Chapter 65

Chapter 65

Level 2 Player

Reigning Necromancer and Dominating Necromancer (2)

Jin-su stroked Leo’s head.

“Nyaaaang!”

Leo let out a wide-area taunt roar and beast-type monsters swarmed in again.

‘There is none.’

What Jin-su was looking for was a boss monster far stronger than ordinary monsters. However, boss monsters were rare, so they were hard to find easily.

‘If I continue hunting, about one will come out.’

Jin-su continued hunting while changing places together with Shin Su-a.

“Kuwoooogh!”

As a result of hunting diligently for over an hour, he was finally able to find a boss monster.

‘It is a giant thorny boar.’

The boss monster Jin-su found was a giant thorny boar of large size covering its entire body with sharp thorns like a hedgehog.

Dudududu!

The giant thorny boar that was extremely excited rushed toward Jin-su.

Slash!

However, it powerlessly lost its life to the Baekcheon Divine Sword that Jin-su swung lightly.

‘As expected, Skill Nullification is fraud.’

The giant thorny boar is a guy with extremely strong defense power. Along with the sharp thorns covering its entire body and tough leather, it possesses high durability stats and numerous defense skills, so cutting off its life in one blow was almost impossible.

‘Even so. If the defense skills are nullified, it has no meaning.’

Jin-su used the Army Summon skill targeting the giant thorny boar.

[Activation of the skill Army Summon failed.]

However, the activation failed.

‘The level was the problem.’

He realized the cause at the same time as the failure. The white of the giant thorny boar was impossible to implement itself with the level 2 Army Summon skill.

Jin-su fixed the level of the Army Summon skill to 622 and used it again.

Saaak!

As if it was natural, the Army Summon skill activated.

Kuuung!

A giant thorny boar made of pitch black revealed itself in front of Jin-su.

‘Status window switch.’

Jin-su switched the status window from dark type to holy type. Then through skill level fixing, he fixed Army Summon to level 622.

‘As expected, it is possible. Army Summon.’

When Jin-su activated the Army Summon skill, this time a giant thorny boar with a pure white body was born.

‘Nice.’

By catching 1 boss monster, he obtained 2 summons.

‘First, let’s finish the test.’

Jin-su switched the status window again and returned to dark type.

Then he re-summoned the giant thorny boar and 5 beast-type monsters.

“Leo.”

“Nyaaaang!”

At Jin-su’s call, Leo cast a wide-area taunt roar and monsters swarmed in from all directions.

‘Fight.’

Jin-su gave a command to the giant thorny boar summon.

“Kuiiik!”

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The giant thorny boar summon rushed toward the monsters.

Kwaaaang!

“Kyaaaak!”

“Kraaaang!”

Jin-su hunted the monsters moderately while observing the giant thorny boar summon.

‘It is strong.’

It was a natural result if natural, since the base was a boss monster and the skill level had also risen to 622.

‘It is stronger than before becoming a summon.’

Level 2 summons were weaker than the original. However, level 622 summons were not.

‘At that level, it seems about twice as strong as when it was alive. You guys go too.’

Jin-su gave instructions to the 5 beast-type summons that he revived after annihilation.

“Krrrr!”

“Kyaung!”

The 5 beast-type summons also fought bravely.

‘Those guys seem at least four times stronger.’

The 5 beast-type summons and the giant thorny boar summon had the same level. However, the degree of strength was different.

Compared to the giant thorny boar summon showing overwhelming performance against the monsters, the 5 beast-type summons showed a moderately strong appearance.

‘As expected, the stronger the original, the stronger it becomes.’

It was the same principle as the Dragon Tooth Soldier that becomes stronger the more high-level dragon-type teeth are used as materials.

‘Instead, the ones that became stronger than the original are those 5.’

The giant thorny boar summon became about twice as strong, and the 5 beast-type monsters became about four times as strong.

He could roughly guess what the cause was.

‘A limit to the final growth exists depending on the original.’

In the case of the Dragon Tooth Soldier made with the White Drake’s teeth, until now it gradually became stronger as the level of the Dragon Tooth Soldier Summon skill rose. But it will not be able to continue becoming stronger infinitely.

‘At some moment it will reach the limit.’

No matter how much special achievements are piled up, the innate limit of the White Drake’s teeth cannot be overcome.

The Dragon Tooth Soldiers made with lizardman teeth as the base had already reached the limit.

Jin-su continued to raise the skill level of Dragon Tooth Soldier Summon using the Blessing. However, the Dragon Tooth Soldiers made with lizardman teeth as the base no longer became stronger.

‘Only the number that can be summoned increased.’

The 5 beast-type monsters are the same.

‘That is the limit for those guys.’

On the other hand, the giant thorny boar summon was different.

‘It means there is room to become stronger.’

He newly regretted the time when he hunted the White Drake on Floor 50.

‘If at that time the classes had increased to 2 and I had learned the Class Change Certificate of the Dominating Necromancer and Class Change Certificate of the Reigning Necromancer, I could have controlled the White Drake as a summon.’

However, such a thing was impossible to begin with.

‘Let’s not regret things that have passed.’

The important thing was from now on.

Out-of-spec monsters also appear on Floor 100.

‘Although that is not an insect-type monster.’

The problem is that even Jin-su does not know when that guy appears.

‘When I arrived on Floor 100 before regression, it never appeared even once.’

He only heard it from NPCs or other players. That a few years before Jin-su arrived on Floor 100, an out-of-spec monster appeared and several cities were completely destroyed.

‘If it is to the point of piercing the safe zones spread in the cities, it is an enormously strong guy.’

It was certain to be a higher grade than the White Drake.

‘Let’s hunt a bit more diligently.’

Right now the conclusion is only that one. The Blessing also needs to be grown more and points need to be gathered. However, the decisive reason was separate.

‘I have to diligently hunt and reduce the number of monsters.’

Only then will the system judge that Floor 100 is in a player saturation state and deploy an out-of-spec monster.

‘Although it is a hypothesis.’

Jin-su, who spent a long time in the Tower before regression, believed that that hypothesis was close to the truth.

‘Also, since it is only doing the hunting that has to be done a bit more diligently anyway.’

On top of that, he had to move diligently even to secure many usable summons like the giant thorny boar.

***

Jin-su and Shin Su-a resumed the forced march of investing everything in hunting except for eating and sleeping time. For the sake of hunting, they even gave up the comfortable life of the city and endured camping.

However, the results were not very good.

‘The growth of the Blessing is too slow.’

Because it is fixed at level 2, the level was rising like crazy. However, level-ups were of no great help to the growth of the Blessing unless they were the 222,222nd level-up or the 2,222,222nd level-up.

Achievements and titles were the same.

‘Unless it is an impossible feat, it does not even send a message?’

From Jin-su’s perspective, it could not help but be a truly regrettable thing.

‘At least it is fortunate that increasing the summons had results.’

Jin-su was able to make a total of 6 boss monsters including the giant thorny boar into summons.

‘What is regrettable is that the summon contract skill failed twice in a row.’

After the contract with Kkami, the cooldown returned and he ambitiously challenged this time to pull a combat-type summon. However, the contract itself failed.

Because there was no summon that responded to the summon contract skill at all. And that twice in a row...

From Jin-su’s perspective, it was a truly regrettable thing.

‘Anything is unconditionally helpful if it exists.’

Leo draws monsters with the wide-area taunt roar, and Kkami flies in the sky and established outstanding merit in grasping the location of boss monsters.

‘At least the stats increased to 1,122, though.’

To make class skills, common skills, and item levels to 722 and hope for a new Blessing, even Jin-su did not know how much more time he would have to invest.

At that time, Kkami shared vision with Jin-su.

‘Found it.’

Kkami had discovered the boss monster that would become the 7th summon.

‘There are quite a few.’

The boss monster found this time was not an individual acting alone but a guy acting in a group.

“Let’s go.”

“Okay.”

Jin-su and Shin Su-a moved toward where Kkami was.

“Krrrr!”

“Kyaaaang!”

The monsters at the place Jin-su and Shin Su-a arrived at following Kkami’s guidance were lycanthropes. And that as many as nearly 100 gathered in a group.

‘That guy is the boss monster.’

There was one individual with silver fur whose size was far larger than ordinary lycanthropes at a glance.

‘Go.’

Jin-su gave the attack command to the shadow summons and Army Summons and then used a magic attack skill.

Hwareureureuk!

Kwaaaang!

With a loud explosion bursting, red flames covered the lycanthrope group.

“Auuuuu!”

“Kraaaang!”

“Kyaooo!”

Dududududu!

The lycanthrope group that was attacked first burst into anger and rushed toward Jin-su and Shin Su-a at a terrifying speed.

However, what greeted such a lycanthrope group was Jin-su’s summons.

Kwaaaang!

When the shadow knight slammed with his shield and swung his sword, the lycanthropes had their bones crushed and limbs cut off.

Slash!

Splat!

The shadow warrior displayed monstrous strength of cutting down three or four lycanthropes every time he swung his greatsword once.

Thud! Slash!

“Kyaaeng!”

“Kyaang!”

The shadow assassin moved actively and cut off the lives of the lycanthropes with one-hit kills.

Shushushuk!

Pukpukpuk!

The shadow archer displayed archery skill of perfect accuracy with tremendous rapid fire.

Hwareureuk!

Kwaaaang!

The shadow mage poured magic and the shadow healer poured curses.

Thud thud thud thud!

The Army Summons rushed in between the lycanthrope group that had become a mess.

Crack!

With the giant thorny boar that charged like a tank and trampled the lycanthropes in the lead, the remaining 5 summons started attacking.

‘Since they are guys based on boss monsters, they are definitely usable.’

Ordinary lycanthropes were not even opponents.

“Krrrrr!”

At that time, the lycanthrope with silver fur that was the boss monster moved.

Kwaaaang!

The lycanthrope with silver fur grabbed the giant thorny boar’s tusks with both arms that had sharp claws and blocked the charge.

Crack!

Then with tremendous monstrous strength, it tore the giant thorny boar’s mouth just like that.

‘It is strong.’

Jin-su’s eyes sparkled. To tear and kill in one blow the giant thorny boar that had become at least twice as strong by becoming a summon?

The giant thorny boar was also clearly a boss monster. However, the current lycanthrope with silver fur tore the giant thorny boar as if killing an ordinary monster, not a boss monster.

‘I did not know I would confirm the re-summon count of the boss monster giant thorny boar this quickly.’

The white of the annihilated giant thorny boar was permanently consumed.

‘There is no difference.’

Even though there was a difference between ordinary monsters and boss monsters, the amount of white consumed was similar.

‘Slightly regrettable.’

He expected that since the soul and white of a boss monster are special, the amount consumed when annihilated would be less, but unfortunately it was not.

Creak!

Slaaaak!

While Jin-su was gauging the permanently consumed white of the giant thorny boar, the other Army Summons made from boss monsters also could not withstand the lycanthrope with silver fur and were all annihilated in an instant.

‘It is not at the level of an ordinary boss monster?’

To the point where suspicion arose for a moment whether it might be an out-of-spec monster.

‘That can be confirmed directly. Army Summon.’

Jin-su revived the annihilated summons using the Army Summon skill and then launched a baptism of arrows at the lycanthrope with silver fur.

Shushushushuk!

Pukpukpuk!

The lycanthrope with silver fur covered its vital points with both arms and charged fiercely toward Jin-su.

‘It is a guy with tremendous durability stats. Flame Barrier, Flame Storm, Flame Explosion.’

Jin-su smiled and cast magic attack skills.

Hwareureuk!

Kwaaaang!

The lycanthrope with silver fur broke through the huge explosion and closed the distance with Jin-su.

‘Touch of Black Darkness, Shackles of Restraint, Crown of Thorns, Body Weakening, Twisted Footsteps.’

Jin-su cast curses and then replaced and equipped equipment from his inventory.

Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa!

He rushed toward the lycanthrope with silver fur and vigorously swung the Baekcheon Divine Sword and Blood-Sucking Sword that emitted pure white aura and blood-colored aura.