Closed Beta I Played Alone

Chapter 68

68. indeed…

“……”

Three effects appeared in front of you.

I couldn’t help but stare blankly.

It’s hard to say which one is better, because it was so good that all three were good.

As for greed, I want to have all three effects.

But the message was revealed from the beginning.

As a reward for clearing the last round that no one else has achieved for the first time, one of the effects 1, 2, and 3 below is given.

That is, only one out of three.

First, I looked over the effects of #1, #2, and #3 once again, and in the meantime, I had no choice but to stop my gaze at the effect of #3.

Because the 3rd effect was a characteristic of ‘significantly increased experience’, which I thought there was no way to acquire anymore.

At the time of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd closed betas called ‘Forgotten Legend’, a characteristic that was given only to those who achieved the maximum level in each round.

So, I didn’t know that I would encounter the characteristics here.

Moreover, it wasn’t bad.

In addition to the experience gained by catching monsters, acquiring an additional 2 to 5 times more experience means that you get 3.5 times more experience on average than others.

And even considering the gap of more than three years at 3.5 times, I am confident that I will catch up sooner than I thought.

There is no limit to the 10,000 level, so I decided that it was absolutely not bad to acquire 3.5 times more experience points all the time.

However, that judgment became a little blurry when the second effect was confirmed.

A whopping 2000 stat points.

Of course, it was random among strength, agility, stamina, mental strength, and intelligence.

So, if 2000 stat points are given to strength or agility for example, you will feel a bit bitter, if not a bang.

No, there was definitely a bang.

just stamina.

As such, the stamina I have right now was very high, and it will continue to rise without limit in the future.

As always, all remaining stat points to be acquired will be invested in intelligence, and 100% growth in proportion to the invested intelligence is stamina.

Other than that, an increase of 2000 in mental power is not bad, and the jackpot is bound to be an increase in intellect by 2000.

Because of the shared growth I have.

So, really, if there is a 1/5 chance that your intellect increases by 2000, your stamina will increase by 2000 and your mental strength by 1000 according to the increase.

Then a total increase of 5000.

“……”

Just an imaginary amount.

If this was the case, leveling up speed was not an issue.

Besides, my level-up speed is fast anyway.

Because I was always looking for places that were at least 100 to 200 levels higher than my level.

It will be so in the future.

And decisively, this was necessary to get ahead of others.

In other words, the stat points that everyone gets by leveling up equally and fairly?

Even if you have dozens or hundreds of good items, wear limited items in the wearable area?

Of course, there is no denying that items play a role in making a big difference in their own way, but in any case, something special is necessary to make a clear difference from others.

For example, the three traits I possess.

And 5000 stat points was enough to be included in that special.

So, under the assumption that 2000 stat points are invested in intelligence with a probability of 1/5, the 3 ‘experience increase’ characteristic did not catch my eye.

Moreover, no matter how many times you level up, even if you feel gloomy because you are blocked by a huge wall of leveling up in the future, you are confident that you will gladly break it.

Anyway, in such a situation, the last remaining effect of No. 1 caught my eye.

Randomly removes the cooldown of one skill among the skills currently possessed.

A scene immediately came to mind in my mind.

It’s an infinite ice storm.

In particular, if you go beyond the current level 4 and upgrade to the final level 8, and use the ‘Maximum Skill Level Increase Stone’ that you currently have, you will become a level 9 or level 10 ice storm.

And to use it without a cooldown is bound to be a disaster not only for monsters but also for all users.

In particular, I, who possesses tremendous stamina and vitality.

I am confident that I can openly enter the enemy’s base with Blink.

’cause it’s okay though

And in that state, if you use an ice field to create an ice land, then continuously spray an ice storm without a cooldown.Burr.

For a moment, my body trembled as if I had heard a match.

Of course, if you’re a normal user, not me, Ice Storm without this skill’s cooldown is apt to become a bright apricot.

In order to carry out the non-stop shooting, the basic amount of mana is essential.

Of course, even if there is no cooldown, it is impossible to use it without mana.

However, in order to increase the amount of mana, if all items and stat points are adjusted to increase the amount of mental power and mana, the damage will not come out that much.

In the middle of spreading your imagination like that.

‘Well. In this way, it is best to remove the skill cooldown.’

However, there was one fatal weakness.

It is one of the skills I possess to have a morale-like effect of removing the cooldown.

In other words, level 3 ice balls or ice bolts can be caught with ice weapons or shields.

And if that’s the case, it’s the worst of the worst.

Not to mention the “significant increase in experience” of the 3rd effect, the strength and agility of the 2nd effect, no, more than the 2000 stat points attached to the stamina.

Perhaps if the skill cooldown was removed for such a thing, I would hit the ground and regret my luck.

Maybe not enough to log into the game for quite some time.

In addition to their very high mental strength, they already have almost no cooldown due to the characteristic of ‘Ice Man’.

Anyway, as I checked the effects of No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 like that, something happened that made my worries overshadowed while I was seriously thinking about it.

As soon as the roulette board appeared in the middle of the air with the A-type, B-type, and C-type that decided which type of monster to appear first.

Of course, there were other texts written inside that were not the first A, B, and C types, but effect 1, effect 2, and effect 3.

In other words, it was a situation where I drank a bowl of kimchi soup.

“Zeep.”

He ate the roulette board.

The fact that my intentions do not reflect even 1% of the fact that I drank a bowl of kimchi soup to the point that I was full.

Of course, there is no guarantee that good things will come out of my own choices.

However, if my choice came out with a bang, I thought there would be less regret and regret.

After all, I have no choice but to complain to anyone because of my choices.

However, it was not my choice, it was decided only by this system, so I thought I would be dissatisfied if there was a bang.

like why did you give it to me.

The difference in attitude comes from whether I was involved or not.

There is the possibility of overcoming in case the worst situation is encountered.

Given all that, my active physician involvement was necessary.

And honestly, I’ve already decided what to choose.

However, since it had already left my hand, I looked at the roulette board, which turned quickly with an indifferent gaze.

After a while.

“Hmm.”

As if there is a beginning, there is an end, the fast-paced roulette board gradually started to slow down.

And it was predictable at which point it would stop, and as expected, it stopped at that point.

So I salivated without realizing it.

Because there are poles and poles like heaven and hell, so it’s caught in the most variable.

[Congratulations. Effect 1 has been obtained.]

Effect 1 that removes the cooldown by selecting one of the skills you have.

Because he had already left my hand, I kept repeating myself over and over again, but without realizing it, tension arose.

And the message rang out as if it had nothing to do with my tension.

[This is a list of skills currently possessed by lumen and Ashirante.

1. Level 3 Ice Ball. (Levels 1, 2, 3)

2. Level 3 Ice Bolt. (Levels 1, 2, 3)

3. Level 3 Ice Weapon. (Levels 1, 2, 3)

4. Level 3 Ice Shield. (Level 1, 3, 5, 7)

5. Mild frostbite. (Passive.)

6. Level 2 Ice Field. (Levels 2, 5, 7)

7. Level 4 pouring hail. (Levels 2, 4, 6, 8)

8. Level 4 ice blast. (Levels 2, 4, 6)

9. Level 3 Multiple Ice Arrows. (Levels 2, 3, 5)

10. Level 3 Ice Prison. (Levels 3, 5, 7)

11. 3rd level thin ice. (3rd level.)

12. Level 4 Ice Spear. (Levels 3, 4, 6)

13. Level 4 Blink. (Level 4, 6)

14. Level 4 Ice Storm. (Levels 4, 7, 8)

-Among the above skills, one skill is randomly selected and the cooldown of that skill is removed, except for the passive skill ‘Weak frostbite’.

-Even if the skill level from which the cooldown has been removed later changes due to an upgrade, etc., the status with the cooldown removed does not change.]

At the end of that message, the parts labeled Effect No. 1, Effect No. 2, and Effect No. 3 on the roulette board were subdivided into a total of 13 lists from Ice Ball to Ice Storm.

And it started spinning right away.

Without time to prepare your mind.

Druck. Droooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much.

To be honest, my choice was number 3.

Because that was the most obvious and clear.

Of course, depending on luck, there were cases where the 1st and 2nd effects were better than the 3rd effects.

For example, this was the case with the first effect, which removes the cooldown of ice fields, pouring hail, and ice storm, and the second effect, which accumulates 2000 stat points on intelligence.

But they are all probabilities based on luck.

I don’t like to depend on luck.

If I had to choose between giving 100x damage as a probability and giving 2x all damage unconditionally, it’s the latter.

As such, I have no intention of relying on the probability of not knowing when it will be triggered.

And in my current state, that’s okay.

I am already aware of the fact that I am one step ahead of others, or even dozens of steps ahead, and if I go further from those dozens of steps in the future, it will widen and will not narrow.

That is, certainty was sufficient.

As the dozens of footprints tell me, it’s not that I’m impatient and can’t afford enough to risk a bet based on luck.

So, when you put all of that together, effect number 3 was the most attractive.

Of course, the situation has already been decided by the first effect.

He opened his eyes and looked at the roulette board, which gradually slowed down.

drizzle. drizzle.

The roulette board struggled to overcome the section marked with ice balls and ice bolts.

Then it stopped at one point and the message went off right away.

[Congratulations.

-lumen, the cooldown of Ashirante’s Blink skill has been removed.]

“……”

Naturally, he acquired Blink and used it several times.

In particular, beyond 60 rounds, there was no need to avoid monster attacks by blinking, but that is not a reason to allow an attack, so I used it because the cooldown came back.

And I definitely felt it.

I wish there was no cooldown for Blink.

Especially since it is a common skill that is not the first ice-based skill to be acquired.

However, I did not think of it as a skill that would remove the cooldown of the first effect.

For that reason, wide-area skills came to mind first.

“Hmm…”

For a moment, I thought about the utility value of Blink with no cooldown.

and.

“…not bad?”

I thought it wasn’t bad.

No, it wasn’t bad, I thought it was pretty good.

Blink is used more frequently for evasion or escape than for attack against intelligence-oriented classes.

Sometimes, it even served as a guarantee for a second life.

But I can use it for attack enough.

No matter how far away you are, there is no distance restriction with a blink with a zero cooldown.

Furthermore, I even thought that using Blink in a row and moving around here and there would probably cause more confusion than firing numerous ice storms at the enemy.

Anyway, a message rang out while I was trying to picture what would happen with the removal of Blink’s cooldown, which might be better than the ‘experience increase’ characteristic of effect 3.

[In the level 300 limited arena quest, 30,000 coins are given as a reward for clearing the last round of round 80 for the first time.

– We currently have 2 IDs.-With one or both of -lumen and Ashirante IDs, you can be listed as the best round of the 300-level limited arena quest.]

“Is this over?”

For example, I thought I’d give you the remaining stat points or even a golden ring if you didn’t even have experience.

Of course, 30,000 coins is a huge amount.

However, there is only a saying that coins are precious, but the current usage is unclear.

So, the clearly visible residual stat points, experience, and golden rings had to be felt bigger.

First of all, leaving behind such nonsensical complaints, I opened my mouth softly.

“Registration as Acirante.”

[‘Ashirante’ has been selected as the registration ID.

-Leaving the arena dedicated to level 300 quests after -10 seconds.]

I could see that the reward was over when I got the message that I was out of the arena after 10 seconds.

Of course, it was disappointing, but there were no major complaints.

It was successful just because the cooldown was not removed from things like ice balls and ice bolts.

And I thought maybe the removal of Blink’s cooldown might be more powerful than Ice Storm.

That means I got the best reward among all the rewards I could get.

That’s why, without realizing it, a smile crept across my lips.

After some time, the Mitsuya Group headquarters in Japan.

“her. Doing the level 300-limited quest now means it wasn’t level 300 then, right?”

“I think… it seems so.”

“Then you’re not even level 300, but you’ve shown that kind of power? And is it possible to go up to round 80 on a level 300 limited quest with the highest record around round 40? Only level 300?”

“……”

“……”

A question full of doubts from Chairman Ryu Sechi of the Mitsuya Group, who secretly collected undigested mineral lumps of stone squirrels using Kang Seok-tae and the Kahwa Guild in Korea and even took revenge when they were taken away as if robbed by a person named Ashirante. No one attending the meeting properly

couldn’t get an answer

“her. The moment the wall was torn down, the plan to take over Korea was already over. It’s this strong at level 300, but at level 600 and level 900, I have no idea how strong it will be.”

At the meeting held in the meeting room of the Mitsuya group, only Chairman Ryu Sechi’s monologue sat quietly.

Of course, it wasn’t just happening in Japan.

The Chinese Yanghwa Group has already secured Daeyu, one of the top five chaebols in its arms, by targeting Korea.

Information about a place called the Holy Spear and a person named Ashirante who conducted the boss monster raid.

China Yanghwa Group.

The Yanghwa Guild knew who Ashirante was faster than anyone else in China through the Daeyu Guild they held in their arms.

The majesty of dealing with boss monsters one-on-one for 10 minutes was certainly enough to arouse admiration from everyone.

And then Ashirante reappeared as the best-round C-type recorder in the arena.

Yanghwa Group’s Chairman Jiang Jianglin had no choice but to be in trouble.

Showing that level of ability at level 300 means that the number of sprouts is huge.

So I saw Shu Lan, who was in charge of foreign affairs, and gave an order directly.

“Tell it to Daiyu. To secure Ashirante by any means possible. For example, even if you can’t secure it, even if you give 100 million yuan, or 1 billion yuan (160 billion won), ask them to find out where they live, including real-world information. And even by kidnapping them, they bring them back.”

“Yes. We will implement it immediately.”

Knowing that ‘Revival Legend’ is the one that can’t get even a single in-game information by any means, Chairman Chang Jiang Lin ordered to grasp the information of reality no matter how much he used.

For someone with this kind of ability, an investment of 1 billion yuan is not a big investment.

Moreover, if you brainwash them after kidnapping, that 1 billion yuan is money that will eventually come back to you.

“And surely the future of Korea, Myeongjin, Daesung, and Gusan, will also be busy. Even for them, it would be a shame to lose the person named Ashirante to a foreign country. So hurry up! Even using everything that is available.”

“Yes!”

Device Anrin who gave the order like that.

But inside I was dissatisfied.

If Ashirante comes out, it is the center of the world and must come from within the continent, but that it appears from outside.

Of course, there were things to be happy about in the meantime.

that he is not American.

Because he would have despaired if it were America.

‘If you kidnap me, I’ll have you brainwashed me to get it!’

Thus, the name Ashirante spread beyond Japan and China to the United States, Russia, and Europe.

Bigger than expected.

The end