Chapter 10

It was a pleasing message. Su-hyeun liked that the message said he had perfectly cleared the trial. He was right to exterminate the Shayres.

The slowly increasing stats and magic factor had risen by a few points at once, as well as his achievement points. Not to mention, he had obtained even more stats and achievement points from battling the Shayres in the past month. Since the Leap skill’s mastery had increased, it wasn’t a waste of time.

I’ve stayed for too long. Although he very much wanted to advance to the next floor, there was something else he had to do.

Creak, creak—

Su-hyeun, who watched as the remaining Shayres escaped, looked back at their chief. And…

“Transfiguration skill.”

The moment he had been waiting for had arrived.

[The transfiguration skill will be used with the “Shayre Chief” as the target.]

[Some parts of the target’s characteristics will be absorbed.]

[Trait: “Berserk” has been acquired.]

Berserk. Su-hyeun had known of its trait.

“A trait that increases the physical ability in proportion to one’s fatigue, health, and blood loss.”

It was quite the useful trait. One’s physical ability would naturally decrease as fatigue and health got worse. But the berserk traits could reverse the effect exponentially. It would be quite handy in times of emergency.

It was worthwhile learning the transfiguration skill, capturing the chief, and obtaining this trait.

In the meantime, there’s no need to change the trait.

The Shayre chief was a monster similar to the Shayre’s boss. If it was the monster boss’s trait, a normal monsters’ trait would be incomparable. If there was only one trait that could be attained through the transfiguration skill, there would be no use for others for the time being.

Anyway, I’ve been here for way too long.

It was only the second floor. There were many more floors to ascend. Although Su-hyeun chose a higher difficulty level to receive better rewards, he could not continue to stay on the lower floors.

Time to speed up. Su-hyeun increased his abilities while hunting the Shayres in the past month. Although his magic level did not increase, his magic factor increased. His stats, too, had been raised significantly, and he accumulated a large number of achievement points.

He could get himself a few more useful skills with this amount of achievement points. It would be much easier to climb the tower. In the next year.

Su-hyeun’s eyes narrowed. The goal… tenth floor.

It was easier to make concrete plans with a clear goal. Su-hyeun quickly organized his future plans and goals in his mind. The determined Su-hyeun finally spoke.

“Next.” Su-hyeun immediately ascended to the third level. He had spent a month there, as well as on the fourth and fifth floors. Su-hyeun ascended the floors without rest. A year had passed.

* * *

Wednesday, December 7, 2019. It was a day that caught the hearts of many students. There were some satisfied with their results after a long period of suffering, but most were disappointed and frustrated.

It’s alright. Su-hyeun headed out after verifying his results slip in the mail.

Eating out… It was rare for Su-hyeun and Shin Su-yeong to dine outside. If it were a special day, Shin Su-yeong would prepare a fancy feast, but Su-hyeun would bring up the excuse of studying and not make time for it.

But now he could no longer use that as an excuse. The exams were over, and the results of Su-hyeun’s studies were shown to Shin Su-yeong. I can’t afford to use working part-time as an excuse.

He thought it would be better if he were to live independently. Otherwise, I’ll reveal the truth.

It wasn’t easy hiding the truth for a year. Moreover, Su-hyeun felt guilty about it. Su-hyeun left the house and took the subway. Although Shin Su-yeong ended work late, Su-hyeun personally went to find her at her workplace.

Su-hyeun arrived at the subway station by bus and took Line 1 towards Suwon Station. Although it was after office hours, the station was still packed.

Screech—

Clank—

It was noisy. Although Su-hyeun had earphones plugged in, he couldn’t focus on the music.

It’ll soon be… 2020? It was now December 2019. Time flew quickly.

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