Chapter 654. Cheap Trick (1) #PART 1
Still, even so.
“This is legendary-level pettiness, seriously.”
The era of Cataclysm.
If players had any advantage over Arcanians, it was undoubtedly the [System]. Messages appeared when encountering unfamiliar monsters, when events occurred, or when danger arose…
‘Honestly speaking, the System spoon-fed us everything.’
Would players feel hurt hearing this?
“Well, if you feel hurt, you’re shameless.”
Of course. Me, Lee Hoyeol.
As the first player in history whose System window got smashed, I’m now realizing how precious the System truly was…! Even though you are the type of person who always carries out what you say.
“You didn’t have to break the System window though…!”
Last night.
With a faint hope, I repeatedly opened and closed the System window dozens of times, but aside from the class quest, every single system window remained filled with ‘■’ and was broken.
Thanks to this, I personally felt the wonders of the human body.
“At first, I thought I’d suffocate from frustration…”
You know, they say that when someone loses their sight, other senses sharpen to compensate? My body quickly adapted to the sudden change, which meant I was gradually adjusting.
I raised my magic power.
‘I don’t even need to check; I can just feel it.’
Since there’s no System, I had no choice but to focus directly on magic power. Soon, I began to clearly perceive its flow as it wrapped around the Circle, circulating in and out of my body.
‘It’s astonishingly vivid.’
Probably thanks to heightened senses.
Even without the System window, I could intuitively sense exactly how much magic power I’d expended, and what proportion it represented out of my total magic reserves.
‘It’s not just magic power either.’
Body.
Legend.
Authority.
And even various auxiliary functions previously managed by the System.
All remained active and effective.
‘It’s just that I can’t see it via the messages anymore.’
I could still skillfully use every function. The only catch was that without the System, I needed a different way to ‘activate’ them compared to before.
Looking at my surging magic power, I sighed deeply.
“…If this isn’t malicious, then what is?”
You really wanted to see me cringe in embarrassment, didn’t you!
Dedicate yourself to Akshan.
Having abandoned every affiliation to complete the class quest, I was now back at my old one-room apartment, returning to the basics. Of course, in Seoul, now a land of [『Anomalies』], one couldn’t afford to be careless.
‘It’s basically a jungle swarming with beasts.’
Even if the demons were quiet, the most frightening creatures were always humans. Even now, news constantly flows about large guilds like Shining being attacked.
‘It’s not like anyone would bother to raid my small room, but still.’
Better safe than sorry.
High-level spatial magic, 『Replica Akashic Records』
A magic that completely isolates and stores the target space in another dimension. Simply put, it creates an imitation to display openly while hiding the genuine article behind it.
“…Ahem.”
Before invoking such grand magic, I cleared my throat. Previously, I could skip chanting the incantations thanks to the System’s help and Grandfell’s talent, but now, I had no choice but to do it aloud.
Speaking of which…
“Gaps between spaces.”
“Afterimages glimpsed between the gap.”
“Elegantly intertwined fates.”
I had no idea whose taste this was, but the incantation was embarrassingly grandiose. Fortunately, there was nobody here to hear it. Yet, just thinking about future encounters already made my head spin.
‘So, I’ll have to chant stuff like this every single time from now on?’
That was why I said this was malicious—though maybe not truly malicious—on Grandfell’s part…!
Well, what choice did I have? I had to do what needed to be done.
“Distorted Truth.”
Fwaaah.
Only after confirming the magic power coating settling into my apartment did I finally activate the portal.
If anyone asked where my destination was, wasn’t it obvious?
“Everything goes according to procedure.”
It was time to retrieve Harkon, who was somewhere on the Arcana Continent.
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