221. Adding Impossibility Upon Impossibility
221. Adding Impossibility Upon Impossibility
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Watching Serin's stream, Eunha couldn't help but admire it.
A transparent blade tinged with blood-red, a beautiful sword of exquisite form.
Durandal.
As a sword user herself, Eunha couldn't help but let her gaze linger.
"Durandal..."
Among the countless Mythic weapons, it was one of the hardest to obtain. After all listings had vanished from the World Auction House, it had become one of the Mythic weapons that rarely appeared for sale.
The passive on Durandal, "Legendary Knight's Fighting Spirit," was like a skill whose true worth only revealed itself as higher-tier dungeons and monsters were unlocked, so demand for it kept growing.
Looking at a sword that was outstanding in a different way from her own, even Eunha felt a small flicker of greed.
Serin had been gazing at Durandal with interest and saying something, but before long she unequipped it and brought out a pure-white Crescent-Moon Weight. Eunha's eyes widened.
"That Crescent-Moon Weight..."
Eunha, who had been muttering blankly, realized immediately.
Because the image of Daji, who had handed Serin a Crescent-Moon Weight, even if only temporarily, flashed through her mind.
It had to be one of Daji's exclusive weapons.
—What do you think this is that I have equipped?
When Serin smiled brightly in the video and spoke, Eunha stared blankly as several possibilities about the beings called Great Heroes surfaced in her mind.
Each and every Great Hero was a special existence granted "individuality" and "legitimacy" for their actions.
Their influence and reach easily surpassed the category of ordinary NPCs. Moving as if alive and breathing, they were ambiguous to even call NPCs in the truest sense.
And that pure-white Crescent-Moon Weight now on display... Daji had probably handed it over directly.
Nothing else came to mind.
The absurd idea—unthinkable under normal circumstances—of giving a user a weapon equivalent to a Mythic-grade item.
But considering the unprecedented moves the Great Heroes had shown so far, it was entirely possible.
Johann, Messenger of Heaven, had once granted a user who was like a pioneer in opening the gates of Heaven the benefit of spatial movement, something beyond any calculable value.
Ardelia, Guardian of the World Tree, had separately gifted a user who had greatly contributed to protecting the World Tree a personally crafted Mythic-grade bow as a reward "outside the quest."
The two Great Heroes who had appeared so far had each given tremendous benefits and rewards, so users were literally desperate to meet a Great Hero.
And in the midst of that, it was Serin who had met a new Great Hero named Daji, so it wasn't strange at all for her to have received a reward as well.
"Still... to receive a Great Hero's exclusive weapon as a gift."
Eunha muttered blankly. Even though Serin hadn't said anything yet, she had seen through the truth within seconds.
—Actually, I have news far more important than this Crescent-Moon Weight.
As Serin added another sentence with a smile, Eunha's curiosity reached its peak.
Slither.
Serin slowly let the Crescent-Moon Weight hang in the air, her gaze fixed on the screen with interest.
It was as if she were trying to make eye contact with the viewers watching the stream. Just as Eunha's eyes were about to meet that intense gaze—
Serin's lips moved.
—At the end of my match with Daji yesterday, I was able to earn Daji's acknowledgment. And immediately after, I received a proposal. This Crescent-Moon Weight is like a gift I received after accepting Daji's proposal.
Serin's calm voice, stating the facts, slowly resonated through the stream as if filling the space.
For a moment, Eunha couldn't immediately guess what kind of proposal Daji had made.
'...What on earth could the proposal be?'
The proposals made by Johann and Ardelia, who belonged to the Great Heroes, had all been extraordinary.
Johann had asked for the collection of items imbued with enormous divine power scattered across the world to connect Heaven and the mortal realm. Ardelia had made the outlandish demand of turning a vast wilderness into a forest to further fill the World Tree's energy.
The scale of their requests was so enormous that they couldn't be accomplished in a short period, and they all required massive amounts of money, making them nearly impossible to complete.
But now Serin was calmly saying she had accepted a proposal from Daji, one of the Great Heroes, and had completed it in just a single day, receiving Daji's exclusive armament as a gift.
That was essentially what she was saying.
[Wait what the hell?]
[Wow insane...]
[Am I the only one not understanding this?]
[Newbies can't help but not know lololol]
[She's saying Rin got a proposal from Daji right now]
[Wow so Rin is the third person to get a proposal from a Great Hero?]
[I only found out yesterday that a Great Hero appeared in the Cave of Trials, and now there's a proposal too]
[Wait so she got 2 Mythic items in one day?]
[And that Crescent-Moon Weight is Mythic grade, but you shouldn't even call it just Mythic lololol It was Great Hero Daji's exclusive weapon]
[If she's holding that weapon now, doesn't that mean she already finished Daji's proposal?]
[The more I think about it, missing yesterday's stream ending is so unfair. I missed this important thing]
[fr so unfair]
The rapidly scrolling chat was equally excited at the mention of a Great Hero's proposal.
Eunha wanted to hear the details of the showdown with Daji, but more than that, she wanted Serin to hurry up and say what kind of proposal she had accepted.
Even Jeanne d'Arc, Yoo Eunha herself, had never met a Great Hero.
Special conditions, extremely low appearance frequency, the special nature of their existence.
Even with millions of Another World users, the Great Heroes had appeared only three times in the three years since launch. Calling them rare was an understatement.
They were beings you couldn't meet no matter how much you wanted to.
Eunha felt envious of Serin, but at the same time, she felt oddly happy.
Because she liked that Serin was the one who had earned even a Great Hero's acknowledgment and completed their proposal.
—The proposal Daji gave me was one I could accept right away.
Serin, who had begun speaking in a calm voice, suddenly raised both arms slowly and closed her eyes.
Slither.
With both hands raised toward the sky, she lifted even the blade of the white Crescent-Moon Weight toward the sky. Her left hand slowly grasped the pure-white silk-like cord connected to the Crescent-Moon Weight and let it hang.
[???]
[What's she doing all of a sudden]
[Why is Rin suddenly like that]
[????what is it]
[Isn't she showing a new Dancer skill?]
As questions arose not only in chat but also in Eunha's mind at her sudden actions—
——!
Immediately after, a great white light began to gather around Serin's hands.
At that moment, Eunha, who had been staring intently at the screen, unconsciously muttered a single word.
"Da...ji."
Serin's distinctive posture was undeniably elegant, but Daji seemed to overlap with her so much that Serin's current appearance resembled the way Daji had looked.
It was exactly the same posture as when Daji had been enveloped in pure-white light and transformed.
Just as Eunha was lost in that thought, Serin activated the skill.
—Moon Princess (月姬).
A massive light burst from the blade of the white Crescent-Moon Weight aimed at the sky, and Serin's figure began to be dyed by that enormous light, as if engulfed by it.
Her originally pure-white silver hair now held a brilliant yet mysterious light, as if it had swallowed the radiance. Her blood-red light armor began to be dyed pure white, losing its original color.
Most of the viewers watching the stream, along with Eunha, could only stare blankly at Serin's transforming appearance.
Then, Serin opened her mysteriously blue eyes and, in a deliberately light tone, said something absurd.
—The condition Daji gave me was to follow her and become a Moon Dancer—that is, to become the hidden class Moon Dancer. I accepted that condition, and right now I have advanced to a hidden class.
"..."
For a moment, Eunha blinked and unconsciously parted her lips slightly.
Considering that she normally reacted indifferently to most things, this was the maximum surprise she could show.
Even Eunha couldn't help but be genuinely shocked, because Serin was calmly saying something utterly ridiculous.
Advancing to a hidden class. Serin was saying she had completed it in just one day.
And into a hidden class directly offered by a Great Hero, no less.
Her manner of speaking, as if she had received some light proposal, felt alien in and of itself.
"...Moon Dancer."
Eunha carefully murmured the words "Moon Dancer" and soon realized it was a class she had never heard of in her long Another World experience.
A hidden class that had never existed before. It was almost certainly the same as saying Serin had inherited the hidden class possessed by the Great Hero Daji.
When Eunha realized that, an involuntary laugh escaped her.
[??????????]
[Daji proposed a hidden class to Rin?]
[A Great Hero directly?]
[So it wasn't giving her a hidden advancement quest or something, it was a proposal?]
[Wow insane lolololol]
[That's just crazy]
[lol I can't even type anything except "that's crazy"]
[So basically Daji proposed it, Rin accepted, and she immediately advanced to a hidden class?]
[Does that even make sense?]
[I mean, it's not impossible because it's a Great Hero, but wow, what even is this...]
[I'm just spacing out...]
[A Great Hero proposing a hidden class and immediately advancing to it, that's really wow...]
The chat was in an uproar, rising in great waves as if surging endlessly.
Eunha understood how the viewers felt, but she also took in Serin's transformed appearance once more.
Serin, now pure white, was exquisitely beautiful, as if showing off her beauty to the fullest, and even gave off a mysterious aura.
And the way she was acting so nonchalant in that form, as if she didn't understand those reactions, was funny for some reason.
"To put on such a nonchalant expression."
Normally, advancing to a hidden class required completing a long-term quest taking at least three months in real time.
And that meant completing dozens of quests over a long period.
No matter how many class types there were and how varied the characteristics of hidden classes were, there was a certain order to it, like a rule.
Considering that some hidden class quests could take over half a year, it meant that an enormous amount of user effort was required.
Because they were rare and couldn't be obtained easily, the quest advancement difficulty and conditions were all incredibly demanding.
But Serin, who had now transformed, had leaped over all of that in one bound.
A Great Hero proposing a hidden class was also a first. By earning a Great Hero's acknowledgment, she had been able to skip the originally incredibly complex and lengthy quest procedures in one go.
That could only be explained as Daji having arranged it for Serin using her legitimacy and individuality.
'It's certainly not impossible.'
Eunha understood the situation theoretically, as if each piece fit together, yet paradoxically she couldn't understand it.
Just how much acknowledgment had she received from a being of Great Hero status to be granted such absurd convenience?
All of it was practically the same as adding the impossible to the impossible.
"But in the end, all of this is only possible because it's Serin."
Eunha murmured those words without thinking and ultimately accepted it.
A Great Hero of the Dancer class who had never appeared before.
Moreover, Daji had revealed herself due to the special nature of the Cave of Trials. It meant she had been able to appear because she had taken Serin's various circumstances into account.
Afterward, Serin smiled awkwardly on screen.
—Since so many of you are this surprised and reacting, I'm a little embarrassed. But since you all seem curious, I'll briefly show you my status window. After that, I think I'll do a bit of hunting to get used to the hidden class.
Hearing Serin's words, Eunha unconsciously smiled slightly.
"Really... such a pure person."
When she first started watching the stream, she had wondered if Serin was trying to show off, but the current display showed no sign of that at all.
Why was it that her calm manner of explaining yesterday's events one by one, as if revealing the facts, seemed even more dazzling?