Chapter 90

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Translated by Jinmu

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“Do we just need to cut off his arms and legs?”

“Since we’re all busy, we’ll finish this quickly.”

The two people from the Nesto guild approached while twirling their daggers.

And the moment they met each other’s gazes.

Ta-dat!

They kicked off and scattered to both sides.

Swish-!

Nimble bodily movements rushing in as if disappearing from sight.

Whether they always synced their teamwork, it was an appearance as if measured with a ruler.

Sssk-

Han-bit, extending his hand towards the floor before their movements.

Aiming for an accurate timing, he chanted an incantation.

“Fire Burst.”

Kaboom-!

The earthen dust and smoke rising along with the explosion spread widely.

Silence descended upon this space where vision was blocked.

Fwooosh-!

The heat of the gradually strengthening flames also influenced the surroundings.

A power at the level where it couldn’t help but be noticed by the enemies.

However, that was Han-bit’s intention.

Swish-!

A movement dashing in along with a very faint noise of the wind was felt.

Predicting the distance, Han-bit pulled his body back.

Whoosh-!

A sharp wind grazed past just beyond the tip of his nose.

Simultaneously with that, Han-bit’s sword swung.

Fwaaash-!

The blue-white sword drawing a trajectory alongside flames.

At the end of the sensation cutting through the smoke, something soft and dull caught on.

Loading strength once more, Han-bit finished the motion.

Slice-!

The burning flames along with the sound of something being cut off.

Whether having noticed the anomaly, the sound of the other colleague’s footsteps was heard.

Ta-tak-!

A sound of leaping high, not in a straight line.

Sensing the direction this time as well, Han-bit swung his sword anew.

Clang-!

A curse was imbued in the enemy’s dagger.

However, it was a power that didn’t work on Han-bit.

Fwooosh-!

Even if it’s not the intact flame of Salion, the Spirit King is the Spirit King.

A curse at that level could sufficiently be burned away.

Crackle-

“What the…!”

The transferred flames crushed the enemy’s dagger.

Swish-!

Reaching out immediately, Han-bit grabbed the face of the unseen enemy.

And loading strong power, thrust his sword.

Stab-!

The sword blade aimed between the jaw and the neck stopped along with the sensation of piercing through something.

Pulling his sword back anew, Han-bit shifted his steps outside the fog.

That moment.

Whoosh-!

Arcade flew in from above his head.

***

“Got it!”

A cave on the slope of the snowy mountain.

Running around the entire map, Liwei discovered a snowdrift deer.

To think luck would follow him to this extent, it was even surprising to himself.

Sssk-

A pure white hide of unique texture fallen on the ground.

The item Black Dragon wanted, and the one to determine the match.

“Did I win?”

He obtained the material faster than expected.

Black Dragon’s knowledge and his own specs.

It was a fairly equitable match utilizing their respective advantages.

Full of excitement, Liwei brought up Black Dragon’s streaming screen which had been turned off.

However.

[It’s a fun misunderstanding, but I hired them all with my own money.]

For whatever reason, strange figures were visible on the broadcast screen.

The nicknames above their heads and the red lines displayed next to them.

Liwei, examining the chat window as well, grasped the situation.

That the Nesto guild, who had ambushed Black Dragon in the past, carried out an ambush again.

It had even been quite some time.

“These trash bastards…!”

Strong power was loaded into Liwei’s hand gripping his spear.

A sacred and fair match where no interference is permitted.

An exchange of souls where Black Dragon also engaged seriously, capable of acknowledging each other.

Yet bugs steeped in a ridiculous desire for murder interfered.

Grind-!

Chewing his molars, Liwei immediately kicked off.

He kills all those interfering.

It was a decision made by a vanguard, not some bluff.

Ta-dat!

While crossing the forest at a tremendous speed.

Continuing to check the broadcast, he confirmed the sight of Black Dragon putting up a good fight.

“Of course, there is no way he would be done in easily.”

The strategy of obscuring vision and subduing the enemies, and the movements actualizing it.

It could absolutely not be considered the level of someone in their mid-50s.

As expected, he is not an ordinary existence.

[Kaboom-!]

At that time, something rushed in from above Black Dragon’s head as he exited the smoke.

The name seen in the chat was floating on the name tag.

“Arcade… his level is 160.”

Black Dragon is amazing, but a level difference exceeding 100 leads to physical limits.

Furthermore, he had been continuously fighting since earlier, so probably not much strength remained.

Because mental power cannot be replenished even with potions.

[…Phew.]

Fortunately not dead, Han-bit was widening the distance from Arcade.

However, he was in a state with damage to his right shoulder.

“That weapon is…….”

Arcade possessed a unique sword whose tip was bent.

At a glance it looked like a toy, but the elements constituting the sword blade were absolutely not light.

[Around when will it break? 30 times? 40 times? No. Will around 100 times do?]

The figure named Trigger, observing from a distance, approached with a smile.

It was a face truly not knowing what to do from enjoyment.

[Are rich bastards each missing a screw in their heads.]

Arcade shook his head and adjusted his grip on the sword.

And kicked off anew.

[Clang-!]

The bent sword blade dashed in as if trying to pin the opponent down.

Black Dragon, having only his left hand remaining, was receiving it with only minimal movements.

A tense situation without even the time to drink a potion.

The intention to somehow avoid only the vitals was clearly felt.

[Swish-! Clang-!]

At Arcade’s continuous attacks, Black Dragon was gradually pushed backward.

Starting from receiving the sword in that state was a nonsensical story.

[Why can’t you do anything! No matter if it’s Black Dragon, can he not beat Arcade?]

Trigger’s voice shouting from the back was disgusting.

Despite interfering with the match, now he was even hindering the battle.

An absolutely deserving-to-die bastard indeed.

[Clang-!]

Continuing to back away, Black Dragon approached the cliff.

And the moment Arcade’s sword swung once more.

“Stop!”

A voice was heard right across from Liwei.

The boundary area inside the forest where trees cast shadows.

Three players stood there.

“Are you also the Nesto guild?”

“Yeah. If you go inside there, you’re antagonizing us. You know what happens, right?”

The member of Nesto threatened while raising the corners of his mouth.

The reason corporations avoid PK guilds.

Because it becomes a quite annoying situation if they become the targets of guys who have nothing to lose.

However, the figure standing right before their eyes right now was Liwei.

“You’re saying to back off if I don’t want to antagonize you?”

“You know well, right? If we attach ourselves, there will be a negative impact on the vanguard competition too…….”

Slice-!

At that moment, the head of the talking player disappeared.

Liwei’s blue spear had been thrust into that spot.

“This crazy bastard…!”

“You just messed with Nesto!”

His colleagues’ eyes widened in surprise.

At that reaction, Liwei calmly nodded his head.

“If you have complaints, come find me. I will deal with all of you.”

Stab-!

Along with the voice, the spear swung pierced the heads and chests of the two players.

Liwei kicked off his foot anew.

Whoosh-!

Now not too far a distance.

He had already grasped where the disappeared Black Dragon’s location was.

However, time was lacking.

Ta-dat!

Liwei immediately leapt onto a high tree.

“Found him.”

Beyond the slope of the snowy mountain.

The appearance of Black Dragon struggling in front of the cliff was seen.

Sssk-

Standing at the top of the tree, Liwei tightened his grip on his spear.

The target was Arcade, who was driving Black Dragon into a corner.

To completely eliminate that guy.

[Wait.]

At that time, Trigger appeared along with an unpleasant voice.

Perhaps due to that, the movements of all three people stopped.

A conversation continuing in a standoff state.

In other words, now is the chance.

Crackle-!

Blue sparks flew from the tightly gripped spear.

And the moment those sparks gathered into a brilliant light.

Swoosh-!

The spear was thrown along with a sound tearing through the wind.

***

Clang-!

Clang-!

An offensive pouring down to the death showed no sign of stopping.

Although he poured his entire mind into predicting the opponent’s attacks, Han-bit’s body was gradually meeting its limit.

‘Should I use the cliff? No, rather a crevice has a higher possibility.’

The more cornered he was, the faster his head turned.

It was an ability formed by the experience of endlessly crossing lines of death.

However, death was close by.

Clang-!

Han-bit, continuously pushed back, realized he had reached the cliff behind.

A perfect dead end with no space to even roll sideways.

One step.

If Arcade swung his sword exactly once more, he would plummet backward.

It wasn’t that there was no possibility of living, but in truth, it was close to 0.

“Wait! Don’t kill him!”

At that time, Trigger, who had been watching from behind, approached.

He stood next to Arcade with a joyful smile.

“Now you’re going to die by me. How do you feel?”

“Must be nice that your return trip is quick. But you can’t kill me. Because you can win even if I’m missing one more arm and leg.”

Fwooosh-!

The flame of Salion burning containing his final strength.

Its power had decreased much more than earlier, but it was to a degree more than enough to kill someone like Trigger.

“Ha.”

At the provocation thrown blatantly, the corners of Trigger’s mouth twisted.

He spoke while pointing the sword in his hand forward.

“Can’t you see the situation right now? Even if I just thrust my sword straight like this, you’ll simply die.”

“That’s just death by falling. You’re choosing this method because you lack skills.”

“…….”

Bringing out orthodox logic, Trigger’s expression stiffened this time.

Staring for a moment, he looked at Arcade.

“You can make it so he doesn’t die even if you cut off his arms and legs, right?”

“If you pay an extra fee, it’s possible.”

“I’ll give you double. Cook him up properly.”

“Being rich, you are generous.”

Accepting the demand, Arcade nodded his head.

Changing his grip on the sword, he aimed at Black Dragon’s leg.

“I’ll cut that off first. Since you said not to kill him, stay still…….”

Rumble-!

At that moment, a blue wave covered Han-bit’s vision.

Stretching his eyes wide, he stopped in his spot.

A situation that happened in a split second less than 1 second.

The snow piled in front of his eyes scattered somewhere.

Furthermore.

“What is this…….”

The figures of Arcade and Trigger, who had been standing there just a bit ago, were nowhere to be seen either.

They had truly literally vanished.

“I wasn’t late.”

At that time, a voice heard from afar.

Turning his head, the man wearing a bandana revealed himself at the entrance of the forest.

“…Liwei?”

– Hul;

– It was Liwei who helped?

– F*cking cool;

– Skill firepower is insane. Lol

– Vanguard descends.

– A bit different from somebody else;

Liwei’s assistance that was not expected even a little bit.

As Han-bit stood frozen in genuine surprise, he slowly walked over.

“Because of trash, the match became dirty. To the point where I want to go all the way to their respawn locations and kill them again.”

A sincere anger was felt in Liwei’s voice as he furrowed his brow.

Is he saying he doesn’t even care about becoming enemies with the Nesto guild.

Sssk-

At that time, Liwei took out something from his inventory.

A hide beautifully pure white to a wondrous degree.

The special material of the snowdrift deer, the subject of the match.

‘How fast did he obtain it?’

Even with Han-bit’s knowledge, time is consumed until finding the deer.

There is exactly one element capable of skipping all that.

Luck overwhelmingly superior to others.

– ?

– He got it already?

– Crazy.

– He loses this.

– Because of the Nesto bastards;

While the viewers were also surprised, Han-bit pondered.

It consumes quite a long time until a snowdrift deer appears again.

In other words, it means he has to purchase the material Liwei has.

As there were no listings on the exchange either, wouldn’t he have to pay quite a price.

He certainly thought so.

Tap-

At that time, Liwei came a step closer.

And offering the hide, he spoke.

“Take it. Because this match is void.”