Seeing (1)
Cheon Li Yu spoke honestly about everything without holding anything back.
An ordinary mana user would never be this completely open about their awakened ability.
It could become a fatal weakness, which was why revealing such details was something users hated the most.
But she explained it all anyway.
It wasn’t because she was foolish.
In such an urgent situation, there was no other way to gain the other party’s trust quickly.
Though this approach might have been somewhat extreme, it clearly demonstrated sincerity… And in fact, Seon Yul trusted her more easily because of it.
“So, with your Divine Eye ability, you’re saying you can let me see beneath that bridge?”
“Yes.”
“…Do you happen to know what my ability is?”
The very suggestion that she could ‘show’ him something meant she had to understand his ability quite well.
That was why Seon Yul wondered how much she knew about him.
“I don’t know it well. I only saw a few scenes… I saw a future where I helped you, SafetyFirst, and showed you beneath that bridge. That’s why I brought up helping you first.”
In truth, she didn’t properly know what Seon Yul’s ability was.
She had only seen a future where she helped him and therefore knew in advance how she had helped.
“Doesn’t seem like she’s lying. But if I can really see beneath the bridge… maybe I can use Absolute Space…”
Seon Yul also didn’t know exactly what kind of ability Cheon Li Yu possessed.
But if she could somehow shift his field of vision beneath the bridge…
Then by using the condition that Absolute Space could be activated anywhere within his line of sight, he might be able to open Absolute Space from an impossible distance.
Of course, this was all hypothetical.
But the reason this hypothesis felt possible was… because Cheon Li Yu had already seen the future.
“Let’s try it first.”
Under normal circumstances, he would have thought a bit longer, but right now the situation was different.
They had to attack before the Manaconda laid its second batch of eggs.
Even now, after the first hatching, hundreds of Snake Men filled the area around Hannam Bridge. If the second hatching finished, the newly hatched Snake Men could scatter in all directions and cause massive damage.
And the second reason was simply that it truly felt like it would work.
If Cheon Li Yu wasn’t lying, it would actually be stranger if it didn’t work. That was why Seon Yul could immediately say to try it.
“To activate my ability, I need to touch you, Safety First.”
At her words, Seon Yul extended his left hand.
“Alright. Go ahead.”
Cheon Li Yu grasped his left hand with her right hand.
“Please give me a little time.”
Then she focused her mind.
When she used Divine Eye herself, she only needed to gaze at the desired location and concentrate slightly. But sharing that vision with someone else required an entirely different level of concentration.
To share sight, she had to maintain focus far longer than expected, and even the slightest lapse would immediately sever the connection.
She began by activating Divine Eye toward the underside of Hannam Bridge, where Seon Yul wanted to see.
Flaaash!
After securing her own vision, she focused again on sharing it with Seon Yul.
“Show it to him!”
Bzzzzzz…
As mentioned repeatedly, sharing vision was not easy.
She had to connect her mind to the other person’s and overwrite their field of vision with her own. Naturally, this was extremely difficult.
About 20 seconds passed.
Seon Yul slowly felt his vision beginning to change. There was a faint sense of foreignness and slight rejection, but it was far from unbearable.
And about 30 seconds later…
The sharing was complete.
Flaaash!
Seon Yul now perfectly shared the same vision as Cheon Li Yu.
He could truly see beneath Hannam Bridge.
Clear as day… from right in front of the gate.
“The distance was relatively close, so the sharing was completed quickly.”
If the desired location was farther away, the difficulty of sharing vision increased accordingly, and more time was required.
“…Whoa.”
Even while experiencing it firsthand, Seon Yul couldn’t help but be amazed.
This was the first time he had learned that awakened abilities could be shared like this.
“Now you can do what you want.”
Hearing her, Seon Yul set aside his fascination and cautiously tested whether this shared vision would count as his own line of sight.
[Create Absolute Space Entrance!]
He attempted to open an entrance to Absolute Space in the field of vision he was currently seeing.
Bzzzz…
Amazingly, it opened.
“What! It works!!!”
An Absolute Space entrance opened beneath Hannam Bridge.
And the moment the entrance opened meant…
Bzzzing.
The muzzle of a GAU-19 slowly protruded from the entrance to Absolute Space.
Seon Yul also focused intensely and began finely controlling the extremely fast GAU-19.
The combat setup of the GAU-19 had already been prepared when he brought his aunt into Absolute Space, so he only needed to control it.
Cheon Li Yu maintained intense concentration to keep the shared vision stable, while Seon Yul, still holding her hand, focused equally hard to control the GAU-19.
The two stood still on the rooftop of an apartment near Hannam Bridge, holding hands tightly.
At a glance, it might have looked like they were on a date, but in reality, they were both sustaining high-level mental focus in entirely different domains.
“Fire!”
Seon Yul concentrated and pulled the trigger of the GAU-19.
Whiiiiirr! Dudududududududududu!
The three barrels arranged in a triangular formation began rotating rapidly, spewing… not mere bullets, but practically cannon-level 12.7×99mm NATO rounds at a rate of 65 per second.
KWA-BOOOOM!
They struck precisely at the point where the Manaconda connected to the gate.
Kieeeeeeeeng!
Struck directly at its weak point with overwhelming firepower, the Manaconda naturally twisted and writhed violently.
At the same time, the Snake Men swarmed to protect the Manaconda, crawling like an army of ants up the pillars of Hannam Bridge toward the underside.
But Seon Yul’s Absolute Space entrance floated in midair, and from it, the enchanted GAU-19 continuously spewed fire, making approach nearly impossible.
Many Snake Men boldly clung beneath the bridge and leaped toward the entrance, but they were shredded in midair and vanished before even touching it.
Since Seon Yul had not opened the entrance very wide to begin with, to the Snake Men, it was like having an enemy located at a single point in empty air.
No matter how many sacrificed themselves charging forward, they were either torn apart midair or simply fell to the ground.
Meanwhile, the massive rounds pouring from the GAU-19 relentlessly struck the connection point between the Manaconda and the gate.
KWA-BOOOOM!
The damage accumulated.
Everything was perfect.
The only ones struggling were the two maintaining concentration…
Seon Yul and Cheon Li Yu.
For Cheon Li Yu, this was her first time sharing a vision with someone for so long. But more than that, she was also seeing the same scene Seon Yul was seeing, leaving her mind overwhelmed.
Maintaining focus was becoming difficult.
Conversely, for Seon Yul, controlling the GAU-19 while sustaining Absolute Space through shared vision felt drastically different from normal, making control much harder.
Even amid such difficulty, the two continued holding hands tightly(?) and maintaining their concentration.
Though the actual battle raged far away, the battle of focus on the apartment rooftop was just as fierce.
That intensity continued for over ten minutes, and the insane firepower of the enchanted GAU-19 finally destroyed the connection point between the Manaconda and the gate.
Parasitic monsters were nearly immortal unless that connection point was destroyed.
That was why Seon Yul had targeted only that point from the beginning, and his aim succeeded perfectly.
Crackcrackcrack… KWA-BOOOOOM!
The Manaconda split apart violently along with the gate and exploded entirely.
At the same time, the Snake Men that the Manaconda had hatched all turned into smoke and vanished.
With the main body gone, it was only natural that the Snake Men, essentially summoned entities would disappear as well.
[You have eliminated the parasitic monster ‘Manaconda.’]
[The Snake Men, summoned entities of the Manaconda, are all annihilated.]
[Calculating your contribution related to the elimination of Manaconda.]
[Contribution 72.14%. Significant experience and loot will be settled to you.]
[Invasion Event 3 consecutive gate destruction bonus will be settled.]
[First party hunt success bonus will be settled.]
[All rewards obtained during the event will be collectively calculated and settled after the invasion event ends.]
……
……
“Party?”
The word felt slightly out of place for a moment, but he didn’t pay much attention to it.
It was true that Cheon Li Yu had contributed greatly to this hunt, so it was only natural that she had been recognized as a party member.
“Huff… huff…”
As the hunt ended, Cheon Li Yu breathed heavily, exhausted.
It was her first time experiencing something like this, and everything felt unfamiliar and difficult.
“You worked hard.”
As he spoke, Seon Yul tried to release her hand.
But even with her head lowered while catching her breath, Cheon Li Yu was still holding tightly onto his hand.
“Um… my hand…”
“Ah! Oh! I… I’m sorry!”
Only then did she let go. The tension had been so immense that she hadn’t even realized she was still holding his hand.
“We succeeded, right?”
She asked with an expression of disbelief.
Seon Yul gave her a small nod.
“Yes, that’s right. You really worked hard. Thanks to you, we were able to take it down.”
In truth, if Cheon Li Yu hadn’t been there, Seon Yul might have given up on this gate and moved on to another.
“Whew… I’m glad I was helpful.”
Even though she had seen the future, the future could always change due to countless variables. She had worried that perhaps her mistake might alter it.
But fortunately, it seemed that the future had not changed so far.
Originally, Seon Yul was supposed to escort Cheon Li Yu to a reasonably safe place and then immediately depart to find the next gate.
But now, his resolve was wavering.
“Her ability works way too well with mine…”
He had tasted it only once, but now that he had, it was impossible to let go… like becoming addicted to a highly addictive drug.
He still didn’t know the exact limitations of her vision-sharing ability, but even what she had just done was an enormous help.
“Come to think of it, the safest place is right next to me, isn’t it?”
Seon Yul began rationalizing to himself.
Despite having absolutely no intention of letting her into Absolute Space, he nonetheless convinced himself that beside him was the safest place for her.
In the end, Seon Yul… addicted to Cheon Li Yu’s ability, defeated the part of himself that preferred being alone.
“Um…”
“Excuse me…”
They both looked at each other and spoke at the same time.
“You go first.”
Seon Yul yielded.
Cheon Li Yu carefully continued.
“Um… if it’s not too much trouble… and if I can be even a little helpful… could I… travel together with you, SafetyFirst?”
In the future she had seen, they didn’t part ways after just this one time, so she was the one to bring it up first.
“Ah… yes. Of course.”
Seon Yul nodded as if it were the most natural thing.
He had been about to suggest it first anyway, so there was no reason to refuse.
“At least until this event ends, we’ll stick together.”
Seon Yul believed that with Cheon Li Yu’s help, he could launch far more creative, safer, and more precise attacks, so it was only right to receive her help during the invasion event.
And so, the two-person party continued.
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