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nWhen the match started, the Dark Sorcerer ‘CoolHuni’ immediately used a skill.

n“Mire of Darkness!”

nAs he had expected, it was a skill Ian had never seen before.

nDark energy started to flow through the entire floor of the field.

nThe slowdown effect affected Ian and all his pets.

nIan frowned, ‘20% slowdown, that’s a little annoying…’

nIan had been planning to attack first as he had done to Himenes, but he had to give up that plan now.

nThe slowdown effect was one thing, but Huni moved his Skeletons fast unlike Himenes.

nIf a swift attack wasn’t possible, he had to go in straight.

n“Ly, let’s kill them one by one, starting from the nearest!”

nGrowl-!

nIan let Big Guy and Ly go in front of him and clashed with Huni’s Skeletons.

nThere seemed to be 10 in total.

nConsidering that ordinary Lv. 50 Dark Sorcerer used more than 20 Skeletons, it was a lot less, but

nHuni’s Skeletons were bigger and black, so they seemed more dangerous.

nIan’s Lightning Spheres and Big Guy’s Ice Wave slowed down the Skeletons as usual.

nZap-

n‘I need to slow down as many Skeletons as possible to let Ly get near the Dark Sorcerer.’

nIan couldn’t swiftly attack to kill the Dark Sorcerer, but he wasn’t going to let him live until he killed all

nSkeletons.

n“Lightning Spheres!”

nIan threw both Lightning Spheres in his hands, they exactly hit two Skeletons.

nZip- Bam-!

nThe spheres were divided into eight, they then spread and hit the other Skeletons nearby.

nSeven out of the ten Skeletons were hit by the Lightning Spheres while three of them were Paralyzed.

nIan anticipated the direction of the divided spheres and hit many of them with a single use of the skill.

nHis controlling abilities were almost godly.

nHuni saw this and used another skill.

nThis time, it was one of the Dark Sorcerer’s basic attack skills that Ian knew well.

n“Judgment of Darkness!”

nHuni stretched out his hand and an arrow of black light was fired at Ian.

nJudgment of Darkness was one of the fastest skills when it comes to ‘firing’ attack skills, however, Ian

ntwisted his waist a little and avoided it.

nHe didn’t avoid it by looking at the light from the arrow, he could do it because he looked at Huni’s

nhand and anticipated the course of the ray.

nPing-

nJudgment of Darkness just hit the floor of the field and scattered.

nHuni clenched his fist, “You are good, just as I expected! Unfortunately, you cannot win against me!

nHaha!”

nIan was now partly immune to that childish comments of the kid, so he didn’t talk back and continued

nto use Lightning Spheres.

nAfter using the skill four, five times, most of the Skeletons were Paralyzed and Ly was almost done

nwith finishing one Skeleton.

nThen, Ian’s eyes sparkled.

n‘Now!’

nIan saw a gap between the Skeletons that had been protecting Huni and he didn’t hesitate to give an

norder to Ly.

n“Ly, go!”

nGrowl-!!

nAs soon as Ly heard the order, it jumped up and stepped on Big Guy’s shoulder.

nIt leaped up even higher and lunged at Huni from behind.

nIt should have surprised Huni.

nHowever, as if he had seen this coming, he stepped back and used a skill.

n“Vengeance of the Dead!”

nIan got tense at hearing this.

nHe had never heard of the Vengeance of the Dead skill.

nThe moment before Ly’s teeth touched Huni, a dark energy surrounded Huni’s entire body.

nKaaa-!

nHowever, Ly did not hesitate to attack Huni.

nAs usual, Ly inflicted a fatal blow.

nHowever, Ian saw more system messages that surprised him.

nIan doubted his eyesight for a moment.

n‘What the- 6270? It can’t be!’

nLy’s Unique Ability, Bleeding, was activated right after. However, Ian couldn’t care about it.

nIf Ly had gotten more than 6000 damages, then its Health was almost gone!

nIn addition, Vengeance of the Dead was an effect that was applied after Ly’s Bleeding.

nTherefore, Ly wasn’t able to recover its Health because the moment where the Bleeding effect was

nactivated his Health was at the maximum amount possible.

n‘Ly’s Health is less than 8000!’

nAt that moment, Huni attacked and his staff hit Ly’s shoulder.

nIan had no time to hesitate now.

nIan quickly brought Ly back.

n“Ly, dismiss!”

nAs Huni was about to attack again, Ly turned into a white light and vanished.

n“Kaka, I knew it. That wolf had a strong Attack Force but terrible Defense Force!”

nHuni mocked Ian. However, he could not talk back.

nIan had not anticipated that situation.

nCold sweat ran down his back.

nLy could not be summoned for 30 minutes from now.

nThat meant Ian could not use Ly in this battle.

n‘I didn’t know I would have to fight without Ly… I should have gone safe and killed those Skeletons

nfirst…’

nHowever, Ian could not have known that Huni had a skill that gave back the damage inflicted.

nAttacking Huni using Ly was the best choice Ian had.

n‘Ly is gone, but he still received a huge damage.’

nHe remembered that Himenes had less than 10,000 Health.

nWith Ly’s fatal blow and the additional damage caused by Bleeding, Huni must have lost more than

n6000 Health.

nIan thought he didn’t lose too much.

nJust as he thought, Huni’s name started to blink slowly as the Bleeding kept hurting him.

nIt meant that he had less than half of his Health left.

n‘That Vengeance of the Dead skill doesn’t seem to last long, so I should make him exhausted with the

nLightning Spheres.’

nHuni had 4000~5000 Health at most.

nEven if he kept using the Vengeance of the Dead, Ian had more than 10,000 Health left. He was sure

nhe could win.

nBut then, Huni used an unexpected skill once more.

n“Absorbing Soul!”

n“?!”

nHuni kept activating unfamiliar skills.

nNext, Huni’s Absorbing Soul skill made Ian despair.

nHuni stretched out his hand and four Skeletons were absorbed into his hand. Then his Health was

nrecovered!

n“Haha, you don’t have your wolf while I got my full Health back! How are you going to fight me?

nHaha!”

n“Umm…”

nIan was clearly in disadvantage.

n‘I might lose.’

nIan thought he could lose for the first time.

nHowever, he needed to do his best.

n“Big Guy, Ice Wave!!”

nHuni repeatedly used Judgment of Darkness while Ian dodged it and blocked it with Bukbuk. Then, he

nkilled the Skeletons one by one.

nIan and Huni fought fiercely like that for about 15 minutes.

nThe crowd was impressed by their great battle and was absorbed into it.

nThe battle was so exciting.

n“Big Guy, dismiss!”

nAfter the fierce battle, Ian had no choice but to dismiss Big Guy.

nHowever, he had killed many of his Skeletons, so there was only one left now.

nThe two stopped fighting and looked at each other.

n“You annoying idiot!”

nIan smiled at hearing this.

n“Stop talking like that to an adult, kid.”

n“Kid-kid?! You villain!”

nHuni was enraged at being called a kid. He lunged at Ian.

nHuni and his Skeleton drove Ian into a corner.

n‘Hmm… this is not good…’

nIt would be hard to avoid Huni’s Dark Magic when he was in a corner.

nIan thought about what to do.

nThen…

nBukbuk, that had been on Ian’s back, moved.

n“Huh?”

nBuk- bukbuk-

nBukbuk went down from Ian’s back, crawled forward, and stood to stop Huni.

nBuk! Bukbuk!!

nIan was moved, ‘Bukbuk! I thought you were with me because of the meatballs!’

nBukbuk bravely stepped forward to protect Ian!

nHuni sneered at seeing Bukbuk coming to face him.

n“What is this big-headed turtle? Did you have more pets left?”

nIan ignored Huni and kept thinking of a way to win the match.

nHuni thought he had won and kept speaking with ease.

n“Why don’t you just surrender? You have fought this long against the strongest Sorcerer of the

nuniverse, so it makes you a strong villain.”

nHuni kept provoking Ian, but he didn’t react. Huni got angry, “I will kill this turtle first! Judgment of

nDarkness!”

nJudgment of Darkness came out of Huni’s staff and flew toward Bukbuk.

nBuk-!

nHowever, Bukbuk quickly got into its shell.

nHuni’s eyes widened slightly.

n“You have a protective barrier!”

nBukbuk stuck its head out again triumphantly. Huni frowned, “Hard turtle, I will kill you a little later.”

nBuk-?

nHuni started to attack Ian 2:1 with his Skeleton.

nIan turned and ran.

n“Haha! What is that? What can you get by running?” Huni got excited and chased Ian.

nIan lured Huni to the edge of the field.

n‘Just a little more!’

nTo others, it looked like Ian was running away from Huni and his Skeleton because he had no other

nchoice, but Ian had an idea.

nHe had come up with a great plan while Bukbuk dragged time!

nIan and Huni ran a lap like that.

nNext, the moment they went past Bukbuk, which was near the edge of the field…

n‘Now!’

nIan used his hidden card.

n“Twisting Space!”

nThe skill was activated. Ian and Bukbuk changed places. Huni, who had been chasing Ian, was

nsurprised at seeing Ian vanish.

n“What-what?!”

nIan, who teleported behind Huni, pushed him with all his might, using the inertia caused by the

nrunning.

n“Ahh!”

nSince Huni was a Dark Sorcerer, he was light and had low Strength. He was pushed by Ian and even

ntoppled over Bukbuk that appeared in front of him.

nIan was excited, “Yes!”

nHuni fell and tumbled out of the field!

nSystem messages were announced.

nThe people, who had been watching with excitement, cheered.

n“Waaaaa! That was awesome!!”

n“I didn’t think he could win, but he did it!”

n“Did you see that Summoner’s control? How can he use skills so delicately like that?”

nHowever, there were also things that somewhat offended Ian.

n“That Summoner won without that wolf summoned by the artifact. I think he is quite good.”

nIan was a little mad about it but he had just won a match that he almost lost. So, he still felt good.

nIan thought as he looked at Huni, ‘It was a difficult match. Of course, if we fight again, it will be a lot

neasier to win…’

nHuni was certainly a great gamer, however, that was not why Ian almost lost.

nIt was because of Huni’s Vengeance of the Dead skill was deadly to Ly.

nIf they fought again, he would leave Huni alone, kill the Skeletons first and then go after Huni.

nMeanwhile, Huni, who had unexpectedly lost, was shaking his fist because of anger.

n“Uh… uh!”

nIan saw it and he wanted to tease him, “Kid, I won. What should we do?”

nTears filled Huni’s eyes, “Ahhh! I won! I was supposed to win!”

nHe was a strange kid, but Ian knew that he would have been beaten by him.

n‘He is a great gamer. Beyond comparison with that stupid No. 1 ranked Dark Sorcerer.’

nThe kid burst into tears. Ian felt a little sorry, “Kid, don’t cry. Challenge me later and I will accept it.”

nHowever, Ian’s sympathy just made Huni sadder.

n“This match is invalid! Invalid! I want a rematch! Rematch!”

nHowever, there was no way the result of the semifinals would be changed because of a kid throwing a

ntantrum.

nIan got over the great crisis like that and safely reached the finals of the Rookies’ League.

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