Chapter 22
[2nd attempt, Day 2. 2:22]
[You have gained Poison Resistance Lv.2]
[You have gained Paralysis Resistance Lv.3]
In conclusion, I failed to achieve my goal of reaching level 3 in both poison and paralysis resistances.
I was able to get level 2 on poison resistasnce relatively quickly, however it was only up to that.
I felt a little uneasy because the skill didn’t level up to level 3 as easy as it did reaching level 2, so I pushed myself a little too much and lost consciousness, wasting more time.
At least paralysis resistance levelled up quite fast unexpectedly. That gave me a little comfort in this situation.
I was investigating if the poison on the poison dart was a type of neurotoxin or a paralyzing poison
If it wasn’t, how else would the paralysis resistance level up faster than poison resistance after stabbing myself with a poison dart?
It would’ve been useful to have some knowledge about poisons.
Anyway, my reaching poison resistance didn’t end up reaching level 3 within time.
Now I had to go ahead past the 1st trap.
It would be better to progress through the end as fast as I could and calmly increase my resistance skills then, rather than being chased by the time limit near the end of the attempt.
The traps past the 1st one will surely be traps related to poisons so my plan was to increase my resistance in a days’ time.
Well, at least I got the minimum level, that itself was ok.
The first trap didn’t pose much of a challenge; I was used to it now.
As I walked through for maybe another 5 minutes, the 2nd trap appeared.
Ping-
The awaited sound of the arrow being fired.
I easily blocked the incoming arrow with my shield.
The arrow was shining quite a bit though.
Was there poison on the arrows now?
If that was the case, that means that more arrows will now fly towards me.
With these conditions, the traps kept appearing.
Ping- ping-
Ahh, f.u.c.king h.e.l.l.
I kept moving to dodge the arrows in this disgusting heat while having battle concentration active.
[2nd attempt, day 2. 7:21]
Wow, this was really, really s.h.i.t.
I was able to clear yet again ANOTHER arrow trap.
Of course poison was slathered on these arrows.
However, it wasn’t the poison that was the important part here,
It’s so hot…
The situation was critical.
Even a sauna wouldn’t be as hot as this.
It was so hot I couldn’t even breathe properly.
I drank cold water from my inventory and sprayed the leftover water in the bottle over my head.
The cold water turned into an uncomfortable warm temperature as it flowed down my face.
f.u.c.king, now I understood why the 2nd floor arrow traps felt a little easy.
It was aimed to just train the challenger in intense heat.
No wonder I had to plan my way of dodging in such extended movements.
On top of that, they ever so slowly raised the temperature to hide the intensity of the heat.
There is a saying that if you put a frog in boiling water it will jump out in reflex, but if you put a frog in cold water and slowly boil it, the frog won’t be able to detect the change and just die.
Quite a metaphor to describe myself a frog in boiling water.
However, unlike a metaphor, I was actually about to die like that frog in boiling water.
… this is really dangerous.
First I thought this was just a device to blur my mental strength.
I thought that I would easily be able to clear this if I withstood the temperature and held onto my senses.
One miscalculation here was that, this wasn’t just a trap about perseverance.
My body simply could not withstand this heat.
From some time ago, my leg muscles were in a slight tremor.
The effects of dehydration like dizziness and the feeling of throwing up had struck me from a long time ago also.
It was too dangerous to go on like this.
Another arrow trap will surely appear and with my body like this, I was unsure if could dodge all of them.
On top of that, I’d be a goner if I were to be poisoned by the arrow I got hit by.
I could even get in shock separate from the pain.
[You have gained Heat Resistance Lv.1]
Luckily, I earned a resistance skill.
At a time like this where I could barely breathe because of the hot air, for an instant it felt like a gust of crisp cold air was blown all over me.
It felt just like the air you feel when you leave the sauna.
But this was like I said, just for an instant.
Soon after I could barely breathe again.
A f.u.c.king h.e.l.l, really.