"Ugh...."
I opened my eyes while feeling a severe headache as if my skull was splitting.
"What? Where is this?"
When I opened my eyes, I, who had just been in Chungmuro, was now in a pure white space.
[Due to excessive mental energy consumption, some functions of the exclusive skill ■■'s Wall have been temporarily suspended.]
I saw that message and looked around.
An endless, pure white space with nothing in it.... And the moment I saw something faintly visible in the distance, I tried to approach it, but—
[Someone is invading your mind.]
Along with that message, a woman's voice came from behind me where there had been nothing.
"Who are you?"
Hearing the unfamiliar voice from behind, I immediately turned around, and there stood an unfamiliar woman.
A petite woman with golden hair and golden eyes, dressed in a black turtleneck under a black leather jacket, matched with jeans and white sneakers.
The moment I saw the glowing Great Demon's eye in one of her eyes, I realized who she was. A hollow laugh escaped me, and even though I already knew the answer, I asked the woman.
"You are?"
"My name is Anna Croft. You appear to be Korean. Just who are you?"
'I somewhat expected it, but it was indeed Anna Croft.... Well, Anna Croft had the ability to ignore spatial constraints and arbitrarily enter others' consciousness... This has really become annoying.'
As I fell silent, thinking, Anna Croft spoke to me.
"Excuse me? If I introduced myself first, isn't it proper etiquette for you to introduce yourself next?"
As Anna Croft spoke with a slightly displeased expression, I was speechless.
"Why should I?"
"...Pardon?"
"I said, why should I?"
At my words, Anna Croft responded with a genuinely incredulous expression.
"Because it's etiquette. Isn't that obvious?"
"Etiquette.... You have some nerve talking about etiquette when you're an uninvited guest who arbitrarily invaded someone else's mind.... Whatever. I have no business with you, so get lost right now, you fucking bitch."
"Fu...fucking? Swearing at someone you just met? You are a remarkably rude person!"
At Anna Croft's words, I became genuinely dumbfounded.
"Hey.... It seems you don't understand your position, you fucking bitch. You barged into someone else's mind without permission!! I'm already tired and sleepy, and you barge in and start spouting nonsense.... Ah! This is really irritating...."
I was starting to get seriously annoyed because of that damned Anna Croft.....
"Should I just kill her, regardless of her being a prophet or whatever? She's not much help in the later parts anyway, just a troll who causes trouble....."
"What? What is that now?"
"So what? It's not directed at you, so mind your own business."
Soon, I lay down on the spot.
"What are you doing now?"
"What do you mean? I'm tired, so I'm going to sleep now..."
"Huh? What kind of..."
[The exclusive skill ■■'s Wall has recovered some of its functionality.]
[The exclusive skill ■■'s Wall's influence is slowly returning.]
Along with that message, Anna Croft began to slowly fade away.
"Wh...why can't I see anything?"
Then Anna Croft, who had been urgently trying to discern something from me, said that and looked bewildered.
I bid farewell to that Anna Croft by giving her the finger and said.
"It wasn't nice meeting you, and let's not see each other again. Oh! By the way, Yoo Joonghyuk is itching to cut your throat, so why don't you struggle hard somewhere?"
"What!? You know Yoo Joonghyuk—!"
[The exclusive skill ■■'s Wall has been completely restored.]
Along with that message, Anna Croft vanished.
"Phew..... She's finally gone..... By the way, earlier over there something was.... Huh?"
In the place where something had been faintly visible earlier, a gigantic wall now stood.
"That is....."
Seeing the wall, I unconsciously began to approach it, but—
'Uh.. my consciousness... suddenly.....'
Soon, I lost consciousness right there.
You....are,still.....not..qualified...yet..