Chapter 12 - Trial of Competi (1/2)

Chapter 12: Trial of Competition (1)

「 Permanently increasing your stats using the doppelganger’s soul. 」

「 Strength increased by 7. 」

「 Agility increased by 5. 」

「 Stamina increased by 4. 」

「 Mana increased by 7. 」

The same old, same old.

Until—

「 Acquiring skill ‘Physical Resistance (D)’ 」

“…”

‘Physical resistance…?’

My head emptied for a second.

There was no question as to where this skill came from.

Dumfounded, I reread the messages on the screen.

「 Acquiring one of the doppelganger’s skills. 」

“Was I always this lucky…?”

My life had been nothing but a series of unfortunate events up until now…

It was as if my reality was shattering.

When I came to my senses, I checked the details of my new skill.

「 Skill – Physical Resistance (D) 」

「 Proficiency – 0% 」

「 Effect – Gain resistance to all kinds of physical attacks. 」

I didn’t know what gaining resistance meant but…

I knew one thing for sure.

I’d acquired one of the best possible skills from the doppelganger.

Physical resistance was probably a property that the doppelganger’s body had.

It wasn’t too hard to theorize.

Still, more thoughts swarmed my head.

‘Just how good is this necromancy skill?’

If the E-rank effect was this strong, just what additional effects would it gain later?

“…”

I couldn’t even begin to imagine it.

At the same time, a small voice in the back of my head was telling me:

It would be a waste to stop here.

The impulse I felt when I first chose this difficulty overtook me again.

But…

I couldn’t let it get to me.

Arrogance leads to carelessness and carelessness leads to a mistake.

This wasn’t a game so there would be no respawning if I died.

I needed to be careful.

After checking on all the rewards, I started moving again.

Then…

「 Moving to the waiting area. 」

It was time to get out of this damn cave.

***

「 You have entered the 4th floor waiting room. 」

「 Healing all injuries and status ailments. 」

「 The healing effect is constantly applied in the waiting room. 」

The familiar message welcomed me to the waiting area.

“The 4th floor, huh…”

I got a funny feeling when I thought about the fact that I had gone through this 3 times already…

And how much stronger I’d gotten throughout the trials.

「 You have entered the community. 」

「 Difficulty – Hard 」

Ignoring the nostalgic feeling, my body already knew what to do.

「 Floor 4 Community (880/1508) 」

Complaints burst out as soon as I opened the community.

It makes sense though.