Episode 270. Fear of death is an essential emotion that all living beings have
.
All the more so if all the efforts you’ve put in to build up so far have gone in vain.
[Inherited ability ‘Grave of Sword’ is activated!]
[Lv15 ‘Flame of the Beginning’ is activated!]
Jinhyeok secretly released the magical power he had stored up.
Then right at that moment.
Wow!
A spear stained dark red fell from the sky.
It was precisely an attack aimed at the top of Tristan’s head.
“Ah…”
Tristan let out a short sigh.
It is now.
“damage!”
Jinhyeok pushed Tristan away with a loud movement.
It could be said that it was almost simultaneous.
Kwaaang!
The spear pierced the ground.
It’s a piece of paper. If it was a little late, a nice decoration would have been added to Tristan’s head.
“This, this…”
“It’s the demon’s spear. Hargan guy. He must have been very angry. Looking at how he left something like this even after returning to the demon realm.”
rattle!
Tristan’s body trembled like an aspen.
That lofty and haughty look has long since disappeared.
In that place, only humans stained with despair and fear remain.
Thanks to that, manipulating a person has become easier than breathing.
“You mean you tried to kill me with that?”
“Yes. Maybe this isn’t the end. Due to the nature of the terrible demons, they will keep aiming until they succeed.”
Jinhyeok gathered his mana again.
New windows appeared one by one in the air.
Swoop.
Jinhyeok blocked Tristan’s way.
The spears that were about to be shot stopped right there.
“As you can see, Hargan is afraid of the demons who support me. And those demons would die if I said anything. Perhaps, if it were my request, they would wake up and help me?”
Jinhyuk smirked a lot.
Appropriately concealed, and Tristan’s half-enthused, the performance was unfiltered for dramatic effect.
[The deity ‘rotting heart’ raises strong questions about your remarks.]
Beriel hurriedly opened the status window, but Jinhyeok closed the status window sooner than that.
To interrupt at a crucial moment.
“Decision. Join the demons and die from the demons. Or stick to me and save your life. I’ll give you the last choice.”
“If I follow your words, will you be able to protect me from those demons?”
“Sure. I can protect you. As long as the reliable demons are watching over you, you don’t have to worry about anything.”
[The deity ‘Rotating Heart’ roars silently.]
[Warning not to talk bullshit!]
“Look. Even the Great Being is delighted. He’s putting on fireworks.”
Jinhyeok pointed to the air,
where colorful sparks were bouncing due to Beriel’s enraged magic.
“It’s true. To be able to receive the protection of a high-ranking demon…”
Tristan swallowed dryly.
death or life
The worry didn’t last long.
“…promise. Keep it.”
“Don’t worry about that part.”
Of course, I intend to keep it strictly.
[‘Fellowship stigma’ is activated!]
As a good slave.
As the red stigma burrowed into Tristan’s flesh, it created a stigma that could never be resisted.
good.
‘Since Gawain is dead and Tristan has been pacified, the remaining demons will be nothing but empty chaff.’
In addition, since they were able to use the mines’ infrastructure and internal information, they achieved quite good results.
“There will be a lot of explaining to do if other people notice, so get out through the other way. I’ll make contact with you later.”
“…all right.”
Tristan nodded slightly.
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Jinhyeok came out of the room with the Witch of Weeping and joined the rest of the people waiting outside.
There were players who were waiting for Jinhyeok with anxious faces.
“Brother! Are you okay?”
“brother!”
First of all, Lee Tae-min and Yoo Yeon-hwa greeted Jin-hyeok.
He seemed to have completely run out of stamina from evacuating the Dangun Guild, but he smiled brightly when he saw Jinhyeok safe.
“…Thank you, Mr. Jinhyeok. Thanks to you, all of us were able to save our lives.”
Park Jung-jin of the Dangun Guild, who was conscious, also expressed his sincere gratitude.
“thank you.”
“I was trying to help, but I ended up getting help instead.”
It is a voice mixed with a sense of self-doubt about my lack of skills.
They were full of pride that belonged to a large guild, but they realized it through this raid.
What level are they at?
And about how great Jinhyeok was for defeating an enemy who was so strong beyond imagination.
‘No matter how much we do, we can’t even keep up with our toes.’
‘One person is more amazing than the entire raid.’
‘How much more effort do I have to put in?’
It will probably be impossible even if it takes a lifetime. Even fighting alongside him.
He could have complained about his overwhelming talent and skills, but
rather than that, the fact that such a player was climbing the Tower of Trials for mankind made him feel more reassured.
“Now you’re a super popular star. Next time I want to be with you, but I don’t think there’s any chance at my level.”
Maria of Olympus also came up to Jinhyeok and asked for a handshake.
If it had not been for Jinhyeok, he might have been betrayed by the Gandhara Guild and annihilated.
Even if it wasn’t for that, I would have been greeted with miserable words by the Weeping Witch or the demons.
“Miss Maria, the best mage in Europe, said something like that… It’s all thanks to the good help from the people around her.”
Jinhyeok gently turned the ball.
It’s not because I’ve grown up or realized humility in the meantime.
It’s just that I was able to become pretentious in the hope that I would soon be rewarded for being nice.
[Copying conditions met.]
[Copied ‘Hell Fire’.]
As expected.
from start to finish. Thanks to not hitting Maria in the back of the head, I was able to duplicate Hellfire.
With this, I secured both skills, Black Tears and Hellfire.
I came to the 15th floor and finished all the things I had to do.
“Thank you to the elder Yoo Chun-young. It was an unreasonable request, but he kindly accepted it, so I was relieved.”
“Heh heh. What did I do? Arranged the boss of the ruins. They said that you did everything by yourself to save the raid? More than anything else, it’s a request from the benefactor who saved my life, so of course I have to listen to this much.”
Yoo Chunyoung burst out laughing.
It’s not a bad feeling.
In the past, I had to solve everything alone, but now I have colleagues walking the road together.
Such precious comrades you can trust even in a situation where you have to risk your life.
“I think we’ll go to the boss raid on the 15th floor right away. What are you going to do from now on?
“The boss?”
“Yeah. It seems that various guilds will come out on a large scale after hearing the news that the raid was successful.
Boss…
There was a separate boss monster guarding the 15th floor, but it wasn’t very nutritious.
It should be enough to leave it to two people and a large guild.
“No, I have other things to do. First, I’m going to rest for a few days and recover my physical strength.”
From practicing the connection of newly acquired skills to creating higher versions of abilities through convergence.
There was a mountain of work to be done.
In addition, the Empire side will have finished the maintenance, so a huge war cloud will fall again.
You should also be prepared for this.
‘At this point, I should go to Moorim and meet Master too…’
Jinhyeok shuddered slightly as he thought of Dark Hwang.
‘…Does that mean I have to go through that training again?’
Jin-hyeok, who had enjoyed all kinds of perverted processes, had goosebumps all over his body when he thought about training with Amhwang.
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Three days have passed since the ruins.
After coming out of the tower, Jinhyeok took a leisurely rest to relieve his fatigue.
It’s good to say it’s a break. It was almost stretched out.
After recovering his condition perfectly, Jinhyeok and Alice headed to the special training ground prepared by the Awakened Association.
“It’s here. It’s a place where privacy is completely guaranteed, so you don’t have to worry about other people coming.”
A private training room that can be used by students of S rank or higher.
Alice looked around curiously.
“Ohhh. To think that even these things are possible. That’s pretty good for something made by humans. But, what is this?”
Alice approached the augmented reality device in the center of the training room.
Then he pressed the red button in the middle with his finger.
[Scans the target’s magical power.]
A blue light passed through Elise’s body.
“Such a reckless…! How dare a machine or something like that try to grasp my magical power!”
Elise’s red pupils dilated greatly.
right at that moment.
Whoa!
[Lv??? Decision not measurable. Implement the maximum practice opponent that the system can implement.]
“Koooooo!”
A 30m tall bell made of holograms appeared.
black dragon.
It is the strongest life form whose whole body is covered in black vinyl.
“D-Dragon? How can there be a dragon outside the tower?”
Elise stuttered in disbelief.
Suddenly facing a strange form of dragon that I have never seen before, I have no choice but to be embarrassed.
However, no matter how powerful the creature was, it was impossible to back down due to the true ancestor’s pride.
“I am the head of Ataraxia. I am Ellis von Ataraxia!”
Alice has opened the ‘Blood Road’.
Hmm.
A showdown between the Fool Queen and the Machine…
This is quite interesting.
It was all the more attractive that it was a battle where no matter which side won, there were only scars.
“Die! Die! Eh? Why do you avoid all attacks? Could it be that you even have the ability to distort space…? After all, a dragon. You’re a formidable enemy!”
The enemy is an asshole.
He’s definitely an idiot. Usually, at that level
, wouldn’t he even notice
?
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Name: Kang Jin-hyeok
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Level: 100
Strength 101 Agility 30 Stamina 40 Magical Power 233 Gap 100 Luck 10 Adaptive 78 Spirit 51.24
Possessed Stat Points: 18
Owned Coins : 5175356
Occupation: Interpreter of Runes
Inherent abilities: ‘Convergence’ ‘Grave of Swords’ ‘Blessing of the Stars’ ‘Judgment of Anubis’ ‘Blood Magic’ ‘Mandala’ ‘ 1 Second Invincibility, ‘Thousand Poison’, ‘White Beast’, ‘All Worlds’, ‘Sanctuary of the Sun’, ‘Dark Heaven Devil’, ‘Triple Magic’, ‘Colossus Strike’ Breath of the Fire Dragon, ‘High Speed Sword’, ‘Tombgrave’s Right Arm’, ‘Berserker’, ‘Realm of Wind’, ‘Shadow Slayer’, ‘Blood Blast’, ‘Black Tears’ Skills: Learned
Skills The number of
barriers has been changed to ‘fold’ status because there are too many
.
Level 100.
The digits have finally changed.
It is proof that the experience gained from catching the Witch of Weeping and the Apostles was that great
.
I used to look at three-digit level enemies and wonder when I reached that point, but now I’ve reached the same level as them, even though it’s still
a long way from the heyday
. It is time
to increase
agility and stamina, which were invested relatively little, because
it was possible to overcome the gap in stats only with sense and experience in the lower floors of the tower, but the balance of stats could not be ignored as we went beyond the middle tier to the upper tier.
Okay,
so next…
It’s time to check out the long-awaited ‘reward’ that will make the hardships of this raid go away once and for all
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