For the first ti ever, an item with a rarity ranking of S showed up.
Just the effect of 15% reduction in physical damage alone wouldve made it a top-tier item, yet it even possessed two more remarkable additional attributes of raising the Stamina and Strength Stats by 20 points each.
Just seeing those options alone made his heart palpitate so much faster.
The rarity A items cant even compare to it!
He had acquired two A-ranked items up until now.
The first was the Poison Sac of Kasaka, the one he got after he defeated the snake Blue Kasaka; the second one being the Gatekeepers Necklace after he defeated the Cerberus.
Those two items were already quite excellent.
The poison sac had the terrible penalty of stealing 35 points from his Strength Stat, but its effect also decreased the physical damage taken by 20%.
What about the Gatekeepers Necklace, then?
It was one of the best items out there that increased both Agility and Perception Stats by 20 each two Stats he now knew the importance of.
But the Red Knights Helm possessed the kind of buffing effect that combined both of those items. And without any penalty, to boot.
No need to ntion it. Its the best.
He was fully aware of the fact that he was standing in the middle of the dungeons boss room, yet the smile on his face didnt want to go away.
And if he were to add in one more unnecessary point here, he even liked the helms design.
Its a bit of a pity to hide this thing, though.
The crimson helm that imdiately reminded all onlookers of the flowing blood, and the mane connected to the helm itself, made him feel like he was holding an artistic masterpiece.
It was only for a brief mont, but he even felt compelled to put on the full set of this armour if it existed sowhere.
However
What a waste.
Igrits other armour pieces werent considered to be loot, as there were no lights coming off from them. Only the helm could be taken away.
Jin-Woo forced back a rueful smile and cautiously put on the helm.
Poof.
Just as always, the helm disappeared from the view imdiately.
Although he couldnt show off his new look, his Stats had gained a huge boost thanks to his new headwear.
[Stats]
Strength: 128 ( 20)
Stamina: 87 ( 20)
Agility: 107
Intelligence: 66
Perception: 89
Reduction in physical damage: 46% ( 15%)
The numbers appearing in brackets were the increases in his Stats from the helm itself. Not only the Strength and Stamina Stats, but the hard-to-increase damage reduction Stat all enjoyed massive boosts.
He was completely and utterly satisfied now.
Having confird the increase with his own two eyes, his heart began beating even faster.
No, no, no.
Jin-Woo quickly shook his head.
The quest isnt over yet, so lets calm down.
Besides, he still had other items to sort out, too.
With the trace of excitent still lingering in his mind, Jin-Woo shifted his gaze to the other two items.
[Rune Stone: Rulers Reach]
[Item: Imdiate Return Stone]
Two pieces of stones.
Out of the two walnut-sized stones, the first one to grab his curious gaze was the Imdiate Return Stone.
I know what is a Rune Stone, but this.
Just what could this Imdiate Return Stone do?
His curiosity got resolved pretty quickly, however. The information on the Imdiate Return Stone floated up right away.
Tti-ring.
Rarity: ??
Type: Consumable
An item exclusive to this Class Change Quest. When destroyed, youll be transported outside the dungeon imdiately. However, once the Class Change Quest has been concluded, it will automatically be destroyed.
Cant be stored in the Inventory.
The way to use it was similar to a Rune Stone.
However, to think that its effect wasnt about absorbing a new skill, but to escape from this dungeon.
Hang on a sec. The Class Change Quest isnt over yet?!
If that were the case, then this particular item shouldve been destroyed already.
Since it hadnt, that could only an
For so reason, he felt a creeping chill slowly caress his spine.
What an odd sensation that was.
He had received one of the best items out there that could help him make his escape from this dungeon, yet why was he getting this incredibly bad premonition right now?
If this stone could be used in regular dungeons, and not only inside the System-generated ones, then just about everyone alive would try to buy this thing.
Seriously, this stone would be the sa as having a sure-fire way to save their lives, so no one should be foolish enough to pinch pennies when trying to get their hands on one.
It was the sa with Jin-Woo, too. Just this item alone should decrease the burden of this quest by a great deal.
If I so choose.
.Hed be able to escape at any ti.
However, the ominous feeling taking root in the corner of his mind didnt want to go away, no matter what.
And, sure enough!
The warning beep from the System went off in his head as if it was waiting for this mont.
[Player has acquired the Imdiate Return Stone.]
[The Class Change Quest will now comnce.]
Son of a b*tch!
So, this was the item to start the quest for real!
He nearly fainted on the spot. He felt like he had stepped on sothing he shouldnt have in the first place.
If I knew this might happen, Id have taken a short break first!
What would regret do for him now?
No matter how much one relied on ones experience and knowledge to predict the future, one would never be able to correctly guess the tricks of fate.
A strand of cold sweat dripped down from Jin-Woos forehead.
Jin-Woo summoned the Status Window inwardly and confird the remaining HP and his fatigue level.
[HP: 4161/10270]
[MP: 390/850]
[Tiredness: 61]
The Tiredness Stat is a bit on the high side, but I can still do this.
The helms added effects enhanced his Stamina Stat by a lot, which ant that his overall endurance had increased greatly as well, and his remaining HP had risen up as an added bonus, too.
What a relief that was.
As if to encourage himself, Jin-Woo continued to tell himself that
I can still do this. Its not impossible.
Of course, his life should not be in any imminent danger. Because, he held the Imdiate Return Stone, after all.
However, no matter how hard he thought about it, this Imdiate Return Stone sounded awfully like an item that signified him giving up on the quest.
If that was not the case, then it shouldnt have been the quest-starting item, to begin with.
If I give up on this quest.
Wouldnt it be the sa as him giving up on this chance to get his class?
The cold sweat on his forehead rolled past his temple and down to his chin, before dripping down.
Gulp.
Just as he swallowed a bit of dry spit and his Adams apple bobbed up and down, the Systems new ssage popped up in his view.
[In ten seconds, dinsional doorways will be randomly generated.]
Dinsional doorways?
Even before his question could be cleared up, huge numbers appeared up in the middle of the air.
[00:00:10]
He could easily tell what that was.
It most likely was signifying the countdown.
anwhile, the ssages continued on.
[Player has a choice.]
[You can escape from the dungeon by using the Imdiate Return Stone, or.]
..8, 7, 6.
The tir continued to tick down to 0.
[Or, endure as long as you can and earn as many advancent points as possible in order to access the higher ranked classes.]
Endure?! Endure what exactly?
He ended up shouting out loudly as his frustration mounted. However, Jin-Woo was already holding the Poison Fang of Kasaka summoned from his Inventory.
He stored the Rune Stone inside the Inventory, while the Imdiate Return Stone was placed inside the back of his pocket since it couldnt be stored there.
Even though his heart beat fast and hard enough to nearly explode, he didnt forget to get ready for the battle that was about to co.
That was how Seong Jin-Woo operated.
[The Class Change Quest will soon comnce.]
.4, 3, 2.
Jin-Woo anxiously glared at the ti and quickly scanned his surroundings.
His head and eyes darted around quickly, over here and over there.
Sothing ominous was clearly getting ready to begin; the space around him was separating and twisting visibly to his eyes.
[00:00:01]
[I wish you the best of luck.]
What?
For the first ti ever, the System expressed emotion.
Too bad, he had no ti to stew inside his shock. The mont the tir hit 0, several Gates began forming all around him.
Buzzz
Wuuooong.
Not just one or two, either.
He first spotted six around him. The number continued to climb up even higher, however.
And at the sa ti, the tir began ticking upwards.
[00:00:02]
The countdown began again.
The ti would beco his so-called advancent points. He hadnt understood everything the System said, but still, he did figure out so parts of it.
The longer I endure, the stronger I will get.
No, more specifically, hed instead get a powerful class.
There was no way hed throw away a golden opportunity like this. He also had so wiggle room left with his HP and MP.
Lets endure as long as I can.
[00:00:03]
When the tir hit exactly three seconds, weapon-less knights poured out from the nearest Gate.
Thud, thud, thud, thud.
When the knights decked out in full armour ford silver-coloured waves, the ground couldnt help but tremor from the weight.
The montum these things displayed would have been enough to overwhelm most people, but there was a smile floating up onto Jin-Woos lips, instead.
If its these guys, I can definitely fight them!
In a way, he was oh-so-glad to see them as his opponents.
If the monsters coming out from the Gates happened to be as strong as Igrit, then he wouldnt even be able to last a couple of seconds.
Stealth!
Jin-Woo used so part of the remaining MP and activated the skill Stealth.
For the ti being, I should observe whats happening here first.
Jin-Woos form blurred and slowly disappeared. As expected, the knights rushing towards him all ca to an abrupt halt.
[The mage has used Skill: Eyes of Detection.]
The crisp tti-ring of the warning beep resounded in his head. Jin-Woos head snapped in the direction of the beep.
What was that?
He spotted a mage that had just erged from the Gate chanting a spell. Thats also when Jin-Woo discovered an eye like symbol floating above the head of the mage.
The mont that eye flashed!
In that mont, Jin-Woos Stealth was cancelled.
F*ck!
From the get-go, his calculation proved to be way off the mark.
Snap.
The knights that stood around like telephone poles snapped their heads all at once towards Jin-Woos direction. It was a scene straight out of a horror movie.
And soon enough, the silver waves pounced on him.
Jin-Woos eyes opened wider and he gritted his teeth.
BOOM!!
His punch blew away the head of the incoming knight.
That guy died where it stood.
[You defeated the knight.]
Crazed lights shone in Jin-Woos eyes.
Intimidation!
[Skill: Intimidation has been activated.]
[Effect: Fear has been activated.]
[The targets (All) Stats will decrease by 50% for one minute.]
The movents of the monsters beca much duller through the effects of Fear, but his Mana fell down to 90 points.
The Intimidation required 100 MP in order to activate.
He wouldnt be able to use it the second ti.
However, I just bought myself a minute.
Intending to use this precious minute to the best of his abilities as the monsters were noticeably weakened, Jin-Woo began wailing on them with everything he had.
Boom!
Crack!
Kaboom!
Slam!
With a terrifying montum, he proceeded to utterly dismantle the knights.
Boom! Slam! Crack!!
Too bad, the speed of him defeating knights was far inferior to the rate of the replacent knights popping out from the Gates.
Rumble!!
Even in the midst of the maddened battle, Jin-Woo sneaked a glance at the tir.
[00:03:19]
Itd only been three minutes and 19 seconds.
If that was converted into points, how much would he get?
Wouldnt it be fine for him to leave this place now?
However, he didnt have any leeway to dwell on that matter.
Even while he was thinking to himself, knights were continuously pouring out from the Gates like unstoppable waves.
He managed to destroy countless Knights, yet he simply couldnt deal with so many of them.
U-uwaaaahh-?!
In the end, Jin-Woo was buried in the sea of knights.
[Passive skill, Tenacity has been activated.]
His HP was in a freefall now and eventually, it hit rock bottom.
[HP: 1036/10270]
The ti is.?
[00:05:08]
Five minutes and eight seconds.
He had endured enough, hadnt he?
Lets get out of here.Fll0w current novls o/n n/o/(v)/3l/b((in).(c/o/m)
Now completely entrapped among the knights, Jin-Woo flailed about helplessly in this silver prison and dug through his back pocket.
Drop.
The Imdiate Return Stone slipped out from his grasp and fell to the floor.
And the roundish stone hit the sole of one of the knights and rolled away far from him.
NOOO!!
Jin-Woo hurriedly reached out towards the stone, but the knights blocked him.
Soon, knights piled up on top of him, too.
It beca almost impossible to breathe in an instant.
His consciousness began to blur.
Pow, pow!!
He continuously got struck by the knights while trapped below them, and as his mind began to grow dimr, he thought he heard a snarky cackle coming from sowhere.
You have brought this upon yourself, rember that.
.
Why did you risk it all when there was a safe path for you to follow? Isnt it already a huge break for a rank E Hunter to beco a C, or even a B?
Well, in the end, this was as far as you could go.
Shut up.
Rember, you killed yourself today.
Shut the hell up!!
Kwaboom!!
The knights surrounding and pressing down on Jin-Woo were suddenly all blown away.
Even though he sohow managed to crawl out from death, his eyes were burning with life. As a matter of fact, his eyes were burning with a stubborn will and sheer malice.
I wont let it end like this!!
He earned this opportunity after going through so much. So, how could he let it end like this? Never.
Because he was stuck at the very bottom for so long, he yearned to be on top more than anyone else. He knew the sorrow of the weak better than anyone. He tried everything to survive, and when he did survive, others kept pointing fingers at him.
How will a rank E be of any help here?
The Association is being way too much. They shouldve dispatched soone who could actually lend a bit of help, but that guy is Uh-whew.
That b*stard, maybe he keeps surviving by hiding behind his colleagues every ti?
So, how could he simply watch and do nothing, when a ladder that could take him to the very top was put in front of his eyes?
What a rubbish notion that was.
.I rember now.
That voice ringing around his head just now.
That voice belonged to those b*stards.
The voice that always yapped on and on from behind his back.
Fine, laugh all you want.
Ill struggle on until the bitter end.
Its fine if my HP drops to ten, no, 1. Ill struggle and struggle on like crazy, right until the end. Ill fight until I wont be able to move anymore.
Uwaaahh!!!
Jin-Woo threw his body forward.
He thrust forward another punch.
A knights breastplate caved in and the monster flew away. Other knights collided with it and they all fell on their butts.
But then, more knights rushed in again.
Jin-Woos movents beca a step more violent in response.
Crack! Boom!! Slam!!
Without an exception, knights colliding with Jin-Woos body parts, be that his fist, elbow, knee, feet, were all destroyed like a bunch of paper dolls.
[Tiredness has exceeded 70 points.]
[Your movent is being restricted.]
Just as the warning ssage said, his movents beca duller. However, the malice and anger in Jin-Woos eyes didnt weaken in the slightest.
One by one, the knights he couldnt defeat in one hit slamd into him. Jin-Woo resorted to hitting them three, four tis and made sure to destroy them.
[..8, 7, 6, 5.]
In the anti, a strange countdown was silently ticking down. He was too focused on the battle so he failed to notice it before the tir had reached the single digit.
Whats this? Is the quest coming to an end?
A small ray of hope blossod in his head for a brief mont, but it turned out to be nothing but a useless dream.
[00:06:27]
The quest tir was still ticking up as it supposed to. No, sothing separate from this tir was counting down one second at a ti.
[4, 3, 2.]
Is it to show the ti of my death?
Indeed, the System did tell him this way back then; it told him that, if he didnt accept becoming a Player, hed die 0.02 seconds later.
Fine.
Jin-Woo glared fiercely.
Ill gladly use up every mont, right down to the final second!
Slam!! Crack!!
Two more knights were destroyed in the anti.
Unlike Jin-Woos unyielding stubbornness, though, his entire body was now riddled with all sorts of wounds. It progressively much harder to lift his arms.
His weakened fist wasnt enough to stop the knights tackles and charges anymore.
From the front, one; from the back, another one.
Slam!!
Jin-Woo was sandwiched powerfully by the two knights slamming into him from the front and back, and he spat out a pained groan.
Keok!
Other knights pounced on him as if they didnt want to miss this chance.
In the blink of an eye, Jin-Woo was buried under the masses of knights and couldnt even lift a finger.
Rumble-!
Even during that, more knights continued to pile on top of Jin-Woo. The silver waves had transford into a silver mountain, instead.
Jin-Woos breathing beca incredibly harsh.
Pant, pant.!!
At this rate, hed be asphyxiated to death first.
Jin-Woos hand sohow broke out from the gaps of the knights and helplessly pointed towards the sky.
[HP: 93/10270]
He was in a truly desperate situation. Even then, Jin-Woo did not give up, though.
No, not yet. I can still go on.
Just as Jin-Woo managed to clench the hand pointing at the sky, the mysterious countdown ticking down finally announced its conclusion.
[..1, 0.]
[Youve failed to complete the Daily Quest.]
[ Youll be transferred to the Penalty Zone.]
< Chapter 49 > Fin.
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