Chapter 143
Chapter 143 . What We Can Do (1)
There were two skill experience calculations in Beyond . The first was when I used skills while fighting Beyond’s monsters . I didn’t know whether it was because they were Floor Master class, because there were so many of them, or because it was Beyond’s special characteristic, but skill experience undoubtedly increased more compared to when I used skills in other places . For example, Crossbow Marksmanship had soared in levels, and by the time I cleared Beyond’s 2nd floor, it became mid-rank level 6 .
The second was when I cleared Beyond’s floors . The skills I mainly used to clear the floors increased exponentially . Because of it, Elemental Control, Spirit Aura, and Elemental Contract had all risen to mid-rank level 8 .
Although I wanted to raise their levels more, I wanted to increase my Spear Technique levels more .
Peruta said I would have the qualification to learn his spearmanship when my Peruta Circuit became level 7 and I mastered high-rank Spear Technique . His spear techniques were able to deal irrecoverable wounds to the Demon Army Commander, endlessly attack by continuously recovering mana, and both attack and defend at the same time . To me, who had lived three quarters of my life without knowing mana, he seemed like a martial god . I wanted to learn his skills . This desire was as strong as my desire to climb to the dungeon .
If there was another skill I wanted to raise using this opportunity, it was Soul Guard . The Wraith Queen’s Vengeful Spirit’s Wail was an extremely strong mental status effect magic . Just by blocking it, Soul Guard’s skill experience would go up by a lot . Beyond’s 3rd floor was full of such wailing noonims . After I used skill points to raise SoulGuard to level 5, I was having trouble training it, so I couldn’t let go of this opportunity to easily train Soul Guard .
[Kyaaaaaak!]
[Wraith Queen used Vengeful Spirit’s Wail! With high magic, charm, and luck stats, you resist the confusion and fear status effects!]
“Eat… this!”
Putting great care to direct the flow of mana from Peruta Circuit to my spear, I struck the Wraith Queen’s face with my spear . The basis of the attack was Tempest, which used up 300 mana . However, Tempest was actually a technique to shoot out the uncontrollable rotational force . In other words, it was an incomplete technique . The true Tempest was different . The rotational force had to be brought out more naturally while being controlled perfectly . To be honest, I didn’t know what it meant .
[Kiaaaaaaa!]
“Stop using ectoplasm arrows!”
One of Wraith Queen’s specialty was shooting out dozens of ectoplasm arrows at once . Although I could just dodge them, because they bounced around, I had to move around to dodge them even when the Wraith Queen died . It was extremely annoying . Can’t they stop using suicide attacks!?
“Ruyue, freeze only the Wraith Queens’ mouths! Peika, when you see a Wraith Queen, first electrocute her!”
[T-That sounds fun!]
[I don’t like this place . Those women’s breasts are too big . ]
Since I couldn’t slack off on my Elementalist skills, I had my elementals summoned and on guard against the Wraith Queens . Without the Orc Lords, I could leisurely raise my skills’ experience! I doubt another chance like this would come, so I had to do my best now . Mmm, maybe the Giant Wolf and Wendigo floors might be easy too…
[Too many humans, humans are scary, the living are scary…!]
“Yeah, yeah, don’t worry . I’ll let you rest soon . ”
[Human, a handsome human! There wasn’t a human like that when I was alive!]
“Yeah, I’ll send you off too . ”
Time flew when you were focused on something .
After grasping the 3rd floor’s structure completely, I always turned back a step before so that the final pathway wouldn’t appear . Although the crafty traps would sometimes change their locations, I always detected them with my mana and destroyed them .
Ludia was fine for the first three weeks, but after that, she began to call me once a day, sobbing and calling my name . Other than that, everything was progressing smoothly .
Then, a month passed since I entered Beyond’s 3rd floor . It was the end of June . Meanwhile, a huge trouble occurred in the outside world . Hundreds of Event Dungeons had appeared on Earth . It was what Ciara prophesied .
[There are 18 just in Korea! I don’t understand why there are so many in this tiny country!]
[Although there’s no guarantee that Event Raids would break out, if we were to leave them alone because we’re afraid, they would only come back as bigger dangers . Maybe, Earth will come to have a similar human to monster ratio as other worlds . ]
[We’ll have to trust Guardian and Freedom Wing . Everyone is well aware of Event Dungeons’ danger now . ]
[Shin, shouldn’t we clear as many Event Dungeons as we can?]
[R-Right! Once Japan’s Event Dungeons are taken care of, I want to join everyone too!]
At this time, my Spear Technique was at high-rank level 8 . Swinging my spear and killing three Wraith Queens at once, I murmured .
[Several countries probably want to let low-ranked Event Dungeons turn into Field Dungeons . ]
[… You’re exactly right . They most likely want a source of Mana Stones that they can regulate and control . As for the high-ranked Event Dungeons, or what they call Gates, most say that they should be destroyed first . ]
[They aren’t wrong, but they’re probably using that as an excuse to buy time . That way, the low-ranked Event Dungeons would turn into Field Dungeons for them to control . ]
The reason was simple . It was lucrative .
In truth, high-ranked dungeons had much more value . Just look at Britain’s Windermere Lake and America’s Antelope Canyon . After I subjugated the bosses, their monster reproduction rate greatly decreased, giving them a safe and steady source of income . Each melting tuna was 150 million won and each wyvern was 250 million won .
However, as valuable as these two dungeons were, they were the most troublesome to clear . A countless number of rankers stepped in to clear them, and in Wyvern’s Nest, many rankers died . Countries should have realized that high-ranked dungeons will be more disastrous when they become Field Dungeons .
[Yeah . A lot of the high ranking ability users were sent to A or A+ ranked dungeons . For Event Dungeons ranked S or above, the Guardian plans on clearing them one by one in order . They’re sending all of their rankers . Freedom Wing and rogues are also being called to prepare for Event Raids . ]
[That sounds like it’s going to take a long time… It’s perfect for glancing over Event Dungeons ranked B or below . ]
[A lot of people are saying that low-ranked dungeons should also be cleared . But… they’re all being ignored . ]
It seemed humans were still only thinking about how to benefit from the change brought by Two Moon . I couldn’t blame them . A year and a half passed since the world transformed into fantasy . Civilization remained unhurt by what seemed like a calamity, and monster remains and Mana Stones even improved the advancement in science and technology . It made sense that some called emergence of monsters the ‘blessing of God shifting the world’s paradigm . ’ To them, ability users killed by monsters would only be ‘pain necessary for change . ’
It was only obvious . As long as they didn’t know about the dungeon, as long as they didn’t know about other worlds heading to ruin, it was only natural . As long as their lives weren’t in danger, all humans, including me, would rather satisfy their hungry stomach than to worry about the future . The reason we were making a fuss over it was that we were dungeon explorers before we were Earth’s ability users .
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