Chapter 103 – Dungeon Fist King!

Hee-na crossed her arms and shook her head.

“Jin-hyun, I explained this to you last time, but this skill isn’t something I can cast just because I want to. It activates entirely at the system’s whim.”

This was not a skill that could be cast at will like other combat-type Awakened.

It only activated in response to the situation of ‘peace of the home.’ It didn’t even matter whether it was an urgent situation, a sad situation, or a happy situation.

There was also too much room for interpretation. It was a matter of how one looked at it, like a nose ring or an earring.

“…How am I supposed to use a skill that activates in such a rule-of-thumb way?”

Hee-na glared at Kang Jin-hyun. For the first time, Kang Jin-hyun looked highly unreliable.

‘Does he think low-rank non-combat Awakened are the same as S-class Hunters? Hmph!’

She felt as if she had received advice that she could easily rank first in the nation if she just studied and reviewed thoroughly based on the textbooks.

It was not helpful at all.

“Hee-na, could you… stop looking at me like that?”

Her gaze must have been quite stinging. Kang Jin-hyun gloomily avoided her eyes.

“So, what I am saying is, how about trying to make the specific conditions under which the skill is cast controllable by you, Hee-na?”

“How do I do that?”

At Hee-na’s question, Kang Jin-hyun began to explain step-by-step.

“You must not accept the system’s language just as it is. The range of a skill’s use can vary immensely depending on your understanding of the skill description.”

Just as martial arts masters in wuxia novels gained great enlightenment by understanding a single phrase of a martial arts manual deeply and widely, Awakened also had to make efforts to reinterpret their own skills.

“Your condition is the same, Hee-na. The moment your instinct judges that ‘at this moment, the peace of the home may be broken,’ doesn’t the system activate the skill?”

Thinking about it carefully, he was not wrong. The skill had been cast when Hee-na’s emotions became somewhat intense.

“Hmm… Yes. That’s right.”

“Conversely, what if you make your instinct recognize that ‘the peace of the home may be broken’ at the very moment you want to cast the skill?”

“Create a moment where I want to cast the skill?”

Hee-na gaped.

Because Kang Jin-hyun’s words made sense and didn’t make sense at the same time.

‘What kind of nonsense is this?’

This was a matter of instinct. How could she control that?

Her doubt was clearly revealed on her face.

Kang Jin-hyun led the bewildered Hee-na and sat her down on a nearby tree stump. Then, he plopped down on the ground himself and spoke.

“A shift in thinking is needed. In your case, Hee-na, it is not difficult.”

“What isn’t difficult? The method of disrupting the peace of the home? Should I fight with my brother? Or put him in danger and rescue him?”

Hee-na rattled off whatever came to her mind.

Surprisingly, Kang Jin-hyun went along with that nonsense.

“It is similar.”

“Similar?”

Perhaps finding it quite amusing to see her echoing his words like a parrot, Kang Jin-hyun smiled warmly.

“Did you know? The fact that even if you fall into danger, Hee-na, the peace of the home can be broken.”

“Ah?”

At the very common-sense retort, Hee-na was temporarily lost for words.

“If you are not here, Hee-won would be extremely sad and worried, and so would I. Baduk-i and Osaek-i too. Wouldn’t that be the case?”

“Uh… That’s true.”

It was the same for the kidnapping incident last time.

Hee-won and Osaek-i, Baduk-i all were surprised and greatly angered. It was a natural reaction for a family to show.

As she slowly nodded, Kang Jin-hyun added.

“Think about it. Your safety is very closely related to the peace of the home. The moment you are in danger, the ‘peace of the home’ is broken in an instant.”

“Oh…”

Hearing it, it was an incredibly logical explanation. Hee-na organized her thoughts with her mouth formed in a round ‘O.’

“…So, since my safety is directly connected to the peace of the home, defeating an opponent threatening me is practically the same as defeating an existence that threatens the peace of the home?”

In a way, it sounded like a bit of nonsense, but if she stretched the logic to fit, it made plausible sense.

‘So the content of the “Pest Extermination” skill can be interpreted that way…’

It was when she was marveling at this strange logic. The system window chimed and glowed in front of her eyes.

“You Can Do It, Dungeon Fist King…?”