Episode 19
Suho, who entered the subspace house, was suffering from overlapping status effects.
Indeed, Dragon Fear.
The damage was so severe that it couldn’t even be compared to that of ordinary piers.
However, Suho chewed his lips and took out the ‘purification potion’ he had bought in advance at Dongdaemun and drank it.
[You have consumed the purification potion.]
[ Purification effect is activated . ]
[ Fear state is lifted . ]
[ The auditory hallucination state is lifted. ]
Only after consuming the purification potion did all the debuff effects disappear.
Suho, freed from the Dragon Fear, was finally able to lie down on the floor and breathe comfortably.
‘I thought I was going to die, really.’
Dragon Fear was one of the reasons why Jang Pyeong-ho couldn’t catch the Tower Dragon.
That would be the case, since Jang Pyeong-ho had only seen the Tower Dragon once.
However, Suho has the data on the Tower Dragon through Jang Pyeongho’s experience.
That’s why I prepared the purification potion in advance.
The cure skills I had weren’t of much help.
It’s not something else, but you need to have at least an A level advanced debuff skill like Dragon Fear to expect the effect.
‘Thanks to that, I lost a lot of money.’
I thought it was really fortunate that I received the scholarship in advance.
If it weren’t for that, I wouldn’t have even seen the expensive purification potion by now.
‘By the way, Dragon Fear isn’t something that you can develop immunity to just by hearing it once… … Tsk, I guess there’s nothing I can do about it.’
Ordinary piercings don’t have the same effect once you’ve had them.
But Dragon Fear was different.
Because in order to have the highest resistance to Dragon Fear among all peers, you had to have a related defensive item or skill.
What this means is that, for now, whenever the guy bursts his pierce, you have to take refuge in the subspace house and drink a purification potion.
So I bought a lot.
I drank the purification potion so much that my stomach would burst and I would die.
‘If this is the pattern, then Jang Pyeong-ho wouldn’t be able to catch it.’
Jang Pyeong-ho prepared his addictive skills to climb the tower of challenge.
After somehow poisoning the opponent, if you wait in the subspace house, the monsters will be weakened.
But the Tower Dragon didn’t even eat that.
Moreover, it was not easy to approach due to powerful attacks such as Dragon Fear and Ground Claws.
So in the end I couldn’t catch the tower dragon.
‘But today I will definitely catch the Tower Dragon and solo the Tower of Challenge.’
The preparations have already been perfectly done.
Suho, who had finished receiving treatment to some extent, checked his status window once more.
[ An Su-ho ]
– Lv: 39
– Class: Healer
– Strength: 95
– Stamina: 95
– Horsepower: 96
– Sense: 39
– Bonus stat: 0
96 horsepower stat.
It was still a little short of the target number, but I had prepared something just in case.
Suho took out the things he had bought at Dongdaemun one by one.
It was one skill book and a few miscellaneous items, but Suho used the skill book first.
[ You have learned the lowest level combination formula. ]
There are several ways for players to acquire skills, but the most common and representative way is through skill books.
Of course, the form of the skill book is usually in the form of a book as we learned earlier, but the rarer the skill, the more diverse the object form it takes.
In that sense, the lowest level combination formula you learned earlier is a low level skill that can be obtained anywhere.
But it doesn’t really matter.
The grade attached to the combination formula does not increase the success rate of the combination itself, but rather depends on how well you discover the secret formulas hidden between the materials to be combined.
‘Even if it is the lowest level combination formula, any combination formula that has an absolute formula is bound to succeed.’
The guardian who learned the combination immediately activated the skill.
Then, a unique combination jar appeared in front of me and I started putting the miscellaneous items I had taken out along with the skill book into it.
[ You put the anonymous thief’s socks in the combination jar. ]
[ You put the instruments of an unknown musician in a combination jar . ]
[ You put the broom of an anonymous cleaner in a combination jar . ]
There are three ingredients in total.
These are items that you pick up at the gate or get as rewards, but you have no idea what they are used for.
There are more items like this in the world than you might think.
So it was classified as junk.
So, although these were things that could be found in the market with just a little effort, the world did not yet know their true value.
That is, until the mad grinder… …the so-called ‘Molecule’ grinded the item down.
‘Well, thanks to you, I’ve benefited like this.’
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The guardian holding the material items began to turn the combination formula.
[ Start combining . ]
[Combining… … ]
[ Oing? What’s the state of the jar?! ]
That was when.
Suddenly, the system sent a meaningful message and then started pouring out gold from the jar.
[ Congratulations! A very rare treasure has been created from the lowest level combination! ]
[ You have obtained your first Mumumu (S+ ) . ]
[ For achieving great achievements, the system will gift you 10 bonus stats . ]
‘also.’
Suho smiled when he saw the notification.
Then I checked the item information.
[ The first Mumumu ]
– Grade: S+
# No sound, no interest, no trace.
# The belongings of those who unintentionally lived a quiet life came together to become a new treasure.
# This item was first discovered through a combination recipe, so its grade has been raised by one level.
# When worn, ‘Colorless Solitude (S)’ is always applied.
There are many ways to categorize items, but some define items into two types.
That is, what is ‘the first’ and what is ‘not the first.’
In that sense, the items with the word “first” in front of their names were literally the first items to appear in the world, and most of them were S-class.
That’s understandable, since the fact that it appeared for the first time was extremely special in many ways.
Also, what about the plus next to the grade?
A plus sign next to a grade means that it is a growth item that is affected by the wearer or that it has a set effect. In the case of the first Mumumu, it was the former.
In other words, as the guardian grows, the skill effects of the item also increase.
Of course, in the case of the Mumumu that Suho had in his previous life, it was not S-class or S+-class, but A-class.
That’s because the first Muumuu that existed in the previous life was sharpened by a crazy disintegration maniac called ‘Micromolecule’ using his skill to figure out the combination formula.
‘Thanks to that, the combination formula for the popular Mumumu became known.’
That’s why this time, Suho was able to get his hands on the first Mumumu.
Because it was still a long way in the future before the first Muumuumu would drop from the gate.
Of course, for now, the first Mumumu was an unnecessary item for Suho.
The reason Muumumu became popular in the first place was because of the effect of ‘solitude’ that allowed one to move secretly, avoiding the eyes of the general public.
But even so, the reason Suho combined the first Mumumu was because of the bonus stats that could only be obtained through the combination formula.
Suho smiled as he put the first Mumumu on his finger.
‘I ended up combining S+ grade items just for the bonus stats.’
I realized anew how absurd the privileges held by regressors are.
The ring worn on the middle finger of the left hand shrank to a perfect fit as soon as it was put on, and soon disappeared completely, so much so that it could not even be held in the hand.
Suho then turned on the status window again.
[ An Su-ho ]
– Lv: 39
– Class: Healer
– Strength: 95
– Stamina: 95
– Horsepower: 96
– Sense: 39
– Bonus stat: 10
10 bonus stats secured.
Suho invested four of them into magic.
[Magic stat has reached 100.]
[ Magic stats grow even further . ]
[Congratulations! Your Magic stat has leveled up to Red!]
It was the moment when I distributed 4 bonus stats to make the magic stat 100.
The magic power stat, which was 100, suddenly became 1, and then the text suddenly turned red and a red band appeared next to the stat.
At the same time, the alphabet ‘R’ symbolizing the red grade was added.
Suho, who saw the notification, chuckled in disbelief.
Because this was truly unbelievable growth.
‘It’s definitely fast, considering I first got my red stat when I was just under level 50.’
Each stat level increases by one every time its value reaches 100, and a new color is given to distinguish it.
Players called this phenomenon the Color System, and the highest level humanity had ever reached was Purple, corresponding to level 700.
And the first one to achieve purple rank was none other than Suho.
Of course, not all stats were at purple level.
The stat that Suho worked so hard to raise was none other than strength.
That’s why I had such high expectations for this life.
Now that I’m only level 39 and have secured red stats, I think I might be able to aim for purple tier and even higher this time.
Suho then invested 5 of his remaining stats into strength, making his strength stat also a red level, and invested the remaining stats into stamina.
Suho, who had finished investing, refreshed the status window again to check.
[ An Su-ho ]
– Lv: 39
– Class: Healer
– Strength (R): 1
– Stamina: 96
– Horsepower (R): 1
– Sense: 39
– Bonus stat: 0
Now everything is ready.
Only then did Suho take out the key item to catch the tower dragon from his inventory.
It was an old window purchased from Doyoung Ironworks.
‘To awaken this, your magic stat must be at least 100.’
And now that the conditions are met, it’s time to break the window.
Suho began to infuse magic power into the old window.
[Magic power is being supplied to ???]
[ ???’s consciousness begins to revive. ]
The window vibrates.
At the same time, he started to suck up Suho’s magical power like crazy.
Huge absorbency.
But this time I was able to hold out.
Unlike when he first received the magic power, Suho’s current magic power stat was at the red level.
Suho concentrated his mind and poured magical power into the spear, and finally, when the speed of magical power absorption slowed down to almost a stop,
Pfft!
A ray of light burst out from the black, old window, and soon a new window with a smooth, black surface appeared.
[Magic power supply is sufficient.]
[Gwiyoungchang’s consciousness awakens.]
[ Congratulations. You have succeeded in awakening some of Guiyeongchang’s consciousness. ]
[ Item information is subject to change . ]
[You have obtained a Ghost Window (A+)]
Suho smiled when he saw the notification.
Return to the shadows.
This is because the player who was once called the Shadow Lord, or ‘Yeongwang’, was finally able to obtain one of the treasures, which means the returning shadow spear.
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