"You're back? It doesn't look like you've changed much."

"What about you? Ah."

Kratia stopped studying the core to greet Lee Shin-Woo and Jin. Lee Shin-Woo tilted his head in confusion, realizing that she was actually talking to Jin, but Jin was nowhere to be seen.

"He ran off all of a sudden,” Kratia said dismissively. “He should be back soon."

...Perhaps seeing his human form again within the mental space had been traumatizing for him. Lee Shin-Woo promised that he would treat Jin well when he came back, and spoke up once more to ask Kratia a question.

"Do you know what ability Jin got?"

"Magic armor."

"...Magic armor?"

"Yeah. Jin got a skill that creates a magic barrier earlier, right? That and Steel Body were combined into an ability that encloses his body in magical steel armor. On top of that is an added blessing from the goddess, so I suppose we can trust in its effectiveness. Honestly, it’s a skill that greatly supplements his strength and endurance."

Lee Shin-Woo was pleasantly surprised that Jin had asked the goddess to fuse those two skills together. Since it was an ability created by the goddess, its power was guaranteed.

Moreover, Jin...