Chapter 16
Puf—
His sword pierced the back of the giant leader’s neck and stuck out the other side.
– ???
– W… What’s going on???
– How is the guy who bet everything he had doing?
– Forget about that guy, hahaha. How does this even make sense?
Understandably, the chat was in chaos.
– Has anyone ever defeated him?
– No, definitely not.
– How do you even defeat it? The stage wasn’t designed to be cleared like this.
– When did he realize he could kill it?
It was completely different from having defeated Wolf Warrior Gred. Neither boss was ant to be defeated, but there was still a marked difference in difficulty.
Everyone had faced the wolf warrior at least once and fought him. So skilled players had even managed to leave scars on him, but the giants’ leader wasn’t like that. Approaching it should’ve been impossible, let alone killing it.
“ROOAR—!” The giants’ leader mustered his remaining strength and scread, the sword still sticking from his neck. When he did so, ‘Thunderous Sound’s’ effect quickly faded from the nearby giants.
“Grrr-?”
“GUOO-!”
The giants regained their senses.
“Human…!” the giants’ leader managed to say. Was he a boss-level intelligence like the wolf warrior as well?
Crack—!
WHOOM—
The giant pulled a nearby tree from the ground and swung it in an intense act of resistance. The giant’s sheer size made it much stronger compared to other giants.
For a mont, Su-hyeok’s grip on his sword weakened, and he was almost sent flying away. ‘This is a bit troubleso.’ Though the giant’s breath was being cut off, it was burning whatever it had left of its energy.
– How can soone survive with a sword stuck in their neck?
– From his perspective, the sword isn’t that big, so it’s understandable.
– Yes, that’s right. Instead of stabbing, he should have slashed the giant’s neck.
They didn’t know what they were talking about. ‘If I had tried to slash, the sword wouldn’t have gone very deep.’ It took a lot of strength to pierce through the neck. Of course, slashing would’ve been better if he could do it, but he’d instinctively judged it to be impossible and focused his power on a single point for maximum efficiency.
That was the only reason he’d been able to pierce the monster’s neck, and it was why the boss was struggling to breathe.
“GUOO-!”
“GRR-”.
Relatively smaller giants were scattered everywhere around their leader. The mont Su-hyeok fell, his body would be shattered by their clubs.
“Human…!!!” the leader shouted.
If Su-hyeok left things as they were, it seed like the giant would survive for quite a while. The viewers were right about one thing—the sword was relatively small compared to the giant’s massive fra.
“Just die already!” He would have to increase the size of the wound.
Crack—
He had no choice but to hasten the boss’s death and twisted the sword embedded in its neck. ‘The goal here is to survive, and this guy is the stage’s boss.
Slash—
The wound widened, gradually creeping toward a fatal state, even for a giant. ‘This guy has to die for the stage to end.’
“AGH…!” The giants’ leader scread, shaking Su-hyeok’s eardrums. Was it his final death struggle? The boss resisted even more fiercely in its final monts, trying to shake Su-hyeok from its neck.
WHOOM—
Crack—!
“…!” Su-hyeok went flying from the giant’s neck after the monster swung his fist. The punch itself didn’t carry much power due to the odd angle, but the power that ca with the giant’s size couldn’t be ignored.
Crack—!
“Ugh…” He felt dizzy from the impact and heard a thud at the sa ti as the giants’ leader fell to the ground.
WHOOM—
The clubs all swung at him at the sa ti, hitting the ground and breaking into fragnts while Su-hyeok quickly moved to avoid the attacks.
Crack—!
‘Without this armor, it would have been dangerous.’ The Rare-rank Thunderous Sound beneath his clothes had enabled him to survive taking a hit.
– I can’t see an answer.
– There are too many.
– Trying to defeat it was a mistake in the first place.
– Still, it was impressive, right?
– Yes. It was very impressive.
– It looks like we’re going to get to see a retry.
‘No.’ Su-hyeok rolled his eyes and dodged another club. ‘It isn’t over yet.’
WHOOM—
Though he’d taken a hit, the result of his efforts hadn’t changed. He’d reached the giants’ leader and, just as initially planned, succeeded in stabbing it through the neck.
“Grrr-” As expected, the boss struggled on the ground for a few monts before dying for good.
[You’ve defeated the ‘Giants’ Originator’.]
[You’ve cleared the 5th stage, ‘survival’.]
[You’ve achieved an unbelievable accomplishnt.]
[Your level has increased x2.]
[ 1 Strength.]
[ 2 Agility.]
[ 2 Stamina.]
[ 1 Magic Power.]
ssages began appearing one after the other. The 2 stamina increase was very welco, and he felt energy surging through his body again, just when his Stamina had almost run out.
‘I did it.’ He had defeated the stage’s boss, one he hadn’t been able to conquer before. Taking his level and stat increase into account, even with the energy that’d returned to his body, he wasn’t confident he could break through the giants’ encirclent and escape.
‘Please, co out.’ The ssages weren’t over yet. Su-hyeok continued to dodge the giants’ clubs and inwardly prayed. ‘I need a skill or item that can help right now.’
It felt like ti was flowing slowly. Finally, the rewards for having killed the giants’ leader appeared.
WHOOM—!
A streak of yellow lightning fell from the sky.
“GRR-?”
“GUOO-!”
The giants hesitated and stepped back.
BZZT— BZZT—
“Huh…?” Su-hyeok’s mouth fell open when he saw the reward appear before him. Was he seeing it wrong? No matter how long he looked, the ssage didn’t change. ‘Why did this appear already?’
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Chirp, chirp, chirp—
The forest was filled with the chirping of birds, and a woman busily fiddled with a player kit as she sat on a rocking chair in front of a small hut.
Creak—
The old door opened, and a man stepped out, giving a cold impression.
Kim Siwoo.
He approached Kim Yeryeong, who was killing ti and sitting in the rocking chair. “What are you doing outside?”
“I like the sounds of the birds. The weather is nice too.”
“You should say that after putting away the kit in your hand.”
Swoosh—
Siwoo sat on the pile of firewood next to the rocking chair.
The weather was definitely nice, but Yeryeong hadn’t gone out all the way there for that. Yeryeong looked at her kit and blankly asked, “It’s soon, right?” It was a question with no apparent subject, but it was easy to tell what she was talking about.
“Yes. Probably within a year, at most…” Siwoo replied.
“So my life ends soon. Well, I guess I’ve lived long enough.”
“Stop joking. It isn’t funny.”
“Of course, it isn’t funny. It wasn’t ant to be funny.” Even as she said that, Yeryeong was still looking at the kit’s screen. Although she was usually imrsed in her kit, it was a bit extre that ti.
Siwoo had purposely gone to sit with her, but she hadn’t even glanced at him. “Can you stop using the kit so much? Aren’t you tired?”
“What else is there to do in this boring place?”
“Have so tea, ditate…”
“You do that, old man.” Even as she said that, Yeryeong continued staring at the kit.
Siwoo looked into her eyes. Sohow, they felt different. “Is there sothing interesting?”
“Ah, this…” Yeryeong turned the kit’s screen and showed it to Siwoo. “There’s soone called Lee Su-hyeok. He’s quite an interesting junior.”
“Su-hyeok? Don’t tell …”
“No, not that Su-hyeok. It’s just a kid with the sa na. He’s just taking the 2nd floor’s trial.”
“Ah, the 2nd floor… a strear…” Siwoo, who’d started to stand in excitent, sat back down. If it were the real Su-hyeok, it would have been impossible for him to be taking the test on the 2nd floor. Moreover, the Su-hyeok they knew wouldn’t stream, even as a joke.
He felt bitter regret filling him.
Yeryeong sighed when she saw his reaction. Every year, Kim Siwoo visited Su-hyeok’s morial and placed the flowers he made there. Fearing he might have false hope, she tried to convince him again. “Let’s let him go.”
“That again?”
“You know it too, right? If Su-hyeok were alive, there’s no way he wouldn’t have killed Kim Ilsu, that bastard.”
Siwoo nodded. It was true. Their friend, Lee Su-hyeok, had unparalleled skills and had blown them all away in his last monts with the Banana Palm Fan. If he’d survived, then even the nas of those in Blue Zone, including Kim Ilsu, would have been wiped from the tower.
“Su-hyeok’s dead,” Yeryeong stated.
“I know…”
“No, you don’t. How long are you going to stay in his shadow? Let him go, please.”
“What about you?”
Tap—
Siwoo went silent for a mont before reaching out and snatching Yeryeong’s kit. “Why are you watching this?”
“It’s just for fun.”
“You used to watch Cha Min-woo’s streams too, although you haven’t since he joined Blue Zone.”
“…” Yeryeong bit her lips. At first, she thought she was just doing it for fun.
Siwoo had noticed it before she had, though. “You watch all the streams of those who wear that mask and imitate Su-hyeok, don’t you? We’re both the sa. We can’t break free from Lee Su-hyeok’s shadow.” He returned her kit as it continued to play Su-hyeok’s stream.
Clench—
Gripping the kit tightly, Yeryeong lowered her head. She missed the comrades she’d been with until twenty years ago. She missed Su-hyeok, who’d foolishly used the Banana Palm Fan to save her and stayed behind alone.
She missed them too much.
“Ahh…” She felt like she was about to cry.
– Enduring each day was very hard.
Drip—
Lowering her head, Yeryeong eventually burst into tears.
“Haa…” Siwoo sighed and approached her, patting her shoulder. He’d said sothing unnecessary in a mont of frustration. ‘That’s why I didn’t want to talk about it.’
He’d known for a long ti how Yeryeong felt while watching the streams of Cha Min-woo or other strears who imitated Lee Su-hyeok. Even though she seed unaware of it, he hadn’t bothered to say anything.
‘Yes, we’re both the sa. Both of us are living in his shadow.’ Neither of them was in a position to bla each other. Siwoo reached out to pick up the kit Yeryeong had dropped on the floor.
‘What’s this?’ The reward Lee Su-hyeok had received from the trial was displayed on the screen.
[Skill Obtained – ‘Lightning’.]
‘Lightning?’
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