episode_0141

‘Are these guys ghosts who lost their heads in their past lives and are still haunting me? Why can’t they just hit my head?’

Was it because I kept getting hit in the forehead, or was it a side effect of constantly using a technique that only roughly drew images?

Do Yu-jin clenched her teeth hard as she saw the edges of her vision flickering like a haze, while feeling the pain that stabbed her head like an awl.

To be honest, I was tired.

If possible, I would like to just sit on the floor and fall asleep.

But Do Yu-jin suppressed the desire rising in her chest with a faint sigh.

It was because there was still a mountain of work left in front of me, but more than anything… …

“Die!!!”

Because it was easy to see that if I lost consciousness right here in front of that guy, I would wake up on a cloud the next time.

‘Ha, that’s why I tried not to come out as much as possible.’

Do Yu-jin grumbled lightly inwardly and took a deep breath as she watched the giant club approaching in real time.

Black dog of the Black Dragon Society’s Cheongdo branch.

Monica Ailion on the Circle Rooftop.

Nameless Inspector of the Hidden Dungeon.

Do Yu-jin, who had various experiences by facing three types of enemies in three places, combined them all and came to one realization.

Given how many incidents have occurred in such a short period of time, it seems likely that such situations will continue to occur in the future. Before that happens, I realized that I need to develop a technology that can at least protect my body.

‘When it comes to offense, you don’t have to rack your brain to come up with a lot of ideas, but when it comes to defense, it’s not like that.’

How can I keep this body, so frail and fragile as a sheet of paper, safe from the fires of a fierce battle?

Do Yu-jin continued to worry about him while holding her head.

In other words, what Do Yu-jin is trying to show now is the result of such long and arduous thinking.

Ssuk-

The magical power that blooms from the heart pierces through the chest and flows down through the fingertips.

The magical power that had been revealed like that danced playfully, dyeing itself in black light.

A sensation as if a huge wave was gently biting my finger and holding it in my mouth lingered at my fingertips.

“Sup… … ”

Do Yu-jin took a deep breath and wiggled her outstretched fingers.

[The One Standing at the Edge of Darkness (9★)].

A trait that he used in the past to fool Ellis’ detection magic, which erases the boundary between himself and the darkness.

Through him, Do Yu-jin felt the moment when she crossed the line, the moment when she entered an even deeper darkness and created a fairy tale.

“Haaa… … ”

I exhale the breath I had swallowed.

What he wants to do now is to replace his own body by assimilating it with the attribute itself.

This simply meant that he was entering a realm called the “extreme” among those who deal with attributes.

Therefore, it is only natural that it boasts an extremely brutal difficulty level that makes it impossible to even breathe properly, let alone laugh in vain.

Even unlike back then, Do Yu-jin could only use one trait now, and his extremely weak body still held him back like shackles, hindering him.

‘Well, still… … ‘

Kook-

‘There are a lot of flashy words, but in the end, the point is that you go back to a place you’ve already been to.’

As I’ve said before, the [talent] that the system talks about is not an absolute value, but a correction value.

That is, while others start from the dusty ground, Do Yu-jin can start from the top of a hundred giant steps.

Through this, Do Yu-jin broke the rules of limitations and the ceiling set by the world.

A talent that reaches the realm of the irrational.

He was a man who did not trust himself, but he was not like that, and rather, because he was like that, he trusted his own talent.

And as if responding to that conviction.

Jeez-!

The talent that Do Yu-jin possessed made his huge body wiggle slightly and forcibly made the seeds that had not yet bloomed bloom.

Kuung!

A dizzying feeling as if the very edge of one’s existence is being filled with something black.

Do Yu-jin, who felt the same thrill as before, unconsciously lifted up her lips covered by the mask.

However, Do Yu-jin’s smile contained both a sense of accomplishment and a sense of emptiness.

‘I concentrated so hard that my nose bled because it was the last one, but it seems like all I’ve done is stain one finger.’

ha-

A sigh that would have caused someone else to collapse from high blood pressure if they had heard it.

He exhaled lightly and lifted his black-filled fingers.

It’s like pointing to the moon stuck in the distant night sky.

On top of that appearance of hers, Do Yu-jin added a new characteristic.

[Welcome to my castle (5★)].

A characteristic that creates a new, disconnected subspace by spreading a huge curtain of shadows in a location desired by the user.

Originally, Do Yu-jin used this mainly to create a giant barrier to hide his appearance.

But now it’s the opposite.

Shururuk-

The size of the black curtain that would have originally covered the area is reduced to a small size, like a fingernail.

As he wrapped the thing that was condensed and condensed so much that it boasted a darker light than the original, on his skin, a small shield boasting a clear sheen was created at Do Yu-jin’s fingertips.

It was scales.

For example, something like this… …

Kwaaang-!

“What?”

“Huh?”

Partially cuts through space, boasting an overwhelming destructive power and black scales that are so strong they can even take a falling club without a scratch.

Direct attacks are blocked by the isolated space itself, which acts as a wall, and the subsequent shock is received by the body that has turned into darkness.

A defensive device created by combining the technology of spatial separation and the power of darkness to absorb.

An original technique that Do Yu-jin created by squeezing everything he had.

Black scale.

‘Well, it’s a technique that lives up to its name, but it’s still full of weaknesses.’

Do Yu-jin chewed her tongue, which had already turned into a rag, and tried to continue thinking.

If I didn’t do this, I felt like I would faint at any moment from the overwhelming fatigue.

‘The amount of magical power and mental power consumed is enormous, but the area that can be blocked by spreading the black line is only about the size of a fingernail.’

Even that wasn’t the only problem.

Swish-

‘Wow, my physical condition is really the worst.’

Just because you have a shield doesn’t mean you can block all damage.

Even though it was surrounded by an unbreakable curtain like that, the impact did not disappear, and even if the attack was blocked, something like a shock wave shook Doyujin’s body, which maintained its substance beyond the scales.

‘The biggest reason is that the shock-absorbing technology is still imperfect… … But even so, isn’t this a bit too weak of a body?’

When Do Yu-jin was looking at her body creaking here and there as if screaming, she was lamenting inside.

“Dae, how on earth… … ”

The oni, who had just lost all his chances in one blow, muttered with a frightened look on his face.

“Oh, right. I forgot about you.”

The Ghost Festival, an annoying festival where the challenger must start by taking a hit.

But still, there was one thing that I liked about Do Yu-jin, and that was that when attacking, you only had to focus on attacking, and when defending, you only had to focus on defense.

Of course, this was simply a rule made to spice up the game, but it wasn’t for Do Yu-jin.

Click-

Click-

It was thanks to this rule that Do Yu-jin was able to change the tool called trait as she wished and draw out her power beyond her limits.

“Hoo… … ”

Like an owl that spreads its wings only when dusk falls, as its characteristics change, an intense murderous aura spreads out around Do Yu-jin and raises its head.

A thick and huge murderous intent that even made him lose his sense of reason.

Do Yu-jin thought quietly as she watched it catch the attention of the enemy right in front of her like a blooming poppy and quietly squeeze and oppress their body and mind like a spider out on the hunt.

‘I guess I won’t be using this trait much.’

[Still young murder (5★)].

This trait allowed him to instinctively pinpoint the weak points of enemies in front of him, as if fangs had sprouted from his chest, and inflict deeper wounds.

A trait with exceptional abilities even among heroes.

But instead, there was one side effect.

Kukuku-

‘Oh, my head hurts.’

If you kill something with this trait activated, it is difficult to control because a murderous aura gradually rises from within your chest, paralyzing your reason, as if you were drinking alcohol.

Even if the trait was removed, the killing aura that was created this way did not disappear.

No, to be exact, the structure was such that if you deactivate the trait, the life force disappears, but if you reactivate it, the life force that was lost comes back.

‘Well, it seems like the effects of the traits get better in proportion to the increase in life force… … But I still don’t want to use it that much.’

It’s best to finish it quickly.

Do Yu-jin, with that fact in mind, tried hard to hold onto her hazy sense of reason and took in the enemy’s appearance with her loosened eyes.

[Still young murder (5★)],

The snake-like creature crawls up, making a creepy, eerie sound as it illuminates the location of the enemy’s weak points.

Hit-

Do Yu-jin followed him, slowly and with large steps, and swung her dagger in the same posture.

[Welcome to my castle (5★)].

As if responding to his appearance, the black curtain that had been acting as a shield at Do Yu-jin’s fingertips a moment ago changed its position and wrapped around the dagger, flashing an eerie black light.

A pitch-black sword boasting the same aura as the sword commonly called Geom-gi was held in Do Yu-jin’s hand.

Swish-

Thanks to that, Do Yu-jin’s hands gently sliced open Oni’s chest, which was trembling in fear, as if slicing a well-cooked steak.

In that state, Do Yu-jin used the skill while adding strength to her grip.

[Rock On],

The target is the beating heart deep inside the guy’s body.

The guy who realized too late what Do Yu-jin was eating tried to resist somehow, but his body had already surrendered to life a long time ago.

Trembling-

I couldn’t move a single finger at will.

The guy tried to scream, but unfortunately, the guy couldn’t open his mouth and let out a sound.

[biting].

It was faster for Do Yu-jin to devour the guy’s heart with a dagger.

“Hoo… … ”

Do Yu-jin’s second technique, Heuk-a (黑牙), was created by applying the sense of creating black phosphorus.

Do Yu-jin quietly retrieved the dagger as he watched the results of the technique.

‘If it was a good experience, then I guess you could say it was a good experience.’

This kind of unique type of practice is not something you can usually experience just because you want to.

but.

Duuk-

As I felt the hot blood flowing through my fingertips, I couldn’t help but think about it.

‘I guess it’s not a good idea to fight head-on like this.’

Do Yu-jin liked to deal with enemies quietly from behind.

Well, the best thing would be not having to fight at all.