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“You are free to eat, but… … If you do this, it will be difficult for me to do my activities with peace of mind.”
Squeak.
As Nietzsche scratched his long fingernails on the desk, an unpleasant scraping sound was heard.
and.
He started to move to the study next to his office. It was a space that anyone could tell was filled with professional books.
But among them, one of the most worn-looking books moved slightly.
Knock knock knock.
The position of the bookshelf changed, and the iron door behind it naturally appeared. It was a heterogeneous structure.
Only after going through the triple security process of iris, fingerprint, and security card was the locked iron door opened.
“Euuuup! Uff! Uff!”
As I opened the door, I heard a gasp of fear inside. I also heard the sound of stamping feet.
and.
As Nietzsche turned the narrow alley and entered a small, secret room, the expression on the man’s face inside turned ashen.
“Eek! Eek!”
Already bound and with his mouth blocked, there was nothing he could do.
Nietzsche gently stroked the frightened man’s head as if he were caring for a pet.
“A skilled player, you know. He has to have a sense of mystery. If all his abilities are revealed, he loses his sense of mystery.”
“Eww!”
“I don’t know how great a guy you are, but in my eyes, you’re actually a very worthless guy.”
“Ugh! Ugh!”
“But you said with your own mouth that you were the next promising prospect, and that Shin Sang-hyun was nothing. It was so funny throughout the interview.”
Nietzsche’s glasses shone sharply in the light of the secret room. It was a color full of life.
The man’s eyes were filled with regret. But Nietzsche didn’t even glance at him.
“A constellation with vampire powers is too much for a guy like you. You’re not a good master. I’ll use you well.”
“… … !”
“Don’t worry too much, I’ll adapt and write the final interview before I go missing.”
Shaaaaaaaah! Phew!
“Turn it off… … !”
For a moment, Nietzsche’s fingernail glowed red and pierced the man’s crown.
Ten nails, embedded without a trace, ceaselessly absorbed bodily fluids from the man’s head.
At the same time, a gray-white aura flowed out and began to be naturally absorbed by Nietzsche.
The scene of constellation predation.
It was a scene where he forcibly took over the contract and made the ability his own.
A business card fell from the dead man’s pocket and fell to the floor with a thud.
[Reporter Park Jeong-min]
A player but who is more famous as a reporter. Also, a reporter preferred by many players!
Park Jeong-min.
He was Nietzsche.
* * *
6 hours have passed.
Sang-Hyeon was now in front of the mid-boss monster in Area 2.
During the journey, I went through three debuff periods, and all stats were at 60 as a reserve buff.
That is, after completing the Blood Tower quest, all seven stats will increase by 60.
If you count all the perks you’ve already gotten, it’s 70! It wasn’t a normal number that went up.
“Why wouldn’t Valentin be here and not show up? This is a quest that’s completely pushing me.”
It’s not being applied right away, there were a lot of compensations pending.
Stats are stats, but there were also many things to look forward to, such as the level 5 skill ‘Jump’ special ability and the ability to block vision.
“It’s meaningless when you’re dead.”
Sang-Hyeon called attention.
Now it’s zone 2.
I haven’t even been to Zone 3 yet.
In the Blood Tower, the player ‘teams’ who made considerable progress in the strategy even managed to catch the Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara.
Of course, there were no cases of people coming alone and surviving like Sang-Hyeon. They all died heroically.
“I just reached level 200.”
Sang-Hyeon nodded, looking at the level indicating 200 and the experience bar filled to 0.01%.
The plan to defeat Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara and obtain an epic-grade artifact has not yet been realized.
The plan to obtain skill enhancement privileges has been made. The important thing is which skill to enhance.
All players consider the skill enhancement perks given at level 100 intervals to be very important.
This is because it strengthens the characteristics of the main skill and amplifies its destructive power.
The so-called ‘breadwinner’ skills that players talk about are completed by strengthening skills by 100 units.
Sang-Hyeon is always having a lot of fun in battle by utilizing Over Psychedelic.
That’s why this choice was important.
“It might be possible to strengthen the Death Combo, but… … .”
The first thing that catches your eye is the Sword of Destruction. It is a skill that specializes in instantaneous burst damage, so it is always key.
“It’s still quite overpowered. In the first place, those who can’t be affected by the death combo are usually bosses.”
Even if you strengthen your skills here, it is difficult to achieve a change that allows you to split a difficult boss monster in one shot.
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It is true that it becomes stronger, but that does not mean that it becomes abnormally destructive beyond common sense.
“It’s also good to increase the durability.”
When I changed the direction of my thinking from attack to defense and then maintenance, a new path appeared.
Don’t you have some outstanding stamina recovery skills?
Immediate blood transfusion.
Currently, it is a passive skill that unconditionally recovers 5 health when killing a monster.
Since the monsters’ size is not important, Sang-Hyeon enjoyed having many small monsters appear as enemies.
Because it helps with maintenance.
But you can’t always hope for that kind of luck, because the enemy can form a group of a few elite monsters.
“If it’s my style, I’ll probably be playing solo a lot in the future. Even if I’m playing in a team, there’ll be 2 people, or at most 3.”
When forming a team with a small number of members, the first profession to be excluded is, paradoxically, the healing profession.
It is an important occupation, but when personnel are limited, even one non-combatant can be fatal.
Sang-Hyeon currently ‘almost’ doesn’t rely on healers, but now he wants to set up a system where he doesn’t rely on healers ‘at all’.
This is how the foundation of solo play is built, and the calculations are made accordingly. Stamina recovery is of the utmost importance.
“If you chose to boost your awakening skills for battle at level 100, you should now look at it for a longer period of time.”
Sang-Hyeon, who had made up his mind, went straight to strengthening his skills without any hesitation. The target was blood transfusion.
[Would you like to select the skill 『Blood Transfusion』 as a skill strengthening target?]
[When reinforcement is done, the skill reinforcement privilege given at level 200 is automatically lost.]
[The next privilege can be obtained at level 300.]
“enforce.”
Let’s proceed right away. The skill window was flashing purple. It was the same pattern as the last time I strengthened my skills.
After some time had passed.
Soon, the symbol for the blood transfusion skill was colored in gold, and then the skill name and content changed.
[The blood transfusion skill has been enhanced. The new name for the enhanced skill is 『Vampiric Grasp』.]
『The Vampire’s Hand』
■ Skill Level: Stage 1 (91.3%)
■ Applies all titles and various effects, and recovers 2% of maximum health each time you kill a monster.
Additionally, if you are out of combat for 100 seconds without using mana, you will recover 1 health per second.
Passive skill.
“If my maximum health is 2%, then my current health is 1,060, so that’s 21.2? That’s four times more efficient than before.”
As the total amount of stamina increases, the efficiency also improves.
Even now, the amount of stamina recovered has increased exponentially. The strengthening effect is clear!
“If you have non-combat recovery, you really don’t need potions that much.”
The choice was not wrong.
At this level, it can be said that the durability is certain whether there is a battle or not.
Especially in situations where everyone is dying, dramatic mass recovery is possible if there are just the right number of monsters.
“The preparations are complete. Now it’s time to cut down the fake Buddha statues with many arms.”
Sang-Hyeon, who was intoxicated by the sweetness of rest, immediately changed his expression.
The face that had once had a carefree expression suddenly changed into a determined look filled with passion and determination.
“Hallucination. Auditory hallucination. Visual hallucination.”
He listed the three things that most annoy players in Zone 2.
This is also one of the ways that Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara cooks players.
Everything is ready.
I’m just wondering how I can break that arrogant guy’s nose.
* * *
“Uncivilized beings. I am the Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara from the West. Bow your head and pay homage immediately.”
“What are you saying, you golden tin bastard?”
“Do you dare to insult Buddha?”
“If Buddha were here, you would be finished with one clasp of your hands!”
“You are making me angry.”
“Is that how you treat anger management disorder? You’re actually better at talking than I thought.”
“You insignificant creature!”
Kachichichiching!
“Hmph!”
As soon as they exchanged harsh words, a battle began.
What makes Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara tricky is that its main ability, ‘Space Distortion’, is very unpredictable.
In fact, the problem was the swords held by the numerous arms attached to the body.
Of course, as the name suggests, it doesn’t really have a thousand arms, but it is true that it has an abnormally large number of arms.
WHACK! WHACK! WHACK!
Taang! Bang! Bang!
Sang-Hyeon quickly unfurled his defensive sword to block the wildly sweeping attack of the Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara.
The Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara, who always had her own acceleration buff on, was a very difficult enemy.
“Isn’t this too much of a scam?”
“If you want, just stretch your arms!”
“… … .”
From the mouth of the Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara, who had been speaking solemnly and seriously until just now, came out frivolous words.
Perhaps it learned the speech patterns of the players who died before. Even though the shape was missing, it was definitely missing.
Zing. Zing.
“Ugh.”
I had a severe headache.
It was evidence that the Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara was constantly trying to control the spirit of the upper world.
However, since I was using the Pure White skill and also taking advantage of the effect of the title of the Arrogant Empress of the West, there was no effect.
I just had a bit of a headache.
It was bearable enough.
“Why, are you okay?”
“What’s wrong?”
“This can’t be happening.”
“Yeah, I can.”
“This guy!”
The expression on the face of the Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara was distorted.
Clearly, the normally gentle expression was the very image of a kind Buddha statue.
On the face filled with unpleasant feelings, the emotion of ‘negativity’ was clearly stamped.
He looked embarrassed.
Normally, at this point, the player’s mind control would take effect and they would be left floundering in a fantasy world.
Sang-Hyeon was clearly following the movements of the Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara and responding perfectly.
It was different from what it had been like so far.
What should work doesn’t work.
WHACK! WHACK! WHACK!
Even though the tips of many blades were persistently aiming at Sang-Hyeon, not a single sound of flesh being cut was heard.
Sang-Hyeon, who had his entire body completely covered by the defensive shield of the Defensive Sword, was reliably taking on attacks.
By primarily striking with the sword and secondarily absorbing the remaining damage with the shield, there was no room to sneak in any more.
‘That guy is saving his strength.’
Sang-Hyeon did not let his guard down.
From the beginning, it felt like it was flowing at its own pace, but I never got carried away by it.
This is because the option of deception is not exclusive to Sang-Hyeon.
Moreover, unlike the Sgald we faced before, Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara was clearly an ‘intelligent’ monster.
‘Then I will spare you too.’
I made sure to allocate my stamina.
Over Psychedelic is not used yet, and acceleration is being conserved as much as possible.
They are secretly checking each other’s livers while tightly packing their sandbags.
It was a fierce battle of wits to deceive just once in order to seize the perfect opportunity.