The Genius Assassin Who Takes it All Chapter 112

Episode 112: Intercepting the Chance (2)

Addiction control.

It has the effect of preventing addiction.

Of course, the addiction does not go away, so you will have to take an antidote at some point to get rid of it.

However, it does prevent addiction, so you could say it’s a semi-immunity.

Inhibition of recovery.

This happens when you are attacked by an opponent who sees this effect.

This effect makes it so that no recovery mechanism works when the opponent’s health is over 75%.

For example, a hunter with 100 total health takes damage from Kang-hoo, who has a recovery suppression effect, and his health drops to 80.

At this time, since your stamina is over 75% of your total, neither potions nor recovery skills will work.

The recovery suppression time of 30 minutes is not long, but it is very long considering the special environment of combat.

This had huge implications.

Usually, skilled hunters meticulously restore their stamina from the beginning when it starts to drop.

This is because there are few skills that increase stamina dramatically all at once.

Even if it existed, it would only be possible if there was a healer with a named title by your side.

However, if you are in a ‘debuff’ state with recovery suppression, it is impossible to attempt recovery from the beginning.

The high point from which recovery can be attempted is significantly lowered. This causes psychological pressure to be felt.

‘There are many hunters who are skilled at using addiction. Suppressing addiction is very meaningful.’

Although recovery suppression was good, Kang-hoo valued addiction suppression more highly.

Thanks to this, Kang-hoo no longer needs a healer.

Their role is usually to provide immunity or to detoxify the poisoned state.

If you have immunity from the start, there is no need to ask for a healer’s help. Kang-hoo also has a way to restore stamina.

Among the occupations that will be needed for a partner in the future, it seems that a red line can be drawn for ‘healer’.

To be blunt, it’s just a burden and a thief of experience.

Of course, if you’re a combat-oriented healer like Elizabeth, the Saint of Salvation, then it’s a completely different story.

Anyway, as I upgraded the necklace significantly this time, the level of the matt naturally exceeded 500.

545 to be exact.

With these numbers, you can say that you will receive almost no physical attack damage from hunters below level 75.

It is a rule of survival of the fittest and the strong preying on the weak that occurs within the concept of stats affected by the system.

The skill’s ‘magic’ damage will remain the same, but the ‘physical’ damage will be at a level that can be ignored.

‘Those knife-wielding rascals are now at a level where they can be ignored.’

Kang-hoo looked satisfied.

There are a lot of inspectors in the low-level section. As there are a lot of them, there are also a lot of bad ones.

In the future, when you deal with those types of guys, you will be able to fully experience the effects of the stamina stat that you have steadily accumulated.

* * *

After receiving the certificate for the Reverse God’s Breath Necklace from Yoo Cheong-hwa and the official warranty from the Shinto Guild.

As we reached the elevator to say goodbye, she started crying again.

“excuse me.”

“yes.”

“Aren’t you going to think seriously about our guild?”

“Yes, I don’t want to think about it seriously yet.”

“Isn’t that too firm?”

“For someone who knows the light and dark sides of the Shinto Guild well, it’s probably not a very pleasant place.”

Yoo Cheong-hwa’s expression hardened for a moment at Kang-hoo’s honest answer, then relaxed.

Kang-hoo knew.

If you join the Shinto Guild, you will be properly pushed, but in return, you will never be able to leave the guild.

Contrary to its appearance, the Shintu Guild was a guild with a considerable obsession with talent.

In particular, the guild master, Go Cheon-yeong, was a total idiot among idiots, as acknowledged in the original work.

His principle was that if you can’t have talent, you can’t leave it to others to do good things.

It was so dark, no, really dirty, that even the Purification Guild couldn’t hand out their business cards in front of the Shinto Guild.

Yoo Cheong-hwa wondered if Kang-hu knew about Go Cheon-yeong’s antics, which were kept strictly confidential.

I didn’t think that would be the case. It was probably something like a general antipathy toward major guilds.

“Okay. I hope we can meet again if our fate allows.”

“I saw some good stuff. When I have some money, I’ll come back to buy more. There are a lot of things I like.”

“You are always welcome! This year, we will be operating as a permanent store, so I won’t be going anywhere.”

“All right.”

Tiing.

The elevator arrives soon.

Kang-hoo disappeared from Yu-cheong-hwa’s sight.

The scene was a common sight of sellers and buyers parting ways at the market.

“… … I never thought my last attempt would be blocked.”

Yu Qinghua pouted at the mental control that didn’t work even when she thought Kang Hoo had loosened up enough.

She, who usually shows no interest in people, has a talent who develops a strange obsession with her.

Of course, she didn’t know Kang-hoo’s name. Not even his pseudonym. It was quite ironic.

* * *

The place Kang-hoo headed to after leaving the VIP market of the Shintu Guild was not Seoul, but Osan Station.

There is a gold goblin mine dungeon that I have been wanting for a long time, and it is currently the site of a fierce battle.

When he checked the news on his smartphone, the situation was moving faster than Kang-hoo had expected.

According to the original story, the Ping-Bastard Alliance held out against the Purification Guild until the third full-scale war.

Not only does it have a certain home advantage, but guerrilla tactics of disrupting the rear are also effective.

But when I watched the news, it seemed like the coalition was completely destroyed in the second all-out war.

It was said that they were gathering unverified mercenaries from outside, which was not a good sign.

That means there was a reason to fill the number of people. That means there were a lot of losses.

So Kang-hoo came down to Osan before it got any later.

If the Golden Goblin’s Mine dungeon falls into the hands of the Purification Guild, then you won’t be able to enter even if you want to.

Then, you will miss the chance that is sleeping peacefully inside, and later, that chance will end up in Jang Si-hwan’s arms.

I never wanted to see that sight again.

Perhaps because of the chaos, nothing much happened until we reached the Golden Goblin’s Mine dungeon.

As the day grew dark and heavy rain was forecast to fall, visibility was generally very poor.

Certainly, since the fierce battle was taking place elsewhere, there was relatively little interest here.

There wouldn’t be a crazy person who would go to a dungeon with ease while fighting a war that would determine the fate of their guild.

In fact, even getting in is a problem.

If you get the timing wrong, you might end up coming out when the enemies are swarming around you. That’ll be instant death.

It wasn’t like there was no one near the dungeon.

The hunters of the Peace-Bastard Alliance and the hunters of the Purification Guild were facing off at the dungeon entrance.

It’s to monitor.

They are preventing each other from entering the dungeon. Of course, they themselves are not entering.

Kang-hoo hid by moving sideways, targeting streetlights out of their sight.

At the same time, he used his shadow skill to hide his presence as much as possible and started to quietly head towards the dungeon entrance.

I was also careful about my steps.

Just because they can’t see it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist at all. If you make a mistake, you might get caught.

Fortunately, the forces deployed here appear to be surplus personnel not needed for combat.

Even though Kang-hoo was approaching the dungeon quite quickly, he didn’t seem to notice at all.

And after a while.

‘It’s simple.’

Kang-hoo was able to enter easily.

It was a kind of burglary that was possible because they were too wary and cautious of each other.

* * *

‘My body feels much lighter. I can definitely move faster. It feels good even when I don’t have any skills.’

Kang-hoo kept caressing the necklace and looked satisfied.

Basic stats don’t lie. The more you raise them, the more they will always be at their default value, even in normal times.

This is why hunters invest money in items.

That’s why people say that no matter how much money you save, it’s not enough. When you have money, you’ll definitely find something you want to buy.

Just like today, Kang-hoo burned 110 billion won to buy a second-class necklace.

“after.”

Taking a deep breath and looking straight ahead, I saw the mine route divided into three large branches just as I remembered.

First of all, it’s because the dungeon starting point starts at the foot of a mountain, including a mine.

The surrounding area was covered with rugged mountain paths. There were quite a few places where steep cliffs could be seen.

If you walk straight for about 5 minutes from the starting point, the path completely splits into three paths.

The western route was known to be good for earning magic stones, the northern route for experience points, and the eastern route for skill books.

And the goblins that appear here are entities of advanced civilization that use magic weapons and shoot magic bullets.

So one-on-one combat was a bit tricky.

In addition, it was unfortunate that the weapons stolen from goblins could not be used outside of the dungeon.

Because it corrodes and turns to ash the moment it is taken out, it cannot be used outside.

Of course, you could take anything you wanted and use it.

‘Because level wasn’t the goal anyway.’

Kang-hoo chose the eastern route as originally intended.

Instead of earning skill books, you need to head to the ‘Coincidence’ point that appears when you take the eastern route.

Jang Si-hwan met his destiny in the secret space set in the original work.

It’s not yet, since it’s 4 years before the end. In other words, it’s a place I’ll be going to within a year.

It moved right away.

This is because other uninvited guests may suddenly enter the dungeon.

Since you’ve entered a dungeon in a city that’s currently a conflict zone, there’s no telling when a battle will break out.

I think I walked like that for about 5 minutes.

A fork in the road has appeared.

Once you choose a path here, it is very difficult to change to a different route in the middle. You have to return to the starting point.

Right then.

“… … ?”

Kang-hoo flinched at the sudden cold air he felt on the northern route.

A chilling feeling, colder than the depths of a cold lake of ice. It was the Dark Ages.

Who could it be?

The Dark Age felt so strong that it was considered to be the scourge of the claws.

‘no way?’

Kang-hoo grabbed the dagger.

In situations where you cannot specify who your opponent is, it is right to be prepared to engage in battle at any time.

Even if you simply judge by the aura he felt, he was a being with skills far superior to his own.

“Oh my. I’m hungry. Did I take too long to prepare it?”

At that moment, a voice was heard from a blind spot hidden by the rocks.

The expression ‘refining’ is a word used in the original work to describe power or energy that is usually irregularly amplified.

It seems like there was an issue that had to be addressed with the other person.

“Haam… … .”

Soon, a mysterious figure appeared, accompanied by a yawn.

He was walking with his top off, smoke rising from his body.

The next moment.

“Huh? An observatory?”

He recognized Kang-hoo first.