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◈ I Made a Tier List the Transcendents Are Obsessed With ◈
Chapter 45: The Giant Hand (1)
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The flaw in knowledge transfer that I discovered through testing on Lee Hamyung was easy enough to fix.
The key was not to pour in too much information all at once.
Of course, Lee Hamyung had been fine, but that was only because the knowledge I transferred to him had been a single sword move.
If I tried to transfer something like spellcraft, which remained useful even after transcendence, in its entirety, he would probably turn into an idiot on the spot.
"Done."
After several tests, I was able to sort out the entire process.
If I could not put the knowledge in all at once, I just had to divide it up and transfer it slowly over several rounds.
After finishing everything, I went to Wendy.
"I-I really trust you!"
"...That sounds like you don't believe it at all."
When I frowned at her tone, which sounded like some criminal making threats, she vigorously shook her head.
"No, I definitely believe you. I do, but... You're the one who scared me in the first place, Master."
"That was just procedure. Doctors and Augmenters give warnings like that before surgery too, don't they?"
'Your mind might get a little messed up if something goes wrong.'
It seemed that line had scared her badly.
Even though I had said I could fix her right away if it did get a little messed up.
"Huuup. Hooo."
Wendy began breathing in earnest, like a woman practicing Lamaze breathing before childbirth.
I could only let out a quiet laugh at the sight.
Ignoring her "W-w-w-wait!" kind of resistance, I activated the improved technique.
[ Would you like to withdraw 750 Points? ]
That was the maximum amount my duplicate body could currently accept.
After transferring it, I slowly drew Karma out of the thing that was blooming with light in every direction.
"Ooooh."
Wendy's eyes went round as she watched the long golden strand emerge, as though she had never been afraid in the first place.
I slowly processed the strand, stretched out like taffy, and transformed it into the enlightenment I possessed.
'I am a little worried that the purity might decrease.'
Unlike the enlightenment from the sword move I had given Lee Hamyung, this also included some of the enlightenment I had gained when breaking through a realm on the path of magic.
I wondered if that would make it less efficient instead.
Still, aside from our individual constitutions and knowledge, Wendy and I had one thing in common. We were both ordinary mortals.
Maybe some of what I had felt myself would help her break through.
It was just an impulse.
Shurururuk-
I brought the long golden strand to Wendy's temple.
The light slowly entered her, like rainwater seeping into the ground, while her pupils gradually turned hazy.
"Ooh... ooh..."
"...What's with that sound?"
Regardless of how strange her voice was, the stream of light slowly entering her proved that the technique was working properly.
After repeating the process for roughly two hours, every strand of light finally disappeared.
"Heehee..."
Wendy wore a satisfied smile for some reason, drool running down her chin.
I waved my fingers before her as she stared blankly at me with unfocused eyes.
"How many fingers do you see?"
"...Mmmh."
Her tongue lolled loosely, making her words slur.
Strictly speaking, this state was probably called selfless absorption, or attaining the Way.
"...Seeing it in person, though."
It looked much more pathetic than I had imagined.
Her appearance was far from unpleasant, so I could call it cute.
Still, she looked a little too stupid for someone in the process of attaining enlightenment.
Or was Wendy the only one like this?
I was looking over her expression with that reasonable suspicion when...
"Ugh... aaah... ah..."
"What's gotten into her?"
Her expression suddenly changed, and she began reaching into empty air several times.
Even I could not help being flustered by the abrupt change.
"Ah... ugh... d-don't..."
As though something were happening right before her eyes, she cried out. I grabbed her shoulders.
Something had gone very wrong.
"Wendy. Wendy! Pull yourself together! Can you hear what I'm saying?"
"Ah... ahh... I can't hear you..."
Fortunately, it seemed that part of her awareness remained.
I hurriedly used every mental spell and magic I could manage while continuing to question her.
"Where are we right now? Answer me. Where are we?"
"Sandeulwon..."
"What?"
The moment she said that name, I froze.
...Why was that name coming up here?
"Ah... ugh... I don't wanna go... please..."
I could not move for a moment at the words that followed.
Sandeulwon was the name of the orphanage run by the director who had given me the name Park Jincheol, back when I was Park Jincheol.
* * *
Amid that brief confusion, Wendy saw several memories.
Not just enlightenment leading toward a realm on the path of magic, but several extremely personal and detailed scenes.
Everything seemed to be unfolding right before her eyes.
The exact circumstances and details were unclear.
But the emotions, sounds, and inverted view from those moments flashed past one after another.
Violence inflicted upon a child's body.
His emotional reactions weakened with repetition, until the violence itself came to be accepted as something that simply had to be routinely endured.
It was closer to resignation than despair.
Wrapped in helplessness, the boy often spent his days staring blankly into space.
Why was I born like this?
Forced to mature early, the boy learned pain before even reaching adolescence.
His resentment and anger should have been directed at those responsible, but he did not know the secret of his birth, so those feelings turned back toward himself.
As the years soaked in self-hatred passed, the boy grew older and began immersing himself in several things to bleach away that pain.
For example...
"Wendy! Pull yourself together!"
"...Ah."
At that moment, every memory cut off, and her vision flipped back.
Jin was before her, looking at her with a worried expression.
"You're awake? You're really okay, right?"
He wiped away the tears running down her cheeks as he checked on her.
The memories that were fading as she awoke overlapped with Jin's face for a moment, and an impulse rose within her.
Squeeze-
"It's okay, it's okay."
"..."
She pulled him into a hug with all her strength and whispered the words again.
Then she patted the body that had stiffened in surprise.
It was an instinctive movement.
After that chain of impulses, Wendy soon lost consciousness.
* * *
[ Honestly, aren't you tired of beating up on Seventh Dimension people by now? ]
No.
It's fun every time.
It feels new every time I do it.
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- Wow, you still have that much downvote firepower? Savage. Really savage lol
└ They are ruthless, which is why they did all that stupid shit in the first place lol
└ That's exactly it;;
└ Dumb question, obvious answer lol
- They keep acting proud and blaming others, so it just makes me want to beat them up more.
└ Seriously. Even now, they're fighting among themselves over who did more persecuting. Insane lol
[ To be honest, Elf subspecies and the Yaksha race were discriminated against too, so maybe they have a right to feel unfairly blamed... ]
A Reteim Hero abandoning the capital and fleeing.
(Photo of a Hero fleeing)
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- I came here to argue, but this is ridiculous;;
- Why are you suddenly beating up Reteim people? lol
- Why is there even a picture of a Hero abandoning the capital and fleeing...?
└ ShiningSword) It obviously looks fake;;
└ Yeah, go ask your 226,091st Hero senior lol
└ You're such a rookie that you can't even recognize your own senior lol
- But aren't they genuinely being blamed unfairly...?
└ Even while they were being discriminated against, they discriminated against the Drevan too.
└ In this matter, they're all accomplices. Nobody is innocent.
The Transcendent Gallery was still enthusiastically using the Seventh Dimension as a punching bag.
Of course, the momentum had weakened considerably.
After all, it was not a particularly interesting topic from the Transcendents' perspective.
Most Transcendents were obsessed with training and combat. They might enjoy hurling criticism and mockery for a while, but it was a subject they were bound to grow tired of quickly.
If anything, the spread of the story had a greater effect on beings below transcendence in the Seventh Dimension.
Amid the controversy that was gradually fading, the next spark was lit by someone other than Oz.
[ Do you guys even know something happened in the First Dimension while you're posting on the Gallery? ] - Dictation
A fucking huge hand appeared in the First Dimension, and it's chaos right now.
People will probably make a shitload of posts soon anyway, but I'll tell you first lol.
(Photo of a gigantic blue hand)
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- What the fuck is that?
- This was uploaded as perception-type visual data, so I can't get a sense of the size.
└ Dictation) Roughly two or three exceptionally large galaxies across?
└ That's fucking huge lol
- So what are people in the First Dimension doing about it right now?
└ Dictation) Some beings below transcendence couldn't withstand the spiritual power, and a few died. The ones who can handle it are scrambling to investigate.
└ I seriously think even the True Body of a member of the Giant God race would be smaller than that;;
- Should I go to the First Dimension?
└ What would you do there?
└ Watch from afar, what else? You expect me to investigate that at the risk of my life? If I go, I'll go in an avatar body.
It was a bizarre phenomenon that had appeared suddenly for the first time in hundreds of millions of years, excluding Oz.
Everyone's attention began to turn toward the First Dimension.
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