The Frozen Player Returns

right now.
That was how great the chill emanating from the potion bottle was.

“I'm buying it.”

Seo Jun-Ho didn’t hesitate to buy the two potions for 400,000 points each.

 

[You have purchased the Amitabha Holy Water.]

[You have purchased the Heart of the Darkness Dog.]

 

800,000 points were deducted.

'That's why she told me to prepare 800,000 points.’

However, he had tried to buy a strange potion for 700,000 points, so of course she would become frustrated.
He would have nothing to say even if he was told that he was stupid.
Seo Jun-Ho approached her with an awkward expression.

“Thank you.”

“Huh? What for? Oh, for selling you the items?”

She could be an actress.
Her acting was getting better with her sly performance of pretending to not know anything.

“But can I ask you a question?”

“What is it?”

Seo Jun-Ho looked around the store and asked, “Any Player can use this store, right?”

“That's right.”

“Does that mean that fiends can use this place, too?”

“Of course…”

“…Why do you leave them as they are?”

Fiends were the biggest obstacle for Players when climbing the floor.
If the ultimate goal of Administrators was to let Players clear the floors, the fiends were clearly people they had to get rid of.

“Sorry, but Administrators don't get involved in Players’ business.
No, I should say that we can't…”

“Why is that?”

“That's the rule.”

“Rules…
Who made those rules?”

’

Reiji smiled and extended her index finger and pointed it toward the ceiling.

“The people above.”

“…”

Seo Jun-Ho stared blankly at the ceiling.
“Are they gods?”

“Hmm… that's a bit of a broad word.
Because…”

Clap!

While talking, she suddenly clapped her hands.

“Oh, I almost misspoke.
I have to go to bed now, so can you get lost?”

“Wait, could you finish what you were saying…!”

“Nope.
I refuse.”

The last thing Seo Jun-Ho saw was a smile on Reiji's lips.
The location changed again after that.

 

“Oh, he appeared.
Where have you been?” asked the Frost Queen.

“…At the Administrator’s store.”

“Did you get anything useful?”

“Yeah.”

With a slightly blank look, Seo Jun-Ho took out a wooden box containing two drugs.
The Frost Queen looked closely at them and shook her head.
“It was certainly worth going through all that hard work to collect those points.
But…”

She continued, clearing the wooden box containing the 'Amitabha Holy Water' to one side.
“The yin energy in this is still too massive for you to accept.
You will not be able to endure it.”

“As expected… Even the Ex-grade Frost is still not good enough?”

“It is not about the grade.” The Frost Queen poked him lightly.
“Your body is not complete yet.”

Currently, if you only considered stats, Seo Jun-Ho was on the same level as when he had been Specter in the past.
However, even in his Specter days, he would not have been able to take the Amitabha Holy Water.
The potion was just that amazing.
It was an ancient potion that heaven would only give to those who were prepared.

‘For potions of this level, it’d be a waste to just absorb the energy.’

This was similar to the case of the 'Frozen Heart' he had just taken just a while ago.
He only took it after absorbing the cold energy with the Frost skill.
However, he had only done that because the potion’s strength was ambiguous…

‘It's a different story when it comes to the Amitabha Holy Water.’

Potions of this caliber were things you would only see once or twice in your life.
The moment it was used by a person, the effect was likely to be halved.
It was much better to take it safely than to gamble, after all.

“It’s a shame, but I can't help it.
It’s not like it’ll disappear over time.” Seo Jun-Ho swallowed his regret and looked at the wooden box containing the ‘Heart of the Darkness Dog.’ “I should take this now, then.”

“I will stand guard for you.”

When taking a potion, there must be no interference.
Since you were taking in a huge amount of energy at once, if you were disturbed and something went wrong, you could become crippled.
As the Frost Queen flew toward the entrance, emitting frost, Seo Jun-Ho reached out carefully.

‘As expected, I can't just do it.’

’

The Heart of Darkness Dog was bound in darkness and could not even be touched with bare hands.
But when the energy of darkness was wrapped around his fingertips, the heart was lifted so easily that it felt surreal.

‘The problem is that it has to be the same way when I take it.’

The esophagus, magic circuit, and all parts of the body had to be layered with the Watchguard of Darkness.
That way, he would be able to absorb the potion completely without any loss.

‘Let's focus.’

His heart, which was disturbed by the conversation with Reiji, suddenly became calm like a peaceful lake.
Perhaps because of the Hero’s Mind (S), his concentration was at a monster-like level.

Swallow.

Seo Jun-Ho carefully swallowed the Heart of the Darkness Dog in one bite.
After smoothly passing through his throat, it quickly spread to the veins throughout his whole body.

‘It's coming…’

The enormous power of darkness possessed by the Heart of the Darkness Dog came hurtling toward him like a huge tsunami.

Kwagwagwagwagwa!

‘Keuk!’

The blood vessels and magic circuits that could not withstand the destructive power screamed.
Now, what Seo Jun-Ho had to do was simple.
He had to calm these mischievous things that didn’t know where to go.
Seo Jun-Ho closed his eyes and focused his mind.
One by one, he began to put to sleep the guys who were jumping around like they were going to tear apart his veins.
Sometimes he gently soothed them, sometimes he calmed them down by force.

“Whew…”

When he woke up again, it was five hours later.

 

[You have taken the Heart of the Darkness Dog.]

[Your magic stat has increased by 50.]

[The affinity for darkness has increased.]

 

The effects were, of course, excellent.
Vitality surged all over his body.
But that was only for a moment as he noticed something.

“Sniff, sniff. Oh, the smell.”

There was a bad smell all over his body.

“High-rank potions are good, but this is the problem.”

As long as you were a person, no matter how well you had taken care of yourself so far, impurities would still accumulate in your body.
Those were cleaned out and discharged from your body after taking excellent potions.

'To get rid of all the impurities completely…
I wonder if I need a body transformation?’

Reiji said taking Amitabha Holy Water could achieve that state.
Suddenly, his inventory felt heavier.
The heaviness was not from the item but from having a strong backer.

“Should I take a shower first?”

Seo Jun-Ho got up.
He noticed that he had become tremendously lighter than before.