Chapter 53
It's chaos.
ㅇㅇ(578F) : Isn't this guy seriously insane? LMAOOOOOOOO
Fenrir : Legend;;
ㅇㅇ(312F) : Why the hell didn't you mention something this important?
ㅇㅇ(249F) : Looks like intruders keep coming;;;
ㅇㅇ(710F) : How many were there? Did they use an insta-kill?
ㅇㅇ(543F) : Were they humanoid again? Is the outside of the Tower another dimension?
ㅇㅇ(643F) : Did you fend them off together with Treasure Keeper?
ㅇㅇ(578F) : Feels like you got lucky and let them take each other out.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(249F) : Made the Keeper clean up the leftovers lolololol
ㅇㅇ(148F) : TELL US. NOW.
This was only the second report of an intruder, but the reaction was explosive.
Since the gallery users had been trapped inside the Tower all this time, contact with the outside world seemed to be an enormous source of gossip.
I posted a comment.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(100F)(OP) : I didn't mention it because I thought choosing an artifact was more important.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(461F) : This is fair. It must have been insanely hectic.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(312F) : Pretty shady of you to keep that hidden.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(100F)(OP) : Once I'm done farming, I'll compile everything, including my stats, and post it.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(249F) : Hurry hurry hurry hurry hurry hurry hurry hurry hurry hurry
I moved the hologram out of the way for the time being so I could farm and organize everything.
Then I started on what I had put off.
First, distributing my stat points.
I had gone from Level 100 to Level 120 in one leap.
I had the man who used [Wrath of the Sun God], the old necromancer, and clearing the 100th floor to thank for that experience.
“…The intruders give pretty good experience…”
That left me with a whopping 60 stat points.
“If I dump all of these into evening things out…”
My current Strength, Agility, Senses, and Intelligence were all 85, apart from the extra Strength granted by the Ring of Arcane Strength.
If I distributed 15 points to each, all four stats would enter triple digits.
There was no reason to hesitate.
[Strength increased by 15.]
[Agility increased by 15.]
[Senses increased by 15.]
[Intelligence increased by 15.]
This was the first time I had invested so many stat points at once.
It happened the moment my Strength, Agility, Senses, and Intelligence passed the 100 mark.
Fwoooooooooosh-!!!
“……”
My breath caught.
My vision felt strange.
A surge of exhilaration swept over me in an instant.
It felt as though my mind were clearing.
Was it because my Intelligence had increased?
This was the first time I had directly felt the effects of an increase in Intelligence.
Grrrrrrrrrk—!
It felt as though the muscles throughout my body were twitching.
They seemed to rearrange themselves as they grew denser, and the air around me felt viscous.
I had begun to see the flow.
“Uh…”
I clenched my fist.
Now I was certain.
“I’ve gotten stronger than the Blood Knight.”
I suppressed my elation and lowered my gaze to the floor.
It was time to farm.
But there wasn't much loot.
The people who seemed to be the party's porters had evaporated after being caught in the man's [Wrath of the Sun God].
The packs they had been carrying had turned to ash along with them.
And the man's corpse had been thrown into the golden chest, disappearing beneath the floor along with it.
In the end, the only thing left intact was the old man's corpse, whose head I had split with my scythe.
“There has to be something.”
I searched the old man's corpse.
All I got was a black ring from his finger and a wand with a green magic stone set into its tip.
“Better than nothing. I still don't know what they are, though.”
I roughly wiped the blood off them.
Holding them, I adjusted the camera angle.
Click.
After taking a selfie, I began organizing what had happened.
“…Using the Death God's Scripture…”
After thinking for a while, I included everything I had experienced in the Reaper Realm as well.
Title: [Humanlike Face Warning] 100th-Floor Intruder Story & Stat Summary.
Author: ㅇㅇ(100F)
{Photo of a beautiful girl holding several items}
[Stats]
Race: Reaper (死神)
Floor: 100
Level: 120
Status: Normal
Strength: 102 (▲23)
Agility: 100 (▲21)
Vitality: 16
Intelligence: 100 (▲21)
Senses: 100 (▲21)
Magic Power: 254 (▲22)
Luck: 11
Defense: 13
Magic Defense: 14
Remaining Stat Points: 0
Trait: Unawakened
Unique Skills: [Death Sentence - Slash], [Death Sentence - Sight]
Weapon: Death Scythe
Equipped Items: [Ring of Arcane Strength], [Adventurer's Ring], [Magitech Cerulean Earring (+2 / Charge: 97%)], [Twin-Tail Black Ribbon], [Wrath of the Sun God]
All four of my Strength, Agility, Senses, and Intelligence stats are over 100, and my Magic Power is 254 because the earring stack is at 97%.
The wand and ring are intruder loot. I'll tell you what happened from the beginning.
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I was playing hide-and-seek while looking for the locks when the door suddenly opened and the intruders came in.
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To save Treasure Keeper and open the chest, I had no choice but to use the Death God's Scripture.
I cut through both their necks at once and entered the Reaper Realm, but…
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I pursued the Eyeless Watcher, barely broke the hourglass, and escaped back into reality.
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Everything after this is the same as in my previous post.
So, the moment I saw the artifact, I was able to conclude that the intruder had [Wrath of the Sun God].
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I posted the thread and hit refresh.
[Comments]
ㅇㅇ(312F) : No way.
ㅇㅇ(461F) : That was one hell of a fucking circus lololol
ㅇㅇ(578F) : No fucking way lololololololol
ㅇㅇ(243F) : The idea of cutting their necks at the same time to negate the explosion damage was insane lol. But was it okay to use the Death God's Scripture?
ㅇㅇ(683F) : So much happened, and you didn't say a word—you just immediately asked about the artifact reward?
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(249F) : For real, what an efficiency freak lololol
ㅇㅇ(148F) : Crazy bitch. Crazy bitch. Crazy bitch.
ㅇㅇ(643F) : You explained it all so casually, but if even one thing had gone wrong, you'd have been totally screwed, right?
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(510F) : If you hadn't played hide-and-seek, you might've rushed in to strike first, gotten hit by Wrath of the Sun God, and died. Yikes.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(431F) : Hiding was absolutely the right call.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(351F) : Intruders really do seem insanely dangerous.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(654F) : What if they keep coming…
Macaron : I'm glad my idea helped! Hehehe…
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(100F)(OP) : Thank you.
The praise continued.
But as I had expected, there was one point for which I deserved to be scolded.
The Reaper on Floor 710 said,
ㅇㅇ(710F) : Hey, you crazy bastard, you're not supposed to use the Death God's Scripture, damn it.
ㄴ Fenrir : Knew you wouldn't listen lol.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(643F) : But if you were chased by hundreds of reapers, you're really barred for good now. Maybe that's for the best. You're not actually going back now, are you?
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(710F) : It's lucky you met the Eyeless Reaper…
The Eyeless Watcher.
It was definitely lucky that the blind Reaper had bought me time to come to my senses in the Reaper Realm.
But the fact that I needed time to come to my senses in the first place was the problem.
I asked Floor 710 about the question that had occurred to me.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(100F)(OP) : But whenever I go to the Reaper Realm, my memories get mixed up with this body's original memories from before I possessed it, and I start feeling strange. Is it normally like this? Should I ask when my master comes?
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(710F) : The Great Canon old man is a born Reaper, so he doesn't know about that.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(710F) : But I was fine right away from the second time onward, too. You do seem a little unusual. Maybe the original body had a really strong mind?
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(710F) : And I have no idea what liking sleep has to do with anything.
The original body's mind.
This Reaper girl seemed to have an unusually strong one.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(100F)(OP) : Oh, and you said you'd go to the Reaper Realm last time. When are you going? The Gatekeeper seemed pretty famous even before I was wanted. Could you go find out a little about him?
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(461F) : Why are you rushing him? lol
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(249F) : Go find out already lol
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(710F) : I can't use up one of my trips to the Reaper Realm because of you. I'll go when I learn my next insta-kill.
‘Huh…?’
Hearing that made me wonder something.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(100F)(OP) : Then do I have to go to the Reaper Realm to learn my next insta-kill, too? I'm wanted now, so I can't go. Does that mean I'll never be able to learn it?
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(310F) : Uh.
I was troubled for a moment when,
ㄴ Death Note Great Canon : You can learn an insta-kill without seeing the Great Stone Tablet in person.
My master, who had warned me never to use the Death God's Scripture.
I had been bracing myself for a scolding, but he appeared, speaking in a calm tone.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(312F) : Seeing that he isn't angry, did he give up? lol
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(390F) : Isn't that even more proof that he's angry? Yikes.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(555F) : For real.
He said,
ㄴ Death Note Great Canon : I will no longer waste energy scolding you. Do as you please from now on.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(249F) : He's really sulking lololol
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(643F) : He's completely fed up lololololol
ㄴ Fenrir : Honestly, the newbie really doesn't listen.
‘Ah… I still have a lot to learn.’
There was a mountain of black magic-related things I still had to learn, so being cast out like this would be a problem.
I hurriedly tried to smooth things over.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(100F)(OP) : I'm sorry, Master ㅠㅠ Now that I've obtained Wrath of the Sun God and have a survival skill, I really have no reason to use the Death God's Scripture anymore! You really don't need to worry!
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(431F) : Hmm…
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(351F) : The shepherd girl, yikes.
Death Note Great Canon : It's fine. Use it to your heart's content.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(578F) : He's really, truly sulking lololololololol
“…”
There was nothing more I could do.
‘Should I learn from Floor 710 for now…’
After thinking that, I remembered the item user's comment.
ㄴSSS-Tier Gear User : That guy's only acting like that for a bit, so it'll be okay. He probably still hasn't recovered from the mental and physical weakness he got when Taeheo came lol.
He said that, then continued explaining the loot.
ㄴSSS-Tier Gear User : To appraise the items, they're definitely better than last time. The ring looks like it's rare grade. It seems to have an effect that increases Magic Power. As for the wand… its output is epic grade, but it looks like it was cobbled together out of rags. There's a chance of mana backlash if you use it carelessly, so I recommend just storing it and scrapping it later.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(100F)(OP) : Thank you. Should I put on the ring now?
ㄴSSS-Tier Gear User : Yep.
As we were discussing the items, I had another question.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(100F)(OP) : And I have a question. Looking at the status window, it seems only one artifact—the one at the very top of my inventory—can be equipped. Are artifacts normally meant to be swapped around?
Artifacts seemed to apply their effects as long as they were in my inventory rather than being held directly.
After all, the status window said they were equipped even though I wasn't holding them.
But only [Wrath of the Sun God] was equipped.
I wanted to use both, but having to swap them would be extremely inconvenient.
ㄴSSS-Tier Gear User : There should be a way to increase the number of artifact slots.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(642F) : You can increase artifact slots by learning self-replication, parallel thinking, or clone-type skills, yeah.
That was a relief. So there were ways to increase the slots.
I asked immediately.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(100F)(OP) : How do you learn those?
That was when it happened.
A username I had never seen before suddenly popped up.
Seol Harin : Increase your circle first. It's laughable that a second-circle caster is even mentioning parallel thinking or clones…
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(312F) : Oh, it's been a while since this person showed up lol.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(461F) : Suddenly logging in like it was perfectly natural.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(670F) : Start posting your vlog againnnnnnnnn
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(578F) : Have you read all of the newbie's posts so far?
ㄴ Seol Harin : Yeah. It was kind of fun. There was a lot I didn't know.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(497F) : The reaction is a little lukewarm…
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(643F) : The newbie hit Level 120 in a week. What do you think? Can they break through Floor 700 at this rate?
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(249F) : Clearing the second circle in two hours was seriously insane.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(351F) : They really are a genius, right?
Comments came pouring in.
Seeing the gallery users ask this established user to assess me, it seemed they were well-versed in magic and skill systems.
Could I take them as my new master?
ㄴ Seol Harin : Hmm… their face does look like a genius… but I don't know about anything else since they haven't learned anything yet.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(351F) : ?
ㄴ ㅇㅇ(704F) : How have they learned nothing;;;