I wanted to leave right away to acquire a new skill, but I held back my urge, and rushed at the Dark Elves dyed in darkness for I had not yet satisfied the 10-hour connection requirement for today.

Moreover, even if I delayed acquiring a new skill, it didn’t mean that I would lose my new level 1400, the four skill points and my ability to acquire level 9 skills.

A little later.

“Move to Kotum Castle.”

You are now moving to Kotum Castle.

When I just logged on to ‘Revival Legend’ in the early days, there was lots of information about level 8 skills because there were several people who had already reached level 1000. But I have never heard anything about level 9 skills.

So I was pondering about it while I was moving to Kotum Castle.

In other words, I agonized over whether to acquire level 9 skills or upgrade my current skills.

Obviously, I had several skills that could reach level 9 if I upgraded them.

“Well, let me decide once I get there.”

Since I didn’t have to decide without checking what the new level 9 skills were, I decided to move to Kotum Castle again.

When I passed through the empty Kotum Castle and reached the huge tower located in the central square, a message rang.

There are currently new ice-type skills that you can acquire.

There are currently ice-type skills that you can upgrade.

So, I examined the new level 9 skills rather than upgrading my existing skills.

Besides, all the skills that I could upgrade required additional skill points.

“Hmm.”

I discovered that there were not as many level 9 skills as I expected.

Nonetheless, they were all very powerful, so I was greedy about them. So much so that I wanted to master all the level 9 skills there were.

I now could understand why I got four skill points instead of three like before when I checked the level 9 skills because each skill required four skill points.

“By the way, this is really appealing…”

Level 9 Ice Breath. (Active, 4 skill points and 550,000,000 golden rings required.)

: Unleashes a torrent of an Ice Dragon’s Ice Breath reinforced by the essence of ice towards a relatively narrow area.

: Targets hit by Ice Breath suffer 100% fatal frost damage.

: There is only level 9 Ice Breath.

“Relatively narrow area” could mean narrow when compared to normal AOE skills, and the damage range could still be quite significant. That’s why it would be rather difficult to call it a single-target skill. As if to take that into account,, there was also a level 9 single-target skill called Frosty Cold Spear that was also available.

But I already possessed over 80,000 intellect, and possessed the powerful trait Iceman, even though its effect was only confined to my ice-type skills.

Considering Ice Emperor’s guardian sword, which would soon be enhanced to 15, Ice Breath would not affect only a relatively narrow area. Besides, my intellect would not stop growing at 80,000.

And there was another decisive factor which contributed to my decision.

“It’s the only skill that contains the essence of ice.”

There was also another effect.

This is the only skill that contains the essence of ice.

Actually, I had seen such a thing before. It was written in the option of my trai, Iceman, when I first obtained it.

The essence of ice is embedded in your body.

But there was no mention of the essence of ice in any other level 9 skill other than Ice Breath. So I had no choice but to obtain Ice Breath.

So, without agonizing anymore, I quietly opened my mouth.

“Acquire Ice Breath.”

You have acquired level 9 skill Ice Breath.

Even though I quickly used the 4 skill points that I painstakingly earned, I didn’t have any regrets.

Of course, I could also delete Ice Ball or Ice Bolt and recover the skill points.

I could also delete an AOE skill, such as Ice Prison.

However, I acquired all of my current skills based on various factors including cooldown. In other words, I didn’t obtain them out of curiosity.

That’s why I used Ice Ball and even Ice Bolt very effectively with very good results.

“Alright. I don’t have to break my current balance of skills.”

I had enough AOE skills, but lacked some single-target skills. Nonetheless, I was satisfied with Ice Breath that could have tremendous destructive power as it was in between AOE and single-target skills, so I moved to the teleport zone outside Kotum Castle.

Then I immediately moved to the level 1600 hunting ground Dark Elf Forest because it was too early for me to log out.

***

In Mogadishu, Somalia, in Africa around the same time.

Even though it was the capital of the country, there were no buildings with more than 10 stories. A man and a woman were chatting on a couch inside a dilapidated building.

“Well, we don’t have to take this place because there are many other safe places.”

When the man asked, the woman replied with a gentle smile on her lips, “Safe place? Well, in my mind, all the places are the same except for one.”

“Hmm. I wish that place was right here within my arms.”

“That’s too bad.”

“Shit. I didn’t even expect it. As long as there is Asirante, there is only one safest safe place. By the way, why did you call me?”

“I had a dream.”

“Really?”

The man stopped talking in a jovial manner and adjusted his posture because the dream she mentioned was not just ordinary.

As a matter of fact, he had obtained a lot thanks to her dreams.

“Great. What kind of dream was it? I will pay you properly after you talk about your dream first.”

“Passage…there will be a passage that connects the two sides together. And through that passage, monsters will appear.”

“Are you talking about monsters? There are already lots of monsters.”

“No, some creatures that cannot be compared to monsters will appear.”

“…”

The man was speechless for a moment at her reply because if they were not typical monsters, they could most likely be the same guys that appeared in Osaka, Japan.

“How long until they appear?”

“I don’t know. But the hole is already there, and it will grow bigger and bigger beyond our understanding.”

“Then what will happen to us in the future?”

“…”

She would not say any further. But he didn’t push her.

At that moment, the space the two of them were in was distorted, and only darkness fell as if the lights had gone out.

A little later the man, who was in Mogadishu, Somalia only a moment ago, suddenly got up from his high-end chair with his eyes wide open.

Then he shouted loudly, “Bring it!”

As soon as he shouted, the door opened, and a group of people brought a huge box.

When the man opened the box, a huge amount of golden rings appeared, which reached tens, or hundred of billions.

Watching them, the man was lost in thought for a moment.

Then he took out exactly one golden ring and opened his mouth.

“Anyway, I knew that they would appear more frequently, given the recent trend of ‘Revival Legend’. Of course, I didn’t know there would be a passage. So, the value of your information is only one golden ring.”

After he said that, he flicked one golden ring up in the air with his finger, which disappeared right away after spinning in the air for a moment.

After confirming it, the man immediately moved out.