Chapter 230 (1/2)

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Su-hyeun arrived on the 51st floor’s plaza when the trial ended.

He started walking away, evidently quite familiar with the place. Indeed, it wasn’t his first time being here, and he immediately sought out the lodging area.

While on his way, he checked out his newly acquired rewards.

[Name: Kim Su-hyeun]

[Magic Count: 87] [Magic Level: 8]

[Strength: 99] [Agility: 93]

[Stamina: 92] [Reflex: 96]

[Death Aura: 35]

[Skill: Leap * advanced]

[Skill: Transfiguration * advanced]

[Skill: Flame * advanced]

….

[Fatigue: 61]

The general rise in all the stats, excluding “strength,” was the first noticeable change he could see. Unlike in the previous floors where even raising one stat was a challenge, each of his stat bar strength had increased by one point as his reward for passing the floor this time.

Especially noticeable was his magic count, which had reached 87. That stat was the hardest to raise compared to the others so far.

I feel a bit better already.

Maybe he should thank the rise in his stats because it felt like he now had some leeway in his completely drained magical energy reserve.

Raising strength right now will be too difficult, so…

The stats he needed to pay attention to were “stamina,” “agility,” and “reflex.”

I’ve also received enough achievement points.

He should face no problems when buying potions and elixirs with what he got.

Well, I’ll take my time buying the elixirs, so…

For now, he had something more important than that to consider.

[Soul Accumulation]

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You can now accumulate a targeted individual’s soul. The number of souls you may accumulate will depend on your proficiency and the soul’s grade.

Proficiency: 0%

LV: 1

The number that can be stored: 20

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[Dead Summoning]

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Summon a body without a soul. The designated body will not decompose and will be stored away. The number that can be stored will rise with proficiency.

Proficiency: 0%

LV: 1

The number that can be stored: 20

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At a glance, these two skills seemed a bit useless. If someone other than him came to possess them, they surely wouldn’t have known where to use these skills.

However, Su-hyeun also possessed the “Necromancer” trait. As such, he could easily decipher the true utility of the two skills.

It’s similar to the concept of summoned creatures, isn’t it?

First, the bodies and souls of the dead are collected, and then, through the Necromancer trait, these two are combined to command them as the undead.

Simply put, the idea was no different from “creature summoning.” He had essentially become an awakener like Song Hyeong-gi who commanded divine beasts.

Could it be that Mister Herrels also possessed this skill?

Su-hyeun thought it was rather strange.

It was quite unlikely that corpses were buried in all corners of the empire’s capital city. Also, what was the possibility that a dragon’s remains were buried within a forest that he came across by chance?

He did suspect it was not a coincidence, and he knew the true reason: the skills that he acquired as rewards were quite similar to Herrels’ own ability.

It was something pretty amazing, then.

Because he got his skills just now, he could summon only 20 accumulated souls and bodies. On the other hand, Herrels could command tens of thousands of the undead. Compared to Su-hyeun, the difference was several thousandfolds.

That helped him gain a renewed appreciation of how proficient Herrels had been with his ability.

Still, they will come in handy for sure.

Not only would he get to command a higher number of individuals as his proficiency got better, but a part of him was also especially delighted that he would be able to designate specific targets.

Unlike Herrels, Su-hyeun got to fight countless monsters all the time. Among them, some were even strong enough to make an average dragon seem like the butt of a joke.

Of course, there was a chance that he wouldn’t get to command all 20 undead depending on the types of monsters. According to the explanation about the “Soul Accumulation” skill, the soul’s grade determined the final number that could be accumulated.

I should stop here for now.

After arriving at the lodging, Su-hyeun opened the doorway to reality and dragged his tired body outside.

Rip—

I’m just going to take a short break.

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Su-hyeun’s eyes were greeted by the familiar view of his home after stepping past the doorway—his studio apartment with two bedrooms and a living room. He was originally thinking of heading straight to the bedroom and rest, but then…

What’s all this noise?

A commotion was coming from the outside.

It wasn’t all that close by, though. However, he could still hear what was being said, thanks to the rather loud voices. It sounded like the conversation was related to dungeons. To hear them better, Su-hyeun went outside.

“There’s no one inside, right?”

“Yessir! We’ve confirmed it.”

“And the whereabouts of our members?”

“Everyone’s here and accounted for, sir. The equipment has already been inspected as well.”

“In that case, let’s go in right away. We don’t have the time!”

The contents of the conversation sounded rather serious.

…And I’m so tired, too.

Su-hyeun let out a long groan.

For the past 10 days or so, he didn’t get to sleep properly once. As he didn’t know when something might happen, he could only afford to close his eyes for less than an hour per day while sticking right next to Roy at all times.

As the trial was over, he was planning to sleep for the whole day and take a well-deserved break. But it seemed that he wouldn’t get to do that for now.

Du-rururuk—

Swoosh—

Su-hyeun opened the window and flung himself outside. The streets were deserted, but a group of people gathered to one side at some distance.