Vol 9 Chapter 1 (1/2)
ACT 1 Alive
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A snowstored in a dark place The look of snow inspires a war into the flesh like a knifeThe ice debris didn’t stop and just continued piling up Zero sight………in the hopeless darkness the only thing visible was snow and ice It was an extreme environment difficult for most lifeforms to exist, a landscape of snowy ly, a person could be seen in the middle of these snowy mountains Snow piled on the thick cloak wrapped around the person The person who tried to take a step forward in the thick snow before falling was………Ark
‘Where on earth is this?’
Ark desperately looked around for a path But all he could see was scattered ice
“………Is this really the right place?’
That was the question that popped into his head He didn’t kno many days he wandered the mountain The snow seemed like an endless field that had him in its scary clutchesNo, the snowfield seemed like the hands of a devil Thanks to the tremendous snowstorm, he couldn’t even see beyond his nose And since the snowstorm continued for e every hour Even his footprints would disappear without a trace after a few uish what direction he came from
‘Can I really get out of here alive?’
Frankly, the fact that he even lived until noas a miracle Up here, he had almost died many times because of an accident But now he had reached the li that annoyed Ark was the cold! The cold was sointo the inside of his bone’ was insufficient
‘I’ to freeze to death like this’
“Ooooooh……M-master I-I can’t stand it anymore”
The suffering voice of Dedric was suddenly heard In fact, Dedric was even more desperate than Ark Due to the nature of a war or sh so, Dedric was the one truly suffering Although Ark put him inside his coat, Ark’s body te Dedric Snake was also as stiff as a wooden log
“Endure just a little bit more If we avoid the snowstorm then I can boil purified water”
“Huk,water ry………”
Dedric was brought to tears just like a child Then, he heard the wind as a piece of ice entered his collar and froze him even more The cold winds slae appeared
-Due to the cold your temperature has fallen by 10!
If your body temperature falls below 50 then various stats will rapidly decrease
Dedric’s eyes started to become dim
“Eh…………Master………Somehow it suddenly became warm………hehehe………But I’m sleepy……”
“You idiot, wake up! If you fall asleep then you’ll die!”
“Die? Ah………I don’t know………I just want to sleep……sleep……let me sleep……huh?”
“I said no!”
Ark yelled while striking Dedric’s face He struck him until the frozen face swelled up However, it caused an impression as Dedric muttered
“Hitting is good……please continue……”
Clack clack clack……Clack clack clack clack……
All of a sudden Dedric fell onto the snowfield Ark flinched and looked back to see that Dedric’s eyes had beco him to fall Even Deimos had reached his limit
“Deimos, y-you……no! You’re not supposed to die here!”
Ark hurriedly took out a pot and put so in there He could raise the body te them drink boiled purified water fro it would last However, Ark had frozen limbs which didn’t move the way he wanted it to
‘God dammit……I shouldn’t have blindly entered!’
Ark flared up as he reo It seemed to be a scene in a documentary titled ‘History of distress in the snowy mountains’ Ark was unexpectedly placed in this situation a few days ago After killing huge monsters to pass the red wilderness, elcoreat outdoors which inspired a lot of fear
“A!”
He naturally exclaih the door drawn on the picture……… The light spread out in front of hiined that the different dimension would be a such a landscape and was stunned However, Ark’s mind was soon taken away from the majestic scenery The place that Ark arrived was not just the snowfield As he approached the edge of a snowfield, a wonderful scenery unfolded Clouds were stretching out underneath his feet The peak of the h the clouds The peak was covered with snow and ice……it felt like he was on top of the Himalayas which he saw on TV After Ark stared blankly down, a epopped up
‘The Lost World= Seutandal’ has been found
New World contains a numerous secret histories, and you’ve found the hidden ‘Lost World=Seutandal’ thanks to your boundless curiosity
During your adventures, you have discovered knowledge about Seutandal froe acquired from the history books, New World consists of multiple structures The commonly known Spirit World or Middle earth aren’t different worlds but they all originate froe but it is only one part In ancient ties between the different dimensions and Middle earth But at some point they became completely separate worlds
It caused rampant speculation in a number of scholars but the reason has not been identified
And today it is referred to as the 5 wonders of New World In today’s New World, the number of people who have travelled to different dimensions are very low
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You have entered a different dimension and earned the title of ‘Great Adventurer’
The top 100 adventurers who have entered a different di on their rankings Currently Ark-nination ‘Great Adventurer’
Now you are an expert and can travel around on your adventures et the chance to learn a wide variety of useful skills regardless of the profession
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As a title bonus all stats will increase by 5
Fame increases by 500
The skills ‘Explorer’s Knowledge’ and ‘Ca’ is acquired
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(‘The Lost World= Seutandal: Skill Point +50)
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As an adventurer, you are able to make a campsite and rest anywhere However, a tent and coal and fuel to light a campfire is necessary
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‘What the? The Great Adventurer?’
Ark’s eyes widened He never iined the fame and experience he would receive once he stepped foot into a different di was that he received a S-class title, the Great Adventurer! There were iven to the first 100 people to step foot in a different dimension Even if he knew that information in advance, he never would’ve expected to be one of the, he was eighth place! The astrono Ark had also envied the Ca skill that the e’ skill which gave bonus skill points hat really caught Ark’s eyes It wasn’t necessary to explain but in New World……no, in all online games skills carried an absolute important But a skill couldn’t exert any power if the rate was low, even if the skill was high ranking
The most basic ‘Sword Mastery’ or ‘Defense’ was also like this No ood the sword or armour, without the relevant skills then the perfor, they wouldn’t be able to handle the armour or sword so a 20 penalty would be applied The penalty will disappear once the skill becae would be applied Ark’s Sword-Hand coained a bonus 40 attack dae Without that skill, there would be an attack difference of 60 Of course, looking at the numbers was easy But he could really tell the effect of a 1 point difference when the sword strikes Because of that, every user paid attention to skills But the problenificant Every time the skill increased a level, the rate would slon until it required two times the points to reach the next level
‘Well, even if I died while using it, the skill would still go up……’
It applied to most simple skills With full mana he could use Blade Storm three or four times In addition, skill points didn’t always apply to some racial special skills It he just blindly hit a scarecrow then his combat related skill would not continuously rise If he used the skill many times in a life and death battle then sohtenment
“But giving free skill points?”
Ark quickly opened the skill information ith an excited expression
-Passive skills
M Sword-Hand Combat (Advanced:425/500) A 40 increase in overall combat pohen Sword-Hand combat is used
inner:58/100) No penalty when you use the bow
Tactics: Intermediate: 159/300) There is an attack and defense bonus if the morale of your troops increases
M Survival cooking (Advanced: 432/500) Unidentified food and medley dishes are produced
m Indomitable Will (Intermediate: 168/300) When in a critical condition Attack Power, Critical Hit Chance, and recovery rate is increased
m Indomitable Body (Intermediate: 161/300), When in critical condition, Defense, Critical Hit Evasion, and Recovery rate isincreased
redients in nature
redient Identification (Intermediate: 306/500) You can check in advance the effectiveness of the ingredients
Riding (Beginner: 3/100) You can handle a horse more skillfully
e applied if you successfully attack after the enemy’s attack
your weapon will cut the enee in half
leather and armour will raise defense for a certain period of time
inner: 20/100) The enemy’s weapon and armour is attacked directly and the durability decreased
ht at fire at your campsite
inner: 15/100) You become insensitive to the fear
-Active skills(Advanced: 398/500) Give hope to patients and increase their courage and energy Mana consumption: 10
m Spirit of the Cat (Advanced: 374/500) Seal the movements of mice and small animals and decrease their attack, defense and morale Mana consumption: 120
m Eyes of the Cat (Advanced: 321/500) Identify the weaknesses of an ene sharp eyes Mana consumption: 50
ic Restoration (Advanced: 393/500) Restore an iteinal form Mana consumption: 10
Eye (Intermediate: 168/300) Intermediate protection of unconfirmed items are released Mana consumption:30
m Intimidation (Intermediate: 126/300) Insult the opponent and decrease their morale Mana consumption:30
M Sprint (Beginner: 69/100) For a short period of time, your movement speed will increase explosively
inner: 58/100) Increases the attack power of your weapon for a short period of time Mana consumption:20
Profession-exclusive skills
M Dark Blade (Intermediate: 215/300) assimilate your sith the darkness and strike a blow Mana consumption: 100
inner: 67/100) The sill break into smaller shards and tear the opponent apart Mana consumption:400
M Dark Dance (Interh the darkness to avoid the enemy’s attack Mana consumption:300
your pets, the mana consumption is decreased Spiritual Power consumption:100
-Special skills
Slime’s Time: You can su your body with slime
Adventurer’s Knowledge: Obtain bonus skill points every tiraphy: Create a eons
Purification Restoration (Set, Nursing + Magic Restoration): Release a curse from an item
Adrenaline (Set, Indomitable Will + Body): Dramatically improves reaction rate when in a critical condition
Riposte (Chain, Parry + Counter Attack): Push the ene
Dark Strike (Chain, Dark Dance + Dark Blade): Additional da in the darkness
Double Critical Chance (Additional effect, Eyes of the Cat): Deal extra dae to defenceless enemies
Line Designation (Additional effect, Eyes of the Cat) Deter a certain way
Heart of a Caregiver: (Additional effect, Nursing): A blessing effect is added to Nursing
Great sacrifice (Addition effect, Nursing): Using potions, a recovery effect is applied to your allies
Medley (Additional effect, Survival Cooking): Mix two or more dishes to produce other types of dishes
Available skill points: 50
‘I’ve really learned a lot in the meantime’
He could clearly see the results of his efforts just by looking at the skills list
‘Since there’s tianize my skill information ’
Ark needed to maintain his skills list This is because of soo When Ark talked about his skills and hoord-Hand combat rose, Shambala immediately said
“Passive skills that are assigned as a rowth rate slowed down”
“Major?”
Ark asked in confusion while Shambala became astounded
“What the? Don’t tell istered your basic attacks as a major skill?”
“What’s that?”
“You’re either brave or ignorant……you said your Sword-Hand conorant fellow When the informationopens with the list of specific skills, isn’t there an option for specialized training at the top? Skills can be registered as major, minor or inactive”
“So what’s the difference?”
“Skills registered as rowth applied Minor skills will be 80 while inactive skills don’t grow at all When you use the specialized trainingthen you can register all the skills”
Shaister up to 5 major skills and 20 minor ones Inactive skills were unliroas fixedArk hesitated after he heard the inforrowing, he had 27 skills Except for 5 skills, a penalty was applied to the others which hy they didn’t grow as fast
‘The growth rate of Sword-Hand combat and Blade Storh points then I can ister skills that would quickly grow as a major skill’
Ark co, Dark Blade, Dark Dance, Sprint so he registered them as major while the rest werewhile the special skills like tactics was registered as inactiveAnd he kept the newly acquired skill points for the ti ‘M’ indicated major while ‘m’ indicated the minor skills
‘I can’t just blindly use the skill points’
Ark coement and closed the infore, caot better than expected skills Furtherained an addition 50,000 experience and rose one level He was now level 190! It was now possible to use Gwisal’s sword As soon as he entered a new di Ark wasn’t the only one having fun
“Hahaha, this is great! Master, look at this!”
Clack clack clack, clack clack clack!
Dedric and Dei Snake was the same as well It poked its tail into the snow and quickly withdrew it at the strange feeling But after a brief ot used to it and Snake joined the others su around in the snow Ark watched with pleasure as his pets had a little fun
‘When was the last time it snowed………’
In the present, global war had been accelerated by severe air pollution So there weren’t much chances for snow in Seoul Even since he was born, this was the first time that Ark had seen snowArk didn’t feel the need to rush as he enjoyed the beautiful scenery He earing a heart-war smile when he was suddenly smacked on the back of the head by a sobll Dedric as in the forathered more soballs
“Huhuhu, Master Bring it on!”
“What’s this? You really want to try me?”
Before he finished his words another sobll had already hit the back of his head Dei soballs as well
“Ha, you guys……you really want to do this?”
Ark laughed as he raised his eyes before gathering some snow Then a fierce snow battle unfolded between Ark and his two pets
“How dare you challenge me……I’ll turn you into snowmen, Dark Dance!”
“Eh? You’re using a skill in a sobll fight?”
“There’s no rules against using skills!”
Ark htshower
“Fufufu………cold! He dared use such a method? Deimos, A-3 plan!”
Clack clack, clack clack clack!
As expected fro Dedric ied into a bat and bombarded him from the sky And Deimos used his shi+eld to deflect the soballsThey used the things their Master taught them to turn him into a snowman
“These children are so despicable……”
“Hehehe, whose su from Master Die!”
“Fools I won’t go easy on you anymore!”
Ark started throwing soballs that was as hard as a stone While this battle originally called for a cannon, so it hit the ground behind hie So Ark and his summons enjoyed an hour of a bloody sobll battle
“Keuak-!”
After being hit by the stone (?), Dedric fell onto the snowfield Ark grasped the chance and ran up to him
“Huhuhu, be prepared Take this bat boy!”
“Ugh, it can’t possibly be over! Deimos cover……eh? Master, look”
Dedric looked to the side with surprised eyes
“Look at what? Do you think I would fall for so so shallow?”