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I Alone Level-Up (Web Novel) - Chapter 108
Chapter 108
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“Phew-”
Jinwoo sighed in relief. From the 1st Floor to the 100th, he had finally reached the end of the long journey that was the Demon Castle. In order to compose himself, the man closed his eyes briefly. The image of his mother entered his mind.
‘...’
When he reopened his eyes, numerous System messages were still waiting for him. First and foremost, there were four level-up alarms.
‘Four levels in one go, huh?’
The Hunter’s face brightened. Considering just how slow the level-ups took after reaching Level 90, it was an unbelievable gain. He quickly checked his status,
Level: 97
Indeed, his levels had risen exactly by four.
‘Alright!’
Jinwoo clenched his fists. An electrifying joy doubled up on top of the relief of clearing the Dungeon. However, he put aside his happiness and calmed himself. There was something more important right now.
‘The Purified Blood of the Demon King.’
The last piece of the Holy Water of Life. Removing the wrapping on his hand, Jinwoo stretched a hand toward the Demon King Baran’s corpse.
You have found the “Monarch of Demons’ Ring”
Would you like to acquire it?
You have found the “Demon King’s Longsword”
Would you like to acquire it?
You have found the “Demon King’s Dagger”
Would you like to acquire it?
You have found the “Demon King’s Dagger”
Would you like to acquire it?
You have found 2 “Baran’s Horn”
Would you like to acquire it?
You have found a crafting ingredient, “Purified Blood of the Demon King”
Would you like to acquire it?
Looking at the item messages pop up one after the other, Jinwoo remained nervous instead of being excited. It was because the item he wanted did not appear until the end. When the Purified Blood of the Demon King finally appeared as the last drop, he screamed in joy.
‘Yes!’
He acquired and put the other items aside. Then, Jinwoo picked up what appeared to be the Purified Blood of the Demon King.
Purified Blood of the Demon King
Rarity: ??
Type: Ingredient
It is a liquid purified from the blood of the Monarch of Demons, Baran. While exuding a strong magic power, it remains poisonous even after being purified. In order to neutralize the harmful effects, the Fragment of the World Tree and the Spring Water from the Echoing Forest are needed.
The red liquid swirled around in a transparent glass bottle.
‘This is the demon king’s blood…’
He had already obtained the other two ingredients. Was there a reason to hesitate? Jinwoo quickly called up his crafting skills.
Crafting Skills
-Consumable: Holy Water of Life (3/3)
Unlike in the past, the words “Holy Water of Life” were now blinking. Opening up the skill information, the words “Craftable” now appeared in the description.
Holy Water of Life
Craftable
Ingredients:
-Purified Blood of the Demon King (1/1)
-Fragment of the World Tree (1/1)
-Spring Water from the Echoing Forest (1/1)
Would you like to craft the Holy Water of Life?
Wanting to see the results quickly, Jinwoo replied without hesitating,
“Craft.”
The Holy Water of Life is being crafted.
10, 9, 8...
With a stilled breath, Jinwoo waited for the results.
7, 6, 5...
Depending on the crafter’s Intelligence stat, the success rate and the amount crafted will change.
Jinwoo’s eyes widened.
‘The success rate and the completed amounts are dependent on my Intelligence stat?’
Did that mean that if he was too stupid, he wouldn’t even be able to make the item?
...It was strangely logical. Jinwoo nodded at the idea. Meanwhile, the countdown continued.
4, 3, 2...
Why was he so hung up on the words “success rate”? He was grateful that he had invested a large amount of points into the Intelligence stat.
1, 0.
The crafting is complete!
You have succeeded in crafting!
You have obtained 6 Holy Water of Life!
“Yes!”
Having waited with a pounding heart, Jinwoo saw the success message and raised his arms to the air.
‘Huh?’
And he discovered something strange. In his right hand, the bottle that contained the demon king’s blood was still filled.
‘The amount decreased a bit, but…’
With a tilted head, Jinwoo called out the Fragment of the World Tree and the Spring Water from the Echoing Forest from his inventory. The giant piece of wood came out, only having a small portion of it shaved away. However, looking through his inventory, the spring water was completely gone.
‘Does that mean…?’
He checked his crafting skill. It was as he guessed,
Ingredients:
-Purified Blood of the Demon King (1/1)
-Fragment of the World Tree (1/1)
-Spring Water from the Echoing Forest (0/1)
Among the ingredients, only the Spring Water from the Echoing Forest had turned to 0.
‘...The ingredients aren’t completely used up. Only as much as needed.’
Ignoring the other ingredients, which still had quite a bit of themselves left, the crafting had stopped with the depletion of the spring water. The demon king’s blood looked like only a small amount was used in the first place for crafting, and the piece of wood was large to begin with. It made sense that the spring water, in its small bottle, was the first to run out.
Jinwoo smiled,
‘This is not bad news.’
If he could just obtain the Spring Water from the Echoing Forest from somewhere else, he could craft the Holy Water of Life again. Actually, the idea of “again” might not even be needed. Initially expecting only a single bottle, Jinwoo looked at the six wooden bottles at his feet and had to calm his pounding heart.
Holy Water of Life
Rarity: S
Type: Consumable
Heal any and every illness.
Effects will only be shown after a full bottle is used.
It is a divine potion filled with a powerful magic to cure every sickness.
Could this item truly heal his mother’s sickness?
‘...I’ll find out today.’
His heart continued to pound vigorously. Jinwoo carefully put the six bottles of Holy Water of Life into his inventory, along with the other ingredients. Still, he had several other items to pick up.
‘A ring, a longsword, two daggers and even two junk items.’
As expected of an S-rank Instant Dungeon’s boss, Baran had given him quite a bit. The elegant looking items caught his eyes left and right, but he had no time to go over them right now. His number one priority was to get out of here and go to his mother. Jinwoo just shoved the remaining items into his inventory. Clapping his hands, he looked around the area.
‘Just because I’m busy…’
...Doesn’t mean he had to forget the important things.
They say to slow yourself down as you become hasty. Turning around, Jinwoo saw the Shadow Army had had triumphed over the enemy ten times their number. Behind them, corpses of demons covered the landscape.
‘The wyvern?’
Jinwoo looked for the demon king’s mount. However, no matter where he looked, all he saw was the mountainous pile of demon corpses. The wyvern was nowhere to be seen.
‘Did it run away during the battle?’
His worries only lasted for a moment.
Iron walked over while dragging a large corpse.
It was the wyvern, Kaicellin.
“Iron?! This isn’t like you!”
Being praised after a long time by Jinwoo, Iron scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. Well, the back of his helmet.
Jinwoo tapped Iron’s shoulder proudly and walked up to the wyvern’s corpse.
‘As expected.’
As he guessed by looking at the monster’s name and shape, the familiar black smoke was rising from the wyvern’s corpse. Jinwoo knew what this meant. The Hunter stretched out a hand.
“Arise.”
With his raised levels, there was zero chance of this failing.
SCREEEEEECH-
Compared to the usual scream, a beastly shriek rang forth from somewhere, and with it, a beast shrouded in black steam rose from the wyvern’s shadow. The new Shadow Soldier immediately recognized its master. It came over to Jinwoo and lowered its head.
Please choose a name for the soldier.
‘Oh?’
Jinwoo put on an amused expression. Because he had not seen it in battle, he had only planned to use it as a mount. Contrary to his expectations, it seemed the wyvern was stronger than he thought. It was a Knight Grade soldier. Considering the fact that the ace of the Shadow Army, Ygritte, was a Knight Grade just a while ago, this was an amazing thing.
Well.
Something like a demon king probably wouldn’t be riding around on a weak monster. Satisfied by the new soldier’s grade, Jinwoo replied,
“Kaicellin- No.”
Four syllables were too long.
“Kaicell.”
Receiving its new name, the wyvern’s shadow raised its head to the air and let out a long cry.
shriiiiiek-
“Everyone. You’ve done well.”
With that, Jinwoo recalled every soldier, including Kaicell, back to his shadow. It was time to leave the Demon Castle. There was just one last thing to do.
You’ve completed the ‘Ordinary Quest: Collect the Demon Souls! Part 2’
The reward for completing the quest has arrived.
Would you like to verify? (Y/N)
‘Yes.’
With that reply, the reward screen appeared.
ring~
You’ve received the below rewards.
Reward 1. Top-class Runestone
Reward 2. Stat points +30
Reward 3. Unknown Reward
Accept all?
‘Shadow Swap, huh?’
Just what was this skill? Having been curious since he received the quest, Jinwoo selected the top-class Runestone first.
‘First, give me reward number one.’
ring~
You have received the Top-class Runestone: Shadow Swap.
With that message, he felt a small stone appearing in his hand. When he opened his hand, the Runestone was on his palm. Unlike an ordinary Runestone, this one was colored black. However, it was a blackness that could not be compared to an ordinary shade.
crack.
Before he could even break the stone, the Runestone cracked by itself when he thought of the idea. A black aura was released by the Runestone, surrounded his entire body, then was absorbed. Jinwoo immediately checked his skill screen,
Shadow Swap (Lv. 1)
Class-specific Skill
Mana Cost: 0
Cooldown: 3 hours
You can swap your physical location with a selected Shadow Soldier.
The cooldown is dependent on the skill level.
‘Whoa!’
Reading down the skill description, Jinwoo’s eyes widened. There was a small drawback in the form of a cooldown. No, if anything, it was such a great skill that wouldn’t have made sense without a cooldown.
‘Does this mean that I can swap my location a Shadow Soldier no matter where it is?’
Depending on how he used it, it was no different than a teleportation skill. He was about to summon a soldier to test the skill then changed his mind.
‘If I’m going to test it, it’s better to use one that’s far away.’
In fact, there were a few soldiers he had left outside of the Demon Castle. There were three with his little sister, and five patrolling his neighborhood.
‘Well that’s a no brainer.’
Not knowing what the skill’s effects would look like, he could not teleport to his sister. He did not want to give her a fright. As such, Jinwoo selected one of the Shadow Soldiers patrolling his neighborhood. He mentally connected with the soldier.
“Shadow Swap.”
When he spoke the words,
“Uh, huh?”
As if pulled by a powerful gravity, Jinwoo fell into his own shadow.
