episode_0084

Episode.84 Last Chance

“Did you think I would attack you with the same obvious method?”

Beatrice kicked my back as if pushing me away with her foot.

The two daggers stuck in my body fell out, and blood gushed out like a fountain in their place.

“Ah…”

“Hehe… This feeling of happiness fills me up every time I pick the backs of guys who think they’ve won everything… I really can’t stand it.”

“Cough! There’s no such thing as a crazy bitch… Are you and the only crazy people like you in the Ring Guard’s Adventurer’s Guild?”

I forced myself to endure the pain and tried to stand up.

“You don’t know that, I’ll end it like this. You lasted a long time, little guy.”

As she said, I lasted a long time.

‘My situation now…’

I have already taken damage that would kill an ordinary person instantly.

Also, even if you were not an ordinary person, if you suffered this much damage in battle, you could say you were defeated.

The strength stat literally increases your strength and stamina.

Fortunately, I didn’t die instantly because my strength stat was up to 20.

“Now I’ll make it easier for you.”

– Spot!

Once again Beatrice disappeared from my sight.

‘My eyes are closing… just like this…’

-Shoouuuk!

The sound of a cold blade cutting through the wind and coming down through air resistance.

‘Shadow Attack… activated.’

– Sigh!

I hid under a black shadow soaked in my own blood.

– Quang!!

A bloody sound coming from outside the shadows.

“Damn, where were you hiding? Come out now!”

‘Was this a meaningful action…’

First, I quickly hid in the shadows using a technique called ‘Shadow Attack’.

From Beatrice’s perspective, it probably looked like I was being sucked into the ground.

‘Ugh… the bleeding won’t stop. Is this the end?’

I have heard that when a person is about to die, a flash of light passes by and time passes slowly.

I couldn’t believe it.

But after experiencing it myself, I could believe it.

What are your thoughts at this moment when your awareness is at its peak?

The idea of living no matter what happens.

‘But for what?’

Living for something is not necessarily the whole of life.

And I have already inherited the will.

‘What kind of will did you have?’

Verdium’s will.

Well, just a short word.

To take good care of Illya.

Even if the weight of those words weighs me down, for the sake of the will I inherited, I must at least appear victorious in this battle.

‘Yes… It would be a shame to give up on this fight, right? At most, I could have brought some of Verdium’s power.’

I was sucked into the shadows, and once again put my strength into the handle of the sword that was barely in my hand.

‘Hehe, when I first received the power of the system, I just thought I would use it to satisfy my own self-interest… but it seems like this has become a big problem.’

In fact, what made it possible for me to stand against an absurdly strong being was not the power of Verdium, nor my thoughts ringing in my head, nor the thought that I had to protect Illya at all costs.

just.

– Tiring!

Than those wills.

[The user of the system is in danger of death.]

[With the effect of System Blessing (EX), you can use a disposable means to prevent the risk of death for user ‘Han Si-woo’.]

[The means used will be changed to another random avoidance device.]

[Death Avoidance]

1.Time machine

[You can turn the time back 5 minutes.]

2. Reduce all damage

[All damage received is reduced by 99% for 1 minute.]

3.Teleport

[Finally, teleport to the location where you performed the ‘sleep’ action.]

It was because my guide, who appeared before my eyes and came out to save me, gave me hope.

Because I used the death avoidance method called ‘Life Recovery’, which restores 50% of the previously used health, it changed to something else.

‘Now… let’s see what evasion method can save my life this time?’

Number 1 is a means to turn back time by 5 minutes as before… It looks pretty good, but this is only useful if you are of equal skill or stronger than your opponent.

It may seem like a poisoned chalice, but it is not enough as a means to turn the situation around.

Number 2 is that the new death avoidance method introduced by the system is ‘reduction of all damage’.

‘If you can choose this ability and fight like a berserker…’

Teleports the same way 3 times… Honestly, it seems good to be able to regroup and fight once.

‘Where did I last sleep?’

That is the carriage that Beatrice drove when she was a princess.

The last thing she said to me when things weren’t going against me.

– ‘I have a place to go to work again. So please.’

Beatrice dropped us off in front of the mansion and headed to the back of the estate.

Since the exact location of the carriage is unknown, if you teleport for no reason, you may end up in a more dangerous situation.

‘If you think about it calmly, you only have two lives.’

All damage received is reduced for 1 minute.

Is 1 minute really enough?

I decided to ignore the hesitation I was hearing in my head and get out of this narrow space first.

‘Last time I read the explanation of Shadow Attack, it seemed like it said you could pop out from under someone else’s shadow… Let’s see.’

– Schwak!

– Fit!

“Hoo… Hiding in the shadows, I shouldn’t take it lightly.”

My sword cut through a layer of her skin.

However, this was only a scratch from the sword and did not cause proper damage to Beatrice.

“But it’s not good to procrastinate too much. I’ll stop breathing now so you can’t run away!”

Beatrice raised her dagger in preparation for an attack.

The bright sunlight shining on her dagger made me frown.

– Blame it!

‘Is it now?!’

-Shooo!

Once again, I hear the sound of cold blades approaching to take my life.

But this time it will be a little different.

‘I think 1 minute will be enough… Number 2, reduce all damage.’

– Tiring!

[All damage received for the next 1 minute will be reduced by 99%.]

[0:59]

– Papa pa pa pa paak!

“What, what is it? Didn’t you avoid it?”

After receiving a slashing attack using Beatrice’s dual-wielding daggers, my skin was completely ruined.

The flesh was torn and blood flowed, but I didn’t feel any pain.

No, it hurt just a little.

Still, it takes 1% damage.

I grabbed her wrist tightly.

-Tap!

“Well, what are you doing? Don’t let go of this hand?!”

An ability that can be activated through physical contact with a person with abilities of the same race.

We’ll have to wait and see if this guy is treated as a ‘talented person’.

Human, Beatrice.

‘Nerf.’

– Tiring!

‘bingo.’

[The awakening ability of ‘Beatrice’, the entity currently in physical contact, gradually weakens over time.]

[Do you agree with this?]

[Yes] / [No]

‘Yes.’

[Content applies.]

[Your awakening ability will decrease somewhat within the next year.]

– Tiring!

[Because it is not an ability obtained through awakening, it is only partially reduced.]

[Because they are residents of another world, the nerf effect is halved.]

‘When the nerf was first used, it was said that all the abilities would be depleted because the reawakened person was nerfed, but this time, it seems… And since he is from a different world, the effect was reduced by half. You can’t expect a definite effect, but…’

‘Acceleration, activated.’

– Tiring!

[Beatrice’s Attenuation-The effect of the nerf is accelerated.]

‘Enough is enough for this fight.’

– Huh!

I swung my sword.

Beatrice bent her back to avoid my sword and shook off my hand.

She seemed unable to hide her embarrassment and took a step back.

“Are you crazy?”

Beatrice looked at me like I was really crazy.

“You are a person of cowardly behavior, right? By reflecting light with a dagger, it limits your vision…”

I took a stance.

“Why do you think that’s cowardly?”

“I’m sorry, but I don’t have time to chat with you anymore… I’m going to continue, so be prepared!”

[0:50]

‘Bleeding partner, activated.’

– Schwak.

Once again, a red energy began to hover around the sword.

‘From now on, fire 4 consecutive attacks with your bleeding partner until the damage reduction ends.’

I ran straight to Beatrice.

She must have seen the trajectory of my attack and knew that she would be defeated if she blocked it in the same way. Out of four consecutive attacks, she dodged three attacks and blocked the last attack with her two daggers.

Kang-!

“Wow… I unleashed my magical power, but I lost in the battle of power… That’s ridiculous.”

I put all my strength into putting pressure on Beatrice.

Kakak-!

visor!-

Cheaeng!-

[0:44]

Beatrice pushed my sword away and took a step back once more.

“That doesn’t change the fact that I’m stronger!”

She gets mad and runs at me as if she’s going to kill me.

But I’m not prepared to stop.

Rather, they prepared to face the attack defenseless.

– Papa pa pa pa paak!

Once again, my skin is being cut mercilessly.

“This time it’s my turn.”

– Papa pa paak!

“Hah?!”

Beatrice made an uncharacteristically girlish sound.

Eight knife marks were made on her fair skin.

“This, you bastard!”

I struck Beatrice, who seemed to have lost her temper, with my knee to her abdomen.

“Keuk…”

Beatrice was hit by my knee and fell far away.

[0:35]

I wasn’t preparing to block again, but rather preparing to accept her attack.

Only in this way can you successfully damage Beatrice.

Her speed is at my level. In other words, it cannot keep up with the speed.

He uses damage reduction to guide me to attack in this direction, and I counter it.

It’s just simple repetition.

But what if they don’t attack from the other side?

‘It’s difficult to do this…’

Beatrice barely got up and was holding her stomach.

“It hurts so much… I won’t forgive you. Since I’m the type of person who can’t survive being beaten… before I go back to headquarters… I really need to give her a shot… ”

Her tone became lighter.

Every word told her that her physical strength was now at its limit.

“Stop talking nonsense and come visit.”

“… I don’t like it?”

[0:27]

I can’t delay any longer.

From my side, I have no choice but to induce Beatrice’s pair to dance wildly.

‘Shadow attack, activated.’

I hid in the shadows.

Soon, it moved to the shadow below Beatrice, popped out, and used four consecutive attacks.

– Boom boom boom boom!

She dodged by rolling backwards and putting distance between herself and me.

Because of this, the only sound was the sound of the wind blowing.

– Boom boom boom boom!

also.

– Boom boom boom boom!

I could never keep up with Beatrice’s speed.

“Why do you keep running away?!”

– Boom boom boom boom!

[0:20]

“Wow, hehe… It’s difficult to keep it like this…”

“You idiot… You can’t catch up with me at your speed. I’m not sure how you’re holding on in that condition, but I have no choice but to aim for one shot, right?”

I had to decide the winner within 1 minute.

As time passed, Beatrice became more relaxed.

Her panicked appearance was gone, and there was only the assassin who had regained his composure.

‘But you can’t give up. You have to be persistent and follow along to get back alive…’

– Taaat!

I rushed at Beatrice with some force.

– Boom boom boom boom!

But the result was the same.

continue.

[0:13]

“Your guy… Looks like he’s running out of stamina?”

Beatrice said, her tone returning to normal.

‘Ugh… My arm was so strained that it became difficult to use 4 consecutive attacks…’

“Then let’s get started now.”

‘All you have to do is touch that guy’s body with the sword just once…!’

[0:10]

“What did I do to become so Berserker-like… Well, this attack will really put an end to it.”

Beatrice lowered her posture to lunge at me.

[0:09]

She was probably very tired, so she ran away and drained as much of my stamina as she could to finish the fight in one blow.

If we were to compare the current state to a game, it would be a state where each person has very little HP remaining.

[0:08]

It’s like a duel in the wilderness, with only one chance to attack each other.

It could be said that there is only one bullet left for each other.

[0:07]

‘I can’t lose here.’

certainly.

[0:06]

I also took a stance.

This time, it was not a posture to repel an attack, but a posture to rush at her too.

[0:05]

Must win.

‘If you aim for a split second… it might be possible.’

[0:04]

“You feel like your body is heavy. Why don’t you just give up?”

“Shut up, kid.”

[0:03]

“I am strong… but… baby, you are not.”

“You’ll understand when you try… Come on.”

[0:02]

“I’ll put an end to it with this attack!”

“It’s a win! Beatrice!”

[0:01]

They all rushed at each other.

Swing!-

Finally, their blades and bodies intersected.