Chapter 10 – Chapter 01: Elf Heavenly Demon
And in this process, if the essence accumulated in the body goes beyond the scope of simply strengthening the body and is expressed outside the body, the auror will be awakened.
If this process is developed a little further, people will naturally develop movements that absorb a large amount of essence by overusing the body more efficiently, in short, soft martial arts, but let’s skip this for now…
What is important now is that as a result of Eugene’s body being pushed to its limits, the amount of essence absorbed through Eugene’s sixth sense has increased significantly, and through this, Stral’s body continues to strengthen and recover at a superhuman speed.
As evidence, the bleeding that had been so severe that it had obstructed my vision just a moment ago had begun to stop, and the pain that felt like my entire body was tearing itself apart was also slowly subsiding.
Of course, even if I forced myself to recover and strengthen my body like this, the physical and mental fatigue accumulated in the process would not go away, so I had to get enough rest.
… Even if it showed superhuman strengthening and recovery abilities, there were limits.
From the perspective of a criminal, it was at a superhuman level, but from the perspective of a person with proper abilities, he was only at the level of a young chick who had barely begun to break away from the status of a criminal.
‘The level of the boss in this dungeon is beginner to intermediate level…’
If he were originally like Eugene, he would be a being that could be killed just by looking at him, let alone using his fingers.
In terms of game level, it was somewhere between 20 and 29. And Eugene’s original level was at least 150 or higher.
So, if Eugene had maintained his original status, he would have been able to kill a boss like this just by passing by…
‘Right now, I’m just above level 10.’
After possessing this character, I looked for things like a status window or a status window just in case, but nothing came to mind.
Therefore, the exact level was unknown, but at least Eugene was confident that the level of this Stral Spirituality was not even 10.
The fact that it was above level 10 was possible because Eugene overworked his body while breaking through this dungeon and strengthened his overworked body through the essence he absorbed with an overwhelming sense of essence.
… In a way, even though he did that, he was barely able to escape the status of a criminal and reach level 10 or higher, which is equivalent to the beginner level, which shows how trashy Stral’s body is.
‘Honestly, it’s hard to say that I’m a proper beginner as I haven’t even mastered proper natural science.’
To put it bluntly, Eugene’s current body could be said to be that of someone who has just started learning martial arts.
Of course, Eugene had no intention of learning martial arts. In the first place, Stral’s body was not talented in martial arts, let alone martial arts.
In such a situation, after the development of martial arts, you learn martial arts that are not martial arts that have evolved to the next level? No matter how you think about it, it was a sick story.
“I don’t know if it’s a rare new technique like Guyumagong.”
Is it even possible to reach Eugene here? It was a level of spiritual skill that was certain to reach the level of a ruler, a level that raised questions.
Of course, it requires a lot of time investment, but as long as you learn it, it can be said to be an unprecedented new skill in that it unconditionally guarantees you the status of a ruler regardless of talent.
So much so that Eugene was absolutely certain that there was no need to learn any other Neigongsim techniques after learning this new technique.
… Well, even if such a new skill was in front of my eyes, it was just a piece of cake for Stral’s talent. Although he is said to not care about talent, in his position where he needs to become stronger as quickly as possible to prevent destruction, a new skill that requires time instead of talent was nothing more than poison.
… In addition, it was also a land mine that, if you cooked it however you wanted, would get your head ripped off by the Elf Heavenly Demon.
In short, for that reason, there was no way that Eugene, who did not even learn Shingong, could have learned martial arts that were not famous and were at a primitive level at best.
The most primitive martial art is the source that gradually made humanity aware of the existence of this ability in a situation where it was not even aware of this ability. Ultimately, this meant the phenomenon of the body instinctively strengthening the body through essence to restore the overused body. .
In other words, it was something close to a phenomenon in which the system of martial arts was not even established in the first place, and as such, Eugene’s current body was closer to being a martial artist but not having mastered martial arts.
… To put it simply, we are just strengthening the body through essence and laying the foundation, so there is no problem with learning other natural skills.
Of course, at the time of strengthening the body through the essence, Stral’s body had been strengthened to a level that was incomparable to when he had just entered the dungeon.
Well, compared to Eugene’s original strength, the extent of the enhancement felt like nothing more than the slightest…
“This alone will be enough to hunt down Boss Enemy, who can never catch the criminal.”
Originally, in order to break through this dungeon, you had to be at least level 15.
Even if your level goes down as a side effect of learning martial arts and then discarding the dantian, you should still have the physical ability that has been strengthened with essence through training and possess that level of ability.
However, as I said, this piece of trash would not have even reached level 10 in terms of level.
And with that level of physical ability, it was impossible to break through the dungeon, let alone hunt Boss Enemy.
No, the dungeon maze itself is somehow possible to break through if it has extreme control and does not allow even a single vehicle.
But Boss Enemy was different. If you do not reach at least level 15, no damage is given at all.
Of course, since it is a reality patch, the deal will not be given at all just because the level is lower.
However, in terms of the game, the fact that level 15 and below are not dealt at all means that, to put it another way, there is no possibility of clearing level 15 or below.
… And before entering the dungeon, Eugene is possessed by the body of Stral, who is believed to have not even reached level 10.
In other words, originally, hunting Boss Enemy would have been impossible. … But Eugene covered it up with his own experience.
As he broke through the dungeon, he pushed his body beyond its limits, and in the process of absorbing essence to survive, his body absorbed an even larger amount of essence.
Through this, although it was said to be a hasty build, Strahl’s trashy body was strengthened into at least a normal male body.
Of course, the standard for men here is not the Orbital World standard, but the Earth standard, and it could be said to be a body equivalent to that of a man who has barely mastered martial arts.
However, this reinforcement is only temporary. The level of enhancement was possible because Eugene forcibly poured essence into his entire body, restoring his body and activating it beyond its limits.
Of course, in the process of overusing and regenerating the body, the underlying physical abilities would later be strengthened, but since Stral’s physical talent was so low, it would not have been strengthened to this level originally.
It would never have been possible for it to have strengthened so quickly. Nevertheless, the reason it is possible is because Eugene absorbed a large amount of essence into his body.
In other words, Eugene’s current body could be seen as being strengthened through physical training and at the same time being physically strengthened through a large amount of essence, that is, buffed.
Once this buff is lifted, only a little strengthening through training will remain. Of course, that alone was a tremendous improvement for Stral’s trashy body.
It was a story about how a body that seemed to break if hit became a body that could withstand a single punch.
But what was important now was that Eugene’s body was temporarily strengthened to the point where he could go beyond a single punch and engage in a fistfight with a reasonably well-trained, muscular man (by Earth standards).
‘Originally, this level of reinforcement would have been impossible, but…’
There was no way that the body could be activated and strengthened just by slamming the essence into the body. Essence that exceeds the limit that the body can accept will become poison and destroy the body.
However, the reason why Eugene was able to achieve that level of enhancement is that his sixth sense is ridiculously sensitive.
And as I said, it existed in the sense that Eugene’s body temporarily greatly increased its essence absorption rate in order to survive.
An extreme feat made possible by the delicate sixth sense supplying essence to the body, which requires a large amount of essence for recovery.
In addition, the dungeon environment itself was a place where an enormous amount of essence was dispersed into the air, which also played a role.
In the game, there was a setting that the reason you could grow faster when you cleared a dungeon was because of the high density of essence inside the dungeon. Should I say that I was able to realize the reason again?
‘No, should you have noticed earlier that Orbital World was not an ordinary game, given that the knowledge of supernatural powers known only in the back world of the Earth was set in such detail?’
… Whatever it was, Eugene was convinced that thanks to the same reason he had achieved level 15 physical ability, which was the minimum requirement for clearing the dungeon, he quickly inspected his messed up body, nodded his head, and took the giant leap in front of him. It was looking up at the door.
‘Possible.’
If you are who you are now, you can hunt Boss Enemy. And with the Guyumagong obtained through him, it would also be possible to continue the relationship with the unattackable sub-heroine, the elf Heavenly Demon Yeonhwa.
With that belief, Eugene soon pushed the huge stone gate at the end of the boring maze and entered the boss room.
-…
“…”
And what you face is a piece of armor. The gatekeeper of the Demonic Cult Library, the boss enemy of this dungeon, a hidden dungeon called the Demonic Cult’s section.
It was a huge piece of armor that had a strong Eastern, or even Chinese, feel to it. It was a kind of living armor type Enemy that moved as if there was a person inside, even though the inside of the armor was empty.
-… !
And the moment Living Armor and Eugene’s eyes met, Living Armor naturally raised his great sword to repel the intruder, and Eugene also took a breath and took a fighting stance once again.
‘It’s stronger than I thought.’
The good news was that, contrary to my expectations that in the worst case scenario, it might be stronger than what was shown in the game, it was just like it was in the game, at an intermediate beginner level.
‘He is the gatekeeper of the Demonic Cult Library…’
In fact, just looking at his momentum, he was at a very low level to be considered the gatekeeper of the library where all the martial arts books of the Heavenly Demon Church and Demonic Cult were kept, headed by a transcendent strong man who had reached the level of a ruler.
However, this dungeon is a place that is only a reflection of the martial arts world view with some connection to it.
As such, it would not be surprising if the name and concept of the dungeon and Boss Enemy caused a sense of disparity.
Because dungeons were such places in the first place. The good news is that the rewards are worthy of the name of the dungeon. Yes, just like Gu Yuma-gong’s martial arts book!
‘To be exact, I remember the setting that the name of the dungeon and the name of the boss enemy were something like that because the old magic book became the dungeon core that replaced the mana stone, but…’
It wasn’t a very important factor right now. The important thing is that if you hunt down that boss Enemy, the dungeon will be cleared, and as a reward, Eugene will be able to obtain Guyumagong’s Military Tome, which was the core of the dungeon, as well as several other rewards.
… And because of that additional compensation, Eugene did not take the time to learn his original abilities, but instead rushed into the dungeon called the Demon Cult’s section.
‘So we will definitely win… !’
