Chapter 52 Part7 (1/2)
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[You have hunted a member of the 12 Generals, the Lv8 Archmage, Feotane Von Seldin! All contributing heroes receive 50,000,000 Perium, and all stats increased by 100. You have acquired 15 permits to G.o.d's secret shop. Proficiency in all combat-related skills has increased significantly!]
[You have received G.o.d's grace. The Invisible Heart skill's maximum level has increased by 15.]
[The Beginner s.h.i.+ning Flame Element has become Lv8 and Magic has increased by 10.]
[The High Rank a.s.similation skill has become Lv9, and Agility and Magic have increased by 30.]
[You have given a Lich, one who defies natural order and lives with an imperfect soul, eternal rest. You have acquired the t.i.tle, 'Immortal Hunter'. All stats have increased by 40. The Rebellion skill has become Lv9 and all stats have increased by 20. Whenever the conditions for the Rebellion skill are met, all stats temporarily increase by 27%.]
Now, even if he killed one of the 12 Generals, his combat skills wouldn't level very quickly. That's because most of his skills were high level already. With his High Rank a.s.similation skill reaching level 9, most of his skills were level 9 now.
It felt like it'd evolve once it reached level 10, but getting there was the problem. At the very least, he realized that he couldn't reach level 10 with G.o.d's rewards anymore. He was disappointed, but he was also happy about his stat growth.
'Killing one of the 12 Generals increases all my stats by 100, and with the new t.i.tle and the Rebellion skill, all my stats increase by an additional 60 a piece... So, my total stats are 24,553. The t.i.tle's amazing, but Rebellion's quite surprising as well.'
To be honest, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo hadn't put much interest in the Rebellion skill, as it required him fulfilling two of its conditions before he overcame a level difference of one. However, this skill would grow whenever he performed some great feat, and before he knew it, it was already level 9.
Whenever he met one of the skill's conditions, his stats would increase by 27%. If he met two of them, then his stats would increase by 54% instead. Just using the t.i.tan would meet one of Rebellion's conditions, and fighting a huge army would meet another, so just those two conditions would increase his stats by a whopping 54%...
If he took into account his stats, which were at the cusp of level 9, as well as the t.i.tan, he felt like he could really take a level 9 opponent head-on. Not a weakened opponent like the Garuda, but someone like the Magic or Undead Emperors!
...But the problem was that the Lich's loot was nothing to write home about.
[You have acquired 541,609,990 Perium.]
[You have acquired the Lv8 Archmage Feotane Von Seldin's Parietal Bone.]
'Tch, I guess I've been too lucky lately. It's right before the final battle, yet he only drops one bone. If he dropped two, then I might've hit level 9, but... Meh, I'll absorb the bone later. I have something more important to do.'
He had something more important to do? Obviously, it was reforming his undead seniors.
”L-Lee s.h.i.+n Woo...?”
”How did you... No, more importantly, how did you manage to kill the Archmage?”
”I'll tell you later. We have to deal with our seniors. Ah, my junior's there too, huh.”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo ignored both Lloyd and Erian, who stared at him dumbfoundedly, and turned his attention to his undead seniors.
They, like Lloyd, stood vacantly, but unlike him, they stood still because their master had died.
[Gu...ooh...!]
[The Lich... The Lich...]
”Looks like some of them are dead already. That's too bad. Hope we meet in our next life... Anyway, everyone. Do you guys remember? Who killed you and who you need to kill?”
[Keuk. Kuhaahk...!]
In the past, he'd tried desperately to persuade his undead seniors with dramatic flair, but that was unnecessary. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo spoke naturally as if he were speaking to a friend, yet his neither-soft-yet-loud voice resounded throughout the area, such that the undead could all hear him.
”You all remember, right? It's too much of a waste to die here. Hating yourselves for becoming undead is proof of your ambition and your intelligence.”
[Ambition...]
[Intelligence... My intellect... Yeah, I'm a hero...]
”That's right. You're a hero, hand-picked by G.o.d herself. You're not going to stay here and rot whilst attacking your juniors, are you? Right?”
[I am...!]
No matter what rubbish came out of his mouth, the undead heard whatever they wanted to hear.
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo didn't adjust his speech for them; on the contrary, they adjusted his speech themselves. This was neither the power of Acting nor Instigate; it was on the level of magic at this point.
”What are you doing, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo?”
”What the...? The undead are...”
Lloyd, who was unaware of his darkness element, or the Acting and Instigate skills, realized that there was an extraordinary amount of power within his words. But still, wasn't conversing with the undead a bit too much?
His seniors had already become undead, beings which shouldn't exist, yet instead of giving them a pain free death or a peaceful rest, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was tormenting them even further.
”Open your eyes. Your enemy isn't here. Do you want to die unavenged, or do you want to continue struggling? That's up to you.”
”Hey, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo...”
”Lloyd, stop.”
Ever since Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had arrived, so many strange things had happened; not only had the Archmage died, but the undead had stopped. But he still needed to stop him...! or so he thought, but when he tried to step forward, Erian stopped him.
”Erian?”
”Just sit still, Lloyd. Doesn't it look like they're paying attention to him?”
”Yeah, it looks that way, but what's your point?”