I finally gave in. Even though I tried to not give into paying the fee I did. 5,000G is too much for where I am right now. The fee was only 100G for 3 days. It's a scam though since I need to rent a hammer which adds another 25G with the 100G.Normally you would need to have fire protection equipment. Thankfully I have regeneration.
For your first 3 items they provide the equipment suited for your level. So today I'm just working with some iron. I want to create an iron scythe which will be better than my beginner one. It also turns out you don't need a skill to do forging. Though having the skill increases the change of high ranking equipment.
If only there were a luck stat I would put everything in it. Though that's not happening. May the gods be with me today. The first step I needed to do was not easy. I had to shape the blade to my liking. This took half the day by itself.
The next step I had to do was prepare the handle which was way easier than doing the blade, I just needed an iron rod than can be attached to the blade.
Lastly, Attach the blade to the handle and refine and sharpen. This step was easily the hardest one to do getting the temperature just right for the blade and handle was hard. In the end it all worked out though.
Thanks to the skill I obtained it told me where to hit the iron, and what shape to make it into. The only thing it didn't do was the temperature. The final rarity of the scythe is epic. I was hoping for a legendary but this will do for now.
"Appraise"
「Name: ???
Stats:
+5 Intelligence
+2 Stamina
Critical Hit Chance: 2%」
「Do you wish to name your weapon?」
"Yes"
"Reaper's Edge"
「Name Applied」
With my new weapon I should be able to challenge the 8th floor. I walk over to the tower while hearing people mutter about my weapon. I see all the grins of greed and eye of delusion stare at me. I ignore them since they won't do anything about it anyways.
「Choose Floor
...
Floor 6
Floor 7
Floor 8」
"Floor 8"
I get teleported to a snowy like place. The sun blinding my eyes in the snow. Even when it's a tundra, it's not cold. I feel the warmth of the sun on my body.
「Objective:
Defend the Ice Village from the Tundra King and his troops」
Should be easy. I need to find the village, normally it's only like 200 feet away.
"Heat Vision"
I was right, I can see all of the people walking around. While heading towards the village, I get the sense of feeling watch from the snow. The snow feels ominous like it's a monster itself. Hearing the howls of what I assume to be wolfs I hurry to the village.
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Upon entering the village it seemed like the lobby. No children at all. Just like our village. Looking around I only see guards walking around. I guess they know their coming.
I can feel the ground shake. Turning around; a huge mountain of heat is rushing towards the village. I hurry to the front hearing all the guards shout.
"Everyone get ready for the attack!! This isn't going to be like last time!"
"Yes Sir!"
I know their efforts would be meaningless from the amount of monsters coming.
I rush into the herd of monsters killing the ones up front while the guards killed any stray wolfs.
"Animate Corpse!"
"Absorb!"
「Agility +2」
I can feel the blade of my new weapon slice through the flesh of the monsters as if they weren't there. Hear the howls and yelps coming from the pack, makes me exited to absorb them. My desire to get stronger and survive, outweighed how dangerous the situation really was.
Continuing to slice through the pack, it felt like we were making no difference to the amount of numbers they had. Suddenly, I hear a howl that overpowered every other sound. The wolves retreated. I felt a sense of victory as I cleared the trial easier than expected.
No window popped up. I cleared the trial yet nothing happened. I look back at the objective and it hasn't changed.
"Hey, do they normally retreat like that?"
"Yeah they come back in around 2 hours, then wipe us out with more forces."
"Shit, I have to wait here longer."
I Abandon the village and decide to chase after them. All my shadow soldiers are dead so I need more. I follow them for a few miles and they stop. All the wolves except one was all in this one area.
I can see a wolf on top of what seems to be a rock. I feel as if he is talking telepathically. My mind gets a headache from being there. Like I wasn't supposed to be there. It grows more and more, while the wolves are standing there normally.
My mind calms, feeling as if it was never there. I'm lucky to have the composure skill. I walk towards the hear while sinking in the snow. I ambush a group in the back left. This group was the hardest to see from the rock.
I hit the forces hard. They weren't expecting it, I looked around and all the wolves are scared and confused. It only lasts a few seconds before they start growling and rushing towards me. Giving me that time was a mistake, I already absorbed and summoned all the wolves I killed.
「Agility +3
Strength +2
Stamina +2」
Before I even feel the power reach my body, I'm off killing more wolves. With the forces of my undead I'm confident. Though loosing in numbers, I make up that difference in strength alone.
I hear all the yelping as I start seeing wolves run away. Only one was unfazed. The leader. He didn't care his pack was getting slain. He was happy. I could feel the intent to kill as he rushes towards me.
In a counter to this, I did nothing. I waited, I knew from the speed he was going at I could easily dodge it. Just as I expected he was weak, he isn't able to touch me.
I dodge him and strike down, it's shallow. His fur is the reason he's so tough. I kick him and he gets sent flying. Through the cloud of snow I can see him get up and rush back at me. I wonder if he has a regenerative skill, I put decent power into the kick.
"Vampiric Grasp"
He stumbles when he gets hit. I show no mercy and hit him again. He dies. I wonder why these floors are so easy.
"Absorb"
「Agility +3
Intelligence +3
Stamina +4」
Wolves do have high stamina. Unlucky that I didn't get a skill this time. I was hoping for something like tracking.
「Floor 8 Clear
Congratulations on clearing Floor 8
+100 XP Level Up x3
+700G」
I head out of the tower, people are outside crowded like usual. Do people even climb the tower now? I see the same people everyday asking for people to use a bath or a shower.
The lobby looks different. The floor is more walked on. I see the nice houses of a high floor, and someone who decides not to climb.
I walk over to my house, somehow a rumor got out that I have a bath. Now people are just crowding around my house. As I get closer I hear the crowd get louder and louder.
I push through some of the people. People send me insults, I ignore them. I get up to the door and open it. Before I can even get through it people start pushing through the door trying to get in.
Obviously, they are people who don't climb the tower. Therefore, their stats are shit. With a slight push of the palm, the crowd stops. They start yelling at me and shouting profanities.
"We demand you let us shower!"
"This is unfair for the common people!"
"I'm not going to let you use the shower and that's the end of it."
I close the door hitting this woman right in the face. I can hear the door getting banged on but ignore it. I hop in the shower and the noise eventually stops. I go to bed.
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「Status Window
Name: Kim Yeon
Level: 15
Skills: Composure, Soul Absorption, Corpse Summon, Heavy Strike, Low Tier Regeneration LV2, Appraise, Bone Forge, Battle Instinct, Vampire Grasp LV2, Soul Reaping, Meditation, Fast Thinking, Silent Movements, Heat Sensing, Heightened Senses LV2.
Stats:
Strength: 19
Agility: 27
Intelligence: 22 (5)
Stamina: 19 (2)
Available points: 30
Gold: 1560」