_ Volume 3, Episode 16
, 66. 10th boss (4)
“Is transcendence different?”
Gods and great beings who settled here. When asked if it was different from them, the ghost denied it.
[Transcendence is right. but different types Why do you think they waste energy when they do something meaningful? That’s because they became transcendental from mortals.]
“From mortals?”
[Yes,]
said the ghost quietly.
[In your world, how many human beings have become gods?]
“There are.”
Although it is a story in mythology, such as Hercules Buddha who became a god, it certainly exists.
[The people who gathered like that are the Transcendentalists here. Rakiratas. Baltazar. Oman. Levinenov. They were all mortals at one time.]
“All the transcendental beings here?”
[huh. Everything, without exception. He liked places like this because he went through trials and came up. They were once human, beasts, or beings with a lifespan. The area they are in charge of is related to their lives, but I will pass this because the story is too long.]
“So you say that energy is consumed?”
[When something, whether it’s spirituality, force, or faith, reaches a certain level, you become a Transcendentalist. And the moment you become a transcendent, the rise in power stops. At the same time as you become a great and great being, the power you have accumulated so far is fixed as it is. If you use it,
it will turn into a power that disappears.]
Taesan stroked his chin. The ghost spoke lightly.
[To put it simply, it should be said that it is a disadvantage of an acquired transcendent. It is said that it is possible to escape from the bondage of mortality with great power, but it is not easy to recover. If you’ve said this far, can you guess?]
“There must be an innate transcendent.”
The beings who were born strong from birth.
Ghost affirmed.
[Existences that did not have a lifespan. They are just born strong.
So when you interfere with the mortal world, you use your power, but there is no permanent consumption. Unlike those who are acquired, it is just the power they had from birth.]
Those who became transcendental from mortals consume their power.
Those who have been transcendental since birth do not consume their strength.
And all the transcendentalists in the labyrinth are acquired transcendentalists.
It was almost like a story.
“Then, were the innate ones attacking my world?”
[…It’s very likely. Acquired people will never be able to consume that much power.]
The ghost muttered in a voice full of disgust.
[But why are they trampling on your world?]
“Did you say they were namesless gods?”
The ghost said they were from the past. Ghost affirmed.
[Honestly, I’ve never seen it myself. I just knew it from the legends or information about this place. I
couldn’t even guess until I saw it myself. These are beings that all disappeared a long time ago. They are some kind of late gods.]
“They disappeared?”
[I don’t know why. It could be that there was a war between transcendental beings, or it could just have disappeared as per the providence. Either way, they’re the ones who haven’t seen a speck of dust for thousands of years.]
I heard the explanation, but I still couldn’t understand it.
“Why is that guy attacking Earth?”
[I don’t know.]
The Ghost shrugged.
[What is the reason why people with mental illness do that? Still, you won’t be able to let someone who is too strong? It means that there is no consumption of power, there is a limit, so you can only send it down to that level.]
The ghost explained lightly, but Taesan couldn’t easily understand.
‘I even came out with a fairly strong guy.’
Even Lee Tae-yeon, who cleared Alone Mode, was defeated.
And more monsters were coming out through the cracks until the end.
‘Even if there is a limit, is that enough?’
It is not easy to say that he does not yet know the true power of the transcendent. The power he saw was really the best of the best.
“For now, that’s enough.”
Keep it in your mind.
I received various rewards for clearing the boss on the 10th floor. Titles and achievements, plus clear rewards.
Quite a lot, but I’m not checking right now.
Taesan moved towards the second room. There was a small door beyond the stairs leading to the 11th floor.
[Finally, we’ve come this far.]
Tae San entered the room with a calm ghost’s voice.
‘I remember.’
Taeyeon Lee also found this place. Unlike Hage-ha’s room, there was no way I couldn’t find it because it was openly.
But she didn’t go in. I received the clear reward, and I thought this kind of place was dangerous, so I skipped it from the beginning.
Taesan pushed the cloth hanging in front of the door.
There was an ogre in the narrow room.
It was a small ogre with a smaller belly than the others, and there was no big difference from a large person.
But both eyes were overflowing with intellect.
The ogre who was watching him opened his mouth.
“Have you come? warrior.”
[You encountered an ogre sage.]
An ogre who seemed to have no intelligence. And a sage with the name of an enlightened person.
The ghost said it was killed by the second boss on the 10th floor.
Its presence was right in front of my eyes.
The ogre with the incongruous name continued smoothly.
“I knew this day would come someday, but it’s sooner than I thought.”
The ogre looked at Taesan and asked.
“Is he your puppet?”
[No.]
The ghost said calmly. It was a voice that didn’t show much emotion.
“Is that so.”
The ogre spoke leisurely while sitting in a chair.
The ogre in front of me didn’t look stronger than the other ogres, but
it was something that was difficult to touch.
“Then shall we talk?”
[Conversation?]
The ghost laughed.
[You and I?]
“I don’t think the adventurer in front of me is someone I can defeat.”
The ogre’s prediction was not wrong. If he doesn’t have a strength of 20th floor or higher, there is a difference between losing a hundred times even if he fights a hundred times. The ogre continued quietly.
“Anyway, the ending has been decided
. Then, shouldn’t we at least clear up our curiosity?”
It was a soft voice, like a child’s voice. The ghost looked angry for a moment, but quickly recovered his emotions.
[Do whatever you want.]
“Huh?”
The ogre stood out in response to the ghost’s answer.
“That is a different answer than I thought. I knew you would just kill me.”
[Are you saying that you know what I know?]
“An arrogant, rough, careless hero. That is you.”
The ogre grinned.
The ghost shut up.
It was an argument that did not seem like a dialogue between the one who killed and the one who was killed.
Taesan looked at the wise man blankly and asked.
“Did you kill the ghost?”
“If you ask me if I killed you, yes. Killed. With my own hands.”
The ogre pulled out a small dagger.
The ghost shuddered wildly when it saw the dagger with the red jewel embedded in it.
[That goddamn thing…]
“It’s your fault. warrior.”
The ogre said with sunken eyes.
“You didn’t kill me the first time I saw you. Because he was the only person I could talk to. The Godseeker rejected you, and the Lost King also despised you. You in the destroyed world were infinitely weak. That’s why you didn’t kill me because I listened to your story.”
Taesan blew a whistle at the ghostly past he had never heard of. The ghost hardened.
“I am a monster. you are an adventurer I just did what I had to do as a monster. You won’t be resentful.”
[All right,]
said the ghost harshly.
[Enough now. Kill it.]
“No.”
[…What?]
The ghost is taken aback by Taesan’s refusal. The ogre makes a surprised expression.
“It is different from what I thought.”
“What were you thinking?”
“I thought he was a puppet who moved to the will of the hero and arrived here.”
It was a pretty reasonable idea.
A ghost is someone who has descended to the depths of this place. If he stays next to the beginner, the beginner naturally has no choice but to follow the ghost’s words.
Perhaps the ghost was aiming for it and clinging to it. I just changed my mind after seeing Taesan’s move.
“That must be a fixed attack weapon.”
“You know me well.”
“Who did you get it from?”
[…Ah.]
The ghost realized it belatedly.
The weapon of fixed attack is very rare. It is an equipment that cannot be obtained on the 10th floor as it penetrates defense and skills.
The ogre grinned.
“You changed the hero.”
“Answer me.”
“Can’t you guess? buy a dragon There were a lot of arrogant, contemptuous, disliked beings here .
Not only the gods, but also the adventurers.”
[No way.]
The ogre gave an answer to the trembling ghost’s voice.
“The Guide to Sin. They gave me a fixed attack weapon. They said if you do not harm me, I will kill you, so I had no choice but to accept it.”
[Those motherfuckers!]
A harsh voice echoes.
guide to sin.
The group
had also heard of Lee Tae-yeon.
They were the ones who tried to kill her more zealously than anyone else and the monsters.
The ogre laughs bitterly at the ghost expressing its anger.
“They must have been afraid of you because you were too strong for them to do it themselves. That’s why I had no choice but to borrow the hands of a lowly monster like me. What do you think?”
[…]
The ghost breathed heavily without answering.
The ogre spoke softly
towards the swirling torrent of emotions .
“Do whatever you want. I said everything I wanted to say.”
The ogre took his gaze away from the ghost. After looking at Mount Tai for a while, he couldn’t help but admire.
“…Obviously I made a mistake. You’re not an adventurer who can be swayed here and there by a hero.”
Taesan raised his sword.
There seems to be a story between an ogre sage and a ghost, but at least Taesan wasn’t very interested.
The ogre
didn’t do everything to block it or, conversely, attack it, and spoke calmly.
“I have survived here for a long time. People weaker than me didn’t come here in the first place, and people stronger than me made friends with conversational skills. It wasn’t that difficult because there were only a lot of lonely people. It’s because I don’t want to die.”
Puff
[50 damage to Ogre Sage.]
Pierce the chest of an Ogre without resistance.
“But everything has an end
.”
The ogre continued without changing his expression.
“What do you think is the moral of this story?”
“Do not trust others?”
“There are, but there is only one key.”
said the ogre.
“Strength is the answer here. Have power that no one dares to touch, power that no one dares to think of doing.”
The ogre looked at the ghost with bitter eyes.
“The warrior couldn’t do that. He was strong, but only strong enough to keep them apart. That’s why they were looking for an opening. This is the advice I can give you.”
“It will.”
“Then I’m glad. We wait for you to conquer this place and save us.”
With a laugh, the ogre sage lowered his head.
Something thought to be a spirit
ran down the floor.
[You have won against the Ogre Sage.]
[Your level has risen.]
[Your spirit level has been raised. Permanently increases strength by 2, agility, and intelligence by 10.]
[As a reward for leveling up, physical strength has increased by 45.]
[Permanently increases strength by 1, agility, and intelligence by 10 as a reward for leveling up.]
[ You have identified the hidden element of the 10th floor. You got the reward [uh??].]
[You’ve completely cleared the 10th floor. The title [Adjusted] was obtained.]
[You have completely grasped and cleared all floors up to the 10th floor. You got the title [Perfectionist].]
[You have stepped into the labyrinth sufficiently. You obtained the title [The One Who Walks the Road].]
[You have sufficiently proved your strength here. The title [The person who succeeded in the verification] was obtained.]
[You enter a new area. Title [Adapted Challenger] obtained.]
[ Beings here start to take an interest in you
.
Success.]
[The hero is going to give you a reward.]
[Starting a sub-quest.]
[The hero who realized the truth wants more revenge from you.] [Condition:
Kill those who were
involved in killing him .]
[Reward: Determined by the hero according to the hero’s mood.]
Level up with skills.
