Chapter 22

Chapter 22

Level 2 Player

White Drake

‘Let’s finish as fast as possible.’

From the next morning, Jin-su moved diligently. It was to acquire all the hidden pieces and achievements obtainable on Floor 50 and climb to Floor 51.

‘The blessings have grown quite a bit.’

The increase width of all stats changed from 22.2% to 32.2%.

‘After skill attack power or defense rises, will the stats rise?’

Jin-su’s basic stats had been stopped at 922 for quite a long time.

‘It’s true that the overall stats increased because of the percentage stat increase. But the basic stats remain the same.’

If possible, he hoped the next growth of the blessings would lead to an increase in basic stats.

‘If not that, making skill or item levels 122 or increasing the number of uses itself isn’t bad either.’

The skill or item level needs to increase to 122 to confirm the characteristic of stat fix due to the blessings.

‘I need to confirm whether level fix at 122 is possible only on skills or items fixed at Level 22 existing. Or whether level fix at 122 is possible on completely new skills or items.’

Depending on that difference, the total quantity of skills or items Jin-su can fix the level of is determined.

‘It would be good if I can use 122 level fix on new skills or items.’

He also hoped the stacks increased not 2 but more. Even if the blessings grow and it becomes possible to fix skills or items at Level 122, if the stacks are only 2, the utility drops greatly.

‘Because I have to save the stacks in preparation for when I obtain better classes or items.’

In the end, there was no choice but to wait for the blessings to grow.

‘It will grow someday.’

What’s important now was climbing to Floor 51 as fast as possible.

‘Because that way the blessings will grow faster.’

Growth of the blessings through level up has efficiency that drops a lot. Growth of the blessings through achievement acquisition was quite good in efficiency at first, but now that the blessings have grown to some extent, the speed has quite slowed.

The method that can grow the blessings most easily was doing something related to 2.

‘From Floor 51, cut with 22 hours 22 minutes 22 seconds again.’

If that’s hard, aiming exactly at two days and maximizing the growth of the blessings was the path Jin-su could become strongest the fastest.

‘Elixirs are selling well.’

The sales item quantity also increased to 100.

If there was one troublesome thing...

‘What on earth is the growth condition of the Shining Longsword and Ring of Resurrection.’

He’s continuing to hunt as the dark-type Blood Demon Swordsman for utilizing the Shadow Summons and for the growth of the Shining Longsword, Bloodsucking Sword, and Ring of Resurrection, but he still hasn’t found out the growth conditions of the Shining Longsword and Ring of Resurrection.

‘Is this why it was sold at the auction house for no reason.’

If Jin-su also didn’t know the fact that the Shining Longsword is a growth-type weapon that later becomes the White Heaven Divine Sword and the Ring of Resurrection is an enormous cheat item, he probably would have used it moderately and sold it.

‘Well, I’ll find out someday.’

Jin-su brought Shin Su-a around and immersed himself in clearing hidden piece dungeons and hunting monsters to break achievements.

He monopolized the hidden piece rewards.

Shin Su-a also had no complaints.

Because that was the contract condition from the start.

Shin Su-a rather felt great gratitude for Jin-su’s favor.

‘It’s a hidden dungeon of a level I absolutely couldn’t clear alone.’

She enters together by chance and eats experience points and obtains achievements. Moreover, Jin-su occasionally gave her elixirs that raise mana or mental power that came out as clear rewards saying she worked hard.

‘How precious elixirs are.’

When she was in the previous party, the party members hurriedly took them saying they absolutely needed them themselves, so Shin Su-a couldn’t even properly look at elixirs let alone eat them.

In the case of achievement acquisition, competition was also fierce. So the party members occasionally deliberately excluded Shin Su-a during hunting for achievement acquisition.

‘Jin-su isn’t like that.’

He willingly shares the elixirs, achievements, and experience points most important for players to become strong.

Right now, Shin Su-a is in a safer state than when she was in the previous party, the level rises faster, she obtained the precious healer class, obtains achievements, and even received elixirs.

Moreover, he even made a contract staking his mana that he would definitely make her meet the younger sister Shin Su-jeong.

‘It’s all thanks to Jin-su.’

It was natural that Shin Su-a’s reliability and dependence on Jin-su rose.

‘I absolutely won’t fall away.’

In fact, what Jin-su shared with Shin Su-a were things that didn’t have great meaning to himself.

Elixirs have no utility even if Jin-su eats them so he has to sell them at the auction house. Even if he gives some of them to Shin Su-a, it’s only a slight point loss.

As a bribe given for the rise in reliability and favorability of the Holy Saintess and Dark Saintess sisters, it’s on the extremely small side.

Achievements are the same. Right now that the growth of the blessings due to achievements has slowed, what’s important to Jin-su is not the rise of a few stats due to achievements but whether the accumulated number of achievements hits 122 or 222.

Experience points didn’t even have the value to speak of. Because Jin-su who hit Level 2 could power level even if he caught only 1 orc.

“Shall we stop around here today and go back?”

Jin-su said to Shin Su-a.

“Yeah.”

“Probably around tomorrow, I’ll be able to acquire everything obtainable on Floor 50.”

“Then are we climbing to Floor 51 the day after tomorrow?”

“Yeah.”

Upon hearing Jin-su’s answer, Shin Su-a’s face brightened.

‘In the end, I can’t catch that guy and go. If I catch that guy, it will surely become an impossible feat rather than an achievement.’

Currently, the impossible feats Jin-su has acquired are a total of 3. If he had defeated that guy on Floor 50, he probably would have been able to achieve the 4th impossible feat.

‘Because that guy is also not a guy made to be caught.’

Impossible feats are good nourishment for the growth of the blessings, but more important than that was the reward.

‘The probability of higher class change books or skill books coming out is high.’

Moreover, it’s good to continue accumulating impossible feats.

‘The moment it hits 12 or 22, it will surely be an enormous help to the growth of the blessings.’

So if possible, he wanted to catch it no matter what. But what can he do?

‘If it doesn’t come out, I can’t catch it.’

Jin-su suppressed his heart with effort and moved in the direction where the village was together with Shin Su-a.

Papak!

“Heokheokheok!”

At that time, someone revealed their appearance parting the bushes along with urgent breathing sounds.

‘Cha Hee-su?’

It was Cha Hee-su who warned when joining the Kim Ji-seon party and who quickly noticed and kept her mouth shut without revealing information about Jin-su.

‘Why is she alone?’

Party members weren’t visible around. Moreover, the state was a mess. The body was covered in blood and there was a large cut wound on the back.

“Pl, please save me a bit!”

Cha Hee-su who discovered Jin-su shouted in a desperate voice.

“Shall I heal?”

Shin Su-a asked Jin-su.

“Yeah.”

As Jin-su’s permission fell, Shin Su-a cast the recovery skill on Cha Hee-su. The blood stopped from the large cut wound on Cha Hee-su’s back and gradually closed.

“Did an accident happen?”

At Jin-su’s question, Cha Hee-su answered while sobbing.

“Heuk! I met an enormously large monster with white scales. I ran away as soon as I met it. The party members all died and only I barely...”

Upon hearing Cha Hee-su’s words, Jin-su’s eyes flashed.

“An enormously large monster with white scales? By any chance, are you talking about a guy that looks like a wingless dragon?”

“Huh? Y, yes. Thinking about it now, it seemed shaped like that.”

Conviction arose.

‘That guy.’

The guy Jin-su really wanted to hunt.

‘Dragon race monster White Drake.’

One of the races belonging to the highest among monsters, the dragon race.

‘Although it’s a lesser dragon not a true dragon.’

Strictly, a dragon race is a dragon race.

‘Since it came out on Floor 50, the level will also be low.’

But no matter how low the level, on Floor 50 the existence of a dragon race monster itself was the same as a kind of disaster.

‘Still, I’ll be able to hunt it sufficiently.’

Jin-su had also met the White Drake on Floor 50 before the regression.

‘At that time, I quickly fled to the city and barely lived.’

Jin-su didn’t know the appearance conditions of the White Drake exactly either. But he knew one hypothesis that received the greatest support from players.

‘Wasn’t it that if the number of players on Floor 50 reaches a saturated state, the Drake appears.’

It was a hypothesis that if the number of players increases to the degree of harming the ecosystem of Floor 50, the system forcibly intervenes. Releasing the upper dragon race monster Drake whose hunt is absolutely impossible and forcibly adjusting the number of players.

‘It was a somewhat plausible hypothesis.’

It wasn’t proven and was only the players’ speculation though. More important to Jin-su than that was the point that the Drake that occasionally appears on Floor 50 is an unhuntable monster.

“Where is that monster now?”

“Over there.”

“Please return to the village as fast as possible.”

Taak!

As soon as Jin-su finished speaking to Cha Hee-su, he tucked Shin Su-a under his arm and sprinted with all his might.

“Hiik!”

The face of Shin Su-a who suddenly became Jin-su’s luggage and was moved turned pale.

‘Enormously fast.’

It changed so fast that it was hard to even recognize how the surrounding scenery was changing. Moreover, since she was carried like luggage, her insides churned and her head spun.

“Cast blessing and protection skills on me and the summons.”

At Jin-su’s words, Shin Su-a gritted her teeth and cast blessing and protection skills. Because it was during movement, casting skills on the summons wasn’t easy.

‘Jin-su bringing me is because he needs me. I have to do my share somehow.’

Shin Su-a barely fulfilled Jin-su’s instruction in a situation where it was hard to even turn her head properly due to wind pressure.

“Kurrurur!”

“Aaaak!”

“Save me!”

At that moment, along with a chilling cry, a desperate scream reached Shin Su-a’s ears.

“Support from here! If dangerous or mana bottoms out, use the Sanctuary skill right away!”

Thud!

Along with those words, Jin-su put Shin Su-a down on the floor.

“Haa! Haa!”

What appeared in the eyes of Shin Su-a who hardily caught her breath and got up from the spot was the appearance of Jin-su charging at a huge monster whose entire body was covered in pure white scales.

Kwakwakwakwakwa!

The Bloodsucking Sword and Shining Longsword held in Jin-su’s hands were enveloped in red and white aura.

‘Let’s go easily easily.’

Hwiik!

Jin-su stabbed the Bloodsucking Sword and Shining Longsword toward the White Drake whose gaze was still directed at other players.

Kwajik!

“Kuaaaaak!”

The Bloodsucking Sword and Shining Longsword were driven into the White Drake’s large body. But Jin-su’s expression wasn’t that bright.

‘Shallow.’

Also, the goal Jin-su originally aimed at was the White Drake’s neck. But it twisted its body and avoided the vital point neck.

‘The scales are damn hard. How high is the Durability stat exactly?’

Moreover, even though he directly drove the blade into the body, the Bloodsucking Sword wasn’t properly sucking the dragon blood.

Jwaaaaak!

Jin-su swung his two swords and widened the wound as much as possible. But this time too, blood almost didn’t flow out.

‘It seems to have a bleeding resistance skill too. Then it’s hard for the Bloodsucking Sword to exert power.’

“Kyaaaaang!”

Saaaaaaak!

At that time, along with the swing of the angry White Drake’s front paw, pure white frost emitting cold air began to spread in all directions.

Hwiik!

Jin-su poured a lot of mana toward the White Drake’s front paw flying toward himself, activated the cutting power increase skill, and at the same time swung the Bloodsucking Sword and Shining Longsword.

Seogeok!

The 4 fingers attached to the White Drake’s front paw were cut off in an instant.

Jwaaaaak!

Along with the White Drake’s red blood spurting up, the Bloodsucking Sword greedily swallowed the dragon blood.

[The Bloodsucking Sword’s level has risen.]

[The Bloodsucking Sword’s level has risen.]

[The Bloodsucking Sword’s level has risen.]

...omitted...

At that moment, the Bloodsucking Sword’s level began to rise like crazy.