Chapter 16 - Farm Efficiently (4)
I hadn’t built a particularly strong relationship with MountainBird.
The time we spent together, even if added up, was just a few hours.
I vaguely knew something like this might happen, and a character’s death isn’t such a surprising event.
MountainBird themselves will probably log back in after 4 hours, considering it as if they just slipped on the street.
Since the party has disbanded, we probably won’t meet again, right?
[MountainBird has been killed by DongtanMissyChurchEducation.]
But somehow, it felt bad.
The face that had been making a fuss about being a fan came to mind.
I just felt irritated for no reason… and the blood in my veins boiled hot.
The image of the large character slamming the tiny Halfling.
By the time I heard something like ‘bug cut’, I was already extending my dagger towards the enemy mage.
[You have forcibly eliminated adventurer NewCityMissHunter.]
[You will not receive a PK penalty due to the opponent’s preemptive attack.]
“W-What’s that? Stop them!”
Since the supporter died, the hunting has been sufficiently disrupted.
Securing justification is done. From now on, I can do as I please, whether to fight or run away.
While attention is focused on me, our sniper would have hidden.
The fighter will join as soon as they finish changing settings. There’s no need to be too proactive now.
Since the mage is also dead, using the sniper’s long range would be the right decision.
That’s what it means generally.
This kind of field fight.
Especially small-scale melees are my specialty.
[Your shadow accepts the trade.]
[All defenses decrease by 10%, but all action speed increases by 15%.]
It’s impossible to kill the priest right away.
Dongmicham is a Grappler, a derivative class of Fighter.
When I briefly checked the broadcast, he had a defense-oriented setup, so unless I strike vital points like the head or neck, he won’t die in one hit.
Then it would be better to kill the clueless assassins rushing in.
The moment I avoided the dagger of the one who arrived first, the priest’s light flashed from afar.
[You are exposed to the light of truth.]
[Your nickname privacy is temporarily disabled.]
What a useless thing to do.
What good would it do to see my nickname?
Well, the intention was obvious.
They remembered the nickname, so they were probably planning to threaten to find and kill me later.
But wouldn’t it have been better not to see it?
“Crazy! It’s Gawol?”
“Me? Why? Did you miss me?”
Generally, notoriety is close to a risk.
It’s hard to gather allies but easy to make enemies.
But surprisingly, it often helps when entering combat.
You could say there are those who get nervous for no reason.
Those who act as if defeat is confirmed and miss opportunities to catch.
If they had tried a gambling move, it might have been different, but they self-destruct by being too defensive.
I hope these guys aren’t like that.
It’s too unsatisfying a conclusion for the major incident of my No. 1 fan dying.
I gripped the dagger in reverse and kicked the ground with my right foot.
I swung the blade widely towards the enemy assassin, but couldn’t cut their windpipe in one go.
Regrettably, I had to be satisfied with stabbing their forearm.
“Why are you here!”
“Why, you ask. I need to hunt to level up and get equipment too. You’re asking strange things.”
“I didn’t know you were here. If you’re a party member, we can provide a priest on our side…”
“What nonsense is that? How can I trust and party with people who attacked me?”
I kicked away the face I didn’t want to see and deflected another assassin’s attack.
Even though I didn’t dodge excessively, the distance between my face and the blade was about 7cm.
This means the precision of the attack is low, and the one who just got hit has created too much distance.
I should give these friends some advice that will be bone and flesh as a senior.
“But you guys are really not good. Both of you should quit being assassins and change classes. You have no talent.”
Inaccurate attacks mean they’re weak in sharp blade fights.
As I pushed forward in earnest, aiming for peripheral parts like arms or hands, they easily dropped their weapons.
This game aims for realism before health bars.
If fingers are judged to be cut or tendons are severed, you can’t hold a weapon.
I threw the dagger the guy dropped right at his face, taking away one side of his vision.
“Can’t even take care of your hands. What should we do? Even warrior would be difficult like this. Should we consider mage classes that rely less on physical ability? I’ll help you think about it.”
“You f…”
“F what? Go on. I’m curious. Or should I hear it next time?”
“……”
Is it too early for the finishing touch?
The guy who rejoined closed the distance while even activating a skill.
The black flickering at the blade’s tip was a main skill of assassins familiar to me too.
If I took a hit like that, the situation might reverse in an instant.
But the trajectory was too blatant.
I twist the orbit while striking down the opponent’s dagger from above.
I guide the clashing blades upward. While bouncing the blade up, I left a scar on the fingers.
Originally, I should have stepped back at this point.
As the guy panicked, another opportunity arose.
“You really have no talent. Just do what you want to do. Since you can’t be good at it, at least do something fun.”
If you get hit, you should prepare to counterattack instead of checking where you’re hurt.
If you can’t even do that, you should at least know how to retreat.
A lot of openings were created while clumsily preparing a big skill.
I gifted the dagger in my left hand to their thigh and grabbed the wrist.
A situation where we both can’t use one arm. But originally, humans are born with two hands.
But that guy only has one now because their fingers just went out?
I thrust the blade into the unguarded neck.
It’s meaningless to try to block with a weaponless hand.
You just need to offer your neck, but now your palm is becoming a rag too.
[You have forcibly eliminated adventurer BunnyGirlStockingThief.]
[You will not receive a PK penalty due to the opponent’s preemptive attack.]
[You have forcibly eliminated adventurer KidnapConfinementCorruptionBrainwash.]
[Due to the opponent’s preemptive attack…]
With one dead, the other one ended quickly too.
After killing the one who hadn’t finished disarming, gunshots started ringing out.
It seems our sniper finished preparations and started to engage in earnest.
But isn’t this all over already?
Slower than I thought. Always so slow.
At this rate, the fighter who was said to be from the siege guild didn’t help at all.
[Whisper from FlameOfCommunismDestruction]
– How did you do that alone
– Dongmicham’s assassins are quite good
“Seeing that you say they’re good, you too… well. Never mind. I’ll finish up and come back.”
– ???
Perhaps sensing that the situation had turned strange.
Dongmicham and the priest started to turn and run away.
I… first wanted to see the chat on Dongmicham’s broadcast.
– LoLoLoLoLoLoLoLoLoLoLoLoLoLoL
– Run away~
– How can this happen in less than 3 minutes after declaring bug cut
– Who’s the bug now?
– These Dongtan guys had their shoulders all puffed up saying they’re a war guild, but how are they getting so thoroughly beaten here
While checking the chat, I didn’t stop the pursuit.
I confirmed Dongmicham’s escape direction through the broadcast. Meanwhile, I quickly left the hunting grounds too.
From the Ancient Weapon Hangar to the forest on the ground.
In an instant, I leaped up onto an old tree and moved by stepping between branches.
– Isn’t that Gawol chasing behind?
– They said it would be a short broadcast, but it really will be short
– LoLoLoLoLoLoLoLoLoLoL
My most familiar weapon is, of course, the longsword.
Length within 120cm. Weight over 510g. The range of a typical wooden sword is the area I can handle most skillfully.
But instead of choosing a swordsman who could best utilize this strength, I chose assassin.
There’s only one reason.
Because assassin is the fastest class in Infinity Black.
People aren’t stupid.
If they think there’s a power difference, they avoid engagement, and if they feel targeted, they choose to flee.
For me, chasing fleeing enemies was more important than fighting them.
In other words, there aren’t many who can run away from me in this game.
Unfortunately, Dongmicham didn’t belong to that ‘not many’.
“What the, that crazy bitch! Why is she so fast?”
Dongmicham, looking back, shouted urgently.
Now we’re close enough for voices to be heard.
Since the sounds overlap, I turned off the broadcast, and cancelled the alarm setting as I won’t need to watch it again.
Finally, I overtook Dongmicham.
Grabbing a suitable branch while rotating direction.
With the feeling of my body floating up, I pounced on top of the large man.
“Hello?”
“Uuuugh…! Huh?”
In front of me, who pounced on him like reverse piggyback, was a perplexed-looking Dongmicham.
Wow, the character is really big.
Being a grappler specialized in grabbing, it seems he set height and build to maximum.
If I could, I would have set mine to at least my previous body.
My height is below average for Korean women, so the size difference with Dongmicham felt particularly large.
But now I’m in a situation where I’ve jumped from a high place and received maximum force.
I sandwiched Dongmicham’s face between my legs and used the momentum to flip over the large body.
If I stab a vital point with my dagger in the meantime – naturally, a large wound is left, resulting in a critical hit.
In this game, the neck, head, and heart are weak points where damage multiplies several times.
If you expose these areas, even a sturdy grappler can’t withstand it.
Dongmicham was no exception, so as the large body collapsed, a system message popped up.
[You have forcibly eliminated adventurer DongtanMissyChurchEducation.]
[Due to the opponent’s preemptive attack…]
Is this the end?
I should chase and kill the priest too, but they’re inherently slow, so it shouldn’t be difficult.
As I was about to send a whisper to FlameOfCommunism, I saw that several messages had already arrived while I wasn’t looking.
[Whisper from FlameOfCommunismDestruction]
– Noona
– Noo-na
– One more ti-me