Evga

[Phantom Sword]

[Slash]

The sword, split into two like scissors, covered High Knight Evga.

“Hup..!”

High Knight Evga shattered the Phantom Sword and threw a punch.

Phantom Sword is weaker than a real sword.

Even if he reduced it to one blade to increase its strength, High Knight Evga recognized at a glance that it was still weaker than a sword infused with Magical Power.

He took the punch with his Mithril Cuirass.

No impact.

Mithril Cuirass is great, isn’t it?

After Witch Win broke it, he had only been using a Steel Cuirass, so using Mithril again felt good.

Easy to move in, comfortable on the chest, and above all, the Heater quickly melted away any Magical Power used!

“..!”

Americano twisted the tip of her sword and stabbed, and High Knight Evga countered by swinging his sword.

At this rate, they would both be injured.

One of them had to avoid it.

The greater damage would be to Americano.

She judged instinctively.

She took a step back to avoid High Knight Evga’s Slash, but

the Slash escaped High Knight Evga’s sword and flew towards her from a distance. She stepped back to create distance, but the Slash followed closely.

Just as she was about to deflect it with her sword.

She immediately faced High Knight Evga, and an exchange of blows began.

The weapon destruction contest they had just had.

But this time, killing intent was mixed in.

Sword met sword more than ten times in an instant.

The pressure was greater on Americano.

Sense was important, but so was psychological warfare.

High Knight Evga.

She couldn’t intuitively grasp the intention mixed in Evga’s sword.

Rather, she felt like she was being used in reverse, and she was gradually being sucked into the monster’s maw.

Ah, I messed up.

I need to retreat.

This isn’t a matter of sense.

It’s experience.

The sense that came from experience played with Americano’s raw talent.

She’s getting played.

She countered.

Heavenly Destruction Fist

‘No.’

She changed it.

Destroying Heaven Sword

Pacheon’s characteristic is expansion.

Explosion.

And shockwave.

She swung the Destroying Heaven Sword, overturning the swamp-like exchange of blows.

Evga was pushed back by the shockwave of the Destroying Heaven Sword, breaking free.

“You use a unique sword.”

Evga infused Magical Power into his sword.

‘Ah, geez.’

“Is this how you use it?”

He charged.

He swung his sword.

She countered.

Destroying Heaven Sword

Bang!

The shockwave spread.

The dirt and dust on the floor soared.

A low fog of dirt and dust settled.

Americano, who had responded to Evga’s upward Slash with a downward Slash, was pushed back by the expansive power in Evga’s sword, drawing a parabola in the air.

Landing.

Destroying Heaven Sword.

Evga used it.

Evga exclaimed.

“I learned something interesting. Did you develop this, Hero?”

“A little.”

“Interesting. Interesting. I was wondering why I was summoned to the 30th floor, but it was worth calling me here! This is also God’s guidance. To encounter such a simple and powerful swordsmanship. The world is wide.”

Heavenly Destruction Fist is powerful despite its simplicity.

Anyone can easily learn it if they know the principle.

The application is important, but he used something so easy to learn so well.

Perhaps Pacheon-gun was confident that he could use Heavenly Destruction Fist better than anyone else?

Evga adjusted his stance.

“Let’s continue.”

“….”

Americano charged first.

Shockwaves burst out.

Each time their sword strikes collided, explosions erupted as if cannons were being fired.

But Destroying Heaven Sword is also a Skill that uses Magical Power. Even if it’s efficient, it consumes twice as much as Slash.

Haa… breath.

She exhaled Frost.

Bang!

Boom!

Flash!!

Destroying Heaven Sword is good.

Easy to use.

Low Magical Power consumption.

And powerful.

Americano admitted that it was a good technique to use as a basic attack.

‘But it won’t be good to keep injecting Magical Power into the sword, will it?’

The Enhanced Nine Yin Severed Meridians freezes the Magical Power of others.

Each time their swords clashed, Evga’s sword froze.

The feeling that Evga’s Destroying Heaven Sword was weakening.

One step.

Two steps.

Three steps.

She pushed forward.

Evga was pushed back.

His face bloomed into Full Bloom.

“This is it..!”

Even though he was being pushed back, he spread his wrinkled face wide and sheathed his Destroying Heaven Sword.

He trapped the Magical Power inside the sword to protect it from the Frost of the Nine Yin Severed Meridians.

So?

Destroying Heaven Sword

Bang!

Americano used a mid-range Phantom Sword on Evga, who was being pushed back by the impact.

Block it if you can.

She created Phantom Sword.

She drew a large circle in the air with her sword from below, placing the Phantom Sword in the air as if to bloom.

Eight blades.

Ejection

Slash

The Phantom Swords placed in the air responded to Slash and flew towards Evga.

A Blade storm from mid-range,

covered Evga.

It took 2 seconds to consume all eight blades.

During those 2 seconds, Americano, who had approached Evga, used her finishing move.

Phantom Sword

Ejection

Execution Sword

It wasn’t a distance where the sword could reach.

2 seconds was too short a time to approach while scattering a Blade storm.

Instead, she filled the Execution Sword’s insufficient range with Phantom Swords. The Phantom Swords were attached to the end of the Execution Sword, creating a long sword.

The Execution Sword grew to 5 meters and covered Evga.

Clang!

It broke.

I guess lengthening it like that doesn’t give it adequate durability.

She reorganized her stance, feeling regretful.

“Hoo…”

Breath.

She exhaled Frost and took a step back.

She created distance.

“….”

“….”

Evga’s sword gleamed.

The Sword Aura shown in the weapon destruction contest.

It shone with an even greater radiance.

“Sword Aura.”

Evga said.

That’s Sword Aura.

What I’ve only heard about.

“Block it if you can.”

He swung it.

Rough.

Powerful.

Intense.

The Sword Aura reached the wall.

The violent Magical Power became a huge Slash, deeply scarring the floor, walls, and ceiling.

Crazy.

How can I block that?

It’s not a power I can block. A power that seems like it could cut through even an Ultra Iron Golem. Americano threw herself to the side to avoid the Sword Aura.

The Sword Aura didn’t end there.

The Sword Aura that had been plunged vertically.

Evga swung it horizontally.

A chill ran down her spine.

The Sword Aura is flying towards her.

Jump..!

Too late.

I’m going to die.

‘But…’

She judged in an instant.

‘Isn’t that all a mass of Magical Power?’

She strongly activated her Awakened Ability.

Just before the Sword Aura swept over her body.

The only thing she could do to increase her power in this short moment was her Awakened Ability.

The Electricity that drew Strength from the Mana Hole at the speed of lightning swirled around her body.

Crackle.

Crackle.

Remember when you fought the Giant Water Slime.

Why did that guy freeze then?

I don’t know.

But,

‘I should just use it the same way I did then.’

Maximum discharge.

Maximum output.

Maximum power.

She discharged Electricity at full power.

The Awakened Ability that had drawn from the bottom of the Mana Hole was not bound by the Magic Power stat.

Perhaps the reason why Awakened Abilities were excluded from the game was because they were not affected by stats. If you could supply enough Magic Power, you could reproduce the power of reality as much as you wanted.

Of course, there wasn’t nearly enough Magic Power to do that.

She emptied the Mana Hole.

Since it would never be discharged as long as the Nine Yin Severed Meridians were there,

the Awakened Ability was even stronger.

Crack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The entire stage rang.

It shook greatly.

The discharged Electricity was lightning-level.

The overheated air caused by the lightning ruptured, creating a shockwave.

“…Goodness.”

Evga was speechless at the phenomenon that occurred in that instant.

He was captivated by the spectacle of the Magic Power bombardment he had unleashed freezing.

Magic Power can freeze.

The ice created by the frozen Sword Aura.

Crack.

The ice shattered, and the Hero trapped inside focused Magic Power on her sword.

She could even see him narrowing the distance in an instant and splitting the sword.

“….”

“….”

There was no such thing as rest.

She didn’t stop until it was over.

Americano swung her sword.

Together with Phantom Sword.

The Ejection Phantom Swords distracted and confused Evga.

Americano’s sword was cutting horizontally, while the Phantom Swords were flying from above, below, and in the middle, to slash, slash, and slash with time intervals.

Phantom Sword that he couldn’t block in time.

Phantom Sword that his armor couldn’t block.

It injured Evga’s body.

At that time.

“Phantom Sword.”

Americano drew a circle.

Phantom Sword drew a circular trajectory as if blooming a flower.

“Full Bloom.”

Phantom Sword

Full Bloom

Slash

Simultaneous Slash from nine directions.

Nine swords brushed past Evga.

Americano was gradually adapting to the coordination with Phantom Sword.

She trembled with cold and cheered.

‘Yes, this is it.’

This is it!

That thing during the party climb was really ridiculous!

She relieved the frustration that had been pent up during the party climb.

Sword strikes and sword strikes create collision sounds.

Clang!

Clang!

Clang!

Evga used Destroying Heaven Sword.

Bang!

The shockwave of Destroying Heaven Sword emitted by Evga scattered the Phantom Swords. The Phantom Swords that deviated from their trajectory lost their sustaining power and disappeared.

Phantom Sword has such a weakness?

While surprised, she was immediately struck by Destroying Heaven Sword and strongly grabbed the highly raised sword, pulling Evga for Execution.

It was one-handed, but its Strength was comparable to any Execution Sword.

Evga was about to charge, but stopped and stepped back slightly.

The distance wasn’t right.

The Execution Sword split the floor.

“Haa… haa…”

She glared.

She charged.

No conclusion was reached.

They had been fighting for an hour, but Americano couldn’t win.

Evga didn’t seem to be hiding his full power either, but since techniques like Sword Aura didn’t work, he also lost the decisiveness to end the fight.

“Haa…”

A deep sigh.

Thick breath.

Frost settled on the floor.

“This won’t work.”

They were evenly matched.

They were just fighting.

The impression she got from exchanging blows with Evga was that he was about the same level as Pacheon-gun.

Although she was able to kill Pacheon-gun easily, she wouldn’t have been able to win so easily if she hadn’t used the Boost of Nine Yin Severed Meridians + Heater.

That battle was nothing more than overpowering him with physical strength.

She could win if she boosted with Heater and Nine Yin Severed Meridians like she did then.

…But it was for a short-term battle.

It wasn’t something she could use every time.

Also, she didn’t want to expose Cappuccino to the limited stage of the 30th floor. What if she got caught up in it? She couldn’t Resurrect Cappuccino.

Even if she could, she wouldn’t.

Because doing so would be inviting death.

Just the 30th floor.

She didn’t plan to die from the first floor.

If she was going to die, it would be on the 35th floor.

She would die after climbing at least five floors. She came prepared to die, but she had no intention of dying pathetically after clearing only one floor!

‘Above all, I came here to Rebirth. To accumulate points.’

She realized anew that she came for fun, but not just for fun.

At the same time, she realized that she was fighting with her Awakened Ability restricted.

She fought thinking that she had to give it her all since Evga was giving it his all, but could she say that she was giving it her all if she wasn’t using her Awakened Ability?

It feels like a lame excuse.

An excuse to use her Awakened Ability.

It wasn’t that she didn’t have cowardly feelings.

That’s because it’s an Awakened Ability.

The Awakened Ability she had seen in reality.

Whenever she saw a Hunter’s Awakened Ability during her Unawakened Hunter days, she always felt like she had been scammed.

Perhaps it was because she knew that feeling.

She shouted.

“Evga!”

“…Are you tired?”

“Who’s tired!”

He’s good at provoking!

She pointed her index finger at Evga.

“I’m going to use my Awakened Ability from now on!! If you don’t want to die pathetically, you better block it with all your might!!!”

Crackle.

Crackle.

Americano. Her hair floated up against gravity.

The Awakened Ability became stronger.

Boost.

She combined the Mana Cultivation Method with that technique that overloaded Heater and Nine Yin Severed Meridians, and the Mana stat was further accumulated.

The deeper Mana Hole led to a stronger Awakened Ability.

The light of the Electricity built up in the index finger she was pointing at Evga swirled.

“Don’t die in one hit.”

Because it would be boring.

Lightning struck.

It ended in one hit.

“How pathetic.”

“Cough… I’m sorry.”

But he endured.

He didn’t die instantly.

But he was still incapacitated.

Evga no longer had the strength to fight.

“You can easily block Electricity by letting it flow into the ground.”

I wonder why everyone can’t do that simple thing.

Evga coughed.

He was dying.

“Hero, can I ask you one thing before I die?”

“What is it?”

“Tell me your name and where you live.”

“…Why would I do that?”

It’s ominous that he’s asking me to tell him something.

I would have told him right away if I could log out.

But not now.

But let’s hear the reason.

“I have a daughter. She’s not as good as you, but she’s young and full of talent. She will surpass me in the future and become a Sword Master… Cough…”

He was dying.

He was getting old.

She could see something evaporating from within him.

“It’s really regrettable to die without becoming a Sword Master.”

“….”

Is he dying.

Even outside the Tower.

I liked him.

“Before I die, I want to entrust my daughter to you. Would you please take her as a follower? It’s the last Wish of a dying old man.”

“….”

What to do.

I didn’t want to.

I refused appropriately.

“If you tell me the conditions for the 2nd Rebirth.”

“2nd? Ah, you’re talking about the 2nd Rebirth.”

Rebirth?

It has the nuance of a Player shortening the word.

Huh? He knows about it?

“You know about it?”

“I’ve heard Heroes carelessly saying it in front of me.”

“Huh…”

What luck.

Is this Ill-Fated Talent?

If you were going to arrange this kind of luck, you should have told me in advance!

I would have regretted it if I hadn’t asked!

But if this happens, I’ll have a follower?

‘It’ll be okay.’

I’m going to get rid of the Outsider status anyway.

The demerits of maintaining the Outsider status were too great when cooperation was needed. It was a bit too much to make it for concept purposes.

It would be nice if there was a reason, but that’s something I can only know after the 2nd Rebirth.

She gave Evga her name and location in exchange for hearing the conditions for the 2nd Rebirth.