The best territory designer of all time - Episode 27
27fury. double circle (2)
[Bring up the skill window.]
Lloyd opened the skill window..
I was trapped in a passageway that had collapsed front and back..
The remaining oxygen lasts about 30 minutes at most..
Now there was no turning back..
‘You have to do everything you can.’
Lloyd's eyes moved quickly..
I selected the menu on one side of the skill window that appeared in front of me..
The menu he chose was ‘Talent Skill Bloom’..
[Search for talents that can blossom into skills.]
‘Of course, it works.’
Lloyd clenched his fists..
I remembered the first time I got RP from Haviel and opened the skill window..
He remembered all the contents of the notice that appeared before his eyes at the time..
‘There was this message at that time. You can develop your talent skills by investing the acquired RP..’
It definitely was like that.
A function that turns your talent or knowledge into a skill.
Thanks to this, he was able to turn the civil engineering knowledge he studied hard into skills..
These were surveying and design skills..
That wasn't all.
‘I even made shoveling a skill..’
I often went to the field to do part-time work..
If it was shoveling, I had to be very sick of it..
The skill window recognized the shoveling skill as a talent..
‘Then, I will be able to turn the other abilities and talents I have now into skills..’
The skills most needed at this moment.
The very ability you are thinking about.
You will definitely be able to blossom with your skills..
Like Lloyd's wish, messages appeared one after another before my eyes..
[List of talent skills that can currently bloom]
[A talent for absorbing mana from surroundings has been detected..]
[……Talent for processing absorbed mana detected.]
[……A talent that amplifies absorbed mana has been detected..]
[By putting this all together, flowering is possible with the ‘Assassin’ skill.]
[RP required for flowering = 15]
‘done!’
It was as expected.
It was the most desired result.
Lloyd decided without hesitation..
Immediately invested 15 RP.
A welcome message appeared before my eyes..
Ding dong.
[The dark mind skill has blossomed..]
[Skill Name: Assassin's Mind Technique]
[Level: Single Circle Lv 5]
[Absorbs surrounding mana. The absorbed mana is processed/amplified into a circle created around the heart and released. As the number of circles increases, the amplification rate increases significantly..]
[Mana Amplification Rate : 120%]
[RP required for next level up : 10]
[RP you currently own : 142]
‘good.’
It was a satisfactory result.
Developing the skill of the shabby mind technique.
In addition, he even received a higher grade than expected, Single Circle Lv 5..
‘Maybe it's because I've been practicing often..’
I trained pretty hard.
He even used it in battle while competing with Lord Neumann..
After that, I did not stop practicing, using the mental method whenever I had time..
The results were revealed..
But Lloyd had no intention of ending there and being satisfied..
‘If you were going to be satisfied here, there wouldn't have been any need to spend precious RP to make Mindblast a skill..’
Just because it was made into a skill didn't make the mind's technique immediately stronger..
The ability to absorb mana.
Processing technology.
The power to amplify.
It was the same as before it bloomed with skill..
But now?
can make a significant difference.
It was thanks to the enlightenment of the mind technique into a skill..
‘You can now upgrade powerfully just by investing in RP without having to practice or train..’
That was the biggest difference.
Lloyd invested RP in a shabby way..
[Skill level up!]
[Shameless Mind: Single Circle Lv 6]
[Mana Amplification Rate : 125%]
[RP required for next level up : 15]
[RP you currently own : 132]
Mana amplification rate increases by 5% as the skill level increases by one level..
‘good. not bad.’
Lloyd quickly did the math in his head..
Each time the skill level went up, the RP needed for the next level up seemed to increase by 5..
So, if you invest all the remaining RP now,?
‘You will be able to pass single level 10 and advance to the next level. It may be close, but it is possible..’
It was a gamble anyway.
If the required RP increases by more than 5 unexpectedly, it will fail..
But I didn't know until I tried it..
And now was no time to hesitate.
‘It's all or nothing!’
The situation is like this.
Lloyd poured out all the remaining RP..
The Asurahan’s mental skill has steadily increased..
6From level to level 7.
9From level to level 10.
When I finally scraped up the last remaining RP and invested it, the expected message came to mind..
Ding dong!
[Skill level up!]
‘It's success!’
Lloyd clenched his fists..
As expected, when I leveled up once more from single level 10, the grade went up..
Fortunately, there has been no shortage of RP so far..
He read the message that appeared before his eyes..
[The rating of Ashrahan Mind Beop has increased to.]
[Skill options are opened as skill level increases..]
[Shameless Mind: Double Circle Lv 1]
[Mana Amplification Rate : 200%]
[Skill-only option ①: Energizer - Utilizes the efficiency of Double Circle to the extreme. When using the optional function, you will be able to move without getting tired for 10 minutes. (Limitation: Can only be used once per day.)]
[Skill exclusive option ②: Potency explosion - Explodes the circle's amplification performance to the limit. When using the optional function, the mana amplification rate increases up to 3 times for 20 seconds. However, once the option has been used, the user will fall into a state of exhaustion and will not be able to use Asurahan Mind Technique for a day. (Restriction: Can only be used once per day.)]
[RP required for next level up : 100]
[RP you currently own : 7]
Boom! Thump thump!
It was around the time I finished reading the skill description..
Lloyd's heart beat loudly twice..
Soon, an unfamiliar and powerful sensation, experienced for the first time, enveloped my heart..
Tsuzuzuzu…….
Single circle created previously.
A new circle was created at an angle exactly perpendicular to the first circle..
When viewed from the front, it looked like the heart was wrapped in a cross..
The newly created second circle has begun to rotate..
Kiiiiing……!
“Inhale.”
double circle.
Two circles rotated and resonated.
A powerful wave of power that I had never experienced traveled through my blood vessels and awakened the cells of my entire body..
That wonderful feeling made me take a deep breath without realizing it..
A smile appeared on Lloyd's lips..
‘it's okay.’
It was a hit.
Even when I read about the changed skills, I couldn't believe it..
But right after that, when I confirmed the sensation with my body, it finally felt real..
‘This is the power of the double circle..’
He was clearly very tired just a moment ago..
But I no longer felt that fatigue..
No, rather, it felt like unprecedented vitality was awakening in every cell of my body..
I felt a different level of vitality throughout my body than when I only had a single circle in the past..
‘Well done for turning your dull mind into a skill..’
Developing skills of the mental techniques you have been accustomed to.
It was Lloyd who aimed for two advantages through it..
‘One was rapid growth..’
You can invest RP by creating it with a skill..
You can grow by pouring in large amounts of RP..
If done well, you can achieve months or even years worth of growth in a short period of time..
The aim was exactly as shown in the picture..
‘And options based on level increase.’
He had already experienced a rise in grade by developing his surveying and design skills..
How much fun did you have with the skill options created at the time?.
I thought maybe even a vague mind could be like that..
If your grade goes up.
If you achieve the level of double circle.
I thought that appropriate compensation might be given as an option..
And the target was also well hit..
‘The options are right.’
One was able to give a person a tireless energizer for 10 minutes, once a day..
Another option was to enable explosive power for just 20 seconds..
Both were options that would be extremely helpful in the current situation..
‘Okay, let's do it..’
Twisting!
Lloyd grabbed a steel shovel..
The reason why I invested all the remaining RP in this situation.
‘To clear a blocked passage. like this!’
wow!
His shovel split the air..
I broke through the front passage that had collapsed and was blocked..
They started digging up the dirt pile with a rough and ceaseless momentum..
Wow! Sigh! More! spoon!
Tendons sprouted from Lloyd's forearms..
‘more! continue!’
It was a storm of shoveling.
It was a shovel far beyond the power of an ordinary person..
A shovel plowed through a pile of dirt..
I scratched the stones and dirt furiously..
I scooped it out as it was scraped..
A hole as big as a bucket was created with a single shovel..
The shoveling continued faster than the spooning of a beggar who had not starved for a week..
Puff puff! Kwapak! cougar!
‘I never get tired! the best!’
Lloyd was already activating the first option, Energizer..
The contents of the option were true.
Even though I was constantly moving, it wasn't difficult at all..
There was no pouring of sweat or heavy breathing..
Rather, amplified mana was left around the heart due to the influence of the dark heart technique in the double circle..
Even the power of the amplified mana was put into shoveling..
The shoveling became more intense..
At the same time, it has become more sophisticated.
‘You can't just ignorantly dig things up. A secondary collapse may occur in the passageway..’
The passage had already collapsed after being shocked by a methane gas explosion..
If even the slightest stimulus was applied, it could collapse again..
Therefore, Lloyd's shoveling was rough but careful. She was fierce yet cautious. It was quick and gentle at the same time..
It was thanks to the abundant shoveling experience..
‘It's a good thing I went to a human resources office every time I ran out of money..’
It was a thought that occurred to me again..
Lloyd was often said to be good at shoveling in the field..
It was like that in the military and at construction sites in society..
Among them, the experience of digging tools with a shovel has been of the greatest help to me..
‘That was pretty much my specialty..’
Digging up the tools with a shovel.
Men who served in the military in Korea.
Or people who have seen it in the field.
It's something everyone has done at least once..
Mix sand and cement powder and build it up.
In that state, it creates a crater-like depression in the middle..
Pour an appropriate amount of water there..
Then, use a shovel to break down the area around the crater(?) and quickly mix it with water..
The most important point in this process was the flashy and precise movement of the shovel that controlled the water contained in the crater so that it ‘never’ went out..
And Lloyd had a special talent for making those man shovel tools..
‘I never thought I would use it now!’
Sigh! Kwajajajak! Talk about it!
It was a job filled with a lot of experience..
It moved like a third hand..
I was able to freely adjust the strength and weakness in an instant..
Intensely when scratching and digging.
Be precise when scooping and removing.
Flip and stab quickly and gently..
All those movements were mixed and harmonized in real time..
Thanks to this, he dug with incredible speed while causing little impact to the surrounding ground..
This was the case even when the length of the excavated tunnel exceeded 3 or 4 meters..
‘So now... … please! Show it!’
It seemed like about 5 minutes had passed since I activated the energizer option..
Lloyd bit his lip in nervousness..
He was activating his surveying skills while doing a storm of shoveling..
I could clearly see 5 meters in front of the cave I was currently digging..
But there was still no sign of hope..
5 meters ahead.
Within that range, all that was visible was a pile of dirt filling the collapsed cave..
To make matters worse, the air was slowly becoming stale..
‘I don’t think I can even use bells like this..’
The space was still too small to enlarge the bell..
Moreover, if you make it grow too big, even the remaining oxygen here will be consumed in an instant..
Lloyd clenched his molars..
‘I have to solve it.’
I can't stop here anyway.
If you stop, even the possibility of finding hope disappears..
His shoveling became more stubborn..
Wow! Kugak! Wow! Fighting!
The tunnel dug with all its might became longer..
6Meter, reached 7 meters.
It was around that time..
‘uh?’
I started to see something 5 meters ahead..
It was an empty space the size of a fist..
‘no way?’
Kwajak! Kugagagak!
Shoveling has become busier.
Progress has become faster.
Every time you take a step forward, the empty space 5 meters ahead, which can be previewed using the surveying skill, increases..
From the size of a fist to the size of a watermelon.
From a watermelon to the size of a drum.
And the same size as the originally opened passage.
‘found!’
There was an unburied passageway 4.5 meters ahead.!
“Javiel!”
he shouted.
“Follow me! If you can't walk, crawl!”
My head was already hurting..
Objects in front of my eyes sometimes appeared two overlapping..
It was a symptom of hypoxia..
‘I don't have much time.’
The hazy feeling grew little by little..
At some point, consciousness will disappear like a film cut out..
If you fall like that, you will suffocate and die as if you were falling asleep..
Hypoxia, or anoxia, was the reason why it was scary..
As Lloyd's hazy feeling grew, he bit his lip and moved the shovel..
‘A little more. little bit more!’
All you have to do is remove 3 meters more of the dirt pile in front of you..
Even if it's not everything, just as much as your fist.
All you have to do is drill that much hole..
Then a minimum amount of air will pass through..
It's about holding on to the hope of surviving..
But that was the moment.
Ding dong.
[The shabby mind method option, Energizer activation has ended..]
Already 10 minutes have passed.
At the same time, my whole body lost strength..
A feeling of fatigue that I had not felt for a while came all at once..
‘Still, it can't end here.’
There really isn't much left.
Just go a little further.
In a hazy state of consciousness suffering from hypoxia, Lloyd opened his eyes wide..
‘potential explosion!’
Ding dong!
[The shady mind technique option, potential explosion, is activated..]
[Double Circle's amplification performance is unleashed to the limit..]
[20Mana amplification rate increases by up to 3 times for seconds..]
[Mana Amplification Rate : 600%]
Quaaaaaaaaaaa! wow!
Now there was no smooth and precise shoveling..
With the sole intention of living, I swung the shovel like a wild beast..
Poked, stamped, scraped, scooped..
An intact passageway beyond the collapsed area..
The distance to that place decreased rapidly..
Puff! Pug! Kagagak!
2meter, 1.5 meter, 1 meter, 0.5 meter…….
It was a powerful advance toward the hope of survival..
And finally, the moment when only 30 centimeters remained of the thinnest part of the earthen wall blocking the way..
[The activation of the Asurahan Mindblast option and potential explosion has ended..]
[The penalty for activating the option causes exhaustion..]
clank!
I lost all strength from my body..
I lost my shovel without realizing it.
Before I knew it, my legs gave out..
I opened my eyes but it was no use..
‘shit.’
Lloyd stretched out his hand..
I tried to pick up the shovel again..
We're almost there.
It's really right in front of you.
A 12-meter-long tunnel was dug in just 10 minutes..
Now there's only one last step left.
‘But it ends here?’
It was unfair.
I was also sorry.
It was even more so when I saw Javiel lying down as if he had already lost consciousness..
‘Did you bring that guy here for no reason?.’
A helpless laugh came out..
Suddenly I fell asleep.
I suddenly lost consciousness..
Before I knew it, I started hearing nonsense..
“Podong!”
“……uh?”
But it was a little strange.
It was somehow too clear to be nonsense..
Lloyd gathered his last remaining strength and raised his head..
At that moment he could see.
Pogit!
A fist-sized hole appeared in the remaining 30 cm thick wall..
Podongi, a fist-sized hamster, stuck out his round head..
“Podong!”
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