Chapter 44 - Chapter 44 (1/2)

The choking smoke filled up the interior of the dungeon.

"Cough, cough."

Yu Jin-Ho covered his nose with the back of his wrist and loudly coughed out. However, he was far more worried about Jin-Woo at the moment. The firepower of the Lizardman Mage was that strong.

Fortunately, Jin-Woo rapidly emerged from the smoke completely unscathed, meaning there was no need to worry in the first place.

Yu Jin-Ho inwardly exclaimed out in admiration.

'As expected of hyung-nim!'

Jin-Woo was able to evade the attacks of the Lizardmen, reputedly the hardest monsters to deal with in dungeons ranked C, without getting a single hair disturbed. Not only that, from a Mage, too!

From Yu Jin-Ho's perspective, it was as if Jin-Woo was getting faster every day.

'…..I must be imagining things, right?'

Meanwhile, Jin-Woo spat out pieces of rubble that somehow found their way inside his mouth.

"Ptooi."

The colour of his saliva landing on the ground was black.

'These b*stards....'

He became really p*ssed off by the fact that he had to breathe in unhealthy smoke because of a lone lizard and its cheap tricks. And his dissatisfaction could be seen clearly in his expression.

Jin-Woo was frowning deeply now.

[You've used 'Skill: Intimidation'.]

His angrily glaring eyes 'shot' out powerful murderous intent.

['Effect: Fear' has been activated.]

[All Stats of the targets will be reduced by 50% for one minute.]

The Lizardmen began panicking grandly after being exposed to his powerful murderous intent.

"Kuehh??"

"Kurururuka??"

Jin-Woo didn't miss this chance and threw the Poison Fang of Kasaka with everything he had. The dagger flew in a dead-straight line and splendidly pierced the forehead of one of the Lizard spearmen.

Stab!!

The speed of Jin-Woo's flying dagger was too fast for a weakened monster to evade.

"Tsururuka!!"

The remaining spearman roared out in anger after witnessing the death of its comrade. However, Jin-Woo was no longer standing where the creature's spear was pointing at.

"Tsurukahnaka!"

The Lizardman Mage cried out nervously.

"Tsurukahnaka!"

When the Mage repeated the same 'words' as before, the spearman turned around to face the Mage and roared out.

"Tsuruka!!"

The spearman bared its fangs and approached the Mage in a threatening manner. However, the Mage didn't back down, either.

"Tsuruaeek!"

It happened then.

"Kak!!"

Suddenly, the spearman's chest burst open.

The Mage's face was now covered in blood; it cried out in alarm and hurriedly took several steps back.

"Tsuruakk??"

The 'Stealth' slowly came undone and the spear stabbing through the chest of the Lizard spearman revealed itself.

The man holding that spear was, of course, Jin-Woo.

When he let go of the shaft, both the spear and the Lizardman that got skewered by it crashed to the ground simultaneously.

Thud!

In the meantime, Jin-Woo rapidly recovered his Poison Fang of Kasaka from the head of the other Lizard spearman.

"Tsuruaaarik!!"

Red beams of light appeared again in the hands of the Lizardman Mage. However, Jin-Woo didn't give it time to complete its actions.

'Dash!'

The distance between Jin-Woo and the Mage disappeared in an instant. The Mage's repulsive-looking reptilian eyes grew really wide.

Pushuheee-

Jin-Woo ducked and avoided the flames erupting out from the Mage, slid to the monster's rear, and stabbed his dagger near the target's spinal area.

'Vital Points Targetting!'

Stab!

The Mage cried out in pain.

"Kiiaahhahk!!"

But, when Jin-Woo stabbed again, the following scream wasn't as lengthy as the previous one.

Stab!

"Kak!"

The Lizardman Mage spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed forward.

Plop.

Jin-Woo inwardly punched the air. No matter who judged it, that was an excellent victory for sure.

'Veeeery nice!'

And as if to congratulate him on his victory, he could hear the System's crisp mechanical beep ring inside his head.

Tt-ring.

[Level up!']

['Player' has reached the required level.]

A strange message followed right after the familiar one.

'Required level?'

Having only heard this simple message, he couldn't figure out what was going on here.

But by the time the following mechanical beep rang, Jin-Woo ended up expending a huge amount of willpower just to calm his heart that beat so hard to the point of causing him pain.

Tti-ring.

[Class Change Quest is now available.]

[Will you take on the Class Change Quest now?] (Y/N)

'C...Class Change Quest..??'

He was so focused on raising his levels and his Stats that he had been forgetting all about a certain column in his Status Window.

[Name: Seong Jin-Woo]

[Level: 40]

[Class: None]

Indeed, that would the third column in his Status Window, the 'Class'. And now, he was given an opportunity to replace that 'None' with another word.

He'd be given a Class.

In most video games, a character would receive many benefits after getting a Class. It'd be no different with the System, since it operated almost the same as a game.

Thump, thump.

His heart was beating harder and faster now.

When he realised that he'd be one step closer to the goal of being strong after going through with this quest, he simply could not calm himself down anymore.

[Will you take on the Class Change Quest now?] (Y/N)

'Yes' and 'No' continued to flicker in front of his eyes.

'Of course, I would....'

What kind of an idiot would refuse such an opportunity??

Jin-Woo was about to choose yes and take on the quest to change his Class. However, he stopped almost instinctively.

'No. Hang on a sec.'

Who knew just what kind of a quest might show up here?

Following right after the notice from his instincts, the warning bells from his brain rang true and clear inside his head.