Thump!

As the warrior collapsed, I also fell to the ground.

“Huh, Hyuk…”

My hands were trembling. This was partially due to the fear of death, but more so because I had never driven myself to such an extreme situation before.

First Battle, First Flash, First Kill.

The pain radiated from the broken shin, and the five corpses lying all over the place made me realize that I had become a different person.

This was a reality, and I was the Flash Mage Baek Yu-Seol.

And, I killed them all to survive.

“Ugghhh…”

I could not stand the thrashing pain from my shin, so I hurriedly rummaged through the warrior’s pockets before I could be swept away by a vortex of emotions.

Fortunately, there were potions.

When it passed down my throat, a bitter taste set in and induced nausea. The taste of the potion I drank for the first time was really bitter and sweet.

When I took out another bottle of potion and sprayed it on my shin, I felt the pain gradually fading away. It also seemed to have a ‘pain-killer’ effect. Since it was a cheap potion, I did not recover immediately, but this was enough.

“… I lived.”

Finally, a sense of relief washed over me like a tide, and my tense body was relieved.

At that moment, I realized that my legs were trembling a lot.

‘For now, I have to get out of here…’

Slowly standing up, I realized that all the corpses had pockets. I was poor and did not have much money, so I had to make a realistic decision.

Blood-stained money is said to be filthy, but it did not really matter to someone who was as poor as a beggar.

I surfed through the pockets of the pursuers, grabbed a bunch of junk, and put them in my backpack. There was quite a bit of cash available, about two million credits. In Korea, it was about 2 million won.

The weapons included a spear, a crossbow, and a dagger used for self-defense. In the game, I used a special long gun developed by magic engineering as an auxiliary weapon instead of a crossbow, but it was still not available, so I temporarily needed to use it in the entrance examination.

Although I used a spear as my main weapon, I also used an ax or a sword often in inconvenient situations. As I could not attack the enemy with Flash acceleration anyway, heavy weapons were often quite useful.

There was a high possibility that these weapons would be useless if I met a real mage.

Using a dagger while teleporting to an opponent wearing armor and holding a rifle, I might win at once if I get lucky, but the moment my enemy realises the fact that the only thing I can do is teleport, they will focus more on defense. So, I, who sucked at offense, would lose the battle in a matter of seconds.

'But if I go to the city and take care of it, these things are all money.'

I would have to battle with such a crude weapon until I awaken by raising the level of the Mana Accumulation Retardation.

In this world, there was no such thing as a sword skill, but the only one that could imitate it to a certain extent was me, who had Mana Accumulation Retardation.

As soon as I put mana on my weapon and released it explosively, I would have quite a good attack power.

‘Shit! How did my arms get twisted like this?'

I must have recovered well, so I got up with my backpack on. Just then, someone shouted from across the cliff.

“Hey, who's there?”

It was a small group of mages. Perhaps if I had crossed the cliff normally, I would have encountered them at just the right time, but the reality hit me cruelly.

I stood up in a hurry and waved at them.

“There are people here!”

After crossing that cliff, I did not know what would happen to me. This was because the screen disappeared after a simple message. If they left, there was a high chance of getting lost, so I could not afford to miss their wagon.

Murmur!

There was a commotion between them, but I could not tell because the distance was at least hundred square meters.

Before long, a man presumed to be the leader shouted as if they had reached some kind of consensus.

“There are no bridges nearby! Can you come over?”

I responded quickly.

“Yes! I’m coming now!”

(Third POV)

Meanwhile, across the cliff.

The mages examined the boy on the other side with a telescope. The distance between the cliff and their location was quite long, so crossing seemed almost impossible without learning the Knight Level “Hyper Jump” magic skill.

“A knight of at least Class 3 would be able to cross over…”

“Will that little boy be able to?"

While the mages were drowned in their doubts, the boy standing far away suddenly appeared on top of a floating stone, leaving behind afterimages. He effortlessly glided through the path he formed.

“Huh?”

“What's that? It’s not Jump-type magic!”

“Hmm, I don’t know. It’s my first time seeing that kind of magic…”

As the mages panicked, a certain mage in a gray-robe sitting at the back answered.

“Flash.”

It was a mystery as she was still hiding her face, but the gray-robed mage must have been a girl.

“Flash?”

“Yeah. It’s Flash."

“However…”

Flash skill was unable to be controlled. It was impossible to travel half the distance in the direction you want, like that boy.

"What the hell is that?”

The boy was crossing the floating stone very slowly. It was unknown whether there was a cooldown between activation of Flash, or it was to calculate the distance.

“I can wait for him. It’s rare to see such a unique mage.”

However, the option of waiting leisurely had disappeared.

Two men appeared behind the boy, and started casting a magic circle on the palm of their hand!

The leader hurriedly shouted.

“Hey! It’s dangerous!”

He was too late to comprehend the meaning behind those words.

Hurruk!

It was only when he found a huge sphere of flames rushing towards him, did he snap out of his trance.

Before he could curse inwardly, he jumped forward. The sphere of flame collided with the floating stone he was standing on and crashed to the ground.

[Flash]

“The hell…”

He, who barely managed to Flash toward the upper floating stone and hang on the edge, looked back again.

‘Who are those…’

Come to think of it, initially, there were seven pursuers. Two of them fell behind and he faced five. But, since they had not been following him for a long time, he thought they must have returned. Who would have thought that they would come this far.

Seeing them chanting magic spells while gritting their teeth, he thought they were outraged at the death of their comrades.

Crazy!

He felt a tingling sensation at his head and he could tell without looking.

Coordination Magic Skill: Thunderbolt.

‘One is a Fire Mage, and the other one is a rookie-level Lightning Mage, but if the current me gets hit, my body will stiffen, and I will fall and die.'

The boy hurriedly let go of the floating stone, but the cooldown of Flash or three seconds had not yet passed.

“Damn it!”