EP.71 Skeleton with Divine Power
Water boils in the pot.
Even the bone hand of Maru was boiling in there.
And so was my heart.
“……”
I montarily lost words at the absurd sight.
Even Maru’s statent that it tastes good like this was shocking.
“No….”
The words wouldn’t co out.
What exactly should I say?
My thoughts beca tangled.
So, until now, the secret to the deep flavor was Maru’s touch?
Did he put his hand in after washing it?
More importantly, when did he start doing that?
No, if it’s the broth made from Maru’s hand… Let’s not think about it…
There were things I was curious about and things I didn’t want to know.
But putting one’s own hand in and boiling the broth was not sothing we did.
Especially Maru’s race, the Skeleton Black Knight.
Their bones were black as their na suggests.
– Sigh. –
First, I decided to ask one thing at a ti.
“Maru.”
I called out to Maru, whose hand was still boiling.
Maru nodded in response to my question.
“Where did you learn about this? Boiling bones, I an.”
Maru wasn’t always good at making ran from the start.
At first, even when I taught him, there were tis when he put too much water or too little, making it too salty.
The fluctuation in taste was that severe.
He even burned the pot while making ran, for goodness’ sake.
After going through such trial and error, the taste of Maru’s ran gradually improved.
Now he often made completely different ran that we enjoyed together…
That was Maru’s touch.
Truly the touch of his hand.
The problem was where he learned to boil it like that.
To my question, Maru’s answer was simple.
“Tick, Tick.”
He said he watched it on his smartphone while I was asleep.
“Tick.”
He said he clicked around here and there and watched related videos.
“Ha…”
Okay, let’s leave that aside.
But how did he use the smartphone?
Of course, Maru’s entire body is made of bones as a skeleton.
No matter how much you tap on the phone screen, it wouldn’t respond.
Maru’s answer to my question was simple.
“Tick.”
He said he used the pen built into the phone.
At this point, I beca afraid.
A skeleton capable of using electronic devices.
‘How far has Maru’s growth gone?’
And Maru is not even a monster from Earth.
He was a skeleton soldier chosen from the El Dorad continent.
That Maru.
The Maru who couldn’t even boil ran properly at first….
Now, he boils ran by himself while making his own broth.
Not only that, but he also freely uses a smartphone as well.
A monster from the continent has fully adapted to Earth.
What should I do about this?
Even now, Maru was looking at while boiling his own hand.
His gaze seed profound.
“Hmm…”
I suppose he’s doing that with good intentions in his own way.
I understood Maru’s intentions well.
But I still had to say sothing.
“Maru, from now on, just boil it without doing that. Don’t bother yourself unnecessarily.”
I tried to sound as gentle as possible.
“Tick!”
He said it’s okay to bother himself.
I underestimated Maru’s loyalty.
Co to think of it, this was what Maru said the most.
Noble One.
Great One.
Master.
I didn’t know where he learned such words, but his loyalty was remarkable.
‘Ha, what should I say?’
How can I explain it in a way that respects Maru’s feelings while preventing him from boiling the bones with his own hands?
I pondered for a mont.
And the answer ca.
Yes, that’s it.
It was simple.
“Maru, actually, I’m not very good at eating this bone broth. So, you don’t have to go through the trouble.”
He probably understood it well by now.
Or so I thought.
“Tick!”
Maru responded as if he had realized sothing.
At Maru’s response, the smartphone alarm went off.
– Ding –
– Ding –
– Ding –
Since the only thing set as the alarm was the ga, I imdiately touched the screen.
– Maru has gained enlightennt from the battle with the Death Knight. –
– Maru has gained enlightennt from the battle with the Arch Lich. –
– Maru has gained enlightennt while understanding the master’s broth preferences. –
The alarm didn’t end there.
– Maru’s [Dungeon Monster Enhancent System] has been unlocked. –
“?”
What’s going on now?
Just a mont ago, Maru was simply boiling water for ran.
But why did the enhancent system open?
I couldn’t follow the current situation.
There was only one guess I could make.
“Enlightennt?”
Looking at the alarm, it seems Maru realized sothing.
After gaining this enlightennt, the enhancent system was unlocked.
But the subjects of the enlightennt were battles with the Death Knight and the Arch Lich?
‘Did he have encounters with them?’
When Maru t them, there was nothing else besides the monster waves.
Apart from that, there were no separate encounters.
“Oh.”
One mory ca to mind.
Co to think of it, we did sothing similar to a battle.
Maru just faithfully played the role of defeating the Death Knight and the Arch Lich when he swung his sword.
‘Can that even be considered a battle?’
Moreover, the Death Knight and the Arch Lich were perfectly fine without any injuries.
But Maru gained enlightennt here?
What enlightennt could he have gained, really?
It was a mystery even after knowing about it.
“No way.”
Perhaps the reason Maru kept spacing out after the monster wave was because of that.
Whether he was ditating or sothing, it seed like a posture of truly seeking enlightennt.
“I really don’t know. Where did he learn ditation?”
“Tick!”
He said he saw it on his smartphone.
Now I’m truly scared, Maru.
And what’s with understanding my broth preferences?
He seems to have realized everything.
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After waking up from sleep.
Several things happened in a short period.
The dungeon enhancent system was unlocked, and using it, I could acquire Traits and skills.
But that’s not all.
I learned the truth about the ran Maru makes.
I also figured out why Maru has been spacing out frequently lately, and on top of that, I felt like I discovered how the monster enhancent system is applied.
All of this happened in less than an hour.
“My head hurts…”
Too much information entered my mind in a short ti.
My brain needed ti to filter, but new information kept coming.
Still, I tackled each issue one by one.
First, I decided not to add the taste of Maru’s hand when he boils ran in the future.
Moreover, considering that the enhancent system opened for Maru, I decided to utilize this point as well.
‘When you think about it, Maru’s strength is essentially my strength.’
Of course, the dungeons and monsters on the screen are also my strength.
But Maru is a monster that lives with .
The closer he is, the stronger he becos, making things easier for .
As Maru becos stronger, the number of strategies I can use also increases.
All the Traits and skills I obtained earlier can be considered as a Wizard position.
But Wizards are commonly known to be weak in close combat.
But with Maru?
That weakness could be perfectly compensated for.
So, the more I enhance Maru, the more advantageous it is for .
I imdiately clicked on the dungeon enhancent system.
[Dungeon Monster Enhancent System]
– Dungeon Master ‘Lee Kang-hyun’ (Unlocked) –
– Maru (★★★★) (Unlocked) –
– Squall (★★★) (Unlocked) –
Maru’s na appeared newly in the enhancent system list, which previously only had my na and Squall’s.
I touched Maru’s na first.
Then Maru’s status window appeared.
Grade: ★★★★
Race: Skeleton
[Traits]
None
[Basic Information]
Health: B-
Attack: B (1 level adjustnt due to Demon Sword)
Defense: C
Magic: C
[Skills]
Knight’s Oath (S): Lee Kang-hyun (Activated)
“It’s probably because he’s a skeleton.”
His defense and magic power were too low.
His attack power was said to have risen by one level due to the adjustnt effect of the Demon Sword.
I pondered while looking at the list of acquired abilities.
“What would suit Maru the best?”
For now, I decided to choose sothing simple to experint with.
Among them, one attribute caught my eye.
Agile Movent (F ): Trait. Makes the body flexible.
“Should I try this first?”
– Would you like to enhance the trait Agile Movent (F ) for Maru (★★★★)? –
– Enhanced abilities cannot be reverted. –
I imdiately pressed to enhance.
Then, after a while.
Enhancent of Maru (★★★★) was successful.
His appearance didn’t change much.
“Maru, try moving.”
But there was one thing that changed due to the effect of the trait.
‘Ah, the sound has decreased.’
Maru is a skeleton.
It was inevitable that there would be the unique sound of bones clattering every ti he moved.
But by applying the ‘Agile Movent’ trait, the bone sound decreased slightly.
If it were a higher-grade trait?
I didn’t know if it could completely eliminate the bone sound.
“This is really amazing.”
The change was imdiately visible with just gaining one trait.
‘If it’s like this, should I enhance Squall altogether?’
In the end, everything needs to be enhanced.
And since Squall was the first to unlock the system, there needed to be corresponding rewards for him.
I imdiately bestowed abilities upon Squall.
– Would you like to enhance the trait Fierce Warrior (A) for Squall (★★★)? –
– Enhanced abilities cannot be reverted. –
– Would you like to enhance the trait Minor Regeneration (D) for Squall (★★★)? –
– Enhanced abilities cannot be reverted. –
I granted Squall the unique Fierce Warrior and Minor Regeneration.
Fierce Warrior (A): Attack power increases as health decreases. If health becos critically low, there is a high risk of going berserk.
Minor Regeneration (D): Slightly increases efficiency in healing and regeneration of wounds.
Squall is an orc and a warrior at the sa ti.
Just by looking at this, those two traits seed to complent each other well.
– Enhancent of Squall (★★★) was successful. –
– Enhancent of Squall (★★★) was successful. –
“I guess that’s enough for Squall.”
Next, I planned to continue enhancing Maru.
I already had sothing in mind for the next enhancent.
That would be Divine Power.
I myself had absorbed divine power through sacrifices in the past.
As a result, the divine power stat appeared on my status window.
What I was curious about was whether it would work for Maru too.
“Undead races are fundantally opposed to it….”
I was worried it might go wrong, but judging by the alarm, it didn’t seem like there would be any problem.
– Would you like to enhance the stat Divine Power for Maru (★★★★)? –
– Enhanced abilities cannot be reverted. –
“Since there doesn’t seem to be any sanctions, it should be fine, right?”
If it wasn’t allowed, wouldn’t there be a warning when trying to enhance it?
“Let’s enhance it for now.”
I imdiately touched to enhance, and soon the change began.
– Enhancent of Maru (★★★★) was successful. –
“Oh.”
For now, the enhancent was successful.
Even Maru’s condition seed fine.
And there was a change in the status window.
Grade: ★★★★
Race: Skeleton
[Traits]
Agile Movent (F )
[Basic Information]
Health: B-
Attack: B (1 level adjustnt due to Demon Sword)
Defense: C
Magic: C
Divine Power: F
[Skills]
Knight’s Oath (S): Lee Kang-hyun (Activated)
Divine power was added to the existing information.
Of course, it was only enhanced once, so it was at the F grade, but it was a significant change.
“I wonder how far it will go if everything is enhanced.”
While I was thinking about it, I decided to concentrate all divine power on Maru.
– Would you like to enhance the stat Divine Power for Maru (★★★★)? –
I enhanced a whopping 12 divine powers additionally.
– Enhancent of Maru (★★★★) was successful. –
The F-grade divine power written in the status window changed to E-grade.
At the sa ti.
“Huh?”
Maru’s appearance changed slightly.
Maru’s race is a Skeleton Black Knight.
True to its na, its appearance was black.
But as the grade of divine power increased, the color changed slightly.
“Your color seems slightly lighter?”
Author’s Note (Author’s Comntary)
I organized Cecilia’s status window a bit more in Episode 3.
Grade: ★★★★★★
Race: Succubus
[Traits]
Queen’s Dignity (S): Possesses an unattainable level of dignity.
Seductive Smile(S): Overflowing charm in her smile. Stimulates the hearts of n who see it.
Devil’s Whisper(S): Stimulates the opponent’s mind with sweet whispers.
[Basic Information]
Health: A
Attack: A-
Defense: A
Magic: S
[Skills]
Nightmare (S): Inflicts the worst nightmare that the opponent can’t wake up from.
Dream Manipulation (A): Manipulates the opponent’s dreams, giving them hope in exchange for absorbing their vitality.
Charm (A): Subjects exposed to charm cannot feel attraction to anyone other than the caster and enter a state of heat every hour.
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