142. Warrior (2)
“The exclusive effect of the True Blood Demon Sword (A), ‘Blood Eating’, is activated.”
「By absorbing the blood of the prospective apostle ‘Zerhan Nevia’, the grade of the item increases to A-class (2801/4800).」
「The blood of the prospective apostle ‘Zerhan Nebia’ is absorbed and the < Imprint Skill: Divine Amplification (B+) > is imprinted in the slot dedicated to blood.」
After writing blood on Zerhan’s corpse, I immediately returned to the waiting room.
There was nothing good about staying on the 15th floor stage, and seeing the Archbishop wailing loudly and trying to grab me was awkward.
So, as soon as I got the rewards I could get right away, I jumped over the portal as if I was running away.
“You have entered the waiting room on the 16th floor.”
「Restrictions on administrator messages will be lifted.」
Immediately after that, the manager message appeared as if it was blinking.
「The manager ‘Iron-Blooded Lord’ is greatly relieved even though the contractor is safe.」
“The manager, ‘Baekhakgeomseon’, is in tears because he told the contractor that he had a hard time.”
and.
「The manager ‘Iron-Blooded Lord’ invites you to the manager’s area.」
「The administrator ‘White Crane Geomseon(白鶴劍仙)’ invites you to the administrator area.」
Two invitation messages arrived at the same time, regardless of which one came first.
“I’m sorry to worry you, but I don’t think we have time to meet.”
But I had no intention of accepting that invitation.
because there was a lot to do.
I felt the need to check the various rewards obtained in the 15th floor ordeal and even organize the newly realized bar this time.
‘I need to think more seriously about the divine power.’
Going through the apostleization once, I was able to cross the realm of quasi-godhood once.
realized through it.
The divine power in the heart doesn’t just stop at the cost concept used for myths or powers.
Divinity is something that becomes stronger the more it is polished, and responds sensitively to any kind of will.
It was clear that if he could use this properly, he would be able to handle the energy of nature as if he were in an apostle state.
‘Even in the sado state, it was more powerful than Namgung-hyeok’s Sword Gang.’
Of course, Namgoong-hyeok’s focus is on using the power of martial arts through the surrounding magic power…
The divine power used as the divine keyword was able to demonstrate its abilities more intuitively.
Versatility was also good.
I quietly moved the divine power in my heart and pulled it up with the tips of my fingers.
As if recreating the senses of the time when he was a apostle.
“…”
He narrowed his eyes as he saw the ominous light of divine power that had turned black before he knew it.
‘Even though they said the qualities of a god of death… I never thought the detailed effects of necromancy would have such an impact.’
As I went through the apostleization this time, the divine power in my heart became a little special.
Even if it wasn’t like when the divine keyword < death > was used, there was a certain attribute in the divine power itself.
Weapons can be strengthened like magical powers, and even when divine power is applied to the body, mysterious phenomena occur.
like right now
“that’s interesting.”
As the divine power wrapped around her pupils, her vision suddenly changed to a splendid one.
Everywhere I could see black dots and suffocating black air currents flowing as if someone had dropped ink on them.
I don’t even know what this is.
There was no change even when I directly pressed the black dots on the wall of the waiting room, and even when I stirred the black air currents with my hands, nothing changed.
However, when I put the divinity in my hand, the reaction was completely different.
Kwajijik.
“…what is this.”
The walls of the waiting room, which had been unmoved no matter what they did until now, were slightly crushed.
Of course, the walls of the waiting room were quickly restored as if to hide the fact that they had been crushed…
As I poked the black dots here and there, the parts crumbled into powder as if their lifespan had ended.
“…”
Sensing a sense of alienation from him, I tried to cut down the black air current by using my divine power once…
The black airflow just split, and nothing special happened.
‘…Hmm, I think this was also influenced by necromancy, but I don’t know what kind of ability it is.’
I stood still for a while and thought about it, but I couldn’t come up with an answer that I should do like this.
In the end, I turned my attention to something else, accepting the change only as it felt like adding an attribute.
「The Seal of Offering (SS-) exclusive effect ‘Offering (供養)’ is activated.」
“You can offer your [talent] [ability] [treasure] to the gods.”
The Seal of Offering, which can increase the amount of divine power, did not disappear even after leaving the 15th floor stage.
Looking at the phrase that it does not disappear, I vaguely guessed that it would be so, but it did not really disappear, so I laughed.
‘With this, I can easily inflate my holy power.’
Soon I had to choose one of three options.
“I chose to offer [ability] to the gods.”
「Designate the [ability] to offer to the gods as desired.」
The other day he chose [Treasure], so this time he wanted to find out what it meant to dedicate [Ability].
However, there was nothing very special.
[Ability] to offer to the gods was a skill.
I smiled blankly as I saw various skills popping up.
‘This can be turned into divine power?’
It was embarrassing, but to be honest, it wasn’t bad.
It was quite difficult to change useless skills into usable ones through skill synthesis.
I immediately selected a three-pronged skill from the list of skills that I hadn’t used in recent years.
「The skill ‘Three Verses (A-)’ has been specified.」
It’s a high-class skill called A-class, but apart from that, the efficiency wasn’t very good.
It was worth it.
This is the reward you acquired when you defeated the challenger from the other world for the first time on the lower floors.
At that time, no matter how difficult the opponents of the other world were, they would not give me good skills.
Therefore, it was inevitable that he would distance himself from the skills he naturally used.
“I received the skill ‘Three Verses (A-)’ from myself.”
「The ability is converted into divine power and stored in the heart.」
The divine power in the heart has increased considerably, probably because of the A-class skill.
Even so, the level of divine power did not go up.
However, the growth rate was definitely better than offering trivial items.
After thinking about it for a while, I took out some skill books from the subspace pocket.
‘Even if it’s a random skill acquisition anyway, it’s mostly D-class.’
It was enough to offer as a sacrifice of divine power.
As soon as I used up the skill book and acquired a few skills, I felt a sense of disappointment.
As expected, low-grade skills were not useful at all.
Of course, even if the grade is low, it can be used if the practicality is good, but…
Most of the things that came out of the skill book were useless.
「The skill ‘Appetite control (D-)’ has been specified.」
Can you control your appetite?
「The skill ‘Forced Sleep (D-)’ has been specified.」
That you can sleep soundly at any time.
「The skill ‘Mix Resistance (D-)’ has been specified.」
Or maybe it had resistance to poison…
To be honest, my body doesn’t get poisoned even if I don’t have tolerance.
‘How many stamina levels are there, but I’m afraid I’ll be poisoned by something like poison.’
Even if you get poisoned, you won’t be able to stop it with something like D-class miasma resistance.
Because if it’s enough to poison me, it’ll be a mad poison that’s comparable to power.
And I didn’t feel the need to control things like food cravings or sleep.
No, in the first place, there was no problem with physical activity even if I didn’t eat or sleep anymore.
‘So there’s no reason to have more of these.’
As he sacrificed those skills, the divine power in his heart gradually increased.
and.
「The grade of the authority ‘Divine Power (B)’ will grow to the grade of ‘Divine Power (B+)’.”
「The authority ‘Divine Power (B+)’ is now affected by the user’s beliefs and beliefs.」
「The authority ‘Divine Power (B+)’ slowly establishes its divine disposition by the quality of the Shinigami.」
Finally, when the skill book supported by the British Hunter Association was used up, the level of divine power rose.
The death attribute in the heart became stronger, and along with it, divine operation became softer for some reason.
There was also a change that the color of the divine power was a bit darker red, but it was not very noteworthy.
I sat down slowly, observing the growing divine power, and at the same time recalling the feelings I felt when I became an apostle.
Of course, there were no tangible results, but at least I could vaguely feel the sense of that time.
“It seems that the divine power is enough.”
Soon, I took out a shield-shaped item from the subspace bag and chewed it.
「The skill ‘Steel Feed’ is activated.」
Then a message appeared.
「You have consumed the item ‘Shield of Flash’.」
“It consumes < 00:09:59 > until complete absorption.”
I was used to the absorption waiting time of Steel Feed on the 15th floor stage, so it wasn’t uncomfortable.
After waiting for absorption for a while, a message came to my mind and my body was energized.
“Complete absorption.”
“Muscle strength increases by 1.”
Most items that are not mixed with steel increase their stats like this.
However, non-steel items changed their constitution, so they had to be careful when eating them.
After chewing on a few more items, I slowly waited for digestion.
“Complete absorption.”
“Your physical strength increases by 2.”
「Magic power increases by 3.」
「Discharges 4.8% of the accumulated turbidity in the body.」
Then, when the item was completely digested, I felt something rise up in my throat.
“Wook…”
As soon as I spit out the black liquid, I felt my body lighten slightly.
However, despite swallowing several items, I felt a bit disappointed when I saw the growth rate that was not very high.
‘This also becomes less efficient as the ability level rises and the more takgi is discharged, the less efficient it is.’
Of course, it made no sense to maintain this growth rate forever, so there was no reason to worry too much.
With this, almost all the items received from the British Hunter Association were disposed of.
I soon took out the item I had acquired as a reward for breaking through the 15th floor ordeal from my inventory.
「Guardian Bracelet of the Nameless God」
「Rating: S+」
“A bracelet used by a now nameless god to protect himself during his lifetime.”
「When exposed to a blow that cannot be blocked by the user, the exclusive effect ‘Preemptive Defense’ is activated.」
「When the exclusive effect ‘pre-defense’ is activated, the bracelet removes the shock of an unstoppable blow.」
「However, there is a limit on the use of this exclusive effect, and the current number of times it can be used is 4.」
The basic breakthrough reward was an item that was given a mysterious exclusive effect called advance defense.
It was a bracelet with a green color that looked like a rosary, and I really liked the exclusive effect.
If it’s similar to Last Resistance, which has a similar effect among the skills, it’s similar, but…
Unlike Last Stand, Advance Defense removes damage from the bracelet.
In a way, it could be said that it was closer to the protective shield of necromancy.
However, unlike the necromancy shield, there were no costs to consume and no restrictions.
There should have been a limit on the number of uses, but this was practically the same as balancing.
‘If the number of times is not limited, I can block an infinite number of attacks, so I need something like this.’
Confirming that, I immediately put the bracelet on my left wrist and turned my attention to my inventory.
and.
「Sacred Orb of the Nameless God」
「Rating: S+」
“A bead that a nameless god put his own divinity in during his lifetime.”
「When you designate a target and inject holy power, the exclusive effect ‘absolute seal’ is activated.」
「When the exclusive effect ‘Absolute Seal’ is activated, the strongest ability of the opponent is sealed.」
「However, once this exclusive effect is used, it cannot be used again, and the seal does not last long.」
What he received as an additional breakthrough reward was a weakening item that could be considered a curse type.
Likewise, it was wrapped in green light like a bracelet, and there was a limit on the number of uses.
‘Is this good too?’
To be honest, it is not strange that a strong enemy suddenly appears at any time in the Tower of Trials.
Any item that could seal the opponent’s strongest ability was welcome.
Then, taking the Holy Orb of the Nameless God, I finally absorbed Zerehan’s spirit.
「Absorbs the command of the prospective apostle ‘Zerhan Nevia’ to permanently increase stats.」
“Muscle strength has increased by 4.”
「Agility has increased by 6.」
“Your physical strength has increased by 4.”
「Magic power has increased by 7.」
“Durability has increased by 3.”
For a strong enemy, his stats didn’t go up much, but…
「Absorbs one of the skills possessed by the prospective apostle ‘Zerhan Nebia’.」
「Acquire the skill ‘Roar of the Strong (B-)’.」
Fortunately, the skill was absorbed and I was able to see better benefits than the ability.
“I received the skill ‘Roar of the Strong (B-)’ from myself.”
「The ability is converted into divine power and stored in the heart.」
Of course, as soon as he acquired the skill, he activated the seal of offering and replaced the skill with divine power.
Since it had the same effect as a skill only for the weak, there was nothing more to look at.
‘This isn’t very important, so I’ll use it to increase my holy power.’
While doing so, a new message appeared before I knew it.
「I have captured the divinity in the spirit of the prospective apostle ‘Zerhan Nebia’.」
「The authority ‘Divine Power’ is activated by satisfying the conditions.」
“Attempt to extract divinity.”
It was a message of divinity extraction that I had seen many times before.
「Sacred extraction successful.」
However, if there is a difference from the previous one, it is that the level of divine power did not rise this time.
‘Still, my holy power has increased considerably.’
As the level of divine power gradually increases, it seems that growth is becoming difficult in many ways…
In fact, slowing my growth means that I have become stronger, so there was nothing to take it badly.
After checking all the rewards up to that point and completing my growth, I suddenly remembered what a quest was.
‘Come to think of it, I heard that personal trials can be replaced with managers’ quests.’
In response, I immediately put the newly added quest command into my mouth.
“quest.”
and.
「Read the quest of challenger Han Seong-yoon.」
“A total of 87 managers have requested quests.”
―The manager, ‘The Ruler of the Sky’, requested the quest < The Ruler of the Sky Island >.
―The administrator, ‘The Seeker of Divinity,’ requested the quest < The Seeker’s Path >…
―The admin ‘Hero of the Black Islands’ is on the quest < Disaster of the Islands >…
….
….
Then, looking at the quest that came to mind, he smiled.
“…A lot of people requested it.”
I didn’t expect so many administrators to ask me for quests, but…
To be honest, I can set the reward for quests at will, so the more there are, the worse it is.
Of course, before I decided what was good, I had received power from three managers in exchange for quests, so I decided to liquidate that first.
however….
―The manager, ‘The Hero of the Ruined World’, requests the quest < Savior of the End >.
*Success Reward: Grants absolute indestructibility to two selected items.
*Success condition: Making a choice that you will not regret.
His eyes were drawn to the quest of the manager who had sponsored the warrior’s protection.
It was nothing else, but the reward of ‘imposing absolutely indestructible properties on the two selected items’ stood out.
Even if it wasn’t so, I was wondering if I should repair the item since I overused the soul ego that was newly granted to the Blood Demon Sword…
It seemed that he could awaken Dam Chun-wu’s consciousness faster than he thought.
‘This is lucky.’
It was the time to decide which quest to carry out.
