Chapter 7

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Yujun took the Koihem’s Long Sword that had the Rainbow Sticker attached out from his inventory.

Is it the effect of the +20 Agility option?

He felt much lighter.

‘Well…+20 is as good as raising my level by 7.’

Naturally, it had to be felt.

Koihem’s Long Sword has huge attack power, as it has a level 130+ level restriction.

He also used the 90 undistributed points obtained when he leveled up to 31.

It was evenly distributed in terms of Strength, Agility and Stamina.

It didn’t end there.

Yujun also wore level 25 defensive gear.

Full-body armor, gloves, shoes, and helmet.

All four items are rare.

A large part of what was in Yujun’s inventory were items with high level restriction.

There were not many low-level items with high grades in the first place.

That was a shame.

For now, rare grade items were the best.

‘But that’s enough.’

He has Koihem’s Long Sword, a powerful weapon.

In fact.

The mere benefit of wearing all defense gears at level 31 was great.

Most low-level users had to rely on one or two items to get by through the dungeons.

“With top-up gone, items can only be obtained through rewards from the tutorial, trials, and dungeons. Or from crafting.’

The inventory of Non Paying Gamer.

There may be some things in this inventory that are impossible to obtain.

He took a portal in the middle of the residential area and went back to the Infinity Tower’s waiting room.

As soon as he entered the waiting room, cool air covered his whole body.

All his items are worn.

There was nothing else to prepare.

If there is, it would be his mind.

But, he wasn’t nervous at all, even though it was his first time doing a trial not inside the game.

It was the same as the tutorial.

‘My mind is calm.’

Standing in front of the portal, a hologram window came to his mind.

[Infinite Tower: 1st Floor]

[Infinite Tower: Residential Area (Below Level 100)]

He chose the first floor of the Infinite Tower.

The view clouded over like dust, then became clearer.

Yujun was now standing in a completely different space from the waiting room.

The first floor of the Infinite Tower.

It’s like he’s in a new world.

The vast forest stretched out, and the sheer cliffs can be seen in the distance.

There are countless dungeons all over the forest.

Yujun wasn’t very interested in those dungeons.

He cast his eyes at a huge statue, which is at least 5 meters tall, right near the camp, far from the forest where the dungeons are located.

A giant stone statue with a victory pose and holding a pointed weapon facing the sky.

If you touch this statue, the trial will begin.

Yujun placed his hand on the knee of the statue.

[The trial will begin shortly.]

[Go to the location of the trial.]

It’s a familiar message.

Yujun clenched his fists.

Maybe it’s the effects from the worn items.

It felt like an unknown force was surging all over his body.

Moving into a new space, Yujun looked around.

A dark secret room.

It was so dark that he couldn’t see anything.

Squeak. Peep!

Peep! Peep!

He heard the sound of rats.

‘They’re coming out.’

Fortunately, he had done the trial in War of Gods.

Giant Rat.

They were giant rats the size of a mid-sized dog.

It was faint, but he could see their shape.

‘It’s been a long time.’

It was very disgusting to see them in real life, considering he had only seen them as in game graphics.

The scary thing about the giant rats aren’t just their sharp teeth.

It was their sheer number and tenacity.

Once bitten, it will stick to you and not let go.

‘It’s good that I’m more agile.’

It’s dark, but it’s not that he can’t see at all.

Thanks to increased Agility, some visibility was possible.

Yujun lowered his back.

Squeak! Peep!

Giant rats that responded to his movement rushed at once.

Yujun drew his sword horizontally.

Slish!

Three giant rats that were jumping fell down.

But there was also a giant rat that did not fall into the trajectory of the sword.

The giant rat bit hard on Yujun’s leg.

Clack!

It is a place protected by solid iron.

Although the tooth marks were slightly left, Yujun was not bitten at all.

He stuck a sword in the top of the head of the giant rat that clung to his knee.

Psh!

Then he shook his leg hard into the air and the dead giant rat fell off.

He killed four in a flash.

Originally, giant rats were famous for their tenacity.

But now it has met its match in the presence of the Koihem sword.

The rest of the giant rats were handled in a flash.

It was very easy for Yujun to pass the first floor trial.

[Trial passed. Would you like to go to the second floor?]

[Move to the second floor.]

[Move to Infinite Tower waiting room.]

After passing the first floor trial in a blink of an eye, Yujun immediately moved to the second floor.

Then he put his hand back on the stone statue nearby.

The second floor trials have begun.

Woosh! Clack! Swish!

[Level has risen!]

[Level has risen!]

It took less than five minutes to get through the second trial.

Yujun, who passed two trials in a row in an instant, smiled satisfyingly.

‘Certainly…It’s a lot easier with the equipment.’

Rather, he felt that it was easier now than when he was struggling in the game.

It’s not just a feeling.

In fact, it was.

A level 30 user is using a level 130 legendary weapon.

There was no way he could have been troubled in the trials meant for low-level users.

After finishing the fight, Yujun ringed the blood off his sword onto the ground.

‘Already the third floor.’

Arriving on the third floor, he did not touch the statue this time.

There was one thing he had to do before challenging the third trial.

It was to find the hidden dungeon.

‘The question is, will there be any hidden dungeons left now?’

It can’t be helped if he can’t find it.

He knows exactly where it is.

So he doesn’t think he’ll waste much time.

Just in case.

He decided to look for the hidden dungeon.

The third floor is also a dense forest.

Yujun stepped into the forest without hesitation.

There were many differences between the way he saw it on the monitor screen and the scenery he sees now while walking to the actual place, but it was not difficult to find the way.

This is because the memory of when he found the hidden dungeon is vivid.

Yujun recalled years ago, not long after he started War of Gods.

At that time, he partied with other users to raise his level.

The party members were three or four levels higher than him.

In fact, Yujun participated in the party with a feeling of being duped.

It was after a smooth half-hour party hunt.

The party leader suddenly kicked Yujun from the party.

He then attacked immediately.

Yujun used evasive action in response to the attack.

‘I couldn’t believe it.’

Whether it was just for fun, having a grudge, or aiming for an item is unknown.

Yujun ran away from his enemies using his mouse and keyboard just to live.

Yujun ran for an hour without break.

They would have given up, but instead they followed Yujun to the end.

In the end, Yujun took advantage of a brief opening and used his character’s agility to run away.

He faced another challenge after having gotten rid of his pursuers.

He had lost his way back.

No, to be exact, there was no way back.

Because he couldn’t deal with the monsters in the forest by myself.

Even if you choose to die, you will only be resurrected near the point of death.

He couldn’t go back to town.

Having gone through such a ridiculous thing only for another to pop up, he was forced to walk aimlessly.

That was when he found a dungeon.

And of all things, it was a hidden dungeon.

‘I was lucky.’

Hidden dungeons were so hard to find that it was hard to buy even with money.

Anyway, because of that, Yujun was able to remember the location of the hidden dungeon.

‘I started topping-up after that experience.’

He didn’t want to be stabbed in the back again.

He spent a considerable amount of money and armed himself with goods items before entering the hidden dungeon.

Thanks to that, he was able to easily attack the hidden dungeon he had found.

He is now benefiting from his inventory because of his experience at that time.

‘Should I rather thank them for stabbing me in the back?’

He laughed at such a thought.

Yujun looked closely at the characteristic parts of the nearby terrain where the hidden dungeon was.

‘I remember everything.’

His memory was so distinct that he wondered if he had such a good memory.

‘Could this be…how this world works?’

As a player, his ability has improved.

His physical ability is incomparable to ordinary people.

And with increased intelligence, his memory has improved significantly.

Otherwise, it can’t be explained how he can clearly recall memories from four years ago.

‘Monsters. Seven of them?’

He met a group of Lizardmen.

Found on the third floor of the Infinite Tower, the lizardmen’ muscular body is bigger than an adult male.

They also carried blunt weapons and have the habit of traveling in groups, so to deal with them alone would be troublesome unless you were in a party.

That’s the kind of monster he’s dealing with, but…

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Yujun easily handled the seven lizardmen.

[Level has risen!]

“…Isn’t it too easy?”

The battle ended so blandly.

He wasn’t in a hunting party.

He fought alone.

‘My weapon is really a cheat.’

What’s more, it proves that this is reality and not a game.

While others are struggling and hunting in parties, he’s hunting alone.

It’s not fair to other users, but who would they complain to?

‘The amount of points I’m receiving is good because I’m taking everything.’

An additional 370 points.

Yujun has since reached the hidden dungeon without encountering any other monsters.

“Huh?”

Yujun, who reached the location, had a puzzled look on his face.

He couldn’t see the dungeon.

The entrance to the cave, hidden tightly in moss-long vines.

The original dungeon was gone.

‘Someone already got it?’

Probably so.

It’s been five years since the world turned like this.

It was rather unlikely that this hidden dungeon would remain in such a time.

But he thought he’d come here just in case, but it ended up in vain.

“That’s too bad.”

Still, he didn’t go back but continued searching.

‘Cause I might have been mistaken.’

But don’t even mention the entrance to the hidden dungeon, there was not even a trace of it.

After all, was it futile?

Yujun decided to go back.

His feet tapped a stick covered with thickly grown weeds.

Huk!

When he thought he had lost his footing, his body fell down.

[Hidden dungeon, ‘High Alchemist’s Laboratory,’ discovered!]