Chapter 5 – The Lesser Evil Hero (2)

“Ugh!”

I pressed my hand over my eye and pressed the pain.

When the eyes of truth exerted their power, he felt a headache due to the tremendous pressure in his eyes.

It may be due to lack of skill.

“What happened?”
“I got a headache from going to the inspection machine.”
“It happens often. There is an incredibly complex and diverse energy within it. There is a high probability that there will be a contradiction among them. Right now, I feel uncomfortable and comfortable at the same time.”

Pretending that I couldn’t walk well, I went next to the inspection machine.
And secretly opened the valve of the tester marked by the eyes of truth.

“Oh, what is that?”

At my words, I saw clouds descending from the sky in the distance.

“You are Kim Do-jeong, one of the twelve thousand and the second in the hero ranking, the 10-star wizard.”

It seems to be the hero who was supposed to come yesterday.
Anyway, second place in the hero rankings.
What a giant.

I manipulated several devices to display the eyes of truth again, using people watching the appearance of Kim Do-jung as bait.

“What are you doing?”
“Ah, I got dizzy and sat down for a while.”
“I need to finish it quickly. Why is the rejection so severe? Is it possible to test?”

If I leave it out here, I’ll try to check it again later.

I’d rather do it now.

“Yes, I think it is possible.”

Fortunately, I had manipulated the power checker in advance.

In the eyes of truth, this machine is so complex and sophisticated that except for experts, it is impossible to touch it.

Park Seon-ah over there is not a person who specializes in handling this machine, so he will not be able to fix it.

“Hello. Hometown friend.”

Do-Jeong Kim, Master of Ten Stars, walked here.

An angular face with a long white beard.
A gait with a luxurious ethos.
It was like watching a grand mage in a fantasy novel.

I took his hand and shook his hand.

Tiff-!

– – –
Name: Kim Do-jeong
Occupation: Grand Mage
Level: 97
Power: Sage’s Eye (S)
Status: Mana poisoning, arthritis, prey capture……….
………
– – –

As I held his hand, information about him floated before my eyes.

“Hoo.”

Kim Do-jung looked at me and admired me.
His eyes were shining brightly like they were on fire.

– Authority [Sage’s Eye (S)] Searches for the owner of the Eye of Truth.
-【Eye of Truth (SS)】 suppresses the Eye of the Sage (S).

An SS-class power that overpowers the S-class power in the world.

Even I was level 3.

-[Eye of Truth] Hides your identity.

“Hmm, it’s the power of a divine doctor. It’s good if you’re good at medicine. But not the main character. It’s just the power to support others behind the scenes. Even if you grow very well, you are at the bottom of twelve thousand… , That must be a low grade among the candidates. Tsk!”

He licked his lips in disappointment.

I saw his psychological state through the eyes of truth.

– – –
Kim Do-jung’s psychological state:

1. Searching for human medicine to absorb. You have judged that you are not enough human beings to make an elixir.

2. He will do anything to prolong his lifespan.
– – –

“I thought a precious medicine was coming.”
“Yes?”
“No…. You have good powers. Is it because it has the ability to save people?”

‘I saved the owner’s life too.’

Kim Do-jung opened his eyes thinly and thought.

‘Fuck, I almost died. It was also used as medicine, so I almost got eaten.’

I broke out in a cold sweat and smiled.

“Now, shall we examine the Authority?”

Park Seon-ah grabbed my arm and walked to her machine.

The machine had an iron chamber large enough for one person.
I went into a room a little over 3 pyeong and attached various instruments to my body.

“It’s harmless to health, so you don’t have to worry.”
“Yes. How will you be tested?”
“This machine will tell you the type and level of your authority. Since Master Ten Stars Kim Do-jeong told you earlier that your authority is faith, there is no need to test it, but just in case.”
“Yeah, that’s right.”

I broke out in a cold sweat.

Could it be that the machine isn’t working properly?
If so, I was as good as dead.

The second-ranked hero in Korea will try to take me as a medicine.

“I will check your aura.”
“Aura?”
“Yes. Those who have awakened the power divide their aura into ten levels. You can tell your level by the color of your aura.”
“Can I know that?”
“Here you go.”

Park Seon-ah showed me a booklet indicating the level of aura.

No yellow green purple red blue black white silver gold.

It was the rank of Aura.

The lowest rank is colorless aura.
It just seemed like something was shaking.

After that, yellow, green, purple, red, blue, black, white, silver, and gold appeared in that order.

“You can know a person’s power level by the color, size, and brightness of the aura. If you work hard, you can go up one or two levels throughout your life, but in fact, 90% of power is innate, so unlike magic or martial arts, it is difficult to grow.”

At that time, Grand Mage Kim Do-jeong, who was behind us, saw us.

“You have to work hard until you die, which is one step in your life. Only one or two people rise two levels in a hundred years. That’s why innate authority is so important. It is absolute power that cannot be compared to magic or martial arts.”

Hm, it seems that people in this world are divided by innate authority.

What is my aura?
It must be golden.

I looked at my status bar.

-[Eye of Truth] Solves your curiosity.

Squeak.

New content has been uploaded to the status window.

– – –
Aura: Golden – top grade
– – –

‘Shit!’

If this is the case, it is unconditionally Kim Do-jung’s stomach.

Chwiik!

She left her room and the iron door closed.

“100 million! Why are you closing it!”
“I need to get tested. Let’s finish quickly and go eat. Today’s schedule ends with this, so shall we have a drink? Seonghun, have you ever been here to drink?”
“Yes.”
“I’m taking medicine these days, so I can’t drink alcohol.”

Goosebumps jumped up on my back at Kim Do-jung’s words.
It was because he seemed to know the identity of the drug without seeing it.

Still, since I’ve manipulated the machine strangely, strange information will appear or the machine will not work properly.

“After! You can do it.”

Pop!

The lights in the room inside the Power Checker went off.
I could see people outside through the tempered glass window.

Beep-! Wheein!

The Euclid Extrasensory Power Checker was activated.

Unknown colorful lights in the room turned on and projected my body.

– Start inspection.

Something emitting smoke protrudes from the wall and scans my body.

– Gijik! Push! Push!

Then the machine started making strange noises.

-Energy backflow… , Follow-up inspection… , Work ASAP….

The smoke that appeared to be a spirit from the machine struggled to enter my body.

-Pyong….

At that time, the power checker turned off.

“Yes? Why is this?”

Outside, Park Sun-ah banged on the machine’s monitor and frowned.

“Is the machine broken? This is very expensive.”

She looked at the power checker here and there, but unless she was a specially trained expert, she couldn’t handle the power checker.

It was then.

“Let me see.”

Kim Do-jung started looking at the power checker.

His eyes started to turn golden.

It is to see the machine through the eyes of the sage.

“Hmm, that’s a simple matter.”

He’s trying to fix the machine.

‘Shit! How can it be different eyes of truth! Can’t you subdue the sage’s eyes like before?’

-Your skill proficiency is insufficient. Your opponent is too far away.

Damn, I’m going to die like this.

I saw skill.

I saw a beautiful lie.
The E-class skill, Elegant Lie, was a skill to deceive the opponent.

‘Use S-point. Raise skill grade to S. With a skill that can deceive everything.’

-You don’t have enough S points.

It was natural.

S-Points: 105

The points I had accumulated by having sex to death from yesterday and breaking achievements were not even a handful.

You have to see the game with 105 points.

“Ah!”

In an instant, a good idea came to my mind.

Perhaps, this moment was a fateful opportunity that taught me how to use the power of the Absolute.

“Constraints and Conditions. That’s the point.”

I opened the skill window.

‘Skill Suggests the effect of elegant lies. Can only be used once in 10 years. Instead, the effect is absolute.’

-Useless Absolute Lie (B) requires only 1 S point to upgrade.

‘Add restrictions. However, it only takes effect for 5 minutes.’

-Useless Absolute Lies (C) Requires 7,000 S-Points.

‘Add restrictions. Coordinating any deceit with the human race in the same space. The probability is changed to 98% instead of 100%.’

-Never Useless Lies (E) Costs 103 points to change properties.

‘Done!’

The point was “Absolutely”.

The modifier ‘unconditional’ or ‘absolute’ for some existence was itself a tremendous condition.

But I wasn’t trying to tell a great lie to a great being.

Keeping 100 percent, no matter how small, required enormous restrictions.

‘Absolute’, ‘100%’ Even if just these modifiers were realistically changed, the S-point decreased by one tenth.

“Fixed everything!”

At that time, I heard Kim Do-jung’s voice outside.

“Wow! After all, you are the great mage of the sage’s eyes.”
Haha, this is the standard for my sage’s eyes.”

I smiled like it was funny.

‘Are you daring to act in front of an absolute authority figure on the subject of an S-class skill?’

Kim Do-jeong, who felt my gaze on her, made an expression as if she was displeased.

Maybe it’s because it feels like a long time ago.

The feeling that someone else is looking down on you.

I looked at Park Seon-ah with a satisfied face.

“Come on, let the inspection begin.”

My confident voice echoed through the examination room.