level 1 player

Chapter 33.3

The man was also watching Hyunseong’s every move.

But his purpose was no longer an attack.

‘You have to get out. This mission is already a failure.’

The man was planning an escape.

‘What the hell is that guy? He really just woke up a year ago, isn’t he?’

The man couldn’t quite understand the fact that he was in such a crisis.

The man is a veteran player with over 15 years of experience and a ranker-level capable person.

The mission the man has been doing so far has been espionage and assassination.

Although he was primarily targeted at the general public, he never failed a mission, even when aimed

at players.

I also thought that this mission was only difficult to seize the opportunity.

She was convinced that success would be easy if she took the chance.

She thought the odds of success were higher when the target crossed over to the North Korean

territory.

She sneaked into North Korean territory and overtook the target.

When she entered the dungeon and saw that the target was hunting monsters, she was sure of

success.

Although she was an excellent first-year player, she was just a kid.

Convinced of her success, she made a surprise attack.

She and she, on the contrary, were herself ambushed.

‘A monster.’

She was completely beaten to the point of being terrified of her own abilities.

It was the target, not herself, that she dug the trap.

But it wasn’t because of his own lack of skills.

The evaluation of the target’s ability was wrong.

It was a mistake in judgment to have sent himself alone from the upper management.

* * *

Break!

Hyunseong gave and received a few stalled workshops with her man.

Meanwhile, her man’s body gradually moved toward the exit.

‘Are you planning to run away?’

If the opponent had lost his will, there was a high probability that this surprise would work.

Whik!

Her men blew the memorization in unison.

Fragile!

Hyunseong defended using the Black Dragon’s breath.

At that moment, the man began running with all his might to the exit.

It’s hard to keep up with Hyunseong’s agility stat.

‘Blink.’

wickedness!

Hyunseong’s body disappeared from the air.

And his man appeared on the path he was running.

Whoops!

The man who was running with all his energy became a figure that rushed to himself with the dragon

blood sword that Hyunseong used.

“Gagging!”

Dark red blood gushed out of the man’s mouth.

Hyunseong pulled out the dragon blood sword stuck in the man’s abdomen.

Then he swung his dragon blood sword and swung it towards the man’s leg.

After removing the mobility, I wanted to find out who was behind it.

Shoo!

At that moment, the figure of the man disappeared.

His body rotated according to the flow of magic sensed by his Feral Instinct skill.

The place where the man appeared was behind Hyunseong’s back.

The dagger in her man’s hand flew towards Hyunseong’s heart.

The attack speed was too fast.

It was impossible to block it with a sword or a shield. Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

Hyunseong did all he could to activate the Black Dragon’s Breath.

Fragile!

Black lightning covered Hyunseong and the man’s body.

“Aaaaaah!”

With a desperate scream, the man’s body turned into black charcoal in an instant.

“ha! ha!”

Hyunseong let out a rough breath.

I was vigilant that I got the win, and I almost got into trouble.

Aaaaah!

Residual magical energy began to emanate from the man’s body that had turned into a lump of

charcoal.

The remaining magical powers that were united into one were transformed into a single skill book.

Hyunseong grabbed the skillbook.

Shroud of Darkness – Heroic Rank

-Active skill

-Hides the caster and the shape of the target designated by the caster, the sound they make, and the

magical energy that comes out.

‘Good.’

The general level stealth skill that I used to love at first was rarely used now.

After that, I did not purchase additional stealth skills.

Because I didn’t really feel the need.

But if it was something I learned for free, I was willing to use it.

‘This guy also carried a lot of items.’

Hyunseong picked up the dagger and necklace tanned by the black dragon’s breath.

Other items could not withstand the breath of the Black Lightning Dragon and lost their functions.

Dark Elf King’s Dagger – Heroic Rank

-5% chance to poison the wounded target.

-5% chance to cause the wounded target to bleed.

-5% chance to inflict a Corruption Curse on the wounded target.

It was an assassin’s weapon.

Next it was the turn of the necklace.

Guardian’s Grace – Heroic Rank

– Significantly increases the wearer’s skill resistance.

-Passive Skill: Shield of Protection can be used.

Guardian’s Shield – Heroic Rank

-Passive skill

– Reduces damage by 50% when receiving an attack that exceeds the wearer’s skill resistance.

-Cooldown 120 minutes

‘It was because of this skill.’When the breath of the Black Lightning Dragon, which was accidentally

blown for the first time, was hit, it seemed that it was an item shot.

‘Why the hell did you target me?’

Hyunseong has never experienced anything that could cause trouble since the downfall of Jeong

Seong-woo, who was the sub-guild master of the Seo-woo Guild.

He is not sure of his nationality, but the man spoke Korean.

‘You have to find out why.’

Hyunseong activated the Psychometry skill.

It was to read the memories left in the item.

However… … .

-Active skill Psychometry failed to activate.

-Past information of magical objects cannot be viewed.

‘It’s also a failure.’

I tried it just in case, but I couldn’t overcome the shortcomings of the psychometry skill.

‘Psychometry.’

Psychometry skill was activated again.

The target this time was inside the dungeon where the battle was fought.

But still couldn’t get anything out.

In the hologram embodied by the psychometry skill, the assassin appeared only after the battle had

begun.

In the previous hologram, only Hyunseong’s appearance was realized.

The psychometry skill did not embody the image of the assassin who used the Curtain of Darkness

skill.

‘I can’t help it.’

Hyunseong gave up looking for any more information about the assassin.

‘Let’s discuss it with Lucia first.’

Hyunseong hired Lucia.

Wrath!

With a bright halo, Lucia appeared.

“You called a little later than usual.”

“I have something to do.”

Hyunseong talked about the surprise.

“i See. But is it rare in this world to be attacked by other players?”

“It’s kind of like that. There are no instances of players collide with each other in public without knowing

it behind the scenes. Attacking other players, especially inside dungeons, is considered a felony.”

“This world is so mysterious.”

In the world where Lucia lived, it is said that battles between her players were frequent. It was common

sense for players to be mobilized in wars between kingdoms or wars between territories.

“Why did you target me?”

“ It may be that a grudge relationship was formed without Hyunseong knowing. Or it could be that

Hyunseong was questioning how quickly he was getting stronger and was trying to figure out his know-

how.”

“Will this ever happen again?”

“ If the person who targeted Hyunseong belongs to a certain organization, I think there is a high

probability of that. But if you can’t attack Hyunseong in public according to the rules of this world, you

only need to pay attention inside the dungeon. If you think you’re an enemy you can’t handle alone, call

me. If you have enough points, you can hire other mercenaries.”

“all right.”

I was relieved to hear Lucia’s words.

That was correct.

When an enemy that is difficult to handle on your own appears, you can spend points to summon

reinforcements.

In fact, this time too, if the enemy was stronger than expected, I was going to call Lucia.

It was only because there was no crisis to such an extent that the survival instinct skill did not even

activate, so Lucia was not called.

Hyunseong decided to keep this matter a secret for now.

And after canceling Lucia’s employment, he left the dungeon as if nothing had happened.

* * *

‘what?’

Kaneko, who was waiting outside, looked at the target that had escaped from the dungeon with a

puzzled expression.The target left the scene by helicopter as if nothing had happened.

‘Did you not carry out the operation?’

Kaneko waited for his colleague Takahashi to come out after a while.

But no matter how long he waited, his colleague did not show up.

Eventually, Kaneko, tired of waiting, entered the dungeon.

‘The Hunter’s Eye.’

After using the tracking skill, traces of movement of the target left on the floor of the dungeon caught

my eye.

He continued to follow the trail.

Halfway through, traces of the battle appeared in Kaneko’s eyes.

But it wasn’t a player-to-player battle.

It was a battle trace between a player and a monster.

As Kaneko continued to follow the trail, the traces of the player and the player’s battle finally appeared

in Kaneko’s eyes.

At the scene of the incident, the reverberation of the magical powers used by the players was deeply

ingrained.

‘This could be enough. The memory of the earth.’

Kaneko used her skill to restore the battlefield.

Two black seals started fighting.

The person who attacked was Takahashi, and the person who received the surprise was the target.

A fierce battle ensued.

It was not possible to confirm which skill was used, but the appearance of the two shadows

continuously dividing the studio was clearly visible.

The result was shocking.

‘Takahashi lost.’

During the battle, Takahashi first rolled his tail and chose to escape.

However, he was pursued by his target and eventually killed.

A cold sweat ran down his back.

Kaneko’s fighting power does not even reach Takahashi’s toes.

The reason Kaneko became a partner with Takahashi was because of her tracking skills, not her

fighting power.

‘If I had moved too soon, I would have died too.’

Kaneko carefully exited the dungeon.

And he quickly informed the superiors about this.

* * *

After the Assassin’s Assault, Hyunseong further spurred her training.

This is because he felt his own shortcomings more acutely through practical experience.

Obviously, monsters and players are different.

He’ll be honest, if he hadn’t been trained by Lucia, it would have been difficult for him to deceive the

assassin with his acting.

In the battle that followed, the training she received from Lucia was a great help.

He wouldn’t have been defeated if he used a skill with many variables, such as the Book of Immortality

or Survival Instinct, but he might have missed the assassin fleeing.

Crucially, Hyunseong was too used to hunting monsters weaker than himself.

One of the problems he had to fix was the method of fighting that relied on the breath of the Black

Lightning Dragon.

Black Lightning Dragon’s Breath is a skill that has many weaknesses as it is powerful.

In this battle, his shortcomings were clearly revealed.

It was also necessary to harmonize the Black Lightning Dragon’s breath with other skills.

Black Lightning Dragon’s Breath enhances other skills.

But it consumes a lot of stamina and magical power.

Also, there were a lot of cases where the appearance was too protruding.

Lucia advised to learn how to hide the Black Lightning Dragon’s Breath skill in another skill.

Hyunseong took Lucia’s advice and did her best to raise her skill proficiency.

The monsters in the dungeon became Hyunseong’s best practice textbook.