Chapter 118

Chapter 118

Level 2 Player

Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law (2)

‘I killed him.’

Jin-su frowned.

‘The transferring flowers to a tree has not been skillized yet.’

It seemed skillization would have ended if just a little more. At that precarious timing, Son Sang-hyeok crossed the line and attacked Leo. Because of that, the irritated Jin-su used force without realizing and killed Son Sang-hyeok as is.

‘I should have endured with protection skill, protective skill, protective force, aura defense. Or lowered the power of the force ring a bit.’

Although such a thought came late, the already committed matter could not be reversed.

‘But why was this guy blanking at the important moment when his attack was blocked? If a martial artist, he should at least do an evasion action.’

Jin-su unnecessarily blamed the immaturity of the dead Son Sang-hyeok.

‘Well, there will be an opportunity for skillization later.’

Jin-su soothed the regret like that.

‘Since the skill was quite there. It will be more useful if becoming a summon. Army Summon, Army Summon.’

Jin-su made the dead Son Sang-hyeok into Army Summons of holy type and dark type. The other players affiliated with Sahyeolmun were completely below level in skill, but Son Sang-hyeok alone was sufficiently worth making into an Army Summon.

‘Well, no matter how highly evaluated, it is lower grade than the sand worm though...’

It was certainly several stages higher than the variant lycanthrope.

‘Let’s quickly finish the cleanup and go.’

Jin-su carefully secured the spoils and swept them into the inventory, then brought Leo and came out of the guild house of Sahyeolmun and joined Shin Su-a who was waiting outside.

“You suffered.”

“What suffering, let’s go quickly.”

At Shin Su-a’s words, Jin-su said with an indifferent tone.

“Yeah.”

Shin Su-a moved her steps following behind Jin-su. However, Shin Su-a’s expression was not that bright.

‘I became only luggage again.’

Except for casting buffs before the combat started, she was of no help in the combat between Jin-su and Sahyeolmun.

‘Leo also did an enormous activity.’

Already, her spirit was killed by the activities of other summons. In such a situation, once even Leo who only had a wide-area provocation skill began to do a great activity, Shin Su-a’s heart gradually began to become impatient.

***

Jin-su and Shin Su-a arrived at the lodging and then entered item classification.

‘Why did this kind of thing come out of all things.’

The most expected Son Sang-hyeok left the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law skill book.

‘Where do I use this.’

First, Jin-su had no matter of using a skill with permanent risk like the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law itself.

‘It is not even expensive.’

Although it is a skill that can save life in the worst moment, the penalty was too large.

Jin-su already had the information of the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law pierced. Because he heard information about it from a player who learned the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law before regression.

‘It was a skill that increases mana by 100% for 5 minutes instead of half of health, durability, and mana stats permanently disappearing.’

Even if saving life by a narrow margin using the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law, the risk that has to be shouldered after that was too large.

Skills of this kind did not sell well even if the price was set low.

‘Should I just shove it in the inventory?’

In a situation where items that sell well at the auction house are piled a lot, putting up such a malignant listing only occupies a sales item spot for no reason.

‘Or just learn it and raise the level and see?’

Skills with large risk like the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law are basically level 1. Because the skill level cannot be raised in the method of raising proficiency by using several times.

‘Just learn it.’

Anyway, it seems there will be no matter of putting it up at the auction house, and putting it in the inventory only occupies a spot for no reason. It seemed better to learn it and then confirm whether there is a possibility of using it as material for a synthesis skill.

Jin-su learned the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law. And he made it to 922, the lowest level among the skill level fix Blessings with remaining counts.

‘How much did it change?’

Jin-su examined the information of the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law that became level 922.

‘It is quite a spectacle.’

The time mana amplifies increased to 40 minutes, and the increasing mana value changed to 200%.

‘Although the duration time increased a lot, the increasing mana value is not large.’

On the other hand, the penalty remained as is without decreasing at all.

‘I expected the penalty might decrease or disappear.’

The Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law completely shattered Jin-su’s expectations.

‘Just in case.’

Jin-su found skills that would have good compatibility with the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law and tested. The level of the Blessing skill skill synthesis was 222, so the information of the synthesized skill could be briefly confirmed in advance.

‘This has the highest possibility.’

[Will you synthesize the skill Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law and the skill Mana Rampage? Success probability 96.12%. Upon success, the synthesis skill Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law is generated.]

[Yes.] [No.]

‘It seems the Mana Rampage skill is absorbed into the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law form.’

As expected, the synthesis success possibility was enormously high.

‘The Mana Rampage skill is a shared skill, but if becoming a synthesis skill, is it automatically shared?’

Since he had never used a shared skill as material for a synthesis skill yet, he could not be certain.

‘First, let’s confirm how the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law that absorbed Mana Rampage changed.’

Mana Rampage is a skill that forcibly ramps mana and temporarily amplifies it, and in some way, it was a skill of the same series as the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law. Instead, the mana amplification degree was far lower. Naturally, the penalty was also weak, only to the degree of mana temporarily dropping.

‘The amount of amplified mana is also not that large.’

Instead, the penalty is also temporary.

He acquired it with the thought that it might be needed someday. However, after testing shared skills, it was a skill that had no particular use itself.

‘As expected, if possessed, there is all use.’

Because it becomes material for such a good synthesis skill.

‘Please come out well.’

What Jin-su wanted was for the penalty of the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law to change from permanent to temporary like Mana Rampage.

[Upon synthesis success, Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law - Level 922]

-Synthesis skill.

-Shared skill.

-Active skill.

-If used, stimulates blood points and increases mana by 300% for 50 minutes.

-After use ends, health, durability, and mana stats decrease by half for 200 hours.

-Cooldown 10 days.

‘It is success?’

He succeeded in changing the disadvantage of the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law from permanent to temporary. On top of that, even the shared skill information of Mana Rampage merged as is.

If there was only one problem...

‘The penalty time is enormously long.’

It was good up to the permanent penalty changing to temporary. However, 200 hours was as much as 8 days and 8 hours.

‘First, let’s make it to level 1,122 and then synthesize.’

Jin-su changed the level of the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law from 922 to 1,122 and then confirmed the options again.

‘Since the level rose, the duration time increased to 50 minutes, and the increasing mana value increased to 300%.’

The penalty did not decrease and was the same.

‘Perhaps because exceeding level 1,000, the performance rose to some degree.’

Jin-su who finished preparations selected yes and synthesized the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law and Mana Rampage skill.

[You have succeeded in skill synthesis.]

[You have acquired the synthesis skill Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law.]

The options of the completed Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law were the same as confirmed in advance.

‘The rise of the Blessing skill fix level also certainly has a lot of use.’

Among the Blessing-exclusive skills Jin-su possesses, the ones affected by level were only 4.

Status window switch, skill synthesis, Skill Sharing, Item Synthesis.

However, since performance rises every time the level rises, the rise of the Blessing skill fix level was also subtly expected.

‘Shall I try using it once.’

Actually, it was fine to see that there is no matter of Jin-su using a skill like the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law driven into a corner on the mid-lower layers of the Tower. In easy words, it meant it is a skill that will be neglected for quite a long time unless deliberately used.

‘Even if not using immediately, confirmation is needed.’

A test of which is superior between the skill penalty and the Blessing was needed.

‘Then the use or not of Ouroboros’s Ring can also be decided later.’

Ouroboros’s Ring was in a state of never used even once after purchase. There was no matter of using it, and the penalty was too large. But if trying using the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law made into a synthesis skill with the penalty alleviated this time?

‘The Blessing might chew and eat the penalty.’

Also, Ouroboros’s Ring could be made into a synthesis item and aim for penalty weakening.

‘To test, now while staying in the start city is perfect.’

If health, durability, and mana stats drop to half for 8 days 8 hours, it will become weaker than usual, but even if so, there was no great problem in subjugating the monsters near the start city of Floor 200.

‘Let’s use it tomorrow.’

Jin-su decided to use the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law.

‘I am dying of curiosity.’

Once thinking of using it, the curiosity of which will win between the skill penalty and the Blessing grew larger and larger.

‘Let’s confirm that tomorrow.’

Today, there were many things to do immediately.

Jin-su first continued the item classification work. While doing so, he also did not forget to confirm whether there is an item to purchase at the auction house.

‘After the classification work ends, I have to make synthesis skills too.’

Not only that, the matter of making synthesis items and putting them up at the auction house also remained. However, in the end, Jin-su only finished item classification that day and went to bed.

Because the items that came out from sweeping the entire Sahyeolmun branch were too many, so ending the classification work consumed an enormously large amount of time.

***

The next morning, Jin-su went out hunting together with Shin Su-a.

“Leo.”

“Nyaaaaang!”

Once Jin-su called the name, Leo let out a wide-area provocation roar.

Dududududu!

All kinds of monsters gathered from all sides.

‘Here, then shall I try using it once.’

Jin-su used the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law in a state of having the status window open.

At the moment of activation, it was clearly felt that mana explosively increased. The mana stat of Jin-su existing in the status window also increased from 1,522 to 4,566.

‘Good.’

Although not as good as before regression, a smile bloomed on Jin-su’s lips at the full mana felt for the first time in a while.

‘Flame Storm.’

Jin-su used a magic attack skill.

Hwareureureuk!

It was clearly a skill of the same level. Yet, a storm of flame that became far more powerful to the degree of feeling like a completely different skill swept the monsters and passed.

Kwaaaaaang!

Along with a large explosive sound, the forest existing in the front together with the monsters was engulfed in flame entirely and then changed into a handful of ash in an instant.

‘Enormous.’

The smile condensed on Jin-su’s lips became brighter.

‘Huh?’

However, Jin-su’s smile did not last that long.

‘The mana stat is decreasing.’

The mana that was fully rising was escaping like sand grains in real time.

The mana stat that hit 4,566 had changed to 4,522. The problem is the point that that is not the end. 4,422 became 4,322, and then it decreased to 4,222.

‘It continues to decrease by 100.’

Roughly, about 100 mana stats were evaporating every 2 seconds.

‘The duration time has no meaning.’

At this degree of speed, even if the skill activation time is not 50 minutes but 50 hours, there was no meaning. Because due to the Blessing, it would recover to original mana on its own in about 1 minute.

‘It is a loss.’

Originally, the mana of 4,566 should have been maintained for 50 minutes. However, since the mana stat decreases by 100 every 2 seconds due to the Blessing, it could be seen that the mana amplification degree and duration time of the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law dropped greatly.

‘The Blessing also affects stat increase buffs.’

However, in the world, if there is something lost, there is also something gained.

‘Then it will naturally affect the penalty as well.’

If the stat of 4,566 decreases by 100 every 2 seconds and only maintains for about 1 minute and then recovers to original?

‘It will take only 14 seconds for the stat that dropped to 761 to become 1,522.’

That degree was practically the same as having no penalty.

‘It is not bad?’

If amplifying mana for 2 minutes every 10 days and receiving a 14-second penalty, it was not a bad trade condition.

‘Still, confirmation is needed.’

Just because the stat that rose due to the buff dropped by 100 every 2 seconds, one cannot be certain that the stat that ate the penalty will recover by 100 every 2 seconds, so confirmation was needed first.

Like that, 1 minute of time flowed, and the mana stat that rose due to the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law recovered to original.

‘It is as is?’

Yet, the penalty of the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law was not applied.

‘It is because 50 minutes have not passed.’

Jin-su quickly noticed the reason. The penalty of the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law appears after use ends.

‘From my perspective, the effect of the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law disappeared.’

From the system’s perspective, it is that the penalty application time still remains.

‘Good.’

The fact that the penalty is not applied as soon as the mana amplification effect drops was an enormous advantage.

‘There are not many matters of waging a long battle for more than 50 minutes.’

On top of that, if it is a situation where Jin-su uses even the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law, it can be seen as practically doing the last full power. Naturally, the win or loss of the combat has no choice but to be decided within a few minutes at most.

‘No matter how long the combat becomes, it will have ended around the time the penalty is applied.’

Anyway, since the one using the skill is Jin-su, it is fine if gauging the remaining combat time as much as one wants and activating at the desired timing.

‘This seems more usable than expected.’

Jin-su calmly continued hunting. And from the point when 50 minutes passed since activating the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law, Jin-su’s body became sharply heavy.

‘The penalty came.’

Jin-su opened the status window.

‘As expected.’

Jin-su’s expectation was correct.

The health, durability, and mana stats that decreased to 761 increased to 822, and once an additional 2 seconds passed, it increased to 922. Then around the time a total of 14 seconds passed, it returned to the original stat of 1,522.

‘With this degree, there is no need to be reluctant to use Ouroboros’s Ring.’

However, the Sahyeol Blood Demon Great Law that became a synthesis skill was a period-limited penalty to the end, and Ouroboros’s Ring had the difference of a permanent penalty.

‘I will have to look for an item worthy of synthesizing with Ouroboros’s Ring.’

Not only that, there seemed a necessity to collect skill books that are shunned because the penalty is too strong in large quantities.