Chapter 142

Chapter 142

Level 2 Player

Cheon Mu-seong VS Shadow Summon

“Come up quickly.”

At Jin-su’s gesture, the body of Cheon Mu-seong who was frozen with a stone-like expression and mouth open wide was thawed.

“That terrifying monster is the lord’s summon?”

“Yes, it is a monster I made into a summon after hunting before.”

At Jin-su’s calm answer, a crack went on Cheon Mu-seong’s face.

‘To think hunting that great monster and making it into a summon...’

What Cheon Mu-seong was surprised at seeing the Bone Dragon was not simply because of the size. Although the enormous mana the Bone Dragon harbors and the grade it possesses were enormously degraded because the floor of the Tower is low, but because it is originally an existence of the upper layers of the Tower, he could feel part of the high grade it possesses.

“A-understood, lord.”

Cheon Mu-seong carefully threw his body, stepped on the Bone Dragon’s head and neck, and settled on the back.

“Well, let’s depart.”

“Kuuuaaaa!”

Flutter! Flutter!

At Jin-su’s words, the Bone Dragon roared vigorously and flew into the sky.

“Lord, how were you able to hunt this existence?”

“Luck was good.”

“Do not say such words. This is not an existence that can be helped with the word luck.”

“There exists an existence called out-of-spec monster.”

Jin-su calmly explained about the existence of out-of-spec monsters that far transcend the limit of each Tower and are impossible to hunt.

“It was not that such powerful existences all come out.”

“There are cases where the force of a single individual is strong and cases where it is not. Well, the result is similar though.”

Whatever type, the point that it is a monster the players of each floor cannot handle was the same.

“But because it is such an existence, if only hunting, it gifts even more enormous rewards.”

“Is that so. I also want to definitely catch one.”

Cheon Mu-seong said with an expression full of fighting spirit. More than the rewards, the fact that he can fight a strong person who far surpasses his own grade was the most expected.

“There will be an out-of-spec monster on Floor 200 as well.”

“Probably so. Although it is unknown whether we can meet it.”

Jin-su has hunted all the out-of-spec monsters of each floor until now. But even so, he could not guarantee that he will be able to do so from now on as well.

‘It should be seen that luck was good.’

But it was not certain whether it is really purely good luck or thanks to Jin-su’s efforts.

‘It seems the appearance conditions of out-of-spec monsters that were only speculation actually fit.’

Catch monsters faster than the speed that automatically regenerates in the hunting ground. Then the ratio of players and monsters on that floor breaks. At that time, an out-of-spec monster appears to reduce the ratio of players.

‘Actually, it is also a theory where proof itself is impossible.’

The reason was simple. The majority of players hunt monsters with full power to become strong and to obtain points and items. Even so, the reason the ratio of players and monsters is ideally maintained is because the regeneration speed is that fast.

‘Even if an outstanding skilled person appears and sweeps the monsters of one region, the monster distribution of other regions is uniform.’

It had to be seen that the ratio of monsters gradually decreases across the entire Tower over a long time, and at the moment the balance breaks, an out-of-spec monster appears.

‘I might be able to.’

Jin-su also stayed in the city like ordinary players and hunted monsters nearby and cleared hidden dungeons and open dungeons. No matter how strong Jin-su is, even if another strong person called Cheon Mu-seong exists, the limit was sweeping the monsters near the start city.

‘But in the case of summons, the circumstances are different.’

Currently, the summons were scattered in each region and fiercely hunting monsters. Even when Jin-su hunts, even when eating meals, even when sparring, even when sleeping, the summons hunted monsters without rest.

Although insignificant right now, if such a phenomenon continues to accumulate, an out-of-spec monster might reveal its appearance even on Floor 200.

‘Let’s try.’

Anyway, having to hunt diligently was the default. Like on the lower floors, if an out-of-spec monster appears, it is good, and if not, it cannot be helped. However, there was one point that changes.

‘If meeting an out-of-spec monster even on Floor 200.’

Floor 250, Floor 300. Floor 350, and so on.

‘From now on, I will be able to artificially make the out-of-spec monsters existing on each floor appear and hunt them.’

If making all such out-of-spec monsters into Army Summons, not only can one become strong quickly.

‘One will be able to become the strongest player in the history of the Tower.’

Moreover, an absolute super strong person of absolute ranking 1st with a far gap from ranking 2nd.

***

‘I heard it was around here.’

The place the Jin-su party arrived was a forest located about midway between the start city and the next city. The reason for making this place the destination was to obtain new achievements and at the same time clear a hidden dungeon.

‘It is ambiguous since it is not a place I directly cleared.’

The information about the hidden dungeon here was obtained by Jin-su during a drinking session with colleagues before regression.

‘He said he obtained as many as 9 Spirit Demon Pills as rewards.’

Since he always talked about it if only drinking, it remained accurately in memory.

‘He said it was at the midpoint going from the start city of Floor 200 to the next city.’

Although it was a quite broad location, it was regrettable to give up.

‘To begin with, it is also a place where one has to hunt for achievements.’

Would it not be eating the pheasant and the egg if finding the hidden dungeon while doing achievement work?

‘It is not something needed immediately.’

Currently, the Jin-su party was all in a state of having taken Spirit Demon Pills to the limit.

‘Still, I obtained information that a gold lump is buried on the roadside, so I cannot just pass it.’

Discarding the opportunity to obtain as many as 9 rare Spirit Demon Pills was a foolish act.

“Let’s look for dungeons incidentally while hunting.”

“Understood.”

“Yeah.”

Since it was work they have been doing until now, Cheon Mu-seong and Shin Su-a also accepted it as if natural.

“Leo...”

“Nyaaaaang!”

Leo let out a wide-area provocation roar, and a driving hunt no different from usual started.

“Kraaaang!”

“Kyaooo!”

Monsters gathered from all sides. But there was no tension or whatever for the Jin-su party. Because the level of the monsters was too low compared to the current Jin-su party.

“Lord, by any chance, can I ask how many of such summons you possess?”

Cheon Mu-seong threw a question to Jin-su in a calm tone without even disrupting breathing while massacring monsters by emitting sword force in streams.

“Powerful individuals like the Bone Dragon are not that many. To roughly explain...”

Jin-su informed Cheon Mu-seong about the strength and number of Army Summons, Shadow Summons, Dragon Tooth Soldiers, and undead monsters.

“Heo, enormous.”

Cheon Mu-seong’s expression hardened. Leaving the Bone Dragon aside, the demons, Basilisks, and sand worms were also not easy opponents.

Also, the combat power of the Shadow Summons that share Jin-su’s stats was hard to even guess. If adding the number of summons that summon summons like Demirich or Orc Shaman and Dragon Tooth Soldiers or undead monsters there?

“You possessed a force far surpassing a huge sect alone.”

The individual’s force itself is of a world-shaking level, and if adding the force and number of the summons one leads, it was the same as beyond the heavens.

‘Those who acted high and mighty as the sect master of a huge sect on Floor 200 were only frogs in a well.’

That was the same for Cheon Mu-seong himself as well.

‘If the lord had not shown mercy to me...’

He would have lost without even the opportunity to clash swords with Jin-su.

“Lord, I have one request. Please give me the opportunity to fight the lord’s summons.”

He wanted to clash once not only with great monsters like the Bone Dragon or Basilisk but also with the Shadow Summons.

“Then shall we do today’s spar with the summons instead of me?”

Jin-su obediently accepted Cheon Mu-seong’s request.

“Thank you. Thank you really.”

Cheon Mu-seong who received Jin-su’s permission was overjoyed as if jumping.

‘Anyway, it is about time to retrieve the items as well. It will be fine if proceeding incidentally.’

Quite a lot of items the summons gathered while hunting have piled up. Since he was scheduled to call them sequentially to retrieve soon, listening to Cheon Mu-seong’s request was too easy a matter.

The Jin-su party continued monster hunting while exchanging this and that conversations until the day set.

“Now let’s eat dinner slowly.”

At Jin-su’s words, the hunting ended.

“Shall I unfold the Sanctuary?”

“No, let’s do it after the spar ends later.”

If inside the city, he would have cast the Sanctuary and sparred. However, now outside the city, there was no need to do so unnecessarily.

“Then will it not be troublesome while eating dinner?”

Dark night lights and food smells draw even more monsters.

“Since there is a guard, it is fine.”

Saaaak!

At the same time as Jin-su’s words ended, the Shadow Summons revealed their appearances. The reason Jin-su declared the end of hunting was also because it became time to eat dinner, but also because the Shadow Summon that received the return command arrived.

‘Thick.’

Jin-su retrieved the treasure pouches the Shadow Summons possessed.

‘Let’s organize later and first eat a meal.’

The Jin-su party prepared dinner.

“Krureung!”

“Kyaooong!”

Bright lights and savory smells spread in all directions, and monsters gathered. However, they could not disturb the Jin-su party’s meal.

Slash! Splat!

Kwaaaang!

Because the Shadow Summons standing guard duty moved diligently and swept the monsters approaching the place the Jin-su party stays.

“Enormous. The forms are the orthodoxy itself. The basics are enormously firm.”

Cheon Mu-seong was absorbed in analyzing the combat of the Shadow Summons even while eating the meal.

“Since they are summons, it cannot be helped that they show orthodox movements.”

The Shadow Summons are not players. That much, the combat techniques were also basic.

‘On top of that, the number of skills that can be used is also few and basic.’

If treating as a player, it was the appearance of possessing only the basic class change skills of a low-grade class without even one additionally learned common skill or class exclusive skill.

That was the current limit of the Shadow Summons.

‘But it is not that it will be so from now on as well.’

Before regression, Jin-su could not properly utilize the Shadow Mage Summon due to the stat problem. But even so, he could not easily give up the Shadow Mage Summon skill.

‘So he continuously raised the level.’

Fortunately, since Jin-su’s mana stat was high for a warrior, it was a possible matter with a certain degree of firepower coming out.

‘Also, receiving my stats, the agility, durability, and health stats were high for a mage in its own way, so the survival rate was also high.’

At that time, Jin-su made all kinds of efforts somehow to use the Shadow Mage Summon.

‘Because he even input it in the form of a close combat mage.’

But unfortunately, since the Shadow Mage Summon had only one close combat ability of striking with the staff, Jin-su’s challenge ended in a miserable failure.

‘Still, he could not give up easily.’

It was a unique grade skill. On top of that, it was a skill with the merit of being able to control summons even without being a summoner, so he could not give up easily.

‘He forcibly fed experience points and half-forcibly raised the level.’

Jin-su’s continuous efforts eventually returned as a large result. And on that day, Jin-su completely gave up the Shadow Mage Summon skill.

‘It was a monumental day when the Shadow Summon skill hit level 2,000.’

Jin-su had large expectations in his own way. But such expectations of Jin-su were thoroughly betrayed.

‘Because it was a result of no use at all to me.’

Not only sharing the summoner’s stats but also sharing some of the skills.

That was precisely the reward of hitting level 2,000 of the Shadow Mage Summon skill.

‘Rather, if I could at least choose the shared skills, I would have used it as a warrior.’

The Shadow Mage Summon could only share the mage exclusive skills Jin-su possessed.

‘Before regression, I who was a warrior naturally did not have even one mage exclusive skill.’

From the Shadow Mage Summon skill that Jin-su himself poured affection into while giving up a certain part of the experience points to raise the level and grew to level 2,000, a completely empty reward came out.

Jin-su who thought that even if growing more from now on, if it is this style, it does not help, completely abandoned expectations toward the Shadow Mage Summon skill and gave up.

‘But this time it is different.’

Jin-su possesses the skills of all classes.

The Shadow Knight can share the tanker skills Jin-su possesses, the Shadow Warrior can share the warrior skills Jin-su possesses, the Shadow Assassin can share the assassin skills Jin-su possesses, the Shadow Archer can share the archer skills Jin-su possesses, the Shadow Mage can share the mage skills Jin-su possesses, and the Shadow Healer can share the healer skills Jin-su possesses.