Chapter 25

Chapter 25

Owlbear

Water attribute magic, Flow.

Ice attribute magic, Freezing.

Lightning attribute magic, Electrocution.

Mastered three skills in an instant.

Water streams started perfectly following my will.

Became able to freeze items existing within a 50m radius as I pleased.

Lightning energy also became controllable as desired.

Like this.

Pazzzzzz!

I lightly placed my hand on the water surface.

Then lightning that fiercely spewed from the palm spreads along the water.

But a completely different aspect from the first.

Instead of spreading arbitrarily, lightning that extended accurately according to my will.

The destination was the two trolls charging toward me.

“Kkeogeogeogeogeogeo!”

“Keugeugeugeugeuk!”

Two trolls that didn't expect lightning at all.

The whole body trembles from convulsions, and pure white steam spews above the skin.

Then the body that wrinkled in an instant.

Plopped into the water.

Was the lightning too intense.

Even regeneration ability useless.

Both guys couldn't raise their bodies again.

“...Too powerful than thought?”

Powerful power incomparable to when first using the same basic skill Fireball.

But thinking about it, it's natural.

At that time the level was only 20, now it's 120 moreover.

Skill application power and combat experience are also of a different dimension.

Comparison itself was impossible from the start.

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

[Returning to the lobby]

Clear complete in an instant.

I immediately headed to the skill merchant.

“What···?”

The fellow who flustered when learning a lot of skills.

This time eyes became as big as marbles.

“Already cleared and came?”

[Held points: 28,250]

[Obtainable series: [Flame][Earth][Wind][Water][Ice][Lightning][Holy][Dark]]

Result of clearing the 6th floor of the tower.

Flame series appeared.

But somehow the price is unusual.

[Obtainable skills: Crucible (8000)]

Recalling the flame skills learned until now.

Burn in charge Fireball, basic skill 0 points.

Explode in charge Flame Burst, 1000 points.

Expand in charge Red Flame, 5000 points.

Purify in charge Holy Fire, 4400 points.

The last Crucible is in charge of melt.

Literally the function of melting something.

Not a useless skill, but definitely not for combat.

‘Should I learn this giving this expensive price?’

Originally I had to necessarily master the flame series.

Thanks to the cursed heart, that need disappeared.

Even without mastering, acquiring other series skills is possible.

That was when it happened.

As if reading my pondering mind.

The Hispanic merchant lets out a chuckle.

“Learn it once and see. Series magic is unconditionally mastered, I say?”

I met eyes with the fellow for a moment.

Smiling slyly is annoying.

But a fellow with considerable ability than thought.

Why, even when I came wearing the cursed heart, he noticed immediately.

Believing once might not be bad.

Maybe.

“Not trying to sell expensive stuff?”

“Am I you?”

Responding is also annoying.

Still, I decided to believe once.

Resolving that if scammed this time, I won't believe again.

[Acquiring Flame series skill]

[Crucible (LV1)]

I couldn't raise the level right now.

Melting anything doesn't raise the level.

It's known that experience points accumulate only by properly melting resources or equipment mixed with mana under specific conditions.

I examined the next skills.

I was inwardly tense, but fortunately as expected.

Thanks to the Telekinesis skill simply mastered at the hotel, mastered skills are a total of 7.

Since I learned one Crucible skill.

Currently newly learnable skills are 6.

Seeing it this way, I freshly realized how broken an item the cursed heart is.

...Of course the demerit was also broken.

‘Anyway, in the end if points are sufficient, skills can be learned as much as wanted···?’

Of course, what the skill merchant provides is only basic skills.

Upper skills can only be obtained with skill books.

Skill book acquisition methods are limited.

Obtain by gambling from the alchemist, or must pour enormous money in reality to purchase.

Ah.

Possible through requests too.

Of course if a request with high-level skill book as reward, one would have to risk life.

[Acquiring Earth series skill]

[Earth Spear (LV1)]

Grants penetration power to the earth.

[Acquiring Wind series skill]

[Wind Cutter (LV1)]

Sharpens wind sharply.

[Acquiring Water series skill]

[Hydro Cannon (LV1)]

Crushes the enemy with high-pressure water flow.

[Acquiring Ice series skill]

[Frost Breath (LV1)]

Slows the enemy with wide-range cold air emission.

[Acquiring Lightning series skill]

[Lightning Boost (LV1)]

Accelerates the target's nerves.

[Acquiring Holy series skill]

[Heal (LV1)]

Treats the target's wounds.

In my heart, I also want to learn one series to the end.

But whether some restriction was placed, that was impossible.

In the case of attribute skills, only possible to learn step by step from lower skills.

Earth, wind, water, ice, lightning, holy.

Acquired six skills.

Thanks to that, skill points almost bottomed out, but still this much is great satisfaction.

The skill merchant's face was dyed with absurdity.

“What kind of crazy guy···?”

“Good work.”

I quickly escaped before the surrounding hunters' gazes concentrated.

Arrived at the edge of the quiet lobby.

After pondering for a moment, I moved steps to the labyrinth.

The consumption on the 6th floor of the tower was less than thought.

Moreover, a situation of leveling up to 120.

Feeling-wise, a level of a different dimension from the previous 20 levels.

Thanks to that, the labyrinth also looks sufficient to some extent.

The zone to move was already decided.

“Thank you for your dedication to the country.”

I lightly bowed my head to the male staff member and entered the labyrinth.

Unlike until now, moved north.

Today I planned to stamp portals.

“Looking for people to stamp portals in zone 1!”

“I'll prepare rewards generously, please portal run a bit···!!”

Moving north for a while.

Recruitment activities were in full swing here and there.

The so-called portal zone.

Portal.

A dimensional gate connecting space and space.

Once stamping a portal once, a portal map is generated.

After that, every time passing a portal, movement to the desired place becomes possible.

Not only no place to pick faults in terms of usefulness.

How far portals were stamped also proved skill.

If desired, revealing the number and position of portals above the back of the hand was also possible.

I heard it's very good for showing off too.

Step. Step.

I passed people as is.

Everyone had little interest in me.

Equipment was nothing special.

And there was no way it would show that I'm a mage.

Of course, I also had no interest in them the same.

Confirming the performance of new skills and raising proficiency.

Added to that, stamping the portal of zone 1 was today's goal.

Arrived at the goblin zone surrounding the entrance side.

Red dots started appearing one by one.

At first I went around here quite tense too.

Now it became about the use of raising skill level.

Earth Spear.

An earth spear that soared just by lightly waving the hand.

Refreshingly pierced the goblin's body.

Puuk!

Puuk!

“Keeek!”

“Kegegek···.”

[Earth Spear (LV20) skill has reached the maximum level]

Maximum level achieved in an instant.

Within a 50m radius.

Became able to pull out over 20 bamboo spears at once.

Puuuuuk!!!

Grasped the enemy's movement with the Detection skill.

An earth spear that soars before the charging monster even reacts.

Pierced from the crotch to the skull in one go.

The goblin whose head burst rolled on the floor without even screaming.

Looking at that, the feeling was strange.

How should I say.

A strange pleasure felt when playing games in student days long ago, or something.

That much the enemies weren't threatening, and I became seriously powerful.

Unbelievably.

Sarak!

Next is Wind Cutter.

At first cutting one neck was the most.

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

As soon as reaching the maximum level.

As expected, became able to scatter over 20 blades.

Both Earth Spear and Wind Cutter had common characteristics.

Instant cast possible.

Can pour dozens of attacks simultaneously.

Whether because 2nd stage magic, even mixing the two, the mana consumption level was endurable.

‘Unexpectedly Earth Spear effect is good.’

Creation, aiming, strike.

Fireball and Wind Cutter go through three processes.

On the other hand, Earth Spear didn't need that.

Recognizing the enemy's movement with the Detection skill.

Immediately using the skill, dozens of earth spears soaring from below the feet.

Possible to instantly kill the enemy without particularly calculating.

There's a distance limit of 50m.

Rather, while massacring goblins, I realized that the enemy recognizing me and charging is more convenient.

The closer, the omitted calculation process.

Mental strength consumption decreasing was natural.

Pueok!

“Kieeeek!!”

“Keek!”

Moving while slaughtering goblins like that for a while.

Suddenly dark green floated on the board.

“Oh···.”

The size was also quite large.

I quietly approached and looked around.

“...Hmm?”

But a bizarre situation.

Clearly a green dot is floating on the board, but nothing is visible to the naked eye.

This can't be.

I reconfirmed the position and groped the floor with Mana Thread for a while.

It was felt.

The texture of invisible grass.

‘It was night glow grass.’

Night glow grass.

Only once a week.

A plant that subtly emits light only when the labyrinth is darkest.

Usually impossible to discover with the naked eye so traded quite expensively.

“...Hit the jackpot.”

As far as I know, a fellow that easily 2 million won.

This one will amply cover a week's accommodation fee.

I put the night glow grass in the inventory and raised my head.

Not far away, a blue gate appeared.

Exit.

Suddenly I recalled when I first came to the labyrinth.

At that time I resolved not to overdo it and left the exit.

At some point, I lightly reached this level.

I freshly felt it.

How broken a trait Transcendence is.

Also, I come to expect.

Just how far is the limit I can reach through this trait.

Beyond the just started body recovery.

Just how far can I reach.

Maybe, very maybe.

Even the revenge I tried to erase from my head, might be possible someday.

Step, step, step.

Crossing the exit, the air became chilly.

Gradually rising vegetation above the rocky area where there was nothing.

Thin grass that rose to knee height brushes past the legs.

The training clothes that instantly dyed green.

A slight sigh comes out.

That's why I have to buy awakener exclusive clothes.

‘Ability has improved a lot, but still money and points are much lacking.’

Must go north about 10km for the zone 1 portal to come out.

Once arriving at the portal, there's no problem with return.

Immediate movement to the portal zone should be possible.

While thinking this and that.

Red dots float one by one on the board.

The grassland zone that is the background from here to zone 1.

The owner of this place is the huge owlbear.

Owl meaning owl.

Bear meaning bear.

A monster with an owl's head on a huge bear's body, as the name.

“Krrr···!!”

One owlbear felt my presence.

A wide cognitive distance reaching about 1km.

Goblin 100m.

Orc 400m.

Most undead monsters between 300~500m.

Troll was about 700m.

A much more sensitive sense than the monsters until now.

They said visual and auditory are excellent thanks to the owl head, and it seemed true indeed.

Kwaang!

A fellow running while roughly kicking the ground.

Instead of smashing with Fireball, I waited for it to approach.

There was a need to confirm with the naked eye how much effect the newly learned skills have against large monsters.

I waited for it to approach about 30m.

When the guy's movement was surely caught, I pierced the body with Earth Spear.

The fellow letting out a shriek with the body pierced.

Noisy.

I additionally planted a spear in the snout, then slowly approached the guy.

The earth spear that pierced the crotch penetrated the spine.

Pierced the neck and touches up to the skull.

“Kkeueueue...”

An angry owlbear.

The snout smashed so can't even scream properly.

It stepped toward me while glaring, but rather counterproductive.

The body tearing with a buk every time it moves.

Bones and flesh pieces dangle, and blood thoroughly wet the floor.

I calmly examined the guy's appearance.

“...”

The advantage of the Earth Spear skill being instant type.

But the limit point is also clear.

Huge enemies like owlbear are not easy to instantly kill.

Compared to Fireball that turns to powder once hit, lethality is lacking.

Not meaning bad.

Fireball and Flame Burst with excessively strong firepower.

If a bit wrong, often blows the target whole.

When not having to kill the enemy, it looked much more useful than flame magic.

Tssssss···.

This time I used the Frost Breath skill.

Cool energy spewed around.

Water droplets made of mana soon turned into fog and filled the surroundings.

“Geueueu···?”

The angry owlbear's movement slowed.

A feeling of stretching about 10% in sensation.

For now it was like that.

For now.

···

..

.

[Frost Breath (LV20) skill has reached the maximum level]

Pazzzz···!!

But as soon as reaching the maximum level, the situation changed.

Surrounding air that froze in an instant.

The owlbear's body drooped like cotton soaked in water.

Movement also became enormously slow.

On the other hand, I wasn't affected at all.

Ordinary movement of course.

The magic used was also the same.

Sarak!

A sharply sharpened wind blade sliced the guy's neck.

The owl's head that was refreshingly cut spun in the empty air.

Then the owlbear's body cut vertically.

Split left and right and collapsed to the ground.

Thud!

Dealt with the owlbear vainly easily.

But originally it's never an easy opponent.

Other hunters were powerful fellows enough to have to recruit portal parties.

This is just, I'm strong.

···Excessively.

“Shall we go.”

Since I grasped the level of the main monsters, now there was nothing to be rough.

I moved north quickly while dealing with owlbears.

Acquired plants and minerals in between too.

Additionally collected 4 night glow grasses.

Looking closely, night glow grass was a more common plant than thought.

Just that other hunters couldn't discover it because invisible.

Like that, about 5km north maybe.

“...”

A new dot appeared on the board.

Several black dots indicating monster corpses.

Several gray dots indicating awakeners.

And, countless red dots surrounding them.

But there was a dot I was seeing for the first time.

One orange dot surrounded by gray dots.

Suddenly I became curious.

What does that orange dot mean?

I moved steps.

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