Solo Laveling
Chapter 11's
Solo Leveling – Chapter 11
As soon as he muttered that, a soft blue aura enveloped him.
‘Uh .. isn't this sensation .... that?'
Immediately, he recalled Yi Ju-Hui's face. When she was healed by him, she felt a sensation similar to what she was feeling right now.
If he said this feeling, then it would be like a gust of refreshing air entering his lungs before going again – something like that?
Shu ….
He felt the blue aura slowly disappear. For some reason, he felt a bit sad.
Jin-Woo gets up from the floor and lightly skips on the spot and stretches his body in this and that way.
"How is it possible ?!"
His heart that felt like it was exploding was beating calmly now, and his rough breathing had stabilized as well. He did not even feel a point of exhaustion. His body that was on the verge of collapse, felt refreshed as if he had just woken up from a good night of rest.
The effect, in other words, is the best.
"Isn't this really amazing?"
Jin-Woo's eyes now resemble circles. He was not sure if this was some kind of magic or not, but this phenomenon could change him in the most amazing way, without a doubt.
In that case, would that 'Stat Points' be the same?
As Jin-Woo turns his gaze, he sees a small box resting on top of the bed as well as his own Stat Window floating in the air.
"I think the thing that's in there is a random box …."
But what matters is the Stat Window. This window displays simple information about her.
Name: Seong Jin-Woo
Level 1
Class: None
Title: There Is None
HP: 100
MP: 10
Fatigue: 0
(Stats)
Power: 10
Stamina: 10
Agility: 10
Intelligence: 10
Perception: 10
(Points available for distribution: 3)
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(Skills)
Passive skills:
– (Unknown) Lv. Maxed
– Persistence Lv. 1
Active expertise:
– Dash Lv's. 1
The stat he saw was very similar to the early characters of the online game he played a few months ago.
‘Is this my current Stat value?’
The current level is 1. All of his stats were also at the bottom of the stack as well.
If he thought about what kind of reality he was currently in, the reality where he ranked as the weakest even among rank E Hunters, then there was nothing surprising there.
What he noticed was the column ‘Skills’.
The passive skill is called 'Hearty' and the active one is called 'Dash'.
For some reason, he felt somewhat familiar with them.
"Ah. I remember now. Yesterday's…."
Yesterday, or rather, at the beginning of dawn this morning, he remembered hearing those words while being chased around by centipedes in the penalty zone.
It happened maybe after three hours he kept running for his life. He was suddenly greeted by some new messages.
(‘Skill: Dash Lv. 1’ has been studied.)
(‘Skill: Tenacity Lv. 1’ has been studied.)
Back then, he was too busy running to think about what they could mean, but it was a different story now. Jin-Woo justifies the explanations available for the skill.
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(Skills: Dash Lv. 1)
Active expertise.
Which is required to activate: 5
Constant running strengthens your legs. When this skill is activated, your movement speed will increase by 30%. During activation, 1 Mana will be spent every minute.
(Skill: Tenacity Lv. 1)
Passive expertise.
Which is required to activate: None.
You have tireless tenacity. When your stamina drops below 30%, this skill will automatically activate and reduce all damage received by 50%.
‘Do I learn‘ Dash ’dan‘ Tenacity ’because I stubbornly run around like there is no tomorrow?’
It seems to be true.
In other words, if he kept repeating a certain action over and over again, and happened to meet the requirements requirements, he would be able to learn a new skill.
"Geez!"
Isn't this an amazing advantage?
The problem was, the skills that each Hunter used were obtained when they went through the Resurrection process, or learned through objects called 'Rune Stones' that fell very rarely from A rank monsters to the top.
Understandably, the price of these Rune Stones would range from the lowest of several hundred thousand Won to tens of billions Won at the top end.
At the last auction, the most expensive Rune Stone sold for around ₩70,000,000,000. (TL: more than $ 62 million)
Apparently, this Runic Stone contained a skill that could return many injured people back to their original condition in one go, after another, and it was taken by an overseas ranking healer S Healer who supposedly spent his entire life savings.
Jin-Woo's heart starts beating faster.
A skill that increased his movement speed, as well as another skill that reduced the amount of damage received.
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Sure, they weren't as good as the skills that sold for billions of Won, but they were still amazing to him. And he also had to learn it for free!
The overall value of his magic energy was too low, so it was difficult to use it properly, but still, it was better than not knowing it, right?
'In addition, the Tenacity skill doesn't even need Mana to activate it either …'
It seemed like this Mana thing was his magic energy. If that was the case, then even though he did not have much magic energy, he could freely use the Tenacity skill. That alone is a big advantage.
"By the way ..what is this 'unknown thing?"
(Skills)
Passive skills:
– (Unknown) Lv. Maxed
‘Unknown’ that occupies one slot full column of passive skills.
Since it is located in a passive column, it means it is activated automatically, but there is no one explanation or information in it.
"Not a single clue, yes."
The amount of information he could learn was too limited. Even if he crushed his brain to find out, he knew there would be no answer. So, Jin-Woo turns his eyes elsewhere.
"Statistical points, is that ….?"
The three additional Stat points he got as rewards remained, still to be shared.
(Stats)
Power: 10
Stamina: 10
Agility: 10
Intelligence: 10
Perception: 10
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(Points available for distribution: 3)
"I'm sure this means I can raise one of my Stats by three points, right?"
There are five categories in the Stats list. Perhaps because he was only level 1, the value of each stat was 'simple', to say the least. However, if he were to consider how reality operated, he could not take this statistic lightly at all.
If his abilities were to change for real with a momentary decision, then who in this world could casually make such a choice?
Jin-Woo's expression becomes serious.
"Strength no doubt speaks of my physical strength …."
The question is with the last two Stats, 'Intelligence' and 'Perception', then. And as before, an unfriendly system does not provide any answers.
If he increased his 'Smartial' would he become smarter, for example? And, if he increased his 'Perception', then would he become more sensitive?
Whatever the case, he felt those two Stats were not very useful to him at the moment.
He was a close-range Hunter type, to begin with. All he needed was strength, speed, or even stamina.
"If you ask me to choose among the three, I will definitely go with Strength."
If he became physically stronger, things would become easier for him.
Also, he wanted to find out what changes would occur with his body once the Stat value was upgraded. Since he thought that this change would be much more prominent with the increase in the Strength stat, he ended up investing all three of his points.
"Three points to the Strength stat."
Tti-rings.
(Stats)
Power: 13
Stamina: 10
Agility: 10
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Intelligence: 10
Perception: 10
(Points available for distribution: 0)
'What is it.... all?'
It does look like that.
The only change he could tell was the value of the Strength Stat floating before his eyes like a hologram projection changing from 10 to 13. Unlike how it was in cartoons or movies, his body did not feel like it was filled with uncontrollable power or anything like that.
"Did anything really change or not?"
He decided to use his muscles to find out. Jin-Woo stands by the bed and lifts her up. He felt a little heavy, but he could pick it up more easily than he thought. However, he found it impossible to tell whether this was due to the light bed, or whether his Strength had been enhanced.
"I have to lift the bed first before spending d mn points …."
Since he had already spent all the points before confirming, it was difficult to distinguish between 'before' and 'after'.
"Only if I have a few more points to spend …."
Jin-Woo licks his lips in regret just because of a certain memory of jumping at him.
"Grab from Quest Penalty!"
Today wasn't the only time he had to 'complete' the Daily Task. He might have almost died, but he had actually completed the Penalty Quest, and he remembered seeing the message about the rewards available as well.
Jin-Woo hastily opens the mailbox.
(The reward for completing the Penalty Quest is now available.)
(Do you want to confirm the prize?) (Y/T)
"I know it!"
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Jin-Woo clenched his hands tightly.
Of course, this is "Yes!"
(The following prizes are available.)
1 Prize. Three additional stat points
2 Prize. One random box
(Do you want to collect everything?)
Unlike the Daily Quest reward, the full status recovery option did not exist, but well, what he needed right now was an additional Stat point.
He was momentarily worried about there being a huge difference in rewards due to them from the Penalty Quest and all, but he was relieved to find three points waiting for him.
Jin-Woo hums himself happily.
"Add all three points to the Strength stat."
Tti-rings.
(Stats)
Power: 16
Stamina: 10
Agility: 10
Intelligence: 10
Perception: 10
(Points available for distribution: 0)
His strength surged from 13 to 16.
Jin-Woo stands by the bed again and puts strength in his hands. And he could lift the bed much easier than before. He could tell the difference now.
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"It's really …. !!"
His physical strength had actually increased.
If he were to consider the change solely through Stats alone, then the initial value of 10 had increased by 60% so how could he fail to see an increase?
Now feeling overjoyed, he went around the room and started taking not only the bed, but everything he could put his hands on, and generally wreaking havoc in it.
Only after the head nurse passing by heard the commotion and scolded him did he stop his foolish actions.
"….I'm so sorry."
As soon as the head nurse leaves her room, Jin-Woo heaves a sigh of relief.
"Gee."
However, he could not calm down at all. His heart beats like crazy.
Thud, thud. Buk, Buk!
In fact, his chest really hurt.
Daily Quests that will continue to appear every day, and Stat points as a reward!
As long as this inexplicable phenomenon did not end abruptly, he would be able to live a life completely different to the one he was living now.
This is an amazing opportunity for him.
In addition, the Stat Window also showed its 'level'.
‘Does this mean I can also increase my level?’
However, finally – Jin-Woo shook his head.
‘Eiii, impossible.’
Well, that's too good to be true. He didn't expect that far anyway. The reward from the quest alone was enough for him.
He would use Stat points to improve his abilities. Every day he grows to be stronger – compared to yesterday, he becomes stronger today; compared to today, he will be stronger tomorrow.
‘I, getting stronger? The rank of E Hunter, and also, always ridiculed as the weakest weapon? "
He didn't even think about rising to S or A rank. Even the idea of obtaining a C or D rank, like the Hunters he had worked with, would definitely be seen as ludicrous.
Indeed, they disdainfully pointed their fingers at him and laughed out loud.
Seong Jin-Woo is getting stronger? That Seong Jin-Woo, the only one on the planet?
However, he did not care if they laughed at him. No, he's used to being the target of a lot of jokes. He was just happy that the opportunity had fallen on his lap, that was all.
Suddenly, a question mark floated above his head.
'Could this be My Resurrection process?'
Although very rare, cases of lower level Hunters ascending upwards through Re-Awakening have occurred before, for sure.
If so, could these Hunters who became stronger through Re-Awakening experience the same situation as him?
‘Come find out.’
Feeling very curious now, Jin-Woo sits in front of a computer located in the corner of the hospital room.
Since he stayed in the VIP room provided for free by the Hunter Association, this computer was not the only comfort item found here.
Paptaptap ….
Jin-Woo's fingers type quickly on the keyboard.
Search, search, and then, more search … ..
He visited countless websites.
He even entered websites that no one else could even approach without a Hunter license. He was even forced to pay for the information and continued searching through every document and article he found.
However, instead of finding an event similar to that one, he could not even find a single mention of priority.
'It's different….'
His resurrection was completely different from the normal one, it turned out.
Most other Hunters undergoing the Resurrection process gained new found power through a process roughly equal to their first Resurrection as Hunters.
None of them had ever experienced hearing strange noises on the verge of death, nor were they able to increase their strength through the values of the Stat and such.
And