– Volume 6, Chapter 7,
132. 29 Chung Spirit’s secret area ⑵
Check the reward before going there. The reward for clearing the 29th floor was a piece of equipment called Ring of Obsession.
[Ring of Obsession]
[Defense + 5]
[A ring made by a person who doesn’t want to be separated from someone.] [
Obsession
to the target in a 1:1 situation with the opponent and all actions speed up.]
“Oho.”
The increase in action speed was always a good effect. It was a 1:1 point, but it was safe to say that there was no disadvantage because Taesan, who had a forced duel, had no problems with multiple battles.
[??? was used.]
[Obtained the Abyssal Orb.]
[Abyssal Orb]
[A marble found in a deep, deep place. It has the property of sticking to things nearby.]
“Is it a material item?”
You can take it to the blacksmith. After completing a rough check, Taesan raised his eyes and looked at the walls.
The walls were so plain that it was hard to find anything odd about them.
[You have activated reconnaissance.]
Reconnaissance. He activated a skill that gave information about things he could see, but
nothing was visible.
“It can’t even be done by reconnaissance. If you haven’t received the crazy spirit’s quest, you won’t be able to enter at all.”
[You have activated Natural Attunement.]
As soon as the skill was activated, your senses changed. The smell of the grass growing between the walls intensified, and they felt friendly. The air moved and a whisper was heard.
And I felt another path hidden in the wall.
Taesan pressed it. The grass grew and began to surround Mount Tai,
gradually pulling it in.
The wall, which must have been made of stone, swallowed Taishan’s body like a swamp.
And when the grass was cut and a new landscape was seen.
“like.”
Taesan was amazed. Huge trees and flowers harmoniously filled the sight. Transparent dew fell from the tips of the huge leaves.
The world of nature, which can only be seen in pictures, was spread out in front of my eyes.
[This is beyond imagination. How did you make such a big place?]
Even the ghost couldn’t help but admire. What surprised him was the size of the hidden area.
The ceiling didn’t look right. The area was also huge, at the level of a decent city. Even though it was clear that it was indoors, I could feel the soft sunlight.
“that’s interesting.”
Taesan sorted out his emotions.
It’s definitely a great view and he wants to keep looking at it, but his goal was the huge tree here.
In the center of the space, there was a tree that reached all the way to the ceiling.
The root of that tree must have been the target the spirit said.
Taesan moved.
The spirits were invisible. However, between the bushes, he could see his gaze toward Mount Tae.
Enmity and anger hatred. The eyes that contain all the negative emotions.
Taesan, passing through her emotions, arrived in front of a huge tree.
He laughed when he saw the being guarding the place.
[The spirit dwelling in the ashes appeared.]
“Skeleton?”
A human skeleton with only bones was waiting for Taesan in front of the tree.
The jawbone stiffened.
[O human who killed the beings of nature and destroyed the grace the King of Spirits left behind. This is our territory. Go back.]
“I’m sorry, but I can’t. I need the tree behind you to clear the quest I received.”
Taishan pointed his sword at a huge tree.
The skeleton let out a small moan.
[…a white spirit who has gone mad. It must be a quest?]
“You know it well?”
[To accept a quest like that and move. It’s stupid.]
“Do you know what kind of existence it is?”
[Don’t know.]
The skeleton said calmly.
[That’s the spirit that was designed that way in the first place.]
“I wish I could explain it to you
.”
[A spirit is a being that nature has a self. However, nature is originally a being with the world without a self. Since the unqualified had an ego, we were unstable from birth. In particular, many spirits were created that were corrupted by negative emotions. That’s why it was necessary to deal with it.]
“Is that a white spirit that has gone mad?”
[I needed someone to vent my negative emotions.]
The skeleton continued to speak emotionlessly.
[Our king
created a white spirit. An unstable and twisted spirit that was lacking from the beginning. It was a very ugly existence. We loathe and despise him. By venting our emotions, we were able to maintain our selves as spirits.]
“That’s right.”
Taesan laughed.
“Is it too ugly to be a spirit?”
[Talk as you like. I didn’t think you, a human, would understand our choices as spirits.]
“Then why are you explaining it word for word
? I am not interested.”
[This means that you should recognize what kind of being follows orders.]
The skeleton snapped its chin. The tip of his chin moved as if he was laughing.
[A twisted and crushed existence that is ugly from the beginning. That is the identity of the spirit that gives you the mission. Do you want to follow the words of such an existence?]
“I’m not interested.”
[…what?]
“It doesn’t matter to me who it is or not. I received the quest and
have suffered quite a bit so far. Then you should be compensated.”
At Taesan’s sullen attitude, the flames inside the skeleton’s pupils shook.
[A lowly human following the instructions of a lowly spirit
. A pair that suits you.]
“Let’s just tease the mouth there.”
[…]
The skeleton stretched out its hand to the sky.
[human. you are strong I can’t win with the current me. So…]
“Then die like this.”
I had no intention of watching someone who was trying to do something .
Using acceleration, it clings to it in an instant and pierces the ribs.
[534 damage to the spirit dwelling in the ashes.]
[Geez!]
Accelerate and slam it into the ground. Trampling on his arm, he continued to strike down his sword. The damage window pops up.
[Hey hey!]
The skeleton’s eyes burn.
[The skeleton nestled in the ashes triggered a small ember.]
A small ember appears in front of Mount Tae. Though very small and feeble, Tae-san, who instantly senses the danger, quickly widens the distance.
Pew!
The embers explode and shoot out flames like a breath. The flames do not stop and reach the ceiling.
[Human!]
“Why are you calling me?”
Taesan grins and fires a frost arrow. The skeleton shakes its hands wildly. The flame moves and melts the frost arrow.
[A person who does not know manners, etiquette, or order. A death befitting you, Sahama.]
The skull collided with the jawbone.
Hwareuk.
A curtain of flame covers the skull. If you approach it prematurely, it’s powerful enough to take a lot of damage, so keep a distance and look around
.
[This is the resting place the king gave us. I am a spirit born to take care of the place.]
Hu-wook.
The flames coalesce to form huge pillars.
The pillars touch the sun that shines softly from the ceiling.
[I will kill you with the power bestowed by our king.]
A blinding flash fills the space. Taesan closes her eyes and covers herself.
After a while the light faded. The landscape had changed considerably. The sun that lit up this space itself had disappeared without a trace. Instead, the skeleton’s entire body was burning with prominence.
“A burning skull?”
Taesan burst into laughter, but his eyes were serious.
A normal person would go blind and feel the heat from the skeleton that would melt the whole body.
No, not just ordinary people. The heat was so intense that
even an ordinary 29th-floor adventurer could not stand it and collapsed.
[You activated Frost Arrow.]
I tried using Frost Arrow to reduce the heat, but it instantly melted into moisture and even that evaporated.
“It’s no joke.”
[The opponent is an enemy that is difficult to win.]
As always, the system window pops up. At the same time, numerous buff skills are also activated.
[die. Human.]
The skeleton clenched its fists as he spoke curtly.
There, several whips of flame were created and wielded.
Kwakwawang!
Whips of flame that melt and burn everything and shake randomly. Tae San quickly moved his feet and turned to avoid it. The flames passed right next to her head and narrowly passed her thighs.
[It’s fast.]
The skeleton said calmly and created a huge spear of flame by combining its whips.
Wedge!
Thanks to the immediate reaction, I was able to narrowly avoid it. Taesan brushed off his hands that were warmed by the heat.
“Be hot.”
[You are strong.]
The skeleton was honestly surprised. Now he had the power to defeat an adventurer on the 40th floor without any problems. However, the adventurer on the 29th floor was avoiding without damage.
But that was all. The difference in competence was clear.
[The sun that dwells in me is the grace bestowed by our King. The power of the spirit king
resides in me. At most, you, a human, cannot resist.]
The skeleton clenched both fists.
[So die like that.]
[The spirit dwelling in the ashes activated an artificial sun.] A
small sphere of flame formed in the skeleton’s hand. It swelled in an instant and began to engulf the entire space.
Taesan did not avoid it. I looked at the sphere that was still growing. Seeing that, the skeleton laughed.
[Are you admitting failure and accepting death
? It’s the right choice.]
“No way.”
Still, the skeleton’s words were not wrong. It was a force he could not resist.
The skeleton said that the power of the sun he had was given to him by the Spirit King. According to Lee Tae-yeon and the ghost, the spirit king was a deep being.
It was definitely an attack with that much power. It was possible to overcome it somehow with attack nullification and endurance, but the odds of winning were quite low.
But it is not an impossible opponent.
It was a difficult adversary decision with enough odds even without information. It was all because of one skill Taesan had.
The solution was simple.
If the opponent used the power of beings that went down to the depths, Taesan would have to use the powers of beings who manage the labyrinth.
[You have activated Apostleization [Rakiratas].]
Knocked up.
something dwells in the body
From a more fundamental part, a higher presence spreads into the body. The legs that stepped on the ground became as hard as a rock, and the hand holding the sword gently loosened. The skeleton, which calmly waited for Taesan’s death, hesitated.
[…What is this power?]
Taesan’s eyes turn red. The muscles of the whole body
are activated. Taesan puts strength into the hand holding the sword and cuts it off.
Kwaaang!
The sphere splits with the explosion.
The power of the sun is erased by the sword strike. The skeleton possesses the saliva.
[The power of an apostle!]
A great and lofty power bestowed by the gods on the adventurers they care about.
The skeleton knew that power. That strength and that level were words.
However, the skeleton quickly suppressed its embarrassment. I knew Taesan was strong. There was plenty of possibility to make an apostle’s contract with some god.
[That’s it. But it can’t reach me.]
The apostle’s contract is a contract that bestows divine power. It was a power that allowed mortals to gain a status that could not be attained, and it was a power that they could not dare to touch. If it was a normal apostle, even the skeleton would not have been able to resist.
But now it wasn’t that threatening.
Because the beings who receive power are, after all, mortal beings.
Low-level adventurers with weak minds and bodies cannot use their full power even if they sign an apostle’s contract. In order to pull out even half of it, I had to achieve the minimum amount of strength and power.
And it was a story after going down to the 70th floor.
At most, it was clear that with the level of an adventurer who had reached the 30th floor, he would not be able to bring out even one tenth of his status as an apostle.
If so, the odds
were good enough for the skeleton as well.
[It’s like a god’s dog whose intellect was eaten!]
If it was a low-level adventurer like this, even his intellect would have disappeared due to being eaten by power. If so, it wasn’t scary at all.
As the skeleton expected, several sentences resonated in Taesan’s head.
enemy!
Kill your enemies!
Fight!
Voices that devour the brain and weigh down the ego.
Taesan brushed his hair.
“Noisy.”
It’s very loud, but I agree with the words.
that’s the enemy
The enemy must be killed.
The skeleton stopped at the sight of Taesan slowly raising his sword.
[You’re maintaining your intelligence?]
“Shut up and die.”
Taesan rushed. The skeleton hurriedly burst into flames. Dozens of whips of flame swayed dizzily,
destroying everything around them.
The whip of power that I was in a hurry to avoid until now. Each of those whips had the power to reduce a huge forest to ashes.
Taesan pulled his hand roughly.
Kwaaang!
The sword attack exploded. The whips of flame were torn apart and disappeared.
[What!]
Taesan ran through the exploding flames.
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