Chapter 39 - Chapter 39   There’s no need to get it.

"…Huh?"

I wake up.

How did I die again?

Oh, right, I was eaten by Puppeteer. Remembering that, a feeling of helplessness washes over my entire body.

What should I have done…?

I need to become much stronger than I am now to escape this dungeon and exact my revenge.

"There's no need to acquire Puppeteer."

Puppeteer is just one means for me to become stronger.

But it's pointless if it ends with Puppeteer eating me.

So, I should look for a way to become stronger without using Puppeteer.

With this determination, I start to move.

First, I head to the hidden room where the is located.

I mustn't be spotted by the numerous monsters along the way. If I'm found, I would be easily killed in my current state.

Nevertheless, thanks to repeating this action many times, I'm able to smoothly proceed.

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Choose 'one' skill you want to acquire from the following list:

S Rank:

A Rank:

B Rank:

C Rank:

D Rank:

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Using the will allow you to see a list of available skills.

As usual, I consider selecting , but…

"Hmm, wait a minute. Should I really choose ?"

I paused.

I had always chosen because of the presence of Parasitic Sword Puppeteer.

When I used Puppeteer to fight, it was natural to choose , which was compatible with it.

But this time, I had no intention of acquiring Puppeteer.

In that case, I would be fighting without a sword. So, it would be better to choose , which was well-suited for combat when unarmed.

Because, other than Puppeteer, there was no other way to obtain a weapon…

"Well, if I think about it carefully, there are actually many chances to acquire weapons, aren't there?"

So, I chose .

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Obtained skill .

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As usual, I would have gone on to retrieve Puppeteer, defeat several monsters, and level up to Level 2. But this time, I decided not to retrieve Puppeteer. Since it would be tough to defeat monsters without it and with at Level 1, I also gave up on leveling it up to Level 2.

So, with at Level 1, I headed to the hidden room with the Golden Living Armor.

"Hey, you weaklings, come at me!"

I use on the Golden Living Armor.

Then, I skillfully evade attacks to incite infighting among them.

Crash! One of the Golden Living Armor, forcefully struck its sword against another Golden Living Armor, causing it to fall and struggle to get back up.

In that moment, I seized the sword from the fallen Golden Living Armor.

"Come to think of it, I can easily acquire swords from these guys."

The method to acquire swords was to take them from the Golden Living Armor.

As long as I could equip a sword, activating the skill would make battles much easier. That's what I was thinking at this moment.

"Still, it's a tough fight!"

While I had expected things to be challenging to some extent, I never imagined it would be this difficult.

Between Puppeteer and the sword from the Golden Living Armor, Puppeteer was significantly more powerful.

However, there was no point in complaining. Now that I couldn't use Puppeteer, I had no choice but to fight with this sword.

As I strained in the next moment…

"Ah!"

My back was suddenly slashed from behind.

I felt the pain and simultaneously lost consciousness.

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On approximately the 560th attempt, I challenged the room with the Golden Living Armor without using Puppeteer, over and over again.

"…It's impossible."

And after experiencing death for what felt like the umpteenth time, I finally let out a sound.

I could somehow defeat up to five of the Golden Living Armor.

However, with this method, I honestly couldn't see a way to defeat all twenty of the Golden Living Armor and the Driven Living Knight.

"Maybe I really have no choice but to use Puppeteer…"

But using it would mean being eaten… No, wait.

I was eaten by Puppeteer because I reached Level 3 and acquired the derived skill , which transformed it into a monstrous creature with a massive jaw.

"In that case, what if I deliberately stop at Level 2?"

Allocating skill points was done according to my will. So, I could choose not to reach Level 3.

Moreover, the derived skill < Pulsating Great Sword> of a Level 2 Puppeteer was very useful. It would undoubtedly provide more than enough combat power even at Level 2.

Therefore, there was no need to unnecessarily push it to the dangerous Level 3.

"Let's give it a try…"

With that decision, I headed to the location where Parasitic Sword Puppeteer was kept.