Chapter 31: My Way (3) 

I had decided on my current goal .

I needed an M/B or M/A ranking weapon .

The reason I needed a weapon was for the dungeons that were resistant to magic .

For mana stat, no matter how much you raised it, it wouldn't affect the magic's damage .

Only the total mana and the recovery rate .

Even the Awakened's level did not affect the skill's damage .

No matter how high leveled you were .

If you had the same skill and skill level, you'd do the same damage .

If there is a difference between a low level Awakened and higher leveled Awakened…

Increasing the mana stat to improve your overall mana pool and mana regen, allowing you to continuously cast the strongest skills .

Thus, the important thing to a magician class is the 'skill level' .

That's why they would be entering the level 18 dungeon .

If you think about it, it's a hunt for weapons, but I'm skipping from the level 13 dungeon to the level 18 dungeon all at once .

For the average Awakened, the level 13 dungeon's requirements was a 5 to 6 man party of level 65 minimum .

However, for the level 18 dungeon, you'd have to be a party of 5 to 6 members, all 85 levels higher than before, a group of lv 150s .

It took a minimum of 4 to 5 years of effort to make it possible .

And if you take account of the experience points and equipment befitting these members, there was a huge gap between me and them .

The amount of experience points you could earn would be on a different level .

The experience you could earn from the manticore dungeon would be 12 million or so .

By clearing the succubi dungeon once, you could receive up to 80 million experience . Just by the dungeon level increasing by 1, there was this much of a difference .

Of course, it's biased since I was able to defeat the revival succubi as well in the level 13 dungeon .

My current level is 95 .

I was able to achieve what would've taken others 3 years in only 3 months .

Roughly speaking, I had 12 times the growth speed of others .

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A regular Awakened's year would be only a month to me . But this isn't the end .

Because the gap will only increase from here on out .

The skill and level growth rate only being 12 times higher?

No . I was sure that at the minimum, it would be 50 times .

It was like hitting the cheat key in BattleNet and casting 'Psionic Storm' that a 'High Templar' uses?

I didn't think of stupid thoughts like 'I'll go to the level 18 dungeon when my level meets the requirements . '

Raising my main attack skill and shield to level 100! That was my requirement for entering the level 18 dungeon .

***

It was the time of year that nights became longer than day, and cold winds from morning till evening blew .

Time had passed to the point where I had to flip the calendar past October .

The safe house Jong Ho and I looked for before, we were able to match the timing of moving in with her birthday .

After the move, I went around to my neighbors to giving welcoming rice cakes around, and most reacted like this . 1

'There are people who still do this?' or 'They are coming in because they won the lottery,' was the general response .

I was a little disappointed .

But I really liked the home that was going to give peace and reassurance to my mother and my heart .

Since I was earning a lot more than what I thought, it was time for me to whip myself back into shape from a period of relaxation .

Happiness I obtained through difficulties .

I cannot have it stolen .

I cannot have it crushed .

I only hope that it'll stay this way .

Finally today . I was able to reach level 100 in all skills with the exception of 'Frost Orb', 'Heal', 'Hold', and 'Bind' .

For 'Eye of the Storm', since the increase in level didn't do much, I leveled it up on to 70 and stopped it there .

I only hunted to level my skills, but ended up naturally leveling to 108 .

If Jong Ho heard about this, he would probably fall over backwards and faint .

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The only reason I was able to achieve such a satisfying result was diligence .

I could get rid of fatigue and physical wounds with Heal .

However, there was the hindrance known as 'sleep' .

This was something that Heal couldn't cure .

But I found even time used for sleep a waste . I wanted to grow even quicker .

I even searched for magic that would get rid of sleep .

The time I allowed myself was 6 hours .

This period of time did not only include sleep, but also for eating and taking care of myself .

Other than that, I only focused on hunting . 18 hours a day succubi hunting .

It was a brutal training . However on Sundays, I would take a break no matter what happened .

I was growing stronger for happiness, so I wouldn't skip time with my mother .

Returning from the hunting grounds, I opened a safe in the corner of my room to retrieve the Awakened Essence .

And without hesitation, Awakened Gravity Laser .

I held the skill book against my chest and thought about Awakening the Gravity Laser .

Then .

[Would you like to Awaken Gravity Laser?]

Look at this kind narration provided by this noona .

I know this would be impossible, but I wanted to meet her someday and take her out for dinner .

"This is great . "

After Awakening the spell, the status window that showed Gravity Laser had a star in front of it, and the skill's level became 1 .

The required experience to level was 98 million .

Before Awakening, the experience required to level up the skill from level 1 was 100 . It felt like the difference was too steep .

Finishing the Awakening, all preparations to enter the level 18 dungeon was perfect .

***

I arrived in front of the dungeon entrance, located in Nowon . 2

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Guri, where I was currently living at, was 30 min away from the entrance . 3

Since I could not find any level 18 dungeons nearby, I was forced to waste 1 hour a day traversing .

Preparation was complete, and I could see the dungeon entrance before my eyes .

"Is there a need to hesitate?"

Dungeon is being activated .

The interior of the dungeon was something completely different from what I've seen so far .

A narrow rural road of 5m wide .

Each side of the road was accompanied by darkness that seemed to swallow light itself, which I found to be cliffs .

If felt as though if I fell, I would go straight down to hell .

Not only were the cliffs, but the ceiling and everywhere else was covered in complete darkness .

The only thing that had color in my sights was the rural road .

'If there was a road the grim reaper would guide people through, would it be like this?' was what I was considering .

Sightseeing ends here .

Without hesitation, I started to run .

I wonder how much time has passed .

When the entrance seemed smaller than a fingernail .

I heard the cries of the monsters ahead .

When I looked at where the sound came from, the first one I noticed was the 'Poison Naga . '

The owner of the sharp piercing cry was the 'Griffon . '

And next to it, there was a ghastly faded form .

It was exactly as I learned .

Until now, all dungeons had a single type of monster .

However, from level 16 and beyond had 2 to 5 different types of monsters mixed in .

For the level 18 dungeon that I've entered, it featured 3 different types of monsters .

If the variety of monsters increase, the different defense and attack become difficult to deal with .

Melee and ranged monsters, as well as monsters that use special abilities .

The reason why 5 to 6 members enter together as a party was to execute the correct strategies that work against the different monsters .

Even if physical attacks didn't work, this was why tanks such as Paladins and Dragonite Warriors are needed . 4

Amongst the warrior class, the tank was treated like royalty .

Without being carried, it could keep growing .

But is that really important .

'Even today, I'll do it by myself!'

As the Griffons Fear 5 rang out, I casted the 'Awakened Gravity Laser' to max range and ran full speed .

It was an attack skill that attacked anything within 100m without discrimination, regardless of what monsters and life forms they were .

The attack had begun the moment I could tell their shapes clearly .

All lasers within range were firing out in all directions .

I could not help but be surprised as I closed the distance between me and them .

"Huh? What the?"

Awakened Gravity Laser had a different thickness and color .

The thickness and clearness could not be compared to the previous version before Awakening .

Even when it got near level 100, it never showed crushing force like this .

It was as 3 times as thick, a mixture of red and blue powerful laser that poured out .

Through Awakening, the skill's increase in power had increased to eye opening levels .

"Guess this is the reason why everyone focuses so much on money . Let's kill!"