Chapter 304: Testing Each Other

Fortunately, he had managed to remember that feeling to some extent. After trying a few more times, he might not necessarily fail again, so he was not annoyed. He directly chose to agree.

After receiving Joo Joowon’s approval, the air suddenly twisted. Byeol, who had originally been lying beside Joo Joowon’s feet, immediately jumped in front of him and warily stared at the empty space.

There was no great commotion. No mysterious teleportation formation or runes appeared in the void either. Instead, a creature was naturally "spat" out.

Calling it "spat out" was not an exaggeration at all, because the space seemed to split open like a mouth.

After "spitting" the other party out, the crack immediately closed again. Everything disappeared without a trace, as if it had never existed in the first place.

Joo Joowon did not see anything inside the crack. It seemed to be something from a higher dimension that he could neither understand nor see at his current level. He withdrew his gaze and quietly began observing the other party.

Seong Seungmin’s appearance had almost nothing in common with that of a human. He was an upright wolf with somewhat messy gray-white fur. Other than standing upright, he had no human characteristics at all. There was a single-lens monocle over one of his eyes, one of his arms looked like it was made entirely of machinery, and light armor also covered his body.

"Boss, I’m sorry. Something happened along the way, so I arrived late." As soon as Seong Seungmin stood steadily, he immediately spoke while subtly sizing Joo Joowon up.

A mixed collection of equipment that fit the appearance of a player, but nothing was part of a complete set. His eyes were very calm, and his fur was also extremely smooth.

A faint glimmer passed across his lens, and a stream of information quickly flashed across it.

...

[ Player: Ashfall ]

Basic Information: Level 10

Fate Path: ???

Detailed Information: (Unlock conditions have not been met. Information points cannot be spent to unlock. Would you like to ask the individual involved to unlock it?)

...

Damn it, this artificial idiot!

Seong Seungmin immediately refused.

Joo Joowon slightly furrowed his brows, then smiled and said, "It’s fine. The system has already given me a 50% discount on this order."

Seong Seungmin: "..."

Oh no, I ran into someone even more ruthless than me!

When it came to his own interests, he would not even be willing to give up a single copper coin, let alone this situation where he had already received a system message and clearly knew that he had not been charged that much.

If he had not needed to leave combat before he could teleport, he would not have arrived this late in the first place.

However, just as he was about to speak, he met Joo Joowon’s half-smiling, half-serious gaze and suddenly came to his senses.

If he spoke again, he would be making himself unwelcome!

The other party had already noticed!

Sneaking a look at someone else’s information was not a good thing. Many conflicts between players started from something as simple as probing for information.

It was just that, first, he had not probed deeply, and second, the probing device he used was the latest model released by the Machina Consortium. In theory, even a supernatural being two ranks higher than his should have great difficulty detecting it.

Even a professional on the Fate Path should not have been able to detect it as long as their level was not higher than his, yet the other party was only Level 10.

Level 10 was merely the very beginning of the supernatural realm.

Seong Seungmin stiffly pulled at the corner of his mouth. "As long as you don’t mind, Boss."

At this moment, he was somewhat convinced that the other party truly had an extraordinary background.

Compared with other professions, the Fate Path was indeed easier to use for reincarnation, and there was no guarantee that one’s memories would be lost.

Although all the Reincarnation Pools available on the market could currently only allow someone to reincarnate within their own world, there was no guarantee that players on the Fate Path had not developed some new method.

Moreover, the fact that the other party had actually been able to detect his probing meant that his soul level was definitely not low. This was an imprint that even reincarnation could not wash away.

Seong Seungmin looked around at his surroundings. Her chip continuously collected information about this world, and his tone became somewhat more respectful. "Boss, where are you planning to build the Lord’s Manor?"

Joo Joowon: "Where do you think would be suitable?"

Seong Seungmin could not help blinking. Was this a test for him?

He did not answer immediately. Instead, he said, "I need to go take a look around the nearby area."

Joo Joowon gave a quiet "Hmm" and did not refuse.

Seeing this, Seong Seungmin did not hesitate either.

Watching Seong Seungmin walk away, Joo Joowon could not help lowering his eyes slightly as he thought about whether he had done anything just now that did not fit his supposed "character."

To be honest, he had absolutely no idea what Seong Seungmin had just done. He had merely been observing his star fortune just now, and he had noticed the fluctuation in his fortune at the very instant Seong Seungmin spoke.

This meant that either the other party had seen him and thought that his strength was too weak, causing some kind of thought to arise in his mind, or he had just used some method that he did not know about to do something.

However, Joo Joowon knew that he definitely could not directly question him. If he really was "a heavenly being descended to the mortal world," then he should naturally know what he had done. If he were a closed beta player, then he should also be able to vaguely guess what had happened. Yet he could not simply act as though he knew nothing.