First, Taesan checked the helt Valoran had given him.
[Valoran's Helt] [Defense 22] [Action Speed 3%] [A helt of a once great knight. His soul is tarnished, but the will contained in the helt has not disappeared.]
Action and movent speed was usually effects attached only to shoes. Having it on a helt ant it was a remarkable piece of equipnt.
It was a piece of equipnt well worth not using skills for.
And, just like when he cleared the 10th floor, he earned countless titles.
[Title: The Advancer] [You not only perfectly broke through a certain floor in the labyrinth but proved that you will go even deeper.] [Strength 15] [Intelligence 15] [Agility 15] [Title: One Who Touched the Grain of Perfection] [You broke through while figuring out everything about the labyrinth. It's still small, but it's a definite achievent.] [Strength 18] [Intelligence 18] [Agility 18] [The reward will be strengthened when all floors have been fully figured out.] [Title: One Who Began the Path] [You have begun walking the path to prove yourself.] [Strength 12] [Intelligence 12] [Agility 12] [Movent Speed 4%] [Title: One Who Succeeded in the Challenge] [You have successfully completed a aningful challenge and further proved yourself.] [NPCs, gods, favor you.] [Strength 12] [Intelligence 12] [Agility 12]
Up to this point, the titles were similar to those he earned when clearing the 10th floor, but they were about twice as strong. And there was also a unique title obtained while clearing the 20th floor.
[Title: The Accumulator] [You have gathered enough power. This is proof of that.] [Mana 21] [Agility 16] [Accelerated gain is added to all skill proficiency.]
Title: The Accumulator. It was a title that evaluated everything that had been done as he descended down to the 20th floor and gave him a special ability.
For Taesan, it was an acceleration in skill proficiency. His main technique was his skill, so it was natural.
The acceleration, although very minute and difficult to notice, created a big difference as he obtained it one by one like this.
He also obtained a skill.
[Constant Activation Special Skill: Self-proof] [What you have accumulated becos a phenonon and revolves around you.]
According to Taeyeon’s words, it was a skill that gave off a kind of oppressive feeling.
Monsters he had slain, the strengthening of his mind as he traversed the labyrinth, and his physical strength.
All of it remained in his body, giving off an aura of intimidation.
In fact, every ti he t Taeyeon, a strange energy was always swirling around her.
A kind of energy that made the weak recoil upon encountering it. It was apt to say that it represented a kind of strength.
Having confird all the clear rewards, Taesan checked the secret reward this ti.
The secret reward was a pair of shoes.
[Shoes of the Sharp Scar] [Attack 4] [Defense 14] [Agility 10] [Movent Speed 12%] [Action Speed 6%] [Shoes with a distorted pattern. It looks like it would hurt a lot if kicked.]
The defense and agility were exactly twice as much as the shoes he was currently wearing.
The movent speed and action speed were also high, and there was even an attack power gain. There was no reason not to switch.
The secret reward was a Rune of Power. His strength naturally increased by 20.
“Status Window.”
[Kang Taesan] [Level: 43] [Shield: 192/192] [Health: 2250/2250] [Mana: 514/514] [Strength: 765] [Intelligence: 533] [Agility: 688] [Attack Power 83] [Defense 115] [The subject is in top condition.]
He had beco incredibly powerful once again. Taesan laughed joyously.
At this rate, he might catch up with the previous stats of Lee Taeyeon even before reaching the depths of the labyrinth.
Taesan went up the labyrinth again to et Lillis. She was panting as she moved her luggage.
“You, you went down again?”
“I reached the 20th floor.”
“Ah ah...”
She looked at her luggage with a face of despair.
“Just stay put. Isn’t it more comfortable for to co up?”
“...No. I can’t be bothered by this if I also have sothing to gain.”
Lillis shook her head with a brief, stern expression. It seed like her way of expressing gratitude.
She quickly organized her luggage, and her eyes lit up.
“So, you ca with sothing to offer?”
Nodding, Taesan pulled out the equipnt he had obtained from defeating the liches. Each ti an item ca out, Lillis was amazed.
“Woah!”
“Can I learn with these items?”
“More than enough!”
She laughed heartily as she arranged the equipnt. As always, she prayed and offered the items to the deity of magic.
“I’ll teach you right away!”
[You have learned Air Leap.] [Beginner Magic: Air Leap] [Mana Consumption: 10] [Proficiency: 1%] [Leap in the air. Can only be used once at a ti for now.]
“Shall I explain?”
“No.”
The best way to understand after learning was to use it directly. Taesan imdiately leaped off the ground.
Thump.
His body shot up into the sky, almost to the ceiling, before gravity started to bring him back down. Halfway down, Taesan activated the spell.
[You have activated Air Leap.]
A platform appeared under his feet. Taesan exerted force on his foot to step on the invisible platform. His body shot up into the sky once more.
Upon landing, Taesan realized.
“It’s a double jump.”
It was a skill that frequently appeared in gas. Leaping in the air and jumping again. He could understand it right away since he had seen it multiple tis.
“This is good magic.”
In Taesan’s experience, most skills that could defy physical laws were jackpot. Being able to change direction once in the air was a big advantage in both battle and movent.
‘I wonder if it could be combined with the Great Leap?’
A skill that made the body leap a great distance, the Great Leap. He wondered if it was possible to combine it with Air Leap.
Naturally, his thoughts went in that direction.
“Then, see you next ti.”
“Goodbye!”
Taesan, who had parted with Lillis, returned to the 20th floor.
There was one room there that Taesan had deliberately not visited.
[A Death Knight has appeared.]
There was one Death Knight there. Upon seeing the Death Knight, Taesan removed all his equipnt.
The ghost realized sothing.
[Are you trying to learn more Nullification skills?]
“You know it well.”
[...Is there more to learn?]
“I have to find out.”
From the 20th floor, the levels would start to even out. It would reach a point where he could obtain skills. That was why he had intentionally left one room unexplored.
Taesan used the fairy dust he had received as a reward.
And then he quietly waited for the attack.
The Death Knight thrust its sword.
[Your First Attack Nullification has been activated.]
The Attack Nullification skill did not count as Nullification when it was obtained, so all Attack Nullifications needed to be used.
[Your Second Attack Nullification has been activated.]
After two attacks were erased, Taesan tensed the muscles throughout his body. The Death Knight thrust its sword.
He contorted his body to the limit to minimize the damage received.
[You receive 62 damage.]
Taesan’s shield was at 192. A simple calculation showed that he could sustain up to four attacks.
Once again, he contorted his body to its limits.
[You receive 61 damage.]
And once more.
The Death Knight thrust its sword. He twisted his body to the sword, aiming for his side. A feeling of discomfort accompanied the tearing of his flesh.
[You receive 65 damage.] [You did not lose any health from the third attack. You have acquired the special always-on skill [Absolute Nullification of the Third Attack].]
He barely managed to acquire the third one. Taesan pulled out his sword and obliterated the Death Knight.
“So it goes up to the third ti.”
[This is sothing.]
The ghost chuckled. It was a sight it had already seen, but it never ceased to be unbelievable.
[Doesn't it seem like a skill that you obtain in combination with the shield?]
“It seems so.”
A skill that could only be obtained by clearing the enhanced trial of Lakiratas that granted the Shield stat.
The shield wasn’t a health-based chanism, so it made it easy to acquire the Attack Nullification skills. It seed like a skill that could be obtained in so kind of combination with the shield. It was like an additional reward for breaking through the enhanced trial.
[I guess it's a skill designed in that way from the beginning.]
However, so far, no one who had undergone Lakiratas’ enhanced trial, nor anyone who had cleared it, seed to know about it.
[Hmm. Then I understand it. After all, it isn't a skill that can be normally obtained.]
“Is that so?”
He wasn’t sure. After all, Taesan had obtained it after much effort with nothing at hand in his previous life.
But objectively, it made sense. Nobody else had obtained the nullification skill.
Regardless, he had obtained the skill he wanted.
There was still plenty of ti left. Hafran would take two days to finish, and not even a day had passed yet.
“So.”
Taesan sat down. The ghost took it as him wanting to rest.
[You should take a break. You've been going too hard.]
Since signing a contract with the ghost, Taesan hadn’t taken a single day off. He had slept minimally and just descended further into the labyrinth.
Any normal person would have burnt out a long ti ago. Even if they didn’t, their ntal strength would have been drained and quickly crumbled.
No matter how exceptional Taesan was, he would reach his limit soon. It was necessary to stop thinking about anything and rest.
Taesan had an expression asking what the ghost was even talking about.
“Teach swordsmanship.”
[What?]
“Since I have two days off, teach swordsmanship. I want to learn so theory now.”
So far, he had only practiced in real combat. He wanted to properly understand the parts he only had a rough grasp of.
[.......]
The ghost was at a loss for words. Seeing the speechless ghost, Taesan asked.
“Won’t you teach ?”
[No, it's not that.]
The ghost laughed awkwardly.
[You're really an odd one.]
The ghost obediently taught him swordsmanship. While moving his body, Taesan once again realized the principles and theories he had roughly understood, along with the explanations.
For two days, he kept modifying his body like that, and as a result, he was able to greatly increase his proficiency.
[Advanced Skill: Storm Scar Sword] [Proficiency: 29%] [A sword technique passed down from a destroyed world. Now, only one person has mastered it. You can be confident that you have made a start.]
He was able to raise it by a whopping 5% in two days. He also felt a corresponding improvent.
[It was easy to raise because it was a process of organizing what you have built up. From here, it's going to get much harder.]
“That’s enough.”
It was an advanced skill. He never thought it would be easy to raise from the beginning. This was a satisfactory result.
And now, it was ti to receive the reward.
Taesan went to Hafran. Hafran, who was pounding with his hamr, opened his mouth when he saw him.
“You ca just in ti. I just finished.”
Hafran showed him a colorless round bead. Energy was shaking inside it.
“I processed it into the simplest form. It’s easier to use than sothing too unique. The advantage of combining is strengthening. Give your weapon.”
Taesan obediently handed over his sword, and Hafran struck the bead against the sword. The bead shattered, and the energy inside started to flow into the sword.
“Take it.”
“Is this it?”
“Do you want to loudly smash it with a hamr?”
Hafran handed it over with a bored face. Taesan took it and checked.
[Relic of Calvert: Sword imbued with the Blood of Ancestors] [Artifact from a world now destroyed. It has taken the lives of nurous emperors.] [Attack power 30] [Against all enemies of noble bloodlines, attack power 15]
Taesan was taken aback. The specter, who had been watching with interest, exclaid in admiration.
[You managed to achieve this level?]
“Because it is sothing that strengthens the weapon’s inherent advantages. Since it’s nothing special, it was easy to make. Are you satisfied?”
Taesan nodded his head. It was an enhancent that surpassed satisfactory levels.
The base attack power increased by 10. Not only did the attack power of 10, which increased when dealing with noble bloodlines, increase to 15, but it also changed to apply when dealing with all enemies that carried noble blood.
Considering that there were virtually no enemies with noble bloodlines, the attack power increased by around 25.
It was a change beyond what Taesan had expected. With a weapon of this level, he could use it until he really went deep in the labyrinth. Taesan expressed his gratitude.
“Thank you.”
“It’s a trade. There’s no need to thank .”
Hafran waved his hand.
“Make your next visit after you’ve beco much stronger. The world will be watching you, so it will be much harder next ti.”
Taesan was aware of that part. The malice directed at him before he returned was indeed creepy.
“Even if it’s not that, bring sothing like materials. I’ll make you so trivial things.”
“Do I have to keep coming down to the 15th floor?”
If Hafran stayed here, he might have to co back to the 15th floor even after going to the depths.
“Normally, yes. But since you’re different from the others, I’ll have to work hard.”
Hapran swung his hamr.
“I’ll co down every five floors. Any more would be too much of a hassle.”
“That’ll do.”
It reduced so of the hassle for Taesan.
Finally, it was over. Taesan, who said goodbye to Hafran, returned to the 19th floor.
Taesan placed his hand on the altar of the god of demons.
Mana poured out.
A dense and black fog filled the room.
He felt a gaze from within it.
Curiosity.
Annoyance.
And besides, it was a gaze filled with various emotions. Taesan waited quietly.
Soon, a system window appeared.
[Lucifer invites you to their domain.]
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