“Ptoo!” Seo Jun-Ho spat the charred tissues of his organs. He felt his body recover ever so slowly thanks to Cell Regeneration (A).

‘My internal organs were damaged. Maybe it’s from the sudden deluge of magic energy.’ 

The intense storm of magic had occurred inside of him rather than outside, so it had grazed past his organs. To protect them, he had to obtain suitable ‘resistance.’

“Contractor, would you like some water? Rest.”

“It’s not so bad that I need to rest,” Seo Jun-Ho replied. His face was pale as he re-assumed the lotus position. Compared to all the countless thorny paths he had walked so far, this was actually quite on the easier side. “This is good, actually.”

He thought that the World Tree had given him very suitable Quests.

‘After all, she gave me what I need most.’ 

Time.

He had recently gone through rapid growth, with his stats increasing by twice their original number. However, if someone asked him if he could use all of that power, the answer would obviously be ‘no.’

‘Because I didn’t have time to adjust to all that strength.’ 

Right now, he was going through a type of growing pains. He was planning to take his time and slowly adapt to his power, and the World Tree had coincidentally given him time to do just that.

‘I understand why they call...