Chapter 166 – 166. A Series of Confusing Situations

A rural town in the eastern United States.

Thousands of survivors who escaped from the city center live here in a community.

They have been living in this village since the beginning of the disaster. People have voluntarily cooperated with one another and have adapted to a world of calamity by systematically dividing roles since the use of firearms was discouraged.

They could act without any suppression or control as long as they kept the line in moderation, and there were quite a lot of awakeners who were introduced in the early days, so they could be safe without being seriously threatened.

Of course, the peace they have maintained is thanks to Nick, the awakened person who was introduced in the early days. Nick’s presence allowed them to survive more leisurely than the other survivors.

No, maybe because Nick came here, people naturally gathered.

Anyway, as time passed after the disaster began, the power of the Awakeners became more desperate, and as it was natural, those with power took over the leadership of the group. And among them, Nick, who was especially lucky and had many opportunities, naturally became the leader of the group.

Nick, who succeeds in whatever he does, has been envied by people. No matter what he did, everything went smoothly, as if the world was on his side. Everyone liked Nick, and Nick took it for granted.

Nick had no doubt that he was the chosen one. Until yesterday.

“Nick is back… Huh? Nick? Nick!”

“What. Hey! Jeweler!! Why isn’t Nick moving?”

“That, that’s…”

Nick was guided by jeweler Emilia and was able to safely return to base. However, his troubles have only just begun…

“Nicholas!!!!”

“Oh… This is…”

Nick’s real name is Nicholas. He was the blessed savior of the Good Gods and head of one of the largest groups of survivors in the eastern United States.

Since such a person came back as a disabled person in less than a week, everyone was at a loss as to what to do in a ridiculous situation.

“Everyone look away. I will check.”

Then, splitting the crowd, a stout guy like a big football man with blonde hair stepped forward. He took a large book out of the air and began to recite a spell.

“Now Nick is with Manti’s Book… A drink with the confused you? What are these again?”

Michael, a man with the same appearance as the symbol of white supremacy who had ‘seen through’ Nick’s condition, smacked his lips. After reading Nicholas’ logs, he discovered that he had been amnesiac and was becoming a woman.

‘It is not a witch parasite. Memories have been erased in a similar way…’

He agonized over how to inform others of this fact with the least impact. However, no matter how much I thought about it, there was no answer.

‘An opponent who put a female body transformation curse on amnesia and fed it to time freeze… The gods said… There is only one Satan devil bastard of 666…’

He wondered if there was any way for Nick to get out of Manti’s book. However, I couldn’t find any solution. The freezing of time made by the magic of the Yi tribe was not an effect that even a ‘great sage’ could easily solve.

At that time, a white woman who was checking Nick’s condition asked a question to the troubled great sage.

“Manti’s Book…? What is it. Is this the strange book Nicholas is reading?”

“Uh. This is the official name of the book Nicholas is currently reading. For 10,000 hours… It’s about forcibly sealing Nicholas. The price for sealing is learning the language of the Yi tribe… To be honest, I can only say that Nick was sealed with a useless effect.”

“Who the hell… Who did this to Nick…”

The white woman who spoke to the great sage was a very keuty woman wearing red horn-rimmed glasses, and she was a saint.

She tried to break Manti’s book by pouring all kinds of purification and healing skills to get Nick back, but it was not enough.

The effect of the ‘item’ protected by the law of causality is absolute.

Once the malicious sorcery of the high-ranking tribe engraved on an item was activated, there was no way to cancel it unless you waited for the effect to run out or find a counter item.

Or, there was an extreme method, and pouring out a larger amount of causality than the causality of the item was one option. However, for this, the help of the gods was desperately needed.

“Shit…”

“Have the gods not said anything?”

“Oracle! Where is the Oracle?”

Eventually, those gathered in front of Nick found the oracle that communicated best with the gods, except for Nick.

And while they were searching for the Oracle, the Oracle was already receiving revelations from Keponus, the ruler of order.

“Ahhh…”

The oracle’s eyes were colored with light. Her hand didn’t stop while receiving. Her right hand was busy writing down the descending revelation.

“I… The bottom… The bottom… The crack… The ankh…”

She wrote down a revelation from God. The Book of Manti said that the good gods would find a solution. However, in order to erase the effect of the amnestic, which had already been completely consumed, an enormous amount of causality had to be consumed. This was not a very effective action, so the good gods decided to tell his colleagues, not Nick, who had lost his memory, how to restore Nick’s memory.

For that reason, the good gods gave a revelation to the Oracle that there would be a way to recover Nick’s sealed memories at the bottom of the abyss.

“Anyway.. I need to save ankh..”

Now she has figured out a way to get Nick’s memories back. And the cracked ankh from the revelation is also an object that Jo Joon has.

Perhaps Nick’s colleagues and Jo Jun will face each other at the bottom of the abyss.

******

Before going into her black market, Zhao Jun had a conversation with her Palus when he requested an interview.

“So you’re saying that skill dependence is too high?”

“Exactly. As a result of teaching people here for a few days, people here tend to rely too much on that ‘skill’.”

This is what Palus said.

Most of the Awakeners who are still alive are at a level where they can already feel the magic in their bodies.

However, most of the Awakeners had a strong tendency to use simple and easy skills rather than trying to deal with such magic on their own.

Pal Earth didn’t like that. It was her idea that she could use the skill, but not be buried in it.

She had too many toil in vain to find her own way of fighting, relying on what she saw as easy and comfortable.

“Skills are just tools. It’s a supernatural ability that can be used right away without training, so everyone was using the skill a lot, but… Inappropriate skill use only results in loss of magic power. It’s not like we can’t just fire each other’s skills forever.”

Paleus came to a very reasonable conclusion as a result of fighting several times with those in charge of close combat, including Aram, Eunji, and Harin, who had joined the training at some point, as well as Areum.

You have to roll them. With the exception of Mer, there was no figure that was pleasing to Parers’ eyes. Palus wanted to thoroughly roll them. Until you make it into a crazy murder weapon that can slice people while sleeping. So Palus came to ask for permission from Jo Joon, who could be said to be their actual owner.

“Of course, in order to deal with that level of paranormal ability in real life… I think that it may not be enough even after decades of practice… But I don’t think there will be an answer if you rely too much on it. So I mean…”

“Hmm.. Stop. I know roughly what you want to say. That’s why you should use your skills as a medium… To further solidify your own fighting style. In a word, you want to roll, right?”

“That’s… That’s right. There are too many people who only use skills without thinking during battle, so that’s what I’m saying. It’s just… The abilities I have seem too wasteful…”

It is correct that Jo Joon and other awakened wizards depend on their skills. However, as Palus said, those who focused on melee combat could be pushed out of the skill fight even if they had a good class.

Palus took that to heart. She hoped that all awakened people would become strong like Merhere without using special skills.

Palus, who reached the top with a pitiful body. When he saw people who had power but couldn’t use it properly, he seemed to die of frustration.

“Yeah, I get it right now. Because it was your role to make up for that part anyway. I’ll trust you Do the best you can.”

“Thank you. I’m glad I can train you more radically.”

As a result, women with close combat classes, including Areumi and Eunji, were scheduled to undergo hell training. While Jo Joon went down to the black market, they would spend a hellish week dragged around by Palus’ insane training.

“Good. Then we’re almost done talking…”

Joon sent Palus and called Lee Hoon.

Soon after, Lee Hoon entered the principal’s office scratching the back of his head with a confused expression.

“Uh.. Over there. I heard you called me…”

He was in a tense state. I wondered if he was angry with Jo Joon for going on a wild ghost hunt outside of Joon’s attention lately.

“Okay. You go out every night these days.”

Lee Hoon thought that he would come again. It wasn’t that Cho Joon wasn’t told not to go outside, but it was because if he sneaked out of school every night, he could be suspected of having an affair with the enemy.

“Yeah.. That’s it. In fact, in order for me to become strong… I need to consume the soul…”

“By the way, the galaxy goes with it too, right?”

“Yes? Ah. That North Korean girl… Yeah. Almost every time she goes out… Like..”

Jo Joon frowned slightly.

“Are you interested in Lee Eun-ha?”

“Oh my! No!! How dare I… Touch your brother’s woman.”

“Okay?”

“Yes! At all! Stir and speak! Not interested. We are just together when we go hunting for ghosts.”

“Hmm… Are you hanging out together? Hmmm… You. Do you know why Palus turned into a woman..?”

“Yes? Uh… I heard it’s because of some rare and strange disease…”

Jo Joon took out a small glass bottle and waved it in front of Lee Hoon.

“It’s because of this.”

“Yes..?”

“It’s because I fed this.”

“Uh.. That, then.. Brother..”

“Okay. I made Palus a woman. They say I’m teaching my woman… If you’re a man, you’re anxious. Even if Palus isn’t interested in women… Anyway. Really, if at least once in a while, if my girl loses her eye on another guy… That’s not true. That it’s not okay I don’t want even a 1% chance of that happening. Imagine making eye contact with someone else while I’m gone. It’s heartbreaking. Know? Hun-a. Do you understand?”

“Uh.. Tongue, brother!!! Please!! Please take a look!!! I will never approach Lee Eun-ha again!!”

“No. Wait, Hun-ah. Don’t stop talking on your own.”

Lee Hoon’s throat burned.

The opponent in front of him is a madman. A madman who wants to change the gender identity of an innocent male at will in order to block NTR at the source.

“Whoa.. The galaxy. It doesn’t seem like there’s anything to stick to here. Her one and only sister is plowing the field, learning the joys of her daily labor. I, the man I trusted, keep wandering outside… I’m sure I’ll be alone and lonely. Need a friend the galaxy.”

“Tongue, brother..”

“So you have to be Eunha’s friend. Eunha said so. A comrade from South Korea with whom I can speak quite well. Haha…”

Lee Hoon intuited the fate that would come from Jo Joon’s words.

Joon, who pathologically rejects a man with his woman.

At the same time, Joon asks himself, a man, to become Lee Eun-ha’s friend.

And Jo Joon turned Palus, who would often meet with women, into a woman.

“Ah..”

Lee Hoon was in despair. His only pleasure was the sex time given once every weekend as a slave welfare measure. Even that seems to have been stolen.

Jo Joon quietly handed over the glass bottle containing “You, Confused” To Lee Hoon, who was in despair.

“Drink.”

“Older brother.”

“Drink that. Call me brother from now on.”

“Older brother. Please..”

“No. Drink quickly!!!”

At Jo Joon’s command, Lee Hoon shed tears as he handed over the glass bottle. The master’s orders were absolute. He couldn’t refuse Joon’s orders any longer because of the pain that came over him.

“Huh…”

-Gulp.

It was, indeed, a good whiskey.