After a moment, I regained consciousness and began to organize what I had obtained while taking deep breaths.
"Here, Yuseung-ah, these are gifts for you."
I handed Shin Yuseung the SSS-grade item Ancient Beast's Fruit and the SS-grade item Fire Dragon's Egg, and upon seeing the descriptions of the two items, Shin Yuseung looked at me with a surprised expression and asked.
"Um... really... is it okay for me to take these?"
"Of course. I don't need them anyway... besides, it's better for you to have these items since you have the taming skill."
At my words, Shin Yuseung made an expression as if she was about to jump for joy, and I felt a complex emotion seeing that look on her face.
'This is probably the first gift Shin Yuseung has ever received since she was born...'
Thinking that, I decided I should take good care of Shin Yuseung from now on.
"Hey... what about me?"
"Master... don't I get anything?"
Melusine and Maiuri, who had been looking at Shin Yuseung with envious expressions, asked me with expectant looks.
"Umm....."
My instincts were telling me.
The moment I say no to them here, I'm 1000% fucked.
'Great Sage, help!'
[Calculating...]
'Hurry!!!!'
At my urging, the Great Sage quickly spoke.
[Answer: There are two recommended choices here.]
'What are they?'
In response to my question, the answers presented by the Great Sage were:
1. Kiss
2. Grant a wish
'.......Is that all?'
[Reply: This is the best option for now.]
At the Great Sage's words, I pondered internally for a while before finally thinking, whatever! and presented the two choices to Maiuri and Melusine.
"So... which one do you want?"
At my question, the two thought for a moment before speaking.
"I... I'll... choose number 1."
"I'll go with number 2."
Maiuri chose number 1, and Melusine chose number 2, respectively.
'Future me... I leave the rest to you.'
'I'll kill you, past me!!!'
A strange auditory hallucination came from somewhere, but I ignored it and spoke to the Great Sage.
'Great Sage, fuse the things that can be merged from what I got earlier in the gacha.'
[Confirmed: Fusing skills Dance, Kendo, and Swordsmanship.]
[Success.]
[Acquired S-grade skill Blade Dance LV 1.]
[Blade Dance]: Passively increases agility by 3, allowing attack and defense with steps as if dancing.
[Next, fusing skills Chase, Acceleration, and Dash.]
[Acquired A-grade skill Flash Step.]
[Flash Step]: Can run at an incredibly fast speed momentarily.
Satisfied with the new skills, I took out the Entry Permit I had obtained earlier.
[Item Information]
Name: Entry Permit
Grade: ??
Description: A permit that allows ascent to the 50th floor of Demon Castle.
Can only be used on the 49th-floor inter-floor teleportation magic circle.
"Alright... then let's slowly head up to the next floor."
At my words, everyone nodded, and soon we headed upward.
Meanwhile, as Kang Yuseong, Shin Yuseung, Melusine, and Maiuri—these four—reached the 50th floor of Demon Castle in just four hours, one of the clones Kang Yuseong had scattered was using a skill to move between buildings as if possessed by Spider-Man.
"I am free!!!!!"
Shouting loudly, Kang Yuseong (clone) soon arrived on the rooftop of a nearby building.
"Hmm... let's see... that building's name is Microsoft? Nice!!! Found it right on target!!"
Currently, the clones Kang Yuseong (main body) had scattered were moving with about three for monster slaughter to earn coins and practice skills, and two for finding meteorites where Lycaon was.
And one of the clones searching for meteorites had now found Microsoft.
"Then Kim Dokja and the meteorites must be around here, right?... Should I... go check?"
Jumping straight down from the rooftop, Kang Yuseong (clone) used Raphael to land lightly on the ground.
"Growl, what the fuck are you?"
Upon landing, a strangely shaped beast bastard glared at Kang Yuseong (clone).
"What's this? This bastard? Should I catch him and give him as a gift to Yuseung? No... giving such an ugly thing to Yuseung as a gift is a bit..."
"What the fuck are you talking about since earlier..."
Thwack!
"Shut up, you bastard. I didn't give you the right to speak."
Thud.
The bastard, with a hole blown through its head by the magic bullet, fell backward on the spot.
[Grade 7 non-human rogue Kang Seok-gu has been dealt with.].
[Acquired 21,200 coins.]
"Phew... see, who wants to mess with me? Annoying as fuck."
Kang Yuseong (clone) said that and was about to continue on his way when
"Grrrrr... what the hell are you!?"
This time, a bastard slightly larger and more colorful than the previous one glared at the clone.
"...Sigh... annoying as fuck...."
Annoyed by the bastard's appearance, Kang Yuseong (clone) quietly clenched his fist.
"Well... should I just beat him up properly?"
[Skill Crushing Fist LV 1 has been activated.]
"Hey... don't die. It's no fun if you die."
"Grrrr, this bastard wants to die so badly—"
Kwaaaaaaaaaaang!!!!!!!!
The next moment, the colorful bastard (Song Min-woo) was hit by Crushing Fist and flew far away before crashing into a wall.
"Hehe~ Went all out with a bang!"
[Constellations in the channel blink in confusion, unable to understand the situation.]
And the same went for Kim Dokja and Han Sooyoung hiding nearby.