Chapter 44

Chapter 44

Level 2 Player

Victory

“Shackle of Binding! Hand of Restraint!”

“Body Weakening! Twisted Footsteps!”

All kinds of binding skills and curse skills flew to bind Jin-su’s feet. Most skills could be nullified with high Mental Power stat. But not all.

Because the number of mages and healers was so many and among them there were also many with high skill levels and high mana and Mental Power stats.

“Tch!”

Jin-su concentrated mana and forcibly destroyed the binding skills. But he couldn’t help but pause for a moment.

“Die!”

“Flame Arrow! Flame Arrow!”

Shushushushuk!

At that moment, all kinds of attacks flew concentrated.

Kwaaang!

“Keuk!”

Jin-su dodged some, blocked some, avoided his body, and knocked down the enemies. In the process, his body gradually became heavier.

‘It’s curse skills.’

Curse skills couldn’t be shaken off simply by pouring a lot of mana. That was the same for decay skills. The recovery and purification skills of a holy-type healer were absolutely necessary.

‘The Shadow Healer is dark-type so it doesn’t have recovery and purification skills.’

This was a matter of attribute so even if the level rises, resolution was impossible.

There was no dissatisfaction.

‘Because it’s sufficiently doing its share.’

The Shadow Healer was using recovery, decay, curse, and deterioration skills every time the cooldown turned. But no matter how diligently the Shadow Healer and the other Shadow Summons moved, it was hard to handle the quantity power.

‘Next I’ll go with healer.’

Since point leeway arose, he was planning to make all the essential skills of the healer into synthesis skills after this battle ends.

Due to the overlapping of curses, Jin-su’s vision darkened, his feet became heavy, and his head throbbed. Due to decay, his body was rotting, and due to deterioration, the wound areas greatly opened.

Seogeok! Kwajik!

Jin-su continued the fierce battle in sync with the Shadow Summons without caring. As the battle continued, the number of Chabel Guild members gradually decreased. But the speed of decrease clearly slowed.

On the other hand, Jin-su’s mana and stamina were being cut at a fast speed. Although the option skill of the Bloodsucking Sword, Bloodsucking skill, and Mana Absorption skill were activating without rest, the consumed stamina and mana were more than the filled stamina and mana.

The most annoying was the heavily overlapped curse skills. He used the Resurrection skill built into the Ring of Resurrection, but perhaps because the level was still low, only the external injuries were treated and the curses weren’t recovered.

The Recovery skill built into the Recovery Ring also couldn’t recover the overlapped curses.

‘Persistent bastards.’

The personnel who were 250 at first now remained only about 150. A whopping 100 died.

‘With this degree, guys who get scared and run away should come out.’

Unlike the pursuit team guys who ran away as soon as the battle situation tilted earlier, not even 1 person left the battlefield.

‘Is it because of that guy?’

Jin-su looked at Lucas, the guild leader of the Chabel Guild.

“Almost caught them! Absolutely don’t retreat! The one who shows their back dies by my hand!”

Lucas went beyond encouraging the Chabel Guild members and threatened as if he became a battle supervisor. And such threats of Lucas were working very well.

‘It seems he killed fleeing guild members before.’

To break the momentum of the Chabel Guild, Lucas had to be eliminated first. But that was by no means easy.

‘Rat-like bastard.’

If Lucas got closer than a certain distance to Jin-su, he avoided his body like a ghost.

‘He tells the guild members not to be scared, but the guy who is the guild master is being cautious with his body.’

If that action was blatant, the morale of the Chabel Guild members could have dropped or they could have openly rebelled. But Lucas was very good at measuring distance.

He moved his body even before Jin-su attacked.

Outwardly, it looked to the degree of naturally moving not to avoid Jin-su but for command or to hit the Shadow Summons.

‘That guy is using the guild members like consumables.’

An enormous number of Chabel Guild members died. But Lucas didn’t care.

‘If they suffered this degree of damage, even if they win, their insides would burn.’

Moreover, even in a situation where additional damage continues to occur, Lucas’s face was full of expectation, not despair.

‘He’s not just looking at the affiliated guild members as consumables. He’s looking at them as prey.’

He had seen quite a lot of such guys before the regression.

‘A human scum who looks at players not as people but as points.’

It was obvious he was regarding the dead subordinates as consumables that can be replenished as much as wanted if only time is invested.

‘He’s probably thinking that if he just wins at the end, the points and items the subordinates have gathered so far will all become his.’

Jin-su raised the corners of his mouth. He was thinking of changing the face full of expectation convinced of victory into despair.

‘Right now he can have confidence.’

Although the damage of the Chabel Guild members is large, the battle situation itself was not that disadvantageous. Jin-su and the Shadow Summons were in a state of being perfectly surrounded by the Chabel Guild members.

Also, due to all kinds of curse skills and restraint skills, mobility, attack power, and defense power dropped a lot, and not only that, stamina and mana were also gradually revealing the bottom. The current battle situation was disadvantageous for Jin-su and the Shadow Summons no matter who looked, and advantageous for the Chabel Guild members.

“Push harder! Those guys are the same as rats in a poison jar! We already won! Let’s take revenge for the dead guild members with that guy’s blood!”

“Let’s kill them!”

“Blood revenge!”

Lucas raised his voice and pulled up the morale of the Chabel Guild members. The Chabel Guild members also attacked more aggressively thinking they had seized the momentum of victory.

A smile bloomed at the corners of Jin-su’s mouth.

‘Although they paid a large sacrifice, in the end, the ones who win are themselves, is that it.’

The winner obtains everything of the loser. That is the rule of the Tower.

If the Chabel Guild led by Lucas wins against Jin-su, they can recover all the points and items the dead Chabel Guild members possessed.

‘That guy probably won’t step forward unless it’s a decisive time.’

Jin-su had met many people like Lucas even before the regression.

‘He’s a guy with quite some skill. The direct party members too.’

If Lucas had actively stepped forward together with the direct party members, the damage of the Chabel Guild members would have decreased sharply. But Lucas didn’t do so.

He made his own safety the top priority. But when a decisive moment comes, he will step forward directly even to obtain points.

Kwajik!

Unable to withstand the continued attacks, the Shadow Knight’s shield was shattered. Aiming at that gap, all kinds of attack skills flew.

Kwaaaaang!

[Shadow Knight has extinguished.]

[Shadow Warrior has extinguished.]

Along with a large explosion, the Shadow Knight and Shadow Warrior extinguished as is.

[Shadow Mage has extinguished.]

[Shadow Healer has extinguished.]

As the Shadow Knight and Shadow Warrior extinguished, the Shadow Mage and Shadow Healer were hit in an instant.

[Shadow Assassin has extinguished.]

[Shadow Archer has extinguished.]

The Shadow Assassin and Shadow Archer put up a quite good fight but couldn’t hold out for long.

“Now only you one remains. I’ll finish you myself.”

As all the Shadow Summons extinguished, as Jin-su expected, Lucas stepped forward directly.

Lucas was convinced of his own victory.

In fact, it was natural. Jin-su’s stamina and mana were almost bottomed out. Also, due to the overlapping of all kinds of curses, his vision was blurry, his body was heavy like a thousand pounds, his head hurt as if it would split, and he was feeling pain as if his heart was burning.

“What courage does a coward who was running away like a rat until a little while ago have to step forward?”

Jin-su raised the corners of his mouth and mocked Lucas.

“I’ll personally tear that mouth that spits out nonsense.”

Lucas said while emitting killing intent.

“If you were that confident, you should have stepped forward earlier. Now that the subordinates are all dead, you step forward now?”

The Chabel Guild members who were 250 now remained only about 80. 2/3 of the total personnel died.

Adding the 40 who died before that, the Chabel Guild itself was almost annihilated by Jin-su.

“Why, now that I became this form, do you think you can win?”

At Jin-su’s confident attitude, Lucas pulled up tension.

‘Is there still a hidden trump card left? Or is it simple bluff?’

Lucas’s mind became complicated.

‘It’s bluff. That is clearly bluff. If there was a hidden trump card, he would have used it when the summons remained.’

Lucas forcibly pressed down the anxious heart.

“I’ll avenge the grudges of the dead guild members! Die!”

Taak!

Lucas charged toward Jin-su.

Kwakwakwakwakwa!

Blue aura spewed out in streams from Lucas’s sword.

‘I’ll cut you down in one stroke.’

Hwiik!

Lucas swung the sword at Jin-su with all his power. At that moment, the appearance of Jin-su replacing weapons entered Lucas’s eyes.

‘Staff?’

The weapon Jin-su held in his hand was a staff, the exclusive weapon of mages or healers.

‘Is this guy crazy?’

Lucas thought so and swung the sword to the end. The moment Lucas’s sword enveloped in blue aura and the pure white staff emitting cold air were about to collide.

Seuk!

Jin-su lightly turned his body and avoided Lucas’s sword.

Hwiik!

After that, the pure white staff he swung bent like a snake and flew toward Lucas’s side.

“Huh?”

The flustered Lucas tried to raise the sword and block.

Kwajijijik!

But before that, the staff Jin-su swung crushed Lucas’s armor and shattered the ribs and spine.

“Kraaaak!”

Lucas burst out a painful scream and weakly rolled on the floor.

“Frost Declaration, Dragon Tooth Soldier Summon, Ant Devourer Colony Summon, Ice Barrier, Ice Storm.”

Jin-su cast the skills in a calm tone.

Saaaaak!

A pure white mist containing cold air enveloped the bodies of the Chabel Guild members.

“C, cold!”

“The body is freezing!”

Udeudeuk!

The White Drake teeth and Ant Devourer carapaces Jin-su took out from the inventory turned into Dragon Tooth Soldiers and Ant Devourer Ants. Following after, a barrier made of ice surrounded the Chabel Guild members and an Ice Storm containing cold air raged.

“Aaaak!”

“What the hell is that monster!”

The Dragon Tooth Soldiers and Ant Devourer Ants mercilessly massacred the enemies trapped in the Ice Barrier.

“Kill! Kill!”

“Too strong!”

“Because of the white mist, the body doesn’t move properly!”

Kwajik! Ujik!

The Dragon Tooth Soldiers and Ant Devourer Ants moved like machines while forming an encirclement and continued the massacre.

“Keuek!”

“Save me!”

“Aak!”

The Chabel Guild members let out painful screams and died one by one.

“Do you think I’ll die like this!”

“Break through!”

The Chabel Guild members resisted desperately. But what they could do was only knocking down part of the Ant Devourer Ant summons.

“Ice Explosion, Ice Storm, Freezing Hell.”

Jin-su continuously fired magic attack skills and maintained the Frost Declaration.

“Kill that guy!”

“Uaaaa!”

The Chabel Guild members charged toward Jin-su like moths. Jin-su used magic attack skills and swung the Ice Dragon Staff like a club to shatter the charging Chabel Guild members.

Kwajik!

“Keueeeok!”

Kwajijik!

“Uaaak!”

Every time Jin-su swung the Ice Dragon Staff, the flesh of the charging Chabel Guild members burst and the bones broke.

“R, recovery!”

“Protection!”

The healers did their best to support. But they couldn’t reverse the battle situation.

From the start, the Chabel Guild members didn’t have the leeway to engage in a proper battle. Because to extinguish the Shadow Summons and drive Jin-su into a corner, the Chabel Guild members also strained that much.

They used stamina, mana, Mental Power, and skill cooldowns by scraping to the bottom.

There was no way they could deal with Jin-su who revived full of energy and the summons Dragon Tooth Soldiers and Ant Devourer Ants in such a messed up body condition.

A desperate situation where they couldn’t even flee.

“Hiiik! S, Sanctuary!”

The terrified healers used Sanctuary skills. To buy time even a little.

“P, put me in too!”

“Me too!”

The terrified Chabel Guild members charged regardless of who it was.

Hwaaaak!

The Sanctuary skill activated. But there was no meaning. Because a lot of Ant Devourer Ants had entered inside the area of the Sanctuary skill.

Kwajik! Kwajik!

“Aaaak”

“Keuek!”

Those who entered inside the Sanctuary skill rather became the fate of rats in a poison jar and had no choice but to lose their lives. When the healer who cast the Sanctuary skill died, the Sanctuary was released.