The direction Cha Jin-Hyeok was sent flying was nearly perfect. As he reached out his hand to the green rune, he felt something subtly different from when he usually gained a Mystery.1

‘This is not a Mystery!’0

It was similar to a Mystery, but not quite one. It was a feeling that Jin-Hyeok had never experienced before.1

[You have made contact with 「Will to Protect」.]0

Just then, the voice he had heard earlier spoke again.0

[Oh, Glorious One, follow this path. Beyond this road where life and death intersect, there shall be a radiance that will brightly illuminate you. My seven-thousand-year wait has not been in vain.]1

The place where life and death intersected—Jin-Hyeok surmised that the true reward of the Hidden Quest awaited there, and that place was none other than the Hatching Chamber, where Shin Yu-Ri had destroyed all the eggs, turning life into death. It seemed as though the Will to Protect revealed itself where countless lives and deaths intersected.1

[You have proven your qualification to 「Barudnaima」, so the 「Will to Protect」 will awaken as a Mystery.]2

Green mana lines flowed from his hand, across his shoulders, and spread throughout him.0

It felt as if he had plunged into an ocean made of mana. The high density of mana even made it slightly difficult to breathe.0

‘Ah, so this is it.’0

Jin-Hyeok came to a realization. He couldn’t be sure if this were the correct term, but the ‘Will to Protect’ was an ingredient for the...0