Dexter smirked as Zeke's gaze changed.
'You little brat. Are you finally ready to give it a try?'
The more I looked at him, the more peculiar he seemed.
He was the one who didn't even pay any attention to the many talented people who came to him.
For the first time in ten years, a guy has appeared that interests me.
'Let me see your skills… … .'
But then Zeke's new model jumped out towards the back exit.
Dexter's eyes filled with confusion as he thought Zeke would rush at him.
'Huh? Look at this guy.'
He paused for a moment, then quickly rolled his feet.
Before he knew it, Dexter was blocking Zeke's path.
Zeke clenched his teeth and turned again.
He seemed to find it amusing and blocked the path ahead of Zeke again.
Zeke stepped back and opened his mouth to speak to Dexter.
"Why on earth are you doing this to me, Your Majesty?"
Dexter looked at Zeke incredulously.
"I've seen guys cling to me and ask me to tell them things, but this is a first for me."
"Zeke said, shaking his head.
"I don't feel like doing that, so just let me go."
"Huh… Really? You have no intention of learning anything from me?"
Zeke nodded.
"I don't have enough time to learn what I already know."
Snap!
For a moment, a vein appeared on Dexter's forehead.
Soon his body swayed and disappeared.
Dexter reappeared and threw his sword at Zeke.
Zeke said, taking the claymore.
"Can I go now?"
Then Dexter crossed his arms and looked down at him.
"No, I can't just go."
Now it was Dexter who had a crush on him.
His body shook again.
And at that moment, a long line was drawn across the greenhouse between Dexter and Zeke.
He said, looking at Zeke.
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"I don't care what you do. If you can cross this line, I'll give you whatever you want."
"Do you know what I want and make such an irresponsible promise?"
"I'll listen to anything you ask me, you cheeky little brat!"
Zeke took up his stance, holding the claymore as if he had no choice.
"You clearly made a promise."
Dexter chuckled.
"Okay. Come and take a look."
Zeke, holding the Claymore, activated it at a rapid pace and quickly ran towards Dexter.
Dexter just stood there, on the other side of the line.
Whoosh!
I clearly ran forward, but suddenly the floor and ceiling were reversed.
'uh?'
The earth flew towards his face.
puck!
A tremendous shock was transmitted to his face.
Zig was already sprawled out on the dirt floor.
'What is this...?'
Zig, who was pinned to the ground, recalled the time when he had been treated similarly by his master before his return.
'Damn, it feels gross since it's been so long since I've been hit.'
Zeke jumped up from the floor.
Dexter was yawning and picking at his ears.
Zeke charged at Dexter again.
bang!
The result was the same.
Before he knew it, he was lying on the floor and the greenhouse ceiling came into view.
"Phew… … ."
Dexter chuckled as he watched Zeke acting different from before.
"How is it? Are you starting to get a little interested now?"
Zeke held the claymore tightly.
Then it leapt forward again.
As expected, the result was the same.
Dexter felt a sense of satisfaction as he watched Zeke get up, grumbling.
'You cheeky little brat. If you lie down and stand up ten times, you'll grab my leg and beg me.'
As Dexter thought, Zeke continued to charge and was thrown to the ground just like before.
But as time passed, Dexter's expression gradually darkened.
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'Wait, which number is this?'
He had to change the direction of his full-force charge to hit the opponent, so his back would definitely hurt so much it would break.
But this little brat got up again without getting tired even after being beaten ten or twenty times.
After almost two hundred times, Dexter sensed something was wrong.
He spoke to Zeke in a low voice.
"Kid. Now admit defeat."
Zeke stumbled and grumbled as if he were about to collapse at any moment.
Still, he held the claymore tightly and charged at Dexter.
The result was the same.
bang!
This time, I fell over with a louder noise than before, as if I had hit the wrong spot.
But this time, as always, Zeke staggered back to his feet.
There was a murderous glint in the bloodshot eyes of the savage.
Even Dexter flinched at the look in her eyes.
'What a childish look in those eyes… … .'
It was as if he had been a mercenary on the battlefield for decades.
That was when.
In an instant, Zig straightened his posture and charged forward.
Dexter tried to suppress his bewilderment at Zeke's sudden charge and counterattack.
But a completely different reaction occurred than the previous two hundred times.
[Skill Dragon's Majesty has been activated.]
Ss ...
There was an air of murder and intimidation that sent a chill down Dexter's spine.
For a moment, his movements slowed down.
Zeke didn't miss that opportunity.
[Skill Dragon Eye is activated.]
Zeke, who was charging at high speed with his sword in hand, used his dragon's eye to capture Dexter's movements that he had not been able to see before.
The moment Dexter tried to catch the sword that was rushing towards him and turn it around, Zeke put down the sword and immediately activated his skill.
[Skill Breaking News is activated.]
After dropping the sword, he jumped out in a low posture, rolling.
The line was right in front of us.
That was when.
Tsk tsk tsk―
In an instant, Dexter's body split into several parts.
The rows of Dexter clones blocked Zeke.
'What is this...?'
Zeke's body rose into the sky again.
The ground and ceiling were turned upside down.
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Boom!
It felt like my entire spine was being crushed.
The system's voice was heard in my ear.
[Excessive skill use has caused fatigue to exceed a dangerous level.] [Consciousness is forcibly blocked for the user's safety.]
Other messages came to mind, but Zeke heard no more.
'Ah... ... No.'
Zig's vision became blurred as the line was right in front of him.
Soon my eyes started to darken and I lost consciousness.
* * *
Zeke woke up in a bedroom on the Platinum Floor.
"Are you of sound mind, Young Master?"
When he opened his eyes, Decker was approaching Zeke.
He asked, raising his body.
"What the hell is going on?"
"It seems that you are the one who asked me the question first."
Decker continued, adjusting his monocle.
"He was lying on the lobby sofa unconscious."
Zeke seemed to have a rough idea of what was going on.
'I guess the Duke brought me here unconscious.'
Decker said, rising from his seat.
"If you have any problems, I will call a therapist."
At his words, Zeke waved his hand.
"No, it's okay. I was so focused on my training earlier that I thought I was taking a short break, but I ended up falling asleep on the sofa."
Even though it was something that was hard to accept, Decker nodded without saying anything in return.
"Understood. If you need anything, please call me, Young Master."
As Decker left, Zeke sat up in bed and thought back to the events in the greenhouse.
"Damn… … I almost succeeded."
Zeke knew the strength of his abilities.
Tireless stamina and resilience.
He fell and got up over two hundred times, making Duke let his guard down.
The moment he sensed an opening, he used his dragon's majesty and eyes to dig in.
It was an unconventional trick, but for Zeek, he hid his power before the break and used all his abilities to take advantage of Duke's weakness.
'As expected, he was a black knight in the past. Is this not enough?'
The reason Zeke knew about Duke's identity was thanks to Andrei Draker.
He happened to meet Andrei and the Duke while on a mission in his previous life.
In the future, Andrei Draker will be nicknamed the Red-Eyed Knight.
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The reason he was able to become a Red Knight at a young age despite not being a pureblood awakening was because he was a disciple who received the vision of Duke Draker.
'After receiving Duke Draker's vision, Andrei was able to grow quickly even without the powers of a pureblood.'
Zeke ground his teeth.
'If I could have inherited Duke's vision, I could have become stronger much faster than I am now.'
At that moment, a message appeared before Zeke's eyes.
[There is an unconfirmed message. Would you like to confirm it?]
'Unconfirmed message?'
When Zeke selected OK, a message window popped up.
[D-class skill 'Breaking News' changes to C-class skill 'High-Speed Movement'.]
Zig nodded at the floating message.
"It's a C-class skill. At least I gained something."
Then another message occurred to me.
[The user's strong will has been exerted and the soul has grown.] [As the soul has grown, the administrator's system functions have been activated. Would you like to check the functions?]
'System function?'
I couldn't figure out exactly what it meant, but I decided to check it out.
[It is possible to activate the following functions with Karma Points: Activate Minimap (20) / Activate Inventory (20) / Activate Beginner Quest Book (45)]
"what's this?"
Zik pressed the description button.
-Minimap: You can understand the structure of terrain features in the form of a map.
-Inventory: You can store items up to the capacity of your inventory.
-Beginner Quest Book: Provides tutorials and missions for the efficient growth of lower-level managers.
'Hmm... ... Even after reading the explanation, I still don't understand.'
At best, I could only understand the function of activating the inventory.
'It seems that activating the minimap and inventory costs 20 karma points each.'
Since I currently have 40 Karma Points left, the inventory and minimap were immediately activable.
'I'm not sure what you mean by being able to accommodate items. Does it create something like a bag?'
After much thought, Zig decided to use his points to activate his inventory.
[Inventory function is activated.]
Tiring!
A beep sound appeared before my eyes, with five horizontal and five vertical rows, a total of 25 squares.
[If you specify an item you want to save, it will be stored in your inventory.]
After reading the explanation, Zeke tilted his head and picked up the claymore placed next to the bed.
'Do you think it's okay to save it?'
In an instant, the claymore he was holding disappeared from Zeke's hand.
"uh?"
The missing claymore was in the square floating in front of my eyes.
"what's this?"
Zeke's claymore occupied two of the 25 spaces.
[The amount of space in your inventory will vary depending on the size and weight of the item.] [If you want more storage space, expand your inventory with Karma Points.] [To take out a stored item, just think of the item's name or shape.]
'Name or form?'
Zeke thought intently about the claymore.
Swish!
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In an instant, a claymore appeared in Zeke's hand.
I couldn't believe it even after seeing it.
"It's much better than the subspace box."
It's not that there aren't any artifacts that can distort space to reduce the volume of cargo.
The only problem was that it was incredibly expensive.
Even in his previous life, Zigg had a small subspace box due to the nature of his job, but it wasn't as cost-effective as his inventory.
"Plus, this thing can also increase storage space. I hit the jackpot."
Duke's test failed, but he gained new powers instead.
Zig was once again amazed at the usefulness of the management system.
'If the functions of a lower level manager are like this, what happens if you go up to a higher level?'
There could be so many useful features that you wouldn't even imagine.
The problem was the karma points required to activate the function.
"To get more points, you have to catch monsters with magical powers… … ."
Originally, after becoming a purple knight, I planned to leisurely go around dungeons and hunt monsters.
But if the value of karma points is this high, there was a need to bring forward the dungeon hunt.
"This… … I think I need to change the plan a bit."
dripping!
Then someone knocked.
Zeke felt Decker's presence beyond the door.
"Come in."
Decker came into the room and said to Zeke.
"A message has been delivered to your Majesty."
"message?"
Zeke took the note Decker had handed him.
When I unfolded the note, there was a single line written in crooked handwriting.
Zig saw the message and chuckled.
'You stopped me at the last minute with a last-minute trick, so are you giving me another chance to challenge?'
It wasn't a complete failure.
There was still a chance to inherit Duke's vision.
Then Decker said to Zeke.
"Your Majesty, I have something to tell you."
"What is it?"
"I found the blacksmith you mentioned last time."
Zeke nodded at Decker's words.
"When did you make your reservation?"
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Decker's expression darkened at his question.
"That… … there's a bit of a problem."
Decker said, adjusting his monocle.
"The blacksmith you mentioned has declined your reservation, saying he no longer makes weapons."