Solo Ranking

[‘Stamina’ exceeds 40 points.]

[From now on, the Avatar will be affected by the player’s physical abilities.]

Reading the past logs, there was an unlocked effect when [Stamina] reached 40 points.

The Avatar is affected by the abilities of the real body.

Specifically, what kind of influence?

[Synchronization Rate 10%]

There was no change in the Synchronization Rate.

Perhaps, if I train in reality, I will also receive the effects of training in the game.

Taking care of real-world exercise, this is truly a wholesome game.

But I couldn’t enjoy those benefits.

‘I need to be able to log out.’

I turned off the UI.

I jumped around and compared it to my Frail body.

“Yeah, good.”

[Stamina] 100 points.

Definitely better.

Of course, I feel a cold Magical Power chilling near my heart, making my lungs shrink, but it’ll be okay if I move around.

[Floor 24]

There was a giant.

The giant, sitting cross-legged in the middle of the stage, saw Americano’s ascent and rose to its massive height.

[Mountain King Ogre]

The giant, nearly 8 meters tall, had a name that was, as expected, crimson red.

As Americano contemplated killing the Ogre, [Berserker] reacted to her murderous intent.

My vision turned red, and I felt an evil sensation as the muscles in my body twisted.

“….”

It was more manageable than I thought, but if I let go of the reins of my sanity, my body would shoot out like an arrow from a taut bowstring.

Approaching the Ogre like a shooting star, she evaded the Ogre’s club with even greater speed.

Grasping the sword like a baseball bat, she slashed at the Ogre’s ankle as she passed.

The [Slash], strengthened by the increased [Magical Power], cleaved the Ogre’s ankle.

The Ogre knelt with a thud.

Its head came down just right.

But,

“Cough, cough!”

Americano coughed repeatedly.

I’m not tired.

I’m not exhausted, but as my breathing quickens, a cold wind fills my lungs.

The chilling cold that pierces and tears through my insides roughly scrapes my trachea as I use Magical Power.

I expected it.

I thought I was gaining that much.

It’s painful, but I just have to endure it.

My body was just a little surprised because it hadn’t adapted yet.

The pain of breathing was greater than the quick fatigue I used to feel because of my Frailness, but so what?

Americano smiled subtly at her condition.

‘I… might actually like this kind of thing.’

A trial I can’t even attempt in reality.

A painful and agonizing trial that I would worry about the aftereffects of first is something I wouldn’t dare to try in reality.

But because it’s a game, I can do it as much as I want, whenever I want.

What’s the big deal about being sick? I can get it completely cured with recovery or revival or whatever.

‘What’s the big deal about being sick?’

Looking at the Full Dive forums, there are many people who hate being sick, and there are comments saying that it’s easy to say but they won’t be able to endure the pain in reality.

But look.

‘It’s easy.’

“Hahaha!!!!”

Americano’s eyes glowed red.

The madness of [Berserker] felt strangely good.

I synchronized my body and mind with the flow of madness.

[Synchronization Rate 21%]

Accordingly, the Synchronization Rate soared.

My senses become sharper.

I evade the Ogre’s club.

The giant’s palm, flying in like a mosquito, slipped through my fingers.

Surprised by the sudden increase in my agility, the Ogre’s response was a beat late.

I left wounds wherever I passed.

The blood-stained sword came down to [Execute] the Ogre’s head.

“Keuh..!!”

But the Ogre knew that she was aiming for its head.

The Ogre swung its arm.

Americano, struck by the Ogre’s arm, was embedded in the ceiling of the 24th floor.

‘…I think I can catch it…’

If you asked me who was stronger, the Basilisk or the Ogre, I honestly thought the Basilisk would win.

The Basilisk had scales that even the [Execution Sword] didn’t work well on, so when compared by difficulty, the Basilisk was definitely more difficult.

On the other hand, the sword worked on the Ogre.

With that one fact alone, Americano felt victory.

Enduring with the [Stamina] of 100 points, she gauged the extent of the damage to her body,

And fell from the ceiling.

The Ogre swung its club at her like a batter waiting for a baseball.

“You’re being annoying.”

Stamina 100 points is 100 points, but it was Stamina 100 points tailored to the level 24.

What I mean is that Stamina 100 points at level 20 and Stamina 100 points at level 30 are different levels.

Stats such as Strength, Stamina, and Senses improve in absolute value each time you level up. Elements other than points rise as much as the level.

It wasn’t for nothing that people said you can never win if there’s a difference of about 10 levels.

It was obvious, but Full Dive was all about levels.

Even if you score 100 points with points, if your level is low, you’re below average.

In that sense, it wasn’t entirely incomprehensible that [Charm] and [Talent] were different, and were excluded from the stat window altogether.

“Ugh…”

Americano flew to the wall.

The Ogre moves with heavy steps.

My arm is broken.

It didn’t matter because it was my left arm.

Rather, the dangling left arm was cumbersome, and there seemed to be no room to fix it, so I cut off my left arm using [Slash].

The balance was a little off, but

She smiled instead.

‘Despair.’

What’s the point of playing games?

Isn’t it to enjoy dangerous games like thrills and fears that are dangerous to feel in reality?

Virtual reality games were nothing more than a genre that maximized that element.

Despair. The tension of having to overcome that massive body was really good for her.

If I were to feel this in reality, there would be no time to enjoy it…!

Haa…

‘It’s fun.’

Americano barely dodges the club swung by the Ogre.

But even the lightly swung club from the Ogre’s physique was threatening to her.

Having learned in the meantime, as soon as she dodged the club, she lifted the club as it was and added a rotation, sending it flying to the opposite wall.

As much as it swung the club lightly, it wielded the club freely.

The power was weakened, but it was still destructive to humans.

“Haa… how do I win this?”

A force that seems impossible to win even with a party.

It’s even questionable why that thing is guarding the 24th floor.

How did other people catch that?

A different kind of blockage than with the Basilisk.

I should have looked at the strategy guide properly.

Her legs began to tremble from the impact just now.

But quickly recovering with 100 points of [Stamina], Americano rushes at the Ogre again.

The Ogre swung its club every time. Attacks that far exceeded humans in reach and power were difficult to dodge or block.

But so what?

[Berserker] wanted that guy to die.

Americano also wanted to beat that guy.

With the interests aligned, her own safety and injuries were of no concern.

But,

[Execution Sword]

I wasn’t stupid.

I cut off the club.

The club, which had been parrying the [Enhanced] [Execution Sword] several times, was split in half.

“Ogre…?!”

In the gap where the Ogre was surprised, she kicked off the floor with a cold aura and ran.

The mystery of the [Execution Sword] is a sword that cuts off the neck in one stroke.

The guillotine, which was the motif for the skill, was an execution device that plunged vertically, and the [Execution Sword] was also her most powerful weapon that could be used when striking vertically.

───Swish

Just before the Ogre took a step back and moved away.

Americano had already passed the Ogre.

[Acquired skill ‘Leap’.]

The middle of the Ogre’s thigh is separated from its body.

The Ogre’s leg, which had been extended backward to support its body, disappeared.

Unable to maintain its balance, the Ogre fell with a thud, shaking the 24th floor.

“Ogre…”

“Hek…”

A break for one breath.

A coldness pierced my chest.

It felt like my lungs were freezing and breaking.

[Leap] to the Ogre, who was trying to get up, overcoming the pain.

She jumped up with [Leap] and stabbed the sword into the back of the Ogre’s head with [Thrust].

[Floor 24 Mountain King Ogre – Cleared]

[Rank] [SSS]

[First Clear Reward] [Demon King Stone ×24]

[Solo Reward] [Wish Stone ×24]

[Reward] [12,000 Gold]

I cleared it.

Having [Leaped] like a shooting star, she stuck the sword in the Ogre’s head and bounced off the floor without even landing.

As I lay face down on the floor,

[Restores damage to the body.]

The sensation in my left hand returned.

I clenched and unclenched it.

I cut off my left arm because it was in the way.

It was a method I wouldn’t dare to try in reality, so I laughed for no reason.

“Haa…”

Crimson letters.

It’s nothing.

I could die happily now.

But there are still 5 hours left until tomorrow.

Her mind, which was handling the virtual body, was unusually clear for someone dying of dehydration.

At that time, while I was resting.

[Updates the subjugation floor of ‘Mountain King Ogre’.]

[Would you like to make your name public on the solo ranking?]

The Hero Guild.

A guild established by heroes for heroes to defeat the seeds of evil that threaten the world.

Heroes could earn activity funds by defeating the evils of the world through the Hero Guild.

“….”

Scarlett, the red-haired greatsword hero, failed to capture the Basilisk.

Having emptied her funds in this capture and become penniless, she visited the guild to earn the funds she had spent, but

“Is this even possible?”

“But the record is.”

“A level 24 caught the Mountain King?”

Murmur, murmur.

Late at night when there weren’t many people.

Most of the people in the guild hall were gathered in front of the floor record table.

Scarlett, who was curious, squeezed through the crowd.

Looking at the monument engraved with the records for each floor,

<Floor 24 Solo Ranking>

[1st Place (Anonymous) – Mountain King Ogre (SSS)]

[2nd Place Ada Tentedite – Little Witch Keinel (S)]

[3rd Place Heocho Villain – One-Headed Hydra (S)]

[4th Place Namgung Yoon – Human Knight Vermillo (S)]

Horror spread across Scarlett’s face.

[1st Place (Anonymous) – Mountain King Ogre (SSS)]

Huh?

“Huh? Huh?”

I tried to open the community and inform my friends of the situation, but the community was already burning with news of the ‘new 1st place’.

• Scarlett! Video! Play the video!!

• You’re at the guild, right?! Hurry!!

I opened the UI screen and matched it to the monument,

[This is a video registered anonymously.]

[Would you like to play the video? (-10 Gold)]

I played it.