47. The Firing from the Readied Marksman Begins (2)
After learning about my ability, Jong Ho did not stop me from entering the level 23 dungeon.
He was instead eager to inform me about the dungeon.
It was because I could go about the dungeon with Meteor Call and Iceberg in each hand.
After using Louver’s gear set, I couldn’t feel any rise in difficulty despite going into a dungeon 5 levels higher than before.
The level 23 dungeon has a lot of monsters.
And matching that, they should leave lots of essences after death.
Absorbing all those essences, the Louver set was like an unstoppable batter-… shield I mean.
This meant I could use both hands for attack skills.
Other than the need to obtain essences from the initial first or second run, I had no need to cast shields.
And thanks to this shield, the Proof of Oath was put to good use.
Testing the effectiveness of this shield, I found out that it was several times sturdier than other shields.
Perhaps enough to easily block an attack from Jin?
During hunting, I used Louver set’s shield.
After hunting or when going to sleep, I used Mana Shield for the perfect defense.
At the level 23 dungeon, ‘Lich King’s Staff’ dropped.
It was also the weapon I used previously.
Well a fake one to pretend I was using it.
It was a weapon that raised my Mana stat, which was useless to me.
But what I was aiming for was the ‘Lich King’s Armor’.
As the name implies, it was a helm and armor piece.
Magician ranker Yoon Jong-sun was wearing one of these defensive gears as well.
It didn’t raise stamina or dexterity stats like regular armor.
However there was a reason why this gear was so popular.
Because each armor and helmet reduced physical and magical damage taken by 20%.
You could say this armor was made for combat.
The Titan Boots that resists all status debuff effects along with the damage reduction from the Lich King’s Armor, I could display quite the combat prowess.
Hunting and combat. It was a choice to capture both rabbits. 1
Of course, it’d be only possible if the hidden boss Lich King would appear frequently.
Then it wouldn’t be only a distant dream to get the Lich King’s armor.
I’ll make it possible like I’ve been doing it until now.
The worst part of the level 23 dungeon was the stench that my shields didn’t block.
Hundreds of ghouls appear in this dungeon.
Say the word ghoul and the first thing people would imagine would be the undead or zombies.
Not dead or alive.
These ghouls were exactly that.
Skin that peeled off just by moving about.
Bodies beyond healing or saving, rotting away.
Nothing different from living corpses.
Ghouls with different attributes appear here.
The amount of variance of the monsters makes the strategies to take them down that much more complex.
They could be put into three main categories however.
Those who charge quickly, attack viciously with their nails and teeth.
Those that cast curses and magic.
And finally those who use ranged weapons or spit acid from afar.
However their attacks could never put me in any real danger.
That was because their attacks were based on poisoning.
Poisoning falls under the category of status debuff effects.
Since I was wearing Titan Boots, their main attacks didn’t work on me in the first place.
The only things left they could hit me with were physical and magic attacks.
However, someone like me who had infinite shields wouldn’t be hit in the first place.
All of them had metal legcuffs.
Almost like being punished in hell.
Think about it. Like a frozen field, slippery and cold, and the sound the metals clinging against the floor as they charge.
To get them all, I had pulled 300 at once.
Running to the end of the dungeon to pull them all, I saw them approach me. It was like a scene from a zombie movie.
“KWAGH!”
“Ugh. Disgusting.”
‘Ghouls with such killing intent. But they’re only fodder for my profit.’
A level 50 Meteor fell upon them.
As the skill level rose, the increase in size and speed could be easily seen.
However I couldn’t take them all out at once like that.
They’re level 23 dungeon monsters. Wouldn’t be defeated so easily now, would they?
The Meteor struck, blowing the mobs to pieces. However, as if still alive, the pieces began to charge.
Most died from the secondary fire damage over time.
The ones on the radius’ outskirts survived and began attacking again.
However.
Half out of the horde of ghouls pouring on me were sliced apart due to the Reflect Shield.
The Reflect Shield was already over level 150, with a 40% chance to deflect 65% of the damage taken.
It was time to prove that Ghouls do far more damage compared to how sturdy they are.
Hit by the 65% reflect damage, they disappeared like red smoke.
I welcomed the narration of my experience rising.
The red glow from the Blood Stone made me happy as I could be.
The speed which I’m clearing with is incredible too.
The experience per kill was far below the griffon