Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Level 2 Player

Tower Floor 50

“Kheoeeng!”

Puuk!

“Haa! Haa! Haa!”

Jin-su stabbed the Bloodsucking Sword into the boss monster’s heart and exhaled rough breaths. Jin-su’s body was covered in wounds. However, there was no spare energy to treat them.

The skill Resurrection possessed by the Ring of Resurrection had a long cooldown remaining, and because mana had bottomed out, he couldn’t use the Ring of Recovery either.

‘Is it over?’

Cleaning up a whopping 10 thousand monsters was by no means easy even if they were mobs. Moreover, Jin-su had a time attack he set for himself.

22 hours 22 minutes 22 seconds.

To match this time, he really moved diligently. And when about 20 seconds remained, he found the last boss monster and was able to cut off its breath matching the time precariously.

[You have achieved for the first time the impossible feat of hunting all the monsters of Floor 49.]

[Title The One Who First Refused the Survival Mission of Floor 49 is granted.]

[Title The One Who First Conquered Floor 49 is granted.]

[Title The One Who Accomplished the Impossible Feat Three Times is granted.]

[Title The One Who First Perfectly Cleared Floor 49 is granted.]

[Dark Body Pill is granted.]

[Mana Circuit Expansion Pill is granted.]

...omitted...

Enormous rewards fell in a shower.

Titles and skill books could be said to be that, but.

‘To think this would come out here.’

Dark Body Pill and Mana Circuit Expansion Pill.

Those two came out at once.

‘The Dark Body Pill is one, but the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill came out as 3.’

Additionally, even class change books came out as a whopping 3.

‘It’s a bit regrettable that there aren’t any usable by me.’

The 3 class change books were 1 holy type and 2 dark type, but unfortunately the compatibility wasn’t good.

‘The holy type is a healer class change book and the dark type are a mage class change book and a warrior class change book.’

They were classes that had more disadvantages than advantages compared to the Blood Demon Swordsman.

‘All three are useless to me.’

[Move to Floor 50 after 1 hour 35 minutes. Will you go up in advance?]

[Yes.] [No.]

One choice floated to Jin-su.

If you press ‘Yes’, you can climb to Floor 50 right away, and if you select ‘No’, you climb to Floor 50 after 1 hour 35 minutes.

‘Let’s rest first.’

Jin-su selected ‘No’.

Although he was in a state of having received considerable injuries.

‘That is endurable.’

Since he had hunted all the monsters, this mission space was the safest place for Jin-su to ingest the Dark Body Pill and Mana Circuit Expansion Pill.

‘Status window switch.’

After switching the status window to dark type, Jin-su poured the Dark Body Pill into his mouth.

[You have ingested the Dark Body Pill.]

[The body changes to suit dark-type classes.]

[Prepare for pain.]

‘I know.’

Udeudeuk! Pudeudeuk!

Muscles and bones twisted.

Jin-su tried to endure the pain while sweating cold sweat.

“Kkaaaak!”

But a stronger pain than when he first ate the Holy Body Pill enveloped Jin-su’s body.

Jin-su thought that the pain should be less than the first time.

He obtained the Holy Physique by ingesting the Holy Body Pill and the Holy Physique grew by ingesting the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill. Because the body that changed that way was applied to some extent even when switching the status window to the dark-type class, he naturally thought the pain would be less.

But it wasn’t.

An intense pain was felt as if consciousness would cut off at any moment.

‘Absolutely must not lose consciousness.’

If you lose consciousness, the efficiency of the Dark Physique drops.

Jin-su gritted his teeth and endured the pain of the muscles of his entire body tearing and the bones twisting.

As a result.

[The change of the body has ended.]

[You have obtained the constitution Dark Physique.]

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

[The efficiency of the constitution Dark Physique rises.]

He was able to draw out the efficiency increase of the Dark Physique.

‘The smell is less than last time.’

He also sweated less murky-colored sweat and the peeled skin pieces were not many.

‘Is it because it’s the second time?’

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

‘Status window.’

After wiping his body completely, Jin-su opened the status window.

[Dark Physique - Level 2]

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

‘Obtained.’

Like the Holy Physique, he was able to obtain the constitution Dark Physique.

‘The level is the same 2.’

Jin-su closed his eyes and moved the mana inside his body.

‘Fast.’

The flow of mana became far faster.

‘How much effect will the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill have?’

Jin-su swallowed one Mana Circuit Expansion Pill.

[You have ingested the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill.]

[The efficiency of the constitution Dark Physique rises.]

He immediately moved mana and checked.

‘Enormous.’

Jin-su ingested the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill twice.

‘Originally, the efficiency should drop to 1/10.’

Right now there was no such feeling at all.

‘There’s no big difference from when I ate the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill in the state of having obtained the Holy Physique.’

Others see a big effect only on the first ingestion of the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill, but he ate it twice. But the effect had no particular difference from when he first ate it.

‘Having 2 status windows is complete cheating.’

It’s not simply because you can choose both holy-type and dark-type classes.

‘Even constitutions and pills.’

From Jin-su’s position, it was no different from possessing 2 bodies in fact.

‘Also, it’s not that there is no interaction at all.’

Although skills cannot be shared.

‘Constitutions affect each other.’

It was natural. Because switching the status window doesn’t mean Jin-su’s body actually changes.

In the case of the Holy Physique and Dark Physique that permanently affect the body, and the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill, although the efficiency drops a bit, sharing of option effects was possible.

‘What if I eat one more Mana Circuit Expansion Pill here?’

The probability was high that the efficiency would drop to the 1/10 level like before the regression.

‘Let’s eat it.’

Jin-su ate one more Mana Circuit Expansion Pill.

[You have ingested the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill.]

[The efficiency of the constitution Dark Physique rises weakly.]

‘As expected.’

The flow of mana became a bit smoother. But like before the regression, the efficiency dropped greatly. The sentence weakly was also added to the system message.

‘Even if I eat one more in the current state.’

There will be no effect at all.

‘But if I switch the status window, the situation changes.’

Jin-su used the Status Window Switch skill to switch the status window to holy type.

‘There is an effect.’

The mana flow was much smoother than before ingesting the Dark Body Pill and Mana Circuit Expansion Pill.

Jin-su ingested the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill.

[You have ingested the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill.]

[The efficiency of the constitution Holy Physique rises weakly.]

‘The same this time too.’

The efficiency dropped greatly.

‘The limit of gaining from the Mana Circuit Expansion Pill is up to 4.’

But there was nothing bad. Before the regression, he only saw effects on 2. After the regression, it was that he saw effects on a whopping 4.

‘Shall I prepare a bit before going up.’

Jin-su once again used status window switch to switch the status window to dark type. After that, he put items not used immediately into the subspace in the inventory.

‘It would be good if there was one more Inventory skill.’

Since there is no Inventory skill on the holy-type status window, it was subtly inconvenient.

‘Fortunately, it can be covered with the treasure pouch.’

Because the treasure pouch is an item with a form that needs to be put in the bosom or carried, there exists the risk of being destroyed or lost.

‘Let’s buy it right away.’

While purchasing the Shining Longsword that will later become the White Heaven Divine Sword, it seemed good to also purchase one Inventory skill book to learn on the holy-type status window.

‘There won’t be a case of lacking points.’

He achieved 3 impossible feats and accomplished countless achievements. From Floor 50, the achievements piled up like that are all converted into points. Moreover, if he sells all the numerous elixirs, skill books, and class change books obtained so far at the auction house?

‘Purchasing class change books or skill books that come out on much higher floors will also be possible.’

The things that needed to be done here were all finished.

‘Let’s go up right away.’

Although he selected ‘No’ earlier.

‘In the case of having achieved the mission clear conditions in advance, you can climb to the upper floor whenever you want.’

If a newbie without information, there would be no choice but the method of quietly waiting until the time comes, but Jin-su had no need for that.

“I will go up to Floor 50.”

The moment Jin-su uttered the words.

Hwaaaak!

A bright light enveloped Jin-su’s body.

***

When the cluster of bright light disappeared and he arrived at Floor 50, all wounds were completely healed and at the same time a system message appeared.

[You have arrived at Floor 50 of the Tower.]

[Defeat the gatekeeper and climb to Tower Floor 51.]

[Time remaining on Floor 50 - 5 years.]

[You have achieved the feat of climbing to Floor 50 in the shortest period in history.]

[Title The One Who Climbed to Floor 50 in the Shortest Period is granted.]

‘There was a feat like this too.’

It was a type of feat Jin-su was also seeing for the first time.

‘There wasn’t a feat like this before Floor 50.’

Because Floor 50 which can be called a kind of intermediate point, it seemed to give such a feat. And the moment Jin-su finished confirming the system messages, people’s voices were heard.

“A chick has come.”

“What? It’s only 1 person?”

“The comrades all died, I guess.”

“Well, the survival rate of the Floor 49 clear mission is enormously low.”

Jin-su made a fully tense expression, held the Bloodsucking Sword in his right hand, and took a combat stance. But he wasn’t really tense. Jin-su taking a combat stance while holding the Bloodsucking Sword was only a kind of show so as not to look suspicious.

“Don’t be too scared. Because we’re not enemies.”

“That’s right. From here, it’s no longer a lawless land.”

Looking at the 4 men and women in front of him, Jin-su put away the Bloodsucking Sword.

“Follow me. I’ll tell you what kind of place Floor 50 is.”

One woman stepped forward and said to Jin-su.

“Sure.”

At Jin-su’s answer, the woman smiled slightly and opened her mouth.

“It’s convenient that you understand well. First, on Floor 50 there is something called points. What that is...”

The woman moved her footsteps and continued the explanation about Floor 50.

‘Content I already all know.’

Probably Jin-su knows more than what the woman knows about Floor 50.

‘The mission of guiding newbies has stingy rewards.’

Mostly, players who have just adapted to Floor 50 do it aiming for a small amount of points as reward. If giving an example with the military, is it the feeling of a private introducing the unit to a new recruit who has just been transferred?

‘From Floor 50, the situation is different.’

It’s not simply the entirety of using the auction house and using points.

‘Numerous NPCs exist.’

Of course, they’re not real NPCs. Like peddlers, they are existences that players cannot attack, and they operate things like shops, inns, taverns, and blacksmiths.

‘The biggest difference is the safe zone.’

The safe zone of the city that exists from Floor 50 primarily blocks the intrusion of monsters. Special safe zones like inn rooms even block PK.

‘It means there’s no need to sleep lightly on a tree worrying about receiving attacks from monsters or other players.’

If you only pay points, you can stay in a PK-impossible safe zone guaranteed by the system. Therefore, in the case of Floor 50, there were quite a few who stayed for a long period.

‘Unlike before, the mission clear time limit is generous.’

A whopping 5 years.

There’s no need to urgently climb to Floor 51.

‘That’s why such people come out.’

Even if raising the level further is impossible on Floor 50, they don’t climb to Floor 51. Even if they have the skill to remove the gatekeeper right away, they continue to stay on Floor 50.

‘Those people also made the choice to continue staying on Floor 50.’

Before the regression, Jin-su was greatly disappointed by the choice of the first comrades he first met on Floor 1 and formed a party with. For Jin-su, he had to conquer the Tower as fast as possible and return to the young younger sister left alone.

He couldn’t give up or postpone the return to Earth.

Also, because he predicted that the Tower might be a 100-floor one, he had the belief that if he climbed 50 more floors, he could return to Earth.

‘Well, not even Floor 100, but even after climbing beyond Floor 1,000 to Floor 2,000, he couldn’t conquer it.’

For some reason, the corners of his mouth became bitter.

‘This time, I’ll see the end.’

He will thoroughly prepare and make it so no matter what.

“This is the inn. If you take a room, it changes into a perfect safe zone where even PK is impossible. You should think of at least 50 points per night. Although it’s a single room, if you crumple and sleep on the floor, up to 3–4 people can sleep together. Since you don’t have comrades, it’s an exception. As advice, it’s good to save points as much as possible. Even if you catch monsters, they give points. But they really give a little bit. Since a point list has appeared on the status window, check how many points you have. Usually, if you just climbed to Floor 50 and have over 30,000 points, it’s above average.”

The woman talked non-stop about the facilities and usage of Floor 50 at a fast speed as if rap.

‘She seems to want to clear the mission as fast as possible.’

From Jin-su’s position, it was information he already knew, but there was no need to particularly show it.

‘How many points have accumulated.’

Jin-su had already opened points before Floor 50. But the achievements accumulated so far are converted into points only when reaching Floor 50.

[Points - 38,432,153]

‘Didn’t even hit 40 million.’

It was an enormous amount of points that other players would have opened their mouths wide and gasped if they saw it. Because the average points of players on Floor 50 was only about 30,000 points at best.

‘Although not plentiful, if I sell the items including elixirs, it will be usable as initial funds.’

In the eyes of Jin-su who, even when he claimed to be penniless after using everything before the regression, possessed points in the trillions, points that didn’t even reach 40 million were literally an amount like dust.