Jeong Suho recalled a moment from a little while ago. He entered Nari’s deep world and witnessed his abnormal state disappear.

“Even Olympus is silent. You shouldn’t act up like this right now…”

[The Seat, the Goddess of Wisdom and War, is here]

With a mention of the Olympus of the Chaos Dominator, his Seat indirectly displayed a message and then retracted it.

It seemed like an attempt to save words, but Jeong Suho, who had been with his Seat for a long time, knew.

Each Seat has a different style of communicating with their divine beings, but his Goddess never used indirect messages lightly.

When he once asked why, she replied, ‘Wars always break out because of a single word, so it’s good to be sparing with words.’

In such a careful situation where his Seat was sharply raising its wings, it was clear that there would be no message to the Chaos Dominator, especially since it was the only divine being, Jeong Suho.

‘Now.’

Jeong Suho rolled his eyes to grasp the situation.

The Chaos Dominator was busy fighting fiercely with Kang Yihyun’s Seat and didn’t even glance over in this direction.

Jeong Suho, suppressing his breath as much as possible, pulled out a knife from under his cloak. A cloak he received as a gift when he contracted with his Seat.

If it was a weapon, he could hide it inside without any problem.

Whether it was a Gatling gun, a pistol, or… a sharp knife his Seat gave him as a gift.

‘… It might work.’
Jeong Suho slowly began to cut his own restraints with the jackknife he pulled out from under his cloak.

The sticky, viscous substance clung to the blade, but it still seemed to be effective.

As Jeong Suho, holding his breath, pretended to be as calm as possible while slowly wielding the knife, a sharp pain was felt in his fingertips.

Although a sound almost escaped as his brow furrowed in pain,

[Abnormal Condition: ‘Silent Execution’ is activated! Sometimes, staying silent can be helpful. No voice will be heard.]

‘Thank you…!’

Silent Execution. One of the reasons Jeong Suho had to transmit orders through a communicator without speaking.

It wasn’t inflicted by the Minotaur’s roar but occurred right after Jeong Suho came to the War God and was ‘marked’ by the guild leader.

Although it was usually annoying, it turned out to be helpful in situations like this.

‘Come to think of it, after acquiring Silent Execution, I became more cautious in speaking even when it became involuntary. Maybe it’s not entirely a bad thing.’

In a way, these abnormal conditions seemed to have contributed to his growth.

During that time of idle contemplation, a status message appeared in front of Jeong Suho.

[Abnormal Condition: The effect of ‘Silent Execution’ is alleviated!]

“……?”

Blue status messages popped up in front of him. The effect of ‘Silent Execution’ gradually weakening, and eventually…
[Abnormal Condition: ‘Silent Execution’ is removed!] [Trait: Acquired ‘Cautious Speech’! There are times when you should speak and times when you shouldn’t. You’ll think twice before uttering a word.]

“……!”

The abnormal condition that Jeong Suho had almost given up on, thinking it wouldn’t be released even after dealing with the Minotaur’s gate, underwent a transformation.

The curse he had cast on himself, an ‘abnormal condition.’ In that moment, Jeong Suho vaguely realized ‘what it was.’

Thud! Jeong Suho stood above the fallen Minotaur, who had a hole pierced through its chest from the bombardment.

His blue eyes emitted a sharp light.

“Enter.”

With a swift motion, a knife was thrust next to the Minotaur’s face. Jeong Suho took a recovery potion from the inventory and let a drop fall on the Minotaur’s wound.

The Minotaur, having recovered enough to speak, snorted with a smirk.

【Ha! Do you think I’ll be grateful just because you do this for me? That won’t happen. I’ll just die, hahaha, hahaha!!】

Ignoring the Minotaur’s continued talk, Jeong Suho raised his eyebrows. He spoke with a sardonic expression.

“It doesn’t matter.”

【What?】

“I don’t care if you’re grateful or not. I’ve figured out how to ‘remove’ abnormal conditions by myself. Even if it takes time, I can do it someday.”

The Minotaur widened its eyes in surprise.
The biggest drawback of the ability to inflict abnormal conditions was that the person affected could self-remove the condition ‘when certain conditions were met.’

Of course, as there were very few hunters capable of doing so, it was more of a disadvantage than not, but what could be done? Jeong Suho had managed to do it twice.

“My life has always been a series of mistakes and improvised responses.”

Jeong Suho spoke quietly. Since he was young, sitting quietly in one place had been difficult for him. He fidgeted with an eraser quietly or shook his legs when nervous.

He couldn’t bring himself to do things he disliked properly. Even amid such situations, he didn’t realize time passing when he was immersed in things he enjoyed too much.

Whenever the number of things he failed to accomplish exceeded what he achieved, he constantly shifted his focus elsewhere.