, let's just say my powers have increased your defenses. Now, show that walking pile of garbage your monstrous power!"

Sae-Young's eyebrows twitched at the mention of being calling a "monster" and she adopted a frightening grin.

"Oi Jee-Han... who are you calling a monster?"

Jee-Han winced as he awkwardly laughed. "N-No I mean... Noona has such amazing power that I got kind of carried away...ahahaha"

Normally, Sae-Young wouldn't have let that comment slip but there were more important matters at hand and huffed. She'd only slightly beat him half to death after this was over.

"So, is your plan ready yet? How long do I have to touch that filthy thing"

"Yea, the other two are in place. I'll give the signal when it's ready"

"Fine, but hurry it up already!"

Sae-Young lamented and adopted another fighting stance at the incoming zombie who was casually walking towards her. She figured it had to be quite confident in its abilities if didn't think it needed to sneak attack her even when she was distracted. For some reason, it ticked her off.

"Heh, I'll knock you down a peg!" She yelled as she jumped into the sky and began descending towards the inclined monster. The beast only raised its head at the falling girl, giving her disgusting smirk that sent a shiver down Sae-Young's spine.

It then raised both of its arms into the air and from them, dark green vines erupted from the center of its huge palms. Those vines spread swiftly as if they had minds of their own as they attempted to capture the incoming Sae-Young that nimbly dodged their grasp.

"Shit, so it even had abilities like these!?" Sae-Young was perplexed at the variety of powers the troll zombie possessed and grunted in annoyance as she twisted her body several times in the air to avoid the whips. The monsters that she had faced before where nowhere this adaptable and her doubts about the Black Summoner being defeated by this thing were starting to waver.

As she fell closer to the troll zombie and avoided the whips once more, she spun forward several times and released her leg down to perform a helix drop kick.

"Just fucking die!" She yelled as her foot was only a few meters away from the head of the zombie until...

"What!?" Another vine whip had appeared underneath the girl and caught the impending kick. She was held up with one leg as she squirmed restlessly to free herself from its clutches.

"Let go! You disgusting... damn it!" She cursed and as if responding to her helplessness, the zombie maliciously chuckled. The putrid smell of the troll and its repugnant laugh made Sae-Young want to vomit right there and then as its face drew closer to her.

"Graaaa...Graaa" The ruffled moans of the troll spoke and it apparently had decided on what to do with the captured Sae-Young who looked mortified to say the least. As it reached one of its free arms to touch her, a smile crept upon Sae-Young's face that startled the zombie.

"Just kidding"

"Graaaaa!?"

It what could only be described as baffling, the troll zombie's vines that had captured Sae-Young were instantly cut as she fell from its grip and landed on the ground in a crouched position.

Backing up, the zombie was perplexed on how the puny human had escaped until it noticed that a blade of water was gathered at the bottom of her feet. The liquid had taken the form of a sharp and precise blade that was composed entirely of water.

"Sorry, but you didn't actually think I was helpless, did you?"

This was a technique of the Chunbumoon that any member ranked Ren or higher could perform if their ki control was of a high degree. It was known as the『Torrent Slicer』, which was an inner ki technique that allowed the user to convert their ki to suck up any nearby moisture and then focus that liquid at any given point of their bodies. Of course, only Sae-Young was skilled enough in using water affiliated ki control techniques within the clan to use it to such a degree. It was fundamentally different from using magic as she didn't use mana as the foundation of the technique. Like the Yunhonmoon who could utilize special flames by burning their souls, Sae-Young and a few others could utilize water control by "liquidizing" their souls.

"Graaaaaa!" The zombie roared angrily at having been tricked by a mere human. In retaliation, it rapidly shot off several toxic sludge's towards Sae-Young who only shrugged her shoulders at the futile attempt. She hastily avoided each sludge with elegant agility as the zombie didn't let up the attack.

"It's getting pretty desperate... The distraction seems to be working" She absently thought as the plan was going good so far. All that was left was for Jee-Han's signal and they could wrap things would have been much easier for her to just go all out and kill the putrid zombie but she had decided to try out Jee-Han's plan for his sake. Besides, his gamer powers were pretty useful after all, that was a fact she couldn't deny.

As she dodged one of the sludge's once again by ducking her head, she came to a stop when she noticed that the troll had ceased its desperate struggle and she raised an eyebrow.

"Why'd it stop...?" It didn't make much sense to her why the beast had done such a thing so abruptly.

"Chunbumoon girl, look behind you! It can split apart!"

Sung-Gong's distance voice barely reached her before she swiftly turned around and was met with an unexpected disaster. Her body was suddenly confined from behind and both her hands and feet had been restricted by vines, shocking the unprepared woman.

"W-What the hell is this!?" She angrily shouted before turning her head and paled when she saw a miniature version of the troll zombie standing behind her with its arms stretched out and vines coming out of them.

"It duplicated itself!? Just when did it...!?" Sae-Young couldn't believe such a thing was possible as she endlessly tried to escape the monster's grasp. It was bizarre; she couldn't muster up any strength as it felt as like her life force was being drained by the beast. Her struggles became weaker by the second until eventually, she stopped resisting all together.

"Fuck..."

Sae-Young cursed at her careless mistake. Sung-Gong had been right, the creature was far cleverer than what she gave it credit for. Those earlier sludge's had only been distractions and one of those sludge's must have contained a separate body. To think, she had been outsmarted by a beast that looked no more intelligent than a box of nails.

Sae-Young tried once more to free herself from the beast's tight grasp but it was fruitless, she had no strength left.

"Graaaaa...Graaaaa..." The troll's low pitched chuckle annoyed Sae-Young to no end as it slowly approached the helpless girl, each thunderous step it took shaking the city with a thud sound.

"This doesn't look too good..." Sae-Young contemplated. Not that she was afraid of or anything but even she couldn't help shake the feeling of anxiety welling up as the troll came closer.

The troll slowly lifted its leg into the air and looked ready to crush Sae-Young under its giant foot before Sae-Young closed her eyes and awaited the impact. She was a member of the Chunbumoon, she could take it!

However, that impact never came as Jee-Han's voice sudden voice drew Sae-Young's eyes wide open.

"Now! Hit it!"

"We're on it!"

Those familiar voices spoke in unison and soaring through the air underneath the beautiful moon were the figures of Sun-Il and Shi-Yun that were charging straight at the beast. Shi-Yun ignited her ki instantly and activated the『Soul Blaze Fist』, engulfing her entire body in flames while Sun-Il used his inner ki to augment his body as a green aura enveloped him, wind pressure swirling around his right foot.

"『Soul Blaze Arts: Burn Impact!』"

"『Storm Kick!』"

"Graaaaaaaahh!?"

The troll zombie never stood a chance as its body was catapulted away from Sae-Young and it crashed into several buildings along the way, leaving a trail of debris in its wake. The miniature troll zombie panicked and turned around to see its original self being swatted away but that would cost it dearly as Sae-Young took the opportunity to break out of its reigns and delivered a devastating back kick to the zombie's face. Following up, she planted both of her feet on the ground and drew her arm back, focusing her inner ki and then launched it forwards, striking the troll in the stomach. It exploded on impact and all that was left of it was a puddle of its own flesh as Sae-Young wiped away the chunks of garbage that fell on her.

"Ugh, how sickening..."

She complained as she took the last piece of garbage out of her hair before turning to face her two allies that landed on the ground nearby and adopted bewildered expressions. Sae-Young felt a bit annoyed that they took so long as she approached them with a curious frown.

"It's about time you guys showed up. Playing the distraction was more troublesome than I thought..."

Sun-Il merely shrugged his shoulders as he scratched the back of his head.

"Sorry about that. Jee-Han told us not to move from our positions until he was absolutely sure the beast was focused on you."

Shi-Yun nodded.

"We would have provided assistance earlier but Jee-Han had adamantly expressed that if it was the monstrously strong Sae-Young, she would be fine"

Sae-Young's eyebrows twitched at that mention again and Jee-Han who had been listening to their conversation felt his life was in danger.

"Damn it Shi-Yun, why'd you have to say it like that!? Do you want me to die, huh!?" He complained endlessly at Shi-Yun's lack of tact.

Sae-Young looked ready to murder the boy before her hostility dropped and she adopted her usual smile.

"I'll be paying you a visit after this, so be prepared for it." Though she was smiling, Sun-Il and Shi-Yun shuddered at the clear hidden hostility as Jee-Han reluctantly accepted his eventual punishment.

Outside of the Illusion Barrier, a hardy laugh could be heard from the usually stoic Yunhonmoon clan leader as he crossed his arms and a small grin appeared on his face.

"As expected, my granddaughter outshines both of your brats"

Sun-Oh glanced at Shi-Sen as if he was an idiot. "Have your eyes gone rotten? Both my grandchildren make your girl look as if she's still wet behind the ears"

In no time at all, the two were glaring at one another as they both tried to one up the other in praising their children. Shi-Yan watched the spectacle with a sigh before her eyes turned to back to the battlefield and narrowed her eyes. Though she hadn't known much about the abilities of Sae-Young or Sun-Il, Shi-Yun's displayed power was a bit troubling. She knew how strong her precious granddaughter was and the power she just showed was notably more powerful than what she remembered.

"Has Yun-Yun been doing some special training...?" The woman raised a hand to her chin as she considered the possibility. Shi-Yun was among the most talented of the clan so her skills developing rapidly was not a surprise, but that wasn't the issue. Her power was... unnatural to say the least. It was as if she received some sort of power boost and the only logical answer to that would be...

Her eyes fell on her granddaughter's classmate and the mysterious natural ability user, Han Jee-Han who was making his way towards the others.

"That boy, huh?"

She lightly chuckled at the fascinating mystery that the boy held regarding his powers. She had no idea how he did it but somehow, he was able to strengthen Shi-Yun's power while also increasing the abilities of the Chunbumoon disciples.

"How amusing~" Was all she thought as she continued to watch the battle unfold, hoping to see more of the boy's power at work.

Sitting quietly in amazement, Sung-Gong was in pure awe at the teamwork displayed by the four of them. Though he already knew it was Jee-Han's involvement that made it possible, he was still surprised at the impressive showcasing of the Chunbumoon and Yunhonmoon brats. From what he recalled, they were just students still in training, barely old enough to qualify as adults. The fact that they could inflict such damage towards the troll zombie that had given him such trouble was no small feat. Even if his power was restricted, it was still an amazing accomplishment.

Jee-Han finally made his way over towards his friends and landed on a nearby rooftop as he panted slowly. He had activated both the『Chunbumoon Foot Technique』and『Chunbumoon Outer Ki』to increase his agility so he could move swiftly but it was still exhausting. The fact that Sae-Young and Sun-Il could continuously activate these abilities without losing their breath just went to show how much more experienced they were.

More than however, Jee-Han was in awe of his [Team Battle] mode and its buffs. He immediately recognized that due to setting roles for the group, each of them received bonuses in regards to their specific positions and could only thank Gaia once again for such a cheap ability.

Whether it be Sae-Young's improved defensive powers by being a tank or the increased power and speed granted to damage dealer's like Sun-Il and Shi-Yun, the gains were more than satisfying. However, these buffs also came at a cost as he glanced at his MP bar and noticed that it had dropped significantly.

"It looks like when I activate [Team Battle] mode, to sustain their buffs I have to use my MP... I suppose it would be too unfair if there were no drawbacks" Damn, he was hoping that his abilities would be even more broken but he accepted these terms. It wasn't as if he was in any position to be picky.

"Han Jee-Han, is this your doing?" Shi-Yun asked curiously as she looked up towards him and he gave her a curtly nod.

"That's right, I was able to amplify your powers but it drains my mana. Think of it as a double edged sword"

"I see..."

Shi-Yun now understood the fundamentals of this aspect of his power when Jee-Han had mentioned the terms "Party" and "DPS". Shi-Yun was clueless regarding games but even she could figure out that because Jee-Han had assigned her the role of a striker, she had gotten more powerful. Still, what worried her were the limits to his power and how much more he could do. It was quite the frightening ability indeed.

"Ah, so that's why it felt as if we had gotten faster and stronger. Man, your ability gets more unfair by the minute" Sun-Il commented as he stretched his legs.

Jee-Han waved a lazy hand. "You can blame Gaia for that"

Emerging from the rubble of where it had crashed, the troll zombie had rose again and looked no different than it did before it was damaged. Jee-Han produced a wry smile as he observed the remaining beasts HP bar, which had been reduced by a noticeable but overall small margin.

"How damn durable is that thing..."

A few drips of sweat fell from Jee-Han's face as he felt his heart beat pounding, getting faster with each passing moment. This wasn't good, he was getting nervous. He couldn't really expect anything different as he hadn't been in as many battles unlike the monster trio below him and was still considered a novice.

"Oho~, looks like it's getting ready to launch a counter attack. You got any more ideas, Jee-Han?" Sun-Il inquired with the same foxy smile as always.

Sae-Young cracked her fists as she stepped forward. "I'm done playing that shield thing; let me go wild from now on!" She demanded.

"Not yet, we still need to drain its health more before we can go on an all out offensive. In our current states, only you can protect us noona!"

Sae-Young just tossed the boy an annoyed glance before huffing away as she pouted.

"Whatever"

Jee-Han sighed in relief at getting the girl to calm down before focusing his attention back to the approaching troll who didn't look too pleased at being fooled. He observed the spots that Sun-Il and Shi-Yun had struck, frowning as he saw no lasting effects. Apparently, this zombie had the power of body regeneration but it must have cost it some mana as he saw its MP bar noticeably drop.

"Alright what's the next move..." He wondered as he gauged his MP and recalled the skills in his arsenal.『Mana Arrow』and『Energy Bolt』would be completely useless against the monster's overwhelming defense while『Life Drain』was a skill that could only be used as a last resort if they were low on HP. With those options eliminated, the only skill he had left to rely on was...

"Spiral Javelin huh... I'll need some time before I can launch it" The skill was definitely powerful enough to breach a hole in the zombie's defenses for sure but he needed to use as much of his MP as possible so that it would kill it in one blow.

"Hold on, if my MP reaches almost close to 0 will that mean [Team Battle] will be disabled? Shit, I wish I had tested this out earlier and prepared MP recovery items" he inwardly cursed as his brain went into overdrive trying to ascertain the best course of action. The only items in his inventory were HP restoring items and so he was at a loss at what to do to restore his mana to keep up party mode.

"Oi Jee-Han, what's the plan? It's coming..." Sun-Il's noticeably sharp voice snapped Jee-Han out of his thoughts and he focused back on the zombie that had begun howling like a werewolf. It echoed throughout the entirety of the Illusion Barrier as Jee-Han covered his ears to drown it out.

"We get that your upset already, so shut the hell up!" He screamed at the zombie while Sun-Il and Sae-Young chuckled at his reaction.

After it had finished howling, the troll zombie faced the four humans that had dared to cause it so much damage and raised one of its fists into the air. It then pounded said fist into the ground, causing a miniature earthquake to erupt as it continued to stick its hand into the floor.

Sun-Il merely raised his eyebrow at the spectacle. "What's that crazy thing doing?" The actions of the zombie never ceased to amaze him.

"I don't know, but we might as well take this chance to hit it with everything we got. I'm going to use『Spiral Javelin』so I need you guys to cover for me!"

"Oh? That powerful spell you created before right? Nice, that'll really do some damage" Sun-Il agreed wholeheartedly while the two girls just stared curiously at Jee-Han at the mention of this new skill.

"What? He made a new skill?" Sae-Young asked where upon Sun-Il inclined his head.

"Yup, it's a pretty impressive move he created. Just watch and you'll see"

"He created his own skill? Is he perhaps a magician as well? I never knew he was so skilled..." Shi-Yun's voice trailed off in admiration at observing Jee-Han whom now rose in her evaluation of him. She pegged him as a weak coward but in this battle alone, he had proved himself to be quite the capable strategist and cunning individual, not even mentioning the benefits of his strange power. He was a lot different from the crying weakling she had rescued not too long ago.

Jee-Han blushed a bit at the fixated gazes from the girls but shook his head, attempting to concentrate. He gathered ki in the middle of his palm and let his mana flow into the center of the ball of energy that was produced. Immediately, the sphere morphed and began to take the shape of a white javelin that made the nearby inhabitants stare in disbelief at the boy's skill in moulding his ki.

Shi-Sen's eyes slightly widened in amazement and even Sun-Oh couldn't help but let out a surprised huff as he never expected this.

"That brat... to think he could manipulate ki to such an extent" Shi-Sen's eyes fell towards Sun-Oh. "Did you teach him that?"

Sun-Oh merely shook his head. "Of course not. I may have given the boy several basic books to learn but what he's doing right now is completely different to what we teach in the Chunbumoon. That manipulation of ki... that brat's power really is unfair" He huffed.

Shi-Sen was curious to know more about it but judging by Sun-Oh's expression, he wouldn't speak further. He cursed internally at the old man's stubbornness and turned his attention to his wife.

"What do you think?"

Shi-Yan who was also observing produced a frown as a hand made her way to her cheek, as if mimicking the act of deep in thought.

"I don't think any of our juniors has that level of control..."

Shi-Sen could only frown at that news and focused his attention to the mysterious boy. His interest in him was faint at first but after seeing the effects he had on his companions and now this, he couldn't deny that he wanted to know more about the nature of his abilities.

Back with Jee-Han, he poured as much mana as he could into the『Spiral Javelin』that began to rotate and produced a high pitched screech the more it spun. From the way it was spinning and the power that radiated off of it, it was definitely more powerful than the one he used against the Legion Zombie. With this, he shouldn't have any problems wiping out the troll zombie. Before that however, a notification appeared.

[Team Battle] Mode has been disabled due to the lack of mana to sustain it.

All party members will have any buffs and debuffs removed from their status.

"Shit, so I was right..."

As he predicted, the new party feature he had discovered hadn't come without a cost and needed his mana to supply it. He would have known about it if he practiced it before but it wasn't a big deal to Jee-Han right now since the zombie was about to die anyway.

However, Jee-Han along with the rest of the group had been naive as to think the zombie wouldn't do anything to stop them.

Suddenly, a tumbling vibration in the ground alerted everyone's attention as Shi-Yun had looked downwards. Her eyes went wide in surprise when from underneath where she stood, the hand of the troll zombie sprouted and grabbed her completely.

"Wha-!?" she was completely helpless as she was raised into the air.

"Damn it!" Sun-Il grimaced.

Sae-Young was at a complete loss of words. "What the hell!?"

"Shi-Yun!" Jee-Han called as he lost his focus and the attack he had been preparing lost its balance and evaporated into thin air.

"Fuck I lost my concentration and wasted all that mana!" He cursed but knew there were more important things at hand as he watched Shi-Yun desperately try to break free from the zombie's grip.

Sun-Il quickly took action and sprang forward to get the girl down but unfortunately, things wouldn't go his way.

"Watch out!" Sung-Gong shouted but it was far too late.

In a flash, he was intercepted by a large ooze of black sludge and his body was flung backwards where he collided with a city street pole.

"S-Sun-Il!" Jee-Han feared the worst as he watched his fallen comrade be hit with the putrid ooze and prayed that he was alright. He never wanted to imagine what fate befell his friend if his body had even grazed that stuff.

"That bastard played us!" Sae-Young's desperate voice rang out as she swiftly ran towards Sun-Il who was kneeling on one knee and looked as if he was in a great deal of pain. His body was exhibiting a green like aura like from before and Jee-Han sighed in relief when he saw that the black ooze hadn't corroded his skin, yet anyway.

"I'm... fine... I used my inner ki to create a barrier..."

Sae-Young observed how the acid wasn't at all affecting his skin and in her heart she was beyond relieved. However, based on his exhaustion, Sun-Il must have used a tremendous amount of inner ki in doing so and was left almost completely drained.

She figured he'd be fine after he rested for a bit and turned her eyes to the captured Shi-Yun who looked as if she was in serious anguish as her face twisted in disgust from either being captured or being held by such a grotesque thing.

The troll zombie who at this point had gained the advantage had already began snarling at the spectacle before it and reached its other free arm out and stretched it towards the kneeling Sun-Il.

"Like I'd let you!" Sae-Young moved as quickly as she could to intercept the attack and threw her hands up to guard against the approaching hand. However, the huge fist opened up and instead of punching her, it grabbed Sae-Young who hadn't expected it to change that quickly as she too was lifted into the air, helpless to break free.

"Argh! I was caught again, damn it all!" She tried her best but it proved fruitless as this time, the monster's grip on her body had become extremely tight and she felt herself losing consciousness.

"N-Noona!" Jee-Han cried helplessly as he watched the disaster play out in front of him. With both Sae-Young and Shi-Yun captured and Sun-Il utterly exhausted, he was the only left who could actively move. He looked at the current status of his teammates and paled when he saw the girl's HP bars continue to drop at a staggeringly fast rate.

"Shit! At this rate, they're going to die! W-What can I do!? Think Jee-Han, think! Think damn it or else your friends are going to die!" Drips of sweat fell from his face like a river as he didn't know what to do. With no MP left, he couldn't use any of his magic and if he tried to approach the girls carelessly like Sun-Il, then he would be on the receiving end of the troll's counterattack.

Jee-Han swiftly stole a glance to the still stationary Sung-Gong and understood now that this is what he meant by not underestimating the zombie. It was league's above the riff raff that Jee-Han had killed before and was clearly at a level where even a combined effort of experienced martial artists would be troubled. He had taken his advantage for granted and now, his friends were paying the price for his decision.

Jee-Han clenched his fists and gritted his teeth at observing the girls struggle in pain and Sun-Il pant heavily, feeling guilty over the fact that they followed his plan and ended up this way.

Becoming desperate, the idea of using 『I.D Escape』became Jee-Han's only life line as he reluctantly threw his hand into the air. However, he slowly brought it back down as he recalled that Sung-Gong's Illusion Barrier was being repaired by the combined efforts of the Chunbumoon and Yunhonmoon. If he were to attempt to break it and the troll zombie was able to freely roam in the real world, it wouldn't be pretty.

Sun-Il who was kneeling turned his sights to his pathetic looking friend and frowned heavily. "Stop spacing out dumbass, keep your eyes in front! This is a battlefield so man up!" Sun-Il's voice was less sharp than what it was before but it was enough to get Jee-Han to focus ahead as the zombie had spit out more sludge towards him.

"M-Mana Shield!" Jee-Han quickly activated his only defensive move and used up all of his mana to create a three layered shield. Clearly because he was desperate and not thinking straight, he ended up using more mana than what he thought necessary but it proved to be the correct decision as the shield couldn't block the black sludge in its entirety. Two of the layers had been broken into and the last one was barely able to cover the acidic sludge as Jee-Han quickly deactivated the shield and jumped back.

"That was close..." He thought before glaring daggers the zombie who seemed a bit annoyed that it missed but quickly got over it and turned its attention to the captured girls. A dark and sinister smile crept upon its face as Jee-Han seemed to guess what it was about to do.

The troll began to twirl its stretched out hands at a frightening speed, clearly intent on tossing the chucking the two girls and Jee-Han moved himself to stop the zombie but feared he wouldn't be quick enough.

"If it's noona, she'll be fine! I have to believe that since her VIT is the highest among us... but Shi-Yun won't survive that throw in her condition!"

With all of his might, he raced forward and jumped high into the air where the troll zombie had planned on throwing Shi-Yun. In one swift motion, it released the two girls and they went flying in opposite directions, their velocity increasing by the second. Using both the『Chunbu Foot Technique』and『Chunbu Outer Ki』technique, Jee-Han was narrowly able to intercept the thrown Shi-Yun but the impact from the throw was absolutely terrifying and he felt his body soar through the air. He made it his top priority to hold on tightly to the unconscious woman to make sure she wouldn't receive a single scratch.

"Jee-Han!" Sun-Il cried out in desperation as he watched his best friend and Shi-Yun get flung across the city. In truth, Sun-Il wanted to tell Jee-Han to go after Sae-Young while he went after Shi-Yun but Jee-Han had moved quicker than Sun-Il could speak and he was left unable to do a thing as Sae-Young was now headed straight for a wall. At that speed, even if she was more durable now she wouldn't get out of that unscathed and he feared for the worst before...

"Hup!"

Sae-Young's soaring body had come to a stop as Sung-Gong caught the woman in question with his only remaining arm and skid across the city streets, coming to a stop at a nearby intersection. He looked down at the girl who was coughing heavily and breathing in an out, sighing in relief as he feared she would have died even before she hit the wall.

Her consciousness returning, Sae-Young's eyes slowly flickered slowly and her blurry vision had cleared up.

"Wha.." Her voice was weak but it also held traces of the proud and strong woman everyone knew she was. In no time, her vitality had returned and her eyes opened wide while she distanced herself from Sung-Gong who had a confused look on his face.

"Wha...where did you...?" Her question wasn't filled with hostility but more of a strange sense of confirmation as she tried to gather information before she passed out.

"You were flung halfway across the city and I caught you." He bluntly explained as Sae-Young recovered from her stumbling and directed a careful but friendly gaze towards him.

"I see... I guess I owe you one."

Sung-Gong shook his head as his gaze fell downwards. "Don't be. I started this mess so this was the least I could do"

"Hmm... well your right about that. This whole mess was your fault so you should at least take some responsibility for it"

An awkward silence followed as Sung-Gong was a bit perplexed at the woman's blunt but truthful words and he absently wondered in his heart if she was some sort of demon before perishing the thought and reaching into his pocket. He pulled out a small blue pill and tossed it over to Sae-Young.

She raised an eyebrow at the unknown object in her hands "What's this?"

"Give it to that friend of yours with the weird power. I saw that he lost quite a bit of his energy when he was trying to use that flashy skill from earlier. That pill can revitalize some of his energy back but it's the only one I got so tell him he better not waste it. He won't receive his compensation if he doesn't do his fair share"

Sae-Young could only cast a skeptical gaze at Sung-Gong before she clenched it in her hands and a small grin appeared on her face.

"I'll do that. I suppose this somewhat makes up for you causing this mess so I'll leave it at that. Later!" With that, she was off.

Sung-Gong could only sigh in amazement as he watched the girl head over towards Jee-Han's direction.

"Make things up, huh..."

He then looked in the direction of the taunting troll zombie and knitted his eyebrows. His work wasn't done yet as he floated into the air and headed straight towards it.

---

"Ugh..."

Shi-Yun's eyes blinked slowly as she began to regain her senses. She felt some pain in several places on her body but surprisingly, it didn't hurt as much as she predicted it would. Her eyes flushed all the way open and she rose up as she looked around her surroundings, noticing that she was on the rooftop of a somewhat damaged building.

When she looked at her body up and down and at the damages, she couldn't understand how she could have received barely any damage from that attack until the slow breathing of a person standing behind her caught her attention. She swiftly turned around to see the familiar classmate she had been cooperating with up till now; Han Jee-Han have his back against the wall as his body was limp.

"Han Jee-Han!" the woman cried as she swiftly rushed to his side and felt his heartbeat. Her mind was put at ease when she heard the sound of his heart thumping; thankfully he was still breathing.

"How did he...?" Shi-Yun's mind couldn't comprehend how he had sustained such damages but it quickly occurred to her that his body was directly behind her's and that the wall behind Jee-Han was heavily damaged. It only took a few seconds to figure out that he had shielded her with his body from the impact.

Shi-Yun was dumbfounded at seeing the previously weak classmate that she pegged as nothing but a coward in such a state only after risking his life to protect her. A sense of shame burdened her heart at how a proud member of the Yunhonmoon such as herself needed saving by someone who shouldn't have been caught up in this mess in the first place. More than that however, she felt ashamed that she had misjudged the boy to such an extent. How could anyone who risked his life and received such wounds be called a coward?

She clenched her fists tightly and brought his body close to her's as she rested a hand on his chest. The contents of her soul burned passionately as she allowed her ki to flow into Jee-Han's body while she activated the『Yunhon Soul Recovery』. She winced as her body wasn't in the best condition to be doing such a technique but she didn't care, she was going to save him no matter what. Having said that, her proficiency in using the skill was far from the best and she wasn't expecting him to make a full recovery, just enough to keep him alive.

"...Uh..."

His weak voice called out as his eyes began to flicker open. In no time at all and faster than what Shi-Yun could have ever hoped for , the boy had sprung back to life and he looked as good as new while she laid his body against the wall with a fascinated expression on her face. The boy's recovery rate was simply... astounding.

"How are you feeling, Han Jee-Han?" She asked, more gentle with her words than usual.

Jee-Han blinked several times before he looked directly at Shi-Yun.

"Where... Ah! Shi-Yun, are you alright!?" His loud voice and exasperated expression startled Shi-Yun for a bit before she nodded, noting how odd he was to worry about her before himself.

"Yes I'm fine. I'm more worried about you, your injuries were much worse than mine but you seem to be fine..."

Jee-Han just sheepishly rubbed the back of his head as he smiled. "Heh, I'm alot tougher than people give me credit for. Sorry if I worried ya, I didn't expect that monster to throw you guys so suddenly so my body just moved."

Shi-Yun produced a wry smile at the boy's reckless actions before she bowed respectfully, alarming Jee-Han.

"Please forgive my uselessness during the battle; I am ashamed as a Yunhonmoon member to have caused you such discomfort. I am in your debt."

Jee-Han was at a loss of words on how to respond to the woman's sudden humility before he stood up and rubbed some dust off his clothes.

"Don't worry about it, I was to blame as well. I'm sure you guys could have beaten that thing if you all fought against it but I was the one who decided on the plan and it failed" Though he said that, the idea of having the Yunhonmoon in his debt made him get excited and a smile crept upon his face. "Though, if you're really grateful, you could lend me some of your clan's skill books"

Shi-Yun stopped bowing and inclined her head with a surprised expression at the sudden terms he had stated. Why would he want her clan's skill books if he wasn't a user of martial arts? However, since she owed him a debt and she always paid back her debts, she didn't have a problem with it as long as they were the basic ones.

"Of course, I'll ask my grandfather as soon as this battle is over"

"Alright! Let's finish this battle already, I want my compensation!" Jee-Han grinned happily and he pumped his fist into the air, faintly noticing the new notification that had appeared below his eyes.

«By using your negotiation skills to incur a favor in this situation, WIS increases by ! »

"Huh, I just gained more wisdom, sweet!" Jee-Han celebrated as his mood had been noticeably improved compared to before.

Watching her classmates rather odd behavior, Shi-Yun could only produce a puzzled expression as the boy known as Han Jee-Han was definitely an odd existence.

"Oi! Jee-Han!"

The familiar voice caught Jee-Han and Shi-Yun by surprise as they saw Sae-Young falling from the air and land in front of them.

"Noona! Are you okay?" Jee-Han's worries weren't for nothing as the last time he had seen her, she was being flung across the city.

Sae-Young grinned with a "V" sign. "Yup, Sung-Gong helped me out"

Not just Jee-Han but also Shi-Yun was surprised to hear this news. Sung-Gong had actually saved her? Though Jee-Han suspected he was a man who wasn't as bad as he appeared, Shi-Yun thought poorly of him so to her, it was quite surprising.

"I-I see, well that's good to hear. Is Sun-Il alright as well?"

Sae-Young shook her head. "Don't know, he should still be where the troll zombie is. We should hurry back... oh! Before that..." She reached into her bra and pulled out the pill that Sung-Gong had given her and tossed it to Jee-Han. The boy wondered how or why woman stuffed things into there but saved that discussion for another time as he stared at the pill.

"And this is..?"

"It's supposed to be a pill that can restore your energy or magic or whatever you guys call it. There's only one so don't waste it, alright?"

Jee-Han held the pill in his hand and tightly gripped it, thinking about how experienced Sung-Gong must have been to prepare something like this in such an emergency.

"I got it"

He popped the pill into his mouth and opened his status screen, noticing his mana rise from empty to a little over half of his total amount. He felt the flow of his mana returning as his body appeared to have gotten lighter and his complexion looked better.

Sae-Young smiled at the results before she turned to look in the troll zombie's direction that had completely ignored the four of them and turned its sights towards the crack where Jee-Han and others broke in from.

"Not good, it looks like that thing wants to go where the Yunhonmoon guys and gramps are"

Shi-Yun's eyebrows twitched at that sudden piece of news and she gritted her teeth.

"Unacceptable! I will never allow that beast to attack my clan mates!"

Sae-Young scratched her head. "I'm with you there but that zombie is quite the hassle to deal with. I'm usually all for a frontal assault but..." She couldn't deny the fatigue that was weighing her down and frowned in annoyance. "None of us are in any condition to being doing such a thing, right?"

"T-That's..." Shi-Yun had a troubled expression as she couldn't refute the older woman's words.

As the two girls continued to think of an alternative, Jee-Han was deep in thought at how he was going to defeat the troll zombie. He could use the『Spiral Javelin』again from this distance to hit the zombie but now that he had seen its power at work, he wasn't confident that his skill could wipe it out completely. He only had one more shot and if he wasted it like before, there was no telling what was going to happen.

"Just increasing its power won't be enough... I need to be able to hit it with overwhelming strength that will destroy it completely...overwhelming destructive power... destructive power... explosive... wait..." His eyes turned to the distressed Shi-Yun who was glaring at the zombie as if she was looking at the Sung-Gong who harmed her clan.

"That's it! I've never tried adding elemental properties to the Spiral Javelin. The wind pressure I used before wasn't actual wind magic; it was just the after effect of spinning the javelin to add piercing power. If I can add flames to it, how powerful could it be!?"

"Guys!" Jee-Han called out abruptly, altering the two girls who had been surprised by his outburst.

Jee-Han smirked.

"I've got an idea on how we can destroy that thing once and for all"

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Standing on the outside of the Illusion Barrier, Sun-Oh carefully looked around the city for the whereabouts of his grandchildren and the gamer boy but was unable to find them. He had seen what had happened and almost instinctively rushed in to assist them but decided against it. He had already made the decision to let the kids handle the situation while they fixed the broken Illusion Barrier. Besides, if Shi-Sen wasn't about to jump in when his granddaughter was captured, then the least he could do was believe in his own grandchildren. That included the geek, no matter how inexperienced he was.

"Ara, looks like they're in trouble" Shi-Yan's voice chimed into Sun-Il's deep thoughts as he glanced at the unworried clan head. Even she didn't look the least bit concerned and had the same seductive smile she always wore.

Shi-Sen said nothing as he continued to observe the events unfold. He thought he was mistaken but before Shi-Yun was thrown across the city; his eyes caught that classmate of her's jump in to catch her body.

"So that brat wasn't as cowardly as he looked..." He had to change his evaluation of the boy before the approaching figure of the troll zombie caught his attention.

"It looks as if we have company"

Sun-Oh stroked his beard. "Seems so, shall we take care of it or give the youngsters a chance?"

Shi-Yan only shrugged her shoulders. "We already promised not to get involved and the juniors are over there busy fixing the Illusion Barrier"

Sun-Oh understood what she meant in those words and relinquished the idea of stopping the beast. However, if the brats didn't act soon he was going to be forced to break his promise and so his worries were understandable.

Just as he thought so, his senses perceived a large amount of ki being used and not only him but the two other clan heads attention turned towards a building far off in the distance and narrowed their eyes. Though it was a bit hard to see clearly, they had no doubt that Jee-Han was there along with Shi-Yun and Sae-Young. In Jee-Han's hand was the same technique he had tried to use before that was interrupted as he lost his concentration.

"Is that brat using the same move as before?" Shi-Sen inquired.

Shi-Yan smiled earnestly. "Hoho, let's see if this time it will work..."

Sun-Oh frowned before his eyes widened at the unforeseen spectacle. "No... It's different!"

Both clan heads snapped their glances towards the old man as his words confused them. How was it any different than before?

"Jee-Han... just what are you trying to do?"

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"Haaaa...!"

Jee-Han unintentionally let out a pained groan as he held the unstable『Spiral Javelin』in his hand. Like before, he had added in as much mana as he possibly could and was trying his best to keep it from evaporating, which required intense concentration. The pressure from the rotation of the javelin was blowing away his clothes as he struggled to keep his eyes open with all of the wind pressure.

"Hey! Isn't that enough already!? Won't that be enough to destroy the monster!?" Sae-Young exclaimed as she covered her face from the wind. She was honestly in complete amazement at the sheer power radiating from the javelin as she wondered when in the hell did Jee-Han learn to produce something like this.

"Just what exactly is your plan, Jee-Han?" Shi-Yun was in a similar predicament as she tightened her body and squinted her eyes so she wouldn't close them from all that wind pressure.

Jee-Han ignored their words as he concentrated as much as he could and he turned his eyes to Shi-Yun.

"Okay Shi-Yun, I need you to produce some flames!"

"Hah?"

She unintentionally let out a surprised voice as Jee-Han's request had completely taken her off guard.

"Don't hah me! I'm going to combine your flames with my Javelin!"

"Wha..."

Both girls were flabbergasted at the boy's proclamation as Shi-Yun wasn't sure what to do. She wanted to help him but the idea of combining their attacks together was a concept that she had never tried before.

"Just how are you going to pull it off Jee-Han!?" Sae-Young inquired.

Jee-Han grinned at her. "It's simple. I'm going to use the broken aspects of my gamer ability to their fullest. Just watch and see!" He then looked back at Shi-Yun who hesitated for a second before she nodded her head and gave a hardened gaze.

"Very well"

She clasped both of her hands together and activated the『Soul Blaze Flame』, igniting her soul with her inner ki and in an instant; her body was enveloped in hot blue flames. The flames were blown viciously by the Javelin's wind pressure and she winced as she concentrated to make sure they weren't blown out.

"Will this be sufficient?" She asked with a distressed face.

"That's perfect, now let me handle the rest" Jee-Han closed his eyes.

"Okay Jee-Han, its game time. You've never done this before but how hard could it be? Gaia has already gave you tools you need to be a badass, now it's time to use em! First up, using『Spirit Channel』to utilize my chi so I can control those flames..."

"『Spirit Channel!』"

Instantly, Jee-Han's body felt as if it was on fire as the contents of his soul began to rapidly expand and he felt a substance within his body that was directly opposite of his mana. This was the power to utilize his own inner spirit, in other words his "Chi" which Sun-Il had talked about before. Having did so rather easily, Jee-Han was already prepared for the next step.

"Next up, absorb the flames... absorb the flames... absorb those god damn flames!"

He repeated that in his mind almost endlessly as he tried to draw in the flames that Shi-Yun was putting out. Looking at his SP Bar, a grinned appeared on his face when he saw the yellow bar rapidly decrease and while doing so, he observed the blue flames around Shi-Yun that slowly moved towards his Javelin. It was a beautiful scene, watching the dazzling flames wrap themselves around his own original technique like a perfectly wrapped sandwich. No no, he had to stay focused!

"Ehhhhhh!? It's working!?" Sae-Young was completely in awe at the spectacle as her body trembled from the amount of power coming out of it.

"Keep going!" Jee-Han thought as he concentrated further and almost all of the flames that Shi-Yun had produced had been swallowed by the Javelin. The shape of the Javelin then began to morph as it grew wider and blue flames surrounded its entirety, raising the temperature around them by several degrees.

«Ding!»

A fusion skill has been created through a special action!

By harnessing the power of your mana and chi to combine a nearby flame onto the『Spiral Javelin』,『Blazing Spiral Javelin』has been created.

『Blazing Spiral Javelin (Active) Level 1 EXP 0.00 % / MP: 1200 / SP: 250』

70 % increase in defense penetration
800 % increase in piercing damage
Special Properties: [Mid] Burning Damage, [Low] Explosion Damage
Cast time: 10 seconds
Cooldown: 5 minutes

Only an individual who possesses exceptional talent in mana control could create this skill.

Jee-Han's excitement couldn't be contained as he happily howled at his achievement. "Oh my god, it worked!"

Shi-Yun fell on one knee as the last of her ki had been depleted and she panted heavily, droplets of sweat falling from her forehead. Though it was a gamble, she decided to put her faith in Jee-Han whom she previously doubted and wanted to make it up too.

"I've given you everything Han Jee-Han...use my power as you see fit" She exclaimed before she collapsed on to the ground.

Jee-Han was a bit startled at seeing her fall before he hardened his gaze at the troll zombie.

"Aa, I'll see to it that bastard gets what's coming to him. Noona, please take care of her"

Sae-Young had already moved over towards the exhausted Shi-Yun and laid her on her knees before smiling up at Jee-Han.

"You got it. I'm surprised to see our Jee-Han act so manly, you won't disappoint us now right?" She said with a teasing face as Jee-Han nodded at her words and also smiled.

"I'll show you why I'm the Gamer!" He exclaimed as he held the new Javelin in his hands and aimed it towards the troll zombie. He only had one shot and he knew his chances of hitting it were slim but he didn't have time to worry about that right now.

The troll zombie continued its approach to the outside of the Illusion Barrier where the clan head's where standing before its survival instincts kicked in and it turned around to see far off in the distance something that made a shiver run down its spine. Even though it was confident that it had taken care of the troublesome pests from before, they were still alive.

"Graaaaaaaaaaah!" It snarled as it turned back around slowly to meet Jee-Han's gaze, signalling to him that now was the time.

"By the powers bestowed upon me as the main character of this story, pierce through that son of a bitch!" That was all Jee-Han said as he launched the burning Javelin towards the stationary zombie that instinctively felt that if it were to get hit by that thing, its chances of survival would be fatal.

"Graaa..." Though it thought that, it wasn't worried as a confident chuckle escaped its lips and it watched the Javelin approach it with laughable speed. The stupid human must not have realized that unless he possessed superhuman strength, there was no way he could have thrown that Javelin with enough power to hit it.

"Damn it, it's not fast enough!" Jee-Han winced at noticing the decreasing velocity of the Javelin as he cursed his lack of strength.

"Don't worry Jee-Han, it will hit" Sae-Young reassured the distressed boy as he cast a doubtful look towards her.

"W-what do you mean?"

"Keep watching, those guys still hasn't given up, right?"

"Those... guys?"

Jee-Han was utterly confused on whom she was referring to as he turned his eyes back to the launched Javelin.

As the Javelin's speed began to decrease and its trajectory began to wobble, the troll zombie chuckled and raised its hands to produce some vines to intercept it. As long as the Javelin didn't touch its main body, it would no doubt survive. However, what would happen next was far outside the zombie's calculations.

From the shadows of a nearby alleyway, a figure appeared and dashed forward to align himself right under the Javelin as the spectators all nearby let out a surprised gasp.

"Is that...!?" Jee-Han's eyes couldn't believe what he was seeing as his best friend, Sun-Il had run underneath his Javelin.

Sae-Young smirked. "Told ya"

Sun-Il panted heavily as he continued to run below the Javelin that continued to soar and he closed his eyes, focusing as much ki as he possibly could into his right foot. This was going to be a do or die gamble but since it involved Jee-Han, he was more than willing to take the risk.

His eyes flickered open and in that instant, he turned his body around and jumped into the air to shadow the Javelin underneath. Twisting his body, he brought his body back and he stretched the leg where he had concentrated all of ki into before glaring at the troll zombie who was caught off guard.

"I'm not just a supporting character!"

Sun-Il's leg shot forward and smashed the burning Javelin from the back, propelling it with unimaginable speed as the troll zombie stared dumbfounded. It tried to move out of the way to lessen the incoming damage but it suddenly felt tremendous pain its feet, noticing that two dark spears had been impaled into them.

"Grehhhhhh!?"

Its shock was understandable as the beast looked high into the sky and saw Sung-Gong floating in the air with an arrogant grin on his face as he adjusted his black shades.

"Try not to hold this against me troll, I had to make up for my earlier blunders."

That was the last thing the troll zombie would hear in its short life as the burning javelin pierced right through its chest and moments later, an explosion went off as the zombie was covered in blue flames from head to toe.

"GRAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh!?"

The cries of its unbearable pain echoed throughout the Illusion Barrier as its body slowly disintegrated and in a puff of black smoke, its body crumbled and there was nothing left of the beast except a pile of black ash that evaporated into thin air.

There was dead silence on the battle field as the participants of the battle tried to take in the victory they had just obtained.

"We... We fucking did it!" Jee-Han exclaimed enthusiastically as he threw his fist into the air and roared as loud as he possibly could. Sae-Young watched the ecstatic boy with a warm smile and Shi-Yun who had recovered enough of her energy also watched but with a baffled expression. In this battle alone, her view on the mysterious boy had changed drastically and she didn't know why she was doing it, but she smiled. Whether it be because the battle was over or because Jee-Han said that he was going to save her clan mates, the smile on her face was full of genuine happiness.

"What an odd feeling... though it isn't a bad one..."

It was a long and hard fought battle but they had done it; they had won.

However, though the battle may have been won, the war was far from over as the events of today would be the catalyst that would upset the very balance of the Abyss, with Jee-Han right in the middle.

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【Outside the Illusion Barrier】

Standing on a watchtower in the distance, observing the drawn out battle between the four individuals and the troll zombie was a mysterious entity that wore a flashy outfit with excessive ornaments and vibrant colors. Their face was covered with a bizarre clown mask that had a terrifying wide grin on the front.

"Oya... Oya..."

The events that had just transpired within the contents of the Illusion Barrier seemed to leave the clown in a state of utter confusion as they leaked out a sigh in amazement.

Their observations of the previous battle were intended to focus on the Black Summoner, Sung-Gong whom they had purposely set up in order to eliminate. After gathering enough souls of zombies to cure his precious daughter, the man himself would then fall victim to the birth of a powerful unique monster that wouldn't have any trouble eliminating the weakened ability user and his death would be a beautiful sight to behold. The mere thought of watching his body crumble into paste made the clown absolutely ecstatic as they squirmed in a disgusting manner.

At least, that was supposed to happen.

Their plans had spiraled completely out of control and the interference of these new individuals had ruined everything. The Chunbumoon and Yunhonmoon were neutral when it came to Sung-Gong so why had they decided to assist him? However, that wasn't what intrigued them the most. It was the appearance of the mysterious boy with a power they had never seen before, the brown haired student who called himself Han Jee-Han. Being able to coordinate other individuals, using flashy magic and now being able to utilize chi, something a magician wouldn't be able to do?

"Just what is that boy..." Their voice held traces of curiosity, anger, bewilderment, and interest as they acknowledged that the sea of confusion they were feeling was mostly caused by this unfamiliar boy's appearance.

"Kukukuku..." The sound of the masked stranger's cackling could be heard.

"How interesting. That power... the full extent of his abilities are unknown. He'll net me quite a large sum if I can get my hands on him."

In a flash, they disappeared into the middle of the night, intent of discovering the mystery of the boy.

"It looks like I'll have to send him to【Paradise】"

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A/N: (Faints) After writing this chapter, I feel like taking a longggg nap. It was easily the longest chapter I've ever written in my life and it was supposed to be alot shorter but I simply didn't feel content with leaving you guys to wait for the conclusion of the long battle. Well, think of it as a make up for all the weeks I missed before!

What'd you guys think? We had our first team battle! I always found this system intriguing and was annoyed that the author of The Gamer never went further into it so I tried my hands with it. Also, Jee-Han learned an impressive new one shot move, the Blazing Spiral Javelin! Before you ask, the reason why Jee-Han didn't have to name this one was because Blazing Spiral Javelin is a "Fusion" move that combines the flames of the Soul Blaze Fist with the Spiral Javelin. Gaia took it upon herself to name the technique for him as a Fusion Move will always have an existing name, whereas original techniques will need to be named.

So this concludes the Zombie arc that was the introduction to Jee-Han's powers and the setting of The Gamer. We'll be moving into the next big arc which I call the "Paradise" arc where Jee-Han gets targeted by an organization after showing off his powers during this battle. Silly Jee-Han, he should really be careful.

Two important characters will be introduced in the next arc so that'll be something to look forward too, no spoilers of course but I'm sure some of you already guessed one of them.

As I mentioned before, this is the where the divergence really starts and while there will be similar characters like before, they're interactions with Jee-Han and importance in the plot will be drastically different.

I suppose that's all I have left to say, I'll be taking a week break to rejuvenate myself so I can prepare the next few chapters in advance.

Look forward to the next one!

Name: Han Jee-Han
Class: The Gamer
Title:《Zombie Slayer》
Level: 21 (↑5 UP)

HP: 1140/1140
MP: 1480/1480
SP: 350/350

STR: 26
VIT: 29 (↑3 UP)
DEX: 24 (↑3 UP)
INT: 60
WIS: 18 (↑3 UP)
LUK: 11 (↑2 UP)

Points: 35
Money: ₩503,000

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《Skills》

Offensive:
• Energy Bolt (Active) | Lv: 3
• Mana Arrow (Active) | Lv: 2
• Spiral Javelin (Active) | Lv: 2
• Life Drain (Active) | Lv: 1
• Blazing Spiral Javelin (Active): Level 1 «NEW»

Defensive:
• Mana Shield (Active): Level 2 «↑1 UP»

Support:
• Observe (Active) | Lv: 7 «↑2 UP»
• Yunhon Soul Recovery (Active) | Lv: 2
• Chunbu Spirit Technique (Passive & Active) | Lvl: 5 «↑1 UP»
• Chunbu Martial Arts Technique (Passive & Active) | Lvl: 2
• Chunbu Sword Technique (Passive & Active) | Lvl: 3
• Chunbu Foot Technique (Passive & Active) | Lvl: 5 «↑2 UP»
• Chunbu Outer Ki Technique (Passive) | Lvl: 5 «↑1 UP»
• Spirit Channel (Active) | Lvl: MAX «NEW»
• Sensory (Passive) | Lvl: MAX «NEW»

Resistances and Masteries:
• Physical Endurance (Passive) | Lvl: 4 «↑1 UP»
• Blunt Weapon Mastery (Passive) | Lvl: 5
• Unarmed Combat Mastery (Passive) | Lvl: 1
• Sword Mastery (Passive) | Lvl: 2

Miscellaneous:
• ID Create (Active): Level 2
• ID Escape (Active): Level 1