Hunter Academy's Battle God

Chapter 129

[You've entered the Hidden Stage, 'Room of Time.']

[Quest: Resist for 7 days.]

[Information: Time spent in the Room of Time doesn’t pass outside.]

The Tower’s hologram shining in the darkness was all he could see in front of him.

Paf!

As the hologram turned off, there was only darkness.

'The Pocket isn't working.'

Since he couldn’t see anything, he checked his ears. He noticed his hearing worsening until he was completely deaf.

'The quest says that I must spend a week here… but I won't know how much time has passed if it’s like this.'

After his hearing and sight were restricted, YuSung couldn't even feel his body properly anymore.

It didn’t matter if he tried to open his eyes or move his body, he remained in complete darkness and emptiness. It was as if he were in the middle of a deep abyss.

'Seven days in this state…'

He couldn’t eat or drink anything in the Room of Time; it was a place where all five senses were restricted. A normal person probably would lose his mind after the first day. The scariest thing was that there was no way to know how much time had passed.

'This place was very carefully made.'

Senses were relative, after all, which was why people could only see if there was light, could hear if there was sound, and could feel if there was an object.

All of his senses were restricted in the Room of Time, so it felt that his existence was being erased.

'I must keep calm in situations like this…'

The situation was something unknown to Shin YuSung. He'd never experienced something like that.

'I must keep my head calm.'

Just as YuSung thought, relying on your senses to confirm your existence was dangerous.

It was as if you were floundering on top of the sea because you feared the water.

'The fear comes from the unknown… Regardless of what sense the Tower takes from me, it doesn't matter.'

Shin YuSung was alive—he was thinking on his own.

The only way the Room of Time could test him was through taking his senses away. Although a normal person would struggle, Shin YuSung thought nothing had changed.

'After all, everyone has to spend seven days here.'

Shin YuSung decided to change his thoughts and take those seven days as an opportunity.

'Rather than spending it doing nothing…'

YuSung had a buff that allowed him to decrease his tiredness level. To him, it was some sort of challenge. Just in case, he took hold of the mana within his body.

Swoosh-!

YuSung was finally able to feel something for the first time since he entered the Room of Time.

'I can feel the mana…!'

Although he couldn't see anything, the mana of the Thousand-Year-Old Jade flowed.

Thanks to that, Shin YuSung could confirm that he existed, but that wasn't why he was happy.

'I can train!'

He could train there effectively if he could feel mana within the Room of Time. It made him happy to know that.

Even though he could increase his concentration, he couldn't fully erase his senses, but that wasn't the case in the Room of Time.

The hellish restrictions within the place were of great help to Shin YuSung.

'This is great. After all, I even have the buff from the Tower.'

The Thousand-Year-Old Jade had strong mana, and he had difficulty dealing with it due to its special characteristics.

Condensation…

The Thousand-Year-Old Jade had been formed over the course of a thousand years, so it was as hard as adamantine.

Although it had incredible strength, such strength was too hard to pull and use as he pleased, which was why he had to transform the mana to be similar to his own.

Thus, YuSung had decided to destroy the Thousand-Year-Old Jade’s mana with his own as if he were crushing a stone.

Of course, crushing something like the Thousand-Year-Old Jade wasn’t easy.

'If I focus my attention for seven days, it should be perfectly doable…'

Not only that, but the days he spent there would be only an instant in real life.

To think he'd be able to clear the hidden stage and even absorb the mana of the Thousand-Year-Old Jade. It was a great opportunity for him.

'I can't wait to see what I get out of this.'

Even the infamous Tower's hidden stage couldn't stop YuSung, the disciple of the Fist King’s, forward progress.

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After having a simple breakfast, taking a bath in a small tub, shopping in the hunter’s city, and watching a horror movie as they ate cookies, night came, and they finished their pajama party.

Sumire and EunAh had spent an entire day together.

It was time for them to go to sleep.

Sumire and EunAh used the orca as a pillow.

"I had a lot of fun today…" The first one to open her mouth was Sumire.

She seemed a bit disappointed.

"You're right…"

Kim EunAh had the same expression as she looked at the ceiling. If, until then, EunAh and Sumire had experienced a lot of things for the first time as members of the same party, that day, they'd experienced a lot of things for the first time as friends.

"Hehe, I… When you were drunk and said you wanted to play with me, Miss EunAh, I was really happy.”

EunAh smirked at Sumire's words. "Why would you be happy because of something like that?"

"Why? Miss EunAh, you're impressive. You're smart and strong… Hehe, and more than that… you're pretty." Sumire began praising her.

"Wh-why so suddenly? Ehem! You're making me embarrassed…" EunAh coughed, but as expected, she seemed to be in a good mood after she heard Sumire praising her.

EunAh took a glimpse at Sumire and said, "You're also amazing…"

"Me?"

"You cook really well."

Sumire seemed proud when she heard EunAh praise her cooking skills, but she added more on top of that.

"And you make people feel comfortable… Well, you're different from me."

"Hehe, but… I often think that if I was a bit braver… I wouldn't have hurt so many people…"

It was the first time Sumire had brought that topic up.

When she remembered 'that incident', Sumire made a bitter smile while looking at the ceiling.

EunAh was still looking at the ceiling when she opened her mouth. "Should we tell each other a secret…? Each of us should tell three. I think that friends shouldn't have secrets…"

As Sumire began folding her fingers while making a serious expression, EunAh sighed. "You idiot, feel free to say anything without pressure."

"I came from Japan… In reality, because I was running…" Sumire spoke her inner thoughts right away.

EunAh's expression didn't change. She just listened.

"I… Increased my ability, and because of me… some students in my class got hurt."

Kim EunAh, who was silently listening, spoke. "You were afraid, right?"

Sumire smiled in surprise as EunAh figured out her inner thoughts. "Yes. I was really scared to see people get hurt because of me… and I was trying to run from the guilt…"

Sumire took a deep breath.

For some reason, she felt her chest tightening. She couldn't understand why, but she wanted to tell Kim EunAh the truth.

"That's why I escaped to Korea. I didn't even say anything to Kirishima, the party leader…"

Sumire felt more relieved after she said what was on her mind.

"Because of me, Kirishima… was hurt again, and because of that, sometimes…" Sumire continued staring at the ceiling and took a deep breath. Telling her secrets was harder than expected.

"I don't like that egotistical me… Although I’m hurt and also hurt so many people, I'm glad to have entered YuSung's party… I can't help but feel ashamed of myself for feeling relieved."

As Sumire finished talking, Kim EunAh frowned.

"Hey."

"Ah, yes?"

As Sumire turned her head…

Paf!

Kim EunAh used both hands to ensure Sumire looked at her.

"Eeh?! Miss EungNa? (Miss EunAh?)"

"That's nothing to be ashamed of, and it’s not being egotistical! It's obvious that you would feel good after finding a good person! And it's okay for you to feel relieved while thinking that if you'd stayed in Japan, you wouldn't have met him! Am I right or wrong?" EunAh said with intensity.

Sumire, whose cheeks were still being held, struggled and mumbled, "B-but…"

"But what?! Am I right or wrong?!"

"You're right…"

Tap.

Hearing her answer, EunAh let Sumire's cheeks go; then she calmed herself down and sighed.

"If you're egotistical… then that would make everyone in the world egotistical. That's why you shouldn't think stuff like that, okay?"

"M-miss EunAh…"

As Sumire began tearing up, EunAh opened her arms as if she thought there was no other way.

"Why do you cry so much…? Come here."

Kim EunAh patted Sumire and hugged her.

Paf-

In the end, it was EunAh who ended up being hugged by Sumire, and it was also her who stroked EunAh's hair.