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D.I.O - Chapter 230

Published at 18th of March 2023 06:46:37 AM


Chapter 230

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“470,000 gem points.”

It was a truly phenomenal amount of gem points. However, considering the fact that Eunhye, or Arc in-game, was the one who dealt the killing blow on Regrants, a transcendent who was popularly known as the Emperor of Martial Arts, the reward seemed rather small. Although it was an unlikely result from a string of chance events, if it wasn’t for Eunhye, her allies, including the four Grand Masters, would have been annihilated.

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“Since you have so many gem points, I’m sure the Noblesse will make you an offer.”

“An offer?”

“Yes. For those who have enough gem points, they make offers that one can’t refuse. Maybe it’s because they want to avoid a situation where one doesn’t care anymore to do missions…”

In the case of the strongest swordsman, Arthur Pendragon, that is, Seyoung, the offer was his mother’s leukemia treatment.

Even though Arthur hadn’t reached Level 20 yet, Hye-ran was able to largely regain her health for that reason. Although Yongno was unsure, he felt that Cruze also received a similar offer.

After hearing Yongno’s explanation, Eunhye asked.

“What was it in your case?”

She knew that the number of manifestations Yongno did was very small compared to the gem points he possessed and constantly earned. Unlike Seyoung, who actively mobilized whenever people were put in danger, Yongno judged the situation and only manifested when he felt it was absolutely needed. Moreover, Yongno would never move unless there was a commensurate reward.

Furthermore, Eunhye felt that there was something strange about the way Yongno participated in high reward missions without fail.

“Hmm. Well, I guess it’s useless to keep it a secret. Actually, I…”

“Where am I?”

“This is… huh?”

“What?”

Surprised by the sudden voice, Yongno turned his head. And there, Yongno saw a familiar face, but one he never imagined he would see in reality.

“I don’t understand… What's going on? The air here is so stuffy… how did my body… heal?”

A silver-haired girl, who appeared to be in her early to mid-teens, was looking around with a bewildered expression on her face. Though Yongno also felt confused, the girl was someone that Yongno had longed to see.

“Don’t interrupt me because I don’t have much time left. To be honest, you’re selfish and careless, and you’re such a snob to be around since you were born with a needless number of advanced skills and abilities…”

As if possessed, Yongno got up and embraced her. He didn’t lose his consciousness, of course, but he was just so happy to see her again.

“I missed you.”

“Huh? Uh, yeah, me too. But… Merlin, that girl over there… why is she glaring at you with such scary eyes?”

After hearing Miho’s words, Yongno looked at Eunhye. Eunhye had a calm expression as always.

“Huh? There’s nothing going on with Eunhye…”

“You don’t have to frown to exhibit scary eyes. Anyway… who is she?”

“Oh sorry. The introduction is late. This is Eunhye. She’s my childhood friend. And this is Miho. She’s a friend I met below the Noise Belt…”

Then, the seriousness of the situation, which Yongno had put off for a moment since he had been so delighted to see Miho again, came to the fore in his mind.

“Noise Belt… Moreover, that tail… Are you talking about someone within DIO?” Eunhye commented.

“Yes. The Noblesse… what the hell are these guys up to…”

Yongno wanted to see Miho again and paid a huge amount of gem points to resurrect her, but that didn’t mean he wanted to bring her back into his reality. To be precise, he never thought that such a thing was even possible.

‘They can send NPCs to Earth at will?’

If this was true, it was possible for the Noblesse to manipulate the goings on in Earth at will. If the Noblesse released a lot of monsters, such as the Orc Hero Sungmuk and the Eight Tailed Fox, beings that weren’t in the transcendent class but were still powerful nonetheless, wouldn’t Earth be overrun by powerful beings that were overwhelmingly powerful compared to humans? Moreover, Masters were only capable of manifesting for an hour, so Masters wouldn’t be able to take care of all the monsters…

“Eh… but I lost my monster power. Though, I guess I should be grateful that I survived…”

“Hmm?”

Yongno, lost in thought, narrowed his eyes and looked at Miho. With Enhanced Eyesight active, Yongno read her spiritual qi pattern.

‘Your spiritual qi aura… is empty. However, your spiritual pathway itself is intact.’

This meant one of two things. The first possibility was that the type of beings the Noblesse could send down to Earth were limited to non-powerful beings, Level 1 or 2 at best. The second possibility was that it was possible to materialize powerful beings on Earth, but because they didn’t want to give Yongno any additional powers in the form of help, they removed Miho’s powers before materializing her on Earth.

‘But if that’s the case, there’s no need to leave her spiritual pathways intact…’

The moment his thoughts reached this point, Yongno realized a new fact.

“Right. In the end… well, I guess it is rather late already.”

“What are you blabbing on about?”

“They figured out that I have a spiritual pathway.”

Yongno’s ability to create spiritual pathways and to use his DIO abilities in real life was a special power that no other Master could imitate.

With the Seal of Heaven that he received from DIO’s guide, Marionette Hold, in the past, only Yongno, who succeeded in understanding Qi Heaven, that is, the materialization of qi, could purify Earth’s mana even though spiritual pathways didn’t exist on Earth.

‘Just who the hell was Marionette Hold?’

Through various investigations, Yongno had already confirmed that Mary didn’t remember him.

Considering that she remembered other users, Yongno concluded that the Mary he saw was something or someone out of the ordinary, a special entity.

“It doesn’t seem like the Noblesse are taking any specific action against you after the fact. I thought they’d suppress you or something.”

Yongno shook his head at Eunhye’s words.

“Even if we say we are resisting or breaking the rules, from the Noblesse’s point of view, it just looks like child’s play. More than anything… as long as I’m a user, I can’t escape from their control.”

DIO’s system was created by the Union, one of the strongest forces in the physical world, and Jenica, the Empress of Magic, who realized and attained the extremes of magic and was said to be just as powerful as a Demon King.

Obviously, from the DIO operators’ point of view, there were countless ways to control users. It was only due to the existence of the Pan-Cosmic Rights Group, the Peacemakers and the existence of Union Law that the Noblesse couldn’t do something reckless, but if the Noblesse really decided to go crazy, they could turn all users into puppets and use them as they pleased.

Moreover, the truly terrifying thing about DIO was that, once a user developed through DIO’s user training system, even if one reached the transcendent realm, one belonged to the system.

As long as DIO continued its operation, the Union would continue to receive a constant supply of faithful transcendents who were specialized in combat and who wouldn’t betray or change their affiliation.

“Hey, wait a minute! Stop pretending to be so happy and tell me what’s really going on! Don’t you know I can’t understand what the situation is? Where the heck am I? Also, I’m a seven-tailed fox, so why do I only have six tails? Moreover, my body had grown and developed, but I’m a kid again!”

Miho, who was carefully examining the atmosphere, screamed aloud when she saw her chance to get a few words in. Considering that she originally possessed a cheerful and outspoken personality, she had been quite patient.

“Oh, sorry. What do you last remember?”

“What do I last remember? I got my seventh tail and lost consciousness…”

At her words, Yongno remembered what Miho looked like when she died. She awakened her Jeweled Magic Eye and became a Seven Tailed Fox, but she died from her fatal injuries and sudden, excessive growth.

“I liked you quite a lot.”

Those were Miho’s last words. Shortly thereafter, she died, and [Yongno], who was a coward at that point, gave control of his in-game body over to [Merlin] and hid deep in the recesses of his own heart.

This sadness was a situation that ordinary people would not understand or be able to comprehend, as it was an Irregular’s mild (?) mental illness, like depression, but now, as his two selves reconciled and became one true self, there would be no such recurrence of that sort of mental illness as long as Yongno didn’t want it.

“Ah, I remember that moment, too. You confessed your love for me…”

“W-what, what are you talking about… are you a fool? Do you want to die!”

Bam!

With a blushed face, Miho violently swung her fists, but Yongno easily avoided her attacks.

It was only natural that he, who was also an internal energy user on Earth, was able to avoid an ordinary being’s swinging fist; being hit by such an attack was as improbable as a running cheetah being beaten in a race by a sloth.

“Well, anyway, I guess I need to explain to you what’s been going on. You…”

Bam!

“Bro! Things are crazy out there! Do you know what’s going on right now… huh? Who’s that?”

At that moment, the door busted open and Youngmin ran in, but he soon stopped when he saw a face he had never seen before. Yongno asked Youngmin what was going on with an expressionless face.

“What’s the matter?”

“The mother of a Master named Arthur was murdered by a Japanese right-wing group. The media is buzzing right now.”

Arthur was one of only three people in the world who were part of the Heaven above the Heavens.

Arthur was a righteous and kind person, beloved by everyone, and he was a world-class hero who was respected even by those who didn’t even know where Korea was located.

“That’s crazy talk. Why would they harm a Master’s family member when he went there to help that country. International relations between Korea and Japan would be ruined forever if that ever happened.”

Youngmin shook his head after seeing Yongno’s exasperated expression.

“International relations are not the problem right now, bro.”

“What are you talking about?”

There was no way that Yongno could fully grasp or imagine Seyoung’s current, changed psychological state.

Of course, he knew that Seyoung was a filial son who cared deeply for his mother, so he knew that Seyoung would be very sad and resent Japan if his mother was hurt or killed, but Yongno thought that it would only be to that extent. However, Seyoung’s anger was already beyond Yongno’s wildest expectations.

Moreover, Seyoung was not ordinary. Like Yongno in the past, Seyoung also lived a life wherein he was treated differently for being different.

While Yongno chose to abandon his lingering feelings for humans after being abandoned by his parents, Seyoung lived a brighter and more enthusiastic life with the support of Hye-ran’s constant love.

To Seyoung, Hye-ran was the sole reason for living in the world.




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