Chapter 182 (1/2)
It was so obvious question. At Su-hyeun’s question, Kim Dae-ho sighed.
“Oh. You’re embarrassing me,” he said.
Kim Dae-ho looked like he was debating if he could take this or not. It was obviously a huge amount of adamantium. It was enough that he could make two Balmungs.
“I…will only use the half,” said Kim Dae-ho.
Kim Dae-ho, agonizing over the decision, lowered his head. It wasn’t his usual manner. He usually shouted confidently, he didn’t hang his head in shame. He seemed very shy.
“Thank you, Su-hyeun.”
“I thank you,” Su-hyeun said, “You have always made good swords and armor for me. You’re my savior.” When Kim Dae-ho, who was a relatively short man, lowered his head, Su-hyeun bent to his knees as he spoke. “So, please raise your head, mister. You can thank me, but please don’t feel sorry about it.”
“Man…” Kim Dae-ho looked at the ground, grinning big. He raised his head and rolled up his sleeves. “All right, then. I’ll make something awesome. I promise you, on my honor.”
“I want two things.”
“Were the spears I gave you good?” Kim Dae-ho asked.
“Yes. They weren’t bad.”
“Then, I’ll make a good one, not just a ‘not bad’ one. Let me see. What should I use for a handle for this much adamantium?”
Kim Dae-ho could understand what Su-hyeun wanted, even though he didn’t say anything.
“After you make a spear, if there is still some left, could you mix what remains into this armor, please?” Su-hyeun took off his armor as he asked the question.
Kim Dae-ho took Su-hyeun’s armor. He looked at it closely and tapped with his fingers. His eyes flashed.
“This is a fine set of armor. Where did you get this?”
“I don’t know who made it because a monster spat it out.”
“A monster spat it out?” Kim Dae-ho asked in surprise.
“Yes. This armor has very high magic resistance, but it’s weak physically. Wouldn’t adamantium go well with this armor?”
“There’s no metal that adamantium doesn’t suit. Even more, this one has some sort of magical stuff you guys are talking about…” Kim Dae-ho thought for a moment and nodded. “I think the resistance of armor itself will increase, rather than its strength and hardness.”
“That’s even better.”
“What do you mean? Wouldn’t it be better to improve its defensive power? I think its magic resistance is already high enough.” Kim Dae-ho couldn’t understand. “And why do you need another set of armor with his magic resistance, anyway? I don’t know much about raiding dungeons, but I thought there weren’t many monsters using magic, are there?”
Suhyun tended to care about magic resistance a lot. At first, Kim Dae-ho hadn’t cared much about that. But he thought it was too much to care about both inside and outside armor for magic resistance. Most monsters had physical attack power.
Sometimes there were monsters that could use magic, but it seemed unreasonable to choose magic resistance armor to defend against the minority of monsters. And he was Su-hyeun, the best awakener in the world. There was no way he would make such a stupid choice.
“Yes. There aren’t many.”
Of course, Su-hyeun knew everything that Kim Dae-ho knew. He definitely knew it. But…
“But they still exist.”
The monster Su-hyeun thought about most wasn’t like most of the monsters that Kim Dae-ho mentioned. Su-hyeun cared about the few monsters. The powerful few.
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On the way back home, after meeting Kim Dae-ho, Su-hyeun simulated the images as always. He consciously tried not to recall the memories of his past life, but for some, he had to remember them.
<<What I didn’t have enough of…>>
Su-hyeun had lost in the fight against Fafnir. And, now, he tried to figure out the reason for the failure. Su-hyeun had been thinking about it since he had started his new life.
<<Stats and equipment, especially magic resistance and resistance items.>>
Su-hyeun hadn’t known about the boss named Fafnir.
<<I can resist physical attacks with my body. But for magic resistance…I can support it with skills and items.>>
For that reason, Su-hyeun had been learning skills to increase magic resistance for a long time. There weren’t many chances to use them, but he didn’t neglect to improve his proficiencies.
<<I’m getting ready.>>
Little by little, step by step, he was preparing for that day.
<<But I can’t be sure yet.>>
There was an old saying to know your enemy and know yourself, and you will never be defeated. Su-hyeun knew himself well. But he couldn’t say that he knew everything about Fafnir.
<<I have to prepare perfectly.>>
Su-hyeun changed his clothes as soon as he arrived home. He had asked Kim Dae-ho to improve the Falcon’s Holy Armor with adamantium. So, he had to wear another set of armor inside his outer one. It was a set of armor that made with middle-grade Ether stones, with both magic resistance and strength. He had passed the 41st floor. Now, it was time to challenge the 42nd floor.
<<The level of difficulty has definitely risen after the 40th floor.>>
In the last 15 days, he had passed the 41st floor. It wasn’t difficult. Since he already passed the 40th floor and his Strength stat had increased. The trial of the 41st floor was less difficult than the 40th floor. Every 10th floor was more difficult. But, considering Su-hyeun had chosen level 10 on the 40th floor, the 41st floor’s level was definitely tricky. When he compared 39th and 41st, the level of difficulty had almost doubled.
<<Hak-joon told me he already passed the 70th floor.>>
Considering the level kept rising as the floors got higher, Hak-joon’s speed was very fast.
<<I can’t lose.>>
Because of their difference in level, it would be difficult to catch up with Hak-joon. But still, Su-hyeun tried to hurry up to keep up. People still didn’t know what the top floor of the Tower of Trials was. But it was known that one S-Rank awakener who chose level 1 went up to the 550th floor. Everyone who tried to go to a higher level had died. People usually gave up on the 200th floor, which was known as the demon’s level.
<<I don’t know how much time I have left.>>
Rip—
When he was prepared, he headed to the tower again.
<<I’ll try to go as far as I can go.>>