Chapter 50

Chapter 50

Level 2 Player

Bracelet of Shortening

“Since I received the apology, I’ll pass over this matter with this degree.”

Jin-su put the Shadow Summons into his own shadow along with those words.

“This is given with the meaning of apology. Please receive it.”

Kim Young-cheol held out one item to Jin-su. It was a bracelet, a Level 422 item with a skill cooldown shortening option that is absolutely necessary for mage-type players, a thing with a value of at least exceeding tens of millions of points.

“Sure.”

Jin-su received the bracelet Kim Young-cheol handed. And he moved his footsteps toward the entrance of the guild house together with Shin Su-a.

“Can I see you with a smiling face next time?”

Kim Young-cheol asked Jin-su.

“Of course.”

Jin-su answered calmly.

“Hahaha! That’s fortunate!”

“I also think it’s fortunate.”

With those words as the end, Jin-su left the Daehan Guild’s guild house together with Shin Su-a.

“Whew! It’s a relief!”

As Jin-su disappeared, Kim Young-cheol let out a sigh of relief.

“You worked hard.”

“Still, it finished well.”

The party members soothed such Kim Young-cheol.

On the other hand, the Daehan Guild members including Kim Han-ul and Oh Ji-woong were making expressions of ‘What on earth happened?’

“You caused an accident you can’t even clean up and still don’t know the reason! You crazy bastards!”

Seong Ha-yeon, one of Kim Young-cheol’s party members, frowned at the guild members including Kim Han-ul and Oh Ji-woong and poured curses.

“Ha-yeon unni...”

“What does that mean?”

“Ha, those morons really...”

Seong Ha-yeon who let out a long sigh while looking at the guild members who still didn’t know the circumstances forcibly calmed her anger and opened her mouth.

“You guys thought you could win if fighting that man named Lee Jin-su, right?”

“Well...”

“He’s a newcomer who hasn’t even passed a week since climbing Floor 100.”

“And only two.”

The number of Daehan Guild members staying in the starting city exceeds 200.

A 200 vs 2 fight.

Moreover, the opponent is a newcomer who just arrived at Floor 100.

The result was the same as decided.

“If we arrived late and a fight broke out, you would all have died.”

“Yes? What?”

“We get wiped out by only two?”

“Ha-yeon ssi, aren’t you ignoring us too much?”

All kinds of complaints poured out. The Daehan Guild members thought Seong Ha-yeon was ignoring them too much.

“Do you guys have the confidence to win fighting our party?”

At Seong Ha-yeon’s words, the Daehan Guild members momentarily turned into mutes who ate honey. Even if the same players, an insurmountable wall existed between the Kim Young-cheol party active in the last city and the guild members active in the starting city.

Why would only 1 party step forward to catch the powerful monster outside the standard that wiped out the Chabel Guild with 300 personnel? Naturally because they have the confidence to hunt it.

“But you can’t compare the guild master party and those two.”

Kim Young-cheol has been in charge of the guild master of the Daehan Guild ever since the existing guild master left a year ago with 5 parties to challenge the Floor 100 gatekeeper.

Kim Young-cheol was the strongest player among the Daehan Guild members on Floor 100. Naturally, Kim Young-cheol’s party was also the strongest party among the parties belonging to the Daehan Guild.

“It’s a level where comparison is sufficiently possible.”

At Seong Ha-yeon’s words, a large commotion arose.

“Yes?”

“What does that mean?”

“Those guys, they haven’t even passed a week since climbing Floor 100.”

“How can you compare those two to the guild master party?”

The expressions of the Daehan Guild members were full of distrust.

“I saw it directly.”

At that time, Kim Young-cheol opened his mouth.

“I clearly saw with these two eyes the appearance of hunting monsters using the summons. He hunted all the monsters of a number that you would clearly be wiped out if facing in less than 1 minute.”

“That’s impossible.”

“Is that a possible thing?”

“Can guys who just entered Floor 100 do that?”

The Daehan Guild members couldn’t easily believe even though it was words from guild master Kim Young-cheol who has thick trust.

“Is that guy really a strong person that even the guild master party can’t do anything about?”

At that time, one guild member carefully asked.

“It’s not that degree. If fighting, of course we would have won.”

“Then why did you bow your head and apologize and even give an item?”

The face of the guild member who threw the question was full of humiliation.

Of course, it is correct that they did wrong first. Standing still when picking a fight, attacking first, threatening, all were them.

But they were quite hurt in pride by Jin-su’s attitude as if the Daehan Guild was not even in his mind. So even knowing Kim Han-ul’s action was forced, they sympathized.

“Moron-like guys. What remains if risking your life and fighting and winning over such a trivial matter?”

“Uh, that is...”

The guild member who threw the question scratched his head.

“If a fight broke out, even if winning, more than half among you guys would have unconditionally died.”

At the words that more than half of themselves would have unconditionally died, the faces of the Daehan Guild members turned white.

“Also, if that person uses the summons as a shield and flees and then hits and runs with guerrilla after that, how will you respond?”

At Kim Young-cheol’s words, the Daehan Guild members became mutes who ate honey. The known information about summoners is not that much. But they at least know the fact that a summoner can hide in a safe place and control summons even from a distant distance.

“The thing Young-cheol gave an item and said to see with a smiling face next time is the meaning of forgetting the grudges until now with that. The opponent also knew that and accepted it.”

At Seong Ha-yeon’s additional explanation, the Daehan Guild members finally grasped the situation.

“So that’s why they said fortunate to each other.”

“I wondered why.”

“Well, the fact that they came out so confidently with only two means that unless crazy, they have that much confidence in their skill.”

“Although Jin-seong is on the weak side, in name he is a tanker, and if he falls in one hit, he is certainly strong.”

The Gwak Jin-seong party is the weakest among the Daehan Guild members in the starting city. But anyway, since the other Daehan Guild members are also staying in the starting city, the level difference wasn’t overwhelming.

If those two are strong people of Kim Young-cheol party level, even if the numbers are many, their defeat was the same as scheduled.

“Having pride in belonging to the Daehan Guild is good. But when that pride becomes arrogance, a great disaster can occur. The seniors made the Daehan Guild for survival, not to establish pride. When I just arrived at Floor 100 before, there was a similar thing. At that time, what happened is...”

The ‘In my time’ of too-much-talker Kim Young-cheol began. Kim Young-cheol’s party members made expressions of ‘There he goes again’ and quietly went up to the lodging. But the remaining Daehan Guild members had no choice but to quietly listen to the long journey that started from when guild master Kim Young-cheol just arrived at Floor 100 in a stiff posture.

***

‘Still fast in situation judgment.’

Jin-su who came out of the Daehan Guild’s guild house muttered inside while looking at the bracelet Kim Young-cheol gave.

‘I obtained a good thing.’

The name of the bracelet was Bracelet of Shortening.

‘This is a thing hard to obtain even if having points.’

The Bracelet of Shortening had cooldown shortening which is an essential option necessary for mages.

‘There are 4 stacks that can shorten cooldown by 1 hour...’

If using all 4 stacks, one can make the cooldown of the Shadow Summons decrease by 4 hours.

‘Since it’s a Level 422 item, it’s impossible right now, but later if the level that can be fixed on items rises to 622?’

It becomes possible to re-summon the Shadow Summons as soon as they are reverse summoned. Moreover, perhaps as the item level rises, the cooldown that can be shortened increases more or the stacks themselves increase.

‘Originally, raising the level of non-growth type items is an impossible thing.’

But Jin-su who possesses a blessing that can forcibly fix item levels could raise the level of non-growth type items as much as wanted.

‘Thanks to that, I’m usefully using the Recovery Ring and Deterioration Ring too.’

The Recovery Ring and Deterioration Ring of only Level 22 are items that should have been discarded long ago. But by forcibly fixing the level at 222, he was usefully using them even now.

‘If the Bracelet of Shortening level rises and leeway arises in the stacks, using it on the Summon Contract skill usually would be just right.’

Then he could reduce the cooldown of the Summon Contract skill that reaches 30 days a bit.

Of course, all this was a thing possible after the blessing’s item fix level surpasses the Bracelet of Shortening’s current level of 422.

“Let’s catch a lodging first.”

“Yeah.”

Jin-su and Shin Su-a caught an inn, washed their bodies with warm water, and comfortably rested.

The next morning, Jin-su and Shin Su-a moved for the last hunt.

‘There is no suitable listing.’

Jin-su made a regretful expression. It is a situation where he can no longer make synthesis skills because the skill level fix counts are insufficient.

But points were piled up a lot. Therefore, he diligently looked around the auction house last night to purchase items. But there were no items worth buying.

‘Well, good items are mostly taken by immediate purchase.’

The cases that aren’t are only when the price is excessively expensive compared to the value of the item. Jin-su bid on the auction at an appropriate price.

‘Unless it’s an item of the degree of the Shining Longsword or Ring of Resurrection, there is no need to particularly get ripped off.’

Since the more points the better, there was no need to be unnecessarily impatient.

“Meow!”

Leo seemed in a very good mood from eating meat to its fill from the morning.

“I’ll ask well today too.”

At Jin-su’s words, Leo tapped his shoulder with its front paw as if telling him to trust only itself.

“Nyaaaaang!”

After that, it let out a large cry.

Dududududu!

Not long after, monsters swarmed. Jin-su summoned the Shadow Summons and Shin Su-a summoned the Stone Golem.

Hwareureuk!

Kwaaaaaang!

A one-sided massacre broke out starting with the magic attack skills of Jin-su and the Shadow Mage.

Shushushushuk!

Kwajik!

Seogeok!

Starting with the Shadow Knight, Shadow Assassin, Shadow Archer, Jin-su also swung the Bloodsucking Sword and Shining Longsword simultaneously with magic attack skills.

“Kyaung!”

“Kiiik!”

As a result, the monsters that swarmed were wiped out in an instant along with sorrowful screams.

‘The summoner exclusive skills are quite substantial.’

Thanks to Shadow Beast Leo contracted with the Summon Contract skill, hunting became convenient. No matter how many monsters swarm, the Shadow Summons and Stone Golem strengthened with summoner exclusive buff skills withstood without flinching.

‘Double buff is quite usable.’

The effect of Jin-su’s summoner exclusive buff and Shin Su-a’s healer exclusive buff overlapping was truly enormous.

[You have hunted over 2,000 of more than 20 types of monsters.]

[Title Massacrer of 20 Races is granted.]

[Blessing of Hwangsin has grown.]

[Blessing of Hongsin has grown.]

Titles increased steadily and blessings also grew well.

‘The level is also continuously going up and down. Since it’s the last, let’s obtain everything obtainable.’

He was thinking of clearing all the remaining titles and hidden dungeons, returning to the starting city to rest soundly, and then leaving for the place where the undead hidden dungeon is.

When Jin-su was concentrating on hunting together with Shin Su-a, the Shadow Archer informed of the approach of players.

‘Since it’s already discovered, there is no need to particularly hide.’

Jin-su continued hunting without reverse summoning the Shadow Summons. But the speed of the approaching players was very fast.

‘It seems like guys who came from another city like the Kim Young-cheol party.’

If not that, they couldn’t be this fast. Fortunately, since the hunting was almost at the finishing stage, when a group of players revealed their appearances, it was in a state of having finished hunting.

“It’s a summoner.”

“Did that black cat gather the monsters?”

“It seems usable?”

The newly revealed players used Chinese.

‘They’re guys I’m seeing for the first time.’

It wasn’t faces he knew like the Kim Young-cheol party. Jin-su ignored and was going to move to another place and continue hunting.

“Hey, you two over there! Stop!”

Shuuk!

Along with those words, the players using Chinese blocked the front of Jin-su and Shin Su-a.

“You’ll have to accompany us for a while.”

But the opponent didn’t seem to have any intention of sending Jin-su and Shin Su-a off nicely at all.