Leveling Up with Skills Chapter 617

Episode 617

617. Easy mode. Simple time stop (5)

“Hmm?”

Even though he acquired the skill, Taesan was slow to react.

The reason was simple.

Because he was now moving in a state of indifference.

Because I had completely forgotten from my mind that the reason I was doing this was to acquire skills.

“…what.”

The frozen head slowly begins to roll. Taesan, who was looking at the system window blankly, let out a laugh.

“You got it.”

I really gained the skill.

There was no particular feeling of happiness. It just didn’t feel real. I didn’t even think that I would gain skills in the middle.

I just moved my body as instructed.

But… he has now achieved his goal.

There was no longer a need to follow a pattern.

It infuses will into the body that used to run like a machine. Taesan stumbles out of the room. Attack nullification is activated randomly.

‘…how much time has passed.’

I didn’t even know how much time had passed since I moved without thinking at all.

Open the community. What you see is Taeyeon Lee’s numerous writings.

[Lee Tae-yeon [Alone]: Taesan! Where did you go!]

[Lee Taeyeon [Alone]: Did you really leave…? No? You didn’t abandon me, right?]

[Lee Tae-yeon [Alone]: I don’t like it. I don’t like being alone. [I don’t like it…]

These were words filled with desperation. Taesan realized that about three months had passed since he last accessed the community.

‘It’s been longer than I thought.’

[Kang Taesan [Easy]: It’s still there.]

[Lee Taeyeon [Alone]: Taesan!]

Lee Taeyeon, who must have been watching the community, answered right away.

[Lee Taeyeon [Alone]: Where have you been! We agreed to talk at least once a week! I really thought you went out!]

Taesan also felt sorry about this. After checking the posts so far, Taeyeon Lee was almost going crazy. It was Taesan’s fault that he broke his promise.

[Kang Taesan [Easy]: Sorry. I didn’t even know that so much time had passed.]

[Taeyeon Lee [Alone]: What on earth were you doing?]

[Taesan Kang [Easy]: Acquiring skill.]

[Taeyeon Lee [Alone]: Ah. Are you still doing that?]

Taeyeon Lee knew that Taesan was trying to acquire skills. The fact that it has been repeated for several years is also true.

[Lee Tae-yeon [Alone]: I don’t want to say anything bad, but… can’t I just quit? If you did that much, wouldn’t you be able to get it at all?]

[Kang Taesan [Easy]: Well. [It was like that.]

Taesan didn’t really deny it either. If you look at it objectively, it’s safe to say it was his stubbornness and stubbornness.

But not anymore.

Taeyeon Lee asked if she realized something was strange through a series of conversations.

[Lee Tae-yeon [Alone]: …There’s something strange about the answer. Did you really get it?]

[Kang Tae-san [Easy]: Probably.]

[Lee Tae-yeon [Alone]: If you get it, you got it. What is probably?]

[Kang Tae-san [Easy]: No. [My head still doesn’t work well.]

For the first time in three months, I was thinking. Isn’t the skill acquisition window actually his hallucination? There was that suspicion too.

[Kang Taesan [Easy]: Let’s talk about it later. I think I need to do some organizing.]

[Lee Taeyeon [Alone]: Okay. We must talk! Don’t dive again!]

After confirming that Taesan was still in the labyrinth, Taeyeon Lee regained her composure a little.

Taesan turned off the community.

My head, which had hardened, was gradually returning to its original state through the conversation with Taeyeon Lee.

‘…Got a skill?’

Not sure. In this case, there was something that was most accurate. Open the system window.

[You have stopped everything within your reach. Obtained special activation skill [Simple Time Stop].]

The translucent window calmly tells the truth.

You succeeded.

You got the skill.

Your efforts were not in vain.

“ha ha ha. Hahahahaha!”

Laughter hits the labyrinth. It’s been a while since I laughed like this. I don’t even remember.

I felt like I was going crazy with joy. Adrenaline is secreted.

Of course.

He has now attained something beyond his power.

He reached a level that was impossible for him to reach, beyond the odds.

“Hahaha….”

The laughter subsides. The overheated head slowly cools down.

“I really got it.”

A challenge that relies on luck. In the end, if you’re not lucky, you’ll never reach it.

Still, he succeeded in obtaining Taesan.

How much time did you invest? I can’t even remember properly. As a guess, it’s probably been 5 years.

It was my first time investing this much time into one skill.

“Skill window.”

[Special activation skill: Simple time stop]

[Proficiency: 1%]

[Mana consumption: 20]

[Stops time within 1m centered on you for 1 second. This skill has a cooldown of one week after activation.]

Taesan slowly read the description of the skill and burst into laughter.

Time stops within 1 meter of you for 1 second.

Simple and easy to understand explanation. Therefore, Taesan was able to immediately see the value of the skill.

Time stops.

A skill that interferes with the concept itself.

“I thought I would get good skills.”

I had no idea it would be at this level. Taesan grins.

He has now crossed the line.

I gained the skill to reach the beyond just by handling it.

There was a cooldown, but it was common sense. Considering the effect of the skill, it was understandable even if the cooldown was over a month.

“Ego.”

Now it is time to check the actual effect of the compensation he obtained.

Taesan entered the secret room again. He stood in the center of the place and swung his sword sharply.

Ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-gak!

The sword and the projectile collide, creating countless irregularities.

This time, it was completely irregular, different from before.

It was a trajectory that even he couldn’t read.

The needle, the sphere, the dagger, and the shuriken bounce off each other, targeting Taesan’s entire body. An attack that can never be avoided or blocked.

Taesan took a breath and activated his skill.

[You have activated a temporary time stop. Time within 1 meter around you stops for 1 second.]

And time stops.

All projectiles within 1m stopped.

Ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-gak!

Projectiles outside the range fly and collide with stationary projectiles. However, the projectiles do not move as if they are fixed in that space.

And one second passes.

Projectiles that were stopped begin to move.

Kaaaaaaaa!

There was an explosion accompanied by a cracking sound. The physical force applied during the pause exploded all at once, and the projectiles bounced in all directions as if exploding.

“Is this something like this?”

Taesan left the secret room with a satisfied face.

It was just as described. The moment the skill is activated, time within 1m stops around him.

Things that are stopped like that never move even with external interference.

However, if it is within range after the skill is activated, it does not stop. It felt like temporary interference rather than creating a barrier.

However, things that are interfered with are completely stopped.

Dozens of collisions occurred within one second, but not the slightest movement was visible.

Smirk. It makes me laugh. I don’t know how many times I’ve laughed, but I couldn’t help it.

Labyrinth’s skills are absolute.

Taesan has the power of an insect compared to Taeyeon Lee, but his attack nullification was activated against Taeyeon Lee as well.

Even if the opponent is stronger than Lee Taeyeon, even if it is a monster on the 100th floor of Alone mode, it will be no different.

In other words, there is no opponent who can resist this time stop.

Even if it’s just for one second, he can create his own territory.

1 second. Generally speaking, it is a short period of time, but he is a labyrinth player. Even in easy mode, it was easily beyond the realm of ordinary humans. One second was enough to turn the situation around.

Moreover, the skill only stops things in range when activated and does not interfere after that.

In other words, this skill was excellent even when working together with others. All he has to do is stop him when he gets in range, and Taeyeon Lee and the hard mode players take him down.

And the most important point.

The current proficiency in simple time stop is 1%.

And as the skill level in the labyrinth increased, a significant change occurred.

10m is 100m, not 1m.

There is also the possibility of pausing 1 minute for 10 seconds instead of 1 second.

That’s not all. He now relies on the uncertain concept of luck to obtain a skill that is above what he could have achieved.

If so, you can continue to acquire skills in this way using uncertain concepts such as luck.

I saw that possibility.

“Do you think you can use something like fairy wings?”

The effect of Fairy’s wings is to control the damage range. But that may not be everything. I didn’t use it this time because I thought I shouldn’t use other skills or items to acquire the skill, but I could have used it in other situations.

“good.”

It was very good. The years of time invested were well worth it.

So what else can we get now?

What conditions can I try?

Taesan moved his body with a pleasant imagination.