#71
Episode 71
Talent (1)
rich.
This refers to a monster that wizards who have reached the peak of magic turn themselves into undead for eternal life. Naturally, the magic level of the lichs was such that they could all be called monsters, and there were many cases where attempts to subdue the lich resulted in their being annihilated by their magic.
And the reason the Lich was a more difficult monster was that it had limited immortality.
Life Vessel.
Without exception, lichs have their own life vessels. A lich does not die until the orb containing his own life is destroyed.
However, in other words, no matter how powerful a Lich is, he will die if his Life Vessel is destroyed. Therefore, it was common for all lichs to keep their life vessels hidden deep in the dungeon.
But in this respect Ditarteron was a very unusual lich.
Unlike other lichs, instead of hiding his Life Vessel, he modified it so that it would not break under any impact. And he went ahead and used the Life Vessel as a weapon.
The Sea King’s Wrath.
The huge ship that made Ditarteron the ruler of the Xhanto Islands was actually Ditarteron’s Life Vessel.
He poured all his essence into an invincible vessel against the Sea King’s wrath.
Tiring!
<Level up! Mana increases by 1 and reflexes increase by 1.>
<Level up! Stamina increases by 1.>
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<Level up! Mana increases by 1.>
It could not withstand the Excalibur wielded by Black Grade. Jeong Do was very surprised when he saw the notification window notifying him of a level up.
‘Level up outside the dungeon?’
This is unprecedented. It was common knowledge that leveling up only occurred within dungeons. In fact, even when Jeong-do slaughtered hundreds of kobolds on Seongsu Bridge in Gangnam, he did not even go up one level.
‘This… I guess that’s the reason too, right?’
The phrase ‘Experience penalty is removed only for opponents stronger than you’ that I saw in the skill <Kaumka’s Fighting Spirit>. The effect must have been applied.
‘Should I at least look into the area where the break is scheduled from now on?’
With that in mind, I watched the spot where the Sea King’s anger had been just a moment ago. The fog was slowly disappearing around that place.
“huh?”
An object was fluttering down from above my head. Jeongdo stretched out his hand and snatched the object.
“… This.”
It was a hat. The captain’s hat worn by Ditarteron. Di Tarteron could not even leave her body behind, but he did leave behind her hat.
‘No, no matter how good the performance is, it’s a bit hard to use this design… ‘
It doesn’t matter if you’re solo, but if you’re going on a team expedition… It was terrifying to even imagine. However, as if it had sensed that level of emotion, the hat flopped down and soon turned into a small scarf.
“oh?”
The degree used observation towards the scarf.
Tiring!
<Scarf of the Bay>
<There is a colony of doppelgangers living in the Kshanto Islands. Detarteron slaughtered the doppelgangers there and extracted their essence to create a scarf.>
<Effect 1: Mana increases by 1 and all stats increase by 2.>
<Effect 2: It can be transformed into an object that can be worn on the neck and head. You can customize the appearance according to your imagination.>
“… Costume item?”
It was an appropriate item to call it a look-deok-jil-ending item, but even though I had no interest in that kind of thing, I was taken aback by the strange effect. Of course, in addition to changing the appearance, the boost effect is outstanding, so you will use it no matter what.
After collecting the loot, he headed to the captain’s office. And the moment she entered the captain’s room.
“Definitely win!!!”
All the soldiers, including the captain, saluted Jeong Do. Jeongdo was taken aback by the sudden situation and asked the captain.
“Captain? What is this… ”
“It’s just an expression of respect. “Never mind.”
‘… ‘How can you not care!’
How can you not pay attention when a person who is as old as your father salutes you with bright eyes? Jeong-do hurriedly changed his mind due to the burden he felt.
“Have there been any communications from anywhere else?”
“Oh, the fog is starting to clear and our communications equipment is starting to work properly. “The Minister of National Defense is still waiting to hear from you.”
“All right.”
The degree used the communication equipment in the captain’s office to connect to the minister waiting in the temporary barracks. And as if waiting, a loud voice came from the other side of the radio.
“Calm down, Captain! I received a report that the enemy was successfully subdued. “Are there any injuries?”
“yes. You’re safe. “What about Hae-joon?”
“You’re safe there too. No, they actually said there wasn’t even a proper battle there. It was reported that just as we were about to engage the ghost ship, the enemy suddenly disappeared. “It’s probably because you defeated the captain.”
indeed. Are you saying that because the summoner was defeated, all the summoned objects disappeared? I thought there might be a second battle with the remaining troops, but the ending was more boring than I expected.
“It was a successful subjugation. What is it like? Personally, I’d like to thank the heroes tonight. And tomorrow, the President will personally express his gratitude. Next… ”
The minister’s excitement could be felt even through the radio. After all, it was understandable since the country was safely protected and the world’s first ‘intelligent monster’ of SS class or higher was successfully subdued. Now, other countries will have to bend down to Korea to somehow get information. I understood his feelings.
“The military will take care of the rest. What is it like? Tonight… ”
“sorry. I still have work to do tonight. “I think it will be difficult to accept the invitation.”
“… is it. “It’s unfortunate, but there’s nothing we can do.”
The minister expressed regret, but did not hold on to anything more. After returning to the port, Jeong-do said hello to other users and quickly headed home.
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“Oh. “I’m going to die.”
It was an extraordinary day. Starting with making twin dragon swords, he loaded Joseon’s greatest hero, and loaded the king of England’s greatest knights to defeat Lich.
“… I’m tired.”
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At least I wanted to dive into bed and sleep like the dead.
‘But I still have to do what I have to do.’
The reason I came home despite declining the minister’s invitation was because the most important work remained. Jeong Do arrived at his own room and opened the door.
and.
“Thank you for your hard work. “Mr. Jinjeongdo.”
A platinum-haired maid. Winry welcomed. Yes, even if it was an invitation from a minister, I couldn’t leave behind the sweet moment of reward. Do-do smiled and said hello to Winry.
“Winry. long time no see. How have you been?”
“It’s always the same for me. “Except for special cases like today, I always look at the universe from the perspective of an observer.”
The simple greeting received a response on a cosmic scale. He spoke to Winry with a slightly bored expression.
“Wow, it seems very difficult and boring. “Do you have any other hobbies?”
“hobby?”
Winry thought deeply about those words for a moment before opening her mouth.
“… okay. “Definitely these days, there is a tendency to observe Jeongdo-nim more than any other phenomenon.”
As Winry said that, she came right in front of Jeongdo and stretched out her white hand.
Charak.
Winry’s hand was aimed at Jeongdo’s neck. To be exact, it was a necklace that controlled energy so that it could go to <Game-lv.3> in a stable manner.
“I also watched the moment this necklace was taken off in front of a powerful enemy. “It must have been very painful, but you endured it well.”
“uh… yes. what.”
Jeongdo turned his head to the side with a red face. She had an appearance that I couldn’t get used to. She seemed to act without awareness, but it was dangerous to approach her this close with that face. Wouldn’t it be difficult for most humans to have a proper conversation with her? The degree told her, taking a step back from her.
“Now that I think about it, this necklace’s role has come to an end. Do I have to return it?”
Once the game has safely reached level 3, the necklace’s role is over. In addition, it was a necklace that had the effect of increasing the user’s luck, but it was only an auxiliary ability. The luck effect was disappointing, but the necklace seemed to be a valuable item to Winry, so it wouldn’t be surprising if she took it back. But Winry shook her head gently and said,
“no. “You will continue to need it in the future, so you can continue to use it.”
“yes? “Are you going to keep needing it?”
This necklace was obviously meant to prevent the body from collapsing due to the talent’s level increase, right? That means the talent level will continue to rise… ah!
“I guess the <Patience> talent can level up like the <Game> talent.”
One day, I could encounter a person of <Patience-lv.3> and level up my <Patience>. Should I keep it for that time? I accepted the degree, but once again, the degree’s prediction was wrong. Winry opened her mouth.
“no. Of course, there are reasons for that, but there are other reasons as well. “This is a story related to compensation.”
“Oh right. compensation.”
The story has been leaked, but the reason Winry is here now is to reward Jeong Do for successfully completing <Crisis Intelligence>. Jeongdo asked Winry without hiding his anticipation.
“What reward will you give me?”
“Before that, we need to talk about something else. This is about the reward after loading a Black-level character in this battle. “Status and skills.”
“… uh? “Did that also give you a black rating?”
A total of three people have loaded the Black level so far.
Lee Seong-gye. Admiral Yi. Arthur Pendragon.
Among them, not a single load reward was received. When he first loaded Yi Seong-gye, he thought it was because it was a trial version, and when he saw that there were no rewards even when he loaded Black Yi Sun-sin normally, he thought that the Black level simply had no rewards… I guess that wasn’t it.
“yes. It is true that there are no rewards in the trial version, but rewards are given for Yi Sun-sin that is loaded properly. There are rewards for the diamond level, but it makes no sense for the black level, which is even higher than that, to have no rewards.”
“But I didn’t get it?”
“That’s because I temporarily blocked load compensation.”
“… yes?”
Why on earth?
Winry, perhaps sensing some questioning gaze, answered immediately.
“Originally, the rewards for loading the Black grade were not much different from the Diamond grade. However, as a reward for clearing this <Crisis Information>, we will strengthen the load reward only for black grades.”
“Oh oh… ”
Enhancement of load rewards!
Slight increase in ability when loading gold grade.
When you load the diamond level, your abilities and skills increase significantly.
But if you load the black level, you get bigger rewards here? Is this a terminal that increases your ability by 30 and gives you two skills? It’s still growing fast enough, but here’s more…
‘No, wait a minute.’
Didn’t you say earlier that the reason Winry didn’t retrieve the necklace was related to this reward?
This <Crisis Information> clear reward strengthens the reward for loading the black level.
The effect of the necklace given by Winry is to prevent rapid changes in ‘talent’.
So what is the conclusion?
‘no way. no way. no way!’
I looked at Winry with a feeling of trembling in anticipation.
Winry did not betray such expectations. She smiled slightly and opened her mouth.
“Starting from the black level, we will open the possibility of acquiring ‘talent’ as a reward. Of course, you can obtain a level 3 talent if you are lucky.”
A random box with no surprises.
If you are lucky, you can also obtain a level 3 talent.
The calmness of the life of the lottery.
It was the moment when even the reward was received through a lottery.
