Chapter 141
141 . Eternal Jewel Master
As soon as I finished talking, I walked towards where the skill books were .
The skill books’ ranking were low for a Lich King’s drop .
However, there was a skill book in that pile that we desperately needed right now .
It was a skill that we’ve never seen or heard of back on Earth .
Jong Ho stared at me, unable to hold back his curiosity .
“Did any good skill books drop?”
“Yes . ”
“Oh? Offensive spells? Shields? Perhaps a skill beyond ranking?”
“No, it’s not that good . It’s recovery . However, it’s not something specifically for us . ”
“Huh? Who’s going to use it?”
“Over there, on the ones guarding the place outside . ”
“Hm? That doesn’t make sense? You can’t use recovery spells on monsters . It doesn’t affect them . ”
“Not on monsters, summoned creatures . It looks like a healing spell for summoned creatures dropped . ”
“Is it a summoner class skill? As I said before, I don’t know that much about the summoner class . ”
“Yes . Thankfully it’s not class restricted . It looks like as long as you have the mana, any class can use it . ”
“Do you think that it would be effective?”
“… . . ”
“Think about it . The Devil Avatars and King Suwoo have grown to their limits already . This includes both their health and their offensive abilities . ”
“Of course, they’ve reached level 200 . ”
“Right . However, the skill that they’re learning is only level 1 . I guess what I’m trying to say is that it will help a little . But we shouldn’t expect much . I guess it’s like trying to fill a massive pool using a bucket . ”
“As expected from you, but what if the skill recovers as much as the amount of mana I have?”
“What?”
“That’s why I was smirking before . ”
“… . . ”
Without any hesitation, I put the skill book on my chest .
The skill book made a sound as if it was burning away before being absorbed into my chest .
The skill was obtained and the skill window had a new skill called Full Heal .
This was a skill that only healed summoned creatures, not Awakened, and its ability was healing as much as the amount of mana the caster had .
This meant that if someone like me who has infinite mana casts it, the summoned creatures would never run out of health .
The one thing that disappointed me was that it needed to be channeled .
Thanks to the dual casting passive, I can cast up to 3 spells at once . This meant that I had to invest one of the three slots .
Similar to my mana shield, that is .
However, this wasn’t an issue for us .
While we left the Gate for 6 hours at a time, if I healed them once in between that time, the summoned creatures would have no problem defending this place .
After absorbing the skill book, I spoke to Jong Ho .
“Hyung-nim, grab one of the two swords left . ”
“Yup . ”
“And then enhance it . ”
“Enhance?”
“Yes . Just grab it to bind it to you . And all you have to do is put it next to the sword you’re going to use . ”
“… . . ”
“Attributes of weapons will naturally be absorbed into the Pijan’s Lightning Sword . ”
“But what if the Lightning Sword’s attribute gets transferred to another sword?”
“That won’t happen . Attributes only move from weaker weapons to stronger weapons . All the swords that I’ve seen had lower attributes than the Lightning Sword . ”
“Is that so… . . ? What about the other sword?”
“I’ll just pick up random equipment and we’ll be applying jewels on them . So hyung-nim should focus on enhancing them . ”
“Okay, I got it . ”
“Karin, what do you want to do now?”
“Hm… . . Just watch, goblins can’t use jewels . Kel… . . I’m going to make a meal for my family!”
“Oh . That’s great . ”
“Kerurururu . ”
****
“Man, I’ve burned through the night oil… . . ”
“Min-Cheol, how did you succeed twice before?”
“I’m wondering the same thing . I didn’t know it was that bad… . . ”
“In the middle of it, I felt like killing something . ”
“Me too… . . ”
“Keruk? Are you guys done? Hurry up and eat the steak . ”
“It’ll be a gloomy dinner . ”
There were countless jewels that dropped from the Lich King .
We spent two hours applying them on various artifacts .
However, the results were pathetic at best .
We did not gain anything of worth .
A lot of jewels that boosted magic energy dropped, but none of them succeeded in enhancing the gear .
Instead, it destroyed the gears .
Perhaps it has to do with how the demonic realm has a lower drop rate than Earth?
Also, the success rate of using the jewels were incredibly low .
The Eye of Insight showed that it had a 10% chance of succeeding, just like the jewels we obtained on Earth .
However, it felt like the success rate was 0 . 0001% .
The only thing we gained from taking down the Lich King was the Lightning Sword and one skill book .
It felt like we should collect the jewels from now on and use it when we return to Earth .
I asked Karin who was viciously tearing into the steak .
“Karin . ”
“Keruru?”
“This is something that just occurred to me… . . ”
“What is it?”
“Can’t we just go through the Gate back to Earth? Kind of like how we’d go back home after a long day’s work?”
“Kel… . . ”
“Now that I think about it, that’s right . This Gate is connected to Yangpyeong . ”
“I know, right? Why are we two dudes and a monster eating shabby food like this?”
“You can’t do that!”
“Why? The monsters seem to go through just fine?”
“Look at the number of monsters, aren’t there a lot?”
“Of course, this is the demonic realm after all… . . ”
“Not all of them are heading for Earth . ”
“… . . ”
“There is a low chance that you can fall off the path . ”
“What do you mean ‘fall off’? Are you saying that we can fall into another dimension?”
“You can get trapped in the cracks in the dimensions . It’s not the overworld, afterworld, Earth, or demonic realm . You can get isolated in another dimension . ”
“… . . ”
“Why are you only telling us this now? What if we entered it without a thought?”
“Kel… . . ”
“So you’re telling me that the only way we can return is to kill the demon king?”
“That’s right . If it was any other human, I would have told them to go through it… . . However, I can’t let the two of you do that . ”
“I understand . ”
“I was hoping for something good to drop . Now I’m frustrated . ”
“Oh well, we can’t help it . I guess we’ll have to stake our hopes on Belkoseu . ”
“You said that you’ll visit him in a few days?”
“Yes . Karin remembers his magical signature, so it should not be that difficult to meet up with him . ”
“That’s right . I remember! Belkoseu’s magical signature!”
“Min-Cheol, are you sure about this?”
“Yes… . . I’m as positive as when hyung-nim charged Berdan . We won’t be able to defeat him with magical energy, but I’m sure that we can bring him to his knees using Awakened attacks . ”
“… . . ”
“You don’t have to worry about a thing . If something goes wrong, you can run away . ”
“Even so… . . ”
“For now, let us rest near the Gate . We’ll leave tomorrow . ”
“Got it . ”
“Ah . And since we need guidance from Karin, follow me partway . ”
“What . Are you planning to go alone?”
“Yes . I think that would be for the best . ”
“…… . ”
“It’s easier for a single person to escape rather than two or three . And we can only use Status Denial once every 24 hours . ”
“Hm… . . ”
“Chances . I’m betting on better chances like you always talked about . You understand, right?”
“Yeah, do as you see fit . So I just need to stay near here with Karin, right?”
“Yes, that’s right . ”
“Keruu… . Human, he is not your average monsters . If it gets dangerous, escape immediately . ”
“Got it . ”
****
I had hoped that we would speed up on growing stronger after defeating the Lich King, but the results were less than satisfactory .
With the Gate as the anchor, we continued to hunt .
The area covered wasn’t large, but there were plenty of monsters about .
The effect of Full Heal that I’ve obtained was far greater than what I had expected .
An aura appeared around the creatures I’ve summoned, rapidly healing them .
As expected, it did not heal the monsters .
It only worked on the creatures that I’ve summoned .
If I get used to using this spell, I should be able to lessen my worries about holding the Gate .
And if it becomes so, I should be able to hunt further away from the Gate .
Instead of just staying tethered near the Gate, I should be able to visit all the good locations in the demonic realm for farming monsters with the guidance of Karin .
With the Devil Avatars and King Suwoo confidently holding their ground, it should be possible .
“What about the Warp cooldown?”
“Haven’t used it in the last two days . It’s good to go . ”
“Haven’t forgotten anything?”
“Telling me that you love me?”
“Get bent . And don’t get hurt . Take the Warp right away if you sense anything that’s off . ”
“Love you too . ”
“Get outta here . Go . ”
“Human… . . I’ll be waiting with Jong Ho . Please come back safe . Lov… . . ”
“Stop! Go ahead and ration the steak . I’ll be back before the watch on Jong Ho’s wrist points 12, okay?”
“Kerut . I got it . ”
I ran towards the direction that Karin pointed me towards .
At the end should be Belkoseu .
Thankfully, both Ladin and Jamon were far away from here .
However, despite the massive distance, with their speeds it shouldn’t take that long for them to get here .
That’s why it was important for my fight with Belkoseu to be as short as possible and equally decisive in victory .
In the plains where not a single rock could be found stood Belkoseu .
As if he had been waiting for me, he turned to face me, holding his ground .
I walked towards where he was .
“Kuhu . Humans are amusing creatures . To think that you’d come on your own volition to your own death . ”
“You saw, right? Karin . He keeps his promises, even if it kills him . It seems I’m becoming like him . ”
“What is the reason behind your confidence to be able to come? Do you think that your different types of attacks can take me down?”
“Yep . It seemed to me that the chances were high . ”
“You’re a reckless fool . ”
“I hear that a lot . Shall we start then? Don’t worry about the demon king . He’s quite far away . ”
“Hm… . ”
Belkoseu hesitated for a bit .
It seemed that he was thinking about something .
I was a bit taken back by what he said next .
“What is it that you want?”
“……”
“For what reason is it that you take down monsters such as I is what I ask . ”
“That’s simple . If we don’t kill you, our homeworld gets destroyed . ”
“You’re not trying to become the demon king that rules the demonic realm? You do not wish to rule over all the monsters?”
“Not really interested . I’m just tired of seeing you monsters invading Earth . ”
“… . . ”
“Now, enough pointless chatter . Let’s begin . ”
“Wait . Let me make an offer . ”
“Oh? Trying to trade when you’re nothing but a monster? Let me hear you out . ”
“You definitely said that you have no interest in being the demon king, right?”
“Yep . ”
“You just want monsters to stop invading the human realm . ”
“Yep . You’re a lot smarter than I thought . ”
“If that’s the case……”
Belkoseu began to make an offer that I didn’t even consider .
To think that a deal between a monster and a human would form .
It was a shocking development, but it felt as though I could use him .
Since I did not have a 100% guarantee that I could defeat him, this offer had me intrigued as well .
Is this how I would get another friend in the demonic realm?
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