Closed Beta That Only I Played

Chapter 343: Obvious Underestimating (1)

I had no choice but to be skeptical about it because the restrictions coexisted with buffs and debuffs. In other words, if I set the restrictions at 10%, a 10% drop in combat power was debuffs, while a 30% increase in coins and dropped coins were buffs.

However, I had some expectations because of what’s clearly written on the message as follows.

[You are affected by debuff restrictions]

That message rang whenever I moved out of the safety zone.

In other words, the system defined the restrictions as debuffs.

Of course, my trait was not ‘All Debuffs’, but ‘All buffs, All Debuffs’.

So I thought that maybe I might not make use of the restrictions at all, which, in turn, would be the worst scenario for me. In that case, I would have no choice but to helplessly watch others collecting coins by at least 30% or more because I would not be able to use debuffs against them.

Because of my trait, All Buffs, All Debuffs, however, I would have only coins and the dropped rate of coins when the drop in my combat power disappeared.

I trembled a bit at that because I didn’t know the debuffs called restrictions from the beginning.

“By the way, if the coin dropping rate and dropped coins increase by 270% more than others…”

That would mean I could obtain four coins or more when others got only one, because not only the dropped coins, but also the coin dropping rate would increase.

“Hahaha.”

I had no choice but to laugh for a long time before I knew it.

Then I stopped because I could laugh later after I won first place one week later.

A little later I stepped out of the safety zone proudly. Only after using Blink twice could I encounter monsters.

When I saw the monsters for the first time, only one thing came to my mind.

Just as the surrounding environment did not fit the image of the Garden of Gods, the monsters did not befit it, either. The monsters that appeared before my eyes exposed their reddish epidermis as if they had been peeled off, and pus-like mucus was flowing through the epidermis. Besides, their faces were rough, and they had one or two horns on their foreheads.

“Oh my…well this place is more like Hell or Chimera Habitat rather than the Garden of Gods.”

The surrounding environment and monsters were such a contrast to the image of the Garden of Gods.

At that moment a monster that noticed me charged at me ferociously.

[Koooooooh!]

So I pulled back slightly and lured him toward me.

It’s not because I was afraid of him, but I needed to at least check whether he was suitable for herd hunting or how strong he was since he was the first monster I confronted here.

When the nearly four-meter-tall guy came up to me and struck me with a club, I didn’t avoid it. Bang!

“…”

The monster’s club slammed right into my right shoulder with a fairly big noise.

But it wasn’t strong enough to make me scream in pain.

Of course, it was definitely a strong punch to the extent that it ranked among the highest level of punches I suffered until now. But I didn’t feel intimidated at all.

“Hey, don’t you think you have underestimated me too much?”

Obviously I was given this hunting ground by the system because it befitted my level.

The monster’s damage was obviously big, but not enough to make me feel that I should hunt very carefully in this place. Besides, there appeared only one monster.

I didn’t know if I could be put in a dangerous situation when a herd of monsters charged at me while I was doing herd hunting.

But it would not bother me even if that happened because I had the powerful Blink with zero cooldown, which I didn’t carry just for demonstration.

Anyway, this was the first time I was attacked by the monster in this hunting ground.

So, I immediately struck him back.

“Ice Spear! Multiple Ice Arrows!”

Puck! Puck! Puck! Puck!

First of all, I used my single skills. Of course, these skills were too common for an ice-type wizard like me, so I didn’t expect much, but what I used this time was clearly different from what others used.

In fact, my single skills inflicted fatal damage to the monsters in the level 1500 hunting ground Land of Titan.

But this monster appeared in the level 2700 hunting ground, so he didn’t even groan at my attack. Rather, he readily responded to my attacks, then kept swinging the club at me.

“Alright. You must be a good fit for this level 2700 hunting ground.”

I wasn’t embarrassed, nor did I frown at his attack.

If I had suffered a lot of damage in this situation, I would have been rather disappointed with myself. So, this time I began to attack him.

“Ice Field! Multiple Thin Ice!”

Passasak!

“Ice Tornado! Pouring Hail!”

Patter- Patter-

At that moment Ice Tornado created a huge gust of wind and started dragging him.

Of course, the monster struggled not to be dragged by the gust.

However, the monster made a deep furrow in the ground while struggling, then he was eventually sucked in by the gust. As a result, he was devastated by Ice Tornado and Pouring Hail helplessly.

A little later.

[Kheeeeeeeek!]

Flop!

The monster collapsed helplessly.

“Um… am I too strong or are they too weak?”

In the end, it only took me a little longer to kill the monster, but the level 2700 monster was killed when I attacked him like the way I did in the level 1500 hunting ground Land of Titan.

Of course, these days, I didn’t even use Ice Field or Thin Ice because I could hunt the monsters using only Blink or Ice Tornado.

Anyway, I scrutinized the place where the monster fell, but I had no choice but to smack my lips when I found no dropped coins although I had a 270% higher chance of acquiring coins.

At that moment something alarming was taking place before my eyes.

Swoosh-

Obviously the monster was dead. He did not faint or fall.

I wasn’t stupid enough not to tell the difference between dead and alive.

Then a message rang.

[The Cursed Kin of Abyss has been resurrected.

-The combat power of the Cursed Kin of Abyss has increased by 50%.

-The health of the Cursed Kin of Abyss has increased by 50%.]

“Hmm.”

Of course, the resurrection itself wasn’t a big deal because all the users including me could die and resurrect countless times, even though they had a death penalty. Most recently Jihye Suh was resurrected because she was subordinated to North Korea’s leader Yuljung Kim.

But the problem right now was that this monster was not the only one who could be resurrected.

In other words, I felt all the monsters behind him seemed to be able to resurrect in the same way as he was. In fact, he was resurrected. Otherwise, the system would not call this place a level 2700 hunting ground.

“Alright. That’s why they call this a level 2700 hunting ground!”

I was a little annoyed because I had to go to the trouble of killing this monster once again, but I took it without any complaint.

Then I started to attack the monster again.

Thud! Thud! Bang! Bang!

Of course, the resurrected monster’s combat power increased by 50% was by no means negligible. If I had an increase in my combat power by 50%, I would be completely different from what I was now, and that’s the same case for the monster in front of me.