Chapter 226 – The Logic of Bnce (1)


    [Destiny’s Bracelet]


    [SSS rank]


    [Special Abilities: Destiny Block, Destiny Evasion]


    *Destiny Block: It receives the fate of the wearer on their behalf. In return, it’s durability isconsumedfast.


    *Destiny Evasion: Allows the wearer to evade a negative fate that muste with an extremelylow probability. For each sessful evasion, the wearer experiences permanently increased fortune.


    [A bracelet made of the hair ofa race called the Dwarf Sage. It was designed bya genius spiritualist to take the side effects of their abilities instead.It is not an imitable artifact. Only the owner of the hair cansee the effects.]


    “Wow, this is…” Shu eximed at the bracelet made of her delicately woven hair. Itboasted a surprisingly beautiful appearance like it was woven of thefinest thread. It periodically emitted goldenlight as it had been imbued with plenty of energy from histrait.


    “Grandpa, this is the first time I’ve ever received agift likethis…”


    “What are you talking about? You asked me for it?”


    -Good answer, member. Extra score, 300,000HP bonus!


    He replied with a slight smile at Shu’s words, and for some reason, the administratorseemed to like it. He was wondering what the score was basedon as Shu shook herhead with asmile.


    “I never thought it would be so pretty. So, thisis a gift I couldn’t even imagine. Or so I think.”


    “Well, whatever.” Though he struggled quite a bit to devise it, allthe material had been provided by Shu. Moreover, verylittle metallurgy was used. It was only neededto create the metal thread used to bind and decorate it. Aside fromthat, however, it was purely soul-craft.


    “You don’t believe in the Gaia system? Wear it andtry it a few times to see the effect.” Though hesaid so, Kang Shin-hyuk actually thought that thiswas a defective product. It was amiracle, though, that he had managed to produce such a product at all withina few days. He still had half of her hair left after making it,too.


    “Wow…?” Immediately after putting it on, Shu let outa strangegroan.


    “Are there any sideeffects?”


    “No, this is… wow…?” Kang Shin-hyuk could also see the energy radiatingfrom the bracelet. It almost seemed like it was alive.


    “…Why is it likethis?”


    “I think I know.” Shu gasped for breath.


    “My cause and effect… the quality of the artifact is increasing.”


    “Sorry I don’t understand.”


    “So!” Shu screamed out and, when she saw Kang Shin-hyuk’s eyes round withsurprise, she grabbed ontohim.


    “I’m sorry, grandpa. So… by eliminating the process, the power that slowsdown the future seems to be sucked into it.” Kang Shin-hyuk was convinced thatthe artifact’s first ability, Destiny Block, was working properly. However, what was oddwas that the bracelet wasn’t damaged even though it wasactivated.


    ‘That’s weird. I decided it was defective due to thatlimitation it had.’ Instead of receiving the fate that woulde to the wearer, it would sufferheavy damage to its durability. Due to the ambiguity of theword destiny, he thought that it was more of a consumable than a piece ofequipment that could be worn. However, it seemed thatthe artifact was developing, as Shu had said. More vivid energy waspouring out ofit.


    “It’s simple.” Shu smiled bloodily at him.


    “Due to my karma, the decrease in durability is slowing down.”


    “…Ah.” Yes, it was a bracelet of destinythat suffered durability loss in exchange for epting the wearer’s fate. If Kang Shin-hyuk had made itfor himself, it would be a consumable. It would’ve been destroyed afterepting the fate that came for him, whether itbe a sword strike or a magic attack. However, it had been made using Shu’shair, which was dying the durability loss as it epted the fateof its owner. The more it epted Shu’s karma, themore durability it would consume, but also the more that future would be dyed.Which meantthat…


    “Infinite power…?”


    -It’s not power, but it’s simr. I am worriedothers will hear ande to see the product you createdfor Super Ultra GxyFist.


    “Grandpa really is a genius. I never imagined you wouldcreate something like this rightaway…”


    “But, I don’t know when the ws will break out,so don’t get too attached.” Kang Shin-hyuk grew ufortable withShu looking at him with sparkling eyes. He triedto lower her expectations gently, but Shu already hadinfinite trust in the bracelet.


    “Grandpa, how about it? Have I be a little taller?”


    “Uh… huh.” Surprisingly, Shu’s height grew a bit after wearingthe bracelet for a while. It was only about a centimeter, but thatwas enough for Shu.


    “Oh, it looks like it’s difficult for it todo itcontinuously.”


    “That’s enough. For now,you have to wait slowly.” It would’ve beena horror to watch if Shu suddenly grew up all at once. No matterhow high the level of the artifact, it was difficult to activate the ability.


    “I didn’t think it would solve my worries so easily…”


    “I don’t know when it will break.”


    “It’s like grandpa to be so shy.”


    “You’ll see oneday.”


    “Hehe.” Shu clung to his waist witha fullsmile.


    “After I grow up and be an adult, I will have myfirst child withgrandpa!”


    “Thank you for your heart, but please give upon that idea.” Kang Shin-hyuk firmly refused.Also, did that mean she had ns to have hersecond child with someone else?


    “There are too many people who say thatthey likeme.”


    “All of them are dangerous people, so please give me their addresses.I will reportthem.”


    “By the way, grandpa, Tsukuyo? That woman is a bitdifficult to deal with…”


    “Don’t talk about her. I’m scared I’llsee her soon.”


    “Hahaha, it’s funny that you’re afraid of Tsukuyo. That womanshould be most afraid.”


    [Hey, little one, don’t bother Anvil too much.]


    Kwati, who was practicing with her sword nearby,approached them. Shu looked up at her, thenturned to Kang Shin-hyuk as if to ask, ‘It isn’t thisone,right?’


    “Yes, my girlfriend is waiting forme onEarth.”


    “It’s bad to monopolize grandpa, but at least it’s not Fireball. Hey,let’s y together now that I’m feelingbetter!”


    [What? Don’t use your abilities carelessly… kaak!]


    They began to spar to test the bracelet’s abilities.


    “Is it reallyenough?”


    -Ick the eyes to see the artifact, but itshould be for at least hundreds of years. And,by the time that period has passed, Super Ultra Gxy Fist willbe anadult.


    “Then, it is.” Should he throw away the remaining hair? No,it was a precious material that contained her ability. He didn’tknow what to do with it for now, buthe decided to keep it. But, when he opened his inventory, henoticedsomething.


    “Ah, this.” He hadpletely forgotten about the by-productshe had obtained from the fire-lizard predator: its horns, leather, bones, blood, and aheart containing its magical power. He tried toevaluate it, but as expected, the message saying it was impossible tomeasureappeared.


    “This monster’s heart is at a higher level than the monster’s.”


    -This is evidence of Jormungand’s meddling.


    “Indeed.” There were other pieces of loot he couldn’t use as well,special loot like the crest of light hehadobtained.


    “…I think I could mix the crest and the heart together intosomethinginteresting.”


    -Would you like to try now?


    “No, both of them are still difficult materialsto deal with.” Instead, there was something he could make usingthe horns and blood.


    “Since I gave thest spear to Eleanor.”


    -You must make her pay with her life.


    “No, why?” Kang Shin-hyuk also wanted a spear he could use.


    “Then, let’s forget it.”He decided to start working right away. First, he boiled theblood left by the predator and added the poisonous blood fromthe basilisk to it. He soaked the water orb inthem to maximize theingredients.


    -Member…?


    “The orb is fine; they won’thurt me.” Kang Shin-hyuk used the waterorb to strengthen it and then turned to sharpen the horns.He carefully carved them and bore a hole in it for the handle beforeimmersing it in the boiled blood. After that,he took it out and threw it into the furnace. Once it had heated,he soaked it in blood again.


    -Quenching?


    “It’s not a metal, so thisis more likesoul-craft.”


    -…You are getting more and more alike.


    He knew who he wasparing him to without asking. Kang Shin-hyuk smiled.


    “Alright?”


    -Except for being kinder to the admin. 500,000HPbonus!


    “Where does the HP for the bonusese from?”


    -1,000,000HP bonus!


    “Yes, I knew it.”


    He had been envisioning the weapon from the moment hesaw the fire lizard, so it didn’t take long toplete.Shortly after it was finished,the sky opened up, and the main forces of Jormungand pouredout.