Chapter 158 – Forgotten Dragon Knight’s Pride (6)
What is the biggest characteristic of the assassin series?
When someone asked.
Probably most will answer like this.
As the name suggests, it is characterized by ‘assassination’.
The Assassin series sees the greatest effect when ambush from an invisible place.
There will be big and small differences for each subdivided ability, but the core is surprise after all.
The foundation is the [Stealth] Rune and the [Identify Weakness] Rune.
Hide your presence or disappear from sight through [Stealth], And reduce your opponent’s defense through [Identify Weaknesses].
This composition was the most basic ambush route of the assassin series.
‘And Jiyun-jae failed the surprise attack twice.’
Jiyunjae tried to assassinate me and failed.
At first, he disappeared in the explosion, but when I attacked him while I was fighting with Myunghun.
The second one was a 3:1 battle with the 〈 Villain 〉 clan members, who suddenly intervened and attacked.
The first time it was blocked by some fire shield, and the other time it was blocked by my reaction speed.
Assassins who have failed in raids twice.
Holders who lost their skills were, of course, at a disadvantage in battle.
“Hap… !!”
“…… ?!”
At my sudden, one-on-one sword attacks, Ji Yoon-jae panics and counters them with a short sword.
A total of five quick sword attacks.
It contained the power of a weak ‘attribute’.
‘Change strike.’
Combining all 4 attribute runes into one this time, the newly obtained upper rune [Elemental Master].
The core effect of this rune is ‘Ignoring Elements’, which can partially ignore the opponent’s ‘resistance ability (elemental resistance)’.
And there are two types of ‘Change Strike’, which can increase the power by up to 50% when using the power of the attribute alternately.
Ji Yoon-jae shows some weakness in a head-to-head duel.
I used this to the extreme to push him.
Fire, water, earth, wind, and fire again.
A total of five elemental magics were weakly contained in my sword and changed.
An ordinary sword would have been broken quickly due to weak magic response, but the [Sword of the Penitent] Is an epic item with a very high sensitivity.
After all, expensive weapons were expensive.
“What is this… !!”
Jiyunjae was flustered and let go of my sword.
Even if I said that, I felt that I was able to block it surprisingly easily.
‘I can block it well with that little shortsword.’
Here comes the reason why A-class holders are different from B-class holders.
When normal B-class holders are attacked like this, they are embarrassed by the overwhelming difference in strength and speed, and are pushed away…
Class A holders narrow the gap by using their runes like this.
This ‘flow’ is probably a swordsman rune using a short sword.
Among them, it seemed to be a skill specialized in evasion.
Assassins are generally difficult to tank, so they often set up a strategy that focuses mainly on avoidance in head-to-head battles…
Ji Yoon-jae’s appearance now was the standard form of avoidance.
Even if the title of ‘Assassin on the Dragon’ has been passed over, Class A is still Class A.
Ji Yoon-jae’s basic talent is that it doesn’t go anywhere easily.
But seeing that, I laughed heartily inwardly.
‘I had no intention of aiming anyway.’
From the beginning, the target was not Ji Yoon-jae.
Pushu-
Fire-!!
“Quaaaaah-!!”
“Mincheol Kim! What the fuck!”
“What… !!”
At some point, it became a 1:1 composition with Ji Yoon-jae, but the other 3 〈 Villain 〉 clan members were still looking for an opportunity to raid me.
And a clan member who just happened to be looking for an opportunity to stab me with a spear.
The arm of that clan member called Kim Min-chul…
Cut off in an instant
Neat and perfect.
And at that cut edge.
It caught fire and burned like an active volcano.
His arm was cut off with a physical attack, and his body parts were burned with a magical attack that followed.
Clan member Kim Min-cheol dropped the spear he was holding and groaned in intense pain.
It happened at a time no one expected.
‘I’m an idiot if I use all my strength against Jiyun-jae.’
I calmly looked at the remaining guys.
From the beginning, my goal was not Ji Yoon-jae.
In the first place, Ji Yoon-jae is an assassin.
Even though he is an A-rank holder, his special skill is always “Stealth” And raids using room cutting.
Of course, his real strength comes from surprise rather than head-to-head combat.
If so, the holders who will pass the time in a head-to-head confrontation.
In other words, if you defeat the remaining 3 〈 Villain 〉 clan members…
Wouldn’t it be easy to get the battle composition on my side?
I had this strategy in place when I came in to fight this group of four, and the first step worked just as I retired one.
‘The end of the change strike.’
[Elemental Master]’S special effect, ‘Change Strike’.
An attack with increased power by up to 50% while changing properties.
He instantly changed the direction of the finish and hit another clan member, not Ji Yoon-jae.
They were B-class holders who were already distracted by my pumped stats, but there was no way they could block this finishing attack that was mixed to the limit.
The result is a great success.
Now, there are only three people left, including Ji Yoon-jae.
“One more.”
Change weapons with Instant Arms Replacement.
Four familiar daggers were held in both hands.
I threw the daggers at the enemy without giving the slightest chance.
The cooldown of the [Quarter Knife] I used a long time ago had returned just in time.
‘The demon’s curse, slowing down.’
Mix in some magic here.
The ‘slowing’ curse in the epic rune [Demon’s Curse].
In order to restrict the opponent’s movement to evade the skill, apply a slowdown.
Thanks to that, one of the clan members who was floundering next to the injured was attacked by me again.
The [Quarter Knife] Was inserted into his left leg.
All four sacks hit…
It was only natural that the ‘rainy bomb’ would activate.
Kwaaang-!!
“Turn off, turn off-!! Leg! My leg… !!”
Creepy screams flood the battlefield once more.
Now there are only two left.
Only one member of the 〈 Villain 〉 Clan with a sword and shield and Ji Yoon-jae.
I could see their complexions turning into despair.
‘That’s your skill, Ji Yoon-jae.’
Jiyunjae made a huge mistake in attacking and assassinating me.
That’s just the timing
When I am most dangerous, and when I can strike the most effective blow.
Ji Yoon-jae missed the chance that the timing came.
‘I should have killed her with Cha Soo-yeon.’
The moment I was most defenseless was the moment when I tried to kill Cha Soo-yeon using [Shadow of Distortion].
At that time, I put all my energy into killing her, and after that, I was preparing to use [The force of her exploding sword] By putting her magical energy into it.
Of course, it was bound to be vulnerable to other attacks.
Ji Yoon-jae should have aimed for that time.
I shouldn’t have considered the life and death of Cha Soo-yeon, and I should have focused on myself at the best timing.
Missing that golden time was such an uncharacteristic struggle.
And do you miss that golden hour…
“Shit! Hide and throw!!”
Like this.
You can’t judge the right situation, and you fight like you’re being swung.
‘Sick.’
I laughed inwardly.
Finally came out
Jiyunjae’s main rune [Secret Magic of Concealment].
That ultimate skill [Knife Rain].
A ranged skill that shoots a total of 21 daggers at the target…
The daggers were not poured all at once, but a time-lag attack that was poured at different timings.
In particular, the direction of the dagger’s flight is unpredictable, and it is a very tricky ultimate skill because it has a cut-off effect that partially ignores the target’s durability.
‘All of them are physical attacks.’
Most of my ultimate skills, large or small, utilize magic.
On the other hand, Jiyunjae’s [Knife Rain] Is only a physical attack.
As much as it received a lot of support from other aspects, it was a pure physical ultimate skill that did not contain magical power.
‘If it was a close combat declaration, I’d just ignore it.’
A chance to offset the ultimate skill with one skill.
But unfortunately, because I used it to protect Kang Joo-yeon earlier, [Melee Declaration] Was still on cooldown.
Of course, I was still able to afford it.
Evasion and defense skills given to me.
It’s because it wasn’t just the [Melee Declaration].
“Flow.”
Chant quietly
The sword held in both hands through the weapon replacement technique.
I calmly took my stance and prepared to face the pouring daggers.
I used the [Racing Sword] When attacking the Flame Hydra, but fortunately I saved the [Running Water Sword].
I was wondering if there would be anything to use since it was a skill focused on extreme avoidance, but like this, another opportunity came.
Sh- Hey-!!
Caen- Caen-
Cagan- Cagan-!
It is said that the directions of [Knife Lane] Are all random, but in fact, the direction the first five come from is fixed.
Left lower knee, right diagonally above, front of front of eyes, right shoulder, back of back.
I had memorized all of these complicated directions.
Ji Yoon-jae was a villain who played a significant role in the original work.
As such, I also knew the runes and skills he used in detail.
‘Next, rhythmically.’
The first 5 daggers fly in off-beat.
After blocking those tricky 5 daggers, just block them at the right timing.
A total of 21 daggers are poured.
My sword moves as if dancing with him.
Caen- Caen-
Afterwards, Ji Yoon-jae’s dagger collided and fell with a bizarre metal sound.
My sword dance interlocked with the dagger that poured down like rain…
We reached the end in an instant.
And.
Kaaang-!!
Again, Ji Yoon-jae’s weapon and mine collided.
I have no idea how many times this has happened.
“Damn it! How the hell Why do you know everything, why!!”
Filled with anger, Jiyunjae pushed me wildly, brandishing a shortsword.
[Knife Lane]’S attack route, as well as the direction of the first five daggers.
Even taking advantage of that gap, like this, Ji Yoon-jae rushes.
All of them were within my prediction range, and he was caught in this counterattack proudly.
It was the end of the one who read all the patterns in advance.
And….
“K-Ugh?!”
Ji Yoon-jae, who had been charging like a horned bull, suddenly let out a quiet voice.
His expression looked somewhat uncomfortable and distressed.
It was as if he had been struck by an injustice.
A grin comes out of him.
Of course I knew why.
“How does the poison taste?”
The moment when I bumped into Ji Yoon-jae several times earlier.
It was cut as if it were being brushed by my sword, and there were scratches here and there.
Some kind of poison was flowing from there.
The [Deadly Poison] Rune that has reached level 8.
That derivative skill, [Poison Attack].
Like a rat hiding in a corner, my poison attack was parasitic on Ji Yoon-jae’s body.