011. Growth (4)
「Congratulations, you have broken through the 3rd floor of the Tower of Trials.」
「As a breakthrough reward, ‘Steel Elixir (C)’ will be sent to your inventory.」
「You have acquired ‘3000 points’ as a breakthrough reward. 」
「You acquired ‘Hunter Style Daggers (E)’ as an additional breakthrough reward.」 「
You acquired 1000 points as an additional breakthrough reward
.」
Ganger’s body collapses.
Seeing that, I let out a sigh of relief and immediately sat down on the floor.
I didn’t have the strength to stand up at all.
dump.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh …
”
The magical power that went into the special effect of the assassin’s cloak.
Add to that the aftereffects of the torso slam, and it’s a taste to die for.
His stamina was stamina and his mana was consumed like crazy.
If anything went wrong, I might have been stabbed in the neck by a doppelganger.
Obviously, I feel that I have grown rapidly in a short time, but to this extent…
There should be a degree of difficulty, but there is no such thing here.
‘If it wasn’t for the characteristics specialized in growth and combat, I might have died right away.’
It probably wouldn’t have been any different with other challengers.
It must have been because there were a lot of people who were active as hunters.
‘Ordinary people will almost never survive and die…’
I would have been in a similar situation if I hadn’t had the experience of 7 years of honing various weapon skills.
But why?
“….”
Even though I keenly realize that it is becoming more and more dangerous, other emotions come to mind instead of a sense of crisis.
sense of victory.
The feelings I felt on the 1st floor as well as on the 2nd floor.
Determined to fight and win.
The sense of victory gained from that series of processes was very stimulating.
To the extent that the fact that he almost died is gradually buried.
And at the present point of passing through the third floor, the feeling was felt more clearly.
I tried not to think about it until now, but I couldn’t do it this time.
throbbing.
The fact that you have achieved something by fighting yourself…
is that what makes your heart beat so fast?
‘No way.’
Obviously, this is not a feeling that an ordinary person can feel.
How can I be excited about winning the fight when I almost died.
There is a difference between being relieved that you survived and being intoxicated by the fact that you won.
But… even
if I knew that, it didn’t make me normal.
The pleasure of growing up and the thrill of surviving and getting stronger run through your body.
Is it because of the past 7 years when time seemed to stop?
Or was it just that I was such a crazy person from the beginning?
Either way…
The Tower of Trials came dangerously to me, who couldn’t win anything.
The tower tests my limits and at the same time rewards me accordingly.
Unlike the reality where you couldn’t grow no matter how hard you tried.
Moreover, it is more so because it is an opportunity that came right before giving up on Hunter.
“Is this an excuse?”
Even if I give reasons for this and that, it is clear that I am abnormal.
That is an undeniable fact.
But it was also true that he survived thanks to him.
Those who adapted to this environment survived and those who did not were eliminated.
‘The proof of that is the number of community members that decrease each time you go up a floor.’
From that point of view, it’s not too bad.
It was because he had more firmly adapted than anyone else to this tower of trials where life and death come and go.
You feel the thrill in a crisis and a sense of accomplishment in a reward.
It can be seen that it is optimized for the Tower of Trials.
But what about from a different perspective?
I heard that among Hunters, those who became like me are the most dangerous.
A sense of danger that arises from a life-and-death battle.
It is said that those who are intoxicated by it and cannot get out of the fight are short-lived.
Those who said they had combat-type or growth-type unique characteristics said more so.
That’s why it’s easier to get interested in battle and easier to go crazy.
So, is this feeling I’m feeling wrong?
“…”
I don’t know.
Either point of view is not a matter to be easily concluded.
Getting used to the Tower of Trials would be a good thing right now… but
after the 5th floor, everything will be different.
Time to get out of this heinous environment and return to Earth.
The time will come when the logic of survival of the fittest fades away.
At that time, even if you don’t like it, you will know how this adaptation will work.
so.
“For now, let’s just think about surviving.”
That alone is daunting because of the current situation.
I got up from my seat and immediately approached my doppelganger.
And I reached out my hand to the black smoke rising from the dark liquid.
「Activate the unique characteristic ‘Necromancy (F)’.」
「Absorb the doppelganger’s spirit?」
「Y/N」
A message I’ve seen so far came to mind, and I asked if I had necromancy.
Without thinking, I pressed ‘Y’ and absorbed the command.
And that was the moment.
「You have absorbed the doppelgänger’s command.」
「Currently possessed command – 1/5」
「Skill increased by 35%.」
Surprised by the rapid increase in skill level, it was a moment.
I opened my eyes at the message that followed.
「The mastery of the unique property ‘Necromancy’ has reached 100%.」
「The grade of the unique property ‘Necromancy’ has risen by one level.」
“…?”
Unexpected growth of unique characteristics occurred.
***
I don’t even know how the hell this happened.
‘A unique trait grows so suddenly?’
I only blinked my eyes at the sudden growth of unique characteristics.
I couldn’t understand why the proficiency of the unique attribute went up and the grade went up.
But…
if you don’t know the reason at all, it’s not like that.
‘Are there any special conditions to increase the proficiency when absorbing the spirits?’
It could have been.
When absorbing monsters that are a little stronger than my own power, additional calculations are added to the proficiency.
Having seen such an example outside, I was able to guess.
The system only gives concise explanations, not all the details of the ability.
Of course, that part didn’t come back to me as a bad influence…
But it was a sudden case, so it took me a while to figure out this situation.
“…so it was just luck.”
There was no other way to explain the current situation.
‘If I absorb a strong enemy, my proficiency level rises faster.’
I had thought about it a little before, but now it’s clear.
It seemed that the potential of my unique trait was quite high.
Among the unique characteristics that support growth, I think it is the potential that is located at the top.
‘The more you catch the enemy, the stronger you become, and depending on the conditions, your skill level rises explosively.’
I think I know what it means to laugh because I am dumbfounded.
I laughed once and opened the status window.
After that, I opened the description window of the unique characteristics and looked at what had changed.
『Unique Attribute – Necromancy (E)』
『Proficiency level – 0%』
『Basic effect – Can absorb the soul of the dead and use it freely』
『Detailed effect (1) – Can permanently increase stats, The number is proportional to the rank of the corresponding characteristic and the quality of the spirit.』
『Detailed effect (2) – The soul can be stored and used, and the limit of storage capacity is proportional to the rank.』
『Detailed effect (3) – The death of the deceased When absorbing the soul, there is a certain probability that one of the skills imprinted on the soul can be learned.]
He laughed while looking at the newly added third detail effect.
“Even though it’s high risk, high return…”
That was exactly the situation.
Maybe he didn’t kill his doppelganger because he suffered greatly for no reason, but the reward was good.
‘This is the first time I’ve seen the ability to absorb the skill of a monster killed with a certain probability.’
It was also proof that this unique characteristic was fraudulent.
Everyone would have become stronger if they could absorb other people’s skills from the start.
‘I was going to do that until I absorbed the ability, but this is not the case.’
No one could learn by absorbing someone else’s skill.
But my unique traits ruthlessly shattered those stereotypes.
There are few restrictions on absorbing skills, and the conditions are simple.
It was the same when I said that I could get the ability, but this was worse.
‘Well, if the tower’s reward was high risk, high return…’
Necromancy is low risk, high return.
There are almost no restrictions or conditions to bear, but the rewards you get are comparable to additional breakthrough rewards.
Of course, there may be more invisible conditions, but this is the level.
“I live and live and I acquire the characteristics of eating raw like this.”
It’s completely different from before, when I couldn’t even raise my abilities no matter what.
A unique feature of the structure that makes it stronger just by fighting strong enemies.
‘In fact, it’s not just dealing with strong enemies.’
It is also possible to become stronger by slaughtering weak monsters and absorbing their spirits.
There will be restrictions, but even so, genocide can make them stronger.
It is a characteristic that has no choice but to become stronger no matter what you do.
“I can see why everyone said unique traits were so important.”
If only the unique characteristics were used properly, the value would be incalculable.
And I, unintentionally, fell into that category.
‘No, if you want me to suck honey, I’ll have you suck honey from the beginning.’
After all the hard work, what is it that allows such fraudulent traits to bloom?
I sighed spontaneously, but anyway, gain is gain.
It was a bit unfair, but I soon turned my attention to another reward.
Now is the time to check the rewards of the tower, not the unique skills that have grown.
『Skill – Hunter-style dagger technique (E)』
『Proficiency level – 0%』
『Description – Practical dagger technique created by hunters for efficient hunting.』
『Effect – Weapon cutting power increases by 1.5 times when using a dagger The dagger
skill that I was able to learn from the additional breakthrough reward.
It would have been nice if it had been a more rare dagger technique, but that would have been overkill.
Hunter style dagger.
If you know well, it is a skill that can be said to know well.
Because I once tried to acquire this skill.
‘Well, I didn’t get this skill because I had no aptitude for all skills.’
Even though I didn’t get it as a result, the weapon skill I use is based on this skill.
The people who taught me at the player gym were learning this skill, so it was natural.
It was one of the types of skills that are often easy to obtain compared to the effort and the performance is quite good.
‘The effect is good and it’s a weapon skill, so it’s good… Why is it Hunter-style dagger technique?’
The Tower of Trials should be able to give you other weapon skills as well.
I was a little puzzled to see a hunter-style dagger technique that I hadn’t even thought of.
However, as soon as I remembered the article I saw in the community, my doubts subsided.
“I said that the process of breaking through the ordeal is important for the additional breakthrough reward.”
Then perhaps this reward is a reflection of my actions in this duel.
‘Well, dagger skills were used quite a bit in the trials on the third floor.’
Fighting one-on-one, he ate a lot of dagger skills and miscellaneous skills he had learned so far.
So it was understandable that Hunter-style daggers came as a reward.
Actions such as drawing attention and stabbing the heart with a dagger were also included in the hunter-style dagger technique.
Even more so, since the duel was the subject of the 3rd floor ordeal…
It might be natural that dagger skills were highlighted in the process of breaking through the ordeal.
‘When I think about it like that, it makes sense that I learned the hunter-style dagger technique.’
I also checked the elixir of steel that was sent to the inventory.
「Steel Flask」
「Grade: C」
「A flask made by an alchemist with the will of steel.」
「A special stat, ‘Durability’ is created, and if there is a ‘Durability’ stat, the Durability stat increases by 5 .”
「However, the increase in durability ability is applied only before 40.」
The phrase that special ability is created caught my attention.
It was such an unconventional thing that I understood at once that the rating was high.
‘It will be traded at astronomical amounts among hunters.’
It is unclear whether or not a low-level hunter can obtain it even if he risks his life.
It was a little strange that such a thing came into my hands now.
But that was short-lived and I soon came to my senses.
Even if it has astronomical value, I can’t sell it and I have no intention of doing so.
It was just as important that more abilities were created.
‘Now is the time to go back.’
I can’t stay in this dark and damp cave forever.
‘I should quickly absorb the command and go back to rest.’
Even though the high-speed regeneration skill was activated, I was still not feeling well.
Until just now, I was just sitting still to fill up my skill proficiency, but that is over now.
As soon as I used that unique characteristic, a hologram came to my mind.
「Choose a command to absorb from among the commandments you have.」
「Current number of commandments – 1/15」
「Doppelganger」
The interface has been reorganized with more options.
Oh, and the number of commanders that can be possessed also increased.
“I grew up and things changed a bit.”
Of course, there was nothing to complain about because the range of choices was widened.
As it was, I pressed down on the word doppelganger and tried to absorb it.
OK.
「Absorbing the doppelganger’s command.」
「You can absorb one of the command’s skills with a certain probability.」
As soon as you select absorption, it reminds you that you are absorbing without increasing your stats.
I guess it was because of the detailed effect of absorbing skills.
“It’s a certain probability.”
There were no restrictions or conditions, so the probability of absorbing the skill would not be high.
Even if the system didn’t tell me, I could have guessed that much.
‘It’s not a mass-produced game, and there’s no way the jackpot will explode at once…’
The bitterness when you fail grows as much as you have expectations.
I moved on without expecting too much.
and.
「Absorbed the doppelganger’s spirit.」
「Absorbed one of the skills possessed by the doppelganger.」
The jackpot exploded.
