Thumbs Up, Level Up

Chapter 117

“Like this?” Mu-Cheok asked.

“Yes, just keep your head down.”

Mu-Cheok bowed his head. Ji-Cheok placed his hand on his brother’s head and transferred everything he could, from the skills he had just acquired to the skills to the skills he had acquired in the past. He transferred [Mana Boost], [Penetration Boost], [Protection of the God of Archery], [Mass Increase], [Inertial Force Increase], and the five types of Spell Boost—Fire, Thunder, Wind, Poison, and Ice. Ji-Cheok didn’t find the need to transfer the [Projectile Damage Aura] because if Mu-Cheok was beside him, he would also get the effect. [Mana Boost] allowed more mana to permeate Mu-Cheok’s weapon, which significantly increased the damage.

“Wow… This is crazy…”

Mu-Cheok was shocked by the increased stats in his status window.

“I don’t know if it’s going to work as planned. They are cheap skills, so there’s going to be a lot of luck involved. But I guess quantity over quality, am I right?” Ji-Cheok said.

“It’s a good plan, hyung.”

Ding.

[Hunter Um Mu-Cheok is impressed with your character.]

[You have received 2 Likes.]

‘Huh. I guess he really is surprised.’

This strategy only worked on Hunters who could fire many bullets in a short period, like his younger brother. Ordinary Hunters did not learn these skills because too much luck was involved.

?Yes, Master. The skills would be useless if the lowest probability appeared at the decisive moment.?

‘Still, it’s really useful when you combine all of them together like this. Operation #Spray_and_Pray.’

“I activated all possible buff skills. Let’s go now,” Ji-Cheok said.

“Wait a minute. I also need to use some of my own passive skills.”

The word [Amplification] appeared in front of him, merging into his body, and his gun started to glow with an unusual light. It had already been flashing from the magic skills Ji-Cheok had transferred, and now it was shining even brighter. It looked like a Legendary item.

“I think I need to change my gun later. The barrel can’t handle all the skills I use,” Mu-Cheok said.

When they were about to finish their preparation, Ji-Cheok saw the Demonic Goblins that had run away. It looked like they had brought reinforcements.

“What good timing. Try to shoot at them without using any skills. Just for an experiment.”

“Roger that.”

Bang. Bang! Bang!

The dual pistols spat fire like they were from a noir movie. But what came out of the muzzle was not the usual bullets like before. Instead, bullets left a trail behind them that looked like lasers from some sci-fi movies.

With the help of five types of spell boosts and other overlapping skills, Mu-Cheok’s power was beyond Ji-Cheok’s imagination.

Dududududu.

The Goblins that had merely bled a little from the previous bullets were now peppered with holes from Mu-Cheok’s bullet hail.

“Hyung.”

“Yes?”

“Am I in the world of science fiction? This is amazing!”

“This is not sci-fi. It’s fantasy.”

‘There’s no science involved, just magic.’

?Hm… I think I need to do more research on overlapping skills. It seems that we can achieve a very powerful effect by only using a limited amount of Likes.?

‘I know what you mean.’

?Master. In that case, it may be a good idea to buy cheap skills that cost between 1 and 10 Likes as much as you can.?

‘Let’s try it when we get home.’

“Hyung, can you summon your bike?”

“Why?”

“I want to shoot these monsters while riding it.”

* * *

“Hahaha! Die! Die! Die!”

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!?

“Kiiiek!”

Mu-Cheok rode on the back seat of the bike while firing his dual pistols. For his little brother, Ji-Cheok gladly became the designated driver.

Vrooom!

Ji-Cheok drove his brother around as Mu-Cheok filled the monsters’ heads with lead. In order to avoid bumping into the monsters, he used [Wall Drive] to hang upside down on the ceiling, but Mu-Cheok’s bullets never missed.

‘Wait. When did this guy become such a sharpshooter? Wasn’t he a Chronicler? Did he buff his gun with the word [Bullseye]?’

Leaving those questions aside for the moment, they drove around the cave. Not only were they destructive, but their mana consumption was almost non-existent!

“Hyung! I’m leveling up like crazy!”

“Oh yeah?”

They were shouting while driving around. It seemed that Mu-Cheok had just leveled up again.

‘That’s good news, Mu-Cheok. You can level up as much as you can~ I will carry you~ I’m also going to record everything we’re doing right now.’

?It’s a hidden dungeon… If you edit it later and upload it, it is going to be trending on GodTube.?

As Ji-Cheok was half-listening to Cheok-Liang, they headed straight to the bottom of the cave. He could feel the Goblins getting stronger. One particular Goblin that appeared before them was not wearing the usual rags, but actual armor instead, and it was also bigger than the others So Ji-Cheok immediately used the [Eye of Insight].

[Demonic Hobgoblin]

[Level: 38

Attribute: Earth

Weakness: None

A Goblin that evolved to become similar to a demon by obtaining the blood of a demon, then evolved once more and became a Hobgoblin.

They are beings created by the lowest-level demons to be used by their families, and by sharing the demon’s blood, they also gain mana power.]

This Hobgoblin was 3 levels higher and wore armor. They could tell that it was definitely strong just by looking at it. The moment it appeared together with some regular Goblins, Mu-Cheok started to shoot again.

Bang!

The sound of metal striking metal echoed, and the Hobgoblin’s head tilted backward. However, it didn’t fall down, and its head just returned to its natural position. A bullet was half lodged in the Hobgoblin’s forehead.

“You’re pretty tough. I guess my bullet didn't pierce your skull,” Mu-Cheok said.

One instant later, the monster’s head fell back once more.

“If I can’t do it with one bullet, I can just shoot twice!”

‘What…? Is he a gold medalist in archery? Did he just hit that bullet with another bullet?’

Ji-Cheok was stunned. Meanwhile, with the help of [Double Shot], Mu-Cheok’s dual pistols harmoniously punched holes in the foreheads of the other Goblins.

Screech!

They stopped in front of a huge stone gate.

“I think that Hobgoblin was the middle boss. This stone gate must be for the boss room,” Mu-Cheok said.

“I know. By the way, how did you do that? I didn’t know you were such a sharpshooter!”

“I’m doing special training these days. I need to catch up to you, hyung.”

“I didn’t know Chroniclers were like this. I thought they were wizard-type jobs.”

“Some Chroniclers are like this, some Chroniclers are like that. We’re all different.”

‘Look at him bragging about himself. He became a little arrogant~ But no matter how I look at it, it looks like he is hiding something… I’ll have to ask him about this when we get home.’

“By the way, hyung, when did you?get so strong? I’ve only been a Hunter for a short time, but I’ve never seen a Hunter use buff skills like this before,” Mu-Cheok said.

“There is nothing special about this. Like I said before, it’s just quantity over quality. Since I have sufficient mana and Likes, I’m just giving you low-level buff skills.”

“I know. That’s what’s so weird about it.”

‘Is it that weird? They’re the lowest-level skills. They don’t even perform reliably, all of them depend on luck.’

?Master, I think your standards are too high.?

Cheok-Liang grumbled, thinking that Ji-Cheok was being too greedy again. Ji-Cheok eventually just gave in.

“Well, since I can combine skills here and there, the combined effect is pretty powerful. But can’t you do that too? I think it would be possible by combining words.”

“Maybe I can do it later on, but my level is too low right now.”

“Creating infinite bullets seems to be a high enough skill to be called overpowered.”

“I can’t hold a candle to other Chroniclers with just this skill. Anyway, are we going straight into the boss room?”

Ji-Cheok turned his head to see the stone gate that was separating them from the boss.

‘So if we go in here, we will be facing the Imp, huh?’

“How much mana did you use?” Ji-Cheok asked.

“Not a lot. I think I used around five percent?”

“Then wait a minute. Open Likes Shop.”

The Likes Shop opened in front of him.

“Buy Class 1 Telepathy Spell.”

He bought the skill right away. As usual, light flashed, and he was instantly able to use the skill. Then, he used the Telepathy Spell on Mu-Cheok. Now they could talk to each other through their thoughts rather than their voice.

‘Ah Ah. Can you hear me,’?Ji-Cheok thought.

‘Yes…… Isn't this the spell that wizards mainly use in raids? How good is the Likes Shop? Also, I can't believe that you just learned the skill that fast.’

[You have received 1 Like.]

As if he was very impressed, he sent Ji-Cheok a Like.

‘By the way, how is your mana? I heard the person who is using the spell consumes a lot of mana,’?Mu-Cheok said.

This was true. While Telepathy was on, the mana of the person using the skill was consumed like mobile data from a greedy phone company.

‘After doing a few raids, I figured out that I would need it. We can’t always shout at each other during battles, am I right?’?Ji-Cheok thought.

‘Wow… I wish I had something like the Likes Shop.’

‘I wish you did too. So shall we go in now?’

‘Sure.’

Mu-Cheok didn't use a lot of his mana. He only used [Double Shot] and [Amplification]. His infinite bullets were his passive skill, so there was no mana consumption there. As a matter of fact, Ji-Cheok used more mana than his brother. He had to drive the Mono Bike G, apply buffs, and light up their path with the [Spheres of Light]. Even so, since his mana recovery rate was orders of magnitude greater than that of ordinary Hunters, his mana tank was still full. This meant that Ji-Cheok and his brother were fully charged.

When he put his hand on the stone gate, the gate opened up by itself and the two of them were able to enter the boss room.

The boss room looked quite different from the boss room of the Goblin dungeon. The boss room of the Goblin dungeon had Goblengs covering the room, but it still looked like a cave, while this boss room was pretty much the inside of a building. First of all, Ji-Cheok had to crank his neck to look up at the dome ceiling, and he assumed it was around twenty meters high. Secondly, everything was made of bricks, and it also had doors opening in all directions.

That was not all. There were sculptures of Goblins being tortured here and there, and in the center, there was a statue of a demon was around five meters tall.

‘This is it. This kind of boss monster fits the name of the eerie Gate. Just by looking at it, it’s totally a villain boss from a children’s cartoon.’

In addition, the demon statue appeared tough and ferocious with four long horns growing on its head.

‘But this isn’t the type of Imp I know of.’

?It is a demon race called Slatter. It is known for being good at close combat. According to my information, it appears as a middle boss or main boss in dungeons four-star or higher.?

‘If it’s a four-star dungeon… Doesn’t that mean it’s for Hunters level 80 or higher? A demon like that should not be in here. Besides, wasn’t this dungeon where Imps appea— Oh. There it is.’

“Kieek! A mere human destroying my dungeon! I will not forgive you!”

A demon appeared above the Slatter statute, stepping on its head in the process. It was less than one meter tall. It had wings on its back, and its body was skinny. Its head was big compared to the body, and there were little to no muscles on its body.

This was an Imp, a fire demon, and also the lowest-level demon.

‘Do you know what kind of devil is that?’?Ji-Cheok asked.

‘I familiarized myself with the information before coming in… But I couldn’t find any information on dungeons that had an Imp as the boss monster. And this one also makes Goblins stronger. So isn’t it a little bit different?’?Mu-Cheok replied.

‘Still, let’s try to attack based on the information we know.’

‘Okay. So should I attack first?’

“Yeah, go first.’

Bang! Bang! Bang!?

Mu-Cheok attacked directly, without saying a word.

Tss! Tssss!

Sparks flew and the bullets stopped in mid-air. The Imp looked angry.

“You ignorant humans! You inferior humans! Kill those humans and bring back their corpses!”

“Kieeek!!”

“Kieiak!!”

“I knew this would happen,” Ji-Cheok said.