Second Dive And My Family Together (1)

After meeting Aetas, I calmly reviewed the plan, trying to find any weaknesses.

I spent about a week planning, checking, and visiting Mina in the hospital. Then, I launched the game in time with the cooldown of the return Dive.

Unlike the previous game, the game I was launching now was a famous one, currently ranking high.

Skipping the intro of this trending and hot game, it began.

Since you could only create one character, the village scenery appeared on the screen without a character selection screen.

“Personal. Skill.”

Each game had different voice recognition commands, so learning them was also a task.

Two opaque windows appeared on both sides of the screen.

The status window was simple.

What I was looking forward to was the skill list. The skills pouring out like a waterfall. All those entries correspond to the top of each category.

This character was known for various reasons in the game.

First, the unique and funny character name.

And the types and levels of skills that earned the title ‘King of Grinding.’

The skill levels of ‘Six Basic Stats,’ which were briefly revealed on a video site, quickly made him famous.

In that game, artisans were not a secondary profession but part of a main job category.
Thus, it was customary for those who chose crafting-related jobs to also level up combat skills.

That’s how you can level up.

However, the owner of this ‘Six Basic Stats’ only learned and improved crafting-related skills.

It’s unknown how they leveled up, but it’s presumed that they raised their level through repetitive activities, as skill points are limited and cannot solve it alone.

Repetitive labor so tedious it becomes exhausting. A true addict who elevated all crafting skills to Master level.

A character known for being able to craft anything if there were enough materials, that was ‘Six Basic Stats.’

More famous and recognized in the game than the number one ranked player, and known to be consulted by the game company for advice on crafting items when updating the main scenario.

Purchasing a character from someone with such a distinct world of their own was challenging.

After difficult negotiations, we agreed to rent it for a week.

The cost was a deposit of 75 million won and a rental fee of 15 million won.

I remember the look of disbelief when I first proposed this deal.

However, after seeing the skill list myself, I felt that 15 million won was not wasted at all.

“Isn’t this a bit risky if it works too?”

‘Dive!’

Along with the familiar sensation of submerging into the depths, the intense heat of the magic furnace in the workshop hit me.

Even though the unpleasant mix of herbal, metallic, and leather smells assaulted my senses, I couldn’t stop smiling.

Opening a skill category for confirmation revealed a skill list and levels that could only be described as astounding.

However, there was no time to marvel. The prepared materials were already piled high.

The remaining time for the Dive was decreasing in the upper left corner of the field of vision.

1,172 minutes 52 seconds. 51 seconds. 50 seconds…

‘Assimilation. Target designation. Six Basic Stats.’

“Got it! Great!!”

‘Assimilation. Target designation. Steel ingot, mithril ingot, alloy ingot, Arachne’s thread, hemostatic herb, mana herb, werewolf leather, wyvern leather, ogre leather, bear meat, deer meat, Troll blood…’

Though hectic and busy, with the determination not to miss a single thing, items were calmly designated for assimilation one by one and stored in the inventory.

I couldn’t help but smile as the items assimilated in ‘Gold Coin’ and those from ‘Six Basic Stats’ combined seamlessly despite being from different games.

When the remaining time was approaching 450 minutes, the assimilation of all material items was completed.

However, my task was not over yet.

I headed to the alchemy workstation and opened the alchemy skill list.

The estimated time required was 200 minutes. Following the information that surfaced in my mind, I mixed the ingredients and moved intuitively.

Handling the flask for the first time, I managed it skillfully, and I handled the pipette and dropper like an expert.

I added the precise amount of ingredients and necessary essences into the round flask according to the method and waited for a moment.

There was a reason to craft items in the game.

In reality, no matter how I obtained the materials, I couldn’t make them due to the absence of magic circles, magic circuits, or magic furnaces.

For that reason, I began preparing step by step using the magic circuits and alchemy tools provided within the game system.

I moved my body according to the knowledge injected into my mind, following the memories that came to me intuitively.

Moreover, I was currently in a Dive state. It was necessary to practice once before entering the ‘Battlefield of the Gods.’

I needed to see if this power called ‘Fairy Tale’ could be used without hindrance as stated.

Additionally, it was the potion I needed the most right now, killing two birds with one stone.
Exactly 200 minutes later, a purple liquid that faintly glowed by itself pooled at the bottom of the round flask.

I carefully poured the liquid into a small glass bottle, sealed it with a cork stopper, and smiled with satisfaction.

‘Check…!!’

Looking at the revealed information, a sense of accomplishment and the hope that I can now save Mina made a smile burst forth.

Is that all? Before I knew it, I was dancing a bizarre dance.

Surely because it was made after synchronization, the superior Sanitas potion went into the inventory.

After confirming that, I carefully put three more potions made through synchronization into the inventory just in case, and then disengaged the Dive.

Simultaneously, I logged out, hurriedly took off the goggles, and stood up.

With a nervous heart, I opened the inventory.

“There it is!”

Four potions, still emitting a mysterious purple light, were stored in the inventory.

I carefully took out one of the four potions and held it up to the fluorescent light.

A subtly glowing purple liquid. Staring blankly at its mysterious light, I called up the item information.

After checking the newly acquired information, I carefully placed it into my inventory. Calming my heart, which was pounding with joy, I called up the status window.

“Kim Han, the symbol of misfortune, is now a man of luck…? Instant Death Defense?”

As Luck surpassed 100, the increase in stats became significantly reduced.

The Luck points synchronized with ’Six Basic Stats’ were 25. Calculating with a synchronization rate of 105%, the Luck stat increase points became 26.25.

Arithmetically, it should be 125, but as soon as the stat exceeded 100, the effort required to raise it by 1 point increased tenfold. As a result, the current Luck stat was 102.

If the stat exceeded 150, fifty times the effort would be needed.

Fortunately, stat points were akin to direct powers and benefits bestowed by the god of the proxy.

If compared to other proxies, they were like fragments of the God’s power, allowing a stat to be increased by one point regardless of the range.

Before the regression, I remember using stat points gained from the Maze of Despair to increase my stamina, which was in the 120s at the time, and regretting the points I used prematurely, causing me to lose sleep for ten days.

The title was astonishingly good. However, I’ve never had such high Luck before. In my previous life, I was like a troll with only high stamina and strength.

The effect of the title was much better than when stamina or strength broke through the first limit.

Moreover, it was a persistent skill, a kind of passive skill that couldn’t be obtained from breaking through the limits of other stats, and it was a skill that would be useful in the ‘Battlefield of the Gods.’

I don’t remember seeing any agent in the ‘Battlefield of the Gods’ with Luck exceeding 100.

‘This time, maybe I can shake off the disgrace of being the icon of misfortune… Skill.’

The skill list, especially the skill list that came under the ‘Six Basic Stats,’ grew more appealing the more I looked at it.

Even though I tried to examine each one calmly, I couldn’t maintain my composure because of the laughter that burst out.

After finishing all checks post-dive, I sat in front of the computer and played the video file labeled ‘Untitled’ that appeared in the upper left of the desktop.

The video showed me lying on the bed wearing oversized sunglasses.

Even after the time for the Dive had passed, I didn’t disappear from the bed. There was no visible change.

‘So Diving doesn’t make me disappear or anything?’

Increasing the playback speed, after a bit more time, a holy light suddenly emanated from my body and head on the screen.

A light bright enough to illuminate the dark bedroom shone brightly for about 5 minutes.

After that, it just showed me lying in bed as if sleeping, with nothing happening. Like a still image.

‘Is there a physical change at the moment of body and skill synchronization…? Should I Dive at night from now on…?’

As I organized my thoughts about Diving, synchronization, and the ridiculously abundant skills, the sun had already set, and the surroundings had grown dim.