Chapter 35
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Sae-Jin was worried about hunting solo in the low Mid Tier Hunting ground, but it turned out to be a baseless concern, after all.
With his entire body taking on the characteristics of weapons via the Spiritualisation, as well as using the equipment crafted with an Orc Jaguar’s Smithing Skill, the hunt went down a storm. Well, currently, Sae-Jin was a walking mass of special attributes, as evidenced below.
[Reflect, Level E.]
[Material Destruction, Level E]
[Haste, Level E-]
[Flame Damage, Level E]
[Additional Stat buffs: Physical Strength +30, Durability + 25, Agility +10]
The added Stat buffs resulting from the Spiritualisation, equipped with armours made from the ultratough corundum all over his body, and carrying an evil-looking corundum mace that let out a dangerous aura without the need for Mana’s input…
All these things were making him feel real good right about now.
Most of the low Mid Tier Monsters could not overcome the hardness of corundum that had gone through the refinement process. (TL: Now, I’m sure there are mineral experts out there reading this and thinking, "Really? Corundum?" But well, I’m just TLing it as it is in the raw.)
On top of that, the mace also had another added attribute, [Growth by Absorption, Level F.]
Every time he killed a Monster with this mace, its performance would increase little by little. The more blood it drank, and the longer the Monster flesh remained stuck on it, the more the weapon grows dangerous. Regular Monsters found in the low Mid Tier hunting ground could barely withstand a single hit from this mace.
And after plus minus an hour of concentrated hunting….
*SFX for a pig squealing*
The moment he killed a wild boar-like Monster called Wisrachan, an alert window floated up to his view. (TL: "위스라첸" No idea where this one’s from.)
[Condition cleared: kill 100 Monsters using self-made weapons.]
►Acquired the active skill, ‘Weapon User, Beginner’. [Current Level: F]
– The host can now view information of weapons.
– From now on, the Proficiency for weapon usage will be unlocked. When the host achieves 100% Proficiency, the next stage will become available. (Beginner → Intermediate → Expert → Professional → Master → True Master.) (TL: this bracketed bit was very troublesome to TL, as the author decided to simply rehash exact same thing over and over again - such as "숙련자" and "전문가" which I translated as "Expert" and "Professional" respectively, but actually means the same thing, just in different Hanja. It’s the same for "Master" and "True Master". Hell, the word he used for Master, "달인" can also be translated as "Expert" as well. Oh, lordy…)
– The Proficiency is not limited by the weapons used.
– While in the Orc Form, the skill level will be increased by two.
"…Ohhh."
He just earned a pretty good skill. Sae-Jin continued on with the hunting while feeling deeply grateful for this unexpected present.
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Early next morning.
Kim Sae-Jin headed to the Yoseon Alchemy House carrying potions and a stack of business cards.
These business cards were for the Soc
iety, The Monster.