Chapter 29 - The Djinn and Gari Mountain (2)

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11 P.M.

I finally returned to my room 12 hours after the start of the Mock Dungeon Trial.

Cube told the cadets that an internal investigation would occur rather than deploying an external police or Heroes of the Hero Association. It was only possible thanks to no cadet being killed or injured.

In other words, the Djinns making up the upper brass of Cube had succeeded in masking this incident. An extensive external investigation would only occur after the end of the 'second incident.'

"...I got super lucky."

In any case, the Fitness Center was closed because of the ruckus, so I was loafing around in my room, looking at my laptop.

[An incredible luck applies, blocking a silent ambush!]

[Narrow Escape from Death (1/9) – A special stat, accumulation of luck, becomes partly unlocked!]

As I thought, it was by pure luck that I dodged the poison arrow. Because of it, a special stat called accumulation of luck was unlocked.

A special stat was... Well, to explain this, I had to first explain how stats worked.

In this world, stats were divided into three major categories: variable stats, invariable stats, and special stats.

Variable stats and invariable stats were something people were born with. Even a baby had strength, magic power, vitality, intelligence, and other basic stats.

But special stats were something that most people didn't have. For example, every human was born with magic power, the power to wield mana. But they weren't born with 'magic power control' and 'mental power', which were needed to conjure and utilize magic power. These two abilities came from an innate talent and continuous effort.

As a result, cadets generally had a different number of special stats. Most had two basic special stats – magic power control and mental power. In the case of Kim Suho, he also had an additional special stat called 'resistance', and Chae Nayun had an additional special stat called 'intuition'.

"...Hm."

[Accumulation of luck – 11%]

And I had just gotten one too.

It was only 11% unlocked, so there really wasn't anything I could do with it. Plus, there was no explanation about the stat, so I didn't even know what it did.

'Well, I'm sure I'll found out eventually.'

The more important matter was Sven. I needed to know what he was planning. He was undoubtedly scheming on Chae Nayun, and he would likely lose control once he was alone with her. After all, one of the negative side-effects of a Djinn Contract was amplification of emotions and obsession.

Should I contact Chae Nayun? ...No.

I opened my laptop. It felt like a crime... no, it was most certainly a crime, but I didn't have any other choice.

Using my laptop's Internet Access functionality, I accessed Chae Nayun's smartwatch. I only needed to spend a small amount of SP.

[Chae Nayun → Kim Suho]

[Hey, what's up?]

[Shin Jonghak → Chae Nayun]

[Hey, do you want to go grab a late night snack?]

Several messages were coming and going, and I tried my best to not look at them. The only conversation I needed to see was Sven's.

As expected of Chae Nayun, she was receiving messages from several male and female cadets. I only found Sven's name after scrolling down for a while.

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