357. Flesh (7)

24-hour virtual world.

It’s the best environment for playing virtual reality games, but 24 hours is harder than you think.

No matter how fun a game is, you get tired of playing it continuously.

Especially if it’s a virtual reality game that uses your whole body, not just your hands.

Fortunately, the access device is super high-performance, so there are fewer inconveniences than with ordinary access devices.

‘I guess I’ll have to keep playing Leore for a while.’

I’ve already given up on the Space War Tournament.

Trying to go out and participate in the Space War Tournament in my current state will only increase the anxiety of my family.

I don’t want to give my family, who already look like they’re about to cry if I touch them even slightly, any more anxiety.

‘I should hold off on the half-bath for a while too… Mature me has to understand.’

I was going to give up the Leore raid and go to the Space War Tournament, but I can’t help it.

There’s still about a month left for the Leore raid. I don’t have many unique items, but I gave up because there are almost no combat unique items left on the auction house.

‘Should I play another game?’

Brown Dust, Monster Hunter, Battleground, Space War…

In fact, there are so many virtual reality games. No, there are just so many worlds.

I thought I would play a variety of games, but I haven’t been able to explore many worlds. But it can’t be helped because these virtual reality games are all so damn good.

Once you fall into that world, you keep playing.

Each and every game is so much fun.

‘I guess I should just keep playing Leore.’

I’m a little annoyed because of my heavy body, but Leore is the world where I first opened my eyes and the game I enjoy the most.

To loosen up my body and adjust to the changed body, I stood in front of the scarecrow again.

I took out my most familiar one-handed sword and raised it towards the scarecrow.

My senses are now dominated by the senses before I gained weight. If I had adapted little by little as I gained weight, it would have been different, but it suddenly increased so much that it will take a considerable amount of time to adapt.

But it’s just annoying, not difficult.

Because I’m the best right now.

I ran towards the scarecrow.

==

,This is so boring.”

I felt like the senses that had been stored little by little were being covered up, but the scarecrow just kept getting hit, so I quickly got bored.

Back in the computer days, I used to practice my DPS rotation for hours, but now that I’m a kid, I don’t want to do boring practice.

,I should raise my senses through combat.”

I went to the field boss, Orc Chieftain, whom I first fought in a long time.

Even if you’re already at max level, the field boss is basically level-adjusted, so the field boss is still strong.

There are still less than 10 people in Leore who have cleared the Orc Chieftain solo.

That’s how much you need to have outstanding physical skills to catch a field boss solo.

And this body was the first to solo kill it.

A considerably large Orc Chieftain. An axe as big as my body to match that size.

,Waaaaaah!!!”

As the thick roar echoed loudly, I smirked. Nothing has changed since I first caught him solo.

When I first caught the Orc Chieftain, I really didn’t know anything. I caught him by the skin of my teeth back then.

My level was low, I had no information, and my skills were really beginner compared to now.

The Orc Chieftain ran towards me, raised his huge axe, and swung it.

I lightly raised my beloved sword, the one-handed sword, Tasim Sword, to parry-

Kwaang!!!

The axe, filled with powerful force, split my upper body in half along with my sword.

,Eh?”

And I died just like that.

As soon as I opened my eyes in the beginner village, I said coolly.

,Shit.”

I was so happy to see the Orc Chieftain that I raised my hand to parry without thinking, but I was split in half by the Orc Chieftain.

‘Come to think of it, parrying is the problem…!’

The most important thing in parrying is timing.

You can’t just block attacks recklessly and succeed. You have to block it before the opponent’s attack reaches its strongest point to succeed in parrying.

It’s difficult to unleash a strong attack in the initial part of a melee attack. The power accelerates and becomes stronger as it gains strength and speed.

Melee parrying succeeds when you block it before that power becomes stronger.

But my hand moved slower than I expected, and the parry failed in the end. Of course, if it was a normal monster, the parry would have been judged as successful. But the monster just now wasn’t just a monster, it was a field boss monster.

If the timing is off even a little, you’re dead.

‘Okay. I’m going to challenge the field boss again.’

Either way, I have to improve my body’s senses. To do that, I have to be able to easily catch the field boss solo.

==

The news of Arang’s field boss Orc Chieftain solo run spread quickly.

In the past, there were only beginners in the beginner village and there were few users, but after the story quest patch, there were many users everywhere.

Naturally, the news spread to the users as Arang continued to respawn in the beginner village.

Everyone felt something strange as they watched Arang trying the Orc Chieftain.

Arang, who had cleared the Orc Chieftain even at level 10, kept dying to the Orc Chieftain.

And that was because he failed to parry.

,What is it? Is it not Arang?”

,What the hell are you talking about? Nickname duplication is impossible, and the Munchkin Cat guild is clearly written on top.”

,That’s right.”

,No, and if you look at the The First title above, it means you’ve done a first clear before, a first clear user, Munchkin Cat, Lee Arang nickname. It’s definitely Arang.”

,Then why can’t Arang catch the Orc Chieftain?”

,Well… I don’t know…”

In Leore, Arang is a user with better physical skills than anyone else.

He is also the only user who parries the boss monster alone. There’s even a story that you can check whether there’s an instant kill in the raid by checking with Arang.

He has such overwhelming physical skills that there’s a saying that if Arang lives, it’s not an instant kill, and if Arang dies, it’s an instant kill.

Such Arang is fighting precariously against one Orc Chieftain monster.

Of course, that’s also an unbelievable physical skill.

But if it’s Arang that the users originally knew, he’s strong enough to just kill that Orc Chieftain.

At first, I thought it was Arang impersonating? But it’s definitely not.

Nickname, guild, title. And the fact that the real body is 100% the same body, even the dotted lines that prove that he has such a small height and no arms and legs in reality.

It was proving that the user fighting the Orc Chieftain was Arang.

If you prove that it’s Arang, what’s next?

It’s the question of why?

He’s showing a completely different side from the Arang I usually see.

He makes a lot of parry mistakes, and sometimes he fails to parry and dies.

That Arang is.

No matter how much Leore follows the virtual world stats, it doesn’t mean that it has no effect on the real body.

If the real body is not in good condition, injured, or has body aches, it will affect the virtual world.

That’s why I thought Arang might not be in good condition?

But as the number of times Arang died increased, the users began to feel something strange.

If it’s not a condition problem? That thought began to creep into the users’ minds.

Arang is now fighting desperately with the Orc Chieftain.

As if he can’t believe his skills.

No matter how bad your condition is, can your skills be that different?

No. No matter how you look at it, it wasn’t a condition problem.

That’s how the real Arang, who was automatically floating in the users’ minds.

Arang, who had to have his arms and legs amputated due to illness and is struggling with numerous mental illnesses.

If it were another user, they would have just said that their condition wasn’t good today. But not Arang.

You never know when or how Arang will be.

Arang’s seizure is deeply ingrained in the users’ minds.

Arang, who always smiled and made everyone happy, was even more shocking to see him suffering from a seizure.

As Arang’s appearance came to mind again, the users began to feel more and more anxious.

The users’ anxiety grew like a snowball as they watched Arang’s desperate fight with the Orc Chieftain.

==

It’s fun.

I rediscovered the fun I had forgotten in Leore.

I remembered the fun I had forgotten while reaching max level, reaching the peak of my physical skills, and working as a world boss.

Desperation. Extreme situation.

Not a rigidly defined situation where you just DPS while figuring out gimmicks or patterns, the tanker blocks when it’s time to block, and the healer heals, but a desperate situation to overcome the extreme situation where you don’t know when or how you’ll die.

Parrying is also difficult.

All I can do is block.

Kwaang!!!

,Ugh…!”

I blocked it, but I flew back with my sword, but I kept my eyes on the Orc Chieftain and quickly regained my posture.

The Orc Chieftain is already in front of me.

As soon as I saw the muscles in his right shoulder moving and the force of his body being focused on his shoulder, I immediately realized that he was trying to push my center of gravity with his shoulder.

I intentionally didn’t resist the force that was still trying to push me back and pushed back further.

The Orc Chieftain’s right shoulder came right up to my face.

Even if my senses are broken and my physical skills have decreased, my mental physical skills have not decreased.

Rather, it’s in a better state due to sensory hypersensitivity.

Buung!

The Orc Chieftain’s axe, which would end the game if I got hit even once, whizzed past my head.

I immediately stabbed my one-handed sword into the Orc Chieftain’s thigh, which was full of flaws because he had failed all his attacks by coming right in front of me.

,Kuweowo!”

The Orc Chieftain tried to retreat from the pain in his thigh.

‘Chance.’

I immediately tripped the Orc Chieftain’s foot-

,Ugh!”

Rather, I lost my balance and my body leaned forward as I was pushed by the Orc Chieftain’s retreating leg.

Without realizing it, I tripped him thinking about my world boss days.

‘Damn it!’

The Orc Chieftain punched me as I was falling.

‘I should have pulled back more. You Orc bastard!’

The opportunity came.

Am I annoying him so much? The Orc Chieftain should have retreated further and reorganized to regain his balance, but he forcibly stretched out his fist towards me.

I moved my body as forcibly as possible to barely avoid the fist and went straight into the Orc Chieftain’s arms.

The advantage that comes from the huge body difference.

It’s much more advantageous if a small me sticks to the Orc Chieftain because he’s big. Because the Orc Chieftain’s attacks are huge, the only way to attack me is to push me with his body.

But that push is only possible if the body’s center of gravity is balanced.

The Orc Chieftain’s body was already retreating and it was impossible to push me.

,Heuiyayayayayayyat!!!”

I screamed with all my might and stabbed Tasim Sword into the neck of the Orc Chieftain, who had lost his balance.

Puwook!

And.

I cut off the Orc Chieftain’s neck.

Seogeok!

A colorful effect and particles that were enough to cover my eyes filled my eyes.