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n‘Hmm? Who is that Archer? He looks familiar…’

nHe was glaring at Ian fiercely.

nIan soon realized who he was.

n‘Oh… that Shaman quest PK guy!’

nIan’s opponent was none other than Milan, one of the three who had tried to rob Ian during the

nShaman quest.

n‘But was his level exactly 50? He appeared to be over Lv. 50, how is he here?’

nIn fact, Milan was at Lv. 51 when they did the Shaman quest.

nBut he lost a level because of the penalty when he was killed by Ian, so he waited and participated in

nRookies’ League!

nNaturally, Milan remembered Ian.

n“Ian, you PK criminal! I guess you are using my Necklace of Halio well!’

nMilan gritted his teeth at seeing Ian.

nHe could almost see the Necklace he had lost.

nIan smiled at this, “Well? I don’t know about it! Why are you looking for the Necklace of Halio here?’

nOf course, he had sold the Necklace at auction at a high price, but Ian wanted to make Milan angry.

nMilan was enraged at hearing this, “Uhh… you bastard! You killed us by using dirty tricks, but I will

ncrush you today.”

nIt was hilarious for Ian, ‘What? Crush me? You would have lost if we had fought then…’

nHowever, they were about to fight.

nIan wanted to mock that disgusting liar a little more.

n“Hey, I came up through all Perfect Game? How are you going to beat me?”

nWhat Ian said was quite reasonable, but Milan seemed to think that he could really beat Ian.

n“Did anyone who got this far lost even once? I even know your secret.”

nThe people who had been hearing this on the benches got curious.

n“Hey, it looks like they’ve fought before outside!”

n“Really? This is going to be so fun!”

nAll the 32 matches were happening simultaneously, but most of the crowd were watching Ian and

nLimlong fight.

nSo many people were listening to Ian and Milan’s conversation.

nWhile Ian’s eyes widened a little at hearing that Milan knew his secret.

n“What-What secret?”

nMilan gritted his teeth and answered, “You can’t be thinking that you could come so far through

nPerfect Games because you were that good! You are here just because you used good items!”

n“?”

nIan was confused. So, he waited for Milan’s next words.

nNext, what Milan said surprised not just Ian but everyone.

n“Your wolf pet! That wolf, you didn’t tame it, you used a Binding Magic Artifact!”

nThe crowd started to mutter among themselves, “It makes sense… that wolf is way too powerful to be

nthe pet of a Lv. 50 Summoner…”

n“Yes, yes. Now we know why. I would have won the Rookies’ League if I had a Summoning Magic

nArtifact like that!”

n“Hu, so the rich always win.”

nIan didn’t see that coming, therefore, he was greatly surprised.

n‘What? Ly is a pet summoned with an artifact? You really have been thinking that till now?’

nHe then got angry.

nOne of the things Ian hated the most was being called a gamer ‘who excelled because of his items’.

nMilan continued to provoke him, “Enough talking, let’s fight! I will ignore the wolf and kill you first.”

nIan was angry at the idiot in front of him and felt frustrated by the crowd that believed him.

n‘Ha… you’re all believing that idiot?’

nBefore Ian could ‘explain’, a system message that announced the beginning of the match was

nannounced.

nIan was enraged.

n“Ha… you idiot. You’ll die in 30 seconds.”

nIan was going to go easy on Milan and have some fun because he had to wait for the other matches

nto end, but now he changed his mind.

nAs soon as the match begun, Ly used Frenzy and lunged at Milan.

nGrowl- Growl-!

nMilan had anticipated that. So, he backed off and drew his bow.

n“Die!!”

nMilan’s Arrowhead had a white energy.

nIan was an Archer, so he knew exactly what it was.

n‘Guided Arrow. That skill is good… how did he get the skill book?’

nGuided Arrow was one of the great skills that all Archers wanted to get.

nIts power was lousy compared to other skills, but once you used it, dodging it was impossible.

nHowever, it could be blocked.

nIan knew that it wouldn’t give him much damage, but he was not going to stand still and get hit by the

nArrow.

n‘I have a bulletproof vest.’

nIt was an odd-shaped vest but Bukbuk, that was hard enough to be called bulletproof, was protecting

nIan’s back.

nIan turned his back on the Arrow and started to run.

nIt looked as if Ian was running away from the Arrow.

nMilan laughed at seeing this while he moved quickly, he couldn’t let himself to get attack by Ly.

n“Haha, you cannot run from Guided Arrow!”

nMilan was an Archer, so he had high Speed. He managed to run away from Ly while he kept firing

nGuided Arrows.

nGuided Arrow was called the best skill of an Archer in 1:1 pvp battles!

nThere were now more than 10 Arrows going after Ian. Milan was excited.

nHe was being chased by Ly himself, but the Guided Arrows would get to Ian before Ly got to him!

nHe then thought Ian, who wasn’t a Knight or a Warrior, would not be able to survive from more than

nten Guided Arrows.

nBut that was only his delusion.

nSoon, he met despair.

nThe Guided Arrows hit Ian’s back and system messages came up.

n…

n…

n‘What? 1 damage? What the… what the hell is Bukbuk?!’

nMilan, who had been running away from Ly, met Ian who had been running from the opposite direction

nbecause the Arena was a circle.

nincreases by 20% and fatal blow probability increases by 25%. Inflict 110% additional damage when

nattacking a weak spot.

nThe moment Aiming Weak Spot skill was activated, Ian and Ly lunged at Milan from both sides.

n“Kaaaaak-!!”

nHis fate was sealed, just like that.

n…

nThere had been a short ‘disturbance’ caused by Milan, but Ian won all matches after that easily.

nIt was finally the semifinals.

n‘Hmm, do I finally get to meet a strong opponent?’

nThen, his opponent came up.

nHe was wearing a grey robe, a black pointy hat and had a long staff decorated with skull-shaped

nornaments in his hand.

nHe clearly was a Dark Sorcerer.

n‘I am meeting a Dark Sorcerer for the second time. I wonder how he will do…’

nIan recalled Himenes who had a high level but was weak. He then looked at his opponent.

nIan got close and saw that the Dark Sorcerer was short and young.

nHe was even cute, holding a staff that was even taller than himself.

n‘It is the semifinals, so things cannot be what they appear to be.’

nHowever, the opponent’s appearance made Ian lower his guard.

nIan smiled and spoke again, “I am Ian. Nice to meet you.”

nThe little Dark Sorcerer, who had been looking somewhere else, abruptly lifted his head up and stared

nat Ian.

nHe then spoke with a serious look and voice that really didn’t fit him.

n“Tut, I finally meet a powerful opponent. This match is not going to be easy.”

n“?”

nHe spoke like a hero from children’s animation movies. Ian was confused.

nHis opponent spoke again, “However, if I, the most powerful Sorcerer of the Continent, get defeated

nhere, a lot of people would be sad. Dark Summoner! Your evil deeds end here. Brace yourself!’

nHe was a Dark Sorcerer and here he is calling me a Dark Summoner? Ian was dumbfounded.

nThe most powerful Sorcerer of the Continent…

nIan flinched and stepped back, ‘What-what? Is this the famous puberty?’

nThe boy looked too young to be in puberty, probably still going to elementary school.

nIan was confused at this mental attack. The Dark Sorcerer then added, “My name is ‘CoolHuni’. You’d

nbetter remember that. It is too great of a name to tell you, as you will be gone soon…”

nAnother mental attack and such natural rudeness!

n‘What-what… on earth is wrong with him?’

nIan felt danger.

nWhile they had this warm conversation, the system message was announced.

nNumerous people were watching, as it was the semifinals.

nDuring the preparation time, Ian and Huni summoned all they had.

nIan was a little surprised at seeing what Huni summoned.

n‘Hidden class! It’s got to be a hidden class.’

nHuni’s Skeletons looked different from ordinary Dark Sorcerer’s Skeletons.

nFirst, they were not white; they consisted of black bones.

nAdditionally, they looked a little bigger compared to ordinary Skeletons.

n‘But there are fewer of them.’

nIan stopped looking down on his opponent.

nHe didn’t know what kind of hidden class it was so he couldn’t anticipate what skills Huni would use.

n‘Shit, why didn’t I see this Dark Sorcerer’s matches?’

nIan watched a match every hour, but he had never seen Huni.

nWhile Ian was thinking like this, the match began.

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