Severance Line

I covered my face with both hands and slumped down in my seat.

The self-loathing is more significant than I thought.

Arang, who should protect me from self-loathing, hid away as soon as her job was done. It feels like I’m going even crazier because of that.

To have acted all *nyang nyang* with the mind of a 30-something-year-old man… I really want to die.

If I ever do something like this again, I’ll really chop off my precious little thing! …Oh, wait, it’s already gone…?

,Kkiyaaaaa Arang is so cute!

Soonchu is hugging me and shaking me wildly, overjoyed.

,Alright! Unnie will teach you everything for sure!

Soonchu and I created a private room and entered the arena.

Soonchu chose her main job, Warrior, and I naturally entered as Assassin.

,Hmm… First of all, what’s important in PVP is skill canceling!

,Skill canceling? Come to think of it, the Greatsword user used it too, I think.

,That’s right. Looking at the video Arang recorded, it was probably something like this.

Soonchu narrowed the distance in an instant with a charge skill, just like the Greatsword user.

I judged that there was enough time before using my movement skill and immediately used the skill.

,Yap~

,!?

Soonchu, who arrived right in front of me in an instant despite the remaining distance, canceled my movement skill, which was only a little away from activation, by hitting my body with her fist like the Greatsword user did.

,What? How did you do that?

,This is one of the combos that tankers use: charge cancel, skill cancel, martial arts combo, you know?

,What’s so complicated about it.

,It’s simple. Approach with a charge skill, cancel the charge skill before the speed drops, use any skill that goes forward during the skill and cancel it, and use martial arts!

,That’s super complicated, isn’t it? But isn’t the benefit of canceling two skills just once with martial arts a loss?

,That’s because Arang has ridiculously amazing physical abilities.

,Why?

,Alright~ I’ll explain!

Charge cancel, skill cancel, and martial arts are not methods that are unconditionally used from the beginning to the last combo.

When charging, if the opponent reacts slowly or misjudges the distance, they attack with the charge skill as is, and if the opponent reacts, they use the next skill after canceling to change the attack position. If they react to that too, the martial arts go out last.

The advantage of this combo is that the final martial arts are almost impossible to avoid.

,Isn’t that cheating…? The moment you get hit, the skill gets canceled, so it’s hard to do anything.

,But two skills go on cooldown, so it’s not that beneficial even if you succeed. Martial arts don’t do much damage.

Soonchu created distance from me again and took the stance for the Warrior’s charge skill.

,Of course, that small advantage significantly increases the success rate of the next attack, so many people prefer this combo. The way to counter this is to completely widen the distance or apply a CC as soon as you recognize the charging motion. Let’s try it once.

,Okay. I understand.

When Soonchu used the charge skill just now, I took a slight step forward, unlike before.

Soonchu naturally used the charge to approach me, then canceled it and tried to use a skill that went forward, though not as much as the charge.

I used the Assassin’s thrusting skill, [Rapier], towards Soonchu, launching a dagger of pure energy towards her.

,It looks like the distance will be insufficient, right?~

The moment Soonchu smiled at my skill and tried to use the next skill.

Kaang!

,Huh?

Soonchu’s skill, which hadn’t even been fully cast and didn’t have much power, was hit by the end of my thrusting skill [Rapier] and received a parry judgment.

We both staggered and stepped back.

,This distance reaches? I thought there would be only about a hand’s breadth left.

,Unnie took a step forward with her front leg when using the charge skill.

,Wow… Arang-ah, what’s up with your combat sense and physical abilities? You do this like this? No, how do you attack an axe with a thrusting attack in the first place? If you miss even a little, you’re screwed.

,I don’t really know about combat sense either. But I know why my physical abilities are good.

,Really!? It wasn’t just talent?

,Yeah. Should I tell you?

,Yeah! Unnie wants to know too!

,Unnie, do you know that?

,Know what?

I pointed to my eyes and said.

,That blind people become more sensitive and developed in their hearing and sense of touch.

,I know. Isn’t that a very famous story?

,That’s right. It’s famous. It’s called ‘plasticity,’ but simply put, it’s the brain’s ability to reorganize itself by interacting with the environment.

,But why are you suddenly bringing that up?

I stretched out my arms and legs and pointed to the boundary line between my limbs with one hand.

The boundary line created by the AI inside LEORE as it reorganized. Anyone who sees it might mistake it for a severance line, but… no… is it a severance line?

Well, let’s skip this.

,After my arms and legs were severed, the senses in the remaining parts of my body became incredibly sensitive and developed, but when the LEORE AI created my arms and legs, it made them with the composition of my body. So not only my body but my whole body became incredibly sensitive and developed! Hehehe!

Because my arms and legs were gone, my body’s senses and nerves were 200% more developed compared to other people, but the LEORE AI saw my body in a 200% state and made my arms and legs with 200% senses and nerves.

Arang’s body itself is already a lump of talent, but her talent has doubled because she doesn’t have arms and legs, and now her arms and legs are back?

It’s just cheat-level.

My body moves as I think, and my body moves without a delay of even 0.01 seconds.

I can understand why other users initially accused me of being a hacker or using illegal modifications.

How long has the raid been out now? It’s almost the sixth week, but even after equipping their gear, the dealers can’t break through the 1v1 dealer gimmick.

If you want to have this level of physical ability, you’ll need time for your brain to adapt, so wouldn’t you need to be without arms and legs for at least a few years?

Arang has been without arms and legs for almost four years.

I can only say that this is real luck.

I’m already upset that I don’t have arms and legs, but what if my senses and nerves hadn’t developed either? That would be tearful.

,I got stronger because I didn’t have arms and legs. It’s totally lucky-biki!

Good, good. After hearing that I was old-fashioned from Pinku Berry because of the last thumbs-up incident, I’ve been studying the latest memes before going to bed recently.

I think that meme was perfectly timed.

I was an old man before becoming Arang, but now I’m a fresh 15-year-old girl, so I need to know these things.

Sseuduk.

,Soonchu Unnie?

Soonchu suddenly hugging me.

,…?

Soonchu’s condition doesn’t look good.

What is it? She’s not crying like last time with Teacher Hye-sun, and she doesn’t have a sad expression, but she spoke while smiling?

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-Arangieeeeeeeeeee

-ArangArangArangArangArangArangArangArang

-Kkiyoooooooook

-NonoOOOOOOOOOngNonoOOOOOOOOOng

-Guild Leader, bring Arang to me right now! Bring her to me!

Kang Han-gil sighed as he looked at his broadcast chat window.

Originally, mentioning other people was prohibited on the broadcast, but there seemed to be no way to stop the current firepower.

He hadn’t broadcast with Arang since WFK ended.

That period exceeded a month, and Arang hadn’t entered LEORE for about a week, so news of Arang was cut off from people.

Unfortunately, the only place people could hear news of Arang was Kang Han-gil’s broadcast.

Arang is the guild leader of the guild that did WFK, and she’s the most famous LEORE user in Korea, known as the strongest physical player in LEORE through the 1v1 *makgora* video.

But she doesn’t broadcast, she doesn’t have a RyuTube, and she hasn’t even looked at the gallery since posting a guild recruitment post.

Kang Han-gil was the only one people could hear news of Arang from, so they came to him whenever he had time and made a fuss.

Kang Han-gil had been broadcasting while restraining the people who were making a fuss.

However, news of Arang became scarce, and when she suddenly appeared in the PVP arena after not logging in for a week, all the viewers who had been looking for news of Arang started making a fuss, demanding that he bring Arang.

He’s already going crazy with the emails related to Arang while doing WFK, and with the viewers acting like this, his head is throbbing.

Of course, he doesn’t dislike those things.

Thanks to Arang, he did WFK, and his broadcast and RyuTube, which had been stagnant, grew in an instant as he gained recognition not only in Korea but worldwide, so he felt good.

Even though his body is suffering.

He knows that now is the time for his body to suffer, so he’s working hard.

When the chat demanding that he show Arang became so numerous that even control was impossible, Kang Han-gil eventually sent Arang a whisper asking her to save him.

,Huu… Everyone, Arang says to come to the guild house.

-Iyahhoooo!

-As expected of the Guild Leader, I believed in you!

-Arang’s phone kekekeke

-Arang’s contact list kekek

-But honestly, you’ve benefited a lot from Arang!

-Real ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Let’s go see Arang~

-I like Pinku *Nuna* and Soonchu *Nuna* more than Arang

,As you all know, Arang is 15 years old. Everyone, be careful with your chats. If you cross the line even a little, I’ll ban you without mercy.

-We know~

-Everyone knows that if they use the gallery kekekek

-Heup!

-Lips sealed!

-But the truth is, it’s impossible not to be captivated when you see Arang kekekek

-Real kekekekeke

Kang Han-gil sighed as he looked at the chat window, which had finally calmed down.

,I should ask Arang to do anything that allows her to communicate with her fans.