The Returned Hunter Has Awakened to a Hidden Class - Chapter 59
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Chapter 59
Mage Tower (3)
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[Skill] : 「Annihilation」
[Grade] : A
[Effect] :
– Move at extreme speed and simultaneously cut down all surrounding enemies.
– Upon activation, instantly detect the location of all enemies within a 10m radius
– Move at ultra-high speed and sequentially attack all detected enemies
[Special] : Simultaneous attack on up to 20 targets within detection range
[Active Skill]
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Kim Jun looked at the golden Skill Information floating in the air.
‘This is good?’
It was exactly as he had envisioned.
The detection ability of 「Sense」 and the speed of 「Acceleration」.
The advantages of both skills were perfectly fused together.
“How is it?”
Olivia asked with expectant eyes.
“Perfect.”
“Of course! Who do you think made it!”
Olivia smiled proudly.
She was exhausted from multiple skill fusions, but it was rewarding since the result was good.
‘Annihilation…’
Kim Jun repeated the skill name.
It meant sweeping away all surrounding enemies in an instant.
It would live up to its name, wouldn’t it?
Just as he was thinking that.
Seeing this skill reminded him of someone.
‘This would suit Su-in better.’
Han Su-in was an assassin specialized in speed.
Quick footwork, instantaneous acceleration, and precise timing.
「Annihilation」, which moved at extreme speed and cut down all surrounding enemies, would perfectly match her combat style.
‘Then…’
An idea came to Kim Jun’s mind.
“Olivia.”
“Yes?”
“Make this into a skill book for me.”
“…What?”
Olivia blinked. She thought she had misheard.
“I said make it into a skill book.”
“Whaaaat?!?”
Olivia jumped up and shouted.
“A, a skill book?!”
“Yeah. It’s possible, right?”
“Well… it’s possible, but…”
Olivia’s face turned pale.
Fusing skills was already an enormous task.
But making it into a skill book was a completely different story.
‘A skill book…’
A skill book was a special item implemented through magic.
A system where you could instantly learn the skill contained within just by opening the book and reading it.
The problem was the difficulty of creation.
You had to perfectly disassemble the skill’s structure and reconstruct it into a form that anyone could learn.
It was like disassembling a complex machine and then reassembling it with an instruction manual.
Moreover, the mana consumption was enormous.
‘Just how much does this person know?’
Olivia looked at Kim Jun.
Skill book creation was the Mage Tower’s top-level secret.
Most ordinary hunters didn’t even know of its existence, yet Kim Jun requested it as if it were natural.
“It’s, it’s a bit expensive…”
Olivia carefully brought up the topic.
‘Should I test him once?’
Actually, Olivia was curious. Just how much did this hunter know?
The skill book creation price was 500,000 coins. But what if she inflated it on purpose?
“It’s 1 million coins?”
Olivia lied as naturally as possible.
If Kim Jun paid the 1 million coins as is?
That would be good too. She’d be keeping 500,000 coins.
If he said it was too expensive and declined? That would be fine too.
She was already exhausted to the point of trembling all over.
“It’s 500,000 coins.”
“…!!”
Olivia’s face hardened.
It was accurate. Too accurate.
“How, how did you…!!”
Kim Jun grinned and crossed his arms.
“You were testing me, right? To see how much I know.”
“That, that’s…”
Olivia stammered in confusion.
She was caught. Completely caught.
Suddenly, Kim Jun’s expression turned serious.
“Oh my, oh my…”
He slowly shook his head.
“I trusted you. My heart is sooo hurt.”
“I’m, I’m sorry…”
“What would happen if people found out about this?”
Kim Jun muttered while resting his chin on his hand.
“What would happen to the Mage Tower’s honor…”
“Wait, wait!”
Olivia frantically waved her hands.
Oh no.
To lie out of momentary curiosity.
‘If Adelaine finds out about this…’
Just imagining it was horrifying.
Adelaine was a principled person. If she found out about deceiving a customer, she would never let it slide.
“I’m, I’m really sorry! I was just curious…”
“Curious?”
“Yes, yes! Hunter Kim Jun knows so much, I was wondering how much you actually knew…”
Olivia hurriedly made excuses.
Kim Jun laughed inwardly as he watched her flustered appearance.
‘How cute.’
In fact, he had no intention of getting angry. He just wanted to tease her a little.
“I’ll do anything!”
Olivia said desperately.
“Anything?”
“Yes, yes! If you just keep this a secret!”
“Hmm…”
Kim Jun pretended to think for a moment, then suddenly smiled brightly.
“Then you’ll have to finish my companions’ work ‘by today’ too, right?”
“T-today?”
“Yeah.”
“But it’s already evening?”
“So?”
“…Never mind.”
*
Cock-a-doodle-doo-
As dawn was breaking.
“I’m all done…”
Olivia collapsed completely onto the desk.
Her mana was completely depleted from fusing four hunters’ skills consecutively throughout the night.
The dark circles under her eyes had already darkened as much as they could.
“You really… really worked hard.”
Kim Jun said sincerely.
Park Min-soo, Lee Seo-yeon, Han Su-in.
His three companions had entered the Hall of Harmony one by one to fuse their respective skills, and Olivia had done her best work on each one.
How much time had passed?
It took at least two hours per person.
From analyzing skills, finding compatibility, designing fusion, to actually fusing them.
First was Park Min-soo’s “Indomitable Fortress”.
[Skill: “Indomitable Fortress”]
[Grade: A]
[Effect: 50% damage reduction. Defense increases with each attack received (max 5 stacks). Invincibility state available for 5 seconds at max stacks]
[Description: The vanguard of the front lines does not fall!]
An A-grade skill that fused the absolute defense of “Steel Shield” with the stacking effect of “Guardian’s Will”.
It was a perfect tanker skill where defense increased with each attack received, and at maximum stacks, granted 5 seconds of invincibility.
“Ooh! This is good! After stacking, I can choose when to activate invincibility!”
Park Min-soo smiled brightly as soon as he received the skill.
He seemed confident that he could now protect his companions more reliably.
Next was Lee Seo-yeon’s “Sanctuary of Recovery”.
[Skill: “Sanctuary of Recovery”]
[Grade: S]
[Effect: Creates sacred area within [15m] radius. Allies recover [10%] per second, all stats +[10%], immunity to status ailments. Enemies take [2%] damage per second]
[Description: The radiance once used by ‘someone’. Where light touches, wounds heal and evil is purified.]
An S-grade support skill combining the healing power of “Healing” with the area buff effects of “Sanctuary”.
By creating a sacred area within a 15m radius, allies within would continuously recover and become immune to all status ailments, while enemies would take continuous damage instead.
Lee Seo-yeon’s eyes widened at the mention of S-grade.
Though she was usually calm, this time she was happy enough to repeat “thank you” several times.
Next was Han Su-in’s “Sword Dance Barrier”.
[Skill: Sword Dance Barrier]
[Grade: S]
[Effect: Creates sword dance zone within 10m radius. Within the zone, attack speed/movement speed/reaction speed increase by [2000%].]
[Description: A barrier that can only be deployed by one who has reached the realm of sword dance.
Within the barrier, the user falls into a state of selflessness, and everything in the world flows slowly.
As if raindrops have stopped mid-air, as if the enemy’s movements have frozen, in that instant, the sword has already cut down the enemy hundreds of times.]
An S-grade attack skill that fused the vital point recognition of “Critical Silhouette” with the continuous attacks of “Soft Rain”.
Han Su-in was expressionless, but judging by the slight upturn of her lips, she seemed satisfied.
There probably wasn’t a skill more suited to Han Su-in than this.
And the “Annihilation” skill book.
Even the A-grade skill Kim Jun created by fusing “Detection” and “Acceleration” was materialized as a skill book.
“Everyone seemed satisfied.”
Kim Jun said, looking at the door his companions had left through.
All three had returned with proud expressions after receiving their respective skills.
Especially Lee Seo-yeon and Han Su-in, who obtained S-grade skills, were noticeably delighted.
Of course, he couldn’t know what skills each of them had learned in the Hall of Creation.
Since they hadn’t told him themselves.
‘Seeing them all smile, they must have gotten something good.’
Well, as always, except for Park Min-soo.
“This is supposed to be a tanker skill…?”
He recalled Park Min-soo grumbling dissatisfiedly as he came out of the Hall of Creation.
But fortunately, after obtaining “Indomitable Fortress” in the Hall of Harmony, he had a completely satisfied expression.
“Of course… with this level of quality…”
Olivia muttered weakly.
Though she was exhausted, she was proud of having created such perfect results.
“Oh, right.”
Kim Jun began rummaging through his pockets.
Clatter clatter clatter-
Coin pouches spilled out onto the table.
“Th-this is…!”
Olivia’s eyes went wide.
His own 2 skill fusions, 1 skill book creation, 1 new skill, and his companions’ portions too.
“1.5 million coins total.”
Kim Jun said nonchalantly.
“Are you really giving this to me?!”
“Of course. You should be paid for the work you did. Did you think I was trying to get something for nothing?”
Kim Jun smiled brightly.
Olivia stared blankly at the coin pouches.
1.5 million coins total.
It was more money than she had saved over several years working at the Magic Tower.
“Thank you… thank you so much!”
Olivia said sincerely.
Her hard work had been worth it. No, it was more than that.
There was a reason Kim Jun had given her such a large sum.
Kim Jun’s new skill obtained from the Hall of Creation.
No, it was a bit ambiguous to call it a skill.
‘This is…’
Kim Jun opened his status window.
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[Special Skill Set 「Kaiser’s Legacy」 Unlocked!]
[Description]: Four seals left behind by Kaiser.
Each seal is guarded by a boss monster on a specific floor within the Tower.
Defeat the corresponding boss and release the seal.
[Unlock Status]
– 1st Seal: 「Flame Emperor」
– 2nd Seal: [Unlocked upon defeating ???]
– 3rd Seal: [Unlocked upon defeating ???]
– 4th Seal: [Unlocked upon defeating ???]
[Warning]: Each seal unlocks sequentially.
You cannot obtain the next seal without releasing the previous one.
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‘…This is incredible.’
The corners of Kim Jun’s mouth lifted.
Only 「Flame Emperor」 was available for immediate use, but that was fine.
Just knowing he could find them one by one while climbing the Tower was valuable enough.
‘And this Flame Emperor skill is…’
Kim Jun examined the Skill Information closely.
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[Skill]: 「Flame Emperor」
[Grade]: [S]
[Type]: Awakening-type Transformation Skill
[Effect]:
– Enter awakened state for [30 seconds].
– All stats increase by 1000% during awakening.
– Only 「Kaiser’s Legacy」 skills can be used during awakening (all other skills sealed)
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Only 「Kaiser’s Legacy」 skills can be used during awakening.
In other words, it would be difficult to unleash its full power until he obtained all three remaining seals.
However.
‘The grade and duration are displayed in different colors.’
Kim Jun examined the status window closely.
[S] and [30 seconds].
Unlike other skills, only these two parts were displayed in distinctly different colors.
‘This means…’
The meaning was clear.
Growth was possible.
It meant he could surpass S grade to reach SS, SSS, or even EX grade.
The same applied to duration. It meant the 30 seconds could be extended further.
‘And…’
The corners of Kim Jun’s mouth lifted.
Not being able to use other skills immediately might seem like a disadvantage, but.
‘A 1000% increase to all stats means.’
A single basic attack would be stronger than most skills.
Simply throwing one punch in awakened state would be far more powerful than using a B-grade skill in normal state.
‘This is good.’
He actually liked how simple it was.
No need to worry about complex skill combinations—just overwhelm with raw stats.
‘I want to find the other three quickly.’
Just as Kim Jun was about to close the skill window with satisfaction.
“Uuuugh…”
A quiet groan reached his ears.
“Ji-a?”
As he turned his head, the door opened and Ryu Ji-a shuffled in.
“Oppa…”
Her face looked completely exhausted.
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