I wake up on the ground. Seeing as how my senses are throbbing I assume I got stronger again. Having no sense of time in this place really sucks. I don't know how long I was passed out for. The only sense of time I have is the leader boards. On average 2nd place on hard clears 1 Floor every 3 days. Since he didn't go up it wasn't that long.
Since I got new skills. Attained the usage of Mana efficiently. I will challenge the 11th Floor. Hopefully it's nothing to do with coping skills.
Instead of walking to the tower like I usually do. I ran as fast as I can to avoid my eyes and ears being destroyed. Thankfully not many people were outside so it was an easy run. The other reason is so I can get 1000G. Playing the trick on all the Newbies will be glorious.
Walking into the tower made my senses go berserk. The scent of blood from the tower was inhumane. Having no way to heal after completing a Floor will do that I guess.
「Choose Floor
...
Floor 9
Floor 10
Floor 11」
“Floor 11”
Even Just looking at the window hurts my eyes now.
Immediately I could tell it was a Forest Floor. Smelling the scent of leaves and not blood was refreshing. The trees blocking the light of the Sun was refreshing. I didn't have to squint to see, I could see clearly.
I hear leaves being crunched and heavy breathing. From the breathing I could tell it was a human running. I turn around and see a woman. She immediately tries to jump into my arms.
"Save me!"
I move out of the way and let her fall. I don't want to touch her dirty self anyways.
「Floor 11
Objective: Save the woman from the Troll」
Seeing to how it's not plural and only one monster. The Floor will either be one of 2 things. Incredibly easy or incredibly hard. Knowing the Tower I know it's going to be hard.
"Hey! How could you do that to such a beautiful young lady!"
Her voice is annoying but I need to save her. I guess I will put up with it.
"Beautiful is the wrong word. No worries though, personality is what matters. Putting that aside though, where is the Troll you're running from."
"I can tell you're a virgin. Calling a lady like my ugly!"
I can see she won't be helpful. I decide to leave her there. I will find the Troll by myself. I continue walking as I hear her screaming for me. Involving myself in pointless matters is wasting time.
"Heat Sensing"
I look in front of me and see nothing. As I turn around, I see a huge heat source next to a human sized heat source. I hurriedly rush back. After all, I don't know what happens when you fail a Floor.
When I get up to the Monster he turns towards me. He roars. Still not adapted to me new senses my ear drums burst. I can't hear anything. Still I don't give up on my attack. I jump upwards planning to hit him in the head.
"Vampiric Grasp!"
Hitting his head I can see the blood splatter. With the new gained life force my eardrums are healed. Hearing his roar made me happy. The sound of pain in his voice made me smile. While watching him I notice the wound heal. This makes me more excited. If I kill him, I can hopefully gain a better healing skill.
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As my grin widens his weakens. I strike him again with 'Vampiric Grasp' hearing his cries for help makes me smile more. I control all of the Mana in me to move to my right arm. As the arm goes up, I see his eyes widen. He knows he is going to die. As my arm swings down with all my might, the Troll doesn't even move. He doesn't move an inch.
Hearing the boom of the attack was louder than his roar. I felt the shake of the Floor in my feet. The body, cut in half still isn't moving an inch. The woman covered in blood is screaming. I take the Mana out of my ears to counter the noise.
"Abosrb"
「New Skill
Mid Tier Regeneration: Heal Mid and Low tier wounds with efficiency and less Mana usage.」
「Floor 11 Clear
Congratulations on Clearing Floor 11!
XP +300 Level Up x3!
+2000G」
The skill is perfect but the setting is wrong. The woman still complaining about being covered in blood. Thankfully I already cleared the floor.
「Agility +1」
The best reward of all, gold. With this my dream of fooling the Newbies will come true.
As I walk out of the tower the sun isn't as bright. Getting used to my senses was the best thing in awhile. As I head home I can seed more shops. There was the already repaired Smithy. There is now 3 more shops.
Jewelry Making
Wood Crafting
Training Grounds
The Training Grounds would be a good purchase, if it didn't cost 2,000G. My priorities are somewhere else. I arrive home and lay down on the bed.
"Tip Board"
I crack my knuckles as I get ready for typing a long paragraph.
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Anonymous
Difficulty: Hard
Rank: 1
There are many ways to gain resistances to different elements and factors. You can gain pain resistance by repeatedly slicing your hand open. To gain the skill it only takes around 50 slices.
Another resistance you can gain is fire resistance or burn resistance. By putting you hand in fire and letting it burn increases all 3 resistances. Burn, Fire, and Pain. It's a 3 in 1!
You can use these methods for all elements! Want Ice resistance? Just use Ice to freeze your hand then use a potion! It's so simple to gain basic skills!
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Of course all of this is fake, but who would know? I've tested all of these and none of the work. You either need to get it inside the tower or buy it from the shop.
Like normal I go over to the leader boards to see how 2nd place is doing. Unlucky for him since he died. Some random is in 2nd place now. Never knew the guy but feel bad for him.
I wonder if I kill a person who stats are high, do I gain more stats? Hopefully there's another team trial soon.
Anyways I still have over 1,000G. It;s never bad to have more skills to combine is it?
"Shop"
「Store
Weapon
Armor
Consumable
Room
Skills」
"Skills"
「Skills Page
Tracking: 300G
Mana Blast: 200G
Sword Mastery: 300G」
None of these are good. Sword Mastery is included in with Weapon Mastery. I wouldn't even be able to combine it with anything either.
The only skills I can think of to combine are 'Silent Movement' and 'Shadow Melding'. These are the only two that make sense.
"Combine 'Shadow Melding' and 'Silent Movement'"
「New Skill
Shadowy Invisibility: Merging with shadows to become practically invisible within dark surroundings, rendering oneself undetectable to most visual senses.」
I wasn't even expecting a skill as good as that. I'm assuming skills with high compatibility evolve into higher ranking skills when combined.
Just looking at how OP the description makes it I have to try it out.
Walking outside and it's already dark out. I guess I spent more time on the Tip Board than I thought.
"Shadow Invisibility"
Nothing changes with how my senses work. My appearance is the only thing that changes. Let me test just how well the invisibility is. We can have some fun with this.
I walk straight up someone. He's short, scrawny, look like he has angry issues. The perfect person to make mad. As he's walking past me I pull out my leg and trip him. I can hear him face plant into the ground.
As he gets up I can see his face covered in mud. He starts yelling loudly. And starts interrogating people around him.
"You it must of been you!! You're the only other person out here!!"
He throws a punch straight at the dude and knocks him down. People start coming out of their houses to watch these to people fight.
It was completely one sided for the Short one. The person he was fighting was a mage. The mage couldn't do anything. He was on the ground as the Short person picks up mud and makes him eat it. If only I could record it. Comedy Gold.
After the fight is done I head back into my room and hop in the shower. Feeling good of what I have accomplished today.
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「Status Window
Name: Kim Yeon
Level: 21
Skills: Soul Absorption, Corpse Summon, Heavy Strike, Low Tier Regeneration LV2, Appraise, Bone Forge, Vampire Grasp LV2, Soul Reaping, Heat Sensing, Heightened Senses LV2, Skill Combination, Future Sight, Master of Mana, Weapon Mastery, Mana Circuit, Shadow Invisibility.
Stats:
Strength: 23
Agility: 32
Intelligence: 30 (5)
Stamina: 23 (2)
Available points: 42
Gold: 1060」