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Reincarnator’s Stream

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Chapter 129

After Jin-woon's procedure ended, Su-hyeok shared a simple meal at a modest table with just a few seasoned vegetables and soup with a scrambled egg.

Jin-woon picked up some seasoned vegetables with chopsticks and said, "You're also quite stubborn."

He looked startled by what he’d just said.

In response, Su-hyeok continued eating with his chopsticks. "I don't mind."

"It was a mistake…"

"It's natural to be compared. After all, even our names are the same."

Tap, tap—

Su-hyeok tapped the mask with his chopsticks and playfully added, "Because of this, our faces look the same too."

Jin-woon had referenced the past Lee Su-hyeok. Not even he liked to compare someone before him with someone else, but his inner thoughts had slipped out because his concentration was disrupted by the long procedure.

'Why would I feel bad?' Su-hyeok chuckled while chewing on the vegetables. 'After all, both are me.'

No, rather, he was almost grateful. That meant he hadn't forgotten about him.

Both Jin-woon and Un-hyang… He felt at ease when he was with them probably because of that.

"I almost gave up in the middle. That was harder than I thought." His back, having gone through the procedure, still felt sore. The pain of his flesh tearing and burning had lasted for days, leaving him mentally drained.

"That's why I said you're stubborn. I thought you'd stop at least once."

"Really?"

"So, how's the effect?"

"It's good. After all, it's your procedure."

Flinch—

That time, Su-hyeok was surprised. He'd spoken as if he knew Jin-woon well, but Jin-woon didn't seem to think much of it.

Clack—

Instead, he was interested in something else. He stopped his chopsticks and asked, "Could I ask you something?"

"Sure, go ahead."

"Isn't this enough? After all, it's just the 6th floor."

Was that what he was curious about? Considering who he was, it made sense. After all, he knew how much power Su-hyeok had.

"When I perform the procedure, I learn a lot about the person. Especially about their physical aspects." Jin-woon saw through Su-hyeok as if he were looking at a status window. "Right now, an average ranker wouldn't be a match for you."

"I guess so…" It was like that even before the procedure, but afterward, the difference had gotten even wider. Su-hyeok had become so strong that, even without using Master of Lightning, he could compete with most top rankers.

"What's the reason? Perfectionism? Is it because of the streams?"

"It's because of the process."

"Process?"

"Yes. The most important thing in a trial is how the process is carried out. The result is just something that evaluates that process." This was a value that Su-hyeok had clung to for a long time. "If you're only focused on climbing, there will come a moment when you get blocked. It's inevitable."

To conquer the tower, which might extend endlessly, you needed to move forward step by step, carefully.

"Is that so?"

Sip—

Drinking the warm tea, Jin-woon showed a faint smile. He thought that they were indeed similar.

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Although he'd seen it, Unyeop couldn't believe his eyes.

Eight martial artists of Shinryeong Castle had been defeated, and in just a few minutes. Moreover, Wongok was among them.

''Even while fighting the elites of Shinryeong Castle, he noticed Wongok's stealth.

Wongok was one of the top three martial artists in Shinryeong Castle in regards to stealth. Although he'd dragged Un-hyang's attention, he successfully fooled her and managed to capture Cheong-ryang as a hostage.

Su-hyeok had defeated him.

'I miscalculated.'

It was true that he'd deliberately taken advantage of a moment when Su-hyeok wasn't present, but that wasn't because he was worried about the man’s skills.

He only thought that he was dangerous because he was a streamer who could attract tens of thousands of simultaneous viewers. From Shinryeong Castle's perspective, the incident becoming widely known wasn't beneficial.

Who would have imagined that, instead of threatening them through a stream, Su-hyeok had defeated all the martial artists of Shinryeong Castle with his skills?

'Lee Su-hyeok, and also genius.'

Swoosh—

Slowly lowering his sword, Ja Unyeop sighed.

'Both have far exceeded my expectations.'

The operation was a failure. He also wasn't in a perfect condition. The wounds from earlier were causing severe bleeding, and there was one more person he needed to face.

If things continued like that…

'This might become my grave.'

"It looks like it's over. Aren't you going back?" Un-hyang asked.

Unyeop frowned at the unexpected remark. "Go back?"

"Were you planning to die here? Do you have two lives or something?" She was serious, seeing how she'd also lowered her sword. "Just promise me one thing. If you go back, you won't come after me. I'll consider you dead and let you go."

"Really…?"

"If you keep insisting, I might change my mind. I'll count to five, so get lost quickly. One, two, three…"

There was no time to think. Unyeop, after nodding, quickly moved. Un-hyang, counting in the middle of a destroyed forest, watched him leave.

"Five…" Faster than when she fought Unyeop, Un-hyang rushed toward Su-hyeok. "Mr. Lee-!"

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['Selfish Sacrifice LV1' resists the damage from ‘Master of Lightning’.]

['Lightning's Heart' has activated.]

[Status: You've resisted ‘Shock’.]

The situation was dangerous, seeing how notifications kept popping up.

'About three minutes left.'

Bzz—

The energy filling his body scattered. Releasing Master of Lightning, he felt like a deflated balloon.

'The procedure’s effect is definitely something.'

Although it was still short, it was enough to be used in battle. Considering that 30 seconds was the limit before the procedure, it was a huge improvement.

'This is great, but…' As if he were dehydrated, his whole body felt weak, but the fight wasn't over yet.

There was still one more enemy left—the most dangerous one.

'I can't collapse yet.'

[Fatigue has reached 91.]

His Fatigue was reaching the limit, but the only one who knew that was himself. He couldn't let the opponent see his weakness. If possible, he needed to end things there.

Fortunately, after a conversation with Un-hyang, Unyeop left.

"Mr. Lee-!" Un-hyang, running faster than he’d ever seen her run before, checked Su-hyeok's status. "Aren't you hurt? Do you have any injuries? I saw you pushing yourself earlier…"

It seemed like she knew about his condition. Well, she was his manager and was a huge fan of Lee Su-hyeok at the same time. That's why she knew about the side effects of Master of Lightning and Su-hyeok's abilities.

She realized that his status wasn't great.

Su-hyeok also saw Un-hyang's injuries—there were several large wounds and even more smaller ones. It seemed that they were aiming to capture her and had avoided vital spots, but with that much bleeding, it wouldn't be strange if she collapsed right then.

"What about you?"

"Me? Why me?"

"It seems you don't have any problems moving."

"Ah, this?" Only then did Un-hyang seem to remember. She checked her body here and there. "Ah, that's right…"

She staggered as if dizzy and collapsed against Su-hyeok. Both were equally weak. If Unyeop had decided to continue fighting, the situation might have been quite difficult.

"Let's go back." Still, Su-hyeok was in a slightly better condition. Although he'd suffered some side effects from the skill, he had no injuries.

Just in case Unyeop returned, he wanted to take Un-hyang and leave.

"Un-hyang! Un-hyang-!" Cheong-ryang's urgent voice came from afar.

Su-hyeok and Un-hyang exchanged a look of relief and smiled.

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Cheong-ryang, arriving late, carried Su-hyeok and Un-hyang on his shoulders back to the lodge. 

After applying medicine and bandaging her wounds, Un-hyang immediately fell asleep. No, from the moment she rested against Cheong-ryang's back, she'd already been dozing off.

"This wasn't what I had in mind." Perhaps, because he had carried both of them with his strength not fully recovered, Cheong-ryang stretched his stiff shoulders.

Su-hyeok looked at the man, who had returned to his usual self. Deep in the night, the two sat side by side on the porch. Inside the room, Un-hyang was sound asleep, oblivious to the world.

"Mr. Lee, are you okay?"

"I'm not injured. It's just the side effects of the skill." Although his Fatigue was high, he could still move. Since there were no immediate injuries, there was no risk of moving and worsening any wounds.

He wanted to lie down next to Un-hyang and sleep, but given the situation, he couldn't rest peacefully.

"Thank you…" 

Su-hyeok nodded. "Don't even mention it."

"But you fought people you didn't have to fight because of us, and also…" It was hard for him to bring up reality, so he hesitated before continuing, "With Murim…"

It wasn't that Su-hyeok couldn't understand his apologetic feelings. After all, Murim was a huge faction. No, they were more like a world than just a force. Becoming enemies with them was like becoming enemies with an entire world.

"It doesn't matter." Nothing had changed. Only the timing had moved a bit

'I was going to clash with Murim eventually anyway.'

Murim, along with Kim Ilsu, had betrayed him and his colleagues. Sooner or later, he would have to fight them.

Su-hyeok had no justification. Murim valued justification above all else. If there were justification, they wouldn't make an issue about it, but without it, the entirety of Murim would move to annihilate the enemy.

In that sense, the fight wasn't bad for Su-hyeok. As a streamer, protecting his manager was a clear justification.

"Wouldn't it be better to tell me now?" He had wanted to wait for her to speak first, but it was really hard to keep waiting. "I think I've already set one foot in, you know."

Un-hyang and Murim… How were the two entangled, and why was Murim targeting Un-hyang so eagerly?

"Yes…" Cheong-ryang nodded. Su-hyeok helped them without hesitation, even if it meant becoming enemies with Murim. Since things had come to that, he needed to tell Su-hyeok.

"I'll tell you." Cheong-ryang's story began.

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