Subscriber of the Gods Episode 194
Episode 194. New recruit training
Awakening.
It was one of the contents in the Mepan. It was a system that broke the growth limit that existed for each character, and it was originally content that could only be progressed upon reaching a high level.
‘It feels like a kind of transformation.’
When you awaken, your physical abilities will be strengthened and you will be able to break through the limits of your stats to obtain higher stats.
‘I knew it would happen now.’
As great as the effect was, many difficulties had to be overcome to achieve awakening.
You had to complete numerous prerequisite quests, train your body to its limits, and ultimately give up some of the stats you had accumulated.
‘The hardest thing is to train your body to its limits.’
In short, it meant that you had to raise all possible stats to their maximum levels before you could awaken.
‘Because I’m sickly because of my extinction disease. To begin with, this body’s limitations are extremely low.’
That means the necessary conditions for awakening had already been met.
‘So the elixir of life worked there. No, wait a minute.’
-You have received the quest reward!
-Received enhanced hero-grade reward.
‘This isn’t just an awakening.’
This was a reward.
A reward for perfectly clearing the fourth quest to survive as Ethan Wickers.
‘I never thought I’d be rewarded with awakening.’
Certainly, there is nothing like this awakening to survive against extinction.
‘After awakening, your physical abilities will increase significantly. I guess extinction syndrome can’t be helped here.’
In some ways, it could be seen as a very effective method for combating extinction.
‘Of course, awakening itself is difficult.’
Still, I was quite satisfied that I was able to fight against extinction.
“Are you okay?”
Ethan nodded at the sudden sound of Detrinir’s voice.
“It was worth my hard work to tame you.”
“… … What are you talking about? Did you lose your mind after drinking the elixir of life?”
Detrinir was impressed.
“It might have been too much medicine for humans.”
Ethan moved his body around.
Sling.
When he took out the two swords, Ditrinir flinched and was surprised for a moment.
“don’t worry.”
“… … I’m not scared.”
Wedge-!
Ethan performed Ethan Swordsmanship 1 and 2 in succession on the spot.
‘Certainly, my body feels more energetic than before.’
My physical condition itself was different than before. Of course, there wasn’t a dramatic change, but I could definitely feel it.
‘I feel a little better.’
Ethan then summoned Lucas.
“Bam! Bam!”
The summoned Lucas started to run around excitedly. Then, he saw the giant black dragon Dietrinir and cried out in warning.
“Serving the ancient spirits? What on earth are you… … .”
Dietrinir recognized Lucas’ identity at a glance.
Knowing well how great the ancient spirits were, Detrinir’s eyes, looking back and forth between Ethan and Lucas, grew more suspicious.
“How could a human make a pact with such a tricky ancient spirit? They would never make a pact with a human… … .”
“Ugh!”
Lucas cried out as he looked at Detrinir.
“Are you saying that you are the only one who came to find me? Oh, it looks like you are the next generation’s master of Mana who inherited the legacy of the previous generation. If that is the case, then you… … should have been at the top of the spirit staircase.”
Detrinir looked at Ethan again with astonishment.
“Are you saying you’ve reached the top of the Spirit Stairs?”
“It was hard.”
Looking at Ethan speaking lightly, Detrinir touched his wounded area again for a moment.
This man was a monster.
“If you hadn’t had that disease… … .”
After saying that, he made a very serious face and grumbled.
‘It’s a meaningless assumption.’
Ethan took Dietrinir’s words lightly.
There’s no need to worry about what’s already happened.
The important thing is always to decide what to do next.
Ethan first received Lucas’ mana.
“Huh!”
Shaaaaah-.
The amount of mana received from Lucas has slightly increased compared to before.
‘I can definitely feel it. Although it’s only a little, the amount of mana I’ve received has definitely increased.’
Lucas felt it too, and circled around Ethan in delight.
Ethan swung his sword, charging it with the mana he received from Lucas.
Wedge-!
Kwarrrrrrrrrr-!
Pouring lightning and frost.
A large crack was created in the wall of Ethan’s Black Lair.
-Your chances of survival have increased due to awakening!
-Current survival chance: 18 percent
-The next main quest is unlocked when your survival chance reaches 20%.
“nice.”
Ethan smiled.
The effects of awakening were clear.
Ethan was satisfied with just that, since it had helped to somewhat alleviate one of his weaknesses, his physical problems.
‘For now, you don’t need to worry about the Ethan Wickers survival quest until you increase your chances of survival.’
The possibility of sudden death from illness was definitely prevented through awakening.
But Ethan didn’t let his guard down.
‘The possibility of sudden death has disappeared, but that doesn’t mean that this sickly body has completely recovered.’
If you let your guard down after acquiring numerous defensive techniques and awakening, you will have a gap that matches the amount of freedom in your mind.
‘Extinctionism is a disease that is excellent at exploiting that gap.’
So, you shouldn’t let your guard down.
‘You have to be prepared so that you can deal with the unexpected when it happens.’
After getting everything he needed, Ethan left Detrinir’s lair. Detrinir was taken aback when Ethan tried to leave without looking back.
“Are you just going?”
“Why? Are you asking me to take you with you? The taming has already ended. Taming you is not possible with my current skills.”
‘You could do it if you raised your skill level further.’
There was no need to go through the trouble of taming Detrinir when you had the Elixir of Life.
“That’s not it.”
Detrinir snorted as if asking what he thought of himself.
“The elixir of life alone is not enough. You cured my long-standing illness, so I will definitely pay the price for it.”
Detrinir took out something small from among the many treasures of the lair.
“oh.”
Ethan recognized the object immediately.
“It’s a summoning stone.”
“Yes.”
Summoning stone.
It was literally a jewel that could summon anything.
“Just twice. I will give you two chances to summon me. Whenever you need my power, summon me. I will help you in any situation.”
It was a reward that even Ethan had no reason to refuse.
“I guess that’s about right. Okay, Dietrinir. I’ll see you later.”
Ethan answered and left.
Detrinir frowned as he looked at her back.
“Huh, you dare try to tame me, it’s a hundred years too early. But… … I guess that Ethan Wickers might be a little different.”
* * *
“hmm?”
Hades, the king of the underworld.
While he was walking with his friends, he received a notification of a comment from Shinsegae.
“Who subscribed? There aren’t many comments.”
Hades’ channel was essentially a space to record Hades’ hobbies. Since only Hades’ hobby videos were uploaded, there were no other people looking for them.
What I’ve been doing these days is making goods, and those goods are also based on Cerberus and other demons.
“oh.”
Hades looked surprised after seeing the comment.
Although I wasn’t interested in the new world, I wasn’t turning a deaf ear to the stories I heard.
“[Only the real God subscribes] So a subscriber subscribed to me?”
Hades felt strangely pleased that the famous subscriber subscribed to him.
“Well, then we must have seen Cerberus too.”
Hades’ expression gradually became serious as he read the comments with joy.
Since that famous subscriber commented, I thought it was a comment about a subscription review or about making a video.
But that wasn’t the main point.
“Our Cerberus to more subscribers… …?”
Ethan’s offer was very attractive to Hades.
“I really want to show you how smart Cerberus is. I also want to share with you how to properly raise a demon.”
Hades suddenly had an idea.
Imagine countless subscribers leaving comments saying Cerberus is cute.
“I have no choice but to do this!”
* * *
Entrance to Dragon’s Hill.
The watchman had his arms crossed and was frowning.
I bit my fingernails several times while shaking my legs.
“Surely you’re not dead. No, even so, it’s impossible to catch a dragon alone.”
“Why are you so noisy?”
The watchman next to him scolded the noisy watchman.
“You won’t believe it.”
“What’s going on? Who would go into the forest alone to catch a dragon?”
“… … .”
“What? What if you keep your mouth shut there? Is it true? Is there really anyone who goes in there alone to catch a dragon?”
“… … There is.”
“Oh really? You sent me in knowing full well that I would die?”
“Ahem… … .”
The watchman sighed. Then someone knocked on the door.
“huh?”
The sound was coming from the inner door. A knock on this door meant that someone who had been in the forest had come out.
The watchman ran urgently and opened the door.
“Have a nice trip. Bye.”
Ethan came out of the forest and was about to leave.
The fellow watchmen murmured at Ethan’s appearance, which was better than expected.
“You just came back, didn’t you?
But the watchman who guided Ethan didn’t think he would just come out.
“Excuse me, this might be rude, but… … did you do what you wanted to do?”
Ethan glanced at the watchman, took something out of his bosom, threw it at him, and walked away.
The watchman who had blankly received the item given by Ethan looked at it and his hands trembled.
“What? What did you throw… … Huh!”
What he held in his hand.
It was the scale of the black dragon Detrinir.
“You really… … have you come to meet Ditrinir… …!”
The two watchmen were left speechless for a while.
* * *
Ibeca Academy.
“It’s been a while.”
It wasn’t a very long trip, but because we did so many things, it felt like we had been away for a long time.
“Oh! Mr. Ethan!”
“Even Teacher Ethan has arrived.”
Teachers who arrived early were standing in line.
The Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, who had confirmed Ethan, marked the parchment.
Ethan seemed to be the last to arrive. It was not supposed to be the last for a new teacher, but no one pointed that out.
“Well, that’s it. We’ll be leaving right away. As you know, this new recruit training center will be headed by someone we all know.”
All eyes turned to Siron Ramsdale.
“I am going to Ramsdale Territory to receive training led by Master Jed Ramsdale.”
fantasy,
