Chapter 129 Rank S (3)
All the preparations that could be done in the waiting room were over. Before he left, he decided to check the achievements he recently completed.
「List of Achievements」
Devil (Remove the devil from the 14th-floor mission) +500LP.
Expert (Avoid 10,000 attacks in a row) + 350LP.
Submerged Dragon (Self-evaluation SS grade achieved by evaluation adjustment) +500LP
His LP, which had fallen to 850, was restored to 2,200 after accomplishing those three achievements.
“…”
Yoon-seok’s eyes stopped as he read through them. The Achievement Submerged Dragon, for reference, was the achievement fulfilled when the duel with the beast-man assassin ended. To be honest, he didn’t understand.
‘I’m in SS grade now?’
He learned from a while ago that there was a self-evaluation. At the last auction, he heard that Cheon-ma received the SSS grade and the King of Steel received a SS grade. At that time, he thought he had a long way to go. Since then, he didn’t complete any achievements related to self-evaluation, so his interest naturally shifted away from the topic.
But he still wondered about it sometimes. If the evaluation was still being evaluated in real-time, wouldn’t it have risen much more since then?
‘Does it mean that I’m only at this level by the Tower’s judgment?’
His prediction was only half right. Although he was still being evaluated, it wasn’t until he reached the 17th floor that he was on the same level as the King of Steel. Yoon-seok wasn’t dull enough to not notice what this fact meant.
‘There’s still a lot more monsters left on top for me to surpass and overcome….’
It was reasonable doubt. The world was wide, with four dimensions gathered here. But self-evaluation SS grade meant he was one level from SSS grade where Cheon-ma was. The corners of his lips lifted slightly.
‘This is fun.’
The fierce and urgent battle he went through every floor in the early days was like an illusion, and he had no proper opponents since he crossed the 10th floor. He often overflowed with anger, but he also thought it was sometimes boring. But he realized again that he just didn’t get to meet the right opponent.
Was that why? Indeed, after a long time, he felt motivated.
‘Let’s go up.’
Nothing changed; he would ascend even higher with his efforts. But, if he started to feel that the process would be more enjoyable, was it a sign that something was broken in him as a human? Well, maybe, but it wasn’t important. He had a feeling those he would meet in the future would be similar to him.
「Get ready. The duel will begin soon.」
The intense heat blaring down from the sky. However, his body had transformed to the point where he couldn’t feel the heat or burning pain in his eyes.
「Countdown is starting.」
Yoon-seok’s eyes were directed toward his foe for the three given seconds out of habit.
「3.」
The duel opponent on the 17th floor was also a recreated challenger. He heard it from Sword Demon that this was the case until the 19th floor, so there weren’t any doubts. Because…
「2.」
This opponent was one of the six major forces in the Union Square and the head of the January Clan, where all members were from Moorim. It was the Sword Demon, Jeong Dae-woon, himself.
「1.」
He thought it was an incredible coincidence. Well, the number of challenges would continue to decrease as he ascended, so it was a higher probability than winning the lottery.
「START!」
The moment the duel started, the Sword Demon Jeong Dae-woon’s eyes flashed, and his body disappeared. The movement was so fast that even Yoon-seok couldn’t keep track. Yet, he did not falter and immediately spread Skywrath Energy out wide to check their location.
‘Back.’
There wasn’t even a shifting sound. When Yoon-seok slightly twisted his neck to the side, a black blade swung in that direction.
Clank.
Yoon-seok put his hand on his sword, but did he feel something instinctively? Subsequently, Sword Demon, who was about to make another attack, widened the distance.
“A black energy. In many ways, you must be an ominous man.”
Yoon-seok smiled. Although he said that, he was smiling as if he was having fun.
“It’s been a while since I’ve had an interesting opponent.”
Yoon-seok drew his swords and fixed his gaze on Sword Demon.
“…”
There was no need to fight. If he revealed the Heavenly Sword, he would immediately kneel in a prone position, as he did in the square before. After that, if he told him that he was now a recreated being, he would soon understand and do what Yoon-seok wanted. He had the means to understand the current situation. And yet.
That wasn’t fun.
Whoooosh!
Yoon-seok instilled Skywrath Energy into his blade. Thanks to the newly obtained b Dark Knight}, the sword energy turned black like ink. Honestly, he didn’t like the color, but he couldn’t deny that he was stronger than before.
Tadak.
Yoon-seok kicked off the ground. Not holding back for the sake of training, but with all his might.
Boooooom-!
Yoon-seok shot forward as fast as a jet. For ordinary people, they couldn’t even chase his afterimage, but the Sword Demon wasn’t an ordinary person.
Shift.
His eyes followed the path along with Yoon-seok’s sword. He was watching him without missing anything, and he could avoid it. But his choice was to gently lift his sword to face Yoon-seok head-on.
“…”
Come to think of it, he was curious. The Sword Demon Jeong Dae-woon, 6th-generation chief of the January Clan…what were his real skills to be acknowledged by Cheon-ma? Sadly, he couldn’t properly check because he suddenly accepted him as the Co-Sect Leader. However, Yoon-seok still remembered clearly.
He had only suffered minor injuries after receiving the red tsunami with his bare body. Of course, at that time, Yoon-seok had just arrived on the 12th floor, and he didn’t have Divine Ultimatum. Well, this was still on the 17th floor, so his foe wouldn’t be as strong as then.
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