Keon exhaled sharply, his patience thinning as he locked eyes with the knight. The man had been trying to kill him just minutes ago, and now he didn't even recognize him? Was his memory that short, or was he just that insignificant in the knight's eyes?
Annoyance flickered across Keon's face, but instead of lashing out, he responded with an icy calmness that sent a shiver through the air.
"Who am I?… You don't need to know. Your mind won't remember me anyway."
His words dripped with sarcasm, yet there was something unnervingly certain about them. After all, what was the point of giving his name to someone who had already forgotten him once? It was almost amusing. Almost.
The knight stiffened, his grip tightening on his weapon. His mind struggled to process Keon's eerie presence, the unnatural way he carried himself, and that unsettling confidence. Something about him felt… wrong.
A flicker of fear danced in the knight's eyes. He hesitated, his voice unsteady.
"Are you… one of the ancient cursed beings?"
Ancient cursed beings? What kind of nonsense was he spouting now?
Before Keon could respond, his vision was suddenly flooded with a translucent glow. The familiar hum of the system rang in his ears as a panel materialized before him.
[ Task Complete: Save the Knight. ]
[ Reward: Ability Rift Storage Unlocked. ]
[Bonus reward: rift leap ability cooldown reduced to 18:00]
Keon's breath hitched. The tension that had been coiling in his chest finally loosened. He had completed the task. Relief washed over him, but more importantly—he had gained something useful.
A small smile crept onto his lips.
To him, it was a simple reaction to his well-earned reward. But to the knight—who could not see the system panel—Keon was simply standing there, staring at him in silence, his expression unreadable… and then, out of nowhere, he smiled.
The knight took an instinctive step back. A chill crawled up his spine. The way Keon looked at him—it was as if he had already won. As if he knew something the knight did not.
Had he been right all along?
The knight's heartbeat pounded in his ears. Was this man truly a being beyond human understanding?
Keon, still basking in his own thoughts, finally turned away from the knight as if he no longer deemed him worth his time. His mind was already elsewhere—on the new ability he had just unlocked.
The knight swallowed hard, unable to shake the feeling that he had just survived an encounter with something far more terrifying than he could comprehend.
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Keon's cold smile faded as his attention shifted from the knight to the system panel floating before him. [Rift Storage Unlocked.]
His fingers twitched with anticipation. Ignoring the knight entirely, he focused on the new ability.
"Show me the description," he thought, and the system responded instantly.
[ Ability: Rift Storage ]
[ Type: Spatial Inventory ]
[ Description: A unique ability allowing the user to store and retrieve objects from a personal dimensional rift. Weightless and bound solely to the user. Can store both living and non-living matter, depending on the strength of the stored entity. ]
Keon's brow raised slightly. A storage dimension? That was beyond convenient—it was a game-changer. Carrying items without worrying about weight? Being able to hide things in another space entirely? But one line stood out to him the most.
"Can store both living and non-living matter."
His mind raced with possibilities. Could he trap enemies inside? Store a dying person and pull them out later? Were there limits?
He needed to test it.
Keon stretched out his hand. How did this work? Did he just think about storing something?
His gaze flicked to the obsidian hourglass still in his arm —one of the artificate he recive from this world. He focused on it, willing it into the Rift Storage.
The hourglass flickered. Then, in an instant, it vanished.
Keon's eyes widened slightly. He could feel it—like an invisible pocket dimension connected to him. With just a thought, he called it back.
A ripple in the air. The obsidian hourglass reappeared in his palm.
"…Hah."
A low chuckle escaped him. This ability was better than he expected.
The knight, meanwhile, was still watching.
From his perspective, Keon had been completely silent, staring into empty space, before suddenly waving his hand—making a item disappear and reappear like some kind of higher being.
The knight's breath hitched. His fingers trembled around the hilt of his sword. His injuries were severe, but at this moment, fear hurt him more than the wounds ever could.
Keon, still lost in thought, hadn't even looked at him.
That was the worst part.
The way Keon dismissed him like a background character—like he wasn't even worth acknowledging.
The knight swallowed hard, stepping back on instinct. His sword felt heavier. His heart pounded in his chest.
Just what kind of monster had he crossed paths with?
Keon finally turned slightly, glancing at the knight for just a brief moment—only to look away again, uninterested.
And that single action shattered whatever courage the knight had left.
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Keon's mind was already moving ahead. The hourglass had been easy to store, but what about something much larger?
His gaze flicked toward the massive boulder they had been using for cover. It was at least twice his size, a solid, unmoving chunk of stone.
Could he store something like that?
With a simple thought, Keon activated Rift Storage again.
A faint ripple distorted the air. Then—
The boulder vanished.
Keon's eyes widened slightly. It worked.
But before he could process the implications, a bone-chilling screech echoed from the darkness behind them.
SsssKKREEEEEEEEEEEH!
The knight flinched, his heartbeat spiking. He turned his head sharply—his nightmare had returned.
The undead, mutated skeleton snake.
It was the same creature he had been desperately fighting before Keon intervened. Its decayed bones twisted unnaturally, jagged ribs expanding and contracting like an exposed lung. Hollow eye sockets pulsed with eerie red light as it slithered forward, sensing prey.
The knight's breath hitched. The only reason he had survived earlier was because Keon had saved him using Time Stop.
Now? There was no Time Stop.
He steadied his sword, forcing himself to focus. The shock of seeing Keon casually erase a boulder from existence still rattled his mind, but survival came first.
The skeletal snake let out another shriek before lunging toward them.
Its jaw unhinged unnaturally, aiming to swallow them whole.
Keon, however, wasn't concerned. He was curious.
Could he store a living or to be more accurate dead creature?
As the snake soared toward them, Keon calmly raised his hand and opened a Rift.
A swirling, black void expanded before them—an unseen force pulling at reality itself.
The moment the snake crossed the threshold—
It vanished.
Silence.
The knight stood frozen, his sword still raised, his mind struggling to comprehend what had just happened.
Keon exhaled, glancing at the system panel as new text appeared.
[ Entity Stored: Undead Mutated Skeleton Snake ]
[ Rank: D+ ]
[ Status: Hostile / Sealed ]
[ Description: An undead serpent that has undergone forced mutations due to long-term exposure to corrupted mana. Its body is no longer bound by the natural structure of bones, allowing unpredictable movements. Hostile to all life. Immune to conventional physical damage. Weak to holy and high-tier elemental magic. ]
Keon's lips curled slightly.
So it was possible.
He had just removed a living, attacking monster from the battlefield—like deleting an obstacle.
The possibilities this unlocked… were endless.
Meanwhile, the knight stood there, his grip trembling around his sword. His mind raced, trying to piece together what he had just witnessed.
This wasn't magic.
This wasn't anything he had ever seen before.
Keon—who stood there, emotionless yet calm—had simply erased the enemy.
Like it was never even there.
The knight swallowed hard.
Just… what was he dealing with?
Keon, however, didn't even glance at him.
Instead, he simply muttered to himself:
"Interesting."
And with that, he brought up his system panel again, eager to test more.