Chapter 88: - The Fifth Floor - 『Sage Battle』
T/N: I made a slight change in the name of the item. The change is Pill > Potion. I’m sure it won’t alter the way you recognize it but, in the end it still causes an inconvenience to you. For that, I apologize. As for the reason, it's because it never specified its form (Even though I should have known this novel has an RPG setting) and it suddenly called it potion in this chapter. Nevertheless, it was my mistake. Hope you understand.
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Although I was already in a joyous mood after clearing the fourth floor, that joyful feeling became even stronger when I heard the continuation of the announcement from the sound of the system.
『Because the subject successfully cleared 【Dead Beast Jewel】, a bonus reward will be given.』
Nn?
"A bonus reward?"
In front of me, something that seemed to be a recovery potion appeared. Is this the said bonus reward? Well, let's use [Appraisal] on it right away.
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【Full Potion】
・By drinking this, HP and MP will be fully recovered.
・Cooldown Time: 2 hours
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Looking at the result of the [Appraisal], I doubted my eyes.
"Fully recover HP and MP?!"
To the extent of unintentionally shouting like that.
However, it was something that couldn’t be helped. Because a normal recovery potion only recovers a certain amount of HP and MP such as 1,000 HP and 500 MP.
In rare cases, a potion that recovers xx% of HP may be given as a dungeon reward, but even that should only recover 50% HP at the maximum. Based on that fact, you should be able to understand the greatness of the potion that could fully recover HP and MP.
By looking at the explanation, there seemed to be no level limit too. Therefore, this was undoubtedly something that even a high-level adventurer desperately wants. I was sure even 10 million yen was considered low if I sold this.
"Well, I don't plan to sell it, though. For a solo like me, potions are an indispensable thing after all. If possible, I want to have it myself."
At any rate, receiving such a bonus reward at this time was quite enough. Deep down I’ve been really dissatisfied at how stingy the rewards given so far have been even though this was the long-awaited Isolated Demon Tower after all.
Perhaps the reason I got this reward was because I cleared the quest that should have been set at a pretty high-difficulty, though. Also, I felt a bit guilty to clear the quest in an instant using [Transfer Within Dungeon]….or not. I was very happy from the bottom of my heart.
"Anyway, let's go to the fifth floor after taking a little rest!"
Then, with my motivation raised because of the unexpected reward, I decided to challenge the next floor.
The quest that the sound of the system told me when I arrived at the fifth floor was 【Sage Battle】.
When I heard that, I assumed the quest would be a test of wisdom rather than physical strength like the previous ones. As excited as I was, my mind filled with a thought, ‘looks like the time for me to show this genius brain of mine has come'.
However, the one who appeared in front of me was a huge monster– or rather, it was a gorilla, no matter how I looked at it, undoubtedly.
And when I used [Appraisal] on it, its name seems to be 【Strong Arm Sage (Powerful Gorilla)】.
It’s a gorilla after all!
By the way, the recommended level to subjugate was 10,000 which was far stronger than the monsters I've fought so far.
The sound of the system also told me that I could obtain an additional reward by defeating it with my bare hands. So, I decided to try achieving that for the time being.
With physical strength, keenness, and nimbleness as its strong points, the powerful gorilla was a pretty strong enemy. Not just once or twice its attacks had hit my body. However, my attacks were able to hit it more than that.
The main reason I was able to dominate in the fight was as expected because of the existence of skills. I think raising the level of [Gale] from Lv 6 to Lv 7 by using 3,500 SP also had an effect.
In addition to that, I also used recovery potions whenever I received some damage. In other words, I was utilizing the fact that even if using a weapon was prohibited, other items weren't.
At first, I thought, ‘what a barbaric quest'. But as I exchanged my fist against the Powerful Gorilla, we shared a mysterious world. It's like the amount of training needed to obtain this much power was naturally transmitted as we exchanged blows. And the moment we understood that, my heart and the Powerful Gorilla’s were connected.1
Well, I killed him in the end, though. In the first place, the Powerful Gorilla seemed to be a monster created by the sound of the system. Which means, it didn't train at all. At the same time, I also thought that this was what it means to be swallowed by the mood.
『Experience acquired – Level has increased by 189』
『The fifth floor – Quest 【Sage Battle】 has been cleared』
『The fifth floor capture reward – Level has increased by 250』
『Bonus reward – the title 【One Who Surpassed The Sage】 will be given』
Thus, I was able to break through the fifth floor and obtained the title 【One Who Surpassed The Sage】 as a bonus reward. Then from here on, my level-up efficiency will be accelerated.
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Amane Rin – 19 Years old – Male – Level: 7830
Title: Dungeon Conqueror (10/10) ・Nameless Swordsman ・The One Who Brings The End (ERROR)・One Who Surpassed The Sage
SP: 3610
HP: 43790 / 61580 MP: 12600 / 16720
Attack Power: 14310
Endurance: 11520
Speed: 14500
Intelligence: 13790
Mental Strength: 11300
Luck: 12880
Skill: Transfer Within Dungeon Lv18・Body Reinforcement Lv10・Herculean Strength Lv10・Superhuman Strength Lv7・High-speed Movement Lv10・Gale Lv7・Beginner Magic Lv3・Appraisal Lv1・Item Box Lv4・MP Recovery Lv2・Magic Power Increase Lv5・Enemy Detection Lv4・Stealth Lv4・Abnormal Status Resistance Lv4・Concealment Lv1
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The One Who Surpassed The Sage
・The title given to the one who cleared the quest 【Sage Battle】under specific condition.
・+30% to strength, endurance, and speed when fighting without using a weapon.
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『Total level-up in 【Isolated Demon Tower】: 1226 Levels』(At the end of the fifth floor)
Footnotes
- Ngl, this sounded like a bad BL plot. Human x Gorilla.