Chapter 12: Ironback Bear (1/2)

There is a saying—“He who comes surely bears ill will”. I had no doubt that this Gui Guzi was gunning for me.

Seeing no reason to avoid him at all, I crushed a thorny bush beneath my feet and rustled into his view. I eyeballed him just as coldly before smiling savagely. “What exactly do you mean, brother?”

“Tch! I’m not your brother!”

Gui Guzi stared at me coldly and arrogantly before saying, “Tsk tsk, Level 14 and you’re leveling here? I guess you’re not too bad!”

I spread my arms open. “I’m just average.”

“Says the third strongest player in Floating Ice City?” Gui Guzi sneered.

I took his provocation in stride. “You said it, not me. That being said, I’m definitely not going to be satisfied with just the third place.”

“You’re an arrogant one alright!”

Gui Guzi lifted his spear and shouted at me, “There can only be one undead player at Frost Mound! Now duel me! Whoever loses will pack their belongings and leave!”

I shook my head and replied, “My time is precious, and I’ve got none to waste on PK.”

“What did you say?” Gui Guzi said aggressively. “This isn’t how a pro should act! I guess you’re just a noob after all! You don’t even have the courage to duel someone!”

I immediately raised my eyebrows and retorted coldly, “Is that so? Come at me then. I’ll take you out in one minute!”

“Haha, it’ll be hilarious if your bark is worse than your bite!”

Gui Guzi let out a loud laugh and charged, the blade of his spear glowing red. It was Magic Knight’s basic skill, Flame Thrust!

Rustle rustle...

I moved half an arc away from my original position, causing Gui Guzi to miss his attack. The beautiful “MISS” that appeared in the air stunned him completely.

“Fuck…” Gui Guzi’s mouth gaped. “You dodged that? How… how is that possible?”

Instead of replying, I brought my Forest Green Blade down on his head—

“Slayer Slash!”

The powerful attack sent Gui Guzi stumbling backwards. His HP also dropped drastically.

184!

He was lucky that his class was famed for its vast HP pool, or this attack alone would have taken his life.

“There’s no way I’ll lose!”

Gui Guzi was obviously a stubborn man because he charged me again. This time, he swung his spear horizontally, aimed for my side. Dodging it would be incredibly difficult!

My mind was delayed by 0.7 seconds, and normal attacks had no charge-up at all. Since it was impossible for me to dodge the attack, I had no choice but to endure it.

Of course, I was no gentleman. I immediately retaliated with a swing of my own weapon!

95!

179!

“Ugh…” Gui Guzi gasped repeatedly as he stared at his health bar. He had less than 10 HP left. He shot me a look of disbelief and said, “How… how is this possible?”

I smiled at him and took action.

“You can stay in Frost Mound. This place is big enough to fit two people. But provoke me again, and the only answer you’ll get is death!”

……

The Forest Green Blade flashed across Gui Guzi’s neck, his eyes growing wide. His body slowly slumped to the ground as the last vestiges of his soul left it.

He dropped two small potions after dying. I picked them up and stared at his corpse calmly. Inevitably, all words and actions have their consequences. The price of Gui Guzi’s show of arrogance was death.

I went back to leveling and killed another four Cyan Skeletons, which finally dropped me the last Cyan Skeleton Finger I needed to turn in my quest!

Happy, I was just about to leave when Gui Guzi climbed back to his feet. He came back to life after his soul returned to his body, but now he was only Level 17.

Gui Guzi clearly looked unconvinced by his own defeat. “Next time, victory will be mine!”

I nodded back at him with a smile. “Feel free to challenge me anytime you wish. Oh right, I live at B1, Frost Mound Outer Graveyard No. 1. Pay me a visit when you’re free!”

Gui Guzi replied astonishedly, “I live at B2…”

Hah, we’re neighbors?

I couldn’t help but smile. “Let’s learn from each other from here on out!”

“Mn!”

Gui Guzi nodded. By now I noticed that Gui Guzi was proud, aloof, but not unreasonable. In fact, I could even call him talented based on the fact that he hadn’t stopped leveling since the beginning of the game. His patience and courage was what made him one of the Top 3 players of Floating Ice City!

Of course, crazy levelers were present in every game, and I had played too many virtual reality games to be surprised by this.

I returned to Frost Mound and turned in 20 Cyan Skeleton Fingers to Sentinel Leader Fark. He slapped my shoulder and laughed loudly. “Hahaha, very good, little skeleton! You’ve proven your courage and strength yet again. Here, take your rightful reward!”

Ding~!