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chapter-183

Like how the shadow had opened a new authority, Yeon-woo had opened the 2nd step authority after learning the concepts of Domainization.

His understanding of Holy Fire increased, and he was able to reach a higher level of the 2nd authority than the shadow.

Yeon-woo swung Vigrid around again. This time, he was planning on really defeating the shadow.

The shadow flew up to the sky with Sky Wings and exploded his Wave of Light. Tens of lightning bolts came down to fight his fire.

***

The ground rumbled. Like a natural disaster, lightning stormed down.

Dust repeatedly flew up.

Boom!

Then, something flew out of the explosion. The shadow fell powerlessly to the ground with his broken Sky Wings.

And above, Yeon-woo pressed down on him. Vigrid pierced through his right shoulder into the ground.

“Haa…Haa….”

Yeon-woo and the shadow were so close to each other that they could hear each other’s breath. It had been such an intense battle that it wouldn’t be weird for either of them to have fainted any moment.

But eventually, victory was Yeon-woo’s. The reason was simple.

The shadow was more talented and had more skills, but Yeon-woo was more proficient in his skills.

And the person that was advantageous in the explosion was Yeon-woo, who trained his Mugong. Also, Yeon-woo had the Neidan of the Four Legendary Beasts.

As Yeon-woo’s control increased throughout the battle, he was able to freely use Swe to get used to his skill.

[You have successfully passed the trial of the 30th section.]

[Through this trial, you have received inspiration and different accomplishments. You have achieved something unbelievable. Additional karma and rewards are being given.]

[You have earned 5,000 Karma.]

[You have earned an additional 3,000 Karma.]

[You have earned the Unique skill ‘Wave of Fire.’]

[The skill ‘Fire Rain’ and ‘Wave of Fire’ have been bound to each other. The skill proficiency of ‘Wave of Fire’ has increased. 3.2%]

[Your wings of fire have turned into ‘Fire Wings.’]

The Wave of Fire was inspired by the Wave of Light, and it could burn continuously.

He still needed to practice it a bit, but it was still more powerful than the Wave of Light.

It was because it was combined with other skills that Yeon-woo had. He was just barely able to win.

It was a close battle. However, Yeon-woo thought this was a present that his younger brother gave him So he wouldn’t embarrassingly be beat up.

While the messages that he cleared the stage popped up, the instant dungeon started to settle down. And his brother’s shadow also started to fade away.

Yeon-woo wanted to look at the fading shadow as much as he could. If the shadow disappeared like that, he wouldn’t be able to see his brother again.

Although the shadow wouldn’t know how he was feeling.

Then.

The shadow that had been expressionless suddenly lifted a corner of his mouth.

“…..!”

When Yeon-woo’s eyes were wide open, his brother had a faint smile on his mouth.

Like when Yeon-woo last saw him 5 years ago.

‘It was fun, hyung.’ [TN: Hyung = older brother]

And with that, the shadow disappeared along with the instant dungeon.

A shadow was created from the memory of their owner. So it wasn’t weird for them to have a part of their memories.

For some reason, Yeon-woo felt like he had just had a nice conversation with his brother—not with the Jeong-woo in the diary, but the Jeong-woo who had been alive.

And until the next section opened, Yeon-woo quietly closed his eyes. Repeating what his brother said in his head again and again…..

***

Ding.

It was the sound of a new message popping up.

Yeon-woo slowly opened his eyes. The black world was filled with light again.

[The trial of the 31st section is beginning.]

[The fight with 3rd place ‘Hughl’ is beginning soon. Please prepare for battle during the preparation time.]

[A longer preparation time is being given considering the condition of the challenger.]

[03:00:00]

…..

The preparation time was usually based on the length of the previous battle. Then that was probably how long the battle with his little brother was.

That was expected though.

Yeon-woo put everything he had into it and was barely able to win. If it wasn’t for the Despair of the Black King, he wouldn’t have won.

He hadn’t struggled that much even when he was battling the Summer Queen. With this, he was able to get a glimpse of how his brother was able to threaten the Nine Kings.

Also, he wondered what the level of the other 3 would be, since his brother was only 4th.

If they were able to pass the 21st floor with the skills they had at the time, it was hard to think about how powerful they’d be now.

‘Well. Seseungnim is pretty amazing now.’

Yeon-woo bitterly smiled thinking of the Martial King, who was 2nd place.

Even he was surprised with his victory on the 30th floor. The memory of how the Martial King had blown away half of the 11th floor was still clear in his head.

He used such a destructive power pretty well. Yeon-woo was far off, since he still had to borrow the strength of his authority to control the Wave of Fire.

Since the Martial King was such a person, it was clear he was probably a monster back in his younger days as well.

So he was wondering whether he should leave the instant dungeon to rest for a while but…..

‘Let’s just do it.’

He filed his empty Magic Circuit with magic power from the outside, and awoke his Dragon’s Blood to quickly heal himself.

‘I have to keep going while I’m at it.’

The skill that he earned with fighting with his brother’s shadow, the Wave of Fire.

Of course, he had used the Wave of Light as a motif, but it was still a skill that Yeon-woo had created for the first time.

[Wave of Fire]

Numbering ??? (Calculating)

Proficiency: 3.2%

Summary: A skill that player