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[The owner of the sword boasts that when he was young, he would actually cut down the enemy’s head before the alcohol cooled down.]
“Yes, I know that. I always try to become that kind of player.”
[The owner of the secret is deeply interested in you, but he says he will not offer you a contract because he knows your grand ambitions.]
[So he says he will take a cool-headed look at whether you are worth making known to the divine being he serves.]
“I welcome it. Please examine everything from A to Z. I like microscopic examination.”
Looking at the added titles, I felt a new sense of emotion.
Buffs are a preferred form of play by many players for whatever reason.
This is because it is a form that creates an element of plus alpha beyond one’s own ability. It has the advantage of being a form that has absolutely no harm.
There are more pressure effects in dungeons that induce lasting emotional changes than immediate status effects.
Mid-boss monsters or the leaders of regular monsters often come out with an oppressive roar.
So, it was calculated that just having the title [before the alcohol cooled down] would be a great help to the team.
“Let’s take it off first.”
This is a comment that is easy for anyone to misunderstand. But it really has to be said that way.
Unlike system monsters, which naturally drop artifacts that rise from their bodies when they die.
‘Real’ monsters caught in rifts like this one required a procedure to directly retrieve the artifact.
You have to take off what you are wearing or wearing. If it is underwear, you have to take that off too.
“Hmm. We got a staff.”
Sang-Hyeon glanced at the two people walking from afar.
The staff I had met eyes with at the entrance to the crack earlier and left behind. They were coming here.
He probably didn’t intend to attack from behind, but rather came to assess the situation. Of course, the situation was already over.
Sang-Hyeon examined the artifact he took out from the Cobalt King’s arms.
“Amulet of Despair”
■ Artifact Grade: Gold
■ Artifact Introduction: The screams of the Akatus Kobolds are filled with their sorrow.
Enemies exposed to the full-power roar will quickly lose their fighting spirit as they become consumed by their resentment.
■ Special Effects – Pressure
It was a talisman of despair, made like a small rectangular stone.
After all, coercion is not a means of achieving a dramatic effect in one go.
It is a form that continuously eats away at the opponent’s spirit and does not require a separate time interval.
Stiffness gives you complete immunity for 15 seconds after being applied once and then released, but there is no such thing as pressure. Instead of seeing a big effect at once, it is possible to accumulate continuously.
“Let’s join the Demon Bash.”
Sang-Hyeon immediately started working on eating the Talisman of Despair. The skill to be combined was Demon Bash.
The Despair Amulet, whose mana synchronization was complete, appeared in a bowl of mushroom soup neatly placed on the table.
A soup that tastes so good when served with freshly baked bread!
Sang-Hyeon happily ate the mushroom soup. He had thought of a feast of stinking bugs, as it was an artifact of the Cobold King, but he was worried.
『Demon Bash』
■ Skill Level: Stage 2 (41.6%)
■ Skill Introduction: Causes a 2.2 second stun state to monsters or players exposed to attacks.
And increases your pressure level by 17.2%. When your pressure level reaches 100%, you will fall into a state of despair for 10 seconds.
‘Okay. I like it!’
Sang-Hyeon shouted in delight.
The longer the introduction attached to the skill, the better. This means that it can create various forms of disadvantages for the opponent.
Looking at the skill introduction, the amount of pressure that can be applied to an enemy with a single attack was higher than I thought.
This means that even if Demon Bash is not affected by stiffness, the attack itself only needs to land six times for it to be valid.
When in a state of despair, all abilities are reduced by half or less and the skill development process is also slowed down.
From the opponent’s perspective, it’s like a sandbag perfect for hitting.
Then, Sang-Hyeon immediately took off the necklace that caught the eye of the Cobalt King.
“Necklace of Exploration”
■ Artifact Grade: Gold
■ Artifact Introduction: The Kobold King, who needed to identify the enemy forces as quickly as possible, created a necklace that could detect life.
This necklace visualizes the presence of enemies within a 100m radius with a red light source.
“It’s a detection device.”
Sang-Hyeon immediately put on the necklace.
There seemed to be no need to eat it until a replacement necklace came out.
Pa-pad. Pa-pad.
The figures of brothers Lee Jeong and Lee Hyeon, who had just entered the distance of about 100 meters, appeared as a red light source.
Since Sang-Hyeon doesn’t completely trust them, the necklace seems to have detected the energy it felt from them.
It’s okay to look at it openly, but it wouldn’t be very cool to see them squatting down and eating artifacts.
Sang-Hyeon now stood up, clutching the last remaining artifact. It was the Kobold King’s shoes.
“Boots of Evasion”
■ Artifact Grade: Gold
■ Artifact Introduction: These boots are specialized for quick evasion. They are more accustomed to going backwards than forwards.
■ Special Skill – Back Step
‘Is this good?’
During the fight with the Kobold King, Sang-Hyeon had a hard time because of the guy who kept bouncing backwards.
So I was wondering if there was a skill in the boots. It was a skill built into the artifact.
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It seemed like I could quickly eat up these boots and have them as a skill embodied in my body like Sacrifice.
Mana synchronization achieved with a pounding heart! Sang-Hyeon faced the food shaped on the table.
A delicacy favored by the Cobalt King.
The larvae of the orange moth, which grows only on rotten wood in damp places, were wriggling.
They were mature(?) guys whose thickness was as thick as a thumb and whose length was at least as long as a thumb.
“… …fu*k.”
[The goddess of fortune sends you her heartfelt condolences, saying that you cannot be happy in everything in the world.]
It seems that Lady Luck doesn’t always take care of herself.
After that, Sang-Hyeon, who had fallen into a state of deep despair, went to eat with a dark expression on his face.
It’s like stuffing a bunch of mucus into a tough rubber hose and then chewing on it.
The taste of the larva was so horrible that it sent shivers down his spine, and for a while, Sang-Hyeon lost all feeling on his tongue.
* * *
“You are truly amazing. While I was following you, I was keeping in mind the possibility that Mr. Shin Sang-hyun might die… … .”
“The Kobold King of this rift is estimated to be around level 150. The level difference is quite large, so weren’t you afraid?”
“That’s… … Ugh. Just a moment.”
Sang-Hyeon, who met the brothers Lee Jeong and Lee Hyeon who had approached him, was about to answer but covered his mouth in disgust.
“I understand. When I get into a state of excessive physical exhaustion, I also feel nauseous.”
“That means you’ve had a hard time.”
The two, who had no way of knowing Sang-Hyeon’s true circumstances, each made plausible guesses and tried to understand him(?).
Of course, there was also the problem of physical exhaustion.
This is because I fought the Kobold King while using psychedelic skills towards the end of the battle.
Because the damage accumulated here and there, the aftershock came all at once, and there were parts where the body was excessively stretched out.
After some time had passed, Sang-Hyeon, who had lost even the memory of what had been in his stomach, took a deep breath.
“Phew. It’s okay now.”
“You are truly righteous! It has been two years since the era of players began with the Great Rift. Since then, of the rifts that have occurred in the country in the past two years, this is the only one that has not caused any damage!”
“There is a situation where you reported it in advance. How did you know? The reason was not the crack, but the artifact. You were waiting in front of the crack in advance, right?”
It was an expected question.
In the metropolitan area, CCTVs are installed densely around every station, so there is no way that they, as association employees, could not have missed them.
Sang-Hyeon immediately brought out the answer he had been thinking about from the beginning.
“I had a strange feeling as I was passing by here. But I couldn’t report it based on just a feeling, so I gave a plausible reason.”
“Oh, is that so?”
“I knew it could be a false report. I was going to be punished for it. Is it an adventure?”
“Have you figured out a way to make it certain that we can send the association staff?”
“In the end, yes.”
Sang-Hyeon nodded.
If I told you that a crack occurred without any warning signs, you wouldn’t believe me, so I’m saying that it was a white lie.
It has already been confirmed that Sang-Hyeon has prevented casualties and has subdued the inside of the crack.
Lee Jung and Lee Hyun’s trust in Sang Hyun was 100%, or more than that. Even if he said he made meju with red beans, they would believe him.
“You’re really amazing! Even the battle just now was so clean and cool. Stiffness, knockback… … and even awakening skills and evasive maneuvers.”
“It was perfect.”
The two people gave Sang-Hyeon a thumbs-up.
The level of combat that Sang-Hyeon showed was too high to be ignored as being of a lower level than them.
If I hadn’t known the level information in advance, I would have assumed the player was at least level 250.
It was so clean and free of unnecessary elements. There was no room for nitpicking.
“I will donate the corpses of all the monsters I catch along the way. The Kobold King is no exception.”
Sang-Hyeon pretended to be kind.
Actually, the main reason was that it had no monetary value, but aren’t words different things?
“Thank you so much. Thank you!”
“Thanks to Sang-Hyeon, not a single casualty occurred. Many citizens will be grateful.”
“There will be a plaque of appreciation from the association after the fact, and there will be contact from the higher-ups. Please wait a moment!”
“Okay, I just did what I had to do as a player, but I won’t turn down the favor.”
Sang-Hyeon answered with a smile.
It’s always a good thing to be well-liked by the Players Association.
For example, there are many positive factors in issuing rights to conquer dungeons or gates owned by the association.
Perhaps, even if Sang-Hyeon doesn’t want it, the news of today’s events will reach the ears of those who are called ‘higher-ups’.
I said that with all that in mind.
“Shall we go out now?”
Sang-Hyeon changed the subject.
I carefully packed everything I needed to pack.
The most satisfying thing was that I got the oppressive effect that I had been hoping and looking forward to from the beginning.
After a while.
Sang-Hyeon, who came out of the crack with Lee Jeong and Lee Hyeon, met eyes with an unexpected person.
“Player Shin Sang-hyun! It hasn’t even been that long since the scoop came out, and you’re already so active?”
Reporter Park Jeong-min.
He was the one who made Sang-hyun a star by publishing the interview with him that was conducted some time ago as a scoop.
Judging from the fact that he showed up at the scene even though I had never contacted him separately, it seems that he has quite a few connections with the association.
As Sang-Hyeon scratched the back of his head with an awkward expression, Park Jeong-Min stepped forward with the people who had been behind him.
Along with the cameraman, there were also lights and other props to brighten up the scene that had suddenly become night.
‘no way……?’
“Shall we do a live interview right away? It will be broadcasted as breaking news on our The Player channel on PTube!”
The prediction was not wrong.