chapter 11
11 – The Labyrinth of the Abyss – 4
[You have reached LV 24.]
[High Speed Chanting LV 2 has been added.]
[It has become mana auto recovery LV 2.]
A day has passed since I met the void fragment.
Since then, I have been avoiding the void fragments and leveled up by hunting weak monsters such as Hellhounds and Shadow Tarantulas.
As a result, I was able to achieve the result of raising 4 levels in one day.
It is a bonus that the levels of [High-speed chant] And [Automatic mana recovery] Have increased.
“Whoa… Have you gathered quite a few points now?”
I opened the status window and checked the points I had.
Currently, I had 1400 points, enough to buy one moderately decent ability.
“[Point Shop]”
[Use the point shop.]
A pleasant shopping time has arrived, and I looked at my abilities while thinking about my priorities.
The ability I need the most right now is an ability that has the effect of increasing physical strength and mana.
With the effects of [Abyss Mana LV 2], [Ancient Giant’s Power], And finally [Child of Wind], All stats were inflated more than twice, but even though mana was good, stamina was too low.
My current level 24 stamina is 1166, considering that the average stamina of level 35 monsters is around 2500, it was definitely a low number.
“Oh, this is fine.”
After looking around the store for a few minutes, I was able to find a useful ability.
[Blood Witch’s Blood: Increases HP by the maximum amount of mana.]
-Price: 1400 Points
Simple is best
It was simply an ability that increased physical strength by the maximum amount of mana, but it was a perfect ability for a mage like me who had more mana than her physical strength.
My current mana amount is 2456 and my health amount is 1166, so if I acquire [Blood of the Bloody Witch], My health will be 3622.
If you don’t know how high the health of 3622 is, it will be easier to understand if you think that the health of the level 39 Abyss Wolf special object I caught a while ago was about 3600.
‘Am I now becoming a level 24 mage with the same physical strength as a level 39 abyss wolf?’
“Buy!”
[Acquire Blood Witch’s Blood.]
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Name: Gaon Park
LV: 24
Type: Human
Title: Transfer to another world
Job: Abyssal Egg
HP: 3622/3622
Mana: 2456/2456
Strength: 172
mana: 181
Agility: 183
Durability: 175
Traits
-[Transfer to another world] [Point Shop] [Cold Mind] [Evil Eater] [Shroud of Darkness] [Giant Killer] [Savage Attack] [Restore] [Zephyrus’ Power] [Ancient Giant’s Power] [ Child of the Wind] [Soul of the Sword Master] [Golden Eyes of the Sword Master] [Blood of the Witch Witch]
Normal Abilities
-[Emotion LV 3] [Spirit LV MAX] [Abyss Resistance LV 2] [Blow LV 1] [Pain Resistance LV 3] [Bleed Resistance LV 2] [Abyss Magic LV 2] [Abyss Mana LV 2] [ Abyss Mana Discharge LV 2] [Dark Resistance LV 3] [Superlative Wind Attribute Magic LV MAX] [Wind Attribute Ancient Magic LV MAX] [Wind Attribute Spirit Magic LV 1] [Wind Manipulation LV MAX] [Automatic Mana Recovery LV 1] [ Hit Resistance Lv 6] [Shell Resistance Lv 5] [Acceleration Lv 6] [High Speed Chant Lv 2] [King of All Diseases Lv1] [Body Enhancement Lv 1]
Possession skill points: 0
*
Looking at the physical strength of 3622, I felt very reassured.
I was no longer a sunfish. It wasn’t even a glass cannon.
I was now a wizard, fighter, and tank.
In a word, an all-rounder. Munchkin doing everything alone.
But at that moment, I remembered what an rpg master said, and I felt a little uncomfortable.
-In rpg games, it is always good to raise one stat. If you learn different stats evenly, you will be able to see yourself making a japkae.
“…….Am I a japchae?”
‘I don’t know! It’s enough to think of it as an all-rounder, not a job character!’
‘I am an all-rounder who can use magic, melee combat, and tanking!’
‘I don’t accept arguments. Why? I’m an all-rounder!’
Anyway, it was a sudden thought, but now I really have to find a way out.
I didn’t want to be trapped in this labyrinth for the rest of my life.
More than anything else, I was afraid of the fragments of the void. If such a monster is your neighbor, you will surely get a mental illness because you are afraid every day.
“Let’s see…”
Brush luck…
I took out a crumpled map from my pocket and unfolded it to check the location.
However, the middle layer of the labyrinth was barely marked on the map, so no matter how much I looked at it, I couldn’t figure out my location.
So I came up with a good method.
‘Isn’t the area near the remains that held this map the place marked on the map?’
Anyone with common sense would go the route marked on the map, not the route not marked on the map.
In other words, isn’t the path where the remains were marked on the map?… I thought.
Of course, I couldn’t be sure because I didn’t know why the ashes had entered the labyrinth before I was alive, but it was a gamble worth trying.
“Here you are.”
I retrace my steps for several hours to find the place where the remains were buried.
I bowed lightly to the buried remains and opened the map to check the route.
The map barely showed the middle-level structure of the labyrinth, but one large-sized middle-level passageway was marked almost perfectly all the way to the exit.
Also, the large middle passage marked on the map was also a large road connecting the two upper districts.
‘If it were me, I’d definitely take the main road.’
Not only me but most people would be similar.
People prefer big and safe roads to narrow and dangerous roads.
‘Then if you think like this…’
Assuming that the main road marked on the map is the one I am standing on, I proceed.
“Storm Spear”
-Crumbling?!
“Wind Spear 10 shots.”
-Kieek!!!
As I was walking, monsters kept appearing to annoy me.
It was definitely a much larger passage than a normal passage, so thanks to the huge number of monsters, the number of monsters blocking my path was much higher than before.
All monsters living in groups pass, Abyss monsters also pass
All low-level monsters below level 40 that appeared in between were instantly killed with the [Savage Attack] + Magic combo.
“Hmm? It’s the first time I’ve seen Anne.”
In the meantime, a monster with a unique appearance that I have never seen before appeared.
[LV 32 Abyss Eye]
HP: 561/561
Mana: 321/321
“What the f*ck is this?”
The monster named Eye of the Abyss had a very grotesque appearance.
A monster with the appearance of a large black bowling ball about 1m tall.
The problem was that the large eyeballs, about three-fourths the size of his body, were wriggling hideously like the eyes of the void fragments.
‘PTSD is coming.
I used the wind spear at the bizarre-looking Eye of the Abyss.
Then the spear of wind gently penetrated the Eye of Abyss, and the Eye of Abyss died without even screaming.
‘What the heck?’
Why is such a weak monster still alive?
Eyes of the abyss were too weak compared to the level to the extent that even several hellish worms could win if gathered together.
‘Well, it has nothing to do with me.’
I became a corpse and approached the drooping Eye of the Abyss.
It looks bizarre, but it was 100 times better than the Abyss Wolf Jelly (?) I ate the other day.
At that time, it felt like eating real vomit.
Stick…
“Oh… It’s surprisingly good, isn’t it?”
The eyes of the abyss were very chewy unlike how they looked, so it wasn’t bad.
This feeling is like chewing squid sashimi with a stuffy nose.
Ah~ sh*t. I want to have chicken.
[The Devourer is activated.]
‘Does it work for children too?’
For low-level monsters, the activation rate of [Eater] Was very low.
In fact, among the hell hounds that I caught and ate after reaching level 20, there was not a single hell hound that activated [Eater].
So I thought it was just luck and the [Evil Eater] Was activated, and I was about to pass it on.
My head stopped when I saw the abilities stolen from the Eye of the Abyss.
[Abyss Resistance LV 5 has been reached.]
[Abyssal Mana LV 3 has been reached.]
“Uh…?”
‘What is…?’
What was [Abyss Resistance LV 2] Quickly changed to [Abyss Resistance LV 5].
Most of all, [Abyssal Mana LV 2], A key ability that increases my total mana, has been leveled up to [Abyssal Mana LV 3].
It was a very surprising result for catching and eating a level 32 monster.
‘This guy…! In fact, he was a really great guy…!’
The eyes of the abyss were the soy-sauce egg rice of the monster realm.
What bullsh*t is that? If you ask, the answer is very simple.
Soy sauce egg rice is simple, but it has a very strong and addictive taste.
Eyes of the abyss are the same.
The hunt was easy, but I felt great satisfaction as if I had killed and eaten an Abyss Wolf.
‘Is there more? A guy like this could eat 100 of them.’
I looked around to see if there were more Abyssal Eyes, but all I could see were hellworms.
Since it was the first monster I discovered while living in the labyrinth, there was a high possibility that the Eye of the Abyss was a very rare monster.
“Sheesh.”
Originally, there are few side dishes that are delicious and there are many side dishes that are tasteless.
As evidence of that, most of the monsters I could see around were hell worms, let alone the Eyes of the Abyss.
By the way, the texture of hell worms was like food waste.
It’s not a metaphor, it’s really ‘Won’t it feel like this if you collect food waste?’ It was a feeling that made me think.
“Hey… Let’s just go the way we were going.”
I finally gave up on finding the Eye of the Abyss and tried to follow the path again as I originally planned.
Unless you suddenly felt a strange vibration.
Geee-!
‘This… Mana is vibrating…?’
Among the monsters I’ve seen so far, there is only one that vibrates mana except for the fragments of the void.
However, the mana vibrations felt when there were void fragments around were not like this.
The vibration of mana I felt when I met the fragments of the void was more destructive and ferocious than now.
On the other hand, the vibrations of mana I felt now, though fierce, were far more gentle than those of the void fragments.
-Grrr…
‘Void Fragment…? No. Different.’
At that moment, a large jet-black one-eyed giant appeared.
It had the exact same appearance as the Void Fragment, but in some places it was different from the real Void Fragment.
First of all, the size is too small.
While the Void Fragment was roughly 10m tall, the jet-black one-eyed giant that appeared just seemed barely over 5m tall.
Also, unlike the fragments of the void, which had unusual purple mana, I felt familiar Abyss mana from the giant.
[LV 68 Fragment of Abyss]
Stamina:?/?
Mana:?/?
“…..What are you guys playing with names for?”
What’s the difference between a fragment of the abyss and a fragment of the void?