Kiiik!
A sharp scream.
The body of the Giant Mantis collapsed with a large hole through it. No matter how powerful its regeneration, it would no longer be effective now.
No matter how tough it was, a missing heart could not be regenerated.
[The Great Warrior of Anubis has fallen.]
[Level has risen.]
[You have acquired the 'Magic Book of the Peltaros Principality.']
[Acquired a mid-grade magic stone.]
And with this, he had gained another level.
In addition, a magic book that only appeared on the middle floors of the tower appeared here.
Oh, look at this?
Jin-hyuk was slightly surprised. He had defeated dozens of opponents but had never been given such a good reward.
Usually, the normal drops would be weapons or an item with so kind of effect.
Why did the gap between the reward quality widen so suddenly?
Jin-hyuk imdiately realized the reason.
Its probably thanks to the Luck stat and everything else Ive gathered.
This wasnt a coincidence.
The small skills he had continuously gathered helped him achieve the present results.
Exhilarating.
Because it ans my efforts werent in vain.
Jin-hyuk picked up the old book lying next to the body.
!
A chill spread into his fingertips.
it was cold.
[The pure cold qi will paralyze so of your fingertips.]
The Magic Book of the Peltaros Principality was sothing that contained ice magic, so it was traded at a high price by almost all players.
Although over 90% of players wouldnt succeed in making a single snowflake, much less successfully use ice magic.
The opportunity to acquire the other skills in the series was sufficient.
The Peltaros Principality is a place thats a concentration of mages.
Jin-hyuk smiled.
He knew about its existence on the 13th floor, so he had planned to try learning it slowly. Being able to use new magic like this was sothing he didnt expect to happen so soon.
Swish.
He opened the first chapter of the book.
Complex characters caught his eye.
Anubis, who watched this happen, smiled.
Thats right.
Since all magic books were written using runes, ordinary people would be unable to read them.
Moreover, even if they could learn the runes, it would take a significant amount of ti to understand the contents written in the book to even use the most basic spell.
Effort and talent.
Magic could only be used when both these factors supported the human studying and learning to use it.
Foolish human. Dont you know that it will take you over 3 years to just learn to read the magic huh!?
Anubis took a deep breath.
Shhh!
The moisture in the air froze, and powder-like ice fragnts began to form in the air.
[Unique abilities and skills can be used again.]
[Lv1 'Ice Formation' is activated!]
Huh?
Why did it feel like a dog was barking?
What did you just say?
H-How
How?
I studied a lot of textbooks in the past.
Of course, learning a new language was never easy. Many people couldnt even use English properly after 12 years of studying.
But that was the story of a passionless education.
This is a study I really wanted to do.
Because it was fun.
It was only through learning this that he could beco strong.
So he
practiced it to death.
Over and over until he beca stronger than even mages.
Shh!
The scattered fragnts of ice magic began to take a single shape.
Five ice arrows, each one 2 ters in length.
All beautifully crafted, awaiting the command of their creator.
I must admit that you are no ordinary human being. But you dont believe that those ice toys can be used to fight , right?
I know.
What?
I know it is useless.
He could not kill Anubis with what he had. No, it wouldnt even cause a wound on the divinitys skin.
Like Elise, he was a top-tier existence in the tower.
But
But arent you also nervous right now? Above all, you are not able to attack other living beings without using the insects. You must be annoyed right now.
Anubis kept his silence.
He had ant to intimidate his opponent, but sohow the human knew everything. He was currently in a state with many restrictions.
The more I look at him, the more amazing he is.
What was more interesting was that, even though the human realized his attacks wouldnt work, he wasnt backing down at all.
Why?
He was curious. What were the humans thoughts? What was the secret behind it?
However, contrary to the expectation of Anubis, Jin-hyuks words were
For fun?
F-fun?
A sandbag that wouldnt die no matter how hard I hit it. How could I give it up?
Your arrogance reaches the sky, human.
Anubis said as his expression changed slightly. That was sothing Jin-hyuk did not miss.
Fine.
Like a human with high self-esteem, hes weak against provocations.
If he continued to just do this, he would successfully finish the copy conditions.
And the proof of that was
Kukukuku!
Anubis pulled out the Hive relic, which was the size of a basketball.
It was a special item with the power of multiplying insects. Was he going to use it?
Since Jin-hyuk had eliminated his chosen warrior, this was his only option.
Tear that damned mortal to pieces and swallow him!
Anubis infused magic into the Hive.
And
Boong!
Woong!
Flying insects began to pour out of the Hive with disturbing sounds. At the sa ti, the ice arrows above Jin-hyuks head vanished.
Kwakwang!
The air was filled with a loud roar. Dozens of insects were skewered by the ice arrows and lodged into the ground.
All of them were hit.
As expected, it isnt too late to try this.
The ice arrow was able to pierce the insects but failed to take down the Hive.
But that didnt matter. Victory and defeat in battle depended on who could endure the longest.
Wheik!
Sparks of fla appeared in Jin-hyuks left hand.
Tsss!
In his right hand, thin stalks of ice began to rise.
And right then
['Elent of Fire (B)' and 'Ice Formation (A)' are fused!]
Jin-hyuk placed his hands together as the two polar opposite elental energies ran rampant.
Kukuku!
The air began to change rapidly.
Kuuu.
Kiiii
Even the insects were forced to move back at this unknown magic.
Anubis frowned.
[Fusion successful!]
[You have acquired the skill 'Daylight (AA)'!]
[Daylight
Acquisition Difficulty: AA
Description: This is a skill that compresses and releases magic. This white-type magic is known to be very powerful in itself and useful in battle because it affects the field of vision.]
[The fused skill is stored as 'mory of the World'.]
After the ice magic, another skill appeared through fusion.
It was also a skill that was specialized in dealing with a large number of enemies.
And the power?
He had acquired the skill in the past, but he wasnt in the sa state of perfect growth as he was now. He would admit that he had made mistakes and failed. Did the wasted ti and futile effort combine for this mont now?
It was expected to an extent.
Now, where will this road take him?
Jin-hyuk extended his dagger forward.
Woong!
[Lv1 'Daylight' has been activated]
An intense light shone on the underground level. All of them felt like they were standing under the hot sun, with the sand worms living there feeling the brunt of its heat and light.
Kiiik!
Kuaaak!
The worms scread in pain. Well, this was expected to happen as they had never seen light.
I know it is painful, but how will you get this done if you keep your head down like this?
Daylights primary effect was light attribute damage.
The skill caused damage and blinded creatures with dark attributes. However, the real effect of the skill was sothing else.
Jin-hyuk looked at the light glowing from his dagger. His arms trembled as he tried to hold onto the powerful magic in his hand.
A little bit a little bit more!
And at that mont.
A single point of light shone out in a straight line. It was silent, unaccompanied by roars or explosions.
Neither was the ground below it destroyed nor a hole put through a wall.
It was faithful to its sole role: Lethality.
Chik!
White Phosphorus.
The demons fla that would continue to burn everything even when underwater. The skill didnt stop as it burned all the insects in sight.
Of course, the Hive still continued to create insects.
But Jin-hyuk broke through the deadlock of their numbers by using his magic.
The only advantage that swarm insects have are their numbers.
They had excellent cooperation to move and hunt in groups. In large numbers, they were challenging to deal with.
It ant that it would be able to exert power that was more than the sum of its parts.
In other words, defeating just one insect would have a negligible effect.
Pung!
Pung!
As the flas rose up, they beca a trigger that generated continuous explosions. His Ice Arrow attacks also pierced the outer skins of the attacking insects.
The rate at which the insects were being destroyed was faster than their production speed.
Kuak!
In the end, Anubis, who couldnt stand seeing this, activated the Hives second ability.
['Hive' selects a target]
Monts later, a wasp nearly a ter tall ca out of the hive. The sting looked pretty dangerous, but that was it.
Not only did it have low magic, but it would also have no impact on the battle alone.
Kuak!
The wasps long roar filled the air as it began to descend from the heights above.
Woong!
It was fast, and Jin-hyuk took out his dagger.
And the stinger crossed with the dagger.
Thick fluid dripped from the tip of the dagger, drop by drop.
The wasp, which had lost its head, was thrown to the ground.
Kwang!
Such a futile ending for the last chosen from the Hive.
That was what Jin-hyuk thought.
The wasp didnt die.
It was wriggling as if it was growing up instead.
Being reborn?
Huhu. Does it look that way?
Anubis laughed in a low voice.
Kiiik!
Kuaak!
Now a second voice could be heard.
A new body had grown from not just the head but the body as well.
This was fragntation and not regeneration.
Totally like a live-action horror movie.
Cutting it is useless?
Correct. Now, no matter how much you run, the bugs will co for you,
That was the second ability of the Hive. It forced the enemy to deal with insects that would divide themselves until the enemys stamina and magic ran out.
This was because there was a limit to how strong a player could be.
In the end, it would fall down to how much ti he had to wait.
But,
finally, it ca out.
Jin-hyuk smiled.
He smiled because this whole desperate situation had been his plan all along. He knew that all of this would simply beco a paving stone that would lead to the desired results.
He couldnt help but laugh.
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