Ch.314Huya Festival (4)

“Come at me.”

Dopli said, holding a spear.

“………”

A new weapon at this point? I thought I had figured him out from our previous fight… This would break the routine.

“If you won’t come to me… I’ll come to you.”

After saying that, Dopli immediately closed the distance between us.

Swooooosh-!!

With an ear-splitting sound, the distance between Dopli and me instantly became zero.

Claaang-! Clang-! Claaang-!

Three consecutive spear thrusts came flying at me.

“Shit…!!”

These weren’t just ordinary thrusts.

A powerful strike with a wind-up, then one without any wind-up… and finally an off-beat strike with no preparation.

Claaaaaang-!!

Though I barely blocked it, my stance was completely broken.

“You… shit!! How am I supposed to block this?!”

This is an unfair pattern!!

“Hah. But you did block it.”

Dopli laughed.

“Hnnnngh!!!”

Claaang-!! Clang-! Clang-!! Claaang-!

After that, a series of on-beat and off-beat slashes continued one after another.

I had completely lost my pace.

“Is that all?! Huh?! You can’t protect the world with just that!!”

Dopli laughed as he swung his spear.

I had to admit it. The sword wasn’t working. So I had only one option left. I needed to catch him off guard.

Just one opening was all I needed.

“Hyaaaaaaah!!!”

I charged toward him with my sword raised.

“Uhahaha!!! You’ve given up!!!”

Dopli laughed as he prepared to counter-attack.

Claaaaaang-!!

Dopli perfectly blocked my sword strike.

“This is the end!! Unfortunately… as you are now, you cannot stop this tragedy!! Before you experience that sorrow… I’ll kill you here and resurrect you!! One more loop and…!!”

Dopli immediately thrust his spear.

However, that was exactly what I was aiming for.

Swooooosh-!!

I immediately condensed wind in one hand. It was temporary, but enough to deflect one attack.

Moreover, his slash was a perfect on-beat strike, ideal for deflecting.

Tiiiiiiiing-!

I deflected the blade of the spear with my arm. Simultaneously, the spear’s blade shattered into pieces.

“……?!!”

Dopli’s expression hardened, as if he hadn’t expected this technique.

This was an original technique I learned here. He couldn’t have known about it.

“Hyaaaah!!!”

I immediately swung my sword.

Shlaaaaaaash-!!

The sword pierced his shoulder and went straight through to his heart.

“Guhaaack…!!!”

Dopli staggered greatly. But that wasn’t enough.

Rumble-!!

Alchemy activated from the tattoos on Dopli’s body. Soon, his wounds began to heal at a rapid pace.

“Not… yet…!! If I’m weak… one more loop… get stronger one more time….!!”

Dopli tried to stand up immediately.

“That’s loop addiction!! You idiot!!”

I shouted loudly, letting go of my sword and grabbing his waist.

“What are you trying to…!!”

“This is Earth’s pro wrestling!!”

I said as I grabbed his waist and lifted him high.

“What… what are you trying to…!!”

Dopli struggled.

“German suplex!!”

I immediately bent my waist and slammed him into the ground, flipping him backward.

CRASH!!!

The suplex connected perfectly.

“Guh… hack…!!”

Dopli collapsed face-down on the ground.

Crack-!

The sound of his neck breaking rang out clearly.

“Gahack…..!!”

Dopli struggled to get up. Wait. His neck is broken but he’s fine?

“To think you’d win… But it’s not enough. Not enough… This won’t prevent the apocalypse… I need to loop one more time…”

Dopli said.

This damn reroll addict…

“You coward.”

I said one line toward him.

“……..”

At those words, Dopli’s expression hardened.

“I understand. You’ve been through too much shit in your life. It’s natural to become a coward. But… if you don’t cherish the present, you won’t be able to protect anything.”

I said as I raised my sword.

“I’ll defeat Pink Beard or whatever with the bonds I have now!!”

I stood up and raised my sword.

“Hah… I see… You’ve… grown stronger. Both inside and out…”

After that, Dopli assumed a formal sitting position.

“Cut me down. And surpass me.”

Dopli spoke as if he had made up his mind.

“………”

“Don’t hesitate.”

Dopli said firmly.

“Alright. I’ll cut you down painlessly.”

I raised my sword.

“………”

Dopli smiled faintly. This guy… he had started all this nonsense with this resolution in mind. As a fellow man, I couldn’t ignore that.

“Farewell. May your next life… be happy.”

I immediately cut his neck.

Shlaaaaaaash-!!!!!!

I cut his neck painlessly.

Swooooosh-!!

Dopli’s corpse turned into crystals of light and disappeared.

Flash-!!!

With that, the soul room returned to normal.

“Phew… we survived.”

Blue Beard and Green Beard finally got up.

“You did it.”

But… Violet’s expression was strangely rigid.

“What’s wrong, Violet? Need to go to the bathroom?”

I asked Violet.

“What are you saying!! You really don’t know how to read the mood!!”

Violet immediately got angry.

Come on. I was just trying to break the ice.

“No. That man… his eyes looked very sad.”

Violet seemed to feel sympathy for Dopli. She’s always snappy and angry with me… I didn’t know she had such a sentimental side.

“That person… was you from another world, right?”

Violet said, blushing slightly.

“He was dignified and cool…”

Violet seemed to have a preference for that mature type.

“But why are you…”

Then, Violet’s face hardened as she looked at me.

“Hey now. I’m still young! When I get older, I can become dignified like that too!”

I immediately protested.

“No… I think you’ll be exactly the same even when you get older…”

Violet said with a disgusted expression.

That’s too harsh. How can I raise this Violet’s affection? That was the question.

Ding-!

At that moment, my status window chimed.

‘Great Trial Cleared’

‘You have surpassed your past self. And you have inherited all his power. Strength +100, Agility +100, Endurance +50.’

An incredible stat increase appeared on my status window.

“No… damn… is this for real?”

My mouth fell open. I never expected it to increase by three digits.

Ding-!

Then, the status window chimed once more.

‘Weapon Master: You can handle all types of weapons. You are threatening with anything in your hands. Apply additional proficiency and critical rate to all weapon types.’

Getting a pretty good trait was a bonus. The nonsense during the festival was worth it after all.

Crackle-!!

While checking the status window to see if there was anything else, noise appeared on the screen.

‘Psychorobo Unlock Method Unlocked: True Pinocchio’

A Psychorobo unlock method for me? Could it be… can I now synthesize Psychorobos too? With such expectations, I scrolled down.

‘??????’

‘??????’

However, all the text inside was broken. It was full of question marks.

‘꿲쉙깕끾텥토’

A message appeared that looked like a corrupted Korean file. You… installed the Korean patch wrong. Brings back memories. This is what happens when you install adult games incorrectly and the Korean text gets corrupted. Anyway, I couldn’t do anything with this. I decided to skip the Psychorobo stuff for now.

———-

“Then Violet!! Quickly convert the memory of the strong!!”

I immediately reached out my hand toward Violet.

“Sigh… I have no choice.”

Violet sighed and tried to take my hand.

Zing-!

However, as light emanated from Violet’s hand, my hand was repelled.

“What…”

Violet seemed not to have predicted this situation.

“Hmm… Perhaps the volume of memory to be converted is too large.”

Blue Beard looked at me with interest.

“Violet. It seems holding hands is not enough. It might be impossible unless you increase physical contact.”

Blue Beard said.

“M-more physical contact?!!”

Violet’s expression hardened.

“Yes. Physical contact. We need to increase the contact rate within the body to convert the strong one’s memory all at once.”

Blue Beard said.

“W-what exactly do I need to do?”

Honestly, I couldn’t help but feel excited.

“Generally, the best way to transfer a conceptual entity is… to place a hand on the chest.”

Blue Beard said.

“Then there’s no choice…”

Do I have to grope Violet’s chest? Well, can’t be helped.

“You… why are you making such a pleased expression…”

Violet looked at me with truly disgusted eyes.

“It’s to save the world. We have no choice.”

I said.

“Listen!! Just lightly place your hand on my chest!! If you try anything else, you’ll die!! Really!!”

Violet immediately got angry.

“Sure. Trust your big brother.”

I looked at Violet with deep eyes and said.

“That’s absolutely not a line to be trusted!!”

Violet objected. Ooh… she’s progressing from just being snappy to having sharper objections. Violet is… growing too!

“Come on. Hurry up.”

Violet exposed her chest defenseless, despite not trusting me. She’s surprisingly dedicated to her job.

I brought my hand to Violet’s chest.

“………”

“………”

But the strong one’s memory wasn’t being converted at all.

“I’m… nervous.”

Violet blushed and cleared her throat.

Grope grope-!

At that, I caressed Violet’s chest. I could feel the overwhelming texture of her breasts.

“What do you think you’re doing!!!”

Violet immediately slapped me.

Slap-!

However, the slap didn’t break my posture. My body’s durability had increased too much. I continued to grope Violet’s chest while receiving continuous slaps.

Breasts… I, I want to touch them too…!!

“No!! What kind of determination is this!!”

Violet blushed and got angry.

However, groping her chest was worth it. Immediately, Violet’s hand glowed and the strong one’s memory was converted.

Ding-!

My stats increased as planned.

“It was all to help Violet relax. See, your tension was relieved as soon as your chest was touched.”

I said with a smile.

“…Do you think that explains anything?”

Violet just looked at me like I was a bug.

“…Sorry.”

I apologized immediately.

Anyway, the brief incident before the festival ended with that.