Chapter 15: To Higher Places (2) 

-Piercing Sword-

Class: Warrior, a person of great strength, Assassin (If another class obtains it, mana cost increases tenfold . )

Mana Cost: 10% of total mana (Mana cost does not increase even if skill level rises . )

Skill Introduction:

-Equipped weapon radiates from the body and pierces all enemies within 5 meters .

-As skill level rises, range and power increases .

-Only hits target the caster considers hostile .

Cooldown: None .

Duration: 10 seconds .

Skill Rank: B

Additional Explanation: None .

Skill Book Cost: 120,000,000 won

It was the information of a 120,000,000 won skill .

It was a skill that consumed 10% of your mana, which was suited for warriors .

For other classes, 10 times that cost would be 100% .

So even if you had 1000~2000 mana stat, you could only use it once .

However, does it matter?

It was now time to graduate from the level 12th dungeon .

There was also a reason why I placed all my points into strength and received a sword for warriors .

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After level 12th dungeon, magic attacks would not be effective between level 13th to level 15thdungeon .

The monsters have magic resistance .

It was a ridiculous situation since all magician classes would have to receive assistance from the guild or pay money and beg .

To get that amount of money, they would have to farm the level 12th dungeon and waste an enormous amount of time doing so .

Since it was impossible to grow stronger and it was also impossible to go on to the higher level dungeons .

However, there was nothing to be upset about, because from level 16th to level 18th, physical attacks do not work .

'It was better to get punished first' or something other?

Dungeons after that, there was magic and physical resistance rotating every 3 levels .

You had to continue begging and you had to continue receiving favors .

However, I'm going to do it all by myself .

That's why I got the stats and skills .

At first, I was surprised at the level requirement difference between level 6th and 12th dungeon .

However, compared to the dungeons that I'm going to be clearing, it was nothing .

The level 12th dungeon requirement was 5 people level 45 or higher . For the level 13th dungeon requirement, it was 5 people level 65 or higher .

Just with the increase of a single level for the dungeon, each Awakened had to increase their level by 20 .

If you add them up together, it was an increase of 100 levels .

If what I learned is correct, each year, there is another portal . With that portal, are stronger monsters to match it and a dungeon to prevent the portal from exploding . This has continued on for 40 years .

Each year, the monsters grew an incredible amount in strength .

And to cover up that gap in power, there must have been countless Awakened that were sacrificed to prevent the portals from exploding .

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***

Before I went to the dungeon, I headed home .

"This honorable sword that has been passed down through generations! I will now receive it!!! Dun dun dun!"

I grabbed the sword with both hands, kneeling down on the ground while playing a BGM .

All those levels I gained and with the assistance of the skull ring, I was able to hit strength 200 .

A sword that used to not budge no matter how hard I tried, now moves as if it was as light as a blade of grass .

A sword as dark as night, although in my room there was light, however, there was no outline or reflection on the sword .

I put the sword on my hand and it seemed to measure about 7cm wide .

It was as if the sword was eroding away the surrounding color, as if to say I will absorb all the light in the world .

The sword was over one meter long and it looked to be a traditional Korean sword . 1

Out of all the choices the advisor grandpa showed me, this one was the one I picked .

The weapons and armors that the blacksmith could make, there were many options, shapes, and types .

On the handle, a jewel was embedded .

If the weapon was obtained from a boss or a hidden monster, it would have a name .

However, this weapon that I received from the grandpa did not have a name .

Since it was going to be the ticket to my wealth for a while, it needed a name .

"Hm . Black… big and beautiful… No, not like this, it can't be!"

I had to get rid of the thought of a giant monster in my head and name my sword .

"Yes, I'll just name it Heugdo!"2

The moment I held the sword, my strength stat changed .

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With the skull ring, I was able to reach 200 points in strength, then I gained 30 points of strength from the jewel as well as 10% of the 200 strength I originally had from the Special Attribute of the sword .

The advisor grandpa said that this was one of the highest traits that you could earn from a half A sword using a blacksmith's crafting skill .

With a godlike 200 points in strength, I was instantly able to go over double that . 3

'Ha…Amateurs are all about equipment, my shoulders are getting heavy?'

***

While carrying the sword, I left the house .

The place I arrived at was not the 13th level dungeon but the level 12th dungeon .

-Entering dungeon sound . -

As I entered the dungeon, I raised my sword and shouted .

"A multicolored rose shines its light!"

I pulled out my two rose knives within the wind wall as if pulling out Excalibur .

The Heugdo that was supposed to be in my hands was nowhere to be seen, but instead I had two rose kitchen knives .

The reason for that was to raise my skill before entering the level 13th dungeon .

No matter how much you raise the mana stats, it does not affect a skill's destructive power .

However, strength raises the destructive power of physical skills .

With weak strength that would not kill the monster, I had to use Piercing Sword as many times as possible to get the most experience .

While others were trying to become stronger, I was aiming to be weaker .

The reason was not because I was trying to cover up for the missing 20 strength from the skull ring .

My base stat was 180 strength . With this much, it was not very low .

However, looking at the manticore's defense ability, it seemed that before level 10 with Piercing Sword, it could receive at least 5 times of the attack .

I ran about and aggro'd 200 manticores .

Out of habit, I almost used Eye of the Storm .

The Eye of the Storm duration became 6 seconds since it rose over level 20 .

However, the new skill, Piercing Sword, was 10 seconds longer .

It wasn't very effective to use if I wanted to avoid the manticore's attacks .

"Wait, did I just think that I was going to avoid their attacks? Shudders . "

I went towards the center of the gathering manticores .

Grr, grr!

I casted Frozen Shield and waited until they came closer to me .

The ones in my immediate vicinity, the front line, were swinging their sharp claws .

The sound of the shattering of the Frozen Shield almost caused me to tremble .

Now!

-Sword piercing enemies sounds . -

The rose knives that received my 180 strength were able to defend against all manticore attacks .

At the same time, all manticores within 5m, the rose knives were able to repeatedly go through them .

'Ah! How could I forget? Since I'm a magician, I could use it with both my hands . '

From within my body, rose knives started to pour out . Of course, twice the amount a warrior class would be able to use .

-Stabbing sounds . -

It seems as though a B rank skill that was not affected by the type of weapon that was used .