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[Warrior of Pride] [D]
When trying to preserve your engraved pride, the next strike deals physical damage of 『1,302 ~ 4,053%』.
Cooldown: 10 seconds
Mana cost: 30
《Race Specialization》
The damage is a superior version of Mighty Strike.
However, it comes with a condition that Mighty Strike doesn’t have.
Cooldown and mana consumption.
It’s only 10 seconds, but its very existence is annoying.
‘Engraved pride or whatever... it must be protected.’
After briefly inspecting it, I found that there were rules and feelings that didn’t match mine.
It seemed to be a part of Lunacolis culture.
For someone like me who already has Mighty Strike, this skill is not desirable.
It’s not worth acquiring.
‘It’s not good enough to replace other skills and absorb it.’
Had I been a Lunacolis, this skill would have leveled up.
If I had kept the "engraved pride," the skill would have grown stronger, increasing its power.
[Azar Fer’s soul fragments scatter.]
But I’m Earthling.
Without the help of the Soul System, I can’t use this skill.
There’s no point in considering potential.
‘The skills I can use right now are Quick Regeneration and Survival Instinct.’
And Blinding Poison Needle.
Whoosh!
Blinding Poison Needle is far better than Warrior of Pride.
No annoying conditions, decent damage, and on top of that, it applies the blinded debuff.
“Wh-what’s wrong with your eyes?!”
Blinding the enemy’s sight and using the Descendant’s Arrow.
In truth, it's the Threefold Sword's Palbangpungwoo (Eight Directions Storm).
It’s just a thrust.
[Shurok Fer (Lunacolis) Soul absorbed.]
[Strength increases by 0.03.]
Surrounded by Mighty Strike, the damage is unimaginable.
Even a Lunacolis can’t withstand it.
At this moment, I was a true Jeomchang sect warrior.
‘How did Eun Seoryeong do it again?’
I didn’t think twice and charged at the enemy.
Whether they were stronger than me didn’t matter.
And when I met a real strong opponent, my arm got cut off.
Shanks Eun Seoryeong.
Every time I think of her, I get goosebumps.
‘...She's as much of a psychopath as Blinky.’
I wasn’t planning to copy her completely.
As an Earthling, if I could hide my abnormal strength, I’d be satisfied with that.
What I wanted was just one stat.
Kill every Lunacolis here and increase my strength stat by 0.3.
If I say I’m salivating, does that make me a psychopath?
“Krrr... I admit it. You are strong.”
The Lunacolis gathered around me.
When I looked around, most of the Scarlet team was in shambles.
They were barely holding on to life.
The Lunacolis didn’t wipe out the Scarlet team.
“I must have been quite a nuisance.”
The Scarlet team is weak.
But that doesn’t mean they’re easy to kill.
They’ll struggle as much as they can.
No one wants to die.
While they attacked the Scarlet team, my Descendant’s Arrow flickered, targeting the Lunacolis.
They made a choice.
Before their numbers dwindled and things turned unfavorable, they would target me, the captain.
Killing the Scarlet team was meaningless.
What mattered more was not losing their own kind.
“I’ve only killed three so far.”
“You’re quite full of yourself.”
The Lunacolis huffed heavily as they glared at me.
Their rage was much fiercer than I expected.
“You’ll regret killing our kind.”
Their eyes turned a deep red.
Their muscles bulged, and a vicious aura began to emanate from their bodies.
“Revenge. Revenge for Nolan, Azar, Shurok.”
It was part of their pride.
You couldn’t forgive someone who killed their own kind.
No matter what it took, the price had to be paid.
‘Is he also hiding some other skill besides Warrior of Pride?’
Warrior of Pride only enhanced the next strike.
But right now, the Lunacolis’ state wasn’t about just one strike.
It looked like it was going to be tough.
“Kuuurgh!”
“Aooohhhh!”
A horrific howl.
At the same time, my Cheolpo Samgong went off.
The activation time had expired.
Immediately, my durability dropped significantly.
Thanks to the Secutor Helmet, I had about 50 durability, but it wasn’t enough to call it invincible, so I felt uneasy.
I hit my chest multiple times before the Lunacolis charged.
[140]
I was willing to sacrifice my life.
I was ready to kill myself.
[125]
That was my resolve.
“W-What are you doing?”
The Lunacolis were confused.
They were stunned by my bizarre actions and couldn’t even think of attacking.
“Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!”
The force of a gorilla.
My health rapidly dropped.
‘In three seconds.’
Everything had to happen in three seconds.
Over the past two days, I had trained for this.
[14]
At the exact moment my health fell below 10%, Survival Instinct activated.
All my stats increased by 52.
Strength, Agility, Endurance, Intelligence, Wisdom, Luck.
All surpassed 60.
The world slowed down.
‘This is the peak warrior’s power.’
Next, Level 4 Quick Regeneration restored my health.
[150]
Any excess health was discarded.
‘I’m only getting half of the bug skill effect.’
I got into position.
Descendant’s Arrow.
No, just a thrust.
Whoosh!
With speed that was on a whole different level, I plunged my blade into the Lunacolis’ chest.
The Lunacolis charged.
The Scarlet team was struggling, but they couldn’t overcome their inherent limitations.
“I knew this would happen.”
“How could they win against hybrids?”
The spectators clicked their tongues as they watched the match.
They knew the outcome, but they didn’t leave.
What they wanted to see was something else.
“Kill them!”
Death.
The screams of players facing elimination.
That’s what they wanted to see.
So they waited.
For the Lunacolis to mercilessly slaughter them.
“What are you doing?”
Their sharp claws didn’t go toward the Scarlet team.
Even though they could have killed them, they didn’t. Instead, they changed their target.
“Is saving their own kind more important than killing pests?”
Killing Scarlet wouldn’t bring back the Lunacolis killed by the Jeomchang warrior’s sword.
Exchanging goblins for hybrids was a losing proposition.
“Not a bad choice.”
In the end, to win, they had to kill the captain, the error player.
If the error player died, the Scarlet team would automatically die as well.
For the Lunacolis, there was no reason to let their own kind perish.
Then, the Jeomchang warrior started doing something strange.
He started hitting his chest and yelling like a monkey.
“What is he doing?”
“Is he crazy?”
“All Jeomchang warriors have a screw loose. He’s probably the same.”
The spectators were as surprised as the Lunacolis.
About three seconds.
And then, the air shifted.
Few could read the error player’s change.
Among the crowd, there were very few who could match his level.
Flash!
A flash of light and a blazing bloodline.
In the blink of an eye, one of the Lunacolis collapsed.
“……”
The spectators couldn’t comprehend what had just happened.
It was no surprise.
The error player’s agility had exceeded 90 by now.
‘…Peak!’
Only top-tier warriors who had seen true peak warriors or those blocked by the walls of peak power could understand what just happened.
They were the ones who recognized the error player’s power.
“I’m going again.”
The error player wasn’t satisfied with just one strike.
He followed up with another Descendant’s Arrow—or rather, just a thrust.
Whoosh!
His overwhelming strength and agility masked the flawed technique.
Whoosh!
As the error player stomped his foot, almost at the same time, one more Lunacolis fell.
“…Gather up.”
Necher, the captain of the Lunacolis, ordered his kind.
“We’ll defend each other’s backs and stop his strikes.”
Ichim
After that, there would surely be an opening.
Necher had planned to take advantage of that opening.
It was a bold assumption, given that they hadn’t properly assessed the opponent’s strength.
“Uooohhh!”
Kim Min-seong shouted.
He extended his arm.
At that moment, Necher realized something.
‘Frozen Prison!’
The Frozen Prison that had killed Nolan.
If you’re trapped in it, you die.
Necher made eye contact with his fellow Lunacolis.
They didn’t need to say anything—they understood.
They leapt away, creating distance to avoid being trapped in the Frozen Prison.
“……”
Frozen Prison.
They didn’t know, but the cooldown was a full 2 minutes.
The Scarlet team couldn’t even last 20 seconds before collapsing.
So how could they use it again?
The error player had never intended to use Frozen Prison in the first place.
Kim Min-seong had just found a good angle and misled them by drawing their attention.
“Descendant’s Arrow.”
In the slowed world, the error player moved on his own.
He methodically stabbed through the remaining Lunacolis, one by one.
Soul absorption.
Soul absorption.
Occasionally acquiring skills.
However, they weren’t particularly useful skills.
They were skills around rank D, and trying to break the current combination was impossible.
Only the captain remained.
“Oh, error player!”
Luna, limping, approached the error player.
She spoke with tears in her eyes.
“Please... let me kill him.”
She was born to be a slave.
She had lived under the watchful eyes of the Lunacolis in the Wild Kingdom.
Her parents were killed by them.
But Luna couldn’t say anything.
Even though she felt wronged, she had to endure it.
It was just the way the world worked.
In the Wild Kingdom, hybrids were kings, and beastmen were nothing but slave pests.
That chain had even followed her to the Tower of Struggle.
Luna wanted to break the shackles that strangled her neck.
The error player, looking at her, spoke softly.
“No.”
Without the slightest hesitation, the error player pierced Necher’s heart.
Just in case Luna wanted to land the final blow, he used his agility, which had reached 90, to its fullest.
[Necher Fer (Lunacolis)’s soul is absorbed.]
[Strength increases by 0.05.]
“……”
Luna stared at the error player in a daze.
She must not have expected to be rejected.
The error player didn’t even spare her a glance.
‘No. Why did he give me so many stats?’