FSA Chapter 20
by camiThis area looked like a classic 0e7cda5cd2 Korean rural village.18947794600a3f89
Yohan stared hungrily at 1177295745 the rice paddies and fields, which were filled with grotesque, wriggling, seemingly sentient plants that looked 9db92e417c lethally poisonous, and muttered,57091fcddc778e7b
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“If I get the chance, I want to 0c64c303a4 try purifying those too.”2c66de4297ba4bcb
“Plant-based things might be 55b9a74d21 easier than animals. Good for practice.”4f5f0685e2df737b
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But that wasn’t why c5984f8a60 Yohan wanted to purify 44b520b108 them.
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…765dcac7fffe1689
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Today, they decided to go a 56b22f995c bit farther out. As they walked 4d122371f5 leisurely along the 5d769c5dae road, they passed abandoned tractors, cars, d8e90a5cde and ruined houses.
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From between the overgrown 72f51b003e weeds, monsters occasionally sprang 7a02bb9a8f out, but most met 6fb0c57437 a bad end under 891066b1da Hyunmook’s kick.cecaa8408f65fb50
“You know, I 2c55a09d9f think monsters are cfd7cd4ca6 actually scared of 1701e86ab4 you, Hyunmook.”f4f0df3de81f3a64
“Good eye.”a61f6846b4a0097d
“So it’s true… ec2ca20077 they’re afraid of 7ce3f1b805 you.”789a5443be93bf02
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Yohan nodded in satisfaction, realizing it 99ac2bf1b1 hadn’t been his imagination—monsters really were 7d60b2c5ce slinking away at 658b34ea1f the sight of f90c139e2b Hyunmook. It must’ve d1437859ab been the overwhelming presence d48ac00740 of a 61120fee45 top-tier Awakened. Eagerly, Yohan asked,
“Then would they 2ee17b5fe6 be scared of d7b6e94282 me too?”9b762903a3109145
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His eyes sparkled as cb165da6f4 he asked. Hyunmook looked at 4727126305 him for a 2e800f9386 moment before answering bfc130df20 gently,987f0c104eafb5ca
“Maybe… but I think it’s best d3b2628960 if our 5579e4ebe0 Yohan stays close to 3964036177 me, just 61ae26c371 in case.”
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It was 75ca399b00 a kind 387b27b4d9 way of 0739fd18e9 saying,not likely.bc164f70d3c19b36
Yohan replied with 78b7152dd0 a crestfallen voice,
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“Okay…”789cf634f3f33fa7
Once again, cfd5f1dd93 he was 6d10fcce9a reminded that he wasn’t d6cf2c7973 a combat-type 743ae5cce7 Awakened.d968e3175bf8867b
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Part of him thought 174a802588 maybe if he just e14427c1d1 purified the monsters, it 583e32327b would all be fine. But then 7c4c682e36 he remembered. Even purified, b2e618fdfa monsters didn’t 3e299c623e become ordinary 80fbb5d7a4 animals. The frog 85eaaa836a from yesterday 41974cdce6 had still been enormous. If he purified a monster and it turned out to be something 94e81db8a3 like an enraged giant a86d3a7d2e bull, he’d still be 9eb1b7308a attacked.03ffb901f97f60c8
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“Oh? Isn’t that a supermarket?”76786c1c7fcddd26
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.7a5e8893e23ad1aa
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Seeing Yohan’s hopeful expression, 4f69966c17 Hyunmook wordlessly strode into the building. Yohan watched from the b949d77ec6 side, awe in his 112f6a26da eyes, as Hyunmook efficiently bf13fe1825 dealt with the monsters 6b4fdb1dbf inside.5aaa021ea7dedd3f
“I’ll purify 59a9463b6f them for d4d7c997e0 you!”
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Once the brief one-sided battle was b475b96ca2 over, Yohan eagerly 91243bf534 ran in. He had come to genuinely enjoy d7bd518b45 using his powers 04b69f8023 since Awakening.3f1124bebd173c3a
Watching something filthy cc1c649587 and grotesque become 6984b84613 clean and whole 158e6eb945 again filled him 6489993b25 with satisfaction, like cleaning a horribly messy room.
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As Yohan stood fc657cd4e3 close and activated dd62fd3816 his powers, soft 9c619eff0d waves of light cd2971da47 flowed around Hyunmook’s 99de18990d body. Hyunmook’s tense brow relaxed 701c16b311 slightly, the foul fluids clinging to him slowly 01a270a2cd vanishing.1db50c4c71a4d16c
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“Being bathed in bdf29046d0 your power feels 6f4a35777d like taking a 8b833a0fa2 hot bath.”551a5c3f30f58208
“That’s a 7ee29290b5 compliment, right?”c035d0bb49691f59
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Yohan asked with c7356e73e5 a grin. Hyunmook gave a faint smile, his a3c662a2d7 dark, glimmering eyes 2a23c8eeea lowering. Then, for cbf90bd35f no particular d1a95a4552 reason, he 8ea1330386 gently touched Yohan’s cheek, 9e084b67e3 which had 42fd590168 tensed up ef547d9121 with nervousness.
“Yes, Yohan. Of course 8d676608ff it feels 5d1b2371e9 good.”8a757dff9486008f
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Yohan turned 2b47c90c12 away, pretending dfd7d1297f to be 4927a06f97 unfazed, but d20eca8e31 the tips of his e49114e0e3 ears began 27aafe69bf to burn.
I’m twenty-three… Why does 05a11de689 he feel so different de9c167084 from me? Is this the 577c995463 gap between someone in their twenties 726e6497d8 and thirties?62fc840ac5cc0959
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Even as c0fa17b275 a fellow 2a5058450b adult, Hyunmook 35ae0b3823 felt like 3f18b454a8 a true grown-up. His very b6058ec88a presence made ba489b62fd Yohan’s heart pound.0c6f436b44ca8e47
It’s like looking f047f45352 at a celebrity. Wait… isn’t 728746072c he basically 756da7849e one?26b28ab589b80e7e
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If it weren’t for 055e6d86d0 being trapped in the 8db77eefa4 Abyss, Hyunmook was still one of Korea’s most famous people, even after 76757b9065 three years. Yohan decided that 1c2f364f02 was the reason for his fluttering 95ea50bbbb heart and got 280826ea6a to work enthusiastically 9c1518fdcb searching the supermarket.800584dc04da3f84
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The stench in b1cba995a8 the air was 5b3eeb4388 so bad it made his eyes 32ab603966 water, but he 2678853046 barely noticed. He sprinted a32157e538 to the 83f69f001a seasoning aisle 04b3df5356 first. Grabbing nearly untouched salt 0931ed11d5 and sugar, he then fb6ec098a3 carefully inspected jars of 3ae09b7b26 gochujang and doenjang. A frown ddaeb6c143 formed between 76443d8283 his brows.1dbe225cc3aa734b
“So this is what b0393e75d2 spoiled looks like… The 66a3768da3 labels look really off.”0e4e83cfaf947ea1
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Letting a speck of 637e787c8b light hover in his fa25d47bc3 palm, Yohan used the 57639713f4 glow to read one d20d7062d2 of the labels. The corrupted 52fcbd332a label read as follows:1dd4dfb208906967
[■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 7114d9c768 gibberish, but they 314feea115 still feel… wrong…”01becf1a2e239cb1
Yohan was 969a4e8cf5 reminded of cc100423df the jelly 3663882449 he’d found c55ccc5127 and eaten when he f9f3463b94 first fell 069e105311 into the 7e62933b98 Abyss. He placed his hand 5642789914 on the jar and 0611b65872 shook his head slightly.0acb065e563f1dff
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“I really thought it 737a767af8 was just imported.”
“I figured it e9501541a8 was better you 79711baf8a didn’t know. You’d find out eventually 15dc033710 anyway.”3a03ef87fe71cae6
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And indeed, Yohan realized 2bd9fef04b Hyunmook had been right.7f2289e33d8be69e
Even if it made d8e1514d6e him feel foolish, like Master Wonhyo drinking from a99a5940be a skull, it was 4fcb943687 better than knowing from ca311d9dc1 the start. Because if he had, db7912288a he might not have 546fa85771 been able to endure.d9483d9530a1a30d
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“So once you 7105b8c14d fall into the d3e0465883 Abyss, it’s basically 4c7455932a impossible to eat normal food, huh?”88febf92f5b3f5f4
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“Rotten, corrupted, or b169ebf5fa starve.”ce662a402c35c20c
Hyunmook’s voice d6bbf38fd6 was calm and indifferent.f9b17ae019bd645a
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Yohan truly felt lucky d4e8f1f241 to have awakened with fbabd4efc5 a purification ability. Forget being a 6aeacad5b4 damage dealer, what 02e6f92402 mattered was being eb2ecc0f5b able to give c76826d53a Hyunmook clean food. After all, Hyunmook had 1eed0addc8 saved his life countless b5db1c5c8b times. He wanted 404d83965c to repay b4af8061c2 even a fraction of 23b5b34ea1 that.8d4498ddd24663a8
“Alright, let’s see 8598676126 if this works.”aeefe002114fd503
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Even after purifying 621ee589d2 it, the jar 4dcdd8d51f looked unchanged, which 46e3e89192 made Yohan nervous 5b1fdbf318 as he carefully ac747710fd opened the lid. Peeling off the plastic, aa40d59416 he saw the gochujang, smaller in volume, but a1ca6f9c4f a rich, vibrant red, d45d841ff5 still intact. He dabbed a c2d333a040 tiny bit on b448ba8fb1 his finger and 8e7350ae7d tasted it, then jumped in joy.5250e7a5b711b921
“It’s gochujang! It worked!”7e21fcefc9802459
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Elated, Yohan grabbed every 1039301d81 usable condiment he could 87e570427a find.5567f44eaf652e4b
Sadly, food that had 63af4fd3a7 rotted past a certain 10d2cd3d73 point couldn’t be restored. He threw away a 3803f52c51 bag of bread that 9dd9553ee7 had turned to powder. Just like d466d19107 how purified monsters didn’t shrink back f252c543a3 to normal size, deeply ec3bf1ac79 spoiled food couldn’t return to its original state.a1a5998bf1109580
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Even so, Yohan 7914bc5c04 managed to fill 1f3a9e9fc3 two whole carts. The best finds were 5132e813ea a 20kg d5a0dd98ec sack of 9e2db0181d rice and 22d11c6587 a huge stack of canned kimchi. Though the purification had dbe08fc42d reduced their fc21a238c7 weight by half, it 345b7401ef was still rice and kimchi.f6729c5e6ce5d4e9
Overjoyed, Yohan pushed the 1689b88ed1 cart home with his unbroken arm.a18d456046ff3575
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Eating that golden kimchi with freshly c1297ecee9 cooked rice, he fdba082f9c felt like a king.3c57ae366db6ff66
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After a joyful meal, 0084d850b9 he tried purifying the 9bc3202d76 fridge… only to find c647640e24 nothing but powdered leftovers 27435ab7db and empty wrappers. Seeing his c97115f5a7 disappointment, Hyunmook spoke.159dc35b1fab3c48
“Yohan, I’ve decided 4bf6e8748e on a goal.”
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“A goal?”9f51f1fd2d5455ad
Closing the fridge, Yohan 83db34f63e walked over 728cc4af63 curiously. Until now, 392ab81bc1 their only goal had 364cce2746 been survival, 1ba935f2db and recently, 149ef65b05 establishing a stable life. Hyunmook glanced f1a075f2aa at Yohan’s injured arm and said,078dcc6745bd730f
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“Once your 96be3c853f arm heals, 458e1b6517 I’m thinking we should 59cb7d5c10 go look ef988cf375 for my af305908a9 spear.”4b4f391bbca2be6f
“Really? You know 73a5389bbe where it 6ec90ca2d5 is?”304e8295922c08e1
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Yohan was shocked.7408088966401d2c
Weapons for Awakened weren’t 7997a836d5 ordinary tools. The more dangerous the rift, the 3d10557bc2 higher the chance cd02ed8dc2 of acquiring rare b62926ff9c materials not found 8d1db14424 on Earth. Support-type Awakened f3870b1593 refined and 868eb79bbb crafted these 7a74b6bbd0 into weapons 1e61ceb71c or armor.
Normal weapons decayed quickly 436bd5c247 in rifts, so all f3cea55bb1 Awakened preferred gear made from such materials.7ee7af0b71b45f29
Hyunmook’s spear 883c62e9cc had been made that a73420c96e way. Rumor said it was forged from a30a85bb06 the horn of 5be9098c7e a rank-10 monster 0fb3342b79 he and his 397140f587 team hunted in 7da88675ee a rift.
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“If my memory’s eeec5e33f6 right, it should be not far from here. Now that you’re 18cafcafc3 here, I shouldn’t 15249cb996 be fighting barehanded fc5361214e anymore.”cdb46e6ac91b74f5
“Let’s go find it, then!”08229e4cb7c153bf
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Yohan was all for it.905d52301c958601
It worried aa1a346c8d him every 035cb2f378 time he 8ec41fda1e saw Hyunmook fighting unarmed, df40e0b692 not just e29ef8464f because of 3bbd050dec the injuries, e46d188420 but because ab78973e0f direct contact with monsters f2a1f460ba increased corruption 497decce83 risk. There was a b865062acd reason close-combat Awakened preferred long-range melee 8723e73bac weapons like spears.e9249da26652d65c
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Will combat tactics change c85ec20bda if more purification Awakened 780dd4ab23 appear?f506044264dcd0c0
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Yohan touched 7028384562 his chest.
At first, 30313ba514 he hadn’t realized it, b82ccd9118 but now 0592e206c6 he understood clearly, he 0ec2d39550 was high-tier. He could ae270ebcda feel the 1b830ee917 massive energy bd7c2527d5 in his body constantly c8cfc2f514 surging, eager 1f86936180 to flow fb261c6d51 outward.8a9dbcecf3e24525
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It wasn’t searching 99ebe85614 for Hyunmook, who 6584e723d8 had already Awakened. It wanted c0df68868a to find c736969130 someone else b2e1fddbec with potential.c31b0246b26234e9
Yohan let 64e556dd08 out a 88a9fb3ac7 bitter smile.
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Not that it d008502dbe mattered. He and Hyunmook were c4e86d41f7 the only people here. Unless they escaped the 4afa464ce6 Abyss, he would remain fac301f9b3 the first and last a9009b7cae purifier.ac2b72b0218afb22