Translator: rainbowturtle
Editor: LD & Jyazen
âAre you Alley Leader?â
A man came forward from the group filling up Kunta Plateau. The man was dressed more prominently than the others. He was a white knight wearing white armor and holding a white sword. It was Marco, who was the guild master of the Mano Guild and ranked 22nd in the arena rankings.
âWho are you, speaking so informally as soon as we meet? It makes me feel quite bad?âHyeonu said bluntly to Marco.
Marco shook his head at Hyeonuâs words and didnât answer the question.âIt doesnât matter if it is right or not.â
âYou arenât Alley Leader? Are you a fake?ân/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âA fake... Go and check A-World. Iâm the real one.â
âReally? Then itâs fine.â Marco gestured to the people around him. Then the Mano Guild members spread out and surrounded Marco and Hyeonu.
âWhat is this? Can you explain it?â Hyeonu questioned Marco like he knew nothing.
âA few days ago, you took care of a few of my kids. Iâm their leader, so I have to pay you back. I canât live while owing debts to people.â Marco aimed an ugly expression at Hyeonu. It was a powerful display of killing intent.
Hyeonu sighed and looked around. âThere seems to be a few over 30 people... Did he drag everyone here?â
âCan you pour so many people into one spot? Arenât you participating in the main scenario?â
âHuh, how do you know that? It doesnât matter. If I kill you, I can get even more benefits. We also arenât weak enough to be pushed before several people are logged out. This is Mano,âMarco declared with pride. Marcoâs words were true. Mano wasnât a guild that would be pushed by Red Bull America and JT Telecom due to a few departures. However, there was one thing he didnât know.
âHow many people will be logged out? Letâs see what will happen after youâve all been swept away.âHyeonu also showed a confident expression. In the first place, this big picture was drawn by Hyeonu himself. It was on the assumption that he could handle all of them.
âWhat? Letâs see?âMarco laughed with outrage.He didnât know where this personâs confidence came from.
Regardless of what Marco said, Hyeonu didnât care. This was already going according to his plan. âI just didnât expect it to happen in the middle of streaming.â
It wasnât a bad thing though. Why?
âIâll win.â
Hyeonu glanced at the single-edged sword hanging from his waist. Marco and the other Mano Guild members pulled out their weapons. âLetâs compare it. Who will fall off Kunta Plateau?â
Hyeonuâs knees bent slightly as he finished speaking.
[Master of Combat is activated.]
[Your stats have increased.]
[The stat âfighting energyâ has caused your stats to rise.]
[The other party is stronger than you.]
[Your stats have increased.]
[Mindset of a Murderer has activated.]
[All stats have increased by 15%.]
Hyeonuâs body was reinforced with various buffs and shot forward like lightning. Simultaneously, Hyeonuâs sword shimmered. Two members of the Mano Guild were swept away by the sword energy that quickly emerged.
âDonât panic and buff the tankers first!â
Following Marcoâs order, the members of the Mano Guild acted in perfect unison. First, they healed the two warriors who were hit by Hyeonuâs sword energy and then placed buffs on the tankers. The magicians started casting attack magic and CC skills.
âCC is partially defended against by Immovable Heart...â
[Immovable Heart]
[You possess an unwavering heart.
A disciplined mind rules the body.
Type: Continuous
Rating: Unique
Skill Proficiency: F
You will be immune to an opponentâs abnormal condition skill in a situation where the opponentâs magic power value is lower than yours.
There is a 5% chance of resisting an opponentâs abnormal condition skill in a situation where the opponentâs magic power value is higher than yours.]
If it was clear that their magic power value was higher than Hyeonuâs, they would definitely become the targets. Hyeonu had a skill for magicians. To be exact, it was Tang-E, not Hyeonu.
âTang-E!! Roar!â
The moment Hyeonu yelled, a small bear appeared on one side of the forest. It was originally very small, but it soon became four meters tall. Then there was a huge roar that emerged from it.
[The roar of pet âTang-Eâ has been heard.]
[Magic casting is forcibly canceled.]
[Attack power and defense is reduced by 14%.]
âCough.â
âKek!â
The vast majority of the magiciansâ spells were canceled. The magic power backlash was a bonus. Roar had the hidden effect of âfear.â It was the ability to interfere with magic casting.
[You have received Bearâs Momentum.]
[Physique has increased.]
[Strength has increased.]
[You have received the Forestâs Blessing.]
[Physique has increased.]
[Health will continue to recover.]
Tang-E didnât stop there. He buffed himself and pushed toward the opposing tanker line.
âGood.â Hyeonu smiled when he saw that the magiciansâ skills were canceled. Tang-E was a really good pet. Hyeonu had this thought as he jumped into the air. Tang-E was attracting the aggro while Hyeonuâs work was behind.
***
[Giantâs Power has been used.]
[Your strength stat has increased.]
[Giantâs Nature has been used.]
[Your strength stat has increased.]
Hyeonu used the giant skills and moved. He blinked twice in a row. No one noticed that Hyeonu had moved even by the time he already swung his single-edged sword. Hyeonuâs chosen prey was a magician. No opponent was as easy to hunt as an immobile opponent.
A giant black sword energy struck the magicians who couldnât move due to the magic power backlash. The magicians of the Mano Guild used the skills attached to their items as soon as possible. However, it wasnât possible for Marco or the magicians to have items with skills that could prevent Hyeonuâs attack.
âKuaack!â
âHelp me!â
The magicians hit by Hyeonuâs sword energy screamed. Others were in terrible pain.
âHuup!â Hyeonu took a deep breath before moving once again. This time, it was Mysterious Sky Steps instead of Blink. The goal was some magicians who were still unable to move. However, this time Hyeonu failed to achieve his goal. Just as two magicians were logged out by Hyeonuâs sword energy, a man in white armor blocked Hyeonuâs way.
âYou are rampaging very well.âMarco stepped forth.
This might be Alley Leader, but Marco had briefly observed the situation because he believed in his Mano Guild. The result was disastrous. The unexpected appearance of the bear ruined everything. The magicians momentarily lost power and became garbage. The stupid melee classes were distracted by the bear, and in the meantime, the magicians were hit by Alley Leader.
âIt is a great strategy.â Marco smiled bitterly. âHowever, I canât just watch anymore. It is up to here, Alley Leader.â
Hearing Marcoâs words, Hyeonu snorted.âWhat are you saying? This will be your grave. How many items will you leave behind? You should be glad this isnât a character deletion bet.â
Hyeonu hit back even harder instead. Marco heard this and kicked off from the ground. He decided it was no longer worth listening to Hyeonu. Marcoâs movements were agile and unexpected for a knight in heavy armor. He truly was a top ranker of the arena. With his ranking as 22nd in the arena rankings, Maro had the items and skills to match it.
His class was a paladin. If Kim Seokjung was a famous monk player, then Marco was definitely a famous paladin player. He was called a berserker, a phoenix, a cockroach, and the like. It was evaluated that he fought really well according to his class characteristics. Unlike other paladins, he had the advantage of being fast.
âHowever, that is according to other peopleâs standards.â
In Hyeonuâs eyes, Marcoâs movements were really visible. There werenât many monsters in the Hejin Mountains who moved at slower speeds than Marco. The tattooed golems and enhanced stone golems were both faster than Marco. A paladin had high physical strength and defense, but it was useless in front of Hyeonu. With extreme attack power, overwhelming defense penetration, and faster movement speed, Hyeonu had better specs than any other ranked player in PvP.
Of course, he was better than Marco, both in skills and items. There was nothing to see here. It was unconditionally Hyeonuâs victory. A huge explosion occurred as Hyeonuâs sword energy slammed into Marcoâs sword.
âWho is moving like a slug?â Hyeonu sneered at Marco who was thrown away. It was Hyeonu who struck like a lightning bolt before Marco could move his sword.
âDamn, I might be a paladin, but why is the movement speed so different? Isnât his class a knight?âMarco couldnât understand.
Alley Leader had a knight-type class. Even if he was in leather armor, it didnât make sense that his movement speed would be so high. It was impossible for Hyeonu to have class skills that increased his movement speed like archer or assassin classes.
In the end, Marco couldnât come to a conclusion and decided to hit with his body. âIt canât be helped. It has to be the normal method.â
âBuff!â Marco shouted, and buffs flew in from all over the place.
This was the method the Mano Guild frequently used in raids. The completely buffed Marco would take on tanking and aggro while hunting the boss monster. His opponent had changed from a boss monster to Alley Leader, but Marco thought it wouldnât make much of a difference. Rather, he thought it was a good thing.
âHis defense wonât be as high as a boss monsterâs.â
He thought his offensive power would be enough to knock Hyeonu down. This was all because Marco didnât know much about Hyeonu. If he had frequently watched Hyeonuâs videos and analyzed them even once, then he wouldnât be making this judgment. It happened because Hyeonuâs videos always seemed like they would enter one of Marcoâs ears and exit from the other.
So far, Hyeonu had caught boss monsters well even by himself. This meant that Marco, who wasnât a boss monster, could be defeated more easily. It didnât take long for Marco to realize this. Marco fell to just three attacks. The first blow was a collision. Marcoâs main skill, Saint Cross encountered Hyeonuâs Magic Power Explosion.
In the aftermath, Marcoâs guard was released. The next attack didnât come from a single-edged sword but a fist. Hyeonu pretended to swing his sword while stretching out his left fist. Marcoâs armor was struck by Hyeonuâs fist and got crushed.
Hyeonuâs gauntlets, Memories of a Murderer, held tremendous power. Since teaching Dwayne, Hyeonuâs combat style had changed a bit. It didnât just involve the use of his single-edged sword but also his fists, feet, and shoulders. He wielded them randomly.
Then the third blow...
It was Crescent Moon Cut. The dark sword energy flew toward Marco who made a bloody sound.