160 – Returner becomes stronger (5)
[40] I don’t think the difficulty mannequin was weak. Although it was not as good as my swordsmanship, which I had honed with my alter ego and received inspection from Choi Ji-won, his skills were excellent enough. If I didn’t have cold magic, I would have had to regress several times to win. Because simply winning and winning without getting hurt were two different things.
But I won easily. How? Because cold magic is a fraud. No further explanation is needed.
“I came out.”
“Are you okay?”
“… “
After completely ignoring the people who were talking to me, I sat down on the steel chair again and started coming up with a concept. To be honest, I didn’t think it would be this easy. I was assuming an enemy with a difficulty level of at least [60]. The cold magic was effective in scaring off a lot of other players, including the woman with glasses.
“Ooh, we should wake up too, right?”
“How should we divide the scores?” ?”
In the end, when I ignored people until the end, the other players distributed the points on their own and boarded the elevator. I just sat quietly in the chair, radiating all my cold magic, and waited.
Of course, thanks to me clearing [40], The other players were able to clear it without much damage.
-All tests passed. Rewards are given the moment you return to the first floor.
-Cleared the 12th floor.
As soon as a blue portal appeared in the center of the space, I quickly entered the portal. This is because my heart was excited at the thought of returning to reality for the first time in a while.
“Oh, is this compensation?”
When we returned to the first floor, there were three boxes neatly wrapped and placed in one corner of the room.
-Customized item box (B~D)
– Elixir of experience (medium)
-Book of Possibilities (Unique)
The experience elixir was a completely useless item to me, and a D-grade item called ‘Recovery Amulet’ appeared in the customized item box.
-Recovery Amulet (D)
-An amulet gifted to warriors by shamans of a now extinct tribe. It is effective in strengthening weakened energy.
“… “I need this?”
The first test reward, and it was a [5] Difficulty reward, so I didn’t have high expectations… I never thought there would be an item that is completely useless. In the end, it seems that there is nothing worth saving other than the ‘Book of Possibilities’.
I returned to my room with only the ‘Book of Possibilities’ in hand. Choi Ji-won, who was sitting in a chair reading a book, senses someone’s presence and raises his head.
“Junho, come…” Are you okay?”
But as soon as he saw me, Choi Ji-won was very surprised. She came up to me in an instant and placed her hand on my forehead, then quickly took out her elixir from her drawer and pushed it away.
“Drink.”
“… Suddenly? “I’m fine?”
“Drink it first.”
“Ah, okay… “
I had no choice but to drink the elixir under her pressure, and I should say that I felt like my head was clearing. Should I say that my body feels lighter? Anyway, a very refreshing feeling calmly spread throughout my body.
“Are you okay now?”
“… “Am I in a bad state?”
“Uh. Many. The lips were blue and the face was pale. “I could barely feel my body temperature.”
Choi Ji-won placed her hand on my forehead again and let out a sigh of relief. According to her, my appearance was almost like a living corpse.
“… “It was that much?”
Choi Ji-won couldn’t have exaggerated, so my condition must have been that serious. It seems that it was no coincidence that the Talisman of Recovery appeared in the custom item box.
“How did you end up in that state?”
“That… “
So, I slowly explained to Choi Ji-won what happened on the 12th floor. Currently, her memory has been updated only once since I gave her her reward, as she did not want to update her memory frequently.
“It turns out that the woman with the glasses was so scared when she saw my cold magic that she stopped lying.”
“hehehehe, was I right? There is no need to kill or threaten them. “Why fight when it can be resolved peacefully.”
“That’s right. Jiwon, everything you said is correct.”
After the lengthy explanation, from how he trained his magical powers to how he cleared the 12th floor, Choi Ji-won nods.
“So… “So you’re saying you can now use your ‘cold magic’ more properly?”
“Exactly.”
“What did I say, Junho? I did that, right? “You can do it.”
Choi Ji-won shrugs and smiles. But suddenly she avoids my gaze.
“But… Isn’t cold magic a bit of a name?”
“… “
“Well, if it’s okay with you, I don’t mind… “Wouldn’t it be easier to just get rid of chills and chills?”
Choi Ji-won was also very surprised by this power, which was called cold magic, or rather, cold energy. It has been confirmed that it is possible to affect not only living things but also inanimate objects, and that it also works on fairly strong players.
“But no matter how I look at it, it seems like the reason you looked half-dead was because of that cold… “
If there is a problem, I think it is probably due to using cold air for a long time, slowly, and continuously. Even if you have cold resistance and drank elixir… It is a power that can inflict quite serious debuffs on high-ranking players. If you think about it, it’s strange that there is no recoil.
“First of all… Unless you plan to regress, aim to use as little power as possible. “I know there is elixir, but I need to save this as much as possible.”
“Okay.”
It was surprising that he did not regress even though he looked like a living corpse, but in fact, the sentence itself, ‘if you take damage, you regress’ was very ambiguous. Depending on the interpretation, the scope of damage was infinite.
Still, there is one piece of information I found out. In the past, when I was cautious that I might catch a cold and return, I made a fuss.
This regression seems to be very lenient in calculating ‘damage’ unless there is direct trauma such as bleeding. I think we can put aside the worry that we might regress indefinitely as we get older and get sick.
Instead, if you think about it in reverse, it means that what could be a weakness is still exposed to paralyzing poisons or sleeping pills. It doesn’t seem to regress unless it’s a direct trauma.
Anyway, after sorting out what happened on the 12th floor, we decided to conduct an experiment to measure the power of cold with Choi Ji-won.
-Book of Possibilities (Unique)
– Shows the user’s potential in quantifiable numbers.
Finally, I took out the Book of Possibilities that I received as a reward. This book will show me my potential. Is it right for me to continue training my sword, what should I do to properly handle the cold, and what is my talent?
I don’t know exactly what this ‘Book of Possibilities’ quantifies. But it will definitely help. For some unknown reason, anticipation rises.
“I’m going.”
So, I carefully opened the ‘Book of Possibilities’ with trembling hands.
-Cannot be used by humans who do not have the status window feature activated.
-This book is an item for climbers. Please use it for the right purpose.
“… “Holy sh*t.”
The result is… It was a disaster.
**
Since I learned how to deal with cold, I have experienced several regressions. I still haven’t figured out how to use this power without side effects… Still, I was able to handle my power much more stably and skillfully.
-All tests passed. Rewards are given the moment you return to the first floor.
-Cleared the 12th floor.
Now that the glasses woman stopped lying, clearing the 12th floor was no longer an ordeal for me. Even the hardest [40] Difficulty mannequin can be easily defeated by using chills, so there shouldn’t be a problem. Through repeated regression, I received all the rewards I had hoped for.
[10] Custom Item Box (A- ~ C+)
[15] Teleportation Order Form
[25] Order of Emotions
[30] Flask of Choice (Unique)
After getting all the rewards I couldn’t get, I realized that it wasn’t as useful as I thought.
The teleportation spell book was quite useful, but it was only disposable, and the elixir of choice was consumed after selecting the strength stat. (I wanted to choose the magical ability, but I was afraid that my heart would suddenly stop.) Oh, unexpectedly, consumables were found in the custom item box.
-Woohwang Cheongsimhwan (C+)
-A pill that makes your mind clear and clean. It contains various elixirs and is traded at a high price.
I was very displeased that only the lowest grade listed in the topic of the custom item box appeared, as if I was playing a lottery in a mobile game, but there was no doubt that a useful item came out. My concerns were mainly about the mental rather than the physical aspects, and it was clear that these pills would be of great help.
Lastly, the emotional spellbook… I haven’t written it yet. It certainly seemed like it could be used for something useful… I couldn’t find a solution, either because I forgot or because it never existed in the first place. Once you keep it, you can use it somewhere.
Anyway, after obtaining and savoring all the rewards, there was nothing left to do but finish the 12th floor. In dealing with magical power, repeated regressions have been fruitless, and all experiments worth doing have been completed. Now it was time to go up to the 13th floor.
At this time, the characteristics are maintained even if regressed, and the last thing I had to take care of was the item, so I took the route in order – [5] – [10] – [25] – And went to the 12th floor in the direction of obtaining the most types of items. Decided to finish.
If I were to explain it in terms of names rather than numbers, I made a plan to move on with the recovery talisman, Woohwang Cheongsimhwan, and emotional spell book. This is the best I think.
However, there is one thing that must be done at this point, before the 12th floor is completely completed.
“Would you like to try the [70] Difficulty level?”
“Uh.”
It’s about testing my own limits.