Leveling
CH 69

The next morning, Jin Woo headed straight for Daesung Tower.

"Geez, it still looks really high"

A skyscraper consisting of a hundred floors.

Standing nearby, you must straighten your neck to look up.

"There's a lot of people here today"

Compared to the last time he came here, there were more people around today.

The difference is like between day and night.

Whether it is lobbies, entrances or sidewalks, people come and go endlessly.

"Ah, if only I disappeared like that last time, it probably wouldn't

cause a commotion"

There were already many eyes looking for him because of this so-called "unknown helper" incident.

Is there a need for him to reveal himself and deliberately attract

of attention?

'Of course not.'

Jin Woo does not enjoy the focused attention on her.

He walked to a hidden corner and took out the Demon Castle Key.

It was a slender golden-colored key.

At first glance, it seems useless.

"Nobody's looking, is it?"

Jin Woo looked around and nodded.

'Time to go'

Jin Woo uses the 'Stealth' skill'.

shooo

The invisible man came out of his hiding place and walked through the crowd

and keep walking towards the building.

Due to the denseness of the streets, he couldn't avoid bumping into a few people here and there, either,

but no one cares.

"Well, this Skill can be used for some very bad things"

No wonder the high Rank that possessed the 'Stealth' Skill would always be under a lot of scrutiny.

a flaaare!

Meanwhile, he crossed an invisible border and went to the same world

totally different.

"If I could hear the flames from here, how hot would the flames actually be?"

Jin Woo stared at the burning tower.

It was standing at the place of Daesung Tower just a moment ago.

The Demon Castle almost filled his entire vision.

Even so, they say if humans can get used to anything.

‘Taste there is less compared last time.’

Indeed, Jin Woo's anxiety is practically nonexistent at the moment.

Or maybe, maybe,

"That's because I've leveled up a lot"

Jin Woo returned the golden-colored Demon Castke Key to storage then

removing the gray key.

[Castle Gate Key]

[Rarity: A-rank]

[Type: Key]

[This is the key to opening the Demon Castle Gate]

[Acquired after killing Gatekeeper]

That's what he got after killing the guard dog, Cerberus.

He was unable to use it in the past, when he had already defeated Cerberus.

However, now, he would finally enter this castle.

Next, he took out his weapon.

Open Tanto in his right hand, lock the gate in his left hand, Jin Woo carefully

walk towards the castle gate.

Surprisingly, he didn't see Cerberus.

"Did the monsters not respawn in the Dungeon Demon Castle?"

It may be limited to the dog only, but there is a strong possibility if that is the rule

this special place.

‘If that's the case ..’

The interior might be slightly different from an Instant Dungeon where monsters always respaw.

Jin Woo sharply focused his senses.

BA DUM BA DUM BA DUM!

Because of his sense status that had reached over a hundred, focusing his senses made

his own heartbeat sounded like thunder.

"But I'm not afraid."

Compared to the past, what he felt now was not fear,

but the overwhelming confidence that resulted from his strength.

Maintaining sharpness and fear are two very different things.

ring ~

A message appeared in front of the castle door.

[Do you want to use Castle Gate Key and enter? (Y/T)]

‘No,nona System, I'll come back and just go home’

Jin Woo laughed at the stupid question and chose "Yes".

creaaak

He had not touched the door, but the giant door opened itself.

Clunk!

'Huh…?'

Jin Woo is shocked to return.

Although his senses were focused, he did not feel any monsters from behind the door.

"There's no monster?"

He had prepared for the reverse of this situation before.

The worst case scenario is, after opening the door, he will be treated to the view in

where a ton of monsters jumped.

It was this pessimistic thinking that led him to the penalty zone for training.

'But…'

Whatisthis?

Looks like his efforts were in vain.

The inside of the castle was almost pitiful without any trace of any monster presence.

"Huh ... How now?"

Disappointed, Jin Woo returns Baruka's Tanto to storage and

step inside the Demon Castle.

As is usually the case, the first step to a new area always triggers a response.

ring ~

Jin Woo reflexively calls both daggers into his hands in an instant.

'What! What's that?!'

[A Quest has arrived]

'A Quest?'

And this isn't a daily Quest?

Well it would be strange if a daily Quest appeared; he had already made sure to complete

Daily quest before coming here.

Then this must be .. just another Quest.

This was the first time he had received "only" Quest's writing, with no further information.

"Every Quest up until now has always had a title, Emergency Quest or whatever, but one

it's just "Quest"

Jin Woo checked the Quest that appeared with his head tilted.

[Ordinary Quest: Gather Demon Souls! Part 1

Demon Castle is filled with Demon.Please hunt them and collect their souls

to obtain a special reward.Normal demons only have one soul, but demons

upstairs will have a lot of souls]

[Quest Requirement: Login to the Demon Castle]

[Quest Goal: Demon Souls 0/10,000]

[Gift: 1. Select one item from each possible item

Stat Points +20

Unknown Reward]

20 Points Stat!

As usual, the first thing that caught Jin Woo's attention was the reward of stat points.

"I can increase my Inst stat by up to 20 times!"

He couldn't help his smile.

Losses from low mana cannot be underestimated.

"I need a ton of mana to keep my army regenerating"

And which is not the only benefit of Intellegence statistics.

Jin Woo can finally figure out that as his Intelligence increases, the number of shadows

what he could extract and store also increased.

Because of all this, raising that stat was a very important thing for him.

'There is a limit if you only rely on leveling up and daily Quest ...'

If he could obtain 20 bonus stats through a Quest, it would deal

biggest problem.

gulp

'And…'

Jin Woo becomes very interested in the stat reward.

“Select one item from each item that allows”

Just the bonus stats alone were already a crazy reward, then there was still this.

'Really? Any items that allow?"

Jin Woo remembers the absolute top-class equipment that was in the "Shop" System.

"There is even a ..."

Rank-S equipment cost billions, some even tens of billions of gold.

Jin Woo looked at the Knight Killer in his left hand.

This powerful dagger cost nearly three million gold, and he still used it.

"If Rank-B daggers cost nearly three million, this is already great, then how amazing

a Rank-S dagger worth tens of billions?"

He became curious.

Just by looking at the first and second prizes, even ignoring the third prize is not

it is known, this is definitely an extraordinary Quest.

'Given the reward, defeating a few monsters would probably be as easy as eating-'

Since Jin Woo's eyes were fixed on the first Quest reward, he didn't see much more detail

on the Quest settlement terms.

The man finally saw the zero and was shocked.

"Ten thousand?"

It's not just "dropping some monsters".

"This is really, really not an ordinary Quest"

No matter what kind of monster these demons were, killing ten thousand of them was still

it will be a torture.

However, Jin Woo smiled widely.

"That's .. if I'm alone"

The current number of troops is 50.

They each only had to defeat 200 Demons.

Yes, with those soldiers, this Quest can be completed.

[Do you want to receive a Quest?]

'Of course.'

There's no way he'll refuse.

[You have received a Quest]

[If you fail, his "punishment" will only be your wasted time]

'Compared to the punishment of other quests .. bleh ...'

His life was at stake in the Class Advancement Quest and the Emergency Quest.

Compared to them, this was truly a blessed Quest.

Jin Woo raised his head, though,

"So, will it track my progress?"

The moment he received the Quest, a counter appeared in the air.

[Collected Demon Souls: 0/10,000]

‘10, 000 ... It's going to be a long road. ’

With the numbers he had imagined in his head completely visualized, the,

Jin Woo chuckled in disbelief.

Suddenly, he found another counter to the left of the soul counter.

'Huh?'

[Exp. to Next Level: 60,000]

The holographic writings clearly display the number, and it tells if he

it would level up once he filled in that number.

"Am I finally able to see my EXP points?"

But he was Level 61.

61 in particular doesn't look like a milestone for something like this to happen.

Not only that, Jin Woo did not see such a counter before heading to the Demon Castle.

'Let's see…'

Jin Woo took a step back and walked out of the Demon Castle.

With that, the soul counter and the EXP counter disappeared.

When he returned, the two counting boxes came back as if they were always there.

"It seems like it only applies to the Demon Castle"

It was a shame that he would not be able to see his EXP counter outside, but it would definitely be convenient

when he was in here.

In addition to that,

"Does that mean it took a long time to conquer this place?"

That is certainly a possibility that could happen.

Jin Woo read the details of Quest once again, then closed the mailbox.

"I think I understand"

Finally, it's time to explore the inside of Cemon Castle.

‘Whoa!’

woooooooooo

A ruined city lay before his eyes.

Unexpectedly, it was another field-type Dungeon.

'Where is this? Is this Seoul? "

Maybe if everyone in Seoul died and a hundred years passed, it probably would

looks like this.

The lifeless city faded into gray.

Some street lights were flickering here and there.

"To think that it would be a Dungeon of another field type ..."

In addition, he used the big city of Seoul as his base.

In addition to the Instant Dungeon that uses subway stations or malls as

their base, this one is incomparable.

Jin Woo's eyes narrowed.

"Where should I go first?"

Where's the destination?

Jin Woo looked here and there.

Thankfully, he didn't have to think about it for too long.

From a distance, where Namsan Tower should be, a giant pillar of light stood in its place.

"Let's try there."

Jin Woo started heading in that direction.

In case if he got lost, he would carefully remember the area where the gate was

castle is.

However, he did not go too far when he was distracted, either,

"Sik kik."

"Bigger."

Little monsters crawled out from the sidelines between buildings here and there.

[‘Low-level Demon’]

Jin Woo reads the dark red names over their heads and understands

who they are.

"They look like ..."

If a gargoyle monster had wings, it would look the same as them.

They have eight.

Jin Woo smiled.

"There are eight souls."

Pierce!

One of the Demon Satus was killed by Tanto who pierced his forehead.

[You have defeated ‘Low-level Demon’]

[You have gained 100 EXP points]

[You got 1 Demon Soul]

"Squacks?"

"Kiek?"

While they are distracted by their fallen comrade, Jin Woo quickly runs

and attack the others.

the slash!

[You have defeated ‘Low-level Demon’]

[You have gained 100 EXP points]

[You got 1 Demon Soul]

These things each gave one hundred experience points.

"And I need 60,000 EXP points to level up ..."

Beating this 600 ‘Low-level Demon’ would definitely make him level up.

The remaining demons were killed quickly.

"Kiiiek!"

"Grandfather!"

The Demon Souul he obtained was 8.

And 800 EXP points.

"Not a bad start."

The marathon starts with just a few steps.

Jin Woo's eyes sparkled, looking for his next prey.

________________________________________

Baekho Guild.Guildmaster Office.

After being busy for the past few days, Baek Yoonho was checking the documents

and reported that he would ignore.

Beeps

He picked up the phone.

“Guildmaster,Hunter Min Byunggu-nim calling.Do you want me

connect it?"

"Yes please"

"Yes"

Moments later, a familiar voice sounded from the receiver.

"Baek hyung, why is your phone dead?"

Baek Yoonho let out a long sigh, though,

"Because of those damn reporters, I'm gonna be gone until this fucking story subsides"

“Oh, yes, that! Red Gates! I saw news from Japan.Hyung, you look pretty good on TV”

“Don't tease me.I'm not in the mood to joke.As soon as I find out who

leaking the story, I'll go see him ... "

“Don't worry too much about it,hyung.The story will be lost by big news soon"

"Great news? From Japan?"

"Yes.The problem is worse than we thought.This will make a shock wave in the

Korea soon"

"Why? What's going on?"

A week ago, Japan secretly contacted the Korean Hunter Association and the large Guilds

South Korea's.

They were told that Japan needed consultations with Korean Hunter.

Then, some of the Hunters representing Korea went to Japan for a meeting.

Min Byunggu was one of those Hunters.

Baek Yoonho was curious about this matter,

"Stop messing around and making it complicated.This is the first time the bastards

The Japanese are asking for our advice for something.Only what happened there can

shaking that arrogant bastard? "

"Baek hyung, do you remember Jeju Island ants, right?"

Gates Rank-S who experienced a Dungeon Break four years ago on Jeju Island.

The Dungeon was inhabited by ant-type monsters.

South Korea has attempted to retake the island three times.

They failed three times.

Eventually, the government succumbed to the Korean gem, and Jeju Island became a land of monsters.

"How could I have forgotten? I almost died once there”

"There's been a development in that area."

"Development? Who cares.Let them kill each other and eat on the island”

"That's ..."

The voice on the phone became alarmed and continued,

“They found the corpse of a winged ant on the coast of Japan”