Artifact-Devouring Player Chapter 173

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“Wow.”

I was speechless.

I imagined something like this in my past life.

What will be Sang-Hyeon’s reaction if he obtains an artifact of Almighty grade?

At that time, I thought it was a ridiculous, impossible imagination.

So I told the colleague who asked the question this:

I’m going to bow to the sky a thousand times, dance around all day long, and scream like a madman.

Don’t you think so too?

Standing there speechless is just so novel-like. I’d go crazy right there!

I definitely said that.

But when I actually experienced it, none of the things I had said before were kept.

All I could say was, “Wow.”

It wasn’t because I wasn’t surprised. It was because I had no expression or words that could express this overwhelming emotion.

“I got it. The Almighty. Me. Me… … .”

Sang-Hyeon saw his new weapon, shining in the air with a radiant glow.

If the Maddening Sword of the Demon King that I had before was a dark sword with a strong negative feel.

It was a sword of positive energy with the current black and white energy as its base.

The feeling was different.

‘I guess the need to collect the essence of the curse has disappeared. Well, if the nature of the sword has changed… … .’

I remembered the old option where if you collected 10 cursed essences, it would change into the Night’s True Demon Sword.

It was quite an interesting option though.

I didn’t regret it.

Anyway, that was back when the greatsword was legendary, and now it’s Almighty.

“Okay. Let’s see.”

Sang-Hyeon strode forward and grabbed the sword that was floating in the air.

The master of this sword is himself.

Now it’s time to fall in love with the newly born guy again.

“Nameless Sword”

■ Artifact Grade: Almighty

“Nameless Sword. What a nice name.”

Sang-Hyeon chuckled after checking the artifact’s official name and grade.

I originally disliked names that were overly flashy or had a lot of embellishments.

Even if it’s short, if it’s a name that has a clear meaning or contains a meaning, then it’s good.

The sword of the nameless one.

It became the name of a sword that seemed to contain a lot of stories just by that one name.

Perhaps it is a sword that contains the meaning of the nameless one who fought with Sang-Hyeon. It is up to the interpretation.

■ Artifact Introduction: You have reached a state of transcendence and entered a state of no thoughts or feelings.

Your name, your status, your reputation, none of it matters anymore.

The sword speaks only with the sword. In front of the sword, only the sword is important, not the name.

“Wow, that sounds plausible. Did the author do it? It’s written just like a novel. Well written.”

Sang-Hyeon nodded.

The right hand holding the sword became warm.

It was as if the sword itself had an innate warmth.

If you hold it on a cold winter day, it might seem like you don’t need a hand warmer just because of this one thing.

Sang-Hyeon’s proud gaze then turned to the additional stats.

Strength +1300.

Stamina +1100.

+450 Agility.

Mana +290.

Luck +150.

Evasion +550.

Defense +350.

Since it was a combination of two artifacts, the range of stat increases was naturally enormous beyond imagination.

What stood out most among them was the significant increase in evasion stats.

The existing True Sword only increased the evasion stat by 150.

This is because the evasion and defense stats provided by artifacts are not very high in the first place.

In other words, it was a stat that was called a body that was as precious as luck. It was not easy to raise it.

However, just by synthesizing, the evasion stat increased by a whopping 400.

To this extent, it was clear that this sword was specialized in areas related to evasion mechanisms.

“Wow, why are there so many basic options?”

Sang-Hyeon stuck out his tongue when he saw the long text written below the stat increase amount display.

It wasn’t something you would see when checking an ordinary artifact.

This is because, apart from the inherent skills, the sword’s unique effects were additionally written.

And the content was very interesting. A total of five unique effects caught my eye.

[Path of the Demon: All ‘Magic Skills’ that consume less than 100 mana are automatically evaded.

This magic skill can never hit you, it just glides past you.]

“… … Is this true?”

My mouth fell open.

The word ‘fraud’ almost came out of my mouth.

Of course, it wasn’t unreasonable.

So, it is an artifact of the Almighty grade.

This is an artifact whose average transaction price is as high as ‘3 trillion won’.

That’s also an average, and an almighty artifact with a decent composition costs more than twice as much.

If there is a path to anti-magic, it will be hell for low-level magicians, even if it is not for skilled magicians.

Even if you attack with a hundred-day magic skill, it won’t even cause a small wound to Sang-Hyeon.

There is no combat at all.

Only one-sided massacre remains.

That’s why Almighty is Almighty! He becomes a being living in a completely different world.

“Even if it’s a fairly skilled magician, there’s a high chance that they’ll be able to ignore some skills.”

If it’s a skill that costs more than 100 mana, it’s a main skill anyway.

This also means that unless you use your main skill, you can hardly cause any harm to Sang-Hyeon.

The grade of artifact that no player will complain about, even if it has fraudulent options, is Almighty.

Sang-Hyeon further examined the four remaining unique effects.

[Either-or-nothing – A close range dealer’s normal attack, not a skill, will fail at least once out of two attempts.]

“Ugh.”

Now I’m laughing in vain.

Such privileges are nothing new.

If the attack fails, it means that the damage calculation becomes ‘0’.

It is clear that I stabbed my opponent with a sword, but he did not get hurt at all.

Even if you stab the abdomen, it doesn’t penetrate but ends at the level of being pressed.

This was possible because all of the player’s abilities were thoroughly influenced and corrected by the ‘system’.

Wasn’t it the influence of the system that made ordinary humans capable of using superhuman powers?

“This is so good.”

The smile doesn’t go away.

Even for named inspector players, not all attacks are made up of skills.

Sang-Hyeon also attacks by mixing basic attacks with his skills.

But what if one of those attacks is ineffective at all costs? Nothing could be more frustrating than that.

[Survival Designation – Teleport directly to a memorized location. Cannot be reused for 24 hours after using the ability.

There are no restrictions on distance travel, and you can come from anywhere on the other side of the globe.]

“It’s a surefire way to survive. It’s not just a stopgap measure on the spot, it allows for perfect evasion.”

Survival designation was also a very useful effect.

What if you’re in a situation that’s too dangerous, or just being on the battlefield is extremely dangerous?

Rather than holding out with invincibility or immortality skills, it would be more helpful to just leave the scene.

Survival designation was the skill that made this possible. Teleportation without being restricted by distance was a huge advantage.

The composition of the effects was so rich that I felt like it was being pushed properly, so I had high expectations for the other two.

[Enlightenment – ​​Allows you to designate one skill and raise it to its maximum skill level.

However, it must be a skill that utilizes your main weapon, the ‘Sword’. Otherwise, it will not be applied.]

“If the maximum skill level is 20, then… … This is crazy. How many years is this shortened, really?”

The current reality is that even getting a skill up to level 5 is considered difficult.

In his previous life, it took Sang-Hyeon a whopping 8 years to reach his maximum skill level.

Of course, it is true that growth was slow, but patience is needed anyway.

But the enlightenment effect ignores everything and gives you only the results.

“Let’s think about this.”

It’s about raising the level of one skill to its ultimate maximum. You have to be careful.

There are a few main skills that come to mind first, but… … you have to be good at the abacus.

And lastly.

[Never-Drying Spring – When your mana falls below 10, you can fully restore your mana.

It is possible 10 times a day, and the number of resets is based on 0:00 of the country where the player is actually located.]

“This is awesome, really.”

It even solved the problem of mana management, which is a chronic problem for players in the inspection world.

I thought this was the power of Almighty level.

It wasn’t just about scratching the itchy part, it was about making it not itch at all!

Even this is a unique effect, and the skills inherent in the artifact exist separately.

“I think I’m the first person to obtain an Almighty-grade artifact at level 200.”

This is a unique case.

Even Geron Dkay, who is currently a world-renowned name and virtually the number one in the world, was not this fast.

If Sang-Hyeon’s memory is correct, he acquired Jeron Decay’s Almighty at level 350.

“The weapon is now finished. There is no need to be interested in other swords.”

It’s over. In other words, graduation.

Unless you get a new almighty tier greatsword, you probably won’t be interested in weapons.

Now it’s time to check your skills.

Skills that are as important as their unique effects.

It was a skill that had a very high possibility of becoming Sang-Hyeon’s main skill in the future, so it was necessary to look into it carefully.

The gate raid that I had planned to do with Do Kyung-hye was two days away. There wasn’t much time left.

If possible, I wanted to make sure that the unique effects and skills equipped on the Nameless Sword were well understood.

Before checking your skills.

The additional information marked in red caught Sang-Hyeon’s attention.

[Unique Skill: The skills below begin to grow in proficiency at skill level 5.]

This means that it is given as a 1st level skill from the beginning. It is a strengthened version of the skill.

At this point, Almighty is definitely a scam. It’s so shameless that it’s almost laughable because they’re blatantly scamming people.

『Pungryeocham』

■ Skill Level: Stage 5 (0.0%)

■ Skill Introduction: Creates a powerful sword energy that is released 30m in front of the tip of the sword.

In the case of a wide-area attack, it can be deployed up to 30m in front, and in the case of a targeted attack, it can be deployed up to 50m in front.

Targets who are hit by the skill and are unable to resist it will be afflicted with the ‘Electrified’ status effect, making them vulnerable to combos.

Costs 250 mana.

“Chase me to the ends of hell?”

50m is by no means short.

In terms of apartments, this means flying over a distance equivalent to 15 floors in one breath and striking the enemy.

Not only that, but obtaining a new status effect option was also a great blessing for Sang-Hyeon.

Instant electric shock.

It’s not effective in itself though.

… … It was the most lethal debuff that doubled the damage effect of linked status effects.