The Genius Assassin Who Takes it All Chapter 50

Episode 50: The Hunting Dog (1)

One yellow magic stone.

It is a magic stone with an average transaction price of around 1 billion.

Although the trading volume is small and the price fluctuates greatly from time to time, you can usually earn 1 billion won.

Currently, Kang-hoo has a balance of 6.4 billion won in his bank account.

If you sell the 4 green magic stones you’ve been collecting here, you’ll get an additional 400 million won.

If you sell the item you got from the guy who bothered you before entering Ground Zero, you get 100 million won.

And if you complete Jo Gu-bin’s request and dispose of the mana-related items you obtain, you will receive an additional 1 billion won.

If you dispose of the yellow magic stone here, you can make 8.9 billion won.

10 billion was just around the corner.

“If I work a little harder, I could buy a 3rd grade dagger in a few days.”

The goal is in sight.

If you want, you can sell the border of slaughter.

Because it’s a 4th grade dagger, it’s worth 1 billion won.

Then, by scraping everything together, 10 billion won is created.

The purchase of a 3rd grade dagger is a certainty.

After happily collecting the yellow magic stone, I looked at the list of activated robbing skills from Sammy.

【The following skills can be taken from targets with Robbery activated:】

【hallucination】

【Annihilation Battle】

“The name of the skill that was throwing the acid ball earlier was Annihilation Grand Tournament, right? That’s the name I was thinking of as well.”

Surely, names and configurations that you have thought of in your head at least once pop up in the dungeon.

I’ve felt this way before, but the realm of the unconscious is well-realized here and there in the world.

I’ve also thought of dungeons that give out ridiculous rewards, but there must be places like that somewhere in the world.

“hallucination.”

We have decided to exclude the Annihilation Tournament from the Robbery options.

Although flashy and attractive, it exposes a fatal weakness to ranged attacks while spinning.

It was a risky choice, as it was like a target spinning in place.

【hallucination】

【Skill Proficiency: Lv. Max】

【Induces hallucinations in one designated target. You may experience unusual sensations, pain, or phenomena.】

【’Absolute Induction’ judgment is applied based on proficiency. You will definitely experience hallucinations of at least 0.2 seconds.】

【Instantly consumes 50% of your mana.】

“Oh.”

Thanks to the effect of achieving maximum proficiency, the illusion skill has an attractive option.

Absolute trigger judgment.

Even if you are completely immune to psychic attacks, you will experience hallucinations for brief moments.

The difference is huge.

Because during that brief moment, your judgment may be impaired and you may face a reality different from what you thought.

Because it requires a lot of mana, it seems like you won’t be able to use it all the time.

However, as a strategic option, I thought it was an excellent skill and would be very useful in the future.

A combination of assassination and hallucination… … .

A stupid target may lose his life without even realizing that he is dying.

“Hallucination in the aim. If you walk the path of an assassin honestly, you will obtain skill options that you would never obtain in your entire life.”

Kang-hoo left the dungeon with a proud expression.

A ‘characteristic change’ will soon occur in this dungeon.

At that time, I was planning to conquer it again and get a new skill. Everything was going according to plan.

* * *

Two days later.

Cha So-hee, who had been staying in disguise at Seoul Station all day, had an extremely dark expression.

Seoul is famous for its safety, so I put up with it. Otherwise, I looked like I could have blown off someone’s head.

Although we spent two days without any results, we did see some results thanks to pestering our informants.

I got a call from Gwangju.

It was a tip that someone with a similar appearance to Kang-hoo had been discovered.

This was information that I received from an informant who often gathered information from within the Haeyoung Guild.

The source was one of the subordinates of the leader of the group of hunters who lost their lives to Kang-hoo.

There was a picture of Kang-hoo’s face, although it was a little shaky.

‘When on earth did I get off at Seoul Station and go to Gwangju? Did I miss it by going to the terminal?’

If you don’t know that you’re at Seoul Station, you wouldn’t choose the convenient means and take the bus.

There could only be one reason why Kang-hoo was able to bypass it.

Either you are receiving some kind of help from someone, or you have opened your eyes yourself.

“… … .”

Only then did Cha So-hee begin to see the surroundings a little differently.

And in the midst of the large crowd, he noticed two people whose gaze was particularly drawn to him.

The timing of the glances was irregular, but the frequency of the glances was high for someone else.

‘f*ck… … .’

My anger rose to the top of my head.

That’s why Kang-hoo had no choice but to escape like a loach. He had eyes to see.

Now I know of its existence.

I knew where Kang-hoo was and had already deployed personnel in advance.

Before going down to Gwangju Songjeong Station, Cha So-hee tried to remove the eyes attached to her.

I was being too complacent.

As I was chasing after Kang-hoo, I never thought that someone would have their eyes glued to me.

Cha So-hee blamed her own carelessness and started chasing the ‘eye’ that was nearby.

Either kill him or chase him away.

Now it’s time to get organized.

And I was thinking of going straight down to Gwangju.

Shin Kang-hoo’s tail is finally visible.

* * *

That moment.

Kang-hoo was inside the market.

First of all, I had just finished conquering the dungeon where the traits had changed along with the reset.

Level has reached 51.

Thanks to this, the basic level 50 assassin skill was added, and skills were stolen from the middle boss and main boss.

A total of 3 skills were added.

【No shadow】

【Skill Proficiency: Lv. Max】

【Use 1 mana per second to eliminate 99% of footsteps and mana presence.】

【However, the unique killing intent of each individual cannot be eliminated. A separate evasion and concealment mechanism is required.】

For the assassin class, a new skill called the first job advancement has been created.

Of course, due to the nature of the class, it is difficult to maintain it for a long time because mana is always insufficient, but it is a skill that suits it well.

Because when the sound of footsteps and the presence of mana disappear, you are almost undetected by enemies while in stealth.

Of course, there was a possibility that it would be discovered by a hunter with a sensitive or developed senses, as only a 1% trace would be left behind.

Anyway, it was a skill that made an assassin into an assassin, so it had high utility.

【Pungroejin】

【Lightning ratio】

And I got these two skills from the dungeon where the characteristics changed.

As you can guess from the name, it is a 100% pure martial arts dungeon, so the skill names also feel different.

The Wind Storm skill was an installation-type skill that created an area of wide-area attack that did not apply only to oneself, and the Lightning Strike skill was a dagger throwing skill.

Especially in the case of Jeonkwangbi-do, it was a throwing ultimate skill that only daggers could use, and its power was considerable.

The analogy was perfect if you think of it as a long-range version of a beheading.

‘Anyway, the balance has been adjusted to 10.1 billion won. Even if I buy a 3rd grade dagger, I’ll still have 100 million won left over.’

Thanks to the green magic stones that came out in abundance during the second dungeon raid, I was able to fill up my balance just right.

Contrary to initial expectations, there was no need to draw the line between the joy and slaughter of the sky.

If you buy a new tier 3 dagger, you can use the rest of them as throwing sub-weapons.

There were certainly a lot of items for sale, perhaps because it was an area with a lot of floating population and a lot of hunters.

Rather, it felt like the markets in Gwangju had a wider variety of choices than those in Seoul.

I felt once again that quality items are not determined by region, but by ‘blood’.

This means that it must be an area where active fighting is taking place.

“Please use it well.”

“Yeah.”

After carefully checking the item with the seller and transferring the money to the account, Kang-hoo received a 3rd grade dagger item.

It was finally the moment when he had a unique weapon that could be called his signature.

【Blood Tears – Weapon】

【Rating: 3rd grade】

【Strength +200】

【Anti-Ma +50】

【Matjip +50】

‘They start by eating up the stats.’

Kang-hoo’s eyes, which rarely get surprised, widened.

Not only other stats, but also the resistance and durability increased by 50.

Considering that the total amount of stat increase for 4th grade is 100, and that 3rd grade is 200 on average.

The additional increase in both stats was a kind of bonus concept.

In addition, since it was so difficult to raise the level of the anti-horse and matt house, the value of stat 1 was treated the same as stat 2.

The fact that such items are available on the market also means that there is a shortage of skilled assassins.

It didn’t matter what the behind-the-scenes story was.

Because now you are the master. That’s all.

Kang-hoo lowered his gaze a bit further from the item window.

From the 3rd grade items onwards, there is an additional ‘special effect’. This is where the identity of the item is determined.

【Taste of Blood – When attacking an area that has been wounded by a blood clot, an additional 25% damage is applied.】

【Gluttony – If you fail to get blood on the Bloodwell’s blade within 24 hours, the Bloodwell will disappear forever.

However, the blood flow that is not consumed will additionally provide the wearer with 2.5% experience points.】

The gluttony effect is not difficult to maintain, since you can even get animal blood on it.

If there is no way to get blood, you can just make a small cut on the body and get the blood on it.

Just upgrading an item’s grade by one level brought about tremendous changes to my body.

Strength increased by a whopping 100.

Muscle strength exceeding 200.

This is a pretty excessive stat for an assassin class that mainly focuses on the agility trait.

Especially if your level is ‘only’ 51.

Most assassins only have the basic stat strength at this point.

This is because you are usually busy investing in agility in the early stages. Or you may invest some of it in mana.

The current Kang-hoo has much higher strength than ordinary inspectors of the same level, and at the same time, possesses maximized assassin characteristics.

It’s like two occupations coexisting in one body. There’s no problem fighting with a greatsword.

at that time.

I received a text message from Han Seo-yeon and Lee Ye-rin.

Maybe it was because I kept both of my eyes closed, but the texts always arrived at the same time.

Since the content was almost the same, I read the text message from Han Seo-yeon more carefully.

【Oppa. Cha So-hee noticed that one eye was attached and killed it. The other eye seems to have escaped.】

【The last confirmed information is that he went to take the KTX to Gwangju Songjeong Station. That’s the last information.】

“It has finally come.”

Kang-hoo turned his slightly clenched wrist and made a clicking sound.

I thought that I was good enough to give it a try as I am now.

I have built up that much substance.

It’s not a good idea to just avoid them, and the net is getting tighter.

If you start tracking them down using tactics and spending a lot of money on them, there is no answer in the country.

On the one hand, I was thinking about competing with Cha So-hee and having a direct conversation with Kang Dong-hyun.

I thought it was entirely possible to reach an agreement on mutual non-aggression, where both sides would stop interfering with each other.

Because Kang Dong-hyun is a very practical person. Of course, he doesn’t turn absurd things upside down.

Now that Eclipse’s ‘investigator’ is attached, there has to be an end to it in some form. That’s how the chase will end.

“The timing is perfect.”

I reached the level 50 I wanted and also bought a dagger that I can use in battle.

Solar Kiwoom and Mad Solar Kiwoom are also in ample condition with 10 and 5 respectively.

Now it seemed like it was time to hunt the hounds.

The difference in level between her and me was not significant.

Wasn’t the original profession of assassination a profession that made a living through gambling?

Turn common sense into nonsense.

He had the ability to twist precise predictions into unexpected variables.

Kang-hoo believed in himself.