Chapter 311
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 311
Chapter Title: Wrath and Sloth
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Thats it!
As Jeong Hoon picked up the orb, the Seven Sins cried out loudly.
All eyes turned to the orb as a result.
This thing?
Jeong Hoon examined the orb.
Orb of Wrath
-Type: Consumable
-Rank: Ultimate
-An orb imbued with the power of one of the Seven Sins: Wrath.
-Its energy is unstable and cannot be used.
Just as he thought.
There was a reason the Seven Sins could sense it.
A ring containing the power of Wrath, one of the Seven Sins.
But why was it in the form of an orb?
Like the Black Soul, do you consume it?
As Jeong Hoon tilted his head, the Seven Sins approached and held out its hand for the orb.
Give it to me.
You gonna eat it?
If it said it was going to eat it, he wouldnt hand over the orb.
Nah, I dont eat stuff like that.
Then why?
Heh heh, I have to infuse it with my power to stabilize it.
Ah, so it could stabilize the unstable energy.
Only then did Jeong Hoon hand the orb over to the Seven Sins.
The Seven Sins fiddled with the orb it received, and a red glow began to emanate from it.
Once the once-multicolored orb had completely turned red, the Seven Sins returned it.
Done?
Yeah!
Orb of Wrath
-Type: Consumable
-Rank: Ultimate
-An orb imbued with the power of one of the Seven Sins: Wrath.
-Swallow the orb to acquire the power of Wrath.
The power of Wrath.
Just what kind of power was it?
Jeong Hoon carefully placed the orb in his mouth and swallowed it.
You have acquired Sin: Wrath.
All stats increase by 200.
Your tier rises by one level.
You have met the unlock conditions for the ??? skill.
Acquire all Sins to unlock the skill.
You acquire 5 Dark Energy.
Ho.
All stats had risen by 200.
On top of that, his tier had risen by one level, making him even stronger than before.
He had also met the conditions to unlock some mysterious skill.
Of course, to fully acquire that skill, he needed to obtain all the Sins.
Thats strange.
Baal had mentioned five items.
But there were seven Sins.
It meant he had to collect all seven to unlock the skill, so where were the remaining two?
Seven Sins, do you know where the other two are, besides the five?
Nope, no idea.
It seemed they werent in the demon realm.
Jeong Hoon turned around, finishing his thoughts.
Now it was time to find the remaining four.
Huh? Youre just leaving?
The Seven Sins grabbed Jeong Hoon as he tried to leave.
Why? Is there more?
Yeah. Seems like it.
The Seven Sins pointed to the catfishs belly.
Really?
Without hesitation, Jeong Hoon sliced open its belly with his dagger.
Guts spilled out, along with various orbs.
Mysterious Orb
-Type: Consumable
-Rank: Ultimate
-An orb containing mysterious power.
-Consuming it randomly increases all stats.
-Cannot be consumed multiple times.
Each orb was related to stats.
They seem to be clumps of energy gathered inside it over time. Since theyre old, the boosts will be pretty big, right?
You can sense stuff like this too?
Probably because of the Orb of Wrath it had.
I see.
There was more than one Strength orb.
Even a rough count showed over ten.
The downside was that duplicates couldnt be consumed.
If we could, we couldve split them up.
Jeong Hoon distributed one orb to each person.
Having been embedded in the guts, they reeked of blood.
Ugh! Bro, what the hell is this?
Bong-gu, who received an orb, quickly pinched his nose.
Swallow it. Your stats will go up.
S-stats?
Yeah.
Jeong Hoon swallowed his orb as he said that.
Strength increases by 85.
Agility increases by 59.
Messages about stat increases appeared before him.
Whoa You just swallow this thing?
Bong-gu looked at Jeong Hoon with a horrified expression.
If you dont want it, give it back. Ill give it to someone else.
As Jeong Hoon reached to take it back, Bong-gu hurriedly hid the orb in his chest.
I-Ill eat it!
Then hurry up and eat it. The effect is insane.
At those words, Bong-gu squeezed his eyes shut and put the orb in his mouth.
It was so foul that nausea rose, but he forced it down.
Messages about his stats increasing appeared before Bong-gu as well.
I-I gotta eat it.
Ha-jin swallowed his orb after some hesitation.
The others followed suit.
Everyones stats had risen dramatically; even as they retched, they didnt lose their smiles.
Alright, lets move on to the next one.
He had already found one of the five.
Now for the second.
Its location was Valor's Castle at the western edge.
This cant be happening!
Baal slammed his fist down.
He had just learned of such a monstrous creature in the demon realm, and seeing it get helplessly defeated by Jeong Hoon made his anger surge uncontrollably.
Forget the Seven Sins sensing the itemthe fact that it handed the item over so easily infuriated him.
At this rate, that guy will find all the items
Damn it.
If hed known, he never wouldve started the bet.
The demon realms forces had plummeted, making him impatient, but he never imagined the itemseven ones he didnt know aboutwould be found so easily.
He couldnt interfere, either.
All he could do now was pray desperately that Jeong Hoon wouldnt find them.
As if in response, a familiar voice echoed.
Baal.
A voice from a being he couldnt dare look up at.
The Apocalypse, Escannon.
The lord whom Baal served.
M-my lord!
He wanted to drop to his knees right then, but the clause forbidding him from rising from the throne left him frozen in place.
Something seems to be happening in my demon realm right now.
At the probing tone, Baal felt the hairs on his body stand on end.
His lord was watching all of humanity right now.
Meaning Jeong Hoon was within his lords gaze as well.
I-Im sorry I just wanted to subjugate the human somehow
And so you turned the demon realm into a total mess?
P-please forgive me! It was truly for the revival of the demon realm!
Look at yourself now. What happened because of a single human?
He had no words.
He had lost far too much just to claim one human.
Yet Escannon didnt harshly rebuke Baal.
If it were a real problem, he wouldve intervened long ago.
This time was no different.
The human had begun scouring the demon realm for the Sin items carefully hidden away.
If he claimed all the Sins, it would be a massive headache, but that wouldnt happen.
How amusing.
Pardon?
No matter how much they struggle, its perfect for teaching them they can never escape my grasp.
Escannons voice sounded utterly delighted as he said that.
Yes.
That was his lord.
The more humans flailed, the deeper the despair hed show them, dragging them into the abyss.
He was the one who created the Episode system for that very reason.
Y-yes, indeed
Ill let it slide this time, but next time, there will be no mercy.
Ill keep that in mind
Baal bowed his head and shouted resoundingly.
There was no response from Escannon.
Only then could Baal relax his tense body.
You have acquired Sin: Sloth.
All stats increase by 200.
Your tier rises by one level.
You have met the unlock conditions for the ??? skill.
Acquire all Sins to unlock the skill.
You acquire 5 Dark Energy.
The second was a potion.
The essence containing the power of Sloth.
This essence had been in a monsters heart, taking a slime-like form that made it tricky to fight.
It absorbed all physical and magical attacks with its absurd ability.
Thus, the only way was to exploit debuffs.
Of course, with the Seven Sins, it was a breeze for Jeong Hoon.
Thanks to the enhanced Judgment of Death.
And like with Wrath, it wasnt just the Sin.
As the monster died, it spewed out unidentified liquids.
The liquids came in various colors, from red to purple.
Each one boosted different stats.
You want us to drink what it puked up?
Ha-jin backed away in extreme disgust.
This one boosts Strength if you drink it?
Jeong Hoon scooped the spilled liquid into a glass vial.
The sticky, jelly-like liquid was easy to collect.
Once he filled half the vial, Jeong Hoon gulped it down.
Tastes like shit.
It was like drinking the monsters vomit.
A nauseating smell and sourness filled his mouth, making him feel like he had puke in his mouth.
Limit exceeded.
After drinking all the liquid in the vial, a message about exceeding the limit appeared, and the liquid in his mouth wriggled out.
So thats what happens when you exceed the limitit forces it back up?
Urk
Bong-gu, watching, covered his mouth and looked away as nausea hit him.
You know, Ive always thought youre weaker-stomached than your tough looks suggest.
He seemed like the type whod chew up anything gross-looking without hesitation.
Bro Do I really look that rough?
Look in a mirror.
Even so, I absolutely cant eat that.
He shook his head vigorously, as if looking at it made him want to puke.
Dont wanna raise your stats?
I-I think Im good.
Really? You need to raise stats to hit your fifth job change.
Jeong Hoon had reached the Ultimate realm.
But the others hadnt.
Far from Ultimate, they needed to reach the Heavenly realm first.
To do that, they had to gather Heavenly Energy, which required completing the fifth job change successfully to accumulate it quickly.
The reason I could do it before was thanks to that NPC.
NPC Lingling.
She hadnt intervened since the realization, but she remained vividly in Jeong Hoons memory.
E-even so
Mentioning the fifth job change made Bong-gu fidget, his hands trembling.
Raising stats even a little would increase success chances in a favorable state for the job change quest.
Still, touching that horrific stuff was a hard no.
Ill drink it.
At that moment, Yeo Min-ji shot her hand up.
Her face was filled with determination.
Well, it took serious resolve to eat something this gross.
Jeong Hoon filled nearly half a new vial with the sticky red liquid and handed it to her.
Here.
Yes. Urp!
The stench was so bad she nearly gagged the moment she took it.
But without further hesitation, she began gulping it down.
Whos next?
Jeong Hoon looked at his mother and Yeo Sun-woo.
Ill take it.
Next was his mother.
Unlike the others, she swallowed the liquid nonchalantly.
Then Yeo Sun-woo.
Ha-jin and Bong-gu were left.
You two drink too.
Jeong Hoon filled vials for each and handed them over.
Ah, this is insane.
Just looking at it makes me wanna hurl
Ha-jin and Bong-gu tried to hold out, but Jeong Hoons silent pressure forced them to drink.
Urk!
Blech! Eck!
The two barely got it down and spent the next moments dry-heaving in the corner.
But what now?
There was still a ton left to drink.
Next was the yellow vomit.
The liquid that boosted Agility.