chapter 43
43 – 2nd Floor, Score Duel.
[Warrior of Pride][D]
When you strive to protect the engraved pride, the next strike deals 『1,302 ~ 4,053%』 physical damage.
Cooldown: 10 seconds
Mana Consumption: 30
《Racial Specialization》
1. Half-human, Half-beast – Lunacolis
Physical damage +100%
Damage is a superior version of a critical hit.
However, there are conditions attached to the strike.
Cooldown and mana consumption.
It’s only 10 seconds, but its existence itself is annoying.
‘Is it some kind of engraved pride that I have to keep?’
After a brief look, I found rules of sentiment that didn’t match mine.
It seemed to be the culture of Lunacolis.
From my standpoint, having the strike is not a pleasant skill.
There’s no merit in acquiring it.
‘It’s not a good enough skill to erase and absorb other skills.’
If my race were Lunacolis, the skill would have had levels attached to it.
The more I kept the so-called engraved pride, the more the skill would grow and its power would increase.
[The remnants of Azar Fer’s soul scatter.]
But I am an Earthling.
Without the assistance of the soul system, I can’t use skills.
There’s no reason to consider potential.
‘What’s immediately useful are super regeneration or survival instinct.’
And the blinding poison needle.
Whoosh!
The blinding poison needle is much better than the warrior of pride.
No inconvenient conditions, decent damage, and it even inflicts the ‘blind’ status effect.
“My, my eyes?!”
Obscure the opponent’s vision and follow up with a fatal blow.
In fact, it’s the Three Calamities Sword Technique, Eight Directions Wind and Rain.
Just a stab.
[Absorbing the soul of Shurok Fer (Lunacolis).]
[Strength increases by 0.03.]
With the strike wrapped around me, the damage is beyond imagination.
No matter how strong the Lunacolis are, they can’t withstand it.
At this moment.
I was a complete warrior of the Spear Wave.
‘What did Eun Seoryeong do?’
Without thinking about the consequences, she charged at the enemy.
Whether they were stronger than her or not, who cares.
And then she met a true powerhouse and lost her arm.
Shanks Eun Seoryeong.
Every time I saw her, I got chills.
‘…She’s as much of a lunatic as Blinky.’
I don’t intend to follow her that far.
As a human, if I can hide my abnormal strength, I’m satisfied with that.
What I want is just one stat.
Kill all the Lunacolis here and gain 0.3 strength stat.
If I say I’m drooling at the thought, does that make me a psychopath?
“Grrr. I admit it. You are strong.”
The Lunacolis gathered around me.
Looking around, most of the Scarlet team was in shambles.
Barely clinging to life.
The Lunacolis didn’t finish off the Scarlet team.
“You must have been really bothered by me.”
The Scarlet team is weak.
But that doesn’t mean they can be easily killed.
They will struggle as much as they can.
No one wants to die.
While they were attacking the Scarlet team, my successor’s sword flashed, targeting the Lunacolis.
They made a choice.
Before their numbers dwindled further and they became disadvantaged, they decided to take me, the leader.
Killing the Scarlet team would be meaningless.
It’s much more important not to lose their own kind.
“I’ve only killed three so far.”
“…You’re quite confident.”
The Lunacolis glared at me, breathing heavily.
The anger towards me was rougher than I thought.
“You will regret killing our clan.”
Their eyes turned blood red.
Muscles swelled up wildly, and a ferocious aura began to emanate from their entire body.
“Revenge. The revenge of Nolan, Azar, and Shurok.”
It was part of their pride.
One must not forgive those who killed their kin.
No matter what it takes, they must exact their price.
‘Do they have other skills besides the Warrior of Pride?’
The Warrior of Pride only had the effect of enhancing the next strike.
But now, their state was not just about one strike.
It didn’t look easy at a glance.
“Kurrr!”
Awooo-!
A terrible howling.
At the same time, the Iron Cannon Three stopped.
The activation time had passed.
Immediately, my durability dropped miserably.
Thanks to the Secutor Helmet, I had about 50 durability, but it wasn’t enough to be called invincible, so I was anxious.
Before the Lunacolises could pounce, I struck my chest several times.
【140】
I will cut my life force.
I will kill myself.
【125】
That was the will I put into it.
“W-what are you doing?”
The Lunacolises were bewildered.
By doing something even more bizarre, I stunned them so they couldn’t even think of attacking.
“Oo! Oo! Oo! Oo!”
The momentum of a gorilla.
Life force is rapidly diminishing.
‘Within 3 seconds.’
Everything must be done within 3 seconds.
The past two days.
I have trained only this.
【14】
The survival instinct that activates the moment life force drops below 10%.
All abilities increase by 52.
Strength, agility, stamina, intelligence, wisdom, luck.
All surpassed 60.
Time slows down.
‘This is the power of a peak martial artist.’
Then, 4th-grade super regeneration restores my life force.
【319】
Up to the maximum life force of the additional stamina gained from the survival instinct effect.
I took my stance.
Huyesa-il.
No, just Palbangpungwoo.
Stab.
Puuuk-!
With a speed on a different level from before, I thrust the blade into Lunacolis’s chest.
* * *
Lunacolis charges.
The Scarlet team is putting up a fight, but they couldn’t overcome their inherent limitations.
“I knew it.”
“How can they win against a half-human, half-beast?”
The spectators clicked their tongues as they watched the match.
They knew the outcome but didn’t leave their seats.
They were there to see something else.
“Kill!”
Death.
The screams of players facing extinction.
I wanted to see it.
So I waited.
For the Lunacolis to mercilessly massacre.
“What are you doing!”
Their sharp claws did not aim at the Scarlet team.
Even though they could kill, they changed their target without killing.
“…Is saving their own kind more important than killing vermin?”
Even if they killed Scarlet, the half-beasts killed by the Sword of the Jeomchangpa warrior would not come back to life.
Exchanging goblins for half-beasts was a loss in many ways.
“Not a bad choice.”
Anyway, to win, they had to kill the leader, Oryuin.
If they killed Oryuin, the Scarlet team would automatically die.
From the perspective of the Lunacolis tribe, there was no reason to let their own kind die.
At that moment.
The Jeomchangpa warrior started doing something strange.
He pounded his chest wildly and screamed like a monkey.
“…What are you doing?”
“Is he crazy?”
“…All the Jeomchangpa warriors had problems with their heads. That guy must be similar.”
The audience was as bewildered as the Lunacolis.
About 3 seconds.
And the atmosphere changed.
Few had read the change in Oryuin.
Among the many spectators, those who were on par with Oryuin were close to none.
Flash-.
A flash and a bursting bloodline.
In the blink of an eye, one of the Lunacolis fell.
“……”
The audience couldn’t understand what had just happened before their eyes.
Naturally.
Currently, Oryuin’s agility exceeded 90.
‘…Supreme!’
First-rate martial artists who had seen supreme martial artists in the Central Plains.
Or peak martial artists blocked by the wall of supremacy.
Superhumans from other dimensions with similar power.
Only they recognized Oryuin’s strength.
“Going again.”
Oryuin was not satisfied with just once.
He followed up with another thrust, no, just a stab.
Pussh-!
Overwhelming strength and agility covered the clumsy move.
Pussh-!
When Oryuin stomped his foot, almost simultaneously, one of the Lunacolises collapsed with a thud.
“…Gather.”
The captain of the Lunacolises team, Necher, commanded his kin.
“Back to back, block his strike.”
Flash.
There will definitely be a gap after that.
Necher planned to exploit it.
A bold idea possible only because he couldn’t properly gauge the opponent’s skill.
“Uooo!”
Kim Min-seong shouted.
He extended his arm.
At that moment, Necher realized.
‘Ice Prison!’
The Ice Prison that killed Nollan.
If trapped there, one would die.
Necher locked eyes with his kin.
They understood each other without speaking.
They leaped apart.
To avoid being trapped in the ice prison.
“…….”
Frozen Prison.
They didn’t know, but the cooldown was a full two minutes.
The Scarlet team couldn’t last even 20 seconds before collapsing.
So how could they use it again?
Oryuin had no intention of using Frozen Prison from the start.
Kim Min-seong saw a very good angle and drew attention on his own.
“Hu-yesail.”
In the slowed-down world, Oryuin moves alone.
He stabs and kills the remaining Lunacoloss one by one, except for the captain.
Soul Absorption.
Soul Absorption.
Occasionally acquiring skills.
But they are not attractive skills.
It was impossible to break the current combination with a skill of about D-rank.
Only the captain was left.
“Oh, Oryuin!”
Luna limped towards Oryuin.
Luna, with tears in her eyes, said,
“Let me. Let me kill him.”
Born as a slave.
Lived under the watchful eyes of the Lunacoloss tribe in the Wild Kingdom.
Her parents were killed by them.
But Luna couldn’t say anything.
Even if it was unfair, she had to endure it.
Because that was the way the world was.
In the Wild Kingdom, the half-human, half-beast were kings, and the beastmen were worthless slaves.
The shackle extended all the way to the Tower of Struggle.
Luna wanted to break free from the constraint that choked her neck.
Orwin looked at Luna intently and said,
“No.”
Without a moment’s hesitation, Orwin pierced Necher’s heart.
Just in case Luna would deliver the final blow, he maximized his agility stat of 90.
[Absorbing the soul of Necher Fer (Lunacolis).]
[Strength increases by 0.05.]
“……”
Luna stared blankly at Orwin.
It seemed she hadn’t expected to be refused.
Orwin had no interest in Luna.
‘Why do I get so many stat points?’