Chapter 129 – 129. Party of 4

The C-B grade independent gate we were going to was far from the city, so we rented a car. Seol Da-jin was in charge of driving. At first, I tried to do it, but I had to back down after the lovers dissuaded me.

When Seol Da-jin’s rental car arrived at Geosim-ryu Dojo, Ryu Eun-hwa, who was waiting outside, got into the back seat.

“Hello.”

“Hello…”

“Uh. Hello.”

In response to Seol Da-jin’s greeting, whose sincerity was not felt even as much as her fingernails, she twitched her eyebrows once and brought her butt closer to me.

When I open her arms, she comes naturally leaning on her body.

“Thank you for inviting me today, Mr. Daewoong.”

“What is between us? More than that, Eun-hwa is also the first independent gate, right?”

She smiled bashfully at my words and nodded her head.

“Yes. That’s why I’m a little nervous.”

“Do not worry. With the four of us now, if ‘Lego’ comes out again, we’ll be able to handle it in an instant.”

Of the people in the car, there were only three people who could use magical powers. Even if Rigo appeared again, he would not be an opponent to us.

There.

‘Because it will also raise my ability level.’

After stroking Ryu Eun-hwa’s shoulder as she looked at me with trustworthy eyes, I took out her smartphone from the inside of my jacket and checked the points I had accumulated so far.

Last time, after evolving Seol Dajin’s characteristics, the remaining points were approximately 500,000. The number of points that could be distributed per person was about 120,000.

It was quite a lot, but it wasn’t enough to raise the stats of all four people. That’s also because it took 50,000 points just to raise an 80 stat to 90.

‘Let’s start by raising Eun-hwa’s stats.’

In the case of Ryu Eun-hwa, all abilities except for her strength did not reach 80. In particular, her mental power was only 60, but she didn’t have to touch it right away because of the effect of her unique attribute, the 10th house.

‘Because mental attack resistance increases according to physical condition.’

Instead, she raised her endurance from 78 to 80, and invested all the remaining points in magic attribute and strength.

The strength that was 80 is up to 85.
And the most important magic attribute for the giant is from 73 to 90. The points were a bit overdone, but this was fine.

*Ryu Eun-hwa
Class: Swordsman [Lv14]
Inherent Attribute: [Colossus (lv13)] [10th Street (lv10)]
General Attributes: [Swordsmanship (lv13)] [Magical Enhancement (lv10)]
[Strength (lv13)]
SinB: [All-in-One (B)] [Kangwan (C)]

[Strength: 85] [Agility: 70] [Endurance: 80]
[Spirit:60][Magic:90]

-Likeability: 91
-Contract Status: Contract

Sensing that her magic power had increased, Ryu Eun-hwa and I met her eyes, and I smiled and went over to Jung Ha-ryun’s status window.

‘Ha-ryun…Doesn’t need to touch anything else.’

Because of the things she had put up so far, her physical abilities were high enough that she didn’t have to touch them. In addition, since she was the only one who could not use her magic power consciously yet, it was necessary to increase her power by investing intensively in her magic power.

I raised her magical power from 80 to 97.

*Jeong Ha-ryun
Class: Pure Mage [Lv12]
Inherent Attribute: [Highest Jisoon (lv10)]
General Attributes: [Magical Accumulation (lv12)] [High Speed ​​Chanting (lv12)]
Mystery: [Gaze of the Abyss (B)] [Galatea of ​​Everyone (S)]

[Muscle:70][Agility:80][Endurance:80]
[Spirit: 70] [Magic: 97]

-Likeability: 91
-Contract Status: Contract

Next, stand up.

‘My sister must have agility and magic.’

As for durability, it was enough to avoid attacks, and strength decreased as a priority after being able to use magical power. It was because he could use mana to create more powerful power without having to increase his strength.

‘Magic power up to 82.’

Everything else invests in agility.
Agility, which was 80, spends 50,000 points to raise it to 90, and then spends another 20,000 points to raise it to 92.

‘Now it’s my turn.’

It’s the same this time as well, I always took the lead every time I went around the gate, and I was also in charge of the monster’s aggro, so it’s right to increase durability.

The problem is the rest.

‘…I can’t do it if my strength is weaker than Eunhwa’s, so I’ll raise my strength by 5.’

When we were in a relationship, if we were pushed out of strength, we wouldn’t look good, so after adjusting the strength level, we invested the rest in magic.

*Kang Dae-woong
Class: S.L.U.S manager (X)
Unique Attribute: [S.L.U.S (lv5)] [Steel body (lv11)]
[Large Heart (lv11)]
General Attribute: [Swordsmanship (lv13)]
SinB: [Official Manager (X)] [Swordsman (B)]

[Muscle:85][Agility:80][Endurance:90]
[Spirit: 70] [Mag: 83] [Stamina: 70]

Points: 8400

-Contractor Management[7/10]
-Sage’s Random Box
-Sage’s shop for everything

After checking the changed status window, I also looked at the status windows of other contractors.

‘Uncle Park Do-gi’s rampage still needs to be raised by 3 levels.’

Seeing that other lovers caught up with the level of the attribute, it seemed that the runaway attribute ate a lot of experience. Considering the penalty, it couldn’t have been a very nasty trait.

‘I’ll have to take care of him later too.’

On the other hand, So Jeong-hye and Jung So-hee were growing up smoothly. If you keep going like this, you will be able to acquire evolutionary characteristics soon.

‘I don’t have to worry about the D-level exam.’

Lastly, my aunt…Had not changed in particular.
Well, since he had no intention of working as a hunter in the first place, it was only natural.

After checking the status window like that, I had arrived at my destination before I knew it.

After parking outside the barbed wire, we got out of the car and headed towards the entrance. The ones guarding the simple post were hunters from small and medium guilds subcontracted by the Sungshin Group.

‘But. SS Knights and SSLK trainees wouldn’t want to come to a place like this.’

Having received a word from us in advance, they let us in after confirming our hunter ID.

“Is that it?”

Shortly after going inside, Seol Da-jin pointed to one side and chined.
At the place she pointed to, a black hole that broke out of the world was waiting for us to come in on her empty field.

“It looks different from the gate in the hive.”

Nod.

When Seol Da-jin, who saw the appearance of the independent gate, said that, Jung Ha-ryun nodded her head as if she was deeply sympathetic.

“At that time. It is almost identical to the one we saw when Rigo turned into a reverse monster.”

“It certainly is.”

I nodded my head at Ryu Eun-hwa’s words while examining the ground where traces of battle remained. Except for the fact that the inside was black, he was the same shape as the one I had seen at the time.

“Brother, look over there.”

At that time, Jeong Ha-ryun, who was watching the gate, pointed to one side. As I turned my gaze toward it, the world around the gate, which had been broken, returned to normal just a little bit.

‘…That’s why they call it a time limit.’

Well, judging from the speed of recovery, it doesn’t seem like it will be noticeable in a day or two.

“Let’s warm up.”

After loosening up briefly to adapt to the increased ability level, I checked the items I had brought.

I carefully checked the condition of the brooch that tells the location of the party members, the brooch with the light function, drinking water and potions, and even the sword.

“Is everyone okay?

“Yes.”

Jeong Ha-ryun answered on behalf of the couple, and the rest of the couple nodded confidently. I was able to turn around without worrying about that trustworthy look.

“Then let’s go in.”

As always, I take the lead and run into the gate. With the flash of light, the surrounding landscape, which had been an empty field, disappeared and darkness settled.

I immediately turned on the brooch and checked my surroundings.
Remains of dolls visible wherever the light hits. According to the information received from the Sungshin Group, this independent gate was clearly a C-level gate puppet theater.

As I was looking around, the lovers came in one after another. As the number of lights increased, the remains of puppet stones scattered everywhere caught my eye.

Judging from the number of puppet dolls scattered around and the size of the room, it must have been the boss room where the Puppet Master was.

“It’s spooky.”

When Ryu Eun-hwa muttered after seeing the remains of the scattered doll, Seol Da-jin snorted and provoked.

“Are you scared?”

“Do I look frightened?”

“Don’t fight. Quietly.”

The two, who glared at each other with a light warning, settled down in line with the formation. Ryu Eun-hwa was in charge of protecting Humi and Jeong Ha-ryun, and Seol Da-jin followed me.

“Depart.”

After confirming that the formation was in place, I lowered my stance and began to advance slowly. As soon as you step out of the boss room, the first thing you see is a fork in the road. It was a structure that could not be seen in an ordinary puppet theater.

‘I said it didn’t matter either way.’

Independent gates are a bit different from normal gates. Instead of the gate being deactivated, the lifespan, or recovery time, was reduced, and one of the conditions was to defeat all the monsters inside the gate.

So there was no need to worry at the crossroads. Even if it is blocked, there may be monsters, so in the end both sides have to be heard.

Lovers know that, so they silently followed my choice of choosing the right side. Let’s go on the right path like that. After a while.

Gigg. Squeak…

Finally, the monster of Independence Gate appeared in front of us. The form was a puppet doll, but the whole body was scorched as if it had been burned.

That burning must be the effect of the reverse phenomenon.

After confirming that there were no other enemies around, I gave Seol Da-jin a glance.

Dig!!

Kicked the ground straight away.