Chapter 283: Synchronization Rate – Red
“KHAHAHAHA! Huma! Yes, Huma! That was definitely the name! I had forgotten, but thanks to you, I remembered it after 700 years! “
Half-and-Half Dragon laughed loudly, shaking heaven and earth.
His best friend and only friend, the previous Huma.
Half-and-Half Dragon had just barely recalled the name thanks to Kyung-joon.
For Half-and-Half Dragon, the strongest, the best, and the supreme being, everything except his own name was irrelevant and could be forgotten.
But even so.
“Kuh-huh…… Yes, I’ve lived for thousands of years, but I still remember him vividly.”
The existence of his friend, Huma, was more firmly imprinted in his mind than anything else.
“Krrraaa…… Huma……? You had a human as a friend?”
“That name is similar to the Humanity Cantons. But I don’t remember.”
“700 years ago, I was just a newly hatched hatchling. It’s understandable I wouldn’t know.”
“Half-and-Half Dragon-nim has his own memories.”
None of the dragons, including the Four Heavenly Dragons, knew of Huma’s existence.
That was to be expected, since even in his time, only the Seven Heroes knew the previous Huma, and others were largely unaware.
The Infinite Knowledge Seeker was essentially the hidden teacher, friend, and lover of the Seven Heroes.
The name Huma was known only to the Seven Heroes, and he used a thousand names and a thousand faces when active in the world, making it even more likely to be forgotten.
‘Hmph, he was just trying to be cool…… But that was his wish…’
In the end, Huma disappeared into the annals of history, remembered only by the Fairy King and Half-and-Half Dragon.
The Fairy King felt great regret over this fact.
“Yes. Descendant. The fact that you are his descendant has been sufficiently proven by your magic. Only he, and perhaps his descendants, would use such a headache-inducing magic.”
“Haha. Both Fairy King-nim and you figured it out just by looking at the magic.”
“That’s right! I’ve never seen such strange magic in my thousands of years of life! No, is this the second time now?! KHAHAHAHA!”
Half-and-Half Dragon glared fiercely with his two eyes.
“And… besides the Demon King, he was the only one who could confront me head-on like this.”
Kyung-joon, making eye contact with Half-and-Half Dragon from the same eye level.
No human, no, no being of any race had ever done this before, except for Kyung-joon.
Except for the Demon King, that is.
A space solely occupied by Kyung-joon and Half-and-Half Dragon.
Even though hundreds and thousands of dragons and dragon elves were gathered around, none dared to interrupt their conversation.
“So, the reason you came to find me must be because of this, right?”
Half-and-Half Dragon moved his giant dragon hand and opened his palm.
A fan-shaped emblem, shining orange, was floating in it.
[Hero’s Emblem (Half-and-Half Dragon)]
“Th-That’s……!”
“Half-and-Half Dragon-nim……! C, Could it be?!”
“No! That’s not possible for a mere human……!”
“……Half-and-Half Dragon-nim, please reconsider.”
The Four Heavenly Dragons on either side, who had been unable to intervene in the conversation, finally began to speak up.
That’s how significant the ‘Hero’s Emblem’ was.
“Krrraaaaraaaaraa!!”
Half-and-Half Dragon roared.
“I’m talking with a fragment of my friend. Don’t spoil the mood.”
The noisy Four Heavenly Dragons immediately shut their mouths.
Half-and-Half Dragon looked at Kyung-joon again.
He wanted to hear the answer to the question he had just asked.
Kyung-joon, understanding his intention.
Said only one word, no more, no less.
“Yes.”
Just one word, “Yes.”
“KRAHAHAHA!!”
Half-and-Half Dragon burst into laughter again, as if he found something amusing.
He seemed to be captivated by the audacity of his descendant.
Or perhaps he was in a good mood because he felt a similar feeling to that of 700 years ago after a long time.
After laughing like that.
Suddenly, Half-and-Half Dragon spoke with a face devoid of laughter.
“This is not just a symbol of the Seven Heroes, but also a symbol of my friendship with him. Giving this to you means two things.”
Krrraaaaraaaaraa!
Half-and-Half Dragon roared, imbuing his words with dragon language.
And then.
[Legendary Skill (Forced) 『Vector Calculus』 is forcibly deactivated.]
Thud! Thud!
As the magic of Vector Calculus was forcibly deactivated, the dragon elves who had been acting as stairs all came crashing down.
“Ugh……?!”
Kyung-joon, who had been climbing, also fell.
[Legendary Skill (Forced) 『Vector Calculus』 ]
Wooong!
Kyung-joon once again activated his magic, managing to avoid becoming a splattered mess on the ground.
However, the eye contact he had briefly made with the Half-and-Half Dragon was gone.
Now, the Half-and-Half Dragon looked down at Kyung-joon with his massive body and said,
“First, just as I acknowledged that guy as a friend, you too must be acknowledged by me as a friend.”
The Half-and-Half Dragon stretched out his hand and raised it.
[Legendary Skill 『Dragon’s Invisible Hand』 ]
“Kugh……!”
Zzzzt!
Kyung-joon was forcibly pulled upwards again by the Dragon’s Invisible Hand.
It felt like his whole body was being crushed and shattered.
[Legendary Skill (Forced) 『Vector Calculus』 ]
Wooong!
Kyung-joon drew up more mana and somehow endured the pressure.
“Second, everything you do, here in Canton and in the whole world, will be recognized under my name. In other words, you will be able to carry the weight of my existence on your back.”
Kwaaaaaaaak!
The Half-and-Half Dragon clenched his hand.
Simultaneously, the Dragon’s Invisible Hand also gripped Kyung-joon.
“Kuuuuuugh……!”
Kyung-joon’s body was forcibly shrinking.
Wooong! Wooong! Wooong!
Kyung-joon barely managed to block the pressure with all his might.
“Khehehe…… You seem to have some guts.”
While Kyung-joon was exerting all his strength, the Half-and-Half Dragon didn’t seem to be struggling at all.
“Do you think you can bear the weight of those two meanings? This weight that even the Four Heavenly Dragons beside me couldn’t endure?”
Kwaaaaaaaak!
The Half-and-Half Dragon slowly began to clench his hand again.
“Keuk……! Kuuuuuugh……!”
Kyung-joon’s form continued to shrink and become smaller.
But despite that.
[Legendary Skill (Forced) 『Vector Calculus』 ]
Wooong!
[Legendary Skill (Forced) 『Vector Calculus』 ]
Wooong!
Kyung-joon somehow managed to hold on.
“T, This human is withstanding the Half-and-Half Dragon-nim’s Invisible Hand…….”
“You fool. Can’t you see? The Half-and-Half Dragon-nim is going easy on him for his amusement.”
Everyone around them thought the Half-and-Half Dragon was holding back.
‘There’s no way I can win this…… but I can endure…… Maybe that story is true after all…….’
However, Kyung-joon knew the ‘truth that only Huma knew,’ which was that it wasn’t the case.
That’s why Kyung-joon was able to withstand even the strongest, greatest, and supreme being, the Half-and-Half Dragon.
Recognizing this fact, Kyung-joon forced himself to speak.
“……I may be weaker than the Four Heavenly Dragons. But…….”
“Hmm? But?”
The Half-and-Half Dragon listened to Kyung-joon’s words with interest.
“But…… I’m confident I won’t lose to you, Half-and-Half Dragon-nim.”
“……!!”
“……!!”
Everyone around them gasped in shock.
Such a shocking statement!
To dare say he’s confident he won’t lose to the strongest, greatest, and supreme dragon, the Half-and-Half Dragon……!
“What kind of nonsense and bravado is this!!”
The surroundings were once again in an uproar due to Kyung-joon’s absurd and shocking statement.
“Half-and-Half Dragon-nim! That ignorant creature who doesn’t know his place! Tear him limb from limb―”
Just as the commotion was about to turn towards Kyung-joon.
Swoosh.
Kyung-joon took out a syringe from his inventory.
And then immediately.
Pook!
[Epic Item 『Synchronization Rate Injection: Red 』 has been used.]
Pat!
[(Once again, the face of the real-life AngerManagementVodka)]
[This time it’s Red, right?]
Kyung-joon only nodded silently.
[……Be careful. If you get trapped forever and can’t get out, everything you’ve done so far will be for nothing.]
Pook!
AngerManagementVodka injected the same red liquid into the real-life Kyung-joon’s body.
Zzzt!
Zzzztt!
Zzzzzzzzzzzzt!
Pzzzzzzzzzzzzt!!
A tremendous amount of sparks began to fly from Kyung-joon’s body.
It wasn’t mana, Dragon Qi, or anything of the sort, just ordinary electrical sparks.
But there was one special thing about it.
It was electricity from the 『real world』, not the World.
This is what Kyung-joon named…….
<(｡ì_í｡)!!>
<『Data Spark』 phenomenon has been observed! Please be careful! It’s going to surge!>
Pzzzzzzzt!
Sparks covered Kyung-joon’s entire body.
“Kaaaaaaagh……!!”
Kyung-joon’s agonizing scream.
Even Kyung-joon, who could endure the pain of having his chest pierced without flinching, found this pain unbearable.
But the reward for that pain.
Was very sweet and dangerous.
<Executing Stats → Synchronization Rate Conversion Algorithm.>
<Reverse Conversion Rate 83.6%>
<Converting all variable stats and existing stats to Synchronization Rate.>
[Kyung-joon]
▶Strength: 10 Agility: 10 Intelligence: 10 Stamina: 10 Mana: 10
All of Kyung-joon’s stats, except for 10 in each, began to be converted into Synchronization Rate.
<Current Synchronization Rate 0.00001%>
<Current Synchronization Rate 1.42%>
<Current Synchronization Rate 17.8%>
<Current Synchronization Rate 53.7%>
<Current Synchronization Rate 84.9%>
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．
．
<Insufficient ‘price’ to exceed the limit.>
<…….>
Teemo hesitated for a brief moment.
But soon moved on to the next sequence.
<Executing Lifespan → Synchronization Rate Conversion Algorithm.>
<Total Lifespan decreased by 1 day.>
<Total Synchronization Rate increased by 1%.>
<Total Lifespan decreased by 2 days.>
<Total Synchronization Rate increased by 2%.>
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Kyung-joon’s lifespan, which had increased to about 1021 days while adapting to mana for a month.
Teemo continued to reduce it until it reached 21 days.
[Warning!]
[The link (Synchronization Rate) between the in-game character and the real body is too high!]
[Urgent logout required.]
[Urgent logout required.]
[Urgent…….]
A system warning popped up in the middle.
[Administrator Privileges (Mythical) in effect.]
[Ignoring and removing all warnings related to Synchronization Rate.]
It disappeared immediately.
As a result.
<Current Synchronization Rate 1,125%>
<Exceeded the Horizon of Limits 1,000%.>
<Entering Singularity.>
Crackle! Crackle!
Sparks were still flying from Kyung-joon’s body.
“…….”
But Kyung-joon was no longer in pain.
Kyung-joon raised his head.
The first thing he saw was something he had never seen before.
But it was the 『Singularity』 that he had always aimed for.
[Dimensional Study Room (Singularity)]
▶Time Dilation: t≪∞
▶Skill Level: ???
▶Skill Type: ???
▶Skill Rank: ???
Kyung-joon used a skill.
Not even the status window indicating that he used a skill appeared.
But the skill activated.
<…….>
Teemo also stopped.
“…….”
The Half-and-Half Dragon in front of him also stopped.
“…….”
The Fairy King below also stopped.
“…….”
“…….”
“…….”
“…….”
The Four Heavenly Dragons on either side also stopped.
“…….”
“…….”
“…….”
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．
．
Everyone around him stopped.
Swoosh.
In the frozen space and time, Kyung-joon moved.
Like an astronaut floating in zero gravity, Kyung-joon moved through the air and sat down on the floor.
In front of him was the Half-and-Half Dragon’s massive right leg.
Thump.
He lightly punched the leg.
There was no change.
Thump.
He punched it again.
There was no change.
And so, Kyung-joon.
Thump.
Thump.
Thump.
Thump.
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．
He began to punch the Half-and-Half Dragon’s right leg for what seemed like an eternity.
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