Chapter 7 Tutorial (5) (2/2)
And of course, in order to do so, he first had to have complete control over his body.
*Crack*
And that’s probably why.
At one point, Yeon-woo was able to sense something very faint flowing through his body.
It was easy to figure out what it was.
‘Magic Power.’
It was mana.
Although very feeble, mana was definitely present in his body. And as it cycled through it over time, it was slowly affecting his body.
When a skill was activated, mana moved along with it.
When he used sense strengthening, mana gathered around the specific part of the body he was focusing on. And when he used draconic eyes, mana seeped into his eyes.
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Yeon-woo tried to trace the mana back to the path it took in order to imitate its movement as closely as possible.
But at some point, mana disappeared as if toying with him.
He had fully focused his senses inside his body and followed after the mana, but it disappeared without leaving a trace.
Yeon-woo felt a little heavy, but he decided not to push himself.
He discovered the fact the that mana constitutes the basis of skills, and was somehow present in his body, but in a dormant state.
If so, he only needed to take things step by step. Then one day, he might be able to handle mana freely.
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[348:25:10_01]
Yeon-woo opened his eyes after finishing his meditation. He felt refreshed as if he had a good night’s sleep. His body felt lighter than ever.
And after finishing his preparations, he opened the iron gate carrying his backpack on one shoulder.
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[You have entered the boss room of Section A]
[There are 88 scarecrows along with several traps that will try to stop you from advancing. Cut through the scarecrows and beat the boss room]
As soon as the message popped up,
*Swish*
A steel arrow flew in as if it had been waiting for this moment.
*Clang*
Yeonwoo instinctively turned the dagger sideways and struck the steel arrow.
The steel arrow bounced upwards, and flew back in the direction it came from, and got itself stuck in the trap.
Broken pieces of the trap fell down from the ceiling.
It was a movement he had practiced in his ninth attempt through Section A.
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He liked this method because he could train both accuracy and technique at the same time.
Yeon-woo observed the scarecrows that filled the passage.
They looked like ordinary scarecrows, commonly seen in the countryside.
But the scarecrows in the boss room were moving little by little.
Their two feet and two arms were unrestrained so they could move around on their own, and they could hinder the players trying to pass by their side.
‘They seem pretty solid, too.’
There had been a team trying to beat the boss room for a week.
Every time Yeon-woo reached the end of Section A, he could see them being blocked by the scarecrows without making any progress.
The scarecrow did not attack the players, but only blocked their way forward.
But even that was enough to hold them back.
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Every time the players tried to break through the scarecrows, it didn’t work. They didn’t fall down when attacked, and they didn’t move an inch when pushed.
The only traces left on the scarecrows were mere scratches and soot. This meant that hitting them with neither physical strength nor skills would do any good.
Plus, there were a lot of traps all over the place.
The traps in the boss room were different from those in Section A.
In addition to steel arrows, a variety of other traps were also added, including poison arrows, fire arrows, pitfalls, spear traps and so on.
If players were too busy avoiding the scarecrows, they might get caught in the traps.
But Yeon-woo was confident.
‘I have to get to Section B immediately.’
Yeon-woo held the dagger in his right hand and sprang forward.
*Swish* *Swish*
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Then five steel arrows poured down on him.
However, Yeon-woo did not even lay his eyes on the arrows and lightly swung the dagger to the side.
*Tang* *Tang*
‘I have to go faster. Never slow down.’
Yeon-woo put more power into his legs.
*Papat*
*Rumble*
Then the ground sank down in front of Yeon-woo.
But Yeon-woo was also familiar with this kind of trap.
And he had already ‘read’ through it with his strengthened sense.
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*Ta-dak*
Yeon-woo leaped high into the air right above the sunken ground.
Right beneath him, there was a bottomless abyss opening its jaw.
‘If I fall, I would be instantly dead. Then.’
Yeon-woo softly somersaulted over the gap, as if he were performing acrobatics.
Drawing a long arc in the air, Yeon-woo tried to land beyond the hole, but two arrows came flying from both sides.
It should have been hard to avoid them in midair, but Yeon-woo twisted his body like a spinning top and easily bounced off the arrows that came at him.
*Clang* *Clang*
The arrows that were aimed at him fell down helplessly into the hole.
*Tak*
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Yeon-woo was able to land safely across the hole.
And this time, he felt heat from the ceiling.
As the fire descended along a hidden wick, it fluttered its red tongue to devour Yeon-woo.
*Rush*
But Yeon-woo has already gained some resistance against burning through his trait.
He quickly covered his mouth with a handkerchief and ran through the fire.
Even if some cinders got onto his clothes, he only shook them off and kept running without much concern.
He slanted the dagger to its side and swung it, creating a gust of wind that pierced a path through the flames for a short time.
He ran through the path wasting no time.
*Swish* *Swish*
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Besides the steel arrows, various other arrows also poured out.
Arrows lit on fire, arrows coated with poison, arrows with a hooked tip, etc.
Whenever the arrows flew at hi, Yeon-woo either avoided them, parried them, or blocked them.
Despite pouring in from all sides, the arrows could not even touch Yeon-woo’s hair.
It was as if he had eyes all over the place.
Despite the obstacles, Yeon-woo did not slow down at all.
On the contrary, his clearing speed was gradually increasing as his Health attribute rose.
The other traps also made no difference.
Pitfalls, fire traps, spear traps, rolling rocks, all of them failed to stop Yeon-woo.
At that moment, the scarecrows started taking action.
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