Ch.150Everyone’s One+

# 150. One for All+

“Ugh, I can’t live like this, seriously.”

“Haha…”

“The person who said ‘let’s not get lazy after two weeks of rest’ became the laziest of all. Even if it was a test, how could you suddenly push it to the maximum? This isn’t a game.”

“I have nothing to say in my defense.”

Apparently, I lost consciousness for just a moment after Senior Soyu’s intense healing. According to Subin, it was about 3 seconds.

But whether it was 3 seconds or whatever, of course I’d use my skill, right? But then I immediately passed out with a nosebleed, naturally causing panic among the raid members. Now I was confined to the bed in the room where we had been staying.

“It’s embarrassing to collapse right after saying we’re departing.”

“The problem isn’t the result of collapsing but the cause, you idiot. It was a mistake unlike you.”

“I know. I think I took the consumption of life force and mana too lightly. But honestly, even you didn’t think it would turn out like this so quickly after using it, right?”

“Of course not. That’s why I’m saying you did something stupid by testing your limits from the start while calling it a test.”

Currently, only Subin and Danya were in the room. Subin had driven everyone else out, saying too much crowding wouldn’t be good for me.

Danya, who was curled up at my bedside, seemed to strongly agree with Subin’s words as she repeatedly pressed her front paws against my cheek.

“Meow! Nyaang! Nyaaaang!”

[That’s right! Idiot! Idioooot!]

“Sorry. I’m sorry.”

Only after I stroked her head and back for a while did Danya calm down. Then I asked Subin, who had been quietly watching us.

“So, was there any effect? It would be troublesome if such a high-risk skill had no effect.”

“There was an effect.”

“Specifically?”

“All of our strength increased by 3. Though it reverted immediately after you collapsed.”

“3? Everyone?”

“3. Everyone.”

Everyone’s strength by 3.

Though we couldn’t check stats directly, if Danya as a party member was included, that meant seven people’s abilities uniformly increased by 3?

Of course, there are buffs that increase everyone’s attack power or defense. But there were no buffs that increased the actual ability stats like this.

Attack Power +10%

Strength +10%

If I had to choose between the two, I would definitely choose the latter. The latter has much higher potential.

Of course, strength stats aren’t that important for mages like Subin, spirit users like Senior Yehyun, or healers like Senior Soyu… but when their roles become more important, like during the Iseratio raid, I could sacrifice mana stats instead of strength stats.

“Isn’t that amazing?”

“Looking at the effect alone, it’s amazing. But the problem is what happens to you.”

“I just need to adjust it now. Besides, this is only the level 1 effect.”

It truly deserves to be called an S-class reward.

While Subin and Danya looked at me with concern, I was actually feeling good. I could now fill the gap created by choosing Command Enhancement instead of Roar for my level 20 skill with this stat-boosting skill.

Wasn’t the Iseratio battle particularly difficult this time partly because it appeared earlier than usual? Sacrificing myself to raise the overall specs of the raid team is truly a rational and highly efficient method.

“If necessary, I can get healing from Senior Soyu, so there’s no need to worry. I’m more concerned about ruining the departure mood than my body.”

“Don’t worry. We’ll just postpone the departure by a day. How about properly testing that skill before we leave?”

“Sounds good.”

“Don’t pretend you’re not in pain when you are. Be completely honest. Express yourself immediately, even if it seems like you’re exaggerating.”

So I stayed in Edenguard for one more day, testing my new skill under the strict supervision of the raid members.

The test results were as follows:

Level 1 limit is sacrifice -10, buff +3

Minimum is sacrifice -5, buff +1

Duration is about 10 seconds at maximum limit. About 1 minute at minimum. Using it to the limit won’t kill you by depleting life force, but you’ll faint and be in danger. The activation is canceled at that point.

During activation, the effects of Senior Soyu’s healing or health recovery potions are reduced. Duration can be extended through healing, but the recovery reduction effect increases the longer the activation time. Eventually becomes like pouring water into a bottomless pot.

The ability stat buff cannot be divided. However, this might be due to the low level.

Cooldown is quite long. Roughly 6 hours?

During the testing process, I coughed up blood once more, so the raid members practically begged me not to use it unless absolutely necessary, despite its good effects.

I naturally agreed, saying I didn’t want to feel like this every time, even if it was for the raid team’s benefit, but…

‘I’ll use it right away if things get tough.’

Perhaps they vaguely understood my intentions. Yet they accepted my answer and moved on. Instead, they might push themselves harder to ensure I wouldn’t need to use this skill. Then it would be my job to manage that, creating a snake eating its own tail situation.

The next day.

We departed for real without any farewell speeches, and the system instantly transported us from Edenguard to Majikant.

[Current location is the 5th floor neutral zone ‘Majikant’.]

[Majikant is currently under reconstruction. Minimal functions are available.]

Majikant, which we were seeing after about two weeks, appeared to have recovered considerably from the demon manifestation disaster on the surface. There were no corpses visible, the remains of burned buildings had been neatly cleared away, and the sounds of new construction could be heard here and there.

However, the atmosphere was still miserable. There was not a hint of vitality. Cleaning the streets, building structures, treating the injured, repairing the walls… The gloomy atmosphere emanating from those who were clearly employed at dirt-cheap wages or forcibly mobilized made the place feel more like ruins.

It was pitiful. But there wasn’t much we could do to help. The demon manifestation disaster was a man-made catastrophe born from human greed, and in Majikant, it was almost inevitable, whether sooner or later.

We had already done our part by eliminating the early-appearing Iseratio without compensation from Majikant’s perspective.

“We don’t really need to stay here, right?”

“Yeah. Let’s go find floor 5-1 right away.”

So we were about to leave Majikant immediately. But suddenly a quest message appeared.

[Quest ‘Return of the Demon Slayer’ has been updated.]

[Quest content – Inform the lord of Majikant about the demon’s defeat]

[Reward upon completion – ??? gold coins, ???]

“Sunghyun. What are we going to do?”

“Everyone gather around.”

“Meow?”

[What’s going on?]

I took the raid members to a secluded area and explained the message content to Danya.

“Meow! Nya nya meow!”

[Sunghyun! That lord person must have some conscience! Isn’t he trying to reward us?]

“He probably will give something.”

“Nya nya meow!”

[Then why are you hesitating? We should go!]

Danya innocently rejoiced, thinking that the ruler of this city hadn’t forgotten our outstanding achievement and was showing gratitude…

“Even though the lord here is technically in a victim position, it’s… complicated, right?”

“That’s right. I remember his tone being quite unpleasant.”

“Setting aside his tone, connect it to the current situation. Looking at the question marks for rewards, it means they vary depending on progress, which strongly suggests this could become quite troublesome.”

“We might be tied down here for days under the pretext of honoring heroes. He might genuinely want to express gratitude, but… I don’t know? The picture seems too clear – he wants to put us in the spotlight as heroes to minimize his own responsibility.”

“Considering what we know about Majikant’s lord, that makes sense?”

The opinions of our raid members, who were far from blank slates when it came to the game, were unanimously negative.

“Nyaang… nyaaat?”

[Is that lord human really that bad?]

“Well. Rather than evil, he’s a typical nobleman?”

“Meow?”

[A typical nobleman?]

“Nobles who value appearance, authority, status, and such things.”

“Nyaa….”

[I don’t really understand….]

Danya, having lived almost her entire life in Ayord, seemed to have trouble understanding, but she didn’t oppose our opinion.

[You have declined the quest.]

So we unanimously rejected the quest that likely contained the lord’s political intentions and immediately left Majikant.

It would be a lie to say I didn’t regret missing out on the rewards for being a “demon slayer,” but we had already gained a good skill, and we weren’t short on money, so we passed.

We moved forward vigorously.

No matter what stands in our way, we’ll solve it somehow, just as we’ve always done.

Together, safely.

**

After traveling for about 3 days, we reached the portal.

Passing through the portal with confidence, the first thing we saw was…

“Wasn’t the reconstruction supposed to be somewhat complete…?”

“No, we definitely defeated Iseratio, so why…”

Majikant had become a scene of chaos again.

Not because of the Hellfire Demon, but because of fellow humans.