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“It’s firmer inside! Come closer!” Yeon Bo-Ra shouted, furrowing her brow as if straining with all her might.
Thud! Boom! Crack!
Beads of sweat glistened on her forehead. Likely due to the chimera’s ceaseless assault, relentlessly pounding against the mud wall.
“Are you okay? You look exhausted,” Eun-Ho asked.
“I can’t compress it properly, so it’s unstable. But I’ll hold on as long as I can!” she replied, her voice tight.
He’d asked because she seemed to be barely managing, but her answer veered off, as if holding back the truth.
“You’ve really grown, Yeon Bo-Ra,” Eun-Ho said.
“Pfft. Are you treating me like a kid right now?” she shot back, half laughing, half indignant.
Eun-Ho felt both proud of her and grateful for her resolve.
Then, he handed over a plastic bottle he had just summoned. “Here, take this.”
It was filled with clear water, tinged faintly brown.
“What is this?” she asked.
“A tonic. It’ll boost your stamina.”
[Stewed Ginseng Root]
- Root of a young ginseng raised under a concentrated energy barrier.
- Absorbing it permanently increases Stamina.
- Because the exposure time to the barrier was short, the effect is limited.
In truth, its effects were so faint that it no longer did anything for him. However, for someone like Yeon Bo-Ra, whose strength was at rock bottom, it was a precious, restorative elixir.
“If you’re helping me anyway, drink this and endure a bit longer,” he urged.
She froze, holding the bottle, staring directly at his face.
“Aren’t you going to drink it?” he asked.
She only blinked, as if caught off guard.
“It’s not an offering, you know,” he teased.
When he prodded her, she finally let out a bashful smile and played with her hair...
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