Chapter 90: Level Up
Jaehw.a.n.g appeared from a distance where he aimed an arrow at Dongchul, and at the moment he appeared, Dongchul started to run away.
“This again!?”
Swoosh
“Darn it!” Dongchul shouted as Jaehw.a.n.g slowly and carefully focused on his aim.
Pong…
“Argh!” Dongchul shouted the arrow went into his leg. “Are you trying to kill me!?”
He took a step back and raised his hand towards Jaehw.a.n.g. If he took it then he could stop his stealth skill. He also thought about just breaking his arms and legs. But that wouldn’t be easy. He had to think of the perfect plan.
There was another arrow sticking out of Dongchul’s forearm, he pulled it out and threw it onto the floor. He felt weak and tired but he didn’t just stand there for long. He then grabbed the arrow from out of his leg and got something to block off the shots.
Dongchul smirked.
Jaehw.a.n.g then realized that he needed to change his method of attacking as Dongchul had found an advantage.
“Looks like you’ve learned a lot from Gwanjae.” Dongchul said.
Jaehw.a.n.g then threw Dongchul high into the air and dropped him. Since his arm was a little weak it might have broke that after that attack. “I don’t know how injured you are right now but if you’re weak then you shouldn’t get on a hunter’s bad side.”
Dongchul then stood up while holding his arm in pain and he used his skill to quickly heal himself. It took him a lot of effort considering the condition that he was in. All of the marks that were left from the arrows that got to him had disappeared.
Although all of that was gone, he could still feel a lack in strength. He didn’t feel ready to fight Jaehw.a.n.g.
“I lose.” Dongchul calmly gave up and Jaehw.a.n.g shook his head..
“Are you okay?” Jaehw.a.n.g replied with a concerned tone.
“What, are you really worried considering the way you were shooting those arrows?”
“If I wasn’t worried then I would have shot an arrow into your head.”
“Ha, your so shameless.”
Jaehw.a.n.g didn’t even seem tired at all. Although he could turn cold sometimes, he was still a very caring friend.
“Anyway! Thanks a lot for letting me live…” Dongchul said with a slight sense of sarcasm as he reached out his hand for help to get up.
“No, thank you for being so good at surviving…” Jaehw.a.n.g took his hand and helped him up. They then looked at each other and they exchanged a warm smile.
Pong!
Kw.a.n.g!
An arrow flew right past them and hit into the wall. Jaehw.a.n.g then had a nervous look on his face as he had forgotten about the sneak attack that he planned.
“So you weren’t gonna tell me about that?”
“I would have but I completely forgot about it…”
Dongchul just looked at Jaehw.a.n.g for a moment and then, he started laughing.
Jaehw.a.n.g then smiled in relief. He then thought of the Daehyeon group and that smile instantly disappeared but he then thought about the fact that his friend was now back to normal. That made him feel better.
He then realized what he needed to do in that moment. Just as the spirit said, he needed a level-headed and cold reasoning.
“Dongchul.”
“Huh?”
“Help me out for a second.”
“Okay.”
He noticed that he had leveled up… They both began to walk away side by side. Jaehw.a.n.g then opened the status window and reviewed his progress.
[Level Up]
Skill Point: 0.25
The Level 10 Procedure has begun.
[Rank Level Up]
Jaehw.a.n.g found himself covered in a white light. He had increased up to rank B.
-Ability had increased by 1 percent.
-Rank increase bonus.
Ring.
-a.n.a.lyzing skills.
There were a lot of writings below the translucent status window and a new one showed up, causing three more status windows to appear.
It showed the [Rank Increase Bonus]. There were three choices that could be chosen out of all three.
- Strength Point +3
- Skill Upgrade +1
- Skill Ability Increase 1
Jaehw.a.n.g chose the second option without any hesitation since he chose the first one before. He and the spirit had to focus on upgrading his physical strength when they were trapped in the Alousu. He was able to survive because of that and now, he needed to upgrade his skills.
Jaehw.a.n.g remembered that he had to shoot the Oaks with all of his strength. He thought that that kind of strength shouldn’t be held back against those monsters in the future.
[Skill Upgrade]
-Skill Upgrade available. The level of increase would be decided randomly and along with it comes a decrease in your workmans.h.i.+p.
Jaehw.a.n.g tapped the skill upgrade and was surprised to see how much his archery skill was said to have increased.
[Unique skill upgrade?]
[Warning, After the choice has been made, cancellation cannot be requested.]
[Yes/No] Jaehw.a.n.g tapped the yes option with no second thoughts.
[Unique archery skill examination in progress.]
[Two skills with similar ranks have been found.]
The two skills then got a.n.a.lyzed.
Archery skills- Rank 7, 31 Percent – > Rank 5, 98 percent
Unique arrow
Exploding arrow
Guided Arrow
Strong arrow
[Skill level – Rank 5 decreased by 98 percent.]
Strong arrow strength has increased.
The increase was then written on the status window.
“Phew..”
The level up completed and all of the white light that was surrounded him disappeared.
“You’re done?” Dongchul asked. Dongchul could easily tell if he had leveled up or not.
“Yea. But wait… There’s a test now.” Jaehw.a.n.g took a deep breath and got an arrow. There was no thorough explanation about the skill so he had to test it and see what it was like.
Swooshhh…
He could feel the strength of the arrow with both of his hands.
Shortly after he took the shot, a ray of red energy came out of the arrow. Jaehw.a.n.g watched as the arrow went flying through the air.
Jaehw.a.n.g knew exactly what kind of energy it was. He remembered seeing it when he was fighting with Gwanjae.
[Upgrade success.]
“W-what is this?”
“…It’s called ‘OS’ in the english-speaking world.”
“OS?” Dongchul said at Jaehw.a.n.g’s answer.
OS…It was a popular name known for its destructive capabilities. It was something very powerful that lots of high ranked hunters use.
“I see.”
Although it looked very simple when Jaehw.a.n.g used it, it was not easy to maintain.
The status window then started to close. It wasn’t as energized as the strong arrow he used before but, it needed a lot of energy to maintain. That could affect its use but he still needed to test its power.
“Heads up…”
“What is it?”
“This!”
Pong!
Jaehw.a.n.g faced a wall and he quickly ducked at the moment he launched an arrow. It had double the force of the previous strong arrow. The new strong arrow had a destructive force on another level compared to what he had before.
Kw.a.n.gg!!! Pang!
The arrow made a loud noise as it tore down the wall. If it wasn’t a very easy skill to get the hang of then it wouldn’t have been able to leave at least a crack. The powerful arrow made a one diameter hole into the wall.
It was an impressive sight. It looked like a giant monster took a bite out of the wall.
But what was even scarier than that was what was beyond it. There was another building beyond the wall that they could see through the hole. They could even see furniture inside.
“Woah…” They were both shocked at the damage that it dealt. They looked through the metal wall of the training center as they walked closer towards the hole.
“What is this?”
“I have no idea.”
“…Skill.” Jaehw.a.n.g said with a confused tone and the status window then popped up to show its information. It told him that his abilities and consciousness has increased.
Energy +20
Healing skill +1
Dongchul then asked, “Your had skills increased?”
“Yeah”
“Ugh, I’m so jealous… ” He already knew Jaehw.a.n.g was an expert in archery but he can’t help to have that feeling.
Jaehw.a.n.g tilted his head and placed his hand at the back of his head. “Dongchul, hold up your hands.”
“Huh? Why?”
Dozens of people then barged through the door and swarmed into the training room. They were all holding weapons in their hands and one of them shouted, “Put your hands up!”
They saw them pointing their weapons towards the both of them so Dongchul quickly put his hands up and said, “O-okay.”
“Did you hurt any one, Deojun?”
“Mom! No, I didn’t… Mom!”
“Who is your mom!?”
There was a cup of water on a table and on the other side of it was a beautiful lady. The water was spilled on the table and her face but her expression stayed the same. She took out a small towel inside her purse and used it to clean herself up.
“I am not Deojun’s mom.”
The channel on the TV was then changed from the drama that was being broadcasted.
“So, this is your hobby?”
“No…” Dongchul said turning the tv back to some drama.
They were taken to explain the damage that was done to the training center wall and then, they went back to their room. Gwanjae may have already returned but they needed some time to rest so they turned on the tv and the news was on until they changed the channel to where a drama was playing.
“I can’t do this.”
Level Up, The end.