Chapter 107

Кhаn соmbined all thе Skills hе hаd tо unlеash the ultimatе аttack.

[Yоu have usеd thе Skill ‘Firе Вооm’.]

Using ‘Fire Bоom’ to аmрlify thе роwеr аt the еnd, a mаssive eхрlоsiоn eruptеd from thе flame bladе thаt struck the metal bох.

KWAHHHННHHHHHННHHНHН!!!!

КU-КWАHHHHНHHНННHHНННHH!!!!!

With а deafеning roar, black smоkе billowed оut in аll direсtions.

Khаn stared at thе spоt whеre the metal boх had bееn.

Gulр….

Hе had used uр 2,000 Маna out оf his totаl оf аbоut 3,000.

Nоw, with onlу 1,000 Маna lеft, it wаs impossible to unleash such a powerful attack again.

‘This is my first and last chance.’

Therefore, Khan waited for the black smoke to clear, hoping that the unyielding metal box would finally open.

“At this rate, it’ll take forever.”

Was it because the aftermath of the explosion was too strong?

The black smoke continued to pour out relentlessly, forcing Khan to gather a bit of Mana and unleash a Mana Wave.

Whoosh…!!

PAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

WHOOSH AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

As the Mana Khan unleashed spread in all directions, the smoke cleared instantly.

The metal box came into view through the dissipating smoke.

“Damn it.”

Khan couldn’t hide his disappointment as he assessed the state of the box.

“Looks like I have no choice but to bring Sharin back here.”

‘Wind Cutter’, ‘Fireball’, and even ‘Fire Boom’.

In truth, a part of him thought that even if Sharin came, it wouldn’t make much of a difference, since he had failed to break the metal box despite combining these three Skills.

‘Sharin is a 3rd Circle Mage, and her Level is higher than mine… but the power of the Magic she can unleash at once is actually lower than mine.’

As he concluded that it was impossible to break the metal box even with Sharin’s help, a sense of unease began to creep in.

The reason for his growing anxiety was the Main Quest message.

• [Find the Treasure Hidden in Lexar’s Gang Hideout!]

• Do you accept the Main Quest?

• If rejected, the Main Quest will be deleted, and the next Main Quest will proceed immediately.

• Reward: Hidden Treasure

If he had rejected the suddenly appearing Main Quest, he could have moved on to another Main Quest, but Khan had accepted it in order to find the treasure hidden here.

Once a Main Quest was accepted, it was impossible to move on to the next Quest until it was cleared.

‘Now that it’s come to this, I have to open that box and clear the Quest, no matter what.’

It wasn’t as if there was absolutely no way.

There was one last method left, relying on luck.

‘If a high-grade Skill comes out from the Skill Selection Ticket, it might be possible.’

Khan’s Level had risen by 20 thanks to the Experience Points he gained from defeating Lexar and his Gang.

As a result, he had also obtained a Random Skill Selection Ticket.

‘First, if I use the Random Skill Selection Ticket right away and get a high-grade Skill….’

He tried to run the most optimistic scenario in his head, but realistically, the probability of getting a high-grade Skill using the Random Skill Selection Ticket was less than 1%.

For Khan, a high-grade Skill meant at least a Rank 4 or higher.

The probability of getting even a Rank 4 Skill was extremely low, akin to plucking a star from the sky.

‘And even if a Rank 4 Skill comes out… that doesn’t solve the problem.’

Among the Rank 4 Skills, it had to be a Skill related to attack.

If a Passive Skill or a Buff-related Skill came out, it wouldn’t be of much help.

“Haa… this is driving me crazy.”

If the worst-case scenario really happened, Khan would have to settle down in Erindel for the next few years, wandering around Dungeons day and night, just leveling up.

After forcing his growth in that way, he would come back here and open the metal box to clear the Main Quest.

‘In the worst-case scenario, I might waste several years like that and still fail to open this metal box.’

In <Geo Arc>, getting stuck on a Main Quest would turn you into a so-called ‘failed character’.

“Haa… should I use the Skill Selection Ticket first?”

Although his head was filled with worries, Khan had somehow regained his composure.

[The Skill ‘Sage’s Heart’ is activated.]

Khan immediately used the Random Skill Selection Ticket.

A message appeared before Khan’s eyes.

[You have used a Job-Exclusive Random Skill Selection Ticket.]

[Choose one of the three Skills.]

1. Fire Ball – 1★

2. Whirlwind – 2★

3. Mana Circulation – 4★

Khan couldn’t help but widen his eyes in surprise as soon as he saw the message before him.

‘No way, a Rank 4 Skill actually came out. This is insane…?’

As far as Khan knew, the probability of a Rank 4 Skill appearing at his current Level was around 0.01%.

If he chose the Rank 4 Skill ‘Mana Circulation’, it would be the first pure Rank 4 Skill Khan obtained, excluding Hidden Skills.

However, Khan couldn’t be so happy even though the Rank 4 Skill he had been hoping for had appeared.

‘Mana Circulation is a Skill that increases Mana and Mana Recovery Power, so it’s not very useful right now….’

Still, the other Skills were so trash that ‘Mana Circulation’ was the only Skill he could choose right now.

And it was only useless in Khan’s current situation; it was an extremely useful Skill for Khan, who was always short on Mana.

‘Now that it’s come to this, I’ll have to rely on luck with the next Skill Selection Ticket.’

A Rank 4 Skill had just appeared with a 0.01% probability; could that 0.01% probability happen again right after?

The answer was ‘no’.

In fact, it was absolutely impossible, so Khan didn’t have any expectations and just chose the Skill in front of him.

[You have acquired the Skill ‘Mana Circulation’.]

[Skill: Mana Circulation]

• Skill Rank: Rank 4

• Skill Description: Rapidly circulates the Mana in the body, greatly increasing Mana and Mana Recovery Power.

• Cooldown: X

• Mana Consumption: X

As soon as he acquired the Skill, Khan could feel Mana overflowing within his body.

‘Amazing.’

Khan immediately opened his Status Window to check how much his Mana had increased.

◈ LV.59

◈ Khan (Lee Huseong)

◈ Mana: 5160/5840

◈ Talent: Magic

◈ Skills: (10★) Sage’s Heart, (8★) Growth Acceleration, (1★) Arrow, (1★) Barrier, (2★) Fire Boom, (2★) Fireball, (2★) Mirror Defense, (2★) Mana Enhancement, (1★) Wind Cutter, (3★) Dragon’s Breath, (4★) Mana Circulation

His Mana had increased by exactly 2,000.

Khan’s Mana, which was originally in the 3,000s, had instantly jumped to the 5,000s.

‘As expected of a Rank 4 Skill.’

The amount of Mana increase was considerable, befitting a Rank 4 Skill.

Moreover, his Mana Recovery speed would have also increased significantly.

With this, he might be able to use Skills a little more generously than before.

“I have to pray to God.”

Khan put his hands together and pretended to pray.

He didn’t originally believe in God, but now he wanted to grab onto the hem of even a non-existent God’s pants and believe.

He secretly hoped that a Rank 4 attack Skill would come out as he used the last remaining Random Skill Selection Ticket.

[You have used a Job-Exclusive Random Skill Selection Ticket.]

[Choose one of the three Skills.]

1. Mana Ring – 1★

2. Flame Barrage – 1★

3. Power Amplification – 4★

Khan barely managed to hold back the scream he was about to let out as he checked the Skills that appeared before him.

[The Skill ‘Sage’s Heart’ has been activated.]

To be precise, ‘Sage’s Heart’ had corrected Khan’s sudden excitement.

“Another Rank 4 Skill came out. And with the ‘Power Amplification’ Skill, it might be possible enough, right?”

Rank 4 Skill ‘Power Amplification’.

It was a fraudulent Skill that doubled the power when used with other Skills.

It was a Skill that received really good reviews even among Rank 4 Skills, but it couldn’t be any better for Khan.

[You have acquired the Skill ‘Power Amplification’.]

[Skill: Power Amplification]

• Skill Rank: Rank 4

• Skill Description: When using a Skill, amplifies the power of the Skill being cast by 2 times.

• Cooldown: 30 minutes

• Mana Consumption: 500

The drawbacks were that it consumed a lot of Mana and had a 30-minute Cooldown, but the Cooldown didn’t matter to Khan at all.

Because he had ‘Sage’s Heart’, he could use most Skills without any Cooldown.

“With this, it’s definitely possible.”

The Rank 4 Skill ‘Power Amplification’, along with the ‘Mana Circulation’ Skill, were exactly what Khan needed right now.

Whoosh…!!!

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE…!!!!

KU-KU-KU-KU-KU-KU-KU-KU-KOONG…!!!!!

Khan immediately gathered Mana and rotated the Circles in his heart at maximum speed.

Was it thanks to the newly acquired Rank 4 Skill ‘Mana Circulation’?

It felt like the Mana emanating from Khan’s body had doubled compared to before.

As a result, the interior of the underground began to shake slightly.

Having finished his preparations, Khan used the same Skills as before.

[You have used the Skill ‘Fireball’.]

WHOOSH!!!!

[You have used the Skill ‘Wind Cutter’.]

[You have used the Skill ‘Wind Cutter’.]

[You have used the Skill ‘Wind Cutter’.]

[You have used the Skill ‘Wind Cutter’.]

[You have used the Skill ‘Wind Cutter’.]

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Whoosh…!!!!

WHOOSH!!!!

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!!!!

He created blades of wind by using ‘Wind Cutter’ multiple times and put them into the Fireball, creating a giant flame blade.

Thud.

Khan reached out his hand towards the metal box, and the flame blade flew quickly towards the metal box.

SWOOSH!!!!

[You have used the Skill ‘Fire Boom’.]

At the same time, he used the ‘Fire Boom’ Skill.

Finally, a Skill that doubled the power of ‘Fireball’, ‘Wind Cutter’, and ‘Fire Boom’.

[You have used the Skill ‘Power Amplification’.]

KWAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

KU-KWAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!!!!!!

A massive explosion, incomparable to the one before, engulfed the entire underground interior.

[You have used the Skill ‘Barrier’.]

The aftermath was so severe that Khan also protected his body with the ‘Barrier’ Skill.

‘Was it a success?’

Khan protected his body with the ‘Barrier’ Skill and stared at the metal box, where black smoke was billowing out.