Chapter 60 - Those close to him (1/2)
Proof-reader: TheMonitor
They had touched those they shouldn’t have.
“Firebolt.”
Soo Hyuk immediately fired a Firebolt at a man holding a bow. He had thought about using poison magic, but it’s area of effect was too big. Innocent people could get involved if he did.
Shuaa!
The Firebolt flew towards the archer. The archer tried to dodge but…
Bang!
The Firebolt was so fast that the archer couldn’t dodge in time. As the archer collapsed, system messages appeared in front of Soo Hyuk.
[You have attacked user Mandara.]
[You have entered an ‘enemy’ state with user Mandara.]
[You have entered an ‘enemy’ state with Mandara’s party members.]
[User Mandara has a high infamy score.]
[Your infamy score will not rise.]
But Soo Hyuk didn’t pay any attention to the messages.
‘He’s not dead?’
Mandara had been blasted off his feet, but Soo Hyuk couldn’t see the distinctive black aura that appeared when one was dead.
‘Well, they were able to cause this much chaos in this city.’
They had been PKing with reckless abandon in the city of Hedlin. It would be weird they didn’t have the ability to survive a ‘mere’ Firebolt from Soo Hyuk.
‘But why isn’t he moving?’
The archer called ‘Mandara’ wasn’t moving despite being alive.
“Poison blast.” [TL: I don’t know what happened with Acid Spray. It looks like the author changed it.]
As Soo Hyuk was feeling suspicious of Mandara’s inaction, he fired Poison Blast. Then the other two men reacted as the Poison Blast flew towards them again.
“Huh?”
“Soo Hyuk?”
“It isn’t time yet.”
“He isn’t with the Solitude guild. It looks like he’s attacking us for another reason.”
“He doesn’t recognise us.”
“Why isn’t he getting up already?”
They had been chatting relaxedly as they stared at Mandara who had been hit by the Firebolt. They hadn’t been cautious as the spells fired at them were low-level, but when the Poison Blast hit Mandara, they were flustered as Mandara’s body was faintly covered in the black light of death.
“Ah?”
“Eh?”
Loken and Haiden froze up as they confirmed that Mandara had been killed.
“…He died in two hits?”
“he doesn’t seem to be a simple player.”
Their bloodthirsty atmosphere had been completely replaced by anxiety as they felt apprehension towards the unknown user who fired low-level spells with power comparable to advanced spells.
Then the unknown user cast another spell.
“Inferno.”
There were spells that users could avoid if they were skilled enough and those that couldn’t be avoided no matter what. The ones that could be dodged were spells like magic missile and fireball. While a famous spell that belonged in the latter category was the spell that Soo Hyuk had just cast, Inferno. How could they evade a spell that had no form?
[You have attacked user ‘Haiden’.]
[User Haiden has a high infamy score.]
[Your infamy score will not rise.]
“Ah?”
Then the target of Inferno, Haiden, let out a panicked scream.
“Fuck! My health…”
But, before Haiden could finish, he was cut off by a incomprehensible sight. A rising black light.
After instantly killing Mandara and Haiden, he turned towards the last remaining man.
“Huh? W-what? W…”
The man was panicking at the sudden loss of his comrades. Soo Hyuk fired a magic missile at the pathetic sight.
Bang!
Was it because magic missile was slower than his previous spells? Or did he feel fear at the loss of his comrades? Whatever the reason, the man managed to dodge the incoming magic missile by throwing himself to the ground.
“Excuse me. Our guil…”
“Fireball.”
Loken couldn’t finish his sentence. Soo Hyuk had fired ignored him and fired a fireball at him.
“Ah! Shit!”
He wasn’t even trying to negotiate with him?! While swearing, he swung his spear at the fireball, trying to snuff it out.
Bang!
[You have attacked user ‘Loken’.]
[User Loken has a high infamy score.]
[Your infamy will not rise.]
His fireball crashed into Loken’s spear at that moment. Loken then stopped moving. He wasn’t dead yet.
‘What?’
Soo Hyuk suddenly felt uneasy. It was because Loken had almost looked embarrassed at that moment. Suppressing his confusion, Soo Hyuk cast another spell.
“Poison Sphere.”
The poison sphere flew towards the unmoving Loken and exploded into green mist. He still wasn’t dead, but when hit by poison sphere, the target would get poisoned. Although he didn’t know what type of effect it caused, the black light appeared around Loken not long after.
“Kek, Loken was bullied to death!”
“Crazy, who is that person?”
“He looks like a ranker.”
“Yeah, if Loken’s group was beaten that easily, then…”
The surrounding users started gossiping, but Soo Hyuk didn’t have any interest in them. He immediately logged out.
As he disconnected from Pangea, he thought in his head. His first family trip. Ruined by a couple of thugs. It turned out to be the worst experience ever.
‘Those dogs.’
[You have been attacked by user ‘Soo Hyuk’.]
[You have entered an ‘enemy’ state with user ‘Soo Hyuk’.]
[You have been poisoned by Crimson Snake Kapouri.]
[You are paralysed for 1 minute.]
‘What?’
Mandara was flustered. It was because he suddenly was paralysed.
‘Soo Hyuk? Is he from the Solitude guild?’
Although he couldn’t move his body, he could still check the messages. Had th Solitude guild arrived early?
‘But why did they paralyse me…’
Loken had decided to be the person who was to die. But was there a reason to paralyse him? And not 1 or 2 seconds, but for a whole minute?
‘Don’t tell me, it’s another person?’
Mandara wanted to check the situation. However, he couldn’t, since he was paralysed.
[You died.]
Then another message appeared in his sight.
‘Eh?’
Mandara was confused by the sudden message, but he was logged out of Pangea immediately after.
“What just happened?”
Mandara no, Kim Woo Hyuk, muttered as he climbed out of his capsule. He was genuinely confused.
“A slip-up? Or is it really another party?”
To check whether it was Solitude’s mistake or another party, Kim Woo Hyuk sat in front of his computer.