Published at 3rd of February 2021 12:53:50 PM
Chapter 350
Chapter 350
“Blood Field!”
Red energy spread through the wide space, and red raindrops started to fall in the air .
‘Eh?’ Hyeonu’s eyes widened . The vampires that were struck by the red raindrops started to rise from the ground . The dead couldn’t stand up, but the severely injured vampires quickly healed their wounds and ran toward the Pioneer Guild again .
[You are under the influence of South Rock’s Blood Field . ]
[All stats are reduced . ]
[The magic power required to use a skill will increase . ]
[Blood Field has been ignored due to the influence of fighting energy . ]
South Rock gazed triumphantly at Hyeonu, hoping for Hyeonu to feel frustrated .
“You want to have a staring contest?” Hyeonu spoke confidently .
He wasn’t frustrated at all because he was unaffected by South Rock’s Blood Field ability . It was a bit of a problem that the vampires regained their health, but Hyeonu believed in the Pioneer Guild and in Tang-E .
“Use that!” Asu’s voice rang out in the distance .
Shortly after Asu’s voice faded, a white light started to erase the red energy .
[You are under the influence of Blessed Earth . ]
[All stats have increased . ]
[Health and magic power recovery speed will increase . ]
This was Maha’s skill . It was a skill that affected a certain range, just like Area Proclamation and Blood Field . Blood Field became completely invalidated due to the skill ‘Blessed Earth’ . To be precise, it was crippled . The buff function for South Rock and the vampires was working properly, but the debuffs had completely disappeared .
“Hey, what is this? It was completely invalidated?” Hyeonu laughed .
His laugh was filled with such ridicule that it was like his expression could be seen through the mask . In the end, South Rock couldn’t overcome his anger and rushed at Hyeonu with a scream: “Uwaaah!”
Blood-red wings emerged from the incoming South Rock’s back . South Rock accelerated as the distance to Hyeonu narrowed . His speed was almost at the maximum when he arrived near Hyeonu . Bloody pure energy rose like nails from South Rock’s hands, and he swung it roughly .
Hyeonu didn’t lose to that either . Rather, he used one more move . Black claws made of pure energy were formed from both of Hyeonu’s hands . The blood nails and black claws collided, causing powerful vibrations and explosions to occur . The aftermath of the collision was very intense . In the distance, the vampires and Pioneer Guild members stopped fighting momentarily .
Then they clashed again and again . They fought like crazy people .
‘Isn’t this interesting?’
Hyeonu was enjoying the battle . To him, a fierce battle was fun .
‘It’s good practice . ’
South Rock was a humanoid monster . Naturally, that meant fighting him was similar to fighting with players . While battling South Rock, Hyeonu gave himself a voluntary penalty as practice for the Pro League’s PVP .
‘What the hell is this guy?’ South Rock was nervous .
The first person he met after a long break was stronger than expected . Before regaining his sense of battle, he encountered a wall that was too high .
‘I have to either drag it out longer or finish it now . ’
South Rock’s only options were to either drag out the battle and restore his sense of combat or finish it now with overwhelming force . His decision was the latter: ‘Look for gaps and finish it right away . ’ He never thought of dragging the battle out . After all, his sense of combat could be found later, and that would be fine .
However, the longer the battle, the more variables there would be . South Rock made a decision and raised his magic power . The color of the blood-like pure energy became darker . Now it was no longer bright red but dark red like that of dried blood . South Rock made a satisfied smile and reached out to Hyeonu, feeling certain this attack would work .
Then South Rock’s eyes widened . He doubted his eyes . He couldn’t believe it .
‘Equal . . . ?’
He was neither ahead nor behind . His attack was stopped right in the middle . South Rock’s bloody nails were blocked by the black claws and couldn’t move forward .
“Why is your expression like that? Did you think you were going to win?” Hyeonu kept scratching at South Rock’s heart with his words .
He was relieving his stress . Perhaps it was because the other person was an artificial intelligence, but it felt good to get a response like this .
‘Why is his expression so honest?’
It was the first time Hyeonu had met someone whose emotions were displayed even more openly on their face than Yeongchan . Hyeonu just had to look at South Rock's expression to know how he would move and what he was thinking .
‘If you increase your magic power so obviously, then anyone would block it . ’
Hyeonu hadn't been fighting with all his strength and had room to match the strength that South Rock raised . His increased stats, that had risen due to Maha’s buffs, put Hyeonu even more at ease with the situation .
“Do it a bit harder . Don’t you want to see some wounds?” Hyeonu quickly thrust out his fist .
The black claws momentarily lengthened, creating three claws marks on South Rock’s cheeks . South Rock raised a hand and touched his cheek . Red blood smeared his white hands, and he gritted his teeth silently . His pride was cracked .
South Rock stepped back and took a deep breath . He cleared his mind, and his rising anger cooled . This time, Hyeonu rushed over . The battle on the Pioneer side was reaching its peak . Hyeonu had to speed up as well .
‘I have to use a skill . ’
Hyeonu worried about this as he exchanged quick attacks with South Rock . What skill should he use?
‘Tyrant’s Eyes . ’
Ultimately, this was the skill that Hyeonu chose as he deemed it the most appropriate skill at this point . He would steal South Rock’s stats and bet on the abnormal status . Of course, the condition was that he needed to make eye contact . It was much easier to make eye contact with South Rock than it was to make eye contact with a massive drake . With eyes that were dyed a dark red, Hyeonu made eye contact with South Rock .
[15% of South Rock’s stats have been stolen . ]
[All stats have increased by 15% . ]
[South Rock has received the abnormal condition ‘bleeding’ . ]
Blood flowed from South Rock’s recovering wound . The wound wasn’t severe, but it was enough to bother him .
‘I’m satisfied with the bleeding,’ Hyeonu thought .
Although it wasn’t a direct CC, the condition of ‘bleeding’ wasn’t bad . It was advantageous simply to disperse the opponent’s concentration . Hyeonu raised the level of his attack, starting with an increase in tempo . It wasn’t just his fists; he used his entire body as a weapon .
His shoulders, elbows, knees, shins, and insteps—all of them were going to be utilised . Then Hyeonu’s fist struck South Rock’s shoulder . The impact produced a sound so loud that it was hard to believe it was the result of a flesh to flesh collision .
“Keook!” A groan flowed out unconsciously from South Rock . Nevertheless, Hyeonu didn’t care about him and continued to attack . Actively taking advantage of the collapse in South Rock’s posture, Hyeonu took a step closer and reached out his opposite hand .
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South Rock’s side was quickly torn apart .
‘Recovery . . . ’ South Rock murmured inwardly . His wound wasn’t recovering . To be exact, it was recovering at a very slow pace . In fact, it was okay to say it had pretty much stopped when compared to the usual speed . This was another effect of bleeding . In order for blood to keep flowing, the wound had to remain .
Just then, Hyeonu’s fist that was covered in black flames approached South Rock’s heart .
‘Avoid it!’ South Rock was frightened and used Blood Mist, which was a skill that turned his body into fog and allowed him to avoid physical attacks . Consequently, South Rock became a red mist and moved backward, only lifting Blood Mist once a certain distance was secured .
This was a natural choice as it was impossible for him to attack in that state . The moment South Rock regained his handsome appearance, ten rays of light shot through the air . South Rock lowered his gaze and stared at his abdomen . In his chest were ten holes the size of a finger .
“Uh…” He barely let out a sound .
This became South Rock’s last will . It was the shabby and futile end of the vampire marquis who had lived for hundreds of years .
[Marquis South Rock de Lafayette, descendant of the noble night, has been defeated . ]
[Experience has been acquired . ]
[You have leveled up . ]
[All health and magic power have been restored . ]
[Your title will be changed . ]
[The title ‘Vampire Marquis Killer’ has been created . ]
[Vampire Marquis Killer]
[A title given to adventurers who killed a vampire marquis, a descendent of the noble night . The title will grow when hunting high-class vampires .
Effect: All stats +10, attack power against vampires will increase by 10% . ]
The rewards were indisputably great . Hyeonu picked up two books that had fallen to the ground and moved over to where the Pioneer Guild was . It wouldn’t be long until the entire dungeon was cleared .
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[Methylion, the steel drake, has been defeated . ]
[Experience has been acquired . ]
The drake with silver scales collapsed to the ground with its entire body split open . Its scales were protruding in a 3D manner, probably as a result of being stabbed . When Ket saw the message that appeared in front of him, he approached Hyeonu and said, “I’ve gained a lot of experience today thanks to Alley Leader . Thank you very much . ”
Ket felt he had been through too much in just one day . They cleared the instance dungeon and even killed the drake, the most difficult raid boss available right now .
“No, I liked the dungeon . It isn’t easy to find such a decent instance dungeon . ” Hyeonu also thought that today’s meeting was very beneficial .
‘South Rock Castle is the best,’ he remarked inwardly .
The environment inside the dungeon was bad, but as a result, it gave them a lot of experience and the boss monster dropped two skill books . Even assuming that Hyeonu had been lucky, a dungeon with such potential was certainly high in value . At this time, the NPC that Hyeonu and the Pioneer Guild was waiting for appeared and asked, “Do you remember that this is the last time?”
“Of course, I know . Johannes reduced the number . I also remember that,” Hyeonu answered .
Johannes laughed with anger and replied, “I haven’t forgotten, yes . ”
Then he looked at the Pioneer Guild with surprise before commenting, “You really didn’t bring a lot of people . I commend you for that . ”
“I’m not that much of a meddler . I know how to show restraint . ”
‘But you have already meddled . . . ’ Johannes tried to hold back these words .
Then Johannes whispered to Hyeonu with a meaningful expression, “Right, this is the last one . The last one . ”
“I already know this . Now I won’t kill it anymore . I won’t hunt the drake . ” Hyeonu was annoyed . He couldn’t stand it even if the other person was a dragon . After all, Hyeonu wasn’t stupid . Such a thing didn’t need to be repeatedly stressed a few times .
“It’s the last one . If you add these five people, that makes two more than 750 . ”
“Huh? 752 . . . ” Hyeonu’s eyes trembled when he reflected on Johannes’ words and realized what they meant .
‘The East Continent has opened up!’
Hyeonu quickly rubbed his hands together and said, “Then I would be grateful if you got rid of the barrier . ”