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nChapter 44 – Smash, Charge (7)

n“Kuh! Ugh!”

nA single instant attack towards me.

nAll 3 level 100 shields shattered pathetically.

nI had even Awakened the Reflect Shield.

nAn amount of damage I never seen or even heard of.

nAt my stomach, two holes each the size of my fists appeared.

nLike an open facet, blood poured out.

nMy organs began to spill out one by one.

n‘Ma… Mana Shield!’

nI fell on my knees.

nBoth Banwol Jincheon had left my hands a long time ago.

nThis kind of a lethal attack, I have not received since the Kelvacore.

nWith all my strength, I covered the whole in my stomach.

nDespite that, blood continued to pour out without any signs of slowing down.

nWho did it. A person who’d be able to deal such an insane amount of damage with precision.

nRegaining my composure, I casted heal with the hand that was covering the wound.

nWith the other hand that was holding onto the ground, I focused to make sure I continued casting Mana Shield.

nThe 200 or so left, as if waiting for this final chance, was firing off all their highest ranking magic and physical attacks on me.

nIf I did not level up my heal to 100, I would not be able to get out of this dire situation.

nThe punctured stomach began to heal.

nMy body began to regain the warmth lost from all the blood loss, as well as the color that was turning pale beforehand.

nIt was quite the dire situation.

nEverything almost ended in one attack.

n“Ha.. Ha… That was dangerous.”

nIt was a crucial mistake to cancel my Mana Shield due to time constraints.

nMy wound healed perfectly.

nNow that it came down to this, I could not abandon the Mana Shield.

nGuess I have to use one hand to defend and the other to attack.

nMy highest damage skills Meteor and Iceberg both had a cast time of 4 minutes.

nAnd they also had the cooldown of 4 minutes.

nInstead of those 2 skills, I had to use the lower cooldown Fire Shock to cause as much as damage as possible.

nEach of my hands held Banwol Jincheon once more, and I glared at them with fury.

nWatching me regain my composure, their faces filled with fear.

nSome of them even began to back away.

nIt’s to be expected though, since there was someone using skills from all classes without a care in front of them.

nWith fearful looks, they looked to one another.

nThose who were backing away dashed towards the exit.

nHowever, it was only for a moment.

nThose who ran towards the exit, their heads were chopped off by the secretary with the sunglasses before they could even get near it.

nCleaning the blood off the blade, the secretary said to the shaking crowd.

n“Fight. Master did not give the order to retreat.”

nThe body that had its head chopped off was still standing.

nLike a fountain, blood began to spray from the neck.

nThose around the headless man could do nothing but cry.

nThe secretary pointed his sword once more at the crowd.

nOnly now did they seem to have snapped out of fear.

nI decided to take care of the extras after I take care of Park Hyun and her guards.

nI couldn’t continue to waste time.

nI casted ‘Brave’s Protection’, its red hue enveloping me.

nIncreasing my attack power, I swiftly dashed to Park Hyun’s location.

n30 minutes left!

nDue to the long fight, seems they’re running out of mana.

nThey did pour all their skills at me.

nDefinitely low on mana.

nAll warriors stopped their ranged attacks and began to close in for close quarter combat.

nThey were in my way to Park Hyun.

n“Out of my way!”

nExtras that aren’t even being protected by the healers.

nOne Fire Shock was enough.

n“A-…..”

nThe Awakeneds that tried to Cut, Heavy Slash, and use such skills became ash.

nDespite burning them to ashes, the flames still burned fiercely.

nI ran through them, spreading fire.

nAt my 1700 strength stat slashing, those resisting were hacked apart.

nBlue, the devil avatar arrived near Park Hyun.

nIt was the only one still alive.

nIt raised a giant knife that looked like a table knife to the skies.

nOn the blade, there were bloody remains of its victims.

nThe blood of the Awakened that were chopped apart without remorse were frozen into icicles from the frost aura.

nWith its roar, countless icicles began to fall from the sword.

nHowever, Park Hyun and her guards did not react.

nThe avatar’s skill that rained icicles were about to swallow them.

nIt was then.

n“Block it, Shetrick.”

nPark Hyun opened her mouth.

nThe elderly lady standing within the group.

nThe one who had reported the total count of the assembled to Park Hyun.

nStaring at me directly as I charged at her, she raised her hand and released a massive flame tornado.

nThe fierce ice attack disappeared without a trace.

nSeemed to be a magician class.

n‘Definitely someone to worry about.’

nHer focus changed from me to the avatar.

nSince the skill became useless, it swung its sword.

nSuddenly, the staff that the elder was holding onto became huge.

nIt turned into a sword made of magma, pulsing molten rock as if alive.

nArriving to the giant avatar’s head, she precisely struck without any wasteful movement. With that, the avatar was destroyed instantly.

nI had used Louver’s Bracelet to cast Devil Avatar.

nBut she was skilled enough to take that out in one hit.

nBlue did its job.

nHe distracted them and bought me time.

nI could’ve gotten to them faster using Teleport, but there is a reason why I ran at them.

nIt was because I was in the middle of casting Meteor Call.

nThe casting finished, and a level 40 Meter was falling atop of them.

nAll tanks came together.

nNo matter what kind of a tank you are, it wouldn’t be enough to block an attack like this.

nThe armor they wore shattered apart into dust.

nBut guess they used all the mana they had left to use defensive skills.

nThere were still 3 secretaries, Shetrick, and Park Hyun herself still standing behind them.

nI took another step towards them.

n‘Gravity Laser.’

nThey had spent all their mana, and could do nothing as the laser enveloped their forms.

nMax range. Area of effect. There was no way the extras could live.

nNow, 5 were left.

nThe final bosses.

nI stood before them.

n‘Iceberg.’

nAn icy aura began to form at the tip of my sword.

nIt took 4 minutes to cast.

nPutting the sword on my shoulders, I asked.

n“Do you still think I can’t escape alive?”

n“… You arrogant little **.”

nHolding onto her wand with enough force to cause cracks, she grinded her teeth.

nThere was only one way out of this battlefield.

nAnd it was behind me.

n“You said you’ll be going to the guild battle soon? Guess you don’t have anyone to bring anymore. Maybe you could put some of the bloody chucks of flesh back together.”

n“I’ll rip your tongue out!”

n“Ah. Let me ask. The attack that broke all my shields. Who did it?”

n“…..”

n“Looks like it’s not the four left here. Must be the assassin who tried using the Dagger Throw?”

n“Kill!”

nObeying her command, the three secretaries pulled their swords out and charged.

nThey moved as one, striking at me in one fluid movement.

nTheir attacks had no chance to work on me.

nThe bloody sword was blocked by the Mana Shield, shaking in its tracks.

nPulling back their swords, they fixed their stance and stuck right by me.

nLooking at their attack with leisure, I focused only on casting Iceberg.

nWith incredible speed they slashed.

nTrying to cut down my shield with Whirlwind?

n“You think you can cut me? Try using a blender. You got 2 minutes until you get sent to the afterlife.”

n“KWAHHH!”

nThe sunglasses man casted Piercing Sword like a madman.

nCountless swords came towards me.

nBut they didn’t move as he intended.

nIt was a skill that caused damage by going through the target repeatedly.

nBut the swords that were blocked by the shields fell to the floor weakly.

nThe swords continued to pour, but the result was the same.

n“1 minute.”

nIt was then.

n“GAH! YOU CRAZY LITTLE SHIT!”

nI was casting Mana Shield without a doubt.

nBut how could this be?

nMy wounds were reopening.

nThis wasn’t an attack skill that was beyond ranking.

nAnd there was nobody nearby who had that capability.

nEven if there was, this wasn’t an injury from an attack.

n‘Perhaps.’

nThat’s it. It was Park Hyun’s ‘Status Negation.’

nThe skill was used to return the target back to its healthy status before receiving an injury.

nHowever, this bitch had used it to return me back to the state of being injured.

nSince it was a healing type of spell, Mana Shield did not recognize it as an attack and could not block the skill.

nThe secretary’s Piercing Sword targeted my whole body once more.

nIf I can just focus, I can make it.

nSeems his mana also ran out.

nPiercing Sword costed 10% of your max mana afterall.

nIt also looked like the Whirlwind used before took a lot as well.

n“ORAAAA!”

nYelling out what was a mix of screaming and yelling, I finished casting Iceberg.

nImmediately I poured healing on myself.

nWith its massive range, even Shetrick got caught up despite being positioned far back.

nAlmost like doing puzzles or a rubix cube, the inside of the iceberg shifted.

nWith it splitting the targets apart and the massive temperature drop at an incredible rate, Iceberg delivered a massive amount of damage.

nShetrick was holding on using her Mana Shield.

nHowever, there was no way she had the mana capacity to receive a level 40 Iceberg.

nOther than Park Hyun, the targets were shattered apart to the point where it was hard to recognize their forms.

nI was too busy healing to watch them die though.

n“Making a hole in my stomach twice. Damn! I won’t let you die so easily. Park Hyun!”

n“M…monster! You monster!”

nPark Hyun started to back away, trembling like a leaf.

nEven if she was a murderer, she was at her own execution.

nIf someone saw the noose that would hang them, they would probably have this expression.

nShe too was a person.

nI healed enough to be able to move around again.

nOne of the 4 that was trapped in the Iceberg, I could see a piece containing a wrist.

nThe wristwatch read 7:45 pm.

n“There’s still 15 minutes left!”

nEven I’d admit that only a devil would say those words.

nIf you asked how far can humanity’s cruelty go…

nThe answer could be the mass murder I committed today.

n“For you bitch, this is only the beginning!”

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