Chapter 92

◈ LV.39

◈ Кhаn (Lее Huseоng)

◈ Маnа: 150/1640

◈ Тalent: Mаgiс

◈ Skills: (10★)Sage’s Нeart, (8★)Grоwth Ассеlеration, (1★)Аrrow, (1★)Bаrriеr, (2★)Fire Вооm, (2★)Firеbаll, (2★)Mirrоr Defеnse, (2★)Mаnа Еnhаncemеnt, (1★)Wind Cuttеr

Checking thе Stаtus Window, Khan’s Levеl hаd reached 39.

Hоw оn earth did this happеn?

‘Shоuld I cheсk the rеmаining mеssаges now?’

Whoosh…!!

Сracklеzzzzz!!

Fizzzzzzzzz!!!

Кwаaaаааaaаh!!!!

Glancing аt the combat situаtiоn, Sharin was реrforming bеtter than еxpeсted.

Shе hаd only cast magiс eхасtly оnce, but thе lеvеl of that mаgic соuldn’t bе dеsсribed аs just ‘оnlу onсе’.

‘To think she can use the high-tier magic ‘Over Bolt’. She really is a monster in terms of talent…’

‘Energy Bolt’, the magic Khan had once pretended to teach Sharin.

Khan still remembered that magic tome.

‘Clearly, until then, she could only use the very basic ‘Energy Bolt’… When did she practice in the meantime?’

It’s said that ordinary mages, upon gaining enlightenment like this, can obtain even higher-ranked magic at once.

‘That’s absolutely impossible for me.’

But it was impossible for a game User like Khan.

So far, he had never seen or heard of any User gaining enlightenment and suddenly obtaining a skill several ranks higher.

‘I need to check the messages first.’

While Sharin was buying time, he had to sort through the messages as quickly as possible.

First, the reason Khan’s Level had jumped so high.

It was precisely because of the message now appearing before his eyes.

[Main Quest cleared.]

[Acquired an enormous amount of Experience Points as a reward.]

• [Extermination of Lexar’s Gang and Lexar Plaguing Erindel]

• Will you accept the Main Quest?

• Refusal will make future Quest progression impossible.

• Reward: Enormous amount of Experience Points, Eddy’s Gift, Progression to the next Quest

Along with the Quest clear message, he gained Experience Points as its reward.

Simultaneously, the next Main Quest appeared, but it didn’t register immediately.

‘To think the Quest would play word games.’

He had somewhat guessed it, but he didn’t know defeating just one person would clear the Quest.

The content of the Main Quest Khan received last time was ‘Extermination of Lexar’s Gang Mages Plaguing Erindel’.

‘When I first received that Quest… I thought it meant to defeat all the mages of Lexar’s Gang, but thinking again, it wasn’t.’

He knew the Quest was playing word games, but he realized it for sure the moment he saw those guys in front of him now.

[LV.76 Lexar’s Gang Mage Kaldur]

[LV.75 Lexar’s Gang Mage Balex]

Three mages over Level 70, no less.

Lexar’s Gang likely had guys stronger than them, and mages of similar skill level.

‘It’s impossible to defeat all of them at my current level.’

Originally, <Geo Arc> gives Quests that Users can clear.

Knowing that system, Khan realized this Quest wasn’t about defeating the entire gang, but just one mage.

‘Of course… defeating even one mage was a ridiculously impossible Quest.’

How could a Level 29 mage defeat a mage over Level 70?

If it weren’t for Khan, no one could have cleared this.

Continuing to check the messages, numerous Level Up Messages were now floating.

[Level has increased.]

[Level has increased.]

[Level has increased.]

[Level has increased.]

[Level has increased.]

[Level has increased.]

.

.

.

A total of ten Level Up Messages, no less.

And Khan had surpassed the Level 30 he so desperately wanted.

‘Now… I can finally learn the next skill!’

What Khan wanted was precisely the next skill.

In <Geo Arc>, every time the Level increased by a multiple of 10, one could obtain a skill draw ticket.

[Achieved Level 30 and acquired ‘Class-specific Random Skill Draw Ticket’.]

For Khan to become stronger right now, he needed a decent skill.

For a Mage to become strong in <Geo Arc>, one must obtain more and stronger magic skills.

Knowing that fact, Khan had been obsessively pursuing Level Up for the past few days.

‘I should use the random skill draw ticket right now.’

From the random skill draw ticket obtained at Level 30, a very lucky Rank 4 skill could appear, but if unlucky, only Rank 1 or Rank 2 skills might appear.

‘I don’t even hope for Rank 4… Please, let it be at least Rank 3.’

Khan now possessed quite a few skills, but those related to combat weren’t of such high ranks.

‘It would be good if a high-rank skill comes from this skill draw ticket.’

Thinking that, Khan immediately used the random skill draw ticket.

[Used ‘Class-specific Random Skill Draw Ticket’.]

[Please choose one of three skills.]

1. Wind Sword – 2★

2. Fire Ball – 1★

3. Dragon’s Breath – 3★

Khan’s eyes widened as he looked at the skills appearing before him.

For a moment, he almost shouted in surprise, but that was impossible.

[Rank 10 Hidden Skill ‘Sage’s Heart’ has been activated.]

Thanks to ‘Sage’s Heart’ activating, Khan quickly calmed down and could select a skill.

[Acquired skill ‘Dragon’s Breath’.]

‘Dragon’s Breath’.

It was a grandiose name for a Rank 3 skill, but its power exceeded its name.

‘To think this would come out… I was curious what would happen if I ever got a skill like this,’

Khan first checked the information for ‘Dragon’s Breath’.

[Skill: Dragon’s Breath]

• Skill Rank: Rank 3

• Skill Description: The Mana of a dragon that existed in ancient times dwells within the body, firing a Breath that incinerates everything.

• Cooldown: 1 year

• Mana Consumption: 1000

After checking the skill description, Khan let out a hollow laugh.

The skill’s Cooldown wasn’t a day, a week, or a month.

A full year.

Even when Khan played the game, the skill Cooldown was one year, and among Users who obtained this skill, those who used it without knowing better couldn’t help but complain.

-No, I didn’t know it was such a strong skill. Damn it. Can’t we reset this Cooldown?

-If you use ‘Dragon’s Breath’ well, you could kill a high-level boss even at a low level, right?

-The Cooldown is ridiculously OP… but the performance is also OP to that degree.

There was much talk among Users at the time, but Khan thought this skill was just that ridiculously OP.

‘Besides, I have ‘Sage’s Heart’ now, so I should be able to reduce the Cooldown significantly.’

Khan opened the Status Window to check the skill list.

◈ LV.39

◈ Khan (Lee Huseong)

◈ Mana: 150/1640

◈ 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

‘Well, since things have turned out this way, I should drink the potion first, slightly different from the plan.’

Sharin must be reaching her limit soon.

Originally, all she did was buy a little time by using ‘Over Bolt’.

That was about 3 seconds.

Thanks to Khan accelerating his thoughts rapidly, checking the messages and using the skill draw ticket was possible in just 3 seconds.

This was probably also thanks to his ‘Sage’s Heart’.

“Huff… M, Master…! My Mana is at its limit now!”

“Alright, I know.”

Khan took out the Talent Blooming Potion from the Spatial Pocket attached to his waist.

The Talent Blooming Potion he planned to drink upon reaching Level 30.

Actually, it was beneficial to drink the Talent Blooming Potion as late as possible.

‘It’s better to train as much as possible and then bloom the talent later… but the situation is the situation now.’

He could drink it now and later obtain a Talent Blooming Potion of higher Purity than this one.

Once drunk, a Talent Blooming Potion couldn’t be effective again, but drinking a higher-grade Talent Blooming Potion should yield effects.

Pop.

Opening the Talent Blooming Potion sealed with a cork stopper produced a light sound.

Gulp. Gulp. Gulp.

Khan chugged down the Talent Blooming Potion.

‘It tastes bad.’

It tasted exactly like powdered medicine mixed with water that he took as a child.

The taste was bad enough to make him grimace, but that wasn’t important.

Whoosh…!!!

As soon as he drank the Talent Blooming Potion, a reaction began to appear.

Whoooooosh…!!!!

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…!!!!!!

An enormous amount of Mana swirled inside his body.

A moment later, a message appeared before his eyes.

[Consumed Talent Blooming Potion.]

[Part of the Mana from the Mana Pill dormant deep within the heart blooms.]

Sluuuurp….

A considerable amount of Mana was absorbed into Khan’s body.

‘Shall I check?’

◈ LV.39

◈ Khan (Lee Huseong)

◈ Mana: 2150/3640

◈ 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

Checking the Status Window, his Mana had increased by two thousand, no less.

‘This is absurd…’

Then, if he drinks a higher-grade Talent Blooming Potion next time, could he gain at least another two thousand or more Mana?

“Insolent bitch! I’ll kill you!!”

“I thought she was a rookie, but she’s quite something?! Should we capture and take her?”

“No, just kill her! And kill that bastard Khan or whatever quickly too!”

“I was going to do that even without you saying it!”

Kaldur and Balex seemed very angry, perhaps because they were momentarily threatened by Sharin’s attack.

The Mana given to Khan was about two thousand one hundred.

Even using the ‘Wind Cutter’ he showed earlier would be impossible to defeat them.

But using the precious Dragon’s Breath would also be a loss.

Heh…

‘It was good that I deliberately only used Wind Cutter.’

But they still didn’t know.

That Khan knew how to use other magics of higher ranks than ‘Wind Cutter’.

Whoosh…!!!!

Having absorbed two thousand Mana from the Mana Pill, Khan gripped his staff and began to draw up Mana.