054. 8th floor (2)
Kwajik!
「Absorbed the spirit of the skeleton.」
「Proficiency increases by 0.08%」
「It’s worse than I thought.」
After destroying one of the skeletons in the lead with my bare hands, I frowned.
I didn’t mean to give a very high proficiency, but…
‘What on earth is the 0.08% proficiency used for?’
Even if you hunt 30 of them, you only accumulate 2.4% of your proficiency.
‘Even if I absorb it with necromancy, the ability won’t rise much.’
The stat increase rate of Necromancy is affected by the mass of the absorbing spirit.
In other words, these spirits do not increase their abilities.
‘What should I do…’
Kwasasak-!
While thinking about this and that, he smashed the skeleton that was rushing at him with his sword.
The days of struggling against monsters that didn’t seem to be even E-class were over in an instant.
「Skills increased by 0.08%.」
「Skills increased by 0.08%…」
「Skills increased by 0.08%…」
After killing over 10 skeleton soldiers in an instant, I started to worry.
‘How many more are there?’
There is no such thing as a limit on the remaining time, but these skeletons did not decrease.
‘Obviously he told me to kill the lich that summons the skeleton…’
He didn’t open the way, so he didn’t even know where the lich was.
After thinking about it for a while, I used all of the skeletons’ spirits that I had absorbed.
「Consumes most of the spirits to summon skeleton soldiers.」
「Current number of spirits – 1/30」
I beat all the spirits into the skeleton soldiers, leaving only the dungeon boss ‘Maw of Blue Fear’ that I caught at the gate of Mt. Cheonbo.
To be honest, I could catch them individually, but it was annoying.
‘I’ll leave it to the Skeleton Soldier to some extent and find the lich.’
A skeleton bottle made using the Skeleton Commanders harvested in excess of ten.
‘Enemy at the level of a dungeon boss would only draw attention for a moment, but…’
It would be perfect for catching the ankles of so many skeleton soldiers.
In an instant, the spirit escaped from the body and the Skeleton Soldier stood up from the floor.
The moment a light came into the eyes of a skeleton soldier with an ordinary physique who did not deviate from the standard.
Moongrak…!
Soon, the skeleton soldier started approaching the enemies in front without hesitation.
‘I wish I could buy time by bumping into the Skeleton Soldiers for about a minute…’ It’s
only a minute, but if that’s enough, you’ll be able to quickly figure out where the lich is.
If the Skeleton Soldier holds up well enough, the search will be easy.
By the way…
“…?”
As I watched the Skeleton Soldier’s movements, I couldn’t help but be astonished.
“What is this…?”
Kaaang-!
The skeleton soldier suddenly picked up a stone on the floor and started hitting the skeletons with it.
‘what?’
I was amazed at the move, which was more practical than I thought.
Unlike the skeletons, which are similar in speed to orcs, the skeleton soldier I summoned moved swiftly.
‘Did I not see the effect because the opponent was strong during the dungeon boss?’
The Skeleton Soldier was suppressing the Skeleton with agile movements to the extent that he thought so.
Breaking the opponent’s bones with a stone in the first attack, and completely shattering the skull or neck bones in the second strike.
It was a simple hunting method using the overwhelming difference in stats, but…
‘It’s okay.’
puck! puck! puck!
This skeleton soldier knew how to hunt efficiently.
“This…is more useful than I thought?”
It seems that the halo did not give additional abilities to the unique characteristics for nothing.
“Gaaaa…?”
Only then did the skeletons, as if sensing something strange, hit the target with the skeleton soldier.
‘Thanks to that, it’ll take a little longer.’
Leaving behind the Skeleton Soldiers who were handling the rushing Skeletons, I activated my skill.
“The grace of the wind.”
「The skill ‘Grace of Wind’ is activated.」
「All speeds increase by 60%.」
「Current skill stacking progress – 6/7」
Set the skill stacking progress until the cooldown time is granted.. ..
Immediately I started running towards the sparsely gathered skeletons.
Even though the number was missing quite a bit, I laughed out loud when I saw the number gathered close to two digits.
It’s a weak topic, but that number is unmatched…
‘If it was another challenger, it would have been quite a headache.’
But that didn’t work for me.
「The boots of swiftness (C+) exclusive effect instantly increases speed.」 The
effect of boots of swiftness was activated right away, without having to intertwine an instant acceleration skill.
Whoa…!
In an instant, I approached the place where the skeletons were gathered and swung my sword…
「The Thunder Sword (C) exclusive effect, ‘Apply
Lightning’, is activated.」
Aaaaaaaang-!
Soon, the lightning from the sword instantly devastated the surroundings.
***
‘I thought the electric shock wouldn’t work because it’s a skeleton, but it seems that’s not the case.’
「Skills increased by 0.08%」
「Skills increased by 0.08%…」
「Skills increased by 0.08%…」
Skeletons could not withstand the shock of lightning and were quickly shattered.
I thought it would be difficult to sweep all at once because there is such a
thing as compatibility…. ‘It doesn’t seem like that.’
Then, I started hunting the skeletons, wielding my sword at random.
No, it wasn’t actually a hunt, it was more like a one-sided massacre.
It was the moment he cut down nearly twenty skeletons.
“Who are you…! The one who dares to cause a riot in my holy ground…!”
I turned my head at the sudden angry voice.
Then…
“There really was a lich…?”
Soon, a skeleton wearing a red robe holding a black book caught my eye.
However, the curious thing is that Richie even speaks directly.
‘I didn’t expect to see the monster I’m talking about in person.’
It was admiration to see the high-class monster that I had only heard about in rumors.
But Rich continued to rage as if he didn’t want to wait for that.
“You’re a human, but you come into my holy ground on your own? You will have to pay the price…!”
Charleuk-!
When the book in the lich’s grip was opened, two undead came out from behind.
The two undead, covered with rotten flesh, were quite large.
‘It will be at the level of a sand golem.’
Of course, the non-standard sand golems I saw in the trials on the 7th floor were not of the same class… But
even so, I didn’t think they would be weaker than the sand golems.
Even that wasn’t the end, even the skeleton soldiers stood up around them as if to cover them.
“Oh…”
I admired, and then the lich let out a sly laugh and opened his bony mouth.
“Hehehe, now do you know whose holy land you entered?”
“well… ? Not sure yet? Is there anything more to summon?”
“what…?”
“Then I thought it would be disappointing.”
In order to raise the proficiency of Necromancy, more commanders were needed.
I don’t know how much the two undead will raise the proficiency…
‘There’s nothing wrong with having more summons.’
However, as expected, he couldn’t summon more summons.
“Because he looks like a rotten guy…”
I was planning to bring out more summons through provocation, but was there anything left?
“It’s enough of these Guardians to rip that foul mouth!”
The lich was enraged and began using his summoned creatures to attack.
“Guaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa――――
I moved my body as I saw the two undead running towards me, shaking the ground with their heavy bodies.
「The skill ‘Instantaneous Acceleration’ is activated.]
The instantaneous acceleration when activated with up to 6 stacks of Grace of Wind
…
「Skill proficiency increases by 1.2%.」
「Skill proficiency increases by 1.2%.」
It made it possible to split the whole body of two undead in one match.
“What what…?”
Richie was taken aback, but it was a natural result for me.
‘I can kill a dungeon boss with one blow, but I can’t get my sword to be blocked by these guys…’
Within seconds, I cut the remaining skeletons at once.
Standing up and down!
「Skill proficiency increases by 0.08%.」 「Skill
proficiency increases by
0.08%.
」
‘Though the undead are a bit stronger, it increases my proficiency quite a lot.’
Of course, even that wasn’t higher than what I got in the dungeon in reality… but
it was a level that I could solve satisfactorily in my own way.
That was the moment.
「The summoned Skeleton Soldier has disappeared
.
」
‘Well, there are dozens of them, but there’s no way I could have killed them all.’
Soon, I understood that the skeleton soldier was struggling and moved on.
It was to slowly finish the Rich.
‘After killing it, I have to absorb the spirit of the skeleton that was later dealt with by the skeleton soldier.’
To do so, he had to deal with the lich first.
“Where in the world can a monster like this come from…”
muttered Richie in a trembling voice of bewilderment.
Of course, whether it was or not, I did not slow down.
‘I have to finish it now.’
It was because I wanted to return to the waiting room after finishing the ordeal on the 8th floor.
By the way…
‘Huh?’
Come to think of it, this lich was freely summoning monsters.
That’s why…
‘Isn’t it possible to go through the skill level?’
The moment I thought that, I immediately opened my mouth.
“I want to ask you something… Can you summon that Guardian again?”
Undead is a monster that allowed you to acquire 1.2% proficiency.
In other words, being able to hunt those guys again…
means that I can raise my Necromancy proficiency up to 100%.’
As if I was looking forward to it, I looked at Richie, and he asked a question in bewilderment.
“Why are you asking that?”
“That’s done. I want to hear the answer.”
“…”
“I can’t help it if I don’t like it.”
Soon, as I approached the lich with my sword, the lich hurriedly opened his mouth.
“Ah got it! I’ll tell you! I’ll tell you! Stop coming!”
“So, when can we summon the monster called Guardian?”
“The Guardian can be summoned right away, but…”
“Then, when can I summon it again after summoning it once?”
“Uh… that’s… I don’t remember well…”
“Is that so? Then there is nothing you can do.”
The moment the lich hesitated to tell me, I clenched my sword.
“I remembered a bird! Guardians can be summoned a few minutes after death!”
“Then can I summon you now?”
“That’s right. It just won’t work for someone like you.”
“That’s okay, summon a guardian.”
“why…?”
“Is it necessary to know that?”
When I asked with a tilt of my head, Rich was taken aback.
“Oh no… It’s not like that…”
The lich, who shrank in an instant, opened the book and summoned the undead again.
And I killed that undead simply by cutting its throat with a sword.
Slow-! Slow-!
After two short sword strikes, the body of the undead fell to the ground…
「Skill proficiency increases by 1.2%.」
「Skill proficiency increases by 1.2%.」
Soon, I absorbed the spirit from the fallen undead with a light smile. .
“Is this done now…?”
Richie glanced at me and said so…
“No, not yet.”
“…”
I wasn’t satisfied yet.
How many trials can you raise your proficiency in like the 8th floor trials?
‘It would be better to get something when I can get it.’
I thought that way and soon persuaded Richie.
“Can you summon all the skeletons that have not died yet and summon some guardians again?”
Rich nodded, as if he had gotten used to that kind of persuasion.
“Oh, I see. But until when will we do that…?”
With those words, I conveyed exactly what I was thinking.
“Until I tell you to stop.”
The intention was to raise the level of Necromancy on the 8th floor.
