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[Translator - Pot ]
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Chapter 10: Hunter Reawakening, Explosive Spirit Power (5)
Name (Owner): Park Yeonwoo
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Status Ailments: None
Rank: F
Level: 1 (Rank increases upon reaching level 10)
Physical and Ability Stats
(Compared to an average human.
For general humans, all stats are typically between 9 and 11.
Mana and Spirit Power at 0):
Strength: 40 (Racial Trait)
Agility: 38 (Racial Trait)
Stamina: 45 (Racial Trait)
Mana: 20
Spirit Power: 385
True Damage Attack Power: 20 (Racial Trait)
Defense: 284 (Due to "Scales of Artenis Robe" +250)
Skill Status -
Target Info Activation [Rank F]
Possessed Skills -
Current Levels: Blacksmith Lv.3, Craftsmanship Lv.2, Enchant Lv.5, Magic Circle 1 Intermediate (Racial Trait: Long Cast Break)
Owner's soul currently overloaded with Spirit Power
‘Hmm.’
It wasn’t an incorrect number when he considered his specs.
Yeonwoo knew very well just how significant each number’s effect was.
Just then, a change occurred in the semi-transparent system box that had been quietly displaying text.
"Welcome. Main auxiliary system cube activating."
At the sudden voice, Yeonwoo's eyes widened.
This hadn’t existed in the past.
Back then, it had only displayed text.
And now, the voice coming from the system sounded very familiar.
"Due to Owner Park Yeonwoo meeting awakening conditions, main auxiliary system activated."
"Noona?"
He muttered in surprise, but no reply came.
Between the thick strands of his messy hair, eyes gleamed sharply with confusion.
"Link complete. Recognized Owner: Park Yeonwoo. Navigator system now activating."
However, the voice wasn’t the warm tone of someone he knew well.
It was cold and mechanical.
Zzzing!!!!
Before Yeonwoo could question it, a small resonant hum came from the box, accompanied by intermittent flashes of light.
"Checking owner’s status... BEEEEP!! Error detected. Spirit Power overload without a Contracted Spirit. Cannot comprehend. Suspected bug... evaluating usage..."
It was doing everything on its own now drumming, cymbals, the whole damn orchestra.
Yeonwoo didn’t even think about running with the girl.
He focused solely on the voice of the cube system.
What mattered to him wasn’t just that the hunter system cube was speaking, it was whose voice it was.
Cold and robotic as it sounded, it still unmistakably belonged to someone he knew.
‘What the…’
Just as Yeonwoo stood dazed, trying to process this incomprehensible situation, the voice that resembled Artenis’s continued indifferently.
"Evaluation complete. Bug verification successful. Spirit King's spirit imprint detected. Traces of Spirit King contract confirmed. Exception granted. Spirit Power will not dissipate. Additional Spirit Power can be accumulated upon future spirit contracts."
"Increased Spirit Power allows for extended spirit summon durations."
"New magic and spirit contracts can be accessed based on current Mana and Spirit Power levels."
It rambled on relentlessly, but the message was clear.
His power hadn’t disappeared.
But the contract was severed.
Why? How? He didn’t know.
But it was certain: the reason the spirit hadn’t been summoned was due to the broken contract.
In one sense, that was lucky.
In another, it was absolute shit.
"Fucking hell."
Even Yeonwoo, who rarely cursed, couldn’t help but let it out.
To say the contract was severed wasn’t a minor issue.
He had grown alongside multiple spirits, beginning from lower-class ones, bound to him through contracts, each forged through countless spirit stones and trials, eventually forming a connection with even the Spirit King.
That bond had now been completely severed.
Muttering with a hollow voice, Yeonwoo no longer marveled at the speaking cube.
He simply glared at it in silence.
His head cooled off quickly.
There was no benefit in getting emotional.
"As long as they’re alive, I can meet them again."
This information system cube, whatever it was he didn’t know how it could analyze a person’s status or process high-level information like this.
But any being capable of creating something like this couldn’t be a low-ranking entity.
At the very least: above Dragon Lord Artenis.
At most: a god.
There was no definitive answer, but that was the most reasonable conclusion given what he knew.
"Hey, you."
Unable to contain himself, Yeonwoo addressed the cube.
But what came back wasn’t an answer to his question.
"Owner’s knowledge level of the cube system: Extremely poor. Possesses no post-major update data. Injection required. Final task in progress. Successful. To maximize responsiveness, navigator generated based on owner’s ideal type. Physical and ego manifestation: Approved. Implementation at 30% progress."
The tone and phrasing were purely robotic, but the voice? It belonged to his most beloved older sister.
He wanted to ask more, but one thing was now clear:
Over the past 13 years, the cube system had evolved.
That part had gone beyond his expectations.
He never planned to rely on the cube system, the hunter’s auxiliary tool, but now it was confusing.
"KIEEEEEEK!!!"
While Yeonwoo had been watching the cube in silence, he suddenly came to his senses.
Off in the distance, a troll screamed in rage, clearly intending revenge.
‘Trolls have a poor sense of smell. As long as we don’t cross paths, it should be fine.’
With the spirit contract broken, he couldn’t summon spirits, meaning he couldn’t use their power properly.
Judging by the retained Spirit Power, as long as he could summon a spirit, a troll wouldn’t be a big deal.
The key was the summoning ritual.
There’s a big difference between simplified summons and full formal ones.
Performing a proper summon wasn’t something you could just snap your fingers and do, it took time.
Rather than attempt it here, Yeonwoo decided to escape the area first.
"Take care."
In the end, the troll, twice struck in its vital spots by Yeonwoo, couldn’t even find him and could only bellow in frustration,
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[Translator - Pot ]
[Proofreader - Kawaii ]
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