Deadline Is Raining in the Status Window - Chapter 263

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Upon entering the Sea Dragon’s home, I requested a single empty room. The Sea Dragon Couple graciously offered one and assured me their children would keep their distance so I could rest comfortably.
I opened my status window and activated Skill Division. As my consciousness separated from Mitchell Neftis’s, her phantom form materialized before me—just as I’d witnessed at the Neftis Townhouse.
“I understand everything you’ve told me so far. Do you know why I separated us?”
“You want to know if I can handle both Gerth and Cha Cha?”
“Correct.”
“Can I?”
Right, you probably can’t manage it. I could entrust everything else to Mitchell, but Gerth and Cha Cha weighed heavily on my mind. And honestly, Seian probably wouldn’t even notice my absence.
“Hey, but… this is really the last time we’ll communicate like this or exist as a fusion, right?”
“Yes.”
“Since it’s truly the last time, couldn’t we do that one thing just once?”
What thing? I asked genuinely, unable to fathom her meaning. Mitchell cleared her throat, her face flushing crimson as she spouted absolute nonsense.
“Just once with Seian.”
I struck her with my fist before she could finish speaking. It hurt tremendously. I lost consciousness.

After sleeping and waking, I found myself lying in bed. The Sea Dragon Couple must have moved me from the floor where I’d collapsed.
I’d meant to give Mitchell instructions about various matters before entrusting her with everything, but she spouted nothing but nonsense and then tried to fuse again. That bastard had coveted Seian’s body until the very end. Perhaps she was trying to seize one last opportunity before I disappeared, knowing she’d never get another chance to make a move on Seian…
“Sigh…”
Even accounting for how different my current possibilities were from Kim Yeomyeong’s observation diary, could human nature really diverge this drastically? Reina Letem aside, the Mitchell Neftis I once loved didn’t seem like this lustful creature either.
That trash I loved back then—she may have desired Seian, but she possessed restraint, or perhaps I should say she maintained her pride as nobility. There was something like
‘the charisma of villainy’
to her. She was never some drooling, lecherous harlot desperately scheming to get her hands on Seian even once.
Members of the fan cafe, where have Reina Letem and Mitchell Neftis—the ones we loved—gone?
Pondering the nature of humanity itself, I ate the bento box Gerth had prepared. Even after a day, it tasted delicious. More than anything, eating kimchi for the first time in three years made me want to cry. Seoul-style kimchi at that. That Sunbird bastard shares my taste in kimchi.
After finishing every grain of rice in the bento box, I bowed respectfully toward the direction of the Serpent King’s Tower and rose from my seat. As I stretched, my entire body crackled with pops and cracks. I must have slept quite a while.
“I know what I need to do, and Mitchell should have her own plans.”
I certainly hope so!
I voiced my hopes and ascended through the artificial satellite launch pad deep within the Dungeon toward the layers near the Mana Research Institute. Thinking about the mana amplifier, skill diffuser, and climate control system—all byproducts created by cycling through Cha Cha—left me feeling unsettled.
Now that I thought about it, Ursula’s creation was also thanks to the Cha Cha units in the Research Laboratory. Ursula was an existence that could only be made possible through Cha Cha. The irony was that the Mother Goddess, who created such a being, had first brought forth an intelligent life form that was also Cha Cha.
“Come on, I need to work. Let’s combine skills quickly.”
I tapped my head repeatedly to prod Mitchell, then manipulated the skill diffuser the same way I had the mana amplifier. I switched the interface language to Korean and followed the prompts—it was straightforward. I designated all of Humanity as the target to be affected by the skill, and all I had to do was consume my Legendary Skill.
As I stood motionless, entrusting everything to Mitchell, my fingers snapped and opened my status window. This must be what Mitchell’s consciousness felt like all those times she never interfered with my movements—a peculiar state where I moved my body, yet could observe and judge from a step removed.

A fusion of UR) Mana Management Lv.1 and R) Division (Shared) has been created. L) Mana Bestowal Skill has been generated.

I thought I’d need to complicate things to get a Legendary skill, but it looks surprisingly straightforward. So I just use this and activate the machine, right?
I tried to execute my plan, but for some reason, my body wouldn’t move. Control wasn’t returning to me. Had Mitchell been able to act freely all this time and just stayed put? Why? Did she have some purpose in mind?
My head swirled with speculation when I suddenly sensed Mitchell laughing. My body continued pressing various skills in the status window and proceeded with the fusion.

L) Legendary Frost Magic lv.1 and N) Cold Resistance lv.10 fusion. L+) Legendary Frost Magic lv.1 skill created. This skill can grant cold resistance to specific individuals.

SR) Superhuman lv.5 and UR) Blade Unbreakable lv.1 fusion. L) Superhuman! Seedling of Diamond Body lv.1 skill created.

R) Inspiration lv.1 and SR) Rock Spirit Guitar Performance lv.1 fusion. SR) Composing Guitarist lv.1 skill created.

I never intended to fuse all these things. Some of the fusions are useful, but what in the world am I supposed to do with a Composing Guitarist skill?!
I wanted to rip Mitchell’s head off, but when I suddenly saw two status windows, my heart sank.
All the fused skills—they all seem to be going to Evan’s side?

N) Horsemanship lv.10 and R) Accuracy lv.10 fusion. N) Horsemanship and Accuracy lv.10 skill created.

UR) Fusion and SR) Magnificent Worker’s Hand lv.1 fusion. UR) Magnificent Fusion skill created.

There are truly meaningless fusions, and some where the rank actually dropped. Like a clearance sale at closing time, our two status windows now had a grotesquely unbalanced distribution.

Evan Laef
Title: Demon Race, Mana Master Initiate
Status: Ursula’s Blessing, Limited Time (D-305)
Experience: 215,100

L+) Legendary Frost Magic lv.1 – 1,000,000 EXP to next level
L) Demon King’s Charisma
UR) Mana Control lv.1 – 100,000 EXP to next level
UR) Invulnerability lv.1 – 100,000 EXP to next level
UR) Magnificent Fusion
SR) Composing Guitarist lv.1 – 10,000 EXP to next level
N) Horsemanship and Accuracy lv.10

L) Sleight of Hand
EX) Will Do Anything to Survive

Mitchell Neftis
Title: Demon Race, Mana Master (Novice)
Status: Ursula’s Blessing, Limited Time (D-305)
Experience: 31,610
L) Mana Bestowal
*L) Concealment

She’d funneled most of her skills to me. And the Mana Bestowal that should have been mine had transferred to Mitchell instead. I had to stop this. Even if I returned, I’d be left with regrets and that would be the end—but if Mitchell used the Skill Disperser, my very existence would be annihilated.
“Hey!”
“You really are dense, not understanding even now.”
Mitchell flicked my nose with my own hand. It hurt.
“Seian doesn’t want me. He wants you. Gerth and Cha Cha are waiting for you too.”
That was wrong. They built their bonds with the fusion of you and me. Seian doesn’t love only me either. He loves both you and me. Every connection we’ve forged was only possible because Mitchell and I were together.
I tried to tell her this, but Mitchell activated the Skill Disperser faster.
“It’s fine. From the beginning, I had no lingering attachments to my life anyway.”
Don’t be ridiculous! You were just overflowing with regret, saying we should go attack Seian!
For a moment, I was furious, but then I squeezed my eyes shut.

Why was I even angry?

“Uh… uh…”
Right, she scared me so much saying I’d die if I used some sharing skill, so why isn’t anything happening?

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