‘As I expected due to it being the start…’

Thinking that they will protect you because they eat the runes is a very flawed idea.

Why would they since we’re friends. Thoughts like if i’m this nice to them they will reward me with something.

When a situation where one’s life is on the line comes along, a relations.h.i.+p built on each other’s likes disappear like bubbles.

So far reality is still in check but soon after they will realize it.

A situation where one’s life is in danger isn’t far off in this place.

In conclusion the only thing you can trust is your own ability.

If you are useless you will get thrown off immediately.

They will realize it eventually and once they do they will zealously go for runes and become red eyed.

The above rule was created because of that.

‘I’m not their babysitter, they’ve got to handle things themselves.’

At that moment Taesoon mumbled softly in the corner.

“Hey look over here. There’s a special rune here.”

At those words everyone gathered around.

Everyone saw it for the first time but from instinct they knew what use this rune had.

“If one takes this then they can use skills huh.”

Taesoon mumbled as he stole glances at Hansoo.

The object gives rise to the desire.

Before, Hansoo coolly said that they should distribute the runes but if his eyes turn at the sight of these new runes and he says that he will take it, Taesoon had no way of stopping him.

“Can I really take this?”

Then Hansoo nodded his head.

Hansoo even knew the ident.i.ty of that rune.

‘It’s a pretty good rune at the start’

A rune that made your skin hard and increased regeneration.

A rune which holds both defense and regeneration in the beginning where survival is important.

And that rune was almost like a pa.s.sive where learning had no restrictions and didn’t take mana.

You get more gluttonous but for the benefit you get, it’s worth it.

Food can be stolen once you get stronger and won’t be a problem.

But Hansoo shook his head.

‘I cannot learn skills freely.’

Usually one learned a few tens of skills.

It’s not erasable but there isn’t really anything you need to give up to learn the skill.

The strength of the skill changes according to proficiency and rank but since there’s no risk of learning there’s no harm in learning it.

Someone with a good sense and a lot of mana sometimes has over a hundred and Keldian had over a thousand.

And since he was able to use all those skills properly he was one of the strongest four.

Kangtae was the strongest but if they actually fought Keldian was not a joke either.

But he could not be like that.

A nickname given by Eres after seeing his peculiar characteristic.

A characteristic that allowed him to catch up to Kangtae, Keldian, Eres and stand shoulder to shoulder with them despite starting 20 years late.

And the characteristic that was the deciding factor that made the others send him to the past instead of themselves.

The time he realized his characteristics was when he first learned a skill.

The first skill he learned was

But as soon as the rune was implemented to his body he knew he made a mistake which could not be changed.

To be specific the amount of runes that was allowed for him was seven.

Eres always lamented.

The limit of seven was a huge disadvantage.

But more so than that there’s a huge advantage to it.

The speed at which the proficiency of the skill rises is surprisingly fast.

At an incredible speed.

And the skill even breaks the limit and keeps on evolving afterwards.

The skill he learned, Dororo Lizard’s Essence which basically just gave fast regeneration evolved to the point where it was comparable to his immortal technique he learned.

Eventually the Dororo Lizard’s Essence was like that.

The scrubby skills which he learned as a final resort in order to survive eventually strengthened as he struggled.

upgraded to the point of Keldian’s Void Ripper and

In the abyss where a strong skill was important, this was a talent of blessing.

And for that Eres firmly told him before he came back to the fast.

Make sure to carefully select before deciding on the seven skills.

And he was thinking of doing that if all went according to his plans.

‘According to my plans… there’s nothing before exiting the tutorial area.’

“Then I’m going to learn it?”

The surrounding friends stared jealously at Taesoon who was very happy.

And soon when Taesoon absorbed the rune a change occurred.

Wriggle

Taesoon’s skin temporarily showed a bit of green then returned.

There wasn’t much change but Taesoon knew the second he learned what kind of change happened to his body.

The tired body started to have miniscule amounts of vitality flowing into it and the skin which had been grazed by the teeth of the green worm started to heal.

And a newly appeared stat.

‘A stat called physical resistance appeared’

Taesoon touched his ears.

[Park Taesoon]

Strength: 11.1

Agility: 10.1

Stamina: 12.5(+1.5

)

perception:10.3

Physical Resistance: 10.7(+0.7

)

-Ekrol Troll Tribe’s Essence (Proficiency 1.0%)

‘Good’

The proficiency was only at 1% but quite a lot of stats went up

Dumba.s.s, giving me something like this.

If it was him he would never have given it.

Hierarchy should be used when one has it.

‘I will catch up to you’

Taesoon, who had counted the number of runes, watched Hansoo with a confident smile.

While Taesoon was doing that Hansoo checked his stats.

[Kang Hansoo]

Strength: 15.3

Agility: 12.1

Stamina: 12.1

Perception:13.2

‘It’s not bad’

The level where it was not bad but rather it was extremely fast-paced compared to the past.

Hansoo shook his head as he continued forward.

But at that moment Taesoon came next to Hansoo as he spoke:

“It’ll be dangerous from now on so let’s go together.”

And as Hansoo saw Taesoon steal a glance at Mihee he shook his head.

‘…there’s no way that he’s seeing me as a compet.i.tor.’

Actually this much was cute.

In the future one won’t know how it will change.

‘Whatever happens it isn’t bad.’

Even if they split the runes the speed was fast so the rate at which the runes increased was faster compared to when he hunted alone.

He was worried that he might be in the way but he was at least working enough for one person.

With the two as the lead, the eight kept on going forwards.

Thankfully a little bit of light came through half broken down roofs so there wasn’t much issue in going forward.

Though it was a little hard to see.

Kuaduduk

Maybe it was because they got greedy after seeing a skill since everyone was greedily slas.h.i.+ng down upon green worms but they could still not compare to Taesoon and Hansoo’s speed.

‘Anyways… that guy doesn’t even have a skill but he’s so much faster than me.’

Taesoon looked at Hansoo with a slightly jealous look.

Due to the new skill he could dash in with a little less fear.

That was the reason why his hunting speed rose.

But that guy ruthlessly dove between green worms as if he was invincible and slashed down on heads.

‘…No. I will win.’

Taesoon, who could not accept that a guy who was quietly stuck in a corner was much better than him, was slas.h.i.+ng down on green worms even more zealously than before as he advanced slowly.

Mihee cautiously trailed behind and asked Hansoo.

“…but why are we going downwards?”

Hansoo replied to those words:

“To ride the subway.”

“…The subway?”

As Taesoon looked at the collapsing train station with no electricity, he looked at Hansoo with suspicion.

Translator : Ekdud

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