Chapter 45: 45

Act 1

“What does he mean? Do it all by himself?”

Lee Ju-ho was disconcerted by Su-hyeun’s confident answer . At first, he thought Su-hyeun might have an excellent plan . But he said he just take on the dungeon by himself . Lee Ju-ho had no idea how to take it .

“Well, don’t worry too much . I have an idea,” Su-hyeun said .

“It will be alright, won’t it?”

“Yes . I will make it alright . ”

Su-hyeun didn’t plan to do anything . Although the situation would not help, he decided to manage it somehow . Lee Ju-ho smoothed down his chest after he listened to Su-hyeun’s definite answer . Since he looked confident, maybe he had an excellent plan .

“Then, I will count on you, Su-hyeun,” Lee Ju-ho said .

“Well…” Su-hyeun hesitated a little bit and said an uneasy word to Lee Ju-ho, who was finally relieved, “Although, it is not a very reliable way . ”

“What?”

Su-hyeun didn’t say anything to Lee Ju-ho . Since he had already got treatment in the hospital, he caught a taxi and returned home . When he opened the front door, the first thing he saw was the blood trail from the living room to the door of the bedroom .

“I guess it’ll take a while to clean up . ”

He opened the bedroom door . He had forgotten, but the bedroom was the same as well . Even the bed was covered with blood .

“I think… I just have to hire a cleaner . ”

He tried to clean it up, but this was a mess that he couldn’t clean alone . He had lots of money he didn’t know what to do with . There was no place he could go, so he called the cleaning company . He discarded the dirty bedsheets and ordered new ones .

Plump—

Su-hyeun perched himself on the edge of the bed until the cleaners came . Now, there was only one month left until the disaster .

“Should I challenge the 21st floor?” he thought .

There was more time left than he thought . Trials on the 20th floor ended faster than expected . Originally, it was supposed to take nearly a month, but Su-hyeun ignorantly passed it in a day . Because of that, now he had a month to spare . He started to think about how to use this time .

“What if I get injured like this again?”

That would be dangerous, depending on the type of trial, he might end up having a serious wound . It was possible he couldn’t pass the trial in the right amount of time . If he completed the trial in one day, that would be a really big problem .

“I should hold trials for a while . ”

Then there was only one thing to do for the rest of the month .

“The highest potential potion,” he mumbled .

Thanks to the rewards he gained after the recent trial, his achievement points exceeded two million . This was enough to buy what he wanted, the highest potential potion . He had been delayed until now since he had a serious injury . But he almost recovered to the point that he could move again .

“Wait a second,” He recalled another reward that he had forgotten, “Was it a new skill?”

The name of the skill was Immortality . Would it be as good as the name sounded? He checked the skill .

[Hero – Immortality . ]

*Rating: It is direct proportion to the user’s magic .

*Category: Passive

*Lv: 1

This is a body of Adele Kleimer who fought against the devil a long time ago . It is said that the body of a hero was nearly immortal, like a god who does not die or get injured . It will automatically activate when the lifeline goes below a certain level . Regenerative Power and Health will quickly recover, and physical ability will rise rapidly . Duration, cool time, Regenerative Power and Health recovery rate is proportional to proficiency .

It was a tremendous explanation . More than anything else, the description of the hero, Adele Kleimer, who fought against the devil, seemed unnecessary . Unlike the name immortality, the ability of skill itself was not immortal .

“Is it because the skill level is still low?” he thought .

There was no skill that incredibly effective regardless of skill level . Such cases only happened when the skills didn’t require proficiency or level and they usually had a clear limit . Then, it would be much better to have Level-dependent skills like this . The existence of proficiency or level meant that there was no limit .

“I guess it is technically a higher version of Berserk skill . ”

Berserk was a skill that compensated for physical strength and strengthened overall physical ability in proportion to negative conditions, such as physical strength and bleeding users . In terms of skill used in crises, Immortality and Berserk were similar .

The difference between them was in the form of active or passive . Unlike the Berserk that could be used at any time, Immortality was a passive skill that was activated when certain conditions were set .

“Of course, this is better because there are no side effects . ”

Strictly speaking, Berserk was not a skill to recover the lost Health . It was only to make the user feel as if he had recovered his physical strength for a certain period . So, in the end, this skill made him feel more tired than he was the first time .

Immortality, on the other hand, was the ability to recover Health and regenerate injuries . Besides, physical abilities would rise rapidly . Although it was a passive skill, it could be called a higher version of Berserk .

Of course, he had no idea how much this skill would help his Health recovery or Regenerative Power . That would be something he had to check from now on .

“But how can I raise the proficiency of this skill?”

There was only one way to come to his mind right away .

“Should I harm myself?”

A sigh came out . It looked like he needed to do it once, at least . To use the skill, he had to know when it would activate or how much it would recover his health, and how much it would regenerate . It wasn’t a bad skill . He just was not sure how great this skill was as its name .

“Well, then…:

Su-hyeun, who checked the effect of the skill, got up and opened the door .

“I guess I have to go shopping first . ”

“What did you say?”

“I said the highest potential potion! A catalyst!”

Su-hyeun said in frustration to the middle-aged man with a shaggy beard . He asked Su-hyeun three times already .

The middle-aged man, who was the owner of the store, blinked his eyes and asked again, thinking this question would be the last one, “You mean…the highest one?

“Yes . ”

“Why are you looking for that here?”

He thought his previous question would be the last one, but he asked again .

The owner thought this situation was very ridiculous . It was only the 21st floor . He could not believe there was someone who was looking for the highest potential potion . He tried to convince himself he misheard a higher grade . But no matter how many times he heard, this customer kept saying highest .

“Why? You don’t have it?”

“No, I have it…”

“Then why don’t you just give it to me?”

The owner thought he might be joking, but it seemed like it wasn’t . People usually purchased a low-grade potential catalyst . Some rich people bought a middle-grade potential catalyst . But this man was asking for the highest one . The middle-aged man reached out to Su-hyeun . He wanted to make sure he had enough Achievement Points .

[Achievement Point: 2,081,400 . ]

Su-hyeun was not joking . He had 2,081,400 points . He had enough points to buy the highest-grade potential catalyst which was two million .

The owner could not believe it at first . He never thought there would be anyone who would buy this expensive thing . He also never thought there would be anyone who would get that many points either . He thought he would never take this stuff out from the shelf .

“Huh, well…”

“What’s wrong? It is a good thing for you to sell expensive stuff, right?”

“Yea . I mean . I am a little surprised . Yes, it is a good thing . ”

There would be no shop owner who would deny selling expensive things . He hurriedly brought the stuff from the downstairs .

“Here . This is the highest-grade potential catalyst . ”

What the middle-aged man brought was a small, thumb-sized bottle of dark purple liquid . The size and shape were not significantly different from other catalysts . The only difference was the darkness of the purple . But Su-hyeun, who already knew this product, recognized it at once .

[You have spent 2,000,000 achievement points . ]

“Thank you for the stuff . Have a good day . ”

Su-hyeun took the catalyst and left without hesitation . He left the shop and headed to a small inn in the city . He rented a room and went in . He opened the bottle .

Pop—

“Yuck . ”

As soon as he opened up the bottle, a terrible smell filled the room .

“I can’t believe I have to drink this again…”

Su-hyeun had already drunk the highest-grade potential catalyst several times in his previous life . It had the worst flavor ever . He could not believe this horrible taste could exist in the world . He didn’t want to drink this anymore . After he had drunk a few more times, it didn’t give him greater power anymore . He didn’t drink it anymore after that . But…

“If it is used for the first time, the effect is significant . ” Su-hyeun took a deep breath . “I can do this . I just got to do it . ” He was trembling more than before he fought Fafnir .

Gulp—

He could feel vividly the feeling of the catalyst passing over to his throat . The taste he could not use to it, no matter how many times he drank, lingered on his tongue . He felt sick . He felt like he would vomit soon . There were many times people drank this catalyst and spit it out again because of this flavor and feeling .

“Weck…”

He closed his mouth with hands and barely endured not vomiting . It was disgusting .

Gulp—

Once again, he swallowed the disgusting taste left in his mouth with saliva . He swallowed the lingering flavor on his tongue a little . His stomach felt sick, but it was better to not taste it .

There was no time to hesitate . Su-hyeun sat down quickly and began to concentrate his nerves on his body . Now, the most important part would begin . If he hesitates because of the flavor, the catalyst would be digested soon .

“I have to hold it . ”

Whiiip—

The catalyst that reached to the stomach after passing his throat started to react . The key was how much he could melt this catalyst in his body . The catalyst was for inflating the magic . It reacted with original magic in the drinker’s body and increased it . How effective it would be was depending on the individual’s ability . Even if it was the highest-grade potential catalyst, to somebody it could be just a horrible flavored useless potion . It also could be the best restorative for someone .

Rumble, rumble —

The catalyst began to loosen little by little at Su-hyeun’s will . The first thing he had to do was spread it throughout his body . However, since the concentration was much thicker than other grades of catalyst, it did not move as he intended . If his Magic Level and Factor were lower, it might not move at all .

“Move . ”

Rumble—

The catalyst started to react . The catalyst that contacted his magic started to spread the power from the stomach all over his body .