Chapter 665 – 665. Forty-Second Skill
I stopped detecting for a moment and opened the skill window.
The hidden skill of aging appears after mastering growth. I learned it right away.
I don’t know where I’ll use it, but once I learned it, I’m done.
Passive skills are also learned right away. The more it increases, the better the passive.
I still have plenty of coins, so I should learn everything now. It’s not that poor.
Skill radius increased 36, skill duration increased 36, skill maximum value increased 30, skill limit exceeded 30.
Ugh. Looking at the increasing numbers makes me think that I lived really hard.
The more passive you use, the greater the effect becomes. Learning is rewarding. Definitely.
Passive is done, now it’s time to combine skills.
Status regression is a combination of status recovery and regression, right?
Then there will definitely be opposing skills. And among the skills, the most plausible ones are growth and aging.
There is no need to think like this. You can just do it right away, right?
“Want.”
Write a skill and choose a skill combination.
And on one side, status recovery was achieved, and on the other, growth was achieved.
[Would you like to combine?]
With a pounding heart, I pressed yes. Indeed… What is the result?
[The ‘Status Growth’ skill has been combined. It costs 400 million coins to learn a skill. Would you like to learn?]
Hey! It’s okay! I knew it would come out!
I’m not sure if this is exactly the skill I wanted, but I learned it right away.
400 million coins were gone, but that doesn’t matter. Because I still have a lot.
Moreover, after killing 50 Smelly Corporation guys, I got close to 100 million coins.
Of course… Although it is a huge number.
Since I learned the skill, I have to use it right away.
Uh… But you have to use it on people? Who should I use it for?
As expected, leader is easy? Okay. It’s better there. Let’s go first. Let’s write it and see.
I saved my current location and immediately teleported to leader.
Bengaluru is like my punching bag. It’s a place I like because it’s still overflowing with people.
After wandering around for a while, I found an older woman and came down.
After putting all the surrounding humans to sleep, he reads the woman’s memories.
Oh… When you were young, you were more beautiful than you thought?
After reading the memories and looking closely at what I was like when I was younger, I wrote state regression right after reading the memories.
A woman who becomes younger. She has become a young girl in her prime. If we leave it like this, there will be an uproar around us, right?
That would be fun too. She’s an old lady on the inside, but a plump young woman on the outside.
Now, it’s time to try a new skill.
I immediately try out my newly created skill on a younger woman.
“Grow your status!”
A younger woman turning into an older woman again.
The woman returned to the way she looked before. The youthful appearance from a moment ago disappeared like a mirage.
Ugh. Success.
Like it. This is enough.
I don’t know if there are any side effects, but for now it was a success.
Hehe… Minhee Jeong, Seongyeon Ko. Wait. I’m coming. You will have a great time.
Ah. Previously… I have to finish the test.
It has become not difficult to make an older person look like they did in the past and then return them to their original appearance.
But what makes a still young person old?
Is it possible? Is it possible?
Will the skill be used when I don’t know the person’s future?
But there is no need to worry about this either. You can just use it.
I immediately use my skill on one of the fallen men nearby, who is quite young.
“Grow your status!”
OK… The man’s appearance gradually begins to age. A man who has just grown as old as an old woman and has become an old man.
Hey… Does this work? But why did I become that age?
Did I think that way? Hmm… Should we try again?
Use state regression to return to the original age and then use state growth again.
This time, I thought he was in his 30s and used the skill, and the young man became a strong young man.
Oh. This works. Well, there’s no way it wouldn’t work.
The growth skill itself was that kind of mechanism in the first place, right?
It’s a skill that can be used without knowing what the future will look like.
The man was returned to his original form using state regression.
Okay. The skill test is over. I’m satisfied with this.
Good… So now I should check something else, right?
Check if there is a skill that combines with growth.
I try to raise each skill and combine them, but nothing comes out.
Surprising? I thought growth would be a combination of all sorts of things.
Then, something caught me.
Growth and shrinkage. Skills with opposite meanings. No… Of course, it’s not the complete opposite, but it’s semantically the opposite.
Anyway, when I turn it on, a message comes out.
[‘Adjustment’ skills have been combined. It costs 500 million coins to learn a skill. Would you like to learn?]
Oh my? Adjustment?
Something plausible came out. It’s adjustment… I guess it’s a skill that controls something?
But what to adjust? I’m so fucking curious.
Is it a skill worth spending 500 million won to learn? Fuck you. The lack of skill description is holding me back again.
It was created by mixing growth and contraction, right? And then there was the skill of coordination, right?
But aren’t growth and contraction completely opposite concepts? Growth is a unit of time and shrinkage is a concept of volume, right?
Why is this mixed up? Hmm… I don’t know.
What is the opposite of growth? Atrophy? Shrink? If you think about it, is it right to downsize? It’s a little ambiguous.
The opposite of reduction would be expansion. Growth and expansion are not the same thing, right?
It’s difficult. It’s difficult.
Anyway, when you say adjustment, it seems like you can control those things.
I can’t figure it out at all.
Ah… If I ask you a question in Q&A, will you answer it?
I’ve never tried that before. I have never been asked to know the effect of a skill.
Umm… I’m worried. Furthermore, I don’t know this for now, so let’s leave it alone. Because I don’t think it’s urgent right now.
Good. Now that the skill combination is done, it’s time to choose the skill to learn next.
Since it is already decided, choose the skill without much hesitation.
Lightning wave. A skill you must learn to have lightning-like reflexes.
Besides, you can learn the electric area just by learning this. It would be better to learn from this first.
Learn right away. Hey… I’m finally learning something like an attack skill.
“Lightning wave!”
Lightning waves spread around me, and the leadern people who helped me with my test became lights.
Ah… This was a bit harsh. It’s my fault. Tsk. Still, since he died in his sleep, there would have been no pain.
I went outside again and used Lightning Wave once more.
Threatening lightning spreading tremendously throughout the surrounding area.
It spreads out almost a few hundred meters. This is why passive is important.
But I don’t know how many people will be killed with this.
I’m just learning to learn passive skills.
Anyway, that’s it. But it’s too noticeable to be skilled at this. I didn’t think of that.
I don’t think it will be very noticeable during the day, but it will be very visible at night.
Anyway, since we’ve finished everything about the skills, shall we go try out status growth and status regression?
Who should I use it for? Of course, it’s Minhee?
I checked the time, and it seems that the Ark was roughly around 6 PM in Korean time.
Hmm. Let’s take a look. I guess Minhee got off work?
I was immediately teleported to the ark. And when I checked the security room, Minhee was already gone.
Ah. I need to include Minhee in the party too. It’s annoying to find them all.
I immediately teleported to the bunker. Then, the four women in Seungmisean are chatting in the living room. And I can hear Minhee’s voice.
“It came out.”
When I go out into the living room, five women greet me.
“Wow. It’s really hard to see your face. Where are you going like that?”
Seunghee approaches me and says. A reaction full of concern. Thank you.
“That’s right. Since I can’t sleep, I don’t know where to stop what I’m doing.”
“Let’s sit down first. I was about to have dinner. Minhee unnie brought udon and pork cutlet today.”
Minhee smiles at me. Do you bring Ark meals with you every time you get off work?
As expected, it’s basic. You make yourself a treat with food.
Okay. There’s nothing better than that. It’s one of the three major desires.
“Do you have mine too?”
“My sister always brings my brother’s things too.”
“Really? Thank you. Can I eat it right away?”
We all sit around like that and eat udon and pork cutlet.
A taste that seems to be a clever mixture of Aunt Pence’s skills and Haruka’s skills.
Ah. I have to go see Haruka too. Are we leaving the ark too unattended?
Besides, I have to see Aki too.
“It’s delicious.”
“Right? I guess there are a lot of very skilled cooks on the Ark.”
“Well… That’s true.”
We talk while eating like that.
Things we couldn’t talk about because I was running around so much.
We talk about simple life stories and things that happened, but eventually move on to talking about skills.
“Ah. I learned reflexes like lightning.”
Mina looking at me and talking.
“Oh? Really? How can you feel the effect?”
“Yes. We all got together and tested it. Now we can dodge sudden flying rocks.”
“Yeah. That was good. I’m still preparing to learn that, too. So what should I learn now? Combustion or ice tornado?”
“Starting with the ice whirlwind.”
“Yes. If you learn that, another hidden skill will appear. I hope you learn it quickly.”
“I will try my best.”
After Mina finished speaking, Anna spoke.
“I learned the gate.”
“Oh. Really? If you learned teleportation, you should learn gate.”
“And once I learn all the gates, I’m going to try learning the wanted too.”
“Really? Why? Is there something you want to learn?”
“Return to that state.”
“I can write it, right?”
“Yes, but… It’s a hassle.”
“Not really. It’s a bit of a waste to learn Wantt just for that purpose.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. Well, it’s up to you to learn.”
“I’ll think about it a little more.”
“Do whatever you want. I’m going to keep earning coins anyway. Ah, you guys came in with the coins earlier too, right?”
“Yes.”
Everyone answered, but only Minhee had no answer.
“Ah. Yes. Minhee, you should have a party too.”
I gave Minhee a party invitation, but it says I can’t invite her to the party.
“Oh, I’m sorry. I’m already in the party right now.”
“Really? What kind of party?”
“Should we call it a defense party? Dohyun has party skills.”
“Oh. I guess so.”
“I also have communication skills, so I can report with that. I’m sorry.”
“That can’t be helped. It’s a shame.”
Minhee looks at me as if she feels really sorry.
I’m not a woman who doesn’t feel a sense of belonging because of things like this, but I guess I can’t help but feel disappointed.
As if trying to change the slightly depressed mood, SeAh looks at me and says.
“Ah. I also mastered the illusion creation skill. Would you like to see it?”
Then, Se-Ah creates an illusion that resembles her own image.
“Oh. So is something like this possible?”
I also created an illusion. Se-Ah’s welcome. Moreover, the illusion just walked over and placed its hand on Se-Ah’s shoulder.
“Ugh!? What!? Why are you moving!? And why are you touching me!?”
Everyone doesn’t react much, perhaps because they often see Se-Ah’s illusion, but they are surprised when they see the illusion I created.
“Are you curious?”
“I’m curious! What!? Was this made with that wish?”
“No? It’s a combination of simple illusion creation and poltergeist.”
“Huh!?”
Then, after hearing what I said, she frowned, picked up the spoon, thought for a moment, and then stood up and touched her own illusion.
“Ah! This is how you do it! But why is it so hard!?”
“Imagine a squishy poltergeist. Like that bed.”
“Bed? Ah…”
Everyone looks at Se-Ah when they hear the word “Bed.”
Then, Se-ah’s face turns red as if she remembered the time at the ryokan.
“You can make it as much as you like because you can make it as you imagine anyway. Practice well.”
“Uh… Then I’ll let you know when I master the skill.”
“Try it now. It won’t be difficult. Eat now.”
Se-ah listens to me and takes a spoon for the pork cutlet and udon noodles again. Anyway, it’s funny.
“Ah, oppa. Do you know what skills Seunghee learned?”
“Ugh. I have to count!”
Seunghee is startled and perplexed by Se-Ah’s words.
“Why are you surprised? What did you learn?”
“Uh… That’s the lottery.”
“Lottery? Oh, really? Have you tried it? What do you think?”
“What do you think? Aren’t you angry?”
“Why are you angry?”
“I learned a useless skill…”
“I don’t know if it’s a useless skill or not, so how do I know? But is it effective?”
“So far, no success…”
“Is this really a system where you use coins to get coins?”
“First, that’s right. You can spend 500 coins, and occasionally 5,000 coins will pop up… But so far, it’s been a disaster.”
“Really? Anyway, if you learned it, try mastering it. Oh, try plundering and hitting the jackpot, which you already do.”
“I thought I would hear something, but since there is no word, it feels a bit empty…”
“Why? Should I scold you? Should I at least hit your butt?”
“Ugh. Really.”
Seunghee looks at me like that. Hmm… But I want to try spanking.
“Ah. We’re going to eat and go shopping. Do you want to go with us, Seongcheol?”
Minhee said and everyone looked at me.
Suddenly? Attack like this?
“Uh… No. I have a lot of work to do. Let’s go with the girls. But are you going shopping again? Haven’t we been there a few times already?”
“Of course. There’s a lot to shop for, right?”
Everyone nods their heads at Minhee’s words. Ah… I see Yes.
Then I guess I should eat quickly and run away. I’ll have to postpone using state regression on Minhee until a little later.
