Chapter 183 – Debut

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Translated by Heavenly Cat

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The time to savor a cup of tea.

In that time, short if short, long if long.

I, went through too many things.

‘……Etiquette is hard, really.’

I had ended up overlooking it.

Granfel’s love for teatime……!

Because drinking a bomb tea (mixed tea) was impossible in Granfel’s dictionary. I had no choice but to drink the tea brewed from the Perennial Snow Flower and Scorching Sunflower one cup at a time in sequence.

And the severe pain started.

[The effect of the elixir, ‘Perennial Snow Flower’ is activated.]

[Ice Attribute Affinity greatly increases.]

[Ice Magic Manifestation greatly increases.]

[Status Abnormality, ‘Chills’ occurs.]…….

I was prepared for it, but it was beyond imagination.

The cold wind of Siberia?

The severe cold of Hokkaido?

It was a chill at a level incomparable to those.

If I really had to compare, wouldn’t I have to bring the perennial snow of Senios.

To the point of thinking so.

Shiver shiver.

However, I blathered shamelessly.

“It is a coolness enough to make one feel good.”

Someone’s about to freeze to death, what bullshit are you saying!

I couldn’t freeze to death like that.

I immediately brewed the leaves of the Scorching Sunflower and sipped it.

And I regretted it once again.

[The effect of the elixir, ‘Scorching Sunflower’ is activated.]

[Fire Attribute Affinity greatly increases.]

[Fire Magic Manifestation greatly increases.]

[Status Abnormality, ‘High Fever’ occurs.]…….

In my head it was perfect but.

I guess reality is different.

It was truly a pain that felt like my body would completely break.

Clatter

It was so bad that I even lost consciousness and dropped the teacup on the floor.

To think it was an aftermath that couldn’t even be overcome with etiquette.

I have self-awareness that I truly did something crazy.

However, you don’t survive because you’re strong.

The one who survives is strong.

In the end, since I endured and opened my eyes, that’s enough.

“I was uncharacteristically loud.”

For this moment at least, I couldn’t be more glad for my loose lips.

Anyway, I am made to realize once again.

The effect of the [Blessing of the First World Tree]……!

[The Blessing of the First World Tree rejects ‘Chills’.]

[The Blessing of the First World Tree rejects ‘High Fever’.]…….

Chills and high fever are one thing.

If I didn’t have the World Tree’s blessing.

I wouldn’t have even reached the Scorching Sunflower.

I might have been completely frozen stiff with the teacup on my lips, stuffed and mounted in a museum as the world’s first human to freeze to death while drinking tea…….

‘It wasn’t at a level I could block with a mere warmth buff.’

It was the same even after consuming both elixirs.

Yes, it’s true the effects get neutralized.

But the problem was that they neutralized inside my body!

[The Blessing of the First World Tree rejects ‘Internal Injuries’.]

……I definitely feel like I saw a terrifying message in my blurry consciousness.

Anyway, I wasn’t glad for Granfel’s bluff for no reason.

[The effect of the title, ‘Transcendent’ is activated.]…….

The message that popped up below that.

Thump

And above all, the welcoming heartbeat.

Which one should I check first, many thoughts came to mind but.

I raised my magic power first of all.

The flowing magic power wrapped around the broken teacup.

‘Anyway, whatever it is, you just can’t stand seeing a messy state.’

Crack crack

Manifestation of Reversal Magic.

The teacup that fell to the floor and shattered was returning to its original form.

But, wait a minute.

Somehow, it looks similar but different from before……?

Should I say it looks more expensive for some reason?

Reversal Magic is literally reversal.

It merely returns things to their original state.

I didn’t add anything during the interference process.

But a change as if [Aesthetics] was activated?

There was only one thing I could guess.

‘……It’s the effect of the Circle.’

According to the Elder Mage, Yugweed.

Before and after forming a Circle, she said there was a few to ten times difference in magic manifestation power. I just thought she meant power simply, but it seemed that wasn’t the case.

‘At this rate, its versatility is no joke.’

I end up admiring it anew.

‘Does it mean the level of Transcendent isn’t for nothing.’

……Alright, let’s check the exact effect.

I soon opened my titles in the status window.

And checked the unsealed effect of [Transcendent].

[Transcendent: Your transcendent realm is sufficient to be called a Transcendent…….]

Somehow, it felt familiar from the first sentence.

Where did I see it, I wondered.

Isn’t the tone exactly the same as the [Sublime] title?

[Sublime: Oh sublime one, the Arcana continent remembers you.]

Wait, do I have to directly clash and experience its effect like Sublime?

Worries preceded.

But no.

The effect of the Transcendent title wasn’t that short.

[Transcendent: Your transcendent realm is sufficient to be called a Transcendent. – Great achievements currently reached: Circle (All Magic Manifestation increases by 1,000%) / None / None / None…….]

It wasn’t short, which was actually the problem.

‘Achievements currently reached? Circle wasn’t the only one?’

I guess it’s natural that there are various realms.

Because the classes of Arcana alone are innumerable.

Even myself with Sword Aura and Circle.

Haven’t I reached respective realms in swordsmanship and magic.

But confirming it with my eyes, through the system, was a different matter.

Because that carried great meaning for me, for Granfel.

“Indeed, my path was right.”

My path.

As many survival holes as possible.

Having dug as many wells as possible.

‘It means it wasn’t in vain.’

If it’s Granfel’s personality, to fill in those blanks.

He absolutely wouldn’t act lazy.

Now I probably can’t even play tricks using efficiency as an excuse.

It meant thanks to that, the dying one was me……!

‘Lee Ho-yeol’s life is truly unfortunate and harsh.’

But I also have no intention of just whining purely.

Because as you can see, the effect of the achievement was tremendously frightening.

I continued my words.

“Certainly, it would be a stretch to call it an achievement yet.”

The crossroads of life and death.

No, thanks to just dying once.

I skipped the middle process and accomplished the achievement of ‘Sword Aura’ but.

It would still be a stretch to call it the level of a Transcendent.

Because, even Harkon emitted a clearer sword aura than me.

‘It means I have to be at least around Shegwyn’s level.’

How many more elixirs do I have to scarf down in the future……. No, how much various effort do I have to make to reach that level. I couldn’t even guess right now but.

I spoke calmly.

“However, a sword without pride dwelled in it is incomparably light.”

Yes, that really provides comfort.

You’re amazing when it comes to confidence, Granfel.

Anyway, I checked the final popping message.

Since I even checked the Transcendent effect.

I thought there wouldn’t be anything more to be surprised about.

……You’re overlooking a lot today, Ho-yeol.

[You have acquired the Transcendent Unique Skill, ‘Social Gathering of Time and Space’.]

A title.

A tremendous effect.

Specific goal setting.

Now even a unique skill.

Is it because they’re giving so unsparingly?

I was starting to get suspicious now.

With full of suspicion, I checked the unique skill.

And opened my mouth.

“I do not believe in coincidence.”

Truly, how shameless.

“Rather than wait for coincidence, it means I will step forward.”

*

AAU South Korea Branch.

Tap tap tap!

Yoon Soo-gyeom typed on the keyboard without rest.

Sung Hyun-joon, who had been reading the room, stealthily.

Placed a coffee on his senior’s desk.

Still no reaction, so Sung Hyun-joon grabbed a passerby and whispered.

“By any chance, do you know why Senior Yoon is acting like that?”

“Ah, Hyun-joon you took annual leave, right?”

“Yes, I returned today but……. His vibe is different from usual.”

Lee Ho-yeol’s leave of absence.

To office workers, that was an irreplicable excuse.

So Sung Hyun-joon also followed Ho-yeol and exhausted his delayed annual leave.

During his few days off, he tried all sorts of things.

-“……Tsk, this posture isn’t right?”

Following Ho-yeol tending a flower garden by watering a potted plant, and even getting smacked on the back by his mother asking what kind of bastard waters a cactus like that.

He returned to AAU fully loaded with such talking material but.

Yoon Soo-gyeom had been in that state since morning.

A figure so focused it made him feel sorry to even talk to him.

“You know, it seems he got in touch again after a long time.”

“In touch? With who?”

“His team members from the Cosmo days.”

“Aah……!”

Because interests got tangled up between countries, exchanges between branches had become rare in AAU.

However, as the Yusra branch was launched, exchanges between branches became active just like in the early days of the Cataclysm.

“Whether it’s me, or Soo-gyeom. Everyone has no choice but to be busy. Because we should all be substantially indebted. To our General Director of the Yusra Branch, that is.”

General Director of Yusra Branch.

That was Ho-yeol’s position at AAU.

“I thought maybe something would come up if we gathered the scattered information since AAU was disconnected. And indeed, our team actually found one useful piece of information too. It’s about dragons, you know…….”

“Dragons?!”

“Never mind. I’ll tell you later when this becomes certain.”

“Aah…….”

“Anyway, you work hard too, Hyun-joon.”

The man who said that brushed past Sung Hyun-joon.

“Ah, yes! Keep up the hard work, senior!”

Sung Hyun-joon quietly took a seat.

And just waited for the moment Yoon Soo-gyeom took his hands off the keyboard.

And an hour later.

Tap!

When the opportunity finally came, he quickly opened his mouth.

“Senior, coffee next to you!”

“Coffee? Ah, thank you.”

“Anyway, what kind of meeting were you having like that?”

Twinkle twinkle.

Yoon Soo-gyeom chuckled at Sung Hyun-joon’s sparkling eyes.

“It’s not as grand as you’re expecting.”

“……Aw, is it a secret?”

“No, it’s not a secret, it’s really nothing much.”

Yoon Soo-gyeom pointed at the monitor with his finger.

Blink

The text being drafted caught his eye.

A sigh escaped from Sung Hyun-joon’s mouth.

“Wow damn, why couldn’t I think of this?!”

Ultra-high-level player content.

That was the fate of all game development teams.

It brought back fresh memories of his days employed at Cosmo.

“It’s the same now too but wasn’t it a war every Thursday?”

“Yeah, the uproar every week saying there’s nothing much in the update.”

“We genuinely had to grind our bones, didn’t we? Especially our South Korean gamers, their tenacity truly is……. How can they chew up content that should take at least a month to clear in just one day!”

During the days when Arcana was just a game.

The speed at which players consumed content was truly beyond imagination.

Thanks to that, during meetings, any ideas regarding ultra-high-level content were recorded indiscriminately. The reason Yoon Soo-gyeom contacted his team members across branches was because of that.

“So you were looking for those ideas?”

“Right, I thought it would be worth digging into.”

“You’re right, senior. Whether it’s Demon Kings, or Dragons. They were all contents that stayed in the conception stage. Because things like that appeared in rifts as if they naturally existed originally.”

In the same vein, ultra-high-level contents that only stayed as ideas might already, since long ago, exist on the Arcana continent.

“Wait, the person who needs that much information right now is…….”

Instantly, Sung Hyun-joon’s pupils dilated.

“Right, we’re going to deliver it to General Director Lee Ho-yeol.”

“I don’t know about other players but……. It certainly might be helpful to the General Director! No wait, could it be he already knows everything?”

“Either way, I’m trying to scrape together as much as I can for now.”

As expected, it wasn’t the atmosphere to tell the story about getting smacked on the back for watering a cactus.

Besides, Sung Hyun-joon himself had something he was more curious about than chatting.

“Senior, finally, can I ask you one more thing?”

“What. I was bored because no one talked to me so I’ll listen.”

“Nice.”

Skrrk

Sung Hyun-joon pulled his chair closer and continued.

“So among the ideas you scraped together, what information do you think will be most helpful to the General Director? The Deep Sea City you were typing up until just now? If not that, the Hundred Thousand Caves of the Zero Mountain Range?”

Let’s see.

Yoon Soo-gyeom stroked his chin.

“They’re all important but those contents won’t be helpful right away, right? Whatever it is, the related rift has to pop up for him to use the related information or not.”

In that sense, if it just exists.

And if Ho-yeol just met the conditions.

The content he could utilize right away is as expected…….

“……[Veterans’ Community] maybe?”

*

More luxurious than the Golden Palace of Yusra.

A space with a structure even more unrealistic than the Mage Tower.

At least on the Arcana continent, such a place does not exist.

Yes, this place is the 『Social Gathering of Time and Space』.

In the language of another world, the [Veterans’ Community].

Because it was a space of ‘consciousness’.

Which only Transcendents could enter.

A social gathering permitted to only a distinct minority.

“?”

An unfamiliar presence was felt there for the first time in a very long time.

Everyone’s attention directed towards the place where the presence was felt.

The Sword Saint, Shegwyn’s gaze was the same.

Soon, that presence gradually got closer.

With a flawlessly clear and elegant sound.

Tap