## Chapter 104 – 104. God’S Atlantis
104. God’s Atlantis
“First Kill!”
“You have achieved the first kill in the EF739 tutorial zone.”
“You have been granted the title ‘First Killer’.”
“Your Strength has permanently increased by 1.”
“You have acquired 1 bonus stat point.”
“You have acquired 100 AP.”
“The Clock Tower Killer is showing interest in you.”
I knew about First Kills.
In the original story, Kim Myung-jin killed someone nearby and achieved a First Kill, gaining a title and bonus stat points.
‘I wasn’t really planning on going for a First Kill.’
I never imagined it would be this easy to achieve.
‘And the Clock Tower Killer. A god is already taking notice of me. Is this good luck…? Or bad luck?’
Gods.
They refer to the transcendent beings that exist in this world. Not only the commonly known gods, but also heroes and great figures are often gods. However, there are different levels among the gods.
‘The Clock Tower Killer. Jack the Ripper appeared in the original story. The god trait granted upon contract was Night Fog (B), wasn’t it?’
Night Fog (B) is a trait that creates a night fog around oneself. It also allows one to see through the night fog.
The Clock Tower Killer is a low-level god.
Gods are a kind of backing, a patron, and a source of funds. It’s best to contract with a god who is a god by birth, if possible.
‘Anyway, this woman is also incredibly unlucky.’
I glanced at the dead woman’s corpse before turning my gaze away.
‘No, she’s bound to suffer a lot in the future… From her perspective, it might be better to die now.’
Atlantis is not a good place. The law of the jungle, survival of the fittest. That’s exactly what it’s like. There is a certain social order, but in the end, it’s a world for the strong.
‘I wonder where the Hayders are.’
Hayders.
They are the monsters currently in the tutorial zone. Killing them earns 50 AP. These guys tend to be where food is, so you have to kill Hayders to get food.
My goal is the High Hayder.
My goal is to catch the High Hayder, who has a D-rank strength, using mana. I plan to hunt High Hayders to get a feel for handling mana in real combat.
‘It’s okay to die here. I don’t have any attachments to this world anyway.’
I used mana to perform the Yeongcheon Style footwork. My steps became faster and more stealthy. But I soon stopped using mana.
‘…Why is my mana so low?’
World penalties.
Currently, only a portion of my stats are being applied.
‘Status window.’
“Name: Seong Yu-jin
Class: –
Title: First Killer.
God: –
Affiliation: AL 401 Earth.
Strength: 8 Agility: 8 Stamina: 11 Mana: 9 Luck: 17
Bonus Stat Points: 1
Unique Trait: Deception (A)”
‘Should I use the bonus stat point on mana?’
After a moment of thought, I used the bonus stat point on luck.
Bonus stat points, which allow you to freely increase stats, are very rare.
Mana can be increased through training and relatively easily with items and elixirs. On the other hand, luck is a rare stat that cannot be increased through normal methods like training. Even if it doesn’t help immediately, considering its rarity, it’s right to increase luck.
‘Luck affects many things in this world, knowingly or unknowingly.’
Luck is a great ability.
The fact that the woman was right next to me earlier might also be due to this luck stat.
‘I can increase mana with elixirs. Let’s go find some mana elixirs first.’
***
I wandered through the forest for a bit and found a stream.
‘The structure of the tutorial is all the same. The number of trees and the amount of food are the same as in other tutorial zones.’
I followed the stream downstream. I found a lake. I checked around the lake to see if there were any people.
After confirming that there were no people, I took off my clothes, put them in my inventory, and jumped into the lake with only the Hwaryeon Blade in my hand.
‘Use Gill Breathing.’
[Gill Breathing has been activated. It will last for 1 hour.]
I could breathe comfortably in the lake. I swam around clumsily.
‘It’s supposed to be somewhere at the bottom of the lake.’
There are quite a few hidden things in the tutorial. There are even hidden classes that can only be obtained in the tutorial. Well, they’re not incredibly amazing classes, but still.
A large shark is swimming towards me.
‘Why is there a shark in the lake… No. Let’s not think too deeply about it.’
This is a world in a novel anyway. If I worry about the details, I’ll be at a disadvantage.
I started moving the mana inside my body using the Yeongcheon Qi Gong method.
The key to handling mana is to use it neither excessively nor insufficiently. If the mana is excessive, the repulsive force can put my body in danger. If it’s insufficient, there might be no reaction at all. Jin Se-young said that it’s better to have too little than too much.
I used mana to activate my whole body. All my senses sharpened, and my body felt lighter.
The shark opened its mouth wide in front of me. I could see its ferocious teeth and a throat like an abyss.
Yeongcheon Style Practical Technique: Dawn Light.
My blade moved like a ray of light. Even though this is underwater, I am using mana.
The blade bisected the shark’s mouth from top to bottom. I didn’t stop, swinging my blade to cut through the shark’s body.
I trembled with exhilaration after destroying a shark.
“You have acquired 20 AP.”
‘Kyaa! This is it!’
The feeling of using mana was completely different from not using it. Using mana was overwhelmingly superior. How should I put it? It’s like using a computer from 10 years ago and then using a computer assembled with newly released parts.
‘Now I don’t even want to swing a sword without mana.’
I saw another shark.
The shark didn’t seem to care about me, as if it was already full. But I was interested in the shark. I approached the shark and sliced it to death.
‘Kuhuhu.’
The high from mana is irresistible.
I looked around a few times to see if there were any more sharks, and soon found a hole at the bottom of the lake and headed there.
When I entered the hole, a cave without water appeared, surprisingly. The cave was full of air. I took out a lantern from my inventory and lit up the surroundings.
“Found it. The mana tree.”
There was a dark blue tree on one side of the wall. It had no leaves, only bare branches. The branches were covered with faintly glowing blue fruits. They looked like plums.
“Five in total. Just like in the original.”
Their name is Mana Fruit. That’s what they were called in the original story. Eating them increases mana.
‘Does this have a mana awakening effect too?’
It shouldn’t. There was no mention of a mana awakening effect in the original story. I wanted to believe that.
‘This game world opened when I reached level 35. If it had been faster than the ‘Baekhwan’ world, I could have experimented…’
I had already awakened my mana. There was no need to be disappointed. I decided to be satisfied with the fact that my mana would increase.
I thought about it for a bit. Mana Fruits are not only available in the tutorial. You can find Mana Fruits in Atlantis, though they are not common. You can also buy them by spending AP.
‘Come to think of it, there are some items you can get in this world. If I think about after the tutorial as well…’
After weighing the pros and cons, I decided to invest in the world of ‘God’s Atlantis’.
‘I’ll consume two Mana Fruits here.’
I put one Mana Fruit in my mouth.
“You have consumed a Mana Fruit. Your mana has increased by 5.”
I ate another one. It tasted sweet and sour.
“You have consumed a Mana Fruit. Your mana has increased by 3.”
“Name: Seong Yu-jin
Class: –
Title: First Killer.
God: –
Affiliation: AL 401 Earth.
Strength: 8 Agility: 8 Stamina: 11 Mana: 17 Luck: 18
Unique Trait: Deception (A)”
I checked the status window and nodded. My mana had almost doubled.
‘If I eat one more now, it will probably increase by 1. The effect decreases as you eat more.’
In the original story, Kang Myung-jin eats three Mana Fruits and saves two.
‘I’ll eat two when I go back to reality… and give one to Yuria.’
In reality, I ate two Mana Fruits and my mana increased by 2. It wasn’t that my mana stat increased by 1 for each Mana Fruit. When I ate the first Mana Fruit, my mana stat increased by 2, and there was no change with the second Mana Fruit.
I didn’t expect the effect to drop off this much.
‘But it still increased. Let’s be satisfied. Satisfied.’
I decided to think positively.
Before leaving, I looked at the tree where the Mana Fruits had been. The tree was slowly breaking down. It seemed impossible for it to bear fruit again.
‘Let’s not have any regrets.’
I went back into the lake. I only put my head above the surface to look outside.
“Kyaaaaah!”
“Don’t run away! We have to fight! Those guys have fruit! It’s food!”
“Throw rocks!”
A group of six people encountered three Hayder monsters in the tutorial. I quietly held my breath and watched the scene.
‘Those guys are hopeless. They’re even more pathetic than I was before awakening.’
Hayders are red humanoid monsters with abnormally long arms and legs, and sharp claws and nails as their main weapons. They have physical abilities beyond that of ordinary people.
For those who have just become exiles to kill Hayders, they have to come up with tactics or actively use combat-type unique traits.
‘They’re all going to die to the Hayders. It’s obvious without even looking. May they rest in peace! Action beam!’
The thought of saving them? Not at all. It wouldn’t make me feel bad if they died, and conversely, it wouldn’t make me feel good if I saved them.
I watched the situation as if I were watching a fire across the river.
“Aaaah!”
“Oh Joon!”
“Sh, shit.”
It was a disaster. Two men with wooden sticks couldn’t do anything and were killed by the Hayders, and another man started running away at high speed, probably using a unique trait.
But Hayders are also agile monsters. One Hayder clung to the back of the fleeing man and tore his body to shreds with its claws.
‘One is seriously injured, another is too scared to fight, and the only woman is hugging a man… hmm?’
Looking closely, the woman was quite pretty. She was wearing an office look, and looking closely, her face was quite pretty. She was my type.
‘She’s got big boobs too.’
I quickly swam towards the shore.
The Hayders were about to move to kill the remaining members. I shouted loudly.
“Wait! Wait!! Stop!”
The aggro was successfully pulled. The three Hayders looked at me and started charging. I came ashore and immediately activated my mana.
‘I could kill them without using mana, but… I came to this world to feel the mana high.’
The Hayders’ movements look slow. It’s not that they’ve slowed down, but that I’ve become faster.
I swung my sword smoothly. The blade cut through the Hayders’ bodies, chopping them into pieces. It didn’t even take 3 seconds for the three Hayders to die.
“You have acquired 50 AP.”
“You have acquired 50 AP.”
“You have acquired 50 AP.”
I swung my sword in the air to shake off the blood and approached the three survivors.
“Th, thank you!”
A man with a deep wound on his right thigh thanked me. Blood was flowing profusely. He didn’t even know how to properly stop the bleeding.
“With that wound on the first day, you’ll die soon anyway.”
“Huh?”
“Just die.”
I beheaded the man. His head rolled on the ground.
“You have acquired 100 AP.”
I preferred to slash rather than stab with my sword. There’s no special reason. It’s just a bit annoying to pull the sword out after stabbing.
‘According to Se-young, there are cases where you can’t swing your sword immediately after stabbing a monster during combat.’
If you can’t kill them for sure, it’s better to slash than to stab.
I turned my gaze towards the remaining man and woman. Up close, the woman was quite a beauty. The man was also quite handsome.
‘They look a bit alike. Are they siblings?’
The man looked like a younger brother. A newbie who seemed to have just become an adult. He hadn’t shed his childishness. He was sweating and trembling as he looked at me, as if he had been raised well.
I took a step towards them.
“P, please save us! Inha, you too, quickly…!”
The woman with long hair immediately knelt down and started begging for her life. The man belatedly followed the woman and knelt down.
“Please save us! I’ll do anything!”
“Please save us! Please save us!”
The woman was quite clever. She had made the best choice she could at the moment.
I grinned.
“You’ll do anything? I just happened to need some guys to do odd jobs. That’s great.”
“The King of the Heavens is watching you with a smile.”
Who the hell is this guy again?
