The Returned Hunter Has Awakened to a Hidden Class - Chapter 58
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Chapter 58
Hall of Harmony (2)
“Why, why those two?”
Kim Jun asked with a puzzled expression.
「Berserk」 and 「Flame」.
They certainly weren’t bad skills, but they weren’t the combination Kim Jun had expected.
He thought they would fuse his main skills like 「Explosion」 or 「Infernal Dragon Breath」.
“That’s because!”
Olivia answered with sparkling eyes.
“This combination will make Hunter Kim Jun the fastest and strongest!”
The tired look from just moments ago had completely disappeared from her face, replaced by an excited expression like a graduate student who had discovered precious research material.
‘Seeing her so excited like that…’
Kim Jun thought to himself as he watched Olivia.
If an expert was that confident, there must be something to it.
“Let’s hear it first.”
Kim Jun crossed his arms and nodded.
Though he wasn’t completely sold on it, seeing Olivia’s passionate attitude made it seem worth listening to.
“Great!”
Olivia clapped her hands together, then pointed her finger at two items from the skill list floating in the air.
「Berserk」 and 「Flame」.
The two skills glowed brighter than the others.
“The 「Berserk」 skill you possess, Hunter Kim Jun, is a skill where debuffs and buffs coexist. You know that, right?”
“Of course. The more filled with rage I become, the stronger I get. But I could eventually lose my reason too.”
Kim Jun nodded.
「Berserk」 was a double-edged sword of a skill.
The more anger built up during combat, the more all stats like attack power, defense, and speed would increase like crazy.
But there was also the risk of losing reason and being unable to distinguish between enemies and allies.
Not just before his regression, but even in this current cycle.
In the Heavenly Realm.
If it had been other hunters instead of his companions.
‘Ugh…’
Just imagining it was horrifying.
“That’s exactly it!”
Olivia excitedly waved her hands.
“From that 「Berserk」, we filter out only the ‘positive’ aspects where attack power and all other stats increase progressively!”
“…What?”
Kim Jun’s eyes widened.
Remove the debuffs and leave only the buffs?
“Is that possible?”
“It’s possible! If we fuse it with 「Flame」!”
Olivia said confidently.
“Oh, of course the 「Berserk」 skill will remain as is. This is about creating a completely new skill!”
“And then?”
Kim Jun leaned forward and asked. He was starting to get interested.
“We mix that progressive ability with 「Flame」, which is Hunter Kim Jun’s unique identity!”
Olivia’s voice became increasingly passionate.
“「Flame」 can be considered the main skill that perfectly matches Hunter Kim Jun’s combat style. The destructive power that ignites flames with every sword strike and burns enemies to ash.”
She made a gesture of bringing her hands together.
“What if these two were fused?”
“Hmm…”
But Kim Jun still couldn’t fully understand.
What picture Olivia was painting.
How exactly the two skills would combine.
“It would create a skill that’s both passive and active!”
“So what does that mean.”
Kim Jun asked, sounding a bit frustrated.
Olivia snapped her fingers.
Snap-
A small flame appeared in the air. It was an ordinary red flame.
“Do you know what this is?”
“Fire?”
“Correct. But it’s not just simple fire.”
Olivia carefully placed the flame on her palm.
It flickered on her hand like a living creature.
“This flame’s temperature is currently about 700 degrees. The heat of a wood fire or candle flame.”
“So?”
“I’ll show you properly from now on.”
Olivia slowly began injecting mana.
Hissssss-
The flame began to swell and grow larger.
Then its color began to change.
From red to gradually brighter orange.
“When the temperature exceeds 1,000 degrees…!”
The flame blazed brightly, changing from orange to golden yellow.
The flame that rippled like liquid emitted increasingly intense light.
“The color changes like this. It’s the flame you see when heating iron in a village blacksmith’s furnace.”
Kim Jun couldn’t take his eyes off it.
The flame’s transformation was fascinating, but he was beginning to understand what Olivia was trying to show.
“What if it goes even higher?!”
Olivia’s mana flowed in even more powerfully.
Whooooom-
The yellow flame grew brighter and brighter, then began emitting a dazzling light that was almost blinding.
Pure white light.
“Between 1,200 and 1,500 degrees. At this level, it can melt iron and make it flow. This is exactly the temperature of the hottest fire in a blacksmith’s blast furnace.”
“Oh…”
Kim Jun let out an exclamation. He could feel the heat radiating from the white flame even from here.
“But you know what.”
Olivia smiled.
“This isn’t the end.”
Olivia’s voice lowered.
As if performing a sacred ritual.
Shiiiiiiik-
The white flame began to tremble.
The air vibrated. No, it seemed like space itself was rippling.
And.
Slowly.
Very slowly.
Change began from the center of the white flame.
Like a drop of blue ink falling into transparent water, blue began to bloom from the center of the pure white flame.
At first, it was just a small dot. But that blue light began to spread like a living organism.
As if devouring the white.
And finally.
Whoooooosh-!!!
Complete blue.
“…”
Kim Jun was speechless.
The blue flame contained all contradictions.
Light as cold as ice. Yet hotter than any fire.
It was beautiful.
“Over 1,500 degrees…”
Olivia whispered in an awestruck voice.
“This is the color of the hottest fire in nature. A temperature matching the surface of the Sun.”
Kim Jun couldn’t take his eyes off it.
The sight of the blue flame dancing and flickering above his palm filled him with wonder, as if he had glimpsed into the realm of gods.
“So this is the end?”
After staring for a long while, Kim Jun finally spoke.
“For now, yes.”
Olivia nodded.
“This is as far as I can create. Blue flame is the limit of nature.”
She continued while gazing at the blue flame.
“But theoretically, it’s possible to go further.”
“Further?”
“Yes. Beyond blue, to what lies beyond…”
Olivia paused for a moment.
“I don’t know what color it would be. I can’t even imagine it. But what’s certain is…”
She looked directly at Kim Jun.
“That depends entirely on Hunter Kim Jun. On how strong you become.”
Kim Jun’s heart raced.
‘A flame beyond blue…’
“And one more thing.”
As Olivia snapped her fingers, the edges of the blue flame began to turn black.
The inside of the blue flame remained the same, but only the rim spread with a dark hue.
“Your 「Black Flame」, Hunter Kim Jun, or more precisely, the darkness attribute can be applied to each stage.”
As Olivia manipulated the flame, the blue disappeared and a red flame appeared.
Its edges were also tinged black.
“Red fire with black edges.”
It changed to white again. The edges were still black.
“White fire with black edges.”
And back to blue again.
“Blue fire with black edges.”
“…”
Kim Jun was speechless.
“You gradually strengthen the flame and apply the darkness attribute to it. It’s a completely new 「Black Flame」!!”
Olivia smiled.
“The incremental effect of 「Rampage」, fire attribute, and darkness attribute. It’s essentially three skills fused into one.”
“That’s insane.”
Kim Jun muttered.
The pure temperature flame alone was powerful enough, but to be able to add the darkness attribute on top of that.
“But you know.”
Olivia added with a serious expression.
“The higher the stage, the more charging time is needed.”
“How much?”
“Red flame activates instantly. But orange takes 20 seconds, white flame takes 40 seconds, blue flame takes…”
Olivia calculated with her fingers.
“About 2 minutes. Of course, that’s based on my standards!”
“2 minutes.”
Kim Jun repeated.
2 minutes in combat wasn’t short. Enemies wouldn’t just stand still during that time.
“It would be difficult to use in actual combat.”
“That’s right.”
Olivia nodded.
“But it’s different if you have companions. You can charge while someone blocks the enemies.”
A picture formed in Kim Jun’s mind.
Park Min-soo holding his shield at the front line.
Ryu Ji-a and Han Su-in providing support from the sides. Lee Seo-yeon protecting the rear.
Meanwhile, Kim Jun concentrating from behind.
“And the longer the charging time, the more the power increases exponentially.”
Olivia said.
“If you continue charging beyond the set 2 minutes, the power of blue flame becomes even stronger. Even at the same temperature, the density and destructive power of the flame increases.”
“So overcharging is possible.”
“Exactly!”
Olivia clapped her hands.
“The longer your companions can hold out, the more powerful Hunter Kim Jun’s flame becomes.”
Kim Jun slowly nodded.
‘With this much…’
It would be incomparable to his power before regression.
“Good. Let’s go with this.”
Kim Jun said decisively.
“A wise choice.”
Olivia smiled with satisfaction and wrote golden letters in the air.
Flicker-
A brilliantly shining skill name appeared.
「Prism Flare」.
“The name’s cool too.”
Kim Jun muttered while looking at those letters.
A flame that changes color like a spectrum of light.
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[Skill Acquired] : 「Prism Flare」
[Grade] : EX
[Effect] : The flame’s temperature and power increase in stages over time.
– Stage 1 : Red flame (700℃)
– Stage 2 : Orange flame (1,000℃)
– Stage 3 : White flame (1,200~1,500℃)
– Stage 4 : Blue flame (1,500℃+)
– Overcharging : Power continues to amplify when blue flame is charged beyond limit
[Special] : Charged flame can be applied to weapons/skills or released directly
Switches between passive/active depending on usage method]
[Passive, Active Skill]
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“Phew…”
Olivia let out a deep sigh and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
“That was really exhausting! Each of Hunter Kim Jun’s skills is truly… but I’m proud that we created something amazing!”
She gave a tired smile and began organizing the magical engineering equipment.
Her legs were shaking. Her mana was almost completely depleted.
‘Now I can finally rest a bit…’
“Wait.”
Kim Jun grabbed Olivia’s hand.
“Yes?”
“I have more skills I want to combine.”
“?”
Olivia’s hand stopped moving.
“More…?”
“Yeah. I want to try combining 「Detection」 and 「Acceleration」, and test out other combinations too.”
“Why, why?”
Olivia’s voice trembled.
Just making one had felt like it would kill her.
Analyzing over 15 skills, calculating optimal combinations, designing the fusion. It felt like she’d squeezed out every drop of mana in her body.
“What do you mean why?”
“But my mana is…”
“Ah, did you push yourself a bit too hard?”
“Yes, yes yes yes! Today is a bit difficult…”
Kim Jun casually rummaged through his bag.
“I brought plenty of mana potions. Here, take this.”
Clack clack clack-
Kim Jun began lining up mana potion bottles on the table.
One, two, three…
“Um, excuse me…”
Five, six, seven…
Ten high-grade mana potions were stacked up.
He remembered how Olivia used to try to escape with various excuses before his regression.
‘Not a chance this time.’
Kim Jun smiled wickedly.
“…”
Olivia stared blankly at the potions.
‘This, this person…’
Does he think it’s fine as long as mana is replenished?
What about physical fatigue? Mental fatigue?
“Come on, drink up and let’s start again. We need to hurry.”
Kim Jun smiled brightly.
“We haven’t even entered the Hall of Creation yet.”
“…What?”
Olivia’s face turned even paler.
They say there’s no end to falling.
“The, the Hall of Creation too…?”
“Of course. We have to go there too. ‘Today,’ that is.”
“…”
Olivia weakly picked up a potion.
Her hand was shaking.
And she realized.
Tonight was going to be really, reeeeeally long.
‘I shouldn’t have given him a discount… Damn…’
Olivia’s small groan echoed through the Hall of Harmony.
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[Name] : Olivia
[Affection] : 70/100(+30)
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[Affection] : 30/100(+30)
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