Chapter 89: Chapter 88: The Blood Prince, Part IV (1/2)
Chapter 89: Chapter 88: The Blood Prince, Part IV
Translator: HunterW
Editor: RED
If he only had 30,000 HP left, I really did need just one more hit. The Blood Prince was obviously complimenting me about my Blink skill, but losing that chance to kill him made it feel like he was mocking me.
At that moment, something rose from the ground between me and the Blood Prince.
”What…the hell is this?” It looked like a concert stage. It was more than twenty meters tall.
A tall pillar stood on top of the stage. On top of the pillar was a giant, glass sphere. Two hose-like objects stretched out from the sphere.
”As executioner of the Blood Showdown, I'm setting the rules. We're going with 2:1 and with 40% as the max HP.”
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[Blood Showdown has been established.
The victor will be decided by total HP. The executioner must win by 2:1. The executioner's HP will start at 40% of total HP. The participant's HP will start at 20% of total HP.
-If the executioner wins: receives 20% of participant's total HP.
If the participant wins: receives 40% of executioner's total HP.]
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”What the fuck is this about?” I was flabbergasted at the Blood Showdown's description. How could he have a skill this cheap?
The hoses attached to the sphere snaked down to us and attached themselves at the crown of our heads. I tried to get away, but the hose honed in on me.
==[Blood Showdown is a forced skill. The skill will not shut down until a victor is decided. No one else is allowed to interfere until the Showdown is over.]==
The Blood Prince cackled. ”I'll put 20% of your HP to good use!” He sounded as if he already won. ”Oh and one more thing. Don't switch out your equips. It's a fight against our current HP. Don't do anything that'll lower your HP! Bwahahaha!”
==[Blood Showdown will now commence. The first to reach 1 HP will lose the Showdown.]==
At that moment, my and the Blood Prince's HP were being sucked into the glass ball. The ball began to display a number.
10,000. 50,000. 100,000. 200,000…the number quickly went up.
The Blood Prince giggled like a child while standing on the other side. ”How much HP do you have? It can't be more than 1,500,000, right? No, it's probably around 2 million. It has to be that much for you to have lasted that long.”
-Open Stats Menu!-
==[Name: Lee Jiwon
Level: 300 Death Count: 0
Title: Earth's First Deva
HP: 2,274,500/2,404,500 MP: 182,700/182,700
Strength: 8,100+159 Agility: 5,100 Vitality: 4,349]==
My fully restored HP was being sucked out at a fast pace. My total HP was at 2.4 million thanks to the Bracelet of Eternal Fire, but the Blood Prince had more than 3.5 million HP. I was obviously going to lose!
Like the Blood Prince said, if I tried to switch out my equips, I risked lowering my total HP. Unless…
The Blood Prince cackled like a maniac.
”Open inventory.” I reached in and took out an item.
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[Orb of Vitality (Rank 8)
The Orb of Vitality is one of the 5 Orbs in existence. Once this item comes into your possession, the Orb is bound to you. The Orb collects 1 VIT point a day, starting on the day you obtain the Orb.
There is no limit to how much Vitality the Orb can collect. When you consume the Orb, the Vitality points the Orb collected will be added to your total VIT stat.
- Bind on pickup.
- The Orb of Vitality will dissolve once consumed. Once consumed, the collected Vitality is transferred to the consumer.
- While the Orb is in your possession, Health regenerates by 500 per tick.
- Current Vitality collected: 3,060]
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-If I use it, 3,060 VIT points will bring my HP up to more than 3.9 million.-
The Myth Guild estimated that the Blood Prince had 3.5 million HP, and that was only from when they first managed to beat him. He could have more right now. If I used my Orb now, there was still a chance that I could lose 780,000 HP instead of 480,000. That would only serve to make him stronger.
-But…I don't have a choice. I need to use it now.-
I didn't like this one bit.
The Blood Prince continued to laugh while watching me. I wanted to shut him up. I wasn't going to take this lying down. I brought the Orb up to my mouth and swallowed it.
[You have consumed your Orb of Vitality. VIT points accumulated by the Orb will now add to your VIT.
Current Vitality collected: 3,060
Your VIT is now increased by 3,060 points.]
”Stupid boy. Potions won't help you now.” It must have looked like I drank a potion to him.
[3,512,779/3,934,500]
The hose was still sucking out my HP at a fast pace. I had already lost almost 400,000 HP. I did everything I could do. I could only wait and see now.
”You're too calm.”
”I've done everything I can now.”
”Hah. You're giving up already? Well, I'm sure you've already heard from the Myth Guild how much HP I have.”
”Yep. They said it was around a million.”
”A million? Bwahahaha!” The Blood Prince burst out laughing.