Chapter 87

Chapter 87

Level 2 Player

Dark Predator (3)

“Nyaang!”

Leo rushed in again and this time swung his front paws toward the troll’s legs.

Pukpukpuk!

Leo’s nyang nyang punches hit the troll’s legs. This time as well, the attack power was shabby. It only left small scratch marks from the claws.

“Krrk!”

However, surprisingly, the body of the ice troll that was hit by the nyang nyang punches staggered momentarily.

“Huk! Huk! Huk!”

The ice troll with a sturdy health let out rough breaths while trembling its legs just because it was hit a few times by the nyang nyang punches thrown by Leo of baby cat size.

‘Did it predate the stats?’

Stat Predation.

Like Skill Predation, it is one of the main skills of the Dark Predator.

‘What on earth happened?’

Stat Predation is a skill that is unlocked only when the class level hits 100. On top of that, to predate a large quantity of one of the opponent’s stats in one go like that, the skill level had to be overwhelmingly high.

‘I only barely grew while predating stats by 1 each even after hitting class level 100 of the Dark Predator.’

Leo easily predated most of the health stat of the variant ice troll without caring.

‘I cannot understand.’

Although it can be said that Leo being able to use Skill Predation and Stat Predation skills is because he predated the Dark Predator class change certificate and grew...

‘How did it collapse the level system of the class?’

That could not be understood at all.

“Nyaang!”

Leo proudly tapped his chest and boasted of his activity.

“A-amazing.”

When Jin-su said while stuttering, Leo’s face distorted sharply.

“Nya! Nyaang! Nya! Nya!”

Then, as if something was not to his liking, he roughly protested toward Jin-su and then rushed at the ice troll again and swung his front paws.

Pukpukpuk! Thud! Puk!

Leo beat the ice troll excitedly with his small front paws.

“Kuwoek! Kuek!”

Every time Leo’s front paws touched the body, the ice troll screamed that it was dying.

Kuuung!

Then it foamed at the mouth and collapsed on the floor. The external injuries on the ice troll’s body were only the marks slightly bitten by Leo and the scratch marks from the claws, excluding Jin-su cutting off the arm.

‘Did it have both skills and stats taken? But why is Leo’s attack power like this?’

Leo’s attack was at most making small scratches on the ice troll’s body. Jin-su could not understand this.

‘If it absorbed all of the ice troll’s stats, the stats would have risen not a little?’

If Skill Predation raises one’s own skill level by predating the enemy’s skills, Stat Predation raises one’s own stats by predating the enemy’s stats.

However, both have a fairly large loss rate.

Especially, the higher the existing skill level and stats, the lower the skill level and stats that rise with Skill Predation and Stat Predation.

‘But even so, it should rise to some degree normally?’

However, Leo’s attack power had not improved at all from the beginning or now.

‘I do not know what on earth happened.’

Actually, to begin with, predating all of a high-level enemy’s skills just by attacking a few times is impossible. That is the same for stats as well.

‘Instead of the skill power becoming abnormally strong, did the stats brought become zero?’

Since incomprehensible things occurred continuously, Jin-su had no choice but for his head to hurt.

“Nyaang!”

Leo walked toward Jin-su with a majestic gait. It seemed quite proud that he made the ice troll into a near-death state.

“Yeah, you did well.”

Jin-su stroked Leo’s head.

“Still, you must not eat things like class change certificates or skill books carelessly without permission.”

At Jin-su’s words, Leo raised his eyes.

“Nya! Nyaaaang! Nya nya nya!”

A cry containing strong protest rang in Jin-su’s ears. Even in his head, Leo’s unfair emotion was felt strongly.

“It means you did not eat it on purpose, right?”

“Nya!”

‘It could be like that.’

From Leo’s perspective, he only held it in his mouth to bring it to Jin-su, yet it might have been automatically absorbed into his body.

‘Since it is something that did not exist even before regression, I cannot get a feel for it.’

Jin-su decided to believe Leo’s words for now. So far, Leo had never done something that was harmful to Jin-su. Also, he had never shown an appearance of coveting class change certificates or skill books.

‘Is there something related between the Dark Predator and the shadow magical beast?’

If it was automatically used as the driving force of growth just by holding it, the probability of that seemed high.

‘To think the Dark Predator class change certificate would disappear like this.’

It was enormously regrettable. However, if not for Leo, it might have been an item that could not have been found. Also, it was a class change certificate that Jin-su also had no way to utilize for now.

‘Let’s think positively.’

Leo is also one of the powers Jin-su possesses. Since a combat power that did not exist at all was created, there was nothing bad.

‘It also moved quite agilely.’

Although the attack power was shabby, the movements were quite nimble.

“Nyaaaaang!”

At that time, Leo let out a large roar and gathered monsters.

Dudududu!

Ice orcs gathered in a rush while parting the snowfield.

Tak!

Leo rushed toward the monsters without hesitation.

Crack! Pukpukpuk!

Then he bit the monsters and struck them with his front paws while traversing the snowfield in an instant.

“Kuwoek!”

“Kkuik!”

Thud!

The monsters that received Leo’s attacks staggered and then collapsed on the snowfield just like that.

‘It seems there is no attack power to the degree of killing.’

It only seemed to take skills and stats and make them into an exhausted state.

‘Let’s do the cleanup.’

Jin-su swung the Blood-Sucking Sword and cut off the lives of the ice troll and ice orcs.

“Nya!”

Leo walked over the snow with a majestic gait.

“Yeah, you did well.”

Jin-su stroked Leo’s head while smiling.

‘First, since the purpose was achieved, the heart is comfortable.’

He achieved the goal of finding the Dark Predator class change certificate. Well, although it became a bit strange form because Leo devoured it.

Jin-su hunted monsters together with Leo during the remaining time and then returned to Shin Su-a. And he could clear the one-week survival mission.

[You have survived for a week. You have cleared Floor 149. After 99 seconds, you will move to Floor 150.]

[You have achieved the achievement of achieving a survival rate of 1% of the monsters existing on Floor 149.]

[The title The One Who Exterminated the Monsters of Floor 149 is granted.]

[The title Disaster of Floor 149 is granted.]

[The Skill Book Snow Storm is granted.]

[The Skill Book Blade of the Snowfield is granted.]

...omitted...

Minor rewards came in, and the moment 99 seconds passed.

Hwaaaak!

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

***

[You have arrived at Floor 150.]

[Defeat the gatekeeper and go up to Floor 151.]

[Time that can be stayed on Floor 150 - 5 years.]

[You have achieved the achievement of climbing Floor 150 in the shortest period in history.]

[The title The One Who Climbed Floor 150 in the Shortest Period is granted.]

The system message that floated at the same time as the cluster of light disappeared greeted Jin-su and Shin Su-a.

‘Floor 150. I climbed quickly.’

Since he has been securing the shortest period achievements continuously from Floor 50, it was certainly fast.

Jin-su examined the surroundings with a leisurely gaze.

“A newbie has come.”

“Looking at the few number of heads, it does not seem to be affiliated with a guild?”

“Yeah. Are they guys who broke through in party units?”

The place Jin-su and Shin Su-a arrived was an empty vacant lot. And around it, armed players were waiting.

“Is there an affiliated guild?”

A player who looked like an East Asian asked Jin-su in Japanese.

“No.”

Jin-su answered shortly.

“He is Korean.”

“Is it a summoner and healer?”

“No guild either, and the party members are only 2.”

“It is a miss today too.”

Those who heard Jin-su’s answer quickly turned off their interest. Because they judged Jin-su and Shin Su-a as chaff with no value to scout.

Those with excellent skill become affiliated with guilds on Floor 100. It is not that they withdraw from the affiliated guild just because they left Floor 100. On Floor 150, the guild system that was on Floor 100 is maintained as is.

Also, there were quite a few cases where existing players who were on Floor 150 and players who just rose to Floor 150 had the experience of directly interacting on Floor 100. It was because the period stayed on Floor 100 and Floor 150 is long, while the period of climbing from Floor 101 to Floor 149 is relatively short.

Those who were waiting here were those who arrived at Floor 150 relatively recently. Even so, they saw Jin-su and Shin Su-a’s faces for the first time.

That meant that to them, Jin-su and Shin Su-a were players with just so-so skill that there was no need to remember.

‘As time passes, they will bow their heads and come in on their own.’

‘There is no need to make a scout proposal first.’

‘If they die before that, there is no choice.’

If Jin-su and Shin Su-a had been maintaining a party of complete scale, they might have attempted recruitment. But it is only 2.

Of course, whether luck was good, there was the sacrifice of comrades, or the party collapsed, the fact that even the two arrived at Floor 150 means they have that much skill, and it also means they are immediate power.

However, since originally the side that is short bows its head and comes in first, there was no need to step forward and make a scout proposal.

“Still not coming?”

“I need to supplement personnel, though.”

“I hope substantial guys come up.”

They ignored Jin-su and Shin Su-a.

From the guild’s perspective, unless it was a case where a hole suddenly appeared in the affiliated party and personnel supply was urgently needed right now, there was no need to make a scout proposal to Jin-su and Shin Su-a first.

“Let’s go.”

“Okay.”

Jin-su and Shin Su-a left the vacant lot.

‘Since they do not give interest, it is comfortable.’

To begin with, Jin-su knew the fact that he would receive this kind of treatment. That was why it was rather more comfortable.

‘If they stick saying they will scout for no reason, it is only annoying. What was there that was usable on Floor 150.’

Jin-su moved his steps toward the place where lodgings were densely packed while groping the memories from before regression. Jin-su and Shin Su-a only did homelessness while climbing from Floor 101 to Floor 149. That was why they were thinking of first securing a lodging, washing with warm water, and then resting well.

‘Huh?’

But he felt a presence of someone following from behind.

‘Is it a scout proposal?’

On Floor 150, it was not that only players affiliated with guilds exist. Naturally, there are also players who act in party units. The easiest method for them to accept new party members was precisely targeting newbies.

‘Then it would have been good to approach right away at first.’

Unless there was a guild trying to scout Jin-su, there was no guild that showed such signs either.

‘By any chance?’

Jin-su examined the surroundings. The vacant lot was on the outskirts of the city. On the road connected to the city center, people were rare.

Shuk!

At that time, one sharp dagger flew toward Shin Su-a.

Clang!

Jin-su swung his sword and knocked away the dagger.

“What?”

Shin Su-a was startled.

Shushushushuk!

At that time, arrows poured down like rain toward Jin-su and Shin Su-a.

“Solid Protection!”

Shin Su-a quickly used a protection skill.

Pukpukpukpuk!

The arrows could not pierce Shin Su-a’s protection skill and bounced off just like that.

“These damn bastards! Can’t you catch even one healer!”

Tak!

Along with curses, one man holding a huge two-handed axe rushed toward Jin-su and Shin Su-a.

‘Eliminate the guys who attacked us.’

Jin-su released the shadow summons.

Srrrk!

The shadow summons moved riding the shadows. Jin-su who confirmed that appearance rushed toward the man with the two-handed axe who was rushing toward himself.

“Arrogant guy! I will split you in two in one go!”

Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa!

The man’s muscles swelled, and blue aura roughly bloomed on the two-handed axe.

Whoosh!

Jin-su swung the Baekcheon Divine Sword. The moment it touched the Baekcheon Divine Sword, the blue aura formed on the two-handed axe disappeared like melting snow.

“Huh?”

At that appearance, the man was startled and tried to dodge his body.

Slash!

However, before that, the Baekcheon Divine Sword cut the two-handed axe and the man’s two arms.

Kuuung!

The two arms that were holding the two-handed axe rolled on the floor.

“Aaaak!”

At the same time, a scream full of pain burst from the mouth of the man who was holding the two-handed axe.

Kwaang!

“Keok!”

Crack!

“Aak!”

“What are these monsters?”

Explosion sounds and screams burst from the surroundings. However, the commotion ended quickly. Because the combat ended with the overwhelming victory of the shadow summons.

“Are you a PK player?”

Jin-su asked while looking at the man whose two arms were cut.

“A-no! No!”

The man shook his head roughly and made an excuse.

‘Doing PK player acts and saying no.’

If Jin-su had not blocked it, Shin Su-a would have lost her life just like that to the flying dagger.