– Volume 1, Episode 9
9. First floor (4)
[First Discovery Bonus]
[Intelligence has increased by 1 permanently. Mana has permanently increased by 2.]
Both are good stats. As intelligence increases mana consumption is basically reduced allowing you to use more skills. Not to mention the increase in the amount of mana.
[This is the resting place of the labyrinth. Your enemies will come here of their own will.
can’t The tranquility of this place makes you lazy.]
Monsters appear in most places in the labyrinth. The only exceptions are stores and fountains. It was a kind of safety zone.
Taesan took the spring water with her hand. The cold liquid flowed coolly down his throat.
[You are at your best.]
Any remaining fatigue disappears. It felt like I got as much sleep as I wanted.
Taesan sat down next to Sam. floor
Also it was a warm sandy floor not a hard stone floor so I wanted to lie down like this.
Sam makes it the best condition but I can’t help the mental fatigue that gradually builds up. A little rest was also essential.
‘Has the day passed?’
Checking the fasting state it seemed that that was about it. Now was the time to come up to the community.
community.
[Kang Jun-hyeok [alone]: Guys this is a labyrinth
Is it okay to go in?]
[Na Jae-yeon [Alone]: I don’t think it’s because the people who entered didn’t answer. I’m really going crazy.]
[Yoo Young-seok [Easy]: Is there anyone who wants to break through together?]
[Kang Dong-jun [Normal]: Seeking information. Does anyone know which monster the first monster is?]
[Lee Sang [alone]: It will turn. really.]
Of course most of the articles were written by Earl Lone Player.
Players in other modes can meet each other so rather than the community meet and talk. However players in Alone Mode cannot meet each other. They have no means of communication other than the community.
Taesan smiled as he swept through the community.
[Lee Tae-yeon [Alone]: Guys mrir How do you really do this -rnTTr]
The strongest player who survived and broke through the labyrinth. Taeyeon Lee. always confident
Unlike the future she looked very confused.
‘Isn’t that also true?’
Her last status window said that she was frightened. She may have been a coward to the end if only she had hidden her true face.
Taesan looked at the community for a moment.
It had only been a day since the labyrinth opened. Naturally many Alone players were still alive. You won’t die here on an empty stomach. As far as Taesan knows a full-fledged Jin begins a month later.
mouth started.
In Alone mode the rewards proportional to the difficulty are certain. Lee Tae-yeon said he missed out on countless rewards. He cleared the boss in an expedient way and didn’t get what he deserved he said.
But she was still called the strongest player.
In other words there was a high possibility that Alone Mode would help him if he raised it.
hmm.
In the labyrinth each tile is precious.
Even going out makes a big difference
will not
“It won’t be bad.”
Taishan started writing community.
First a simple advice. Start by telling the doorkeeper not to fold then tell the shopkeeper what kind of goods he is selling.
Taesan won against Big Rat but others would be impossible. Encounter Writes to run away immediately and return to the store. And after hearing Sam’s location write it down to run without delay.
Survival is next to impossible if you don’t follow this basic route. Write down what to do after that.
[Kang Tae-san [Alone]: Basic strategy for Alone Mode 1st floor.]
I don’t know if others will believe it.
It must be a very difficult thing to believe in a text you are not familiar with and enter the labyrinth. Even if you believe it it is unknown how much it will work. Out of ten thousand Taeyeon was the only one who survived.
Without much expectation they threw rice cakes and closed the community.
“Shall we do it soon?”
Taesan got up and warmed up.
This place can be used infinitely as long as you do not leave the first floor. The reason Lee Tae-yeon was able to survive was because she came in and out of this place and she managed to catch a Big Rat within a week.
In other words the normal flow of Alone Mode was to return to the store after meeting Big Rat hear the location of the Fountain of Life and run straight to this place to obtain a safety zone.
‘What kind of arrangement are you doing?’
I felt strange from the moment I heard from Lee Tae-yeon. If you were going to make it this way it would have been better to place the fountain of life from the beginning. After all without this place survival itself is impossible.
However the creator of the labyrinth placed them far away and made most of them die on the way.
It was difficult to understand whether it was benevolent or cruel.
In any case the important part is this.
There is no limit to recovery here.
You can prepare many things before leaving the first floor.
There is only one reason why he survived even with poor stats. It’s a skill. Taesan thought that skills were more important than stats here.
growl
Just in time my stomach rumbled. Come to think of it I haven’t eaten anything for a whole day. He didn’t die of starvation but his stats were reduced and it delivered a lot of pain so it was better to solve it quickly.
Taesan was also thinking about solving it.
different from what others think
in a slightly different way.
Taesan opened his inventory and took out the meat.
[Meat of the Big Rat]
[Quality: 86%]
[It’s Big Rat’s meat. You can eat to eat.]
Although it is a rodent there was quite a lot of meat for its size. Taishan pulled out a rusty sword.
Swoop.
I cut off a piece of meat to make it easier to eat. Taesan who had been looking at the meat for a while murmured.
“Is it okay to eat it?”
Easy Mode has plenty of food. He had never eaten Big Rat meat either. The meat is closer to black than red. The muscles were also swollen so it wasn’t meat that aroused appetite.
“Considering the purpose this would be better.”
Taesan put the meat in his mouth.
He grimaced at the puck-puck meat which lacked any sweetness. But he didn’t spit it out he chewed it and swallowed it.
[He ate uncooked raw meat.]
[Determining status abnormality… … .]
[…]
[Judgement Failed!]
[You have food poisoning!]
condition food poisoning. Stamina decreases for two days. The rate of decrease is so fast that if you don’t drink a disease cure potion or drink a health potion you will die.
More than a nightmare for beginners those who took it once tried to cook it after that.
However Taesan was aiming for that and eating raw meat.
Taesan drank the spring water.
[You are at your best.]
And eat raw meat again.
[He ate uncooked raw meat.]
[Determining status abnormality… … .]
[…]
[Judgment successful!]
[Nothing happened.] Another one.
[He ate uncooked raw meat.]
[Determining status abnormality… … .]
[…]
[Judgement Failed!]
[You have food poisoning!] Drink spring water.
[You are in the best condition.] Eat meat.
[He ate uncooked raw meat.]
[Determining status abnormality… … .]
If you don’t get food poisoning eat another piece of meat. If you get food poisoning drink spring water and eat meat again.
Both actions are repeated endlessly. When the stomach was about to be full another system window popped up.
[You have developed resistance to a myriad of diseases. Acquired special always-on skill [Disease Resistance].]
Taesan smiled.
“Bingo.”
Labyrinths do not provide food.
Emergency rations are sold in stores but they are very expensive and few in Hard and Alone modes. Not enough to break through the labyrinth.
In the end there is no choice but to grill or steam the creatures in the labyrinth but as it is a limited space there is no choice but to eat them raw.
Getting food poisoning in that situation was a real big deal. Lee Tae-yeon also went there before he died.
However if you have disease resistance the story is different.
[Special Always Activated Skill: Disease Resistance]
[Proficiency: 1%]
[It is resistance to various diseases. At this point I don’t get sick easily from eating.]
It reduced the food poisoning judgment by 10% which was a great help in a crisis situation. It was safe to say that if you raised your proficiency you would actually become immune to food poisoning.
Originally it is a skill that can only be acquired after suffering from various diseases but Taesan who knows the information is very easy
You can get it.
Then it’s the next skill.
Taesan entered toward the spring.
It was just the right depth to be submerged up to the waist.
“I hate this.”
Taesan put his head in the water with a frown on his face.
purr.
Breathing is naturally blocked as it is underwater. Instead of leaving Taishan closed her eyes and held her breath.
Porreuk.
The air bubbles are getting smaller and smaller.
Finally the air it contained is completely frozen.
The body that has lost air wants to breathe. The pain gradually spreads.
But be patient.
[You are unable to breathe.]
pain.
Someone said that drowning is the most painful way to die. I don’t know if it’s true or not but it’s just as painful
meant to be rude. The body longing for breath commands you to get out of the water quickly.
but don’t go out
Stand in the water with a steady face.
I would rather drink water forcibly close the open airway and wait.
My mind slowly starts to fade. run out of strength Consciousness disappears and a kaleidoscope is visible.
Death is right around the corner.
Then the system window appears.
[You didn’t breathe until you were on the verge of death. Acquired the special activation skill [No Breathing].]
[You are aware of death. Acquired the special always-on skill [Line of Death].
done.
Taesan raises his body. Water splashes wildly.
“Huck huck.”
It calms the beating heart and adjusts the hohom. It barely subsided after a few minutes.
“I really can’t do anything.”
She ran through her wet hair and complained. In effect it was self-torture. It was a painful enough experience for Taesan who is used to suffering.
But it had to be like this. Apnea can only be obtained while in water.
[Special Activated Skill: Apnea]
[Mana consumption: 1]
[Proficiency: 1%]
[I can hold my breath for a long time.
Now it’s only about twice as much as usual.]
Apnea an activated skill that increases the amount of breathing.
It wasn’t a well-known skill.
You can only get it underwater and you only get it right before you die.
Since most of the acquired items became fish food information on the skill became known only after Taesan obtained it.
And no one acquired it even after being known.
You must stay in the water until just before you die. Very few humans endured the pain of breathing and the fear of dying if they did something wrong. Most of those who survived the labyrinth were close to being cowards so they didn’t even try to learn it that way.
For that reason the one who acquired it was only one of the middle ranks except for Taesan.
It is a useless skill in Easy or Normal mode but the story is different from Hard and Alone modes.
Apnea is a great strength as the air itself comes out when the poisonous layer is bored.
gave it
The line of death obtained at the same time was also not a bad skill.
A skill that notifies you when you are in danger of dying about a location or an attack.
Thanks to that there were quite a few cases where I got out of a crisis.
[Special always-on skill: Line of Death]
[Proficiency: 54%]
[You can sense when you are about to die. Activated in most crises.]
Taesan was surprised to see the skill level.
“Why is it 54 percent already?”
It was quite difficult to raise the proficiency even by 1%. In the case of advanced skills there was no player who passed 50 deaths until he got out of the labyrinth.
But it is already 54%. It was like the proficiency he had acquired in the future.
“Is this something that can be inherited?”
The power imprinted on the mind not the body seemed to be connected to some extent.
However to think like that calmness and insight were also basic skills.
“I don’t know.”
Taesan organized his thoughts neatly.
In the Labyrinth incomprehensible things often happen.
If you try to give meaning to all of them you won’t be able to hold on.
It’s a good thing for him and he should be satisfied with that.
I checked the number of skills Taesan had now.
fence. shield art. secure sight. detection. cool. spiritual rise. line of death. apnea. disease resistance.
nine The number of skills that an easy player usually gets until clear he got from the 1st floor.
Taishan Island did not reach this number until it reached the 20th floor in the past. Considering that most of them were useless skills the value was even higher.
However Taesan had no intention of stopping here.
There were still more skills to acquire.
Level up with skill
