Chapter 141 – Snow Cat (3)

Strategist Zhuge lifted the orb in the box, and the orb held in his hand disappeared silently.

Summoner took it.

[Good work. The main mission is completed. Will settle accounts.]

[700 points are provided as reward for the main mission.]

After the orb disappeared, Summoner’s voice reached the ears of three people in the room. It was the voice finishing each person’s mission.

Next, the reward window appeared before Sun-woo’s eyes.

[Min Sun-woo: 9 Stars, Achievement Rate 66%]

Though achievement rate rose greatly through this mission, the grade still remained at 9 stars.

Thanks to that, the reward window items had no change from before.

However, points increased from 550 to 1,600 points with points gained from main mission and auxiliary mission added, plus points gained from killing contaminated summoners.

Sun-woo purchased the recovery potion spent on Snow Cat and added a skill slot.

After the previous mission he had many regrets from not making skill slots due to insufficient points.

Even looking at this mission, the more skills the better. Since more skills enabled more diverse utilization, he planned to add skill slots maximally going forward too.

Sun-woo confirmed the remaining 500 points and closed the reward window.

“Unfortunate. If not for the mission, could have used it politically, or could have used it well for expert’s internal energy amplification.”

Strategist Zhuge muttered while looking at his palm where the gem disappeared.

“Well, can’t be helped. Can only be satisfied with gaining points.”

He shook off regret and looked at Sun-woo and Nanseol.

“Finally came to properly talk. Pleasure. I’m the Righteous Alliance strategist and representative of martial world summoners, Zhuge Hyeon.”

Zhuge Hyeon was similar to the strategist image Sun-woo thought of from before.

A 40-something man with scholarly impression and occasionally sharply gleaming eyes, except for the properly built muscles visible between clothes, seemed like viewing Zhuge Liang seen in games or comics.

As the Righteous Alliance’s strategist and first-rate level warrior, a body without muscles was impossible so this side rather seemed better to look at.

Sun-woo made a fist-palm greeting to him by grasping hands together again as before.

“Called Min Sun-woo.”

Strategist Zhuge nodded.

“Your story kept reaching me from various information sources. Also heard from Team Leader Nanseol sitting beside you.”

He glanced at the emptied box.

“This mission was also a mission made thanks to you from what I know. Suddenly contaminated summoners appeared at the front making things very troublesome, but thanks to that seems we caught a clue for counterattack.”

“Not something I did alone. Including Nanseol-ssi here, many people did it together.”

With Nanseol beside him, face burned hot to receive praise alone.

“Thanks to you today, came to save my life too. Can only be grateful.”

He made a fist-palm greeting to Sun-woo once more.

However, this person was definitely political too. Though he continued platitudes in words, he didn’t discuss promises or rewards anywhere.

Eventually, Sun-woo who was listening threw a question when he finished the greeting.

“By any chance, can I know how the Blood Cult matter is progressing? Currently for us summoners, their whereabouts and activities seem most important.”

Sun-woo remembered Nanseol’s expression disappointed at giving up Blood Cult tracking in the previous mission.

He also had experience clashing with Blood Cult warriors and contaminated summoners several times.

At Sun-woo’s words, Strategist Zhuge became a serious expression.

He closed his eyes briefly pondering then bowed his head to Sun-woo and Nanseol.

“Seems I must admit my mistake. Leaving the Blood Cult abandoned while putting priority on the Demon Cult was wrong. Well, as fighting with the Demon Cult intensified many excuses arose, but couldn’t leave them abandoned like this.”

Until now the Blood Cult was quiet staying below the surface so the Righteous Alliance and Strategist Zhuge had no mind to care.

Moreover, though brainwashed people existed, now with no way to confirm those people, focusing on the Demon Cult was natural.

Moreover, the martial world had summoners biased toward the Righteous Alliance making overall management very difficult.

Such complacent thinking caused this mission and today’s incident.

The Blood Cult’s activities were still below the surface not stepping forward.

Seeing the Demon Cult’s grand master and Tang Clan family member brainwashed and attacking, gauging how far brainwashing reached was difficult.

“Didn’t expect brainwashing reached this far at all… Unlike contamination there’s no way to notice brainwashing.”

“No, there is.”

At Sun-woo’s words, Strategist Zhuge and Nanseol became surprised expressions.

Sun-woo infused mana into the summoning ring and Snow Cat appeared on his shoulder.

Snow Cat who was reverse-summoned for stabilization was now tilting its head on Sun-woo’s shoulder with healthy appearance.

Nanseol already had her gaze stolen, and Strategist Zhuge seemed to already realize what Sun-woo was saying.

“Ah, that spirit beast noticed Dan Pyeong’s brainwashing? Though Tianshan Snow Cat is a spirit beast excellent at tracking, finding brainwashed people being possible is first time hearing…”

“This child is somewhat different from other Tianshan Snow Cats. Moreover, it’s also my summon.”

The strategist already saw Sun-woo summon Snow Cat so understood his words that it differed from other Tianshan Snow Cats.

“Then with just that Snow Cat, even brainwashed ones inside the Righteous Alliance can all be confirmed?”

Strategist Zhuge’s eyes looking at Snow Cat gleamed like a cat’s eyes seeing prey.

“Probably possible.”

Sun-woo until then didn’t understand Snow Cat growling toward the rising stars.

However, Sun-woo came to understand why Snow Cat whose affinity rose growled the moment Dan Pyeong approached Strategist Zhuge.

Snow Cat rushed at Dan Pyeong reacting to thoughts Sun-woo recalled in his mind.

After that, Sun-woo came to know Snow Cat’s abilities and thoughts almost accurately.

Meow~

[The spot is comfortable.]

Like this, ordinarily connects with meaningless thoughts, but for grasping brainwashed ones and contaminated ones, locating spirit beasts and relics, Sun-woo came to know the moment Snow Cat recalled that content in its head.

Even now Snow Cat was sniffing smelling the spirit medicine in Strategist Zhuge’s possession.

“Then can you lend it briefly?”

“Unfortunately, seems difficult since bound as a summon.”

When Sun-woo shook his head, Strategist Zhuge pondered tapping the floor then made a decision.

“Then must issue a召集令 at least. If holding a martial arts competition to face the Demon Cult, everyone will gather anyway.”

Strategist Zhuge continued speaking while looking at Sun-woo.

“Will make a summoning request when holding the martial arts competition, so can you come to the Righteous Alliance?”

“Finding brainwashed ones is what I desire. Will accept immediately when summoning request comes.”

“And will restart tracking the Blood Cult. Will contact Huangbo Family again to call Jagyeom, and can find Warrior Wang if looking…”

He looked at Nanseol with a somewhat sorry expression.

“But Nanseol, you I can’t remove from the field. If an absolute level warrior like you withdraws, the front line becomes unusually dangerous. Moreover after this incident, possibility of front line collapse is great so any place came to need more experts.”

Nanseol also agreed with his words. And tracking seemed possible with just Huangbo Jagyeom and Wang Munpung alone.

“Will end work talk at this level, and there’s one thing to confirm…”

Strategist Zhuge looked straight at Sun-woo.

“By any chance. Did you enter super absolute?”

At Strategist Zhuge’s words, Sun-woo smiled awkwardly. Though he thought he was unconscious, seems he saw Sun-woo’s flying sword.

Nanseol also looked at Sun-woo with complex expression.

“Not yet completely risen. Moreover, I have different growth forms from warriors here.”

He underwent transformations through reckless experiments, and martial arts were also heading in new directions through combinations with other skills.

However, certainly Sun-woo was currently in the middle of the path advancing toward super absolute.

“Eventually the same story. Congratulations. Though not from this world, you also rose to a realm only a few people step on here.”

Though Sun-woo rose at unbelievably fast speed, the super absolute realm wasn’t a realm one could rise to so easily.

Many small-medium sects’ strongest experts were only absolute level experts, and at great sects only the sect leader and one or two others stepped into this realm.

“Unfortunately I’ll bury that you rose to super absolute. Fortunately since the qi manipulation sword was wrapped in flames, if spreading you’re a kind of magic arts lineage warrior, though suspicions remain can hide it.”

For absolute level, even if identity wasn’t clear the Righteous Alliance acknowledged without big problems, but for super absolute’s case, no way to hide existed due to people digging into everything from his sect lineage to growth details.

And one more thing.

By hiding a super absolute warrior, the Righteous Alliance, no, Strategist Zhuge came to have one powerful hidden blade.

Whether usable as a hidden blade was Sun-woo’s heart, but as strategist Zhuge Hyeon, always had no choice but to prepare maximally.

“So, as a sign of gratitude, each receive this one.”

He took out two elixir pills from his possession and placed them before Sun-woo and Nanseol.

The pills escaping from the wooden box instantly made the room refreshing.

“Small Return Pills. Internal energy increase won’t be so great, but will be excellent at detoxification or making internal energy pure.”

Though not Shaolin’s renowned elixir Great Return Pill, Small Return Pill also wasn’t an elixir whose efficacy could be ignored.

Definitely didn’t look like simple gratitude expression, but declining what was given wasn’t etiquette.

“Thank you.”

Sun-woo immediately tossed the Small Return Pill into his mouth, and Nanseol made a somewhat awkward expression then eventually accepted it.

“Then, talk is roughly finished? Worked hard. Go back and rest comfortably.”

Strategist Zhuge said farewell to the two then looked at the sky and opened his mouth.

“May summon now.”

When his words ended, a voice reached Sun-woo’s ears.

[Summoner Min Sun-woo returns after 30 seconds.]

Zhuge Hyeon had been blocking Sun-woo’s return until now.

When Nanseol was making a disappointed expression at the sudden return, one sparkling gem was placed in her hand.

Sun-woo who heard Summoner’s voice hastily took it from inventory and handed it to Nanseol.

“Ah, isn’t this the inner dan obtained from the previous mission?”

East Sea Golden Turtle’s inner dan.

The inner dan that was used as the contamination formation’s core.

Already used in contamination formation making it impossible for purification formation use, Sun-woo had been keeping it.

For Sun-woo who already rapidly increased internal energy with inner dan, it was rather meaningless item.

“Looking, internal energy seems insufficient compared to martial arts. If using together with Small Return Pill will see good effects.”

“However, for me to use this…”

Nanseol raised her voice surprised, but Sun-woo only waved his hand to her while disappearing.

When Nanseol was looking at the spot where Sun-woo disappeared with blank expression, Strategist Zhuge looked at Nanseol’s hand with gleaming eyes.

“Is that really inner dan? Then by any chance donating to the alliance. No, even selling…”

The appearance was like viewing a puppy drooling seeing food.

Nanseol grimaced and bowed her head.

“Will go out first.”

In Nanseol’s hand rushing outside, the inner dan Sun-woo gave was tightly held.