Chapter 24 · 11 min

Chapter 24

Mastering 6 Skills

Was it because the body reacted for the first time in 8 years.

The mood was good from the morning.

Just in case, I used Wind of Healing again but there was no immediate reaction.

Was reaching complete cure in one go greed.

But just the fact of succeeding in connecting the nerves was sufficiently satisfying.

Searching, it seemed a new elixir was needed.

When nerve and muscle recovery starts, more energy and nutrients than before are needed, it was said.

It's like the fuel needed to restore the body increases.

The existing A-Kroine is an elixir that provides the minimum nutrients needed for survival.

People who extremely dislike nutrient intake.

Or people serious about dieting often look for it.

It doesn't suit the current me.

[Please one box of C-aminex]

I asked Yu Seo-ha for a new elixir.

An item that provides a large amount of energy and nutrients, while going through the highest level refining process so no byproducts remain.

Among them, C-aminex is famous for tasting bad.

I heard it's cow feed taste.

‘What taste is cow feed anyway.’

First, fortunate.

As a result of swallowing one existing elixir.

Taste hasn't properly returned yet.

[Yes, Seonghan-nim!(laugh laugh) One box is 13.2 million won. Received a lot of discount, hehe···(I'm proud, praise me).]

···This.

Despite Yu Seo-ha's lively text, my expression hardened.

A-Kroine was 3.6 million won per box.

The price jumped almost 4 times.

C-aminex.

Even a product that doesn't consider scent or taste at all is this much.

Definitely products using tower resources have devil-level prices.

‘I'll have to earn money hard···.’

Still, thanks to the old man Choi, money remained quite a bit even after depositing.

Since I couldn't wear the tattered jersey forever, I went shopping.

In my heart, I want to buy awakener clothes.

The comfort directly touching the body is taken care of by Nizen's Robe.

But ordinary clothes wear out quickly anyway.

In the labyrinth, it also attracts too much gaze.

···But too expensive.

Just recalling information seen on TV, it starts in the 10 million won range.

If starting to put in body adjustment, automatic recovery functions, it exceeds 30 million won.

It wasn't something to buy now.

I simply purchased sports goods.

36,000 won for a top and bottom set.

Still much more expensive than the last carryover product.

Two sets plus functional sportswear, spent a total of 850,000 won.

Now it was time to test the new magics.

I entered the tower.

[You have entered the 6th floor of the tower]

[Defeat six trolls]

Tower 6th floor.

A space with great notoriety.

Up to the 5th floor of the tower, if somehow filling the maximum level, tower climbing is possible.

If filling 20 level, can clear the 2nd floor.

If filling 40 level, can clear the 3rd floor, something like that.

But from the 6th floor of the tower, it was different.

From then, hunters who fail to clear even after stubbornly filling 100 level start appearing.

From then the only hope is skill level but.

As known, raising skill level is not an easy matter.

In the end, it means the 6th floor of the tower is where one hits the limit of talent.

Then what about me.

I turned my head and looked around.

A peaceful forest with coniferous trees of appropriate height lush.

From one side, the sound of water flowing comes, and birds surprised by the blowing wind fly somewhere.

I tried moving the body.

The 30% physical ability demerit of the cursed heart.

As expected, the body's movement wasn't smooth.

Still, it doesn't matter much.

Physical manipulation that became smoother just by lightly assisting with Mana Thread.

Unknown to others.

From the start, I've done all physical manipulation with Mana Thread.

This level of restriction is cute level to me.

I lightly closed my eyes.

Slowly gathered mana and led it to the new heart.

Like that for a while.

Along with a feeling of the blocked wall collapsing, mana started pouring into the heart.

[Mana fills in the cursed heart]

[Two Hearts (LV1) skill activates]

[[Transcendence (EX) ability manifests]

[Experience points gained increase by 1,000,000 times]

[The skill level of Two Hearts (LV1) increases]

[The skill level of Two Hearts (LV2) increases]

[The skill level of Two Hearts (LV3) increases]

···

[Two Hearts (LV20) skill has reached the maximum level]

“...Heup.”

A strange refreshing feeling that filled the whole body.

The cursed heart swept all the mana that filled the whole body.

Not enough with that, Meditation swallowed greedily as it filled mana.

Repeating that several times for a while.

“...Huu.”

Finally peace came barely.

“My god, no joke.”

Just how much mana did it swallow.

I don't even remember how many times Meditation rotated.

I had to rest for a moment.

Still, thanks to the Ring of the Snow Mountain maybe.

Even with rapid mana consumption, the spirit thread didn't become excessively taut.

Definitely, I feel developing quickly in various ways.

Step, step···.

Walking the forest for a while.

A red dot floated on the board.

The Detection skill scanned the opponent.

A huge troll with height about 3m.

Uses a weapon with its parents' bones stuck like thorns on a huge tree club.

Simply put, a thorn club.

The destructive power is no joke.

‘First I have to test the shield.’

I already thought of the combination degree of skills.

If something happens, I can blow the head with Fireball.

Thinking that, the mind became a bit comfortable.

As expected, power is the best.

I slowly narrowed the distance.

Approaching about 700m, the troll flinched its shoulders.

Thinking the orc's detection range is 400m, it increased almost 2 times.

That's why from ordinary hunters' position, trolls are inevitably burdensome.

The guy started approaching this way.

Unlike the agile orcs, a straight movement.

The information that it overtrusts its unique super strength and healing ability was true.

From my position, a quite okay opponent.

“Krrk···!!”

Soon the guy's appearance came into view.

A huge body of a level of attaching eight people.

Small eyes with a fierce impression.

Huge fangs that soared almost to eye height.

Even the bulging muscles protruding between the shabby leather clothes.

Overwhelming.

“Kieeeeeek!!!”

Suddenly the guy let out a shriek.

The body of the fellow that immediately kicked the ground approached quickly.

The ground that soared caught the guy's ankle, but broke vainly.

Clang!

The smashed earth's shackle scattered in the empty air.

Suddenly a message floated before my eyes.

[You have bound the enemy with the Bind (LV1) skill]

[[Transcendence (EX) ability manifests]

[Experience points gained increase by 1,000,000 times]

[The skill level of Bind (LV1) increases]

[The skill level of Bind (LV2) increases]

[The skill level of Bind (LV3) increases]

···

[Bind (LV20) skill has reached the maximum level]

I immediately used the Bind skill again.

Kwaaaak!!!

This time the result was different.

“Krek?”

Kwaaaaang!!!!

The troll that couldn't break the shackle smashed its face into the ground.

Was the impact as big as the running speed.

The fellow that couldn't stand up immediately and trembled its body.

Fwoosh!

I burned the guy's left arm with Fireball.

The fellow that let out a ferocious scream raised its body but the shackle was firm.

“Kiaaaaaaaak!!!”

The fellow that alternately looked at the shackle and me.

In the end unable to endure the anger, started striking its own ankle with the club.

Repeating that about twenty times.

In the end the shackle broke.

···The ankle also smashed.

‘Much harder than thought.’

The guy approached limping the self-smashed ankle.

Still, since the club was fine, I couldn't let my guard down.

I created a shield before my eyes.

Wind seemed to blow lightly then a semi-transparent membrane blocked the front of the troll.

The range of the shield is about 1m.

I swallowed dry saliva.

The heart pounded from tension.

Actually seeing a 3m monster right in front like this was the first time.

“Krr···!!”

The angry troll's club fell.

Bang!

It cracked in one shot.

I immediately created one more shield behind.

I tried to make three but it was impossible.

Is it because of the skill level limit···?

That was when it happened.

[You have blocked the attack with the Wind Shield (LV1) skill]

[[Transcendence (EX) ability manifests]

[Experience points gained increase by 1,000,000 times]

[The skill level of Wind Shield (LV1) increases]

[The skill level of Wind Shield (LV2) increases]

[The skill level of Wind Shield (LV3) increases]

···

[Wind Shield (LV20) skill has reached the maximum level]

Chajajajak!

A strange sound came from the half-broken shield.

A sound effect like broken glass pieces gathering.

“Kaaaaaaaaak!”

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The angry troll let out a shriek and struck the club.

But the protective barrier that doesn't budge at all.

Rather, even the part that broke just now was restored at some point.

“...This, crazy.”

The effect of flame skill level focused only on destructive power.

On the other hand, other attribute skills looked certain in versatility.

I grabbed the ankle of the troll trying to club with the shackle and pulled the guy.

The fellow that lost balance started being dragged on the floor while letting out a shriek.

“Kaaaaaaaaak!”

The infamous 6th floor gatekeeper uglily rolled on the floor.

The guy threw the bone club as a last struggle, but it was blocked by the shield vainly easily.

Then the Red Arrow that refreshingly pierced the guy's head.

The troll's body turned to powder and disappeared.

Fssss···.

[You have defeated the troll]

[[Transcendence (EX) ability manifests]

[Experience points gained increase by 1,000,000 times]

[Level up]

···

[You have achieved Level 120]

Achieved level 120 in an instant.

An enormous exhilaration incomparable to until now wrapped the whole body.

Trembling the body from the strange pleasure for a while.

I regulated my breath and recalled the next thing to do.

Pondering for a while.

Instead of continuing hunting, I tested magic.

In fact, the place to test magic was only the tower.

Going to the Han River side and practicing five attribute magics was perfect for concentrating people's attention.

Still premature.

Kwadddk!

Bind magic wasn't as easy to control as thought.

The ability of the skill itself was quite excellent.

The point of no number limit so can use recklessly was rather confusing.

After wandering for a long time, I found a solution.

Instead of obsessing over the visible, actively utilizing the Detection ability.

Not the overall movement, but concentrating as much as possible only on the desired part to grab the enemy.

Must differ the usage method according to the opponent.

Weak opponents can grab several ankles.

Doing so to strong opponents is suicide.

In such cases, using it as a crack that momentarily steals the enemy's timing looked good.

Swish.

Shield magic had much better effect than thought.

Hardness must be confirmed by directly getting hit.

But for now, there seemed no particular restriction on the number that can be created.

Of course, it wasn't infinite.

Due to the limit of mental strength, the number that can be maintained simultaneously is about 5.

But recreating after one is released was possible anytime.

Of course, only theoretically.

If using the shield while widening the distance, infinite shield is also possible.

‘This should be about enough.’

I went hunting again.

This time I defended the enemy's attacks only with the shield without using the Bind skill.

Amazingly there was no problem.

One shield sheet endured about 20 club strikes.

The troll wasn't weak at all.

The ground struck by the missed club was dented almost 1m.

This is just.

The shield was absurdly strong.

Crack!

I smashed the troll's head with Fireball.

Then dispersed the flame so the guy doesn't burn.

The fellow whose upper part of the neck became clean.

Suddenly flesh and muscle wriggled then the head starts regenerating in an instant.

‘Amazing.’

Freshly surprised at the troll's regeneration power.

Right after the head was completed, I planted Fireball again into the head of the guy who couldn't come to senses.

The intensity is the same, but this time I added Holy Fire.

Crack!

The smashed head.

But unlike before, this time it didn't regenerate.

Indeed Holy Fire skill.

Not only punishing undead, but also had excellent effect in suppressing the regeneration power of living beings.

Remaining trolls were four.

This time I headed to the place where water sound comes.

A calm stream that appeared before my eyes.

Two trolls that felt my presence started narrowing the distance.

“Krr···!!”

“Krrk!”

Soon the fellows that discovered me kicked the ground.

Instantly left the forest and ran the widely unfolded stream.

Splash, splash, water splashes up to the thighs.

I grabbed water with the Flow skill and poured it on the guys' bodies, and froze the water with the Freezing skill.

Pasuss···.

Clang!

Froze for a moment, but couldn't withstand the troll's strength.

The broken ice reflected sunlight and shone brightly.

Suddenly.

···

[Flow (LV20) skill has reached the maximum level]

···

[Freezing (LV20) skill has reached the maximum level]

Two skills that reached the maximum level.

Using the Flow skill, the soaring water completely swallowed the two trolls.

Just manipulating the water flow has no lethality.

But water is only a kind of medium.

Kwaddddk!!!!

Using the Freezing skill, the two trolls turned into huge ice lumps.

Are they struggling inside.

The ice made twisting sounds several times but that was it.

The trolls disappeared, and only ice lumps remained.

“...Huh.”

My chest surged at the absurd power.

The power created with only basic skills was this much.

If learning full skills, how much the destructive power and versatility would be was unimaginable.

"This is really crazy."

Tower 6th floor.

A place ordinary hunters clear risking their lives.

But to me, it's merely a place to test skills and raise proficiency.

Freshly feeling how monstrous the Transcendence trait is.

I lightly bent my knees and dipped my palm in the water.

Used the last remaining lightning series skill.

Pazzzzzz!!!

The energy of lightning spreads along the water.

Soon the lightning that spread omnidirectionally along the ice covered the troll's whole body.

The trembling troll's body.

Destroying muscles.

Problems occur in the heart, and the whole body starts melting.

In the ice with lower conductivity than water, enduring the pain with regeneration power for a while.

···

[Electrocution (LV20) skill has reached the maximum level]

Simultaneously with the Electrocution skill reaching the maximum level.

The body of the guy who couldn't withstand the tremendous lightning burst like a balloon.

Pueeeok!!!