Level -99 Archmage - Chapter 108

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Chapter 108. Master of Valhalla
Equipment carries countless varieties of options.
Certain slots had specialized options unique to their position, while general options that could appear on any slot were virtually infinite.
Yet among all these, equipment bearing the highest-tier Special Option was commonly classified as “high-tier gear.”
Even within the same Grade, equipment was ranked by Tier according to the numbers on its Special Options and general options.
For instance, “Movement Speed” appeared exclusively on footwear.
Beyond that, “Crowd Control Effect” was a special ability found only on helms, “Damage Reduction” on armor, “Magic Casting Speed” on accessories, and “Proficiency” on gloves.
Of course, there were rare instances where an equipment slot bore no Special Option at all.
“The probability that equipment obtained from boxes carries a Special Option is 8.7%.”
A statistical fact.
An odds calculated through countless attempts by countless people.
It meant that out of a hundred pieces of equipment from boxes, roughly eight or nine would come equipped with a Special Option.
And among his current gear, only Hermes’ Shoes and the Star of Arrogance carried Special Options.
Yet…… the option attached to Arahan’s Golden Mystery was anything but ordinary.
Arahan’s Golden Mystery was a shoulder pauldron—a shoulder slot item.
“There is no Special Option that appears on shoulder pauldrons.”
True, no Special Option existed unique to shoulder armor.
At least, not as far as he knew.
Among all equipment slots, the shoulder position was the only one where no Special Option had ever been discovered.
While some claimed it simply hadn’t been found yet, this was a fact confirmed through extensive verification and documentation.
Other equipment spawned Special Options at 8.7% probability, so wasn’t it strange that shoulder slots alone defied that rate?
Park Chan-woo had reached the same conclusion.
Shoulder pauldrons simply did not carry Special Options.
‘……Was it really never discovered?’
He couldn’t say.
There remained the possibility that this was an exceptionally rare option unique to this single piece of equipment.
Park Chan-woo removed Arahan’s Golden Mystery and set it carefully on the ground to examine it closely.
Name: Arahan’s Golden Mystery
Level: -89
Grade: Legendary
Description: The highest ideal that practitioners can attain. A mystery finally perfected by a being of supreme learning—one who had exhausted all that could be studied and refined regarding gold.
Equipped Slot: Shoulder Pauldron
Defense: 60
Durability: Indestructible
Unique Option: (1) A “Golden Aura” is generated around the wearer.
(2) Attack Power and Defense Power increase proportionally to the number of Coins possessed.
(3) When possessed Coins exceed a certain threshold, the Grade of “Golden Mystery” increases.
(4) Coins can be used to raise the Level of this equipment. 【Cannot exceed the wearer’s Level】
(5) Unlocked when possessing 500 or more Coins
Hidden Option:
(1) First Step of the Seeker—all stat points increase by 1 for every 10 Coins possessed.
《The Hidden Option ‘First Step of the Seeker’ applies equally to all equipment bearing the name “Arahan.”》
It had been promoted from Ancient Grade to Legendary Grade.
As a result, its Defense had also increased slightly.
The real issue lay with the Unique Options.
Unique Option number four.
Once his Coin count crossed one hundred, this unlocked option’s contents proved far from ordinary.
“……I can raise the equipment’s Level?”
An option he’d read and reread countless times, yet couldn’t quite believe.
All equipment in the Abyss conformed to its owner’s Level.
Once obtained at a particular Level, it never changed.
In the Abyss, this was common knowledge.
That knowledge had just shattered.
An exception had emerged.
True, he couldn’t raise the Level of other equipment—only Arahan’s Golden Mystery could access this function—but the wording was undeniably unprecedented.
Even he, who had lived through more experiences than most, was encountering this for the first time.
‘I thought it was just a rumor.’
Rumors did exist.
Talk of “equipment that can raise its Level” had once spread like wildfire.
But it had been proven false.
Everyone had searched desperately for equipment bearing such an option, yet it had never appeared—at least, not in any confirmed case.
Or so the records showed.
Park Chan-woo had dismissed it as chasing clouds, an impossible dream.
……Yet there it was.
Equipment that could raise its own Level.
Right before his eyes.
He’d verified it several times, convinced he must be mistaken.
‘It can raise Coins to increase my current Level,’ he thought.
Of course, it wasn’t infinite.
There were limits.
First, you had to spend Coins like blood, and you couldn’t raise equipment beyond your own Level.
But there was an advantage that outweighed every drawback.
‘I can keep using it indefinitely.’
Raising an item’s Level meant extending its lifespan—in other words, its durability.
If Arahan’s Golden Mystery was the kind of Graduation Equipment you’d use for years, or even a lifetime, it was worth spending Coins to raise its Level.
In fact, Arahan’s Golden Mystery was close enough to true Graduation Equipment.
Its effect when holding large quantities of Coins was downright broken.
Its Grade rose automatically; it boosted Attack, Defense, and every single stat—the kind of top-tier equipment with no wasted options whatsoever.
It felt wrong to consider replacing it.
Equipment of a higher Tier would be nearly impossible to find.
But if the equipment’s Level stayed too low, eventually he’d have no choice but to swap it out.
‘How many Coins does it cost to raise the Level?’
As a test, he pulled out a Coin and placed it on top of Arahan’s Golden Mystery.
Then—
Ding!
《Raising this equipment’s Level requires 5 Coins.》
“…….”
Five?
That was more than he’d expected.
His current stock was 150 Coins.
Hardly an amount he could spend freely.
Besides, once he spent Coins, all the effects tied to them would diminish in the same moment.
‘Raising a few Levels now won’t make any meaningful difference anyway.’
He couldn’t raise it beyond his own Level regardless.
The equipment’s Level was –89.
His Level was –84, so at best he could raise it 5 Levels.
That meant no dramatic improvement.
Unless the gap was at least 10 Levels—then maybe it’d matter.
Then again……this was about making the impossible possible.
Working a Miracle would naturally demand vast quantities of Coins.
He decided to postpone raising the equipment’s Level for now.
‘Still, I’ve gained a possibility.’
For the time being, he wouldn’t need to worry about replacing the shoulder guard.
When a choice presented itself, he could turn it down without hesitation.
But more importantly, he’d discovered that an option to raise equipment Level actually existed—and now he knew it.
‘I need to find out whether this Special Option exists only on the shoulder guard, or if other pieces of equipment can receive the same one.’
It was a discovery of the age.
Because now he could contemplate far greater possibilities.
If similar options appeared on other body parts, or if other equipment bearing the name Arahan carried the same ability……
‘He could drastically cut the grueling time needed to farm equipment replacements.’
Though it would consume many Coins, farming higher-Grade equipment only grew harder as Levels increased.
And when High-Grade but poorly-optioned—so-called Low-Tier—equipment dropped, you were left only with despair and frustration.
Farming equipment that was both High-Grade and good Tier was like plucking stars from the sky.
Only infinite grinding worked, and the time it consumed felt criminal.
Abysses with good rewards typically offered stingy Experience Points, while Abysses generous with Experience Points offered stingy rewards.
Saving that time would let him raise his Level faster.
For someone living with a Limited Lifespan, with so few days remaining, no other news could be more welcome.
‘511 days. I have to reach Level 1 within that span. There’s no time to waste on equipment farming.’
He still had 85 more Levels to gain.
The road ahead was long.
Still, having achieved growth beyond imagination in the Second Night, all that remained was to raise his level as quickly as possible and reach Level 1.
Whoosh!
Park Chan-woo took a deep breath.
‘It’s daunting, but I can do this.’
He refused to abandon hope.
Until now, he’d focused on rewards while operating in the Abyss, but there was no helping it.
His stats had been too low to openly traverse the Abyss.
He lacked the stamina for prolonged activity.
But from now on, things would be different.
He’d assembled a foundation of sorts that he’d been planning for.
‘Come to think of it, my Legendary title did evolve into Mythic.’
Park Chan-woo turned his eyes back to the ‘Title’ section of his Status Window.
At the same time.
Titles
Mythic (Master Title): Attack Power +400, All Penetration 10%, “Master of Valhalla”
Mythic Magic, Agzos: Summoned Agzos is affected by the user’s stats.
Easter Egg (001): All Stats +2, “Luck” effect upon level-up
Elixir Addict: Elixir effectiveness increased by 10%
Creator’s Bane: Grants “Unbreakable Spirit” effect against Creators
Master of Valhalla.
Whether due to the evolution, a new option he hadn’t seen before had been added.
‘The territory where the Second Night progressed. It seems that was Valhalla.’
Why Kan and his warriors had called themselves the ‘Warriors of Valhalla.’
It appeared the land itself was Valhalla.
‘Only those letters shine with golden light.’
That was when it happened.
Suddenly the letters spelling “Master of Valhalla” began to glow with a golden radiance.
He reached out and traced his fingers across the text.
Zing!
A golden portal materialized before him.
‘……Interesting.’
He understood immediately upon seeing it.
This was the portal leading to Valhalla.
Though he’d been forcibly returned when the Second Night ended, as the territory’s master, he seemed able to come and go freely from now on.
Step.
Without hesitation, he crossed through the warped space.
Soon the landscape around him shifted into a familiar sight.
The place where the Second Night had unfolded.
Valhalla!
Yet upon arriving at Valhalla, Park Chan-woo could only feel bewildered.
An unexpected guest had arrived before him.
“Adora?”
“……It has been long, Park Chan-woo.”
Beside the generated portal, the Witch of Death, Adora, answered with a cold expression.

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