HBWnovel Chapter 38
Chapter 38
Chapter 38
Seol’s spirit pouch was covered in a green, red, and orange glow.
Glooooow!
The light slowly dimmed down before revealing a completely new belt that shone in three different colors.
[Multiple Spirit Container Belt (Incomplete) has changed to ‘Three Spirits’.]
‘Three Spirits...’
The Spirit Pouch was finally revealing its real effects.
[[Three Spirits]
Quality: Rare
Recommended Level: 10-20
Defense: 30
Durability: 140/140
Weight: 0.2kg
A belt with the power of three spirits. It was designed by Griz and completed by Snowman.
Basic Effect: +10 Strength, +10 Dexterity, +10 Constitution
Bonus Effect: Spirit’s Blessing (Unique). It will continue to change as you absorb more spirits.]
[‘Oh my god’ has donated 300 Madness!]
[What the fuck is this?]
- This item actually looks pretty good.
- I can’t believe this is real...
- I bet you’d be super popular if you wore that to a club...
- You’ve never been to a club, have you?
- I’m sorry, I just thought it would be cool...
Three Spirits...
The belt might have sounded like the name of an alcohol brand but it had a unique effect.
‘It has a unique effect even though they’re supposed to be super rare in the early game?’
There were many instances of items having effects that gave a bonus to stats, speed, energy, or other such things but there weren’t that many items that had an effect which could directly influence the battle.
The majority of those kinds of items appeared in the mid to late game and they each had their own unique effects.
And each unique skill had their own distinct effect.
‘Spirit’s Blessing, hm... so I guess it might work like this?’
To give a brief explanation for what Seol understood from the description, Spirit’s Blessing gave Seol an elemental shield.
It was a skill that defended you from sudden magical attacks.
‘And the number of elements it can block and the amount of damage the shield can absorb increases with the number of different spirits in my spirit containers...’
If Seol could capture seven spirits, he would become able to defend against seven different types of elemental attacks for a short period of time.
Theoretically, this item could block seven spells in a second.
Even though low-mid level spells were the most this item could defend, even that was enough to make casters in the early game curse and shout in rage.
“Huh? Your belt changed. Is that your spirit container?”
“It is. It’s a unique piece of equipment.”
“That’s interesting... Can I touch it?”
“No.”
“Ah... okay.”
- Nope.
- Behave yourself!
- No way!
- How dare you try to covet my item... Come back after a million years!
- hahaha... ????
- You guys are making me want to curse at you guys lol
As the Fire Red Spirits found their seats and prepared to sleep, Seo-ryeong also started to doze off.
“I’ll take the night watch. You can sleep first.”
“Really? I was feeling really tired too... Did I walk around too much today?”
“Yeah, that’s probably it.”
“Then thank you... I’ll take the night watch when you wake me up then.”
“Yeah.”
Seo-ryeong let out a sigh and laid down on a giant leaf.
Seol then pulled out something from his inventory.
Slide...
- No!
- Children get the fuck out! Children get the fuck out!
- That’s rated R!
What Seol pulled out was a book. It was the blueprints for the Multiple Spirit Container and his notes for it.
- ???: Hahaha... I’ll read books while you’re asleep.
- ???: I’m such a bookworm... Hahaha... What do you think, huh?!
- ????????????
Seol read through the blueprints for a long while.
‘After Three Spirits is...’
[ - Once three different types of spirits have been captured, the belt will reveal its true abilities.Rêađ latest cha/p/ters at novelhall.com
Obviously, it would be best if I gathered all of the different spirit types myself but I didn’t capture any of them since I was busy. I have no interest in a proven theory.
However, I am writing this down in case people claim that I didn’t capture the spirits because I was unable to. Haha... I will write down how to capture them. With that, no one will doubt my genius. ]
After that, Griz wrote down how to capture the low-rank spirits in great detail.
Since medium-rank spirits won’t enter the spirit containers anyway, the belt was made with only low-rank spirits in mind.
Seol read through all of it.
And up to here was everything that Seol had read multiple times to force himself to memorize.
However, the parts after that were things that Seol read and was familiar with but still hadn’t memorized.
[ - Additional Information) About the Light White Spirit and the Shadow Black Spirit... ]
“Hm...”
Seol watched Seo-ryeong toss and turn in bed for a second before continuing his book.
[ - This section isn’t based on experience but on the knowledge and word of mouth I heard so don’t trust it blindly. ]
What is he trying to say then?
[ - This information is a mix of information Griz found in an ancient spirit’s book and his own genius. How does he know the ancient spirit’s language? It’s because I can speak 12 languages! The language I am most interested in though is how I would communicate with a machine without speaking... ]
Surprisingly, that probably wasn’t just him putting on airs. At least judging by how he causes so much of a ruckus wherever he goes at least...
* * *
CRAAAASH!
A lightning bolt had struck a tree.
Crackle...
“Kyaaaa!”
“It’s dangerous to yell. You might startle the spirits.”
“E-Excuse me, did you not just see me getting startled just now?”
“Well, you won’t kill anyone just because you’re startled, right?”
Gulp...
Seo-ryeong instantly became quiet after that. She realized what Seol was saying to her.
“I-I could die? Here?”
“You might, if you startle a spirit?”
“Why are you saying it as if it’s something so obvious like ordering a beer at a bar?”
“Shh. You have to be quieter.”
“Seriously...”
CRAAASH!
A lightning bolt had struck again, igniting a tree nearby.
“I-I’ll be quiet. I’m ing.”
“What? What’s coming?”
“A spirit.”
Craaaackle... Crackle...
A yellow spirit was approaching Seol and Seo-ryeong while discharging electricity all around it.
“Uh... I can feel static even here. Isn’t this dangerous?”
“It is dangerous.”
“...God damn it.”
“But, we won’t die as long as we stay still.
The spirit was Shpatz, the Static Yellow Spirit. Shpatz had a naive expression as it spread electricity all around it.
“Wh-why is it doing this?”
“Maybe... to converse with us?”
“To talk to us?”
Crackle...
“Hrgh!”
Seol and Seo-ryeong both felt electricity flow through them.
[Who are you two?]
The electricity carried Sptaz’s thoughts when it flowed through their body. And the moment Seol heard the question, he saw a few options.
[[A Static Yellow Spirit is talking to you. It seems that it has an interest in humans. How do you respond?]
1. How dare a spirit... Do you want to die?
2. Don’t do that, please. I’m sorry.
3. Why are you causing a mess here? You shouldn’t do that.
4. Do you want to come with us?
5. Is there anything I can help with?
......]
Seol responded exactly how Griz recommended in the blueprint to capture it.
“Is there anything I can help with?”
Shpatz must’ve understood Seol as electricity flowed through his body again.
Crackle...
[Help me?]
“Yeah.”
Crackle...
[Are you sure you two will be able to help me? It’s something very hard.]
“I’m sure.”
Crackle...
[Then follow me. If you do me a favor, I’ll also do you a favor.]
Turn...
Shpatz stopped the electricity from discharging from its body and turned around. It then started to walk, leading Seol and Seo-ryeong.
Seol and Seo-ryeong nodded to each other, knowing that they were successful in coming to an agreement.
“I have no idea what’s going on... What are we supposed to help that kid with?”
“We’ll know when we get there.”
Seol thought of Shpatz’s characteristic which had been written in the blueprint.
- Shpatz are one of the few spirits capable of conversation and they remind me of one of those children with a lot of worries. Um... Shpatz have a lot of trivial worries. My worries are important and difficult though, like world peace. Anyway, I’m sure Shpatz will follow you if you can help solve their worries.
In other words, Seol can capture Shpatz by solving a small, trivial issue.
Crackle...
Shpatz started to walk faster.
Seol and Seo-ryeong tried their best to keep up by walking but had to resort to running eventually.
“Gasp... Gasp... Are we still not there yet?”
“I think we’re here.”
“...A cave?”
A completely pitch-black cave welcomed them.
Shpatz then faced them while standing in front of the cave’s entrance.
Crackle...
[My worry is in here. Are you really going to help me?]
Seol didn’t hesitate to enter the cave.
He felt a chill enwrap his body as he entered it. That then caused Seol to smile.
“Ah, I think I know what Shpatz’s worry is.”
“R-Really?”
“Yeah, but it isn’t a simple one.”
“...What? What do you...”
Thud... Thuud...
Something giant was walking toward them.