Chapter 84

Chapter 84

Level 2 Player

Staff of the Cursed Skeleton Knight (2)

“Leo.”

Jin-su called Leo’s name while stroking his head.

“Nyaaaang!”

At Jin-su’s signal, Leo let out a vigorous roar.

Dudududu!

At the same time, an enormous number of monsters poured out in a rush.

“Kraaaang!”

“Kuwoek!”

The monsters let out enraged roars and rushed with a fierce momentum. And...

Crack! Slash! Creak!

The monsters that had rushed fiercely with good momentum began to be crushed in real time.

“The power difference seems too severe.”

“Yeah.”

Jin-su also agreed with Shin Su-a’s words. Not only the number of heads, but the combat power difference was too extreme. With one sword swing of the Skeleton Knight, three or four monsters were sliced. If the shield was swung, the bones broke and the muscles were crushed just like that.

‘At this rate, I cannot gauge the combat power.’

Jin-su frowned. But this was also a natural thing in a way. Because the level difference was too extreme.

‘The Staff of the Cursed Skeleton Knight is a level 2,492 item.’

Whether the combat power per individual is on the low side or not, it was a too natural result that monsters of the Floor 100 level were easily swept away.

‘On top of that, the number of heads is also enormous.’

Even if monsters gather due to Leo’s roar, it is at the level of a few hundred. But the number of Skeleton Knights is as many as 249.

The level is also overwhelming, and since the numbers are similar, it was strange that such a unilateral massacre did not occur.

‘Accurate testing will have to be done next time.’

However, looking at the Skeleton Knights committing massacre, the combat power could be measured roughly.

‘It is exactly the level of a level 2,492 ordinary monster.’

There was nothing to add and nothing to subtract, exactly that degree.

‘Even this much is not bad.’

To ordinary monsters of the lower layers of the Tower, it was literally the same as a disaster level. Even if it was a boss monster, it could be easily caught with level power.

‘Excluding the Bone Dragon or shadow summons, it will be the strongest?’

The Dragon Tooth Soldiers made with the Bone Dragon’s teeth also seemed like they would not do against the Skeleton Knights. Although the grade of the Dragon Tooth Soldiers made with the Bone Dragon’s teeth is higher, it was because the level difference was extreme.

Decisively, numbers are a thug.

The Dragon Tooth Soldiers made with the Bone Dragon’s teeth were only 21, but the Skeleton Knights were as many as over ten times, 249.

‘But by any chance, is the summon maintained even if I do this?’

Jin-su put the Staff of the Cursed Skeleton Knight into the inventory.

‘I thought it might be reverse-summoned.’

The Skeleton Knights were still fighting the monsters even though the Staff of the Cursed Skeleton Knight entered the inventory.

‘Status window switch.’

Jin-su this time switched the status window to holy type.

Crack!

At that moment, the Skeleton Knights were reverse-summoned just like that.

‘This does not work. Is it because the inventory skill is deactivated if the status window is changed to holy type?’

It was not that great a problem.

‘It is fine if I make the inventory skill into a shared skill.’

Of course, right now it is hard. However, if the Blessing grows and the number of Skill Sharing increases, the problem could be resolved very easily.

Jin-su switched the status window to dark type again and then took out the Staff of the Cursed Skeleton Knight from the inventory and summoned the Skeleton Knights.

‘The cooldown is also short, and since there are as many as 2 stacks, it is good.’

If there are 2 stacks, re-summon was possible immediately right after the Skeleton Knights were annihilated.

‘As expected, the difference is still large.’

The Necromancer King Garami Khan had overflowing leeway to the point where he could consume an item of this grade to feed a guy he disliked.

‘It will be hard for now...’

No matter how much one flies and crawls on the lower layers, it was hard to catch up to the strongest of the top layer of the Tower.

‘It will not take that long.’

However, Jin-su had confidence.

‘I have only risen to Floor 100 now.’

There were still countless floors left to climb. And Jin-su was becoming strong rapidly every time he climbed the Tower.

Although it is a prediction, he thought that if he only rises to the mid layers, he might become stronger than the Necromancer King Garami Khan. And to make that prediction into reality, there was no gap to rest even for a moment.

‘Since the summons have increased, the hunting speed can be raised more.’

Then the achievements and titles that can be obtained on Floor 100 can be acquired a bit faster.

‘I will clear Floor 100 as quickly as possible.’

Jin-su diligently immersed himself in hunting to achieve the goal.

***

Jin-su and Shin Su-a toured Floor 100 while gathering achievements and titles and cleared the hidden dungeons and ordinary dungeons. And as a result, they could put all the titles of Floor 100 into their hands faster than expected and clear the hidden dungeons they had set as the goal.

“Preparation is finished, right?”

“Yeah, let’s challenge right away.”

At Jin-su’s question, Shin Su-a answered with a calm expression.

“Then let’s go right away.”

“Okay.”

[Will you challenge clearing Floor 100?]

[Yes.] [No.]

Jin-su and Shin Su-a selected yes.

Hwaaaak!

At that moment, a cluster of bright light wrapped the bodies of Jin-su and Shin Su-a.

[The clear condition of Floor 100 is to defeat the gatekeeper.]

[I pray for the challenger’s victory.]

A dry land without a single blade of grass unfolded in front of Jin-su and Shin Su-a’s eyes. And on the dry land, countless undead monsters such as skeletons, zombies, ghouls, dullahan, phantoms, wraiths, specters, death wizards, and so on swarmed.

“Kiiiiik!”

“Uwoek!”

Dudududu!

As soon as the undead monsters discovered Jin-su and Shin Su-a, they screamed and rushed like crazy. There was absolutely no place to hide the body or dodge. They had to deal with the undead monsters only with a frontal confrontation.

‘Before regression, I suffered a bit.’

Undead monsters in numbers hard to even count poured in like waves from all sides. Before regression, he spat out curses upon witnessing this scene. However, now it was not.

Saaak!

Hwaaaak!

The shadow summons, Army Summons, Dragon Tooth Soldiers, and Skeleton Knights revealed themselves.

“Kuwoooo!”

“Kyaaaaak!”

Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa!

The 2 Bone Dragons emitted breath along with vigorous roars.

Kwaaaaang!

Two streams of ray-form breath where the contrast of black and white was clearly felt cleanly swept away the undead monsters that were in the front.

Thud thud thud!

The 2 Bone Dragons that emitted breath rushed forward.

Crack! Creak! Thud!

The Bone Dragons trampled the undead monsters.

‘Rushing itself is a disaster.’

The 2 Bone Dragons massacred the undead monsters indiscriminately by trampling with feet, swinging tails, piercing with wings, and biting with mouths.

Slash! Splat!

Kwaaaang!

The shadow summons also entered combat.

“Krrrrr!”

“Kraaaang!”

The 2 variant lycanthropes began to rampage while revealing sharp fangs and claws, and the Army Summons made based on players also drew their respective weapons and swept the undead monsters.

The total of 30 Dragon Tooth Soldiers made with the Bone Dragon’s teeth and White Drake’s teeth also attacked the undead monsters with a terrifying momentum.

Thud thud thud!

Crack! Slash! Creak!

The newly joined 249 Skeleton Knights also advanced forward while smashing the undead monsters without hesitation.

“Guwoek!”

“Kkuweek!”

The undead monsters resisted desperately. However, because the stat difference was too extreme, it was of no use at all. The greatest weapons of undead monsters, immortality and aggressiveness that does not spare the body, also did not work.

Jin-su’s Army Summons were also the same as a type of undead monster born by necromancy. Also, the shadow summons and Dragon Tooth Soldiers possess immortality and aggressiveness that does not spare the body, which are the same characteristics as undead monsters.

If possessing the same weapons, it was a natural sequence that the stronger side wins unilaterally.

‘The Stone Golem does not even have a chance to be active.’

Shin Su-a’s expression became sullen. Because Jin-su’s summons were displaying too overwhelming martial power, the undead monsters were smashed before the Stone Golem even arrived.

“Let’s diligently cast buffs.”

“Okay, got it.”

Jin-su and Shin Su-a diligently cast buffs. Since the number of summons was many, casting buffs was also work.

While Jin-su and Shin Su-a were casting buffs, the undead monsters continued to annihilate. However, they were being refilled as much as they were annihilated.

‘I will absolutely not kill you.’

Jin-su was in a state of having given instructions to the summons before combat not to absolutely attack Demirich, who is the gatekeeper and boss monster.

‘Diligently refill the undead monsters.’

Jin-su looked at Demirich located at the edge of the undead monster army with eyes full of expectation.

‘Since it is the gatekeeper in name and the strongest boss monster on Floor 100, it will naturally endure longer than the black magic bead of the undead hidden dungeon.’

Jin-su believed without doubt that Demirich would hold out better than the black magic bead.

‘Before regression, I really suffered catching that guy.’

He broke through the wave of undead monsters with all his power and barely approached and smashed Demirich’s head. However, this time the circumstances were different.

Jin-su had no intention at all of smashing Demirich’s head.

‘Since there is no time limit either. Let’s go leisurely.’

The fact that there is no time limit in the gatekeeper subjugation missions of Floor 50 and Floor 100 was a type of whipping.

‘They are missions that cannot be cleared just by running away.’

They can only be cleared by unconditionally removing the gatekeepers Stone Golem and Demirich.

‘Conversely, the clear conditions of Floor 49 and Floor 99 are survival.’

There does not even exist a gatekeeper that must be hunted unconditionally.

‘Probably the reason there is a time limit in the clear conditions of Floor 49 and Floor 99 is to raise the survival rate of players.’

Since they can win just by enduring, the survival probability has no choice but to rise sharply.

If there was no time limit in the clear conditions of Floor 49 and Floor 99, the survival rate of players might have become zero. That was why the time limit was inserted.

‘Players generally prefer cases with a time limit.’

Because the side with a time limit is advantageous for clearing. However, Jin-su was the exact opposite.

The side without a time limit was better.

Because he could grow the Blessing by leisurely hunting a large quantity of monsters.

‘But this time, the Blessing growth speed is quite slow. Is it because there are many monsters overlapping with the undead hidden dungeon?’

Although it was a bit regrettable, Jin-su had hope.

‘In the undead hidden dungeon, only zombies, skeletons, and ghouls appeared.’

On the other hand, here there existed far more diverse kinds of undead monsters.

‘It will clearly rise.’

Jin-su looked at Demirich emitting black magic with a ferocious momentum full of killing intent with a gaze full of hope and belief.

‘Do your best. I believe.’

Jin-su cheered for Demirich with all his sincerity.

“Gwooooek!”

“Kuweeeek!”

As if repaying such a belief of Jin-su, Demirich reduced the proportion of low-grade undead monsters like zombies, skeletons, and ghouls and sharply increased the proportion of mid-to-high grade undead monsters like dullahan, phantoms, wraiths, specters, and death wizards.

‘Thank you. Thank you.’

Jin-su could not help but find Demirich who was doing his best to summon undead monsters so reliable.

Kwaaaang!

Crack! Thud!

The combat continued without rest.

[You have acquired the title Dullahan Hunter.]

[You have acquired the title Phantom Hunter.]

Titles increased one by one.

[The Blessing of Hwangsin has grown.]

[The Blessing of Hongsin has grown.]

At the same time, the Blessing also grew steadily. The level had been rising continuously from the start of the combat until now. However, with this degree of achievement, Jin-su could not be satisfied.

‘Why is it so slow.’

Because the growth of the Blessing compared to the invested time was not that fast.

‘Clearly, from after the stats hit 1,022, the growth of the Blessing slowed sharply.’

It was evidence that the experience required for the Blessing to grow had increased.

‘Then I will have to hit it with quantity.’

Jin-su took his heart leisurely. And he pitched a large tent in preparation for a long-term battle.

“Su-a, let’s eat dinner and rest a bit.”

“Good. How about the menu being samgyeopsal?”

“Good.”

In the Tower, the meat of beasts similar to pigs was sold, and among them there was also samgyeopsal. Jin-su lit a fire and took out a grill.

“Nyaong!”

“Kaaak!”

Once Jin-su and Shin Su-a prepared dinner, Leo and Kkami also revealed their gluttony.

“These guys are trying to eat all day and eat again.”

“They are not ordinary cats and crows, they are magical beasts in name.”

“Ugh! Here, eat.”

Jin-su took out monster meat from the inventory and handed it to the two.

“Nya! Nyaang! Nya! Nya!”

“Kaak! Kak! Kak!”

Then Leo and Kkami protested fiercely.

“Isn’t it that they want it grilled on the fire?”

“Haah! That’s right.”

At Shin Su-a’s question, Jin-su let out a long sigh and took out one more grill.

“At that time, it was not that I grilled it on the fire.”

Jin-su regretted the matter of giving Leo and Kkami grilled monster meat on the fire when hunting while being homeless in the past. However, it was already too late.

“What can we do about something that has already happened.”

“That is true, but they eat raw meat well, yet they only do this when we grill meat, so that is why.”

“That is true.”

Jin-su and Shin Su-a grilled meat while chatting quietly.

“Here, eat.”

Jin-su gave the grilled meat to Leo and Kkami.

“Chomp! Chomp! Chomp!”

“Poke poke poke!”

Leo and Kkami diligently ate the grilled monster meat.

“Let’s eat too.”

“Okay.”

Looking at that appearance, Jin-su and Shin Su-a also ate samgyeopsal.

“Kkeueee!”

Around the time Jin-su, Shin Su-a, Leo, and Kkami were filming an eating show while grilling meat on the fire.

Demirich who witnessed that scene let out a desperate scream and squeezed black magic to barely summon undead monsters. However, no matter how diligently Demirich summoned undead monsters, he could not interfere with the eating show of Jin-su’s group.