Chapter 177
Chapter 177
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 177
Chapter Title: The Third Night (28)
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'Additional rewards, huh.'
Aheta's bankruptcy must have had a massive impact.
Not only did they open the hidden treasure vault, but they were even offering extra compensation.
Climbing the Hall of Fame rankings suggested they viewed it as an achievement on a whole different level.
'My current level is minus 73.'
He focused on the first additional reward: experience points.
The moment he chose it, it would raise his level by 8.
Honestly, he couldn't say it wasn't tempting.
'The deadline on my death sentence is already getting shorter.'
400 days. If he didn't reach level 1 within that time, he would die.
Gaining 8 levels to hit minus 65 would bring him quite a bit closer to his goal.
Plus, level was the most crucial benchmark in the Abyss.
It was a golden opportunity to skyrocket his class level and equipment levels.
Since he hadn't claimed the rewards yet, raising his level now would set the baseline for his gear.
His stats would rise somewhat thanks to the Mage's Stone and Sage's Stone anyway.
'A thousand coins. That's insane.'
Far more than what he'd gathered so far.
Choosing the second option would trigger the 'Golden Mystery of the Arhat.'
All his stats would surge dramatically.
'I could max out the options on the Golden Mystery of the Arhat.'
The Seeker’s First Step.
A cheat option that raised all stats by 1 for every 10 coins.
But it wouldn't rise infinitely.
No equipment in the Abyss allowed infinite growth.
There was a cap.
Maximum of 50.
Meaning it only applied up to 500 coins.
Of course, even excluding the Golden Mystery of the Arhat's option, a thousand coins were beyond imagination.
Coins were always better in greater quantities.
'I could invest in creating Creator Abyss or trade with coins.'
He stroked his chin.
Then shifted his gaze to the third reward.
'...Death Commander Anubis.'
Anubis himself as the reward.
This was practical too.
It didn't pale in comparison to the first two.
He'd experienced Anubis's power plenty of times.
For Radiant Anubis—Fluffy's sake alone, choosing Anubis felt like the righteous path.
And if he didn't, Anubis would die here.
With Aheta bankrupt and gone, he was doomed to vanish soon.
"Let me go."
It was then.
The frozen Anubis spoke to him.
"...You want me to just let you die?"
Park Chan-woo asked to confirm.
This was Anubis, who had calmed even in his rampage before Fluffy.
Yet he wanted to be released?
"Can't you console them while alive?"
"That's a pretty grim tale."
Anubis looked at Fluffy.
Kyuwoo...!
Fluffy gazed back at Anubis with teary eyes.
Before long, Fluffy had returned to its usual fluffy ball form.
Hopping around in front of the massive Anubis, unsure what to do.
It had instinctively recognized him as its parent.
Recalling a faint image from distant memories.
Anubis's eyes softened too.
Because he recognized Fluffy's radiance.
To prevent his child from becoming Aheta's lab rat, he had boxed it up and tossed it into an Abyss rift.
Hoping it would reach the right hands.
"Urvis? What's that?"
He'd heard of it.
The name of the god that Death Knight Gula had served in life.
"Light God Ahe?"
"...You were the God of Light?"
Insane.
He was genuinely shocked.
He never dreamed he'd hear that name from Anubis.
But looking back, it made sense.
'That's why Gula regained his holy power!'
When Fluffy bloomed the Flower of Life, Gula cried out Ahe's name and unleashed holy power.
As if he'd inherited Ahe's divine might.
The other Death Knights did the same.
If Fluffy was a descendant of the Light God Ahe, it was entirely possible.
He knew the rest.
Leading the Legion of Death, invading countless worlds, exterminating races.
Gula and the holy knights.
All the saints followed the Light God Ahe.
Unaware that Anubis was their god.
It showed just how cruel Aheta was.
In the Altar of Offerings dungeon, he'd turned Orc Priest Yan into a lich to guard the 'Ten Thousand Blood Altar' filled with ten thousand orc lives.
The bastard deserved to die hundreds, thousands more times.
He was asking to inherit Ahe's will and build a new temple.
At that moment.
Ding!
Rebuild the 'Temple of Light'
《Abyss Hidden Record.》
《A 'God Quest' desperately hidden by the demons has been triggered!》
《Anubis seeks to embrace death to soothe all souls in the 'Eternal Temple.' Once it's emptied, he hopes you'll transform it into the 'Temple of Light.'》
《Completing the 'Temple of Light' will grant 'Radiant Anubis Fluffy' divinity.》
《To complete the 'Temple of Light,' you must reclaim the 'light' and 'life' stolen by the demon gods.》
...There were no gods in the Abyss.
All gods had vanished in ancient wars, or so the tales went.
At best, only their altars or relics remained.
Yet right before his eyes stood a being who had once been a god from ages past.
Anubis.
The radiant Light God.
A tragic beast stripped of divinity after demon gods stole his 'light' and 'life.'
'Inheriting a god...'
But gods hadn't completely vanished.
They lingered in other forms, hidden and forgotten somewhere.
Just like now.
Like the Anubis before him.
Kyuwoooo!
Fluffy cried out.
Rushing to Anubis, refusing the farewell.
But time was short.
The third night was still collapsing.
He had to choose.
When would it be rebuilt? If it even could be.
How to reclaim what the demon gods had taken?
Aheta alone had been overwhelming; he'd needed Demon God Gremory's help.
Yet those words offered real comfort.
At least there was hope they wouldn't be parted forever.
Great aids?
What did he mean?
But the fourth additional reward was indeed 'Aheta's Secret Lab.'
Anubis seemed to know it well.
Park Chan-woo nodded.
Experience and coins mattered, but the lab held something even greater.
Soon Fluffy pulled away from Anubis.
As if accepting his death.
Since they might reunite.
"See you again."
Ding!
Park Chan-woo looked around and chuckled inwardly.
"They rearranged everything."
Mountains of treasure.
But different from his previous visit.
Aheta must have rearranged all the treasures anticipating his entry.
Not just rearranged—the treasures themselves had multiplied enormously.
Designed to waste time searching.
But.
'You had no clue how I find the treasures, did you, Aheta?'
He'd used mana wavelengths to locate 'Baal's Belt' before.
Same this time.
No matter how they hid it, he'd detect it.
However.
'Aheta's bankrupt, so how's he providing upgrades to exclusive gear?'
He'd learn once he picked a treasure.
He shrugged.
The message guaranteed the exclusive gear upgrade.
Park Chan-woo placed his hand on the floor.
Reading all the 'mana wavelengths' flowing around.
Thanks to his deeper understanding of mana wavelengths.
He could read them without amplifying via collision.
Soon.
"...Found it."
He moved immediately.
Through mountains of treasure.
Somewhere, two weightless treasures.
He quickly found the sword and shoes.
'Can only pick one.'
The issue: couldn't have both.
Hidden treasure vaults allowed only one treasure out.
But no worries.
'Seems the hidden vault transfers to the next night's manager.'
This setup meant the vault itself wouldn't disappear.
Transferred to the next 'night's' manager for another challenge.
Park Chan-woo pondered briefly.
'...The shoes—I just replaced Hermes' Shoes with True Shatiros Shoes.'
Not long ago.
But picking the sword?
'Eternal Sword. Summons a weapon matching the foe's level temporarily. Shorter summon time against stronger enemies, but decent for emergencies.'
The completed 'Eternal Sword' was on the line.
But he didn't deliberate long.
Ding!
"......Hm?"