SWISH! SWISH!
I repeatedly swung the sword in my hand.
It was so severely worn that I had no idea when it might break.
Yet its cutting power was beyond imagination.
SLICE! SLICE!
Every time I swung the sword, the Kiraks’ swords and shields were cut apart.
The next swing sliced straight through their torsos.
“Kirrik……?”
“Kirirrik……!”
The Kiraks couldn’t hide their bewilderment.
They looked completely different from when they’d first seen me and licked their lips in anticipation.
More importantly.
‘Why are they dying so easily?’
The battle felt strangely easy.
That might’ve made sense if the Kiraks I was fighting were weak monsters.
But they were E-rank monsters that a newly Awakened Hunter couldn’t easily handle.
‘Even if my stats rose a lot when I awakened…… am I really strong enough to cut through their swords and bodies in one stroke?’
SWISH! SLICE!
I cut down another Kirak.
It died with its shield and torso severed together.
“Kirirrik……?”
“Kirrik……?”
The look in the Kiraks’ eyes had changed.
When they first saw me, they’d looked at me as prey.
Now, their eyes belonged to terrified prey themselves.
My confidence naturally grew.
“I’ll kill all of you first and think about it afterward.”
I advanced while swinging my sword.
The Kiraks, their momentum broken, retreated as they tried to resist.
SWISH! SLICE!
But not one of them managed to block my sword even once.
“Kirirrik……!”
The Kiraks rapidly fell.
SLICE! SWISH!
When I finally eliminated every last Kirak.
‘Oh!’
A new message appeared before my eyes.
[You have killed 20 E-rank monsters less than 24 hours after awakening.]
[Achievement added - Special Beginner]
‘I already got an Achievement?’
Achievements could only be obtained by fulfilling special conditions.
And yet, despite having only just awakened, I’d already earned one.
It was surprising, but after reading the message, I understood why.
“I…… killed twenty Kiraks?”
Looking around, I saw quite a few dead Kiraks.
When I counted them, there really were twenty.
I’d been so focused on swinging my sword that I hadn’t noticed I’d killed so many.
‘Considering how recently I awakened, this really is absurd.’
I’d somehow accomplished it easily, but it was normally supposed to be difficult.
Difficult enough to earn an Achievement.
【Achievement】Special Beginner
[Description] Fighting and defeating 20 E-rank monsters less than 24 hours after awakening is extremely difficult! An Achievement granted to one who accomplished this difficult feat.
[Effect] Stamina +3, Attack +3, Defense +3, Evasion +3, Magic Resistance +3
“Holy shit! Its effects are this good?!”
The Achievement increased five different combat stats!
Its effects were far better than I’d expected.
【Name】Yu Gwon
【Trait】Successor of the Martial God (SSSSS)
【Stamina】E[60] 【Inner Power】E[50]
【Attack】E[58] 【Defense】E[58]
【Evasion】E[59] 【Magic Resistance】E[56]
【Skills】
【Achievements】[Special Beginner]
The addition of an Achievement made my Status Window look somehow more special.
My stats were also higher than when I’d last checked them.
‘I like it.’
When I first entered the cave, I’d been on the verge of death from severe blood loss.
Now, my body felt incredibly light.
“I’m overflowing with strength, and I even got a weapon that can cut monsters down with ease.”
I turned my gaze toward the sword in my hand.
From the outside, it looked so worn that it might break at any moment.
But I’d felt it several times while fighting the monsters.
This was no ordinary sword.
‘I need to open its information.’
I wished intensely for information about the worn sword to appear before me.
As if responding to my desire, information about the sword appeared.
【Limitless Sword】
[Grade] SSSSS
[Description] The sword of the Martial God Jin Cheon-u. Sealed.
[Effect] ???
“What…… the……?”
It felt as though every circuit in my brain had stopped.
I’d obtained a SSSSS-grade Trait that had never existed in this world and experienced the absurd phenomenon of all my combat stats rising by fifty, but…….
“I never imagined even this worn-out sword would be SSSSS-grade……!”
Its name was the Limitless Sword.
It was the sword of the Martial God Jin Cheon-u.
And its Grade was SSSSS.
Although it was sealed and its effects were displayed as question marks, I wasn’t disappointed in the slightest.
I’d personally experienced just how good this sword was.
“No wonder it cut so well.”
The sensation of slicing through both the monsters’ swords and torsos was still vivid.
It hadn’t even been difficult.
It had felt easy.
SHHK!
I slid the Limitless Sword into its scabbard.
Very carefully.
***
The place I was currently in was a cave containing the legacy of the Martial God Jin Cheon-u.
I’d awakened my Trait here and obtained an incredible weapon called the Limitless Sword.
And just now, I’d also collected all the Magic Stones embedded in the cave walls.
There were seven in total!
‘There weren’t many intact ones…… but seven is still more than enough.’
There had been dozens of Magic Stones embedded in the cave walls, but perhaps because they’d emitted light for so many years, most of them were cracked and looked ready to shatter at any moment.
Some of them had actually broken while I was removing them from the wall.
It would’ve been better if they were all intact, but I was still satisfied.
The seven Magic Stones I’d collected were perfectly fine.
“Time to leave.”
Naturally, my next objective was to escape from the cave.
Continuing my training here might’ve been a reasonable option.
But that would only work if I had enough food.
As a porter entering the dungeon, all I had in my bag was a little jerky and some water.
However.
Just as I was about to move toward the cave’s exit, something caught my eye.
“Huh?”
This place housed a legacy.
The possibility of there being something useless here was extremely low.
I approached to inspect it.
What I found was…….
“Armor and books?”
There was a set of leather armor and three books, all as worn as the Limitless Sword.
Every one of them was in terrible condition, which only heightened my expectations.
“Could these…… also belong to the Martial God?”
The fact that they were old meant they might’ve been used by the Martial God.
Filled with anticipation, I opened the information on the worn leather armor.
At that moment.
A powerful thrill surged through me.
【Limitless Armor】
[Grade] SSSSS
[Description] The armor of the Martial God Jin Cheon-u. Sealed.
[Effect] ???
“Holy shit!”
It was real!
I’d wondered whether it might be, but it truly was the Martial God’s armor!
“Wow……!”
All I could do was marvel.
Having already experienced the Limitless Sword’s performance made me even more excited.
‘The armor of the Martial God Jin Cheon-u. That description alone is enough. This armor must be incredible too.’
Its Grade was also SSSSS, the same as the Limitless Sword.
An absurd Grade that had never existed in this world.
Although it was currently sealed, there was no doubt that it would be incredible once the seal was lifted.
“Should I try it on?”
I examined the armor called the Limitless Armor again.
Like the Limitless Sword, it was so worn that it seemed as though it might be damaged if I mishandled it.
With trembling hands, I slowly lifted the armor.
“It’s really light.”
The armor was astonishingly light.
What was even more surprising was that it felt unexpectedly sturdy.
I was worried it might break because of how worn it was, but I lightly tapped it with my fist.
THUMP! THUMP!
It felt strangely as though my fist was being bounced back.
At first, I’d thought it was ordinary leather armor, but after touching it like this, I couldn’t even begin to guess what material it was made from.
“But how am I supposed to put this on?”
If there’d been a zipper on the back, I could’ve opened it and slipped it on, but there was nothing of the sort.
Its shape made it difficult to tell how it was meant to be worn.
I cautiously tried stretching the neck opening.
STREEETCH!
The armor stretched like rubber.
“Whoa!”
I was startled.
I’d already thought it was made from an unusual material, but I hadn’t imagined it could stretch this far!
“For now…… let’s put it on……!”
I calmed my astonishment and put on the armor.
SLIP! SWISH!
Perhaps because of its elasticity, putting it on wasn’t difficult at all.
In fact, it felt almost too easy.
‘It fits perfectly.’
Was it because the material stretched like rubber?
The Limitless Armor fit so well that it seemed as though it had been made specifically for my body.
Now that I was wearing the armor.
My gaze naturally turned toward the three books.
“Just how incredible are you three?”
I picked up one of the books and focused, trying to open its information.
However.
“……It’s not working?”
The information wouldn’t open.
SHHK!
I picked up another book and tried again.
“What the……?”
Once again, no information appeared.
The last book was the same.
“Are they not items?”
If their information couldn’t be opened, it meant they weren’t items.
I was disappointed by the thought that they might not be as valuable as I’d hoped, but just in case, I carefully packed all three books into my bag.
“Now let’s really leave.”
I’d been delayed a little, but it was finally time to escape.
Before leaving, I bent deeply at the waist.
I bowed toward the spot where the skeleton that had once been the Martial God Jin Cheon-u had rested.
“Thank you for leaving behind such a magnificent legacy.”
***
I reached the cave entrance without much difficulty.
After all, I’d already traveled this path once.
When I arrived at the entrance, I found a rope woven from vines.
“I think they used this rope to get inside.”
The Kiraks that had come looking for me.
They’d probably used this rope to enter the cave.
“Disgusting bastards. Going this far just to catch one person.”
In any case.
I tugged on the rope several times to make sure it was secure.
GRIP!
Then I began climbing.
I’d always been confident in my stamina, but now I was far more confident than before.
My stamina had improved tremendously after awakening.
【Stamina】E[60]
My current Stamina stat was 60.
By civilian standards, that was practically superhuman.
With my current body, couldn’t I win gold medals in quite a few events if I entered the Olympics?
‘There was actually an athlete who concealed the fact that he’d awakened and won an Olympic gold medal before. He was caught later and stripped of the medal, though.’
Climbing the rope felt easy.
My body also felt astonishingly light.
TAP!
I sprang lightly onto the top of the cliff.
Now it was time to escape the dungeon.
However.
“Kirirrik!”
Troublemakers appeared.
‘Kiraks.’
They were the monsters that had driven me to the brink of death, caused me to fall off the cliff, and then fought me inside the cave.
I’d encountered more of them.
‘Five of them. That’s not many.’
Unlike our first encounter, I no longer felt afraid.
I had experience defeating twenty Kiraks inside the cave.
Moreover, that experience had earned me the excellent Achievement called Special Beginner.
‘Thanks to that Achievement, my Stamina, Attack, Defense, Evasion, and Magic Resistance all rose by three.’
SHING!
I drew my sword.
At that moment, my confidence rose even further.
I was once again reminded that the weapon in my hand was the Limitless Sword, a weapon with the unreal Grade of SSSSS.
“Kirirrik!”
The five Kiraks charged toward me.
I swung the Limitless Sword at them.
SWISH! SLICE!
It wasn’t much different from the battle inside the cave.
The Kiraks’ weapons and torsos were cut apart with absurd ease.
If I had to find one difference, it was that the entire process had become even easier.
‘My stats rose because of the Achievement, making me even stronger.’
I advanced while swinging my sword.
SWISH!
The five Kiraks died in an instant.
If I’d still been working as a porter, I would’ve immediately collected their materials.
‘Escaping comes first.’
But escaping the dungeon was my highest priority, so I didn’t get greedy over the materials.
PATTER, PATTER, PATTER!
I ran toward the dungeon exit.
It was quite far away, so I needed to keep moving.
But more troublemakers continued to appear.
“Kirrik! Kiririrrik!”
“Kirirrik!”
Each time, I swung my sword.
I never avoided the Kiraks that attacked me.
I fought and killed every last one.
SWISH! SLICE!
At some point, it started to become tedious and annoying.
They were appearing so frequently that it felt excessive.
But then I changed my mind.
It was because of the messages appearing before my eyes.
[Stamina has increased. +1]
[Attack has increased. +1]
[Defense has increased. +1]
[Evasion has increased. +1]
[You have awakened the skill ‘Swing (F)’!]
***