035. Conquest (4)
Arriving at a tile with three challengers.
“….”
“….”
“….”
Now the challengers who were against me said nothing more.
Having arrived at the same tile, there is no time to talk further.
trudge trudge.
I slowly walked towards the challengers and only then did they move.
“Damn it!”
And the actions that followed were difficult to understand.
Fu-wook!
“Quaaaaagh!”
The moment he frowned at the male challenger who pulled out his sword and stabbed his hand.
Suddenly, a feeling of heat rose from the back of his left hand.
“Big.”
Despite the caution not to make a sound in pain, a moan came out.
The hot pain welling up from the back of the hand and the behavior of the male challenger who had just harmed himself are no coincidence.
‘…no way?’
Only then was I able to recall the phrase I had just come up with.
「The pain of player ‘Kim Jin-hyeon’ and player ‘Han Seong-yoon’ are shared by the unique characteristic ‘Heart Binding’.」
I understood what the male challenger was doing.
‘I thought it was a heart bond.’
It was a sudden action that didn’t fit the situation, so I wondered what he was doing… but he
stabbed his hand to inflict pain on me.
To warn you that your pain is a pain that will soon be passed on to me.
The man was trying to take care of himself by threatening like that.
‘It’s an annoying fighting characteristic.’
For some reason, the pain didn’t lessen, and I was irritated.
It’s not like you’re body-to-body, but just sharing the pain with your own characteristics.
It was the moment when I was about to move back to the fighting method where I could feel the anger.
“Wait a minute! Don’t come any closer!”
Challenger Kim Jin-hyeon, who had cast Heart Binding, said that while pointing the sword at himself again.
“If I kill myself, the pain will be passed on. You wouldn’t want that, would you?”
Annoyed by the words, I opened my mouth.
“Of course I don’t want that either.”
“Then…”
“But that’s not a reason not to fight.”
“Wait a minute. It seems to be a misunderstanding, but we can give up the occupation of this tile…”
Kim Jin-hyun moved quickly before he could speak further.
I was defenseless as if I didn’t notice that there was a gap in the middle of the conversation.
I closed the gap in an instant and swung the sword in my right hand briefly.
“What…”
And that became the final word for a challenger named Kim Jin-hyun.
Stand up-!
‘I have to stop talking bullshit about misunderstandings and giving up occupation.’
If he had been stronger, would he have put that into his mouth?
I’m sure he wouldn’t have said that.
“Kuk.”
The pain spread to his neck in an instant, but that was nothing to worry about.
「The skill ‘Pain Resistance’ is activated.」
「All types of pain inflicted on the user are reduced by 15%.」 This
is because the pain significantly decreased while the Pain Resistance was activated.
My throat was tingling and I was left with a tingling pain, but…
Aww.
It wasn’t to the extent that it affected holding and swinging the sword.
“You’re not crazy, this is it!”
When Kim Jin-hyeon, who stood at the front, died, the people behind moved.
“오냐 이 개새끼야! Let’s just end it here!”
As if thinking that further retreat would not be allowed, he charged forward with a large shield.
It seems that he intends to plunge into the water after charging with his shield.
It was a strategy that was possible only when it was not pushed back in terms of speed.
‘It’s slow.’
Agility, which had already reached 54, was not for decoration.
swish
I twisted my body slightly to avoid the hulking challenger’s charge and put my foot out.
Took.
“Whoa!”
Then, the challenger, who was tripped, lost his balance and fell forward.
To charge on top of a swaying tile with that ability.
It was like begging to be killed, so I decided to let it happen.
“Aaaaaaa!”
Was it because he was equipped with a steel shield and armor suitable for his large size?
The body of the challenger holding the shield slipped off the tile and fell into the sea.
with a plop!
“Pu pu-huh. Damn me! Take it out…”
And at that point, I was caught in a decline in ability, so I couldn’t struggle any more.
Kwajijik.
It ended by cutting the head of the challenger who struggled with his head with a sword.
「Achievement ‘Relentless Murderer’ has been achieved.]
「Agility has increased by
1.
」
I couldn’t deal with it more properly than the two who died before.
“I’m going to go to another tile! So please!”
Sukkeouk…!
There were no exceptions, and soon the wizard’s neck was plunged into the sea.
「Achievement ‘Iron-Blooded Climber’ has been achieved.」
「Acquired 1500 points.」
Wasn’t it said that killing is the way to build enormous achievements?
As he said, he only killed three more people, but he got a lot of achievements.
‘One Strike’, ‘Ruthless Murderer’, ‘Iron-Blooded Climber’.
Only three achievements obtained on the 6th floor. Certainly, the challengers went crazy.
If he tried to accumulate achievements while abandoning his humanity here…
‘I’ll get that much achievement and grow that much.’
But I didn’t want to kill that much.
I would kill the challengers who tried to fight, but I didn’t want to kill more than that.
It is because the result is in front of your eyes what will happen if you completely abandon your humanity.
“I’m not doing anything wrong… The bastard who suffered everything is at fault!”
“Ha ha ha ha Sa passed! Fuck live!”
“Crazy guys, let go of the shit that kills all the team members.”
“How many achievements are these… This is enough to get the main prize.”
Low feelings filled the stage on the 6th floor.
The pervasive scent of blood mixes with the sea breeze and flows as if wrapping the body.
As if everyone had settled down immediately, there were only corpses around the tiles everywhere.
「Remaining time – 4 minutes 17 seconds」
Even though it was only less than 10 minutes, most of the challengers who entered the 6th floor died.
The challengers died faster than expected, but I thought so.
Most of the people who killed the team members with their own hands and started the fight couldn’t have been a proper fight.
The situation where those who had a team in Mercury finally won.
Of course, in the midst of this, there were those who betrayed at the end and took one more achievement.
The 6th floor ordeal made me think in many ways.
The distrust of others, the reality of a low-ranking challenger, the darkness caused by the tower of trials, etc…
But even in the situation where I saw all of that, my thoughts did not change.
No, on the contrary, seeing this makes me more determined.
‘I get everything I can get without being hypocritical.’
But I wouldn’t kill others if I didn’t have to.
But what if that’s what the ordeal specifies and is essential to climbing the tower?
「Time ends.」
「The southern tile has been occupied.
」
If I had to do something disgusting like them, I could do it.
don’t give up your humanity
However, my conclusion was that I would not blindly kill people that were not necessary.
「Congratulations, you have broken through the 6th floor of the Tower of Trials.」
「As a breakthrough reward, a ‘Random Draw Box (B)’ will be sent to your inventory.」 「
You have acquired ‘8000 points’ as a breakthrough reward.」
「Go to the waiting room. .」
‘Now I feel like my head is getting clearer.’
It feels refreshing as if all the troubles I’ve been doing while climbing the Tower of Trials have been sorted out.
「Absorbed the command of player ‘Songjun Lee’.」
「Absorbed the command of player ‘Jinhyeok Kim’.」 「Absorbed the command of player
‘ Song Jin-wook’.」
「Absorbed the command of player ‘Seokjun Han’.」
After absorbing all the signs of necromancy scattered around, the message he wanted came to mind.
「Skill proficiency increased by 12%.」
「The mastery of the unique property ‘Necromancy’ has reached 100%.」
「The level of the unique property ‘Necromancy’ has risen by one level.]
The unique property has grown.
Of course, I wasn’t surprised because it was somewhat expected.
Rather, he calmly put away the message and soon stepped into the portal created in the southern tile.
「Move to the waiting room.」
Now it was time to go back to the familiar waiting room.
***
「You have entered the waiting room on the 7th floor.」 When
I returned, the waiting room was empty as usual.
Well, it’s not that important, so I tried to look away from the message soon…
“System expansion starts
. ”
“…Are you sure the system expansion wasn’t on the 8th floor?”
It was an unexpected change, so I was taken aback, but in the meantime, the system phrase continued to come to mind.
「Achievement view has been opened.」
“Ah.”
When I asked what special system was added, there was nothing special about it.
It’s just that the original “achievement system” can be viewed.
Then there was no message that anything had changed.
Well, such trivial elements cannot be called system expansion.
I was able to come to terms with it.
“View achievements.”
「Achievement List」
「S-Class Achievement – First Return」
「A-Class Achievement-None」
「B-Class Achievement-None」
「C-Class Achievement-One Hit Kill」
「D-Class Achievement-Sangblood Climber」
「E-Class Achievement-Fire The one who endures the ruthless killer, the goblin hunter, the traitor”
「F-rank achievement – none」
“…I didn’t get as much as I thought.”
Three of the six achievements were to be obtained from the 6th floor trials.
That means that he hadn’t had many achievements before that.
‘I definitely got a lot of achievements from killing.’
But more important than that was the part that was written as ‘S-class achievement’.
“The first return was not an ordinary achievement either.”
I thought it was unusual from the time I gave the A-class skill, but I was more impressed when I saw it in reality.
To give this achievement just for returning a little faster than others.
As I looked around the achievements, the satisfaction spread softly.
Then, when I clicked on the achievement called ‘One Hit Kill’, an explanation came to my mind.
[One Hit Kill]
[Rating: C]
[Achievement achieved when a challenger is killed in one blow.]
[Acquire ‘Contempt for the Weak (F)’ as an achievement reward.]
“Oh…”
Previously, certain conditions were satisfied. I was only guessing that the achievement was created because of this.
Showing it this way, there was nothing that touched me.
「The person who can withstand fire」
「Grade: E」
「Achievement obtained by enduring the pain from burns to the point of losing consciousness.」 「
Acquire ‘Burn resistance (F)’ as an achievement reward.」
「Iron-Blooded Climber」
「 Rank: D”
“Achievement achieved by killing 5 or more challengers in the ordeal.”
“
Get 1500 points as an achievement reward.
”
Achievement.”
“Agility increases by 1 as an achievement reward.”
“Traitor”
“Rating: E”
“Achievement achieved when you kill a challenger assigned as a team member in an integrated ordeal.”
“Muscle strength increases by 1 as an achievement reward. I browsed all the achievements I was curious about under what conditions they were created
.
“Hmm, is that all?”
Other than that, I looked at the achievements, but there was nothing special.
I checked to see if there was another system, but in the end there was none.
‘Is it just an extension that allows me to check achievements?’
I opened my inventory with a bitter smile at the result of losing my pulse.
Now that the expanded system was confirmed, it was time to check the rewards on the 6th floor.
By the way…
「Random Draw Box」
「Grade: B」
「A box wrapped with a red ribbon where you can draw items at random.
」 Branches are obtained randomly.」
“It’s a random draw box.”
In the trials on the 4th floor, all abilities were slightly increased, but this time it seems to be a draw.
Of course, seeing that explanation, I gave up my expectations.
“It’s like there are almost none from F to B.”
I didn’t expect it because it was a lucky system.
Even if there was little luck, an F-grade item would be picked up.
‘Of course, if I can sell it after bringing it to reality, I’ll be fine.’
Later, if lower-level items are randomly released and inflation comes, even that becomes difficult.
Perhaps because they easily broke through, there was no additional breakthrough reward, so there was little to gain from this ordeal.
‘Well, the Tower of Trials will give you an additional reward when you pass so easily.’
I decided to put the significance of climbing the floor neatly and gave up my lingering feelings.
It seemed that he would be able to get useful rewards only if he went up to a higher floor.
“I’ll have to pull it out and absorb the command.”
After coming to that conclusion, I untied the ribbon of the random lottery box.
Squeak.
I’m looking forward to it a little bit, but there’s no way something good will happen just because I’m looking forward to it.
The moment I opened the lid of the box after alleviating my regrets.
Whoa!
A bright halo of light emanated from the inside of the box, and a message appeared.
“uh…?”
“Congratulations!” “You
pulled an item that
corresponds to the highest grade in the random draw box!”
