Chapter 207: Seol; Logos’ Arrival

"Two more kilometers."

Sweat covered Seol's sight. This time, he relied on his blurry vision to successfully push the boulder to the top of the mountain. Even with his current strength that reached Level 6, which corresponds to the Demigod Realm, it is still difficult to carry the weight of this entire boulder.

This was something that he got during his first 10x pulls.

[Training Boulder (SSR)]

Details: The boulder that you wouldn't forget during the long part of your life. This boulder carries an <Indestructible> attribute, remaining unscathed unless a great power is applied against it. Its weight will automatically correspond to the carrier's strength, thus it is extremely recommended for training.

Note: The size is adjustable. The weight will also be applied to the carrier only.

Ever since he became a member of the chat group, his status spiked up to crazy levels. Before he has an average of [Intermediate] in all of his stats. Though, most of it went up to [High (Intermediate)], with his Mana attribute reaching [High (Pinnacle)].

He guessed that it should be comparable to the Unique Rankers who are Level 7.

To be honest, he didn't expect Jang Malduk, Paradise's greatest instructor, to train him. With his incorrect estimates, the training would've did not affect him... until Seol himself took the initiative to restrict his status and bring out the items that he got through the [Points Store] and [Random Spins].

There are the [Inhibiting Blindfold (SSR)] that limited his perception, the [Training Boulder (SSR)] that challenged his body, [Infinite Weights (SSR)] that he wore all the time, and so on. In total, he received 1 UR, 3 SSRs, 5 SRs, and 1 R, setting another record of being the luckiest person in the ten-pull spin aside from Shiro.

Strangely, all of the items that he received are all about training, with the sole UR reward being a massive increase to his combat power. Though, his [Training Maniac] nickname perfectly explained everything to the rest of the group.

"Huff..."

Feeling that the boulder came to a flat surface, he knew that he had finally reached the top.

[Endurance: High (Intermediate) --> High (High)]

[Stamina: High (Intermediate) --> High (High)]

Seeing the two prompts, Seol was satisfied with this training session. It has been only three days since it started, yet he already saw the visible gains that he got. Moreover, it also gave him a stronger motivation once he saw it, so he was about to round up his boulder training when he heard an alarm.

Beep-!

'The chat group?' He thought before opening it.

[Announcement]: Shiro has gifted everyone [Origin Crystals x10,000].

"Ah?"

Seol recalled the [Origin Crystals] that he saw in the store.

'...If I'm not wrong, a [Origin Crystals x20 (SR)] should cost 10,000 Points... right?'

As far as his knowledge goes, [Origin Crystals] are versatile items that can be an energy source and a training supplement. Each one of them is quite expensive, and the only person that he'd heard of who used thousands of these was none other than "Shiro".

"Shinji's Hyung-nim is... extravagant."

For a moment, he joined in the others who typed their speechless reactions to this gift.

*****

Seol: "Thank you, Shiro-nim."

"So it's him... the one Shinji-kun mentioned to me."

Shiro recalled their previous conversation, in which Shinji mentioned that he became best friends with a new member. Surprisingly, both of them share the same sentiments toward their sins.

Seol is a normal guy turned gambling addict due to some circumstances. When he realized his worst deeds through a dream, he felt the weight of the sins that he had committed. He took advantage of all of his loved ones just to fund his gambling addiction.

In a way, he is similar to Shinji. Though, he had already made his mistakes and is on his way to redemption while Shinji is someone who is yet to commit any of his atrocious deeds.

Both of them are also training maniacs, so they took off in just a single meeting of theirs.

Kal'tsit: "Shiro, someone in Babel would arrive in Kazimierz."

Shiro: "Alright. We should now start our "official" cooperation, too."

Kal'tsit: "...Are you sure?"

Shiro: "Yep. Even without me, Nexus could've fended off the annoying guys alone."

Kal'tsit: "I see. Thanks."

In the end, Shiro spent 30 minutes before closing off the chat group panel. He had the chance to talk with the new members, so it satisfied his curiosity. Well, everyone except a certain member called [Ghostly Girl].

When he asked the others about her, they told him that she was like a ghost, appearing and disappearing as she likes. Her presence in the chat group is also the lowest, though they got to meet her during the mission in her world.

Interestingly, her personality is the exact opposite of her attitude. She is very lively, shocking others with her enthusiasm. Only, she's not that active in the chat group.

Suddenly, Shiro felt a vague emotion—joy.

With his [Partial Omniscience] that came from [Verg Avesta], he could only capture an extremely vague portion of it!

"What was that..?" He muttered as thousands of thoughts began flashing in his mind.

In less than a second, he had done his predictions. Closing his eyes, he found out that this vague emotion was already gone, returning his mind to its normal tranquility.

*****

"Do you know... ah."

A tall man walked past two female Kuranta students. As soon as one of them saw his looks, her words got interrupted.

"What's wrong?"

The girl didn't say anything and instead looked toward the man pointed out by her friend.

"Ah."

The man wore a black overcoat with a caster's cape connected to it. He has a pair of black horns and pointed ears, showing his identity as a Sarkaz. Golden embroideries are present in his outfit, which further amplified his elegance. Coupled with his already handsome face, all the women who saw him went silent.

"A friend of hers. Someone mysterious, perhaps."

As someone who grew up at Kazdel from a young age, he knows many secrets that one couldn't come across in life. It was then did he realize that his world, Terra, has always been shrouded in the fog of mysteries.

Things that many consider as commonplace are something filled with countless unknowns—Arts, Originum, and so on.

Now that Kal'tsit, one of the most knowledgeable people in Logos' mind, mentioned that someone possesses the secret behind one of them, how can he not be interested?

Perhaps, it would serve as a key that would open up another branch of the future...