Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Level 2 Player

Holy Physique

“Haa! Haa! Haa!”

Jin-su exhaled rough breaths.

‘Is it over?’

It was an enormous pain to the degree that losing consciousness would have been better.

‘The smell is terrible too.’

The cause of the terrible smell was the murky-colored sweat that covered Jin-su’s entire body and the peeled skin pieces stuck to the skin.

‘Let’s wash simply.’

Jin-su took a wet towel out of the treasure pouch and simply wiped his body.

‘Status window.’

After removing the cause of the smell, Jin-su opened the status window.

‘There doesn’t seem to be anything particularly changed, huh?’

While examining the information of the status window, Jin-su widened his eyes.

Constitution: [Holy Physique - Level 2]

Because information of a constitution that didn’t exist before was added.

‘Was there something like this on the status window too?’

Even before the regression, he had never obtained something like a specific constitution.

No, he didn’t even know the information that there was such a thing as a constitution.

Jin-su checked the information of the Holy Physique.

[Holy Physique - Level 2]

-The mana flow of holy-type class skills becomes smooth.

‘There’s only one option.’

But it was fine.

‘It’s natural that there’s only one option at Level 2.’

The options will naturally increase when the level of the Holy Physique rises.

‘There was a system message too.’

The pain was too severe so he couldn’t properly check.

[The change of the body has ended.]

[You have obtained the constitution Holy Physique.]

[You did not lose consciousness until obtaining the constitution.]

[The efficiency of the constitution Holy Physique rises.]

‘Enduring was worth it.’

The reward for enduring the pain of bones and muscles twisting appeared as an increase in the efficiency of the Holy Physique.

‘This is quite big.’

Right now it’s only Level 2 and there’s only one option so even if the efficiency of the Holy Physique rises, the effect is minimal, but.

‘When the level rises and the options increase, the situation will change.’

The efficiency of the single phrase that the efficiency of the Holy Physique rises is maximized.

‘Let’s test first.’

Jin-su lightly cast the Fire Arrow skill.

Hwareureuk!

One Fire Arrow floated in the air.

‘Fast.’

Jin-su’s face brightened.

The amount of mana that can be drawn up at once, the speed, and the efficiency all rose.

‘With this much, it seems the effect is better than the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill?’

If he ingests the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill in the state of having obtained the Holy Physique?

‘The mana efficiency becomes higher than the body before the regression.’

If the mana efficiency rises, even with the same stats, stronger power can be exerted.

‘The problem is that this is limited only to holy-type classes.’

The solution was simple.

‘Find the Dark Body Pill.’

If there is a Holy Body Pill, there is also a Dark Body Pill.

Since he ingested the Holy Body Pill and obtained the Holy Physique, if he ingests the Dark Body Pill, he will be able to obtain the Dark Physique.

‘Whether one person obtaining 2 constitutions is possible is the problem though.’

Jin-su paid attention to the point that a constitution was added to the status window.

‘There is no constitution stat on the deactivated status window.’

That meant it was the same as the status window possessing a dark-type class also being able to acquire one constitution.

‘Still, let’s confirm.’

Jin-su used the Status Window Switch skill.

‘Huh?’

The moment he used the Status Window Switch skill, Jin-su could sense that the flow of mana flowing inside his body had become unnatural.

‘The body is different.’

Jin-su drew up mana and cast a dark-type class skill.

‘Slow. But faster than before.’

The mana flow was slow to the degree that a clear difference was felt compared to when using holy-type class skills. However, compared to before obtaining the Holy Physique, the mana flow had clearly become slightly faster even if weak.

‘It wasn’t simply a problem of class skills.’

The option of the constitution Holy Physique was only that the mana flow of holy-type class skills becomes smooth. But reality was different.

‘The amount and quality of the mana itself flowing through the mana circuits are different.’

Not only holy-type skills but also the mana flow when using dark-type skills or common skills became faster.

‘The visible options aren’t everything, huh.’

A reason to necessarily obtain the Dark Physique arose.

‘Let’s go out first.’

The necessity to find hidden dungeons more diligently and carefully arose.

‘It wasn’t that the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill was important.’

Although rare and expensive, in the case of the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill, there are listings at the auction house anyway. However, in the case of the Holy Body Pill and Dark Body Pill, they did not exist at the auction house.

‘Find the Dark Body Pill and obtain the Dark Physique.’

The moment Jin-su’s top priority goal changed.

***

“Kuweeeek!”

“Kyauuuk!”

Every time Jin-su swung his sword, the monsters were swept away.

[Mission - You have completed the subjugation of the Goblin group.]

[Mission clear reward - Durability Pill is paid.]

[You can leave the dungeon.]

The Durability Pill came out as the reward for clearing the hidden dungeon.

‘It’s an elixir that raises the Durability stat.’

Unfortunately, it was an ordinary elixir.

‘A dud.’

With a regretful expression, Jin-su left the dungeon.

In fact, saying an elixir is ordinary and regretting it as a dud was itself an absurd thing.

Originally, elixirs were not items that could be obtained so easily.

However, for Jin-su who could monopolize the reward by clearing alone the hidden dungeons made so that dozens of people gather strength to clear, it was an exception.

‘Now Floor 31 is the end.’

He had come up searching thoroughly. But there were no more hidden dungeons. After checking the time, Jin-su cleared Floor 31 and climbed to Floor 32.

[Blessing of Hwangsin has grown.]

[Blessing of Hongsin has grown.]

‘It finally rises.’

The blessings that had not grown even once until now finally grew as he climbed to Floor 32.

Jin-su checked the status window.

‘Physical attack power and physical skill attack power rose from 12.2% to 22.2%.’

Although it was an expected situation, it was a bit regrettable.

Because he had hoped that the basic stats would rise or the stat increase width would rise if possible.

‘Well, there’s nothing bad about it.’

Jin-su immediately entered the work of acquiring titles on Floor 32 and finding hidden dungeons.

‘It’s desert type.’

Floor 32 was a desert terrain where all sides were covered in sand and the hot sun was beating down from the sky.

‘Is this really the Tower.’

Since there is a sky inside the Tower and even the sun is floating, it was absurd no matter how many times he looked.

Since even Jin-su who is high-level water among high-level waters feels this way, how much more would the newbies?

‘Water will be important.’

Players who couldn’t sufficiently secure water on Floor 31 had a high probability of dying from thirst rather than monsters.

Jin-su pulled a robe over his head to block the sunlight and moved his footsteps.

Puuk!

“Kiik!”

While moving his footsteps, Jin-su stabbed his sword toward the ground.

Sseuk!

When he pulled out the sword, the corpse of a sand lizard that had been hiding its body in the sand was dragged out.

“Kiiiik!”

At the same time, sand lizards poured out from all sides.

‘It’s the start.’

Jin-su swung his two swords and cut down the sand lizards.

Seogeok! Jwaak!

“Kiiik!”

“Kyaaak!”

The blood of the sand lizards was scattered over the dry sand.

The battle ended quickly.

‘They’ll gather soon.’

In the case of desert-type terrain, the monsters are sensitive to the smell of blood.

‘Blood is also water.’

He had recovered stamina with the Blood Demon Swordsman’s class skill Bloodsuck, and after that the remaining blood was all sucked up by the Bloodsucking Sword, but the thick blood scent had already scattered in all directions.

If it was Jin-su before the regression, he would have quickly left the place before other monsters gathered. But now there was no need to do so.

‘If the prey gather on their own, I’m grateful.’

Jin-su wet his throat with the water that was in the treasure pouch.

Deudeudeuk!

In the meantime, a small vibration was felt from under his feet.

‘Another sand lizard? Or a sand mole?’

Jin-su waited calmly, then...

Puuk!

Stabbed the sword into the sand.

“Kiiiik!”

A sand mole over 3 meters in size popped out while screaming.

Kwajik!

Jin-su activated a skill and pierced the sand mole’s skull as is, finishing it off.

“Kyaaaa!”

That was the start. Starting from the sand mole, all kinds of desert monsters gathered toward the place where Jin-su was. If you deal with the gathered monsters, the blood scattered in the process once again spreads the blood scent in all directions. Then it calls other desert monsters drawn by that blood scent.

If you can’t handle it, it was a death monster wave that you don’t know when it will end, but if you can handle it, it was merely a good hunting ground where monsters automatically gather.

Kwajik!

“Kyauuk!”

Jin-su stabbed the sword into the head of a sand lizard.

‘Is it the end now?’

The monster wave that had continued to push in ended.

‘Shall I look once.’

Since the monster cleanup was over, he had to find the hidden dungeon.

‘The desert is obvious.’

At first thought, since it’s a region with only sand, it seems hard to find hidden dungeons, but.

‘Rather, it’s easier.’

Because small changes stand out more to the eyes.

‘Well, before the regression, survival was the priority so I couldn’t even think of finding things like hidden dungeons.’

Probably even if he found them, he wouldn’t have entered. Because hidden dungeons give large rewards if cleared, but if not cleared, you die as is.

A faint memory of the hard times when he first arrived at a desert terrain in the Tower floated up.

‘During the day I suffered from the hot heat and at night I suffered from the cold.’

The biggest pain was thirst.

‘I barely survived by refining and drinking monster blood.’

But now the situation was much different.

‘Usually it should be around here.’

The end of the hills of the sand desert.

Puuuk!

The sand sucked in Jin-su’s body.

[You have entered the Sand Scorpion Dungeon.]

[Mission - You have received the subjugation of the Sand Scorpion group.]

[Challenging personnel: 1.]

[Calculating mission clear reward.]

[Mission clear reward - Mana Circuit Expansion Pill.]

[You cannot leave the dungeon until the mission is cleared.]

“Hahahaha!”

A satisfied laugh burst from Jin-su’s mouth.

‘It comes out here.’

It was a bit regrettable that it wasn’t the Dark Body Pill, but there was nothing bad.

‘The Mana Circuit Expansion Pill is also necessary.’

It’s not that it can’t be bought with points, but if possible, obtaining it as a mission clear reward was much cheaper.

Shuuuk!

While Jin-su was satisfied with the mission clear reward, the sand scorpions started attacking.

Seogeok!

After Jin-su lightly cut off the tail of a sand scorpion with a poison stinger with the sword held in his left hand.

Kwajik!

The Bloodsucking Sword held in his right hand pierced the sand scorpion’s brain.

Seogeok! Jwaak!

Jin-su cleaned up the sand scorpions at a fast speed.

Although sand scorpions are quite tricky to deal with among desert-type monsters because of their hard armor, large pincers, and tail with a poison stinger, to Jin-su there wasn’t a big difference from other desert-type monsters.

However, it wasn’t that there were no problems.

‘The numbers are too many.’

If he cuts them down one by one with the sword to clean up, it seemed it would take an enormously long time.

‘Status window switch.’

Jin-su switched the status window to holy type.

‘Flame Storm.’

Hwareureureuk!

Kwaaaang!

Along with a large explosion sound, the sand scorpions that were charging toward Jin-su were massacred all at once.

‘When dealing with ones with many numbers, a mage is the best.’

Smiling, Jin-su rapid-fired the Fire Arrow skill.

Kwajik! Pueong!

Then when the cooldown turned, he fired the range attack skill Flame Storm.

Kwaaaang!

As a result, he could clean up in 1 minute the ones that would have taken over 10 minutes of scuffling if he had cut them with the sword.

[Mission - You have completed the subjugation of the Sand Scorpion group.]

[Mission clear reward - Mana Circuit Expansion Pill is paid.]

[You can leave the dungeon.]

The Mana Circuit Expansion Pill was paid as the mission clear reward.

‘Let’s eat it right away.’

The Mana Circuit Expansion Pill was better to ingest right away without particularly saving it.

Jin-su poured the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill into his mouth.

[You have ingested the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill.]

[The efficiency of the constitution Holy Physique rises.]

‘What is this?’

Jin-su’s face was dyed with surprise.

He had ingested the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill before the regression too.

But the system message was different from now.

‘When I ingested the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill before the regression, a message that the mana circuits expanded appeared.’

Now a system message that the efficiency of the constitution Holy Physique rose appeared.

Jin-su closed both eyes, rotated mana, and calmly observed the state of his body.

‘The efficiency of the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill rose.’

Not only did the mana circuits expand, but both the flow of mana and the amount of mana that can be drawn up at once increased.

‘Status window switch.’

Jin-su switched the holy-type status window to the dark-type status window.

‘It slowed sharply.’

The flow of mana that seemed like racing on a wide-open highway was instantly cut in half.

‘Still, better than before eating the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill.’

Both the movement speed of mana and the amount that can be moved at once rose.

‘But the effect drops.’

The change was too minimal for having eaten the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill.

‘Is it natural.’

This wasn’t the effect of ingesting the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill.

‘It’s the effect of the efficiency of the Holy Physique rising.’

Instead of the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill itself exerting its original efficacy, it became the foundation for increasing the efficiency of the Holy Physique.

‘Rather good.’

If he had ingested the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill without the Holy Physique, the mana circuits would have expanded the same regardless of whether it was the holy-type status window or the dark-type status window.

‘Instead, when ingesting the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill the second time, the effect would have dropped sharply.’

Jin-su ingested the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill three times before the regression.

‘When I first ingested it, I saw enormous efficiency.’

When he ingested it the second time, he only saw 1/10 of the effect of the first. Finally, when he ingested it the third time?

‘I just wasted points for nothing.’

He ingested the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill but saw no effect at all.

‘This time is different.’

The Mana Circuit Expansion Pill was absorbed into the Holy Physique.

‘Generally, if you ingest the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill twice, the efficiency drops sharply, but.’

If he ingests the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill in the state of having obtained the Dark Physique rather than the Holy Physique?

‘The Mana Circuit Expansion Pill will become the foundation for the growth of the Dark Physique.’

Then even if he ingests the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill twice, he could extract the effect 100% or more.

‘That’s not the end.’

When he just ingested the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill, the effect dropped sharply from the second time and from the third time there was no effect at all. But now that it has become the foundation for the growth of the Holy Physique or Dark Physique, the situation was different.

‘At least up to 4, there is unconditionally an effect.’

If lucky, more than that was also possible.

The constitutions of Holy Physique and Dark Physique are powers he hadn’t obtained even before the regression.

‘The difference in constitutions is quite large.’

Depending on whether you have acquired the Holy Physique and Dark Physique or not, even if you have the same class, skills, and stats, the power differs clearly.

‘I need to secure as many Mana Circuit Expansion Pills as possible.’

If he can’t obtain them directly, he had to secure them even by spending points.

‘Well, before that, securing the Dark Body Pill is the priority though.’

After leaving the dungeon, Jin-su diligently moved his body to find hidden dungeons.