174. Acceleration (4)
Being able to restore additional abilities each time I went down a floor was a huge advantage.
It was worth it.
It meant that I could bring another skill, no matter how fraudulent it was, whether it was a skill or authority.
Currently, the ability of the gray blood and the seeker of the blood is replaced with the
blood cheon deep hole.
‘Of course, it would be better to get another skill than to restore the gray blood and the seeker of the blood.’
Anyway, it was certain that I had made a ridiculous profit.
Feeling delighted by that, I immediately opened the status window.
‘My abilities have gone up a lot.’
The level of ability he saw on the first floor was now completely different.
Soon enough, all abilities could reach triple digits.
But rather than that, he was more interested in the newly acquired skill.
『Skill – Manmajiwang (B-)』
『Proficiency level – 0%』
『Basic effect – Forces all demon-related beings to feel awe.』
『Detailed effect – Demonic energy (魔氣) ), and it becomes possible to absorb demonic energy and convert it into
magical energy. ”
It was obtained during a battle with an ancient demon, so there was no time to find out what skill it was.
After skimming through the skill description, I smiled.
‘It’s interesting.’
An incredibly high skill grade is also a skill grade…
but this skill, Manmaji King, was said to forcibly plant awe in all beings related to the devil.
In other words, it is said that not only demons but also monsters are forced to feel fear…
Although it is conditional, it is an undeniable fact that it is a good skill.
Even the detailed effects were too good to be ignored.
‘It’s a good ability to have resistance to magic and be able to absorb it and convert it into magic.’
At least it seemed like it would be easy to gain an advantage against enemies related to demons.
Now that the newly created skill was recognized, it was time to apply the reward obtained at the end of the battle.
「Absorbs the spirit of the ancient demon ‘Carnizle’ to permanently increase stats.」
「Muscle strength increased by 17.」
「Agility increased by 21.」
「Stamina increased by 19.」
「Magic power increased by 22. .”
“Durability increased by 21.”
It was a huge increase in stats, but it wasn’t that amazing.
He must be like that too…
‘I defeated an enemy that was close to being impossible to clear, but this should be enough.’
This is because the ancient demon Kanizl was a being that ordinary challengers could not deal with in the first place.
This level of growth was natural as it was a near-miraculous victory.
As I was enjoying the pleasure of growing up, I suddenly heard a voice.
“Wow… what happened to all of this… what kind of great battle did this happen…?”
Before anyone knew it, familiar faces had arrived in the cavity where the challengers had fled and disappeared.
Looking at Katherine Bennett’s face as if she had seen something she couldn’t see, I asked a question in a sullen manner.
“Are you done exploring?”
“Yeah well… to some extent. Seongyun-ssi bought me a lot of time. So, I found a lot of things.”
“That sounds nice to hear.”
“…a nice voice. I think there are more items Sungyoon piled behind him than we found.”
Katherine Bennet grunted and lifted her head to look near the altar.
“I was wondering why the challengers suddenly became frightened and ran this way…”
And then, she looked at me with a coy look.
“The cause was right here.”
During the battle, the challengers died as if shrimp were bursting in a whale fight….
It seems that there were quite a few who escaped without dying.
In the meantime, after seeing the runaway challengers, the team members gathered together again.
‘I wondered why he came so quickly, but it must have been because the challengers rushed in.’
For a moment I thought about what to do with the runaway challengers.
Most of them were hostile to me, so I didn’t want to see them.
But…
‘Well, it’s annoying to follow and kill them, and it’s a waste of time, so I’ll have to stop at this point.’
Just because he had hostility, it was not worthwhile to follow him to the end.
There should be at least as much gain as I followed, but there is none, so
I gave up chasing the challengers neatly right away.
Instead, they decided to look at the items the team members had farmed.
“So, did you find any useful items?”
I wondered if I couldn’t find anything, but…
“It seems like there was a huge battle, but in the meantime, we’ve taken advantage of it too.”
Maybe it wasn’t so, Kim Seung-hoon immediately threw a potion with a green color at me.
Accepting it, I immediately opened my eyes wide in surprise.
“This is…”
It was justified.
「The water of life in the labyrinth」
「Grade: C」
「The water of life diluted with some of the essence of the world tree with alchemy.」
「When you take the water of life, all abnormal conditions on the body are removed.」
「Taking the water of life in the giant tree labyrinth It recovers an additional 40 [HP] when done.”
An item that could restore [HP], which had been impossible to regenerate until now, appeared.
“As expected, there was an item that could recover [HP] separately….”
For some reason, I thought that [HP] was not automatically recovered.
Oh Chun-seok handed me a small box as I was fooling around with the green potion.
“Well, that’s a huge income, but you can say that the real income is this.”
And…
“This item seems to suit Seong-yoon the best.”
As soon as I opened the small box I was handed over, I couldn’t help but open my eyes wide.
“Box of Life”
“Grade: A+” “A box containing the power of life made
from pieces of wood collected from the World Tree.”
It recovers.”
「Giant tree increases all stats of the user by an additional +10 when worn in the labyrinth.」
It was an unexpected jackpot.
***
Originally, the search was to arm the team members…
‘I never thought they would bring such a crazy item.’
Rather, for now, I was in a situation where I was being armed by my teammates.
Of course, it was a bit like receiving it unconditionally, so I handed over the items I had collected so far to my teammates.
“I never thought the challengers from the 1st floor would have such good items…”
“Hmm… the other challengers didn’t have bad equipment either. There were so many great things.”
“On the 2nd floor, instead of proper weapons, there were consumable items scattered around, which is absurd.”
Well, there were no items I could use in the first place, so there was no regret.
“Now that we are armed, let’s go down.”
As soon as I got my teammates armed, I immediately moved to the portal above the altar.
「You are eligible to go down the 2nd floor of the Giant Tree Labyrinth [Whisper of the Evil
Spirit], so you will receive a reward.
」 I just picked one ability. 「
You have selected
[Authority] among [Items/Powers/Skills
]
. ”
was
‘Until now, I couldn’t raise the proficiency of the Power skill because I didn’t have this.’
The power skills attributed to the divine were intact, but the inherent divine power was not intact.
Therefore, I thought that the first priority was to regain this unique divine power.
It was worth it.
Because raising the proficiency of authority skills is important.
I don’t know about other abilities, but the power skill is an ability that will be maintained even after leaving the labyrinth…
steadily developing that ability was not an option, but a necessity.
‘And I’ll have to use this for the remaining one.’
Soon I moved my hand to restore the rest of my powers as well.
「You have selected a [Skill] among [Items, Powers, and Skills].」
「Choose what you want to retrieve from the sealed Powers.」
And…
「The skill ‘About Heaven (A+)’ will be released from the seal.」
Soon after, Pacheon’s skill was released from the seal, and I smiled softly.
‘With this, I can now use a sword technique comparable to Geomyeom.’
The reason I chose this skill was simple.
It is to reinforce the current disadvantages in using geomgi.
My sword skill is still difficult to match properly with other sword skills…
In addition, it was difficult because it was not suitable for short-term decisive battles due to poor retention.
Even with skills and powers, there was a lot of possibility that it would collapse.
‘Because the swordsmanship before reaching the Sword Flame is such a skill.’
It’s a great technique, but it’s not an absolute power, so I had to take advantage of the strengths while eliminating the weaknesses.
Pacheon was adopted as an alternative.
Of course, things about recovering the Blood Heaven Demon Sword by choosing Pacheon are a little late, but…
‘It doesn’t matter much.’
To be honest, they could have been retrieved on the next floor.
After a while, as soon as the team members regained their abilities one by one, they immediately walked over the portal on top of the altar.
Shaaa…!
「You have entered the Giant Tree Labyrinth 3rd Floor [The Corrupted Fairy’s Dominion Area].」 「 This is a place
where the Corrupt Fairy who entered the Giant Tree Labyrinth oppresses everything alive.」
It is full.」
「According to the suggestion of the fallen fairy, participate in the play.」
「※However, if you do not participate in the play according to the suggestion of the fallen fairy, you can become her enemy.」
At the same time as the unpleasant wind brushes your body , I took a tour of the newly renovated place.
Should I say it looks like a small forest has been moved into a large cave?
It was a state of unparalleled, truly heterogeneous scenery.
Even…
‘Could this be Magi?’
Even an ominous magic power I had never encountered before was floating in the air.
I had encountered it while climbing the tower, so it wasn’t difficult to adapt, but…
The team members who were exposed to demons were blatantly displeased.
“Ugh… that’s a bad place. Why is there
a forest like this inside the cave …”
“Did you say Margie? I’ve been through trials in similar places before.”
At least, Kim Seung-hun was relatively fine, perhaps because he had been through a demon like me.
It was then.
“Are there other stupid people who want to play with me?”
Suddenly, a young voice came from the air and I looked up.
A little beauty with butterfly-like wings was flying around.
Fairy.
It was a very small beauty that really suited that word….
As the system message said that she was a fallen fairy, there was malice in her eyes.
“Well, the humans who came to the labyrinth probably know that they have to play along with me, right?”
The Corrupt Fairy gave a giggling sound…
“I don’t like crowds of humans, but there are a lot of foolish humans besides you on this floor.”
He then spoke with a sly smile on his lips.
“Let’s play a game of reducing each other’s numbers.”
And…
「Find and kill 4 or more challengers on the 3rd floor of the Giant Tree Labyrinth [The area ruled by the fallen fairies].」
I frowned at the newly popped up system message.
Another battle between challengers?
Even now, I had to go so far as to find the challengers like an annoying game of tag.
It couldn’t be helped that it wasn’t very pleasant.
“At this point, did you understand roughly?”
But that was only for a moment.
“From now on, let humans kill each other. Then I’ll think about whether or not to reward you.”
Then, the moment I saw the message that popped up at the same time as the fairy’s words ended.
「Challengers who are chosen by the Corrupted Fairy can use the ‘Labyrinth Exclusive Shop’.」
I immediately opened my mouth and spoke to the Corrupted Fairy without thinking.
“Nothing to worry about.”
“…what?”
“Because you’ll have to reward me anyway.”
“…under! Is this a funny person? Why should I?”
“That’s it…”
she said, frowning and very disapprovingly…
“If you don’t, you’ll bleed.”
It was only for a moment that he maintained his rude attitude.
「The skill ‘Manmaji King萬魔之王’ is activated.」
That should be the case too…
“Uh uh uh…? Damn nonsense! How could this human get this kind of energy…!?”
It’s because I’ve acquired a new skill that I can use at this time.
I spoke in an overbearing voice to the fairy’s frightened response.
“Okay, answer.”
“uh…?”
“Answer me.”
“…”
“Don’t you?”
“I’ll give it to you…”
“It’s the first time we’ve met, but I don’t think it’s okay to speak casually.”
“…yo. this.”
At that, I smiled softly and looked at the fairy.
‘I’m finally ready to talk.’
I was proud of it because I seemed to have rehabilitated this fallen fairy a little bit.
