Chapter 2 : Card Draw

Hunters each write their own legends.

Some become the guardians of a country, and others are remembered as heroes who lead humanity.

Even the great figures in history books pale in comparison to their achievements.

But, even such people have enemies that give them trouble.

!!!

For example, a World Boss.

It’s on a different level from the monsters that come out of the gates.

This is a disaster.

A disaster that cannot be stopped even with the total military power of a country, a disaster that the world must cooperate to raid.

But, I ended that disaster.

By pressing the trigger once,

A system message popped up while I had my eyes closed.

It was amazing to see it again.

‘If I had to put it into words, it’s a sense closer to accepting than seeing.’

[100% contribution to the KR/World Boss defeat]

[Amazing achievement, the system pays tribute to your performance in defeating a mythical being alone]

[A new title is given to the entity: Ernian Ludwig]

[Reaper: The one who guides death]

[Reward for single-handedly defeating the ‘Immortal Knight’ is given]

[Acquire a huge amount of experience]

[Level Up]

[Level 1->2]

[Level 2->3]

[Level 3 -> 4]

[Level…10]

[Acquired Skill Gacha Ticket (World Boss: Immortal Knight)]

[Acquired Equipment Gacha Ticket (World Boss: Immortal Knight)]

[Acquired scrolls]

[Skill Enhancement Scroll (1%) 1 sheet]

[Skill Enhancement Scroll (10%) 10 sheets]

[Equipment Enhancement Scroll (1%) 1 sheet]

[Equipment Enhancement Scroll (10%) 10 sheets]

[Acquired Achilles’ Essence]

[Since you participated in the World Boss raid alone, the rewards given up to 100th place are given solely to you]

[Acquired 100 World Boss Coins]

Reaper.

Some grand title was attached.

The title is a trace that shows the trajectory of the hunter’s life.

And the more intense it is, the greater the hunter.

‘Aren’t hunters with the title of “God” the strongest in the world?’

Because I couldn’t see, I used to listen to the radio a lot. The stories heard over the scattered frequencies.

Among them, the most mentioned were the few national-level hunters called “Gods”.

‘I just clicked my finger once.’

Rewards poured in with a single click.

Two tickets.

Bundles of paper.

A blue sphere.

And 100 golden coins.

These were safely placed in my inventory window.

But.

Is it good?

I don’t know.

I was a person who lived by groping the world.

How could a person who lived confined to a room be familiar with the hunter industry?

So I had no basis for judging whether this reward was great or poor.

‘I’m curious, should I use it?’

First, the equipment gacha ticket.

Ten cards popped out when I used the ticket.

They all had the same back.

The image of the ‘Immortal Knight’ I had defeated was clearly engraved.

It seems I have to choose one of these.

Which one should I choose?

I looked at them for a long time.

But how could I know when they all have the same pattern.

‘It’s a World Boss reward, so something good should come out.’

A situation where I can’t know which choice is the best in this.

I think I’m going to have a choice disorder.

, 471.

I belatedly realized that I had x-ray vision.

I hit my head.

“……Stupid. Why didn’t I think of that?”

The moment I opened my eyes, the world exploded.

A flood of information covered my eyes.

The texture, structure, and inner secrets of things – everything was revealed in detail.

A headache that felt like thunder was ringing in my head came.

It was a little less than before, probably because my level had risen a little.

But still.

It’s painful.

As much as I wanted to close my eyes, the whole world was pressing down on me.

Seeing too much was a pain I couldn’t handle.

I can’t control this ability freely yet.

But.

I couldn’t resist the card draw.

“Ugh. What if my head and eyes hurt? If I can choose, that’s enough.”

If I looked in the mirror, it might say [Status: Soaked in dopamine].

At that time I was trying to see through the cards.

-warning-

[Abnormal access detected.]

[Security protocols are immediately activated to protect data.]

[Primary defense mechanism activated: Attempting to block access…]

[Blocking failed: Unauthorized x-ray vision ability of the target was observed.]

[Secondary defense mechanism activated: All dimensional defense mechanisms are mobilized to defend against access]

[Blocking successful: Unauthorized access has been completely excluded.]

“……?”

I was dumbfounded for a moment after seeing the message that popped up in front of me.

What is this?

The secret inside the card became invisible even to my eyes.

The ultimate denial.

“How can this be.”

I frowned in disappointment.

The only thing I could see was the faint colors bleeding out.

Each card had a dreamy flow of its own color.

Black, gold, purple, red, blue….

‘You’re telling me to choose one based on color?’
If not pick one of these then I have to meet each one as I go through life.

‘Let’s go with black.’

Because it’s the color that suits me best, who has lived in darkness all my life.

I lightly touched the card with my fingertip.

The black light fluctuated like a living creature.

The black waves flowed through my fingers and converged into a single shape at my fingertip.

The effects are spectacular.

A feeling that I’ve hit the jackpot.

[Congratulations]

[You have acquired the World Boss’s exclusive weapon]

[Name: Emotion Stained with Ash, Asadia]

[Grade: ?]

[Type: ?]

[Durability: ?]

[Attack Power: ?]

[Status: ?]

[Description: ?]

[Effect: ?]

The item has a title.

I’ve never even heard of such a thing.

It’s not as much as Reaper.

But it’s, something grand.

I’m sure I picked something good, but the performance is hidden.

[Unidentified equipment]

[Identification is required]

[Cannot be equipped]

It seems that it cannot be used without identification.

Suddenly, a chuckle escaped.

‘I have x-ray vision anyway.’

I opened my closed eyes again.

The guy was stripped naked in front of me.

[Emotion Stained with Ash, Asadia]

[Grade: Treasure]

[Type: Parasitic]

[Durability: Infinite] [Attack Power: 1 (Growth Type)]

[Exclusive weapon is bound equipment]

[Untradeable]

[Thought: Crave my power. Then I will dominate you!!!]

[Description: A mysterious weapon that is a condensed form of emotion and darkness, which was the center of the Immortal Knight Achilles’ corruption]

[Effect: When Asadia is equipped, ‘Emotion: Elation’ is stacked at regular intervals. When an enemy is defeated using Asadia, ‘Emotion: Joy

[Elation Stack Effect]

Damage increases by 10% per stack.

Up to 10,000 stacks possible.

Damage increased by 100,000% at maximum stacks.

However, if the ‘Emotion: Elation’ state exceeds the singularity, it may be converted to the ‘Emotion: Domination’ state.

[Domination State Effect]

Damage increase effect is always maintained.

Defense penetration effect is always maintained.

However, you will be dominated by Asadia and pursue endless destruction.

[Joy State Effect]

Every time an enemy is defeated, ‘Emotion: Joy’ is stacked.

Asadia’s basic attack power changes according to the number of stacks of ‘Emotion: Joy’.

If you look at it unknowingly, it would look like ash-colored smoke is rising.

And, a hunter equipment that is parasitic.

Ugh!

There was no time to stop it.

“Oh my.”

Asadia quietly wrapped around the pistol I was holding.

Like a living creature, as if trying to devour my weapon, it flowed smoothly over the surface of the pistol.

In that short moment, the pistol was completely transformed into a different weapon.

The barrel was long and sleek, and the surface was infused with an ash-colored pattern.

Above it, darkness spread like light.

As if it were a weapon to shoot darkness itself.

The small and light pistol had now transformed into a sniper rifle.

“This is… too big?”

The end of the barrel seemed to touch the ground, and the body was as thick as my chest.

It was an object that I didn’t even know if I could handle.

It’s not heavy.

Rather, as if it were made for me, the grip felt strangely perfect.

A slowly rising excitement and confidence within me.

I can feel my emotions heightening.

Some power was accumulating in Asadia.

A hot thrill that started at my fingertips spread through my arms and to my whole body.

‘Does it stack just by holding it?’

My eyes can accurately catch even the changes in my body.

My status was floating in a visual form in front of my eyes.

[Status: Elation 2 stacks (20%)]

[Emotion: Slight anticipation and excitement]
I felt I was walking on a thin and dangerous line.

Whoosh.

I dropped the weapon.

The moment I let go of my hand, the flame-like energy that had been boiling inside me rapidly disappeared.

My whole body felt empty for a moment.

As if the overflowing river in my hand had dried up in an instant.

‘…I really need to be careful with this.’

This power was certainly fascinating.

An ordinary person would have been caught up in the hot feeling of elation and would have been devoured by Asadia without even knowing how many stacks there were or how close the limit to ‘Domination’ was.

That’s probably how Achilles lost himself while craving this power.

I could see my emotions with my eyes.

Thanks to this x-ray vision, I could accurately know how many elation stacks were accumulated and how close I was to the domination state.

It’s a problem that I can see too well, but at least I could handle this weapon.

I shuddered slightly at the thought that I would have become Asadia’s prey if I didn’t have the ability to read my emotions.

“But did it have to be a sniper rifle?”

How am I supposed to carry this around.

It’s a little disappointing.

Then, Asadia returned to the form of a revolver as if it had understood my words.

[Gi…Give..Me…Power..]

It was, somewhat, an easy-to-understand fellow.

In the skill card draw, 9 cards were white.

The white cards floated around and seemed to mock me.

It’s a World Boss reward I was looking forward to, but it’s white.

“This is really too much.”

Ah

The moment I lowered my head, a single card with a different color caught my eye. on easy

Blue.

[Skill

[Name: Calm]

[Grade: C]

[Type: Passive]

[Description: A skill that helps to suppress emotional agitation even in extreme situations and make calm judgments. It is specialized in stabilizing emotions and maximizing combat efficiency]

‘…Calm?’

At first, I was disappointed just by looking at the name, but as I read the description, I gradually felt the true value of this skill.

After obtaining the skill [Calm], it became easier to control the emotions that soared like flames whenever the stacks accumulated one by one.

The gauge increase per stack is about 4%.

In theory, up to 25 stacks would be possible, but for safety, about 20 stacks would be a reasonable compromise.

If handled well, this is a very good weapon.

And the scrolls.

It is common knowledge that the lower the probability, the better the effect.

But if you fail, the equipment just explodes, so you should always approach it carefully.

“Everything is just exploding.”

Skill Enhancement Scroll (1%/Fail) 1 sheet.

Equipment Enhancement Scroll (1%/Fail) 1 sheet.

Equipment Enhancement Scroll (10%/Fail) 10 sheets.

Of course, I used x-ray vision on all of them.

I wondered if my eyes could even observe probability, and they pierced even the essence of the scrolls.

All the scrolls were filled with a fate of failure.

But I can’t just throw them away.

‘Not a single one of these 22 succeeds. I should sell them later if I can.’

It’s a secret that only I know they will explode.

‘What is this essence used for?’

It looked somewhat special, but strangely, it didn’t catch my eye.

When I looked at things like gacha tickets or scrolls with x-ray vision, I felt a rush of dopamine, but this didn’t cause such an impulse.

‘Well, it’s probably nothing.’

But curiosity always tends to draw something out.

When I took out the bead, it was the size of a fingernail.

I had no idea what this little thing rolling around on my palm was for.

Still, it’s a World Boss reward.

It must be something extraordinary.

I was about to use x-ray vision, bracing myself for the pain in my eyes.

Then.

Hayang suddenly jumped and snatched it.

“Woof!”

“Hayang, what are you… Hey! This isn’t a snack!”

I reached out in panic, but it was already too late.

The blue bead disappeared into Hayang’s mouth in an instant.

I could only stare at the scene blankly.

[…What is this body?]

Hayang spoke.

No, to be precise,

it was someone’s voice borrowing Hayang’s body.