Survival.

Battle Royale Survival.

A PVP where up to 100 players compete to be the last one standing on a vast map with diverse terrains.

Think of it as similar to the game called Battlegrounds from back in the day.

,Kueokㅡ!

As I stabbed the Sorceress in the neck with a dagger, she couldn’t withstand the damage and exploded into particles.

Chwarararak

The items the Sorceress was carrying spilled onto the ground.

“Oh. This is good, isn’t it?”

I looted the useful items and ran towards the safe zone, avoiding the encroaching death fog.

While doing so, I killed the users I encountered along the way.

‘With this level of farming, I should at least be in the top 3.’

My equipment is almost fully upgraded to the final tier. It’s a bit disappointing that the durability isn’t at 100%, but as long as I don’t make any mistakes and take a big hit, I should be fine.

I have enough healing potions and a good supply of mana potions.

Plus, I even have a stamina buff item, which is essential for melee dealers. The only slightly disappointing thing is my weapon.

It’s the basic weapon you get when you start Battle Royale Survival.

It can’t be helped, as the Assassin tier is relatively weak in Battle Royale Survival.

The reason is that as the death fog, which acts as the magnetic field, narrows, Assassins with skill sets specialized in assassination become disadvantaged.

That’s why there are few users who stick with Assassin until the end in Battle Royale Survival. In other words, even after farming users until now, I haven’t encountered any Assassins, so I couldn’t get a good dagger weapon and my weapon farming failed.

‘In Battle Royale Survival, Assassin is just for the early game.’

Originally, the meta is to assassinate in the early game and then switch to a weapon of another class from the mid-game onwards.

But right now, for some reason, I just want to win with the Assassin.

Ttiring.

Survivors: 43

Already more than half have been eliminated.

Even though it’s still early, the fact that the elimination rate is this fast means that there are some skilled players mixed in among the ordinary users.

‘Sounds fun, doesn’t it?’

I checked the mini-map, identified the areas with a high concentration of users, and ran towards them.

==

‘Found them.’

As I reached the urban area, I spotted a user and immediately ran towards them.

‘A Greatswordsman.’

A user wielding only a massive greatsword.

‘JAMIN? How do you even read that? Whatever.’

I concealed my presence and charged at JAMIN.

“Ahnitㅡ!?”

Even though I approached without being detected, the JAMIN user noticed my approach and slammed the ground with their greatsword.

‘Are they carrying a detection item? Their judgment and actions are fast.’

The JAMIN user’s greatsword attack caused the ground to tremble greatly, and the aftershock severely destabilized my balance.

Seeing this, the JAMIN user mercilessly unleashed a slash towards me as I staggered.

‘A pro.’

From the JAMIN user’s fluid and natural pre-delay, post-delay cancel attacks, I immediately realized that the JAMIN user was not just a simple user, but a pro.

I judged that it would be difficult to block with one hand, so I raised two daggers.

At a precarious moment when my balance was collapsing, my daggers met the JAMIN user’s greatsword.

“Heueut!”

“Oh? It’s Arang, isn’t it?”

A massive impact that made my whole body tremble.

The moment the colliding daggers lost even a little bit of strength, the greatsword seemed like it would shatter the daggers and come crashing down.

‘How much farming and buff items did they eat?’

As the daggers and greatsword sparked and engaged in a power struggle, I realized that I was going to lose, so I slightly twisted my hand.

The greatsword grazed my body and slammed into the ground.

Kung!!!

The greatsword was so powerful that the moment it hit the ground, a strong wind blew, pushing my body away.

“Nice to meet youㅡHeup! Yo!”

While greeting me, they surrounded the greatsword with intense effects to kill me and swung it towards me.

With such a clean and sharp attack, I didn’t even think about attempting a parry and focused on moving my body to evade.

Once I lost the momentum, it was hard to regain it.

I barely managed to slightly change the trajectory of the greatsword’s attack with my daggers, but each attack was so strong that my health continued to dwindle.

A battle that started with a loss of balance and continued to be pushed back.

Eventually, the greatsword pierced my body.

My health plummeted in an instant, and I felt vibrations throughout my body, causing a severe stagger.

‘Tch. I was going to use that at the end.’

Paaat.

“My insurance is gone?”

I used the item that removes stagger when staggered, easily avoided the JAMIN user’s attack, and moved back to create distance.

The problem is that this item can only be carried one at a time, no matter what.

Kkeueung.

I thought they were just an ordinary user and recklessly charged in.

That carelessness resulted in the loss of my insurance.

But I don’t particularly feel bad.

“I’ve finally found it.”

“Found it?”

The JAMIN user tilted their head at the word “found it.”

I smirked and charged straight at the JAMIN user.

“Getting emotional and attacking like this because you’re upsetㅡ!?”

The jet-black dagger collided with the greatsword, and effects exploded.

Paaang-!

“Waddeoㅡ”

A clean parry.

No, a perfect parry, and at the same time, I stabbed the JAMIN user’s torso with the dagger in my other hand.

“So, it’s the Princess after all!?”

The JAMIN user shouted loudly and swung the greatsword down with the intention of crushing my head.

An attack filled with sincerity, unlike before.

‘I can’t parry that.’

The overwhelming stats gained from better farming than me.

The previous attack was a feint, so a parry was possible. But now, it’s clearly an attack to take my life, so I backed away to create distance.

Butㅡ.

Chwaak!

‘Did that hit?’

I barely managed to dodge, but the JAMIN user’s greatsword grazed my chest.

Despite dodging, my health was significantly reduced.

It was an attack that I thought I had clearly dodged.

‘I mistakenly thought the sword had suddenly gotten longer.’

I immediately realized the reason.

‘Half a step.’

The drag mark visible on the ground where the JAMIN user’s right foot was.

‘Impressive.’

How good is their body control that they forcibly moved their foot during the attack to slightly increase the range.

If it were just an ordinary user, it would have been a meaningless movement, but it’s an action that can work for pro-level players who move to the extreme minimum.

But that action isn’t without its risks.

The JAMIN user’s movements momentarily stopped due to the aftershock.

I didn’t hesitate and used the Assassin skill.

A dagger that moves purely by my will, without the combat correction of the system.

An attack that I judged couldn’t be blocked unless the opponent also had dual swords. Furthermore, the opponent’s timing was slowed down by the small stagger caused by the forced movement.

But.

The JAMIN user’s eyes were clearly calm.

The JAMIN user’s greatsword moved.

The sound effect of swords colliding echoed, chwareureureuk.

A flurry of attacks. I controlled them to make them difficult to block, but none of my attacks hit.

“Whew… that was close.”

In that short time, almost a second, the JAMIN user read my attack trajectory and blocked their body as much as possible with the greatsword.

But they didn’t read the attack trajectory with their eyes. They predicted it. My attack.

‘This user… is not an ordinary pro gamer… This is going to be fun, isn’t it?’

I’ve fought against top-tier pro gamers in Korea like Kim Gi-hyung and Lee Jeong-jin, but the JAMIN user in front of me feels different.

I smirked.

==

“Wait, that person… isn’t that who I think it is?”

Ye-sol said while watching the user with the nickname JAMIN fighting Arang.

-????

-Real JAMIN though?

-WTF why is JAMIN here?

-Crazy, why is JAMIN here? Is this for real?

-There was a post on Re-Gallery saying they came?

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

“No, doesn’t JAMIN have a separate pro guild? No, most of the people gathered here have guilds anyway. No, but isn’t JAMIN’s pro guild a team guild?”

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Yeah, guild affiliated with a team

-No way that’s possible? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

“Heoeo… But Arang is happily charging in…?”

-I wonder how well Arang would do if they really put their mind to it and dominated the arena

-Honestly, I think they have overflowing talent

-First of all, the fact that they’re still young is a big deal

-Agreed, younger physique is the best physique

“Wow…”

“Heoeo…”

“Arang could just go pro right away…?”

I knew that Arang’s skills were good enough to compete with pros.

Even though it was an event tournament, they played against the best pro in Korea and almost won.

But now they were going toe-to-toe with JAMIN, who is one of the top three in the world.

Arang was fighting with extreme senses and physicality, while JAMIN Pro was facing Arang with the experience and psychology they had built up so far.

‘What a truly insane talent.’

JAMIN thought while looking at Arang in front of them.

How is their body even built to have such speed, such pre-delay, post-delay cancel. Everything was overwhelming.

They were calmly blocking the attacks now, but JAMIN was very flustered inside.

Arang. Arang. I’ve heard the stories, but facing them directly was unbelievable.

Only.

‘They’re used to the raid style.’

Every attack was an attack to achieve the optimal, highest efficiency.

Of course, they tried to give a sense of trickery or unconventionality in the middle, but to JAMIN, who has won against countless pros so far, it felt honest.

Even so.

JAMIN couldn’t beat Arang in front of them because of Arang’s overwhelming physicality.

‘Is this even a human?’

Familiar attacks, attacks that I’ve been hit by several times.

I know them, but the speed of Arang’s attacks, which cancel all pre-delay and post-delay with overwhelming physicality, is like.

‘Is it like getting hit by a child without arms and legs? It’s like fighting someone with four arms and legs?’