_ Volume 8 Episode 18
193. 41st. A maniac seeking a great spirit (2)
“Who are you!”
The man who saw Mount Tae exclaimed. His face was full of anger.
“Is there no need to ask? An adventure?”
Then it was full of laughter. A face full of joy soon turned to sadness.
All sorts of emotions run across the man’s face. The ghost who was watching
opened his mouth.
[Still. Valencia.]
“…A warrior.”
The man called Valencia said with a gloomy voice.
“Are you dead?”
[That’s why I’m here.]
“It’s a pity. I couldn’t make my wish come true, but I still believed that if it were you, you would be able to reach the end of the labyrinth.”
[Something happened. Are you still the same?]
“I haven’t achieved it yet.”
Madness appeared on Valencia’s face.
“So I am here.”
[Do you really think it’s possible? What is your wish?]
“Nothing is impossible. It’s weak, but I’m seeing results.”
Valencia’s face was full of confidence.
Just when Taesan was thinking of a very colorful change in expression, Valencia’s gaze suddenly turned to Taesan.
“You are an adventurer going down the labyrinth. What do you want from me?”
A fishy smile formed on Valencia’s face.
“No, it’s obvious. You must have come to find the key to clearing this place from me. Just like everyone who has ever come to see me.”
Valencia’s gaze toward Taesan was full of exhaustion.
“Are you really the one who makes my wishes come true? probably not You, like the rest, must be passing by.”
Valencia said grimly.
“The beings here are the beings of the spirit. A special skill is required to kill them. Go to the far right room and perform the Ritual of Rage. If you bring me the core, I will give you a skill.”
[Starting a sub-quest.]
[A madman in pursuit of a great spirit. Valencia wants you what it wants. Even if that doesn’t make his wish come true, he will give you a reasonable reward.]
[Condition: Anger Core.]
[Reward: A skill that allows you to attack the mental body.]
Also similar to the crazy spirit. It was a kind of quest. Taesan nodded.
[Accept the sub quest.]
“Then go. I don’t expect much, but I’ll give it a try.”
Valencia waved her hands with a face full of annoyance.
Taesan left him.
“What do you want?”
The crazy spirit had a clear goal of revenge against the spirit king who had made him this way. Lilith had a goal of learning magic.
But it was hard to find anything like that in Valencia.
There is only one thing that can be seen from him. It was madness.
the ghost answered.
[Complete mind. It is a being that seeks the spirit of a being beyond mortality. For that, I signed a contract with a wizard and
entered the labyrinth.]
The spirit of an existence beyond mortality.
Thinking of that, Taesan frowned.
“You want to achieve it artificially? Is that possible?”
immortal or transcendent.
Their power was the power to destroy stars and create life. To artificially become such a being? It was absolutely impossible in Taesan’s mind.
The ghost corrected Taishan.
[It is precisely their spirit, not their strength
. They want to have a spirit close to immortality alone.]
“I think that is the same.”
[That’s right. Impossible. But I believe I can achieve it. That’s why I entered your labyrinth. In a way, he’s similar to Lilith.]
The ghost clicked his tongue.
[Valencia doesn’t have the talent to escape mortals. But he wants to be greater than anyone else. If you can’t have their power, at least the spirit. So I swallowed thousands of emotions. The
result is like that.]
“Am I not able to control my emotions myself?”
[that’s right. It’s getting more and more broken in the pursuit of perfection. So it’s still there. In the first place, only those damaged to that extent make contracts with wizards, but that guy is exceptional.]
Listening to the ghost, Taesan broke through the room. In the middle, the spirit body of anger touched emotions, but it had no effect.
And Taesan
arrived at the room Valencia had spoken about.
[I found a grudge filled with anger.]
A small pillar was floating in the center of the room.
And there was a terrible feeling that even Taesan could notice.
Tae-san had already heard from Lee Tae-yeon what it was.
people’s emotions. A pillar that touches its essential part.
Lee Tae-yeon also touched the pillar to pass the 40th floor. And she
was consumed by feelings of anger.
The numerous angry posts she left in the community at the time were no different from her dark history.
[Try it.]
Taesan put his hand on the pillar.
At the same time, emotions overtook Taesan.
The feeling when a monster suddenly descended on Earth and was thrown into a labyrinth.
The feeling when you have to watch people around you die.
Anger when
he was weak and weak and could not resist the tyranny of hard mode .
And the feelings when he survived alone.
All those emotions came and went. As if it had just happened, it materialized and began attacking Mount Tai.
“hmm.”
Taesan put strength into the hand that held the pillar expressionlessly.
Emotions disappeared like a balloon bursting.
“It’s kind of different.”
Taesan muttered without much inspiration
. Not a physical ordeal, but a mental ordeal. It was a fresh experience.
Emotions jumped out of Taesan, and the pillar began to form a nucleus.
No dust could be found in the white glowing nucleus.
[You got pure anger.]
[It goes over easily, too.]
Even the ghost couldn’t get over it easily here. Unable to suppress his boiling anger, he had to control his emotions here for two full days.
In contrast, Taishan
was not affected by any emotions.
As this was somewhat expected, the ghost said calmly.
[I have to go back now.]
Taesan took care of the core and went back to Valencia.
Valencia was taken aback by Taesan’s immediate return.
“Are you here already?”
He expected it to take a good week. It was because he needed that much time to control his emotions. Valencia’s face turned cold, unable to hide her embarrassment.
“…I gave up. Do you want me to tell you at least how to attack?”
Unable to touch the unknown pillar, he comes back and asks how to solve it. Since it happened occasionally, Valencia thought Taesan was like that too.
“go away. All I can do for you is…
“Is this enough?”
Taesan pushed out a white core.
Valencia, who was talking nervously, hesitated.
Valencia, who was staring blankly at the white core, stammered.
“Wait a minute. Give it up.”
Since it had to be given in the first place, Taesan pushed out the nucleus. He hurriedly received it and touched the core.
“Pure feelings? no way?”
he murmured. After standing still as if shocked for a long time, he gave strength to the hand holding the core.
Kwajik.
The nucleus is broken.
And the power contained within it
swallowed Valencia.
“Ohhh…
His eyes shone brightly. Emotions so great that you could tell from the outside rushed over him.
After a while, he took a deep breath. There was excitement in their eyes that they couldn’t hide.
He barely calmed down and looked away.
“How did you get this?”
“what is that?”
“…a feeling of innocence. It is a core containing only anger that has not been asked about anything .
So far, countless adventurers have come and gone, but no one has been able to bring this core…
“I don’t know. I just brought it.”
As if shocked by Taesan’s answer, Valencia’s pupils shook.
Then he laughed.
It was a laugh full of madness.
“If it were you, it would be possible.”
“what?”
“It is what makes me great
.”
His eyes widened with greed.
“Take this.”
Valencia threw a key.
[Key of Emotion]
[The key received when Valencia signed the contract. When he truly wishes, this key is given to someone else.]
“The 42nd floor. Go to the room at the far left. There will be a closed door there. If you use the key there, there will be a pillar just like before. Touch the pillar and bring the core.”
[Start of sub-quest]
[Valencia is deeply impressed with you for bringing pure emotions and wants to hand over the key it has.
Accept the emotions of each floor according to his wishes and come.]
[Condition: Core of each floor.]
[Reward: Great spirit.]
The ghost, who was watching quietly, said.
[Was it connected in this way? At the time, he only threw one skill with a disappointed face.]
“Because you brought me something worthless.”
Valencia laughed, showing his teeth.
“It was better than the others, but not to the level I wanted. But this guy is different. This guy has reached the level I want.”
[You’ll be fine.]
The ghost possessed a smile.
Valencia looked at Mount Tai with burning eyes.
“Are you going to refuse?”
If he refused, he seemed like he would chew on him. Taesan nodded.
“You will receive it.”
Whatever it is, it’s a quest. And
when you clear the quest, you get a reward. There was no reason to refuse.
Valencia was visibly amused.
“good. very good. Then take this first.”
[I got the special permanent activation skill [Synchronization of mind and body].]
“Come back to me whenever you clear each floor and have a core. Then let me know your next destination.”
Taesan agreed and left him.
The ghost murmured as it passed through the aisle.
[You better be careful. Most of those bound by the labyrinth are friendly to adventurers… but there are also those who are not. There are people who can do anything for their own wishes.]
Taesan broke through the labyrinth.
When I swung the sword at the mental body that I had not been able to touch until now, the mental body split with a terrible sound.
[1987 damage to the mind that only has anger left.]
Effective blows, which were impossible until now, became possible. It was thanks to the skill Valencia gave at the end.
[Special permanent activation skill: Synchronization of mind and body]
[The mind and body are synchronized, so even an opponent who exists only with the mind can attack.]
Taesan continued to advance.
The appeared cerebral bodies continued to stimulate Taesan’s spirit, but he was not impressed at all.
[Originally, it’s not a place you can easily pass over.]
As a ghost who had a hard time clearing the floor, I couldn’t help but feel strange. Taesan asked as he organized his mental body.
“Are all the floors from the 41st to the 50th floor like this?”
[Because the theme of the hierarchy is fixed. You can do that.]
“Then it will be over quickly.”
It was practically a punching bag. As long as there was no trial by the gods up to the 50th floor, it really seemed like I could pass without any resistance.
However, the ghost
denied Taesan’s idea.
[That will be difficult. Maybe it will take longer than 3（房?】
“Do you have something?”
[If there is, there is, if there is no, there is no. I can ignore it enough if I want to ignore it… but that’s probably because it’s difficult.]
It was a vague statement. Taesan tried to ask what exactly he was talking about, but the ghost turned away.
[I can’t tell you the details. There is a limit line that
I, who am not an adventurer,
can meddle with.
Then it was only to proceed through the labyrinth.
Taishan continued to advance.
And he was able to conquer the 41st floor faster than any floor he had ever been through.
Level up with skill
