Leveling with the Gods

Chapter 74

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Harleyman felt like he was experiencing some kind of horror.

You don’t know when or where the players of Team B will aim for you. Fortunately, though, it was quite quiet because I was focusing on YuWon now.

It’s okay. It’s okay. It’s okay…’

Harleyman also forgot to blink.

You never know when a bow or spear will fly like before. Harleyman couldn’t close his eyes to avoid it.

Gulp.

Sizzle-.

My legs moved a little.

If I could, I wanted to run away from this spot right away.

But…….

“One.”

Every time, YuWon’s voice seemed to ring in my head.

“Don’t get away.”

Eyes went down.

A circular line was seen on the floor in Harley Bay’s view.

one’s feet across the line

I hesitated.

Should I run away from here?

Or, as YuWon said, should we stand here and wait?

“Come back to me, please.….”

Haliman had no choice but to stay in his place crying and eating mustard.

How long has it been since then.

Swoosh!

Towards Harleyman, the skill finally flew in.

Poof-!

“Gasp!”

Fireworks above my head.

Thanks to a hasty bow, Harleyman was able to avoid the flames. Debris splashed from the fireball that exploded in the air.

Tuk, tuk-.

Teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-

The remains of flames were buried on Harleyman’s back. I almost screamed in the heat, but I didn’t even have time to do that.

“What, you dodged?”

“But there’s some reflexes.”

“But what’s wrong with you here?”

“I don’t know. Maybe he wants me to kill him.”

Crunch-.

Five players emerged from the bushes.

Players of Team B.

They quickly surrounded Harleyman to prevent them from escaping.

“Let’s get this over with. I think it’s unusual over there, too.”

“Are you sure you can’t catch one?”

Kim YuWon must be really amazing.”

In what the five players said, Harleyman could see roughly how the other side was going.

‘Are you sure you’re alone?”

When he was moving alone with confidence, he seemed to be fighting Team B alone.

Besides, Seung-gi seems to be leaning towards YuWon.

‘That’s great, but…….’

Harleyman had a tear in his face.

What am I supposed to do?’

No matter how much I cried inside, it didn’t work.

Even if I try to contact him with the player kit, I don’t have time for that, and YuWon is fighting, so I won’t be contacted.

Moreover, it was impossible for YuWon to come on time at such a distance.

‘You have to run away…’

Chuck.

Harleyman backed away.

At that time, Harleyman’s foot stepped on the back line.

It was a line drawn by YuWon.

Damn it, YuWon’s words came to mind at that moment.

“Oh, my God…….”

What you said to stay within this line somehow.

Harleyman foolishly kept brooding over the words. He couldn’t run away from the five players in front of him anyway.

“Yeah, that’sir. Let’s have a go, you bastards!”

Chaang-!

Harleyman plucked his sword with great courage.

It was a reckless match.

Players in front of them are not powerful players like Nam Gung-hoon or Roen, but they are among the top players on the 11th floor.

Harleyman, on the other hand, has already failed several times on the 11th floor, so to speak, a failed student.

Even in one-on-one situations, not five-to-one, there was no guarantee that he would win.

‘You can do it.’

Squeeze.

Haliman clenched his teeth.

You can do it!’

All you have to do is buy time.

I’m sure YuWon will come to the rescue.

“The last price is.”

“Hey, let’s get this over with.”

“Share the public values equally. You know, right?

“I know. Just distribute the flags later.”

Players blinded by public values approached Harleyman.

The streets are just a few steps away.

Harleyman wielded his sword as hard as he could without getting out of the circle.

Vroom-.

The knife passed through the air.

The player, who was approaching the closest, was laughed at.

“It’s useless.”

Other players didn’t stay still just because of the difference in skills.

For them in the first place, this wasn’t a fair game.

“Good-bye, I’m afraid I’ve had some bad luck.”

Whoosh.

The same sphere of fire as before.

This time it’s inevitable, flying right under the nose.

Lord, dying…!’

At that moment.

Haliman felt his end in his gut.

Poof-!

Flames flared.

Right in front of my eyes.

And Harleyman saw clearly.

(sighs)

One big hand that blocked Harleyman from the players.

Haliman turned his head and looked behind him.

Something twisted like smoke, but shaped like a human being.

The hand of something, it only protected Harleyman.

“What, what’s that?”

“Ghost?”

“Is that his skill?”

Players faltered at the daunting mana.

I thought it would be an easy hunt, but an unexpected challenge popped up.

Slowly.

Haliman looked at the circle YuWon drew on the floor.

Next, his eyes moved to the figure standing behind his back as if he were protecting himself.

“Ha, ha, ha….”

Haliman laughed awkwardly.

As the tension eased, the legs trembled.

[A Thousand Horse Spirit]

There was only one thought in my head.

I’m alive.

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About 10 days before the test begins.

Hippnos received a message from the Olympus.

Get Kim YuWon out.]

The message delivered was short but shocking.

Also, Hypnos, who knew better than anyone how far the impact would go, was worried.

The exam supervisor played a role in excluding accidents and irrationalities that would occur during the exam.

It was also a place to manage exams and set the stage.

However, Olympus’ order was no different than to manipulate the test itself.

I thought it was crazy.

Fortunately, the method was not difficult.

Due to the nature of the test on the 11th floor, all we have to do is fix the layout of the team.

Of course, that alone will bring some suspicion, but it won’t cause much trouble.

Hypnos had a background called Olympus.

But…….

I can’t believe Hera is interested.’

Just before the test begins.

A message has arrived from Hera, an Olympian high-ranker.

Kill Kim YuWon at all costs. The means don’t matter.]

The contents of the message were not much different, but the weight was different.

Unlike orders from above, this was Hera’s own message.

Hippnos had to follow this order. Also, it could not have failed.

So I made a judgment.

He said he’d move himself.

I thought it might be a little too much.….

‘That’s understandable.’

a blackened landscape

Hippnos looked at YuWon standing in his mana.

Perhaps the average player has already fallen asleep.

Even if he was a pretty good player, his eyes had to be half-worn under the influence of Mana’s influence.

YuWon, on the other hand, was fine.

It’s either one or the other.

Either the horsepower stats are high enough to resist his mana, or he’s mentally strong enough.

It was hard to even think about the former.

‘Probably, that’s how good the mind is.’

But he was still a player on the lower floor.

No matter how much penalty there was, it couldn’t have been a fight.

Tsu-

The color of Mana scattered all over the place became darker.

It was not long before Hipnos’ skill was revealed.

[Black Night]

At that moment, YuWon’s body staggered.

Hippnos grinned.

‘You’re caught.

Black night.

It was the longest used skill that made the current Hippnos possible.

The black night forced the creatures in space into dreams with hallucinometer skills.

Perhaps YuWon is struggling to withstand the pouring sleep by now.

“It’s hard, isn’t it?”

Hippnos approached YuWon.

“Don’t hold out and give up. Close your eyes for a moment and you’ll have a good dream.”

It was a sweet word.

Most fall for this.

YuWon was no different.

Slipping.

My eyelids are closing little by little.

YuWon’s body, which had been reeling, stopped.

Hippnos smiled.

YuWon fell asleep standing there.

It’s over.

Everyone has a desire for sleep. And Hipnos had the power to stimulate that desire and force it into the dream.

Time wasn’t bad either. Now is the time for the Black Night to exert its greatest power…….”

That’s right.

Hippnos walked towards YuWon.

The penalty was beginning little by little, perhaps due to the spread of mana in a fairly wide range.

There was nothing good about taking a long time.

Hippnos took out a short dagger in his arms.

“No matter how good you are at using a knife, you are still a low-level player.”

The sharp edge of the knife was pointed at YuWon’s neck.

I don’t know what’s going on, but don’t blame me too much. It’s wrong to be out of Olympus’ sight.”

The blades of the Hippnos radiated light.

“That’s it for now…….”

It was then.

Shook-.

“……!”

Hippnos stepped back.

But when it’s already a step late.

Whoosh!

The chest was cut long.

“LOL….”

Chiriri, Chirik-.

Manas spread all over the place gathered in the body of the Hippnos.

I hurriedly moved Mana to repair the wound, but it wasn’t something I could do anything about it.

The wound was quite deep.

Yes, yes.

Before I knew it, YuWon’s knife was surrounded by a dark manna.

A horsepower sword that at first glance belongs to quite a higher rank.

It’s probably not an ordinary skill to cut a ranker’s body this deep.

“It was shallow.”

YuWon was rather disappointed.

YuWon, who swung his knife lightly to shake off the blood, looked fine unlike before.

Far from falling asleep, he didn’t even look sleepy.

“You….”

Hippnos gritted his teeth.

“Was it acting?”

YuWon did not answer.

Hippnos took it as a yes.

Well

If he had been caught in his own skill, he could not have swung the sword like this. YuWon was aiming for one shot, narrowing the distance from the start.

“You’re going to be a coward.….”

“That’s not what you have to say.”

At YuWon’s words, Hypnos had no choice but to shut up.

I had nothing to say if I were to argue with it.

No matter how powerful he may be, his opponent is a player who just came up to the 11th floor.

On the other hand, a ranker with a giant guild named Olympus on his back. And he was a test supervisor with a duty to monitor the test so that it would be conducted fairly.

There was no need to reconsider who was more cowardly.

“It doesn’t matter.”

Hypnos, who was suppressing the wound with one hand, clenched his teeth.

“I’m just a player anyway. The results don’t change.”

“No.”

YuWon looked around.

It was still dark around.

Black night.

Ranker using hallucinometer skills, main skill symbolizing the hipnose.

“It’s different.

Chutzut, Chutzut-.

A black manna flowed out of YuWon’s hand.

The extraordinary flow of mana.

Blackish, Mana of the Darkness.

Black night sword.

[Skill – Black Night] Increases the speed of physical recovery.][Strength recovery speed: +200%][Skill – Black Night] Increases speed of recovery.][Mana Recovery Speed: + 100%][Skill – Black Night] Increases Mana amplification rate.][Mana amplification rate: + 100%]

At night, it wasn’t just Hipnos’ time.