– Volume 6, Chapter 8,
133. 29 The secret realm of the spirits. ⑶
[How can an adventurer like you have the power of a king!]
The skeleton yells and raises its arms made of bones roughly. A red sphere appears there.
Heat clings to Taesan’s cheeks.
That’s literally a little sun. This narrow space has the power to turn into ashes in an instant.
but.
dare!
A toy like that!
Throw your lowly powers at God’s Apostle!
A voice full of rage resounds in my head. Taesan smiles in response.
Although the ego was not eaten by the power that swallowed his head, he became sympathetic to some extent. Information related to his status as an apostle was in his head.
‘A fragment of the Spirit King.’ It is the power
that the king of spirits separates his power and
gives it to the spirits.
It was a very strong force. If it was enough to call himself the king of the tribe, he was at the end of the mortal level. The fragments of such an existence had the power to destroy the world and make it embroiled in cowardice.
But that’s it. It is infinitely insufficient for the status of a transcendent.
Taesan swings his fist towards the exploding flames.
Fire is no defense. The skeleton bursts out laughing.
[Nonsense!]
It’s not that I lack strength. The adventurer in front of him received the power of an apostle, but his flames were not so easily blocked.
What was lacking now was the price.
The apostle’s god’s authority trampled on the spirit king’s fragment itself.
Perong!
Flames brush Taesan’s shoulder. But there was no pain like the heat I felt. To put it mildly, it was at the level of a splash of boiling oil.
[303 damage to you.]
The damage was exactly that level. Even if it was not strong enough to activate, the damage that would have reached thousands was reduced to 300.
Due to the difference in rank, all damage was reduced.
The skeleton roared.
[I have been given the power of a king! The power of our king!]
“So what?”
Taesan sighed.
The power of the Spirit King is obviously strong. If you can handle it properly,
it’s safe to say that you’ve reached the limits of what mortals can achieve.
The skeleton that obtained the fragment must have reached the level of the 50th floor.
But that’s it.
When you reach the transcendental level, rank is much more important than power itself.
Simply put, this was possible. Taesan raised his hand.
[You activated the deer that walks the wind.]
A breeze blew. A light breeze that made her hair shake lightly carried the flames that set the forest ablaze
.
The deer that walks the windy road is a skill of a high-level spirit. Compared to the Spirit King, there was an enormous difference in power. Originally, it would have been crushed without being able to resist.
However, due to the apostleization, all ranks rose, and the power of the spirit king was flowing away with only the power of the higher spirits.
[I can’t tolerate it! How could a weak adventurer like you!]
The skeleton exclaimed in denial. It wasn’t that he
didn’t know that the rank of an apostle was higher than the fragments of the Spirit King. However, I expected that Taesan would not be able to pull it out because he was weak.
But no.
Taesan didn’t know the apostle’s strength, but his character was almost perfect.
‘It’s surprising, but well, now I’m going to do it.’
The ghost thought calmly. The existence of Spiritual Elevation and the skills it has robbed. And looking at some of the reactions of the gods to Taesan,
something became clear.
If that was true, it was not strange to perfectly bring out the status of an apostle while being an adventurer on the 30th floor. It was close to using the obvious as a matter of course.
Taesan raised his sword.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t have time to be surprised.”
Sadohwa lasts 10 minutes. I had to finish it in it. Taesan rushed towards the skull. He swung the wind and cut through the flames. Before long, it reached the skeleton’s eyes.
[But even so!]
The skeleton swung its arms, burning the pupils filled with flames. Taishan’s sword collided with the skeleton’s bones.
A dull sound rang out. The skeleton hit its jaws violently.
[No matter how high your level is, your body is not like that!]
“That’s right.”
Taesan calmly agreed. Maybe because the level was low, except for the case itself, it wasn’t that strong. It was about 30% reinforcement.
“But that’s enough.”
Taesan’s sword trembled. It rode the bone and slapped him in the neck before the skeleton could respond.
[653 damage to the spirit dwelling in the ashes.]
[This guy!]
The skeleton resists. Perhaps realizing that the spirit king’s power is of no use now, he tries to strike the mountain by shaking his bone.
And the movement was very awkward.
Taesan lightly dodged
and counterattacked at the clumsy movements, like someone he had never fought before.
Kwajik.
[This…]
The skeleton that allowed the second attack, unable to respond, hesitated. Taesan continued to drive without stopping.
Taesan knew. I found out exactly. At the same time as becoming an apostle, various information about spirits entered his mind.
“You must have borrowed the ashes of an adventurer who has already died to receive the power of the artificial sun, but you have never actually fought by moving your body, have you?”
Spirits are natural beings. It was only natural that the movement of the body was inexperienced as it attacked the enemy by manipulating its own attributes without possessing a body.
[You bastard…]
“Then you have to die.”
He tilts his head to avoid it and inserts his sword.
The Spirit resisted. It was an almost desperate struggle. I tried to distance myself somehow, covered my vision with flames, and tried to counterattack, but all of them were blocked.
“This is it.”
Taishan turned and swung his sword at the skeleton’s neck. The neck bones began to crack with a crackling sound.
As it is, it activates a strong attack and cuts it with even stronger power. The neck vertebra is broken and the head of the ashes flies in the sky.
[1563 damage to the spirit dwelling in the ashes.]
[This is unacceptable! for the lowly! Contaminate our world!]
“It’s loud.”
Taesan frowned and stabbed the skull in the jaw. The skeleton rattled for a moment, and then the flame in its eyes
disappeared.
[You have won against the spirits dwelling in the ashes.]
[You have destroyed the world of spirits. The title [The one who opposes nature] was obtained.]
[Your level has risen.]
[Your level has risen.]
[Your level has risen.]
[Your spiritual power has been activated. Permanently increased strength by 56, agility by 65, intelligence by 54, physical strength by 350, and mana by 40.]
[Your spirituality has been increased. I got the spirit skill [Small Ember].]
[You won against an infinitely powerful enemy without much damage. Special always activated skill [Giant Killer was obtained]
[Blackened Seed was obtained]
It was a very meaningful reward. The level went up by 3, and the increase in stats due to the rise in spirituality was also very high. There were also two skills obtained.
I wanted to check my skills, but before that, there was something I had to do.
The skeleton struggled at the end and used all its strength. Flames scattered around and turned the small world of the spirit into ashes.
I couldn’t feel the spirit’s presence anymore.
“It’s funny.”
The small world the Keeper wanted to protect was destroyed by himself.
The huge tree in the center was also reduced to ashes.
Taesan dug up the ashes. There were roots in it that were stained black but still maintained their shape.
[Roots of the Small World Tree]
[Roots of a tree imitating the World Tree. It provides a haven for the spirits and calms their confusion.]
“Is this enough?”
[Maybe? It’s not the appearance that matters, it’s what’s inside that matters.]
Then there was no problem. I felt a subtle but strong energy from the blackened roots.
Taesan took root and came out.
Then it was the confirmation of the reward.
[Kang Tae-San]
[Level: 68]
[Bom | : 424/424]
[Stamina: 4780/4780]
[Mana: 856/856]
[Magic: 62/62]
[Strength: 1715] [
Intelligence: 1311]
[Agility: 1569]
[Attack +188]
[Defense +233 ]
[The subject is in the best condition.]
In an instant, his stats rose to nearly 200. Taesan looked at the stat window with satisfaction.
“As expected, it accelerates more because it came down.”
This is the end of the 20th floor. I was looking forward to what the 30th floor would be like.
I also got a title after a long time.
[Title: One who opposes nature]
[You have destroyed the world of spirits. Your notoriety has spread among them.]
[All damage to spirits + 20%]
[The spirits’ liking for you is greatly reduced.]
“Good.”
It doesn’t matter if it’s limited to non-NPC spirits. It was like crossing a river of no return anyway.
In exchange for that, if it was a 20% damage increase to the spirits, it would have been eaten fairly cheaply.
[Blackened Seed]
[The seed that contained the king’s power. Although most of its power has been exhausted, it still
has the power to burn everything.]
It seemed to be a material item. I don’t know what kind of effect it will be, but since it’s a seed that contains the power of the Spirit King, it won’t be an ordinary ingredient.
It could have been the material for the dragon’s claws. I was thinking of taking it to the blacksmith first.
[Spirit Skill: Small Ember]
[Mana consumption: 30
[Proficiency level: 1%]
[Duration: 10 minutes]
[Summon a very weak ember that the spirit has had since birth and make it nest in itself. During the duration, it can exert a very large influence on the flame.] The
reason the skull was on fire was because of using this skill. A flame that could easily turn vegetation into ashes. As much as the skill level was low, it wouldn’t have that much power, but it was clear that it would still be useful.
[Special permanent activation skill: Giant kille
[Proficiency level: 1%]
[Attack power and defense increase when dealing with difficult enemies and impossible enemies.]
As expected from the name, it was a skill that was buffed against difficult opponents.
The effect is an increase in attack and defense power. I don’t know what level it will be, but considering the increase in other skill judgment bonus skills, it was clear that it would show an effect of at least 10% or more.
If you were an ordinary adventurer, it was a skill that would allow you to go down one more floor than your limit.
It was a satisfactory achievement. It was a perfect reward for overcoming an enemy whose victory was difficult to guarantee.
When I thought of that, my eyes went to the skill that naturally allowed me to get it.
[Special Activated Skill: Apostleization [Rakiratas]]
[The first power given by the god of struggle and death since his birth. For 10 minutes,
you will receive a portion of the power of the apostles of Rakiratas. This skill cannot be used for one day after it is activated.]
Taesan recalled the time when Apostleization was activated.
At that time, he was in a very strange mood.
All kinds of information came in with power. If a person with a weak mind was swept away by the waves, they would lose their ego.
Things about
gods and spirits that I didn’t know about .
A world you didn’t know.
All landscapes that have not reached human vision.
“Is that the apostle’s gaze?”
What you get instead of giving your soul to God.
It was quite attractive. Thanks to that, he learned that the skeleton was originally a flame spirit, that he was too weak to receive the power of the spirit king, and that he borrowed the corpse of an adventurer to dwell there.
You get limited information about the other person. Even if other abilities were excluded, it was valuable by itself.
Of course, that wasn’t all.
The heat of the flames used by the spirits had the power to make the bottom of the river visible and turn a reasonably sized forest into ashes.
In terms of damage, it would have been unknown to reach thousands.
However, Taesan only received about 300 damage. Including toughness,
he received only one-tenth of the damage.
[It’s a difference in rank. To put it in the extreme… there will be very few beings who can properly damage you the moment you wear the apostle painting.]
The ghost said.
Level up with skill
