Hyun's eyes widened after reading the description.
He had never seen or heard about the technique. It basically seemed like a weapon summoning skill.
…But the most amazing thing was its spec!
«Vision Sword»'s attack was equal to the damage absorbed.
So the stronger attack he managed to defend against with «One Second Immortality», the stronger «Vision Sword» he would be able to get.
'This... Is almost like a completely different skill from «One Second Immortality».
Hyun tried to think if the skill was actually worth it.
It had amazing potential.
For a moment, he thought that he must have been sleeping.
"Is it real...?"
Even though he had lost an arm and his partner had died, Hyun couldn't help but smile.
"It's an offensive skill!"
Hyun laughed like an edgelord, just like he always did when he felt good.
At that moment, Ain's shadow charged toward him.
"That one also looks like a powerful skill!"
He dodged the fire and immediately counter-attacked.
After two attacks, Ain's shadow, whose HP was already nearing zero, turned into fire and disappeared.
"First of all, let's eliminate these guys."
The Support shadow was easier to deal with.
Ain had lost because of the incredibly high amount of damage she could deal and not because of the opponent's strength.
What happened, probably, was that her attack was absorbed, and then the shadow counter-attacked with the «Vision Sword».
But a Support didn't have any high damage offensive skill, so the «Vision Sword» wouldn't be a menace to him!
It didn't take Hyun a lot of time to defeat his shadow.
Whish-
Once the opponents were defeated, the clock began moving again, and its hands made of fire began rotating.
He was about to go deeper.
[As a reward for clearing the third trial, every party member will be awarded temporary stats points!]
<Reward>
[Temporary Stat Points] +80
[Temporary Skill Points] +50
[The Support's Awakening Skill «Inverse Shield» has been unlocked!]
[The Close Range Magician's Awakening Skill «Magical Power Rush» has been unlocked!]
[Warning: You can choose only one Awakening Skill, so before choosing one, think about it carefully!]
[You'll get some rest time! Take your time to distribute the points received!]
While going down to the fourth floor, the number of messages he got from the system increased.
The amount of stat and skill points received had increased, and there was also a new thing…
Awakening Skill Unlock.
He had received the right to learn a new ultimate skill.
It was one of the things that had made many users struggle in Asra Online.
The reason why people often struggled with that decision was that the next awakening skill was at level 100.
'The deeper I go, the better the skill they'll give me.'
Usually, most people managed to go to the second or even third floor. In some rare cases, some lost in the first round.
If that happened, you were forced to choose between 3 'Basic Awakening Skills', but they were different in terms of quality compared with the skills you could obtain on the higher difficulty floors.
The deeper you went, the better skill you could obtain, and you only had one chance to do it right, at least until you reached level 100—this made many users laugh or cry.
'Oof... This is when it really begins.'
Most people weren't able to beat the third trial, so Hyun was already above average.
But from the fourth trial, the difficulty increased a lot.
If until the third floor, it was the tutorial, from the fourth floor onwards, it was like the wall of lamentations.
To obtain the sweet rewards, one had to go through very hard and difficult trials.
'How should I distribute the skill points?'
The fourth-floor trial was probably going to be very similar.
Hyun tried to think about possible strategies.
He thought about a strategy he wanted to try before going back in time and resurrecting Ain.
'Finally, my time has come... I'll be able to deal damage as a Support.'
He spent all the temporary skill points he had in 1 Second Immortality.
The points necessary to level up were 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 20!
Cling- Cling- Starting from 0, the skill level went up until the number 8 appeared.
There was a big jump from level 7 to 8 because that was probably the section where the skill evolved.
[ «The Heavenly God's Protection» Lv.8 ]
- Increase all defenses of any target within 20 meters by 100 points for one second.
- You can create a «Vision Sword» that has an attack equal to the total of the absorbed damage.
(Required Mana: 50)
- The «Vision Sword» lasts for (Empathy/100) seconds.
<Cooldown Time: 10 seconds>
Hyun changed the skill's name that had been reset to «One Second Absorption».
It was probably okay to express it as 'absorb’ since it was a skill that created a sword with an attack that was based on the amount of damage you could defend against.
Okay, as long as one ignored the horrible naming sense.
"I need to increase my stats!"
He put 45 points in Empathy, 15 points in agility, and 20 points in vitality.
Agility was very important. If he was slower than the enemy, there would be attacks he wouldn't be able to avoid.
He had increased his vitality because the difficulty would probably raise a lot from that point onwards.
Since the damage enemies dealt would increase, he had to avoid getting killed in one shot.
Ain: Hyun... You look like you're having fun.
Ain had sent a message to him through the capsule.
"From where are you watching?"
Ain: After dying, I'm just wandering around like a ghost... The function to talk to party members via whisper has been locked.
"Oh, I see."
Hyun understood the current situation.
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The reason why her awakening quest hadn't ended was that she still had one chance to revive.
"I'm going to revive you soon, so stick close to me."
Ain: H... Huh...? Why... Where, stick close?
"While fighting, I can't watch my back, so do it in my place. I don't know when a long-range attack will come."
Ain: Yeah. That... Will be easy.
[The fourth trial will start soon! Please distribute the points as fast as you can!]
<Current Location: Fourth Basement Level>
The alarm that had been silent for a while appeared again, and two giant flames were created in the air.
Once the fire died down, he could see two familiar shadows.