61 Invicible Board

What kind of weird achievement is this?!

The moment Altair stepped onto the 18th floor, a new window popped up in front of him, signaling that he had unlocked a new achievement. Normally, this would be something to be happy about, but why did this message feel so awkward?

What does [You'll Definitely Reach the Eighteenth Floor!] even mean? Is this some kind of curse?

This is a dungeon, not hell!

However, despite his complaints, Altair immediately opened the notification window. After all, unlocking an achievement meant a new skill reward. He hadn't expected to earn an achievement just for reaching the 18th floor. Logically, defeating the 17th-floor boss, Goliath should have been more worthy of achievement. Yet, there was none for that, and instead, just stepping onto the 18th floor gave him one. What a strange situation.

He clicked on the achievement, and a new window popped up.

[See, I Told You!

Some things don't need words to be expressed. Only written text can truly convey your inner thoughts. So from now on, you can stay silent!

Welcome to the club - Elizabeth]

Whoosh!

Something appeared in Altair's left hand. His reflexes kicked in as he reached out and grabbed it. Looking down, he saw he was holding a wooden board with a wooden handle attached to it, and a sheet of white paper was stuck to the front of the board.

[What is this (￣口￣)!!]

Altair raised his left hand, and a line of text appeared on the white paper, complete with an emoji, causing him to freeze in confusion.

[Wait, could this thing be…!]

[Damn! （╬￣皿￣）]

Looking at the whiteboard in front of him, showing subtitles and even emojis, Altair couldn't help but twitch his eye.

The whiteboard displayed all the words he had wanted to say, but instead of speaking them, they were written on the board... complete with emojis.

[What's the point of this thing (╯‵□′)╯︵┴─┴]

[And why can't I free my left hand! (╯‵□′)╯︵┴─┴]

After a brief attempt, Altair gave up. As soon as he wanted to speak, his left hand would automatically grip the handle and instantly raise the board, with the text appearing at lightning speed on its surface for the person he was trying to talk to.

[Damn it!]

Feeling frustrated and wanting to curse, his left hand swiftly lifted the board toward the front. On it was a single word.

[(:з」∠)]

Altair couldn't help but facepalm with his right hand, while his left hand continued to hold up the whiteboard, now showing a new emoji.

[So, what is the point of this thing? Aside from making me mute, it doesn't seem to improve anything.]

[Can't I deactivate this? Am I seriously going to stay mute and use a whiteboard for the rest of my life? This is supposed to be a cute trait for a shy girl, not for a guy like me!]

At the entrance to the 18th floor, anyone passing by would see a handsome, blonde young man in light armor, crouching with his right hand pressed to his forehead, while his left hand repeatedly raised a whiteboard, the words on it changing each time. It was quite a bizarre sight.

Despite just unlocking a new achievement and gaining a new skill, Altair wasn't happy. The nature of this skill frustrated him. It was a passive skill like his previous ones, Tom's Body and Wolf Wisdom, not an active skill like Bear Power or Sugar Warrior.

Passive skills were generally very powerful because they didn't require casting or worrying about timing, as they could always be active. But the condition was that the passive skill needed to be useful. For example, Tom's Body and Wolf Wisdom greatly benefited Altair. But this? This was turning him mute and forcing him to hold a wooden board all the time. What kind of benefit was that?

Frustrated, Altair angrily threw the board to the ground.

Crack!

To Altair's surprise, the board shattered a rock on the ground, its edge even embedding itself in the stone.

[⊙ˍ⊙]

He pulled the board out and raised it again, crouching down to touch the stone with his right hand.

The stone was solid, not the kind that could be easily crushed. At least, not something he could break with his bare hands.

Looking at the board in his hand, Altair's eyes sparkled with interest.

[It seems like this skill isn't useless after all (●´∀｀)♪]

He hadn't noticed it before, but now that he was calmer and observing the skill with a more open mind, Altair was beginning to see its value.

After a moment of thought, he pulled out the lightsaber and swung it at the board.

The result surprised him... the board wasn't cut!

[!]

The whiteboard was invincible!

As for its attack power…

He swung the board at another rock on the ground, smashing the stone again and slightly embedding the board into it.

The attack power was there, but limited. The strength came from his arm, relying on the board's invincible durability to crack the stone.

But that was enough... the attack power might be limited, but the defense was incredible!

[Well, this is pretty nice♪（＾∀＾●）]

Altair's mood lightened.

Moreover, as he thought about it more, he realized that his body had undergone some changes after gaining this skill.

Tom's Body had given him Tom's unkillable body, especially in his legs, making him incredibly agile and able to survive impacts that would flatten most people. Wolf Wisdom had granted him Grey Wolf's intelligence, though his practical skills were still lacking.

But now, his body felt different once again.

When his left hand raised the whiteboard again, it displayed the first 100 digits of pi.

[As I thought.]

Through simple testing, Altair realized that his body had been enhanced. His speed, brain processing power, and hand movements had all been accelerated to the extreme.

It's common knowledge that speaking takes time, especially when reciting something like the first 100 digits of pi. But when Altair thought about saying it, it only took a second in his mind, and then his right hand wrote it out on the board in less than a second.1

That's right, all the writing on the board was done by his right hand... within a second!

He had no idea where his right hand had pulled out a pen from to write on the board, but in that brief instant, he realized that the writing had indeed been done by his hand. The speed was so fast, and his brain so enhanced, that it created the illusion that the text had simply appeared there by magic.

Satisfied with the test results, Altair smiled as he raised the whiteboard once more.

[So good ( =ˇˇ=)]

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