War (5)

,Is that the so-called strongest princess right now?’

The assassin user barely parried Arang’s incoming attack and used a movement skill to create distance between them.

However, Arang, who had already memorized all the motions of the Assassin job, predicted the assassin user’s destination.

The sword rushing in to slice his neck entered the assassin user’s vision.

Even though he was an assassin overwhelmingly advantageous in attack speed, and even a *salsoo* maintaining the dual dagger essence buff that further increased attack speed, their speeds were almost identical.

The assassin user held his breath and raised his right hand with all his might, defending his neck with a dagger.

Kwaang!

The sword and dagger collided, creating a massive impact sound.

Because *salsoo* have low attack power, his right hand was paralyzed despite it being a normal attack.

The assassin user gave his feet maximum power and jumped backward, pushing off the ground. It was to buy time for the paralysis to wear off.

But Arang, perceiving every movement with her extrasensory perception, didn’t even grant him that time.

,Is she even human? Or even a living being?’

*Salsoo*’s attacks are mostly, no, almost entirely multi-hit attacks. In other words, it’s a job that delivers multiple attacks at a rapid pace.

With greatswords, two-handed swords, or one-handed swords, or even a boss’s patterns, even ordinary users can parry if they become accustomed to them.

Of course, they have to bear the risk, but it’s not impossible.

However, the attacks of a *salsoo* using fast daggers, especially two daggers, stab or slash in multiple places, and while other weapons attack once, the *salsoo* attacks six times.

They attack twice, no, at least four times per second, and Arang parries, deflects, or blocks them all, preventing any from touching her body.

[Rosarium]

To block Arang, who wasn’t giving him an opening, the assassin user used [Rosarium], one of the level-capped skills of the *salsoo*.

[Rosarium], which has the most consecutive hits in L.O.E.O.L.

It’s a skill with a whopping 24 consecutive hits.

This skill is like the *salsoo*’s ultimate move, instantly cramming in tremendous damage to kill the enemy.

No matter how good her reflexes or physical abilities were, he was certain that this attack would inflict significant damage on Arang.

Furthermore, since he was thinking of sacrificing his flesh to take Arang’s bones without blocking her attack, Arang’s stance made it impossible to block the attack.

However.

The moment [Rosarium] was activated, and the red impact showing [Rosarium] and the silver impact showing the moon appeared, Arang’s eyes flashed.

Those eyes weren’t filled with bewilderment or surprise, but with clarity and overflowing confidence.

,No way, is it? It’s [Rosarium]. Not just any skill, it’s [Rosarium].’

As the effect burst from the assassin user’s daggers and [Rosarium] was activated towards Arang in front of him, Arang’s body moved.

Ting! Ting! Tang! Ting! Ting! Tang! Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting! Tang! Tang! Ting! Ting! Tang!

A series of parrying sounds rang out, like coins falling to the floor all at once as a coin purse tore open.

,Huh… Is she an AI? Is this something a human can do?’

The *salsoo*’s ultimate move, [Rosarium], only managed to inflict 10% damage to the HP of a dealer who isn’t even strong.

Originally, when used on a dealer, it would reduce their HP by nearly 90% if they didn’t have a survival skill, and even if they used a survival skill, it would reduce it by 60% as a baseline. The cooldown is a whopping 5 minutes.

Arang didn’t parry all 24 consecutive hits, but she dodged most of the attacks with parries and blocks, and the attacks that hit all landed on her arms and legs, which have low damage multipliers.

“Sorry, but if you’re going to use L.O.E.O.L skills, I recommend using them without combat assistance. Attacks with combat assistance have fixed attack patterns, making them easy to parry.”

Arang, explaining as if what she had just done was nothing, made the assassin user curse inwardly.

He knows.

He knows.

That using combat assistance isn’t very good for top-tier users.

But that’s only for single-hit skills or 2-hit combos, or maybe, if you’re feeling ambitious, 3-hit combos at most.

Even L.O.E.O.L pros or [Mead] guild members inevitably use combat assistance for attacks with high hit counts and overwhelmingly fast speeds.

Why?

Because it’s impossible for humans.

To attack without combat assistance, you have to move your body directly and decide how to attack before the skill ends.

Among pros and top-tier players, about 0.1% use 3-hit combo skills without combat assistance.

The assassin user himself is among that 0.1%.

But things change from 4-hit combos onwards.

The time recognized as a skill in L.O.E.O.L varies for each skill, but most are 1 second, and if the number of consecutive hits is high, it’s judged as a skill for about 2 seconds.

Who here can succeed in holding a heavy sword, moving their body, attacking where they want, and performing the action within the skill range that the system doesn’t deviate from, all within 2 seconds?

Frankly, it’s impossible.

But to use [Rosarium], which requires 24 attacks, without combat assistance?

The words,Don’t fucking bullshit me, almost came out of his mouth.

Moreover, the way Arang-i was talking made it sound like,Can’t I do it?, which was even more absurd.

However.

While crossing swords, the assassin user thought that Arang in front of him was definitely capable of it.

Because [Sword Master]’s skills aren’t used with combat assistance, but by moving directly, and even normal attacks that aren’t skills are powerful enough to seem like skills were used.

People around him said that Lee Arang-nim’s physical abilities were outstanding. That she was the best in L.O.E.O.L.

Honestly, he didn’t believe it at first.

Not a man, but a woman, and a 15-year-old girl at that, has outstanding physical abilities? He thought it was nonsense.

But the assassin user admitted it while fighting Arang one-on-one.

,If Lee Arang-nim’s body were bigger and her arms and legs were longer, I would have been overwhelmingly defeated.’

Her physical abilities and combat sense were all outstanding, but Lee Arang-nim’s weakness was clear.

It was her physique.

No matter how important physical abilities are, reach is ultimately very important in combat. In that regard, Arang’s body, which barely seems to be 140cm, is very disadvantageous.

Being short means having short arms and legs.

She has to move her feet twice as much as others and take several more steps forward than others to land an attack.

That difference is very important in PVP, where every moment is crucial. He can’t believe she reached Challenger in the arena with that body.

L.O.E.O.L is a very cruel game.

Usually, other RPG games have individual character customizations, allowing you to customize your character with the physique you want.

But that’s impossible in L.O.E.O.L.

Since the real-world physique and the virtual world physique must match for greater realism and easier system management, L.O.E.O.L doesn’t allow character customization to deviate significantly from the real-world physique.

,If this girl grows up, I wonder how strong she’ll become.’

The assassin user, whose strongest skill was blocked and was caught up in Arang’s pace, was overwhelmed by Arang, and at the moment he sensed defeat with his little remaining HP.

“Huh?”

The assassin user, Arang, and Pinku Berry stopped.

To be precise, they stopped for a very slight moment, 0.1 seconds or even less.

That fleeting moment, which ordinary people wouldn’t even notice, was felt by the assassin user and Arang, who possessed high physical abilities.

,Server lag?’

The server operated by Masble Company is used worldwide and rarely experiences lag due to its overwhelming technology.

But no matter how outstanding it is, and even with rumors of torturing aliens to gain such technology, it’s not perfect.

With the start of a new season, a large number of people gathered at once, and the siege warfare content caused numerous users to gather in one place, creating a very small lag on the server.

Lag in the virtual world is different from lag in ordinary computer games.

In the virtual world, users have to move and act directly, so the moment lag occurs, the body the user is using has to be reconstructed.

The reason for this, of course, is to check if there are any problems with the user playing the game and if there is anything inconvenient in playing.

The Taseem Sword, which was about to end the assassin user’s life, floated in the air and then began to fall to the ground.

The reason was that Arang’s right arm, which was holding the Taseem Sword, had disappeared.

In the situation of reconstructing the body, usually one arm or one leg, or so, would reappear immediately as the loading time is almost imperceptible, but all four limbs, and moreover, Arang, who was cut off to the point where they couldn’t even be called arms and legs, needed much more loading time.

That brief lag was enough to eliminate Arang’s limbs, and in that crucial situation, Arang’s eyes widened at her suddenly disappeared limbs.

“Eung?”