Artifact-Devouring Player Chapter 87

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After that.

Sang-Hyeon waged deliberate guerrilla warfare to check Gigant’s reactions and changes.

Of course, it wasn’t easy.

Even though Gigant’s movements are somewhat sluggish, there are still plenty of ways to strike the upper body from a distance.

In fact, once, Gigant blew me away like a tile on solid ground, causing me to get a cut.

Gigant, who seemed to have more power than anyone could ever imagine, was a monster that was enough to instill fear.

‘As expected, it was the photojournalist world.’

It was the weakness that Sang-Hyeon found.

The Berserker series refers to a type of character that uses attacks that reduce one’s own health.

Normally, it is common to utilize mana, but the light warrior system has a completely different manifestation structure.

The more important thing is that the more stamina you lose, the stronger you become. This is also the trickiest part.

Of course, it’s a double-edged sword.

As you lose stamina, you become stronger, but the more you lose stamina, the higher your chances of being exposed to the risk of death.

‘Then it would be better to induce the guy to attack more often. The more he uses his skills, the more stamina he will consume.’

The power of the light warrior is not free. The more explosive power you unleash, the more stamina you consume.

This is why, while being afraid of light warrior monsters and players, they also think it’s worth a try.

Of course, it was necessary to be tense to create unexpected destructive power by sacrificing physical strength.

There are no limits to the light warrior world. If you fight without recognizing that, you will often end up dying violently.

“Make good use of skills with long cooldowns. You’ll reset them later anyway.”

“What reset?”

“Reset cooldown time.”

“That would work… … I guess. Yes.”

“Ugh.”

Sang-Hyeon laughed as he watched Ham Ji-Yeon’s reaction, which was almost identical to Kim Mi-So’s. That kind of reaction is now funny.

Anyway, I felt secure because Ham Ji-yeon was by my side. Thanks to her, my mana was currently at 100% recovered.

She had the ability to infuse mana into her. Just like in a martial arts movie, they infuse her with air power!

She is close to being a magician and a buffer.

I thought that perhaps the constellation Shikshin, who had made a contract with Ham Ji-yeon, had opened her eyes to quite a number of abilities.

“I’m going back!”

Sang-Hyeon, who was catching his last breath, rushed at Gigant.

From now on, I was planning to repeat the hit-and-run pattern relentlessly.

If you get too close to the Gigant, he’ll just use his basic attacks, but these attacks consume little stamina.

So, I was thinking of inducing skills that consume a lot of stamina, such as throwing rocks or slamming the ground.

It was his nature to appear very emotional, so if I stimulated him just right, I thought he would come out with the picture I wanted.

30 minutes later.

“Phew. Phew.”

“Kahhak. Khak.”

Sang-Hyeon and Gigant were facing each other, panting.

It was a long, fierce battle of wits, with not a single moment of boredom.

Since it doesn’t cause abnormal status, it wasn’t easy for Sang-Hyeon to interfere with Gigant’s skill use.

So in the end, I ended up allowing Gigant’s rock throwing attack to hit me on the side of my shoulder once.

It was a blow that would have resulted in a fracture if it had been hit directly, although it was fortunate that he barely managed to twist his body to avoid the blow.

In addition, I almost fell into a hole created by the ground slam, but I barely escaped.

Except for two minor mistakes, I cooked Gigant better than I expected.

To be honest, from Sang-Hyeon’s perspective, Gigant was an easy opponent.

Because predicting movement or attack methods becomes too easy, if you exclude firepower calculations.

‘My main focus is inspection, but I have expandability, so honest types are easy to deal with.’

Sang-Hyeon evaluated himself.

That was also the reason why people around him found Sang-Hyeon difficult. Because they didn’t know how he would react.

So at some point, Sang-Hyeon started using Gigant as a giant training wooden statue.

Since the learning of patterns was completed through the battle, there were no variables anymore.

‘This feeling of discomfort… …what is it?’

Ham Ji-yeon, who has a keen eye, was able to read the changing atmosphere early on.

This is clearly a situation where you are challenging a boss monster. It is a life-or-death battle.

But why does Sang-Hyeon look so relaxed?

Poker face?

No. There was leisure in the movement itself. It was not a quality that could be wrapped up in pretense or imitation.

Unlike Sang-Hyeon, who seemed to be getting more and more relaxed, Gigant looked very tired.

The mouth that would not close easily due to fatigue and the slowed mobility were clearly different from the first gigantic.

Although Gigant’s venom was full due to Sang-Hyeon’s continuous provocation, it seemed like his body was not able to support it.

‘Even luring.’

In addition, Sang-Hyeon was gradually changing the battle line and guiding Gigant towards the large rock.

A shape with its back to a rock.

Although it was a position where Sang-Hyeon would immediately become dangerous if cornered, Ham Ji-Yeon trusted Sang-Hyeon’s strategy.

Sang-Hyeon was always careful. And he planned the next version with rational judgment and design.

She had no doubts about it, as she had figured out Yong-ui’s tendencies while attacking the entire gate.

『Over Psychedelic』

As this was a time when quick reaction speed was more important than ever, Sang-Hyeon immediately entered a state of awakening.

And as we learned earlier, I wounded Gigant’s groin area with my greatsword.

‘Anyway, I think it’s a male.’

Although it wasn’t something I tried to recognize, Gigant was clearly a male monster to anyone who saw it.

So, I touched several important parts during the battle, and the guy’s reaction was quite sharp.

Pok. Pok. Pok.

This time, let’s poke the important part between the groin as if we were poking a sore wound with a toothpick.

“Wow, wow, wow!”

Gigant, who was on high, rushed at Sang-Hyeon and swung his fists nervously.

Because it was an uppercut that was pulled up with all force from below, Sang-Hyeon also had to grit his teeth and dodge it.

The over-psychedelic state played a pivotal role in the process of avoiding and overcoming the narrow gap.

Boom! Boom!

Gigant’s fist, which failed to hit Sang-Hyeon, struck the giant rock behind him with all its might.

“Whoa!”

Gigant, who was furious at the fact that he had used his power in a distant place, saw Sang-hyeon, who had returned to his original position.

Sang-Hyeon’s movements, repeatedly hitting and retreating while raising the speed as if he was nagging, were top-notch.

Even Ham Ji-yeon, who was watching, thought that there was no such thing as Satan.

Phew!

Another stimulus.

“Whaaah!”

Gigant, overcome by the unbearable humiliation, used all his might to strike Sang-Hyeon’s torso.

But this time, my senses, heightened by over-psychedelics, allowed me to predict the attack path.

Kuung!

A large rock collided with Gigant’s fist and split apart, causing part of it to collapse forward.

It wasn’t big enough to crush a gigantic force, but it was enough to grate on one’s nerves.

and.

“Wayeeet!”

The fevered Gigant nervously struck the rocks raining down on him.

It was the opening that Sang-Hyeon was aiming for.

It is time to activate the 5th hit of the strengthened weakness enhancement that was added after stabbing the giant three times earlier.

The pre-installed Whisper of the Sage skill was a bonus.

『Sword of Crushing』

Phew! Phew!

“Kkaaaah!”

The Sword of Crushing, with the Whispers of the Sage added to its weakness enhancement, exploded with incredible damage.

The power displayed was so surprising that both Sang-Hyeon, who was aiming for it, and Ji-Yeon Ham, who was watching, were surprised.

Gigant’s right arm was blown off. Gigant’s sturdy body could not withstand the destructive damage concentrated on the same area twice.

Kwuung! Boom! Boom!

Gigant’s right arm, which had fallen after losing its master, began to move around on its own, expressing the anger that was still there.

Hurrruk!

At that moment, Ham Ji-yeon’s ignition skill created a huge flame inside Gigant’s body.

‘As expected, my prediction was right.’

From the beginning, Sang-Hyeon thought that Gigant’s status abnormality immunity was limited to the outside of the body.

So I thought that if I could somehow expose the flesh, it would be okay, and it turned out to be exactly that.

“Whoa! Whoa! Kwaaaaak!”

The flames that started from the severed part of his right arm burned the right half of Gigant’s face.

Although the body was immune to abnormal status, there was no way to evolve it to the point where its flesh was on fire.

In the meantime.

While Sang-Hyeon reset everything with a skill reset, Ham Ji-Yeon followed right behind Sang-Hyeon.

And just like before, he pushed in all the mana and pulled up the mana of Sang-Hyeon that was exhausted by the Sword of Crushing.

‘The amount of acceptance is enormous!’

Ham Ji-yeon injected enough of her mana to make her feel dizzy, but for some reason, there was no loss.

If your mana stat is low, your body will not be able to accept it after it reaches its maximum and will spit it all out.

However, even after Sang-Hyeon received all of the mana injected by Ham Ji-Yeon, there was no loss of mana at all.

That is, it was evidence that Sang-Hyeon’s mana stat was several times higher than expected.

Anyway, everything has been reset!

The conditions were created to allow the use of weakness enhancement with long cooldowns, the Whisper of the Sage, and even the Sword of Crushing.

Automatic weakness enhancement triggered.

There, Sang-Hyeon quickly built up the 4-hit stat with a brisk 4-hit combo. Very lightly.

『Whispers of the Wise』

『Sword of Crushing』

Once again, Sang-Hyeon’s attack, with a plan, this time accurately targeted Gigant’s forehead.

With two fatal hits, Gigant loses his right arm and suffers deep wounds across his entire right chest.

Sang-Hyeon intended to land a solid blow to the spleen area, which was connected to the wound on his right chest.

It’s like when you hit the center of a pillar that has collapsed on one side, the whole thing comes crashing down.

Phew!

“Ugh!”

The moment the Greatsword of Fighting Spirit pierced the center of the mind, Gigant’s expression changed.

It was a reaction that could be seen when receiving damage that could not be withstood with just a strong body and endurance.

『Little Flame』

Sang-Hyeon burned the entire great sword.

There, Ham Ji-yeon was pierced and a fire was ignited inside Gigant’s body, revealing his insides.

It was impossible for Gigant to maintain his composure under the pain of burning his body twice.

“Whaaah!”

A scream that seemed to rupture eardrums rang out.

Sang-Hyeon didn’t lose focus and tore the greatsword to the side with all his might.

The giant was still alive. That was important. The end of the strategy was the monster’s death.

Whaaaaaah… … !

A sharp sound came from Gigant’s body as the tough leather was torn.

The great sword of Sang-Hyeon passed through the left rib and dug into the chest cavity, reaching Gigant’s heart.

Hwaruk! Hwaruk! Hwaruk!

The agony of a burning heart while still alive!

Before Gigant could fully experience the pain.

Choaack!

Sang-Hyeon cut his heart horizontally with his greatsword.

It was the final blow created by the great sword of fighting spirit pulled with all one’s might.

“Whoa. That squeaky-squeaky bastard.”

Sang-Hyeon let out a hot sigh, and with the battle finally over, he tensed his languid body.

If I let go of my strength like this, my stamina would drop to the floor, so low that I would feel like I would collapse.

‘Level 116!’

The level went up three levels at once.

Ham Ji-yeon, who joined forces with us, also went up by 1 level.

Considering that her level was 185, going up by 1 right away was a huge jump.

This is because, in general, it is a level that can only be raised by spending three full days in the dungeon.

“Wow, it’s a top-grade magic stone!”

As if to show off, the highest-grade magic stone that would make Ham Ji-yeon happy fell in front of her.

At the same time, a new title was created for Sang-Hyeon by fulfilling the conditions of Gigant’s death, and it was awaiting confirmation.

【softening】

■ Title Grade: A-Class

“This is… … .”

The most lethal titles for defensive monsters such as Gigant and Jo Jin-ho, as well as players, have been revealed.