Chapter 142:
「Activating the True Blood Demonic Sword’s exclusive skill ‘Blood Eat’.」
「Absorbing the blood of Reserve Disciple ‘Gerhan Nevia’ to rank up the item into A (2,801/4,800).」
「<imprint skill="" :="" divinity="" amplification="" (b+)=""> is imprinted on the Blood Eat’s exclusive slot from absorbing Reserve Disciple ‘Gerhan Nevia’.」</imprint>
After using blood eat on Gerhan’s corpse, I got back to the waiting room.
There was nothing else on the 15th floor, and it was uncomfortable seeing the archbishop crying his eyes out hanging on to me.
So as soon as I got all the rewards, I entered the portal as if to run away.
「 You have entered the 16th floor waiting room. 」
「The limits on messages from Administrators are lifted.」
And I was flooded with messages from the Administrators.
「Administrator ‘Iron-blooded Monarch’ is relieved that their contractor is safe.」
「Administrator ‘White Crane Sword Saint’ is tearing up telling the contractor well done.」
And
「Administrator ‘Iron-blooded Monarch’ is inviting you to the Administrator territory. 」
「Administrator ‘White Crane Sword Saint’ is inviting you to the Administrator territory.」
Both of them sent out an invitation message at the same time.
“I apologize for making you worry, but I don’t believe that I have time to meet you.”
But I had no intention of accepting those invitations.
After all, I had a lot to do.
First, I had to analyze all the rewards I got from the 15th floor, and I also had to organize everything that I learned.
‘I need to think more about divine powers.’
After being in a state of discipleship, I could see the state of Pseudo-divinity.
And through that, I realized
That the divine powers within the heart is not merely a concept of payment system in return of using myths and powers.
The more you polish divine powers the stronger it will get, and it will react sensitively to certain wills.
‘Furthermore, during the state of discipleship, it was stronger than the Sword Aura that Nam GungHyuk used.’
Of course, Nam GungHyuk’s martial arts was manifested through using mana from the surroundings…..
The divine powers used through the Divinity keywords could utilized more intuitively
Its versatility was good as well.
I quietly moved the divine powers gathered up in my heart to concentrate it on the tip of my finger.
To replicate that feeling of state of discipleship.
“…….”
I narrowed my eyes seeing the eerie divine powers that got painted black.
‘They said something about potential of grim reaper or something…. But to think that the detailed effect of Necromancy would cause something like this.’
After the state of discipleship, the divine powers within my heart changed.
An affinity got imbued in the divine powers albeit not like when the Divinity keyword <death> was used.
I could reinforce weapons like mana, and a special effect occurred when I manipulated the divine powers within my body.
Just like now.
“How peculiar.”
When the divine powers surrounded my eyes, the scenery I saw turned extravagant.
Black spots resembling drips of black ink and suffocating black energy could be seen flowing about.
I did not know what these were.
Even if I poked at the black spots on the walls of the waiting room, there were no changes, and even if I interrupted the flow of black energy by waving my hand around, nothing occurred.
But it changed once I used divine power.
Crack.
“What the….”
The walls of the waiting room that never budged no matter what I did, just got crushed a bit.
Of course the walls repaired itself immediately as if to hide the fact that it got broken……
When I went around the black spots poking them, as if that spot were old and decrepit, it crumbled releasing dust.
“…….”
I felt a disconnect at that, so I used divine powers to cut down the black energy……
And the black energy split on contact, but did not do anything else than that.
‘……Hm, this must also be an effect of the Necromancy, but I can’t figure out what it is.’
I pondered standing still, but no answer came about.
In the end, I just accepted it as a type of affinity addition, and focused on something else.</death>
「Activating the exclusive effect of the item ‘Seal of Tribute (SS-)’, ‘Tribute’.」
「You can choose to make an offering among the [Talent], [Ability], [Treasure] that you possess.」
The Seal of Tribute that can increase the amount of divine powers did not disappear despite leaving the 15th stage.
I assumed that it wouldn’t after seeing that detail saying how the seal will never disappear, but actually seeing it stay made me smile.
‘With this, my divine powers can be easily amplified.’
And then I chose one option out of the three.
「You’ve selected [Ability] as an offering to god.」
「Select a [Ability] to offer.」
I’ve selected [Treasure] before, so I intended to see what it meant by offering an [Ability].
But, it ended up being rather normal.
The [Ability] offering was a skill.
Seeing all the skills I owned made me laugh in disbelief.
‘You can turn these into divinity too?’
I was flabbergasted, but it was rather a positive outcome.
Even if I could get rid of unwanted skills through combining skills, some of them were still difficult to get rid of.
I immediately chose one of the skills that I have not been using lately, Three Verses.
「You’ve selected the skill ‘Three Verses(A-)’.」
It had a high ranking of A-, but other than the rank, it had no good uses.
After all,
It was the reward I got from defeating my very first challenger from an alternative dimension.
No matter how difficult the challenger was to defeat back then, there was no way that they’d provide a good skill so early on.
Therefore, it was natural for that skill to be unused eventually.
「You’ve received an offering of skill ‘Three Verses(A-)’ from yourself.」
「Converting the ability into divinity to accumulate in the heart.」
Perhaps because I offered an A- Ranking skill, the divine powers within the heart increased a lot.
However, even with this, the ranking of divinity did not go up.
The growth was definitely better than offering measly items though.
After pondering for a while, I took out a few skill books from the dimensional pocket.
‘Even if it’s a random skill absorption, most of them are D ranked.’
It was plenty to offer up for divine powers.
After using the skill book to acquire a few skills, I got filled with disappointment.
As expected, lower ranked skills were useless.
Of course if it had good usability, it could still be used despite the low ranking….
But most of the skills from the skill book were useless.
「You’ve selected the skill ‘Gluttony Control(D-)’.」
Being able to control your appetite.
「You’ve selected the skill ‘Forced Sleep(D-)’.」
Being able to sleep whenever you want.
「You’ve selected the skill ‘Poison Resistance (D-)’.」
Or being able to resist some poison.…….
But at this point in time, even without poison resistance, my body would not be affected by it.
‘My physical stats are too high for poison to affect me.’
And even if I were to be affected, with a D- rank, it wouldn’t do anything for me.
If it was a poison strong enough to influence me, then it would be an insane fatal poison comparable to a power.
And I felt no need to control what I ate and when I slept.
But rather, getting no food and no sleep did not affect me anymore.
‘So there’s no need for me to have these.’
After sacrificing such skill, the divine powers in my heart increased a bit.
And
「Power ‘Divinity(B)’ is ranking up to ‘Divinity(B+)’.」
「Power ‘Divinity(B+)’ is now influenced by the users will and faith.」
「Power ‘Divinity(B+)’ is slowly getting its divinity affinity established by the potential of grim reaper.」
After using all the skill books I’ve received from the UK hunters association, the ranking of my divinity got raised.
The affinity of death in my heart became stronger and for some reason, the divinity manipulation got much easier.
The color of divine powers did get a bit darker and crimson, but that was not something worth paying attention to.
I sat down slowly to observe the ranked up divinity and replicated the sensation back when I was in the state of discipleship.
Of course, there was no obvious accomplishment, but I could roughly feel what I felt back then.
“I think this should be plenty for divine power.”
I opened up the dimensional pocket to take out an item shaped like a shield to eat.
「Activating skill ‘Steel Eat’.」
And an immediate message followed.
「You’ve consumed the item ‘Shield of Light’.」
「<00:09:59> Until complete consumption.」</00:09:59>
After getting used to the waiting period of Steel Eat during the 15th floor stage, I was pretty comfortable sitting until it was finished absorbing.
After a moment, my body gained strength with a message.
「Consumption completed.」
「+ 1 on Strength stats.」
Most items that do not have steel included would raise the stats like this.
However, the items that are not made of steel would change the constitution, so I had to be careful when consuming it.
After eating a few more items, I waited until digestion.
「Consumption completed.」
「+ 2 on Stamina stats.」
「+ 3 on Mana stats.」
「Expelling 4.8% of toxic energy within the body.」
After the complete breakdown of the item, I felt something come up from my throat.
“Ugh…….”
I felt my body get lighter after spitting out a black liquid.
However, I just felt disappointment in seeing low growth despite eating numerous items.
‘The more my stats increase and the more toxins I expel, the lower its efficiency.’
But it’s not like I would maintain my current ranking up speed so I had no reason to worry over it.
With this, most of the items I received from the UK hunters association were taken care of.
Then I followed it up by taking out the reward I received for clearing the 15th floor trial.
「Protection Bracelet of a God without Name」
「Rank : S+」
「A bracelet that a god who now has no name used to have during their previous life. 」
「When the user is exposed to an unavoidable single strike, the exclusive effect ‘Advanced Defense’ will be activated.」
「When the exclusive effect, ‘Advanced Defense’ is activated, the bracelet will get rid of the unavoidable single strike.」
「However, the exclusive effect has limits on its usage, and its current number is 4 times currently.」
The basic completion reward was an item with an exclusive effect of advanced defense.
It was a green beaded bracelet, and its exclusive effects were rather to my liking.
If I had to compare, it did have a similar effect as the skill Last Stand, but……
Unlike the Last Stand, the bracelet gets rid of the attack in the Advanced Defense.
It would be more comparable to the defensive barrier by Necromancy.
However, unlike the barrier from Necromancy, there was no special price to pay nor a limit.
It did have a limit on the number of usage, but this was there to make sure the item is balanced.
‘If it didn’t limit the number, it could block every attack continuously, so it’s proper to have a limit.’
After confirming it, I put the bracelet on my left wrist and looked towards the inventory.
And
「Holy Bead of a God without Name」
「Rank : S+」
「A bead containing the divine powers of a god who now has no name during their previous life.」
「After choosing a recipient and inserting divine powers, the exclusive effect ‘Absolute Seal’ is activated.」
「When the exclusive effect, ‘Absolute Seal’ is activated, the most powerful ability of the opponent is sealed.」
「However, the exclusive effect can not be used after being used once, and the seal does not last long.」
The bonus reward was a weakening item that could be labeled as a curse affinity.
Like the bracelet, it had a green hue to it with a limit on its usage.
‘This is good too.’
The tower of trials is a place where it’s not unusual to have enemies pop out left and right.
And an item that can seal the most powerful ability of the opponent is always welcome.
After storing the bead in my pocket, I absorbed the soul of Gerhan.
「Permanently increasing your stats using the soul of Reserve Disciple ‘Gerhan Nevia’.」
「 Strength increased by 4. 」
「 Agility increased by 6. 」
「 Stamina increased by 4. 」
「 Mana increased by 7. 」
「 Tenacity increased by 3. 」
My stats did not move too much considering the strength of the enemy, but…….
「Acquiring one of Reserve Disciple ‘Gerhan Nevia’s skills.」
「Acquiring the skill ‘Cry of the Strong(B-)’.」
I managed to get lucky and absorb a skill and benefit even more.
「You’ve received an offering of skill ‘Cry of the Strong(B-)’ from yourself.」
「Converting the ability into divinity to accumulate in the heart.」
Of course, I invested the skill into my divine powers by using the Seal of Tribute.
It had the effects for weaker people so there was nothing to think about.
‘These are not that important, so I’ll use them to increase my divinity.’
A new message popped up while I was working.
「You’ve sensed divine powers in the soul of Reserve Disciple ‘Gerhan Nevia’.」
「Power ‘Divinity’ is activated by meeting the requirements.」
「Attempting divinity extraction.」
It was the message I’ve seen before about divinity extraction.
「Divinity extraction success.」
However, unlike before, the rank of divine powers did not increase.
‘But my divine powers increased a lot compared to before.’
With the rank of divinity going up, growth is definitely becoming harder and harder…..
But to tell the truth, slower growth meant that I became stronger so I tried to accept it as a positive fact.
After checking every reward and ranking up, I recalled the quest.
‘And they said that the personal trials can be replaced by the quests from the administrators.’
So at that, I immediately spoke out the recent addition of the command.
“Quest.”
And
「Opening the list of quests for the challenger Han Sungyeun.」
「You’ve received quests from a total of 87 administrators.」
― Administrator ‘Ruler of the Sky’ has commissioned the quest <ruler of="" the="" sky="" island="">.
― Administrator ‘Seeker of Divinity’ has commissioned the quest <the path="" of="" seeker="">…….
― Administrator ‘Hero of the Black Archipelago’ has commissioned the quest <the disaster="" of="" archipelago="">…….
…….
…….
I let out a laugh seeing the long list of quests.
“……There’s so many.”
I never thought that this many administrators would commission me…….
But to be honest, I could choose my rewards for quests so the more quests I had, the better it was.
Before I chose out the best, since I’ve received powers for quests from the 3 administrators, I decided to take care of that first.
But……
―Administrator ‘Hero of a Fallen World’ has commissioned the quest <savior of="" the="" end="">.
*Success Reward : Two of the selected items can be imbued with the affinity Absolute Indestructibility.
*Success Condition : making a choice that you will not regret.
The quest that the administrator who has sponsored me the Hero’s Protection attracted my eye.
To be more specific, the ‘Two of the selected items can be imbued with the affinity Absolute Indestructibility’ part was what got me.
And I was just thinking that I should get the item fixed from overusing the soul ego in the Blood Demon Sword……..
It would seem that I could wake up the consciousness of Dam Cheonwoo faster than I thought.
‘How lucky.’
It was the timing that a quest got chosen naturally.</savior></the></the></ruler>
[To be continued.]
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