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The man staggered, sat down, and rested his back on the wall. He felt broken in so many parts he couldn’t even count. His hands were almost numb.
He leaned his head back on the wall and closed his eyes for a moment. The coldness of the wall was soothing to his body. And after the battles he just had, he could use some cold touch.
He hadn’t rested for long when he remembered that message entered his phone during the fight. He brought out the phone and read the message.
Warning!
‘Crimson Wolf’ suffered severe damage and was forcibly recalled.
―As a result of a forced reverse summon, ‘Crimson Wolf’ cannot be summoned for one day.
―Please note that if a summon is forcibly recalled, the card may be destroyed with a low probability.
Start the tutorial.
6. Defeat the boss.
―This is the last gateway. You must break through the dungeon of trials based on the abilities you have acquired so far. The boss guarding the last exit is very powerful and must you be prepared.
→ done
Reward: A little experience.
→ Would you like to receive your reward now? (y/n) _
(Note) Compensation not received will be automatically deleted after 7 days.
“… … .”
The man frowned.
Because it was the last gateway, and there was no mention that the tutorial was over. Also, the reward was only a little experience.
“Wow… …”
As soon as he received the reward, he regained his strength. A level-up message popped up on the phone.
“Is this level 9?”
He didn’t like that the messages weren’t clear on which level he was. He took notes on all the things he now had in his possession, and then he drew a random card.
[Card information]
Name: Dokkaebi Buddha
Level: 1Lv
EXP: 0
Grade: Common
Category: Summon
Growth: atmospheric chronic (small)
Property: fire
Effect: Summons 1 small fire spirit.
Cost: 10
Seed: 1 slot
“Hmm… …”
He placed the goblin card in an empty normal card slot.
“Open goblin.”
The card loaded in and a small flame the size of five candle lights appeared in front of him.
‘I don’t think I can expect much of the combat power, but the light is quite strong, so it would be enough to light my path in this dungeon.’
He considered the goblin flame a whole lot of upgrade compared to having to carry a torch about, which he always had to drop whenever he was engaged in a fight. But this flame simply followed him on its own. If he also ever found himself needing to roast meat or set something ablaze, he wouldn’t have to stress as he did before.
“Not bad.”
A new message came in.
Finish the tutorial.
: Take the exit.
―The tutorial ends when you take the exit near the place where you defeated the boss.
―Ensure you don’t miss anything, as you will not be able to return to this location once the tutorial is complete!
―There are occasional seeds found in powerful monsters’ heads, so don’t forget to check them before you go out.
“In your head?” He exclaimed, with a cold irritating look at the lifeless body of the monster.
He frowned and ground his teeth.
“There better be a seed in that head that’s worth me sticking my hand in you,” he grunted at the monster.
The man knelt by the monster, squeezed his face, and pushed his hand into the monster’s head.
He rummaged around in the head for a bit, trying to find something with his fingers.
A wave of foul smell burst out from the head, almost choking the man. He quickly covered his nose and mouth with his other hand.
“You got to be kidding me.”
He coughed, then cleared his throat.
Eventually, his fingers found something in the head. He pulled it out, and it was a black seed the size of a cent.
“Hmm…” he groaned.
He rubbed his messy hand against the wall, trying to get out as much of the filth as possible. Then he checked the seed.
[Item information]
Name: Speed Up Seed
Level Limit: No
Type: Seed
Grade: Uncommon
Effect: 2% overall speed
Description: The seed of the dungeon owner
―You can enhance the ability by equipping items or cards with Seed slots.
―To remove the seed once installed, a special function ‘Remove’ is required.
[Click here to equip this seed to an item or card.]
“Overall speed,” he wondered for a moment.
The seed had the effect of increasing the object’s speed, including attack speed and movement speed.
The man mounted this seed in the second slot of the Bloodthirsty (R) card and stood up. Then, as the message directed, moved toward the exit.
The man stopped. He knew he hadn’t fully explored the dungeon, and if he missed anything, he wouldn’t be able to return here to find it again.
Of course, he desired to get out of the damn place as quickly as possible. But on the other hand, he was worried that there might still be hidden rewards in the dungeon.
For example, if a special function such as ‘Separation’ was here in the dungeon and he didn’t find it, it might become hard to find in the future.
“It would be better to take whatever you can.”
The exit wasn’t hard to find anyway, so he only needed to check a few places he hadn’t already checked and get back to the exit.
Surprisingly, he hadn’t gone very far when he found the ‘Separation’ function.
Congratulations!
Acquired the special card ‘Separation’.
: When you acquire a special card, it is possible to cancel the sealed special function.
―Special function ‘Separation’ is opened.
“Great!” he yelled into his hands.
The ‘Separation’ function made it possible to remove any previously installed seed at any time.
The man suddenly got optimistic and decided to check in the heads of all the zombies he had killed. He thought even if he managed to find only one seed; then it’d be worth it.
Luckily for him, his effort was not wasted. He found another seed.
[Item information]
Name: Shell Seed
Level Limit: No
Type: Seed
Class: common
Effect: Physical Resistance 5%
Description: A seed that reduces physical damage.
―You can enhance the ability by equipping items or cards with Seed slots.
―To remove the seed once installed, a special function ‘Remove’ is required.
[Click here to equip this seed to an item or card.]
He felt his reward was worthy of all the pain he’d gone through since he entered the dungeon.
He installed the newly acquired seed in the remaining slot of the Blood Seven (R) card, and then he went back to the exit.
The exit was shining brightly, just like it happened in the forest.
“Woo!”
He took a deep breath and stepped into the exit. He found himself in a new place.
“…”
Unlike the dark places he had been navigating, this place was so different it confused him for a moment. It was full of sparkling lights everywhere, so much light it hurt his eyes, which had already adpated to the dark and edgy environment he came from.
A message arrived on his phone again.
Finish the tutorial.
: Take the exit.
―The tutorial ends when you take the exit near the place where you defeated the boss.
―Ensure you don’t miss anything, as you will not be able to return to this location once the tutorial is complete!
―There are occasional seeds found in powerful monsters’ heads, so don’t forget to check them before you go out.
→ Done!
―Settle the actions and achievements you showed in the tutorial.
―This process may take some time. Please wait for a moment.
“… …”
The man stood silently and looked around.
The space filled with twinkling lights felt very mysterious at first, but it became somewhat withered as he kept looking.
He was already getting bored waiting for the process to complete. I stretched his body, moved up and down, punched into the air, and then a message came in.
Congratulations!
Your rank is S.
: You have passed the entire tutorial with excellent grades.
―In addition to the basic compensation, additional compensation is paid.
Reward: Little experience, tutorial reward box, tutorial reward box (S rank)
→ Would you like to receive your reward now? (y/n) _
(Note) Compensation not received will be automatically deleted after 7 days.
“… …”
The man immediately received the reward without thinking or doing anything else. Then, he leveled up again this time.
“I’m at level 10.”
He opened the tutorial reward box. Light spurted out over the phone, revealing a copper ring.
[Item information]
Name: Ring of Will
Level Limit: No
Type: Ring
Grade: Common
Effect: Stun Resistance 3%
Seed: 1 slot
Description: A ring that increases resistance to stun attacks
―It is possible to mount the seed in the groove in the middle.