Chapter 62 (1/2)
[He ate him.]
[The living ate the dead…]
The air changed utterly. The dead that surrounded me noticed my actions. It means that from now on, I could eat them.
I sliced off a zombie’s torso with my blade and slid it into my mouth.
Predation completely grasped all the energy by using Detection. I used the stamina gained through Predation with Regeneration. Gradually, it turned the death essence back into life energy.
By absorbing death energy and altering it, it was possible to incorporate the mana of the undead.
[Advanced Detection has become Lv7!]
My stamina and magic rose; there’s no such thing as fatigue by using Regeneration. They are all my food, even the strongest ghoul in the intermediate level, easy pickings!
[If I’m eaten, I’ll die!]
[Avoid him or you’ll disappear!]
[You said you want to eat him, so he’s all yours!]
The surrounding undead ran away. It was an unfamiliar sight I rarely ever see in the Black Palace. Is it because you now remember the fear of death? Well…
“I know the feeling.”
I don’t know why A summoned this number of undead, but I have only one choice. As long as I know that they are my enemies and haven’t cleared the second floor, I must kill them all.
“I will enjoy this food…” I prayed as I rushed to my dinner.
[Predation has become Lv5! Skills gained from Predation will grow faster. If the target’s skill proficiency is high, skills acquired will start at a high level!]
[Conquer the 2nd floor of Jinma’s Tower 1/1]
Both Predation’s growth and the clearing of Jinma’s Tower’s notification windows appeared simultaneously.
“This is the last one…” I muttered, chewing a ghoul’s flesh in my mouth.
The taste was a little odd, it was like fruit and grilled meat that was close to rotting, It was strangely addictive, but apparently, it was completely rotten. So I really didn’t want to eat more than this.
At that moment, the walls that were erected went down all at once. Despite having a long, arduous battle, the arena was so clean. Because everything was inside my stomach.
[Quest Completed!]
[You gained 7,850,000 experience!]
[You acquired 1,000 gold!]
[You’ve leveled up!]
[You acquired 5 advanced magic potions!]
[You acquired 5 super sticky sticks!]
[Evolution is possible!]
As I watched the series of notifications, I clenched my fists. Inside me was a joy that stemmed from the depths of my heart. I did it. I felt like I was going to die, but I did it. I got stronger. I proved my qualifications to become stronger. I was happy that I did it by myself without relying on anyone or anything else.
A appeared, but this time, I sensed him before I could show himself. Detection had gone up to Advanced Lv7 and also because I changed the fundamentals of how I use my skills.
“That was quick.”
“It was?”
He could have been complimenting me, but I was being weird and had to ask.
“You’re fast. Even if you thought the wrong way initially and spend the time dying a lot.”
Strictly speaking, I wasn’t dying on purpose. I died a lot to learn some things. But what did he do while I was clearing the floor? It must have been a long time.
“What is this energy you spoke of?”
“Mana, life, and death. Are you talking about those?”
“Are they different?”
“You saw what I did.”
It may be impossible to comprehend the energy around me. But I could figure out the ones inside me.
It’s also unfamiliar to miss the energy when recognized. Now that I’ve eaten over a thousand undead, I could divide all my strength to my stamina, magic, life, and death.
It would be impossible to explain what energy is, but I could.
I was thinking of ignoring A for asking such a trivial thing and start evolving. Before I could, A spoke with an expressionless, yet oddly absurd face.
“Fate.”
“What?”
“You’re wrong.”
“What do you mean?”
He delivered to me shocking news with a calm voice.
“Your Predation… You should have been still stuck on the second floor until you reached level 7.”
Predation had to be level 7? And I reached level 5 a while ago? It was ridiculous.
“Are you serious?” A thought came to mind, but I didn’t want to ask. “Are you telling me that you’ll be able to eat death energy after it gets to level 7?”
“Yes.”
I understood what he meant.
So A, without realizing the concept of energy, didn’t attempt to change it into life energy. He just knew that I will die, again and again, trying to level it up.
I hated thinking about how long that would take. Just being through that pain while maintaining an absurd amount of patience was just terrible. If you think about it if the ordeal on the first floor had gone a little longer, wouldn’t I have taken a long time in it?
Suddenly realizing it, I glared at A.