EFME 92

“It’s been a while, hasn’t it?”

Sunyul turned toward the direction of the voice. A man with a fierce-looking face was standing there. Sunyul thought for a moment about who the person was, but since he was confused, he simply used a skill.

[Using skill ‘Researching Thaumaturge: Insight’.]

[Jang Beomjin/Zizone]

Rank: S

Stamina: A-

Strength: B+

Agility: A

Magic Power: A

Traits: Laws of Combat (S), Providence of the Wild (S), Ruler of the Territory (S), Today’s Mood (A), Eye-Catching Person (B)

Skills: Detection (S), Black Sword (S), Mask of a Thousand Faces (S), Overwhelm (S), Leadership (S), Rainbow Reflection (S), Cloning (S), Sudden Raid (A), Berserk (A)

“……Jang Beomjin?”

“Yeah, you damn brat.”

His face was full of resentment. Sunyul couldn’t understand why Jang Beomjin was so angry.

“Why are you so angry?”

“You ate my item and ran, you son of a bitch!”

……So that was the problem. Sunyul didn’t have much to say about that.

Jang Beomjin immediately drew his sword.

[All stats decrease due to the influence of the ‘Mud Crawling in the Darkness’ trap.]

[All stats decrease due to the influence of another person’s ‘Providence of the Wild’ trait.]

[All stats decrease due to the influence of another person’s ‘Ruler of the Territory’ trait.]

His strength drained away as the messages about the decrease in stats popped up one after another.

“What are you thinking, doing this?”

“I’ll just end up paying a small fine anyway. It’s perfect.”

He had targeted him openly.

Sunyul first took out water from his inventory and poured it over his head. His vision cleared as the water hit him.

Sunyul looked for Namhee just in case, but Namhee was nowhere to be seen. It seemed this raid itself was a trap from the beginning, and Sunyul had been hooked…… Did Namhee know, or did she not know?

He wanted to think it was the latter.

[‘Traveler of the Eternal Night’ scolds you, asking if this is the time for weak thoughts.]

[‘Traveler of the Eternal Night’ encourages you to beat him half to death.]

‘Me? Jang Beomjin?’

[‘Traveler of the Eternal Night’ tells you that someone like Jang Beomjin is a piece of cake for you.]

‘I don’t want to.’

He didn’t want to fight, and he didn’t have the confidence to win. His body felt heavy due to the dungeon debuffs, the [Overwhelm] skill used by Jang Beomjin, and the debuffs from the [Providence of the Wild] and [Ruler of the Territory] traits. Sunyul checked his status window.

[Lim Sunyul/Lim Sunyul]

Rank: EX

Stamina: D(C+)

Strength: D-(C)

Agility: D+(B-)

Magic Power: EX

Traits: Savior (EX), Duty of the Strong (S), Fruitful Autumn (S), Guardian of the Territory (S), Crouching Winter (S), Otherworlder (S), Lost Child of the Dimension (S), Reload (A), Hawk’s Eye (B), I Can Do Well Alone (B)

Skills: Polar Night (S), Blooming Spring (S), Der Freischütz (S), Declaration of Sanctuary (S), Researching Thaumaturge (S), Radiant Summer (S), Judgment of Light (A), Blessing of Protection (A), Meteor (A), Release (A)

Constellation: Traveler of the Eternal Night

‘You want me to fight with these stats?’

Is he insane?

His magic power hadn’t decreased at all, but his stamina was in serious condition. No wonder he felt like he had no strength.

[‘Traveler of the Eternal Night’ says that if you just set your mind to fighting, Sunyul’s traits will also activate and cancel it out appropriately.]

‘Either way, it’s basically like fighting without trait and skill buffs.’

Looking at it, everyone in this raid party was on the same side. It wasn’t going to be as easy as he’d intended.

[‘Traveler of the Eternal Night’ says it doesn’t look like they intend to let you go anyway.]

[‘Traveler of the Eternal Night’ strongly urges you to seize the initiative instead.]

[‘Traveler of the Eternal Night’ gets red in the face, insisting that fighting is all about seizing the initiative.]

He didn’t know why the constellation was being so persistent. Sunyul thought that perhaps his constellation was more bellicose than he had expected.

‘Alright.’

[‘Traveler of the Eternal Night’ tells you to repeat exactly what he says from now on.]

He didn’t know what he was going to say, but Sunyul replied that he would. Then he began to read the messages sent by the constellation exactly as they were.

“How pathetic. Did you all gather just to catch me alone?”

“……Ha. This brat.”

“It’s the truth, isn’t it?”

“Don’t you know you’re nothing without Kwon Muyoung?”

“I’m stronger than the Guild Leader… no, wait.”

“What?”

[‘Traveler of the Eternal Night’ gets angry and tells you to follow along properly.]

‘I don’t want to say the Guild Leader is weaker than me!’

[‘Traveler of the Eternal Night’ says he will compromise then, so do it properly.]

“I’m as strong as the Guild Leader. Won’t it be hard for Hunter Jang Beomjin to win?”

“How ridiculous. Keep barking.”

“I’m not going to bark.”

“What?”

Sunyul immediately took out his staff and used his skills.

[Using skill ‘Blooming Spring’.]

[Using skill ‘Radiant Summer’.]

[Using skill ‘Blessing of Protection’.]

[Using skill ‘Researching Thaumaturge: Flight’.]

[The ‘I Can Do Well Alone’ trait is activated.]

[All stats slightly increase due to the effect of the ‘I Can Do Well Alone’ trait.]

[The ‘Fruitful Autumn’ trait is activated.]

[All stats increase due to the effect of the ‘Fruitful Autumn’ trait.]

Sunyul checked his status window again. The reduced stats had returned to normal thanks to the activated traits. However, his stamina, strength, and agility, which fell below the S-rank average, couldn’t be helped.

Furthermore, Jang Beomjin’s [Leadership] skill… Sunyul couldn’t read other people’s skill descriptions with his own skill, but he had a strong hunch that it would increase the stats of his allies.

And if his guess was correct, he would use that skill to boost the stats of the twenty or so people in that raid party and attack Sunyul all together.

‘Well, it’ll work out somehow.’

[Using skill ‘Polar Night’.]

[Using skill ‘Meteor’.]

A combination of a wide-range debuff skill and an attack skill. As soon as he used the skills given to him, the constellation was extremely delighted.

The surroundings turned pitch black. Sunyul momentarily thought of the dimensional rift, but the night given by the constellation was different. The night studded with stars was beautiful. So was the single trail of light.

“It’s coming!”

Whether they had seen Sunyul’s skill beforehand and prepared a countermeasure, they didn’t panic much.

The disadvantage of the meteor was clear.

It was powerful, but the point where the attack was coming from was clearly visible.

The speed was fast, but unlike a real meteor, it took time to arrive, so an A-rank hunter could manage to avoid it somehow.

Sunyul flew toward the middle of the meteors, in the exact opposite direction of the hunters who were fleeing to avoid them.

[‘Traveler of the Eternal Night’ guarantees that the skill he gave will not harm the user!]

Because the constellation guaranteed it. That this powerful skill would not harm him.

Before reaching Sunyul, the meteors sublimated and disappeared in that section before crashing into the ground. The meteors pouring from the sky turned into the best attack and the strongest means of defense at the same time.

Sunyul left the meteors to fall on their own and looked around.

[Using skill ‘Der Freischütz’.]

As Sunyul created hundreds of magic bullets, he thought that the lack of limits on this skill was too much of a cheat.

The previous Sunyul also had overflowing S+ rank magic power, and the current Sunyul was EX rank, so he could use this much because it was even more abundant.

Sunyul fired Der Freischütz with cold eyes.

Just then.

Numerous small things jumped up and charged at the magic bullets.

Boom! Ka-boom! Boom!

Explosions rang out one after another.

Sunyul managed to identify what they were through the explosions. Those things, only the size of a finger…… looked exactly like Jang Beomjin.

“……Cloning?”

“Did you think I’d come without any plan!”

Jang Beomjin charged at Sunyul with a pitch-black sword in one hand. It was a movement close to an acrobatic feat, dodging the falling meteors.

[Using skill ‘Researching Thaumaturge: Halt’.]

[Using skill ‘Der Freischütz’.]

[Using skill ‘Blessing of Protection’.]

Jang Beomjin smirked.

Der Freischütz hit Jang Beomjin, then returned exactly as it was.

It was a counter.

However, Sunyul, who had already checked the [Rainbow Reflection] skill, hadn’t used it without knowing the possibility. The [Blessing of Protection] he had used immediately blocked the attack, but it wasn’t perfect. Sunyul staggered.

Sunyul glanced at Jang Beomjin and used his skill again.

[Using skill ‘Meteor’.]

At the very least, he had to make sure to tie down the other hunters besides Jang Beomjin. Of course, despite that, several hunters rushed at Sunyul while dodging the falling meteors.

[Using skill ‘Judgment of Light’.]

[Using skill ‘Der Freischütz’.]

Countless pouring swords and magic bullets targeted the enemies. Those aimed at Jang Beomjin were hit by his clones instead. Because the cloning was also treated as Jang Beomjin, he couldn’t control the magic bullets to aim precisely at the main body.

Others besides Jang Beomjin couldn’t perfectly avoid [Der Freischütz]. Although Jang Beomjin sent some of his clones to help, screams were heard from here and there.

“The kid is doing pretty well!”

[‘Traveler of the Eternal Night’ advises you to retort by asking what the old man is talking about.]

‘That’s a bit much.’

Sunyul remained silent, considering that the age difference between Jang Beomjin and Muyoung wasn’t that large. And he continued to pour down [Der Freischütz].

A significant number of A-rank hunters collapsed under the continuous bombardment. Because he attacked persistently, Jang Beomjin was eventually hit a few times, but he remained steadfast as if he hadn’t taken even a slight hit.

“This is Melior-made armor that cost 30 billion won in commission fees alone!”

Jang Beomjin laughed loudly, seemingly very eager to brag about it. Sunyul thought of Haemin, who would have made that. Haemin would have just been doing his job, but he suddenly felt like hitting him.

The black sword targeted Sunyul incessantly. While Sunyul dodged or blocked Jang Beomjin’s attacks, he occasionally poured attack skills toward him.

However, attacks that happened to hit were neutralized by that damn Melior-made armor or returned as a counter due to [Rainbow Reflection].

Sunyul struggled to target Jang Beomjin somehow with [Meteor] and [Der Freischütz]. However, it wasn’t easy as the opponent was also S-rank.

Since simply creating clones with [Cloning] itself seemed to require almost no magic power, Jang Beomjin was producing his clones almost infinitely.

Sunyul, who was trying to conquer him somehow by repeatedly using skills, stopped still while maintaining a long distance.

Seeing that, Jang Beomjin gave a fishy smile.

“Are you giving up?”

“Come to think of it, attack skills aren’t my main skills.”

He was a jack-of-all-trades who couldn’t answer if asked what his main skill was. Anyway, the point was that there was no need to insist on attack skills.

[Using skill ‘Declaration of Sanctuary’.]

“Ha. How long are you going to hold out?”

[Declaration of Sanctuary] is safe, but one cannot attack the outside from within it. As famous as Sunyul was, the characteristics of this skill were also widely known.

But there was something Jang Beomjin hadn’t thought of.

The sanctuary could expand as much as Sunyul willed.

And the sanctuary crushed everything that wasn’t already part of its territory as it expanded.

That’s why, outside, once a declaration of sanctuary was made, they didn’t expand its range carelessly. Because as the sanctuary expanded, everything within that range would be pushed away or crushed.

The range of the sanctuary expanded rapidly.

Jang Beomjin collided with the sanctuary. The speed at which the sanctuary expanded was faster than the panicked Jang Beomjin could retreat.

The sanctuary Sunyul had created now was in the shape of a round sphere. As the round sphere grew larger sideways and upward from Sunyul as the starting point…… it naturally crushed everything around it.

Including Jang Beomjin.

“Ugh, mmmph!”

Jang Beomjin floundered as he was gradually crushed into the tidal flat before being completely embedded. As the sanctuary pressed down, he would be buried even deeper. Since he was S-rank, he wouldn’t die immediately just because he couldn’t breathe for a bit.

Sunyul paused for a moment while keeping the sanctuary expanded, then deactivated the skill.

A short while later, Sunyul fished out the unconscious Jang Beomjin using a homunculus. Jang Beomjin’s face was past pale and turning blue. No matter how much of an S-rank he was, he would die if he couldn’t breathe. He almost became a murderer.

[‘Traveler of the Eternal Night’ burns with motivation, saying he won’t let Sunyul be sent to prison.]

The constellation was helpful. Thanks to him, he was able to get the timing right.

Perhaps his recovery was fast due to being S-rank, as Jang Beomjin’s eyes snapped open.

“You, you…….”

“It wasn’t even difficult.”

It wasn’t something the constellation said, but Sunyul’s sincere feelings. He had been scared for nothing. It was no big deal.

[Using skill ‘Der Freischütz’.]

Jang Beomjin tried to respond with [Rainbow Reflection], but it was useless as he was under various debuffs from the influence of falling into the mud.

And Sunyul fired magic bullets over Jang Beomjin’s head, which wasn’t protected by any gear, instead of the Melior-made armor he was wearing.

“Ack! Gah-ha!”

As Jang Beomjin collapsed easily, the others seemed to lose their motivation.

“Wa-wait a minute!”

“Surrender. I’ll surrender.”

“Please show mercy!”

Sunyul was going to forgive them, but the constellation was relentless.

[‘Traveler of the Eternal Night’ shouts to blow them away!]

Since he said that, what else could he do? Considering the help he’d received, he had to listen.

[Using skill ‘Der Freischütz’.]

He used the skill repeatedly with reduced power. Then, the exponentially increased magic bullets flew in all directions and struck.

“Urgh!”

“Ugh!”

“Mmph!”

“Gah!”

Screams were heard from all over, and people collapsed like falling leaves.

It was Sunyul’s complete victory.