031. Invasion of the hierarchy (4)
The moment I was about to step out again, the black knight opened his mouth.
“…I overlooked it as a savage. I would never have thought the owner of the ordeal was a top-level challenger.”
I was puzzled by the sudden admission, but I didn’t listen.
“Admit it. Unlike other savages, you are quite a skilled challenger.”
He only devises ways to kill his enemies.
Other than that, I decided to completely turn my attention away.
「Remaining duration – 00:00:21」
Soon the buff from the assassin’s cloak will disappear, so you have to fight now.
After kicking off the ground, he quickly stabbed the sword in his hand.
However, instead of blocking the attack, the black knight swung the three sword in his right hand at me.
Seeing that, I also ducked to avoid the sharp sword that was being swung.
Whoa-! KANG…!
It was a one-sided attack, but the results were disastrous.
The blade was blocked by the blackened armor and the enemy did not take any damage.
“Did you think you could pierce my armor with a half-assed sword like that!”
And as soon as the long sword swung at the same time, I moved my body slightly.
It was easy to dodge the attack as it received the totality of agility in one body.
However, the point that can be said to be a problem…
‘Even if the attack hits, it can’t do damage because of the armor.’
That was the biggest problem.
I split my shield at once with a few skills, but I don’t have the skills to do that.
“…”
That said, there was no time to spit out weak sounds.
「Remaining duration – 00:00:16」
Even at this moment, the time to be equal is getting shorter and shorter.
And it wasn’t that there was no way to pierce the armor at all.
‘I didn’t spend a lot of points on weapons for no reason.’
The situation where the answer is still visible is not something to worry about any more.
The moment when he tried to accelerate again by using the mana in his body generously.
“bouncer.”
The black knight said so, and then covered the three swords with red energy.
Whoaaah…!
Even at a glance, the aura that was brighter than before was threatening.
“I will split the body as it is.”
I moved my body again while feeling goosebumps all over my body at those words.
‘driving me crazy.’
As the black knight said, if you touch that sword, your body will be cut in two in an instant.
Unlike one movement that would drive me to death, even if I attacked the black knight, I moderately pressured it.
There was no hesitation as if the black knight was aware of that.
‘Before, I said no to admit it, but that must be nonsense.’
Judging by her elated appearance, it seems that she has judged that I don’t have the means to pierce the armor yet.
Then now is even more important.
Whoa! Kwaaang! Kwajijik! Wow!
Whenever the black knight moves, the walls crack and the floor vibrates loudly.
Due to the aura that was overlaid on the sword, the wall cracked every time the sword brushed against it.
‘…was this skill the aura I saw with the eyes of truth?’
Some kind of cutting power cut through the walls of the wolf’s lair like tofu, imbued with magical power.
If I wanted to, I could do something similar, but I can’t make such a neat cross-section.
“Hahaha, run away as much as you like! That won’t last too long!”
It’s a level that can’t be inferior to a monster among monsters.
Instinctively, he may have noticed that my movements are impatient, so he fights more aggressively.
Whether it’s horsepower or anything else, it moves like it’s confident in terms of holding power.
Even at this moment, the disadvantage was me, and the advantage was the black knight.
Whoa! Kaaang! Kwaaang!
No matter how hard he swung his sword, it was unlikely to pierce his armor, and the Black Knight acted more exalted every time his sword was blocked.
It’s been a while since I didn’t do a big action like stabbing and just kept in check.
Gradually, the number of loopholes in the body began to write big techniques.
It was a radicality that came from the judgment that if it was only this level, it wouldn’t matter if I gave my body more.
And that was the only goal I thought I could win.
Once, twice, three times, four times…
The moment when the number of sword strikes on the breastplate increased and eventually reached double digits.
Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah…!
A bright cluster of light formed on the blade, and then spread widely to the surroundings.
It wasn’t just a flash of light, but a violent brilliance tinged with electricity.
“What is this…!”
Only then did the black knight try to step back as if he sensed the danger…
[Thunder Sword]
[When hitting an enemy with this weapon, it has a 10% chance of giving a ‘lightning’ effect.] It was
too late to retreat. It didn’t matter because it was.
It didn’t work as well as I thought, so I was nervous, but I was sure as I saw the thunder spreading through the black armor.
Aaaaaaaaaagh!
It is clear that I will win this fight.
***
“Keukkeuhuhuhuhh…!”
He looked at the black knight who had intermittent seizures and clicked his tongue.
Whether it came from a different dimension or not, I wondered if they were of different races or not.
‘If I had resistance to lightning, it would have been a headache, but fortunately, that’s not the case.’
It was a gamble with my life, and if it failed, it would have been a headache.
“Tsk, I really almost died.”
Even though he swung his sword like that, the ‘Lightning’ effect that was given with a 10% chance was activated only at the end.
‘I wasn’t the lucky one to begin with, but this is a bit harsh, isn’t it?’
Or maybe 10% wasn’t such a significant number from the beginning.
It was a plausible guess, considering that it certainly wasn’t triggered that easily when used against Crazy Wolf.
“Damn the rain… and I’m just a savage…”
At that time, the voice of the black knight lying on the floor reached my ears.
I could see him desperately trying to touch the floor to see if his body was feeling stiff.
‘If I had a skill like battle continuation, I wouldn’t have been so incapacitated.’
The only threat was the skill that was supposed to be an aura that I saw with the eyes of truth.
Other than that, I don’t think I was that strong considering what I was able to do.
‘If you think it’s true what you muttered about limiting abilities, then your skills may have been limited.’
It’s pointless to look into this and that now.
Anyway, I won the victory against this black knight, and it was this black knight who lost, not me.
“How can someone who is only a 5th floor challenger have so many skills…!”
It seemed like he wanted to point out that the status window was initialized on the first floor.
That’s all up to you, and it can’t be an absolute standard.
“Originally, I should have won…! Why is a savage like you!”
“Okay. I think it’s just that you were weak. If you only believed in the skill called Auror, then you were stupid.”
“Nonsense… How could a challenger on the 5th floor…!”
“Okay, let’s finish it soon.”
Perhaps it was because he swung the Thunder Sword in close proximity, but his body felt numb.
‘It’s not to the extent that I can’t move.’
We decided to make a decision as quickly as possible without further discussion.
It was because he judged that there was a chance to use another skill or that this electric shock effect might end.
‘If I’m going to be in danger by asking about this and that for no reason, I’ll have to kill them cleanly.’
The action was easy because he didn’t feel any hesitation about killing more.
In front of the knight’s nose, he held the sword in reverse and prepared to plunge it straight down.
“Wait a minute. I can answer your questions…”
“Because I don’t need it and I don’t want to know that much.”
I hurriedly thrust my sword under the helmet of the black knight who opened his mouth.
It was a quick and neat finish without the slightest hesitation.
hooked
After inserting the sword through the seam of the helmet, he shook the sword once and the movement stopped.
It seems to be getting more and more insensitive to killing something…
‘It’s not bad.’
If you felt uncomfortable every time you killed it, it would have been difficult.
“Congratulations, you have broken through the 5th floor of the Tower of Trials.”
The system and the message came to mind as if to let you know that you had been killed for sure.
also.
Susseusseu…
I had no choice but to be sure that the body of the black knight had completely turned into dust and poured into the place.
That the knight from another dimension is now dead and cannot threaten me.
Recognizing that fact brought a sense of relief.
There was no sign of necromancy left, but that didn’t make it any less regretful.
Now, he was content with just surviving a life-and-death battle.
“After that, it was close.”
If he hadn’t equipped himself with the Thunder Sword…
he wouldn’t have been able to take the Black Knight’s life as easily as he does now.
He must have spent a little more time rolling on the floor in a dirty way, using all he could.
In the process, there could have been a defect somewhere in the body.
It was fortunate that he had many skills in addition to raising his stats high.
“…”
Of course, that doesn’t mean that the awkwardness has disappeared.
Concepts such as another dimension or layer intrusion are floating around in my head.
The feeling is all the more strange because it is as if problems that were not originally in mind came out of nowhere.
But then I smiled and shook my head.
“Yes, it would be strange if the place called the Tower of Trials was ordinary.”
Maybe I’m arrogant if I think about this tower after confirming it from my subjective point of view.
‘Maybe I was too complacent.’
It was a bit risky in many ways, but there are lessons to be learned.
Anything can happen in the Tower and my life is always in danger.
‘I thought I wasn’t being vigilant on my own, but I need to be more careful.’
Well, if it’s a lesson, that’s about it, and I have something else to do.
‘…I got something to ask when I went to the 8th floor.’
You need to know what the other dimension is and what layer intrusion is.
Since we cannot leave them ignorant, recognizing them is a set procedure.
However, the tower is an unknown world, and the only way to solve questions is the ‘Question Right’.
Now is not the time to answer that question.
It is not too late to wait and see the situation for a while and then come to a conclusion.
‘Until we reach the 8th floor, I’ll try to save as many questions as possible and ask only the most curious questions.’
After making that decision, while waiting for a message about compensation, I noticed something strange.
“…?”
The messages about the reward that would have filled my vision then didn’t come to mind.
“What is this?”
It was a moment when his expression was distorted because he had never been like this before.
「Difficulty and level of reward do not match.」
「All contents of reward
will be modified.
」
It was only natural that there would be dissatisfaction coming from within.
If the revised reward is of lower quality than before, there would be no worse situation than that.
[Compensation correction completed.]
[Compensation will be given sequentially.] No, since it’s just that, I’d like to give you the
one that was supposed to be paid before…
」
「You have acquired ‘7500 points’ as a breakthrough reward.」
「You have acquired ‘3500 points as an additional breakthrough reward.」
「Go to the waiting room.」
I froze as I saw the phrases that came to my mind before I even thought about it.
“Ummm….”
Compensation changed from a C-grade item to an A-grade skill.
It was the latter without questioning which was better.
“…”
Looking at A-class skills and over 10,000 points, dissatisfaction faded in an instant like melting snow.
“…Yes, this is the Tower of Trials.”
Feeling satisfied instead of dissatisfied, I smiled bitterly.
