Turns Out To Be a Genius Duelist

Chapter 234 Misunderstanding and Prejudice (2)

“…Is there a problem?”

Looking at Yoon-seok standing there blankly, Ashton asked with worry in his voice. However, Yoon-seok couldn’t tell him what was written in the book. Didn’t he suffer through a lot of chaos due to strange misunderstandings recently?

Ignorance is bliss.

“It’s nothing…”

—Answering Ashton, ‘It’s nothing.’

*Don’t want to be caught being interested in men.

‘That’s not…’

Yoon-seok sighed as he tried to change the subject. He couldn’t wait to return to the Tower.

“So how is this place these days? Nothing changed?”

“Are you talking about the Mission Tower closing ten days ago?”

“Yes.”

“I knew you would be curious, so I organized the data for easy viewing. We can go through it while you look at it.”

This was Ashton’s biggest advantage. Should he say that he had a magical secret of granting everything Yoon-seok asked for?

**Classifies other-dimensional challengers as potential risk groups.

*Tends to be wary of invaders.

*Very interested in the latest information.

Perhaps because it was a conversation related to Earth’s security, the book no longer gave strange evaluations. Afterward, Yoon-seok grasped the changes with the presented data and Ashton’s explanation.

“Then there’s nothing significant yet.”

“Yes. Although the invaders have become rapidly stronger… Lynn is here, and we’ve been preparing for this day for a while. Plus, that person is also here.”

Peter Remus, generally referred to as the Planet Guardian. As long as he remained on Earth, other-dimensional challengers’ could not enter.

“Come to think of it, how is he?”

“It’s hard to say much. He’s a good person, and he cooperates well.”

“Did he express anything about wanting to go back?”

“Yes. Maybe it’s because he’s a wandering spirit; he felt a little suffocated once he got used to this… after teaching him about the Internet and road map functions, he’s very calm these days. He said it was a revolution to be able to travel all around the world from his seat.”

In other words, it meant that these days, he was living like a shut-in in his room. Yoon-seok nodded, satisfied.

“As long as it’s not compromising safety, please make sure he doesn’t feel uncomfortable while staying here.”

“Yes, I’ll do that.”

Having a Unique Power called Last Ark, Remus could realize what not only Yoon-seok but also any challenger could not do. It was right to treat him sincerely, so he wanted to live on Earth for the rest of his life.

‘Well, Ashton knows that, so he’ll take care of it.’

After that, Yoon-seok slowly read the document and rubbed his chin. Seheranbad’s information was written there in detail.

“How did you find out about this?”

“I regularly communicate with Ragna Hambledon through the plaza.”

Hambledon was a family of merchants holding the highest authority in the whole of Levant Neutral, the highest trading country on the continent. Most of the information she received could be guaranteed as accurate unless she was lying.

“…This seems pretty serious.”

Just looking at the first page of the data, it was clear stronger invades were appearing. Additionally, other dimension challengers were secretly visiting with the intent to hunt. Originally, everything that should have been experienced on Earth was happening in Seheranbad. However, Ashton said this was natural.

“Natural?”

“Yes. Their number of rankers and challengers is superior to ours, but their system’s too old-fashioned. The power is also dispersed, and countries are busy keeping each other in check behind the scenes.”

The system was outdated? Were they checking each other? It would not have happened if Ragna had formed her union like in the original history. Feeling guilty for a while, Yoon-seok’s eyes shone while reading through the information about each country.

The sword country Bernille. This was none other than the country where the King of Steel ruled.

‘That means he had reserved forces there.’

Sword Country Bernille was currently the safest country among those in Seheranbad, and it was said they were accepting migrants and increasing their power. That was the natural course of action with a man like him holding power.

—…If you dismiss this as luck, it would be an insult. You are still a tad bit behind for a nameless swordsman.

Yoon-seok recalled the last conversation he had with him. How strong had he become now?

—Hitting, breaking, melting into the mold, and colliding again! That’s the life of steel.

If they met on the battlefield again, who would win?

—See you again.

Even if it wasn’t necessarily for a fight, Yoon-seok wanted to meet him again someday.

‘Maybe we’ll meet sooner than we expected…’

Yoon-seok decided to destroy the Tower and kill the Queen. However, the Tower aside, up to twelve people could accompany him to the Queen’s Battle. And Lee Su-yeon, who would choose the members herself, also considered King of Steel, a candidate.

Yoon-seok might have to meet with him again to persuade him.

‘…It would be reliable to have him on our side.’

Yoon-seok familiarized himself with all the information he needed to hear while talking to Ashton. And when he was about to stand to leave-

“Oppa!”

As the door to Ashton’s office opened, Lee Su-yeon appeared.

[328]

For reference, her likeability toward Yoon-seok was 328. Compared to Ashton, it was 171 points lower. Was Lee Su-yeon’s score low? Or was Ashton’s exceptionally high? He didn’t know, but it seemed like she came here on purpose after hearing that he was going to Earth. Then, why?

He thought it was to persuade him one more time to go on an exploration together with her, but… Yoon-seok didn’t bother to ask aloud.

“…”

“Oppa, why are you so quiet?”

Yoon-seok didn’t know how the book would interpret what he said. But was this not the perfect solution?

—Couldn’t answer Lee Su-yeon’s question.

****Lack of communication skills with women.

Another disadvantage Yoon-seok wasn’t aware of. At the same time, a system phrase appeared.

「This woman has a very high likeability toward you.」

「The Genie of Love presents the most appropriate comment in the current situation for you.」

Comment? Oh, was this the advice mentioned previously? Yoon-seok was speechless.

「It’s a little hot today. Shall we take off our clothes? Ah, Ashton, nice work. You can go out now.」

The book and the ring. Why were unnecessary and annoying things piling up around him?

“…”

The term real crisis was not enough to describe what was happening.

Wouldn’t it be right to smash this ring right then and there? Yoon-seok, contemplating the choice seriously, decided to watch a little longer. Was it a man’s inevitable curiosity? At least he wanted to check Elle and Cheon-ma’s likeability toward him. Well, he didn’t intend to follow that advice.

「The Genie of Love is astonished.」

「He’s angry that you could’ve done it tonight, why didn’t you follow his advice?」

Aside from what they could do at night… did he know that he’d almost ruin Yoon-seok? When Yoon-seok ignored the advice, the ring vibrated in excitement. For some reason, it felt very unpleasant, so Yoon-seok took it off.

‘Well, I can wear it when I need it.’

It was a foolish idea.

“Oh, what’s that ring? It’s my first time seeing it.”

Lee Su-yeon expressed curiosity. Of course, he couldn’t answer honestly with his reputation on the line.

“It’s a reward earned from the special challenge. It’s nothing much, just raises my magic a little bit.”

“Then why did you take it off?”

“…”

Lee Su-yeon tilted her head as if she didn’t understand, and Yoon-seok shut his mouth.

—Couldn’t answer Lee Su-yeon’s question.

****Lack of communication skills with women.

He couldn’t even laugh at it anymore. Yoon-seok gave up on thinking.

“Anyway, why are you here?”

“What do you mean why? It’s the same reason as you. Mister, is everything okay here?”

“Yes. I’ve organized what you might be curious about, so I think it’ll be okay for you to read it later.”

“Thank you as always.”

“It’s my job.”

Lee Su-yeon began reading Ashton’s prepared dossier in her seat.

“Then Su-yeon will stay here for a while, and Yoon-seok, I will go with you.”

Afterward, Ashton guided Yoon-seok to a warehouse located in the next building. The warehouse was once more filled with precious items from all over the world.

「You have destroyed something precious.」

「Acquired 95WP.」

「Acquired 870WP.」

「Acquired 170WP.」

After spreading his magic and wiping the warehouse clean, Yoon-seok wore a satisfied smile. The book that followed him around annoyingly also had something to write about.

—Acquired 665,412WP after randomly destroying people’s precious items.

*****Willing to do anything to reach his goal.

Putting the unnecessary comment aside, thanks to the book, he could accurately check the acquisition amount without having to calculate it himself or find Elle.

‘650,000…’

Was the quality of the items this time good? The amount was much more compared to last time. As a result, Yoon-seok’s WP holdings totaled 3 million.

‘If that’s the case, I think I can meet another admin right now.’

Afterward, Yoon-seok told Ashton that he had something to do and met with Lynn next. After listening to Lynn’s complaints, he returned to the waiting room.

‘Let’s use the MP first.’

The remaining MP was about 23 million. Yoon-seok raised one of his skills to S rank as originally planned.

「A new ability is added to Unique Skill b Thunder Sword}.」

There were a total of three options for Thunder Sword. After checking one by one, Yoon-seok chose the most useful.

*Thunder God – When used, the Rank A magic power increasing effect is maintained for 10 minutes, and the owner’s magic and all skills are classified as lightning attributed. Wait 24 hours for reuse.

In short, it was a transformational skill in which magic rose by six for 10 minutes. The waiting time was also as short as a day.

‘It’s not my main weapon, but it’s nice.’

It was much more beneficial to raise his magic stats than have a distinctive ability.

‘I don’t have to use what’s left now, so I’ll put it off for later…’

He kept the extra points to use for Skill Synthesis. Synthesis took longer than expected, so he wanted to take a break first. Yoon-seok sat on the floor in the lotus position to meditate and organize himself a little.

‘…This is nice.’

He was just organizing what happened and the feelings he experienced, but Yoon-seok felt at peace and certain of what he had to do. Since he reached the 20th floor, he thought he had been running forward because he had no time to waste.

‘What happens when both the Tower and the Queen disappear…?’

‘…Elle’s feelings must eventually be directed at Rick, not me. Let’s not be mistaken.’

‘But why did the Queen choose Rick? Coincidence?’

Yoon-seok’s spirit was endlessly calm, letting all the topics pass through his mind freely.

“…”

Yoon-seok quietly opened his eyes after a great while. He just asked and answered his questions repeatedly. However, perhaps that was why he felt refreshed as if he’d had a good night’s sleep. His headache had faded as well.

Swish.

Yoon-seok slowly relaxed his body and stood. And at that moment, a new phrase appeared.

「The record for the first day has been completed.」

「You can check the five representative keywords generated on Day 1 through the Personal Skillbook.」

Representative keywords? Yoon-seok quickly checked the book with a frown.

—Day 1.

[Lonely], [Same Sex Seducer], [Stupid], [Decisive], [Monk]

‘…Same-Sex Seducer?’

The headache was about to reform. Wasn’t this all too much?

“…”

Anyway, he felt like he could see the process of the skill being made. With five a day, it would be generated by a combination of 150 keywords accumulated over a month. In that sense, he needed to be more careful not to get a disadvantageous Unique Skill like the ring of love he got this time…

“…No, wait a minute.”

—Murmuring ‘No, wait a minute to himself.

*Need someone to talk to.

Yoon-seok went deathly still. Then, he smiled at the book that responded even when he talked to himself.

“Interesting.”

—Murmuring ‘interesting’ to himself and smiling.

***Need someone to talk to.

Yoon-seok felt he understood now how to properly utilize this book full of prejudice.

“Let’s give it a try.”

—Murmuring ‘let’s give it a try’ to himself.

*****Need someone to talk to.

Yoon-seok took an item out of his subspace. He sealed it for a while because it wasn’t efficient anymore.

Booooooooom-!

It was the sound of a dumbbell hitting the floor.