Vol 9 Chapter 2 (1/2)
ACT 2 Falling fro an ironic fate
“Slime’s Time, NO1!”
Ark used the skill reflexively The crevasse was a gap where the end couldn’t be seen Thanks to the cold and low satiety, if he fell in this state then he would be torn apart But Ark had a way of saving hie so he wouldn’t receive any falling dae! Ark’s body was covered with a yellow sliled to reach Deimos Since he couldn’t release the surabbed Deiround
Tting! Tting! Tting!
Ark hit the ground and bumped around liked a water balloon He bounced three or four tiround
“Huk huk huk, I’m alive……!”
His entire body was soaked in sweat He had fallen fro suddenly was different froht it was the end
“What a stupid bag of bones!”
Dedric naturally starting telling Deimos off But it was only for a short moment before he flinched and turned to Ark
“Come to think of it, the mouse! What happened to the mouse meat?”
“The mouse meat………”
Ark sighed and shook his head A soulless expression spread over Dedric’s face But afterwards Ark laughed and opened his hand
“Of course I grabbed it tightly”
“M-Master You scared me Sob…I was surprised”
Dedric had beenArk had learned Survival Cooking Thanks to that there had never been a time he made them starve, even if he had to forcefully feed them Even if he beat them up, he would always feed them In reality, Ark knew better than anyone the sorrow ofaway food as a punishment
“Huhuhu Why are you so surprised?”
“Aing, I don’t know Master is hateful Quickly give me the soup”
Dedric immediately dropped the charm after he was reassured
Clack clack clack clack!
Deihtened as he approached Even the undead could feel hunger Ark took out his pot while his pets stared at hily It was the precious food Ark carefully created a dish using various spices and purified water Then with a flash, the dish was completed in the pot
The Survival Cooking dish ‘the best Mouse Meat Soup’ has been completed!
Your sincerity was enough to infuse this dish with your devotion The heart which considers the healthof the person eating it is the most important virtue for a chef Because you added the purified water and spices with sincerity, the Mouse Meat Soup has been reborn as an a la carte dish
“Oooooooh!”
Ark and his pets si would have special effects if he was sincere But he never knew that could be applied to Survival Cooking Since he always had abundant ingredients, there was no need to take care when cooking so he never discovered it
‘But it is only one dish that can be eaten together And the nuether is limited to 10 If I cooked 10 of the a le carte dishes then a lot of stats would be applied!’
If he hadn’t been placed in this situation then he would’ve never discovered the information It was inforredients Ark was also grateful that his satiety increased
“The leg is mine! Touch it and die!”
“Ack, so !”
Clack clack clack, ssak ssak ssak!
Ark and his summons childishly rushed to obtain astheir satiety and body teer becaloomy as they were faced with the reality
“Noe have to find soain before our satiety decreases……”
Ark looked around with concern The sky high ice walls blocked the wind so luckily the chill was not that severe However, the situation was still not good Once again food……he had to find found in the crevasse underneath the snowy ledan ice as entirely different
“Master, are we going to starve here and die?”
Dedric loomy voice
“……Let’s look for a hile we still have physical strength”
Honestly, he thought there was no more possible ways But it wasn’t possible to just sit down and wait Ark and his su the crevasses for the moment
Kkururuk
How far did they walk? After appeasing their stoer was heard When he checked, their satiety had reached 50
‘damn, we only reached this far……’
Ark breathed out a sigh
Ssak ssak? Ssak ssak ssak?
Ark noticed as Snake suddenly raised its head Then it crawled down froe
“Eh? Snake, where are you going?”
Ark followed behind it with a befuddled look He squeezed through the narrow opening and an informationsuddenly appeared
Snowy Mountain’s hidden cave
East Moon is the snowy mountain covered in ice You’ve found a cave hidden in a crevasse underneath East Moon After hundreds or thousands of years of ice and rock, a beautiful cave has been produced holding an ancient ly, the vine plants not native to the snowy rows in this cave But an eerie animal smell carried by the cold air can be scented from the cave It seems that this is not a comfortable retreat so you should stay alert
xplorer’s knowledge:hidden=”” dungeon=”” bonus=”” (skill=”” points:=”” 10)=””>
-You have found an undiscovered dungeon
As a new discover, you can gain an additional 2,000 experience and 130 Faister in the Hall of Fame
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‘A hidden dungeon!’
Ark’s eyes shone brightly Although there were some ominous words in the inforeon that no one had discovered yet! Who knohat treasures would be hidden here? In addition, the entrance of the dungeon was covered in entangled plants In other words, it was growing plants Ark who desperately needed ingredients had found an oasis in a desert
‘I also got addition skill points!’
Ark was in such a good
“Oh, is this place warmer than the crevasse?”
Clack clack clack clack!
Dedric ain Because the crevasse and cave blocked off the wind, it felt like they were in an igloo Of course, the ice cave was still cold but it couldn’t compare to the temperatures outside Its effect showed immediately The speed at which their body te started to slon
‘But satiety is still in a dangerous state I have to seek food first Since the entrance is cool, I ht be able to find some suitable herbs or berries’
As expected there were several small fruits stuck to the vines
‘That’s it If I gather everything fro for the moment Once I find an exit then I’ll be able to descend the mountain!’
Ark collected the fruit and looked at his waist
“Okay, Snake You can hold this for the moment……eh?”
His waist was empty Ark realised that Snake had yet to come back
“Dedric, Deimos, where is Snake?”
“Snake? I don’t know Wasn’t it just here before?”
Clack clack clack?
Dedric and Dei Snake had moved without any commands and found the cave Then it should have returned to Ark as soon as he entered the cave But instead of co a word Snake only had 50 health Because Snake was normally attached to his waist, he never had to worry about it but if Snake ran into a monster then it would die instantly with one shot! Of course, monsters that attacks a snake were rare but he couldn’t summon his pets here If Snake died then he wouldn’t be able to use one bag
“Snake! Where are you?”
Ark cried out as he plunged into the cave
Ssak? Ssak ssak……!
He had run 100 metres Then he heard Snake’s voice fro over several branchesArk let out a sigh of relief
“Phehat are you doing in this place by yourself? You disappeared all of a sudden”
It was at that tie Ark juh the darkness didn’t even head towards Ark They didn’t grasp the situation and aient voice
“Huk, Snake! Hold still and don’t move! Slide!”
Ark slid along the floor and made a side kick
Thanks to the power of the kick, the monster fell over backwards The shadow that rushed towards Snake was a weasel like monster While the monsters was frozen, Snake tumbled down and wrapped around Ark’s waist
“Eyes of the Cat!”
Ark used the skill to check the monster’s information Once he saw the name he understood why they attacked Snake first, unlike other oose The h Snake was raised by Ark aoose was its natural eneooses appeared, Snake buried its face in Ark’s chest and trembledIn such a situation, Snake wasn’t the only one that would feel fear Thinking of themistake Its size was 5 metres tall! It was to the extent that it al of the cave It also had sharpened fangs and fearsome claws that could knock out a polar bear
‘Level 250………’
Ark was currently level 200 With his dark attribute bonus, he was level 240 It was a similar level But because of his body tenificant penalty applied to his stats and attack speed Unless it was one, he couldn’t guarantee the odds against several of them But…………
“Meat!”
Ark grinned widely and shouted And it was followed by Dedric’s loud cheers
“Big er than the mouse!”
The s as they approached
“Jackpot Master! Let’s catch it and eat it quickly! There’s four of theh for each of us!”
Good I’ll use some one of them to make a soup while the rest will be a roast!”
Clack clack clack clack!
Ark and his suer, Ark and his summons only saw the level 250 monster as meat
“Now, shall I do a performance test?”
Ark reht It isal’s sword that he received from Isabel! He was level 190 when he came to the different diendary sword that was said to have cut thousands of deht
Kyaaaaak!
When the distance was narrowed, the led the sword to block before attacking And he ended up cutting frooose’s body, Ark was covered in goose bumps
‘W-what the, this feeling is?’
Thanks to the nice strike, the oose immediately lost 15 of its health It did approxi that it was a level 250 monster! If it was Lancel’s Sword then it would normally be a critical hit But he wasn’t astounded at the attack power It was a rare sword so he expected thattaste’ that Ark found unexpected
Saaaaak, the feeling of the two-handed sword cutting through the leather was incredible! The very real ih the skin with a razor was delivered to his fingertips It was i meat, but Ark sensed that Gwisal’s sas not that si of freshness! It was as if all the cells of the body was peeled along with the sword
‘This is a rare sword……!”
A slow smile spread on Ark’s face as he enjoyed the sword Ark quickly becaic of Gwisal’s sword
‘Now I understand why people strangle the this sword, aa club’
The sword shone after it attacked thehis sword
Chiing!
Lancel’s Swordsound when it delivered a critical hit but Gwisal’s sword just vibrated At the saertips!
‘This feeling……is crazy’
Ark swung his sword like a oose Of course, even Gwisal’s sword had a weakness Since it was a two-handed sword, the attack speed was slower And since the sas so big, it was hard to achieve the centre of gravity to do a kick after swinging itIn addition, due to the nature of a two-handed sword, it was difficult to obtain the accuracy needed for a critical hit But despite its shortcoer than Lancel’s sword
Saaaaak, chiing!
Every sparkle of the sword decreased the oose’s health Dedric and Deioose leisurely
“Hehehe, do these guys just look strong?”
Dedric giggled as he flew around the cave
“Do you think you can catchsuch movements?”
Clack clack clack clack!
Dei his shi+eld and soes was because of his pet’s experience After Ark entered Nagaran, a lot of their opponents were assassins And the user, not to h intelligence Of course their strategies and attack patterns were very co with such ene with norh Ark also faced a large degree of difficulty in the red wilderness Moreover, Ark and his pets’ goals was to eat the oose meat
“Dedric, use the darkness to attack the oose from the rear! Deimos, defensive stance on the side!”
“Yes!”
After the command, the summons couldn’t even be compared to before As soon as he finished, Dedric crashed into the oose was forced to run towards Ark thanks to Deireat opportunity! Ark used Dark Dance to strike two concentrated attacks The oose who already had its health lowered with split in half
‘That’s it, now for the two re, but with this much then it will be an easy victory!’
“A-2 plan! It’s a concentrated attack!”
Ark and his suooses with a wave attack And after just a few ooses fell when Gwisal’s sword cut their throats
“That’s it Not it is time to eat!”
Dedric drooled as he fleards the body of a oose Suddenly a red shape ran into the cave at an incredible pace Dei his shi+eld Asound shook the cave while Deimos was thrown back Ark was surprised and flinched as he retreated
Grrrrrrr!
Ain front of hioose was bigger than the others and covered with red hair! When he checked it was level 300 50 levels higher than the other ooses
‘This guy is a special monster!’
Ark’s eyes lit up He had met such monsters several tier than the others and it would have a different clothing or skin colour Special leam in a h and their bodies so big, it wasn’t easy to catch the deluxe items
‘Meeting a special monster in a place like this……!”
Ark sed his saliva and stared at the body of the red oose
“That face and those bones……you would look good roasted whole!”
Dedric said as he rushed towards it frooose opened its mouth
“Wah! F-fire! H-hot!”
Dedric screamed and flapped his tail as it was set on fire
‘T-this……!’
Dedric said had a lot of health so it wasn’t a big probleoose’s attack with his shi+eld Once engulfed in flames then he would instantly die He wouldn’t be able to sumer problee when Deirowth and his current health was 1,800 50 of that was 900 dae was 30 of Ark’s health which would be catastrophic Ark wrapped his mantle around him and jumped into the fire It was the 50 fire resistant Veil of Fire! Ark shouted and stuck Gwisal’s sword into theflames
-You have dealt a critical hit!
Chiing, the oose wobbled and retreated
“Deimos, withdraw to the back”
Clack clack clack! Clack clack clack clack! Deimos retreated from the flames after Ark came in and saved him
‘This cave is too narrowIf he uses the sae The attacks will be fatal to my pets since they don’t have any fire resistance’
Moreover, Dedric and Deimos had already lost 15 of their health If they were hit by the flames one more time than they would quickly fall into a critical condition And if one of thee from the forced recall
“Dedric, Deiuys retreat far away”
“What? Master……you’re going to fight along?”
Dedric had been rubbing his tail on the ice
“You guys will be no help anyway”
“But Master………”
Dedric looked at him with restless eyes but left In this situation Ark couldn’t afford to relax They had taken down four ooses relatively easy He hadn’t expected any other monsters to come out immediately so he hadn’t paid attention to his health Therefore his current health was only 30 Ark grabbed his sword bag tightly
‘If its 1-on-1 then the odds are in my favour!’
Kkuaaaa!
At that tioose who had waited for an opportunity rushed towards hi the circular motion, he counterattacked on its chest
“Riposte!”
-Tung, a dull ringing sound was heard as the oose retreated Ark continuously attacked until he eventually took a break and grasped his sword bag
‘My health isn’t enough I have to pay more attention to defense than attack’
Gwisal’s sword had a slow attack speed That aps in his attack
‘I can fight at close range with Lancel’s sword and I can also switch back and forth between taekwondo But Gwisal’s character is coe is narrow and the response ti sword is a disadvantage in close range battles If I’then I have no choice but to accept receiving considerable dae’
It was sooose It was easy to beattack, but the two-handed sas a defensive weapon If he had a sword in one hand and un in the other then both were cannons In order to take advantage of the long sword, he must keep a distance and attack Since the attack speed was slow, there was a considerable delay Ark reached that conclusive and changed his stance He took a defense posture instead of an attack posture
Kyaaak, kyaak!
The led the sword and received the attack
‘Indeed………the attack rarely reaches’
Using Gwisal’s sword to defend was an excellent choice The only defense skill that Ark learned was ‘Parry’ If successful, the skill was attack as well as defend Thanks to his intermediate sword attack, parry hit x4! The defense applied was 45~60 while the dae dealt was 180~240! It was the same standards as warriors who used a steel shi+eld It wasn’t a perfect defense of course, but it was possible to reduce a considerable a Riposte In a oose’s health by 70 But in the process Ark also lost 10 of his health
‘I received 10 dae while I dealt 70 so if I maintain this then it is possible to win!’
That’s what Ark was thinking While he was attacking and counter-attacking, theIt hopped back and started spewing fire Ark lost 10 of his health and was in a critical condition
‘This daoose……it noticed my weak point!’
Of course he couldn’t block the flames with his sword The flae by 50 And it wasn’t possible to do a counter-attack
“If it continues like this then it won’t be possible Victory or defeat! De!”
Ark shouted as he lifted Gwisal’s sword
Kiyaaaaak!
Gwisal’s sword treed froed they stuck onto the sword It was as if the ghosts’ form had been tattooed on the blade It was the special option of Gwisal’s sword that increased da! Since he was in a critical condition, adrenaline also activated His dae, critical hit, evasion and reaction rate all increased drae of power that made he want to pounce and tear off some flesh
“Take this, Dark blade!”
Kkiyaaaaak, chiing!
Every tioose would have its health decreased by a large a attack exceeded the oose who fell into a critical condition shrieked and tried to turn around Then it began to flee at a tre was a double-edged sword His attack increased explosively but he would lose 5 health every second Since he only had 300 health left, he could only last 1 minute 40 seconds had already passed so he only had 100 health left If he failed to kill it in 20 seconds then he would be devoured by the ghosts Gwisal’s sword noticed that Ark didn’t have a lot of health left The raved on the blade started to climb up his arm
“The re time is 15 seconds……if I can’t knock it down then I’ll die!’
“Sprint!”
Ark explosively dashed forward like he was in a race and narrowed the distance And when he reached the corner, the oose suddenly turned around
‘Huk, was luring me its plan?’
If Ark couldn’t knock it down in one blow the he would be vulnerable to a counterattack However it was too late to stop
‘If I can’t kill it then I’ll die!’
Ark clenched his teeth and swung his sword A sharp screaoose’s body was split in half and a equickly appeared
-Your level has risen
You have learnt a new skill
Drastic inner, passive): You’ve dug into the enemy’s chest and split it apart with one murderous stroke This technique relies ht of the blow then the user’s abilityExpert craftsmen who dedicate their spirits to the sill craft an excellent sword A them, only those who use the sith both hands can learn this technique
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‘A rare two-handed sword only skill?’
But he couldn’t relax while reading the information
“De off!”
When Ark quickly raised his voice, the ghostly pattern that had almost reached his heart scattered like powder He only had 71 seconds left until all his health was gone
‘Phew……This isn’t a skill that I can use too excessively’
“Wah……!”