071. Ordeal on the 10th floor (2)
I looked at the bewildered man with a cold smile.
This man, who ranked 6th in the settlement ranking, was the one I saw when he was in the waiting room on the 4th floor.
‘My real name was Seungjun Kim.’
At that time, he emphasized that the theme of the 4th floor ordeal was ‘competition’ and did not forget that he was the one who suddenly froze the community.
Of course, thanks to that, I was able to prepare for the shock of the murder…
‘Now I understand what the purpose of the ordeal theme was.’
This challenger in front of me did not tell me about the trials of competition in the purest sense.
It must have been just to create a structure in which he could benefit as much as possible by actively forming a competitive structure.
In the process, what prepared me for murder was simply an additional element obtained by using the board he composed.
In other words, it means that there is no reason to be more silent about Kim Seung-jun’s dog-like behavior.
And…
「The manager, ‘Iron-Blooded Lord’ is angry at the person who tried to harm the contractor.] 「 The manager, ‘
Gourmet ‘, tilts his head as if asking what’s going on.”
仙)’ is looking forward to your cool move.」
Since the managers who started watching me seemed to hate Kim Seung-jun quite a bit, there was nothing to hesitate any more.
“….”
I also smiled softly while glaring at Kim Seung-jun, who was staring at me with his mouth tightly closed.
“Seungjun Kim.”
Watching Kim Seung-joon wince and step back at my remark, I continued.
“What you just said was quite amusing.”
Although it is a cooperation theme, it was interesting to say that they should cooperate and kill me, who can become rivals later, so there is no harm in killing me.
It was all the more so as it pressured me to the point where I had to think nonsensically about whether I could deal with all three of them together and kill them all.
However, Kim Seung-joon didn’t react well, perhaps because he thought it was no big deal.
“That’s… I can explain it in conversation…”
“No no. In this situation, how can I resolve it through dialogue?”
“….”
“Didn’t you just talk like that because you have the ability to handle the words you said yourself?”
But why can you talk like a dog about solving it through dialogue there?
As I added the afterword, I could see Kim Seung-joon’s pupils shaking rapidly.
It was worth it.
Most challengers’ combat abilities become stronger in proportion to their final ranking.
However, Kim Seung-jun’s ranking was 6th and I was in 3rd place, which is higher than that
.
However, as if a bug gets into trouble somehow, Kim Seung-jun was no different.
He opened his mouth in fright as he saw me approaching slowly and began to speak.
“Wait for a while…! Calm down and think! If we fight each other, it’s just a loss!”
“?”
“Can you really be sure that the two behind here won’t attack!?”
“…”
“Even if it looks like this, I am also ranked 6th. If you get attacked, you won’t stay still, and then Han Seong-yoon-nim will be harmed.”
“So.”
“If the two of you are fishermen then, if you break in and kill the two of us, it means that there will be no worst ending anywhere.”
At those words, not only Kim Seung-hun, but even Oh Chun-seok frowned
as if they were dumbfounded.
“Even if the two fight and lose their strength, they have to endure the ordeal on the 10th floor, so nothing good will happen to Han Seong-yoon. The two of them could take advantage of the opportunity to attack. Even if that wasn’t the case, the ordeal on the 10th floor was more powerful than I thought, and the accumulated injuries on my body could cause me to be fatally wounded…” There were only
words that were disgusting to hear.
“I don’t know what the hell you are talking about for so long.”
“What is that…”
“I think I’m saying it under the assumption that I’ll be greatly unknown after all…. That can’t be the case.”
“…”
“To think that you’re getting a lot of damage against a guy who can only do politics, and because of that, you’re being checked by other challengers.”
Even a passing dog would only laugh and talk about it.
As I said it with a smirk, Kim Seung-jun also took a combat stance as if he had come to his senses.
A book spreading purple energy appeared out of nowhere in the empty air.
In preparation for a full-fledged fight, he took out an item from his inventory.
Wow…!
The book held in Kim Seung-jun’s right hand opened by itself and began to radiate intense energy.
It was only then that he started to shout barakbarak, even with a fishy laugh and even getting rid of the manners he had at all.
“You bastard…. I can’t believe it when you say it in a good way, but you’re not the only one doing it.
However, Kim Seung-jun’s words could not continue and were cut off as if in shock.
「The skill ‘Instantaneous Acceleration’ is activated.」
It was because I started to attack him in earnest after the instant acceleration was activated after I had grown up a notch from the duel with Catherine Bennett.
Of course…
「The swamp spirit’s wind wraps around the user’s feet.」
「The acceleration that uses magical power is temporarily sealed.
」 did.
But even so, it had already been a long time since he had been prepared for such debilitating abilities.
[The skill ‘Exorcism’ is activated.]
[The swamp spirit’s wind is completely extinguished.]
Without having to go to a skill like Forced Breakthrough, I immediately regained speed with just Exorcism.
“No, what kind of crazy resistance…!”
At the same time Kim Seung-joon was complaining, I was able to reach right in front of him.
Kwadeuk.
The moment I arrived in front of him, without hesitation, I fired a kick into Seungjun Kim’s abdomen.
The reason why he didn’t throw his sword right away was to open the hand that Seungjun Kim was hiding.
Even if you block the sword and take advantage of the gap to be attacked, there won’t be anything as tricky as that.
bang…!
A loud sound resounded from the place where his foot was stuck, and Kim Seung-jun’s body flew backwards
…
Although it looked slightly shocked from the outside, it didn’t seem to have suffered that much damage in reality.
Seungjun Kim, who had flown back, was glaring at me with a grunt without even collapsing on the floor.
…Of course, Kim Seung-joon is drooling a bit ugly, so even receiving those eyes doesn’t pose much of a threat.
The senses left at the tips of my toes clearly gave me the feeling that I had penetrated and destroyed something, but seeing that I was fine, I must have done something else.
‘I wondered why he was wearing a red suit, but it was an item as expected.’
It was within the expected range, so I wasn’t too upset.
It’s a protection-type item, but it didn’t seem to mitigate direct impact.
Seeing that you get the feeling that something penetrated and attacked when you kicked it, it seems that it is an item that creates a shield to absorb the shock when you are attacked separately… ‘If I fired the
sword right away, it might have been blocked by the shield for a while.’
Rather, because he attacked briefly and fell, he was able to check what hand the opponent was holding.
Even though the opponent is weaker than me, it was important to understand Kim Seung-joon’s ability in a situation where it was clear that he was a high-ranking challenger.
But…
Of course, I realized that I didn’t have much of the type of ability that protects my body, so I didn’t hesitate any more.
The kick I had just taken wasn’t taken lightly, but it was an attack intended to break at least the ribs.
Since breaking a bone in battle is equivalent to death, he must have used all means of defense.
That means that the protection-type abilities he used to block the attack he just launched are all the means to protect Kim Seung-jun.
‘If this is all my defense means, I can’t lose even if I want to lose.’
At that, I smiled a little thicker and immediately activated the skill.
「The skill ‘Grace of Wind’ is activated.」
「All speeds increase by 40%.」
「Current skill overlap progress – 4/7」
Wow…!
The grace of the wind activated in an instant accelerated my feet a little more, and my body moved like a breeze.
The reason why I did not do my best was to prepare for the second battle, as Kim Seung-jun later said, as there were two challengers watching from behind.
It was all the more so because I had to make the mistake of thinking that this speed was the best I could produce so that I could prepare for an emergency.
However, Kim Seung-jun, who was in front of him, was hit once, and now, as if he didn’t care about that at all, he immediately deployed his full force.
“Cybaaar…! It’s a bastard …! ”
The moment he held out his left hand while holding a book in his right hand, clearly revealing his malice while drooling.
A chain made of thunderbolts from Kim Seung-jun’s left arm began to rush forward at a violent speed.
Kwajijijikjik…!!
‘They asked if they could fight each other and still be fine.’
Looking at the blue chains rushing in as if devouring the entire space, the words Kim Seung-jun said did not seem to be bluffing at all.
「Manager ‘Iron-blooded Lord’ advises you not to touch the chain of lightning.」 「
Manager ‘Gourmet’ watches your battles with interest.」
I expect you to show off.”
The managers who were watching were even throwing messages at me to see if they knew about it.
However, I did not feel a great sense of crisis even after seeing such a thunderbolt.
That’s probably the case too…
「The skill ‘Counterattack Shield’ is activated.」
It’s because I prepared for the situation like now in the waiting room in advance.
Keying.
As he held out his left arm and activated the skill, a large shield glowing red spread out beyond the palm of his hand.
And…
Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
The chain of lightning emitted by Kim Seung-jun noisily crashed into the shield and scattered, and in the process, it was felt that some of the electricity was absorbed by the shield.
Of course, since power is power, it consumed quite a bit of magical power to increase the strength of the shield, but the shield had quite a lot of impact.
Counterattack Shield is a skill that absorbs a certain amount of damage received and then reflects the accumulated damage in reverse.
In other words, this shield, which blocked the technique Seung-Jun Kim just fired with all his power, means that some of Seung-Jun Kim’s power was melted into it.
“What is this… that you blocked this technique so easily…!?”
So, it was obvious what to do now.
I made the size of the shield small enough to fit in the palm of my hand and smiled at Kim Seung-jun, who was shocked.
“I’ll give you back just the amount I received, so block it well.”
and at the same time.
「The skill ‘Counterattack Shield’ releases the accumulated damage all at once.
」
Lightning flashed from the small shield floating in the palm of my hand, and circular beams of light poured out.
