199. Ancient Godhead (1)
I admired the [Holy Grail] floating in the air, emitting a soft light.
“Is this the Holy Grail…”
It was justified.
They say it’s an additional reward that can be obtained by defeating 10 or more deity factions…
Certainly.
It could be said that it was a huge perk worthy of the reward of a quest that was close to impossible to achieve.
But there was a problem.
Exactly…
―This is not an item that can be used by team members as well.
It is that the privilege of skipping the hierarchy cannot be applied to colleagues.
…I could guess to some extent why this doesn’t apply multiple times.
「※If you want to skip the layer, enter the [Labyrinth Temple] before moving to the final layer.」 「
※[Labyrinth Temple], you can face all the divine beings who participated in the giant tree labyrinth event.」
Before moving to the final layer, [Labyrinth Temple] ], it must be because of this use effect.
Presumably, going to this [Labyrinth Temple] is an effect that only [Holy Grail] has.
It is possible to enter places that cannot be entered through the normal route, so it must be that the sharing of the effect of use is prohibited.
“….”
So I touched my chin and pondered
for a while.
That would be the case too…
“Han Seong-yoon. I don’t think we can go to the final level of the labyrinth. sorry.”
It was because Arya had suddenly refused to use the [Holy Grail].
When I asked why she refused to go with me, she replied with her head bowed.
“That’s it… I couldn’t go with you because I gave all the [Grail Fragments] to Han Seong-yoon…”
Only then did I understand.
“ah.”
―Come to think of it, camps with two or more [Grail Fragments] at the end of the ordeal were eligible to go down to the 8th floor.
“…”
―Since you took all of that [Grail Fragment] by yourself, it’s only natural that you can’t go with us.
Dam Chun-wu said with a smile.
―Originally, you can think of it as karma. Wouldn’t that be good news in this situation?
That’s not wrong.
The layer omission available through [Holy Grail] is an effect that cannot be shared with teammates.
And since he doesn’t have the confidence to completely protect Katherine Bennet, who suffers from a fever, this must be the right decision.
I nodded and said goodbye to Arya.
“It seems I can’t help it. Then I will go alone now. Thank you so far.”
“Ah ah… Mr. Han Seong-yoon… There is nothing like that. How can such a lowly person like me…”
Arya said as if she was in trouble, but her face was strangely blushing.
Looking at it, I felt regret.
‘I can’t kill you when you’re so careless. It’s a waste. I think I’ll become a lot stronger if I can kill.’
To release an opponent who could activate Power Extraction while holding onto their weakness.
Even if he hadn’t been docile to me and hadn’t been an apostle of the Dark God, he would have collected the spirits right away.
―Anyway, he’s crazy…
Damcheonwu clicked his tongue like a crane, but I thought this was reasonable.
The reason why things don’t work out the way you think is purely because you’re caught up in your own interests.
Arya, unaware of my thoughts, managed to clear her voice while barely hiding her twitching lips.
“Hmmmm. Sungyoon Han. Perhaps I will be expelled from the labyrinth soon… but before that, I will give you this.”
After she said that, she handed me a black ticket, and I immediately checked the item information.
「Labyrinth exit ticket」
「Grade: A+」
「Labyrinth exclusive ticket obtained by satisfying special conditions on the 4th floor of the giant tree labyrinth [Dragon Sanctuary].
」 ‘ can be activated.」
「When exiting the labyrinth through a ticket, you return to the original dimension without penalty for reducing abilities.」 「
However, if you designate someone else as a target, you cannot use the ticket unless you are incapacitated.」
After reading the item description window to the end, I widened my eyes in surprise.
“oh.”
I hope there will be something like this
“I will soon be expelled from the labyrinth due to a failed trial, but I don’t think I will be this prospective apostle…”
…Conversely, it means that I secretly saved Kim Seung-hun and Oh Chun-seok when they were expelled.
‘Is this an unavoidable part?’
arms bent inward
It must have been more important for her to write to Catherine Bennet, the same apostle who fainted from a fever.
I nodded and immediately tore up the black ticket.
Aww!
「The labyrinth exit ticket (A+) exclusive effect ‘Exit [1/1]’ is activated.」
「Target designation complete.」
「Challenger ‘Catherine Bennett’ has been designated as the target for use of the labyrinth exit ticket.」
「Number of uses [ 1/1] is consumed as [0/1], and the item is completely destroyed.」
Then, the remains of the torn black ticket turned to ashes and disappeared
…
Then Catherine Bennett’s body was wrapped in a black halo and disappeared.
“We will completely restore the challenger ‘Catherine Bennett’ to her original dimension.”
It was then.
「All challengers belonging to the camp that failed to collect the [Grail fragments] will be expelled from the giant tree labyrinth.」
Arya’s body was also enveloped in light particles, as if it was time.
“…I guess I’ll have to go now. Sungyoon Han. It was an honor to serve you even for a short time.”
After those words, even Arya disappeared, and eventually only I was left.
– I guess I’ll calm down a bit now.
Dam Chun-wu spoke in a pleasant voice, as if he was satisfied with it, but… ―Now
I can just use the Holy Grail and go downstairs…
“Before that, there’s some work I need to go through for a while.”
―…A job that needs to be done?
“Before going to the final level of the labyrinth, we need to increase our power as much as possible.”
At that, I appealed to him for a moment and immediately opened the status window.
First of all, it was to check the powers obtained by achieving legendary achievements during battle.
『Divine Killing Sword』
『Rating: S+』
『It is an authority that proves that you have killed a god or its incarnation. When dealing with a god or its incarnation, all damage inflicted by
the sword is increased by 40%.
The authority obtained by killing the incarnation of a god certainly had a surprising effect.
―This crazy…! Increased all damage against godheads or their incarnations? What else is this…
“It’s a pretty decent power.”
―It’s not a good level, but it’s the same power as a godhead’s nemesis
… It’s not that versatile.”
Although I mainly use a sword, there are plenty of other means of attack.
However, since only the damage inflicted by the sword increased, it was just a moderately usable power.
Otherwise, it would have been worth as much if it had an option of purely increasing all damage.
‘Of course, increasing the damage done to the godhead itself is fraudulent.’
Since the amount of damage inflicted on the godhead increases, the grade value is sufficient.
After that, I checked the remaining commanders after the battle with the godhead.
“Somehow, there are still many spirits left.”
There were more than 30 commanders, and I absorbed them immediately.
「Permanently increase stats by using all the possessed spirits」
「Muscle strength increased by 4」
「Agility increased by 4」「
Stamina increased by 5」「Magic power increased by
5」
「Durability increased by It has risen by 4.”
Probably because the stats have been raised a lot now, the increase wasn’t that big, and instead, it took decent skills.
「Acquire the skill ‘Khan Imperial Sorcery Meditation (C+)’」
「Acquire the skill ‘Mental Concentration (B+)’」 「Acquire the
skill ‘Always Activate (D+)’」 「Acquire the
skill ‘Synchronic (C)’ -)’.」
Looking at all the skills individually, they are useless, but they have their own value.
‘Skills suitable for skill synthesis offerings.’
Among them, I especially paid attention to ‘Continuous activation (D+)’ and ‘Synchronization (C-)’.
『Skill – Constant activation (D+)』
『Proficiency level – 47%』
『Effect – Designate one skill and consumes magic power to switch to a constant activation state.』
『Skill – Synchronize (C-)』
『Proficiency level – 77%』
『Effect – You can match the user’s senses to a specific object state to some extent.
』
These two seemed to be very helpful in skill synthesis.
「Inherent authority ‘Skill Synthesis’ has been activated.]
After completing the skill check, I immediately activated Skill Synthesis.
「Browse the skill list.」
「Choose a synthesis material from among the existing skills
.」
I thought these two would be good to create synergy with each other.
「The authority ‘Blessing of the Hero’ is strongly activated.」
「Luck temporarily and violently increases.」
Actually…
「Skill synthesis complete.」
「New skills are created.」
Newly created skills are quite It became a good thing.
『Skill – Magical Meditation (A-)』
『Proficiency level – 0%』 『Basic
effect – When entering mental concentration, the speed of magic recovery temporarily increases by 100%.』
When used, it permanently increases the magical power level by up to +10.』
A skill suitable for use anywhere, whether in combat or training, was born.
But I had no intention of being satisfied with this.
I tried skill synthesis once more.
‘It would be better to combine Magical Meditation and Strike Concentration.’
Since both are mental concentration skills, the synergy will increase.
“Skill synthesis has been completed.”
“A new skill is created.”
This time, as expected, I succeeded in creating a good skill.
『Skill – Magical Meditation Extreme (A)』
『Proficiency level – 0%』
『Basic effect – When entering mental concentration, the speed of magic recovery temporarily increases by 180%.
』 When using , the magical power level gradually increases without limit.]
It seems that the next attack strengthening effect in the single strike focus skill has disappeared.
In this case, I felt like I should say it was fortunate that the next attack strengthening effect in Focus on Strike disappeared.
It was worth it.
In the detailed effect of the magic meditation play skill, instead of the phrase that max.
―In terms of martial arts, it’s a Simbeop-type technique. It has a good effect, so it should be useful.
Dam Chun-wu also raised his voice as if he was satisfied that he had acquired a good skill.
But this wasn’t enough.
‘I don’t know what kind of trials there will be in the final layer of the labyrinth…’
Now it was time to create the skill I had in mind.
[Inherent Authority ‘Skill Synthesis’ has been activated.]
This time, it was my intention to replace the skills I had previously bought at the labyrinth shop.
‘If we combine the spell predation, regular activation, and synchronization together, good results will come out.’
Originally, Spell Devour is a skill that enhances physical abilities by devouring spell-type attacks with magical power.
So…
「Skill synthesis has been completed.」
「New skill is created.」
When the synchro skill is combined with the always activated skill, a good skill with a passive state will be born.
『Skill – Spell infinite devouring (B+)』
『Proficiency level – 0%』
『Basic effect – Devours all spells that touch the body and converts
them into pure magic.』 Synchronize and deprive the control of the spell.]
Seeing the contents of the skill, I smiled.
“Now it really must be a natural enemy for wizards.”
Being able to devour all the spells at no cost and take away the initiative when the spell touches the body…
‘This is a level like a real monster.’
This will help enough at the top as well.
Satisfied with that, I opened a labyrinth-only shop.
It’s nothing else…
「I purchased the exclusive privilege ‘Power Evolution Potion (SSS+)’ by consuming 100 labyrinth points.]
Now, to purchase the last remaining labyrinth privileges.
Chalang…!
Surprisingly, for a potion with a labyrinth score of 100, the appearance was ordinary.
‘The color isn’t too special, it’s transparent, so it looks like water.’
Of course, since it was a power evolution potion in the labyrinth and handed over, there was no way it was really ordinary.
I immediately opened the stopper and drank the power evolution potion, and a reaction came up.
“I took the Power Evolution Potion (SSS+).”
“Please select the Power to evolve.”
The Power to evolve.
It was decided what to choose.
“transcendence.”
The priority is to evolve Transcendence, a unique divine power.
「Selection complete.」 「The unique divine authority
, ‘Transcendence (SSS+)’, evolves and additional abilities bloom.」 「From
now on, the number of additional power skills will increase according to the number of potential divinities added.」
An increase in authority skills according to the addition…
―The conditions are also very harsh. You usually can’t have many latent divinities. This is a good evolution because you’re the one.
“Iknow, right.”
―Even since you said ‘the number of potential divinities to be added from now on’, you can’t add a Power skill with the potential divinities you’ve acquired until now… “Oh, I don’t think that matters.
”
Dam Chun-wu looked very regretful, but it didn’t seem difficult to obtain a potential divinity.
“Don’t you know?”
That would be the case too…
“For me, the latent divinity can be obtained by killing the incarnation of the godhead.”
This is because from now on, we will be going to a place where we might be able to acquire a lot of spirit fragments.
“If you’re lucky, you’ll get another latent divinity this time.”
And…
「The Holy Grail (SS+) exclusive effect, ‘Skip Skip [1/1]’, is activated.」
Ugh!
Immediately activating the Holy Grail in my hand, I smiled.
“Aren’t you looking forward to it?”
Then, the moment the Holy Grail vibrated and emitted light.
“How many gods are there in [The Labyrinth Temple].”
―…You guys are so consistent, it seems like I like you.
「※To the final layer of the labyrinth, move to the [Labyrinth Shrine] before the layer skip proceeds.」
The movement to a new stage has begun.
