Huff... huff...

Four days have passed since I saw those memories. The moment I came back to my senses, the ghost of the unknown really grasped hard at my neck.

Well, fearing the unknown, can’t blame me.

The bone-deep fatigue caused me not to think straight. But after calming down and getting proper rest, I thought about those things which I saw.

The memories I saw in the first scenery, were undoubtedly Jiwoo’s.

Second, the two individuals I saw after seeing Jiwoo’s past were somehow connected to him. Maybe?

Well, there has to be some kind of connection. Or else, what I saw didn’t make much sense to me?

And thirdly, the monotonous error I heard when watching those two individuals, it was most likely the system, preventing me from taking a proper look at them.

‘But why did the system prevented me from looking?’ I thought as I stepped forward.

For the last four days, all I have been doing is exercise and build my body's aptitude.

‘Oh yeah, I also levelled up just yesterday night.’

Seems like exercising can increase my stats and level. But the increase rate was pretty damn low.

I was currently level 31. And also, toady was the day, I will get back one of my old skills and also the day that acausality’s cool down ended.

I continued my run for a few more minutes before stopping and sitting down on a bench nearby.

‘System!’

An interface came to life in front of me.

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NAME: SEO JIWOO (???)

HP: 1989

LEVEL: 31

STRENGTH: 76

STAMINA: 80

AGILITY: 73

VITALITY: 74

INTELLIGENCE: 69

MP: 950

POINTS: 493

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FATIGUE: 4

PERSEVERANCE lv.2

PROFESSION: Swordsmanship (Lv.1)

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{SKILLS}

[{E} Acausality] (Sealed)

This skill allows the user to tamper with the flow of time. Allowing the user to stop time for a brief moment.

Note: An equivalent amount of the host’s Mana will be drained as long as the skill is active.

Cool down: 2 weeks

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【Returnee’s Privilege】 [Time left: 2 hours ]

–MIND’S EYE (Sealed) (Unlocked: 20%)

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There were a few things I understood in the last few days.

That the vitality stat is proportional to the HP stat and so was the case with the Intelligence stat and MP stat. They are proportional to each other. So the increase of these stats also increased the rate at which my HP and MP stat increases.

Also, I have some shitty news for everyone. The conversion rate had changed. Yeah!

Now, ten points were consumed for every stat which I increased with points.

“Well pretty crappy news for me, right?”

And the intelligence stat can only be increased through points. Well, we live a crappy life. Everything just can’t go our way can it, Gentlemen?

Then I took my phone out and saw the time. It was about half past seven in the morning. The sun was up and the students were ready for the tournament.

Yes, today was the day of the tournament.

People had started to come to the academy via portals. And during my jog I saw many of them gathered around the portal house.

I also have another good news.

The Shadow guild initialized the guild war and won without any damage to their side.

‘That’s what you expect from Korea’s strongest guild and the powerhouse himself, “Park Yujin”.’ I thought as I took the water canteen out from inside the inventory and took big sips from it.

I also investigated Thomas, and found a few things about him.

He was the son of a renowned hunter, who was associated and a worker of the World Union.

And that little boy’s daddy, Johan Carter was way up in the ranks. He was ranked 11th in the WU hunters ranking.

So his daddy must have had some connections with the guild that Jihye worked for.

Well, all that ended four days ago, when Yujin initialized the guild war. And that guild was destroyed.

And just as promised he recruited Jihye and the other competent employees into his own guild.

'Well, he was a man of his word. Gotta give him that.' I nodded my head a few times whilst mumbling to myself.

Then getting up from the bench, I walked back to my room in the square building.

Soon I reached my room, unlocked it and stepped inside.

With a low clank, the door closed and I walked up to the washroom.

I took my Jersey and trousers off and entered the washroom.

Turning the faucet, soon warm water gushed out of the shower head and I began my bath.

There was another thing which made me relaxed. And that was, the money problem had been solved.

Robert had died. The news of Robert’s death spread around the world like wild fire. The moment he was declared dead, the stock value of the Lesveŕo company had reached a maximum height, like I had said.

And afterwards it started to dropdown considerably.

‘I hadn’t heard from Salvador since Robert’s death was announced, but... be patient Jiwoo. Patience is the key to victory.’ I thought as I finished my bath and exited the washroom.

And Salvador was not one to betray his clients. That’s why I was reassured.

Wiping my hair and body dry, I took my uniform, out of the closet and put it on.

I looked at myself in the mirror. “I think my charm stat has increased. Not that I have one.” I joked whilst looking at myself in the mirror.

Then with a satisfied look over my face I exited my room and went for the arena where the tournament was going to be held.

I saw many people had gathered in the Lock’s premises.

There were students, civilians, guild representative’s and reporters who had come here to enjoy the tournament as well as look at the rising stars of the world.

The Lock’s tournament was more popular and well received than the Olympics.

There were three main events in the tournament with some side events.

The main events comprised of three events which were held in a duration of three days.

On the first day, the event which was held was the ‘Open Tournament’, where the first year students competed with each other and fought to display their skills.

And it was the most enjoyed event among them all.

On the second day was held the event called ‘Dungeon Walk’, where the first years entered a low ranking dungeon owned by the Lock. And the students had to cross the dungeon while accumulating points by killing monsters inside the dungeon.

And lastly on the third day, the last main event was called the ‘Fort Holding’. Just like the name suggests, students were put into a team of five and had to protect their fort whilst trying to destroy their enemies fort.

It’s as simple as that!

Turning my head left to right, I saw the many stalls which had been opened. There were beverage and food stalls.

Soon I reached the arena and waited outside. It was the same size as that of a football stadium.

It looked marvellous from the outside. The well maintained exterior of the arena was eye catching.

I saw many people walk into the arena. Children in hand with their parents, Guild representative’s, reporters and students.

‘Well, everyone was waiting patiently for the tournament.’ I inwardly said as I looked around me.

Soon I saw someone approach me. It was Jihye!

“Did you wait long?” She asked with a bright smile.

“No I just got here myself.” I exclaimed. I had told Jihye to meet me at the arena, a few days ago.

“How are you? Is everything alright at your new workplace?” I worriedly asked.

Jihye told me a few days ago, that the guild she worked for was involved in a guild war with the shadow guild, on which I feigned ignorance. But I knew everything!

“Yeah! I was surprised to learn about the guild war, but...” She said as she trailed off to look around, and I followed suit.

“... the Shadow guild is even better than the old guild I worked at.”

I walked beside her. Matching her pace, we both looked around. The Lock was decorated, like it was a festival.

It was bustling with people. My gaze lingered from the guards to the civilians to the stalls.

The security was pretty tight.

The guards wore black suit and black sunglasses. They all were either D or C rank.

“Jiwoo...” I heard Jihye’s voice beside me.

“Yeah?” I responded.

“You better do your best in the tournament okay? I’ll be watching!” With a shinning bright smile she said.

Seriously, whenever I saw her smile, I felt reassured and remembered that I still had people precious to me, whom I had to protect, even at the cost of my own life.

I put my hand behind my head and jokingly said. “Yeah... just wait and see how I break a leg or two.”

“hehehe... don’t get too cocky, alright?” She sarcastically said.

“Oh, oh... just wait miss Jihye, I’ll show you what I’m capable of.”

Then afterwards we just enjoyed our time looking around the Lock, until the Headmasters speech.