Chapter 199.1

Translator: JiuJiuBa

Proofreader: Godlycash

I sat down beside hatchling Yong Yong who was sleeping on the bed, patted him and watched him .

Yong Yong had grown to the size of a retriever from my vivid memory where he rose his tiny little paws when he was a little baby .

He was a larger one among retrievers .

Yong Yong, who entered the hibernation not long ago, was sleeping all day long .

Dragons usually go through hibernation, but I had heard that sometimes they didn’t depending on their living conditions .

Yong Yong did not hibernate often, but not long ago he suddenly hibernated .

Both Ho-chi and me had become busy, he became bored more often and for longer periods, so his hibernation naturally begun .

When Yong Yong, who had always been energetic and around me, fell asleep, the world seemed frozen .

I didn’t take care of him because I was too busy at that time . I felt terrible about it .

Right now I can’t wake up Yong Yong, who was hibernating, and play with him . So I could do nothing but stay besides Yong Yong .

I should have been kinder to him when he was awake .

I failed to perform such a simple act .

[Lee YeonHee, 35th floor: What about the 17th floor? I don’t think I can win if I meet your mirage . ]

While patting Yong Yong on his back, I received a message from Lee YeonHee after she finished contemplating .

Lee YeonHee, who was a magic caster that depended on skills and items, indeed showed a great weakness on 35th stage .

Of course, Lee YeonHee’s efforts to improve her skills would enable her to pass through some gates .

I made lots of preparation for that .

The problem is the mirage on the 17th floor .

There is one fact that comforts me .

[Lee HoJae, 60th floor: It is your mirage which will exist on the 17th floor, not mine . You don’t have to do the stage mission so It will be better to solve it with communication . It’s also a standard tactic . ]

I killed the mirage and passed the floor, but I don’t think she needs to do the same .

Each man has his own ways and standards .

What’s more, people would suffer from a tremendous amount of stress if they killed the mirage made based on themselves .

In my case, I didn’t suffer from that . However, it is very possible for Lee YeonHee to be affected .

[Lee Yeonhee, 35th floor: What if the mirage attacks me? I’ve heard that if people meet their doppelgangers, they will die . ]

Things on the 16th floor was not the doppelganger, but a ghost story .

The underlying idea of the ghost story was this .

If you meet another person who had the exact same appearance and identity as yourself, the first impression these two people have for each other will be hostile .

During the conversation, it was totally possible for the mirage, to become aware that she was a fake, to feel jealousy and hate and attack the real Lee Yeon-hee .

What to do .

I should make up a story to explain the situation and fool around .

Or I could say that these useless thoughts should be dismissed .

This was not good .

Lee Yeon Hee is always worried .

The evidence is how dilatory she was on the 30th stage despite having such strength .

She is currently getting through the stages without my advice .

It’s been a long time since she’d asked me for advice, so it’s better to relieve her worries than to make up some nonsense .

[Lee HoJae, 60th floor: Don’t worry too much . I’ll tell you a magic incantation . If the mirage attacks you, say ‘Baruce’, and you’ll be fine . ]

[Lee YeonHee, 35th floor: ‘Baruce’? It sounds like a castle on the Heaven . Hahahaha . ]

I felt that the giggling Lee YeonHee was cursing me .

It must be an illusion .

Lee YeonHee said nothing for a while .

I sighed .

Was she practicing the ‘Baruce’ incantation?

This is the problem of Lee YeonHee .

She is cautious and calm, but still careless at times .

So I couldn’t tell her that she was sluggish like an old turtle .

She could die anywhere at the slightest slip .

Zzzz, Zzzz, Yong Yong puffs from his nose . I annoy him by putting my finger in and out his nostril for fun .

Yong Yong’s nose was throbbing as if it was itchy .

After a some time, Lee YeonHee sent me messages .

She was indeed practicing the ‘Baruce’ incantation .

The moment she mutters the word, the effect built into the item will be activated .

Lee Yeon-hee will not be able to take any action because of extreme pain .

[Lee YeonHee, 35th floor: what was that?]

I could feel her embarrassment through her short question .

It was hard to answer .

What Lee YeonHee felt was not only embarrassment .

The fact that someone can harm them remotely gives great fear to humans .

For Lee YeonHee, who is on the 35th floor, it will be extremely frightening .

However, I should explain that .

Fear scales up through raising various doubts .

It will be better to let her understand .

[Lee HoJae, 60th floor: It is the strength hidden in your necklace Ruceba . (TL note: Ruceba is the name of the necklace . Korean is 루스바)]

I explained that this function was prepared to confront the mirage on the 35th floor .

It was truly for that purpose .

[Lee YeonHee . 35th floor: But this necklace… you sent me this necklace when I went to 2th floor . ]

[Lee HoJae, 60th floor: I prepared for this in advance . ]

[Lee YeonHee, 35th floor: Why don’t you tell me in advance . ]

Because you’ll kick me if I talked about it .

In addition, the mirage could get the information about the function of this necklace .

I explained it to her carefully .

[Lee YeonHee, 35th floor: Okay, I see . I’ll take this necklace off . Since I have arrived at the 35th floor, it’s meaningless to wear it . ]

[Lee HoJae, 60th floor: Alright . ]

The conversation ended awkwardly .

No matter how necessary it is, Lee YeonHee’s feelings will worsen .

Because I caused it .

I thought it was necessary to apologise, but to apologise was also awkward .

Because it is useful on the 35th floor .

But even so, I felt apologetic .

The necklace of Ruceba was made before Lee YeonHee came into the tutorial .

In fact, it was an experiment based on the idea that I could control the newbies who just entered the tutorial by pain, and not to confront the mirage on the 35th floor .

Another function hidden in Ruceba necklace was the remote drive that works beyond the dimensions .

Newbies who entered before Lee YeonHee usually died on the lower floors .

They died one after another as if the effort I made for them at that time was totally useless .

I couldn’t figured that out at that time .

Even when I have provided detailed strategies that suit their own level, they couldn’t get over the 3th floor and died .

There were many challengers who didn’t want to move beyond the first floor .

Chanllengers wasted their time in the waiting room became stressed out and lonely and finally committed suicide . I wanted to create a means to force them to progress .

Of course, the experiment failed .

If I succeeded in experimenting with force beyond the dimensions of the tutorial stage, I would have been in Seoul now, not here on the 60th floor .

While I was sighing, Ho-chi opened the door and came in .

“Why do you look like that?”

“I’m just emotional . ”

Situations where my actions are controlled by emotions occurred less often than before .

But my emotions still exists .

Without regard to the feelings of others, my emotion exerts much more influence than before .