Chapter 86

Chapter 86

Level 2 Player

Dark Predator (2)

Jin-su continued climbing the Tower while keeping 22 hours 22 minutes 22 seconds, and as a result arrived at Floor 149 in an instant. What could be obtained on Floor 149 was obtained quickly. What remained was only the clear mission.

[Will you challenge clearing Floor 149?]

[Yes.] [No.]

“Let’s go.”

“Okay.”

Jin-su and Shin Su-a selected yes.

Hwaaaak!

A cluster of bright light wrapped Jin-su and Shin Su-a.

[The clear condition of Floor 149 is survival for a week.]

[I pray for the challenger’s survival.]

Wiiiiing!

A blizzard containing cold chill wrapped the bodies of Jin-su and Shin Su-a.

“Ugh, cold!”

Shin Su-a trembled her body. Jin-su could also feel the cold chill with his skin.

“First, let’s release the summons.”

“Got it.”

It was cold to the degree where an ordinary human would turn into a chunk of ice immediately, but to players who had risen to the stage of superhuman, although painful and agonizing, it was cold to a degree that could be endured.

Jin-su and Shin Su-a cast buffs.

‘Go.’

Flap! Flap!

“Kraaaang!”

At Jin-su’s instruction, the Bone Dragons flew high into the sky while piercing the blizzard.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

The remaining summons also advanced forward while parting the snowfield that sank to the knees without hesitation.

‘Cold is only felt by living life forms.’

To Jin-su’s summons that are non-living, the blizzard and cold could not become any obstacle.

“Nyaang!”

“Kaak! Kaak!”

Ah, among the summons, Leo and Kkami were exceptions. Because the two were not non-living. Leo and Kkami felt the cold and quickly burrowed into Jin-su’s arms and curled their bodies.

‘Still, to think they would make a fuss to this degree.’

Jin-su let out a hollow laugh while feeling the texture of Leo and Kkami who burrowed into his arms.

‘First, shall I try searching the surroundings?’

Jin-su did not accurately remember where he obtained the Dark Predator class change certificate before regression.

‘I was out of my mind moving while avoiding the attacks of the ice orcs and ice trolls.’

Even if he came to his senses, grasping the exact location in a space where there was nothing but snow all around was almost impossible.

“The summons will hunt on their own, so let’s pitch the tent first.”

“Okay, let’s do that. I need to block the wind at least.”

Jin-su and Shin Su-a mobilized all kinds of skills to clear the snow and pitched the tent. And they lit a bonfire. Then a warm warmth circulated inside the tent.

“I will search the surroundings a bit and come. Cast the Sanctuary skill and rest.”

At Jin-su’s words, Shin Su-a made an expression of deliberating for a moment.

‘Shall I say I will go together?’

However, it was too cold. Also, decisively, even if Shin Su-a whose physical ability is low joined, it would only be a hindrance rather than help in searching the surroundings.

“Got it. Go and come. I will prepare the meal in advance.”

“Then do that. Ah, and you guys come out and rest too.”

Jin-su said while taking Leo and Kkami out of his arms.

“Kaak! Kaak!”

Kkami flapped her wings inside the tent as if she liked it. However, Leo entered Jin-su’s arms again.

“You will go together too?”

“Nyaang!”

At Jin-su’s words, Leo cried vigorously and conveyed the meaning that he would follow Jin-su.

“Don’t regret it later.”

“Nya!”

At Leo’s vigorous answer, Jin-su let out a chuckle and went outside the tent.

‘I must find it unconditionally within a week.’

If the summons could be mobilized for the search, there is no better thing than that. However, the mission performance ability of the summons Jin-su possesses is mostly concentrated only on combat.

They understand well the command to attack someone and perform it close to perfectly. However, the success probability for the command to find something was not that high.

‘To the degree where they bring all the items that came out from hunting monsters without distinction.’

Byproducts without monetary value have to be discarded. However, the summons could not distinguish that difference. That was why he gave the instruction to just bring them all, and the classification was done by Jin-su.

To prevent a situation where a high-value item is discarded and left in the hunting ground if done wrong, that was the best.

‘I did give the instruction to unconditionally bring it if something like a class change certificate is discovered, but I wonder if they will distinguish well.’

Perhaps they might bring a stone lump or ice lump of a similar size to a class change certificate.

‘In the end, I have to find it.’

A week is not a small amount of time. However, in a situation where he has to search alone, time was tight in its own way.

‘Rather, if it was a class change certificate that came out from clearing a hidden dungeon or catching a specific boss monster, it would be easy to find.’

Because it was something he discovered by chance while wandering mindlessly and the class change certificate was just buried in the snow, there was no solution method other than indiscriminate search.

Hwareureuk!

Jin-su cast a flame-type magic skill.

Sarak!

The snow melted in an instant.

‘Even if it is the limit of melting all the snow here, I will definitely find it.’

Jin-su entered the full-scale search.

“Kraaaang!”

At that time, an ice troll rushed from inside the snowfield in a surprise attack.

Slash!

“Kyaak!”

Jin-su cut off the ice troll’s head in one go. Although the ice troll boasts an enormously tenacious life force based on high self-recovery, if the head and body are separated, it is the end just like that.

Jin-su cut down the monsters rushing from all sides while doing his utmost to find the Dark Predator class change certificate.

***

Time flowed quickly. Thanks to hunting a large quantity of new monsters, the growth speed of the Blessing that had only been slow rose. However, Jin-su could not laugh.

‘Only one day left now. Where on earth is it?’

For the past 6 days, he searched the snowfield as if catching lice while reducing even sleeping time to the minimum. However, the Dark Predator class change certificate was not visible no matter how much he searched, whether it sank into the ground or soared into the sky.

He placed expectations on the summons just in case...

‘Why do these guys have no matters that deviate from expectations.’

They only gathered trash that looked similar to a class change certificate.

‘I will find it unconditionally.’

It might become useless by colliding with the Blessing, but that is something known only after confirming. First, he had to put it into his hands unconditionally.

‘At that time, I was really lucky.’

Acquiring the Dark Predator class change certificate by chance in this wide snowfield before regression was the same as a miracle.

Jin-su sprayed flame-type magic and melted the snow. And he diligently searched the snowfield. Time gradually flowed, and the anxious heart strengthened. Around the time when not even 2 hours remained until the time to leave Floor 149.

“Nyaang?”

Unlike the urgent Jin-su, Leo who had been enjoying leisure while tearing meat in the warm arms twitched his nose.

Whoosh!

Then he jumped out of Jin-su’s arms.

“Leo?”

Jin-su looked at Leo with a puzzled expression. Why did the guy who had been stuck inside Jin-su’s arms saying it was cold and only tearing dried monster meat suddenly come outside?

“Nya!”

Leo flew his body just like that into the snowfield.

Puk!

Leo’s small body was buried deeply into the snow.

‘Why is he like that? Is there monster meat buried in the snow?’

While Jin-su was making a puzzled expression.

Shuk!

Leo rushed out of the snow while holding something in his mouth.

“Huh?”

Jin-su’s eyes widened. Because he saw the pitch-black class change certificate held in Leo’s mouth.

“Leo!”

Jin-su’s face brightened. The identity of the pitch-black class change certificate held in Leo’s mouth was the Dark Predator class change certificate that Jin-su had been searching for desperately so far.

“Thank you! Leo! You are properly doing the meal price!”

The moment Jin-su smiled brightly and ran to Leo to grab the Dark Predator class change certificate held in his mouth.

Hwaaaak!

Along with a cluster of bright light, the Dark Predator class change certificate scattered just like that and was absorbed into Leo’s body.

“Huh?”

At the too absurd situation, Jin-su’s expression became blank. At that moment, a system message floated in front of Jin-su’s eyes.

[The summon shadow magical beast Leo has predated the class change certificate - Dark Predator.]

[The summon shadow magical beast Leo has grown.]

“What is this?”

Jin-su’s face changed to one of blankness. He knew the fact that living-type summons grow. However, most were cases of growing by accumulating experience from hunting monsters.

He had never heard of a case of growing by eating a class change certificate either before or after regression.

“Leo!”

Jin-su urgently called Leo.

“Nyaang?”

However, Leo was of a calm expression as if nothing had happened.

“Haah...”

A long sigh burst from Jin-su’s mouth. In an instant, the efforts so far became foam.

“If you are going to eat it, you should have eaten another class change certificate.”

So far, Jin-su had acquired countless class change certificates and skill books. But Leo had never shown interest even once. That was why he could not even have the thought itself that Leo would eat a class change certificate and grow.

‘There is nothing that can be done about what has already disappeared.’

Jin-su’s chest became stuffy.

‘Is it fortunate that no problem arose at least?’

An unprecedented situation of a summon eating a class change certificate occurred. However, fortunately, Leo seemed to have no abnormality.

‘But did it really grow?’

Leo was still maintaining a small and cute body. The appearance was no different from a baby cat either. From Jin-su’s perspective, it was only questionable what on earth grew.

“Krrrr!”

At that time, a low growl flowed from inside the snow.

‘Another ice troll?’

Jin-su lightly swung the Baekcheon Divine Sword.

Slash!

“Kyaung!”

An ice troll whose one arm was cut off let out an enraged roar and rushed toward Jin-su.

Creak! Creak!

The cut-off arm of the ice troll began to regenerate at a fast speed.

‘It is not an ordinary individual.’

Attaching a cut-off arm again is a regeneration power that even ordinary trolls can do. However, newly generating a cut-off arm was an impossible thing even for trolls with high regeneration power.

‘It seems like a variant with high regeneration power.’

Still, if the neck is flown, it will die without choice.

The moment Jin-su was about to swing the sword again.

“Nyaaaang!”

Leo rushed out along with a vigorous roar and bit the regenerating arm of the ice troll.

‘L-Leo is participating in combat?’

It was something that had never happened even once so far.

‘Is this that he grew in his own way?’

However, unfortunately, the attack power was too insignificant. Leo’s attack only left small tooth marks on the regenerating arm of the troll.

“Kuwoek?”

At that time, the regeneration speed of the arm that had been rapidly taking its original form at an enormous speed slowed sharply. The moment the ice troll looked at its own regenerating arm with a clearly slower speed than before as if it was puzzled.

“Kyaaang!”

Leo rushed at the ice troll again along with a vigorous roar and threw nyang nyang punches.

Pukpukpuk!

Leo’s front paws were swung in succession. And the regeneration speed of the arm slowed clearly.

Crack!

Then the arm of the ice troll that had been regenerating slowly even if slow broke and fell like glass.

“Kuwoooek!”

The ice troll let out a scream full of pain.

“Huh?”

Jin-su was startled.

‘Could it have predated the self-recovery skill?’

Skill Predation.

It was one of the main skills of the Dark Predator class.

It was a fraudulent skill that can predate the skill of the attacked enemy, and there was an effect where the higher the level of the predated skill, the higher the level of the possessed skill permanently increases.

In simple terms, it was a skill that raises one’s own skill level by devouring the skill possessed by others.

‘Did Leo who absorbed the Dark Predator class change certificate obtain Skill Predation?’

Let’s say that is so. However, no matter how much he thought, there was one point that was hard to believe.

‘Skill Predation cannot predate a skill of a higher level than one’s own level, right?’

That was why it was a skill that had to be carefully raised from level 1. Before regression, Jin-su raised the level by repeating the act of giving a level 1 skill book to a comrade, having them learn it, and then predating that skill.

Also, Skill Predation is a skill with no particular use at low levels. Because only the low-level skills possessed by the opponent could be predated.

‘On top of that, the success probability is not 100% either, and the higher the skill level, predating the skill in one go is close to impossible?’

Yet Leo committed the hard-to-believe act of predating the self-recovery skill of the ice troll that looked enormously high in level in an instant.