Chapter 11 Part2 (2/2)
[Attack Power: 300 - 400]
[Options: Strength +21, Agility +21, Power of Bursting Thunder skill +19%]
”Oh, Ooooh...!”
It had really succeeded with just one try! Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was moved and embraced his weapon. However, Jin spoke calmly by his side.
”s.h.i.+n Woo, on the ground.”
”Huh? ...No...”
It was at that time that Lee s.h.i.+n Woo finally realized that every single one of the bone cores he'd gathered in one place had disappeared.
There were a few inside his inventory that were still safe, but the rest disappeared. There were more than ten of them there, and the moment he used his reinforcement, they had resonated without his consent!
”...”
He gained new knowledge again. If he used bone cores to reinforce his equipment, the cores would resonate as they pleased! It had increased...!
Fortunately, the price came cheap. It was such a relief that he hadn't attempted to reinforce his equipment while he had 100 bone cores laid out!
Especially since, if he hadn't gathered the bone cores and attempted the reinforcement, he didn't know how long he'd be stuck without being able to succeed. So this was fine. It was fine.
”s.h.i.+n Woo, are you crying?”
”I'm not crying.”
He replied bitterly, removed the final remaining level 3 equipment reinforcement permit from his inventory, and raised it.
Even if he inspected his Bone of Thunder Lasting one more time, it was still at +9. He grit his teeth and used the reinforcement permit. Then, radiant light spewed out of the weapon and a tremendous amount of mana surged. This dense mana seemed to be able to change the very material of the weapon, and heated up the air.
[The Lv3 Bone of Thunder Lasting has evolved into the Lv4 Lightning Tooth!]
[Lightning Tooth]
[Lv4]
[Durability: 1,500/1,500]
[Attack Power : 450 - 480]
[Element: Lightning Lv4]
[Options: Strength +25, Agility +25, Power of Bursting Thunder +20%]
”This is...”
Seeing his completely transformed weapon, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo interjected. It was a completely different weapon from the level 4 weapon, Thunder Lasting, that he'd acquired from the zombie turned hero.
By coming into his possession, it had deteriorated into bone in the past, but at least, the current Lightning Tooth didn't seem inferior to the Thunder Lasting; there was no mistake that it was actually much stronger than Thunder Lasting. That's because two tremendous powers had collided, ultimately harmonizing, and the outcome was its evolution.
”Wow, even if you compare it to the axe, the energy coming off that thing's no joke.”
”You have considerable talent in mana as well, huh. You're right. They're both level 4, but this weapon's exceptional and is incomparable to the axe. It's not an exaggeration to say that this bone contains G.o.d's power.”
”At any rate, it's a bone, huh...”
The blade consisted of a bone gleaming in blue light, and was longer, and sharper than before; the fact that there was a slight power of lightning within had surfaced, and began to spark.
He was excited thinking about what would happen if he held this weapon and used an intermediate level of Bursting Thunder. Thus, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was spurred on to train his Bursting Thunder even more diligently than before.
'Acid and lightning. Flames... Then, this makes me want to use the other elements a bit.'
If he only had one element out of three, that would be plenty to represent him as a hero, yet he was still greedy for more even though he had three. He still hadn't realized at this point that he possessed abilities that would more than shock his senior heroes.
- Gugugugugu
However, when Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was fascinated with the power of his weapon, the once silent plateau area suddenly vibrated. What's worse, the vibrations gradually became worse!
Did the golems wake up? If that's not it, was it a natural earthquake? Both of those were wrong. The golems were still quietly staying in their places, and it obviously wasn't an earthquake. Then, what was it?
[Goooooooooooh!]
”Mm, as I thought.”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo heard the faint cry from afar, nodded his head, and spoke, as if he had expertly antic.i.p.ated it. Around now, it started to feel like a traditional event.
He quickly put the Fossil Gloves and his sword into his inventory, and cleanly used up the two remaining bone cores to reinforce his bones. His health increased by 1, so now he only needed 1 more stat point before he leveled up.
”What the h.e.l.l is this? It's like there's a huge monster on the move, but I can't tell if it's actually coming!”
”Calm down, Jin. Since I already know what it is.”
”You can't even see it yet, so how do you know?”
”I just know.”
Around the time Lee s.h.i.+n Woo calmly answered Jin, who was even more fl.u.s.tered than when he had fought the Acid Ghoul, the enemy revealed itself beyond the horizon.
It was rus.h.i.+ng towards them, yet the golems didn't stand up and attack it. It seems like it wasn't considered a trespa.s.ser.
”What kind of monster could it be!? Don't we need to run away!?”
”There's no way to completely get away from it once it's picked its 'target'. ...Though it's level may be different, I have experience fighting them, so wait for now.”
Of course, he didn't really have any memories of fighting it from the front. This time too, he didn't plan on fighting it face-to-face. There were a mult.i.tude of ways to kill an enemy besides slicing off their head.
Around that time, Jin was able to confirm the ident.i.ty of their enemy with his own two eyes, and spoke in vivid horror.
”Lv5...!? Can we win!?”
”...Even if we can't, we have to fight. That's what the Empire's all about.”
”That's...”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo comforted the confused Jin and checked his opponent. It had less than a couple hundred meters to go, and the appearance of a monster filled his eyes, one which he was familiar with to the point that it felt slightly tedious.
[Lv5 Treasure Eater]
Steve, who he hadn't seen in a long time, was here.
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