The Genius Assassin Who Takes it All Chapter 34

Episode 34: The Great Beheading (3)

So I made a plan.

If I ever need to buy an item in the future, I will definitely focus all my attention on weapons.

The Sky’s Delight is a good enough weapon, but if you have the money, you can get a much better dagger.

Kang-hoo decided to prioritize weapons in order to more reliably extract firepower in battle.

Even if you just upgrade your weapon to level 3, a lot of things will change.

* * *

Thanks to his steady and steady strategy, Kang-hoo’s level has steadily increased.

Before I knew it, I was 37.

All bonus stats gained from leveling up went into stamina.

The special effect of the Soul Mate Gloves, ‘proportional stamina’, also increased steadily.

“I’m a little tired.”

Kang-hoo looked at the boss in front of him, caressing his stiff shoulders.

Black Mage Baltman.

If we look at the composition in more detail, Baltman is a ‘physical magician’.

What this means is that he is a wizard who is not only good at magic but also knows how to use magic.

Because of his good endurance, he was not averse to close combat and was capable of active attacks in some cases.

Usually, wizards are afraid of taking damage and are reluctant to engage in close combat.

However, physical magicians are confident in their recovery and durability, so they pour out their attacks without thinking about the consequences.

Baltman’s specialty is ‘blazing heat’.

The ability to ignite is its specialty, and perhaps because of this, the battlefield is designed around fire.

Torches are lit across the battlefield at intervals of 3 meters, and lava is flowing not far away.

It’s to the point where I feel like I might die not from being killed by Baltman, but from being melted by lava.

“Phew.”

I took a deep breath.

Eliminating the Baltic is not the top priority.

First, we need to induce the guy’s special defensive skill.

Baltman often uses the skill ‘Burn’ to block his opponent’s skills.

As the name suggests, the actual implementation was the same, burning the flying skill with fire and swallowing it with the mouth.

This would allow you to absorb 50% of the opponent’s mana invested in the skill. It’s a strange skill.

Kang-hoo was thinking of setting up a board so that Baltman could use the Burning Skill in the Beheading Skill Book.

This is because if you burn and swallow the skill book, you will learn the decapitation skill regardless of your will.

Unlike Hunters, Boss Monsters do not receive penalties for learning skill books with different tendencies.

That’s why.

If Kang-hoo could just kill Baltman, he could easily steal the beheading skill from him.

It is a skill with 100% pure power and the penalty has been cleanly removed.

Turup.

I put a solarium stem in my mouth.

No matter how well you control your breathing while fighting, you can’t kill someone as big as Baltman without triggering hypersensitivity.

So, prepare in advance.

“You insignificant creature! Why don’t you stop suffering and quickly return from here?”

Baltman was chattering away from afar, but Kang-hoo didn’t respond.

Sometimes, there are hunters who get angry at such words and rush in, but this is the most stupid case. It doesn’t help at all.

Pfft!

Instead of answering, Kang-hoo opened the battle by simultaneously linking his leap and acceleration skills.

Leaping is a skill in itself that gives you tremendous power to run in the desired direction.

But if you add the acceleration skill here, you can move in the blink of an eye like lightning.

As the number of skills that can be utilized increased, Kang-hoo was creating a configuration that linked two skills together.

Because you can activate the Awakening effect – which significantly reduces skill casting time – at any time you want.

“Burn up.”

Only Baltak responded immediately.

Although it would be understandable to be bewildered by Kang-hoo’s crazy speed of approach, Baltman looked rather pleased.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

A huge wall of flames rose up from the point Baltman pointed to with his fingertips.

The red-hot barrier radiated heat as if a small sun had been placed there.

It had such a strong power that even Kang-hoo couldn’t pass through it.

If you put this fire right in front of you, it’s likely that some changes will occur in Baltman’s body.

The person in question didn’t even blink an eye even though a fire was burning right in front of him. He didn’t even feel hot.

‘I’d like it if you created an area that blocks the view.’

Rather than being surprised by Baltman’s immediate response, Kang-hu thought of it as a good means of use.

so.

By giving the protective barrier a fire attribute, we created a wall of fire that can also obscure vision.

Because the protective barrier was installable, it could be positioned wherever desired.

In that state, Kang-hoo slightly extended his hand toward the spot Baltman had checked in advance.

The skill that was linked was kidnapping.

Did it ever occur to you that something might be pulling you beyond the invisible flames?

“Ugh!”

Baltman fluttered in the air with a disfiguring scream, and was instantly dragged in front of Kang-hoo.

Kwak!

After that, he grabbed Baltman by the collar and twisted it so that he couldn’t escape easily.

Pok! Pok! Pok! Pok!

Using the Bleeding Stab skill, he stabbed Baltman’s shoulder and chest with his dagger without stopping.

“Kuaaaak… … !”

Even while Baltman was groaning, he used his right hand to perform another skill.

It was the number of aggressive responses thrown before the worst-case scenario, such as instant death or serious injury, occurred.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

“Damn.”

Kang-hoo bit his lower lip and took a step back.

Baltman protected himself by using the skill called Protection of Fire.

This was a possible response for him, as he had absolute immunity to flames, thanks to a skill that turned his entire body into a giant flame.

It’s definitely tricky.

Unlike the boss monsters that had been easily defeated, Baltman’s response was well-organized.

Of course, that doesn’t mean Kang-hoo just let it go and did nothing. He had just hurt her.

Now it’s time to put a price on it.

【Blood】

Pupupupu!

“Kuuuuuuuuu!”

As if he was using blood fire, simultaneous explosions occurred in Baltmann’s shoulders, trapezius muscles, and upper chest.

This was the power of bloodshed.

Using previously created wounds as a medium, inflict unexpected additional damage on the opponent!

Kang-hoo struck again.

Hooosh! Hooosh!

This time it was a shadow walk.

Five shadows begin to dash forward.

Kang-hoo used Shadow Step, which became available again thanks to the awakening effect, once again.

Cadd!

And without hesitation, he bit the Solarium stem tightly and greedily swallowed the juice flowing out from inside.

Because it is certain that mana hypersensitivity will occur soon.

When you create another Baltic gap, you have to rush in. Like crazy.

“I’ll burn it all down!”

Baltman looked at the shadows of the river scattered in all directions and reached out his hands nervously toward the sky.

Then, at some point, a rain of fire began to pour down like a shower.

Since it was impossible to specifically attack Kang-hoo, the calculation was to attack all targets simultaneously.

‘Since he is immune to attacks that utilize his own attributes, such an aggressive response is possible.’

Deep down, I was envious of Baltmann.

Since I knew how to handle a dagger better than anyone else, I thought it would be great if I was invincible to dagger attacks.

Papat.

Kang-hoo chose one of the shadows that still had its shape and instantly changed its position.

Baltman wasn’t interested in the shadows. He just kept looking at the main body.

So when Kang-hoo suddenly disappeared from sight, I panicked and my pupils shook.

yet.

Kang-hoo, who approached Baltman again from the closest position, gritted his teeth and stabbed him with the dagger.

Phew!

“Ugh! This, this guy… … !”

Since I had experienced the Fire Protection skill once, I retreated slightly when it responded in the same way and then approached again.

As Baltman’s response patterns were analyzed one by one, his movements no longer seemed complicated.

‘You’ve been badly hit by Shadow Walk, so you don’t want to be hit by it again.’

Kang-hoo threw the bait.

He deployed his Shadow Step skill again, this time openly sending a shadow in front of him.

Since you’ve previously experienced the shadow and body positions being swapped, you probably don’t want to be fooled by the same repertoire again.

Right then.

Kang-hoo took out the Great Beheading Skill Book from his bosom and threw the book at Baltman with all his might.

I adjusted the shadow’s speed slightly and timed it so that the skill book would reach it before it.

Was it because the anger at having been unilaterally treated by Kang-hoo had risen to the top of my head?

“Eww!”

Baltman, his face flushed red as if it were going to burst, breathed flames forward like dragon breath.

It was a skill to burn and eat.

‘it’s okay.’

Whoosh whoosh!

The skill book of the Great Decapitation that was caught up in the burning process disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Instead, the contents, which had been replaced in the form of blue essence, entered Baltman’s mouth.

If I had burned the skill, it would have replenished Baltman’s mana.

Unfortunately, what Baltman got was not the mana he needed, but a strange skill he didn’t even know how to use.

Anyway, I fed it!

Now you can kill Baltman.

Now you can steal the beheading skill from him.

Baltman, who thought he had done something foolish, reached out both his hands towards Kang-hoo, his body furious.

“I will kill you!”

This time, a long whip-like thing was created above his hand. It was a skill called the Fire Whip.

It was a very tricky creature as it would shrink and expand at will, and would immediately catch fire when hit.

Kang-hoo, without panicking, used his leap to get close to Baltman, to an extreme degree.

And before the strong whip could reach his body, he used the lateral movement to get behind Baltman.

“Ugh.”

Kang-hoo frowned.

My body was writhing in pain, perhaps because I had been using my skills nonstop.

Even with the pain-reducing effects of the Solarium and Tenacious Endurance Ring applied, I still felt this much pain.

If it weren’t for the two auxiliary means, I would probably be rolling around on the ground instead of fighting.

I am once again grateful for the existence of auxiliary means.

Mana overload continues to drain your stamina and cause you pain, but it’s bearable nonetheless.

Phew!

“Kwaaak!”

From behind, he thrust a dagger into the hollow space between Baltman’s waist and side.

Perhaps because it was a boss monster of the wizard profession, the strength of the armor it wore inside was not very high.

Kang-hoo held the dagger tightly and twisted it so cruelly that the word cruel came out naturally.

It was like opening the lid of a tightly locked barrel, turning it over and over again with all my might.

From the victim’s perspective, it must have been hell.

Because it is a pain that twists not only the skin, muscles, and flesh, but even the internal organs. If you can endure even a little bit of pain, it is abnormal.

“Kuaaaah!”

Only Balt screamed.

Kang-hoo didn’t stop, and continued to use his vision stealing and shallow chaos skills on Baltman.

You need to distract him and confuse his spatial awareness to ensure you land the final blow.

I mean, the finale.

Kang-hoo had no intention of prolonging the battle from the beginning.

There are no second chances. There is no next time. There is no such thing as luck or fortune.

The first opportunity you take must be your last!

Kang-hoo thought it would end here.