Episode 160. If you don’t have enough strength, your head will suffer.
A few minutes before Juan arrived.
Kim Jin-seong had already arrived nearby and was confronting Patavina.
“… “I think that’s the boss.”
Jinseong Kim said while looking at the huge cube-shaped purple object floating in the air.
Just in case, I tried to resonate with the mana in this dungeon once more, but there was no entity stronger than the cube in front of me in this dungeon.
‘The energy I feel is a little peculiar. It feels empty inside, but the magical energy that strangely radiates out is enormous.’
[I told you, right? It is said that the void was ultimately born in the demon world. Of course, the stronger you are, the more demonic power you have.]
‘… ‘It’s coming this way.’
The cube suddenly and quickly approached this direction, and Jinseong Kim immediately prepared for battle.
As soon as he took his stance, numerous void bullets began to fly towards him.
They were much faster and thicker bullets than those used by previous void worms.
Kim Jin-seong first tried to avoid it as much as possible.
The bullets that failed to hit Kim Jin-seong stuck in the floor, and soon pierced deep into the floor without resistance before disappearing.
Kim Jin-seong, who witnessed this, thought to himself.
‘If you get hit once, you’ll die instantly… huh?’
At that time, Patavina’s purple surface suddenly began to glow.
At the same time, Kim Jin-seong, who instinctively felt a sense of crisis, threw himself as far to the side as possible.
Almost at the same time, a thick purple laser flew towards the spot where Jinseong Kim was standing.
After throwing himself away, Jinseong Kim checked his previous position.
‘omg.’
I clicked my tongue inwardly without realizing it.
At the spot where the laser was inserted, a diagonal sinkhole with an unknown end was created.
This was incredibly powerful firepower that exceeded Kim Jin-seong’s expectations.
‘Of course the boss is the boss. It’s on a different level from the Void Insect. ‘I have to be careful.’
While thinking to himself, Kim Jin-seong once again dodges the constantly flying void bullets.
At that time, Dantillion’s voice was heard.
[Despite being surprised, you seem to have a lot of composure in your actions, yes.]
‘… … .’
Kim Jin-seong did not answer.
To be honest, it was true that I felt mentally relaxed due to the Void trait I had acquired earlier.
Of course, I had no intention of being honest with Dantillion.
‘And there’s no need to show it to viewers.’
Here, Kim Jin-seong has no choice but to fall into trouble.
How can I kill that Patavina with the ‘Void’ trait and at the same time not show off to the viewers?
‘… First, we need to experiment to see if the void trait works.’
Kim Jin-seong briefly cut off resonance with Dantillion as soon as he thought about it.
This was because I did not want anyone to hear the word ‘void characteristic’ itself.
Jinseong Kim immediately dodged the void bullet flying in front of him by leaning to the side.
At the same time, he extended his index finger, created an ’empty’ state, and stabbed the side of the bullet.
The finger covered in nothingness went in and out of the bullet.
‘… It works.’
Jinseong Kim confirmed that a hole the size of a finger had appeared.
In this way, it becomes clear that Patavina can be defeated using the ‘Void’ trait.
‘Shall we try one more experiment?’
Kim Jin-seong again dodged the void bullet flying in front of his eyes and extended his finger covered in void energy towards the bullet.
The bullet hit exactly on the index finger,
‘… Sigh.’
Jinseong Kim twitched his eyebrows at the momentary pain he felt.
At the same time, I touched my index finger with the other hand.
It wasn’t that the index finger was cut off by the bullet, but the pain was felt because the index finger almost bent backwards without being able to withstand the force of the bullet.
‘It’s okay as long as it doesn’t get cut off.’
Since my fingers can’t withstand the force of the bullet now, I just need to be a little more careful in the future.
‘This confirms that it is possible to defend with void characteristics.’
After completing the experiment, Jinseong Kim felt much more relaxed.
The moment I realized that I could defend myself with Void, I no longer had to worry about dying from Patavina.
‘Now, all that remains is how to attack… .’
Currently, Kim Jin-seong must meet all three conditions.
1. Kim Jin-seong’s ’emptiness’, which is a very attractive trait to look at, must not be revealed to viewers.
2. You must be able to defeat Patavina at the same time.
3. You must show that you are at least one level better than the other participants and make your presence known to Triunpo Clan members.
‘… ‘It would be better to think about number 3 first.’
Jinseong Kim thought to himself and looked to his left.
From a distance, a man was seen running at high speed and stopped with a surprised expression when he spotted Kim Jin-seong.
It was Juan, the youngest member of team 1.
‘I said that this guy is currently competing for 1st or 2nd place out of 10 people.’
Jinseong Kim recalled what Team 6 leader Ricardo explained. Team 1’s Juan and Team 2’s Luca were said to be promising prospects who had already made a name for themselves in the mercenary world even before joining this clan.
‘First of all, I need to figure out what level that guy is at.’
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When Jinseong Kim thinks like that in his heart.
Juan was also thinking to himself as he looked at Kim Jin-seong.
‘How did that Russian guy get here before me… ?’
He had predicted that either Juan himself or Luca would be the first to discover Patavina.
This is because only two out of ten players are capable of reaching where the current boss, Patavina, is so quickly.
Of course, the youngest members of the other teams, including that Russian guy, weren’t even thinking about it, so how… ?
‘… Well, maybe you’re lucky.’
Juan soon thought so and ignored it. He never even thought that he had found it before himself due to his absolute skill.
Above all, I wasn’t in a leisurely situation right now to focus on such trivial things.
‘Tch… ! ‘You even found me!’
At some point, Patavina, which was attacking only towards Kim Jin-seong, began firing void bullets towards Juan as well.
‘For now, let’s avoid it and then look for it.’
Juan dodged the flying purple bullets by turning his body to the side or moving a few steps.
It was as natural as water flowing, but at the same time, it was fast. Just by looking at him, we could see Juan’s high level.
‘I need to find the core hidden around me… .’
While dodging bullets, Juan continued to look around his surroundings.
Juan, who had already raided once, knew very well how to defeat Patavina more easily.
“… “There it is!”
Soon, Juan shouted happily and launched himself towards the purple tree in the left corner.
A soft purple light was emanating from the root of the tree that we reached in an instant. The light was so weak that it was easy to miss if you didn’t look closely.
Juan immediately swung his sword and cut down the tree to ground level.
A large purple bead was waving inside the holey base of the tree.
“Ha!”
Juan stretched out his palm and spurted mana towards the purple orb.
The mana that soon spurted out completely enveloped the purple bead and created a ‘subspace’.
As soon as the mana sub-space was completed, the purple orb quickly became smaller and soon completely disappeared.
“Yes!”
Screaming with joy, Juan looked back at Patavina.
As soon as the marble disappeared, a purple cube appeared, noticeably smaller in size.
‘After removing them one by one like this, all you have to do is remove the completely small patavina at the end!’
This was the most popular way to kill Patavina.
However, it was clear that among the current participants, there was no one other than Luca who knew this method.
This was because it was information that could not be found even by searching the Internet or libraries, so it was difficult to know unless you went into the dungeon and experienced it yourself, or unless a senior hunter who was really close to you told you about it.
If it had been revealed that the first round would be a void dungeon, everyone would have studied in advance, but since the youngest member’s match is basically closed to the public, advance study is impossible.
‘I guess that Russian had no idea either. As expected, it was pure luck that I found this place so quickly.’
Juan’s gaze turned to Arlovski in the distance.
As he kept watching Juan with a blank expression, it was obvious what he was thinking without even looking.
‘If this goes on, I will easily finish the first round in first place.’
It was obvious that Juan, who knew how to take action, would naturally receive more points than Arlovski, who did not know how.
Moreover, Luca, the rival he is most wary of, is not even visible nearby.
The entire environment is now smiling towards Juan.
‘Okay then, let’s quickly find the next core… Huh?’
Juan’s gaze, which was about to look around again, was soon fixed on the area near Patavina.
Three purple lines that suddenly appeared around Patavina caught his eye.
‘It’s the Eye of the Void summon!’
This is the situation where you need to be most cautious when dealing with Patavina.
This is when you summon about three ‘Eyes of the Void’ at once.
The hunter must personally go near the crack and create a ‘mana subspace’ to destroy it. Otherwise there is no other way.
‘shit!’
Juan immediately started running towards the crack.
Juan succeeded in approaching with difficulty while avoiding all the incoming void bullets and lasers.
“Haaaab!”
He started spewing out mana as fast as possible with all his might.
He is trying to quickly kill the crack before another void bullet flies at him.
Fortunately, his best efforts worked.
He succeeded in removing the crack just before the void bullet reached his body.
“Wow!”
As soon as it was removed, Juan quickly threw his body backwards. Thanks to this, he barely managed to avoid the bullet right before it hit his body.
“Phew… ! Killed one, then… .”
Juan looked around to check the status of the remaining cracks.
Soon his eyebrows twitched.
This is because Arlovski, in the distance, can be seen standing still and creating a huge mana sphere above his head.
‘What is that guy doing?’
Juan was dumbfounded.
The opponent is ‘void’. This means that it is a special being that cannot cause any damage through such general attack methods.
‘Did we really come this far by pure luck?’
Could it be that you were lucky enough to not encounter any Void Rifts before meeting Patavina?
… That was when the question arose.
Arlovski, who had been concentrating on creating a mana sphere for a while, soon launched a sphere towards the purple crack where the Void Eye was about to be created.
Quaaaang!
A mana sphere explodes from the crack with a loud noise.
Juan burst out laughing and shook his head.
‘This is absurd. I was trying to compete fiercely for first place with a guy like that… .’
At that time, I suddenly felt pathetic despite having been doing my best until just a moment ago.
Eventually, the smoke from the explosion cleared, and the area where the void crack was once again came into Juan’s sight.
“… uh?”
At the same time, Juan unconsciously let out a surprised voice.
‘Where is the crack?’
The purple crack that should have turned into the ‘Eye of the Void’ has disappeared all over the place. It was a void eye or something, and I couldn’t see anything that looked purple at all.
Juan, who soon realized the situation, was astonished.
‘No way, the crack disappeared due to the attack just now…’ ?’
He looked back at Arlovski again with disbelief.
(Continued in the next part)
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