Chapter 69: 69
“I’ll challenge you . ”
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It was a man in a black suit . Romantic Assassin climbed onto the sparring grounds .
-Look at this ambitious person, challenging despite knowing it is Reina .
-Perhaps he knows? Is it Rain?
-It isn’t Rain . Rain is streaming right now .
-Sorry, I don’t know .
Viewers started to guess Romantic Assassin’s identity . However, it was impossible to determine his identity when he had yet to fight a single duel . They could’ve chosen from a list if he made a slip of the tongue or showed a weapon, but Romantic Assassin only spoke enough to answer the question .
“Then we’ll start the second match straight away . Romantic Assassin against Countess’ Hostess . The duel between Countess’ Hostess and Romantic Assassin will start!”
[Countess’ Hostess VS Romantic Assassin]
Romantic Assassin pulled out the sword attached to his waist . Everyone who saw it was astonished . No one was an exception, not even Alley Leader who was in charge of hosting . They responded to each other in succession .
“Why that sword?”
“Did you bring the wrong one?”
-It is a broadcasting accident .
-Are my eyes seeing wrong?
-Wow, a decisive guy . He came out with a weapon to hide his identity .
Romantic Assassin’s weapon was a half-broken sword . It looked fine when it was in the scabbard . That was natural since only the hilt of the sword was visible . Then once it was pulled out, it was obvious that it wasn’t a proper weapon . The sword was around 50 centimeters long .
“Wait, wait a minute . ” Alley Leader came forward to resolve everyone’s question . “That weapon . . . Did you pick it by mistake?”
“No, this is my weapon . ”
“You aren’t thinking about changing it?”
“Yes, I’ll fight with this . ”
Romantic Assassin’s resolute attitude meant that Alley Leader no longer suggested replacing the weapon .
“Then let’s start the match again . ” Alley Leader started the match . It was difficult to draw things out anymore . The 2nd Masked Fighting King had already been delayed by around 30 minutes . If the recording went longer, it wouldn’t be good for Nike . The masked fighters had great identities, so it would be difficult to cope if they complained . Furthermore, the time it took to edit the episode wasn’t short . Thus, they had to proceed as quickly as possible .
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‘I don’t know who he is, but he’s ignoring me?’
To be exact, Romantic Assassin wasn’t ignoring Reina . He just came onto Masked Fighting King with a broken weapon . However, he was challenging her with such a weapon . . .
She wasn’t angry, merely discontent . This person would pay the price for ignoring her .
“Haap!” Reina used her sword energy attribute from the start . She was going to smash this person badly… thoroughly . The distance between Reina and Romantic Assassin was roughly 20 meters . Reina and Assassin ran toward each other until a distance of around 10 meters existed between them .
At this point, Romantic Assassin’s sword moved .
‘Why is he wielding his sword from over there?’
As this thought entered Reina’s eyes, Romantic Assassin’s power grew . Then Reina’s neck was cut . It was a deep wound . The wound system judged it as ‘instant death . ’
[Romantic Assassin has won . ]
It was a futile result and also an unexpected result . This was Ice Princess Reina’s impractical defeat . The match lasted less than 30 seconds . It spanned for only 10 seconds . Ice Princess was destroyed in a single attack .
-What is this?
-Is what I saw reality?
-No replays? Why did Reina suddenly die?
-We need the broadcast viewing angle . Sunday has to come .
The viewers were also flustered . They couldn’t understand it . The viewers only saw that Romantic Assassin wielded his weapon and ended the game with a faint light . They didn’t see anything else . All the people at the scene were flustered . The only difference was that they were wearing masks, so their expressions weren’t visible . They had high stats, so they had seen exactly what happened .
“Obviously, the sword energy grew in length . ”
“Does he have a skill to increase sword energy at one point?”
“Is it a unique skill? Otherwise . . . ”
There were some things that couldn’t be believed with the eyes . The current situation was the same . Sword energy shouldn’t appear instantaneously . Just like a magician’s spells, it was a skill that required the player to concentrate . It wasn’t a skill that should appear instantly .
However, this atmosphere didn’t last long . They were too busy looking at each other .
‘Who is going to appear next?’
‘Should I go out?’
The thing that mattered right now wasn’t the skill the assassin used . The problem was that they had to appear on stage and deal with Romantic Assassin .
“We’ll take a 10-minute break before starting the next match!” After shouting, Alley Leader dragged Romantic Assassin away . He scolded, “Hey, you jerk . Did you call me here because of this?”
“What’s wrong? Don’t you know me?”
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“Hey! Gang Hyeonu!” The angry Alley Leader shouted at Romantic Assassin .
The latter hurriedly blocked Alley Leader’s mouth . “Are you crazy? Why are you doing this?”
“Hey! You! Didn’t you call me to come out? You tricked me, so I came out . ”
“Yeongchan, do this for me today . I won’t ask you again next time . ”
They were shocking words . Romantic Assassin’s identity was Gang Hyeonu—Alley Leader . It was Yeongchan who pretended to be Alley Leader and was hosting Masked Fighting King today . Masked Fighting King was normally recorded from Hyeonu’s perspective, but it was possible to record from a third-person point of view as well as the masked fighter’s point of view .
“So why did you leave it to me today? Tell me why,” Yeongchan asked with a serious expression . Of course, it couldn’t be seen because he was wearing a mask, but the seriousness could be felt from his tone .
“Today, Jung Hanbaek has appeared . Jung Hanbaek’s identity is Superman . I’m going to take it seriously today . ”
“Is that why you were late?”
“No, I was just late . Ah, that’s right . Go to find Jung Hanbaek and persuade him gently . He has to come up or I’ll surrender . ”
“Understood . ” Yeongchan nodded at Hyeonu’s words .
‘That son of a bitch will appear . ’
An enemy of Hyeonu was an enemy of Yeongchan . Even more so when it was Jung Hanbaek, whom he had a bad relationship with in the past .
“Then let’s start the third match . If you want to challenge Romantic Assassin, please come up on stage!”
‘Come up, Jung Hanbaek . ’ Hyeonu longed for it .
He prayed that Jung Hanbaek had been caught by Yeongchan’s incitement .
‘Let Jung Hanbaek come up to the sparring field . ’
Was it thanks to Hyeonu’s prayer . . . ? Flying Superman rose from his seat . “I’ll challenge you . ” Superman—Jung Hanbaek—appeared on the sparring field with a confident expression . The two people who saw this, Yeongchan and Hyeonu, were singing a happy song in their hearts .
‘That’s it . That’s it . ’ Yeongchan turned his head slightly toward Hyeonu and gave a small nod .
‘Thank you, Yeongchan . ’ Hyeonu nodded slightly back at Yeongchan . A small revenge game had been set up . ‘I’ll step on him at least twice today . ’
Flames raged in Hyeonu’s heart .
[Romantic Assassin VS Flying Superman]
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Hyeonu and Jung Hanbaek stood face to face .
‘I’ll show you a miserable end today . ’
Hyeonu pulled out his sword . Deep in his heart, the sword was very sharp . Hyeonu was confident in himself .
‘Now, let’s start my professional debut . ’
He grasped the half-broken sword . It was the weapon he gained at the end of the fourth scenario quest when he sought out Aldred after the battle at Lipa Castle . At the time, Hyeonu might’ve been disappointed with the appearance of the half-sword and shoved it into his inventory, but it was actually a very good item .
[Half-Sword]
[-An unidentified half-sword . There is no information . It is in a sealed state, and it is impossible to change its appearance .
Rating: Unique
Restrictions: 600 strength, 400 physique .
Durability: 2500/2500
Attack Power: 1200
Effect: Reduces magic power consumption by 20%, and defense penetration is increased by 20% . ]
It was the right weapon for Hyeonu . The half-sword was a very good weapon that reduced the amount of magic power used to create his sword energy and increased defense penetration . Hyeonu swung the half-sword toward Jung Hanbaek with a distance of 10 meters between them .
This was the attack that Reina had suffered from . The only difference was that the sword energy was slower than when it was used against Reina . It seemed there was a reason why Jung Hanbaek managed to become a pro gamer . He raised his sword to block Hyeonu’s attack .
Jung Hanbaek also created sword energy .
‘Just this?’ This was the impression that Jung Hanbaek got when he was attacked by Hyeonu . It wasn’t as powerful as he thought . Thus, there was a question in Jung Hanbaek’s mind . ‘Why couldn’t Reina stop this?’
It was a bit unusual . The arena had all types of skills . There were swordsmen like Reina who could use the ice attribute while some magicians could use magic constantly . However, the only thing that mattered was this person’s ability . It was the only unusual thing . Once he blocked it two or three times, it wouldn’t work anymore .
‘It was luck . ’ This was Jung Hanbaek’s conclusion, and it was his most deadly mistake . He came to this judgment without knowing that Hyeonu had deliberately increased his sword energy slowly . Jung Hanbaek swung his sword to fight back . However, Romantic Assassin’s strength was greater than before .
Everyone knew that attacking was more advantageous than defending . So, when Hyeonu was blocking, he had no strength . Yet when Jung Hanbaek ran in to attack, something didn’t make sense . ‘What? Why did his strength suddenly increase?’
Hyeonu smiled at Jung Hanbaek, who had backed down after the exchange . ‘You must be confused right now? Why were you pushed back out of nowhere?’
[Giant’s Power has been used . ]
[Your strength stat has increased . ]
This was why Hyeonu’s strength increased suddenly . He used the giant skill . Now with just one kill, his strength stat was increased by a huge 600 points . It was almost double his basic stat .
‘I’ll stop short of stepping on you this time . There is one more chance . ’
It was clear that if Jung Hanbaek lost in a flash, he would never admit his defeat . Hyeonu aimed for this point . This time, he would make it seem like a coincidence and a vain defeat . So . . .
‘Try it again . I’ll step on you then as well . ’
Hyeonu swung his longsword as he ran toward Jung Hanbaek . Jung Hanbaek saw the sword heading toward him and swung his weapon full of magic power . Now he was being pushed hard . Using strength against strength wasn’t the answer . Additionally, the lengths of their weapons were different . In this way, it was clear that he would be defeated one-sidedly .
‘I can’t use that long sword energy . Then I’ll use melee . ’
Jung Hanbaek used his skills to quickly cling to Hyeonu . He swung his sword .
‘What are you going to do if I do this?’
“Huh?”
Clearly, Romantic Assassin’s sword energy had been a few meters long . So why was the sword energy visible in front of him now 50 centimeters long and transparent? Suddenly, the 50-centimeter-long sword energy changed . In a crescent shape, it flew a few meters toward Jung Hanbaek . It was the Crescent Moon Cut seen only in videos .
Jung Hanbaek received the sword energy without responding .
[Romantic Assassin has won . ]
After the defeat, Jung Hanbaek came down from the sparring field .
‘I lost . ’
It was empty . It was too much . No matter the opponent, he just had to show his own play . However, he was distracted by his opponent’s sword energy and was defeated without even using his skills properly . It was unfair and made him angry .
‘One more time . I want to fight him one more time . . . ’ Then he would surely win .
At this moment, a familiar voice was heard . It was the voice of Romantic Assassin . Jung Hanbaek’s head turned back to the sparring field .
“I’ll surrender . I’m really tired . Let me rest for 30 minutes . ” Romantic Assassin dropped a bomb .