Level 1 Player

Chapter 71 grow your skills

Hyunseong and Shin Yuna entered the headquarters of the Immortal Guild.

I just wanted to go home right away.

But because of the reporters following Hyunseong, he couldn’t go home.

“You really did a great job.”

As soon as we entered the guild headquarters building, guild leader Kang Seon-young greeted Hyunseong with a smile.

Guild leader Kang Seon-young was astonished to pass out when he saw the real-time streaming broadcast broadcast in Japan.

She knew that Hyunseong was strong.

She was also aware of the rapid growth rate.

But she didn’t know it would be this fast.

Hyunseong’s performance in the Orc Warchief Raid and Orc Shaman Raid is enough to make your mouth wide open.

However, this time, without the help of other players, he wiped out all of the hero-grade monsters, including legendary-grade monsters.

Guild leader Kang Seon-young had no choice but to acknowledge the wisdom of investors who trusted only Hyunseong and invested a huge amount of 30 trillion stone dollars.

Currently, investment offers from around the world are coming in to the Immortal Guild.

Dollar, stone dollar, yen, yuan, euro, etc.

She clamored for money from all over the world.

When converted into Korean won, the funds received through the investment proposal amounted to over 100 trillion won.

Of course, as the offer came in as a stabbing method, I had to include some imaginary numbers.

However, even taking that into account, the fact that it was a huge amount of money did not change.

Guild leader Kang Seon-young rejected them all.

Regarding the operation of the guild funds, we had to follow Hyunseong’s will.

Even if Hyunseong left it to autonomy, he had no intention of receiving the investment.

It was because the financial situation was not difficult enough that he had to receive the investment.

“Did you feel comfortable running the guild?”

“of course. Well, the reporters are a little annoying, but we have to bear that.”

Hyunseong talked with guild leader Kang Seon-young about what happened in Japan.

After a brief explanation of the circumstances, the problem of the operation of the Immortal Guild appeared.

“We have received a lot of offers to invest in the Immortal Guild.”

“Reject everything.”

If something comes, something must go.

It was obvious that it was the plan of those who wanted to invest in the Immortal Guild.

It would be to covet the stake or the right to operate the Immortal Guild.

“We are already doing that. In addition, inquiries from players to join the guild are pouring in. In particular, rankers and high-level players from all over the world, not just Korea, want to join the Immortal Guild.”

“Accept everyone. At the same time, we are also setting up overseas branches.”

There is no harm in recruiting rankers and high-level players.

“I would love to do that too, but rankers and high-level players should be given some basic treatment. Also, it takes a lot of money to set up an overseas branch.”

After all, money was the issue.

“I will take care of that.”

Hyunseong made a lot of money from his Japanese expedition.

Items were planned to be sold using unique skills, but manastones were planned to be sold in reality.

Of course, you will still run out of money.

But that problem will be resolved soon.

It was because there were a lot of inquiries about investment in overseas investment companies that Hyunseong established.

Hyunseong broke up with guild leader Kang Seon-young after talking about guild management.

* * *The meeting was held for several days in a row at the White House in Washington, D.C., USA.

“The results of the investigation are out.”

President Wilson’s eyes shone sharply at the words of the CIA director.

“Which country are you?”

“It’s China.”

The CIA director’s words hardened the faces of his staff, including President Wilson.

“China, is that real?”

“Isn’t China a country with only bad ties with Choi Hyunseong?”

“If there was no one-on-one meal, how did you invest such a huge amount in Choi Hyunseong?”

“Let me explain in more detail.”

The CIA director started a briefing while President Wilson was busy.

“It is the Magical Analysis that has seized the current regime in China. Although his position is vice-chairman, he is actually the number one person in China as the president is a scarecrow.”

Magic Analysis made its name known in the international community after the Ratman Raid, the fifth legendary level monster.

“Led by Vice-President Ma Analysis, China has officially apologized to player Choi Hyunseong for the attempted kidnapping and killing of himself and his family. However, it is judged that there was a secret agreement between the two of them, not merely an apology.”

“Mix? What does that mean?”

President Wilson asked in amazement.

“After the official apology, 30 trillion stone dollars of funds flowed into an international investment company created by Choi Hyunseong. It seems that China has done too much.”

Thirty trillion stone dollars is no small money.

In particular, for China, which suffered from the Second Cataclysm, the Imoogi Incident and the Ratman Incident, it was a huge blood loss.

“It’s an absurdly large amount to be called compensation for damage.”

China is not a country that will give such a large amount of compensation, but even if it did, the amount was too large.

Also, even after paying 30 trillion stone dollars to Choi Hyunseong, he kept his mouth shut without notifying the people around him.

“Yes. After that, the player Choi Hyunseong created the Immortal Guild with that amount. But we kept it a secret.”

“It’s not normal.”

The fact that they can send and receive a huge sum of 30 trillion stone dollars simply through credit cannot be taken lightly.

“Is there any sense of unity as a legendary monster slayer?”

“Isn’t that a bit too sudden for that?”

“Maybe China has figured out the hidden talent of Choi Hyunseong and fell flat.”

Arguments ensued among the staff.

“quiet!”

At President Wilson’s call, the staff all shut their mouths in unison.

“It doesn’t change anything by arguing about things that have already happened. The important thing right now is to build a close relationship with Choi Hyunseong.”

The importance of the character, Choi Hyunseong, has changed.

Hyunseong was a player with unrivaled skills that the United States must embrace before.

But now, it has changed to an object that needs to be favored unconditionally, rather than to that extent.

Choi Hyunseong’s raid ability is also an ability, but the problem was that he was hard to believe that an individual possessed it.

According to the US intelligence service, it was estimated that Choi Hyunseong’s force was enough to destroy a nation by himself.

Choi Hyunseong was a walking strategic weapon.

“ Is there any way to find out what the secret agreement between Choi Hyunseong and China was?”

At President Wilson’s question, the CIA director bowed his head as if he was sorry.

“The CIA Northeast Asian agents are doing their best, but it doesn’t seem easy. However, since it is a relationship based on money, I think there is ample room for interference.”

“Did you say that China invested 30 trillion stone dollars for free?”

“Yes that’s right.”

“Give me 100 trillion stone dollars.”

“You mean 100 trillion stone dollars?”“Yes. If you just want dollars, say you’ll invest a trillion dollars. But you have to pay the price for it.”

One trillion dollars is the equivalent of the US one-year defense budget.

However, if you can make a strong relationship with Choi Hyunseong by investing that amount, it is an unconditional advantage.

If it was possible to eradicate all the legendary monsters that will appear in the United States in the future, it would be possible to give away 2 trillion or 3 trillion dollars instead of 1 trillion dollars.

* * *

The US ambassador to Korea visited the Immortal Guild unofficially.

“What are you doing all of a sudden?”

Hyunseong asked with a puzzled expression.

Hyunseong and the US ambassador to Korea had never met each other.

“I have come to deliver the will of President Wilson, despite the disrespect.”

“President Wilson?”

President Wilson also did not have a meeting with Hyunseong.

“I heard that there were a lot of difficulties while expanding the Immortal Guild globally this time. Especially financially.”

“Well, it does. Do you want to invest in America?”

“I would like to do that if the player Choi Hyunseong allows it.”

Ask the person who came with the money to allow them to invest.

‘Nothing bad.’

The expansion of the Immortal Guild is planned to proceed slowly. But before that, there was one thing I wanted to do.

And it was going to eat up a lot of money.

“How much do you want to invest?”

“100 trillion stone dollars.”

In an instant, Hyunseong’s body hardened.

“How much?”

“100 trillion stone dollars. If you just want dollars, I can give you a trillion dollars.”

It’s not won, it’s stone dollars and dollars.

‘The scale of Americans is no joke.’

He ripped out 30 trillion stone dollars from Magic Analysis.

However, it was a possible result because the analysis was Hyunseong’s second maniac.

However, the United States, which has no special contact with Hyunseong, offered a whopping 100 trillion stone dollars.

“Well… … .”

Hyunseong thought for a moment.

For that amount of money, there was no difficulty in carrying out the work.

“If it’s not enough, we can increase your investment.”

If you run out of 100 trillion stone dollars, tell me more, and I’ll give you more.

100 trillion stone dollars is a whopping 1,000 trillion won in Korean money.

‘Cheonjo-guk, Cheonjo-guk, and then shooting the real Cheonjo.’

Even as Hyunseong, I got tired of it.

“What are the requirements?”

Hyunseong asked bluntly.

“I want you to stay in America for as long as possible. Raids are also offered when a legendary level monster appears.”

“I can go to America for vacation, but I don’t want to live with it at all?”

“Measures are also in place to prepare for that.”

“What is it?”

Hyunseong asked with a puzzled expression.

“There is a player in America named Sarah. It has a unique hero-grade skill called long-distance space travel.”“A long-distance space movement skill?”

“Yes, you can freely move between spaces by designating some places. With her skills, I can travel between Korea and the US in the blink of an eye.”

‘Is long-distance space movement scrolling implemented as a skill?’

It had the same effect as the long-distance space movement scroll, a 10 billion-point hero-grade consumable item.

“If something goes wrong with her America, I will send her to her Immortal Guild.”

There’s no way the US will have problems with hero-grade monsters.

This was a measure in case a legendary level monster appeared.

“Is that okay?”

Hyunseong asked.

“of course. The U.S. federal government puts the safety of its people above all else.”

It didn’t sound like a lie.

Hunting legendary monsters was also beneficial to Hyunseong.

It’s a no-frills proposition.

“great. I accept it. Instead, there is one condition.”

“You can say anything. I will listen to anything.”

The US ambassador to Korea said in a confident tone.

“I would like to receive it as a skill book instead of stone dollars or dollars.”

“Yes?”

“I want 100 trillion dollars worth of recovery skill book, defense skill book, thunderstorm skill book, and flame skill book.”

At Hyunseong’s words, the US Ambassador to Korea hardened his expression.

“ Choi Hyunseong Player, the money the US federal government promises to pay is investment money.”

It’s not the money you give Hyunseong to spend at will.

It is an investment that can be recovered at any time.

“I thought that there would be no need to ask for a return on investment unless things went wrong with the United States. Was that my mistake?”

The US ambassador to Korea pondered for a moment at Hyunseong’s question.

Although he came with full authority, this is beyond his authority to choose.

But he couldn’t hesitate any longer.

“Of course it is not an illusion. If our friendship with Choi Hyunseong is forever, the US federal government will never ask for a payback.”

President Wilson’s special task was to somehow bring the player Choi Hyunseong with an investment of 100 trillion stone dollars.

There was no problem even if it was something that was worth that much, not money.

Because the 100 trillion stone dollar was nothing more than a link to strongly tie Hyunseong and the US anyway.

‘It’s much better.’

Hyunseong cannot afford to return 100 trillion stone dollars for the time being.

This meant that for the time being, the United States could have the upper hand in both relations.

“I hope to go along well.”

“The same goes for America.”

Hyunseong and US Ambassador to Korea smiled brightly and shook hands.

* * *

Hyunseong formally signed an investment contract with the US federal government.

The investment is 100 trillion stone dollars.

When this fact was announced, the whole world fell into a great shock.

Because he couldn’t even think of the idea of ​​investing 100 trillion stone dollars in individuals.

Hyunseong has all kinds of new nicknames.

In the United States, he was called a trillion-dollar player, and in Korea he was called a trillion-dollar player or a trillion-dollar player.

Until then, Hyunseong’s nicknames were mainly related to lightning, such as god of thunder, god of thunder, god of thunder, and Thor.

Of course, there were nicknames like the 10,000-to-1 player.

But to this, a trillion-dollar player and a trillion or a trillion-dollar player are added.

Interest in Hyunseong was once again burning hot.

Meanwhile, the prices of recovery-type skillbooks, defense-type skillbooks, thunderbolt-type skillbooks, and flame-type skillbooks around the world have risen quietly.

The US federal government also took over the purchase of skill books scattered around the world with 100 trillion stone dollars on behalf of Hyunseong.

It was a kind of service.

Of course, that was kept private.

The US even mobilized the CIA to purchase the skillbook as quietly as possible.

Instead of indiscriminately buying the skillbook and raising the price, the price rises slowly.

The skillbooks purchased in this way were escorted by the US military and moved to the headquarters of the Immortal Guild.

It was the product of America’s tearful efforts to overthrow China and become Hyunseong’s first partner.

However, it was questionable whether the United States could defeat China, which already belonged to Hyunseong.

-Passive Skill Regeneration Wind – You have failed to acquire a normal grade.

-Passive Skill Book of Immortality – The only legendary rank has absorbed the Passive Skillbook Regeneration Wind – Normal rank.

-Passive skill Book of Immortality – Unique legend rank has grown.

-Passive Skill Steel Skin – Failed to acquire rare grade.

-Passive skill Heavenly Lightning King’s Armor – The only legendary grade has absorbed the passive skillbook Steel Skin – Rare grade.

-Passive skill Lightning King’s Armor – Unique Legendary rank has increased.

… … aftermath… …

A message window appeared incessantly in front of Hyunseong.

‘boring.’

Just like a machine, pick up the skill book and press ‘Yes’ when a message appears.

I’ve been repeating this for hours already.

“Phew!”

Hyunseong stood up.

Finally absorbed it all.

‘He said he would come again in three days.’

In the meantime, it seemed to be possible to hunt in the dungeon.

‘But this is growing, right?’

The message of growing up keeps coming to mind.

However, there was no response because the level of the skill book was low.

But I couldn’t help it.

‘If the quality is not good, you have to push the quantity.’

Wouldn’t the grade go up if you acquire random grades regardless of general grade, rare grade, and hero grade and launch a quantity offensive?

‘The amount of money invested here is 1 trillion won.’

No matter how bad the fuel economy is, wouldn’t it be worthwhile to spend 1 trillion won on it?

‘This is the beginning.’

The US federal government has said that it will take three months to spend 100 trillion stone dollars.

It was a measure to prevent the rise in skill book prices.

Of course, no matter how careful you are, the price of the skillbook will inevitably go up.

However, the goal of the US federal government was to reduce the width as much as possible.

And they explained their efforts to Hyunseong in detail.

It’s like seeing Hyunseong and getting touched.

Fortunately, the effort paid off to some extent.

Because Hyunseong recognized the US as a pretty good partner.‘Let’s go hunting.’

Hyunseong left the guild headquarters with ease.

* * *

Time passed quickly.

Hyunseong unofficially moved to the United States to hunt.

In the interim, he traveled to and from Korea to supply goods and learn skill books.

– Aaaaaaah!

The gigantic Minotaur roared and rushed towards Hyunseong.

Scratch!

The dragon-blood sword slashed the Minotaur’s head cleanly.

Koo!

With a loud noise, the Minotaur’s body slumped to the floor helplessly.

“It’s not easy for these guys to hunt sheep.”

“As an individual living a solitary life, there is no other way than to move more diligently, my lord.”

“How the hell are you spending your time on this guy?”

Hyunseong clicked his tongue and muttered.

Among the hero grade monsters, there were many individuals who lived alone.

In that case, it took quite a long time to fill 10,000 and get the Slayer achievement.

“You just die. Today is the last day to retrieve the skillbook.”

“I guess so.”

Hyunseong left the dungeon with Lucia.

Then he returned to Korea using a long-distance scroll.

Immortal Guild headquarters.

Hyunseong gulped dry saliva while looking at the skillbooks that made up a small hill.

That’s 100 trillion stone dollars.

I spent a lot of money to acquire a skill book at random, but not a single skill has yet grown to a myth level.

‘This is the last time.’

From then on, you had to acquire and learn the skill book that came out while hunting, or purchase it with additional points or money.

Hyunseong started learning the skillbooks.

Absorption messages came to mind incessantly.

As the number of skill books decreased, Hyunseong became more and more anxious.

In fact, acquiring the skillbook itself is not a loss.

When the message that you have grown up appears, the power of the skill becomes as strong as the tears of an ant.

However, the disadvantage was that the efficiency was not very good.

‘It’s almost over… … .’

The skillbooks piled up like a small garden were scarce.

That was then.

-Passive Skill Nature’s Resilience – You failed to acquire a rare grade.

-Passive skill Book of Immortality – The only legendary rank has absorbed the passive skill Nature’s Resilience – Rare rank.

-Passive Skill Book of Immortality – Unique Legendary skill has grown to Passive Skill Book of Immortality – Unique semi-mythical grade.

Finally, the message I had been waiting for appeared.

‘uh?’

But something was strange.

‘Semi-mythical grade?’

No, Legendary grade is Legendary, Mythic grade is Myth grade. What does semi-mythical grade mean?Hyunseong first checked the information about the book of immortality.

Book of Immortality – Unique semi-mythical rank

-Passive skill book

-Does not die unless the body is completely annihilated.

– All wounds heal quickly.

– This is a growth skill.

Skill information has become simpler.

‘You don’t die unless your body is completely annihilated?’

The penalty that either the head or the heart must not be destroyed is gone.

This was almost no different from saying that he had become immortal.

Hyunseong continued to absorb the skillbooks.

When the skill book absorption was almost finished.

Again, the message of growth came to mind.

-Active Skill Chain Lightning – Failed to acquire rare grade.

-Active skill Black Lightning Dragon’s Breath – The only legendary rank has absorbed the Active Skill Chain Lightning – Rare rank.

-Active skill Black Lightning Dragon’s Breath – The only legendary rank has grown to the active skill Black Lightning Dragon’s Breath – The only semi-mythical rank.

‘This is also a semi-myth grade. Are you saying that simply by absorbing the lower skill book, it cannot become a complete myth grade?’

It was a little bit of a pain in the butt.

Hyunseong checked Black Dragon’s Breath skill information.

Black Lightning Dragon’s Breath – The only semi-mythical grade

-Active skill book

-Changes the nature of magic to dark attributes.

– The power of attack-type skills is greatly increased.

– The power of healing skills is greatly reduced.

– Activates by consuming the caster’s stamina and mana at the same time.

– Fires black lightning at will according to the caster’s will.

-All skills and actions are given the power of lightning.

-Temporarily paralyzes the body of enemies hit by the Black Lightning Dragon’s breath.

-You can take control of the lightning-type skills used by monsters or other players.

– This skill has no cooldown.

-You can grow by absorbing lightning-type skills and items.

Compared to when it was the only legendary rank, there was only one thing added.

‘Can you take control of the lightning-type skills used by monsters or other players? What do you mean?’

It was not easily understood.

Hyunseong absorbed all the remaining skill books.

However, there were no further changes.

Although 100 trillion stone dollars were invested, only two skills were developed: Book of Immortality and Breath of the Black Lightning Dragon.

It was a little sad.

Hyunseong thought he might be able to push the limits of all four of his growth-type skills.

But it seems that it was too greedy.

‘Where are you with just two?’

Hyunseong headed to the Thunder Lion dungeon.

There is no way to test the Book of Immortality, but the Black Lightning Dragon’s breath was possible.

– Aaaaaaah!

It was Monster Thunder Lion who greeted Hyunseong who arrived at the dungeon.

Thunder Lion was a monster that emitted a powerful thunderbolt.

Fragile!

A lightning bolt from Thunder Lion flew towards Hyunseong.

‘what?’

Obviously now Hyunseong didn’t even use the Black Dragon’s Breath.

However, it felt like he was using the breath of a black lightning dragon.

As if Hyunseong was controlling the breath of the Black Dragon, he put his will in the lightning that flew at him.

Whirrik!

A lightning bolt from the Thunder Lion wrapped around Hyunseong’s body like the breath of a black dragon.

‘Is this good?’

Mana consumption was so small that it was almost non-existent.

Hyunseong sent a thunderbolt that came under his control to the Thunder Lion.

Thunder Lion quickly blew out a lightning bolt again.

‘Are you going to do this too?’

Hyunseong sent his will to the thunder that Thunder Lion spit.

At that moment, to prevent the lightning strike Hyunseong flew, the lightning bolt changed the direction and flew towards the Thunder Lion.

Aww!

A huge explosion erupted, and the Thunder Lion’s body turned into a lump of charcoal.

He was killed by his own lightning bolt.

Hyunseong continued the test a bit more.

Dozens of Thunder Lions were gathered by using the provocation skill.

Fragile!

A thunderbolt from dozens of Thunder Lions flew towards Hyunseong.

However.

According to Hyunseong’s will, the thunderbolts that the Thunder Lions blew back intact.

Aaaaaaaaah!

The Thunder Lions were hit by the lightning attack they threw and fell to the floor.

‘The radius is not that wide, but it is quite usable.’

A distance where Hyunseong’s magic can reach.

In it, it was possible to take control of the thunderbolts emitted by the Thunder Lions and use them freely.

‘If I had grown up earlier, I wouldn’t have had to go through that hardship when I caught a gold eagle.’

Of course, there is no guarantee that the skill that a legendary-grade monster will blow can be completely stolen.

This is because the Gold Eagle’s ability to control mana was very good.

But it must have been a huge help.

‘Shall we test the power of the skill?’

Hyunseong used Black Dragon’s Breath.

Fragile!

A jet-black thunderbolt shot out in all directions.

Aaaaaaaaah!

The Thunder Lions that survived the huge explosion were turned into charcoal as they were.

‘Ohh.’

The skill power compared to the invested stamina and magic power has risen significantly.

‘It’s definitely a different class.’

Even though the word “jun” was attached, the Shinhwa rating was definitely the Shinhwa rating.

It was different from the legend rank.