Chapter 178

“Awakening?”
When Ming Hu saw the message, he looked at Karot in surprise. Black energy began to emanate from Karot’s mouth as he floated into thin air.
Siaak
The black energy that escaped circled around Karot’s body and back into his eyes, and the sight was grotesque.
“Ah! Items!”
Staring at the bizarre sight, Ming Hu had a sudden thought and quickly checked to see if any items had been dropped.
“…That’s it.”
A scroll fell to the old man’s side. Ming Hu looked disapproving and reached out to pick it up.
[You have mastered the subterranean space warp scroll].
“…?”
Ming Hu stared blankly at the message with a puzzled expression, then turned his attention from the message to the scroll and read the information on it.

A warp scroll that takes you to the basement of the tower.
‘So… You said you’ve been warping underground, right?
The old man had obviously warped underground, according to Karot. Ming Hu put the scroll back into his inventory and looked at Karot.
“Is it over?
The black energy was no longer emanating from Karot’s mouth. Ming Hu kept his eyes on Karot, who began to slowly descend from thin air.
Sigh
Soon, Karot descended to the ground.
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At that moment, Karot’s skin cracked and began to drip. The skin fell off, revealing new skin.
“What a shiny…
Karot’s original skin was clearly not good, but his new skin was smooth and glossy enough to be the envy of anyone.
Blink
Karot opened her eyes. At that moment, a black aura crept out of his eyes and disappeared. At the same time, a message began to appear.
[Karot awakened with an arc reach].
“Arc Reach!
Speaking of awakenings, Karotte, who was just a Lich, awakened with Arc Reach, but Ming Hu was unable to say anything to the message that followed.
[Awakening with an arc reach has reset the stats].
“…what?
At the message that it had been reset, Ming Hu quickly opened the pet window and swallowed hard, checking Karot’s information.
Name: Karot [Arc Lich]
Power: 1500
Agile: 2000
Health: 3000
Stamina: 12000
Wisdom: 9000
The all-important stamina stat had dropped significantly from before the awakening.
“Holy shit!”
I cursed under my breath.
“No, but… awakening means you’re stronger.”
Even though his stats were lowered, he hadn’t awakened for nothing. Myung Hu calmed his Chapter, thinking that even though his stats were lower, he must have gotten stronger.
“Wait.”
Suddenly realizing something was amiss, Ming Hu glanced at the information window and muttered to himself.
“…Where did the level go?”
The level was not visible. Ming Hu closed the information window and turned it back on, but the level was still not visible.
Sigh
Ming Hu turned away from the information window and looked at Karot. Karot had just finished awakening and was looking at Ming Hu. Ming Hu turned his attention back to the information window, closed it, and looked at Karot.
“Congratulations.”
-No, thank you.
“Just… go back. Go back.”
Shaking his head and looking at Karot, Ming Hu summoned Karot back, opened his inventory, and took out the scroll the old man had dropped. After staring at the scroll for a moment, Ming Hu tore it up.
Siaak
Then the torn scroll glowed and disappeared, and a magic circle appeared at Ming Hu’s feet. Soon after the magic circle appeared, Ming Hu was able to warp.
“Is this the basement?”
Ming Hu took in the sights around him and muttered to himself, shaking his head.
“It’s just a big room?”
Warping through the scroll, he found himself in a very neatly organized room. Ming Hu looked around the room, noticing a large, oddly patterned book on the desk and reaching for it.
[You have acquired Donil’s diary].
The strange-looking book turned out to be the diary of Donil, Master of the Black Moon Tower. Ming Hu opened Donil’s journal and read what was written.
Day 1 – You’ve found a way to turn into a Lich, but there are so many things you need. First and foremost, I lack death energy. First… I need to create an apprentice who can cultivate Death Energy.
Day 4 – I finally made my first pupil. He’s talented and has already started building up his death energy.
Day 27 – The protégé has caught on and absorbed it. What a shame. I’ll have to make another apprentice.
Day 107 – The tower has been built. Wizards interested in the aura of death and many others eager to learn magic are entering the tower. At this rate…
Day 320 – A young man approached me, sensing something was wrong. I absorbed him on the spot, knowing that he’d figure it out in time.
And that was the end of the diary.
“…”
When Ming Hu finished reading the diary, he closed it and placed it on his desk.
“No, you never know.”
But Ming Hu picked up the diary again and put it in his inventory, just in case it might be of use somewhere. After closing his inventory, Ming Hu looked around the room once more, but nothing caught his eye except for the diary. Ming Hu turned his head and looked at the door to the room.
“I wonder where it leads…”
It had to lead somewhere. Since this is the ground, it might lead to the surface.
Profit
Ming Hu walked over and opened the door. The door opened to reveal a hallway. There were four doors on either side of the hallway, two on each side.
Jumbled
Once out in the hallway, Ming Hu walked to the first door on the right side of the nearest hallway and turned the doorknob to open it.
“…Huh?”
Opening the door, Ming Hu was slightly surprised at the sight inside. He wasn’t sure what was inside, but there was a huge pile of sacks.
“You can’t be…”
Looking at the enormous size of the sacks, Ming Hu walked over to the stack and opened the first one.
“…Hmmm.”
When Ming Hu opened the sack, he couldn’t help but be impressed, for it was filled with jewels of all kinds. Ming Hu closed the sack and opened the sack behind it. Once again, this sack contained an enormous number of jewels.
“Wow.”
After closing the sacks, Ming Hu quickly opened his inventory, picked up the frontmost sack, and placed it in his inventory. Sure enough, the sacks went into his inventory, and a message appeared.
[You have acquired a sack containing the finest jewels].
“Superlative!”
To his surprise, the gems in the sack were of the highest quality. After reading the message, Ming Hu checked the information on the sack.
<Sack of the Finest Gems
A sack containing seven types of the finest gems: diamond, ruby, sapphire, topaz, opal, moonstone, and garnet.
(When used, the sack and the gems inside are automatically detached; if there's no room in your inventory, you can't use it).
After confirming the information, Ming Hu immediately used the sack.
[You used a sack of the finest jewels].
[You have earned a sack].
[You have earned 17 superlative diamonds].
[You have earned 15 superlative rubies].
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[You have earned 18 superlative garnets].
When he used the sack, a huge number of messages appeared. Ming Hu turned his attention away from the messages and checked his inventory. The inventory contained an empty sack and some gems.
"…"
Ming Hu looked at his inventory and smiled broadly. Then he began to add the sacks to his inventory.
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[You have acquired a sack containing the finest jewels].
[You have acquired a sack containing the finest jewels].
Ming Hu muttered as he looked at all the sacks in his inventory.
"Twelve sacks… were there 13 sacks in total?"
There were a dozen sacks of the finest gems in his inventory that he had yet to use. Ming Hu turned away from the sacks, looked around the now empty room, and walked back out into the hallway.
"…I wonder what's in there.
Ming Hu stepped out into the hallway and looked at the next nearest door. The room he had just come out of was filled with jewelry, so he was quite excited.
Jumbled
Ming Hu strode to the second door and pushed it open with an expectant look on his face.
"…"
Opening the door, Ming Hu was speechless, for the second room was filled with sacks of jewelry, even larger than the ones he had seen in the first. There must have been hundreds of them. What was inside the sacks would be important, but Ming Hu had already guessed what they contained.
"That golden glow must be…"
Ming Hu walked into the room and muttered as he walked to his sack.
Sigh
Reaching the sack, Ming Hu reached out and opened it. As expected, the sack was filled with gold. Ming Hu picked up the sack and placed it in his inventory. A message appeared.
[You have acquired a sack containing 100,000 gold].