The World Turned into a Game After I Woke up Chapter 289

Published at 19th of March 2019 09:59:09 PM Chapter 289
Translator: HunterW Editor: RED I stood in front of the general store and the accessory shop of Section 35's Center D Store . I had way too many golden rings to know what to do with them all . The last time I came to the Store, I was left with about 1 . 2 billion golden rings . Then, I had earned 11 . 7 billion golden rings after the battle against Claudia and her army . Then, Song Daechul and the Empire's guild masters had given me 14 . 5 billion golden rings, leftover from the golden rings we had taken from the Windsor Guard and the Nayuta Guild . After my trip from Earth, I came back to the Continent with 5 billion more golden rings in my pocket . By that point, I had a total of 32 . 4 billion golden rings . Then, there were the golden rings that Song Daechul and the guild masters brought me last night . Those totaled up to 94 . 7 billion golden rings . That amount was all they were able to scrape together . They told me that they were initially going to give that amount to someone else . They had considered Aman Lagus, Arthur Miller, and even Zulova . That was just how well they did against Adora during the three months I was gone . When I finally returned to the Continent, the guild masters unanimously decided to give me the golden rings instead . Even Aman and Arthur wanted the golden rings to go to me . So now, I had a chance to become even stronger, except for the fact that Earth had lost twenty four Sections . Store prices were now up by 120%; they had more than doubled . One Stat point now cost 2 . 2 million golden rings to buy . "Alright . I'll go to the accessory shop first . " I turned right and entered the accessory shop . "Welcome to Section 35's Center D accessory shop . " "Show me your wares . " Soon, the shop's menu appeared before me . I scrolled all the way down to the bottom . "I'll buy an Accessory Rank Upgrade . " "Yes, sir . " A new window appeared, with a slot for me to place my item in . This time, I took out the Reversal Prodigy and placed it inside . I did still want extra lives like Angel and Dunia, but I had gotten so much from my visit to Earth . It seemed a waste to spend the golden rings when I was hard to kill already, thanks to Critical Weakness and Ripped Advance . Since Adora was supposed to be immune to critical hits, that just made me want to raise my critical Stats even more . ==[You have selected a Rank 9 accessory . Upgrading this accessory requires 3,960,000,000 golden rings and has a 1% chance of success . If the upgrade fails, you will lose the 3,960,000,000 golden rings . Are you sure you wish to proceed?]== " . . . " Upgrading a Rank 9 accessory used to cost 1 . 8 billion golden rings but with that 120% price hike, it now cost more than 3 . 9 billion golden rings . I was stunned speechless from seeing the actual price with my own two eyes, and I hesitated . I was going to save Fated Crossroads, since I had so many more golden rings than I knew what to do with, but realizing that one upgrade was going to cost almost four billion golden rings made it hard to proceed without some sense of security . Just trying to upgrade the accessory two or three times was going to cost almost ten billion golden rings . "Meh . Activate: Fated Crossroads!" ==[Fated Crossroads has been activated . You are presented with two paths . Path 1: You attempt to upgrade your Reversal Prodigy to Rank 10 . Path 2: You decide to not upgrade your Reversal Prodigy to save your golden rings . ]== ==[Please select one of the two paths . ]== "Select first path . " A video appeared before me . ==[At this point, I'm going to always succeed as long as I use Fated Crossroads . ]== The me in the video didn't celebrate for long . But I had celebrated, meaning I had succeeded, which was enough for me . "Proceed . " ==[The Rank 9 Reversal Prodigy has successfully been upgraded to Rank 10 . ]== This was my fifth time upgrading an item . I had succeeded three times out of five and I had used Fated Crossroads before those three times . The two times I had failed, I hadn't used Fated Crossroads . That had to mean something . I took out the Reversal Prodigy and replaced it with the Rank 9 Desert King's Resolve and the Bracelet of Eternal Fire . I had to know for sure . I paid the necessary golden rings for each accessory upgrade . ==[The Rank 9 Desert King's Resolve has failed to be upgraded to Rank 10 . The 3,960,000,000 golden rings will not be returned to you . ]== ==[The Rank 8 Bracelet of Eternal Fire has failed to be upgraded to Rank 8 The 3,080,000,000 golden rings will not be returned to you . ]== They had both failed . Now, I was confident that Item Rank Upgrades were only going to work after I use Fated Crossroads . I used up about 9 . 4 golden rings just to know for sure . "That just makes Fated Crossroads that much more valuable, so what's up with this item?" I thought back to the item I had received from the second Rank 10 Random Item Chest . "It looks pretty much useless…" The item seemed so bad when I checked it that it was basically a dud . "Oh well . Item Check!" ==[The Reversal Prodigy (Rank 9) These are the earrings that once belonged to Paolini, known as the Reversal Prodigy . Paolini fought in countless battles and as a veteran commander, in battles that seemed impossible for him to win . But Paolini only needed a 0 . 1% chance of survival . As long as he had that, Paolini was able to turn the tables around even when all seemed lost . Increase all Stats by 300 points . Increase AGI by 1,000 points . Increase WIL by 2,000 points . Increase CRIT rate by 0 . 1%, increase CRIT damage by 1,000% After a successful critical hit, there is a 40% chance the next attack is a critical hit . (Successful critical hits increase CRIT damage by 1,000% . ) Absolute Critical Hit: If every seventh attack does not inflict critical damage, the next attack will absolutely be a critical hit . (This critical hit will increase CRIT damage by 1000% . ) Increase skill EXP gain by 20% . DEF 3500, MDEF 3500]== It had now been upgraded quite heavily all around . It gained a new effect that raised my AGI by 1,000 points and increased its base CRIT damage boost to 1,000% from 200% . Its CRIT rate boost was still the same but the Absolute Critical Hit made up for it . If my seventh attack wasn't a critical hit, then my next attack was absolutely going to inflict critical damage . I now had two chances to always inflict critical damage, the other being Judge's Gavel . -Will this be enough?,- I thought to myself, but I still didn't know for sure if I would be able to pierce through Adora's immunity to critical hits . -Well, it's not like thinking about it is going to give me an answer . - Satisfied, I left the accessory shop . Now that Fated Crossroads had a cooldown of 153 days, I wouldn't be back for a while . --- Once I left the accessory shop, I entered the Skill shop next door . The moment I had set foot on Earth, I had gained 3 skill points and the moment I came back to the Continent, I had gained another five . I had eight Skill points to burn . "Welcome to Section 35's Center D Skill shop . " "Show me your wares . " "Right away, sir . " I looked at the skill shop menu that came up before me, hoping I could learn another Random Skill, but the tab was empty this time as well . -Hmm…should I look at some single target Skills this time?- Before, I needed more AoE skills, since my main goal was to kill as many Crootian soldiers as possible . But with the appearance of Adora the Monster, I quickly realized that I needed single target Skills capable of dealing massive amounts of burst damage . He was going to be my sole target in the coming battle; that's what he wanted, I wanted, and the Empire wanted . I searched up single-target Skills, looking for any other skills that could always inflict critical damage like Judge's Gavel . But as I had expected, no other skill existed . Still, I did manage to find a single target Skill that increased damage based on weapon Rank, like Scorched Rage . ==[Spirit Strike (3/3), (Active) Gather your spirit energy into one powerful strike against your enemy . Damage can increase according to weapon Rank: Rank 7: Increase damage by 3% . Rank 8: Increase damage by 5% . Rank 9: Increase damage by 10% . Rank 10: Increase damage by 20% . Level 1: 600 second cooldown . Base damage of 30,000 . Inflicts 200% of user's ATT as additional damage . 10% to cause Panic upon enemy . (Panic: Decreases DEF and MDEF by 30% . ) Level 2: 600 second cooldown . Base damage of 40,000 . Inflicts 250% of user's ATT as additional damage . 20% to cause Panic upon enemy . (Panic: Decreases DEF and MDEF by 30% . ) Level 3: 600 second cooldown . Base damage of 50,000 . Inflicts 300% of user's ATT as additional damage . 30% to cause Panic upon enemy . (Panic: Decreases DEF and MDEF by 30% . ) Skill points required: 3 Golden rings required: 450,000,000 This Store is experiencing a 120% increase in prices . This Skill requires 990,000,000 golden rings to learn . ]== It didn't seem much compared to Judge's Gavel, especially since Judge's Gavel was already maxed out . It didn't compare at all in the first place . Still, I decided to learn it without hesitation, since it did more damage according to my weapon's Rank . "Learn . " ==[You have learned Spirit Strike . ]== I went back to the list of Skills, where I discovered another special-looking Skill . ==[Backstab (3/3), (Active) Attack the enemy unexpectedly to inflict additional damage . Attack from the side to inflict 50% additional damage . Attack from the back to inflict 100% additional damage . Level 1: 600 second cooldown . Inflicts 200% of user's ATT as additional damage . Level 2: 600 second cooldown . Inflicts 250% of user's ATT as additional damage . Level 3: 600 second cooldown . Inflicts 300% of user's ATT as additional damage . Skill points required: 3 Golden rings required: 320,000,000 This Store is experiencing a 120% increase in prices . This Skill requires 740,000,000 golden rings to learn . ]== I definitely always had the chance to attack an enemy from the side or from the back, but I never did . Attacking from the front didn't do less or more damage than attacking from another direction . But I thought that Backstab might be pretty useful against Adora . Besides, I still had plenty of golden rings to spend and if it didn't live up to my expectations, I could always delete it at anytime . "Learn: Backstab . " ==[You have learned Backstab . ]== "Hmm…now I have two Skill points left . " Most of the more useful Skills cost two points to learn, so I wasn't sure what to do with the points I had left . As I looked through the Skill list, I found something that seemed alright . ==[Create Weakness (3/3), (Active) Create a weakness on a random location of an enemy . Level 1: 20 minute cooldown . Attack the created Weakness within 5 seconds to inflict 50% additional damage . Level 2: 20 minute cooldown . Attack the created Weakness within 5 seconds to inflict 70% additional damage . Level 3: 20 minute cooldown . Attack the created Weakness within 5 seconds to inflict 100% additional damage . Skill points required: 2 Golden rings required: 100,000 This Store is experiencing a 120% increase in prices . This Skill requires 220,000 golden rings to learn . ]== "Learn: Create Weakness . " ==[You have learned Create Weakness . ]== With all eight Skill points used, I left the Skill shop . The longer I stayed, the more I felt disappointed . If I had these Skills when I went to Earth, they could all been maxed out . Then again, I did only have three Skill points on me at that time . I went over to the general store to buy some more Stat points, fully prepared to spend all of the 113 billion golden rings I had left . Still, as I walked in, I trembled . I wasn't going to get 113,000 Stat points from those golden rings . No, I was only going to get less than half; exactly 51,363 Stat points . That was all I was going to get . I hesitated for a second and thought it might be better to just save the golden rings, in case I could use them at a Store that didn't have the penalty once the war on the Judge's Continent was over . "No… if we lose because I decided to save… I can't have that happen . That would be incredibly foolish . Besides, the nine guilds gave me these golden rings so that I can secure victory . " Adora the Monster I had seen on video was truly a monster . I couldn't keep the golden rings the Empire had given me so that I could defeat him for myself . If I lost, then Earth lost . Not only were the Terrans on the Continent going to die, but so were the mortals stuck on Earth . I closed my eyes tight and bought the 51,363 Stat points . ==[Are you sure you wish to buy 51,363 Stat points for 112,998,600,000 golden rings?]== " . . . " I froze for a moment . That was a LOT of golden rings . I shook my head numbly . "Yes!" ==[You have bought 51,363 Stat points . ]== "Open Stats Menu . " Once my Stats Menu came up, I looked at all of the unassigned Stat points I had now . Altogether, I had 62,363 points . "What do I put them into?" I said to myself, but I didn't need to think long . I just needed to put them into STR, AGI, and VIT, like always . -My base STR is at 122k, base AGI and VIT are at 92k…- I began splitting up my unassigned Stat points into those three Stats . I let all of the messages about bonus Stat points and Grand Achievements come up and looked at my Stats Menu one last time . ==[Name: Lee Jiwon Level: 1393 Death Count: 0 Title: Earth's First Deva, The Keeper of Terra HP: 69,740,700/69,740,700 MP: 4,102,800/4,102,800 Strength: 179,301 + 8,853 Agility: 119,701 Vitality: 120,601 Willpower: 42,568 Intelligence: 38,328 Unassigned Stat Points: 4,363 Fatigue: 0 Special Effects: Luck Boost (X+1), immune to all Status effects, Dungeon Seeker 14 points Physical Attack: 655,747 Physical Defense: 172,767 Magical Attack: 139,154 Magical Defense: 89,734]== I had just spent 58,000 Stat points to increase STR by 40k and AGI and VIT by 20k . At first glance, it didn't seem possible, since it looked like I didn't have enough Stat points, but it was only possible thanks to the bonus Stat points from each 10,000-point milestone and from the Grand Achievement Stat points . I was now almost as strong as when I had used Ripped Advance and Critical Weakness against Claudia . If I used those buffs now… I shivered at the thought . Maybe, just maybe, I would be able to inflict enough damage against Adora the Monster . I invested the remaining 4,363 Stat points into STR to increase my ATT as much as I could . Once I was done, my Comm Link rang . "Hello?" "Commander Lee! Adora…Adora the Monster has begun his attack!" " . . . " Perfect timing . "Good . I didn't need to wait long . "

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