Chapter 513
It’s hard to see clearly because the space is distorted. I do have vision-related Skills, but my Easy Mode body has clear limitations anyway.
So, I recall my memories.
I imprinted the fleeting memories onto my body. Like a programmed machine, I record the positions of the Spores and the actions I need to take in each loop, and then I executed them perfectly.
Crack!
[Dealt 1546 damage to the Spore.]
If I didn’t have Body Time Acceleration, if Acceleration hadn’t boosted my overall speed, I wouldn’t have been able to keep up, even if I had repeated the actions like a machine.
But so far, I’ve managed to keep up somehow. My mind is working non-stop. I lightly deflect a Spore to the side. Lightly, but with the added Acceleration, the Spore flies away as if it were hit by a truck. I move my sword. The Spore that was flying away splits towards Taesan in the next loop.
The damage is slowly approaching two thousand.
And that’s when problems started to arise.
‘It’s getting hard to keep up.’
He was making the best judgments and actions he could. But even so, it was becoming increasingly difficult to deal with the Spores.
[What the hell is he doing?]
Bardray had given up trying to see what Taesan was doing at some point. Even an adventurer who had entered the depths of Solo Mode couldn’t grasp Taesan’s movements right now.
Crack!
Taesan chopped a Spore into pieces and immediately changed his stance. It was a precise movement, like a machine without any delay.
Clang!
But the result was dangerous. The Spore narrowly missed the sword strike. If there had been even a fraction of hesitation, it wouldn’t have missed.
Even with the best judgment, he couldn’t keep up with the Acceleration.
‘How did I even get that?’
Taesan was surprised by his past self. Even now, with all the knowledge and experience he had gained, he had obtained a Skill that was nearly impossible to acquire in Easy Mode.
‘At this rate.’
I won’t get Multiplication.
His attack power is 49. To get Multiplication, he had to reach 2401 damage. It was still in the early two thousands. It was an almost impossible feat even then, but it wasn’t enough.
‘…I have no choice.’
After a moment of contemplation, Taesan made a decision. He didn’t know how the system would judge it, but it would be better than failing.
A part of what he originally had, dormant within him.
He calls upon his senses.
A shiver.
At the same time, the world intervenes with Taesan. As if it wasn’t allowed, it tries to exclude Taesan.
‘Get lost.’
Taesan repelled the intervention.
Senses close to omnipotence filled Taesan’s entire body. In an instant, everything in the Labyrinth is felt through his sixth sense.
The time it took to get there was so short that humans couldn’t perceive it. Taesan closed his eyes and moved his body.
Crack!
[Dealt 2087 damage to the Spore.]
He doesn’t look. He doesn’t calculate. He doesn’t read the possibilities.
He simply relies on his senses and moves his body.
Crack!
And with that alone, the Spores split one by one.
No matter how fast the calculations are, no matter how optimal the judgments are, you still have to use your head. There was bound to be some delay in translating that into actual action.
But now, Taesan was moving purely on instinct and senses.
And that alone was enough to deal with the Spores.
Rumble!
Like a meteor, or even faster. Falling and falling at a speed that would burn any substance.
Cutting, cutting, and cutting. The damage is gradually
increasing.
His body is starting to fail to keep up with the falling speed perfectly. But it doesn’t matter. The senses, close to omnipotence, were like precognition.
The Spores split.
The body forcibly follows the senses. After repeating dozens of loops like that, he finally got it.
Crack!
[Dealt 2402 damage to the Spore.]
It finally exceeded 2401.
At the same time, a system window obscures his vision.
[You have raised the damage to the power of two. Acquired the special activation Skill [Multiplication].]
[You have controlled the environment and twisted the situation to forcibly reach what you desire. Acquired the special activation Skill [Forced Attainment].]
* * *
I got it.
Taesan quickly took out a Potion.
[You have activated the Potion of Physical Force Reset.]
Rumble!
A fierce backlash instantly struck Taesan.
It was a physical force that would have killed him if he hadn’t been receiving the system’s assistance, a force that could damage even an S-class monster if it hit properly.
Taesan suppressed the impact and landed on the ground.
“That’s a relief.”
He only called upon his senses, not his physical abilities or tier. Since his physical abilities hadn’t changed except for Taesan’s own senses, there was no problem with the Skill acquisition conditions.
But even so, calling upon them was calling upon them. Since a variable had been created, he didn’t know what kind of changes there would be to the acquisition conditions for Multiplication.
It was half a gamble, but fortunately, he was able to get it without any major problems.
“Hoo.”
Taesan took a breath. The senses, close to omnipotence, that had filled his entire body disappeared.
His physical condition was the worst.
He hadn’t taken any particular damage, but there was no way he could be okay after falling at a speed that would turn his entire body to ash. Even if his stamina hadn’t been consumed, his body’s fatigue was a separate matter. His whole body was trembling.
His sharply rotating mind was also limp like a wrung-out rag. It was like a machine that had been pushed to its limit and overheated.
But Taesan’s emotions were more intense than ever.
Emotions that couldn’t be hidden were visible through his expression.
Taesan went up to the Fountain of Life again and drank from it.
He opens the Skill window to check.
[Special Activation Skill: Multiplication]
[Mana Consumption: 30]
[Multiplies the damage by the power of two. This Skill has a one-hour cooldown after activation.]
A powerful card he possesses. The one and only Skill that allows him to see damage exceeding hundreds of millions.
He finally obtained Multiplication.
[……He really got it.]
Bardray, who had finally come to his senses, muttered.
[Multiplication. Huh. Wow.]
He trusted Taesan implicitly, but this time he was half-doubtful. Using Landing’s Acceleration to draw out the square of his attack power, and succeeding in the attack every loop. The conditions were too difficult.
But Taesan eventually obtained it. Even if he used a trick at the end, his achievement cannot be concealed.
Akasha, who had been silent, also opened her mouth.
[Master…… what kind of person are you?]
“Why?”
[No. This. This is…….]
“Come to think of it, you’re seeing this for the first time.”
He hadn’t properly attempted to acquire Skills since he had obtained Akasha. Bardray had seen various Skills such as Addition and Forced Duel, but Multiplication was Akasha’s first.
[Do you have to do things like that to acquire Skills?]
“Not all of them are like this, but it’s a similar feeling.”
[Master is…….]
Akasha paused for a moment. And soon, she spoke with a sense of awe.
[You’re amazing.]
“It’s nothing special. It was a struggle to get stronger.”
Taesan said that, but he himself was a little surprised.
‘Was it this much?’
He had even brought back his original senses, bearing the penalty, but it was slightly dangerous.
To obtain such a Skill with those meager stats, without any combat experience. He was amazed by his past self.
Of course, the acquisition method at that time was different from now. There was no reason to be pressed for time, so he kept buying Potions of Physical Force Reset.
And he challenged, challenged, and challenged.
Until luck came to him.
He repeated it until the miracle of the Spores accurately following Taesan’s movements occurred.
‘It felt like it was over several decades.’
He couldn’t even remember beyond that. Later, he tried it with half his mind gone, so he didn’t remember it well.
He had compressed that much time into just about a month.
“Ha.”
Thinking about it again, it was funny.
He didn’t know if he could get the Skill that way, or if it would really be a useful Skill. Nevertheless, he invested the time it would take a person to live a lifetime.
Multiplication wasn’t the only one. There were many cases where he invested similar amounts of time and got nothing.
Even so, he didn’t break.
He just kept repeating and trying.
“I wasn’t exactly normal either.”
[Not exactly, but definitely not?]
That’s how he became the Taesan he is now, so it wasn’t bad. He obtained it in a different way than in his previous life, so he also obtained a new Skill.
[Special Activation Skill: Forced Attainment]
[Mana Consumption: 5]
[Proficiency: 1%]
[You can forcibly achieve what you desire. However, you cannot achieve the impossible, and you bear all the penalties that arise in the process of achieving it. If the penalty exceeds what you can handle, the Skill will not activate.]
“What kind of Skill is this?”
You can forcibly achieve what you desire. Judging by the description alone, it was a Skill close to omnipotence.
Of course, there were prerequisites. You cannot aim for the impossible, and you must bear the penalties and risks.
What exactly does it mean to achieve it forcibly?
He grasps the standard. Taesan looked at the wall beyond.
The 80th floor was quite wide. With Taesan’s current physique, it would take several seconds to reach the other wall unless he activated a Skill.
What he desires is to arrive from one end of the wall to the other at the fastest speed.
[You have activated Forced Attainment.]
The Skill was activated.
Taesan put strength into his feet and tried to charge forward.
At that moment, Taesan felt a strong pain.
The muscles throughout his body swell. Blood vessels burst from the unbearable physical force. His heart beats instantaneously at a speed tens of times faster.
Boom!
With an explosion, Taesan arrived at the wall. No. It couldn’t be expressed as arriving. It was closer to colliding with the wall.
[Huh?]
Bardray was surprised.
Because the movement Taesan showed just now was comparable to that of an Solo Mode adventurer.
It was roughly the level of an adventurer in their 50s.
Of course, that in itself wasn’t that great. Even Easy Mode Taesan could reach that speed if he set his mind to it.
But that was only when he activated Skills that assisted with speed, such as Super Acceleration and Body Time Acceleration.
Taesan wasn’t using any speed-related Skills right now.
It was a body with stats in the 100s.
It meant that with those stats, he was producing the speed of a player who had reached the 50th floor in Solo Mode.
Psh!
Blood vessels burst throughout his body. Muscles ruptured. His beating heart felt like it would explode.
Blood dirties the floor, creating a large puddle beyond just staining it.
Taesan frowned.
His limbs are trembling. Blood soaks the floor. Ruptured muscles barely support his body.
[You take 5 damage.]
[You take 8 damage.]
[You take 7 damage.]
Damage is continuously coming in. Half of his health is reduced in an instant.
Taesan barely dragged his broken body to the Fountain of Life.
[You are in top condition.]
All the wounds on his body are healed. Taesan rubbed the muscles throughout his body.
‘••••••This is.’
Taesan’s eyes sank. He, who had been in the Labyrinth longer than anyone else, could tell.
The moment he activated Forced Attainment, his body temporarily crossed the line of the system.