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67
Bego Bay was a slugfest.
Neither of them were skilled enough to allow each other to attack. The stage was too small.
So it was Sang-Hyeon who started to strategically allow attacks.
Since I knew from the beginning that I couldn’t achieve a result without scars, I didn’t cover any areas other than the core area.
I also saved the lonely recovery skill.
Even if it were possible to recover from absolute stealth, stealth was meaningless in such a narrow space.
Because there were enough elements to make it easy to attack just by pointing at any spot.
‘It feels like walking on thin ice.’
I thought as I watched Sang-Hyeon lose strength.
He was certainly a skilled assassin, and his attacks had a big impact.
My body was getting heavier and heavier, and the accumulated damage felt considerable.
It’s just that the burden is being offset by being over-psychedelic.
“Ugh. Ugh.”
Tori, whose stamina had completely drained, was breathing heavily and examining his left arm where pain was rising.
Blood was flowing out of his deeply wounded forearm from being hit by Sang-Hyeon’s full charge.
With the power of multiple constellations, he was twice as fast as other level 250 players.
So I thought that I could easily cook up Sang-Hyeon, who was naturally slow and weak in details, but… … .
It was a complete miscalculation.
When Sang-Hyeon used Over Psychedelic as his base and even used acceleration skills, he was actually faster than me.
‘This wasn’t an empty boast, was it?’
It was Tory who intentionally belittled the media reports, thinking that they were just a heated competition among reporters to get a scoop.
No matter how promising he was, I thought he was no match for me, who had contracts from multiple constellations on his back.
But the more I fought, the more my confidence disappeared and fear filled me.
‘He’s tired too.’
Torido was also catching the exhausted state of Sang-Hyeon’s body in real time.
His expression was more maniacal than before, but it couldn’t hide the slowed down reactions of his body.
Right then.
‘Got it!’
Sang-Hyeon’s weakness was revealed too clearly to Tori.
It was completely different from the gap that Sang-Hyeon had exposed to use Sacrifice during the first battle.
Even though I had used Sacrifice just 10 seconds ago.
Knowing that the cooldown for this skill was much longer than that, Tori instinctively felt she had taken the opportunity.
Pot!
At the same time, Tori’s position changed immediately to in front of Sang-Hyeon.
It was also Tori’s ultimate skill specialized in assassination, allowing for super-fast approach.
“Get out of here, you little punk!”
Tori stabbed him with a dagger.
Now, there is no Sacrifice.
There will absolutely be no place where Sang-Hyeon can escape safely.
At the same time, Sang-Hyeon also swung his greatsword and aimed for Tori’s right arm, but Tori paid no attention.
If the attack is successful anyway, the greatsword will definitely stop before it reaches you.
Phew!
‘It went in!’
A thrilling taste.
Tori thought that this time, her patience and persistence in finding an opening had finally paid off.
but.
Love liquid!
Sang-Hyeon’s attack continued without even a moment’s pause, and Tori’s right arm flew into the sky.
◎ Overdrive.
◎ Invincible state, lasts for 3 seconds.
‘Okay, this is good.’
Sang-Hyeon checked the activated Overdrive status on his status window and laughed. This is why invincibility is scary.
From the opponent’s perspective, they would never have guessed that there were two different implementations of conditional invincibility.
In the first place, obtaining the option of conditional invincibility is a difficult and rare case.
But he also couldn’t have imagined that there would be another invincible skill that was linked to Overdrive, not just Sacrifice.
“Kwaaah!”
Tori screamed as he looked at his fallen right arm, having lost its owner.
He had never lost a body part despite all the things he had been through. It was bound to be a shock.
Sang-Hyeon took advantage of that gap.
Even players with high skill resistance will have significantly lower odds if they don’t focus on the situation.
Tori, consumed by her own pain and loss, was an easy prey.
『Demon Bash』
Break!
“Ugh!”
Demon Bash went in cleanly, and Tori’s body stiffened.
『Knockback Burst』
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A calm additional blow.
Tori’s body, knocked back without even being able to react while in a state of stiffness, was instantly blown backwards.
Phew!
He hit the cold concrete wall and received a sharp blow to his lower back.
Because the collision was so strong, the back of my head, which was unable to stop after my waist, ended up hitting the wall.
“Coolook!”
Even while Tori was spitting out blood, he used the artifact he had to relieve himself of his stiffness.
Tori also had that level of artifact, so there was no fear that he wouldn’t be able to release the stiffness.
But the timing was bad.
『Rising Current』
The rising air current that came at the exact moment the stiffness was released lifted Tori’s body into the air in an instant.
With his body floating in the air and his vision scattered, he momentarily missed Sang-Hyeon’s movements.
And when the head that had been turned back aligned with the ground and the original field of vision was restored.
“F*ck… … .”
Tori couldn’t help but swear.
This was because while he was floating in the air, Sang-Hyeon’s greatsword had already taken its place below him.
Hurray!
It was not that there was no way to counter it, so Tori put all his strength into his entire body and pushed forward diagonally.
It was an evasion technique that utilized skills, such as Sang-Hyeon moving backwards in the air with the Back Step skill.
“acceleration”
『Sword of Crushing』
However, Sang-Hyeon already knew about Tori’s evasion skills from the previous battle.
It was Sang-Hyeon’s long-standing habit.
Go beyond simply understanding your opponent’s skills to predicting when they will use them!
It was a habit that Sang-Hyeon naturally developed as he had to deal with many difficult opponents in his past life.
This is because you can only turn an unfavorable environment into your advantage if you know how to think from the other person’s perspective and use it to your advantage.
What if I were your opponent?
What if you were exposed to a crisis with these skills in this situation?
It was a moment when my habit of always asking myself these types of questions and drawing conclusions shone through.
Phew!
There was a clear, penetrating sound that Tori had been desperately wanting to hear but had never been able to hear before.
Right on his left chest.
“… … .”
It was a vicious sight.
Tori’s body, which had been stabbed by the Sword of Crushing, was floating in the air, impaled like a skewer by the Greatsword of Fighting Spirit.
His two legs were still dangling miserably, unable to touch the ground.
“Did you think you could eat everything just because you’re a constellation predator?”
“… … Ugh. Even if I die, another predator will eat you in the end… … .”
“Anyway, losers always die while cursing others as if it were a passive skill. You’re no different.”
“fu*k you, you little shit… …!”
Phew! Phew!
Before Tori could finish his speech, Sang-Hyeon pulled the greatsword and finished drawing the horizontal line he had been drawing.
Then, a red line starting from the left navel cut through Tori’s heart, taking his life.
[A Grade A title, [Demon Hunter] is granted.]
“Demon Hunter?”
At the moment of Tori’s death, an unexpected title appeared for Sang-Hyeon.
Although Sang-Hyeon has a lot of knowledge about titles, it was the first time he had heard of it.
【Demon Hunter】
■ Title Grade: A-Class
■ Title Introduction: Make a contract with an evil constellation and inflict double damage on players who use its abilities.
However, a hostile relationship is formed against the evil constellations and their friendly forces that the opposing player has contracted with.
“This is counted.”
I felt it instinctively.
This is because doubling the damage also means that when combined with critical damage, it becomes an incredible destructive force.
If I could fight Tori again now, the battle would be completely different from before.
“Phew.”
Sang-Hyeon closed Tori’s wide-open eyes as he lay there, breathless. He didn’t want to see that sight.
“It won’t be too late if you collect the artifact first and then report it to the association.”
As was the case at Unsu Station in the past, obtaining loot from those who have committed evil deeds is considered an unwritten rule.
It is recognized as the price for implementing justice. Sang-Hyeon immediately started to retrieve the artifact from Tori.
“Amulet of Speed”
■ Artifact Grade: Diamond
■ Artifact Introduction: Specialized in fast movement, this talisman makes you even faster.
■ Agility +100
There are two amulets obtained in total.
One of them was an expensive diamond-grade artifact that definitely helped the agility stat.
“Amulet of Resistance”
■ Artifact Grade: Diamond
■ Artifact Introduction: An amulet that allows you to proactively react to unexpected dangers will be of great help to you.
■ Skill resistance +7%
“Somehow, it seems like the skills that induce abnormal status don’t work very well.”
The remaining one was a talisman that increased the skill’s resistance.
If it is at the level of increasing skill resistance by 7%, when converted to stats, it is similar to the effect of increasing defense and evasion stats by 70 each.
“The artifact composition is rich.”
Although the artifacts that Tori had were not many, each of them was really well composed.
And I thought the ring Tori was wearing was a ring that could remove abnormal status, but it was a much better ring.
“Ring of Purification”
■ Artifact Grade: Diamond
■ Artifact Introduction: Use the power inherent in the ring to remove all unholy power from within you.
■ Special Skill – Rapid Purification
Rapid Cleansing, unlike Recovery, has a considerably long cooldown of 10 minutes, but does not consume mana.
And it was a higher concept than recovery, which only removes abnormal status.
Because the detailed tooltip activated by the word Unholy Power also includes debuffs and curses.
That is, even if you are mentally seduced, charmed, or subdued by someone, you can forcefully release them.
“Anyway, I have just the necessary artifact configuration.”
Sang-Hyeon wore a ring.
And he snatched the dagger from his grasp, which he held onto until the end even after death.
“Kudalumus”
■ Artifact Grade: Unique
“hmm…….”
A unique grade artifact.
In fact, it was also a dagger-type artifact that Sang-Hyeon, whose main weapon was a greatsword, rarely had a chance to use.
The stats themselves weren’t bad in that they evenly increased strength, stamina, and agility.
However, given Sang-Hyeon’s fighting style, it seemed unlikely that he would use a dagger as a secondary weapon.
“The Unique grade has a 60% absorption rate, so the stat inheritance isn’t bad… … In fact, the most important thing is.”
Sang-Hyeon smiled and scanned the contents of the contract window related to the constellations.
Second, if you eat an artifact of unique grade or higher, its hidden effect will be unlocked and inherited.
Right here.
Artifacts below Unique grade have a chance to have hidden effects unlocked.
However, artifacts of unique grade or higher will inevitably have hidden effects in some form.
Lottery with 100% odds!
“I can’t stand this.”
It was too great a temptation to resist.