Chapter 38

Chapter 38

Level 2 Player

Skill Synthesis (2)

‘Make it? Or not?’

It was enormously troubling. The Bloodsucking skill is a skill that is regrettable if absent. But the Shadow Summon skill is a skill that absolutely must not disappear.

‘Moreover, the opportunity itself to synthesize with other skills disappears.’

Skills born from synthesis cannot become materials.

‘I have a certain feeling of what kind of skill it is.’

It was obvious that the option of the Bloodsucking skill would be applied to the Shadow Summons.

‘It’s not bad.’

It was certain it would be a big help to the auto-hunting of the Shadow Summons too.

‘Let’s put it on hold.’

Although the feeling was good and the success probability was high, Jin-su ultimately chose to give up. Although 18%, there existed a probability of failure.

That wasn’t the end.

‘I still don’t have a means to raise the level of synthesis skills.’

Unless synthesis skill level fix arises, before that, he has to rely on the existing level.

‘It’s troublesome for the level of the Shadow Summon skill to remain at 222 for a long time.’

Moreover, the Shadow Summon skill is not a warrior exclusive skill but a common skill that all classes can use. Even if changing class to a class other than Blood Demon Swordsman, the Shadow Summon skill remains as is.

‘There is no need to take unnecessary risks.’

Then the remaining conclusion was one.

‘Just buy it.’

Jin-su entered the auction house. And searched for skill books that seemed to have good compatibility with Bloodsucking.

‘This would be good.’

The skill Jin-su chose was the Mana Absorption skill that steals the opponent’s mana when used.

‘The price was too expensive and the cooldown was long, so I didn’t purchase it until now.’

It was a skill that so-called cost-performance doesn’t come out.

‘Still, it was a skill that had to be purchased someday.’

Now there was that degree of point leeway.

Jin-su learned the skill.

‘Wait a moment.’

Just in case, Jin-su checked the synthesis success probability of the newly learned Mana Absorption skill and Shadow Summon.

[Do you wish to synthesize skill Mana Absorption and skill Shadow Summon? Success probability 92%. Upon success, synthesis skill Mana Absorption Shadow Summon is created.]

[Yes.] [No.]

‘Even higher?’

The success probability was a whopping 92%.

‘Let’s be satisfied with confirming that skills like Bloodsucking or Mana Absorption have good compatibility with Shadow Summon.’

Jin-su checked the synthesis success probability of the Bloodsucking skill and Mana Absorption skill.

[Do you wish to synthesize skill Bloodsucking and skill Mana Absorption? Success probability 98%. Upon success, synthesis skill Bloodsucking is created.]

[Yes.] [No.]

‘98%.’

The slightly bothersome point was that the skill’s name remained as Bloodsucking as is.

‘Anyway, if changing class to a higher class, it’s a skill that will disappear.’

Jin-su synthesized the Bloodsucking skill and Mana Absorption skill.

[You have succeeded in synthesis.]

[You have acquired synthesis skill Bloodsucking.]

‘Did it succeed.’

Bloodsucking absorbs blood and recovers stamina. The Mana Absorption skill steals the opponent’s mana and recovers one’s own mana. If the name is the same and the effect of the class skill Bloodsucking and synthesis skill Bloodsucking is the same, it’s troublesome.

-Absorbs blood and recovers stamina and mana.

‘It’s not the same.’

The Bloodsucking skill perfectly absorbed the advantage of the Mana Absorption skill.

‘Still, it’s a bit regrettable.’

The option of stealing the opponent’s mana that the Mana Absorption skill possessed disappeared.

‘In this case, it should be seen that the Bloodsucking skill absorbed the Mana Absorption skill.’

Rather than being synthesized, the feeling of being absorbed was strong.

‘Is that why the skill name didn’t change? Let’s be satisfied with this degree for now.’

If the option of the Mana Absorption skill had remained as is, it would have been better, but what can be done about it disappearing? Instead, the Bloodsucking skill that only recovered stamina can now recover mana as well, so the benefit is a benefit.

‘I should check if duplication is possible too.’

Jin-su learned the Mana Absorption skill once. Originally, using the Mana Absorption skill book should have been impossible. But the Mana Absorption skill was in a state of having disappeared as the synthesis material of the Bloodsucking skill.

‘Let’s buy one more.’

Jin-su purchased one more Mana Absorption skill book and tried learning it.

[Skill Book - Mana Absorption is learned.]

[You have learned the Mana Absorption skill.]

‘It’s possible.’

Jin-su’s face brightened. He became able to learn common skills that can be purchased as much as wanted with skill books in duplicate.

‘Although the options aren’t completely the same.’

With this degree, he could be sufficiently satisfied.

‘Let’s try other skills too.’

Jin-su synthesized the class skills of the Blood Demon Swordsman and warrior exclusive skills with common skills to make them into synthesis skills.

‘Points are going out sharply.’

Since he purchased new skill books to raise the success probability, there was no choice. Instead, there were results.

‘I made them all.’

He succeeded in making all the class skills of the Blood Demon Swordsman and warrior exclusive skills into synthesis skills. Not only that, he could also grasp the formula for raising the success probability of synthesis skills to some extent.

Of course, it wasn’t that there were no regrettable points.

‘The class skills of the Blood Demon Swordsman are too few.’

This was a problem that arose because the class level of the Blood Demon Swordsman was only 2.

‘If I could raise the class level, I could have learned more class skills.’

When the class level rises, the mid-upper skills of that class are opened.

‘If an ordinary player, there is no problem.’

Through training or monster hunting, one can naturally raise the class level and skill level. But Jin-su wasn’t.

‘If the blessings grow, I’ll be able to raise it.’

A blessing that can raise the levels of class skills and common skills has already come out. So a blessing that can raise the level of the class itself will clearly come out too.

‘The problem is when it comes out.’

From Jin-su’s perspective, he hoped it would come out as fast as possible.

‘So that I can use the synthesis skills more substantially.’

Jin-su forcibly reduced his greed. There is no need to become impatient by being greedy for what is not given right now.

‘At times like this, one has to do what can be done right now one by one.’

Jin-su who pulled himself together took out one class change book from the inventory.

‘From now on is important.’

What he took out from the inventory was the dark-type mage class change book received from clearing the Floor 49 survival mission.

‘Synthesis skill, please remain.’

Jin-su used the class change book to mage with a desperate wish.

[Using Class Change Book - Flame Mage.]

[You have changed class to dark-type class Flame Mage.]

[Mana stat and Mental Power stat rise weakly.]

[Stats have dropped.]

The class change from the warrior class Blood Demon Swordsman to the mage class Flame Mage was completed.

Jin-su watched the synthesis skill window.

‘It remains.’

The synthesis skills based on the class skills of the Blood Demon Swordsman including Bloodsucking and the synthesis skills based on warrior exclusive skills remained as is.

“Hahahaha!”

A cheer naturally burst out.

‘Let’s do more.’

Jin-su excitedly fixed the levels of the class exclusive skills of the Flame Mage at 222 and then made them into synthesis skills. Along with that, he purchased a lot of exclusive skills that only mages can learn and made them into synthesis skills.

‘Next, what class shall I do? Healer? Tanker? Assassin?’

After briefly pondering, he made a decision.

‘Let’s go with summoner.’

The higher class of the mage type and rare class is the summoner type.

‘If a normal mage player, they can’t easily change class to a summoner player because the existing skills are regrettable.’

But for Jin-su, there was no penalty at all.

‘Let’s see.’

Jin-su examined summoner type class change books at the auction house.

‘Expensive.’

The class change books of rare classes that only a very small number choose were more expensive than ordinary class change books.

‘No, if there’s no demand, shouldn’t they be sold cheaper?’

Although such a thought naturally arose, Jin-su also knew well the reason why it was this expensive.

‘Because they come out that little.’

Class change books of ordinary classes come out anyway even if rare. But class change books of rare classes like summoner come out enormously rarely.

‘If supply is less even if demand is small, this form arises.’

Jin-su purchased one summoner class change book and changed class.

After that, he purchased and learned summoner exclusive skills. Next, he purchased and learned skill books that would become materials for synthesis.

‘Shall I try once.’

Jin-su frantically synthesized skills. When the stacks of skill synthesis bottomed out, he waited until the cooldown filled and used it again.

As a result, he could make all the class skills and exclusive skills of the summoner into common skills.

‘Next, shall I try assassin?’

Jin-su thought so and entered the auction house to purchase assassin skill books, but.

‘Huh?’

Not a single assassin skill book was visible at the auction house. Momentarily, the thought of what is this arose, but Jin-su could quickly find out what the cause was.

‘The points bottomed out?’

As he shopped excitedly, the hundreds of millions of points accumulated while climbing from Floor 1 to Floor 100 disappeared cleanly.

‘Only 220,000 points left?’

To think he would use up that many points so quickly.

‘If the items being sold are sold, the points will rise again.’

Even so, compared to the points Jin-su needs from now on, it was only about a drop in the bucket.

‘I only synthesized the Level 2 basic skills of three classes: warrior, mage, and summoner.’

The points already bottomed out.

‘Even if a blessing that raises class level came out, I wouldn’t have been able to use it because of insufficient points.’

In the dark-type, only the basic skills of 3 classes.

In the holy-type, only one Ice Dragon Mage class skill synthesized, yet he was struggling with insufficient points.

‘Although I intend to maintain the Ice Dragon Mage class for a while.’

Some preparation was needed.

‘Gather points while growing the blessings.’

The answer was only that.

Points are money. Needed to live in the Tower and also needed to make synthesis skills. The growth of the blessings is natural, but it became more urgent.

Not simply for class level fix.

‘To make main skills into synthesis skills, synthesis skill level fix is unconditionally needed.’

And not at the Level 22 level but at a level equal to class skills or common skills.

‘In the end, what has to be done is the same.’

Hunt monsters, clear hidden dungeons, earn points, raise levels, and acquire achievements.

‘The ant nest was really honey.’

Since catching only single-type monsters, achievements could be obtained easily. Moreover, with 22 Worker Ant Devourer hunts, 222 hunts, 2,222 hunts, 22,222 hunts, the blessings also grew steadily.

‘As expected, that place would be good.’

The hunting place Jin-su chose was the undead hidden dungeon existing on Floor 100.

‘It was a hidden dungeon where one can learn the knack of dealing with Demilich, the gatekeeper of Floor 100.’

It is a hidden dungeon where undeads revive infinitely. The clear method was only destroying the black mana orb in the deepest part of the dungeon.

‘Before the regression, it boasted crazy difficulty to the degree of barely clearing just before wipeout.’

It was a dungeon hard to clear to the degree of narrowly crossing the line of death countless times.

‘Instead, the rewards were quite sweet.’

It gave many items, but the biggest reward was numerous achievements and level ups.

‘The speed of acquiring achievements and raising levels was so fast that one feels regret after clearing.’

Of course, it was only a well-fed sound possible because the party members all survived safely without any dead and cleared the hidden dungeon.

‘If destroying the black mana orb had been even a little late, wipeout could have occurred to that degree it was dangerous.’

The fear of being surrounded and attacked by undead monsters summoned infinitely inside the hidden dungeon with no place to flee or hide was truly enormous.

‘My current situation is different.’

If undead monsters charge infinitely, it was a situation where he should bow and say thank you.

‘In my heart, I want to depart tomorrow right away.’

It seemed that wouldn’t be possible. First, the distance was too far. He had to move prepared to camp for at least a week. That wasn’t the end.

‘There will clearly be watching gazes.’

The week of temporary protection was time for newcomer players to choose a guild, but conversely, it was also time for the guild to choose newcomer players.

‘Not only the Daehan Guild but other guilds will also be paying attention to us to some extent.’

If Jin-su and Shin Su-a were warriors, the interest would be a bit less, but because they are mage and healer, they might receive even greater attention.

‘Precisely, they don’t know and are only roughly guessing.’

Jin-su and Shin Su-a have never revealed to anyone how much their level and stats are or what their classes are. But they would be roughly guessing based on the equipment they are wearing.

If they do outstanding actions, they receive unnecessary attention, and then troublesome things increase. He wanted to avoid that.

‘I also want to rest a bit.’

From after arriving at Floor 51, to keep 22 hours 22 minutes 22 seconds, he moved saving even the time for eating and sleeping.

Thanks to the Shadow Summons and Dragon Tooth Soldiers, a bit of leeway arose. But that was only leeway from Jin-su and Shin Su-a’s perspective; from other players’ perspective, it was an enormous forced march.

‘He couldn’t even eat delicious things and couldn’t sleep comfortably.’

Occasionally he ate lavishly, but the quality of the meals wasn’t very good.

‘Most meals were at the level of simply filling to avoid hunger.’

Moreover, the sleeping place was always a hard dirt floor or stone floor from which cold air rose.

Especially the last 3 days, they even engaged in a fierce struggle in the ant nest.

In this situation, moving while camping for about a week without rest was something even Jin-su wanted to avoid.

‘Also, there are achievements and hidden dungeons that can only be cleared here.’

If moving without rest, it was a level that could all be cleared in about 3 days. But there was no need to move urgently.

‘Anyway, even after entering the undead hidden dungeon, it will be continuous hunting.’

Rest was needed.

Jin-su is also human.

From Floor 51 to climbing to Floor 100, physical and mental fatigue has no choice but to accumulate.

Since he did a forced march until now, there was a need to relieve the accumulated physical and mental fatigue through comfortable rest, delicious food, and quality sleep.

‘So let’s lightly hunt only 10 hours a day.’

Thinking of the journey from Floor 51 to Floor 100, the hunting time was really enormously reduced.

‘Shin Su-a also looked very tired. If I give about a week of leeway, she can rest well.’

Jin-su sincerely thought that hunting 10 hours a day was a very leisurely schedule.