Chapter 188

Episode 188 Limit Breaker (1)

[Pet Information]

Name: Fafnir II

Age: 0

Grade: D

[Skill]

Passive: Fafnir’s Blessing (S+)

Active: Dragon Breath (D)

Current growth rate – 31%

*100 If the percentage is exceeded, the rating increases by one level.

After confirming the simple information, Jaehyun opened the detailed skill window.

[Passive Skill]

Name: Fafnir’s Blessing

Rating: S+

Fafnir’s Blessing.

When a summoner and a dragon are on the same field, increases summoner’s ATK and MAG by 50%.

Jaehyun’s eyes widened as he read the explanation.

Somehow, when he summoned Poppy, his body seemed lighter, so it seemed that his physical abilities had improved thanks to Poppy’s passive skill.

“What kind of nonsense… well, thank you for me.”

Jaehyun raised the corners of his mouth and put on a satisfied expression.

A whopping 50% of attack power and magic power. Even though it was a dragon pet, I hadn’t expected this level of effect.

Jaehyun opened the window to check the remaining attack skills.

[Active Skill]

Name: Dragon Breath

Rating: D

A skill that attacks the enemy by exhaling the breath of the dragon.

This skill is upgraded whenever the dragon’s rank rises.

This, too, was a satisfactory skill.

The grade is still only D, but it’s a growth skill.

Even Jaehyun has hardly found anything like this.

Except for Seo Eana’s Alfheim’s sword, there were few people around who had growth skills.

“good. If it grows well like this, it will be quite helpful.”

Gyareung.

After killing all the enemies, Poppy approached and rubbed his face against Jaehyun’s knee.

Perhaps thanks to the calibration of the system, the guy followed Jaehyun very well.

‘Of course, I feel like I follow Kim Yoo-jung more, but…’

Jae-hyun immediately shook his head and brushed off his thoughts.

No matter what, Poppy’s owner is herself.

There is no chance that Poppy will like Kim Yoo-jung more… shit.

while thinking silly thoughts. I could feel the ground shaking lightly.

It seemed that this simulated dungeon raid would end soon.

―The dungeon boss monster 《Orc King》 appears.

The end of the dungeon raid.

Jaehyun put Poppy down on the stone he was sitting on and stood up.

No matter how dragon it is, it is difficult for Papi, who is still in its infancy, to even hunt the boss.

My body was a bit stiff anyway, and now was the time to step forward.

“Because I need a record.”

Jaehyun muttered that and then activated the shape of the magic tool to create an intermediate dagger.

This is a mock dungeon.

Because there was no need to show too much power.

Jaehyun swung the dagger with the blue effect once and threw it at the guy’s forehead.

ping!

A dagger stuck in the center of the orc’s forehead with a noise like arrows flying.

Kuruk!

With the scream of the guy, the 3-meter-tall body begins to crumble.

Following.

thud!

A system message audible as the huge body lay on the floor.

―You have successfully defeated the boss monster.

―Transfers the user to the waiting room.

* * *

―The record is 22 minutes and 21 seconds.

―Milles Academy broke the record for the shortest time ever.

―Additional points are settled.

Returning to the waiting room and checking the rankings, Jaehyun’s eyes narrowed.

The ranking displayed after clearing the dungeon a while ago.

Because there was a strange corner here.

[Mock Dungeon Attack: Individual Ranking]

1st place – Min Jae-hyeon 22 minutes 21 seconds

2nd place – Lim Seong-ho 30 minutes 50 seconds

3rd place – Jeong Hyeon 50 minutes 13 seconds

..9th place – Ahn Ho-yeon 1 hour 11 minutes 42 seconds

14th place – Seo Eana 1 Time 23 minutes 7 seconds

16th place – Kim Yoo-jeong 1 hour 30 minutes 14 seconds

59th place – Kwon So-yul 1 hour 53 minutes 4 seconds

Circle colleagues also recorded excellent grades on average.

Seo Na-na and Kim Yu-jung were ranked 14th and 16th, respectively, and Ahn Ho-yeon was 9th.

Kwon So-yul recorded an upper-middle ranking, and Lee Jae-sang was unfortunately out of the rankings.

However, it wasn’t the ranking of his colleagues that caught Jaehyun’s eyes.

‘Lim Seong-ho…… He’s second after me? Isn’t it Jeonghyun?’

Jaehyun was convinced that the only cadet who would objectively achieve grades next to him was Jeonghyeon.

The strongest among the spear-wielding cadets.

Afterwards, even after the rise of the magic world, he reached the top only with his own skills.

That was Junghyun.

But Seong-ho Lim, who pushed such a talented person, recorded the second place?

‘Something strange……’

It was that moment.

“Are you surprised?”

A man’s voice interrupted from behind.

Jaehyun immediately turned his head to check the face of the man standing in front of him.

He was an expected person.

“Lim Seong-ho.”

“Fortunately you remember.”

“How did you get that rank?”

Jaehyun asked with lively eyes.

Seongho Lim replied putting his hands in his pockets.

“Is there any reason why I should explain it to you?”

It was an expression of stubborn refusal.

Im Seong-ho’s sarcastic expressions and gestures contained a strange confidence that had never been seen before.

Jaehyun smiled.

“Drink or not.”

“You will feel like everything in the world is yours right now. The media, Yeonhwa, and the academy are all on your side. Isn’t the world a comfortable place to live in?”

“however?”

“I will bring you down somehow.”

Seongho Lim’s declaration. Jaehyun raised an eyebrow and laughed.

“Are you in second grade? Are you a little late?”

At those words, Lim Seong-ho’s expression crumpled.

He frowned and tried to say something more, but soon closed his mouth and left.

Turning around, he added a word.

“You’d better keep in mind what I said today.”

Meanwhile. As Lim Seong-ho left his seat, he began to hear the murmurs of nearby cadets.

“what? How the hell did Lim Seong-ho get such a result…?”

“Anyway, Min Jae-hyeon is stronger than Jung-hyeon? Does that make sense?”

“Ah… he must have written something. Is that a good grade? It’s because it was overshadowed by Min Jae-hyun, but that’s also the second-highest record ever.”

“Well…….”

Lim Seong-ho’s second-place record elicited controversy even among the cadets.

He wasn’t a cadet with such skills in the first place.

According to the information he picked up, his grades last year were in the top 30 overall. Even compared to Jaehyun’s colleagues, it wasn’t that great.

Also, that means that there is only one corner to look at.

‘He suddenly became stronger overnight.’

Jaehyun stood there for a while, immersed in his thoughts.

“There must be something.”

he felt it

Seongho Lim. That he is hiding something, and that this will have a close connection with Jaehyun himself.

* * *

Evening after the standings match.

After receiving a call from Kim Ji-yeon, Jae-hyun headed to the scene where the disappearance occurred.

Kim Ji-yeon, who had arrived first, took her luck wearing white gloves.

“You are here.”

“yes. Thank you for listening to my unreasonable request.”

“no. It was the same during the outdoor training camp and during the Gujain incident. Cadet Min Jae-hyeon has always contributed to the academy.”

Jiyeon Kim said with a faint smile.

Jaehyun scratched his head with an embarrassed expression.

I felt that my position had improved a lot in the past few months. In the past, it would have been unimaginable to hear such words from the chairman of Miles.

“First of all, let’s go back to the place where the first incident happened.”

“please.”

With Kim Ji-yeon’s guidance, Jae-hyun was able to take a closer look at the scene of the disappearance.

As she said at the beginning, there were signs of violent movement, the remains of collapsed buildings, and bloodstains near the site.

at that time. I got lucky as if I had suddenly remembered Kim Ji-yeon.

“The results of the request to the institute came out. The red liquid in the syringe. It was a new substance mixed with blood and other impurities.”

“……A new substance?”

“That’s right. It was a liquid that had never been studied before. Even……”

Kim Ji-yeon paused for a moment.

“The new substance contained strong magical powers.”

“……Is that true?”

Jaehyun looked shocked and tried to interpret her words.

How should I accept this?

Jaehyun put his hand on his forehead and thought.

‘Of course, blood plays a role in transporting the Awakener’s magic to all parts of the body. However, it cannot possess magic power by itself.

How the hell did this happen?’

The main organs of the body that produce and spread mana are the heart, brain, and dantian.

This means that blood can never become a container for mana.

Jaehyun couldn’t help but be embarrassed.

“We also didn’t know everything about this liquid. However, cadet Min Jae-hyun would know.

A polar religious group happening in this liquid and recent news. That Asatru might have something to do with it.”

“yes. I was guessing.”

Jaehyun nodded.

Asatru.

It was a group of Odin’s followers who had recently been infesting the whole country.

Jaehyun was convinced that this was related to the school disappearance case.

‘The thing that bothers me the most is the similarity of the incident scene.’

Jaehyun recalled the news he had seen recently.

What he paid attention to was:

[An injection needle containing a red liquid reminiscent of blood was abandoned at the scene of the incident.] [

They are said to be able to handle at least three to five times more magic than the grade they were judged in the past after losing their intelligence.]

From the outside The extreme religious incident that occurred and the current disappearance from the academy.

There were obvious similarities between the two.

Kim Ji-yeon was looking at Jae-hyun’s eyes.

“I don’t know exactly. Our academy and association are guessing that

this new substance is a kind of ‘Limit Breaker’ drug that dramatically increases the user’s magical power .”

‘It’s a limit breaker… I guessed it, but I never thought it would be mentioned directly from Chairman Kim Ji-yeon’s mouth.’

An ugly light stayed in Jaehyun’s eyes.

limit breaker.

This is an Awokener enhancement substance that has been studied several times in the past. A drug that forcibly enhances the user’s level when administered to make them stronger.

However, it was pointed out by many people as an unethical experiment method and was eventually discarded.

“sorry. Because our information is still lacking…….”

“No. it’s okay. Because it seems to have come out to some extent.”

At Jiyeon Kim’s words, Jaehyun raised an eyebrow as he said that.

She tilted her head, but Jaehyun didn’t say anything else.

‘I don’t know the details. But I know a bit about Limit Breakers.’

Reproduction is before regression. I had seen an article about those who secretly made this drug called Limit Breaker.

Maybe it was published in a big way on the social side.

‘It’s just the right time. If the drug called Limit Breaker is really related to this case, there is a high possibility that they did this.

It’s worth investigating.’

Jaehyun immediately came to a conclusion.

After looking around the few remaining incident scenes, he asked Jiyeon Kim for her understanding.

“I might have to take a break from the academy for a while. Would it be okay?”

“Is it for solving this case?”

“you’re right.”

“of course. Please contact us if you need any help.”

Jiyeon Kim had no choice but to say that.

After the outdoor camp, she had a hunch.

Reproduction is different from other radars. Stronger radars will certainly exist, but there is no radar that grows faster than that.

Not only that, he is moving with a clear goal.

Although I don’t know what that goal is…

‘If that’s the case, I might be able to solve this case.’

Jiyeon Kim sincerely thought so.

Now, no one in the country underestimates Jaehyun’s skills.

On the other hand, Jaehyun went to visit a person after breaking up with Kim Jiyeon.

“See you again?”

“Min Jae-hyun… I knew you would come.”

In front of him was Lim Seong-ho.

However, something was strange.

His purple-tinted body was so bizarre that it could not be called human.

Jaehyun was sure.

Im Seong-ho. That he became stronger by using ‘Limit Breaker’.