Leveling Up with Skills Chapter 286

– Volume 12, Chapter 11

286. Previous parasites. The giant king’s body (1)

Taesan frowned.

“Explain in detail.”

Taesan urged the ghost to answer. If it was a normal change, Taesan would know by himself, but if the ghost’s words were true, this was a different story.

understratum.

The depths of the so-called labyrinth.

Taesan, now on the 63rd floor, had entered it. No matter how hard he was, he couldn’t move easily. information was needed.

[Um… wait a minute.]

The ghost stammered. After thinking for a while, he slowly began to explain.

[If my memory is correct, the previous 71st floor is the body of life.]

At the ghost’s words, Taesan had two questions.

“What do you mean by the previous 11th floor?”

[Can I explain this?]

The ghost said vaguely.

[Unlike the previous labyrinths, the clear quests for the layers change periodically. Even if it’s periodic, it’s a level that changes one or two floors every hundreds of years… but it’s not fixed anyway.]

“Why?”

[I don’t know that far either. I’m guessing it’s because the depth is also meaningful to the gods. It seems to change when something is done on one layer.]

“So, this is not the current base layer?”

[At least it wasn’t like this when I cleared the base layer.]

One question was answered. Taesan asked again.

“The body of life? Isn’t it a labyrinth?”

[The labyrinth is correct. From the depth, each layer is strangely twisted. You can tell it’s a floor, but the inside is completely different. Sometimes it’s a completely different world, and sometimes it’s just a single room. You can call it a completely different place.]

Taesan recalled Lee Taeyeon’s words.

She said something similar. It is said that the labyrinth changes based on the base layer. From then on, it was real hell.

“Then whose body is it?”

[An ancient king who was so great that he even fought against the gods. It must be the remains of the King of Giants.]

“That’s the layer of the labyrinth. The scale is one big.”

Taesan looked around. Only lumps of red mucus were visible all over.

“Then, is this a blood vessel?”

[Perhaps it is?]

Taesan was the first to enter the inside of life.

Taesan walked through the slimy slime. The floor moved as if it were alive, making it difficult to walk.

“It is inconvenient.”

It seemed to interfere with the battle.

As I strained my feet and proceeded, I saw a fork in the road.

Taesan looked at the system window he had seen earlier.

[Quest conditions]

[Deep in the heart of the dead giant king. Defeat the centipede that has encroached on your heart.]

Mind point.

That seemed to be the purpose.

The problem was that I didn’t know where it was.

[I don’t know the details because I only heard the information. From what I heard…]

The ghost’s appearance distorted before he could finish his words.

The ghost crackled as if

there was noise on the TV .

“hey?”

[Ummm.]

After a while, the ghost’s appearance returned to normal. The ghost muttered tremblingly.

[…I was told not to speak?]

“Who?”

[God of testing.]

Taesan frowned.

[I can convey information, but I told you not to mention anything that directly affects the clearing. I can’t help

much .]

“Tsk.”

It was natural for God. The trials were conducted while consuming the interference area, but there was no way I could just watch them clear easily due to the interference of outsiders.

Taesan, who clicked his tongue for a moment, grasps the surroundings.

First, he had to know where he was.

[You activated Grasping the Essence.]

[The body of the dead giant king.]

[The place where parasitic things live.]

Parasitic things. It seemed to be referring to the parasite, which was probably a quest condition.

[You activated reconnaissance.]

[Giant King’s Blood Vessel]

Front and back. I’ve tried both. Then I was able to roughly guess where this place was.

[Blood vessels leading to the right ventricle.]

[Blood vessels heading to the left atrium.]

This was already the heart.

Well, the blood vessels alone

were the size of a normal labyrinth, but it was a quest that would be impossible to conquer in a day or two if you went up from the legs. He didn’t seem to want to take that long.

Taesan slowly progressed through the labyrinth.

It’s close to the heart, but it couldn’t end that easily. This place was deep. If it was going to end simply by moving forward, I wouldn’t have descended into an ordeal. There must have been something, and Tae San’s prediction was correct.

Kagagak.

A harsh sound was heard. The sound got closer and

closer until it reached the front of Mount Tai.

” ant?”

It was a red ant the size of a human. [ A worker ant that

eats the intestines has appeared.]

A monster in the depths that I saw for the first time. Taesan stood up and the ant teased his legs.

fault. fault. fault.

Stepping on the slime and bouncing off the body, he rushed at Taesan.

Tae-san was not taken aback by the strange movement he had seen for the first time. He read the trajectory and swung his sword.

Kwajik.

“Keeek!”

The ant cried. And Taesan frowned.

[1104 damage to worker ants that eat intestines.]

‘It’s hard.’

Taesan’s current attack power should have exceeded 4,000 damage, but it

only dealt less than half of the damage.

No damage occurred to the body of the ant, as if its own defense was very high. It was as if the shell of a turtle had been stabbed with a knife.

“Kee-ik!”

The ant bounces its feet back and forth again and thrusts its jaws in.

Kwadeuk.

Taesan blocked his jaw with his sword. The ant grabbed the sword with its jaws and pulled it.

«Uh,

the pulling power of the W ant was quite strong. If Taesan was a normal 63rd floor adventurer, it was enough to drag him down.

[You have activated Spill.]

“Kee-ik!”

In an instant, the sword twists and comes out of the chin.

Taesan quickly stabs the ant in the neck.

“Keeu]! Kiu]!”

Ants are mad. The wildly swinging leg hits Tae-san.

[Your first attack nullification has been activated.]

Taesan drives the sword further. This time, I even activated the strong attack and the absolute judgment plus.

But the ant still swung its legs wildly and bumped its jaws. In the end, Taesan had no choice but to swing his sword a few more times.

“Kiii…

[You defeated the worker ant that ate the intestines.]

[Reward is settled after clearing the ordeal.]

“I have almost 20,000 stamina.”

The ghost said as if it were natural.

[Because it is deep. This is also very low. Hundreds came out at this level.]

As soon as the ghost’s words were finished, several chin-slapping sounds were heard.

Dozens of red ants appeared at the same time.

Taesan, tongue-tied, kicked his feet.

Dozens of ants rush towards him. The ants run against each other, bouncing back and forth, bumping their jaws wildly.

It took quite a while to deal with Hana, so it’s a number that would be quite a struggle, but Taesan had no problems.

Because he had the skill to make numbers meaningless.

[You have triggered a forced duel.]

Challenge the ant at the farthest back to a forced duel. The ants that rushed in all at once bounced off.

Kwajik.

Taishan quickly charged and stabbed the ant in the chest with his sword.

The ant cried wildly and stuck its chin in.

Taesan tilted his head to avoid it and stabbed the sword even deeper.

The ant resisted a few more times before dying.

Taesan quickly

challenged another ant to a duel and moved.

The ghost watched and murmured.

[Come to think of it, did you have that? Numbers don’t matter.]

A forced duel that designates a target and makes it impossible for anyone but the target to interfere. Eliminating numerical superiority itself was a huge advantage in the labyrinth.

So the ants were not a problem.

Taesan was thinking about something else.

The floor was covered with slime, and the slime had a very strong elasticity. It was like fighting on a trampoline. Proper combat was difficult.

‘but.’

It was worth it.

At this level, I was able to overcome it.

The power Taesan had gained while descending the labyrinth so far worked even if it was in the depths.

fault.

Taesan kicked his feet.

‘Is this possible?’

The floor here is very unstable.

It is similar to the situation in which it is difficult to balance on a trampoline even with very little force.

However, there was a skill that could only be obtained in this situation. Taesan moves his foot while blocking the ant’s attack.

“Keeek!”

Avoid the thrusting chin and pull your feet back. As soon as the slime touches the foot, a strong repulsive force is felt along the leg.

The balance of the body is momentarily shaken.

However, Taesan quickly moved another foot.

The feet that slid past the ground helped balance the body.

Taesan gave strength to the sword. As much strength went into the arms, strength went into the legs to keep the balance. At the same time, the slime showed a repulsive force, and the balance was about to be shaken.

Taishan orchestrated the balance of power. power in arms and legs. And Jeon Hae felt the repulsive force and grasped it. Then, distributing the power, he swung his sword

.

Kwajik.

“Keeek!”

The ant flew back. And Taesan’s body was in a stable balance.

fault.

Taesan kicks his feet. This time, it quickly runs towards the ant using its reaction force.

Swinging his sword, he straightened the balance that was disturbingly confused. I had to do two things at the same time, and both were difficult. It was no different than dancing

on a trampoline as if you were on the ground .

But it wasn’t too difficult for Taesan.

It had already been tried thousands of times. Although the circumstances and conditions were different, it was not that difficult to match.

As the battle continued, Taishan’s movements became more and more sophisticated.

By the time they had dealt with about 10 ants, they were making movements similar to fighting on solid ground.

Kwajik.

After defeating the ant, a system window appeared.

[You finish the battle with perfect balance in an unbalanced situation. I got the special always-on skill [Balance].]

It’s because of it.

Taesan took a forced duel and leaped again. Then, unlike before, the footing was very stable. It was the same as feeling the strong repulsive force riding on your feet. However, the balance of power was automatically adjusted and the battle was able to continue without any problems.

“good.”

Taesan laughed. he raised his hand

[You activated Frozen World.]

Damn it!

A cold snap strikes. The rushing ants freeze all at once.

To the ants who tried to resist and struggle, Taesan activated the frozen world once again.

damn

All the ants freeze.

There were dozens of enemies that could be completely incapacitated by using intermediate magic twice.

[This is also the beginning, so I wrote a lot. If you go in a little further, you’ll easily pass over a hundred.]

“It’s tricky.”

[Don’t you think it’s a deep monster? Balancing anyway. finally got it There hasn’t been any situation to get it so far.]

“Looks like you got it too.”

[Because I need it. And if you go through the depths, you will be forcibly obtained.]

Skills can be obtained only when conditions are met. Of course, if the conditions for acquiring the skill were not established, it could not be obtained in the first place.

That’s why he hadn’t been able to acquire many skills he had acquired in his previous life, including a simple time stop.

Balancing was one of them.

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