The Third Return of the Necrotic Magic Swordsman

[14th Everdusk 2103], CGA branch, Dyna Crest country.

In the forest of the second stage, someone was hiding in one of the bushes while outside, several wolves were running around trying to find something—that something was me, hiding in the bushes to save myself from the group.

I had never seen such a large group of wolves while roaming the forest, but now they were searching for me like it was some treasure hunt.

If you ask why I have not been caught yet, it is because my blood was lying around the area, confusion for the wolves’ sense of smell, which prevented them from finding me.

After a long time of searching and finding nothing, the wolves moved away from location, finally giving me enough time to catch my breath. My HP and MP were already full, like before, and I could now fight the monsters to clear the stage.

[230/230 HP] [310/310 MP]

But still some sluggishness was still there as I can feel my body still aching a little which wasn’t going to stop for few days.

”Okay but before going let me do some important thing or my life would be in danger again.” I said as I pulled up my screen to see the three skills which I can instantly level for now as levelling them can help me get some power up in some way or another.

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(Active) {Lv.1} [99%]

(Active) {Lv.1} [98%]

(Passive) {Lv.1} [0%]

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I can increase their proficiency at any moment with a single use, but you might be wondering how I am going to level up the third skill, which is currently at zero.

To achieve this, I take out three items obtained after killing the three snakes: their heads.

Their bodies have already been taken away by wolves that found them here. What a filthy group of monsters, taking away my hunted monster bodies. I have no idea why they took the bodies, but it doesn’t matter.

I examined the three heads and opened their mouths to find the intact fangs of the Venomfang serpents, which will help me here.

I then put away two of the heads and, with great will and courage, placed my hands below the fangs and pressed the upper area of the head. As the mouth closed, the two little fangs pierced my skin, causing pain.

You might think I am mad or crazy to put myself in such a deadly position again, but what I am doing is correct. The ways to use the resistance skill are limitless, and their proficiencies grow very slowly if you do not meet the correct requirements.

In the future, a hunter who discovered this information before dying would reveal that whatever resistance you have, whether it be physical, elemental, status effects, or environmental resistance, can be increased rapidly by exposing yourself to its properties. I did this by injecting poison into my body to increase its proficiency level.

And it worked, as I could see a rapid increase in the proficiency of the skill.

[2% --> 5% --> 8% --> 11% --> 17% --> 23% --> 30% --> 34%]

It stopped at 34% but the pain was getting high as I figured out that the poison overpowered my resistance and now my HP was going down, again causing me pain and soreness in my hand.

[227 --> 225 --> 222 --> 218 --> 216 --> 214 --> 211/230 HP]

But before it could go higher, my hidden thing lying inside of my soul got to work and again the pain start fading away as refreshment start oozing inside of me. And yes, the thing that did it was my talent.

[Talent has noticed a poison coursing through the host body, detecting the area of effect.]

[Poison is detected to be of the same type as before. The poison is being ejected out of the body, the proficiency of the skill, , is being increased due to the body adjusting to the host.]

[34% --> 51%]

I, who was expecting to just gain proficiency with the poison, didn’t expect that I could even acquire poison resistance with my talent. These are truly what we call cheats.

”Yosshhaaa, it looks like my plan can move quite fast with my talent,” I said, as I wasn’t expecting my talent to help me in it.

Without any hesitation, I took out my second head and plunged the fangs into my hand again. This time, my body didn’t feel pain like before, but it was expected as I was also going to find some more snakes to get the poison.

[51% --> 72%]

After the pain faded away like nothing was there, I understood what happened. My body had become accustomed to this low-grade poison, which wouldn’t be able to increase my skill proficiency as much as before, even if I killed all the snakes here.

In a last-ditch effort, I took out my last third head. Instead of piercing my hand with it as before, I cut open its mouth area and extracted a sack of liquid, where the poison was stored inside the serpent. Without any hesitation, I gulped it down, not caring about the monster’s blood.

As planned, my talent quickly took action, which was what I wanted.

[Talent has detected a dangerous fluid inside the host body, starting the process to adapt the body to endure the poison.]

[Body remodeling is in process. The fluid is detected to be poison, which is highly dangerous to the body. Resistance of the body toward the poison is increasing in proficiency. The poison is ejected from the body. Note: Please be cautious of dizziness.]

As it said, I felt like throwing up again, and with a loud sound, all the poison I had gulped down came out of my body along with various other liquids, maybe the food I ate this morning. My stomach was now totally empty because my talent ejected everything inside me.

{Your skill is levelled up from Lv.1 --> 2 successfully.}

”Okay so here are my second and third one.” I said as instantly two of my skills was used by me to level up them.

{Your skill is levelled up from Lv.1 --> 2}

{Your skill 2}

I was happy to see finally some of my skills getting at level two, but I know that there shouldn’t be any major change in them just some minor difference that’s all.

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Skill: Bone Fang Strike (Lv. 2)

Type: Active

Grade: Tier 0

Mana Cost: 11 MP

Cooldown: 9.5 seconds

Proficiency: 0%

Description:

Summon a sharpened fang of bone imbued with stronger dark energy to strike a target with increased lethality. The enhanced attack pierces defenses more effectively, inflicting amplified physical and dark magic damage. Upon impact, the bone fang splinters more violently, causing greater sustained damage over time.

Damage:

Physical Damage: 55% of the caster’s physical attack.

Dark Magic Damage: 55% of the caster’s magic attack.

Effects:

Piercing: Ignores 12% of the target’s defense.

Bone Harvest (Passive): Recover 12% of the mana cost if the skill kills the target.

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Skill: Shadow Bolt (Lv. 2)

Type: Active

Grade: Tier 0

Mana Cost: 21 MP

Cooldown: 7.5 seconds

Proficiency: 0%

Description:

Unleash an enhanced bolt of concentrated shadow energy at a target, delivering more potent dark magic damage. The improved bolt has an increased chance to inflict Shadow Bind, briefly slowing the target’s movement with greater intensity.

Damage:

Dark Magic Damage: 110% of the caster’s magic attack.

Additional Effect:

Shadow Bind: Reduces the target’s movement speed by 25% for 3.5 second. (Chance to inflict 30%)

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{Guys, the poison resistance skill info is not updated in the previous chapter, so if you wanted to see it, go check it out there.}

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Skill: Low Poison Resistance (Lv. 2)

Type: Passive Skill

Grade: Tier 0

Proficiency: 0%

Description:

Enhances the ability to resist low-level poisons, further mitigating their effects. Provides increased protection against toxins commonly encountered in novice adventures.

Effects:

Reduces damage from low-level poisons by 12%.

Shortens the duration of low-level poison effects by 20%.

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After seeing the upgrade, my mind was calm. I now know that I can level up the skills; I just need some extra time to become proficient.

And now I am ready to clear this stage off and call out the hiding boss here to clear the stage.

-- To be continued --