I Stole the Number One Ranker’s Soul - Chapter 26

Episode 026

“Wait a minute! Could you please remove all the tables and chairs in the living room? “I wanted to use a little more space…”

“Yes. I’ll clean it up right away.”

Fortunately, it seemed like it wasn’t an unreasonable request. After a while, a few more employees came in and left with tables and chairs. This was

my first time staying at a hotel like this and it was my first time staying in a suite, so I was completely surprised by all of this.

“Is there anything else you need?”

“yes. thank you.”

The employee seemed to smile a little when I greeted him politely without even realizing it because his attitude was so polite.

Finally, everyone left and only I and Seo Ji-han were left in this palace-like room.

A suite room.

My heart is pounding.

I was so excited that I started exploring the room as soon as the staff member left.

“Wow, look at this. The bathtub is in front of the window! Oh, there’s a small room here too. oh. “There is food in the refrigerator. The bed is huge too!”

Go into the large bathtub and open the refrigerator door.

After looking at the wine rack and jumping on the huge bed that seemed to fit four people, Seo Ji-han spoke quietly.

– You look happy.

Seo Ji-han had a strange expression, as if he was holding back laughter.

Only then did I realize that I was jumping around excitedly, like a puppy seeing its first snow.

My face suddenly heated up.

“Mr. Seo Ji-han may be used to this, but it’s my first time here…”

– Who’s saying? I’m saying it’s good because he looks happy. Why don’t we play more?

“No…”

– Shall we go then?

“yes.”

I shyly followed Seo Ji-han, who was leading the way.

The place we arrived was the reception room where we asked the staff to remove all tables and chairs.

Thanks to all the furniture being gone, the living room was left with an empty space large enough to play a quick game of basketball.

– The advantage of this hotel suite is that it has a spacious living room. Now take it out.

“Do you really have to take it out? “I’m worried that they’ll destroy the hotel room here.”

– You have to take it out.

I took Kergis’ Horn out of my inventory as carefully as I could.

Perhaps thanks to this, the horn was placed lightly on the carpet with a gap of about 1 meter from the living room wall.

It’s big and sturdy, but it doesn’t weigh that much so I can carry it around.

A huge golden horn placed on the carpet in an old-fashioned drawing room.

The shape looks like that of a rhinoceros beetle.

The way it shined under the light made it feel like the work of an artist.

So what do we do with this now?

I looked at Seo Ji-han, waiting for the next instructions.

– Well, it won’t be easy.

Looking at the horns, he brought his eyebrows together as if assessing something.

At the same time, I felt like I was becoming more serious.

– I tell you in advance, it won’t be easy. The situation has become more difficult than when I obtained the horn piece of Silaghis.

I swallowed my saliva.

A scene of the main character training that I saw in a movie came to mind.

Breaking wooden dolls?

Punching in hot sand?

Walking on charcoal?

It may feel a little strange, but I think this is a difficult training… I

steeled myself and waited for Seo Ji-han’s words.

Looking at my determined face, Seo Ji-han suddenly said something absurd.

– Eat all of this.

yes?

“Uh… I think I heard wrong. “You didn’t tell me to eat it, right?”

– No, that’s right. eat.

There was an absurd silence for a moment.

what. Is this a joke?

But it doesn’t look like he’s joking.

You’re not playing with me, are you?

Did you seriously tell me to eat this?

why? Or rather, how?

“Really? “You’re not mistaken, are you?”

Kergis’ horns are hard.

Enough to easily destroy the cement wall in my bedroom.

But you want to eat that?

I thought it looked like a stag beetle, but what kind of deer antler is this?

I had no idea what to do or what to do, so I stroked Kergis’ horn in a daze.

The polished horns were not even scratched by the hand as to what material they were made of.

– huh. I need to eat.

Seo Ji-han nodded as if stating the obvious.

The sight of him leaning against the wall so calmly, as if he were watching someone else’s business, is quite disgusting.

“how?”

– Into the mouth.

I looked closely at Seo Ji-han’s face to see if I could find a smile, but he was very serious.

Seo Ji-han is sincerely asking people to eat this horn.

– I’m not kidding. When I got the horn piece of Silaghis, I also got the skill like that. I believe it because it is said by an experienced person.

Even though he said that, I couldn’t believe it at all.

Rather, it was doubtful that Seo Ji-han had actually eaten this horn.

“You said Seo Ji-han also ate it?”

– huh.

After saying that much, I have nothing to say.

As I was just stroking my horn out of embarrassment, he urged me again.

– Pretend you’re being fooled and take a bite.

“I don’t think your teeth will get stuck, right?”

– no. It’s worth eating.

Seo Ji-han, who said that, even pointed out the right place, saying that it would be okay to take a bite around here.

It was the slightly thinner part of Kergis’s thick horn that seemed easy to bite into.

“You got that skill?”

– okay. When you eat the boss’s horn, you gain skills.

“No, no matter what…”

When I only hesitated and didn’t move, he gave me a clear instruction as if he was frustrated.

– Go ahead and have a bite.

Anyway, there is no answer until you try it yourself.

In the end, I decided that I was being fooled and left. I bit into the horn of Kergis.

I thought it wouldn’t sink my teeth, but surprisingly, the hard horn of Kergis entered my mouth with a crunchy texture, like biting into an apple. It felt like eating a dry, tasteless

apple .

At the same time, a notification message appeared in front of my eyes.

I have consumed the horn of King Kergis.

When 100% consumption is completed, I will inherit the skill of King Kergis.

Current progress 1%

Inheritable skill

〈s-class Chungwang Cannon〉 (active)

〈s-class Thunderstorm〉(Active)

I urgently looked at Seo Ji-han at that surprising sentence.

He nodded with a knowing expression.

– You say you can inherit some of the skills?

“No, it doesn’t say part, just two skills.” “It says I can inherit it.”

– Two?

He asked in a bit of surprise, then nodded as if he understood something.

– Well, since I acquired the whole horn, not just a piece, it seems like there are a lot of skills that can be obtained. When I was there, there was only one.

“What skill?”

– S-Class Dead Man’s Revenge. It is a skill that increases attack power according to the amount of damage received to the body.

Oh, the reason Seo Ji-han stuck Kergis’ front leg in the stomach before was because of that skill.

In the end, the attack was fatal. He died.

No matter how you look at it, it seems like a suicide skill.

“It doesn’t seem like a very good skill…”

– The demon king Silagis had no physical body, so he was able to reorganize his body by creating clones or scattering. . It’s not a good match for me, but if you’re a hunter with a high-grade regeneration skill, the attack power increase efficiency is good, so the skill itself is pretty good.

“Does Seo Ji-han have any regeneration skills?”

– doesn’t exist.

“And healing skills?”

– doesn’t exist.

“What are you planning to do next day?”

When the Battle of Kergis was mentioned, Seo Ji-han smiled bitterly and changed the topic.

– Because I was in a hurry at the time. Sorry, but I want to talk about something else.

Even though we’ve always been together these days and become closer, Seo Ji-han hit a wall like this at some point.

It’s clear that he’s hiding something.

I thought it would be rude to ask too much about his personal history, so I didn’t think about it as deeply as possible.

And I had this vague feeling that he wouldn’t do anything that would harm me.

-Tell me what skills you gained.

I nodded.

“There are two S-class Chungwangpo and S-class Chungwang thunderstorms.”

I was once again surprised.

Wow, both of them are S-class.

If it’s Chungwangpo, it’s probably that, right?

Something like the beam Kergis used to shoot from his horn.

That’s what we exchanged as the final blow to each other.

And Chungwang Thunderstorm is probably the name of the wide-area attack Kergis used to catch Seo Ji-han running away like a squirrel.

Not only was I not completely hit by the attack, but I was swept away by the aftermath from afar, so I got scratches all over.

I can’t believe I have that skill.

– Both are good skills.

“Is this the skill Kergis used during the fight back then?”

– It will happen.

Seo Ji-han nodded, scratching his chin lightly and thinking.

“Why are you doing this?”

– Umm, you said there was no magic ability, right?

“yes.”

-There is no need to worry in advance. Nothing.

“Are you worried?”

– Nothing.

Feeling embarrassed at Seo Ji-han’s firm words, I took another bite of the horn.

It has no taste at all, so eating it is a struggle.

Is it fortunate that there is no bitter or unpleasant taste?

It was fortunate that this horn was so large that one could not associate it with an insect.

“You said it was about this size? “The horn obtained by Seo Ji-han.”

Seo Ji-han nodded as he muttered his horn and drew a picture with his hand as if to gauge the size of what he had made in the semi-basement room.

– okay.

If it had been this size, it wouldn’t have been so disturbing.

I sighed every time I saw the enormous horns of Kergis filling my eyes.

It really feels like a hamster eating a watermelon.

At what age should you eat this?

Watermelon is delicious at least.

“I thought it was something like exercise to get stronger, but it turned out to be a diet.”

When I grumbled, Seo Ji-han burst out laughing.

It seems like he really likes the word diet.

– The way for awakened people to become stronger is probably through diet.

“really?”

– Of course, equipment items will be the main trend, but there are also potions that increase ability points.

Seo Ji-han, without a smile on his face, spoke softly.

I nodded and took another bite of the horn.

Ugh, it really tastes bad.

“Can I cut this up and put it in a side dish container or something and eat it? “It’s inconvenient to need this much space every time I eat.”

-There will be no other way than to cut it with your mouth and eat it. Why don’t you stay here until you finish eating?

How long will it take to eat all of this?

And how much will the accommodation cost be until then?

I was tapping the calculator in my head and shook my head.

“Anyway, what did you think about eating this?”