Chapter 51 (2/2)

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Jinwoo internally screamed in victory . After toeing the line between life and death, he had finally arrived at the answer . The knights were nothing . It was the mages that controlled the knights . Killing them was the goal . .

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‘To think that the first victim of Knight Killer was… a mage…’.

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Jinwoo looked at the ownerless robe on the ground with a smile . He had obtained that much breathing room now . However, he was not about to become careless . The quest was not over . .

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clack-clack-clack-clack!.

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The ground shook . Jinwoo turned around . The other knights had already surrounded him . There must’ve been more mages controlling them around . The knights swarmed after Jinwoo . The Hunter’s right arm turned into a blur . .

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Slaaash!.

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The tidal wave of knights in front of him were all cut neatly in a straight line . Jinwoo was shocked despite of himself . .

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‘Wow!’.

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The investment of 2,800,000 gold paid off dearly . The blade of Knight Killer cut through the knight’s armor like paper . It wasn’t just because of the serrated edge . As fitting of its name, a powerful magic to cut through the knights was enchanting the weapon . .

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‘The weapons from the shop are this good?’.

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This was a little different from the standard video game logic he was familiar with . In a normal video game, weapons from the shop were just filler weapons to use when you couldn’t find a good one in the wild . .

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‘If it’s like this, I really can’t look down on gold…’.

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At the very least, it was much better than the Hunter-use weapons from the real world . At the same time, Jinwoo thought about just how much money he could make if he sold the items from the System’s shop in the real world . Unlike the consumables, the equipment from the System’s shop did not have an untradable restriction . .

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‘Oh shit, focus . Focus . ’.

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This was not the time to be distracted . The knights continued to charge at him without stopping . .

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Slash! Slaaaash!.

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Jinwoo dodged here and there and continued to defeat the knights . However,.

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‘It’s not going to end if I keep up like this . ’.

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The moment he focused in one direction and took down a number of knights, a larger group would appear from a different direction and charge at him . .

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slash!.

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Another knight lost its head . .

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‘I have to find the mages . ’.

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Jinwoo used the headless knight’s falling corpse as a platform . Using its shoulders, Jinwoo leaped into the air again . .

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‘Stealth!’.

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shoooo-.

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His figure began to fade . Of course, this was not to hide himself for any reason . What he wanted was-.

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A mage has used ‘Eye of Detection’ . .

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A mage has used ‘Eye of Detection’ . .

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A mage has used ‘Eye of Detection’ . .

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Ring, ring, ring, the System’s warning alarms pierced his ears . Jinwoo continued to leap from knight to knight and memorized the location of the eye-shaped marks . .

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‘There are five mages . ’.

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He went for the nearest one first . .

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‘ . !’.

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As Jinwoo turned to face it, the mage panicked and gathered its knights to itself, but it was too late . .

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woosh!.

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Casaka’s Poisoned Fang flew from Jinwoo’s left hand and struck the mage’s forehead . .

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crack!.

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You’ve learned ‘Dagger Throw’ (Lv . 1).

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You’ve defeated a mage . .

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COLLAAAAPSE.

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Once more, a hundred knights fell lifelessly to the ground . .

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‘Four left!’.

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Used to the maneuver, Jinwoo used the heads and shoulders of the army again to move . While moving, Jinwoo quickly glanced at Casaka’s Poisoned Fang that he had not resummoned . He decided to test out his new skill . .

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‘Ruler’s Hands . ’.

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Jinwoo stretched a hand towards the dagger on the ground . As if pulled by a magnet, the dagger shot across the air toward his hand . .

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‘Yes!’.

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Jinwoo grabbed the dagger . He would no longer need to inefficiently resummon the dagger into his hand now . Meanwhile, he had arrived in front of the next mage . .

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‘ . !’.

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Before it could try anything this time, Jinwoo brought the dagger down diagonally on its body . .

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You’ve defeated a mage . .

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More knights fell . There were less than half of them remaining . Jinwoo became assured of victory; his eyes opened wide in anticipation . .

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‘Three more . ’.

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As if sensing the danger, the remaining mages gathered at the same spot . Following them was their knight army . When all the knights gathered in one spot, the mages cast another spell . Their strange voices echoed throughout the room, and their magic was completed . .

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crack, crack.

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The mass of knights that guarded the mages began to collapse on themselves like they were put into a hydraulic press . Soon, a giant metal golem was formed out of their bodies and stared down on Jinwoo . .

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wooooo-.

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‘Damn, that’s cool!’.

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At the powerful pressure it gave off, Jinwoo briefly paused and praised the magic . But there was nothing to be afraid of . After the numerous times he had faced death, he was filled with an anticipation rather than nervousness . .

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Boom, Boom, Boom!.

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The golem’s footsteps shook the ground . It looked very dangerous . .

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WOOOSH-!.

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Jinwoo lowered his body to dodge the swing of its gigantic fist . .

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CRASH!.

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The pillar behind Jinwoo was lightly grazed by the fist but the destructive power of the attack resulted in the structure being half obliterated . .

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‘Well, that is quite scary…’.

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Jinwoo smiled widely . If he had not figured out the truth, he would’ve panicked at the idea of taking this thing down, but he was filled with no such worries . .

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GOOOOO-!.

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The golem puts its hands together and was about to bring it down on the ground . Instead of running backwards, Jinwoo used ‘Sprint’ and charged forward . .

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sliiiiide-!.

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In an blink of an eye, Jinwoo passed between the golem’s legs . While the giant monster lost its balance, Jinwoo appeared in front of the three mages . .

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‘ . !’.

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‘ . !’.

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The mage’s shoulders rose in surprise . .

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‘Checkmate!’.

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They say there is strength in standing together . .

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Not this time . .

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Both of the daggers in Jinwoo’s hands flashed . .

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You’ve defeated a mage . .

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You’ve defeated a mage . .

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You’ve defeated a mage . .

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The 3 mages disappeared in a puff of black smoke in unison . The golem that finally turned around to strike Jinwoo also fell apart . The knights’ armors that made up the composition of its body scattered about the ground . However, Jinwoo did not ease up . .

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‘Is it over? Or is something else coming?’.

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He held his fighting stance, and the System’s electronic sound rang . .

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ring~.

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Jinwoo gulped in anticipation . On the contrary to his thoughts, the System announced the end of the quest . .

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You’ve defeated all the monsters of the testing room . The Class Advancement Quest will now end . .

Your class will be decided next . .

Depending on the advancement points earned, you may advance to a higher class . .

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Finally . .

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Jinwoo breathed a sigh of relief . .

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“Whew-”.

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It was a difficult fight . If he held onto the idea of the Instant Return Stone until the end, he would not have figured out the secret to the fight . .

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‘I probably would’ve just focused on when to end the quest . ’.

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Through bad luck, or perhaps good luck, he lost the stone and was able to focus on the battle at hand . The result was a great success . Now, it was time to reap the rewards . Jinwoo moved his gaze to the timer . .

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04:29:16.

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The timer was stopped . He managed to last nearly four and a half hours . Not only that, in a quest where he just had to endure, he actually ended up killing all the monsters and ended the quest itself . Thinking about just how many points he would earn, and what he would do with those points, Jinwoo’s heart began to race . .

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The Player’s actions will be analyzed to determine the appropriate class . .

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‘Fine with me . ’.

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If the System used his actions up until now to determine his class, there was little chance of him receiving something that did not fit his fighting style . It was a welcoming news . .

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The presence of the death god follows where the Player goes . The road he walks is paved with corpses, and the smell of blood follows in his wake . .

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. Jinwoo felt like that was a bit too much, but when he thought about it, he could not disagree . .

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‘Well, it was all for leveling up…’.

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Whenever he entered an Instant Dungeon, he slaughtered the respawning monsters until he no longer leveled-up . In a normal Dungeon, he combed every single corner for the very last magic beast to kill it . And not that he instigated it, but he had killed few Hunters as well . .

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Death god, corpses, smell of blood . .

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‘No matter how you analyze that…’.

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As he had first expected, it looked like his class would be Assassin . .

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The Player yearns for a great power, but without relying on any comrades, he builds his road with his own strength . .

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Jinwoo nodded along as he listened . He agreed with the System’s analysis of him . .

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‘From the start, I never had anyone to rely on . ’.

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Still, Jinwoo was not sure why the System was going this deep into analysing his personality when all it was doing was determining his class . The System continued,.

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Your desire for great power is strong enough to call upon the spirits that wander the valley of death . Through the army of the dead that will follow your every command, you will be able to build your own path without anyone’s help . .

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‘ . Army of the dead?’.

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It was there Jinwoo realized something was wrong . .

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“Wait!”.

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Before he could protest, the System used the calm tone it always used to relay the results . .

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Your class is the Necromancer . .

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“ wat?”.

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Translator’s Notes:.

[1]: Ok this is an unusual translator’s note . This has nothing to do with the actual translated phrase, but I swear to god, I typed the phrase “like a puppet with its strings cut” as a joke before actually realizing the phrase was in the original text . Like, I finished the sentence out of habit (thanks Overlord), but then looked over to the original text and realized the author actually used the same phrase, hahaha!.