Chapter 236 Part1 (1/2)
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”How unexpected.”
”It turned out well, didn't it?”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo and Jin got off the final golem train that pa.s.sed through a level 2 danger zone, and rushed into the city, clearing it of the undead, as well as exploring the sewers.
After they were done fighting in the final level 2 danger zone city (there weren't any hidden facilities), Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's Combat Sense skill leveled up, as if it were waiting for this very moment; thus, his stats had surpa.s.sed 3,200.
”Once we level up to 6, we can move on to the level 3 danger zones.”
”...Yeah, right. It's about time we move on. I was kind of s.p.a.cing out for a bit wondering what we should do once we hit 6.”
The moment Lee s.h.i.+n Woo heard Jin talk about level 3 danger zones, he thought he might've been living comfortably for way too long.
It's not like he's been resting thus far; he was doing everything that needed to be done, yet he thought that perhaps somewhere along the way, he'd adapted to that calm and risk-free everyday life.
”No. It's not like we haven't been in any sort of danger...”
Jin thought Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's response was absurd. Though they hadn't fought higher leveled enemies that often, they had fought more than thousands of enemies, and they had even been surrounded by level 5 elites before. Since a level 2 danger zone area wasn't really safe for 2 level 5 heroes in the first place!
But the problem was that their abilities, especially Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's abilities, had grown so much that these enemies no longer posed any sort of threat to them. Didn't the message say so? That he was more than qualified to level up.
”Jin, you're still not there yet, right?”
”I'm at around 2,950. I caught up quite a bit though, right?”
”You caught up because I gave you most of the bones. ...In any case, I'll level up first.”
”Don't talk like you're leaving and not coming back.”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo chuckled at Jin's curt voice, and disembarked from him. They had completely cleaned up the vicinity, so there weren't even any level 1 skeletons. There wasn't any better place to level up.
”...Alright, I'll accept all my karma now.”
The moment Lee s.h.i.+n Woo decided to accept his karma, blinding light burst from his body. His currently equipped equipment were released all at once, and his body began to noticeably develop!
[You have become a level 6, Powered Elemental Bone Joker. In the pursuit of countless changes, your strengths have been maximized. Your control over nature has become more powerful and diversified; as a result, you have successfully broken free from the limitations of being a skeleton.]
[You are no longer restrained by the t.i.tle of skeleton, a low rank species. After training a variety of ways of handling bone, you have become the one and only swindler, the Bone Joker, to both yourself and to the world. All stats increase by 20. The Intermediate Mana Bone skill has become Lv8, and Magic has increased by an additional 20.]
[All elements grow. Intermediate Fire has become Lv2, Intermediate Ice has become Lv3, Intermediate Lightning has become Lv5, and High Rank Acid has become Lv2. Magic has increased by 110.]
So am I a skeleton or not? Lee s.h.i.+n Woo inwardly complained. While complaining, his body's bones became larger, thicker, and glistened with mana, resulting in a whiter light than before.
It was truly ironic. His bones had continuously gotten darker until he turned level 4, but starting from level 5, it went in the opposite direction!
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo took a look at the magic that glistened from his bones. Mana which possessed the potential to change in an infinite number of ways... that blinding and resplendent mana could harmonize no further with his Joker karma.
[You have become able to handle mana more broadly and diversely than before. The Disguise skill has become Lv3. You can disguise yourself well with even less knowledge of your target.]
His growth to level 6 affected almost all of his skills and was complete. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was still an undead composed of all bone, but the harmonization of the mana that made up his bones was vastly different from before.
”Who the h.e.l.l cares? I'm still made up of bones. Are they messing with me or what?”
”Someone said you weren't made of bones?”
”No. Apparently, they're saying I'm not a skeleton anymore.”
”But you are a skeleton.”
”No one's arguing with you.”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo complained, as if enthusiastically agreeing with Jin, and checked his status; it had been a long time since he'd checked it. Though it was true that his body had undergone some fundamental changes, he still needed to check his status.
[Lee s.h.i.+n Woo]
[Powered Elemental Bone Joker]
[Corps Destroyer; 4 others]
[Lv 6 (Status effectiveness 200%)]
[Strength - 681, Agility - 698, Health - 699, Magic - 1,380]
[Pa.s.sive skills - Acting Lv15, Invisible Heart Lv3, Rebellion Lv3, Intermediate Bursting Thunder Lv7, Intermediate Mana Bone Lv8, Intermediate Shadow Sprint Lv5, Intermediate Command Lv6, Intermediate a.s.similation Lv5, Intermediate Combat Sense Lv7]
[Active skills - Disguise Lv3, Instigate Lv2, Bone Reinforcement Lv7, Rule of Bone Lv7, Bone Armory Lv5, Intermediate Regeneration Lv8, Sacrifice Lv1, Emergency Evasion Lv4, Low Rank Twin Horn Charge Lv9]
[Elements - Intermediate Fire Lv2, Intermediate Ice Lv3, High Rank Acid Lv2, Intermediate Lightning Lv5]
[Resistances - Holy: MAX, Curse: MAX, Acid: High Rank Lv1, Ice: Intermediate Lv2]
”So I need 3,000 more stats from here to get to level 7, huh... It's starting to feel really far off.”
”You know, you said something like that when you were level 5. Moreover, you got a 200 stat increase once you hit level 6, so you're really making a big fuss over nothing.”
”The problem is that most of that stat increase is in magic.”
Compared to the others, only Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's magic stat increased incredibly fast. That was because most of his skills used magic as their foundation.
But even so, he needed his other stats as well; it was troubling for him that his magic stat was almost double that of his strength or agility stats.
”Hoo. No choice but to divide the bones evenly from now on. For now, you'll take care of the magic bones.”
”What!?”
That wasn't all. Another problem was that he'd only been training the skills that increased magic thus far. Of course, he didn't really have many skills that didn't increase magic, which was a problem, but if he looked amongst them...
”That's right. There's this.”