Chapter 20 Part7 (2/2)
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had thoroughly a.n.a.lyzed the Tree Golem's weakness, its center; its center was where the Dryads' wills, as well as the golem's mana were controlled! At the beginning, the Dryads waited in the center of the forest, and when faced with Lee s.h.i.+n Woo and Jin, created the Tree Golem, burrowing themselves deep into its chest.
That was the Tree Golem's sole weakness.
”Alright, now!”
Ordinarily, the Tree Golem would always protect its chest, but it panicked due to the two continuous explosions, exposing its chest to the sky. That was exactly what Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was waiting for.
[Critical Hit!]
The axe flew through the tree and bone pieces, then precisely burrowed into its chest and exploded!
[Gguaaaaaaaaaah!]
The Dryads' scream was the most shocking and hair-raising scream he'd heard yet. But despite that, it still remained standing. The bark covering the center of the golem was the toughest, as it was its weak spot.
The impact removed the bark, but its core was still intact. Indeed, its bark had been removed.
”Jin!”
”Heuaat!”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo and Jin hurriedly seized the opportunity that resulted from the three continuous explosions, and Jin, who'd gotten close, leapt with all the speed he'd built up! He couldn't have even dreamed of doing so before, but it was possible for him now that he had the Steel heart skill.
”Heup!”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had aimed his lance at the Golem's center ever since Jin started running, without even shaking it once. The outer bark was removed, revealing the black inner flesh, as well as the Corrupted Dryads within.
'Rising...'
The Drake Horn Lance's red energy mixed with the Bursting Thunder dark blue sparks to form a violet light. He wanted to add the Twin Horn Charge to the tip of the lance as well, but he hadn't trained it enough yet. However, this should be enough.
'Thunder!'
It was such an embarra.s.sing name that Lee s.h.i.+n Woo inwardly muttered the technique name, and forcefully thrust his lance. The violet sparks rus.h.i.+ng towards the tip of the lance was truly magnificent.
[Kuoooooooooh!]
At the last moment, the golem twisted its body and attempted to dodge his attack, but... Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had already let go of the lance, and with its explosive speed, burrowed deep within the golem's center before it could even react!
[Critical Hit!]
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo planned to explode the lance if that didn't work, but unfortunately, he didn't need to do so.
The lance had burrowed deep into the golem's center, and immediately after the electric discharge, as well as a reverberating scream, the golem just stopped.
”...Is it over?”
”It's a pain, so don't try to revive it.”
Jin muttered, and Lee s.h.i.+n Woo scolded him; immediately after, the golem turned into mana particles, dispersing everywhere, and completely disappeared.
At the same time, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo, who was free falling with Jin, got a message informing them of their victory.
[You fought against a high leveled foe, and after tirelessly enduring for several days, achieved the feat of finding its weakness and taking advantage of it. All stats have increased by 3! Proficiency in the Bursting Thunder skill has increased!]
[You have acquired the Adventurer's karma token. Agility and Health have increased by 5. It is absorbed by the Joker karma.]
”Oh.”
It'd been quite a long time since he'd acquired a new karma! It seemed like enduring for several days against a high leveled elite monster were points in his favor. Maybe he might get something even better if he were to endure for even longer!
While thinking that Jin would pale in fear if he told him about this, they landed. The Perium and loot from the Corrupted Tree Golem fell from the sky.
[You have acquired 395,070 Perium.]
[You have acquired a Lv5 Dryad's Bow. Through Bone Reinforcement, it has changed into the Lv4 Unchanging Bone Bow (+5).]
[You have acquired a Spirit Stone containing the corrupted power of the Dryads.]
[You have acquired an Unmelting Bone Root.]
”Kek, ooh...”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had been having a lot of success with Bone reinforcement lately, but when the level 5 artifact was degraded into a level 4 artifact, he felt truly thrilled. Now that he thought about it, it wouldn't always change for the better!
On the other hand, the Spirit Stone containing the Dryads' power was radiating a murky, rusty color, perhaps due to being corrupted, and was simply a ma.s.s of mana that even Bone Reinforcement couldn't do anything about. He didn't really know what to do with this, and decided to put it into his inventory for now.
”And...”
The final piece of loot, the Unmelting Bone Root looked like an item that seemed better geared towards Acid than the other Melting Bone Roots he'd gotten from the other Acid Great Trees.
Whenever he absorbed a Melting Bone Root, he was inwardly disappointed as they would increase his Acid element rather than his Acid Resistance, but this...
”Nice. Bone Reinforcement!”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had a strong feeling about this and used Bone Reinforcement without delay. Contrary to its t.i.tle, the Unmelting Bone Root possessed a powerful mana and Acid element within that was transferred in its entirety to Lee s.h.i.+n Woo!
[Executing Bone Reinforcement by consuming the Unmelting Bone Root. Health and Magic have increased by 10. Absorbing a portion of the Corrupted Tree Golem's experiences and memories.]
The high physical strength of these trees that made up this forest as well as their powerful mana... as well as...
[The Intermediate Acid Resistance skill has become Lv10 and has evolved into the high rank level! Magic has increased by 20. You take almost no damage from acid.]
[You have achieved the feat of acquiring a high rank skill! All stats have increased by 10!]
He didn't even really need to check his messages. The moment he felt a definite change on the inside, albeit a small one, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo smiled (that impression). He had achieved his primary objective of coming to this forest.
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