Chapter 48

Chapter 48

Level 2 Player

Kim Young-cheol Party

‘The quality is different from the Orc Great Warriors I met on Floor 49.’

In fact, the Orc Great Warriors of Floor 100 being stronger than the Orc Great Warriors of Floor 49 was a natural thing.

Because the level of monsters on the high floors of the Tower being higher than the monsters on the low floors was too natural a truth.

What Jin-su was surprised by was that the strength of the Orc Great Warriors surpassed the simple difference in level according to the floor of the Tower.

‘Those guys, they’re not a level of Floor 100 standard.’

It was a level that should normally come out from much higher floors.

‘It wasn’t for nothing that it gives as many as 4 Mana Spirit Pills.’

Because 40 Orc Great Warriors of a level surpassing Floor 100 standard come out, it gives such substantial rewards.

‘There is always this kind of hidden dungeon.’

A hidden dungeon that is impossible to clear with the level of the players of that floor.

‘An ant hell that lures players and hunts them.’

Because of the danger of such hidden dungeons, there were not a few parties that discover the hidden dungeon but deliberately don’t enter and pass by. Because what was more important than substantial rewards was one’s own life right away.

‘Deterioration, Decay.’

Jin-su cast the option skill of the Deterioration Ring and the decay skill of the dark-type healer.

Puaaaak!

The wound of the Orc Great Warrior where the arrow the Shadow Archer shot was stuck largely opened and began to rot.

“Kuuueeeok!”

The Orc Great Warrior let out a scream mixed with pain and anger and charged at Jin-su.

Seogeok!

Jin-su cut the neck of the injured Orc Great Warrior.

Puuk!

The Shadow Assassin also stabbed a dagger into the nape of one Orc Great Warrior. Jin-su combined strength with the summons and slowly reduced the number of Orc Great Warriors.

‘Hand of Black Darkness, Shackle of Restraint, Crown of Thorns.’

Jin-su tried using curse skills.

“Kuweeeok!”

“Kkwok! Kkwok!”

The movements of the Orc Great Warriors caught by the curses became unnatural.

‘Quite usable.’

This dungeon only had Orc Great Warriors. That meant there was no Orc shaman that could recover the curses cast on the Orc Great Warriors or purify the decay.

Jin-su overlapped curses and decay and tried utilizing assassin skills against the Orc Great Warriors.

‘Black Curtain.’

Saaaaak!

Jin-su’s body became hazy and then hid its appearance as is.

Kwaaaaang!

“Kkuweeeok!”

The Orc Great Warrior who was attacking Jin-su looked around.

Puuk!

At that moment, Jin-su used an ambush-type skill and pierced the neck of the Orc Great Warrior.

‘This is also quite usable.’

Jin-su tested the newly created synthesis skills one by one and reduced the number of Orc Great Warriors one by one.

Kung!

The last Orc Great Warrior fell.

[Mission - You have completed the subjugation of the Orc Great Warrior group.]

[Mission clear reward - 4 Mana Spirit Pills are paid.]

[You can leave the dungeon.]

‘Lucky.’

If it was another party, it was a high-risk dungeon of a level where they could be wiped out as is. But for Jin-su, it was a very good honey dungeon that gives substantial rewards and only the same type of monsters appear so it also helps blessing growth.

“Receive this. Eat it right away.”

Jin-su handed 2 Mana Spirit Pills to Shin Su-a.

“Huh? No. It’s fine. You eat it, Jin-su.”

“I ate before.”

“Isn’t it good to eat more?”

“If it exceeds 2, even if you eat more, there is no effect anyway. So eat quickly.”

“Yeah, thank you.”

Shin Su-a ate one Mana Spirit Pill she received from Jin-su.

“Wow!”

Shin Su-a’s mouth opened wide.

‘It feels really good.’

The sensation of the mana circuit that was a trail becoming a highway gives a refreshingness that transcends imagination. Shin Su-a whose face brightened additionally ate one more Mana Spirit Pill.

“Huh? The second one has an enormously weak effect.”

Shin Su-a’s face was dyed with disappointment.

“From the third, there is no effect at all.”

“Ah, I see.”

“Now let’s go out.”

Since he also took the Mana Spirit Pill, now it was the turn to go outside and hunt monsters while looking for other hidden dungeons.

After leaving the hidden dungeon, Jin-su and Shin Su-a easily hunted monsters with Leo’s help.

‘The pace is faster than usual.’

The number of monsters swarming upon hearing Leo’s roar was overwhelmingly more than usual.

It was the aftermath of the Ant Devourer Colony Jin-su summoned being misunderstood as a monster outside the standard.

‘If it continues at this degree, it would be okay to pull the schedule forward by a day.’

While Jin-su was thinking so and concentrating on hunting, a signal that players were approaching came from the Shadow Archer.

‘It seems there are players who just came out hunting.’

Disobedient frogs are everywhere. Probably they came out hunting with overflowing confidence or thinking that if they run away, that’s it.

‘This time that will be a gain though. Let’s organize quickly.’

He thought that if he hunts monsters as usual and reverse summons the Shadow Summons, that’s it.

‘Huh?’

But an unexpected thing happened.

‘Fast.’

The movement speed of the players entering in the Shadow Archer’s report was enormous. Jin-su used the inventory and replaced warrior equipment with mage equipment.

“Is that a summon?”

“I’ve never seen summons that look like that.”

“Enormously strong though.”

Not even reverse summoning, before even finishing hunting the monsters, players of one party scale arrived and chattered.

‘It’s the Kim Young-cheol party.’

The newly appearing players were faces Jin-su also knew. A party made by gathering Korean-origin players led by leader Kim Young-cheol, he had briefly joined forces with them on Floor 200.

“Excuse me! Could I know which guild you belong to?”

Kim Young-cheol asked Jin-su.

‘It seems it will become annoying.’

The Kim Young-cheol party is a quite skilled party.

The problem is that Kim Young-cheol is an extroverted human with enormous meddling. Moreover, the too-much-talker quality was also abundant.

‘It doesn’t seem like a level that should be here, why did they suddenly appear?’

Considering the point of appearing quickly before even organizing the monsters or the time Jin-su met the Kim Young-cheol party before the regression, it wasn’t a level that should be in the starting city now.

‘From the start, I never met them inside the starting city either.’

In Jin-su’s memory, the Kim Young-cheol party belonged to the Daehan Guild. If they were staying in the starting city, it meant they had no choice but to meet unconditionally.

“Are you busy catching monsters? There is no answer.”

“Ask after hunting is all over.”

“I should.”

The Kim Young-cheol party didn’t seem like they would easily leave the place.

“Oh, all caught! Which guild do you belong to? Are you perhaps Korean?”

As soon as hunting ended, Kim Young-cheol spoke again.

“Unaffiliated.”

At Jin-su’s answer, Kim Young-cheol’s eyes sparkled.

“You’re Korean. It’s fortunate it’s unaffiliated. Do you have no intention of entering the Daehan Guild? It’s a better guild than I thought. Moreover, the skill is a waste to be here. Do you have no intention of going to another city together with us? If you just make the decision, I’ll push hard. Ah, but that Han-ul guy can’t even scout such skilled people. I should give some advice about the things the person in charge of the starting city should do soon. But have you thought about it a bit? Is it that you still haven’t made a decision?”

Jin-su only said one word, but a quite long question was heard.

“I have no intention of joining a guild.”

“Quite regrettable. But why are the two of you going around? Do you perhaps not need other party members? Well, since the summons are so powerful, you probably don’t particularly think of recruiting party members. Still, thinking of later, it would be good to recruit party members in advance from now. If not that, at least build connections in advance. Only then you won’t regret later. I also trusted my skill on Floor 50 and was arrogant...”

Kim Young-cheol ran his mouth without rest while asking and answering himself. Then at the appearance of even talking about the episode he experienced on Floor 50, Jin-su naturally burst into a hollow laugh.

‘Still the same.’

Even though the time and place of meeting changed, the current Kim Young-cheol and the Kim Young-cheol Jin-su met before the regression had nothing changed at all.

“We were in the middle of hunting. We’ll go now.”

Jin-su ignored the chattering Kim Young-cheol and moved his footsteps as is.

“Huh? There are still many stories I want to tell.”

The moment Kim Young-cheol was flustered and tried to grab Jin-su.

“Hey! Stop talking a bit. We don’t have time either. We have to hunt the insect-type monster outside the standard group and acquire the achievement before other guys catch it.”

“Ah, right. Have you perhaps not seen insect-type monsters around here?”

Kim Young-cheol asked Jin-su.

“No. If it was seen, I wouldn’t have hunted here either.”

At Jin-su’s answer, Kim Young-cheol’s expression slightly stiffened. But he quickly loosened the expression and made a bright expression.

“I see. Hahaha! Then see you again next time! At that time, I’ll tell you all the stories I couldn’t today!”

With those words as the end, the Kim Young-cheol party quickly left.

‘They heard the information that a monster outside the standard appeared and flocked to the starting city to acquire the achievement.’

The advantage of the guild system was exactly this kind of information sharing.

If using the skills or items of mage players, under the premise of being on the same floor of the Tower, information sharing with those in distant places was possible as much as wanted.

‘Seeing that the words ‘before other guys catch it’ came out, the guys who flocked aren’t one or two parties.’

Since it’s a golden opportunity to acquire an impossible feat if done well, it was natural to run with eyes flipped.

‘At worst, they will receive usable achievements and rewards.’

If only succeeding in discovering and subjugating the insect-type monster outside the standard group, it was unconditionally a profitable deal.

However, if there is one problem...

‘There is no such thing as an insect-type monster outside the standard.’

He didn’t know that the aftermath of summoning the Ant Devourer Colony would even draw players from other cities.

‘Perhaps it was a natural thing. Let’s be a bit more careful.’

The Kim Young-cheol party is an annoying existence, but it is a party that doesn’t cross the line and keeps its own manners. But naturally, there are parties that are not so.

They are guys who run excitedly upon hearing the news that the Chabel Guild was wiped out. Naturally, each party possessed combat power of a degree that can wipe out the Chabel Guild and still have remaining.

‘I have to grow the blessings quickly.’

Quite a lot of time has passed after the basic stats stagnated at 922.

‘At least the increase rate continues to rise.’

Currently, Jin-su’s numerical increase rate of stats, attack power, defense power, etc. was 52.2%.

‘How much does the numerical increase rate have to rise for the stats to rise.’

Having a high increase rate is also good, but the basic stats have to be high to produce greater synergy.

‘The class level and synthesis level fix blessing have to arise quickly.’

Also, the fixed level of existing class skills and common skills had to be raised. The more he thought, the more his heart gradually became impatient.

‘In the end, the answer is only the growth of the blessings. Let’s properly milk it by going to the undead hidden dungeon.’

Jin-su forcibly calmed the impatient heart.

‘Anyway, I can’t go right away.’

There were also many achievements and hidden dungeons that had to be acquired around here.

‘Just pull the hunting speed and hidden dungeon clear speed a bit forward.’

If there is Leo’s help, clear was possible in two days.

‘Anyway, we rested quite soundly for the past 3 days.’

Reducing the remaining four days’ schedule to two days wasn’t even particularly overdoing it.

“Su-a, we...”

Jin-su said to reduce the remaining four days to two days.

“I like it too. Let’s do that. We rested quite soundly for the past 3 days.”

“Then let’s go.”

Jin-su accelerated the hunting speed.

***

Jin-su and Shin Su-a returned to the lodging late at night.

‘It’s fortunate meal provision is 24 hours.’

He was tired and also very hungry. Although he ate snacks he brought in advance in between, he couldn’t have a proper meal.

“Let’s eat quickly and go in and rest.”

“Yeah.”

Jin-su and Shin Su-a received food on trays and started dinner.

“Wow! They eat well.”

“Yeah, what were they doing wandering around to eat dinner at this time?”

At that time, the large man and puppy-faced woman who recommended party joining to Jin-su and Shin Su-a approached and ran their mouths.

Jin-su furrowed his face. In a tired and hungry state, if picking a fight during a meal, irritation had no choice but to arise.

“Oh? Look at the expression. If you do that, I’ll hit you, I’ll hit!”

“Arrogant bastard, a senior is worrying and you make that kind of expression? Rude bastard.”

At the two’s blatant picking a fight, Jin-su’s expression stiffened. The saying that even a dog isn’t touched when eating is not there for nothing.

‘I was going to ignore and pass over.’

Those two lightly crossed the line.

“If you don’t want to become crippled, do that much and go.”

Jin-su gave the last warning. For reference, this wasn’t words said thinking those two people would hear Jin-su’s warning and politely apologize and then retreat nicely. It was words said being conscious of the other Daehan Guild affiliated players around.

Although green is the same color, accumulating justification was important.

“This bastard really! Do we look that easy to you!”

“I’ll fix that arrogant manner today!”

The large man and puppy-faced woman swung their fists toward Jin-su as is.