Chapter 427 – Part 2 – Arrangement

I stabbed the dagger into Woo Seong-jae’s neck when he had 1% health remaining.

His EX-grade golden armor instantly reflected 90% of the damage, but…

Slash-

It only left a slight wound on Choi Seong-min’s skin, who had multiple damage reduction traits.

In contrast, Woo Seong-jae’s neck, with little health remaining, was mercilessly pierced by the dagger.

[You have killed Hunter Woo Seong-jae.]

[You have stolen the trait ‘Insight’.]

[You have stolen 49 pieces of equipment.]

[You have stolen 85 Magic Stones.]

[You have stolen 9 collectibles.]

[You have stolen 4 possessions.]

[Synchronization rate 100.0%]

[You have replicated the appearance of the killed target.]

‘Finally…’

Choi Seong-min removed his black mask and stared at Woo Seong-jae’s corpse.

‘Finally, I’ve killed all the Great Heroes.’

Strictly speaking, Kwak Min-cheol and Melissa were confined in the mansion, but they could be killed anytime.

‘Since they’ve lost their memories, they’re as good as dead.’

From possessing Choi Seong-min’s body to killing the 8 Heroes.

It seemed like quite a long time had passed, but looking back, it wasn’t that long.

‘It only took four months since possession.’

In his previous life, it took two years to get revenge, so he vaguely thought it would take about that long.

But when he focused on obtaining traits and growing, it happened faster than expected.

Of course, he never imagined he would grow this quickly and complete the mission.

‘I killed the 8 Heroes as planned.’

He kept his promise with the god Derkius.

Though they couldn’t communicate, Derkius was probably watching from above.

His actions of killing the 8 Heroes and splendidly achieving his purpose.

‘Since I assassinated the 8 Heroes as promised, now the god must keep his promise too.’

His wife Cha Ye-rin and children Min Su-ho and Min Seo-yeon, as well as grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

He had clearly promised not to annihilate them for generations if he just killed the 8 Heroes.

‘Surely a god wouldn’t speak with two tongues?’

Since the god also achieved what he wanted, he probably wouldn’t break his promise.

‘But I’m anxious, honestly. If the superior party breaks the promise, there’s nothing I, the inferior party, can do.’

He wasn’t unaware that his family could be annihilated on a whim.

‘That’s why I thought about it from the beginning. That I need to prepare countermeasures.’

He needed to find a way to escape from the god’s grasp somehow, but it wasn’t easy.

After all, he was just a human.

However.

‘I feel like something will change from now on.’

A slight expectation rose in Choi Seong-min’s eyes.

It was because of a message occupying one corner of his vision.

[Synchronization rate has reached 100.0%.]

[Conditions have been met.]

[System entering safe mode.]

[External access is blocked.]

[Converting energy absorbed from outside into unique components and overwriting.]

[Progress 1%…]

[Progress 2%…]

[Time remaining until complete fusion with soul: 97 minutes 31 seconds]

Even reading the message, he couldn’t understand what it meant.

But Choi Seong-min was feeling it.

‘Some change is starting in my body.’

He guessed it would be a beneficial change, not a bad one.

The Insight trait he had just obtained was telling him so.

‘I need to wait 97 minutes to know more about it?’

It wasn’t a long time, so he was prepared to wait.

Meanwhile, Choi Seong-min checked the items he had obtained.

Blue Dragon Crescent Blade, Achilles’ Golden Armor, Aegir’s Helmet, etc.

Three EX-grade items that were all difficult to obtain had come in.

‘Though they’re meaningless now.’

His inventory was full of items, but there was no need to use them.

Since he had achieved his purpose of killing the Great Heroes.

‘Plus, I ate traits indiscriminately to raise the synchronization rate, so there are no more opponents…’

As Woo Seong-jae had seen before dying, Choi Seong-min’s potential combat power was 150 million.

Choi Seong-min himself, who had gained Insight, knew this best.

‘In my previous life, my maximum combat power was 50 million.’

Even when he was the only max level player maintaining the unshakeable rank 1 position, no hunter existed who surpassed him.

‘Rank 2 was only about 5 million. It was Shin Kyung-min, I think?’

At that time, Choi Seong-min thought 50 million combat power was tremendously high.

‘But 150 million… I’ve become strong beyond imagination.’

His stats were as ridiculous as his combat power.

If he focused everything on agility with Unbalanced Power, it exceeded 300,000.

His stamina exceeded 50,000.

‘I have 875 traits.’

Among the traits he had recently obtained, the best was definitely Woo Seong-jae’s trait.

[Trait – Insight]

-Grade: S

-Description: Penetrates the essence of things with sharp observation.

For example, when looking at monsters, you can perceive weaknesses, movements, attack patterns, the gap between yourself and them, etc.

When looking at awakened ones, you can check stats, traits, potential combat power, combat style, etc., and look into item information through inventory or equipped gear.

Additionally, understanding of unfamiliar situations improves, and you can instantly find unknown paths.

You can derive correct answers when facing unknown problems or difficult situations. However, more rational inference is possible when there’s information to serve as evidence.

Though the description was long, it was simple to explain.

‘Insight is just a trait that lets you see through and understand anything.’

It was a fraudulent trait with great versatility.

It wasn’t for nothing that Woo Seong-jae reached 10 million combat power with this trait.

‘By identifying monster weaknesses and defeating them quickly, his combat power had to rise like that.’

Combat power was determined not just by damage but by how quickly you could defeat monsters.

How could he raise his combat power to 10 million with a trait that didn’t even increase damage?

‘Of course, it was possible because he had three EX-grade items…’

After checking the obtained traits and items, he looked at the time.

[Progress 18%…]

[Time remaining until complete fusion with soul: 81 minutes 12 seconds]

It was still far from reaching 100%.

‘I don’t know what it is, but I’m looking forward to it…’

Since it had come to this, he decided not to leave and wait until it reached 100%.

‘I might need Woo Seong-jae’s corpse for something.’

While pondering what to do with the time, he decided to look over all the traits he had obtained once more.

‘875… I really killed a lot.’

There were 875 traits, but he didn’t kill 875 people.

‘Excluding the Translation trait I originally had, Hunter Slayer, and the Assassin trait received from the god, I killed 872 people.’

There was a time when achieving 100% synchronization rate seemed hopeless, but even Choi Seong-min didn’t know he would achieve it this quickly.

‘Time really doesn’t pass quickly.’

The waiting time felt like an eternity.

Both from the messages and the feeling, it seemed like changes were occurring in his body, but he couldn’t be sure.

He only intuitively felt it was a beneficial change to his body.

After waiting for a long time while feeling this unknown change.

[Progress 98%…]

[Progress 99%…]

[Time remaining until complete fusion with soul: 10 seconds]

The progress was approaching 100%.

‘Finally…’

Choi Seong-min stood up and counted down.

‘5, 4, 3… 2, 1…!’

The moment the progress reached 100%.

Flash-

Choi Seong-min’s body emitted light.

A pure white light bright enough to blind illuminated all directions.

[Progress 100%]

[The transformed components elevate the soul’s rank.]

[You have entered the realm of transcendents.]

[Access permission to Elsis has been granted.]

[99.9% of the soul is filled with Divine Force.]

‘What is this…?’

Choi Seong-min was bewildered looking at the appearing messages.

Not because changes were occurring in his body or because pure white light was emitting.

‘Elsis, transcendent… I understand all these words.’

Because messages that should have been incomprehensible came clearly into his head with their meaning.

‘Divine Force and such are definitely terms I’m hearing for the first time. But…’

He understood not only their meaning but what changes had occurred in his body.

The reason was none other than the Insight trait.

‘Insight is seeing through everything.’

Then a new message appeared.

[New user, welcome to accessing Elsis.]

[From now on, you can enjoy all benefits of Elsis by consuming Divine Force.]

[May El’s protection, brighter than heavenly light, remain by your side.]

‘…’

The message window appearing in golden light, unlike before, felt awkward.

‘Is this the new system, Elsis…?’

The light illuminating the surroundings had disappeared, and the usual darkness and smell of blood returned.

But Choi Seong-min felt it.

That his body had become completely different from before.

‘Precisely, the soul’s rank has changed.’

That’s when it happened.

[Warning! Administrator is accessing user’s system!]

[Safe mode activating. Blocking external access.]

[Block canceled. This is an authorized administrator.]

‘Administrator?’

Choi Seong-min immediately noticed.

Someone was entering his system.

And it was a being that could penetrate the system at will.

[You finally succeeded.]

A voice like a young woman’s.

If categorized by gender, it would seem like a woman in her mid-twenties, but Choi Seong-min was noticing.

That it wasn’t human, but a higher existence.

[You must be surprised that I suddenly talked to you, right? I’m sorry. You probably don’t know how to converse either. First, to talk with me, you need one of Elsis’s functions… Ah, you don’t know what Elsis is. First, what Elsis is…]

[Are you the administrator who entered my system?]

The other party seemed quite surprised by the deified Choi Seong-min’s voice.

[…You know how to converse?]

[Tell me. Whether you’re the administrator.]

[That’s right. I’m the one who just contacted Min Do-jun’s system.]

‘Min Do-jun…’

Choi Seong-min unconsciously let out a chuckle.

Since possessing this body, it was the first time someone called him by his real name.

[Seeing that you know my real name, you must be the mastermind behind this situation.]

[You’re quite perceptive.]

[Then explain what happened. Starting with your existence.]

[Ah, I’m late with introductions. My name is Dayna. As you know, I’m a being called an administrator and transcendent.]

[Administrator? Transcendent?]

[An administrator is a technician who contributed to creating Elsis – to borrow human terms, a kind of programmer. A transcendent refers to higher beings like me and Min Do-jun.]

‘I’m a transcendent?’

Choi Seong-min was feeling it too.

That he was no longer an ordinary human.

[Oh right, to explain about Elsis…]

Though he was understanding about Elsis through Insight, he just listened quietly.

He only knew vaguely, didn’t know details, and could obtain additional information.

[It’s a creation of the great Lord El. I’m talking about the system Min Do-jun is using.]

[You mean the system awakened ones use?]

[That’s right, but strictly speaking, it’s different. Awakened ones are only using a very small part of Elsis’s functions. Only transcendents like us can truly enjoy the functions.]

[Transcendent… Have I become a transcendent?]

[Of course. The fact that you can converse remotely with me like this, that you can fully utilize Elsis, it’s all because Min Do-jun has been reborn as a transcendent.]

[Was the synchronization rate work to make me a transcendent? And you were behind it?]

[As I said before, your perceptiveness is extraordinary.]

Though Dayna spoke in a slightly surprised tone, it was actually Choi Seong-min who was truly surprised.

‘She doesn’t know I perceived it through Insight?’

It seemed the being called Dayna didn’t know what traits he possessed.

[You’re right, Min Do-jun. I did some work on the system to make you a transcendent. A kind of arrangement.]

[An arrangement for what purpose?]

[It’s a long story…]

Dayna hesitated, then continued.

[Min Do-jun, there’s something I want to ask you to do.]