"Why..."

Lee Shin-Woo muttered in despair. Two more days had passed since he'd acquired the Spirits' Spring Key Fragment from the Dryad.

"Why isn't my resistance leveling up...!? I'm almost there!"

"I suppose not everyone can get a high rank skill."

Jin sounded wholly uninterested. He was evading the Tree Golem’s swinging fists and feet from up close, all for exposing themselves to a higher concentration of Acid Poison. They had been putting in the painstaking effort to train their resistance.

[Gguaaaaaaaaaaah!]

"Shin-Woo, accept reality. That thing is at its limit too."

"..."

Lee Shin-Woo looked up at the Tree Golem. It had been so massive that it seemed to be touching the sky, but now, it had shrunk to a mere 5 meters tall from all the branches Lee Shin-Woo had cut down.

"It seems like it can't even replenish its mana that well anymore. The concentration of its Acid Poison seems to be lessening, and its attacks are getting weaker."

"...Damn it. It must really be at its limits if you can sense it too."

The intense battle had brought about a dramatic growth in Lee Shin-Woo and Jin. Their combined skills had made the battle seem easier than it should’ve been, but facts were facts....