Chapter 32 - Capture the Flag (1) (1/2)
Chapter 32: Capture the Flag (1)
「 You have entered the 6th floor waiting room. 」
「 Healing all injuries and status ailments. 」
「 The healing effect is constantly applied in the waiting room. 」
「 Challenger Han Sungyeun’s information is published on the leaderboard. 」
After stepping into the blue portal, the 6th floor waiting room appeared.
It was just as empty as I remembered it, but I got a sense of comfort from it now.
‘Hm, what shall I do first…’
I sat on the floor of the stone room, wondering what to do next.
I had to go through my rewards, but there was something I had to take care of before that.
‘I should do this first.’
The Covert Hunter’s Shield that was destroyed by the knight in the 5th trial had to be repaired.
‘Hm, it feels like a waste because I can only use it once, but that’s why I bought it.’
Better use it now than die saving it.
The shield was just small enough to fit in the box.
I activated it without giving it any more thought and pushed some mana into it.
「 Activating Krocken Magic Tower’s Repair Box. 」
「 Uses left – 1/1 」
The ashy stars on the box lit up gently, notifying me that the repair was over.
“I don’t see any changes on the outside.”
A little doubtful, I opened up the magic box and…
There it was, a shield in its perfect condition.
I was astonished at the flawless shield.
“Damn…”
It was definitely worth the money I spent on it.
The Covert Hunter’s Shield was worth more than whatever the box cost.
‘If I could sell it back to Earth, I could get at least 2 repair boxes for it.’
There was no use in regretting it now anyway.
If I could keep repairing these kinds of items and selling them back on Earth…
‘It could be a profitable business.’
Then I activated the cleansing stone to freshen up.
Whooof…
A gust of wind wrapped around my body and evaporated the dry wolf blood from my skin.
It felt a little lavish to have it just for comfort but…
After using it, it didn’t really feel like a waste of money.
‘There’s a bare minimum of how a human being should act.’
Staying comfortable wasn’t a waste.
Now, let’s see what the reward I got was…
“This was the only thing I got from that.”
「 Skill – Triple Laceration (A-) 」
「 Proficiency – 0% 」
「 Basic effect – Using mana, strengthen a blade for three attacks. 」
「 Detailed effect – Upon using the skill, the cutting force of bladed attacks increases by 1.5/2.0/2.5 times after each attack. 」
“A skill related to cutting force…”
It must have been similar to the aura skill that the knight was using.
Maybe it was because it’s an A- skill, but the system had more details about the skill.
The system explained the details almost as if it was an innate ability.
More importantly, the proficiency for this skill was 0%.
That meant, unlike the Eye of Truth, this skill could be ranked up.
‘I was wondering what to do after the daggermanship skill maxes out…’
This skill could be a good addition to that one.
Of course, that was still only a temporary fix.
‘They said that I could even buy skills after reaching the 8th floor, so I should be fine.’
It wasn’t something I should worry about at the moment.
After coming to that conclusion, I checked out my stats.
「 Han Sungyeun 」
「 Strength – 54 」 「 Stamina – 51 」
「 Agility – 54 」 「 Mana – 43 」
「 Tenacity – 43 」
「 Innate ability – ‘Necromancy (E) 」
「 Skill – See details 」
‘Hm, not much different on this end.’
The numbers did increase, but not by a lot.
Of course, it wasn’t completely meaningless.
Nothing stood out though, so I opened the leaderboard.
「 5th Trial Evaluations 」
…
…
I was scrolling down the leaderboard when.
“…Uh?”
3rd, Hunter(S)
I saw my nickname within the top ten and.
“…”
Then stared at the evaluation.
3rd, Hunter(S)
I thought I was seeing things for a second but it wasn’t that.
I kept on blinking but the S didn’t move.
“S grade….”
I didn’t know what to say…
‘Even after doing all that on the 4th trail, I couldn’t even touch an S.’
I don’t know how the tower evaluated our performances but it deemed me worthy of an S.
And what was even more amazing was my rank.
“3rd… that’s a little strange.”
On the 4th trial, even challengers who received a higher rank than this were placed lower.
That meant some people were just placed lower in general.
The guy with the Headygongdu nickname placed 6th with just a B grade.
‘And there are a bunch more below.’
B-, C+, C, C-…
All the grades were generally low and all clustered together in the same area.