Chapter 6 - Day 2, 2nd Floor Complete (2/2)
Although only one of the two talents were updated, I had gained quite a few points for them.
It happened as I finished checking my body and got up. Smoke started rising from the head of the broken dummy.
“Heok?”
If it was reviving then I would instantly run towards the stairs. Even if I used Limiter Release again, I only had 30 health and would lose that from the punching.
But my worst fears didn’t come true. The smoke just wrapped around my fists and my head. To be honest, I was worried that it was the dummy’s ‘curse,’ but that fear didn’t last long.
[You have learnt the basics of the martial arts imprinted on the training dummy.]
[Technique - Ravenous Wolf Fist has been acquired.]
At that moment, an enormous amount of data filled my mind.
[Technique - Ravenous Wolf Fist: A martial art inspired by the hunting of ravenous wolves. It is characterized by the aggression that sacrifices defense in favor of hitting the opponent. The creator is an obscure master of fist techniques who kept a low profile.]
[No level. Information learning type.]
It was a strange experience. The information that filled my mind wasn’t two dimensional things like letters or pictures. Rather than ‘information’, it was ‘experience.’ It was like I directly experienced the martial art before my senses cleared again.
I formed a fist. I had never experienced martial arts before, but I tried to take a stance. The preparation was no different from boxing, Just step with that foot and... Let’s see, step here...
Hak!
“Uaack!”
I had forgotten for a moment that the condition of my arms wasn’t normal.
[Pain Tolerance. LV 5 30/1600]
Still, I knew for sure that I could perform it with my fist. All of the dummy’s movements belonged to this martial art. Of course, the speed of my fist was much slower.
If I didn’t look at my stats and just the actions, it seemed like the techniques had been imprinted into my body. If I knew more about it, then I could use this in a real fight.
“...”
The previous fight popped into my head. That An Su-hyun b.a.s.t.a.r.d. I scanned the ground with gleaming eyes. The loot he left behind was s.h.i.+ning on the ground.
[Elmer’s Dummy Destroyer. Equipment item. Rank C.]
[Able to destroy vital spots during a surprise attack, it is a stolen sword from the collection of ‘Elmer’ who hated golems. The quality is normal against regular creatures.]
[When attacking an object that moves with magic or mechanical principles such as golems, it will damage the ‘nucleus’ or ‘manipulating object’ of the target.]
Well... It seemed like this was the source of confidence behind An Su-hyun attacking the wooden dummy so fearlessly. I didn’t know if I cracked the nucleus, but according to the description of the item, it was a good weapon against golems. An Su-hyun just overlooked the fact that the dummy was a professional fighter.
[Use the ‘load’ command to put it into the inventory.]
I was happy to take the sword that had been thrown away. As the sword disappeared from my hand, I cracked my back.
“Hoo.”
Tired. Although there was no bleeding, so my HP didn’t decrease, my whole body felt heavy. I really wanted to lie down on a bed right now. But I couldn’t just yet.
I didn’t know how much of this dungeon floor I had left. “Just a little more strength.” I turned on the map again. I could still get experience for the Cartography skill. I moved my weary body back the way I came.
Well, the remaining areas didn’t take as long as I thought. Only H rank monsters emerged. I found three more wooden boxes and kicked them, but all that emerged were the trap blades.
The only thing that stood out was that I found another staircase. It was the one that An Su-hyun came down. I didn’t think much of it and went on my way. Still, there was some success with the map.
[Cartography LV 3. 241/400]
By the time I reached level three and gained some experience, I was at the end of the dungeon’s second floor. And in that place...
[Stairs. It leads to the 3rd floor.]
[Changes in the following floor: Dungeon s.p.a.ce has expanded. You can encounter +1 explorer. Monsters below E rank will emerge.]
Stairs? The room was a dead end with the exact same staircase. What did it mean? I thought about it for a few minutes and came up with a few speculations.
The other staircase and this one. There were two staircases that led to different third floors.
I thought about earlier. An Su-hyun was on a different first floor from me.
There must be countless first, second and third floors that were exactly the same. Right now, there might be many people thinking the same thing as me on the other second floors: the stairs ascending and descending just created another maze.
Well, there was no point thinking about the whole structure of the dungeon just yet. If two stairs led to different third floors, should I go down the same stairs as An Su-hyun?
Honestly, my first thought was ‘No.’ I disliked An Su-hyun. An Su-hyun had abandoned me before and being in the same place as him would be stressful. But another idea came to my mind. An Su-hyun was a jerk.
At least on this floor, the dungeon seemed to encourage compet.i.tion rather than cooperation. I couldn’t get an item when the other person did. The number of monsters was limited and they gave small experience.
If two people fought the wooden dummy together, would the Ravenous Wolf Fist technique be pa.s.sed on to both of them? Probably not.
In other words: Dungeon s.p.a.ce has expanded. You can encounter +1 explorer.
This is what those words meant. It would be harder to take things. Also, the number of people that things would have to be shared between would increase. On the third floor, I would encounter two people.
If I followed An Su-hyun, I could be a.s.sured that one of the two compet.i.tors was a fool.
If the third floor was no different from the second floor and compet.i.tion was encouraged, it would certainly be profitable. However, if there was an area where cooperation was required then we would fail.
I worried about it for a bit. Then I descended a staircase.
[2nd floor cleared.]
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