The Genius Assassin Who Takes it All Chapter 142

Episode 142 Ulleungdo (2)

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Unlike Kang-hoo, who used evasion skills to quickly leave the scene.

Moon Hyung-seo’s response was about half a beat late. He responded, but it wasn’t perfect.

Although he was able to instinctively block the front by raising his spear,

He couldn’t stop the ‘mysterious being’ that suddenly appeared from touching him.

and.

“Damn.”

Moon Hyung-seo realized that he was in the same space as Kang-hoo, but in a different space. They were separate.

There was a clear reason for using expressions that have conflicting meanings, such as “same but different.”

“I never thought I’d be spatially isolated.”

Direct spatial isolation.

If the ‘Black Leader’ lived at Ground Zero, the ‘Black Shadow’ lived north of Ground Zero.

To be exact, it was a monster that could only be seen on the North Korean side.

The guy is a rather tricky guy, as he is a ghost who can both hide and transform into different forms.

The Black Leaders that inhabit Ground Zero are hostile and are repelled as soon as they approach.

Not only was the battle for territory fierce between the two sides, but they were also greatly outnumbered, so they were no match for the Black Leader.

So, it was a creature that could not be seen south of Ground Zero, but it ended up in Ulleungdo.

Now I understand the whole story of the missing person’s case. This guy is definitely behind it.

Perhaps the missing people were not isolated in space like this, but were eaten to death.

It must have been because everything was eaten so cleanly that they couldn’t even find the body.

“5 minutes… … .”

Moon Hyung-seo bit his lip after checking the five-minute debuff active on his status window.

Spatial Isolation is classified as a debuff because it makes the opponent unable to do anything.

Kang-hoo was clearly in front of me, but I couldn’t touch him even if I stretched out my hand. It was like touching smoke.

“Damn it. There’s nothing we can do like this. The Master told us to keep you safe… … .”

Moon Hyung-seo gritted his teeth.

Unlike the Black Leader, the Black Shadow is a much more difficult opponent to deal with.

There is no set level, but it is usually a powerful one that exceeds level 300.

It’s not for nothing that the hunters went missing without being able to do anything.

If you make even the slightest mistake while facing off, you’ll be eaten by the guy in the blink of an eye.

The black shadow must have intentionally isolated himself, knowing that he was much higher leveled.

He is smart and strong.

I wonder if Kang-hoo can endure it.

The sentence structure was negative.

He frowned and shut his eyes tightly. He could only stomp his feet.

one side.

Kang-hoo immediately noticed the presence of a black shadow after confirming that Moon-hyung-seo was in a state of spatial isolation.

Spatial Isolation, an ability that allows difficult enemies to temporarily leave the battlefield.

It is also one of the abilities that Jang Si-Hwan mainly uses. Of course, it is not an ability that only Jang Si-Hwan has.

Jang Si-Hwan uses this ability to attack dungeon boss monsters when they enter a tricky area-of-effect attack pattern.

I sent the guy to another space, and he came back alone in an isolated space, wasting his energy.

Spatial isolation was one of the elements that Jang Si-hwan found quite amusing, and for that reason it appeared frequently in the original work.

Of course, Jang Si-hwan could not have appeared here. So I thought of another case, and that was the black shadow.

【Great Sage of Gangdong】

【A constellation that can see through the invisible. If you designate one target, you can identify the target’s appearance in an opaque form even if the target is hidden.】

Kang-hoo used the constellation ‘Great Sage of Gangdong’ to target the black shadow.

It was the constellation that had previously killed and robbed Cha So-hee, and it was a constellation that could be really useful in times like this.

Thanks to this, the path of movement was clearly visible even though the black shadow was hiding its appearance.

It looked like a cloud of smoke coming out of an old truck.

Right then.

Kishishishishi!

A black shadow that had been circling in a large circle from afar suddenly rushed toward Kang-hoo.

It didn’t lose any momentum even though it approached in a straight line at incredible speed, perhaps because it didn’t experience any air resistance.

【Protective Barrier】

Kuung!

“Ugh!”

The collision occurred immediately.

and.

Kashing! Kasising! Kashing!

The black shadow collided with the protective barrier, causing numerous wounds to the barrier in an instant.

It was a powerful attack, enough to tear and shatter the barrier as it passed by.

“What a f*cking bastard.”

Kang-hoo showed his hostility without holding back. Just now was a moment that really made my heart sink.

If there had been no protective barrier, the fragments of that torn barrier would have become his flesh.

The guy is picky.

When avoiding or staying away, it turns into smoke.

It only becomes ‘material’ when an attack is needed and launches a fierce attack.

Because he only does selfish damage exchanges as he wants and then runs away, he can’t help but get called a bastard.

Kissishishishi!

“Ugh.”

Without giving me a moment to catch my breath, the black shadow rushes in again.

Depending on the situation, I thought about taking out the solarium that was in my pocket and eating it.

I didn’t even have time to do that.

The guy immediately rushed in.

Skaang!

Kang-hoo managed to block it again with a protective barrier.

This time, the guy must have also increased his output, as the barrier was broken much more easily than before.

Because it’s already evening, it’s hard to ask for help from those around you. Even if you could, there’s no one to ask for help.

Even if a passing hunter saw this scene, he would be too busy pretending not to know rather than helping.

Moon Hyung-seo’s spatial isolation lasted at least 5 minutes. It was difficult to expect any help from him.

‘For now, let’s keep it simple.’

I made a clear decision.

First, let’s block the black shadow’s offensive with extreme defense and wait for a chance to counterattack.

You need to become familiar with his attack style, patterns, and speed before you can plan your next move.

No matter how much you rack your brain these days, if it doesn’t match your predictions, it will just be a useless, worthless strategy.

Assassin and defense are a combination of words that don’t make sense no matter how you think about it.

But Kang-hoo was confident. Isn’t that why he diligently collected his skills to use them at times like this?

Now it’s time to pay the price.

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After a while.

“He has considerable skill.”

Moon Hyung-seo, who was watching the battle between Kang-hoo and the black shadow in the isolated space, was amazed.

It was a situation where Kang-hoo was blocking unilaterally without any meaningful counterattack.

Nevertheless, there was no gap in Kang-hoo’s response. It was much more solid than Moon-hyung-seo had imagined.

First of all, Kang-hoo’s protective barrier skill was the most impressive.

Because it is rare for an assassin to have this type of installed, mobile defensive skill.

Considering the skill’s composition, durability, and usability, it could be said to be a skill for a professional tanker.

That wasn’t all.

Kang-hoo did not always maintain an honest defense by building a wall.

What impressed Moon Hyung-seo was the quick evasion skill to immediately leave the scene.

It is also a basic skill that can only be used when the evasion skill has reached maximum proficiency.

The basic skills obtained at level 1 and level 10 of the Moonhyeongseo are just about to reach maximum proficiency.

However, evasion is a basic skill for assassins at level 40.

Considering the growth curve of typical assassins, it was a skill that was impossible to reach maximum proficiency at the moment.

But Kang-hoo is using it very richly. Black Shadow wasted a lot of energy here.

The same goes for changing positions using shadow steps.

Kang-hoo changed his position, dodging the black shadows that moved like lightning.

Of course, because the guy was so fast, he was immediately located and attacked.

But time could definitely be gained, even if only for a little while, and the power of the black shadow was also lost.

Moon Hyung-seo thought that Kang-hoo had much higher skills in terms of stability than when he was dealing with the Black Shadow.

Kang-hoo’s response was clearly not spontaneous and instinctive, but rather thoroughly calculated.

That doesn’t mean we’re just defending without thinking.

As expected.

Suddenly, a black aura began to rise from Kang-hoo’s body… … .

Kiit?

The black shadow that had been attacking with all its might suddenly lost sight of Kang-hoo’s position.

“no way?”

There is only one case where this happens: when the opponent is undead.

So then… … does this mean that Kang-hoo has the skill to disguise himself as an undead?

An earthquake occurred in Moon Hyung-seo’s pupil.

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When the calculations for the black shadow are finished.

The skill that Kang-hoo used to open the counterattack was Commander’s Silence.

【Commander’s Silence】

【Consume 10 mana per second to disguise yourself as an undead. You cannot be detected as you exude your own unique aura.】

Even if the ‘Savage Age’ skill, which reduces mana consumption by half, is applied, from Kang-hoo’s perspective, who has a mana stat of 20, 25% of his mana is lost in one second.

So, although it is a skill that increases the degree of overload steeply, its strategic use is clear now.

‘also.’

The black shadow lost its position.

The guy was not a being with a separate field of vision, but rather a structure that identified location through a sense of alienation towards humans.

Anyway, there is no need to see the eyes, nose, and mouth precisely, and it is enough to be able to clearly examine the shape.

While laying the curtain of skill, he simultaneously sent one of his clones out of it using the clone technique.

I was thinking of making him think that it was my reappearance after a brief disappearance.

Since the clone is not affected by the Commander’s Silence skill, it will feel like the original Kang-hoo.

In the meantime.

【Black Moon Cham】

I prepared a hidden skill.

For now, this was the best and only way to cleanly end the black shadow.

It was nearly impossible to ignore and run away since I had already been targeted.

Even if you run away, you will eventually be caught and either be spatially isolated or forced into combat.

I thought it would end here.

Kissishishit! Kshit!

The black shadow saw Kang-hoo’s clone and decided that this was the moment to step up his attack again.

Even while gathering dark energy to cast Black Moon Slash, Kang-hoo controlled his clone as much as possible.

If the clone disappears too early, the guy might start to be wary of his surroundings.

‘good.’

The dark energy is quickly consumed, and the Black Moon Slash energy attached to the dagger begins to heat up.

It wasn’t an easy task to focus on both sides, but Kang-hoo gritted his teeth and did it.

Perhaps because I was maintaining the Commander’s Silence skill, the headache came earlier than expected.

Anyway, this problem is not one that can be solved by simply increasing the mana stat.

Because congenital mana hypersensitivity is a problem that occurs when mana is sucked in overwhelmingly quickly.

The problem isn’t the total amount of mana, but rather the abnormally fast rate at which mana is recovered.

Even if your mana stat is high, when you use a skill, mana is eventually consumed.

Overload was unavoidable in any situation, as hypersensitivity immediately filled the gap.

Right then.

‘it’s okay.’

The Black Moon’s energy has reached its peak.

The dark twilight has reached its peak, and the black shadow is once again targeting the clone that has not yet died.

Everything is perfect.

In the darkness of secrecy created by the curtain of artifice, Kang-hoo prepared a room that would be his first and last.

and.

Seeing!

The crimson sword cuts through the cold night sky with its cold breath.

Shhhhh!

The body of the cursed creature created by darkness was split in half.

It was the moment when a shadow that seemed like it would never be cut off disappeared.

That’s right.

It was split in half and died.