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This was the first S-Rank equipment he had found.
In addition to the extraordinary benefits that can reduce the physical damage received by 15%,
it also had the powerful effect of giving Strength and Constitution stat improvements of as much as 20 points.
Jin Woo's chest pounded in excitement at the item.
"That's incomparable to Rank-A equipment"
He had obtained 2 Rank-A items so far.
The first is Casom’s Venom Gland from Casaka.
The second is Gatekeeper Necklace from Cerberus.
Even both of them are very strong.
While the Venom Gland technically has a penalty on its strength, it is still a
a powerful item that gave him a 20% reduction in permanent physical damage%.
And Gatekeeper Necklace?
It was an incredible item that gave 20 points for agility and sense.
The benefits of both statistics become increasingly apparent as time goes on.
And the "Helm Red Knight" he had obtained had almost the same effect after combining
those two Rank-A items.
And without penalty.
"It's really the best."
Jin Woo could not help but smile despite already struggling to hold it back.
There was one more little thing; he actually liked the design of the helmet.
‘But I'm too shy to be able to show it off.’
The helmet shone with the color of blood.
Along with the long fur, it was almost like a work of art.
For a moment, Jin Woo wanted to get and wear the full set of armor.
Unfortunately,
'Very unfortunate ...'
The other pieces of Ygritte armor did not appear as drop items.
Only the helmet he got.
Jin Woo put aside a small regret and carefully put on the helmet.
shooo
As usual, it was gone as soon as he wore it.
Although he could not show off his form, that helm greatly enhanced his attributes.
Stats
Strength: 128 (+20)
Constitution: 87 (+20)
Agility: 107
Intelligence: 66
Sense: 89
(Available stat points: 0)
Physical Damage Reduction: 46% (+15%)
The thrust of the helmet is temporarily indicated in brackets.
Strength, Constitution and even the reduction of physical damage have greatly increased.
Jin Woo was very satisfied.
Confirming the effect with his eyes made his heart beat fast.
'Wait.'
Jin Woo shook his head.
‘Quest is not over. I need to calm down. "
There was one more thing he had to check.
Still excited, Jin Woo looked at the two remaining items.
Runestone: Ruler's Hands
The Instant Return Stone
There are two stones.
Jin Woo has just seen "Instant Return Stone".
It was a piece of rock that was slightly larger than a walnut.
"I know what Runestone is, but ..."
What is "Instant Return Stone”?
His curiosity was quickly answered.
The information of the stone appeared in front of him.
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[Instant Return Stone]
[Sarcity: ???]
[Type: Can be consumed]
[Item Quest Progress Class]
[Making you able to immediately return to the outside of the Dungeon]
[Item will disappear once the Quets are done]
[You cannot store this item in your storage]
How to use it is the same as Runestone.
Instead of acquiring a Skill, smashing this stone would instead bring it outside.
‘Wait, so the Quest is not over?’
According to the item description, if the Quest is completed, it will disappear.
That meant...
A cold chill pierced Jin Woo's spine.
A strange feeling.
He received a way to exit the Dungeon in an emergency, so why did he feel
very uncomfortable?
If this was something that could be used in a real Dungeon, the value of the stone would be
incalculable.
That little stone is the equivalent of a life-saving device, who would be stingy with money
they're on something like that?
Of course, Jin Woo felt the same way.
This should reduce the danger in the Quest.
"If I want, I can leave anytime I want ..."
Despite all this, he could not shake the fear he felt.
As if waiting, the system warned him in a tone.
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[Player has got Instant Return Stone]
[Quest Progress Class will now begin]
Uh! So this is the item that started the Quest!
Jin Woo was surprised.
He felt like he was stepping on an avoidable mine.
"If I knew this, I'd rest before taking it ..."
It's too late to regret it now.
No matter how much he combined his experience and intelligence, it was impossible
to predict the future with 100% certainty%.
Cold sweat gathered on his brows.
He checked his status.
[HP: 4,161/10,270]
[MP :390/850]
[Fatigue: 61]
["Your fatigue is a little high, but it's still manageable"]
Thanks to the increased Constitution of the helmet, his health is currently rising proportionally.
Thank goodness for that.
Jin Woo tries to comfort himself a little.
‘I can still do it.For now.'
In the end, his life would not be in danger.
He held the Instant Returner Stone in his hand.
But no matter how he thought about it, the stone represented the surrender he had in the Quest.
Otherwise, it would not have been given to him as an initial signal.
"And if I give up on the Quest ..."
It was no different from giving up on getting a Class.
The sweat that was gathering was now streaked across his face.
gulp
The next System Message appears.
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[In 10 seconds, the Dimension Gate will start to open randomly]
"Dimension Gate?"
Before he knew what those words meant, the system displayed a large screen with large numbers in the air.
[00:00:10]
Well, that's pretty easy to understand.
Maybe the countdown we talked about earlier.
The messages continue.
[Player has a choice:
Use the Instant Returner Stone to escape the Dungeon]
[... 8, 7, 6 ...]
The countdown continues.
[Or hold on as long as possible and earn the points needed for Class enhancement]
"hold on? of what? ”
Jin Woo said it out loud and frustrated.
His hand was already holding Casaka's Poisoned Fang, whom he summoned from storage.
Runestone is placed in storage, and Instant Returner Stone cannot be stored
placed in his back pocket.
While his heart felt like it was about to explode, he had completed his combat preparations.
Here you go, Sung Jin Woo.
[Quest Class Upgrade is about to begin]
... 4, 3, 2.
Jin Woo stared at the counting down numbers, then scanned his surroundings.
His sight quickly fell here and there.
Something's about to start.
The air in the room began to spin and became distorted.
[00:00:01]
[Good luck]
Whahuh?
This was the first time the System displayed a semblance of emotion, but there was no time
to surprise.
When the timer reaches 0, the gates begin to appear in various places around the room.
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It's not just one or two.
There were 6 people close to him, behind them many appeared.
At the same time, the timer starts counting down.
[00:00:02]
The countdown has started again.
This time, it was time to fight.
The progress point will depend on the record.
The system is not entirely clear, but Jin Woo also understands.
"I'll get stronger the longer I can hold on."
More precisely, he would gain a stronger Class if it lasted a long time.
He couldn't waste an opportunity like this.
He still had HP and MP left.
‘Let's be patient as much as possible.’
[00:00:03]
Just as the timer reached 3 seconds, the nearest gate began to bring up many Knights
without weapons.
clack-clack-clack
The ground trembled as the Conferred Knights marched into the formation.
They looked like tidal waves of metal frozen in time, waiting to
befalling him.
Even in the face of that oppressive might, a smile appeared on Jin Woo's face.
"If it's only this much, I can handle it"
On one hand, he was grateful that it only brought this level of enemies.
If something like Ygritte came out of that gate, he could not imagine how long it would take
can survive, maybe not more than a few seconds.
"Sthealth!"
Jin Woo uses the little mana left to use 'Stealth'.
"It drains mana, but I'll use it to check the situation first"
shooo
Jin Woo is missing.
As expected, the Knights running towards him all slowed down and stopped.
Unfortunately, something Jin Woo did not expect to happen,
A Mage had used the 'Eye of Detection' Skill'.
The system beeps with a warning.
'What?'
A Mage who appeared from one of the gates was chanting a spell.
Jin Woo sees an eye-shaped mark over his head.
The mark shone, and 'Stealth' Jin Woo disappeared.
'Damn it!'
The plan had been fucked up since the beginning.
turn
turn
The Knights who stood motionless after he disappeared turned their heads together
towards Jin Woo.
It was the same scene as the horror movie.
A wave of Armored Knights attacked the man.
He clenched his teeth and prepared himself.
Bang out!
His punch blew the head of a Knight.
The victim fell on the spot.
[You have defeated the Knight]
A light gathered in Jin Woo's eyes.
'Bloodlust! ’
[Bloodlust blood has been activated]
[Fear has been inflicted]
[Target will lose 50% of all attributes for 1 minute]
It was able to slow down many monsters, but the mana had dropped to the number 90.
Which fee for 'Bloodlust' is 100.
And she won't be able to use it again.
"But I have to use this"
In a minute when the monster attribute is taken down, Jin Woo mercilessly destroys
as many enemies as possible.
Bang out!
Cracks!
Booms!
The kaboom!
Faced with a terrifying strength, the Knights curled left and right.
Bang out! Booms! Cracks!
However, the speed at which the new Knights gave birth to Jin Woo's ability to
destroying them.
clack-clack-clack
Amidst the melee, Jin Woo checks the time.
[00:03:19]
3 Minutes and 19 seconds.
Jin Woo wonders how many points he has earned.
What would he accept if he left now?
The situation became increasingly unbearable.
The Knight attacks continued.
He had destroyed many of them, but their numbers remained incalculable.
"Yeah-ah!"
Finally, Jin Woo was buried by many Knights.
['Unyielding Spirit' has been activated]
['Unyielding Spirit' has been activated]
HP is starting to decline.
[HP: 1,036/10,270]
"And the time ...?"
[00:05:08]
5 Minutes and 8 seconds.
Jin Woo has survived as long as he can.
'...Let's go.'
At the bottom of the Knight pile, Jin Woo reached into his back pocket with great difficulty.
But…
drop
The Instant Return Stone slipped out of his hand.
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The round stone was kicked by the knight's heels and rolled away.
"NO!!!"
Jin Woo vainly extends his hand towards his savior but cannot
past the Knights.
More Kniht piled on it.
And make it hard to breathe.
['Unyielding Spirit' has been activated]
['Unyielding Spirit' has been activated]
Jin Woo felt his consciousness fade away.
clang! clang!
In the chaos of the Knights colliding on it, Jin Woo heard a laugh coming
from somewhere.
"Didn't you bring all this to yourself?"
‘...’
“Why go down a dangerous road over a safe road? If Hunter Rank-E
being a Rank-B, or even a Rank-C, wasn't it a fortune
that remarkable? "
‘..."
"I thought this was all worth it"
'...Quiet.'
"You're the reason you're gonna die here."
ON! AMM!
BOOM UP!
The Knights holding Jin Woo were all pushed back.
Even though he was on the verge of death, Jin Woo's eyes still looked alive.
They were filled with a spirit of determination.
"I won't let it end this way."
You think I'm gonna finish it here?
No. gabe.
It won't end here.
He knew what it was like to be at the absolute bottom of the world, and that was why he wanted to stand up
at absolute peak.
More than anyone, he knew the pain of a weakling.
He had done cowardly things to survive and was met with deep mockery
doing so.
"How much is Rank-E help?"
"Even if it was an Association, couldn't they send someone more useful?
This guy just ... "
"Did he just survive by hiding behind his teammates?"
The stairs to the peak he had only dreamed of finally appeared before him.
Did they expect him to just stare and do nothing?
Not likely.
'...I remember.'
That voice in his head.
That's "them".
Voices were whispering behind his back.
Sure oes.
Laugh at.
I will fight until the end.
It doesn't matter if my HP becomes 10 or 1.
I will fight until the end.
Until my bones become dust and my muscles are torn.
"NAWAH-!"
Jin Woo threw his body towards the Knights.
A smash!
His fists flew forward.
The chest protector of a Knight was shattered and the wearer was sent flying.
Like a bowling ball, his body flew down dropping the other Knights in its path.
Unceasingly, the Knights held him back once more.
But Jin Woo fought even harder.
Bang out! A smash! Booms!
Boxing.Ebbles.Knees.Legs.
Jin Woo throws every part of his body at his enemies.
Every time he attacked, a Knight curled up like a paper puppet.
[Your Fatigue is over 70]
[Your movement will be restricted]
As the warning said, his body began to slow down.
But the light in Jin Woo's eyes did not fade.
But, the Knights continued even after one or two attacks.
However, if they would not fall in one blow, he would only attack them twice.
If they would not fall in two attacks, he would attack them three times.
Four times.
Five times.
Cracks!
[... 8, 7, 6, 5]
Meanwhile, some kind of countdown is going on.
Jin Woo is focused on the battle that is going on and has not noticed it before.
'What? Is the Quest over? "
His brief moment of hope quickly dissipated.
[00:06:27]
The Quest Timer is still moving.
Whatever happens in front of him has nothing to do with the timer.
[4, 3, 2]
"Are you counting down to my death?"
Jin Woo thinks about the System.
He remembered the first time he spoke to her.
How it threatened to stop his heart in 0.02 seconds if he didn't
accepting to be Player.
Alright.
Jin Woo's eyes were wide open.
"I'll use you till the last second."
Bang out! The kaboom!
Two more Knights were destroyed.
However, compared to his fighting spirit, Jin Woo's body was already difficult to recognize.
The power behind his shoulders disappeared.
The slowing fist could no longer block the attacks of the Knights.
One from the front, one from the back.
Bam!
Attacked by two Knights, Jin Woo let out a painful groan.
"Your!"
Not missing a chance, the Knights approached Jin Woo once more.
Being restrained by the crowd, he couldn't even lift his finger.
clack-clack-clack
Even still, more and more knights approached Jin Woo.
The Knight Wave turned into a mountain.
Jin Woo breathed the last breath he could not imagine.
"Huh huh…!"
So this is the end.
Somehow, Jin Woo finds a small crack and extends his hand to the sky.
It was a meaningless gesture at that moment.
[HP: 93/10270]
The situation was hopeless.
But Jin Woo didn't give up.
"No, not yet ... just a little more ..."
The hand that was raised to the sky clenched.
At that moment, an unknown countdown was completed.
[... 1, 0]
[You failed to complete the Daily Quest]
[You will now be moved to the Penalty Zone]