After dinner, Yohan was granted a Mythical-tier weapon.
-A Mythical-tier item has been randomly assigned to you in your game.
“As expected…!”
As the whole family gathered around, watching Yohan, a dark red aura began to gather in front of him the moment he accepted.
“Ohhh…!”
Drumroll, drumroll, drumroll!
For the first time, the family was witnessing a Mythical-tier item.
And the result was…!
Ding-ding.
A small dagger? No, calling it a dagger was misleading—the handle was the size of a longsword, and on closer inspection, the blade itself was worn down so much it was more like a short kitchen knife.
“…….”
“What is this? Father?”
Unlike his children, who looked on with a puzzled expression, Yohan was trembling all over.
“No way…!”
He cautiously picked up the dagger that had fallen to the ground and immediately entered appraisal mode.
[Thousand Year Blood Sword (Mythical)]
A legendary cursed sword worn down to a dagger after killing countless people over a thousand years without a single repair. The hidden blade is shyly revealed the moment it absorbs blood.
Attack +500
Speed +400
Strength +400
In the game Yohan played, aside from set items, items with the name Heavenly Demon were considered the strongest, followed by items known as Divine Weapons of the Azure Dragon tied to the righteous faction, and then the Millennium Blood Gear Set, which had the name Thousand Year attached.
The Thousand Year Blood Sword was part of the Millennium Blood Gear Set.
Along with the Thousand Year Blood Armor, Thousand Year Blood Ring, and Thousand Year Blood Jade, this set was an extremely rare item that even paying players found difficult to obtain.
Of those, the rarest was this Thousand Year Blood Sword.
With its terrifying attack power and speed boosts, it was considered an item born for PK.
“Really brings tears to my eyes.”
Yohan momentarily sank into memories as he looked at the tremendous item, something he could never even glance at back when he was obsessed with the game but couldn’t afford to spend money on it.
“Is it really that great?”
“It’s terrifying.”
Yohan stepped back from his family and cautiously took the Thousand Year Blood Sword in one hand and brought the other to it.
Because of his Indomitable title, he worried his hand might get cut, but the bloodthirsty blade made a small wound on his hand and absorbed blood fiercely.
Just a single drop.
That one drop created a terrifying blade.
The crimson blade extended from the worn-down blade, glowing coldly.
“Whoa!”
Everyone, including Sejeong, stared at it in fascination.
“Good…”
Yohan nodded with satisfaction and sheathed the Thousand Year Blood Sword.
With the Thousand Year Blood Sword vanished, it was time to choose a Legendary Ability.
You may select a Legendary Ability from your game. Would you like to view the list?
“Yes.”
[Martial Arts Alliance Legendary Item List]
-Chwipalseonbo
-Sacred Emperor Divine Art
-Five Tigers Severing Gate Saber
-Asura Blood God Sword
“Asura Blood God Sword…!”
Most of the options were from the righteous faction’s martial arts, so Yohan had been a bit disappointed until his eyes brightened at the Asura Blood God Sword.
Some might guess from the similar name to Asura Blood God Palm.
[Asura Blood God Sword
A martial art created by the Heavenly Demon in his youth as a secret technique.
Among the Eighteen Weapons, the young Heavenly Demon was said to favor the sword most, and many consider this his unique sword art.
Thousand Year Blood Sword and Asura Blood God Sword—a perfect combination.
Now that he had a sword, it was natural he needed swordsmanship, and having the powerful Asura Blood God Sword was even better.
“It’s tiring having only large-scale attacks…”
Apart from martial arts that require a massive amount of inner power at once, Yohan had so far only swung the Heavenly Demon Spear like a brute with no martial arts, so he needed a close-combat style suited for actual fights.
You can’t always just rely on explosive attacks recklessly.
“Ugh, why is there so much to organize?”
“Why? What else is there?”
“Gotta check titles.”
Yohan shifted his gaze back to the status screen.
[Drake Slayer Lv.1]
Can use ice-based breath attacks.
[Indomitable Lv.1]
Creates an armor shell with outstanding defense, and at higher levels, can carry some non-human lifeforms in the shell’s pocket dimension.
“…This one’s amazing in its own way.”
Moreover, titles could be distributed.
Yohan’s gaze naturally shifted toward Junga and Sejeong.
After explaining the abilities of the two titles to his family, Yohan said,
“Let’s give these to Junga and Sejeong, who don’t have any attack power. No objections, right?”
“Indomitable definitely suits Sejeong.”
“…As expected.”
The family all looked at Sejeong.
As always, Janggun and Meonggun were snuggling up beside her, asleep, while her hands busily petted the puppies’ bellies.
“Ride a cart, focus all defense on it, and when needed, bring out Janggun and Meonggun to fight.”
Just imagining it sounded efficient and powerful.
And Sejeong carrying the armor shell…
Just imagining it…
“Sounds adorable.”
“Right.”
“She’d be super cute.”
“Huh? What are you saying? Sejeong’s always cute!”
Sejeong shouted, and Yohan immediately gave her the Indomitable title.
-Indomitable title assigned to faction member Yoon Sejeong.
“Sejeong, want to try using the title? Think you can?”
“Umm… just a sec!”
Sejeong frowned briefly, seemingly looking at the status screen, then the armor shell appeared on her back.
Unlike the hideous original shell, this one was blue and cute.
“It’s a Squirtle! Sejeong is a Squirtle!”
Her bright smile made the whole family laugh together for the first time in a while.
“Can Janggun and Meonggun go inside it?”
At Yohan’s question, Sejeong said, “Just a sec,” then stared quietly at Janggun and Meonggun.
A moment later, click!
The shell opened, and Janggun and Meonggun turned into particles and were sucked inside.
“Whoa! It’s full. They can’t fit anymore, Dad. That’s all of them.”
“That’s all I was expecting. That’s enough.”
Yohan smiled with satisfaction and handed the Drake Slayer title to Junga.
“Now I finally have an attack ability.”
Junga smiled faintly, and Jeonghu tilted his head.
“Come to think of it… you’ve only been creating normal blocks, haven’t you?”
“Yeah, why?”
“There are blocks shaped like cannons, and depending on how you make them, you can even make catapults and all sorts of things, right?”
“Except for house-building blocks, no… what’s a catapult?”
“A weapon that throws stones… it uses the lever principle.”
“Hmm… I guess I could make something like that.”
At Jeonghu and Junga’s words, Yohan perked up with interest.
“So… the potential for block crafting is huge, right?”
“Yeah… you could say that.”
“Continuously improving Junga’s achievements to expand block abilities is important.”
“Is it?”
“Very. If you train well, you could build an entire fortress alone and hold off an army of a million. It’s important. Very important.”
Thinking about what was to come, Junga’s position was the most important.
With their small family facing larger forces in the future, having a strong fortress would be the most reassuring thing.
But a part of Yohan’s heart considered the military forces as potential enemies.
***
“Attention!”
Yoon Seonghun snapped a salute with a tense expression.
In Bucheon, he was someone everyone saluted, and though normally relaxed, now he was disciplined and looked every bit the soldier.
He couldn’t help it.
Brigadier General Jang Min-seong was standing right before him.
He had come to report the situation as soon as the game ended.
He briefed Jang Min-seong on the fourth game held in Bucheon.
Jang Min-seong listened quietly, then looked at Yoon Seonghun with a fierce gaze.
“You didn’t get a single title?”
“…I’m sorry.”
“Code Red, huh? That strong?”
“They were so meticulous they even intercepted the monsters we were tackling, and their firepower is so overwhelming they even defeated a Code Blue monster we couldn’t conquer.”
“Hmm…”
Jang Min-seong wiped his dry sweat.
Honestly, it wasn’t really Seonghun’s fault. They had only managed to properly defeat one monster themselves despite the many supplies and troops they had.
The only consolation was that many soldiers had improved their skills by killing many smaller monsters, increasing quantity over quality.
“There are surprisingly few top-tier experts in the military unit.”
“…That’s right. The Bucheon Brigade’s Superhuman Unit couldn’t handle Code Red, even when fully deployed. If our firepower depletes, we…”
“Enough, I know. No need to say what we already know.”
Turning his back, Jang Min-seong said to his aide,
“Go fetch the Superhuman Brigade Leader.”
“…Understood!”
After a short moment, a man appeared.
With a solid build and neat appearance, he looked more like a civilian because of his long, unkempt hair.
“This is the man we recently recruited.”
“Greetings, I’m Superhuman Brigade Leader Park Juhyeong.”
“…A civilian?”
“Technically, a civilian who was a Sergeant Major and Special Forces before retiring. He agreed to work with us.”
“This is quite something…”
What was going on?
He had an inkling but wasn’t sure…
“He was once under me. Ah, yes, go greet the Bucheon Brigade Commander. I’ll call you again later, so just wait outside.”
“Understood.”
After the Superhuman Brigade Leader left, Jang Min-seong looked at Yoon Seonghun and asked,
“Do you know his stats?”
“…Not really.”
“23,000. There’s no one in our military with numbers even close to that.”
“Incredible.”
Even the strongest in the Bucheon Brigade barely reached around 10,000, so this was unimaginable strength.
“I thought of our past connections, but we got him under good terms. And based on this experience and the Superhuman Brigade Leader’s power, we’ll recruit more skilled people to strengthen the Superhuman Unit.”
“Good idea. But…”
“Say it.”
“Yes, if we do that…”
They could potentially become the highest authority, a risky internal coup.
Though uncomfortable for a superior officer to say, both Jang Min-seong and Yoon Seonghun didn’t care much about such things.
Jang Min-seong just let out a dry chuckle at Seonghun’s question.
“Do you think I’d kneel to someone that much?”
His face was layered with confidence over his iron will image.
What gave him such confidence?
‘Could it be his ability…?’
Seonghun didn’t know but simply bowed his head.
His superior, the man he served, had never been one to fail.
“We need someone like him in the Bucheon Brigade.”
“You mean…?”
“Try recruiting Code Red.”
“…We’ll try.”
Jang Min-seong’s eyes gleamed coldly at those words.
No, use every means necessary—take hostages, drug him, whatever it takes.
A man who wouldn’t hesitate to commit evil for the greater good.
That man was Jang Min-seong.
Watching him, Yoon Seonghun said nothing but returned the salute.
He never disobeyed orders