Artifact-Devouring Player Chapter 136

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What was in the lamp was not oil, but holy water.

It was a poisonous medium for the undead witch, as the holy water on the opposite side of the affinity broke down the body’s entire defense mechanism.

The holy water that fell appropriately on the head and shoulders made the witch’s body ‘shaky’.

It goes without saying that it was made to taste like tender meat at the same time.

‘This sewer is a path leading to the lighthouse of the Holy Spirit. That’s why I said there are various traps.’

Do Kyungsoo’s words that become blood and flesh! Of course, I don’t know about the current Do Kyungsoo, but in any case, it is truly valuable knowledge.

‘Now just aim for the shoulders.’

Calculation became easier.

The parts that have been covered in holy water are perfect for cutting off like rusty weapons. It means they are the perfect place to die.

Was the witch aware of that fact?

She sang with a mad expression, her whole body shaking. It was a witch’s song.

Knock knock. Knock knock.

In an instant, Sang-Hyeon’s body froze. Despite the resistance mechanism, the power was still strong.

“feeling”

It immediately broke the ice.

The witch was not embarrassed.

This is because I had already seen him release his emotions when he froze Sang-Hyeon earlier.

So instead, I sang a song with even more spirit than before. This time, I won’t be able to endure it.

Ta-tat. Kkuddeuk.

As soon as Sang-Hyeon took two steps forward, he froze again.

It’s a familiar feeling, but the feeling of your entire body becoming stiff is not a pleasant sensation no matter when you experience it.

『Rapid Purification』

This time, I solved it with the purification skill Rapid Purification, which is linked to the Ring of Purification.

It has a long cooldown of 9 minutes and 30 seconds, so it’s not something I’d use very often, but it was useful in this case.

Shaaaa.

The ice just melted.

The True Demon Sword, which Sang-Hyeon had decided and put strength into, began to fly horizontally towards the witch.

The witch was already in a dead end and had no way out.

Unfortunately, she specialized in freezing, so she didn’t have any magic like teleportation.

This is the worst situation for a magical monster or player. Their escape route is blocked.

Kiit. Kiiiiit!

The witch’s expression darkened.

Have you ever experienced an intruder so easily neutralizing your immense cold power?

No, it definitely was.

But Sang-Hyeon didn’t panic for even a moment, as if he had already finished calculating.

“You die next?”

Kiiiiit!

The witch gathered all her strength and sang her last song towards Sang-Hyeon. It was really Bae Soo-Jin.

The power of the song was so strong that even the witches involved froze.

『Recovery』

But there was a problem.

Before singing the last song, Sang-Hyeon had already cast his recovery skill.

6 seconds of full immunity period.

Because you can’t put permanent freeze on it, not to mention absolute freezing.

It was the moment when the witch herself was caught up in Sang-Hyeon’s response, which was consistently one step ahead of expectations.

‘I was thinking of resetting my skills if necessary. Maybe it’s because I haven’t met a proper opponent in a while, but my learning ability is really lacking.’

Sang-Hyeon snorted.

On the one hand, I wondered if it was right to be this relaxed. But I couldn’t deny that I was truly relaxed, right?

Kieeeeeee!

The witch let out her final scream towards Sang-Hyeon, as if she did not want to die.

The sword was already up to her neck, and the witch’s last resort was blocked.

Although he sang the song with a sorrowful heart, Sang-Hyeon’s body, which had reached complete immunity, did not move.

Crunch!

The witch’s neck flew away in an instant.

The gatekeeper who had been guarding the sewer so firmly lost his head.

I never expected that I would die without even being able to use my hands properly… … .

It was virtually a complete crushing.

The witch couldn’t even inflict a single proper wound on Sang-Hyeon. She just diligently used her freezing skills.

[Removed the frozen location, acquired a unique essence, and learned the skill ‘Witch Hunt’.]

[This unique essence is a limited privilege given only to the first 100 conquerors, according to the system’s imprint.]

“Yeah, this is it.”

I got the reward I wanted.

There is probably not only one dungeon of this type in the world. There are quite a few dungeons that are exactly the same.

As we often see in games, dungeons are ‘reused’.

Even the being that created the system did not create all of its components.

Anyway, I was happy to get a rare skill that only the first 100 players could get among all the players.

『Witch Hunt』

■ Skill Level: Stage 1 (0.0%)

■ Skill Introduction: The following forms are implemented for the attacks of undead-type Mage monsters.

After ignoring all beneficial effects of the monster, such as damage amplification effects, etc.

Damage dealt is reduced by 50% from the final base damage value.

It is a passive skill and does not consume any stamina or mana.

“It’s a wizard counter. If you compensate to this extent, are you saying that Frozen Witch and Frozen Mage should die?”

Sang-Hyeon smiled faintly.

What I mean by that is:

If the damage of the undead mage is 100.

Even if the damage is increased to 200 with its own buff and amplification effects, it means that the witch hunt will first lower that number to 100.

After that, you will receive 50% reduced damage, so you will end up receiving only 500,000 damage.

Even if you gather the energy of the Earth and unleash an attack that deals enormous damage, the damage you receive is only 50.

“It’s passive, so there’s no need to worry about it. It’s really good. Is this the happiness of a first runner?”

Strength suddenly enters both fists.

In terms of games.

Is it a feeling of getting ahead of others in growth and preempting the rewards that others cannot enjoy?

Of course, there was no feeling of guilt.

It was because I was confident that I could utilize these privileges better than anyone else. Better than anyone else in the world.

“The necklace… is this real?”

Sang-Hyeon confirmed the unique-grade necklace artifact he obtained from the dead witch.

I had high expectations for the stats, but it was no match for the cold necklace I had worn before.

If it were another player, I would probably sell it for cheap since I got a duplicate piece of a bad artifact.

Since Sang-Hyeon can be eaten and utilized, it is possible to convert it into a more expensive form.

Eat useless artifacts and exchange them for useful skills!

Because in this world, it’s the only exchange method that only Sang-Hyeon can do.

“Hmm. I guess I need to focus a bit. It doesn’t sync right away.”

Sang-Hyeon, who was about to eat the ‘Cursed Witch’s Necklace’ he got from the witch, stopped after feeling a strong sense of unfamiliarity.

There is an artifact like this.

Those with extremely strong evil tendencies or those with deep curses that require the spirit of the dead to be removed.

In this case, don’t force yourself to eat it, just wait a while and try again.

Sang-Hyeon, who had just taken the necklace, turned his gaze back.

Lee Ga-hee and Jeong Jun-hyeok were struggling to stop the horde of undead coming towards them.

The corpses of the demons piled up so much that they fought with such force that more than 70% of the rear passage was blocked.

“You idiots! If you block the path like this, it will only make our attack easier?”

“Mr. Junhyeok! The divine power is ready! Please catch the Ghoul King first!”

“All right!”

‘You’re doing well.’

Sang-Hyeon watched the two people’s fight happily from behind.

Of course, it is true that he also strategically attacked while engaging in a clever battle of wits.

The same was true for Lee Ga-hee and Jeong Jun-hyeok. The two of them used their respective attributes – divine power and lightning – in the right places.

I felt that the title ‘Battle Healer’ would suit Lee Ga-hee better than simply ‘Healer’.

This is because he knew very well how to use the divine power represented by healing power for attack.

He even knew how to use divine power as an opposing force by giving it reverse properties when necessary.

It was a shame that I was a member of the association. It was also surprising that my title was just a scout team employee.

‘Maybe he’s just using the Players Association as a stepping stone for his career.’

I somehow had a feeling that such ambition might exist.

‘Jung Jun-hyeok is also quite something.’

Sang-Hyeon also had high expectations for Jeong-Jun-Hyeok.

It’s because he has a pure personality, but if you give him a chance to run wild, he seems like he’d be more powerful than Lee Se-hwa.

This is because the Lightning series has better expandability in close combat than Flame.

In addition, the fire series has a mutually beneficial relationship with the ice series, but there is nothing like that with the lightning series.

‘They’re both fighting well, but I can’t waste a whole year cleaning up the rear, so I guess I’ll have to sweep them away now.’

I grabbed the magic sword again.

Two people who were deliberately creating a bottleneck to cleverly block the advance of the undead army.

But now that the most troublesome witch, Frozen Witch, is dead, it’s time to wipe them all out.

As the front line has been cleared!

Now, all that was left for Sang-Hyeon was to slaughter the demons who couldn’t even properly stand against the True Demon Sword.

* * *

one side.

The battle changed completely with Sang-Hyeon joining.

Because Sang-Hyeon burst into the crowd of undead while receiving strong protection from two people.

The sight of Sang-Hyeon, spinning his body 360 degrees while holding the True Demon Sword and slashing his enemies, was a picture in itself.

It was just like a mixer.

Rather, the fact that many enemies were huddled together in a small space made it easier for Sang-Hyeon to massacre them.

‘This is the first time I’ve seen someone who doesn’t catch a boss like a boss. And it’s not even a dungeon with low monster levels.’

‘What kind of battle did you have to fight to get organized and join so early?’

Both Lee Ga-hee and Jeong Jun-hyeok had doubts about that.

It’s not called Boss Monster for nothing. It’s that difficult and tricky.

But Sang-Hyeon is also a Frozen Mage! He quickly cleared out the Frozen location and returned.

It would be an exaggeration to say that I was lucky.

In the end, it all comes down to skill. How did you defeat the mid-boss monster, which usually takes 3-4 people in a group, all by yourself?

This question was never answered, because Lee Ga-hee and Jeong Jun-hyeok had never done anything like that.

“There is nothing for us to do.”

“That’s right. We fought while narrowing the space using all sorts of tricks. Sang-Hyeon didn’t need to do that.”

Lee Ga-hee and Jung Joon-hyuk burst into laughter as they watched Sang-hyun taking pictures of Musang alone. They wondered if this was real.

Although some of the belligerent demons inflicted some injuries on Sang-Hyeon, not even a faint groan was heard.

“First of all, I can help with healing from a distance, so I should provide healing support.”

“I’ll take care of the rest of the survivors.”

“yes!”

Lee Ga-hee turned to Sang-hyeon.

No matter how vigorously Sang-Hyeon fought, it was judged that he would not have any stamina left.

That’s the kind of job a prosecutor has.

The more you are attacked by monsters.

As damage accumulates, you quickly lose stamina and become exhausted. The one who compensates for this is the healer.

So, naturally, Lee Ga-hee took a safe position and sent healing energy to Sang-hyeon.

It was a heavy(?) healing that I hoped would replenish my lacking stamina.

however.

‘… … bounced?’

The unbelievable happened.

Sang-Hyeon’s body refused to heal!

That means your stamina is completely full and you don’t need to recover.

‘What kind of vampire test is this? How do you keep your stamina at full capacity?’

A state of Sang-Hyeon that goes beyond common sense.

Lee Ga-hee’s wide-open mouth didn’t seem to close for a long time.

The white healing energy floats alone in the air, waiting for a new owner to appear.

‘earthly…….’

Shin Sang-hyun, a player who has been full of question marks since their first meeting. Now, a truly huge question mark has appeared.