Chapter 136: Nothing to Lose  

Jaehwang got out of his bed and opened the blinds of the window. The dim light from the rising sunset was shining among the clouds as he looked towards the end of the horizon where he came from.

He couldn’t even remember how long it have been since he came all this way... At that moment, he considered opening the status window without the spirit.

[Status Window – Skill]

Legend Skill

Divine Arrow (Workmanship-)

Blue Dragon Skill (Workmanship-)

Unique Skill

Archery skill (Workmanship-)

-Unique Arrow

-Guided Arrow

-Explosive Arrow

-Strong Arrow

-Arrow Shower

Common Skill

Cooking – Rank 8, 11 percent

Quick healing skill – Rank 12, 45 percent

The change in Jaehwang’s status window couldn’t be compared to before. Everything related to his ancestors had disappeared and the reason for it was simple.

“Someone did this. It was the foundation of my ancestor’s vision.” He had to be more careful so he wouldn’t lose any more progress on his skills. Sometimes the workmanship between his unique skills and his best skills had disappeared. But that wasn’t the only thing that changed. His archery skills and tiger hunter skill names had changed. They didn’t just change, they had returned to their respective names.

All of the usual skill remained the same; Guided Arrow, Unique Arrow, Exploding Arrow, Strong Arrow and his newly developed skill ‘Arrow Shower’. He realized that it wasn’t simply just him shooting his arrows fast, it was a skill that allowed him to quickly shoot dozens of arrows at a time. Those arrows were much stronger than any he usually used.

“You have everything you need to help them.”

“But, the tracks of my ancestors...”

“You’ll rescue them eventually, don’t worry.”

“You’re their only hope,” his ancestor said to him.

“Their only hope...” Jaehwang closed his eyes and thought about all the memories of his ancestors that he could remember. He then opened his eyes and took a deep breath before practicing his skills.

“Blue dragon and... Divine arrow.”

As he used the [Blue Dragon] skill, he could feel the energy rushing through him. It felt as if he could feel a rush of wind moving inside his body which was made out of pure energy.

Woosh

Jaehwang opened his hands and ushered out a red light on his palms. He didn’t get to see all of the information about his new skills, all he knew that it was a high-ranked unique skill so he felt that he didn’t need to know anything else.

However and more importantly, the energy that made it wasn’t that strong.

Energy: 11,050

Healing Energy: 30

He was surprised to see his energy quickly increasing.

“Is it not finished yet?” Jaehwang said, seeing the effects of the [Blue Dragon] skill. He realized that this skill was still one of the most powerful skills that existed to this day.

“How about the Divine arrow skill...” Jaehwang took out one of the arrows and set it on his bow but...

—Don’t use that!

The spirit shouted, stopping him.

—What is it?

—Thanks to you, I just can’t rest no matter what... That energy is too much for you, or even me, to handle... You haven’t trained enough for it yet.

—Fine.

Jaehwang said as a reply to the spirit’s warning as he dropped the arrow on his hand.

The [Blue Dragon] skill was something his ancestors wanted him to have for him to use his skills at it’s fullest potential. But of course, it has some requirements that he needed to reach.

“All of your arrows are pretty strong.”

“True, they all are. I need to practice with the newer ones a lot more.” Jaehwang replied to his ancestor.

His new arrows were very strong and couldn’t be easily avoided. Even the spirit instinctively felt a bit frightened.

“You still need to train yourself some more to be able to use them correctly and safely.”

“Yeah,” Jaehwang replied. He knew that he currently didn’t have what it takes to use his new skills...

The status window then opened again.

Archery Skill – Special Artifact Set (2/2)

Arrow weight: 600 pounds

Best range: 6000 meters

Effective range: 3000 meters

Material: Steel (Artifact)

Special Skill

Acceleration: (S Rank)

Penetration: (S Rank)

Defense: (S Rank)

Set Effectiveness

Divine Arrow summon (Call time: 10 days)

Jaehwang pulled an arrow out of his black leather case and carefully placed it onto his bowstring.

Swoosh...

The arrow weighed 600 pounds but he had an easier time pulling it back compared to anything that he had used before but even so, he did his best to take care of it since it was an heirloom.

Its performance was unbelievable.

The material of the arrow was supposed to be steel but it wasn’t just any normal steel. It becomes a whole lot stronger the moment it becomes a special artifact. Artifacts were quite rare and hard to come by for a lot of hunters so they were very valuable.

Gathering a set of artifacts were hard, especially if it was even rarer and powerful. Their call times were a little longer than the others and the possessor had to be very careful when using them if they’re not trained enough.

Jaehwang then heard the voice of a lady next to him. He turned his head and saw the spirit who was staring at him with an angry expression. “You’ve been progressing well but could you take it easy just for today?”

“Well I... I can’t.” He said quietly, wanting not to disappoint her. He could barely even get his words out before the spirit gave him a pat on the back.

“Come on, get some rest.”

“Alright.” Jaehwang lied down onto the bed and the spirit rested her head on his arm. He then closed his eyes and began to fell asleep.

‘Tonight was harder than I thought.’

If anyone were to see that sight right now, they would be confused about their relationship, however, they would just consider themselves as teammates or friends.

***

Jaehwang woke up the next day and he washed up before he left. He had been wearing his casual clothing for a few days now so he decided to put on his training clothes to get some work done and right before that, he went to a nearby restaurant for breakfast.

He checked his phone while his order was being prepared and the door of the restaurant then opened. The person who walked in was so tall that his head was only a few inches away from the ceiling. He didn’t recognize the person so he looked back down on his phone.

“This seems just like yesterday.”

“Take a seat.”

He noticed a middle-aged woman that he thought looked familiar.

“Huh...” He looked around, trying to find where she was sitting. A guy then noticed Jaehwang sitting near the window on his phone and walked over to him.

“Sit and be quiet,” Jaehwang said without taking his eyes off of his phone. It was Dongchul. He then sat down on the opposite side of the table. Dongchul sat there until Jaehwang asked him a question without him taking his eyes off of his phone.

“You returned fast, was it that bad? What’s up?”

“W-Well that’s not it...” Dongchul stuttered when Jaehwang asked him about what happened with the shrine yesterday. He took a deep breath and then nodded his head. Jaehwang didn’t know exactly what he was doing. He arrived earlier than the arranged time so he was a bit angry.

A few minutes later, all of their food came and they began to eat.

Dongchul then looked at Jaehwang on the opposite side of the table. He then tilted his head as he noticed something on the screen of Jaehwang’s phone while he was eating.

Nothing to Lose, The end.