Novel Lived
Chapter 34
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Chapter 34
A Wraith with a higher level than Adum, the dungeon boss here?
He's only level 25.
How is that possible?
Such thoughts were swirling in Manhu's mind, but
He couldn't utter a word.
Amidst the heavy air,
- Suuuurp, Haaaaaaa.
The Wraith's breath was freezing the surrounding air.
The power of the Wraith, who had become a Death Soldier, was beyond imagination.
It was not only stronger than before,
But it could also do more than when it faced Seonghyun.
The fear of death.
As fear swept over them,
"Uwaaaa!"
Amir, who hadn't attacked first, raised his bow and fired an arrow.
Unable to withstand the fear, he aimed it at the Wraith.
But the Wraith of Barpur, with a scornful look, caught the incoming arrow using his index and middle fingers.
Snap.
- Pfft, you weren't trying to attack me with this toothpick, were you?
A system message appeared along with the Wraith of Barpur's words.
[Party member 『Amir - Lv.26』 is attacking you.]
[Entering a state of complete hostility.]
[Party member 『Amir - Lv.26』 has left the party.]
[This user has infamy.]
[Attacking will not accumulate infamy.]
Two people had already entered a hostile state.
Seonghyun looked at the goblin undead and the Wraith of Barpur.
As his will was conveyed,
All the Death Soldiers bowed their heads and obeyed Seonghyun's will.
- I will carry out Master's orders.
- Kerruk! Kek! Kerheuk! (All according to the Lord's will!)
- Kehuruk! Kehek! Kek! (I will obey Master's command!)
Everyone's eyes trembled at the overwhelming presence and the blind loyalty of the Wraith of Barpur and the goblin undead, who were spreading fear all around.
Jinwoo, who was quietly fighting the hobgoblins, was no exception.
As everyone's eyes shook violently,
The first to regain his composure was the boss monster, Adum.
"Kek! Kehuk!"
Although it was unclear what he was saying, his voice was filled with clear hostility.
Seeing the other hobgoblins react to Adum's words,
It seemed like he had given an order.
But it didn't matter.
The goblin undead had already made their move.
The Death Soldier goblin undead swiftly took the initiative.
Using their small stature, they moved with surprising agility and began attacking before the hobgoblins.
Three of them clung to each hobgoblin.
- Kerheuk! (For Master!)
- Kekekek! Kek! (Uhahaha! Let's kill them all and make them our juniors!)
- Kerhuk! (Let's all become one!)
They were dodging the hobgoblins' attacks with nimble movements, continuously landing blows with their quick agility.
First, they aimed for the knees and shins with their low-held swords, reducing the hobgoblins' mobility.
As the hobgoblins faltered, unable to react and getting their knees and shins stabbed, they began to limp.
The Death Soldiers moved with dazzling speed, obscuring the hobgoblins' vision, and in that moment, thrust their swords into their abdomens.
The hobgoblins were butchered in just a few moves.
"Kruk..."
"Puhek!"
"Keeek!"
"Krrruk."
The hobgoblins coughed up blood with gurgling sounds.
They didn't die from this much due to the significant level difference, but
Judging from their terrified expressions filled with fear and pain, it seemed like death would be a mercy.
The boss, Adum, was no different.
While the other hobgoblins were each fighting against three Death Soldiers,
A whopping eight Death Soldiers clung to Adum.
Some even held shields to deflect attacks and defend while dodging and weaving.
They popped out from everywhere, parrying attacks with their shields and relentlessly stabbing whenever they found an opening.
Stab! Stab! Stab! Stab! Stab!
"Keeeeeeeek!"
The chilling sounds of blades piercing flesh and Adum's pained roars echoed within the cavern.
While this scene unfolded, some were watching in disbelief.
Manhu's party and Jinwoo were among them.
Seonghyun looked at them and spoke gently,
"You could have been a bit more discreet."
Even if they hadn't been obvious, the child ghost would have told him, but
They were too obvious after he knew.
So he said a word.
Manhu remained silent at Seonghyun's words, and
The other party members asked Manhu with trembling voices,
"..."
"W-What do we do?"
"S-Should we attack?"
In that short time, Manhu quickly thought things through.
He hadn't attacked yet.
If he left now, he wouldn't die.
If Seonghyun attacked first, Seonghyun would also accumulate infamy.
He wouldn't be able to do that.
'...If I cut them off...'
As Manhu was having such a despicable thought,
Seonghyun looked at Manhu and shook the sword in his hand.
Manhu's eyes instinctively followed the sword.
"Are you trying to give up and surrender?"
Seonghyun said so and watched Manhu's eyes, which were drawn to his sword.
When Manhu's eyes met Seonghyun's,
His face flushed with shame.
"Shit!"
Should he just take this insult and do nothing?
No! He couldn't do that.
Even so, he was only level 25.
Manhu was ahead of him in level.
Provoking him in this situation?
'He's not provoking me for no reason.'
His goal must be to anger and agitate Manhu somehow.
If he gets agitated and charges in, he'll surely lose.
But if not, it's only natural for Manhu to win.
Seonghyun shook his head and commanded the Wraith of Barpur to move.
Barpur turned towards Nuel and Amir, who were behind.
This was his chance.
'I'll aim for the moment that damn Wraith is distracted!'
The Wraith's top priority was to protect Seonghyun, but
It followed Seonghyun's will.
As the Wraith headed towards Nuel and Amir,
Their faces turned pale, and they started trembling like aspen leaves as they began to use their skills.
"U-Uwaaaak! E-Energy Arrow!"
"F-Fire Wall!"
A powerful arrow enveloped in mana shot towards the Wraith of Barpur.
A wall of fire rose, trying to block the Wraith.
But the Wraith of Barpur, as if it were nothing, simply waved his hand as if chasing away a fly.
Thud, Crack.
The arrow snapped at Barpur's gesture.
As if it were a toy arrow.
And looking at the wall of fire blocking his way, Barpur, with an annoyed look, blew on it as if extinguishing a candle.
- Fu.
Whoosh, Poof.
The blazing wall of fire disappeared with just that one breath, and Nuel's face, who had been preparing a spell while the wall of fire was blocking the way, turned white.
Amir, who was next to him, was no different.
As they were about to shout to Manhu for help,
They saw Manhu running quickly in their vision.
His target was Seonghyun!
And they realized.
If they kill the summoner,
The summons will also disappear.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
They just had to hold on until then.
But.
'C-Can we hold on?'
'...Ah.'
Nuel and Amir had that thought simultaneously and gulped at the approaching Wraith of Barpur.
They knew it was just a monster, a piece of data.
But why?
Their whole bodies stiffened as if they were facing a real ghost.
They couldn't even withstand this.
It didn't take long for them to realize that.
Hopefully, with their sacrifice, Manhu would be victorious.
With that thought, the two closed their eyes.
'If I just kill the summoner, it's over.'
Manhu knew that Seonghyun's main body was also exceptional.
But even so, he was a Necromancer.
His defense was bound to be abysmal.
While he was controlling the undead, Manhu, a swordsman, would gain the upper hand.
Believing so, he ran quickly and swung his sword at Seonghyun.
[Party member 『Manhu - Lv.29』 is attacking you.]
[Entering a state of complete hostility.]
[Party member 『Manhu - Lv.29』 has left the party.]
[This user has infamy.]
[Attacking will not accumulate infamy.]
A system message popped up in front of Seonghyun simultaneously.
But he quickly dismissed it as a nuisance and raised his sword.
Clang!
Manhu used his Swordsman class skill and swung his sword with all his might.
But Seonghyun blocked it by simply raising his sword.
No, he blocked it, but not just with strength.
He deflected the sword strike by subtly shifting his sword in a way that disrupted Manhu's sword trajectory and redirected the attack.
Perfectly.
Then came the follow-up attack of the Swordsman skill.
The skill Manhu activated allowed him to swing his sword five times in quick succession.
It was a skill that allowed him to swing his sword five times in a single move, so it wasn't easy to block them all without using a defensive skill.
Even if he used a defensive skill to block it, the power could still break through!
But Seonghyun was blocking it by raising his sword, not with a skill.
Seonghyun had no choice but to take this attack.
That's what he thought.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
'This crazy...!'
Sparks flew as the swords clashed in the air.
He deflected the downward strike from the upper right, and with the deflected momentum, he smoothly parried the horizontal swing from the middle right.
The deflected sword strike automatically changed its trajectory due to the skill, quickly spinning and aiming for an upward slash from the lower left to the upper right.
Seonghyun also spun his wrist while holding the sword.
Like a snake, his sword coiled and deflected that attack as well.
Finally, the overhead strike.
For the overhead strike that went from the top center to the bottom, Seonghyun held his sword in a slanted upper right stance to block it.
Sparks flew as the two swords clashed, and both stopped simultaneously.
'He blocked them all?'
He blocked all five of his strikes without using any skills?
Manhu gulped and blinked at the sight.
Was this even possible?
Could skills be blocked without skills?
As that thought crossed his mind,
He met Seonghyun's eyes, which were fixed on him with an intense gaze.
Seonghyun's pupils were dark and black,
And within them, a teal light shone.
Manhu stared blankly at those mystical eyes, as if he were possessed.
'W-What is this?'
He felt as if he were bewitched by a ghost.
It wasn't entirely wrong.
Seonghyun had drawn upon the memories and experiences of the former instructor Eddie to block all the attacks.
But that was it.
"Hmm."
A single syllable.
It was just a simple sound, but Manhu could read the emotion contained within.
Boredom.
Seeing Seonghyun, with that emotion emanating from his eyes and mouth,
Manhu felt something boiling within him.
Jealousy and inferiority towards what he couldn't have.
All of that combined,
"Uwaaaaaaaaaaa!"
He screamed and lunged at Seonghyun.
But Seonghyun, who had already grasped Manhu's level, blocked all of Manhu's attacks.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
Seonghyun's brow furrowed slightly as he blocked the attacks with his sword.
He had thought that it would be weaker than when he used the skill to attack, but
Even though he was mixing in other skills,
'He's swinging so recklessly?'
Seonghyun shook his head in disappointment at the thought.
Seeing that, Manhu became even more enraged and swung his sword with a roar, but it couldn't reach him.
It was too far.
Seonghyun, who felt so distant, began to swing his sword little by little towards Manhu.
On the contrary, all of Seonghyun's sword strikes began to reach Manhu.
Slash! Swish! Slice!
"Kuhuk!"
He was cut by the sword and couldn't focus due to the damage.
Overwhelmed by Seonghyun's relentless attacks, Manhu regained his composure, gritted his teeth, and retreated.
He couldn't win this way.
As he realized that and stepped back to strategize for a moment,
Seonghyun looked at Manhu with a pitying gaze.
"...?"
As Manhu looked at Seonghyun with an uncomprehending look,
Seonghyun answered gently,
"I'm a Black Mage, is it right to create distance?"
"Ah?"
As Seonghyun answered, he clenched his hand towards Manhu as if grasping the air.
teal light gathered and began to clump together,
And soon, holding it in the form of a spear, he threw it forcefully.
The teal spear flew at an incredible speed.
He had to block it.
As Manhu thought so and tried to swing his sword,
Clang!
"Huh???"
Something touched the sword he was about to swing.
It was none other than an arrow made of pure white bone.
Unable to swing his sword, stopped by the arrow,
Manhu could only stare blankly at the teal spear flying towards him.
'He planned this too?'
Thud!
[Dark damage applied.]
[All sight and senses will be impaired for 3 seconds.]
Manhu felt nauseous at the message that only he could see.
A sensation as if all his senses had disappeared and he was floating in space.
He couldn't see or feel anything.
He felt like he was about to vomit.
He had to dodge it somehow, but he couldn't even move his body.
He couldn't even feel the damage.
He didn't even know what was happening.
'What the hell is going on?'
After 3 confusing seconds,
He felt his senses returning.
Fortunately, he was fine.
His health was the same as after taking the dark damage.
Ah! He had to get away somehow.
Of course, he coveted that sword, but it wasn't worth risking his life.
Could he escape if he tried?
As he was having such hopeful thoughts,
Manhu felt a black shadow cast over his head.
'What's this?'
In a moment of dread, despite not wanting to,
He involuntarily raised his head, and at that moment, he saw it all.
A Wraith with a black, mole-like face and teal eyes, looking down at him.
- Peekaboo.
"Uwaaaaaaaaaaa!"
At the Wraith of Barpur's words, Manhu screamed and tried to run away, but he couldn't avoid Barpur's giant hand falling from above.
Crunch!
With a sound like ground meat being made, Manhu's body was crushed.
"Gulp."
Manhu didn't need to see what happened to Nuel and Amir to know.
With that thought,
[Critical Hit!]
[Forced logout due to hp reaching 0.]
[Death penalty increased due to infamy.]
[One of the highest rank items dropped due to infamy.]
Finally, with the messages welcoming Manhu, he disappeared.
Dropping a rather luxurious-looking ring.
But what Seonghyun gained was not just a ring.
[You have won the battle between users!]
[You have won against a user with a level difference!]
[Experience points acquired!]
[You have cleared the 5-person dungeon, Adum's Cave.]
[Experience points acquired!]
[Acquired 『Hobgoblin Warrior, Adum's Greatsword』 as a clear reward.]
[Acquired 20 gold as a clear reward.]
[Level Up!] × 5
[You have reached level 30.]
[You have punished an infamous opponent.]
[You have defeated an opponent who initiated the attack.]
[Acquired the opponent's item, 『Bow of Correction』.]
[Acquired the opponent's item, 『Nimble Beginner Pyromancer's Robe』.]
[Acquired the opponent's item, 『Ring of Speed』.]
[New skill for 『Overlord』 unlocked upon reaching level 30.]
[Acquired Legendary rank skill, 『Monarch's Silence』.]
'I like it.'
Seonghyun couldn't help but smile at the countless reward messages.
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