Episode 191
191. Episode 191
The waterfall. No, the power of the ‘Wriggling Bow, Nokka’ was amazing.
Because I was able to stop the Volcanic Golem, known to be difficult to deal with even on high floors, from functioning with just one attack.
The immortal palace that had been imbued with that power melted and dripped down, but soon, as if to prove its name, it formed ice and regained its original form.
‘As expected, it’s useful.’
Not only can it fully unleash the power of the treasure, it also doesn’t break.
There is only one drawback. It is not very durable and can only be regenerated, so you can only use the power of the Noble Phantasm once.
Of course, if you adjust the strength, you can use it a little more, but I decided that it would be better to land a proper attack at least once.
Just a little.
Icarus folded his wings and landed on the golem’s head.
The water that poured down like a waterfall and flooded the surrounding area hardened the lava and flew away as steam or escaped through cracks in the ground.
– Completed the hidden quest, ‘The One Who Shakes the Earth’.
– Additional points are awarded for the trial ‘Shaking Earth’.
Of course, the hidden quest was acknowledged since I defeated a boss monster that didn’t need to be defeated.
Seun, who checked the message, immediately used the search magic.
‘It should be around here.’
Golem’s weakness is its core.
Although it is difficult to destroy the core protected by a thick outer shell, this is the most classic way to attack a golem.
However, there was one item that could be obtained by stopping the golem in a way other than destroying the core.
Kwajik!
He pushed the magma into the crack where the lava had hardened.
As expected of a strong monster, the gaps were narrow and solid, and the lava had hardened due to the attack using Nokka, so the golem’s outer armor resisted Seun’s sword as if it were saying that this was not enough.
however.
– Through internal energy, the Taesan Shippalban Sword’s Jeo-o first form, Taesan Apjeong (泰山壓頂) is strengthened.
– The power of martial arts is strengthened according to the secret of the ultimate deep attack.
Kwajik!
The enormous pressure exerted by the Taishan tyranny could not be withstood by the strength reinforced by the ogre’s sinews.
The outer shell finally broke and split, revealing a red gem still warm in its gaps.
‘found.’
I took out the jewel, which was protected by an unusually thick and strong inner shell and connected to numerous mana circuits.
Golem’s core.
Although it has been modified to move golems and cannot absorb mana, it can be used to create golems using surrounding materials.
Of course, it required a great deal of knowledge and experience, but that was no problem at all, because Se-un had the power of greed to cover both of those things at once.
‘Because the time will come when you will have to write it sooner or later.’
While Se-woon was thinking like that and gathering the nukes, he heard the voice of Park Jeong-pil, who had arrived late, from below.
“Heh, heh. It’s you, hyung! If you were going to attack like that, you could have told me in advance!”
A guy whose whole body is drenched in sweat like a drowned rat.
It seems that he was trying his best to chase after Seun, but was swept away by the waterfall caused by ‘Nokka’.
“Wow, Brother, your skills are amazing every time I see them. What did you do on Earth to become so strong so quickly?”
– Predated the ‘Volcanic Golem’.
– Absorbs nutrients to increase strength by 5 and stamina by 5.
– The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince’, savors the crunchy texture of his food, thanking him for cooling it down.
Beelzebub’s happiness was felt as a message.
Well, even though they fed us well at the Frost Fortress, the quality of the food was poor.
Even if you are a glutton, it is a normal reaction to expect better and tastier food.
Since the nuke was already out, I didn’t feel bad about the golem being eaten.
“Oh, I saw it in that novel. Brother, didn’t you regress? Or was it something like possession? That was all the rage back then! Especially ‘Raiding the Dragon’s Nest’ was really famous… … .”
“let’s go.”
“Eeeeek? Let’s just rest for a bit! I’m in this bad shape!”
“It’ll dry up soon anyway.”
“Hyungniim, don’t do that! No one is chasing you, and the earthquake has subsided. What’s wrong with taking a break?”
“If you keep talking, then come separately.”
With those words, Seun moved his legs.
Aside from the Volcanic Golem, there were quite a few small hidden pieces in the 21st floor trials.
Compared to that golem, they are embarrassing to call hidden pieces, but in order to get good achievement points in this trial, I needed to collect as many of them as possible.
“Wow, that guy really must have been causing the earthquake. It’s a lot easier to move around.”
The earthquakes haven’t stopped completely yet.
The ground wasn’t splitting and rocks were rising like before, but it was still shaking slightly, breaking the balance.
Still, it was true that it was much easier to move around than before.
“Ugh-”
Dismissed!
Then, I lightly trampled on a monster that was reaching out from a crack in the ground.
Although it was said that there were fewer monsters to face compared to other trials, it wasn’t like there were none at all. There were some that would occasionally appear like traps.
They weren’t that strong, so it was enough to just trample them down with force.
“Heh heh. Brother! It’s Brother!”
Is it because the earthquake has weakened?
Park Jeong-pil was right behind Se-un.
I wanted to just ignore it and speed up, but since I had a partner, the ordeal wouldn’t end even if I reached my destination alone, so I had to match Park Jeong-pil’s speed to some extent.
Park Jeong-pil, who had become accustomed to this speed, took a deep breath and continued speaking.
“Brother! But why do you work so hard?”
“what?”
“No, I heard that too. You could have gotten a rank in the fortress, right? Then you could have settled down there, even if it was a bit cold.”
Settlement.
Even if we settle down in the fortress, we cannot say that we will eventually lose our lives if the tower collapses in the future.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I had no intention of telling the guy about regression.
If I mention this to him, the news of my return will spread throughout the clan as soon as I reach the clan residence.
Although I had built trust in the Diablo clan, I didn’t want to cause any unnecessary misunderstandings by revealing that fact.
And I had no intention of dampening their spirits by bringing up the idea that an overwhelming presence called Outer would bring down the tower.
“Honestly, we’ve talked about that among ourselves before. I think things are pretty good these days.”
“I didn’t hear that?”
“Isn’t your image a bit strong? Of course, we just talked about it among ourselves. Even if we had asked you to stay, you would have gone up alone, and you wouldn’t have waited for us.”
Accurate.
Seun leads the Diablo clan in preparation for a future war, but he is willing to throw out the clan immediately if it holds him back.
I was attracted to him, but I had no intention of forcibly dragging someone along who didn’t want to follow me.
“What about you?”
“As for me, haven’t I always said that? I, Park Jeong-pil! As your right-hand man, I will always follow you!”
“When did you run away because you were scared?”
“Hehe, that happens sometimes. I know very well that if I don’t follow my brother, it’ll be hard to survive anyway.”
I turned my head and looked at the guy’s face.
I always saw him running away in fear or making a fuss, but now for some reason he had a normal face.
I was just going to make an excuse and move on, but I changed my mind.
Even though he was Park Jeong-pil, he was speaking so seriously.
However, I couldn’t completely trust him, so I couldn’t tell him the truth like I did to Yoo Seo-ah.
“Just follow me. At least I won’t let you die in front of me.”
“Isn’t that a given! I, Park Jeong-pil! I will always support you, hyung!”
“Someday…….”
“yes?”
“no.”
‘One day, the time will come when I can tell the truth to the entire Diablo clan.’
Thinking so, Se-Woon increased his speed even further.
“Eh? Brother! Joe, let’s go a little slower! A little!”
“You’re used to it now, aren’t you? If you fall behind when we get to the end, we’ll have to repeat the training we did at the fortress, so just know that.”
“Hyungniiim!”
* * *
The ordeal on the 21st floor was long.
It wasn’t just the ground shaking from the earthquake that caused them to collapse, there were also cliffs that had to be climbed or cliffs that had to be climbed.
Every time, Se-Woon used various skills to easily pass them, but Park Jeong-Pil was different.
The guy was used to running on flat ground, but he lacked experience with these special features.
– Completed the hidden quest, ‘Darkness of the Cliff’.
– Additional points are awarded for the trial ‘Shaking Earth’.
– Completed the hidden quest, ‘The Nest at the Edge of the Cliff’.
– Additional points are awarded for the trial ‘Shaking Earth’.
… … .
Seun took advantage of the gap left by the guy and searched for the hidden piece on the 21st floor.
Even so, since there was no guidebook for the journey, it was not possible to find everything I had sought before returning.
I’ve only found things that can be found right now using search magic or using your senses and memory.
However, since the speed was much faster than before the regression, a high public score could be expected.
Se-Woon, who had arrived at his destination, looked at Park Jeong-Pil, who was following him diligently from afar, and then looked around the front.
‘If it’s the 23rd floor… … I guess I can do that.’
Dragon Heart received from Seolryong after completing an S-rank quest at the third shelter.
It has a strong ice attribute so it can’t be used right away, but if you use the heat of that volcano, you should be able to change its attribute.
Of course, it’s not a simple process of just throwing a dragon heart into a volcano.
You have to manage the Dragon Heart from the side so that it doesn’t break while the Mana attribute changes. This Dragon Heart is already cracked a lot and the outside is unstable.
To do that, of course, the person involved had to be right next to the boiling lava.
It was by no means an easy task, as monsters would swarm around the lava.
‘But if it’s not here, it’s too late.’
There are still fields that can change the attributes of Dragon Heart. However, if you just wait for a safe situation, growth will be delayed.
Right now, most of the players are new, so they’re safely climbing the tower, but soon the established players will start to take control.
Above all, there were more enemies targeting Seun than expected, such as the constellations of Olympus and the goddess of sunrise, Khepri.
Even though the management office blocked monitoring, I didn’t think that was enough to completely cut off their obsession.
So, before facing their forces, we had to raise our fighting power as much as possible.
“Heh, keheh. Keueek! Tongue, it’s Hyungni!”
dump.
– You have successfully completed the 21st floor trial, ‘Shaking Earth’.
– Calculating public figures… … .
– Time remaining: 19 hours 21 minutes
– Complete the hidden quest ‘The One Who Shakes the Earth’.
– Complete the hidden quest ‘Darkness of the Cliff’.
… … .
– Total accumulated merit points: 260,500 points
– Congratulations! You passed the 21st floor trial with the #1 ranking.
– You have received 100,000 points as a reward.
Park Jeong-pil collapses as soon as he arrives at Se-woon’s side, exhausted.
Since Park Jeong-pil was the type that needed stamina for the next trial as well, I decided to wait until he recovered his stamina.
Of course, I knew that even if he fully recovered his stamina, he would just lie around like that… … .
“Great Hill.”
Hwaaaat!
“Ah, Brother! Just a little bit easier! Please! Just five minutes! No, just one minute! Just one minute!”
After a reasonable amount of time had passed, Seun used recovery magic and immediately grabbed the guy by the back of his neck, pulling him towards the next trial.
fantasy,
