Chapter 74 – Pat Pat

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-Ding.

PVP Arena Ranked Game Placement Test: 9 Wins, 0 Losses.

The last match was just made.

I rubbed my hands together and prayed.

‘Please, not an Enchanter, not an Enchanter, not an Enchanter, not an Enchanter, not an Enchanter, not an Enchanter!’

Out of the 9 matches, a whopping 5 were against Enchanters.

All 5 matches stubbornly clung on, lasting until time ran out.

Fighting against them takes almost 5 times longer than fighting other classes, and getting hit with CC skills makes my body feel heavy and tired.

Please, let the last match be anything but…!

My vision turned jet black, and I was sucked into the arena.

And the last opponent I saw…

A slender figure in clothes that clung tightly like an Assassin’s, but the bow in their hand and the arrows visible behind them clearly indicated an Archer-type class.

“Niceeeeeeeee!!!”

The large bow, as tall as the user, meant that the user in front of me was a [Wanderer], the most bow-specialized class among Archers.

With no shortcomings in range, attack speed, CC skills, or mobility, it’s a pretty good class in Raids and PVP alike.

Others might dislike it, but after constantly fighting boring Enchanters, the [Wanderer] in front of me made me want to cry tears of joy.

“Wow… a WFK title. Wait, isn’t that Lee Arang…?”

“Hello.”

“Ah, nice to meet you.”

Oh, thankfully a normal user.

“Arangnim, do you do PVP?”

“I’m trying it out now. This is my last placement match.”

“I see, wait a minute, placement…?”

“Yes. Placement Test.”

“Huh…? I’m Diamond…? Is it possible to match with Diamond in a Placement Test…?”

Ding, ding.

“I don’t know what’s going on, but since we’ve met, please take care of me.”

I smiled at the [Wanderer] user who looked bewildered.

“Okay! Please take care of me too!”

START!

I used the mobility skill I had pre-casted to teleport behind the Wanderer.

But I couldn’t see the Wanderer in front of me.

All I saw was a tiny seed.

‘Wanderer’s Bind skill.’

Thanks to Soonchu, I had learned the forms of each class’s main CC skills in advance, so I quickly canceled the skill and returned to where I was before casting it.

The [Assassin]’s mobility skill is a very high-tier mobility skill.

Even after using the skill to move to the desired location, the skill doesn’t end for 1 second. If you make a decision within that 1 second and cancel the skill, you can return to where you originally cast it.

This allows for a lot of mind games in PVP, making it a much better skill than other classes’ mobility skills.

To predict that I would use the mobility skill right away, create distance with their own mobility skill, and use a CC skill in the place where they were…

As expected of a Wanderer user who said they were Diamond.

As soon as I returned to where I was, vines burst out from where the Wanderer user had been.

Shushushushushuk!

Behind!

I immediately turned around at the sound of arrows coming from behind.

‘Did they predict that I would cancel the skill?’

Arrows were rushing towards me to kill me, and I could see the Wanderer user far away.

I blinked once, and the arrows had already reached right in front of me.

But no matter how fast the arrows were, they were much slower than the magic of an Enchanter, a class full of instant CC skills.

Even without using Extrasensory Perception, I was already used to instant magic, so I could easily block the arrows.

Clang!

Starting with one arrow, I parried all the arrows rushing towards me with the daggers in both hands, without missing a single one.

“Eh?”

The Wanderer user looked flustered. I immediately rushed towards the Wanderer.

The Wanderer user quickly regained their senses and started moving, using various skills on me.

Estimating the size, speed, and damage of the arrows, I used skills on my daggers to parry or deflect all attacks without any risk.

In the continuous chase, I ran without being stunned even once.

“What is this…?”

Clean movements even without Awakening Mode. A supple body.

‘Is this the effect of exercise…?’

Of course, exercising for just one day wouldn’t have an immediate effect, but my condition was at its best today, despite meeting so many Enchanters.

The arrows were definitely fast, but my body reacted faster.

If the arrows were flying like shotgun pellets all at once, I wouldn’t even think about parrying, but none of the Wanderer’s skills were like that.

Of course, many arrows fly at once, but instead of 10 arrows coming out at the same time as soon as the skill is used, they come out of the bow with terrifying speed, so if you stay calm, you can parry them all without difficulty.

If I had only parried, I would have been stunned, but because I parry while also activating skills, I wasn’t stunned.

Since the Wanderer focuses on attack speed rather than attack power, they are a very easy class for me to deal with, as I can easily parry.

“Cooldowns… can’t keep up…!”

The Wanderer user, who had been using mobility skills and attack skills to escape my continuous pursuit, was eventually caught by me.

I didn’t miss that opportunity and attacked the Wanderer user’s body with insane speed.

Their HP decreased rapidly.

The Wanderer user desperately tried to escape.

But the moment you give an Assassin distance, you’ve already lost!

I poured all my attacks into the head, neck, and heart, which are considered vital points.

The Wanderer user didn’t just stand still. In the short moments before being stunned, they raised both arms in a cross to protect their head, neck, and heart.

But I immediately grabbed the daggers in reverse grip and stabbed the daggers into the Wanderer’s arms, then slashed downwards.

With the arms falling naturally, I pulled out the daggers and stabbed both of them into the Wanderer’s neck, then slashed the daggers as if tearing them apart from side to side.

It was perfect without a single error.

The Wanderer user, who was hit with overwhelming damage compared to attacking other parts and, more importantly, the Stun System, couldn’t counterattack.

They probably didn’t expect to be stunned by the first attack.

Paaat!

The Wanderer user cleanly burst into particles. I jumped up at the sight of the victory text in front of me.

[Placement Test 10 Wins 0 Losses]

[Platinum 1 0P]

“Oh… I got Platinum 1?”

I was surprised by the higher-than-expected rank. Even if I had 10 wins and 0 losses, I thought I would get Platinum 5 at best, but Platinum 1.

‘Well, LEORE isn’t just any game.’

It’s a virtual reality game with super-performance AI, so it won’t just judge your tier based on wins and losses.

‘The AI must have realized that my skills are amazing, hmm hmm.’

The Placement Test was over, but I was too exhausted to immediately start Ranked Games.

If I had just played 10 normal matches, it might have been okay, but I was mentally exhausted from playing 5 out of 10 matches against Enchanters.

‘What time is it now? Still 6 PM?’

Even after doing rehabilitation training, exercise, and massage in the morning, and playing 10 Placement Test matches, I still have plenty of time.

‘I’m tired, so I should stop playing LEORE for now.’

I said goodbye in the Guild chat and logged out.

As soon as I arrived in the virtual room, I jumped onto the bed. The bed that always welcomes me.

[Arang, you finished early today?]

While I was rolling around on the bed, I heard Doctor Hyesun’s voice, so I opened the settings window and displayed the hospital room screen in front of me.

There was a book and a cup on the table, as if she had been reading in the room.

“Why are you resting here, Doctor? Aren’t you tired?”

[What’s tiring about it? I was just sitting and reading a book.]

“Still, the feeling is different in your own space compared to another space.”

[I like it here with Arang, though? But it would be even better if Arang was next to me~?]

I hesitated slightly at Doctor Hyesun’s words.

I already liked being in someone’s arms, but because of the Belly Cover, I preferred being held with my belly being petted.

It’s like how cats have a concentration of nerves around their tail, so they like being tapped, or how dogs like having their bellies scratched. I like having my belly petted and patted. Or rather, I’ve come to like it.

It’s probably because my physical senses and nerves have developed.

‘It’s all because of the Belly Cover…’

I sighed deeply and pressed the Endoflife terminal shutdown button.

My vision turned jet black, and not long after, bright light entered my eyes, and I opened them.

“Huh? Arang, you really came out?”

“Yeah… Didn’t you want me to…?”

“Well, I did want you to, but I didn’t think you’d actually come out. Arang always logs off around dawn.”

“Hold me quickly…”

“Okay, okay. Oop.”

Doctor Hyesun isn’t that muscular or well-built, but she held me up effortlessly.

In fact, I think everyone would be able to hold me by the time I’m a high school student. I remember my weight starting with a 2.

I’m 15 years old, but because of my illness, I haven’t grown, and because I don’t have arms or legs, my weight is bound to be small.

Anyway, Doctor Hyesun held me up and went to the chair she had been sitting on earlier, placed me in her arms, and reached for the book with one hand while the other was on my belly.

Doctor Hyesun slowly read the book aloud, spending time with me.