Apocalypse Ability Stealer 134

Chapter 134 – 134. Obtain the Gravekeeper’s Awakening Stone!

I carefully checked the key I picked up.

[Hidden key of the throne: This is the key that allows you to enter the hidden space of the throne.]

“What is this..?”

First of all, I think this is the king’s tomb, not the throne.

I’m not sure where the throne is. It seems to be a new place that I can’t figure out. Is it the name of the Fixed Labyrinth?

“Do you know anything?”

[It’s a throne. There aren’t just one or two thrones. I have no idea. First, take a close look at this space, and if you don’t have a key, keep it handy. I’m sure it will come in handy.]

“I guess so?”

I put the keys in my pocket. I’m not sure what it is right now. As Agaf said, if there are no relevant clues after searching through here, I’ll just have to hope that something useful will come up later.

“Next..”

I picked up soul stones and awakening stones.

[Intermediate Command Stone: You can obtain it with a certain probability when hunting a necromancer. When fed to armor, it can be given the ‘Reinforcement of Spirits’ and ‘Spirit Burning’ effects. It has the efficiency and value of 10 ordinary low-level magic stones.]

I got a soul stone that was one level higher than the one I got when I killed Song Jang before. Last time it was clearly a low-level command stone, but this time it was a middle-level one.

‘It’s not a high grade..’

Still not bad. I especially liked the two effects that could be given.

[Death Reinforcement: Absorbs part of the soul of the killed target and automatically restores durability. The more painfully you kill your opponent, the higher your durability and recovery. If durability runs out before sufficient souls have been absorbed, the armor will be destroyed.]

[Death Spirit: Changes the spirit into armor and causes naturalization. When naturalization is ignited, spirit bodies cannot easily approach and you can attack the spirit body directly. The living feel fear. Durability is consumed quickly.]

It is similar to the ‘Spiritual Power Reinforcement’ that can be given by feeding a lesser command stone to armor, but it can grant a different effect, ‘Spirit Reinforcement’, and a completely new effect, ‘Spiritual Power Reinforcement’.

‘Oh..’

It is said that it can be fed to armor, so it is quite good. If you apply this to armor, you can actually see a similar effect to using an evolution rune stone.

Of course, the durability will not increase, but it will be easier to control variables since it can be given a certain ability.

‘I’m a little worried about this..’

Originally, I was planning on just melting this to summon the gravedigger’s dark spirit, but it was so effective that I thought I’d just apply it to my armor.

It’s hard to make a choice.

‘For now… ‘

I even looked at the awakening stones obtained through spiritual and physical robbery.

[Intermediate Gravekeeper’s Awakening Stone: When absorbed, you can obtain one stored skill. It can be used as a mid-level magic stone.]

“Oh.”

Yes, that’s right. Awakening stones could also be used as magic stones.

‘That means..’

This means that you can leave the soul stone as is and summon the dark spirit with the awakening stone.

Moreover, unlike soul stones, which appear with a certain probability and therefore have a high possibility of not appearing during the next hunt, awakening stones are guaranteed to be dropped, so if you collect them properly, you can clone the gravedigger.

‘Good.’

Of course, since the boss monster itself is not created every day, it would be a bit difficult to create an army of gravediggers…

‘Wait for a second. This..’

Because it can be used like a magic stone… What happens if you collect 10 of them and use a magic stone combiner to create an advanced gravekeeper’s awakening stone?

“And. Fuck.”

[What else, but.]

“I guess I’m a bit of a genius..”

[…?]

This won’t stop my heart pounding.

If you catch 10 gravediggers, you can upgrade a mid-level gravedigger to an advanced gravedigger.

‘Wait a minute, I said it would be okay to use magic stones of the same level, so if I mix 9 intermediate stones with one intermediate gravedigger… It wouldn’t work, right?’

I’ll have to go up later and see if it works or not.

I checked the skills contained in the awakening stone with excitement.

[Trap Crafting (S)]

[Effect: You can set one of three types of traps by consuming your body’s magic or magic stones.]

[Handicap: Can only be installed inside a building. Installation of more than 10 is not possible. The higher the killing power, the higher the magic attribute consumption.]

It’s a pretty good skill. Depending on how you use it, it seemed like it would be great since you could lay out traps and play with the enemies. Moreover, considering that it has a skill level even though it was obtained from a monster, it seems that even regular players have it.

[Windows Explosion (A)]

[Effect: Can explode subordinates with command authority, including summons and familiars.]

[Penalty: There may be a breakdown in relationships with subordinates or unilateral termination of the contract. Family members who cannot be resummoned will die.]

“Oh.”

Was this the skill that blew up the mummy? Probably something like that. Since this also has a rating, it seems like there are people who have it.

‘They say the contract can be terminated unilaterally..’

Rather than using it on dark spirits that can be reused over and over again, it was a good skill to use when simply using up and discarding undead brought back to life through necromancy.

[Summon Command (-)]

[Effect: Pulls the soul from the killed target and turns it into a controllable spirit.]

[Handicap: The more spirits you have, the more often you will have nightmares.]

[Penalty: Each time you use a skill, your karma deepens and you have a chance of encountering the Reaper in the labyrinth.]

This is definitely a skill that is much higher than Song Ji’s.

The skill given to me when I captured the corpse was to steal souls and create undead from the stolen souls, and this is a higher-level skill that combines the effects of those two skills into one.

Moreover, judging from the fact that the level is not displayed, it must be a skill exclusive to necromancers.

‘Should I just get this..’

I was worried for a moment. If you can use both dark spirits and ghosts…

‘It must be complicated.?’

Above all, when I tried to destroy it directly, the dark spirit had stronger durability and power. Rather than bringing it back to life as a deteriorated version, it would be better to raise it as it was when it was alive.

Moreover, the penalty for encountering the Reaper is so strong that I don’t think I can do it. If a strange person crawls out for no reason, it will be very difficult. It would be better to turn it into a dark spirit and run it.

Next is the final skill that can be obtained with awakening stones.

[Command Absorption(-)]

[Effect: Gain magical power and increase physical abilities by directly absorbing the possessed spirits.]

[Handicap: Command summoning is a prerequisite.]

[Penalty: Memories are mixed and other people’s memories see in.]

You can strengthen it by directly eating the spirits. However, to learn this, you had to learn command summoning first. Additionally, the penalty for having mixed memories is quite annoying.

‘This..’

As expected, it would be better to just make the awakening stone from a graveyard keeper and roll it. No matter how you think about it, that’s the best. This is because I had no skills other than trap making.

Even trap making isn’t a skill I really want to acquire.

‘Keep it for now.’

I think it would be better to make it advanced rather than intermediate and then call it out and use it. Even if you turn an intermediate gravedigger into a dark spirit right now, you won’t be able to bring the holy name back to life.

“Next..”

Now that we’ve searched through the gravedigger’s body, it’s time to check to see if there are any clues related to the throne. I’ll have to see if there’s anything else I can gain.

‘It was clear that the king’s presence was like this and that… ‘

If it was a king’s tomb, there would certainly be decent grave goods buried together.

Moreover, you might be able to use the key to the throne here.

-Click!!

[What should I do..?]

“Smashing the jar.”

First, before opening the lid of the coffin containing the king, I decided to smash all the jars in this room.

“Oh!! Coin!! This is it!!!”

I hit the jar hard and broke it, and a lot of coins came out inside.

Yeah, this is it. Normally, pots located in suspicious places like this should be destroyed as soon as they are seen.

“Lots of coins!”

I excitedly picked up the coins that had fallen on the floor. There were no silver or gold coins, but with this amount, I could easily drink 30 random drinks.

“Now, it’s time for the interview with the king.”

[…

After breaking the jar and examining it, there was not a single clue about the throne. There is no choice but to open the king’s coffin.

I opened the king’s coffin, which the gravekeeper had tried so hard to protect, with high expectations of what I would find.

When the heavy coffin lid was forced open, cloudy dust and dust rose out, revealing the inside of the coffin.

“..?”

[There is nothing.]

“What the fuck..”

It was nothing. The coffin was full of dust. There was no king’s body, no skeleton, no grave goods, nothing.

No, is this even possible? All it takes is a bundle of coins.

[Aren’t you asking for too much?]

“No, for a boss that can be defeated once a week… This isn’t right. “How precious is every day.”

[Hmm.. Huh? Over there..]

Feeling disappointed that nothing came out, I slowly tried to climb up, but I saw a box created in the corner.

By any chance, are they giving a separate reward box? Why did that suddenly appear in the first place?

“Oh..”

My heart is pounding again… Wait. Box? It’s a treasure chest that suddenly appeared…

[Why is this happening again?]

“That. “It’s a monster.”

[Huh..? No way.]

Agaf was about to reply as if to tell me not to lie, but he suddenly closed his mouth.

[Mimic..]

“Right?”

Yes, that’s a Mimic.

How did you see it right away…

‘Because it was a penalty I added..’

It was added as an addition when creating the labyrinth, but since the only labyrinth where treasure chests could appear in the first place was the catacombs area, I had guessed in advance that Mimics would be concentrated here. But suddenly, suspiciously, a box appeared…

“It came out nice.”

[Are we going to attack right away?]

“That’s right. Mimic has been around since ancient times.”

[It holds treasure. It was originally a crime prevention monster.]

“Did you?”

[Didn’t you know?]

“Oh, it wasn’t a natural occurrence..”

[It is a magical creature.]

It seems like that was the case. I don’t know much about magic, but if Agaf is the case, it must be something like that.

“Then..”

[Approach carefully. If Mimic notices that the opponent has seen through him, he will try to run away or attack first.]

“Okay.”

I slowly approached Mimic. Then, when she thought she had gotten closer to a certain distance, she pulled out the Demon Demon’s long sword and struck it towards Mimic.

“Kirirririk!!!!!”

-Quaaang!!!!!

Just one shot.

The Mimic was destroyed in one blow.

The box it was in was blown up and scattered, and the pink-skinned Mimic inside the box was crushed and exploded.

“Wow…”

[Hey, there’s something.]

“Wait a minute…”

When I rummaged through Mimic’s corpse, her items popped out.

[Avangel’s Crystal Ball: If the crystal ball is covered in blood, you can share the line of sight. 1 Intermediate Magic Stone is consumed for 1 hour maintenance.]

[Lesser Mimic’s Awakening Stone: When absorbed, one stored skill can be obtained. It can be used as a lesser magic stone.]

“Mimic.,. “This bastard’s skill giver was a monster.”

[Box Camouflage (S)]

[Effect: Disguised as a fairly decent-looking box that assimilates into the surrounding environment and does not feel out of place.]

[Handicap: While disguised as a box, all senses except hearing are blocked.]

They give you a pretty decent box camouflage… I thought Mimic was, after all, Mimic.

Well, first of all, I am very satisfied as it is an S-level skill.

Now let’s go up. It’s slowly getting closer to 6 o’clock.

It’s time to quickly go up, grab a quick meal, and enter the simple labyrinth.

I think this will end after just going around the labyrinth all day long.