Chapter 31 - Intrusion (4) (1/2)
Chapter 31: Intrusion (4)
Just as I was about to take another step, he opened his mouth.
“…I underestimated you. I didn’t realize the owner of this trial was a high ranker.”
I didn’t expect his sudden approval, but I didn’t pay much attention.
“I’ll admit it. You’re better than all the other primitives.”
The only thing on my mind was how to take down the enemy in front of me.
「 Time left – 00:00:21 」
The buff from the assassin’s cloak was about to run out.
I had to end this now.
I gripped the sword in my hand and lunged forward.
Instead of blocking the attack, he opted to swing his sword at me.
Seeing that, I folded my torso into my legs to dodge the attack.
Whoo-phew-! Kang…!
It was a one-sided exchange, but the result was disappointing.
The black armor blocked my sword and rendered my attack useless.
“Did you think you could even scratch my armor with that flimsy sword?”
As the embodiment of agility, it wasn’t too hard to dodge all of his attacks.
The only problem was…
‘Even if my attacks hit, it won’t get through his armor.’
That was the biggest problem.
The enemy had a skill that could split my shield, but I didn’t have anything like that.
“…”
Now was not the time to sound weak.
「 Time left – 00:00:16 」
I was about to lose the upper hand.
But it wasn’t like I had nothing.
‘I didn’t waste all my points on this weapon for a reason.’
There was no time to hesitate since I had no other options.
As I was about to pour all my mana into my feet—
“Insolent.”
The black knight’s sword was encased with a red aura.
Phuaa…!
The violently dancing aura was even more dangerous than before.
“I’m going to split you in two.”
Chills spread down my neck before I remembered that I had to keep moving.
‘Fuck.’
Just as he said, his sword could slice through me like a hot knife through butter.
I was risking my life to just land a meaningless blow, while a single attack from him could mean the end of me.
The black knight also seemed to acknowledge this as he charged in without hesitation.
‘He was talking about underestimating me before but it’s probably a load of bullshit.;
He wouldn’t be charging at me like this if he believed I could get through his armor.
That’s why it was more important than ever to fight.
Whoosh! Kang! Crack! Voosh!
With every swing he made, the walls split and the floors echoed.
Thanks to the energy around his sword, even just a scrape of his sword was enough to engrave the walls.
‘Is this the aura that the Eye of Truth was talking about?’
I had no idea who allowed this, but he was slicing through the hardened cave walls like tofu.
I could emulate it if I’d wanted to, but it wouldn’t be as smooth as this.
“Hahaha, run as much as you’d like! You won’t last long like this!”
A monster among monsters.
My body seemed to move faster knowing that one wrong move could lead to my doom.
The ease at which he seemed to move suggested that he had no problems with keeping this up for the near future.
Clang! Chang! Kaang!
No matter how hard I swung, the armor didn’t even scratch, and the knight became more and more haughty.
He stopped hesitating and staying wary of my attacks, instead opting to use flashier and bigger skills with a lot of blind spots.
And that was my only path to victory.
One, two, three, four…
I landed an increasing number of blows on his armor, and by the time that number hit double digits—
Vuaaaa…!
A blinding ball of light condensed at the edge of the blade and exploded.
It wasn’t just light but an explosive ball of electricity.
“What the f—!”
The knight finally realized and tried retreating but…
「 Thunder Blade 」
「 Attacking with this weapon has a 10% chance to inflict an ‘electrocute’ effect. 」
It didn’t matter since it was already too late to step back.
I was a little nervous because it wasn’t activating as soon as I had expected, but the explosion of lightning assured me—
Kraaaang!
That I’d be the victor of this battle.
***
“G-ghaaaa….!”
I clicked my tongue as the knight laid on the ground, twitching.
Whatever dimension he came from, he wasn’t immune to electricity.
‘It would have been a pain in the ass if he had any resistance to it.’
I bet my life on that, and I won.
“Tsk, I was so close to dying.”
I swung like crazy and only got the effect to activate once.
‘I wasn’t that lucky to begin with, but this is a little ridiculous.’
Maybe the 10% wasn’t that accurate.
Seeing how little it activated when I fought the wolves, it wasn’t completely out of the picture.
“Y-you basta… A mere p-primitive…”
I heard a small mumbling from the floor.
The paralysis must’ve been wearing off because he was desperately trying to grasp the floor.
‘He wouldn’t have gone down this easily if he had something like sustain battle.’
The only skill he really had was that aura.
Maybe he wasn’t even that strong of an opponent if you thought about it that way.