You Have Been Invited to the Auction House of the Gods - Chapter 100

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100

 

 

 

[Trainee Lee Seo-rin is currently undergoing her Personal Curriculum.]

 

After dismissing the Message Window that appeared before me, I leaned Lee Seo-rin against a tree.

 

‘I suppose it’s fortunate that it’s nothing serious.’

 

If it’s the Training Manual I know, it wouldn’t give assignments severe enough to make a trainee collapse.

 

There’s a clear difference between pushing someone to the brink of death and overworking them to the point of collapse.

 

‘For now, I should send a message about this issue.’

 

Something like a bug report, you could say?

 

When switching to personal training, having people collapse like this was problematic.

 

Thinking about the conversational hell that would unfold with Chiron made me dizzy,

but there’s no other Developer… no, God who gives such immediate feedback on corrections.

 

‘I’ll have to put up with that much.’

 

I didn’t leave my spot and stayed by Seo-rin’s side.

 

It was a kind of Dharma Protection.

 

Though nothing should go wrong within the Training Manual, you never know.

 

From experience, cultivation in the Mental World didn’t take very long in real-world time.

 

How much time had passed like that?

 

“…?!”

 

My Sixth Sense began ringing alarms like crazy.

 

Goosebumps crawled up my spine.

 

The Sky.

The sky of the Training Manual was turning red.

 

I unconsciously drew Galmu.

 

“Zhang Qingye!”

 

Then I shouted to Zhang Qingye.

 

“Take the Guild Members and get out of here right now!”

 

Zhang Qingye must have sensed something was wrong too, as he stopped the lesson and quickly evacuated the Guild Members.

 

After finishing his orders, Zhang Qingye approached.

 

“You should get out too.”

 

“Aren’t you leaving?”

 

“I need to solve the problem before I go.”

 

“… I understand. Don’t overdo it, and if it seems impossible, get out immediately. I’ll guard the Entrance.”

 

Zhang Qingye left his position after those final words.

 

“Get out, my ass…”

 

[Warning: External intervention detected.]

[Training Space stability is deteriorating.]

[Recovery sequence is operating.]

 

“I can tell without you saying it.”

 

I dismissed the System Window that filled my vision.

 

Though I spoke confidently, even I couldn’t guarantee success against that.

 

That was the power of a God, after all.

 

I had experienced this kind of external intervention before.

 

After the Training Manual’s first update, when I was taking my first steps with Dominating Pressure and was instantly teleported to the Department Store Rooftop.

What was contained in the String Bracelet that teleported me was the Divine Authority called ‘Divine Descent.’

 

However, the difference from that time was that the current intervention was hostile enough toward me that even the Training Manual issued warnings.

 

[Just hold on a little longer. I’m doing my best to block it right now…]

 

The tone of the System Window had changed.

 

Chiron must have intervened directly.

 

“For now… I’ll do my best.”

 

I gripped Galmu’s handle even more firmly.

 

***

 

As the sky turned completely red, a single skeletal finger protruded through the blood-colored clouds.

 

Red lightning crackled wildly around my fingers.

Chiron seemed to be actively resisting, but it was useless.

 

Soon, two hands parted the clouds to either side.

 

And in the revealed space, a giant eye was peering down at this place.

 

I swallowed dryly.

 

That single eye created an overwhelming sense of pressure, as if it was looking down upon everything in the world.

 

I ignited my Karmic Fire.

Though it was my insignificant Divine Authority, I would resist nonetheless.

 

And I could roughly guess the cause of this chaos.

 

‘…It’s Lee Seo-rin.’

 

Because that eye’s gaze was fixed on Lee Seo-rin.

 

One giant finger twitched and approached toward Seo-rin.

 

“How dare you.”

 

I kicked off the ground and swung Galmu.

Flames burst forth and struck the finger.

But my attack only made that giant finger hesitate momentarily, unable to inflict even a single wound.

 

It was somewhat expected.

 

That’s why I continued swinging Galmu without rest.

But preventing God’s hand from reaching Lee Seo-rin, that was all I could do.

 

This time I launched a Sword Strike mixing Ghostly Energy with Karmic Fire.

 

Bang―! With a thunderous roar, a stronger explosion occurred than before.

 

Unlike before, the finger flinched as if it felt pain.

 

Though only a slight scratch was made…

 

‘I’ve grown from a mosquito to about a bee level.’

 

Even that alone was a very meaningful result.

 

Even humans fear giant hornets.

 

Though I seemed to be at about honeybee level for now…

 

The probing phase was over.

 

Having confirmed that my attacks were effective, I planned to press forward.

 

I launched another Sword Strike.

 

It was the exact same impact point as before.

 

Don’t they say water drops can pierce through rocks?

 

The strategy for attacking that finger was simple.

 

Hit the same spot again and again.

 

Having made a scratch, hitting it wasn’t difficult.

 

[Impact Point Match]

 

And as if proving my strategy wasn’t wrong, a message from the Training Manual appeared.

 

‘Just like the Training Manual to be so…’

 

I continued my attacks with an exasperated expression.

 

And after several explosions,

 

Crack―!

 

The sound of something breaking rang out.

 

Purple liquid spurted into midair.

 

“I succeeded… Guh!”

 

The giant finger struck me directly.

 

I crossed both hands and ignited Karmic Fire, but it was useless.

 

I was slammed straight into the ground.

 

Bang!

 

It felt like my entire body was shattered.

 

I pressed my hands against the ground and raised my body.

 

When I lifted my head, beyond the torn gap in the sky, a giant eye was glaring at me intensely.

 

It seemed I had succeeded in drawing its attention.

 

‘Now I’m at least a giant hornet level.’

 

The emotion reflected in those eyes was bewilderment.

 

Have you ever been cut by a game character’s attack?

Of course not.

That would be an impossible feat that transcends dimensions from the start.

 

But if such a thing were to happen, what kind of emotion would you feel?

 

First, you’d be dumbfounded.

 

Because you got hurt by some graphic fragments.

 

And then what?

 

You’d have to deal with it.

 

Because it’s safer to eliminate anything that could become a threat.

 

Just as I thought, the emotion in those eyes changed to anger.

 

Just having those eyes watching me made all the hair on my body stand on end.

 

This kind of attention is dangerous.

 

“Haah…”

 

I let out a short sigh.

 

Chiron was still nowhere to be heard from.

 

I quickly started doping.

 

Bacchus, Red Monster Six.

I swept all the items that could be helpful into my stomach.

 

Then I drew magic circuits all over my body.

 

Whether it strained my body or not, what mattered now wasn’t health.

 

Health is something you can only protect if you’re alive.

 

After finishing the doping, I activated the magic circuits.

 

My heart pumped like crazy, and white steam rose from my body.

 

Normally this would be excruciating pain that felt like my whole body would burst, but was it because of the doping?

 

Rather, that pain came to me as pleasure.

 

I ignited all the Divine Authority I possessed throughout my body.

 

The sky I looked up at was still red.

 

And so were those eyes looking down at me arrogantly.

 

“How unpleasant.”

 

If you realized you could die to a game character, shouldn’t you at least feel fear?

 

Yet still that arrogance, as if looking at some insignificant creature.

 

I kicked off the ground and charged straight toward those eyes.

 

Those eyes were no longer indifferent to me either.

 

The finger of those eyes stretched toward me.

 

And two massive energies collided.

 

Waves that seemed to tear space filled the Training Manual.

 

“Tch, still a bit lacking…”

 

Even with the best doping I could manage, it wasn’t enough.

 

A very slight difference, about the thickness of a sheet of paper.

 

It was surprising enough that a mere human could produce such power, but what good does that do?

 

I was going to lose soon anyway.

 

But I didn’t give up.

 

Even if I lose, shouldn’t I at least land one hit?

 

As I was pushing forward with sheer determination,

a familiar fragrance flowed from my chest.

 

‘Flower scent…?’

 

It was a smell I had encountered somewhere before.

 

A white, cold fragrance.

 

The moment that fragrance enveloped Galmu, that lacking bit of difference was filled.

 

Bang—! With an explosive sound, my Sword Strike split the finger in half.

 

Purple blood stained the Sky.

 

The eyeball flinched in surprise and pulled its finger back.

 

And then, from somewhere, a single Blurred Arrow came flying.

 

“Haah… Isn’t that a bit too late?”

 

Chiron’s Arrow pierced through the eyeball, banishing it outside the Training Manual.

 

The Sky returned to blue once again.

 

The ground where I had crashed was already restored to its original state.

 

As the Doping wore off, the strength drained from my body.

I collapsed right there with a thud.

No, I didn’t even have the strength to sit, so I fell backward.

 

And at the edge of my fallen vision, I saw Lee Seo-rin with a very peaceful expression.

 

“True to your damn personality, even your Re-Awakening is insane…”

 

With those words, my vision gradually darkened.

 

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