Chapter 152
Chapter 152.
At the southernmost part of Ten Thousand Demon Battle, Five Elements Mountain.
In front of a large hand-shaped rock.
A strand of Son Goku's true hair, which Yoo Doa had called a 'giant earthworm,' was stuck in the ground.
As Lee Ganghan approached this place.
Snap!
The hair broke in half in mid-air.
Swish, swish, swish...
A tall monkey resembling Son Goku.
'Son Ojeong' revealed his form.
And.
['Son Ojeong' proposes training to the player to become a member of the Mihou Tribe.]
Like last time, Son Ojeong didn't bother speaking.
He proposed training through a message window.
"I'll train."
When Lee Ganghan said he would proceed with the training.
[Five Elements Mountain training stage 1 begins.]
That message appeared.
Swish!
Son Ojeong extended his fist into the air like last time.
'Hmm... Even with Strength 20, my insight hasn't improved or anything.'
Son Ojeong's punch.
It seems the same as yesterday?
Lee Ganghan expected to hear Son Ojeong's sigh again today.
Whoosh!
He copied the movement exactly.
Then.
"......"
Unexpectedly, rather than shaking his head left and right like last time.
Son Ojeong observed Lee Ganghan's movement intently.
Then he.
Extended his index finger.
Slip, Slip.
He repeated the motion of taking something off and putting it on.
At first, Lee Ganghan couldn't figure out what it meant.
'Ah. Is he telling me to take off the ring?'
After Son Ojeong repeated the gesture three or four times, he finally understood the meaning.
Shouldn't I train with Strength 20?
When Lee Ganghan took off the ring and reproduced the punch again.
Slip.
Son Ojeong then reproduced the motion of putting on the ring several times.
'Hmm... This time he seems to be telling me to put it on.'
This, repeatedly taking it off and putting it on.
Is he telling me to notice the difference between having Strength 20 and not having it?
'Training that tells me to compare makes sense.'
Much better than the endless head-shaking like during the first training.
Lee Ganghan took the Ring of Monstrous Strength off and put it on repeatedly.
He compared punches with Strength 20 and without it.
At first, he didn't feel much difference.
But as he continued taking it off and putting it on, he began to feel something.
'When I have Strength 20... it feels like the world helps me even without intending it?'
When he didn't have Strength 20.
The punch was thrown with only Lee Ganghan's own strength.
But when throwing a punch in the state of having 20.
Even though he didn't particularly intend it from this side.
The energy of the surrounding atmosphere resonated and helped Lee Ganghan's punch.
'They said strength reached the realm of gods, so it might be related to that.'
When he became conscious of the surrounding changes like that.
Certainly, every time he threw a punch, the resonance of energy became stronger.
Before Lee Ganghan could fully extend his punch, he felt like the target point was being pressured first.
'This is fascinating.'
As Lee Ganghan continued extending and retracting his fist with a fascinated expression.
Clap, Clap.
Son Ojeong clapped twice.
When he looked toward where he was.
Swish.
Son Ojeong pointed at the Five Elements Mountain rock with his finger.
'Why that all of a sudden?'
Just as he wondered about Son Ojeong's gesture.
Swish!
When he threw a punch.
Thud, thud...!
The outer parts of the massive Five Elements Mountain rock.
Were all pressed down and carved away at once.
'He put the intention to destroy Five Elements Mountain into his punch, but it was actually the atmospheric energy that pressed down the rocky mountain.'
Even if he's a being born from Son Goku's true hair.
Could he possibly be this strong?
As Lee Ganghan watched Son Ojeong's punch and felt that anew.
[Son Ojeong says that to pass stage 1 of Five Elements Mountain training, you must implement this.]
"...You want me to do that?"
Lee Ganghan asked back incredulously.
Son Ojeong nodded his head lightly.
"No, so originally, if I didn't have Strength 20, I couldn't even pass Five Elements Mountain training."
[Son Ojeong says that to receive the surname Son, you should naturally be at least that level.]
"I'm not going to take the surname Son."
Struggling not to become a monkey is this difficult.
Lee Ganghan looked at the shrunken Five Elements Mountain.
A thought suddenly occurred to him and he asked.
"But surely stages 2 and 3 also require stats of 20 to do the training?"
Nod, Nod.
Son Ojeong immediately moved his head up and down.
'It seems I need to quickly get Agility and Stamina to 20 too.'
Son Goku, I knew he was a monster.
But why is the hurdle so high from training stage 1?
Lee Ganghan thought he needed to quickly obtain accessories.
He proceeded with strength training.
[Son Ojeong tells you to put stronger will into your attacks.]
[He asserts that hesitation like 'Will this really work?' only reduces power.]
[He shows you the way, saying you must first be confident that you've reached the realm of gods.]
Still, after reaching Strength 20 and training.
Compared to the first training where he kept shaking his head left and right.
Son Ojeong was sending quite helpful advice messages.
'This is helpful at times like this.'
But can't he just speak instead of using messages?
I feel like he could definitely speak.
Lee Ganghan thought that while.
Whoosh!
Following his instructions, he proceeded with extending punches toward Five Elements Mountain.
After about 30 minutes passed.
[Five Elements Mountain training stage 1 ends.]
[You failed to pass the training.]
A message appeared saying the training had ended.
It was a natural result since he couldn't pressure Five Elements Mountain like Son Ojeong.
'Still, it's better than last time.'
If last time I had no clue at all.
Now I can see the path.
Son Ojeong must think so too.
Last time he looked at me as if I was pathetic.
"Hoot."
Nod, Nod.
This time he seemed satisfied, making a laughing sound while moving his head up and down.
"...Just speak normally, will you?"
To Lee Ganghan's retort, he shook his head left and right.
Whoosh.
Son Ojeong waved his hand.
After he finished his farewell greeting.
Swoosh...!
Son Ojeong became hair again and disappeared into the ground.
[Five Elements Mountain training can be conducted once per day.]
A message appeared like last time.
"Going, going."
Lee Ganghan chuckled and turned his back.
"Still, what you taught me today was good, Son Ojeong."
He didn't forget to express gratitude for teaching him how to utilize Strength 20.
Then.
Pop.
A strand of hair came out of the ground.
The hair swayed up and down.
'Is that... acknowledgment?'
Lee Ganghan waved his hand in farewell.
'Now I just need to build the Elf settlement and go.'
He decided to proceed with building the Elf settlement that he had thought about when entering Ten Thousand Demon Battle.
At first, he opened the Ten Thousand Demon Battle map and tried clicking on empty land.
But this didn't bring up a message asking if he wanted to build an Elf settlement.
'Hmm... Does Karana need to be standing on empty land for the message to appear?'
Like with the Goblins too.
It seems like a message appears when you touch it while the race that needs a settlement is standing on empty land.
'I'll need to ask Karana.'
When he went to find Karana at the Orc Shaman's Altar.
She had been sitting near the shaman's altar with a haggard face, resting.
"Heavenly Demon...?"
She jumped up.
***
"Screech. This time, really, really, I think I can succeed. Just give me one more day..."
Did she mistake that he came to pressure her about Orc evolution?
Karana looked desperate as she begged for just one more day.
"Ah. Take your time. I didn't come today because of Orc evolution, but to try building Elf land."
"Elf land...?"
"Yeah. Now that the financial situation is good, I wanted to observe what changes occur when building that. But I needed you."
"Screech. Me? Wasn't I judged as an Orc?"
She showed her earring while saying that.
She's been doing that at the Orc Shaman's Altar too.
"Can you spare some time for now?"
"Understood. I was resting anyway."
When Karana readily nodded.
Lee Ganghan took her and moved to empty land near the Orc settlement.
Then.
[Would you like to build an Elf settlement?]
[200,000 TP will be used.]
Only then did the settlement construction message appear.
'This used to feel so expensive in the old days.'
Now my first thought upon seeing it is that it's not much.
When Lee Ganghan pressed yes.
Darkness lifted and a wasteland area was created.
However, while other racial settlements built so far were complete wastelands.
The Elf settlement showed sparse bits of grass from the beginning.
'I guess it's worth the expensive price.'
Compared to other racial settlements, I can feel some vitality from the land.
[Would you like to add food and basic resources to the settlement?]
[200,000 TP will be used.]
Lee Ganghan immediately pressed yes to the next message that appeared.
Then.
Lush greenery spread thickly across the land.
Rumble, rumble, rumble...!
Trees began rising from all directions.
'Unlike with the Goblins, the tree size is much larger.'
Is this the difference between 20,000 TP and 200,000 TP?
Looking at the giant trees soaring high into the sky.
Lee Ganghan thought this was worth spending money on.
"Screech... What is this place...? I'm suddenly getting sleepy..."
Karana sat down with a tired face and leaned her back against a tree.
"Why don't you sleep here for a bit? The Orc Shaman's Altar isn't that far away either."
"Is that so... But evolution..."
"You need to rest for efficiency."
"Evolution..."
Karana, who kept mentioning evolution until the end.
Eventually couldn't resist the sleepiness and dropped her head.
'Does Elf land suit Karana after all?'
At the Orc Shaman's Altar, she looked tired but endured with mental strength.
But she just collapsed as soon as she came here.
'But now that I've actually built it, there's not much to it.'
Like the Goblin Black Market or Orc Shaman's Altar.
I wondered if there would be Elf-related things to build too.
But there seems to be nothing like that yet.
'I should let her sleep and go.'
When Lee Ganghan looked at Karana, who had fallen deeply asleep.
He thought he should leave Ten Thousand Demon Battle.
Flash, Flash...!
Light clusters appeared one by one from between the giant trees.
They began circling around Karana.
'Hmm... Are these spirits?'
They feel like light spirits somehow.
Lee Ganghan carefully observed the spirits circling around Karana so as not to wake her.
'They don't seem like they'll harm Karana.'
Come to think of it, Hild was confident that Karana was a Light Elf.
Is that related to all these light spirits appearing like this?
Lee Ganghan watched the light spirits circle around for a while.
'I should go too.'
He left Karana to rest here.
Lee Ganghan himself returned home.
When he checked the time.
There were a few hours left until the evening time when he was supposed to meet the CIA.
He thought about what to do in the meantime.
'Ah. I should take a look at the Divine Sect Secret Record.'
Before evening.
He decided to read the Divine Sect Secret Record that China had given him.
Originally, he intended to read the book on the same day he received it.
But Father Esteban barged in that day, so he didn't have time to read the book.
Lee Ganghan went to his room and took out the two books he had stored.
One was the original Divine Sect Secret Record.
One was the translation that China had directly translated for him.
'I can't understand the original at all.'
While the true manual of Heavenly Demon Divine Art was completely memorized in his head after hearing it once.
That was only for Heavenly Demon Divine Art.
The original Divine Sect Secret Record, which was entirely in Chinese characters, he couldn't interpret at all.
In this case, I should look at the translation that China's intelligence department kindly interpreted.
When Lee Ganghan opened the translation.
[Descendant of the Heavenly Demon, do not forget the name of the traitor Yoo Seran.]
Yoo Seran's name appeared from the first line.
'Yoo Seran... This person must be referring to the Divine Maiden ghost, right?'
The Divine Maiden ghost herself said she was from the Yoo clan.
But I wonder why the system called her Cheon Seran.
As Lee Ganghan thought that and looked at the line below.
[She is the very person who betrayed the Divine Sect and ambushed our ancestors.]
The Divine Sect Secret Record recorded Yoo Seran as the traitor who destroyed the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect.