Episode 191
The will of Harmind.
Gathering that will required a much higher level of difficulty than in La Planta.
Since Laplanta was a plant-type monster with a set attack route, I was able to quickly cut it down with Leviathan using the memorized route, but in order to subdue Harmind, I had to break some kind of pattern.
If the pattern is not broken, the bastard will activate an instant death skill, so even the strongest Jeonghun would be at risk of being defeated in an instant.
‘What a ridiculous ability.’
A mere boss monster is an instant death machine.
The way to disable that instant kill is to press down on it with a level.
If the level difference is more than 30, only 20% of the vitality is taken instead of 100%.
However, Jeonghoon’s level is 226.
Since the instant kill could not be neutralized, the only way to attack was to destroy the pattern.
[Wow… … I have to wait until that guy crouches?]
Mukho stuck out his tongue.
The bastard crouches every five minutes.
At that time, the vital point will be exposed, and you must aim for that vital point to attack it in order to inflict effective damage.
Until then, it was commonly called invincibility.
If you receive a certain amount of damage while in that invincible state, an instant death attack will be activated.
As a result, it took more time to subdue him than it did to La Planta.
[You have acquired the will of Harmind.]
However, Jeonghun continued to subdue Harmain without rest.
In this way, I managed to collect 10 wills in 163 attempts.
“Phew, now all that’s left is the axe.”
King Laust’s axe.
Now it’s a race against time.
10x from 0.05% is just 0.5%.
In terms of probability, this meant that you would have to hunt 5,000 times to get one drop.
[There’s only one next?]
‘… … It seems like the conditions are that bad.’
This anime is really quick-witted.
“Yes. The drop rate is a whopping 0.5%.”
[0.5%? That drop rate is really crappy.]
‘If you take a drop rate explosion potion, doesn’t it go up to 5%? Then it only appears once in 20 times, so it’s not bad, right?’
Jeonghoon chuckled at Anima’s words.
“If you take the elixir, it’s 0.5%. If you don’t take it, it’s 0.05%.”
‘… … This is f*cking shit.’
* * *
The NPC guarding the Celestial Hall was looking up at the sky with a blank expression.
The first time a human arrived here, he headed to the dungeon for the quest he was given.
Since the drop rate is so low, it probably won’t come back anytime soon.
‘The work will start before then.’
If this happens, the stranger who is performing the quest will be forcibly kicked out.
‘It’s too bad.’
I don’t know how you got in, but you won’t be able to obtain the power of heaven.
Because time won’t allow it.
‘The drop rate is clearly 1% and the last material has a 0.05% drop rate?’
If you are unlucky, it is a task that cannot be completed even if it takes more than a week or a month.
However, the stranger who had left to carry out the quest showed up two days later.
The corners of the NPC’s mouth slightly went up.
‘It looks like you’re about to give up.’
Of course, it is not easy to subdue them and the material drops are close to being extremely bad, so it is strange to succeed.
“I’ve gathered them all.”
“Failure… … What?!”
The NPC’s eyes widened when he heard that all the materials had been collected.
I’m sure they left two days ago.
Even if collecting materials is secondary, the deployed monsters all required a high level of difficulty.
So it must have taken a considerable amount of time to subdue them, but you managed to gather all the materials in just two days?
That’s nonsense!
But the stranger took out all the materials he had gathered.
“I’ve collected them all.”
“No… … How… … ?”
“I just collected them by hunting hard.”
“That’s ridiculous… How many monsters have you caught?”
“Well, in the case of Laplanta, it was defeated 178 times, Harmind 163 times, and King Laust 8 times.”
“That’s ridiculous!”
The NPC screamed.
Laplanta has a 1% chance of spitting out seeds, and Harmind also has a 1% chance of spitting out a will made up of decisions.
Finally, King Laust’s favorite axe has a 0.05% chance of being spit out.
With such ridiculous odds, you only succeeded in subduing that many monsters and gathering materials?
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“I was lucky.”
“Don’t be ridiculous. Are you trying to pass it off as just luck?”
“I guess I was lucky and was able to gather all the materials in two days?”
“… … .”
I had nothing to say.
The materials the stranger had gathered were definitely gathered while hunting monsters.
There was no evidence of any separate trickery.
“So, what is the second quest?”
Damn, if I keep doing this I’m going to take the power of heaven before the countdown ends?
A feeling of anxiety slowly began to rise.
The NPC thought for a moment.
The second quest, unlike the first, was not a battle against time.
Completion is determined by the physical properties you originally possess.
‘Let’s increase the difficulty.’
I can’t just hand over the power of heaven.
The NPC chuckled and snapped his fingers.
* * *
‘It seems like they have no intention of giving it to me.’
It was clear what the NPC was thinking.
If you spend five days on the first quest, the number in the sky will become 0.
If that happens, Jeong-Hoon, who was in the capsule, will be forcibly logged out, and will have to challenge the power of Heaven again when reality is realized.
‘It’s not a problem to try again, but the problem is that the celestial energy becomes 0%.’
A celestial power that can be challenged when 100% of celestial energy is collected.
However, if you fail the challenge, you will receive a penalty and your energy will be reduced to 0%.
It was not an easy process to gather that energy back to 100%.
That’s why you absolutely must succeed in this quest.
[Provide your qualifications.]
-Cold Rice Rope Kill 0/30
The next quest was to kill 30 Riceropes of the Cold.
‘It’s terrible.’
The corners of Jeonghoon’s mouth went up crookedly.
If this was the original quest, you would have only had to kill 5 of those monsters.
Before returning, the quest that Jeong-Hoon received for the second time was like that.
Unlike the first time, the number was very small, but there was a reason for that.
The second appearance of the Cold Lycanthrope is extremely difficult to subdue.
A type of monster similar to Harmind that could only be defeated by destroying its pattern.
However, it boasts a much more difficult pattern, and is a monster that cannot be defeated by any means unless the pattern is broken.
Even his level was 310.
It will not be an easy battle.
“Should I come back after killing 30 of them?”
“Yeah. It’s simpler than the first one, right?”
The NPC smiled faintly.
It was a smile that seemed to be asking for recognition that she was showing mercy.
[It’s a face you want to spit on.]
‘How about just threatening them to give up their strength?’
Neither Mukho nor Anima liked him.
There’s no way someone who gives you a quest with a crazy difficulty level from the first time will go down that road easily.
“Well… … Even at a glance, it seems like it would be difficult.”
“Huh? Why do you think so? I’m not even collecting materials, I’m just telling you to defeat the boss 30 times.”
“I guess that also means the difficulty level is high.”
“… … You’re really quick-witted.”
The corners of the NPC’s mouth, which had been acting like a kind expression, twitched.
Jeonghoon turned around with a smirk.
“I’ll be back shortly.”
There is no time to complain.
If he raised the difficulty level, he’ll just finish it off quickly.
Jeonghoon hurriedly left the hall.
* * *
Rice rope in the cold.
To get to that dungeon, you had to go to the portal next to King Laust.
[Lv.310 Would you like to enter the Cold Rice Rope Dungeon?]
‘Enter.’
As I accepted, my vision darkened and the scenery changed to a bitterly cold land.
A place that boasts a temperature of as low as -47 degrees Celsius.
Thanks to Jeonghoon’s abilities and legendary grade armor, the cold was barely noticeable, but if a pure level 226 user were to set foot on this land, it would not be easy to endure the environment.
‘I think it’s safe to say that we’ve reached the level of Antarctica.’
Jeonghoon walked forward.
The floor was frozen solid and so slippery that you could easily fall over if you didn’t keep your balance.
[Where is he?]
‘This place is really big. Are there any regular monsters lurking around?’
The Land of the Frigid was much larger than the dungeons of Laplanta, Harmind, and King Laust.
Of course, there are no normal monsters in this dungeon either.
However, as we got closer to the boss, the temperature dropped further and further, and in an instant it exceeded -60 degrees Celsius.
The temperature is such that it wouldn’t be strange for people to freeze to death.
Still, Jeong-Hoon went straight to the boss without even blinking an eye.
“Krrrrrr.”
Rice rope, which we encountered like that.
It was a monster covered in white fur.
It was a combination of several animals that was difficult to even compare to an animal.
Its face resembled a tiger’s, and it had a mane.
It also stands upright on two feet, and its feet look like those of a restored Tyrannosaurus.
What’s even more terrifying is that the creature has a whopping 12 arms.
The shape of each arm was also very unique.
Some had elongated bear paws, some had eagle wings… … Simply put, they were monsters made by attaching various things together.
The fact that it was made so crudely means that it has a lot of ability.
[Ricerope uses spatial control.]
[Abilities cannot be disabled.]
[The item’s special ability is sealed.]
He launched a preemptive strike.
It locks the special abilities of the items that Jeonghoon has.
‘You’re doing some pretty funny stuff.’
Jeonghoon chuckled.
Restricts the use of special abilities of items.
Although you cannot use the special abilities of the items you are currently wearing, you can use the skills you have already learned.
[Activates Blackfield.]
[All abilities are adjusted by 1.5 times.]
[All abilities of monsters that invade the area due to the influence of Blackfield are reduced by 10%.]
After activating Blackfield, Jeonghoon pulled Anima’s protest.
‘The ultimate arrow.’
As I released the drawn arrow, an arrow with 1,700% damage was fired.
But the arrow passed right past Ricerope.
[Hey! What are you doing at this important moment!]
‘You’re usually so accurate… … Why are you suddenly like that?’
When the arrow missed, Mukho and Anima were shocked.
“It was done on purpose.”
[on purpose?]
‘There was a reason after all.’
The arrow was fired and lodged in the wall behind the rice rope.
Then the wall collapsed and the hidden energy source was destroyed.
As the energy supply he had been receiving disappeared, Ricerop looked at the wall with a puzzled expression.
I managed to skip the first pattern.
‘The pattern is similar.’
Before his return, Jeonghoon had challenged the power of heaven.
The one that was defeated in the process was the level 620 Cold Kaleos.
It took a whole month to learn its patterns.
It took quite a long time because I had to be extra careful because once I died, everything was over.
‘Still, he doesn’t seem as picky as Kaleos.’
In the case of Kaleos, in order to skip the first pattern, you had to destroy two energy sources hidden inside the wall.
But Ricerope had only one source of energy.
The first pattern is to launch a chain attack using energy supplied from an energy source.
The only way to destroy it honestly is to withstand all of its attacks, then attack when it recharges its energy supply.
If you repeat the first pattern and reduce the vitality by 30%, you will move on to the second pattern.
Jeonghoon skipped that process by destroying the energy source from the beginning.
‘now.’
Jeonghoon pulled the trigger again and then let go.
The arrow hit Ricerope squarely in the neck.
[Heavenly Strike is activated.]
Then a rain of arrows poured down on the bastard’s head.
“Kwaaah!”
The bastard screamed at the powerful arrow rain.
Jeonghoon attacked the bastard by shooting additional arrows.
In that way, 30% of Ricerop’s life was lost in an instant, leaving him with 70% remaining.
[Rice rope goes berserk for the first time.]
Ricerope’s body began to turn bright red, indicating that the second pattern was about to begin.
“It’s started.”
The second pattern was impossible to skip.
From now on, I have to endure his patterns with pure physical strength.
Jeonghoon changed his weapon from Anima to Leviathan.
