Players Who Returned 10,000 Years Later

Chapters 12. Promotion (Part 1)

There were many status window messages that Kang Yu looked at with interest.

'Second rank Special Ability...' Kang Yu opened the main status window to see if new abilities had appeared.

[Rank 2 Special Ability: Extraordinary Hunger. (Class: C)]

Result: Earn more Magi while using Devourer's Power.

'This...' Kang Yu's eyes glowed.

And it wasn't because he got high-class Strength. High or low rank, no problem for him.

The important thing was that the ability he had just obtained would help him gather Magi several times faster.

'It's good.' Kang Yu, pleased with his new ability, smiled happily.

He gained his first ability, the Power of the Eater, when he went to Hell. And he had acquired both abilities just now. It feels so different now.

Every time he raised his level from now on, thanks to his new ability, he would be able to raise a different ability.

'I need to get stronger as quickly as possible.' Kang Yu, without realizing it, continued to smile as his interest in the situation grew.

– Well, I have to check the effectiveness of the new power, – said Kang Yu in a childish voice and placed his hand on the body of the hobgoblin.

Black smoke immediately came out and wrapped around the body.

"The fog is thicker."

Is this one of the effects of new abilities?

And the mist, meanwhile, became increasingly thick until the entire body was covered in a veil.

As expected, the hobgoblin boss contained Magi several times more than the other goblins.

As Kang Yu expended almost all of his energy, a blue window appeared before his eyes.

[Activating ability: overwhelming hunger]

[More Magi will be devoured]

— Ha. —With the message that appears, the number of Magi pulled out of the hobgoblins increases.

It increased by about ten or twenty percent more.

Even if the amount is small, if you consider this Magi as a free bonus that may not exist, 10~20% does not seem like a small amount.

'The more Magi a monster has, the more extra power I can get, ' Kang Yu concluded.

He had to capture monsters of a higher level if his collection increased not by absolute value, but by a percentage.

Another message appeared.

[Magi increased by 3 units]

The number of Magi he received from just one hobgoblin was greater than the number of Magi he received from several dozen goblins.

Of course, this time special powers were also involved, but even in this case, there was a difference with ordinary monsters.

'I should only hunt high-class monsters.' If the monsters were weaker, he would have to defeat a pile of them to obtain a lot of Magi, but he could obtain them more efficiently by taking out larger monsters.

'I've heard that the more the ability grows, the harder it is to improve it.' The same can be said for the level of the player.

Although he quickly jumped from rank 1 to 2, it took him more time to raise his level from 10 to 11.

The fact that Kang Yu was able to increase Magi by 3 units from fighting hobgoblins was promising.

Kang Yu looked at the 19 units of Magi he obtained after only hunting for one day, and smiled.

'Should I check it once?' Compared to before attacking the village, he had five more Magi units. 'I wonder how many Magi I will feel now?'

Kang Yu lightly closed his eyes and started to 'pass' the Magi inside him.

— Hah? — Her lips curved into a frown.

There were 14 units before, and now 19, so his Magi should be 1.3 times stronger.

At best, the number can be doubled with additional units.

Yet…

'It's three times stronger...' The power of the Magi flowing profusely all over his body surpassed Kang Yu's expectations.

His Magi had only increased by 5 units, so what was the reason behind this mysterious power?

Kang Yu knew better than to rejoice thoughtlessly with a suddenly increased strength.

The power that appeared out of nowhere was the same as a bomb that was ready to explode at any moment. While it is good to be optimistic about it, it can be dangerous in this situation.

Kang Yu returned to his seat, sat down, and focused on thinking.

It wasn't until a few minutes later that he realized the reason for the sudden surge in strength.

'The power that sealed Man Ma Jung is weakening.' The unknown force that sealed Man Ma Jung became increasingly weak, causing a small number of his Magi to come out. Of course, this amount was hardly enough of a reason to smile, but compared to the time he first returned to Earth, this pervasive Magi was quite a lot.

'I wonder if this is related to level promotion.' After all, Kang Yu had already reached level 10.

He reached the second rank after finishing a hobgoblin, passing the level 10 bar.

Nothing else happened, so that was the most likely reason.

'I wonder, with each promotion, will the power that sealed Man Ma Jung weaken even more?' Kang Yu's eyes sparkled with a new color.

If that was the case, all he had to do was reach a certain level and his strength would return as a whole.

— Hmm... — To confirm his theory, he must rise to level 20 and get a rank of 3.

'I have to go to the high-level gate.' It would be difficult to continue leveling up just by fighting goblins.

Kang Yu picked up the mana stone lying on the ground and stuffed it into his bag before heading for the exit.

'I killed the boss so my class will definitely increase.' Kang Yu glanced at the stone where Level C of the hobgoblin was. Compared to the other E level stones, it had a more gloomy color.

He was capable of handling over a dozen goblins and hobgoblins alone, so there was no way his class would not go up.

Kang Yu, with a bag full of mana stones, stepped out of the Gate.

Compared to before entering the Gate, Kang Yu's body now felt lighter, likely due to the increasing number of Magi.

'With so many Magi, I should have been able to use more of my strength.' Realizing this, his mood improved.

Using his Accelerated Power, he quickly arrived at the place of the exchange of mana stones.

— Please, exchange all this for money. And give me the salesman certificate.

The man looked frightened at how many stones Kang Yu had just thrown away.

— You have 61 Mana Level E stones and one Mana Level C stone.

— How much do I get for each piece?

— With tax deduction, which stone Level E costs 36,000 won and which stone Level C costs 2,570,000 won.

(PO: 1000₩\=0,83 USD)

- Wow.

It turned out that he made almost 5,000,000 won today.

If he went to a higher level gate, he could earn even more.

This is probably one of the reasons why the Players get a lot of attention.

— Player ID, please.

— Here it is.

— Um. — The face of the man who saw the ID turns to frown. - Show the ID of the man you hunted on the march.

He was confident that a level E player could not obtain that many stones alone.

— They don't exist.

- What?

— I was hunting alone.

— You told me that you collected all this yourself?

Seeing the confused face of an employee, Kang Yu nodded slowly.

The official couldn't believe it, gawking at the pile of rocks on his desk and at Kang Yu's desk.

For an E-level player to collect that many Mana stones alone? That was unthinkable.

"He also caught the boss." The level C stone above his desk signified that the person had killed the main monster.

'Someone must have helped him.' There are times when rich players skip training and have a personal assistant assigned to help them.

"But it doesn't look like that." Kang Yu was dressed too badly and had no special equipment or weapons.

Normally, when Players received assistance, they had high-level items.

'Maybe he hid his noble origin?' It was not like a player with such a low level could hunt at the level E gate alone.

"Give up, I won't interfere." After all, he was an educated and courteous employee.

- Okay. Do you want to get cash or withdraw it to your bank account? You can receive it in cash as long as it is less than 1 billion won.

— Please cash. — Kang Yu feels that the employee does not believe what he says about hunting alone, but he does not mind.

After a while, the employee returned to Kang Yu with 4,766,000 won in cash.

Kang Yu left after receiving the money.

'The first thing I need to do is buy a phone.' You will need to return to normal life.

Kang Yu went to the branch he recognized and bought a phone. He immediately used it to call Han Sol, who parted with him at the Player Support Center.

- Hello?

—Han Sol? This Kang Yu.

— Ah, You found your phone.

- Yes I do.

— From now on, be careful with it. Where are you now?

— Not far from which stone exchange place.

— Are you going straight home?

— I have to stop by somewhere, but it would be nice to go there together, what do you think?

- With me? —The sound vibrates in surprise. - Where do you want to go?

—Han Sol's.

- Yeah?

Kang Yu's voice was so serious that Han Sol replied anxiously.

It seems like he's going to say something very important.

With great sincerity, Kang Yu said:

— Let's buy chicken.