Only My Skill Tooltip Is Strange

Chapter 7

After defeating the golem, I invested my solo clear bonus into agility and stamina.

Agility became 15, and stamina became 12.

The reason I allocated points to stamina instead of strength was that the stamina stat affects both life force and durability.

As a result—

My life force was 120, and my durability was 12.

‘I don’t know how this number applies, but...’

It’s said that as long as you end up in Seoul, it doesn’t matter how you get there.

If increasing my stamina stat has improved my survival rate, then that’s all that matters.

Was that the reason?

“You.”

The opponent, as he collapsed, asked.

“Are you really a new player?”

This time, it wasn’t a pretty knight or a large golem, but a green-skinned creature that often appears in fantasy settings.

An orc.

A species notable for the grotesque tusks jutting from its mouth.

The orc muttered in disbelief.

“There’s no way a freshly summoned human could be this strong...”

I looked down at the orc and asked in return.

“Are there no humans in the dimension you live in?”

“There are no humans dressed like that. Besides those from Earth...”

Everyone seemed to react similarly.

I couldn’t help but draw one conclusion.

“Looks like Earth-born players are treated like garbage.”

“......”

Seeing the orc not denying it gave me confidence.

‘Thank goodness I didn’t go up right away.’

The solo clear bonus.

If I had gone up without this, I would have faced a terrible fate at the hands of this race or that race.@@@@

‘It’s like I can see it without even watching.’

Just imagining it sent chills down my spine.

Tsuzutsut-.

The orc's body turned into blue particles and vanished.

“Phew.”

I passed the third trial smoothly.

This time, unlike the previous two trials, I completed it without getting hurt.

If that counts as an achievement.

This meant I had accumulated 10 points.

1 for the first clear bonus and 9 for the solo clear bonus.

‘This feels solid.’

It’s not an enormous amount.

In the grand scheme of the Tower of Struggle, it would put me behind most players from other dimensions.

But think about starting without even this?

It feels suffocating.

In that sense, it was reassuring.

How I would use it was entirely up to me.

I took a deep breath and stepped out of the cavity.

To receive the clear bonus, I had to return to the room.

I immediately allocated the 3 points.

Right now, what mattered to me was stamina.

I needed to raise my life force to increase my chances of survival.

[Floor 0, Choose]

[To the next floor][Continue proving yourself]

The options the tower suggested came to mind.

Naturally, I chose option 2.

The choice to go up was virtually non-existent in this situation.

‘What about Park Ji-hoon?’

It seemed he was still inside, as one stone door glimmered red.

“You're quite impressive, student.”

Lim Su-jin approached and spoke to me.

Now the gap between her and me had widened as much as heaven and earth.

She probably didn’t realize it.

‘Does she have any idea what she might face if she goes up?’

If she did, she wouldn’t be able to stay like this.

She would be struggling to gain at least 1 point.

I turned my attention away from Lim Su-jin.

I had no obligation to worry about her future.

Instead, I moved toward the stone door to challenge the remaining trial.

‘Let’s finish before Park Ji-hoon comes out.’

There was no need to quarrel with Park Ji-hoon over the last remaining trial.

I could enter first, clear it, and take the rewards.

‘What could he possibly do?’

Is he going to take it away from me?

How?

[What are you doing?]

A message from the assistant.

My brow instinctively furrowed.

The intent to obstruct me was so obvious that it felt quite uncanny.

Honestly, it was unpleasant.

She struggled to escape, trying to flee.

But there was no escaping.

Park Ji-hoon twisted the longsword he had stabbed into Lim Su-jin and pulled it out with force.

Blood gushed forth.

“Ahhh! Ah!”

Was the blood pouring out truly her own?

Wasn’t this the way to really die if it kept pouring like this?

In a situation where she was stabbed, ironically, Lim Su-jin felt no pain.

Her brain was denying her condition.

That’s how she died.

Feeling despair.

Her face was smeared with tears and blood.

Though I had just met her today, I couldn’t help but feel a pang of sympathy for her tragic end.

A brutal death.

“Did you come?”

Park Ji-hoon asked, casting a glance at the error.

“.......”

The error stared rigidly at Lim Su-jin and then at Park Ji-hoon.

“Don’t get too scared. It doesn’t hurt as much as you’d think.”

Park Ji-hoon approached the error without bothering to clean the blood from his sword.

Thud, thud.

‘He’s really scared.’

Everyone reacts like this the first time they see a blade.

Park Ji-hoon snickered inwardly and swung the sword at the error.

The error lightly dodged the blade.

“You’ve invested in agility?”

“You're faster than I expected.”

“That doesn’t change anything.”

Park Ji-hoon swung his sword.

He didn’t activate his skills, but the blade was still sharp.

The moment he allowed a single strike, the error's momentum would falter.

The error knew that too.

Thwack!

So, the playtime was over.

“You’ve learned a skill. Strong Strike.”

Park Ji-hoon grinned.

“It’s a simple skill.”

All it does is hit the opponent hard and inflict additional physical damage.

“Is that how you plan to defeat me?”

“I’ve already won.”

“......?”

Park Ji-hoon felt like the error had grown taller.

‘No. This is me.’

Park Ji-hoon’s perspective dropped.

As his body collapsed, his eye level lowered.

“Why!?”

Park Ji-hoon quickly checked his life force.

【Life Force 0】

“......!”

【Unyielding Will, activated】

When life force drops below 5%, this skill allows you to continue fighting.

Thanks to Unyielding Will, he was still holding on to life.

However, even Unyielding Will couldn’t defy the fate of death.

‘Am I dying? Me?’

Park Ji-hoon gritted his teeth.

“Damn it!”

It was a reality he could hardly believe.

“You too! Damn it! Did you come down from the lower floors? You bastard!”

“What are you talking about?”

Park Ji-hoon shouted loudly.

“Damn it! I’m gonna kill this bastard! Mori! Restore my stats!”

“Mori?”

“Quickly! You bastard!”

Mori rejected Park Ji-hoon’s request.

‘If I lift the restriction on his stats, the administrator will notice.’

Then Mori would die too.

‘It can’t be helped. If I just back off and run away now....’

At that moment.

“You're doing something quite interesting.”

A voice that Mori didn’t want to hear rang in his ears.

It was the administrator of the Floor 0 tutorial.