Episode 31
Chapter 7 Murderer (6)
The hideout was discovered within three days.
As long as you don’t leave this country, getting caught is expected.
But I wasn’t too worried.
It’s because I’ve accumulated an enormous amount of mana over the past three days.
Han Chang-sik laughed as he saw dozens of guns aimed at him.
All the bullets aimed at him were blocked by the translucent shield.
“It’s a pity, but… … .”
It’s magic. It’s something to kill all these guys and suck them up again.
Han Chang-shik, who had licked his lips inside the shield, glanced down at his feet.
There, the skill stones used earlier were scattered and shattered.
It has already been five minutes since the special forces entered the factory, throwing flash grenades.
At first, I used the structure to avoid the gun, but when I was cornered, I had no choice.
In the end, I used the skill stone despite my regret.
I was dubious even when I was buying tech stones, but the shield was blocking even bullets.
Isn’t that a shocking force!
“hahahaha!”
Han Chang-sik was mad at his mouth being torn inside the shield.
A future like today was foreseen after he killed the attacking dog in the first tutorial.
This game was a huge fortune in his life, and he deserved it.
‘I won’t be able to see any more trivial things being installed.’
How refreshing is this?
Han Chang-sik, who had been laughing for a long time, began to pay attention to the bullet’s trajectory.
‘I think we can avoid it if we do well… … .’
A gun is a powerful weapon, but it has a fatal flaw.
That means it can only hit straight-line distances.
You can dodge bullets by moving a little away from the aiming point.
It might be possible with this body.
Han Chang-shik focused on the bullet’s trajectory to make his guess a certainty.
“It doesn’t reach the target!”
“What the hell is that!”
At that time, the number of bullets pouring out decreased, as if the magazines of some personnel were empty.
Correspondingly, the shield also began to blur.
Changsik Han clicked his tongue in regret.
‘They said it was 10 minutes.’
Even with 400 mana, the maintenance time of the shield skill stone was too short.
However, as long as the power is already gone, you won’t be able to rely on the shield any longer.
Han Chang-sik, who took out another skill stone from the storage box, threw himself to the side the moment the shield disappeared.
“The wall is gone, shoot! Shoot!”
Right after that, the red stone he was holding shattered.
A large ball of flame began to fly towards the special forces armed with firearms.
“Blood, blood!”
“manager!”
“aaagh!!”
“hahahaha!”
Amidst the roar and screams, Han Chang-sik’s madness mingled.
Every time the corpse increased, mana flowed into him.
How can you become so strong just by killing something?
‘I’ve been chosen!’
Han Chang-shik quickly rolled his feet with a mixed expression of joy.
When he moved in earnest, the guns aimed at those who were not caught in the flames only hit the empty spot.
‘do!’
Click, click, a suppressed gunshot echoed through the silencer fitted into the gun.
Han Chang-sik, who ran quickly to avoid the bullets chasing him, was holding a dagger before he knew it.
“damage!”
There was no hesitation in the movement to rush at the special forces member holding a firearm.
Before the other person could even let out a scream, he cut more than half of his throat.
The body of the dead became a great shield.
Han Chang-sik, with the corpse at the forefront, ran at another target.
When I killed three people in a row like that, I heard a ping.
Han Chang-sik reacted without any delay.
He threw the dagger in the direction of the sound.
hook-!
A dagger was lodged in the head of the man who had pulled out the safety pin of the grenade.
Shortly thereafter, Han Chang-shik hid behind a nearby pillar.
“Exploded… … !”
An urgent voice could be heard from the side of the person who had been struck by the dagger, but it was not yet completed.
The grenade exploded and the explosion ate up his words.
After the aftermath of the explosion subsided, Han Chang-shik ran towards his prey again.
But suddenly the back of my neck felt terrifying.
Han Chang-sik hurriedly took out his longsword and drew it backwards.
“What… … !”
kang!
There was a heavy sound for a blade colliding with one another.
Han Chang-shik shouted at the suddenly appearing interrupter.
“Who are you?!”
The man who attacked him while wearing a mask did not answer questions.
Instead, he raised his foot and kicked while blocking his sword.
He hurriedly raised his arm to block his left side, but the heavy blow made his body rise.
Han Chang-sik, who cut through the air, ended up rolling on the floor.
“Report to Captain Yang Jo-cheol. I will retreat.”
Only then did the man who attacked him speak in a ferocious tone.
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The man who fell out with a bang was Han Chang-sik.
It was the same as the impression I saw through the video contained in the USB.
The problem is that he is not alone in this abandoned factory.
There was too much mana that could be captured by mana detection, so I hurriedly ran to it, and as expected.
‘Has Captain Yang Jo-cheol sent it?’
It seemed that the National Intelligence Service (NIS), which had figured out Han Chang-shik’s whereabouts, had moved.
About 30 people surrounded Han Chang-sik armed with firearms.
No, in fact, it was hard to even call it a siege.
‘It was just scattered here and there.’
They have never pressured the Hanchang Ceremony.
He was helplessly hunted down by Han Chang-sik, who moved faster than the muzzle.
It was confirmed that a body formed with 1,000 magical powers could avoid firearms.
I quickly scanned my surroundings with only my eyes peeking out of my mask.
The fire on the scrap materials was growing little by little.
Of course, there was a person lying down next to him.
‘… … Is it dead?’
Even though the body is on fire, it does not move.
The smell of burning flesh was foul. Adding to that the foul smell of blood, it became a stench.
My stomach groaned at the disaster in front of me.
The corpse of a monster and the corpse of a person differed in their weight.
I wanted to empty my stomach right away.
But I suppressed my nausea and fired at the people who were holding their guns up.
“If you don’t want to be left behind, tell Yang Jo-cheol and leave!”
There was no way the words would go well with those who had come this far and dedicated their magic to Han Chang-shik.
Meanwhile, Changsik Han stood up.
I kept an eye on him, looking around from time to time.
Even at first glance, the corpses scattered around easily exceeded 10 bodies.
This means that Han Chang-shik has secured at least one hundred to one hundred and fifty additional magical powers.
‘I’m not sure what I bought, so I have to be careful in the beginning.’
I wasn’t relaxed enough to take care of others in the face of battle.
So the attitude of those who ignored my warning twice did not look good.
Eventually, I raised my sword and fired more fiercely than before.
“It’s like they’re only filling that guy’s stomach, so get out of here quickly!”
Those who had ignored the previous two warnings reacted properly this time.
Everyone kept their guns fixed on Han Chang-sik and began to sneak away.
Of course, I didn’t completely lose myself.
They aimed their guns at Han Chang-shik from a distance.
‘I don’t listen dirty.’
I, who would be entangled with Han Chang-sik, was in a situation where I had to face that gun.
“Put the gun away!”
As they shouted, the muzzles flinched in unison.
“Are you a player too? Are you alone?”
At that time, Changsik Han said with a frown.
“Do you know Yang Jo-cheol? Did the NIS send it by any chance?”
“… … .”
“Aren’t you going to answer me?”
“You and I are not friendly chatters.”
When he answered in a hard voice, Han Chang-sik’s eyebrows twitched.
I put my hand on that guy’s face.
“Don’t brush your teeth and attack.”
Perhaps the provocation worked, Han Chang-shik’s cheeks trembled.
Seeing that, I smiled and walked forward.
“If you don’t intend to come, I will go first.”
As the distance narrowed, a stone appeared in Han Chang-sik’s hand.
‘also.’
That guy went around level 1 and bought skill stones.
“Tsk.”
I threw away all my thoughts and focused on Han Chang-shik.
When the tech stone was broken, his sword was engulfed in flames.
I also responded with a sword. The guy and my sword collided.
“Huh!”
The heat was so strong that it almost burned his face.
The mask he was wearing was scorched and smoke began to rise.
But my situation was better than Han Chang-shik.
His sword was covered with fire, and my sword was covered with lightning.
“Keuk!”
Han Chang-sik’s body trembled as if he was going into convulsions.
It is lightning that emits a blue color and sparks just by materializing it.
It will be very hot and exciting.
I tugged at the corner of my mouth and went straight into it.
Without giving Han Chang-sik a chance to catch his breath, he cut his sword horizontally.
“Huh!”
Han Chang-sik hurriedly leaned back, but he couldn’t avoid being cut deeply in the chest.
‘He doesn’t have a dagger.’
I saw a dagger like mine stuck in the corpse’s head.
So I got closer to him and changed my weapon to a dagger.
“profit!”
A long dagger swept past the wrist of the man who was hastily trying to cut off my hand.
From the wrist to the elbow, blood gushed from the cut deep enough to see the bone.
‘good.’
Physically, I’m on the same level, but I have the upper hand in control skills.
If you think about it, it makes sense.
Han Chang-shik had that body a few days ago, but I completed this body a few months ago.
‘Until now, I’ve only been able to press down with overwhelming force.’
I read his limitations in Han Chang-shik’s movements.
The movement is big, and there are quite a lot of small movements.
The attacks aiming at vital points were quite sharp at times, but they were not unstoppable.
‘I’ve never been able to stick with someone with similar physical abilities.’
You probably don’t know how to move to get the most out of your body.
No matter how good the hardware is, if the software installed on it is bad, it won’t perform at its best.
‘I just have to be careful with the tech stone.’
When I chased Han Chang-sik, who stepped back with his eyes shining, I saw the technic stone broken in his hand again.
I could faintly feel the movement of the magical energy that began in his hand.
It was not the effect of magic detection.
It’s really for detecting the mana possessed by living beings.
The reason I feel magic right now is thanks to my increased proficiency in mana management.
Around 30%, I started to feel the magic from the outside.
It’s not delicate enough to read even the magic structure, but I can see the direction!
I felt the power gathering at my feet and jumped up.
Soon, sharp, pointed chunks of ice rose from the ground.
The area was 3 meters around the peak, so there was nowhere to set foot.
‘It’s not ordinary ice.’
The moment I touched it, it felt like my flesh would be ripped apart.
If you do it wrong, the soles of your feet may be pierced.
However, my body is destined to fall back down according to gravity.
You have to move in the air to avoid the ice.
After making my decision, I twisted my body in the air to avoid Han Chang-shik’s sword aiming at my neck.
Right after that, attribute magic was concentrated on the toes.
Eventually, when the elemental mana gathered like beads under the soles of my feet, I kicked it.
Boom, the small sphere made of woven lightning exploded.
I leaped through the air using the shockwave as a fulcrum.
‘Okay, I succeeded without any mistakes in the actual battle.’
It was a method of utilization that I found while thinking about how to use attribute magic.
It uses the repulsive force generated when the tangled lightning explodes upon impact as a stepping stone.
Using this method, it is theoretically possible to jump up against gravity until the elemental mana runs out.
‘Standing in the air is a fake.’
The process of gathering the magical power of the lightning attribute so that it does not explode required more concentration than expected.
Being able to take it out and use it at the moment of need is thanks to crazy hard work.
“Huh? what is that now?”
As I stepped on the air and changed direction, Han Chang-sik expressed a question.
I neatly ignored the question.
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Just because he asks a question doesn’t mean I have to answer.
“I was thrilled when I touched you earlier, but are you using a skill stone?”
Han Chang-sik took out a potion and listened to it.
From cuts to the wrists to elbows and burns from being electrocuted by lightning.
As soon as I widened the distance, I took out the potion, it seems that the blow was quite big.
Of course, I had no intention of letting him drink the potion.
‘I’m not even an idiot.’
Where is the idiot who lets you heal or drug dope in the middle of a fight?
I stuck the spear I got from the mission paper close to the ground in the direction of Han Chang-shik.
The blades of the cross stretched out in a straight line, cutting through the surrounding ice while being enveloped in red mist.
Between me and Han Chang-sik, only a flat section of the sharp ice remained.
A place was created for me to set foot on.
I approached him through that place and aimed at his ankle with a cross-shaped spear blade.
“Suck!”
The moment Han Chang-shik hurriedly jumped into the air, the spear tip ricocheted.
The blade soaring upward hit the guy’s hand with precision.
The potion, which had been left open until the lid, soared into the air and landed on the floor with a creaking sound.
“Take out more.”
‘Cause I’ll break it all up
When he said it with ridicule, Han Chang-sik’s expression turned bloody.
I didn’t care about that and checked the remaining magic power.
‘I used quite a bit of elemental magic to stretch my body in the air.’
Meticulously grasping the remaining power, he swung his spear at the injured Han Chang-shik.
In order to maximize the advantages of the cross blade, I hit it from top to bottom like an axe.
Han Chang-shik escaped in time, but all around him was ice.
The result of jumping on it with my feet was obvious.
“Cheak!”
I was dumbfounded when I saw Han Chang-sik waking up after rolling around on the ice field.
‘A stone head?’
He doesn’t even consider what technology he used or how it affected his surroundings.
It’s like struggling to overcome the crisis that is right in front of you.
For some reason, thinking about the guy’s strength, being nervous and doing his best to prepare for it was a moment when he collapsed.
Han Chang-shik was clearly one step below me.
Still, the battle did not end easily.
Han Chang-shik, as well as me, quickly realized the reason.
Han Chang-shik, who coughed up blood after being kicked in the stomach by my foot, grinned as he wiped his mouth.
Then he smirked with a very angry expression.
“Haven’t you ever killed anyone?”
It was a straight line.