– Volume 8, Chapter 8
183. The world of arrogant giants (9)
The god of magic stared blankly at the earth. Taesan asked next to him.
“Aren’t you going back to the labyrinth?”
[I will go back. But not right now. It’s my hometown after a long time, and I should enjoy what I enjoy.]
There was longing in Zervand’s eyes as he gazed at the scenery.
[I haven’t been able to come for a long time because of the annoying gossips. I was very annoyed, but thanks to you, I was able to come back. Thank you again. This is the truth.]
“Then what will happen to Koshin?”
[Nothing.]
Zervand shrugged.
[Just because they did this much damage doesn’t mean they’ll be greatly affected. If that was the case, we would have gone beyond the seal and tore the body to shreds. But…
you won’t be able to interfere in my world anymore.]
The sky, which had regained its blue color, looked very calm.
However, Taesan knew that there was a huge, invisible barrier spread there.
[I have no intention of going back right now… but I can’t hold onto you.]
Zervand waved his hand.
[Go and meet the King of Giants. And after talking with him, get your reward and come back. After that,
I’ll send you back to the labyrinth.]
Taesan nodded and went to see the Giant King.
“Here you are.”
The Giant King was waiting for him on his throne.
“Looks good.”
“Thanks to you.”
The Giant King let out a small laugh.
The restrictions towards him that he had felt before had disappeared.
Just by existing, it gave off the spirit of an immortal who subdued and dominated everyone
.
“Thank you. human. Thanks to you, we were able to win.”
For over a thousand years, he was able to completely defeat the existence that had been stalking the world of giants even before he ascended the throne.
It was hard to express my gratitude to him even as a giant king.
“Of course, the damage is not small.”
The Giant King laughed bitterly. About half of the hundred giants died.
Considering that each one of them was the owner of each territory, not an ordinary giant, it was obviously a huge damage.
“But we won.”
They eventually succeeded in stomping on the monster and driving it away.
And the damage was much less than the original Giant King expected.
He had expected that the monsters would spread in all directions and lay waste to countless territories.
The deaths of the lords were sad, but it was also their duty to give their lives for the protection of Yeongjimin.
The names of the lords who died in this battle against the gods will remain and be passed down from mouth to mouth by giants.
“All of this is thanks to you. You did your job perfectly. I will have to repay him.”
The Giant King raised his hand.
There, the power of magic combined and a white stone was created.
“Take it. It is our rune.”
[You got the white rune.]
“What is this?”
Taesan received the rune.
Patterns were written on the white stone pieces.
“It is a magic ingredient. If you use it on your equipment, it will be quite useful.”
“Is it something similar to this?”
Taesan shook the necklace.
[White Rune Necklace]
[Defense + 15]
[Magic + 8]
[Intelligence + 25]
[Necklace made of the highest rank white rune
. All magic tower wizards will covet it.]
It was the necklace he had.
It was written as a white rune, just like the one given by the giant king.
The Giant King frowned.
“Do not compare with the trivial things that humans imitate ours. It is an incomparably superior and perfect material. It is better to see for yourself than to explain. Is there any equipment you want to put a rune on?”
“I have one.”
Taesan pulled out a staff.
[A wand of wilted wand of calamity]
[Magic + 40]
[A staff that brought about the end of the world due to personal greed.]
[Magic increases by 1 each time you kill an opponent who uses magic with this staff. Instead, attack power decreases by 1 and physical strength by 10.]
It was equipment obtained after passing through the ordeal of the hunchback in pursuit of twisted mysteries.
It was obviously good equipment, but the penalty was huge.
So I was going to entrust it to the blacksmith, but it was the equipment I still had.
Upon seeing the staff, the giant king’s eyes shone.
“that. It belongs to the immortal.”
“okay?”
“I can feel the remnants of that power. It looks like equipment from my mortal days. Seeing the aura of power you can feel, it’s a twisted existence.”
The Giant King laughed.
“Hand over the wand. I will make it useful.”
There was no reason to refuse that he would fix it on his own.
Taesan held out his staff.
The staff floated up and fell into the giant king’s hand.
“That rune too.”
Taesan also held out a white rune.
The Giant King muttered something while holding a white rune in one hand and a staff in the other.
Kaaaaaa!
Then, a wave of wild force rose from the staff.
It was a dark, dark aura that distorted the spirit of those who touched it and penetrated the body.
The Giant King smiled deeply at the movement of power, as if a beast caught in a trap was struggling.
“Job.”
Kwajik.
The wave of power was trampled on.
Runes combined with staffs.
The ominous energy he felt from the staff
disappeared, and only white power emanated from it.
“Take it.”
Taesan meekly accepted the handed staff.
[Stand of Purified Calamity]
[Magic + 70]
[The staff that brought about the end of the world due to individual greed. It was purified by the giant’s magic.]
[Whenever you use this staff to defeat an opponent who uses magic, your
magic increases by 1…]
Taishan’s eyes shone.
The level of magic went up by 30.
Not only that, but the penalty of decreasing physical strength and attack power was also gone.
“Are you satisfied?”
“This is enough.”
Taesan happily took the staff, but the giant king asked while stroking his chin as if he was sorry for something.
“Your weapon is a sword. I don’t think I will use a cane.”
“That’s right. So I have to go to a blacksmith and make it into a different shape.”
It’s okay even if it’s not a weapon, but an armor.
The effect will deteriorate in the process, but it will be well worth it.
After hearing Taesan’s words, the Giant King nodded.
“Give me the equipment and staff you want to combine. I’ll give it a try this time.”
“…really?”
“Considering what you have done, it is enough. And no matter how good a blacksmith is, if it’s that level of quality, the deterioration will inevitably be severe. I don’t like that.”
There was no reason to refuse to do so.
After thinking for a while, Taesan took off his mantle.
“Then do this.”
[Ancient King’s Robe]
[Defense + 4
] [A robe worn by a great king in an era that is now only a record. Only remnants of the magical treatment to protect the king remain.]
The giant king fiddled with the robe.
“It’s a pretty good robe. With this, we can minimize losses as much as possible.”
He, who even received a staff, simmered down.
A white aura permeated the two pieces of equipment and began to combine.
And when the light died down, only one pure white robe remained.
“Not bad. If you are now, it will be enough.”
The giant king threw down his robe.
[A robe imbued with the magic of an ancient king]
[Magic + 40]
[Defense + 5
] [A robe worn by a great king in an era that is now only recorded. The magical treatment to protect the king has awakened with enormous power.] [If you
block an attack with a robe, the received damage is reduced by 20%.]
“There is power inside, so I awakened it. I don’t know which one would have been better, but this one had the least loss.”
“This is enough.”
40 magic was added. The defense was slightly increased, and above all, if you block an attack with a robe, the damage is reduced by a large percentage.
I knew that it would deteriorate and not be able to bring out my performance, so this
was a sufficiently satisfactory effect.
Moreover, the most satisfying point was that I did not have to bring a staff separately as it was the equipment I had used from the beginning.
Seeing Taesan happy with the reward, the Giant King murmured.
“That’s good. Are you leaving now?”
Taesan nodded.
His goal was to capture the labyrinth.
“Come back anytime. At that time, I will personally welcome you.”
“okay.”
Taishan turned and left him.
While heading to the god of magic, I was able to find Umberlak.
Seeing Mt. Tai, he was delighted and approached.
“Oh oh. human. Have you met our king?”
“okay.”
“Then are you leaving now?”
“Because that’s where I’m going back.”
“is it.”
Umberak smiled bitterly.
“Magic… we forgot about it.”
Umberrak was confused.
Now, in his head, there was a vast amount of knowledge about magic.
It was embarrassing to hear that the power they had not even recognized existed until now was their own power.
“But it is still our strength. And it’s because of you. Come visit me anytime. I will wait for you.”
“okay.”
Taesan left Umberrak.
Umberrak waved his hand and said goodbye.
“Then I hope you achieve your goal. human.”
Taesan, who went on like that, arrived at the god of magic.
[Are you going back?]
“Yes.”
The magic god smiled.
[You did a very, very good job.]
Magical power flowed from his hand and nestled in Taesan.
[So this is a service.]
[Your magic proficiency has increased by 4%.]
[You have learned the basic magic [Track].]
“Thank you.”
Taesan obediently thanked the unexpected reward.
The magic god waved his hand.
[It’s a law to give a proper reward for a reasonable job. great job. See you later
.]
The space swallowed Taesan.
When his vision returned to normal, Lilith was waiting for him.
“I’m here?”
Looking at Taesan, she quietly exclaimed.
“You’ve gotten stronger.”
“Can you tell just by looking at it?”
“I don’t know about anything else, but in terms of magic. That’s intermediate magic,
her eyes shook wildly.
Taesan widened his distance at the gaze that seemed to be trying to eat Taesan.
“Then I go.”
“huh. I think that would be great. Self-control is difficult.”
Taishan left her and went downstairs.
[Starting the 38th floor quest.]
[Defeat the boss on the 38th floor and pass.]
[Reward: Order necklace]
[Secret reward: ???]
It was the 38th floor.
Finally, the end of the 30th floor began to be seen.
There was something I had to do before breaking through the floor. Taesan opened the skill window.
[Magic]
[Proficiency: 56%]
[Can handle magic properly. It seems to be able to handle fire, control the cold, and manipulate the wind. ]
The magic proficiency that had not risen so much
was finally approaching 60%.
It was all thanks to the help of the magic god.
Magic was a skill that brought out a big change instead of raising the proficiency.
I was very excited to see what kind of change would occur the moment it exceeded 60%.
Concept skill proficiency also increased while defeating monsters, reaching 40% proficiency.
As a result, the content changed once more.
[
Concept skill:
??? descend By synchronizing, you can see and feel the will of all things and tune your own will. And ???. I got ???]
Level up with skills
