Moving his feet, Seong-jun immediately checked the artifacts.
There were six pieces of equipment in total: three for tankers, two for priests, and one ring.
The tanker equipment consisted of heavy armor, a sword, and a shield.
While other tanker classes could wear them, additional options applied when worn by a Paladin.
The priest equipment consisted of robes and a staff, featuring many healing-related options that made them perfect for a healer.
Naturally, these were all S-rank.
‘Is it because this is a temple that both tanker and healer equipment appeared? Anyway, the tanker gear will be perfect for Brother Gwang-taek since he’s a Paladin. As for the priest gear… the robes look fine, but I don’t think I’ll ever have a reason to use a staff.’
Unlike Seong-jun, who used a mace as his primary weapon, general healers often used a staff.
Because of that, other healers would drool over an S-rank staff, but it wasn’t particularly attractive to Seong-jun.
His current weapon, which could change form, was much better.
After all, he couldn’t give up his current weapon if he wanted to borrow the skills of Yuseon and Gwang-taek.
“Is this ring the last one?”
After checking the tanker and healer gear, Seong-jun reached for the final remaining ring.
Unexpected information about the ring popped up before his eyes.
**[SS-rank] Ermia Jeylin’s Divine Ring [Set] [1/5]**
Made by processing Orichalcum, known as the metal of the gods, and top-grade Mana Stones, this is Ermia Jeylin’s exclusive accessory.
– Attack-type Divine Magic damage increased by 30%. (Additional 10% increase with the ‘Successor of Ermia Jeylin’ title.)
– Buff-type Divine Magic efficiency increased by 20%. (Additional 10% increase with the ‘Successor of Ermia Jeylin’ title.)
– Healing-type Divine Magic efficiency increased by 20%. (Additional 10% increase with the ‘Successor of Ermia Jeylin’ title.)
– Additional Divine Power increase of 2,000,000, limited to those with the ‘Successor of Ermia Jeylin’ title.
– Special skill [Divine Totem] available for use.
– Special skill [Holy Field] available for use.
[Set options are unlocked sequentially upon gathering at least 2 or more set pieces.]
The ring was a Divine Ring that formed a set with Ermia Jeylin’s Divine Necklace.
The ring influenced the damage and efficiency of Divine Magic, and along with an additional 2,000,000 Divine Power, it allowed the use of special skills called Divine Totem and Holy Field.
“A Divine Set piece appears here? Then I have to wear it right away.”
While the accessory set possessed incredible abilities on its own, it could draw out much more powerful effects when worn by Seong-jun, the Successor of Ermia Jeylin.
Thus, he equipped the ring without hesitation.
Immediately, the set bonus was applied.
“Oh! The set option adds 5,000,000 Divine Power. That’s not bad.”
The bonus unlocked for the two-piece set added a staggering 5,000,000 Divine Power.
To Seong-jun, who possessed over 150,000,000 Divine Power, a few million might not seem like much, but because his passive converted Divine Power into damage, more was always better, no matter the amount.
Setting that aside, while the power of his skills had increased upon reaching S-rank, his Divine Power consumption had also risen significantly, meaning he had to expend much larger amounts of power than before.
‘I think I’ve taken what I need. I can just open the rest as they are.’
After taking what he needed and checking what he wanted to check, Seong-jun began moving the golden candelabras and equipment artifacts to the front of the entrance.
*Clang! Clatter! Clink!*
After moving everything, Seong-jun then headed toward the pile of gold coins and ingots.
“Hmm, the gold coins alone should be worth quite a bit. There are more Mithril Ingots than I thought, too. It’ll be hard to carry them one by one, so let’s use the Subspace to move them.”
Seong-jun first stored the heaped gold coins and Mithril Ingots in his Subspace, then pulled them back out in front of the entrance.
*Shhhh! Clatter! Clink!*
“That’s about it. Shall we head out now?”
Having obtained everything he could and packed what he needed, Seong-jun slowly approached the stone door.
He then placed his hand gently against it.
*Flash!*
Just like when he entered, an intense light burst forth, and the stone door began to open.
*Rumble!*
He could then see his companions resting on the floor.
“Oh! The door is opening!”
“Whoa! It’s Healer Kim Seong-jun!”
“Gasp! What is that! Is everything piled in front of that door gold coins?”
“Those look like artifacts. Wow! There are five artifacts?”
“What are those golden candelabras? Are those artifacts too?”
As the door opened and gold coins, ingots, and artifacts became visible behind Seong-jun, the eyes of both Seong-jun’s party and Karl’s team began to sparkle.
“Sorry for the long wait. It took a bit of time because I was checking things one by one and moving the gold and ingots. First, I’ll move them across the door.”
Since only Seong-jun could cross the boundary between this space and the corridor, he had to carry them out one by one.
After moving the artifacts, he grabbed two of the golden candelabras with both hands and used them to push the ingots and gold coins across.
*Shhhh! Clatter!*
“Come on! Quickly organize the gold coins and ingots Seong-jun moved over here!”
Karl told his team and Seong-jun’s companions to organize the wealth.
“Wow! Just how much is all this?”
“Tsk, are the gold coins the important part? Look at those artifacts. Even at a glance, they’re not ordinary. It looks like they’re tanker and healer equipment.”
Even while organizing the gold and ingots, their eyes didn’t leave the artifacts.
It was obvious they weren’t low-rank artifacts, and that meant a massive amount of money would come in just from selling them.
After pushing out all the gold and ingots, Seong-jun finally organized the candelabras and brought them out.
“Phew, it’s all done. Oh! And about these candelabras — they have special functions like artifacts, but they don’t exactly help in battle. They’re just somewhat helpful to ordinary people, so check them out.”
At Seong-jun’s words, people began checking the options of the golden candelabras.
“Huh? What is this? Concentration enhancement? Mental stability? This one is pain relief? Why are the options all like this?”
“Haha, this one is disease mitigation. It’d be perfect to put in a hospital.”
They chuckled while looking over the candelabra options.
It was possible because they hadn’t expected much after what Seong-jun said.
At that moment, Gwang-taek, who was checking the equipment artifacts, said with wide eyes.
“Wait! What is this! It’s S-rank equipment?”
Seong-jun nodded in response.
“That’s right. The heavy armor, sword, and shield are for tankers, and the priest robes and staff are for healers. They are all S-rank. However, in the case of the tanker gear, it seems additional functions are unlocked when worn by someone with the Paladin class.”
At Seong-jun’s words, everyone’s gaze shifted to the equipment.
“S-rank…”
“I thought the aura was unusual, and as expected, it was S-rank. Ha! This is a complete jackpot.”
To them, Seong-jun delivered the final blow.
“Also, I’m not sure how to say this, but I’ve become S-rank.”
Seong-jun spoke very calmly, as if it were nothing, but the content was truly shocking.
“Huh? What did you just… Gasp! What? S-rank?”
Karl looked at Seong-jun with a bewildered expression.
S-rank all of a sudden?
“This is the temple of Hemeias, the Goddess of Light. And the root of my Divine Power is the Goddess of Light, Hemeias. Perhaps because of that, not long after the stone door closed, some intense light enveloped me. After that, a notification popped up saying my rank had risen to S-rank. Seeing as my existing skills were strengthened and new skills were added, it doesn’t seem like a Re-awakening, just a rank increase.”
Seong-jun didn’t bother mentioning the Holy Water of Experience Growth.
No one would complain about Seong-jun drinking one bottle of holy water anyway, but since he had touched something of his own volition inside, someone might suspect he had touched other things as well.
His own party might think he did well even if that were the case, but Karl and his team were different.
Conveniently, since this was Hemeias’s temple and only Seong-jun had been allowed entry, he explained that his rank had risen through an unknown power.
“Crazy! Even so, S-rank? Ha! Can something like this happen? If healers hear about this, they’ll be searching for nothing but temples inside dungeons from now on.”
It was a truly absurd situation, but Seong-jun wasn’t the type to lie about such things.
Even if he were lying, it would be exposed soon anyway, so they had no choice but to believe him.
“We don’t know when the wave will start, so let’s get out of here for now. We can distribute the gold and ingots roughly, but it would be better to establish a defensive position before distributing the equipment artifacts.”
It seemed possible to settle things with just Seong-jun’s wide-area skills, but he suggested building a defensive line just in case.
After all, there was nothing wrong with being careful and prepared.
“Should we do that? How will the distribution be handled?”
At Karl’s question, Seong-jun spoke as if he had been waiting.
“Since your side found the temple first, it’s right for you to take a larger share, but as you saw, you wouldn’t have been able to bring these out without me. So, considering that point, I’d like to go fifty-fifty. If anyone has a different opinion, please speak up.”
Strictly speaking, Seong-jun’s contribution was far more overwhelming than the contribution of finding the temple.
Since no one but Seong-jun could enter beyond the door, they might have had to turn back after just staring at the treasure like a pie in the sky.
However, since he had taken some things for himself inside, he intended to settle it by dividing it into equal shares.
His party members all agreed with those words.
“I agree.”
“Me too. Half and half is just right.”
“If you say we should do that, Brother, I’m definitely in.”
Gwang-taek, Yuseon, and Chang-su all agreed with Seong-jun’s opinion of a fifty-fifty split.
On the other hand, Karl looked at Seong-jun with surprise.
“Ho? You want to go fifty-fifty? As you said, Seong-jun, these are things we wouldn’t have been able to bring out without you. I thought you would demand a higher share, but this is unexpected.”
Karl also knew they wouldn’t have been able to retrieve the wealth and artifacts without Seong-jun, so he had expected at least a sixty-forty or even seventy-thirty split.
But it was unexpected that Seong-jun would propose fifty-fifty first.
“In a little while, we all have to join forces to face the Monster Wave. What’s the point of bickering over shares? Dividing it cleanly in half won’t lead to any complaints later, and it seems simple. In fact, even if we divide it in half, since our group has fewer people, it’s practically like we’re taking more.”
At those words, the Hunters belonging to Karl’s team all agreed.
“Nothing wrong with fifty-fifty.”
“I agree. We wouldn’t have gotten anything without Seong-jun anyway, so half is great for me.”
“Me too.”
When all the team members agreed to the fifty-fifty split, Karl nodded and spoke.
“Since everyone seems to agree, let’s do that. First, let’s divide the gold coins and ingots half and half.”
Thus, they first divided the gold coins and ingots in half, then distributed them fairly among their respective team members.
Seong-jun’s party also divided the gold and ingots into four equal parts and put them into their respective backpacks.
After leaving the ruin, the group began quickly establishing a defensive line centered on the temple entrance.
The tankers, Gwang-taek and Jameson, would defend at the entrance with the melee damage dealers supporting from behind, while the ranged damage dealers decided to attack from inside the temple.
They also formed a new party.
First, Chang-su left the party, and the tanker Jameson, the S-rank melee dealer Karl, and three ranged dealers with area-of-effect skills joined.
If there were more people capable of area-of-effect attacks, they would have replaced Karl, but unfortunately, there were only three in Karl’s team who could do so.
In truth, it was rare for a single party to have three people capable of area-of-effect attacks anyway.
After forming the new party and roughly deciding the defensive positions, they immediately moved on to distributing the equipment artifacts.
“Considering the performance and various factors, the value of the tanker gear and healer gear seems roughly similar. Since all five are S-rank, they would easily fetch hundreds of billions even in cash. If a bidding war breaks out, they could even exceed 1 trillion. How do you plan to distribute them?”
In the case of A-rank artifacts, they could range from 10 billion to over 50 billion.
The Ring of Lightning used by Yuseon was among the most expensive A-rank artifacts, valued in the 50 billion range.
S-rank artifacts were at least 80 billion at minimum and could exceed 200 billion at maximum.
In the case of the artifacts found now, they were nearly top-tier even among S-rank items, and when all of them were converted to cash, they held a value of at least 800 billion, potentially exceeding 1 trillion.
Therefore, they had to be careful with the distribution.
“Let’s do this. Since the value is similar anyway, our side will take the tanker gear, and your side will take the priest gear. Since we are taking one more, I will check the market price and give you the money corresponding to half. As you saw, the tanker gear has additional abilities when worn by a Paladin, and Brother Gwang-taek is a Paladin. I think the distribution within each party can be handled separately. What do you think?”
Seong-jun decided to take the tanker gear and hand over the priest gear to Karl.
And since they were taking one more piece, he proposed to take the entire set of tanker gear by handing over the money corresponding to half of it.
“Hmm, not bad. Let’s do that then.”
Since Seong-jun had made a concession in the distribution, Karl readily accepted Seong-jun’s proposal.
At that, Gwang-taek spoke with a worried expression.
“Seong-jun, I don’t have the money to buy all those. It’s true I want them as a Paladin, but it’s not a level I can afford.”
Gwang-taek’s worry was natural.
Even at a minimum, it was an amount well over 300 billion, and even if divided four ways, he had to pay over 200 billion in distribution fees.
He didn’t have the ability to pay that much money immediately.
At Gwang-taek’s words, Seong-jun spoke with a smile.
“Right now, clearing this dungeon is the priority. So use them until we leave here. If it’s too much of a burden, we can just sell them afterward and distribute the proceeds.”
Seong-jun didn’t intend to force equipment on someone who didn’t want it.
In any case, whether the gear was sold or not was only possible after leaving the dungeon.
He judged that it wouldn’t be too late to decide after that.
“Is that so? Well, if that’s the case, there’s nothing particularly burdensome.”
Gwang-taek was able to let go of some of the pressure at the words that they could just sell them and distribute the money at any time since they were using them while raiding the dungeon.
“First, change your equipment. Since my existing skills were strengthened and new skills were added upon reaching S-rank, the wave itself won’t be much of a threat, but we don’t know what variables might occur.”
He told him to change his equipment just in case, saying that although it didn’t seem like this wave would be a major threat to them, preparation never hurt.
“Should I do that then?”
Gwang-taek took off the armor, shield, and sword he was currently wearing and replaced them all with the gear they had just obtained.
*Click! Click!*
After equipping all the gear, Gwang-taek had a shocked expression on his face.
“Whoa! What is this? The basic options on the gear are insane, but the additional options are also considerable. This is beyond the level of typical S-rank equipment.”
Equipped with the exclusive set gear, Gwang-taek couldn’t help but marvel at the performance of the equipment, which far exceeded his expectations.
Until he put the gear on, he had planned to just use it until they cleared the dungeon and then sell it for distribution, but once he wore it, he began to feel greedy for its incredible performance.
“Does it seem okay?”
At Seong-jun’s question, Gwang-taek sighed and spoke.
“It’s more than just okay. For some reason, I’m even thinking I shouldn’t have put this on. What should I do if I get greedy when I don’t have the means?”
“What do you mean, what should you do? If you’re greedy, you just have to find a way. Since it’s already passed over to our side, there’s no need to think about it in a hurry. It’s not like everyone is desperate for money, so we can take our time thinking about what to do.”
They didn’t have to distribute it with the other team right away; it was already on their side.
How they disposed of this equipment was none of the other team’s business.
Besides, no one was desperate for money, so no one would complain if the disposal was delayed a bit.
“Dammit! Come what may! Like you said, Seong-jun, let’s push the headache for later and focus on the dungeon raid for now.”
Since worrying about it now wouldn’t provide an answer anyway, he decided to set the troublesome matter aside for the time being.
Just then.
“Kyah-aaaaaa!”
“Kieeeeee!”
The cries of Harpies were heard from a distance.
“Whoa! There, it’s Harpies!”
A massive number of Harpies were flying toward the temple from afar.
Perhaps since this was the only place in the dungeon with prey, they sensed it and were flying over.
“Crazy! The sky is completely blackened with Harpies.”
“Are you sure we can catch all those by ourselves?”
“…”
As over 1,000 Harpies filled the sky and approached, everyone’s complexion turned pale.
Seong-jun also let out an exclamation as he watched the swarming Harpies.
“Wow! They’re certainly more overwhelming in terms of intimidation than the monsters swarming on the ground. Since they fill the sky, they feel even more threatening.”
While thousands of monsters moving across the ground were threatening enough, airborne monsters were overwhelming in terms of pressure alone.
“Everyone, get into position!”
At Karl’s shout, everyone hurried to their designated spots.
And watching them, Seong-jun cast his buffs.
‘All-in-One! Wide Area Mode! Healing Light! Wide Area Mode! War Cry! Wide Area Mode! Holy Weapon Enchant! Party Mode! Holy Armor Enchant! Party Mode!’
*Flash! Flash! Flash!*
When Seong-jun cast the buffs, chaos erupted once again.
“Gasp! Wh-what is this! The basic stats increased by 150,000?”
“Crazy. Truly crazy!”
Upon reaching S-rank, the basic stat increase of All-in-One had risen from 40,000 to 150,000.
Since this was a value that slightly exceeded S-rank, they were naturally shocked.
Meanwhile, Seong-jun smiled as he watched the large-scale Harpy swarm approaching.
“Now then, shall we see just how much stronger I’ve become?”
In addition to the strengthened buffs, Seong-jun was curious about how much power the Radiant Wind and God’s Wrath combo would yield.
Perhaps that was why he was looking forward to the approaching battle.
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I Became an EX-Class All-Rounder Priest Chapter 96
Author | Kim Hyeon-jun
Publisher | Heo Heung-beom, Park Geon-won
Published by | Poten