Chapter 166: Duplicate Ability User

Episode 166

“You’re supposed to be strong, right?”

Luca said, adjusting his grip on his sword.

“Show me how strong you are, just like the rumors say!”

His eyes burned with competitive spirit as he glared at Kim Jinsung and prepared to charge.

Just as he was about to dash forward,

– Get back! Quickly!

Chano’s urgent shout, who had just died, came through the speaker in his helmet.

Luca shouted back in annoyance,

“Shut up! You useless trash…!”

– I don’t see the enemy bot laner!

Chano’s next shout made Luca instinctively look at the minimap.

Dante, who had been killing allied Minions under the tower, had disappeared.

– He might have gone to help! I know you’re strong, Luca, but even you would struggle against a 2 vs 1…

Luca hesitated.

He glanced at Juan, who was in charge of the Blue Team’s commands.

But it was unlikely that he could expect any orders from him.

‘He’s too busy fighting.’

Juan was currently engaged in a fierce battle with the Team 7 newbie in the mid lane and didn’t seem to have the time to worry about anything else.

‘Then I have to make the decision…’

He thought for a moment and decided.

‘Let’s retreat for now.’

Honestly, he couldn’t gauge Alopsky’s strength.

Of course, rumors were always exaggerated, so he didn’t think Alopsky was stronger than him or Juan.

But Dante was the problem.

Dante was on par with Gian from Team 3, and his skills weren’t that far off from Luca’s own.

Dante was considered a promising prospect, only a few steps behind Juan and Luca.

Of course, a few steps was a huge difference when comparing experts.

…Anyway, fighting a 2 vs 1 against Dante?

It was a guaranteed loss. There was no point in even trying.

‘The team’s victory is more important than my pride right now.’

He made a rational decision and turned around, running away with all his might.

“……”

Kim Jinsung watched him leave and then disappeared into the upper path.

Luca spoke to Juan,

“Alopsky went up. Be careful, he might be going to help the mid lane.”

Juan shouted back,

“It’s fine! I can kill one of them before he gets here! Haaa!”

He shouted, putting all his strength into swinging his sword.

The Team 7 member failed to dodge his attack again.

“Ugh…! I can’t do this anymore!”

The Team 7 member groaned and frowned, then turned around and started running towards the tower.

His HP bar, displayed above his head, was only at 5%.

It was clear that one more hit would kill him.

“You can’t run!”

Juan chased after him with all his might.

His pursuit speed was incredible, quickly closing the distance between them.

He swung his sword with all his strength, aiming for the Team 7 member’s back.

**Clang!**

But unfortunately, his attack was blocked by the sword of the Team 8 member, who had come to help.

“Ugh.”

The Team 8 member, who had blocked the attack, grimaced in pain, feeling the immense force in his grip, and took a step back.

He was struggling to block even a single attack, showing the vast difference in skill between him and Juan.

“Get out of the way!”

Juan pushed past the Team 8 member and continued chasing the Team 7 member.

He quickly closed the distance again. It was then that,

“……!”

Someone suddenly appeared from the side, and Juan’s eyes widened.

It was Alopsky.

‘He’s here already?!’

He couldn’t believe it.

The place where he had last seen Alopsky was quite far from here.

It was a distance that would take at least a minute to cover even at full speed, but Alopsky had arrived in just 20 seconds.

‘How did he get here so fast… Ugh!’

**Clang!**

He didn’t even have time to think about it before he had to raise his sword to block Alopsky’s gauntlet.

Alopsky swung his other fist and shouted,

“Help me!”

– Yes!

The Team 8 member responded and charged towards Juan.

Juan gritted his teeth, finding himself in a 2 vs 1 situation.

“Damn it…!”

– Juan! I’m coming to help!

Juan turned his head at the voice coming from the speaker.

The Team 9 member was running towards him from the allied upper jungle.

Juan’s face brightened.

“Good job! Hurry up and help me!”

– Yes!

The Team 8 member saw the Team 9 member running towards Juan with all his might.

– Oh no! It’s a 2 vs 2!

He exclaimed in dismay.

He had thought that the two of them could easily take down Juan, even without the Team 7 member, who was recalling to the Nexus to recover his HP.

But now that the enemy jungler had joined the fight, the outcome was uncertain.

He didn’t know if Alopsky was truly stronger than Juan or if it was just a rumor, and his own skills weren’t that different from the Team 8 member’s.

“This is even better.”

But Alopsky’s response was unexpected.

As he looked at Alopsky with a puzzled expression, he saw Juan swinging his sword at Alopsky.

Juan’s sword cut through Alopsky’s body…

“……!”

– !!

…Or rather, it cut through white smoke.

‘Where did he go?!’

Juan frantically looked around, trying to find where Alopsky had disappeared to.

But his vision was completely obscured by smoke, making it impossible to find him.

– Huh? Uh… What’s this?

The Team 9 member, who had belatedly noticed the smoke, exclaimed in confusion.

Just as the smoke reached his location,

**Rumble!**

Numerous lightning bolts struck them from within the smoke.

“Argh!!”

– Grrrr!

Juan screamed, and the Team 9 member shuddered.

A system window appeared on both their screens.

—

– You have been ‘Electrocuted’.

– You will be ‘Stunned’ every 3 seconds.

– Stun: All actions are stopped for 0.5 seconds, and you take 10 damage.

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‘Damn it!’

Juan gritted his teeth.

The bigger problem wasn’t the Electrocution, but the continuous lightning attacks that were rapidly draining his HP.

‘I need to survive!’

He shouted,

“Retreat!”

At the same time, he used Flash, one of his ‘Basic Skills’.

– Flash: Teleports a short distance to a target location.

He instantly teleported towards the allied tower.

He escaped the smoke and ran towards the tower with all his might.

‘Phew… That was close.’

He let out a sigh of relief and checked his HP bar.

He had a little over 30% HP left. If he had been a little late, he would have died from the combined attacks of Alopsky and the Team 8 member.

‘That Russian bastard… I didn’t know he could use lightning too…’

He glared at the smoke, where lightning was still flashing, and gritted his teeth.

He had thought Alopsky only had that ‘Spirit Bomb’ skill he had seen in the first round, but he hadn’t expected him to also have lightning abilities.

‘…I was careless. I should have kept in mind that there are many people in the New Continent who possess multiple abilities.’

As he was regretting his complacency,

“Aaaaaargh!”

A familiar scream came from above.

He looked up and saw the Team 9 member running towards the allied jungle with all his might.

He must have used Flash to survive.

‘…But he’s going to die soon.’

Juan looked at the Team 9 member’s back with a hardened expression.

Alopsky, who had emerged from the dissipating smoke, was chasing after him at incredible speed.

The Team 9 member was terrified as Alopsky quickly closed the distance.

– Eek?! I’m going to die!!

– Come here!

Chano, who had just respawned and was running towards the jungle, responded to his shout.

“No! Don’t help him!”

Juan immediately stopped Chano.

“It’s too late. You’re too far away to help.”

The distance between Chano and the Team 9 member was too far to cover in time.

Alopsky, on the other hand, had already caught up to the Team 9 member.

**Thud!**

“Ugh…!”

Alopsky struck the back of the Team 9 member’s head with his gauntlet with all his might.

The Team 9 member’s HP hit zero, and he collapsed to the ground, disappearing in an instant.

‘…Hmm?’

Just before he disappeared, a red light flashed from his suit. Kim Jinsung’s eyes sparkled with interest.

‘What was that? Is there some kind of teleportation skill built into the system?’

He was curious, but there was no way for him to know right now.

He could find out if he died or asked a dead ally, but so far, he had only killed enemies.

‘…That’s not important right now.’

“Team 8.”

He called out to the Team 8 member.

– Yes?

“Please follow my instructions. Immediately…”

He continued giving instructions and ran deeper into the jungle.

A moment later,

the Team 8 member, following his instructions, started moving.

‘…Hmm?’

Juan, who had been standing near the allied tower, raised an eyebrow.

The Team 8 member had stopped killing Minions and was running towards him.

‘That bastard…!’

Fury ignited in his eyes.

The intention was obvious.

‘Is he trying to prevent me from killing any Minions?’

He was trying to starve him of experience and Souls.

It was infuriating, but there was nothing he could do in his current state, with only 30% HP left.

‘I’ll have to recall and use Teleport to get back.’

He reluctantly activated the ‘Recall’ function.

His plan was to quickly return to the ‘Healing Fountain’ near the Nexus, recover his HP, and then use Teleport to quickly get back to the mid lane.

But the Team 8 member’s actions were strange.

‘…Huh?’

The Team 8 member, who he had thought was just trying to harass him, kept running and entered the tower’s range.

The tower naturally fired a missile, but the Team 8 member didn’t seem to care.

‘Is he trying to kill me?’

He was dumbfounded and canceled the Recall function, running further back.

He scoffed.

‘You idiot! Die from the tower missile!’

Among the information Francisco, his team leader, had told him this morning was about the tower missile’s damage.

He had said that it would hurt a lot to be hit by a tower missile early on without any defensive traits, and three hits would kill you.

‘He’ll probably gasp in pain after just one hit! Hehehe…!’

He was laughing inwardly, watching the tower missile fly towards the Team 8 member, when

someone suddenly appeared from the jungle.

‘……!!’

His eyes widened.

It was Alopsky, running towards him and throwing a punch.

He couldn’t believe it.

‘How did he get to the allied jungle already…?!’

**Thud!**

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