Chapter 5 Part3 (1/2)
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[The Slime's weak Acid Poison is melting your body.]
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo gave up the Sniper concept, only 10 minutes after making up his mind. The reason was simple. There were too many slimes that inhabited the sewers for him to pick them off one by one.
[Gureuk]
[Gureureureuk]
”Ha.”
At least at this very moment, he was thankful that he was a skeleton. The slimes that were overflowing in all directions were stuck above his head, his back, and his legs, and were making a 'gureureuk' sound; if he still had a normal way of thinking about hygiene like a human, he probably would've ran away from here a while ago.
[Gureureureureuk!]
[Gureukgureuk]
[Gureureureu]
'Moreover, they're just level 1 sewer slimes inhabiting a lousy level 1 sewer dungeon, so they probably didn't think it'd have much appeal. So, that's why all of them avoided the sewers, and as a result, the slimes kept piling up more and more until... they multiplied this much.'
It had been 15 minutes since he'd entered the dungeon, and Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's entire body was buried under slimes without a way out. If he was a normal Skeleton Soldier, he would've already completely melted away and disappeared within a minute.
However, unfortunately for the slimes, he was level 2, closing in on level 3, his stats had also swelled by another 10 from the dungeon permit, and... the decisive factor was that he was a skeleton that possessed the Regeneration skill.
'My gear might get damaged so let's go naked.'
He had fought against the slimes for a few minutes, but ultimately became concerned that his equipment would get damaged from the slimes' Acid Poison, so he de-equipped it all. He naturally put his armor into his inventory, as well as his sword!
'Alright, this should be fine with only my naturally recovering mana.'
As soon as he took off his armor, the health increase effect from the armor disappeared, and he started to incur more injuries from the slimes' Acid Poison attacks, but it was at a level that his Beginner Regeneration skill could bear. Of course, if his Magic Affinity hadn't reached the low rank stage, he wouldn't have even dreamed of doing this.
”Heup.”
[Gureuk!]
[Ggoreuk!]
Despite de-equipping his gear, he didn't have any difficulty whatsoever hunting the slimes. Not only was his level higher than the slimes, but the combat technique he had learned, Bursting Thunder, was a technique that could also be used unarmed.
”Heup!”
[Ggureuk!]
Someone from the outside may see this scene as unusual; a swelling wave of slimes. There were so many of themthat it looked like a sea of slime. But truthfully, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was in there, killing slimes left and right.
”Ha!”
[Ggeureuk...]
[Ggik!]
Whether he's unleas.h.i.+ng Bursting Thunder with a sword, a spear, an axe, or his fists, it would converge at one point. As fast and as hot as exploding lightning! That was Bursting Thunder's start and finis.h.!.+
Though there wasn't any mana within the attack, the force created by his two fists was plenty strong enough. Whenever that tremendous strength condensed in his arms pa.s.sed through the slimes, they would turn to particles of light and disappear.
[You have acquired 12 Perium.]
[You have acquired 12 Perium.]
[You have acquired a deteriorated Skeleton Soldier's leg bone.]
[You have acquired 12 Perium.]
[You have acquired a deteriorated Zombie's s.h.i.+n bone.]
”Bone Reinforcement, Bone Reinforcement.”
As soon as he collected the Perium, it went straight to his inventory, but when he acquired the bones, he would immediately use them to reinforce his bones. One of his goals was regenerating his body, but as expected, the most important thing was his curiosity regarding the common memories that only those ingested by the slimes had.
[My body's melting. You weren't satisfied with my already melted skin, muscles, blood, and flesh. Now you're trying to melt my bones, which is all I have left. - Nameless skeleton]
[Ggueeeeeeek. I can't avoid the flood; it's a slumber more suffocating than death. An eternal slumber is approaching...! - Nameless zombie]
He could only absorb the memories at their time of death, but Lee s.h.i.+n Woo thought there was a reason for that here. To be more specific, he was excited that he might get a skill.
[Ggureuk!]
[Ggirek!]
”Bone Reinforcement.”
[Guaaaaahk, my head's breaking. It's sinking in! - Nameless skeleton]
[Kuheuk, General Leofield...! I'll go down in history before you... - Nameless skeleton]
[Ggorok!]
[Gureureu!]
”Bone Reinforcement.”
[Jjijijijijijijijik! - Nameless Rural Rat]
[Gugehk... To think that my end comes from the city's cleaning crew... - Nameless zombie]
However, it seemed like the skill this time was no joke, as there was no reaction to absorbing dozens of bones, neither in stats, nor in skills.
Moreover, he was really bothered by the skeletons that strangely had their consciousness intact, leaving their wills behind! He also remembered hearing about Leofield before! He must be just as famous as Seagald!
[Beginner Regeneration has become Lv8.]
Even so, it wasn't like this dungeon was a complete miss. Setting aside the amount of stockpiled Perium from the huge mob, he had been looking for a place to train his Regeneration skill, and this here was the optimum environment to train it in.
Even as he continuously took damage from all directions, he could continuously keep his Regeneration skill active with just the mana he had. His proficiency in Regeneration was increasing so quickly that he wondered if this place was created to train the Regeneration skill.
”Hoo.”
[Gureuk!]
[You have acquired 12 Perium.]
[You have acquired 12 Perium.]