Chapter 40: (1): Season 1: Preparation

Chapter 40: (1): Season 1: Preparation

Jong-won, who holds the top spot in official strength stats. It is widely known that his strength stat is 98. After capturing the impossible achievement of defeating Cyclops, he deliberately announced a reduction in his power stat, despite receiving a bonus stat of 30

His current strength stat is 114. Considering that Hyun-seoks stats when forcibly converted into Easy Mode were at 100, it could be considered a remarkable development.Follow current novels at novelhall.com)

The gap between 99 points and 100 points was enormous. Hyun-seoks expectations were correct. The moment he broke through from 99 to 100, all strength-related stats, except for H/P, skyrocketed by a factor of two. It was difficult to precisely say it was exactly twice.

As the strength stat became excessively high, side effects occurred. Although his single-target damage had undoubtedly become incredibly strong, his body wouldnt respond. More precisely, his attack speed became extremely slow. Imagine how frustrating it would be if the speed at which your punch extends in your mind and the actual speed at which your body moves were different. It was akin to extending a punch with a very heavy iron weight on your arm. It was a penalty and side effect resulting from other stats being excessively low compared to the strength stat. Moreover, due to the imbalance, the full extent of the 100 percent strength couldnt be properly exerted. Hyun-seok didnt know that either.

Anyway, Jong-wons current strength stat reached 114, which is impressive, but compared to Hyun-seok, who currently has over 300 stats, he is much weaker. If Jong-won wants to kill an orc in one hit, it would take considerably longer compared to Hyun-seok. This is because the attack speed itself has significantly slowed down. But Hyun-seok is different.

Even with a strength stat of 100, he can easily knock down an orc that would require a full swing to defeat. The phrase one-shot kill falls short of describing Hyun-seoks abilities. If someone said they would die just by his breathing, it would be fitting.

Hyun-seok and Jong-won intruded into the orc horde. Fortunately, no casualties occurred among the members of the Pyeongchang Guild. The H/P of the battle slayers was about 10 percent remaining, and the support and recovery slayers had about 30 percent H/P remaining, indicating that the combat slayers had diligently protected the support and recovery slayers. They deserved praise for that aspect.

As soon as Hyun-seok took a breath, the orcs died. At least, thats how it appeared to the members of the Pyeongchang Guild. They felt a sense of relief and a hollow sense of futility while looking at Hyun-seok.

To defeat 15 orcs like that

An urban legend that had circulated on the internet in the past came to mind. It was a story of a certain slayer who could kill orcs with just a touch. At the time, everyone laughed at the story since it was utterly unbelievable. Since it was completely implausible, no one believed it. But now it seems that fact might actually be true. Such an absurd event was unfolding before their eyes.

That is that considered an attack?

No matter how you look at it, it doesnt seem like an attack. It seems to contain the intention of an attack, but it doesnt look like an attack at all, yet the orcs fell down helplessly from that seemingly playful attack.

Kang Hee-jae, the guild leader of the Pyeongchang Guild, swallowed his saliva. There was someone who possessed extraordinary abilities, not through internet rumors or urban legends, but someone who had been reported by the mass media. A slayer who defeated the unbeatable Cyclops, a monster beyond the standards of Normal Mode, in one blow. That slayer came to mind.

S-Surely the Platinum Slayer?

Because Hyun-seoks punches were incredibly fast. It was so fast that it was difficult for the members of the Pyeongchang Guild to keep up, and every monster that was hit by his punch inevitably turned into a corpse. After the punch passed by, the monsters were lying down, without exception. It was hard to call it a punch when it happened so quickly and powerfully.

Beside that unbelievably fast speed and strength, the movements of Hong Se-young, who had only speed(?), looked completely empty, like a hollow candy. It was similar to the Relative Squid Theory (referring to when a person with outstanding looks appears next to someone who is considered good-looking, the relatively good-looking person appears less attractive).

The slow but powerful Jong-won, who could deal a devastating blow, and Se-young, who ranked among the top speed-type slayers, looked incredibly pathetic next to the all-stats slayer Hyun-seok. And the terrifying presence of the Troll and Twin-Headed Troll also became insignificant.

[You have cleared the dungeon.]

[It is recognized as an easy achievement.]

[Bonus stat +3 will be granted.]

[Contribution: Hyun-seok and 4 other party members, 99 percent. Experience will be distributed according to contribution.]

[Stats will not be granted for contributions below 20 percent.]

[An additional 20 percent experience will be granted due to the party system.]

And for Hyun-seok,

[Due to stats that exceed the standards of Normal Mode, there are limitations in the level and experience systems.]

[Due to penalties resulting from stats that exceed the standards of Normal Mode, it will be reduced by 50 percent.]

Additional notifications echoed due to the activation of the party system. The Pyeongchang Guild did not receive any rewards, probably due to the party system being applied in the Normal Mode dungeon, distributing experience and achievement rewards based on party contribution. It seemed that this party system applied only within the dungeon, and whether it was also used outside the dungeon would have to be found out by going outside.

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