Leveling Up with Skills Chapter 328

– Volume 14, Chapter 3

328. Parasite The shadow that swallows everything (4)

[You activated the frozen world.]

A cold snap hits. The energy contained in it was on a different level than before.

jump! Great!

A huge wall of ice rises ahead. The pillar-like ice rushes and freezes the shadows.

Taesan exhaled. The chill froze and fell to the floor.

Similar power came out even though forced amplification was not used.

Black magic wasn’t much different either.

[You activated Marvas’ Dark Wave.]

A black wave rages. The power contained within it was stronger and more intense than before.

Kwakwawang!

The whole body of the shadow that collided with the waves swayed greatly.

As the rise in proficiency was very slow, the change was certain.

It was still treated as one of the main technologies, but its value increased even more.

Taesan was not yet satisfied. It was an opponent who could easily raise his skill level after a long time. In my mind, I wanted all skills to reach 100%.

However, it gradually reached its limit.

The Shadow Maw was infinitely enlarged and

could not properly control its body.

“I can’t touch you any more.”

Taishan continued to attack the Shadow Maw with magic and magic. Minerva and Barkaza also assisted Taesan.

The shadow continued to eat away at the power, and at the end of it, it exceeded its limits.

If left alone, it will self-destruct. So it’s time to put an end to it.

“I’m sorry, but I can’t help it.”

Taishan’s sword was painted black. And a golden light was implemented on it.

Gold and black mixed together to create a grayish power.

Taesan kicked his foot, suppressing the power contained in the sword. He rushed towards the enlarged shadow as if it would burst at any moment and swung his sword.

Wow!

The gray light explodes and swallows the shadow. Even though it was beyond its limit, the shadow instinctively tried to swallow the gray color.

Kwadeuk.

But it is impossible.

The shadow couldn’t eat the gray light. It was as if it was the power of a completely different concept that was not allowed to him.

The shadow looked at the small being who had driven the sword into itself.

He ate a lot of power and was in a situation where he exceeded his limits. It was infinitely unstable, but at the same time, it was a state that had reached a level that had not been reached before.

that’s why i knew

The small existence in front of my eyes was the same as that existence.

Like the existence that summoned him to this world, he was an existence that he could not eat.

no. Exactly, it was a little different.

That was more heterogeneous than that.

It was darker and something was different.

It is said that it cannot be eaten, but it was twisted at the fundamental part.

Shadow Maw realized it belatedly. The power that this small being has is in a place that you can’t reach no matter how much you eat and grow your strength.

With that thought in mind, the entire

body of the shadow was buried in gray light.

A law-bending force consumed him.

Wow!

[You have won against the Shadow Maw.]

Taishan grabbed the sword.

Boundaries could now be used more or less risk-free. It’s still dangerous and unsettling, but it wasn’t at the level where Taesan had to risk his life like when he first used it.

The power that Shadow Maw possessed is absorbed by Taesan.

Tae San’s eyebrows twitched as he quietly watched the movement of power.

The Shadow Maw was a monster that preyed on power and robbed it. In a sense, it was similar to an elevation of spirit.

Perhaps that’s why Spirituality Rise was activated in a slightly unique way.

[Your level has risen.]

[Your level has risen.]

[Your spirit level has been raised. Permanently increased physical strength by 6211.]

[Your spirit level has been increased.

The skill level of the Seed of Life has risen by 22%.]

[Your spirit level has been raised. The source of predation was obtained.]

At the same time, Taesan could sense that something had changed.

Changes have taken place in more fundamental ways.

Taesan opened the skill window.

[Special permanent skill: Seed of life]

[Proficiency level: 26%]

[Swallows life and steals some of the power that the being had. You can make very weak adjustments by assisting with the elevation of the spirit.]

“…The coordination of the elevation of the spirit?”

No matter how many times I watched it, I was sure.

There was a sentence saying that the seed of life coordinates the elevation of the spirit.

“Tune in.”

After sending Minerva and Varkaza back, Taesan quietly read the description of the Seed of Life.

Raising Spirituality was the most important skill among Taesan’s skills.

It was the power he possessed that allowed him to steal the opponent’s stats, acquire numerous skills, and obtain the divine and black colors.

However, it was also a force that Taesan could not touch. As he descended the labyrinth, his

spirit level rise was arbitrarily triggered as if he still lacked the qualifications even though he had many strengths and personalities.

Can you coordinate something like that? Ghost also asked curiously.

[Tune it up? Is that possible’?]

From the perspective of the ghost, the elevation of the spirit level was a power not allowed to mortals. I don’t know how Taesan got it, but it seemed like a kind of skill that couldn’t be touched until it reached a certain level.

Taesan, who looked at the skill window for a while, stood up.

He set out to find the shadows around him

. It wasn’t long before I found a shadow wriggling and crawling through the darkness.

Kwajik.

Taesan thrust his sword into the shadow. The shadow was startled and tried to devour Mount Tai.

Taesan shook it off lightly and trampled on the shadow.

[You have won against the hungry shadow.]

As soon as you win, power begins to flow from the shadow. Spiritual elevation had been activated.

At the same time, Taesan knew

. That some degree of interference with that power has become possible.

He interfered with the spiritual rise triggered by Taesan. The flowing power materialized and dwelled in Taesan.

[Your spirit attack has been activated. Physical strength increased by 92 permanently.]

Stats increased.

So far, the effect of raising the spirit level that was triggered by defeating the shadows was only the proficiency of the Seed of Life.

It was now that Taesan coordinated the elevation of the spirit level to obtain the stats.

[…I can really touch it. What is this?]

the ghost muttered in an exasperated tone. Taesan stamped his foot to make sure. He found numerous shadows around him and defeated them one by one.

As a result, I was able to understand to some extent the change in the spiritual rise.

“It’s now possible to slightly adjust the stats obtained.”

When an enemy is defeated, a spiritual rise is activated, bringing the opponent’s stats and skills.

Among them, it became possible to interfere with the stats.

If you want agility stat, you can get agility stat, if you want strength stat, you can get strength stat, if you want stamina, you can get more stamina.

“I don’t think it means much.”

The number of stats obtained in this way was very weak.

There was no reason to be obsessed with raising specific stats as much as it was good to raise stats evenly.

However, when it reached 20%, it became possible to adjust the stats.

If so, what will be possible when it becomes 40% and 60%?

You can steal the skill you want and activate the spirit level increase as you wish.

“What the hell is this skill for?”

It was a skill he had but he could not understand.

Taesan continued to search for and defeat the shadows in order to get a more accurate grasp. However, it seems that the limit was reached, and the spiritual elevation was no longer activated.

There was nothing more to see here.

While looking for an exit, Taesan checked other skills.

[Intermediate magic: Frozen world]

[Mana consumption: 30

[Proficiency level: 22%]

[Invokes coldness that freezes everything. You can pull out a fragment of proper power.]

The proficiency of some intermediate magic and black magic has increased to 20%.

As a result, the damage and power

increased significantly.

Skills that have reached 20% are Frozen World Starlight Arrow Dekaravia’s Distorted Vegetation Marvas’ Dark Wave. It was four like this.

It was a satisfactory achievement, and there was one skill obtained.

[Special constant activation skill: Continuous chanting]

[Proficiency level: 1%]

[When magic or dark magic is activated continuously, its power and implementation speed become stronger and faster. If you take another action

in the middle , it will be canceled.]

It was a simple and easy-to-understand skill, but it was a great skill. Now that Taesan has gained high mana and magic, it is possible to attack by bombarding with magic and black magic. It was a skill that further increased its power.

“It’s definitely faster.”

At this rate, the rate of increase in the proficiency of other skills would have increased noticeably. Airak’s Martial Arts and Ability Swords, which had been stagnant, were able to pick up speed.

“And what else is this?”

Above Taesan’s hand was a shimmering shadow.

There was an energy in it that would eat everything and make it one’s own.

[The source of predation]

[The source of things that were born to devour everything.]

It was the first time that spiritual elevation brought materials.

Taesan took care of the source of the predation. If you show it to Hafran, he might be able to find out.

It was a unique opponent in many ways.

Taesan proceeded to find its location by area detection. Perhaps it was because the shadow angler was defeated, but the shadows did not approach Taesan and rather ran away, so there was no hindrance.

At the end, Taesan reached the passageway leading to the 72nd floor.

“Is there a secret room?” In order to find an exit

, I activated area detection while wandering around a fairly wide area .

I got most of the substrate, but I couldn’t see anything. It seemed safe to say that there was none.

Taesan’s predictions were correct, and he even got a secret clear reward.

The moment I was about to start checking the clear reward, the bricks collapsed and Barbaba showed up.

[…Various things.]

He muttered as he stared blankly at Mount Tai.

[The one you defeated is the owner of this place. It is an existence that controls the number of shadows and controls their strength.

The owner is gone, so this place will be ruined. Thanks to that, I need to go to the base again.]

“It’s hard work.”

[The wizard wants someone like you, but… It’s very annoying. I’m going to have a hard time finding useful ones.]

Barbabamba sighed deeply and went back to the bricks. Taesan confirmed the reward again.

[Mythic Ankle Guard]

[Strength + 400]

[Agility + 400]

[Intelligence + 40

[Defense + 40]

[Action Speed + 7%]

[Ankle Guard used by a mythical hero. I don’t know if it’s real, but it contains quite a bit of power.]

[Ring made from metal struck by lightning]

[Defense + 300]

[Electrical resistance + 50%]

[Metal struck by lightning innumerable times since the creation of the stars. was ground into a ring. It boasts absolute defense against electricity.]

The value of the simple clear reward was twice as high as the equipment obtained so far. There was even a special effect called resistance attached.

“Is it electrically specialized equipment?”

It’s generally useless, but it seemed like it could be useful in certain situations.

After organizing the reward, Taesan

set foot on the 72nd floor.

Put your feet into a deeper depth.

[Starting the 72nd floor quest.]

[Pass the trials of the gods.]

[Reward: A belt made by the owner of the vicious space.]

[Secret reward: ???]

As soon as you enter the 72nd floor, the space splits and the demon appears. seemed

[The next battle is on the 73rd floor. It will happen there.]

“I see.”

Taesan nodded. The Demon God, who informed us of the schedule, smiled and disappeared.

73rd floor. It was faster than expected. One more floor down, it was time to fight the guide again.

After passing by the shopkeeper and arriving at the 72nd floor, there was an altar to God.

The darkly sinking aura made me guess what the realm of the owner of the altar was.

[You found the Altar of Rigrit.]

[Initial discovery bonus]

[Permanently increased strength by 200, intelligence by 100, and mana by 200.]

I got a small but pleasant initial discovery bonus.

the ghost mumbles quietly

[Regrit. The god of regret.]

The god of regret.

Taesan looked at the altar.

The metaphysical altar had a shape that seemed to deny and exclude everything it touched.

[Ummm… Is this a god?]

“Is this a God you know?”

[I’ve never met them in the Labyrinth. In the labyrinth.]

In that voice, there was a deep rejection of the god of regret. It was the first time that a ghost had a negative reaction to a particular god.

[It’s for personal reasons, so there’s nothing to worry about. It’s not a good scene, but it’s not such a bad scene

either.] “Is the 72nd floor cleared by passing God’s ordeal?”

[There are quite a few layers like that from here on out. However, the ordeal requires something more severe. There are more trials that are closer

to the essence of God .]

Taesan looked at the altar for a while and raised his hand. As it was a clear condition, there was no option to ignore it and pass by.

[Start of sub-quest]

[Regrit wants to test you who have come to his altar. If you accept, trials come to you. If you overcome, a reward follows.]

[Reward: Lee Grit decides according to your performance.]

“I accept it.”

Taesan said.

The power materializes and the owner of the altar begins to reveal his presence.

[Regrit proposes an enhanced ordeal for you.]

Taesan nodded. It didn’t matter because I was expecting it.

The world begins to change with the sound of quiet laughter.

Taesan thought in the twisting space.

‘The god of regret.’

The gods gave trials appropriate to their respective realms.

Considering that the god of despair embodied the perishing earth in him, the god of regret was likely to be similar.

What are his regrets? Simply thinking about it, I chose easy mode from the first option. Or it could have been one of the many events that happened while going down the labyrinth or on Earth.

Taesan prepared for various possibilities and gave strength to his whole body.

The twisting space began to set the target.

[The manifestation of the authority of Rigrit. Rigrit’s

interference area is reduced.]

[Rigrit designates the target of the power.]

Power flows from the altar. Taishan waited quietly. The power slowly began to come.

[…Huh?]

But the power wasn’t directed at Taesan.

Rigrit’s power was directed towards the ghost.

[Wait.]

The ghost was frightened by the power that enveloped it

. And as if he didn’t care about his embarrassment, the outstretched power exploded and twisted space and time.

[Quest condition: Defeat the demon king and save the perishing world in your memory.]

[Quest reward: The reward changes according to the feelings of the owner of the perishing world.]

The world changes.

Taishan was summoned to a small room.

he looked around the room. The room, decorated with all kinds of jewels and decorations,

was so splendid that it would seem impossible even for royalty.

“What’s this?”

Taesan turned his head to look at the ghost. Rigrit’s power was aimed at ghosts. In other words, this place was highly likely to be a place in the ghost’s memory.

And Taesan, who looked away, hesitated.

There was a man there.

Platinum colored straight hair. A classic handsome man whose lines are neither thin nor thick.

And luxurious clothes that prove your identity.

Taesan had seen that face before. It was the face of a ghost that appeared while proceeding with the trial of the sword.

But it was younger than that.

It was like a ghost before entering the labyrinth.

“you’?”

“…Who are you?”

The prince of the destroyed world. Bard Ray looked at Mount Tai with a wary face.

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