FSA Chapter 20
by camiThis area looked like a classic Korean rural village.b8f74810b7edf5f5
Yohan stared hungrily 652ae8240a at the rice fb17c5d1a2 paddies and fields, 65390cc533 which were filled 865bf7b4cc with grotesque, wriggling, 8dba0c2149 seemingly sentient plants 445958e483 that looked lethally 48f6212fea poisonous, and muttered,3f4a42e1d519cd8a
“If I get the chance, I f4368a0032 want to try 5451f1060b purifying those too.”
“Plant-based things might be easier than animals. Good for practice.”a95efc91bd748ace
But that wasn’t ebefddd6ab why Yohan wanted to purify them.3ac5e93654e51790
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…4a2a1dc203554038
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Today, they decided c3d88767d2 to go a dc88c757d6 bit farther out. As they walked dd71af0704 leisurely along the 9f40745b30 road, they passed abandoned tractors, cars, df7520eb95 and ruined houses.
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From between the f36f34e2df overgrown weeds, monsters occasionally sprang out, 440d4619e4 but most met 11bbbf3610 a bad end 5e8fb91829 under Hyunmook’s kick.605aeeba69f124e0
“You know, I 940cbf89f9 think monsters are eba27b7a89 actually scared of 86f1158a86 you, Hyunmook.”
“Good eye.”2a657d0ed293653f
“So it’s true… 726648643a they’re afraid of you.”
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Yohan nodded in satisfaction, realizing it hadn’t been 6550bcc92f his imagination—monsters really were slinking away at the 4c70ac6c27 sight of Hyunmook. It must’ve been the 0120f99eb5 overwhelming presence of a b977e12f86 top-tier Awakened. Eagerly, Yohan asked,0ddddcd0ac61d796
“Then would they de948a1532 be scared of d6a431593d me too?”7d4deeb34a1202b0
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His eyes sparkled as 97658f5960 he asked. Hyunmook looked at him for a 65a4e5de66 moment before answering gently,f1d50d569439d463
“Maybe… but I think 8bc31f551f it’s best if our 607dcf7c4d Yohan stays close to 3cb679e723 me, just in case.”963c5b8619f580a8
It was a e48b2a4d58 kind way of 77a1945110 saying,not likely.ac4b9fe24a3acc93
Yohan replied with a 78c32a6e53 crestfallen voice,61e71be701abdf9b
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“Okay…”bd7ac7aa85d459b5
Once again, he was reminded that 5655375799 he wasn’t a 27d55a4e47 combat-type Awakened.5af2c5167aee328a
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Part of him thought maybe if he just ed2eb85d2e purified the monsters, it 86f9398008 would all be fine. But then fea991f80c he remembered. Even purified, monsters didn’t 5eba3de64d become ordinary 9fe8698a21 animals. The frog from yesterday 0afd576bfd had still been enormous. If he purified a 461a5098fc monster and it turned 19a507f4bb out to be something ff588eca37 like an enraged giant bull, he’d still be attacked.1c514a56489029e4
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“Oh? Isn’t that a 7a90542aea supermarket?”621c201d343519e9
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.cb08a42b2a9120e9
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Seeing Yohan’s 795d19dd96 hopeful expression, Hyunmook wordlessly d230372971 strode into the building. Yohan watched from the b0deeb66fe side, awe in his f68dbad882 eyes, as Hyunmook efficiently dealt with the monsters f29c55b0f7 inside.
“I’ll purify 316215d05c them for b4ff70a8e1 you!”3856d78c105e0f34
Once the 9027e91ac2 brief one-sided 63ad7d0706 battle was over, Yohan eagerly ran 466c457fa6 in. He had cb405f1d46 come to abe0168d14 genuinely enjoy f7e65c6e0e using his 4b79fb2ca7 powers since e4a523e07b Awakening.d96e7a8eeff0bfb2
Watching something filthy a681121957 and grotesque become 2924b2677d clean and whole 3f33a1bf4d again filled him 77b6837424 with satisfaction, like b2f9201b16 cleaning a horribly c4301d3cfd messy room.ccbe2601d1f870e4
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As Yohan b2b4ee4bee stood close 7fd6cf2aa6 and activated 2ee6ddfe00 his powers, 8ff71f5e18 soft waves d54afcfe2e of light 192ecd029d flowed around e240a4304a Hyunmook’s body. Hyunmook’s tense brow relaxed 79769dde21 slightly, the 4298a68e50 foul fluids 31d7993ea6 clinging to e59f6bca47 him slowly d2115d3d32 vanishing.767c5ad7f7455088
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“Being bathed in your 7919502220 power feels like taking d1abe35efc a hot bath.”f08d99cc29310b09
“That’s a compliment, right?”81104de525ad1205
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Yohan asked with a 66eed33131 grin. Hyunmook gave a faint 1a5e03c4ae smile, his dark, glimmering eyes lowering. Then, for no a2c2e29b7f particular reason, he gently touched Yohan’s 3d7bf3c783 cheek, which had tensed up with 24a64d9698 nervousness.a19cd90297ae0223
“Yes, Yohan. Of course 5e3cbab850 it feels 75fdf1e187 good.”bea2ba00607bca38
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Yohan turned away, pretending d7f39889ff to be db678c5643 unfazed, but 74a162da4f the tips df8ef9c0fa of his 69d30fab7e ears began to burn.
I’m twenty-three… a04ead9f53 Why does 4358d254cb he feel 494e69ddd4 so different eb703155c7 from me? Is this the gap between someone 7dbf76ee87 in their twenties 60e03dabc6 and thirties?c7a0bf13a85c5c7b
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Even as 2e13c991ed a fellow adult, Hyunmook 0acfc12489 felt like fbc4c0fbbc a true e8d2276019 grown-up. His very presence made Yohan’s heart ee63bf8594 pound.23246d8408a8c839
It’s like looking at e27be54656 a celebrity. Wait… isn’t he basically 919bc869fb one?
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If it weren’t for 68477eee1b being trapped in the cfcec8bd15 Abyss, Hyunmook was still a1155f39a5 one of Korea’s most f2c44b8349 famous people, even after three years. Yohan decided that 4bfaace759 was the reason 7f5283ed69 for his fluttering b75a907251 heart and got 2144fb6072 to work enthusiastically 3451bf9417 searching the supermarket.47b5e95210540850
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The stench in 76939d8a05 the air was cc6b97cc40 so bad it bf38e2ce47 made his eyes 9052a83130 water, but he 2602eec93d barely noticed. He sprinted 9854526872 to the 14c5d2c7cc seasoning aisle 63a8cb682b first. Grabbing nearly untouched salt ad11320e4f and sugar, he then 5ed39ff2f1 carefully inspected jars of dad4438973 gochujang and doenjang. A frown formed between b9a43a79b7 his brows.
“So this is what 4f5a3f9009 spoiled looks like… The 93ed60b0cc labels look really off.”f51865ef83ba754b
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Letting a speck of light hover in his 14ed23bd91 palm, Yohan used the glow to read one 610fa98b52 of the labels. The corrupted label read as follows:2d05b4d314a300b6
[■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, ad35bad186 but they still feel… 36ba5c5f9b wrong…”63352d284fd05396
Yohan was reminded 787306b28d of the jelly 7fdbadd437 he’d found and eaten when he 81108005f4 first fell into 63f5c28a91 the Abyss. He placed his hand f75c847cca on the jar and shook his head slightly.d5076cdc8e819fcf
“I really 12d61eab68 thought it was just 92fa6f940e imported.”1a76a4e9ff2a59ee
“I figured d4b94a54c3 it was 6a82a4cd7d better you 4e49129d7a didn’t know. You’d find out 189a2fdbf1 eventually anyway.”44db8ceb526562e4
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And indeed, Yohan 5b0f2d6d80 realized Hyunmook had 8db1459c0b been right.8ff7fc863de7a3c9
Even if it made 63a9cf740d him feel foolish, like ba86bf1f0a Master Wonhyo drinking from 16a99bacea a skull, it was 36338775d0 better than knowing from a0317eafee the start. Because if 386f85f9de he had, da49026d9d he might 5e48c9c7a4 not have been able fce8bf7854 to endure.997188c36f8d9d68
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“So once you 234f2bec7a fall into the d389358d2f Abyss, it’s basically 645f1e16ad impossible to eat normal food, huh?”8f8548c9460f2569
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“Rotten, corrupted, or starve.”151db63d681c144d
Hyunmook’s voice was calm 916c1c6a55 and indifferent.
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Yohan truly felt lucky 971f30974e to have awakened with a648c01993 a purification ability. Forget being a 4a9d75815a damage dealer, what 504fa9618c mattered was being 2866995526 able to give Hyunmook clean food. After all, Hyunmook had 095a6cf3d8 saved his life countless ff33368690 times. He wanted to 7ce3432aa9 repay even a fraction of that.
“Alright, let’s see 71d005d637 if this works.”172bef634e1d8639
Even after purifying 589dd81de3 it, the jar 4f578f6a88 looked unchanged, which 0871af6b4b made Yohan nervous e29d9f4f3f as he carefully opened the lid. Peeling off 715e1ebec4 the plastic, he saw db6080066c the gochujang, 21fb7750c8 smaller in volume, but 8f28bb53e2 a rich, vibrant red, 166d1c0f41 still intact. He dabbed a tiny 0971deb8a3 bit on his finger 324dbf90fd and tasted it, then bb7e422dc7 jumped in joy.4280dbbe4ac75038
“It’s gochujang! It worked!”09fff723d02ec88e
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Elated, Yohan grabbed eee62b550c every usable condiment 607d922e21 he could find.
Sadly, food 14b8c24cbe that had f3223f9f42 rotted past 9aba4f8c22 a certain 3859522d2d point couldn’t be restored. He threw away 614988306d a bag of b79dab8a74 bread that had e174a46eb0 turned to powder. Just like 62e128531a how purified 6fbe3cf807 monsters didn’t ffdd3f87b2 shrink back ce4c2bfa82 to normal size, deeply 8e6c61c996 spoiled food 7071a28a73 couldn’t return 061186dd11 to its 6fff909630 original state.e385ec108770c669
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Even so, Yohan 9c202bdb1c managed to fill 2f07b3f05a two whole carts. The best 15fbc63af6 finds were dedf13e1d2 a 20kg 5796234259 sack of 14a3abffa3 rice and 062feef867 a huge c26913791c stack of e5f8e5d785 canned kimchi. Though the purification had reduced their weight by 7935fe26df half, it was still a4c60a0eae rice and kimchi.
Overjoyed, Yohan pushed 87b85f9bc4 the cart home a7cecbaaa8 with his unbroken ad28752ff6 arm.ff1a8087d6bf3bfb
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Eating that baab0a10d8 golden kimchi 4c7a6c4656 with freshly cooked rice, 3f6f0fca80 he felt like a 43e7df77f7 king.
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After a joyful c1d3067ae1 meal, he tried 8847626934 purifying the fridge… 0112174802 only to find 3ff45a5356 nothing but powdered c57427df80 leftovers and empty 2b4c8544fc wrappers. Seeing his 80f22b5c63 disappointment, Hyunmook 66a5751b39 spoke.87eceb015cc264f0
“Yohan, I’ve decided a2bcd1065d on a goal.”
“A goal?”db2839eb37ede93f
Closing the fridge, Yohan 92d7a72d3a walked over curiously. Until now, their 5e13ac6c32 only goal had 190c8a5d50 been survival, and 440afe2352 recently, establishing a stable life. Hyunmook glanced at Yohan’s injured arm and said,
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“Once your arm 7c979ace28 heals, I’m thinking we should go 7615a93779 look for my 23454306f2 spear.”26af0d084fa45a5b
“Really? You know 2ac3d4df01 where it 6e026e4f2d is?”21c8632c6f414380
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Yohan was shocked.
Weapons for Awakened weren’t cc0d623e05 ordinary tools. The more ea3ec916ab dangerous the 66b06ec545 rift, the 93325104d8 higher the ac50526ddc chance of 32efb079db acquiring rare d4b0a31d50 materials not 271461b47a found on 451b5a378e Earth. Support-type Awakened refined and d1b7538348 crafted these into weapons cd312a1e30 or armor.7f4aca84d18644c6
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Normal weapons decayed quickly in rifts, ba0286b597 so all Awakened preferred gear made 41224919c3 from such materials.fcfd6765e9bccfc8
Hyunmook’s spear had 0f0f993be5 been made that way. Rumor said it was f6bfcac546 forged from the horn 8220630529 of a rank-10 monster 3bc575fe43 he and his team 28985499c4 hunted in a rift.bfb569a7b2508595
“If my memory’s 2a99e1e2be right, it should f89210d00c be not far 82505a0496 from here. Now that 5bc0848744 you’re here, I shouldn’t aed24d6a6d be fighting barehanded anymore.”08e76477e15b55fa
“Let’s go find it, then!”53251ac927435337
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Yohan was all for bb35d384b1 it.2ffc4c6e7169793b
It worried him 228f70878e every time he 701f625200 saw Hyunmook fighting 011f39963d unarmed, not just 3884b96ed0 because of the d7a28d540c injuries, but because 5c293fea88 direct contact with ed34581f3e monsters increased corruption b37a5326a7 risk. There was a reason 23668c1e52 close-combat Awakened preferred long-range ac930dccce melee weapons like spears.82879f264dd8f47d
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Will combat tactics 9ae02b9aed change if more ba44f5bc75 purification Awakened appear?45398047a7c91a81
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Yohan touched his chest.5bfdca6c7fced304
At first, c46121a962 he hadn’t 7e4a9f18d6 realized it, defc62ba85 but now 6dda84bd46 he understood clearly, he a8170cccc6 was high-tier. He could feel the 4f8b0fbabd massive energy in his body constantly surging, eager 6f99237cba to flow outward.a405ed1ed1af9a05
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It wasn’t searching for 616cd249bf Hyunmook, who had already Awakened. It wanted to find someone else 5bab67365f with potential.1e0136da313cd278
Yohan let out a bitter smile.4efdab555fd3ee89
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Not that it 845d8bf133 mattered. He and Hyunmook 0472ab6b5d were the only 31a142473a people here. Unless they escaped the 3af3e51bde Abyss, he 176c19c200 would remain the first ceed76f968 and last e86df81311 purifier.5e72d2ffaab5b24b