Joo Joowon fell into thought for a moment before opening the system channel and examining it carefully.

A hesitant and somewhat unbelievable thought suddenly surfaced in his mind.

Could it be that HighlyCultured had actually created a skill himself?

But, it was also possible that HighlyCultured had received this skill after leading a team to complete some sort of mission.

That should be the case... right?

After thinking for a while, Joo Joowon still could not completely reject his original theory.

Just as he had already developed several methods of using Mental Power during the process of training it, there was no reason other players would not be researching their own attributes as well.

Every player was encountering the supernatural for the very first time.

Who was to say there were not a few geniuses among them who had managed to create skills entirely on their own without the existence of textbooks or teachers?

After all, weren’t humanity’s predecessors the same?

They had created calendars, seasonal terms, and countless other things from absolutely nothing.

Had they not walked forward without anyone to guide them?

If that was the case, perhaps there really were cultivation geniuses appearing among players even now.

...

"It’s finally done."

HighlyCultured looked at the system panel in front of him.

For the first time since his reborn, a genuinely heartfelt smile appeared on his face.

...

[ Ding! ]

[ By using Mental Energy and Mental Infection as foundations, you have successfully created the skill The Trail Open Before Me! ]

...

[ The Trail Open Before Me ]

[ Description ]: Connect to teammates through Mental Power. Upon activation, the target experiences heightened morale, granting positive effects such as excitement, courage, calmness, perseverance, and other beneficial mental states.

...

HighlyCultured still felt somewhat dissatisfied with the skill.

Although it had indeed achieved his original objective, unfortunately it had not become an aura-type skill.

Instead, he still needed to actively connect to allies using Mental Power.

Fortunately, with the bonus provided by the title, the skill could hardly be considered useless.

He had never expected that even with the memories of his previous life, creating a skill from scratch would prove so difficult.

In the end, he had been forced to lower his expectations.

Even then, the skill had only finally taken shape today.

Fortunately, his minimum objective had at least been achieved.

It was difficult to imagine how those people in his previous life, who had only just begun experimenting with supernatural energy, had managed to create skills of their own.

The titles granted by the system were always awarded according to actual circumstances.

If that were not the case, HighlyCultured would have long ago created some random worthless skill.

After all, the system imposed no restriction on the number of skills a player could possess.

Now that he finally had this skill, he could at last begin planning the first great opportunity he had sought ever since his reborn.

After equipping the title, HighlyCultured walked downstairs.

"You’re amazing, Hyung!"

The group of people who are waiting below immediately turned their attention toward HighlyCultured the moment he appeared.

Go Minam smiled slightly and said, "Let’s go."

These people were not actually his teammates.

Rather, they were carefully selected... experience packages.

Because he had spent the last several days preparing and laying groundwork, his level remained somewhat low.

He needed to raise it through certain special methods.

Otherwise, he firmly believed that no player currently alive would possess a level higher than his own.

Although he had not possessed the Alchemist subclass in his previous life, that did not mean he knew nothing about crafting experience potions.

...

Joo Joowon did not dwell too much on the system announcement.

At worst, he could simply ask about it once the marketplace reopened that evening.

The other detail that caught his attention, however, was Reputation.

Why had it awarded Regional Reputation instead of World Reputation?

The regional area? Which region exactly?

East Asia?

North America?

Or was the entire planet considered a single region?

The two times Joo Joowon had increased his own Reputation, there had never been the word "regional" attached to it.

At the same time, his own Reputation had never been labeled as "world" Reputation either.

What exactly did that mean?

He could not figure it out, and ultimately decided not to dwell on it.

After brushing the dust off Byeol’s fur and making sure it was clean again, Joo Joowon stood up and lightly dusted off his hands as his eyes quietly swept across his surroundings.

With his Mental Power now having reached twenty two points, his senses had become extraordinarily sharp.

Especially in an environment that was neither noisy nor overly complicated, he could easily detect the faint feeling of numerous gazes secretly watching him from all directions.

Even so, he did not act rashly because of it.

The collapse of the building had created such a massive commotion that it was impossible for the surrounding zombies to remain completely unaware of it.

Perhaps because the lingering pressure left behind by the Big Belly Zombie had not yet completely dissipated, not a single low level zombie dared approach this area.

Instead, it was the Elite Monsters and Boss monsters that possessed a certain degree of intelligence that had quietly moved closer.

Relying on their own strength and confidence, they appeared to be trying to determine exactly what had happened here.

Joo Joowon stood calmly in place.

The final area attack unleashed by the Big Belly Zombie had been completely blocked by Hwi, which meant that Joo Joowon himself remained surprisingly clean.

There were no obvious injuries visible on his body.

Nor did he appear exhausted.

All of his equipment remained intact.

His Mental Power expenditure had not been particularly severe either.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this that none of the zombies observing him from the shadows dared to recklessly come forward and attempt to take advantage of the situation.

They were not mindless low level zombies incapable of resisting instinct.

Without someone willing to act as the first sacrifice and test the waters, none of them were willing to move first.

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