199. Ancient Godhead (1)
Looking at the [Holy Grail] floating in the air and emitting a soft light, I admired it.
“Is this the Holy Grail… … .”
It was worth it.
They say it’s an additional reward that can be obtained by defeating 10 or more deity camps… … .
surely.
It could be said that it was a huge perk worthy of the reward of a quest that was close to impossible to achieve.
But there was a problem.
as soon as… … .
―This is not an item that can be used by team members as well.
It is that the privilege of skipping the hierarchy cannot be applied to colleagues.
… … I could guess to some extent why this wasn’t multi-applied.
「※If you want to skip the layer, enter the [Labyrinth Temple] before moving to the final layer.」
「※ In the [Labyrinth Shrine], you can face all the divine beings who participated in the giant tree labyrinth event.”
It must be because of this use effect of entering the [Labyrinth Temple] before moving to the final layer.
Presumably, going to this [Labyrinth Temple] is an effect that only [Holy Grail] has.
It is possible to enter places that cannot be entered through the normal route, so it must be that the sharing of the effect of use is prohibited.
“… … .”
I touched my chin for a moment and thought about it… … .
The thought didn’t last that long, and soon the pulse was cut off.
That would be too… … .
“Han Seong-yoon. I don’t think we can go to the final level of the labyrinth. sorry.”
It was because Arya had suddenly refused to use the [Holy Grail].
When I asked why she refused to go with me, she replied with her head bowed.
“That, that… … . Because I gave all the [Grail Fragments] to Han Sungyoon, I can’t go with you… … .”
Only then did I understand.
“ah.”
―Come to think of it, camps with two or more [Grail Fragments] at the end of the ordeal were eligible to go down to the 8th floor.
“… … .”
—Since you ate all of that [Grail Fragment] by yourself, it’s only natural that we can’t go together.
Dam Chun-wu said with a smile.
―Originally, you can think of it as karma. Wouldn’t that be good news in this situation?
That’s not wrong.
The layer omission available through [Holy Grail] is an effect that cannot be shared with teammates.
And since he is not confident to completely protect Catherine Bennet, who is suffering from a fever, this must be the right decision.
I nodded and said goodbye to Arya.
“It seems I can’t help it. Then I will go alone now. Thank you so far.”
“Ahhh… … . Sungyoon Han… … . That, no way. How could such a lowly person like me… … .”
Arya said that as if she was in trouble, but her face was strangely flushed.
Looking at it, I felt regret.
‘I can’t kill you when you’re so careless. It’s a waste. I think I’ll become a lot stronger if I can kill.’
To release an opponent who could activate Power Extraction while holding onto their weakness.
Even if he hadn’t been docile to me and hadn’t been an apostle of the Dark God, he would have collected the spirits right away.
―Anyway, since you’re a crazy person… … .
Damcheonwu clicked his tongue like a crane, but I thought this was reasonable.
The reason why things don’t work out the way you think is purely because you’re caught up in your own interests.
Arya, unaware of my thoughts, managed to clear her voice while barely hiding her twitching lips.
“Hmmmm. Sungyoon Han. Perhaps I will be expelled from the labyrinth soon… … . I’ll give you this before that.”
After saying that, she handed me a black ticket, and upon receiving it, I immediately checked the item information.
「Labyrinth Exit Ticket」
「Rating: A+」
「A labyrinth exclusive ticket obtained by satisfying the special conditions in the [Dragon Sanctuary] on the 4th floor of the Giant Tree Labyrinth.”
「After tearing the ticket, you can activate the exclusive effect ‘Exit [1/1]’ by designating a target.」
「When exiting the labyrinth through a ticket, you return to the original dimension without penalty for diminishing your abilities.」
「However, if you designate someone else as a target, you cannot use the ticket itself unless you are incapable of combat.」
After reading the item description window to the end, I widened my eyes in surprise.
“oh.”
I hope there will be something like this
“Now, I will soon be expelled from the Labyrinth due to a failed trial, but I don’t think I will be this prospective apostle… … .”
… … Conversely, it means that Kim Seung-hun and Oh Chun-seok were secretly saved when they were expelled.
‘Is this an unavoidable part?’
arms bent inward
It must have been more important for her to write to Catherine Bennet, the same apostle who fainted from a fever.
I nodded and immediately tore up the black ticket.
Aww!
「The labyrinth exit ticket (A+) exclusive effect ‘Exit [1/1]’ is activated.」
「Target designation complete.」
“Challenger ‘Catherine Bennett’ has been designated as the target for using the Labyrinth exit ticket.”
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“The number of uses [1/1] is consumed to [0/1], and the item is completely destroyed.”
And the remains of the torn black ticket turned to ashes and disappeared… … .
tsuuu
Then Catherine Bennett’s body was wrapped in a black halo and disappeared.
「We will completely return the challenger, Catherine Bennett, to her original dimension.」
It was then.
“All challengers belonging to the faction that failed to collect [Grail Fragments] will be expelled from the Giant Tree Labyrinth.”
As if the time had come, Arya’s body was also enveloped in light particles.
“… … Looks like I’ll have to go now. Sungyoon Han. It was an honor to serve you even for a short time.”
After those words, even Arya disappeared, and eventually only I was left.
– I guess I’ll calm down a bit now.
Damcheonwu said in a pleasant voice, as if he was satisfied with it, but… … .
―Now I can use the Holy Grail and go downstairs… … .
“There is some work to go through before that.”
—… … What is the work you have to go through?
“Before going to the final level of the labyrinth, we need to increase our power as much as possible.”
At that, I appealed to him for a moment and immediately opened the status window.
First of all, it was to check the powers obtained by achieving legendary achievements during battle.
『New Killing Sword』
『Rating: S+』
『It is an Authority that proves the murder of a Godhead or its incarnation. All damage dealt with the sword increases by 40% when facing a god or its incarnation.
Divine Killing Sword.
The authority obtained by killing the incarnation of a god certainly had a surprising effect.
―This crazy… … ! Increased all damage against godheads or their incarnations? what else is this… … .
“It’s a pretty decent power.”
―It’s not a good level, but it’s the same power as the natural enemy of a godhead… … .
“Still, it’s damage inflicted with a sword, isn’t it? It’s not that versatile.”
Although I mainly use a sword, there are plenty of other means of attack.
However, since only the damage inflicted by the sword increased, it was just a moderately usable power.
Otherwise, it would have been worth as much if it had an option of purely increasing all damage.
‘Of course, increasing the damage done to the godhead itself is fraudulent.’
Since the amount of damage inflicted on the godhead increases, the grade value is sufficient.
After that, I checked the remaining commanders after the battle with the godhead.
“Somehow, there are still many spirits left.”
There were more than 30 commanders, and I absorbed them immediately.
「Uses all possessed spirits to permanently increase stats.」
“Muscle strength has increased by 4.”
“Agility has increased by 4.”
“Your physical strength has increased by 5.”
「Magic power has increased by 5.」
“Durability has increased by 4.”
Maybe it’s because the stats have been raised a lot now, the increase wasn’t that big, and instead, it took decent skills.
「Acquire the skill ‘Khan Empire Magic Meditation (C+)’.」
「Acquire the skill ‘Mental Concentration (B+)’.」
「Learn the skill “Constant activation (D+)”.”
「Acquire the skill “Synchronization (C-)”.”
All of the skills individually were useless, but had their own value.
‘Skills suitable for skill synthesis offerings.’
Among them, I especially paid attention to ‘Continuous activation (D+)’ and ‘Synchronization (C-)’.
『Skill – Constant activation (D+)』
『Proficiency – 47%』
『Effect – Designates one skill and consumes mana to switch to a permanent activation state.』
『Skill – Synchronize (C-)』
『Proficiency – 77%』
『Effect – You can match the user’s senses to a certain object state to some extent.』
‘Always activated and synchronized can make a surprisingly good skill.’
These two seemed to be very helpful in skill synthesis.
「Inherent authority ‘Skill Synthesis’ has been activated.」
After completing the skill check, I immediately activated skill synthesis.
「View the skill list.」
「Please choose a synthetic material from the existing skills.」
‘For now, let’s combine the Khan Empire’s mage meditation and mental concentration.’
I thought these two would be good to create synergy with each other.
「The authority ‘Protection of the Hero’ is strongly activated.」
“Fortune temporarily and violently increases.”
actually… … .
「Skill synthesis has been completed.」
“A new skill is created.”
The newly created skill has become quite good.
『Skill – Magical Meditation (A-)』
『Skill level – 0%』
『Basic effect – When entering mental concentration, the magic recovery speed is temporarily increased by 100%.』
『Detailed effect – When using a skill while sitting cross-legged, the magic value is permanently increased by up to +10.』
A skill suitable for use in battle or training was born.
But I had no intention of being satisfied with this.
I tried skill synthesis once more.
‘It would be better to combine Magical Meditation and Strike Concentration.’
Since both are mental concentration skills, the synergy will increase.
「Skill synthesis has been completed.」
“A new skill is created.”
This time, he succeeded in creating a good skill like guessing.
『Skill – Magical Meditation Drama (A)』
『Skill level – 0%』
『Basic effect – When entering concentration state, magic recovery speed is temporarily increased by 180%.』
『Detailed effect – When using the skill while sitting cross-legged, the magical power level gradually increases without limit.』
The effect of enhancing the next attack in the Focused Strike skill seems to have disappeared.
In this case, I felt like I should say it was fortunate that the next attack strengthening effect in Focus on Strike disappeared.
It was worth it.
In the detailed effect of the magic meditation play skill, instead of the phrase that max.
―In terms of martial arts, it’s a psychological technique. It has a good effect, so it should be useful.
Dam Chun-wu also raised his voice as if he was satisfied that he had acquired a good skill.
But this wasn’t enough.
‘I don’t know what kind of trials there will be in the final layer of the labyrinth… … .’
Now it was time to create the skill I had in mind.
「Inherent authority ‘Skill Synthesis’ has been activated.」
This time, it was my intention to change the skills I had previously bought at the shop dedicated to the labyrinth.
‘If we combine the spell predation, regular activation, and synchronization together, good results will come out.’
Originally, Spell Devour is a skill that enhances physical abilities by devouring spell-type attacks with magical power.
so… … .
「Skill synthesis has been completed.」
“A new skill is created.”
If you combine the synchro skill with the always activated skill, a good skill with a passive state will be born.
『Skill – Infinite Spell Devour (B+)』
『Skill level – 0%』
『Basic effect – Devours all spells that touch the body and converts them into pure magic.』
『Detailed effect – At this time, if you want, activate the skill to synchronize with the spell that touched your body and take away control of the spell.』
Seeing the contents of the skill, I smiled.
“Now it really must be a natural enemy for wizards.”
Swallowing all the spells at no cost, and the spell that touched the body could take away the initiative… … .
‘This is the level of a real monster.’
This will help enough at the top as well.
Satisfied with that, I opened a labyrinth-only shop.
It’s not different… … .
「Purchased the exclusive perk ‘Power Evolution Potion (SSS+)’ by consuming 100 labyrinth points.」
Now, to purchase the last remaining labyrinth privilege.
A moment… … !
Surprisingly, for a potion with a labyrinth score of 100, the appearance was ordinary.
‘The color isn’t too special, it’s transparent, so it looks like water.’
Of course, since it was a power evolution potion in the labyrinth and handed over, there was no way it was really ordinary.
I immediately opened the stopper and drank the power evolution potion, and a reaction came up.
“You have consumed the Power Evolution Potion (SSS+).”
“Please select the authority to evolve.”
It is the power to evolve.
It was decided what to choose.
“transcendence.”
The priority is to evolve Transcendence, a unique divine power.
“Selection complete.”
「The unique divine authority ‘Transcendence (SSS+)’ evolves and additional abilities bloom.」
“From now on, the number of power skills that can be added increases according to the number of potential divinities added.”
The increase in the power skill according to the addition of the latent divinity… … .
―The conditions are also very grim. Potential divinities usually don’t have many. This is a good evolution because it’s you.
“Iknow, right.”
―Even if you said ‘the number of potential divinities to be added from now on’, you can’t add authority skills with the potential divinities you’ve acquired until now… … .
“Oh, I guess that doesn’t matter.”
Dam Chun-wu looked very regretful, but it didn’t seem like it would be difficult to obtain a potential divinity.
“Don’t you know?”
That would be too… … .
“I know that if you kill the incarnation of a godhead, you can obtain a latent godhead.”
This is because from now on, we will be going to a place where we might be able to acquire a lot of spirit fragments.
“If you’re lucky, you’ll get another latent divinity this time.”
and… … .
「The Holy Grail (SS+) exclusive effect, ‘Skip Layer [1/1]’, is activated.」
Whoops!
Immediately activating the Holy Grail in my hand, I smiled.
“Aren’t you looking forward to it?”
Then, the moment the Holy Grail vibrated and emitted light.
“How many gods are there in [The Labyrinth Temple].”
—… … You guys are so consistent, it seems like I like you.
「※ Move to the [Labyrinth Temple] before the layer skip proceeds to the final layer of the labyrinth.」
The movement to a new stage has begun.
