073. Ordeal on the 10th floor (4)
Originally, the world revolves around those who have it.
Those who don’t have, whether it’s money or talent or anything else, can’t overcome those who have.
Just like I, who couldn’t walk the path of a hunter because I had no skill aptitude.
But after I started climbing the Tower of Trials, I was able to have what I couldn’t have.
The rewards obtained by overcoming the crazy trials of life and death gave me a lot.
Thanks to that, I was able to gain strength that I had never had before.
Of course, before I even felt the power I had in my hands, I had only suffered hardships while meeting challengers from the other world, so I didn’t really feel it… but not anymore
.
「Vampire Count’s old tailcoat」
「Grade: A-」
「Movement speed +8%」
「Magic circulation +10%」
「A special tailcoat that a vampire Count in Qalian used when he was young.
」 Blood inside the body can be consumed to create a blood-colored protective film.”
“At this time, the amount of physical strength and blood consumed determines the level of the protective film.”
Looking at the red tailcoat I took from Kim Seung-jun, I slightly raised the corner of my mouth.
I never thought I could get an A- grade item without paying anything like this.
No, it’s not like he didn’t pay for it at all.
If I had just lost the battle, it would have been me, not Kim Seung-jun, who was giving out the item by now.
‘Is it the law of high risk high return…’
As much as I took the risk of dying, there were quite a few things I could get this time.
「Magic book of amplification」
「Grade: C+」
「A magic book dedicated to amplifying magic that one of the court mages of Ares used when she was young.」
「Magic concentration and magical properties are enhanced when casting magic with the book in hand .”
「However, if you drop it from your hand while in use, all stats will decrease by -1.」
Not to mention the ugly magic book that Kim Seung-jun used while holding it in his hand while fighting earlier.
「Necklace of a follower who worships the Thunder God」
「Grade: A」 「A necklace
that can change the user’s magical property into lightning when worn for a long time.」
It’s an effect that only applies to those who don’t have it.]
There was also a necklace that could change even the precious magical properties, making me wonder how it was obtained.
「Blood Demon Sword(血天魔劍)」
「Grade: B+」
「Reaction speed +7%」
「Attack speed +10%」
「A famous sword that was once one of the treasures of the Blood Demon cult of Murim.」
「With swordsmanship skills. When this is used, blood energizes the blade, and the flow of magical power flowing through the blood stream becomes smooth.” I was
able to obtain a sword that I did not use when fighting, but seemed to have been obtained by killing someone else.
Other than that, I was able to get large and small items, but there was nothing that stood out except for the three items.
All the rest of the items can be disposed of somewhere when you return to reality later.
I tried breaking and restoring the recovered hand bones, just in case, to see if there was an item Kim Seung-jun was hiding, but…
Kwajik! Kwajik! Kwajik!
“Sir baaaal…! 이 개새끼야! That’s it! It’s all! I gave you everything I had…!!”
「The skill ‘Eyes of Truth’ is activated.」 「All
the words
of that person are true.」
Only then did I put the item I had acquired by removing the foot I had placed on Kim Seung-jun’s body into my inventory.
Of course, the [Necklace of a Thunder God worshiper] was worn right away without putting it in the inventory.
“Current player Han Seong-yoon does not have a unique magical trait.”
“With the effect of the thunder god’s worshiper’s necklace (A), the magical trait begins to bloom.”
For me, who does not have a magical trait at all, it is very Because I thought it wasn’t bad.
When I asked Kim Seung-jun, I was able to roughly figure out that he had only used it once and that it still had about two uses left.
“Please stop now…. I will do anything as long as you save me…”
In the process, his bones were broken and regenerated several times, and Kim Seung-joon changed into a more miserable figure
… I didn’t feel sorry or anything.
self-employment.
It’s because you’re just paying the price for the bad karma you’ve accumulated.
As I looked at the pitiful figure, I immediately broke the potion in my hand.
Quadduk.
Seeing the glass shattered in his grasp and the potion dripping down his hand, Kim Seung-joon widened his eyes and gnashed his teeth.
“Fuck…!! They gave me all the items in my inventory as I wanted, but why…!!”
Kim Seung-jun’s face was distorted as if he finally realized that
he had been tricked.
I answered in a voice that did not waver despite such a cry and approached Kim Seung-jun.
Kim Seung-jun was frightened and tried to get out of the spot somehow, but he couldn’t.
Since he didn’t even use 30% of the rapid recovery potion, Kim Seung-joon was simply living his life.
“Fuck fuck fuck…!! Please someone help me…!”
Kim Seung-jun crawled on the ground somehow with both arms and asked for help from Kim Seung-hun and Oh Chun-
seok…
Immediately, I stomped on Kim Seung-jun’s head as hard as I could and cut off his voice.
“….”
After a clean final finish with no guilt or regret left.
「Absorbed the command of player ‘Seungjun Kim’.」
「Skill increased by 12.7%.」
This time, only the Necromancy message that the command was absorbed again came to mind.
***
As soon as Kim Seung-jun died, he absorbed the command, and a new message appeared in front of his eyes.
「There are 10 minutes left until the trial begins.」
「All challengers, prepare for the upcoming 10th floor ordeal.」 It’s
no different, the waiting time for the 10th floor ordeal is coming to an end soon.
Well, it took quite a while to kill Kim Seung-jun, but I benefited a lot from that.
While I was satisfied with that, Kim Seung-hoon and Oh Chun-seok approached me before I knew it.
“Looks like you’re done.”
Kim Seung-hoon spoke to me calmly, and I responded in the same way without emotion.
“Because I don’t usually leave behind regrets.”
“Is that so… well, that’s not a bad choice either.”
Kim Seung-hoon nodded while saying that out of the blue, and pointed his finger into the air.
I was nervous for a while wondering if it was to activate a skill… “Challenger Kim Seung
-hun sent
you a friend request.”
“You can contact me later if you have any questions or concerns.”
Even before I was taken aback by the voice that sounded like he was fully satisfied, Kim Seung-hun immediately turned his back and walked away from me.
‘…what?’
In the midst of the mystery of what the hell this situation was.
“Challenger Oh Chun-seok sent you a friend request.”
Then, the friend request of Oh Chun-seok, who was next to him, arrived.
When I looked at Oh Chun-seok, he opened his mouth with a puzzled face.
“Haha…. I may be a little shameless, but I want to contact you later.”
It seems that it felt quite awkward that he did not help me in the fight with Kim Seung-jun earlier.
However, even if I had been in the same situation as Oh Chun-seok, I would not have risked helping others.
And, apparently, I thought I was going to kill Seungjun Kim no matter what, but if I thought I was really in danger, I would have intervened.
“There is no shame. If you want to contact me, you can do so at any time.”
First of all, there was nothing wrong with having a means to contact the top challengers.
“Challenger Kim Seung-hoon’s friend request has been accepted.”
“Challenger Oh Chun-seok’s friend request has been accepted.”
Right away, I accepted the two friend requests, and only then did Oh Chun-seok smile.
“Oh, thank you. I was wondering what should I do if they don’t accept it… It’s great.”
After Oh Chun-seok said that, he glanced at me and continued.
“It looks like you chose the ruler when you were choosing the halo on the 8th floor.”
At those words, I couldn’t help but open my eyes.
“…!?”
I looked at Oh Chun-seok as if I was surprised, and soon he scratched his head as if he was embarrassed and said,
“When I used the skill earlier, I saw that you summoned something like a magic shield… I don’t think a melee-type hunter would learn such a thing. It seems like a fairly high-grade skill, but it’s difficult for melee hunters to acquire it. Well, not only that, but there are other reasons as well.”
“If it’s another reason…”
“Halo I chose to be the ruler too. So I was sure. Well, like Han Seong-yoon, I couldn’t combine such high-level skills. At first glance, it seems like a skill obtained by integrating all the useless skills I have acquired so far, but honestly, I feel envious.”
“What is that…”
If he had chosen the ruler’s halo, Chun-seok Oh would have been able to synthesize skills like me…
.
“Originally, skills are easy to obtain when you have aptitude… Each skill requires different aptitudes and even aptitude values, so acquiring skills was originally about picking stars from the sky.”
At least until the tower appeared, it could not be denied.
Because I also didn’t get any skills at that time because of my fucking aptitude.
“Of course, things changed a bit after the tower appeared, but even the points acquired through the ordeal were not enough to be spent on acquiring skills that could be used for skill synthesis, and even skill synthesis seemed to have to be done between similar skills. If not, what kind of strange skill would come out?”
It was like that too.
I realized what would happen if different types of skills were combined, so I combined burn resistance with the skill of a ranger.
At that time, I definitely felt that combining useless skills would not produce a much better result than before.
“However, Mr. Han Seong-yoon seems to have benefited quite a bit from skill synthesis. Well, I didn’t have many skills, so I couldn’t try many things, so I asked if there was another way to use skill synthesis.”
It was only then that I realized how wide the gap in the ruler’s halo could vary from person to person.
I was able to absorb skills as well as supply and demand of stats with the unique characteristics of Necromancy.
In other words, it means that it has unique characteristics that are perfect for using the ruler halo’s unique ability [Skill Synthesis].
On the other hand, Chun-Seok Oh had a hard time getting skills like me, so it was difficult to use his unique powers in many ways.
Because of that, he guessed that the skill I was currently showing was obtained through the authority of the halo, and asked me.
However…
‘There is no such thing as a hidden function in the power of the halo.’
There is no such thing as a hidden function in skill synthesis, only a few things like combination rules exist.
I thought about it for a while because most of the other things could be said to be virtually meaningless…
“No, I got the skill by combining the skills I was lucky with… Instead, I think I can tell you what I learned while synthesizing skills.”
Soon, I taught the basic laws of skill synthesis while hiding the unique characteristics.
I explained how the activation method is determined when synthesizing a skill and how the content of the skill changes.
Well, actually, it was a part that I vaguely got a sense of after doing quite a bit of synthesis, but even that seemed to be quite helpful to Oh Chun-seok.
“Oh…. There was something like that. There were quite a few functions I didn’t know about.” Oh Chun-
seok
gave a shallow admiration and soon tried to open his mouth as if he had something more to ask
.
“The 10th floor ordeal begins.”
“The remaining time begins to decrease and monsters appear.”
The 10th floor ordeal began without a break for conversation.
