Vol 2 Chapter 16

Following that, a merciless close-quarters battle began to decorate the screen.

With each spinning kick, dozens of monsters were sent flying, and in front of his fists, faster than the wind, enemies' bodies shattered to pieces. Like a wolf leaping into a flock of sheep, he swept through here and there, clearing out monsters like a storm, a sight that was truly awe-inspiring.

Of course, Kion-hyung was also cut and injured here and there, but the number of monsters he cleared out was several times greater than the successful attacks by the monsters.

-Kuaaak!

-Damn it. Just die already, you bastard! Is having five arms not enough?!

For the first time during the melee, a proper voice could be heard. It was barely audible, but Kapros chuckled and relaxed his fist, which he had been clenching so tightly it was sweating.

He had thought the music was a bit loud, but there was a reason for that.

Kion-hyung certainly had a bit of a foul mouth. It seemed he had been shouting energetically enough that they had to cover his voice with music. Now able to watch Kion-hyung's overwhelming battle scene with ease, Kapros began to organize his thoughts.

Kion-hyung had left to achieve his S-class quest. Then was this scene related to that quest, and also connected to the third update episode? Even so, he was just a user... Why was he in the video?

But Kion-hyung's fighting style was so powerful and even heroic that it made Kapros put aside all those questions. If someone didn't know Kion-hyung, they wouldn't have thought the protagonist on the screen was a user.

Just how much progress had he made to be capable of such an unbelievable battle? As time passed and the last monster fell on the black earth stained with blood, a new ball of light slowly rose before Kion-hyung, who was catching his breath while injured all over.

'What's that now?'

[My priest.]

As a mysterious voice was heard from within that light, Kion-hyung bowed his head as if familiar with it.

[You have succeeded in purifying all the shadows left by the monsters from 500 years ago alone. Your divine status, which has awakened me from eternal darkness and once again proven the forgotten holiness to this land, will never be forgotten.]

Shadows...?

Unlike Kapros's growing questions, Kion-hyung on the screen just smiled brightly. And he said something again, but it seemed it wasn't something cool, as the music appropriately covered his voice.

[Now, go. And erect the first pillar of my temple! That is only possible for you, who has slain a thousand shadows of darkness. Go!]

-Yes.

Kion-hyung nodded with eyes shining with firm determination, and turned his back without hesitation.

[You should be able to do it, the unfinished battle of the past...]

The video slowly ended with him starting to walk towards somewhere with a quiet red blessing. The music faded away.

Recalling the last scene of Kion-hyung's clothes dotted with blood, Kapros couldn't open his mouth for a long time after the video ended.

"Haah..."

When he finally opened his mouth, all that came out was a long sigh. He snapped back to reality as if waking from a dream. Kapros straightened his back and sat up, breaking free from the trance-like state he had been in.

"Computer, go to the free board."

Kapros entered the MIST homepage's free board after a long time. It was to get information about the numerous unanswered questions from this video. There, as expected, posts from excited users like himself were being uploaded every second.

[0 seconds ago] Is it true that the protagonist in the Episode 3 video is a user???

[0 seconds ago] Things changing with Episode 3.. What could they be

[0 seconds ago] I logged in to Zagreb and there's a strange new building!!!

[0 seconds ago] Just came in, can someone explain what's going on?

└ Re : [0 seconds ago] Are your eyes just for decoration? lol

[0 seconds ago] We should calm down and ask Saturn first..

'It's chaos.'

Kapros shook his head and skimmed through the titles. But after clicking on a few, it seemed no one properly knew that the user in the video was Kion-hyung, and there didn't seem to be any other useful information.

However, just as he was about to leave, Kapros's attention was suddenly drawn to a post titled "I logged in to Zagreb and there's a strange new building!!!"

'Zagreb should be the major city located in the central part of the Mist continent...'

And it was also the city he was thinking of passing through before heading west. After hesitating, Kapros slowly moved his hand over the title and clicked on it.

[new] I logged in to Zagreb and there's a strange new building!!!

I'm an early user who started in Zagreb

I always log in from the outskirts because it's noisy if you start in crowded places, but when I logged in earlier without seeing the notice, there was a new temple in a place where there was nothing before

I was so surprised that I went to check it out, and the NPC there explained that this is the temple of a goddess called Skaga;;

I was too shocked to say anything and just left;;

I thought there was only the temple of Lugh, the god of healing, but after coming here and watching the video, it doesn't seem like that, and it seems to be related to that shining god from the video, what do you all think?? Opinions please

└ re :: Whoa I'm in Zagreb too, gotta go check it out;; What's this, didn't Saturn say nothing would change

└└ re :: Saturn's always full of lies

└ re :: Hehe wow... That's interesting.. A new temple.. I wonder if we can change jobs there too

└ re :: Then can people who change jobs there learn skills like shooting beams like in the video?? Ah should I start over from the beginning

└ re :: Interesting information. I should go check it out too.

A temple of Skaga in Zagreb?

Kapros recalled the end of Kion-hyung's video again. The goddess's words asking to erect the first pillar of her temple. Just when was that image of Kion-hyung from?

Scratching his head at the unresolved questions, Kapros thought he should hurry and log into MIST too, and turned off the computer. His hair had already dried completely.