Level -99 Archmage - Chapter 107

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Chapter 107. Super Awakener
“The night’s over, so why haven’t they shown up yet?”
“You don’t think they’re all dead, do you?”
“That makes no sense. There were a million participants.”
“Right. There’s no way they all died.”
“…But it’s already morning.”
Those who hadn’t entered the Second Night were bewildered.
Despite the night having passed, the participants hadn’t emerged.
During the previous First Night, the participants had appeared as soon as morning broke.
But now, twenty-four hours later, not a single person had returned, and anxiety began to ripple through the world.
“Are they really all dead?”
“But the strongest warriors from every nation participated. All of them?”
“A million of them?”
Most of the world’s elite warriors had entered.
A complete wipeout would leave a devastating void in military power.
If a massive Abyss like the Dungeon Abyss were to emerge now, the casualties would be catastrophic.
Defenseless nations would suffer fatal blows.
The very existence of entire countries could be at risk.
Governments worldwide flipped their emergency switches.
It was obvious that a nation’s strongest warriors would become its greatest asset.
They had to find out what happened to those who’d entered the Second Night.
“…The whereabouts of Han Shin, eldest son of the Hanyeon Group, Im Chang-yeol, chairman of the Seoul Alliance, Seo Su-gil of the Southern Alliance, and numerous other Super Awakeners remain unknown.”
South Korea was no exception.
The Super Awakeners that the government had identified.
Those who stood above ordinary Awakeners, who had transcended their limits and were trusted without doubt to become the very foundation of national strength—the government had classified them separately as Super Awakeners and maintained a list.
They had been tracking their movements covertly and meticulously, keeping them always under surveillance.
Yet most of the roughly hundred strong warriors on that list had vanished without a trace.
“Do you believe all of them entered the Second Night?”
Park Sang-min, minister of the Abyss Safety Department—a government agency newly established after the Abyss opened—received the report and released a heavy sigh.
The Abyss Safety Department was a government agency capable of handling everything related to the Abyss independently.
Though newly founded, it was the top-tier institution—capable of rapidly and accurately grasping the management and supervision of Awakeners and the current state of the Abyss, then acting accordingly.
“Yes. It appears that approximately eighteen thousand Awakeners, including the Super Awakeners, entered the Second Night.”
The man delivering the report laid out the situation.
Park Sang-min’s sigh grew heavier.
Out of a million, eighteen thousand were Korean.
And that was just what they’d confirmed—the actual number was likely far higher.
It was clear this nation was genuinely serious about the Abyss.
Yet none of them had returned.
All of them had entered the Second Night and simply vanished.
Twenty-four hours later, the Abyss Safety Department moved swiftly to assess the situation, but there appeared to be no returnees.
“How many Super Awakeners have been confirmed alive? That is, those who didn’t enter the Second Night?”
“Five, sir.”
“…We’ll need to prepare for contingencies. Ah, what’s the Hanyeon Group’s response? We’ve confirmed that all of their successors participated in the Second Night.”
The Hanyeon Group—one of Korea’s largest conglomerates and among the top ten in the nation.
Its eldest son, Han Shin, and second son, Han Min-o, had disappeared.
Both had entered the Second Night.
“Are you asking about Han Shin or Han Min-o, sir?”
“…Is it certain that Han Shin entered the Second Night?”
Park Sang-min’s expression hardened as he posed the question.
Han Shin had been classified as a Super Awakener, but his younger brother Han Min-o had not.
More importantly, Han Shin’s potential ranked highest among all the Super Awakeners.
The young hero destined to stand at the pinnacle and lead Korea.
They had taken an extraordinary interest in him.
“Certain, sir.”
“Hmm…”
Park Sang-min’s complexion darkened.
Super Awakeners had disappeared in droves.
Given the absence of returnees worldwide, the likelihood of total annihilation was high.
‘How dark. The future is dark.’
What was to be done now?
Should the government itself attempt to cultivate a new generation of Super Awakeners?
Of course, a few similar projects were already underway, but the results had all been lackluster.
Park Sang-min believed that “forced cultivation” was pointless.
The Abyss is a place where meaning comes only through personal struggle and growth.
No amount of state-sponsored training could compare to an Awakener steeling their own will and descending into the Abyss even once—it made a thousand times the difference.
Naturally, the death of even a single naturally occurring Super Awakener was a blow that could not be borne.
Eighteen thousand may have been the number, but every last one of them was South Korea’s future.
Yet forcing them not to participate was equally impossible.
The Second Night was an event one could enter simply by gazing up at the full moon in the night sky.
“We must devise a countermeasure…”
“Sir, Minister!”
Bang!
That was when it happened.
The door burst open violently, and another man came rushing in.
Park Sang-min tilted his head in confusion and asked.
“What is it?”
“They’ve—they’ve returned, sir!”
“Who has?”
“The Awakeners who entered the Second Night!”
“…!!!”
Park Sang-min’s eyes widened like lanterns.
They’d returned?
A full day had passed?
But there was something far more crucial than that.
The confirmed number alone was eighteen thousand.
An estimated minimum of twenty thousand or more participants.
“H-how many have returned?”
How many of them had made it back?
…Or rather, how many Super Awakeners had survived?
The man delivering the news spoke, beads of sweat rolling down his face.
“I—I’m not certain. But it seems most of them have returned!”
“…Understood. Prioritize identifying all returnees as quickly as possible.”
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The participants who had entered the Second Night had returned!
The news sent shockwaves across the entire world.
After a full day had passed, everyone had already been declared dead—it was certain.
And yet they had returned.
Moreover, most of them came back alive.
More than eight hundred thousand out of one million people.
A survival rate of 86.7%.
By the numbers alone, eight hundred sixty-seven thousand Awakeners had returned alive.
“It is all thanks to South Korea’s Yi Hyeok-soo.”
“The Dragon Slayer! Because he alone killed the Dragon God in the First Night, we all managed to survive.”
“A dragon killer? No. Yi Hyeok-soo is a god!”
“The predicted survival rate was only 11.1%! The Second Night was a hell incomparable to the First Night!”
“Yi Hyeok-soo achieved a Unique Achievement and saved us all. Amen.”
“Wasn’t the Legendary Quest also completed by Yi Hyeok-soo?”
“A dragon appeared in Korea.”
The returnees.
They all spoke the name of Yi Hyeok-soo in unison.
The rule was simple: if you didn’t accumulate one hundred Contribution Points, you died.
Yet in reality, most participants had failed to reach even one hundred points.
The strong had monopolized them.
Even capturing a mere Doppelgänger meant your Fugitive’s Mark would be snatched away without difficulty.
But through Yi Hyeok-soo’s achievement of a Unique Achievement, everyone obtained one thousand Contribution Points.
And that wasn’t all.
“Everyone gets a Platinum Box!”
“This is insane, for real!”
“They say Ancient Grade items can drop from these?”
Eight hundred sixty-seven thousand people received a Platinum Box as their reward.
It was a gift for a survival rate that far exceeded expectations.
As a result, countless Creators who had invested in the Second Night faced bankruptcy.
Aheta, the Lord of the Moon, also had to endure devastating losses.
“……Yi Hyeok-soo from Korea?”
“He handled both the First Night and the Second Night entirely on his own?”
“Is Yi Hyeok-soo the messiah of this era?”
“I do wish we could invite him to America sometime.”
The world’s eyes turned toward Korea.
A savior who had rescued a world on the brink of darkness—rescued the future itself.
Yi Hyeok-soo stood at the center of it all.
* * *
While everyone’s attention remained fixed on Yi Hyeok-soo,
Park Chan-woo was checking the Status Window that appeared before his eyes dozens, hundreds of times over.
Affiliation: Earth / Human / South Korea
Name: Park Chan-woo
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Height/Weight: 180cm / 67.5kg
Level: -84
Strength 119(1+118) Stamina 94(1+93) Agility 23(1+22)
Intelligence 38(1+37) Mana 47(1+46)
Status: Weakest, Sickly, Frail, Non-existence, Limited Lifespan (511 days), Heavenly Poison Impenetrable
Total Attack Power: 1,340 (340+1,000)
Total Defense Power: 1,920 (520+1,400)
Overall Penetration: 10%
Magic Critical: 32%
Magic Casting Speed: 25%
Magic Double Casting: 25%
Magic Effect: 25%
Mana Regeneration: 644%
Active Auras:
Golden Aura (Attack and Defense doubled based on Coin count)
First Step of the Seeker (All stats +1 per 10 Coins)
Renown: 54,000
Class: Magic Swordsman (Level 19)
Available Magic: Reflection (Great Magic, Unique), Heavenly Punishment (Lightning Magic, Unique), Super Regeneration (Passive, Unique)
Class-Related Hidden Traits:
(1) 「Eternal Sword」 – ???
(2) 「Eternal Destruction Magic」 – Destroys the ‘primal magic’ inherent to a race
Remaining Class Level Points: 0
‘Attack and defense power are higher than I could have imagined.’
The change was undeniable.
Compared to before, the growth was beyond comparison.
The transformation that came from a single venture through the Second Night was stark to an extraordinary degree.
As his understanding of wavelength deepened and he obtained three Class Level Points, he spent them immediately to raise his Magic Swordsman class level.
Moreover, his attack power had risen nearly a thousand points, and his defense power had climbed roughly fifteen hundred.
Compared to his previous stats, this was easily more than triple.
And what of the changes to his raw attributes?
‘Thanks to Baal’s Belt and Path of Divinity, my strength and stamina have risen abnormally.’
Baal’s Belt alone boosted both stats by a staggering 66 points each.
Furthermore, Path of Divinity carried an option that increased strength by 5 for each equipped Legendary-grade or higher piece of gear.
Perhaps that was why.
His physical condition felt noticeably more solid and healthier than before.
‘Looking at this Status Window alone, anyone would believe I’m a warrior.’
With his strength and stamina suddenly skyrocketing, the proportions of his stats had inverted.
Who would call him a Mage upon seeing this Status Window?
Though he wielded weapons, Park Chan-woo intended to remain on the path of the Grand Mage.
Therefore, his current Status Window was problematic.
The balance was off.
‘…These are the stats of a Level 40 warrior.’
But when it came to casting magic, raw strength and stamina made little difference.
He’d grown healthier and more powerful, yet he couldn’t say whether he was truly pleased about it.
‘Still… what am I missing?’
The numbers didn’t add up, though.
His attack and defense power were higher than his calculations predicted.
Park Chan-woo checked his Status Window and soon understood why.
Currently equipped items:
Star of Arrogance (∞Lv, Quarter God, Necklace Jewelry)
World Tree Staff (-98Lv, Eternal, Staff Weapon)
Frostborne Helm (-95Lv, Legendary)
Path of Divinity (-89Lv, Legendary)
Arahan’s Golden Mystery (-89Lv, Legendary)
Ultimate Gauntlets (-89Lv, Legendary)
Baal’s Belt (-84Lv, Zero Grade, Radiant Specialized Equipment, Set)
Hermes’ Shoes (-92Lv, Ancient)
Abyss items in inventory:
Easter Egg (001), Mage’s Stone (Mana +14, Legendary), Void (Eternal), Coin (150)
‘Ah. That’s how it happened.’
He’d been mistaken for a moment.
One item’s grade had changed.
‘Arahan’s Golden Mystery’s grade went up.’
As the number of Coins in his possession increased, the grade of the equipment had risen with it.
He clearly remembered the unique option description: “When the number of Coins possessed exceeds a certain quantity, Arahan’s Golden Mystery’s grade increases.”
And once the Coin count surpassed one hundred, a fourth option had unlocked as well.
‘Arahan’s Golden Mystery, and the Mythic Title.’
If he confirmed just these last two things, he could gauge this change and what possibilities lay ahead.
Park Chan-woo wanted to examine the changes to his equipment and titles.
And then—
“Wait.”
Park Chan-woo tilted his head.
“What kind of option is this?”
There was an option he’d never seen before.

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