– Volume 6, Chapter 20
145. Outside. Battlefield of the Gods (1)
[Intermediate. Give it to me already?]
“Yes. So I don’t know either. Are you serious?”
[It’s a god similar to the God of Swords, but I don’t think he’ll joke like that… After all, it’s outside the standard? Intermediate magic from the 30th floor?]
“Can you tell me so that I can understand?”
Taesan waved his hand to cut them off.
“What does it mean to learn intermediate magic?”
[ah. Come to think of it, you must have never seen intermediate magic. You know because you’ve used magic too, right? What level of magic is beginner magic?]
“I know it well.”
The value of magic in the labyrinth was very high. Up to the 30th floor, it was possible to clear it with only beginner magic.
Outside the labyrinth, the value goes up even more. The wizards who saw
the magic he used in Beguesetta
were astonished. It was a level that the best wizard in their world could barely use or could not even cast in the first place.
That was only beginner magic.
Then, what is the level of intermediate magic?
The ghost answered the question.
[It’s a magic that can work even in the depths. Briefly, are there any guides to the sins you have seen? It’s magic that they also need to avoid.]
“Huh.”
The corners of Taesan’s mouth went up naturally.
A skill that could damage even those who stepped on the depths. It was definitely worth it if it could harm even strong people who cause physical interference only with emotions.
Lilith muttered with an ambiguous face.
“Originally, I know you have to go over the 50th floor…
[That’s right. It’s just that this guy is very unusual.]
“I like it, but this is really. Even if you like it,
what are you doing?”
Lilith grumbled. Taesan, still unanswered, asked again.
“Then what about the upper class?”
The value changes so much just by going from beginner to intermediate. It was clear that more than that would make a much bigger difference.
[Even in the guide leadership, only a few people will be able to use it. It’s a level that makes it possible to attack the depths with magic alone. Even though I can’t do those lesser things.]
“Then, what about the highest level?”
[I don’t know how far.]
The ghost shook his white hair.
[I didn’t even see the guy who wrote it. Is it there in the first place? I don’t even know.]
“That’s what I’m good at…
Lilith scratched her cheek with an ambiguous face. It meant that if she did not know whether the hero who had gone down to the depths and the woman who had dedicated her life to magic existed, it would be a truly unknown territory.
“Is there anything higher than the highest level skill?”
Taesan is the highest level skill. He had airak radish skills. The ghost was amazed at how he received it, but was not astonished at the skill itself.
It meant that he already knew about the existence of the highest level skill. It was unexpected that he did not even know about the existence of the highest level of magic.
said the ghost calmly.
[Magic is more difficult to learn than simple skills and has a higher value. Skills and swordsmanship can be accessed by anyone, but magic is cut off from the line of talent from the beginning. And it’s the highest grade
among them .
]
[I don’t know. I’ve met a few apostles of the God of Magic, but none of them use the highest level of magic.]
Taesan summarized the story there. I was curious, but I wasn’t interested enough to dig deep.
“Then when can I learn intermediate magic?”
“Not right now. When the right time came, God gave a trial and said that passing it would qualify you.”
“Are you saying it’s not yet?”
Then, the priority was to continue attacking the labyrinth. Taesan said goodbye to Lilith and headed to the 33rd floor.
[Starting the 33rd floor quest]
[Defeat the boss on the 33rd floor and pass.]
[Reward: Shield of protection]
[Secret reward: ???]
As always, the quest window and reward window
appeared. Taesan put the notice away and went down the stairs.
The shop owner tilted his head.
“Why are you going back and forth like this?”
“I have something to learn about magic.”
“You’re talking about that worthless kid.”
The shop owner seemed disinterested. To him, who is only interested in breaking through the labyrinth, Lilith, who lives as a parasite on Taesan, would be of no value.
“Are you not going to live again?”
“I’m not buying it, but I have something to ask.”
“Are you going to ask? What?”
“What is this?”
Taesan lifted his arm. The barbed whip was fastened to his arm.
The shop owner frowned.
“Why has it changed?”
“It devours the material on its own and transforms itself.”
“….okay?”
“Aren’t you the one who sold this?”
Even the store owner didn’t seem to know. he said in an excuse.
“It’s true that I sold it, but I didn’t make it. I got it from someone too. why. Wasn’t it written there?”
Taesan recalled the description of the whip.
“It was written that it was made by a witch’s whim.”
“okay. I got it from her too. I took a quick look at it, and it didn’t do anything strange, so I put it in the store. I don’t know the details either.”
“Were you close friends?”
“very?”
The shop owner wrinkled his nose.
“She wasn’t eccentric, but she was a woman with a strong sense of self. Some people liked it, but at least not me. But why?”
“I wonder if that person came here too.”
A witch who made equipment that could be useful in the labyrinth. Anyone with that level of ability had a good chance of entering the labyrinth.
At Taishan’s words, the shopkeeper was lost in thought.
“There is a possibility… okay. There is a possibility. I said I had no intention of coming, but she is a very capricious woman.”
“That’s enough.”
The thorn that the wrist guard swallowed was written as a thorn that guards the witch’s house.
Seeing that the store owner didn’t even know, it meant that he had flowed into the labyrinth through a different route.
Taesan left the shopkeeper behind and moved from room to room.
“Come to think of it, I’ll have to check out the new magic.”
Taesan confirmed the magic.
[Beginner magic: stigma]
[Mana consumption: 1
[Proficiency level: 1%]
[Engrave a stigma on your place. After that, the magic that is activated goes to the place where the brand is engraved.]
“Is it for support rather than attack?”
Taesan tried the experiment right away. After activating the stigma, he moved forward and activated magic.
[You activated the Frost Arrow.]
Nettle!
As soon as the magic was activated, it flew and pierced the stigma.
“How should I use this?”
In the first place, the frost arrow or fireball could be fired the way Taesan wanted. If you carve a stigma, it becomes a penalty instead.
After thinking about it for a while, Taesan remembered a magic trick.
“How about this?”
Taesan carved a stigma and moved again
. He opened some distance and activated the magic.
[You activated a random Blink.]
Then, a Blink was activated where the brand was engraved.
“Is this good?”
The downside of the random blink was that the location of the motion was random at the moment, but that was solved with one brand.
There was a problem that the brand could only be engraved on the place he stepped on, but that was a drawback that could be solved by leading the battle.
Taishan was satisfied and moved forward.
The 33rd floor was a knight with a hammer. The hammer swung through the wind contained strength that would be difficult for an ordinary adventurer to block.
Kagagak!
However, Taesan lightly let go of the hammer.
Then, he immediately activated acceleration and easily knocked the knight down.
“This floor is fine.” It was perfect
for training the newly learned swordsmanship
.
Taesan broke through the room.
Taishan continued to practice swordsmanship. Instead of dealing with monsters right away, I focused on raising the proficiency of the ability sword by dragging out as much time as possible.
And the results were clear.
[Advanced swordsmanship: Ability sword]
[Proficiency level: 12%]
[The unique swordsmanship created by adventurers in the labyrinth. It is based on the labyrinth system. It was created based on the swordsmanship used by the prince of the perishing world. Several skills can be used in perfect connection with swordsmanship.]
“It’s already 12%.” I was able to
raise it by 4% to pass one layer
. Compared to Taesan, it was very fast even when dealing with weak enemies. Ghosts were also admired.
[Is it because it’s a swordsmanship I made myself? It’s very fast. At this rate, it will reach 20% by the middle of the 30th floor.]
It didn’t end there. A few skills related to swordsmanship also changed as their proficiency increased.
[Special activation skill: Ore
[Proficiency level: 20%]
[Reward given to those who prove the sword
. I started to understand the aura.]
The aura shimmered on Taesan’s sword.
The aura didn’t look like a spark, but it was burning like the flame of a bonfire. It was the result of stabilization after the level of proficiency had risen.
“It took a long time.”
I don’t know what kind of effect it will have, but since it’s a skill with no consumption value, there was a high possibility that the damage itself increased.
And the attack on the vitals also changed
.
[Special always-on skill: Vital Attack]
[Proficiency: 20%]
[Gives greater damage when attacking an opponent’s vital point. It gives a little more damage than half.]
Except for the added damage, nothing has changed much. Still, it was a useful change, so Taesan happily accepted it.
The reward for the secret room on the 33rd floor was a golden bow.
‘Since there is magic, I can sell this at the store.’
Soon we arrived at the boss.
[A black hammer knight with only his instincts has appeared.]
Wow!
A huge hammer swings. Not befitting the floor, the hammer contained enough strength that even Taesan could feel the weight.
Instead, the movement was very slow. It seemed that the boss was telling them not to block the attack, but to evade it and attack it
.
Taesan swung his sword roughly.
Caang!
A huge hammer collided with a thin sword and bounced off. Taesan continued to strike the knight’s hammer or armor with the right timing.
[You won against the Black Hammer Knight, who only had instincts left.]
[The skill of the ability sword increased by 1%.]
[Your level increased.]
It’s been a while since I’ve risen in level. The level difference between the monsters and Taesan was so great that I thought I wouldn’t be able to do it for a while, but it seemed that the experience points had accumulated quite a bit.
[Shield of protection]
[Defense + 5]
[A shield that was made with great care but could not protect those it should protect. You couldn’t protect someone with just being strong.]
[Used ???]
[Obtained a perm hammer with a ghost
.] [
Attack
power + 70]
[With both hands It’s a huge hammer that you can barely lift. It was created to destroy ghosts, but because of that, immeasurable ghosts inhabited it.]
[Attack power +2 to the ghost attribute
is “nothing useful.”
don’t wear a shield The hammer also has high attack power, but if you look at the description,
it is a two-handed weapon. No matter how high the stats were, Taesan did not prefer weapons that required the use of both hands.
Therefore, it is a trip to the store.
Taesan went back to the entrance and sold the equipment and miscellaneous materials he had collected to the shop owner.
“Then let’s go.”
Bargan told me to go to the far left of the 33rd floor. As he said, when I arrived at the last room on the left, I saw a small door
. Upon entering, a small altar appeared.
Two small stone tombstones, like passageways, were erected at a slight distance from each other.
[Someone who will let you go out of the tower will come.]
As soon as the murmur of the ghost ended, power began to descend on the altar. The power to unite was familiar somewhere.
“Rakiratas?”
[We met again. Kang Tae-san.]
A voice full of interest resounded in the fog-like scattered power.
“Are you in charge?”
[Don’t you think it suits you?]
“He does too.”
struggle and death. It was an area suitable for a battlefield.
Rakiratas asked in a laughing tone.
[Did you decide to go to the battlefield of those miscellaneous things?]
“It seems that no one else can do it other than me.”
[He is like that too. It took a long time to find the right one
thanks to trivial restrictions imposed by miscellaneous things outside .]
Rakiratas’ voice was soft. Taesan could sense the sympathy in his voice.
It was a fresh shock to Taesan. Even when they last met on Earth, he seemed to have good feelings for Tae-san, but he didn’t smile or speak softly. It was just a dull, calm voice.
But now it was very different.
Above all, he was calling Taishan by a non-mortal name.
[I have no interest in the outside world. Some people get annoyed at it, but it doesn’t mean anything to me. No matter what they do, there is nothing wrong with me.]
Rakiratas is the god of struggle and death. It was also satisfactory to him if the gods outside created a battlefield and put their servants to death.
[But this is what I’m looking forward to. It wasn’t just a mortal’s useless act.]
Rakiratas said with a laugh
.
[Would you accept it?]
[Starting a special quest]
[Participate in the battlefield of the gods outside and show them the greatness of the labyrinth.]
[Condition: Conquest of the battlefield]
[Reward: Bargan and the god of the labyrinth give appropriate rewards according to your performance. .]
“I’ll take it.”
Taesan nodded. Rakira Tass laughed.
[It’s fun. It’s very enjoyable. It’s been a long time since I sat in this boring seat.]
Leveling up with skills.
