Chapter 56: Conclusion
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Chapter 56: Conclusion
He had already sustained a fatal injury and lost his artifact.
Whats this, youve come to your senses?
Khaaaak. Ptui.
Instead of answering, he spat out a clot of blood and then raised his saw.
You have a hole in your stomach, and you still want to continue?
It is true that I momentarily lost control of my mind, but the knowledge I have come to understand is not false. This world is a hell on the brink of destruction. For those who cannot escape, what remains is a life worse than death. There is only the terrible despair of neither death nor life.
Hmm I have something I want to ask about that.
Are you crazy, Kim Shin-hwa? Do you have no sense of the situation?
The voice of Curtain Call rose up sharply. Oh, please. Anyway, I still have questions that need to be resolved.
But Je Mu-gyeong responded with a firm voice.
All I want from you is your skin.
Ah, this guy is really crazy. Still harping on about the skin?
He seemed to have broken free from his delirium, yet his obsession and madness had not faded.
He had gazed into the abyss in his own way.
Let me tell you something, though I know what you seek in the USB you took from me. What lies beyond will be of no help to you.
What did he mean? Ah, I see. I understand now.
I realized why Je Mu-gyeong was waiting for me in a state of madness even more intense than what I had seen in the game.
Je Mu-gyeong! You saw that book.in the basement, didnt you?
Among the hidden rewards available in this hospital was a grimoire.
I even remember the title clearly.
It was called The Silent Scripture of the Dreaming Path.
The message window at that time had described it as a book containing information about the afterlife and the world of dreams and how to achieve enlightenment.
The powers it conferred, and the madness it induced, were far more extreme than anything portrayed by the games lore.
It was unmistakable that the knowledge gained from reading that book had led to his current state.
That book I should not have read it There is knowledge in this world that we do not need to possess, knowledge that is unnecessary for living in this world From the knowledge in that book, I became aware of the power of dimensional species and heard the voices coming from the abyss
This was a world in [Cthulhu World] that was completely different from the world I lived in.
In this place, there were only hideous truths and wisdom steeped in despair.
Premature enlightenment does nothing but shatter fragile minds.
Now, he is pleading with me to end his life.
If I refuse, I might find myself killed with my skin stripped away.
Perhaps, as he believes, flaying my skin might create a means to escape this world But for now, it seems like a temporary comfort.
Je Mu-gyeong adopted a stance entirely different from before.
This must be his true posture for attack.
It was a stark contrast from the frenzied rush of a madman who relied solely on brute strength and momentum.
Perhaps, since my arrival here, the setting of the [Cthulhu World] has started to diverge from that of the game?
Je Mu-gyeong inciting the test subjects to rebel was within the scope of the games setting.
However, reading the grimoire in the meantime and gaining strength far beyond what was predetermined, along with an even more potent madness, was certainly beyond the intended scope of the setting.
Perhaps because he thought there was no need to say anything more, he changed his stance and stepped forward.
Thud!
His body flew away with a dull impact sound that made the entire building vibrate.
The assault continued with charge after charge, but this time it was utterly different.
His body was damaged, and he had but a single weapon left yet I instinctively knew this attack was the most dangerous of them all.
[Protective Circle]
[Spell Amplification: Multicasting]
[Frost Wall].
[Hardening]
Five layers of protective circles and a wall made of frozen blood collected from corpses block his path.
Baaaang!
But all of these defensive spells shattered laughably.
[Leap]
One must not remain in the same spot.
I had to move fast, faster still.
[Protective Circle]
[Impact]
I executed a double jump in the expanse of thin air and then kicked off the wall to propel myself further.
Crash! Boom-boom-boom!
His attack flew to the spot where I was standing a second ago, if not a millisecond ago.
Any attempt to evade his blows based on mere sight was a sure path towards death.
The issue wasnt the power.
I had perfectly controlled the heat and flames to prevent the building from catching fire.
It was a surreal level of control that transcended the limits allowed to second-order mages.
I think Im more exhausted because of that Next time, it would be better to fight outdoors if possible.
The remaining enemies were now
[Achievement Unlocked! You have subdued all the test subjects in the secret laboratory. You have earned the General Achievement: Hospital Janitor.
As a reward for this achievement, you receive the artifact Butchers Hook and additional experience points.]
The [Butchers Hook] was the hook attached to the chain that Je Mu-gyeong had swung around.
Huh What am I supposed to do with this?
[Butchers Hook (S-rank Weapon): This is the hook that Je Mu-gyeong, who had taken over the secret laboratory, possessed.
Madness: When equipped, a forced sanity check is initiated. If you fail this sanity check triggered by the effect, your mind will be imbued with Mental illnessKilling Frenzy.
Blood Weapon: Automatically casts stored [Blood] attribute spells. However, this ability requires blood to be charged to use.
Time of Slaughter: Increases the probability of inflicting critical and bleeding damage by 100% on all attacks targeting humans.
Proof of Slaughter: Increases the power of necromancy spells by 100%.]
Ah, there was a magic enhancement effect. But its not like carrying around a magic wand, and its just too cumbersome for me to use.
Its length was 60cm after all. Its already inconvenient enough to move around during the day because of the mask, and now they expect me to carry this around?
Still, there might come a time when it could be useful So, for the time being, I slipped it into my belt like one would a sword.
[
Subdue all the psychics occupying the abandoned hospital and restore the facility to a safe condition.
Remaining Targets: 58/58
! The abandoned hospital is not yet in a safe state!]
Not yet. It seems the two I couldnt catch on the first floor were hiding on the second.
I checked the USB in my hand.
Haah If it werent for this, I could have finished them off much sooner.
[You have subdued all the test subjects that were controlling Helistics secret laboratory and accessed the hidden information. Helistic, which has continued research on the potential of humans, will remember your help.]
The generic message that appears at the end of each quest started to display in the message window.
From the start, I was not fond of it, but what truly irked me was the tone that seemed to arbitrarily abbreviate my actions or guide them in a specific direction.
[You have made the Ga-5060 secret laboratory a safe place. Experience points gained.]
[You have accumulated enough experience points to advance to the next level. Your level increases by 1.]
[You have defeated test subjects of the abandoned hospital (58). Your understanding of mutants had increased.]
[You have defeated test subject Je Mu-gyeong. Your understanding of dimensional species has significantly increased.]
[You have accumulated enough experience points to advance to the next level. Your level increases by 1.]
[Discovery: You have acquired a secret item from the laboratory (1). Experience points gained.]
[Discovery: You have uncovered a secret place within the abandoned hospital. Experience points gained.]
[Achievement Unlocked! You have completed The Abandoned Hospital of Gamaksan Mountain quest faster than anyone else.
You have earned the General Achievement: Speed Star of the Abandoned Hospital.
As a reward for this achievement, you gain the Type C Biologic Tissue Sample and additional experience points.]
[Experience Bonus: You have achieved a total of (2) achievements in the Ga-5060 secret laboratory.]
[You have accumulated enough experience points to advance to the next level. Your level increases by 1.]
[You have reached level 25! As a level achievement reward, you receive (1) bonus stat point to distribute freely.]
I pondered where to allocate the bonus stat point. I considered adding 1 point to health to achieve a total of 8 points in health, but it wasnt an easy decision.
From the beginning, when deciding on character stats, I had already planned out how to distribute the stats gained from leveling up. I had a rough plan from the character creation stage about the order in which to collect certain artifacts and which quests to undertake.
It was time to increase charm. In fact, because I had previously allocated the bonus to health instead of charm, my plan had already gone slightly awry.
I really need to find a health-boosting artifact soon to get it up to 8.
In the end, I decided to allocate the stat point to charm.
***
Kim Shin-hwa
Class: Mage Gazing into the Abyss
Level: 25
Magic Order: Second Order
Mental Illness: [Mask Obsession], [Ichthyophobia]
Strength: 5(+3) (Ring of Corrupted Flame)
Health: 7
Agility: 8
Intelligence: 30
Mental Strength: 14
Charm: 18
***
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Chapter 56: Conclusion
He had already sustained a fatal injury and lost his artifact.
Whats this, youve come to your senses?
Khaaaak. Ptui.
Instead of answering, he spat out a clot of blood and then raised his saw.
You have a hole in your stomach, and you still want to continue?
It is true that I momentarily lost control of my mind, but the knowledge I have come to understand is not false. This world is a hell on the brink of destruction. For those who cannot escape, what remains is a life worse than death. There is only the terrible despair of neither death nor life.
Hmm I have something I want to ask about that.
Are you crazy, Kim Shin-hwa? Do you have no sense of the situation?
The voice of Curtain Call rose up sharply. Oh, please. Anyway, I still have questions that need to be resolved.
But Je Mu-gyeong responded with a firm voice.
All I want from you is your skin.
Ah, this guy is really crazy. Still harping on about the skin?
He seemed to have broken free from his delirium, yet his obsession and madness had not faded.
He had gazed into the abyss in his own way.
Let me tell you something, though I know what you seek in the USB you took from me. What lies beyond will be of no help to you.
What did he mean? Ah, I see. I understand now.
I realized why Je Mu-gyeong was waiting for me in a state of madness even more intense than what I had seen in the game.
Je Mu-gyeong! You saw that book.in the basement, didnt you?
Among the hidden rewards available in this hospital was a grimoire.
I even remember the title clearly.
It was called The Silent Scripture of the Dreaming Path.
The message window at that time had described it as a book containing information about the afterlife and the world of dreams and how to achieve enlightenment.
The powers it conferred, and the madness it induced, were far more extreme than anything portrayed by the games lore.
It was unmistakable that the knowledge gained from reading that book had led to his current state.
That book I should not have read it There is knowledge in this world that we do not need to possess, knowledge that is unnecessary for living in this world From the knowledge in that book, I became aware of the power of dimensional species and heard the voices coming from the abyss
This was a world in [Cthulhu World] that was completely different from the world I lived in.
In this place, there were only hideous truths and wisdom steeped in despair.
Premature enlightenment does nothing but shatter fragile minds.
Now, he is pleading with me to end his life.
If I refuse, I might find myself killed with my skin stripped away.
Perhaps, as he believes, flaying my skin might create a means to escape this world But for now, it seems like a temporary comfort.
Je Mu-gyeong adopted a stance entirely different from before.
This must be his true posture for attack.
It was a stark contrast from the frenzied rush of a madman who relied solely on brute strength and momentum.
Perhaps, since my arrival here, the setting of the [Cthulhu World] has started to diverge from that of the game?
Je Mu-gyeong inciting the test subjects to rebel was within the scope of the games setting.
However, reading the grimoire in the meantime and gaining strength far beyond what was predetermined, along with an even more potent madness, was certainly beyond the intended scope of the setting.
Perhaps because he thought there was no need to say anything more, he changed his stance and stepped forward.
Thud!
His body flew away with a dull impact sound that made the entire building vibrate.
The assault continued with charge after charge, but this time it was utterly different.
His body was damaged, and he had but a single weapon left yet I instinctively knew this attack was the most dangerous of them all.
[Protective Circle]
[Spell Amplification: Multicasting]
[Frost Wall].
[Hardening]
Five layers of protective circles and a wall made of frozen blood collected from corpses block his path.
Baaaang!
But all of these defensive spells shattered laughably.
[Leap]
One must not remain in the same spot.
I had to move fast, faster still.
[Protective Circle]
[Impact]
I executed a double jump in the expanse of thin air and then kicked off the wall to propel myself further.
Crash! Boom-boom-boom!
His attack flew to the spot where I was standing a second ago, if not a millisecond ago.
Any attempt to evade his blows based on mere sight was a sure path towards death.
The issue wasnt the power.
I had perfectly controlled the heat and flames to prevent the building from catching fire.
It was a surreal level of control that transcended the limits allowed to second-order mages.
I think Im more exhausted because of that Next time, it would be better to fight outdoors if possible.
The remaining enemies were now
[Achievement Unlocked! You have subdued all the test subjects in the secret laboratory. You have earned the General Achievement: Hospital Janitor.
As a reward for this achievement, you receive the artifact Butchers Hook and additional experience points.]
The [Butchers Hook] was the hook attached to the chain that Je Mu-gyeong had swung around.
Huh What am I supposed to do with this?
[Butchers Hook (S-rank Weapon): This is the hook that Je Mu-gyeong, who had taken over the secret laboratory, possessed.
Madness: When equipped, a forced sanity check is initiated. If you fail this sanity check triggered by the effect, your mind will be imbued with Mental illnessKilling Frenzy.
Blood Weapon: Automatically casts stored [Blood] attribute spells. However, this ability requires blood to be charged to use.
Time of Slaughter: Increases the probability of inflicting critical and bleeding damage by 100% on all attacks targeting humans.
Proof of Slaughter: Increases the power of necromancy spells by 100%.]
Ah, there was a magic enhancement effect. But its not like carrying around a magic wand, and its just too cumbersome for me to use.
Its length was 60cm after all. Its already inconvenient enough to move around during the day because of the mask, and now they expect me to carry this around?
Still, there might come a time when it could be useful So, for the time being, I slipped it into my belt like one would a sword.
[
Subdue all the psychics occupying the abandoned hospital and restore the facility to a safe condition.
Remaining Targets: 58/58
! The abandoned hospital is not yet in a safe state!]
Not yet. It seems the two I couldnt catch on the first floor were hiding on the second.
I checked the USB in my hand.
Haah If it werent for this, I could have finished them off much sooner.
[You have subdued all the test subjects that were controlling Helistics secret laboratory and accessed the hidden information. Helistic, which has continued research on the potential of humans, will remember your help.]
The generic message that appears at the end of each quest started to display in the message window.
From the start, I was not fond of it, but what truly irked me was the tone that seemed to arbitrarily abbreviate my actions or guide them in a specific direction.
[You have made the Ga-5060 secret laboratory a safe place. Experience points gained.]
[You have accumulated enough experience points to advance to the next level. Your level increases by 1.]
[You have defeated test subjects of the abandoned hospital (58). Your understanding of mutants had increased.]
[You have defeated test subject Je Mu-gyeong. Your understanding of dimensional species has significantly increased.]
[You have accumulated enough experience points to advance to the next level. Your level increases by 1.]
[Discovery: You have acquired a secret item from the laboratory (1). Experience points gained.]
[Discovery: You have uncovered a secret place within the abandoned hospital. Experience points gained.]
[Achievement Unlocked! You have completed The Abandoned Hospital of Gamaksan Mountain quest faster than anyone else.
You have earned the General Achievement: Speed Star of the Abandoned Hospital.
As a reward for this achievement, you gain the Type C Biologic Tissue Sample and additional experience points.]
[Experience Bonus: You have achieved a total of (2) achievements in the Ga-5060 secret laboratory.]
[You have accumulated enough experience points to advance to the next level. Your level increases by 1.]
[You have reached level 25! As a level achievement reward, you receive (1) bonus stat point to distribute freely.]
I pondered where to allocate the bonus stat point. I considered adding 1 point to health to achieve a total of 8 points in health, but it wasnt an easy decision.
From the beginning, when deciding on character stats, I had already planned out how to distribute the stats gained from leveling up. I had a rough plan from the character creation stage about the order in which to collect certain artifacts and which quests to undertake.
It was time to increase charm. In fact, because I had previously allocated the bonus to health instead of charm, my plan had already gone slightly awry.
I really need to find a health-boosting artifact soon to get it up to 8.
In the end, I decided to allocate the stat point to charm.
***
Kim Shin-hwa
Class: Mage Gazing into the Abyss
Level: 25
Magic Order: Second Order
Mental Illness: [Mask Obsession], [Ichthyophobia]
Strength: 5(+3) (Ring of Corrupted Flame)
Health: 7
Agility: 8
Intelligence: 30
Mental Strength: 14
Charm: 18
***
Chapter 56: ConclusionHe had already sustained a fatal injury and lost his artifact.Whats this, youve come to your senses?Khaaaak. Ptui.Instead of answering, he spat out a clot of blood and then raised his saw.You have a hole in your stomach, and you still want to continue?It is true that I momentarily lost control of my mind, but the knowledge I have come to understand is not false. This world is a hell on the brink of destruction. For those who cannot escape, what remains is a life worse than death. There is only the terrible despair of neither death nor life.Hmm I have something I want to ask about that.Are you crazy, Kim Shin-hwa? Do you have no sense of the situation?The voice of Curtain Call rose up sharply. Oh, please. Anyway, I still have questions that need to be resolved.But Je Mu-gyeong responded with a firm voice.All I want from you is your skin.Ah, this guy is really crazy. Still harping on about the skin?He seemed to have broken free from his delirium, yet his obsession and madness had not faded.He had gazed into the abyss in his own way.Let me tell you something, though I know what you seek in the USB you took from me. What lies beyond will be of no help to you.What did he mean? Ah, I see. I understand now.I realized why Je Mu-gyeong was waiting for me in a state of madness even more intense than what I had seen in the game.Je Mu-gyeong! You saw that book.in the basement, didnt you?Among the hidden rewards available in this hospital was a grimoire.I even remember the title clearly.It was called The Silent Scripture of the Dreaming Path.The message window at that time had described it as a book containing information about the afterlife and the world of dreams and how to achieve enlightenment.The powers it conferred, and the madness it induced, were far more extreme than anything portrayed by the games lore.It was unmistakable that the knowledge gained from reading that book had led to his current state.That book I should not have read it There is knowledge in this world that we do not need to possess, knowledge that is unnecessary for living in this world From the knowledge in that book, I became aware of the power of dimensional species and heard the voices coming from the abyssThis was a world in Cthulhu World that was completely different from the world I lived in.In this place, there were only hideous truths and wisdom steeped in despair.Premature enlightenment does nothing but shatter fragile minds.Now, he is pleading with me to end his life.If I refuse, I might find myself killed with my skin stripped away.Perhaps, as he believes, flaying my skin might create a means to escape this world But for now, it seems like a temporary comfort.Je Mu-gyeong adopted a stance entirely different from before.This must be his true posture for attack.It was a stark contrast from the frenzied rush of a madman who relied solely on brute strength and momentum.Perhaps, since my arrival here, the setting of the Cthulhu World has started to diverge from that of the game?Je Mu-gyeong inciting the test subjects to rebel was within the scope of the games setting.However, reading the grimoire in the meantime and gaining strength far beyond what was predetermined, along with an even more potent madness, was certainly beyond the intended scope of the setting.Perhaps because he thought there was no need to say anything more, he changed his stance and stepped forward.Thud!His body flew away with a dull impact sound that made the entire building vibrate.The assault continued with charge after charge, but this time it was utterly different.His body was damaged, and he had but a single weapon left yet I instinctively knew this attack was the most dangerous of them all.Protective CircleSpell Amplification: MulticastingFrost Wall.HardeningFive layers of protective circles and a wall made of frozen blood collected from corpses block his path.Baaaang!But all of these defensive spells shattered laughably.LeapOne must not remain in the same spot.I had to move fast, faster still.Protective CircleImpactI executed a double jump in the expanse of thin air and then kicked off the wall to propel myself further.Crash! Boom-boom-boom!His attack flew to the spot where I was standing a second ago, if not a millisecond ago.Any attempt to evade his blows based on mere sight was a sure path towards death.The issue wasnt the power.I had perfectly controlled the heat and flames to prevent the building from catching fire.It was a surreal level of control that transcended the limits allowed to second-order mages.I think Im more exhausted because of that Next time, it would be better to fight outdoors if possible.The remaining enemies were nowAchievement Unlocked! You have subdued all the test subjects in the secret laboratory. You have earned the General Achievement: Hospital Janitor.As a reward for this achievement, you receive the artifact Butchers Hook and additional experience points.The Butchers Hook was the hook attached to the chain that Je Mu-gyeong had swung around.Huh What am I supposed to do with this?Butchers Hook S-rank Weapon: This is the hook that Je Mu-gyeong, who had taken over the secret laboratory, possessed.Madness: When equipped, a forced sanity check is initiated. If you fail this sanity check triggered by the effect, your mind will be imbued with Mental illnessKilling Frenzy.Blood Weapon: Automatically casts stored Blood attribute spells. However, this ability requires blood to be charged to use.Time of Slaughter: Increases the probability of inflicting critical and bleeding damage by 100% on all attacks targeting humans.Proof of Slaughter: Increases the power of necromancy spells by 100%.Ah, there was a magic enhancement effect. But its not like carrying around a magic wand, and its just too cumbersome for me to use.Its length was 60cm after all. Its already inconvenient enough to move around during the day because of the mask, and now they expect me to carry this around?Still, there might come a time when it could be useful So, for the time being, I slipped it into my belt like one would a sword.Subdue all the psychics occupying the abandoned hospital and restore the facility to a safe condition.Remaining Targets: 58/58! The abandoned hospital is not yet in a safe state!Not yet. It seems the two I couldnt catch on the first floor were hiding on the second.I checked the USB in my hand.Haah If it werent for this, I could have finished them off much sooner.You have subdued all the test subjects that were controlling Helistics secret laboratory and accessed the hidden information. Helistic, which has continued research on the potential of humans, will remember your help.The generic message that appears at the end of each quest started to display in the message window.From the start, I was not fond of it, but what truly irked me was the tone that seemed to arbitrarily abbreviate my actions or guide them in a specific direction.You have made the Ga-5060 secret laboratory a safe place. Experience points gained.You have accumulated enough experience points to advance to the next level. Your level increases by 1.You have defeated test subjects of the abandoned hospital 58. Your understanding of mutants had increased.You have defeated test subject Je Mu-gyeong. Your understanding of dimensional species has significantly increased.You have accumulated enough experience points to advance to the next level. Your level increases by 1.Discovery: You have acquired a secret item from the laboratory 1. Experience points gained.Discovery: You have uncovered a secret place within the abandoned hospital. Experience points gained.Achievement Unlocked! You have completed The Abandoned Hospital of Gamaksan Mountain quest faster than anyone else.You have earned the General Achievement: Speed Star of the Abandoned Hospital.As a reward for this achievement, you gain the Type C Biologic Tissue Sample and additional experience points.Experience Bonus: You have achieved a total of 2 achievements in the Ga-5060 secret laboratory.You have accumulated enough experience points to advance to the next level. Your level increases by 1.You have reached level 25! As a level achievement reward, you receive 1 bonus stat point to distribute freely.I pondered where to allocate the bonus stat point. I considered adding 1 point to health to achieve a total of 8 points in health, but it wasnt an easy decision.From the beginning, when deciding on character stats, I had already planned out how to distribute the stats gained from leveling up. I had a rough plan from the character creation stage about the order in which to collect certain artifacts and which quests to undertake.It was time to increase charm. In fact, because I had previously allocated the bonus to health instead of charm, my plan had already gone slightly awry.I really need to find a health-boosting artifact soon to get it up to 8.In the end, I decided to allocate the stat point to charm.***Kim Shin-hwaClass: Mage Gazing into the AbyssLevel: 25Magic Order: Second OrderMental Illness: Mask Obsession, IchthyophobiaStrength: 5+3 Ring of Corrupted FlameHealth: 7Agility: 8Intelligence: 30Mental Strength: 14Charm: 18***
