FSA Chapter 20
by camiThis area 876fc198f2 looked like 3c43fff784 a classic Korean rural aa8e75d8bc village.acf86ef4dc8eb524
Yohan stared hungrily at 829f8f482f the rice paddies and d125e0689d fields, which were filled f3f268a99f with grotesque, wriggling, seemingly a0778dee71 sentient plants that looked lethally poisonous, and muttered,
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“If I get the bb6b84a5a0 chance, I want to 3b90b83125 try purifying those too.”d9e6bc31bfbb4493
“Plant-based things might be easier than animals. Good for practice.”fab82c3d2d64ecb8
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But that wasn’t why Yohan wanted to purify bab5b0ddc3 them.68a64336271273a5
No, what had stirred within him while grilling meat the night before was the Korean soul with the blood of Ungnyeo, crying out for garlic and red chili paste…c6bad9eaf6d9910b
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Today, they decided to c5983619c3 go a bit farther out. As they walked leisurely 7bcf895bf9 along the road, they e4feb67d84 passed abandoned tractors, cars, f4f756481a and ruined houses.2c8dce76c47c838e
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From between the 88d296be08 overgrown weeds, monsters 83b9548add occasionally sprang out, but most met a bad end under Hyunmook’s kick.
“You know, I think 617b13fd9e monsters are a1d240f2d4 actually scared b34da81a47 of you, eec809a6d8 Hyunmook.”
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“Good eye.”
“So it’s true… they’re f972d899a1 afraid of you.”a3c9e3bd72b5a5fe
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Yohan nodded in satisfaction, realizing it hadn’t been e0ffc154ac his imagination—monsters really were 76f3fff4ee slinking away at the 38606bdd56 sight of Hyunmook. It must’ve been the overwhelming presence 0d2fb38e3c of a top-tier Awakened. Eagerly, Yohan asked,f516bc78eca9fba0
“Then would 49d256a85a they be f293fc3764 scared of e7e32c3dc2 me too?”
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His eyes ce62ed8486 sparkled as 1fc4cd15e6 he asked. Hyunmook looked at c3052366e2 him for a 7eb1245ef6 moment before answering caf0583a67 gently,167c49a29cbe67c0
“Maybe… but I 0f2a10fc39 think it’s best 8b1d6fe3dd if our Yohan 7d3271eaa6 stays close to 18c063e0ce me, just in c0798eec8f case.”588965a7ed85fc20
It was ec29627b30 a kind 38af880839 way of 58b7e0e86b saying,not likely.
Yohan replied bb8b0fa90a with a b7e2767116 crestfallen voice,
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“Okay…”19c227c4810b65da
Once again, he was reminded that he wasn’t a combat-type Awakened.c96b27e339aedc9b
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Part of him thought cfdc052167 maybe if he just dceed96e19 purified the monsters, it ac03e8fb3e would all be fine. But then 8816de86f1 he remembered. Even purified, monsters didn’t 05c6c287b4 become ordinary animals. The frog from yesterday had still been enormous. If he purified a monster and it turned out 9ff80e2684 to be something 083791f51f like an enraged 68224b0d8a giant bull, he’d 5cffd2abe7 still be attacked.8ab0a819f7cba13c
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“Oh? Isn’t that 300efbacd2 a supermarket?”5c62c25d6a4d5d0f
Yohan, who had been trudging gloomily, lit up. Only parts of the sign were legible. <□◇lo Maㅌ>, but it was clearly a fairly large market.81ce0111edc27758
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Seeing Yohan’s 31a883cf1a hopeful expression, Hyunmook wordlessly e3057256b6 strode into a37ecd62dd the building. Yohan watched d79b444615 from the side, awe 2a03576ec3 in his cbe0f3083f eyes, as 26ec970367 Hyunmook efficiently dealt with f4f77db09e the monsters 9ce8319d49 inside.
“I’ll purify them b868132272 for you!”46b932994ce1bc1e
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Once the brief 9d95fe3563 one-sided battle was 36c7d55ae4 over, Yohan eagerly ran in. He had come eb08139d74 to genuinely enjoy using his powers d8bc6d21f4 since Awakening.e20ced312a4928ea
Watching something filthy 5e5e9eb464 and grotesque become clean and whole 37fa5b0664 again filled him d01d7200bc with satisfaction, like a5199be95c cleaning a horribly 95032e7fbb messy room.
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As Yohan stood close 16f099b092 and activated his powers, c50867f45a soft waves of light 635fef678b flowed around Hyunmook’s body. Hyunmook’s tense brow ee6ff210bd relaxed slightly, the a4a77dfdf7 foul fluids clinging f411932a49 to him slowly a977fa1b5a vanishing.81fc07e0c606dcee
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“Being bathed in your power feels 0a5285f4c9 like taking a 85e6c5cbc3 hot bath.”bdb09793a7575ba5
“That’s a compliment, right?”06a7ee9e9095f9e7
Yohan asked with dddbfe6b0d a grin. Hyunmook gave a faint smile, his f0b9121795 dark, glimmering eyes lowering. Then, for no particular 6696e60287 reason, he fb37a66175 gently touched 872999d956 Yohan’s cheek, which had a24d13f86d tensed up 0748f2e190 with nervousness.53fd8f42ae9c2795
“Yes, Yohan. Of course it feels cec7ba53f6 good.”44716429c384150b
Yohan turned 612837af05 away, pretending to be unfazed, but the tips 7cf8341d73 of his fdc01b886d ears began 0ceb792e1f to burn.3e70167f470109cc
I’m twenty-three… Why 6cfece060b does he feel so different from 5241fcd9c9 me? Is this the 647b5d22bf gap between someone b20682d1b7 in their twenties ac8584dec9 and thirties?
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Even as a fellow d8605171c0 adult, Hyunmook felt like bf85aa1c27 a true grown-up. His very presence 5c02e6d89e made Yohan’s heart pound.6be1f469b1a5c33f
It’s like looking at a celebrity. Wait… isn’t he basically c884dabcb3 one?06ddc949e303e278
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If it bd28b2a752 weren’t for a935221d97 being trapped in the Abyss, Hyunmook 5f1eb68ad9 was still ab200d4359 one of Korea’s most 3adb2efac5 famous people, 2886399ca7 even after 1a6395cf15 three years. Yohan decided d9d511d997 that was b623267694 the reason for his 1b2af06cea fluttering heart 30b5375417 and got to work a3ff55c54e enthusiastically searching the supermarket.27bc91f63634b9f9
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The stench in the 35cff1ac6b air was so bad 7270d688cf it made his eyes d47b0adce5 water, but he barely 964e00bdfe noticed. He sprinted to the seasoning aisle first. Grabbing nearly dad8f33e87 untouched salt ab0f2bafb4 and sugar, 5b6fa9f447 he then 668700ec7e carefully inspected jars of 7a6673b2d9 gochujang and 7e45373aab doenjang. A frown 709d3cc8cf formed between 9ca94d94fe his brows.2e3f492e27b3d670
“So this is what spoiled looks 92d7e4ea5a like… The labels 3febdbfa86 look really off.”289a4b69f463d2d5
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Letting a speck a01b96f328 of light hover 668a1e53e2 in his palm, Yohan used the 9e0d78e21d glow to read 7ff5c13c04 one of the labels. The corrupted label read 0c73c053b0 as follows:0d40b89715da188f
[■Yang… go■jang]
Manufacture Date: 9■99/99/99
Expiration Date:
*Product Name: ■Yang… go■jang
*Type:
*Net Weight:
*Blood Content: ??%
*Ingredients: dead (5.6%), 死 (3.2%), 死亡 (2.7%), cái, chết, toqu, θάνατος, dood, død, muerte, dauða, ความตาย…
“These words are gibberish, 2bc55d8c9c but they still feel… wrong…”51ea58e6ca8e4c19
Yohan was reminded of 77b155da97 the jelly 11b9eab178 he’d found and eaten 06205543ab when he first fell 4c8e237ec3 into the 8c3e520b21 Abyss. He placed his 6983eceef9 hand on the 52930ff177 jar and shook 218043b51c his head slightly.394c5927bc1b19f8
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“I really thought it 7732b4d741 was just imported.”c3e702a760d0c447
“I figured it was better you 86efa92dfa didn’t know. You’d find out eventually anyway.”
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And indeed, ef2bd1952d Yohan realized a50a209373 Hyunmook had been right.fffbb0551cab47b6
Even if it 9ad9caeeb9 made him feel foolish, like Master 5f11b2a784 Wonhyo drinking from fc62dd8518 a skull, it 91a8e6c8a5 was better than 57b098d0e8 knowing from the 54e7515979 start. Because if he had, 6dbd8c3aca he might 62bf5c6eaf not have d7df1d6d7f been able 7785e0ef53 to endure.9fcb3f97d069d8af
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“So once f06ab162fd you fall 0d280bd1a8 into the 05d096f08b Abyss, it’s basically impossible b62643b108 to eat normal food, fdb9f4f4e2 huh?”
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“Rotten, corrupted, 9d21a19dbf or starve.”4799a8f5b5a786ff
Hyunmook’s voice was calm and indifferent.
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Yohan truly felt lucky to have 723cfa420c awakened with a b315997dde purification ability. Forget being a damage ff5c57a9ed dealer, what mattered was b93f72a7c8 being able to give c904aa6e72 Hyunmook clean food. After all, Hyunmook 6ad84e1593 had saved his 30157d18a5 life countless times. He wanted to repay even a df0eeb0f95 fraction of that.da647ce7605d113d
“Alright, let’s ce11526656 see if 448c8a2efc this works.”
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Even after b84992358a purifying it, the jar a97ed6e844 looked unchanged, 2d2c785ada which made 9d13f21c1a Yohan nervous 2af050d092 as he 25660eed9c carefully opened 3bfdbe4955 the lid. Peeling off the plastic, 7badfb3ec1 he saw the gochujang, 4b6e96f441 smaller in volume, but 1b92d0ea42 a rich, vibrant red, 982c345868 still intact. He dabbed a 6785ee4b04 tiny bit on 9dece4e6d5 his finger and ade4f2e4b7 tasted it, then 04e6e04132 jumped in joy.ee028b6eeacc3ffb
“It’s gochujang! It worked!”64b74ffe74cbcf38
Elated, Yohan d1cec41f76 grabbed every e0e16ea3aa usable condiment 887c094b76 he could 22e7b9be9e find.
Sadly, food a5690c4d2e that had rotted past a certain a5f2a4b793 point couldn’t 19ceca7e8f be restored. He threw 8c9f790e22 away a d718e1607b bag of bread that had turned a8c6282e82 to powder. Just like ffe1756926 how purified monsters didn’t f8f48eb12a shrink back d4b2a7c2e9 to normal af68012f0c size, deeply 3174141538 spoiled food 6db881cc47 couldn’t return to its 8e0eb4aca9 original state.281fde14bc867a73
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Even so, 7375533d46 Yohan managed 9d8216557b to fill 75e17742eb two whole 74bab0b515 carts. The best 95ee45a105 finds were a 20kg e7551ac195 sack of cd7dff979a rice and cc8395b515 a huge 606c06b47b stack of cbdf803c45 canned kimchi. Though the purification 7e68d5065c had reduced their 8369be20f0 weight by half, ad17c17b73 it was still da2965809b rice and kimchi.c51ab65aadfd4d64
Overjoyed, Yohan pushed the cart home 7a3a915a33 with his unbroken arm.e3d3bae4252a83a5
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Eating that golden 83e371ec55 kimchi with freshly 3268ba1144 cooked rice, he 3313076efa felt like a 7f2b731fac king.affb5513a58aa609
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After a joyful meal, b2b15fdf17 he tried purifying the 95b8f87332 fridge… only to find 3e665fcf9f nothing but powdered leftovers and empty wrappers. Seeing his disappointment, 9d7ea2571f Hyunmook spoke.5fee7c59a6a0be69
“Yohan, I’ve decided 9de658a45b on a goal.”507376cc1cec27d8
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“A goal?”5d5c1237df16b66a
Closing the 657f05f34c fridge, Yohan e0f0fb4ef7 walked over 32faa009cc curiously. Until now, fd9b4457e3 their only 49e3c0b6bc goal had been survival, and recently, 9326e6240e establishing a stable life. Hyunmook glanced at 7ed2f18bf3 Yohan’s injured arm 6ad9c2c45d and said,38ad6a80b564a5db
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“Once your arm heals, c20636a658 I’m thinking we should c26cefeaf1 go look for my 660b03655e spear.”1d73bc63f9ba28ac
“Really? You know where it is?”10ebbc94172efcb5
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Yohan was shocked.7b22a50ed95d40d4
Weapons for Awakened 14f89bfa48 weren’t ordinary tools. The more dangerous 506a286733 the rift, the higher the chance 10f7f278b9 of acquiring rare 9ec4fb9b99 materials not found 83f1029c2c on Earth. Support-type Awakened deca311dbf refined and 3be38579a4 crafted these 2332984b92 into weapons 03e96ee4aa or armor.
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Normal weapons decayed 837eb60e07 quickly in rifts, caa67e6762 so all Awakened ae2648520d preferred gear made from such materials.543aba6b91a7861b
Hyunmook’s spear had been 73d73cdead made that way. Rumor said it 287393c256 was forged from the horn of a rank-10 monster 2abc170633 he and his 4e65feca0a team hunted in 8f07cfea42 a rift.
“If my 6ed9b4f6e9 memory’s right, 9bf4f7c2aa it should be not 977967c19d far from here. Now that you’re here, I shouldn’t be fighting 3a9e01e7a1 barehanded anymore.”dd3909297c0cefb1
“Let’s go find it, c617904c0c then!”5c02ed45f0e13cdb
Yohan was all 11e06e94d8 for it.5f10aa4a29885b0c
It worried him every 5ccae69226 time he saw Hyunmook fighting unarmed, not just d4a8ca94f0 because of the injuries, but because direct contact e7cbd0ea43 with monsters increased corruption 69685ad843 risk. There was a 6925407e84 reason close-combat Awakened f1f3c62c39 preferred long-range melee c67bfcab0d weapons like spears.42d23e09872f5aa8
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Will combat tactics change if more 92ccbe19ff purification Awakened appear?90f1b9dbe8b0a18a
Yohan touched his chest.f3212a99311a6f99
At first, he 69c0fbab04 hadn’t realized it, c3fc1ec9f9 but now he 83f4b83dca understood clearly, he 7f7248cc76 was high-tier. He could feel the 7e7c687c81 massive energy 1cec8cbf40 in his b3b2896c8a body constantly f5815b3d78 surging, eager ae1d5c2594 to flow 4ff7bb15bf outward.
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It wasn’t abcd8b49e8 searching for 63df922fe5 Hyunmook, who 3d32c7e8e1 had already cb48aa1f56 Awakened. It wanted b3f3642c51 to find fde257b1f7 someone else 74b70338be with potential.cec9b32e0dc0685d
Yohan let out a 4f81a30e8f bitter smile.e61d44fc2ef26e31
Not that it 8e8f21b519 mattered. He and Hyunmook 02579f7aa5 were the only d8c89d0f7b people here. Unless they escaped the Abyss, he would remain 8f7392b7a3 the first and last 445952b26a purifier.ba9c57e67756e1ce