Chapter 54: Chapter 53: Gnosis Information Guild, Part I (1/2)
Chapter 54: Chapter 53: Gnosis Information Guild, Part I
Translator: HunterW
Editor: RED
I yawned loudly as I finished off the two giant spiders in front of me. I sliced them in half from head to abdomen, and their halves fell to the sides.
”Still no items?” It had been over seven hours since I started hunting, but I was only getting two things from the spiders; golden rings and Spider Legs. When I collected a hundred Spider Legs in one inventory slot, I took out my two Shining Health Potions and placed them in my pocket to free up another inventory slot, but that slot was soon filled with Spider Legs too.
”Still, I suppose it's good that I let off a lot of steam and gained quite a few levels.” The hunt was still fun. The 4,488 stat points definitely filled the void the four years left behind.
I could kill a giant spider in one attack and even get to the ones hiding on rooftops by wall-jumping to them. Thanks to my high stats, I practically leapt from spider to spider, killing them with great ease.
It was a completely different fighting style than when I was a fire mage for eight years. I definitely liked burning everything before me to a crisp with fire magic, but slicing down my foes in a single blow was a different and refreshing feeling.
”Not bad.” I tightly gripped the handle of my greatsword. I could feel power run through my forearms all the way to my hands as my muscles bulged. I still had plenty of strength left even after hunting for seven hours straight.
”It is strange that I haven't encountered any elite or boss spiders in such a large colony of spiders.” The smart thing to do in fields was to avoid elite and boss monsters. Elite field monsters were only stronger than normal field monsters; they didn't drop anything more, or yield more experience points, only more golden rings.
Boss field monsters were even stronger than elite field monsters, but in contrast to dungeon bosses, they didn't drop random chests. Field bosses did have a higher chance to drop at least Rank 4 items than all other types of field monsters, but the chance was much lower than that of dungeon bosses.
”If I can cut down level 150-200 normal giant spiders in one hit, I could do the same to elites. Bosses, though…” It had taken me a lot of effort to defeat the level 150 Bukhan Mountain dungeon boss.
”But I'm much stronger now than I was back then.” I was only level 15 then, and while my level right now wasn't that much higher, I still had a very good Rank 6 belt and the Orb of VIT that restored my health by 500 per tick.
”My STR and AGI are well above 2,000, as well!” I was sure I could easily take on a field spider boss.
”But what does my confidence matter when I can't even find a single one...” Field bosses could be found amongst field elite; that was the rule when it came to field monsters. But no matter how hard I searched, I couldn't find a single trace of field elites anywhere.
”I should just keep going. At my strength, the Bukhan Mountain dungeon is too weak and should be filled to the brim with other devas. I'm here anyway, so I might as well keep going until I find a field boss.” Field monsters didn't yield as much experience, items, or golden rings as dungeon monsters of the same level, but there were so many beginner devas in the dungeon right now that it was better to hunt in fields where there weren't as many people around.
I continued my hunt until around 10 PM, but I still couldn't find a single field elite.
”I should be able to find one by now. Where the heck are they all hiding?” I muttered to myself as I wandered the streets of Paju.
”Open stats menu!” I had cut down every single spider in front of me as I roamed through Paju's neighborhoods for ten hours without rest. My level rose by 28, to level 60. Thanks to my Unrivaled skill, instead of the normal 280 stat points, I had 560 unassigned!
”How satisfactory. If I keep this up until I reach level 200, how many more stat points is that?” If I grinded away for another 140 levels, I could get actually get another 2,800 stat points!
”My stats are going to rise without end.” Stats truly laid the foundation for anyone. No matter how good your items or how useful your skills were, if your stats were too low, you were basically a gilded pebble.
”How should I assign my points this time?” I happily thought to myself as I stared at my stats menu.
”I think I'll set my AGI to 4,200 and put the rest on STR.” I really liked the fact that my insanely high AGI allowed me to quickly kill the spiders and deftly dodge their attacks. I could even wall-jump a small four-story building with ease and jump down from it without hurting myself.
I decided to put 313 points on to my AGI to make it an even 4,200, and I put my remaining 247 points into my STR, setting it to 3,734.
[Name: Lee Jiwon
Level: 60 Death Count: 0
Title: Earth's First Deva
HP: 977,500/977,500 MP: 124,700/124,700
Strength: 3,734 Agility: 4,200 Vitality: 1,955
Willpower: 1,247 Intelligence: 1,247
Unassigned Stat Points: 0
Fatigue: 8
Special Effects: Luck Boost (X+ 1), immune from all status effects, Dungeon Seeker 6 points
Physical Attack: 11,652 Physical Defense: 2055
Magical Attack: 3,741 Magical Defense: 1,376]
My stats had changed drastically in one day. It was going to be harder to level up as quickly as I had, but I wasn't worried. I just had to kill even stronger monsters.