Chapter 167

Chapter 167

Level 2 Player

Boundless Sword Art and Boundless Heart Method

“Uwa! Really amazing. Beyond imagination. I knew that old man is strong, but I did not even dream it is that degree of level. Carolina, looking now, it seems that old man let us off then, right?”

Hapael opened his mouth wide and admired, then poured praise toward Cheon Mu-seong like a machine gun.

“Yeah. It seems it was not full power then.”

Carolina distorted her eyebrows as if pride was hurt.

Even after being dragged to the Tower, Carolina and Hapael had no rivals. All were only players below level.

The first time Carolina and Hapael experienced defeat was precisely by Jin-su, Cheon Mu-seong, and Shin Su-a.

‘I was thinking of applying for that spar next and returning the humiliation of that day. It will not be easy.’

Jin-su is a super strong person of a level hard to even dare think of winning, so exclude, and Shin Su-a is a healer, so exclude. The only opponent who can feed one shot through a spar inside the party was only Cheon Mu-seong.

Since there is something suffered at the first meeting, honestly pride was also hurt, and there was also the heart of wanting to feed one shot. While joining the Jin-su party, the level rose quickly, and while intaking various elixirs in large quantities, Carolina gained a certain confidence in her own way. So she was thinking of applying for a spar to Cheon Mu-seong in a few days and repaying the humiliation of that day.

‘There is no way.’

Even if combining power with Hapael, there was no confidence in piercing that hard defense. On top of that, attack power and mobility also seemed not dropping at all, so it was more picky to deal with.

‘One cannot lose.’

Carolina was the owner of a personality that has to achieve a matter once set as a goal for satisfaction to be relieved.

“Hapael.”

“Yes? Why, Carolina?”

“From tomorrow, special training.”

“Huh? Special training?”

“Yeah.”

“Do we have to do special training? We seem to be becoming strong sufficiently fast even now. On top of that, since there is the contractor and that monster old man, there seems no matter of us being in danger?”

“Hapael, did I not repeatedly tell you from when you were young? To grow, one has to make efforts without resting even for a moment. If continuing to settle because reality is comfortable, one only regresses without development. If becoming familiar with that regression, in the end the mindset of a loser...”

Carolina’s nagging bombardment continued endlessly.

“I will! I will! So please stop the nagging!”

Eventually Hapael raised the white flag while covering his ears.

“Nagging? Did the words I said until now sound like nagging to you? Hapael, remove the hand from the ear. I always said, right. To develop, one always has to listen carefully to other people’s advice. Yet, now your attitude...”

However, at Carolina’s nagging bombardment that continued again, he lowered his head with an expression of abandoning everything.

‘Saying independent individual or adulthood. Still, mom is mom.’

Shin Su-a looked at Hapael who was quietly listening to mom-style nagging bombardment from Carolina with his head lowered and prayed for his soul in her heart. If only not covering the ears and only shouting not to nag, such a matter would not have occurred.

What can one do? It is that he dug his own grave...

‘The old man made a lot of efforts.’

At that effort, although not Hapael, Carolina seemed to have received quite a lot of stimulation.

‘I also have to work harder.’

Shin Su-a who recognizes herself as the existence of least help among the party members burned the will for training again.

Due to the spar of Cheon Mu-seong showing the results until now to Jin-su, all party members received strong motivation that they have to make more efforts and develop.

Cheon Mu-seong’s efforts and passion positively influenced all party members.

Of course, it is not that all voluntarily made such a choice.

‘I really do not want to do it.’

Hapael muttered in his heart while listening to Carolina’s nagging. But what can one do? It became a situation where one has to pour efforts and passion even forcibly.

***

Clang!

“This degree seems fine.”

Jin-su first withdrew the Baekcheon Divine Sword and Blood-Sucking Sword and retreated.

“Thank you for going easy on the hands. Thanks to that, I was able to refreshingly unfold the martial arts that were only in the head.”

Cheon Mu-seong answered while smiling brightly as if satisfied.

“Really amazing.”

Jin-su praised Cheon Mu-seong. This was a really amazing matter.

Although there is the fact that Cheon Mu-seong developed Unrestrained Sword Art and Unrestrained Heart Method and created Formless Sword Art and Formless Heart Method before regression, that was a much future matter. Also, that was created not by Cheon Mu-seong’s power alone but by collaboration with Jin-su.

“The help of the various martial arts the lord showed was large.”

Especially the Turtle Shell Sword Art gave not a little influence to Cheon Mu-seong. But what gave the largest influence to the creation of the new martial art was the Immortal Knight class skills and tanker exclusive skills.

Once abandoning prejudice toward skills and approaching thinking of them as one martial art, Cheon Mu-seong’s eyes opened. In the middle of refining and refining the martial arts made in the head through spars with summons and monster hunting, a system message announced the creation of a new martial art.

So he applied for a spar to Jin-su.

“What is the newly created martial art?”

“It is Boundless Sword Art and Boundless Heart Method. It was created as Unrestrained Sword Art and Unrestrained Heart Method I learned grew. The footwork is not completed yet.”

“Boundless Sword Art and Boundless Heart Method. The change of mana was impressive.”

“That is the core. Mana continuously rotates, and one can change the attribute of internal energy in the desired method anytime. Now it is only two kinds, but I am thinking of developing more from now on.”

“Congratulations.”

“Thank you. Lord.”

Jin-su and Cheon Mu-seong continued to exchange stories about martial arts in a warm atmosphere.

‘I thought I received all transmission of the old man’s martial arts before regression.’

It was not.

That was Jin-su’s enormous misunderstanding. Decisively, in the case of Cheon Mu-seong, the difference that the path after regression and the path before regression completely changed was large.

Thanks to meeting Jin-su early, the thoughts toward class change and skills clearly changed. As a result, the current Cheon Mu-seong became the owner of much more open thoughts than Cheon Mu-seong before regression.

‘Then I thought the old man’s fixed ideas and stubbornness were too strong.’

Once exchanging conversation now, rather Jin-su’s fixed ideas seemed stronger.

‘Well, the years lived in the Tower itself will be much shorter for the old man than me.’

That is why he reinterpreted and tore and fixed skills in a more ingenious method.

“If continuing to exchange stories, can we go in and rest a bit?”

At that time, Hapael shouted in a dying voice.

“First, let’s end here today.”

“Understood.”

At this, Jin-su and Cheon Mu-seong also declared the end of conversation.

‘Time became quite late.’

It seemed one has to organize items at the auction house and sleep.

The Jin-su party each chose a room they liked in the annex and entered inside.

‘Synthesized items sell well.’

The strategy of purchasing 2 cheap items that have regrettable or lacking parts and do not sell well, making them into synthesized items, and selling them transformed into usable high-priced items was still working well.

‘The item synthesis skill is the same as a goose that lays golden eggs.’

Although a bit of effort and trouble is taken, the result was quite excellent. Because it was the appearance of copying points in fact.

‘Will something usable come out today.’

Jin-su filled new synthesized items in the empty spots of the sold auction house and then looked at the auction house. It was to snatch if usable class change certificates or skill books come out.

‘There is nothing suitable.’

However, today as well, the auction house seemed only coming out misses.

‘Huh?’

At that time, one item entered Jin-su’s eyes.

[Ring of Mana Rampage – Level 756]

-You can use the Mana Rampage skill.

‘Mana Rampage skill.’

[Mana Rampage – Level 756]

-Active skill.

-When used, rampages mana and increases mana stats by 75% for 7 minutes.

-When skill use ends, decreases mana stats by 75% for 7 minutes.

-Cooldown 7 days.

The skill’s options were similar to Jin-su’s expectation.

‘A typical chicken rib type item.’

It can become a hidden card in a critical moment. However, the maintenance time of the increased mana stats is only 7 minutes. Also, after that, mana stats decrease conversely for 7 minutes.

‘Cheap.’

Jin-su immediately purchased the Ring of Mana Rampage.

‘Although nothing bad even if just using.’

Somehow, it looked good compatibility with Ouroboros’s Ring.

‘Can one temporarily change Ouroboros’s permanent stat decrease?’

Once seeing the item synthesis success probability and expected result, it was a matter to decide.

‘If the success probability is low or the expected result is not good, it is fine if just using.’

To Jin-su whose buff effects also decrease in real time due to the Blessing, but debuff effects also decrease in real time, this kind of items that instantaneously increase stats were better the more there are.

‘Well, although most cases are empty-handed because goods do not come out at all.’

Today luck was good.

‘Barely secured one. First, let’s see the success probability.’

[Will you synthesize the item Ouroboros’s Ring and the item Ring of Mana Rampage? Success probability 98.22%. On success, the synthesized item Ouroboros’s Rampage Ring is generated.]

[Yes.] [No.]

‘The success probability is high.’

It was also the same ring type, and although only the difference of permanent or temporary, the point of being an item with an option that amplifies stats would have helped in raising the success probability.

‘The problem is the expected result.’

If changing the permanent stat annihilation option which is the disadvantage Ouroboros’s Ring has into a temporary stat decrease like the Ring of Mana Rampage, it is success. But if the temporary stat decrease option of the Ring of Mana Rampage annihilates and the permanent stat annihilation option Ouroboros’s Ring has remains, it was failure.

‘Although a bit ambiguous just from the name. Let’s see.’

[Ouroboros’s Rampage Ring – Level 1322]

-You can use the Ouroboros’s Greed skill.

-All stats increase by 132% for 12 hours.

-After 12 hours, all stats decrease by half for 100 days.

-Cooldown 100 days.

‘Success.’

The permanent stat decrease which is the penalty of the Ouroboros’s Greed skill Ouroboros’s Ring has decreased to 100 days.

‘If this, it is certain.’

Whether the Blessing can chew the permanent stat decrease penalty was not confirmed. However, the fact that the Blessing can chew the temporary stat decrease penalty was confirmed.

If using Ouroboros’s Ring, there exists a risk of permanent stat decrease. But if using the synthesized item Ouroboros’s Rampage Ring, the risk of permanent stat decrease changes to zero.

‘Shall I synthesize immediately?’

Jin-su tried to select item synthesis and then hesitated.

‘There is no need to be urgent.’

Jin-su’s item level fix is 1,322. However, if all stats hit 1,822, the skill level fix will also grow to 1,422.

‘1,422 is not the end either.’

If the Blessing grows, the level that can be fixed for items continuously increases.

‘Once made into a synthesized item, additional synthesis becomes impossible.’

Although excellent even now, if waiting, synthesis into a higher level item was possible.

‘It is not that Ouroboros’s Rampage Ring is needed immediately either.’

Bluntly, if the situation is really urgent, it is fine if making it with item synthesis and using then.

‘Keep both.’

Jin-su stored Ouroboros’s Ring and the Ring of Mana Rampage in the inventory.

‘Although not using is the best.’

Is human affairs something unknown?

‘I also pondered whether to use or not even during the Bone Dragon raid.’

There was no law that similar matters to then will not occur again while climbing the Tower from now on.

‘Now let’s rest.’

Jin-su ended today’s shopping with obtaining the Ring of Mana Rampage.