-Piercing Sword-
Class: Warrior, a person of great strength, Assassin (If another class obtains it, mana cost increases tenfold . )
Mana Cost: 10% of total mana (Mana cost does not increase even if skill level rises . )
Skill Introduction:
-Equipped weapon radiates from the body and pierces all enemies within 5 meters .
-As skill level rises, range and power increases .
-Only hits target the caster considers hostile .
Cooldown: None .
Duration: 10 seconds .
Skill Rank: B
Additional Explanation: None .
Skill Book Cost: 120,000,000 won
It was the information of a 120,000,000 won skill .
It was a skill that consumed 10% of your mana, which was suited for warriors .
For other classes, 10 times that cost would be 100% .
So even if you had 1000~2000 mana stat, you could only use it once .
However, does it matter?
It was now time to graduate from the level 12th dungeon .
There was also a reason why I placed all my points into strength and received a sword for warriors .
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After level 12th dungeon, magic attacks would not be effective between level 13th to level 15thdungeon .
The monsters have magic resistance .
It was a ridiculous situation since all magician classes would have to receive assistance from the guild or pay money and beg .
To get that amount of money, they would have to farm the level 12th dungeon and waste an enormous amount of time doing so .
Since it was impossible to grow stronger and it was also impossible to go on to the higher level dungeons .
However, there was nothing to be upset about, because from level 16th to level 18th, physical attacks do not work .
'It was better to get punished first' or something other?
Dungeons after that, there was magic and physical resistance rotating every 3 levels .
You had to continue begging and you had to continue receiving favors .
However, I'm going to do it all by myself .
That's why I got the stats and skills .
At first, I was surprised at the level requirement difference between level 6th and 12th dungeon .
However, compared to the dungeons that I'm going to be clearing, it was nothing .
The level 12th dungeon requirement was 5 people level 45 or higher . For the level 13th dungeon requirement, it was 5 people level 65 or higher .
Just with the increase of a single level for the dungeon, each Awakened had to increase their level by 20 .
If you add them up together, it was an increase of 100 levels .
If what I learned is correct, each year, there is another portal . With that portal, are stronger monsters to match it and a dungeon to prevent the portal from exploding . This has continued on for 40 years .
Each year, the monsters grew an incredible amount in strength .
And to cover up that gap in power, there must have been countless Awakened that were sacrificed to prevent the portals from exploding .
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***
Before I went to the dungeon, I headed home .
"This honorable sword that has been passed down through generations! I will now receive it!!! Dun dun dun!"
I grabbed the sword with both hands, kneeling down on the ground while playing a BGM .
All those levels I gained and with the assistance of the skull ring, I was able to hit strength 200 .
A sword that used to not budge no matter how hard I tried, now moves as if it was as light as a blade of grass .
A sword as dark as night, although in my room there was light, however, there was no outline or reflection on the sword .
I put the sword on my hand and it seemed to measure about 7cm wide .
It was as if the sword was eroding away the surrounding color, as if to say I will absorb all the light in the world .
The sword was over one meter long and it looked to be a traditional Korean sword . 1
Out of all the choices the advisor grandpa showed me, this one was the one I picked .
The weapons and armors that the blacksmith could make, there were many options, shapes, and types .
On the handle, a jewel was embedded .
If the weapon was obtained from a boss or a hidden monster, it would have a name .
However, this weapon that I received from the grandpa did not have a name .
Since it was going to be the ticket to my wealth for a while, it needed a name .
"Hm . Black… big and beautiful… No, not like this, it can't be!"
I had to get rid of the thought of a giant monster in my head and name my sword .
"Yes, I'll just name it Heugdo!"2
The moment I held the sword, my strength stat changed .
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With the skull ring, I was able to reach 200 points in strength, then I gained 30 points of strength from the jewel as well as 10% of the 200 strength I originally had from the Special Attribute of the sword .
The advisor grandpa said that this was one of the highest traits that you could earn from a half A sword using a blacksmith's crafting skill .
With a godlike 200 points in strength, I was instantly able to go over double that . 3
'Ha…Amateurs are all about equipment, my shoulders are getting heavy?'
***
While carrying the sword, I left the house .
The place I arrived at was not the 13th level dungeon but the level 12th dungeon .
-Entering dungeon sound . -
As I entered the dungeon, I raised my sword and shouted .
"A multicolored rose shines its light!"
I pulled out my two rose knives within the wind wall as if pulling out Excalibur .
The Heugdo that was supposed to be in my hands was nowhere to be seen, but instead I had two rose kitchen knives .
The reason for that was to raise my skill before entering the level 13th dungeon .
No matter how much you raise the mana stats, it does not affect a skill's destructive power .
However, strength raises the destructive power of physical skills .
With weak strength that would not kill the monster, I had to use Piercing Sword as many times as possible to get the most experience .
While others were trying to become stronger, I was aiming to be weaker .
The reason was not because I was trying to cover up for the missing 20 strength from the skull ring .
My base stat was 180 strength . With this much, it was not very low .
However, looking at the manticore's defense ability, it seemed that before level 10 with Piercing Sword, it could receive at least 5 times of the attack .
I ran about and aggro'd 200 manticores .
Out of habit, I almost used Eye of the Storm .
The Eye of the Storm duration became 6 seconds since it rose over level 20 .
However, the new skill, Piercing Sword, was 10 seconds longer .
It wasn't very effective to use if I wanted to avoid the manticore's attacks .
"Wait, did I just think that I was going to avoid their attacks? Shudders . "
I went towards the center of the gathering manticores .
Grr, grr!
I casted Frozen Shield and waited until they came closer to me .
The ones in my immediate vicinity, the front line, were swinging their sharp claws .
The sound of the shattering of the Frozen Shield almost caused me to tremble .
Now!
-Sword piercing enemies sounds . -
The rose knives that received my 180 strength were able to defend against all manticore attacks .
At the same time, all manticores within 5m, the rose knives were able to repeatedly go through them .
'Ah! How could I forget? Since I'm a magician, I could use it with both my hands . '
From within my body, rose knives started to pour out . Of course, twice the amount a warrior class would be able to use .
-Stabbing sounds . -
It seems as though a B rank skill that was not affected by the type of weapon that was used .