Episode 148. A short comma (1)
kuku kuk kuku!
The size of the huge crater on the ground was unusual.
A skill called ‘Ring of Fire’.
When activated, it inflicts fatal damage even to itself.
It possesses the power of a lethal force that can reduce the opponent caught in the ashes.
Having been swept away from such a close distance, even the cockroaches would not survive.
“Huh. Huh…. He finally died. This damn bastard…!”
Michael let out an exclamation as if the thousand-year-old congestion had gone down.
It was really the first time I’ve ever been so tough.
Even when I took the test to get the title of black wing, I didn’t struggle like this.
still.
Finally succeeded in killing the opponent.
A fire whose temperature gradually decreases.
The color, which was close to turquoise, soon regained its original red color.
“Whoa…”
It was inevitable that her lips would twitch without realizing it.
Elis, you can kill a chicken with just enough strength to twist its neck, so leave it out of the question.
Now, after dealing with the ice trolls who are targeting the golems, it is time to gather the troops at the gate and prepare for the beginning of the great war.
everything ended smoothly.
It should have ended like that…
just then.
I could feel the presence in the blazing fire.
It’s something that can never happen or shouldn’t happen.
Because there was no living thing that could survive in that calamity.
However, as time passed, the sound of footsteps grew louder and Michael had to accept the reality.
parts.
Finely shattered pieces of ice were scattered.
The one who appeared in the middle was none other than Jinhyeok.
“Uh, how could you… No, this is nonsense. It is impossible. That is impossible!”
He is in good shape with no scars.
Even Michael had suffered enough damage to consume most of his physical strength and mana.
Why?
Does it mean that the opponent looks so fine?
Jinhyeok shrugged at the question that was close to screaming.
“I can understand being upset.”
Although the time is only 1 second…
“I also have at least one of the strongest shields.”
An ability acquired after defeating the 10th floor boss monster, the rock giant.
‘Invincible for 1 second’.
This is the last move prepared for this fight.
“Wow!”
Michael shouted.
Cuckoo Cuckoo!
Dark red aura instantly covered the entire hand.
Rather than killing the enemy, it was more of an instinct to protect oneself out of fear.
But it’s already too late.
It was because Jinhyeok wasn’t going to be attacked by an attack that lost his sophistication.
Booung!
Boooooong!
Jinhyeok lightly dodged the claws cutting through the air and infused magical power into his fangs.
The green blade began to burn dazzlingly.
at the same time.
The air around them suddenly changed.
‘Magic Spirit Sword Dance’.
A secret skill passed down only to the heads of the Demonic Cult.
so that.
The person who uses this sword was the master of the Demonic Cult.
Only the owner of the Demonic Cult could unfold the consequences of this sword.
Formula 1′.
This is the type 1 of that sword.
It was evaluated as being difficult, but the talent of the Sword Demon, which was manifested through the ‘Tomb of the Sword’, wiped out all the process.
I could feel the magical power that could be described as heinous and mad.
“This absurd…”
An earthquake shook Michael’s pupils.
The instinct that had kept him alive for thousands of years ordered him to flee.
It was because he knew that he would never be able to recover if he was hit by this sword attack now that his magic power was depleted.
However, the body did not move like the mind.
The strong wind, which had gathered to the limit, howled even more violently.
Cuckoo Cuckoo!
It was as if Taishan had been compressed into a single line.
Right then.
As if announcing the completion of the ceremony, the mana was released all at once.
‘Macheon One Island’.
The strongest sword of the Demonic Cult that transcends the stairs and proves that it is only the strong.
Right now at this moment.
Reproduced through the hands of a single player.
-Suddenly!
A cut that doesn’t need any modifiers.
An undisturbed line crossed it horizontally.
＊＊＊
“….”
Michael blankly looked down at his body.
The upper body that is slowly collapsing.
Push!
Push shook!
Ragged streams of blood spurted out in all directions.
He manages to keep his balance, but even that is just a struggle right before he runs out of breath.
“Even in the midst of that, he avoided instant death. Indeed, it deserves to be called the direct subordinate of the family head.”
“Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu… Cool! Just because you won now… don’t be too happy. Because you… touched us, you’re as good as dead now.”
Michael giggled and giggled while biting at the froth of blood.
Anyway, I don’t know why these guys are holding so much weight until the end.
“Hide tight… so you can live one more day. Kww. Of course, as long as the heads of households are seeing everything through my eyes, it will be meaningless anyway.”
also.
‘I heard that there are those with the ability to share vision among the immediate bodyguards, but this guy was one of them.’
It just went well.
A lot of people will be watching and listening together from over there, so you won’t have to go looking for them one by one.
“I have no intention of hiding. No, you don’t have to be so impatient, I’ll visit you from here soon.”
“what?”
Michael asked back, but Jinhyeok calmly continued.
“All the blood relatives who betrayed Ellis…even the patriarchs who sit on the throne that is only a façade. Be prepared for everything. The next time we meet, I’ll take back the position of head of Ataraxia.”
This is a kind of declaration of war.
Is it a warning of what is to come?
I will make you very bitterly regret who you dared to expose your teeth to.
[The nobles of the night are enraged.]
[Some family heads express strong hostility towards you.]
[The beings at the top of the Tower of Trials begin to keep an eye on you.]
A trivial threat followed.
Of course, if I was going to be intimidated by that, I wouldn’t have started in the first place.
Jinhyeok swung his sword once more as if it was no longer worth listening to.
Awesome!
End with that.
With his head gone, Michael’s body collapsed.
At last this fight is over.
And to prove that fact.
Tring!
Tring!
Tring!
More splendid rewards than anything he had experienced so far appeared one after another.
[The level has risen!]
[The level has risen!]
[The level has risen…]
[…]
[…The level has risen!]
A whopping 10 levels.
Considering that the amount of experience increases dramatically as the level goes up, the amount of experience Michael gives is truly beyond imagination.
‘It’s worth the hard work.’
The corner of Jinhyuk’s mouth went up in satisfaction.
As expected, the sweet rewards that follow after risking bloody battles had a charm that made them forget all the fatigue accumulated during that time.
In addition, the conditions for copying with Michael have also been passed, so all you have to do is leisurely shop for new skills to copy.
‘hmm. What should I choose?’
Jinhyuk lightly caressed his neck.
[The skills that can be copied are as follows.]
[‘Claws that cover the moon’, ‘Dark speculation’, ‘Share vision’, ‘Ring of fire’, ‘Bat conversion’, ‘Intermediate familiar’….] As a direct blood relative,
Michael’s skills are None of them were unusual.
He knew that fact better than anyone else because he was the one who had actually fought.
‘No matter what I copy, I’ll be able to use it.’
Above all, since you can combine the higher skills by combining the unique abilities and skills you will get later, the scalability aspect was guaranteed.
“…”
Jinhyeok pondered for a while and chose one of the skills.
okay.
this is the best choice
[Succeeded in copying the skill ‘Snails that Cover the Moon (SSS)’!]
[Copied skills are stored in ‘Memory of the World’.]
A skill that can activate strong energy even without a weapon.
The ‘nails that cover the moon’ will be a hidden card that can prevent one in a million.
Next, it’s time to distribute the stats.
Jinhyeok immediately activated the status window.
[Name: Kang Jin-hyuk]
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Level: 55
Strength 22 Agility 22 Stamina 31 Magical Power 80 Gap 100 Luck 10 Adaptive 78 Elemental 7.79
Possessed Stat Points: 39
Possessed Coins: 373675
Occupation: Rune Interpreter
Unique Ability: ‘Fusion’, ‘Grave of Swords’, ‘Blessing of the Stars’, ‘Judgment of Anubis’, ‘Blood Magic’, ‘Mandala’, ‘1 Second Invincibility’, ‘Thousand Poison’
Skills: Lv8 ‘Fire Element’ Lv8 ‘Eye of Gluttony’ Lv6 ‘Communion’ Lv6 ‘Stigma of Love’ Lv5 ‘Poisoning’ Lv5 ‘Shallow Breathing’ Lv10 ‘Glacial Formation’ Lv7 ‘Daylight’ Lv4 ‘Giant’s Grasp’ ‘ Lv6 ‘Death Soul Sword(追魂劍)’ Lv1 ‘Double Agent’ Lv5 ‘Jintaecheong Hwarangsimbeop(眞太淸花郞心法)’ Lv6 ‘Sword Demon Emperor Wangbo’ Lv1 ‘Blurred Body Smell’ Lv4 ‘Mental Barrier’ Lv3 ‘Heavenly Melody’ Lv3 ‘Different World Restaurant’ Lv3 ‘Red Magic Bullet’ Lv2 ‘Heavenly Dream’ Lv1 ‘Soul Vampirism’ Lv1 ‘Demon Sword’ Lv1 ‘Moon Covering Claw’
Barrier: The number of barriers you have learned has been changed to ‘folded’.
A whopping 39 stats are accumulated.
Besides, looking through the well-stored abilities, I felt my nose tingle for no reason.
‘haha. It’s really crazy.’
What other player in the world has so many abilities?
Each of them were skills that rankers and boss-level monsters could use as their main power.
‘It doesn’t matter if the Tower of Trials has arrived in reality and more variables have been added.’
That kind of thing was good.
Unlike the past, it was the same here that they were armed with better skills.
Isn’t there an optimal route that can reduce trial and error and the privileges received by climbing to the top of the tower for the first time?
The circumstances and conditions have been met to this extent, but if you do not have confidence, you do not have the right to say that you are a deceased person.
He hadn’t even reached the middle of the tower yet, but Jinhyeok’s head already seemed to draw a picture of the future.
‘As for the stats… I’m going to invest mainly in magic and distribute the rest by 3 points.’
[Strength increases from 22 → 25.]
[Agility increases from 22 → 25]
[Stamina increases from 31 → 34]
[Magic power increases from 80 → 110.] Raise
the stats I realized that I had run noticeably.
Especially the horsepower part.
‘Is it because I raised 30 at once? Has your feeling changed dramatically?’
I was more confident because I was healing my wounds using the ‘Jin Tae-cheong Hwarang Simbeop’.
The magical power that gently circulates through every nook and cranny of the blood vessels.
Now, it is possible to operate the simbeop naturally, almost like breathing.
Finally, there is an item that can be said to be Michael’s keepsake.
Jinhyuk’s gaze turned downward.
A black necklace with a unique pattern engraved on the large ruby in the center.
‘It’s the first time I’ve seen a pattern like this.’
It was an item that I hadn’t seen before when climbing the tower, whether it was an item that dropped with a certain probability.
Jinhyuk picked up the black necklace.
However, the moment I checked the details of the necklace through the ‘Eye of Gluttony’.
“omg?”
Jinhyeok’s pupils dilated rapidly.
I couldn’t help but be surprised.
One of the things written on the necklace was shocking.
