The Genius Assassin Who Does It All Himself - Chapter 251



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Episode 251: The Thousand-Year-Old Man (3)

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I moved forward slowly and again.

The location of the Thousand-Year-Old Man was guessed, but as expected of a skilled assassin, his appearance was not directly visible.

If I had seen him even once, I would have used the constellation of the Great Sage of Gangdong to track him down.

Now, since he was completely hidden and concealed from the beginning, there was no way to find him other than by guessing.

In fact, Kang-hoo could have gone into stealth fighting by using the ‘suppression’ option on the Sea of ​​Silence bracelet.

If we can’t see each other, it becomes difficult to make a move.

Even the Thousand-Year-Old Man could not attack while pinpointing Kang-Ho’s location as precisely as he did now.

‘If you have to solve a problem anyway, it would be good to check thoroughly even if it’s a problem you already know to strengthen your basics.’

Kang-hoo wanted to feel the power of the Thousand-Year-Old Tree more. He also had the desire to endure without hiding.

It’s so easy to hide.

But if you respond confidently without hiding, it will appeal to him a lot.

But right then.

Woof!

“… … ?”

I felt the magic power being sucked into some unseen blind spot.

I thought the thousand-year-old man was trying to use a skill, but the magical power that was sucked in was suddenly condensed.

Whoa!

It started flying straight towards Kang-hoo.

‘Magic Dagger?’

I learned about the skills of the thousand-year-old master.

Magic dagger.

An attack that allows you to create magical power in the shape of a dagger and send it flying, even without a materialized weapon.

Since it pierces and tears just like a dagger when struck, there was no need to think of it as different from a dagger.

In fact, it was more difficult because you could keep making them almost infinitely even without weapons.

Kuung!

“Huh!”

Kang-hoo’s body, which had blocked the magic dagger with the wall of innocence, was pushed back slightly.

Kang-hoo looked up.

Then, a thousand-year-old tree hiding between the tree branches appears.

Because the hiding was broken due to an attack.

First, Kang-hoo quickly designated a thousand-year-old man using the Great Sage Constellation of Kang-dong.

Now, even if he goes into hiding, I will chase him. I will never lose sight of his location.

Ta-tat!

Kang-hoo started running towards the thousand-year-old tree.

Since he was already perched on the tree, it seemed he would have to use his leap to quickly climb the tree.

‘Let’s start by cutting out one option.’

Kang-hoo was predicting how the thousand-year-old old man would react to block his approach.

Although the choices themselves were varied, there was a common keyword.

Dark Age. All the skills he could use to block access were Dark Age-based skills.

【Orderless】

So what I took out was the fifth privilege of the Black Seeker’s Constellation, the Order of Nothingness.

Sacrificing one’s own dark age and burning the opponent’s dark age as well.

And sealing the opponent’s dark age utilization skills for a certain period of time!

For Kang-hoo, it was a business that he could not lose money on.

As an assassin, you will have a higher level and will have trained for a long time, so the dark ages of a thousand-year-old warrior will be much longer.

【The order of the universe was enforced.】

【Since the target’s dark period is much more, some of the dark period has also evaporated due to the equivalent exchange.】

【The target’s Dark Age skill is completely sealed for 30 seconds.】

‘it’s okay.’

Kang-hoo, with a smile of conversion, jumped up in one breath while stabbing the dagger into the tree.

“… … ?”

Meanwhile, the Thousand-Year-Old Man was surprised by the skill seal that suddenly appeared.

Needless to say, the damage inflicted to the entire body as the dark energy evaporated in an instant.

I felt like my whole body was getting heavy, and all the dark age related skills had an ‘X’ mark on them.

Separately activated debuff notifications displayed the words ‘Orderless’ along with a notification that Dark Age skills could not be used for 30 seconds.

The plan of the Thousand-Year-Old Master, who was trying to trick Kang-hoo by using the ‘Cheon-Ra Illusion Technique’, was foiled.

I had thought from the beginning that Kang-hoo would improvise in some way.

But he never imagined that this improvisation would be the way to seal the dark age skills of the Thousand Year Old Man himself.

“This guy!”

The thousand-year-old tree leaped backwards and threw a magic dagger at Kang-hoo, who was climbing the tree.

Although I was momentarily confused, the distance was not close enough to allow an attack.

Taang! Kaang!

Kang-hoo received the magic dagger through the Invincible Wall.

I could see that the durability was steadily decreasing, but it seemed like I could still take a few more hits.

The problem is damage.

As befitting the reputation of a thousand-year-old warrior, the magical dagger that seemed to be thrown with great ease was a great burden to Kang-hoo.

Every time I blocked, my entire left elbow would vibrate. It was so painful that I could feel it even when I was leaning against the wall.

‘I didn’t even use a real weapon, but I’m really losing strength in the early exploration battle.’

Kang-hoo felt the difference in power between himself and the thousand-year-old man.

I didn’t feel any stupid emotions like I couldn’t accept it or was angry. He’s quite capable.

From the beginning, I was sincere in coming here with the intention of taking him as my teacher.

Even the saying, “the blue bird learns from the blue bird” can only be achieved after learning, and cannot be achieved before meeting someone.

at that time.

Phew!

The magic dagger flew in again.

But then something funny happened.

【The effect of the Patience Constellation is activated, increasing the target’s skill evasion rate by 5%.】

Although it is a low probability, skill evasion rate is applied.

Thanks to that, the magical dagger that was flying straight towards Kang-hoo was bent as if it was being guided by something.

‘The evasion rate is obtained by multiplying the level difference by 0.01. Since my level is 255… … The Thousand-Year-Old Master’s is 755? That’s incredible.’

The level of the Thousand-Year-Old Man was much higher than Kang-Hoo had thought. At this level, he was almost at the level of Jang Si-Hwan.

at that time.

Taat!

As Kang-hoo approached, steadfastly enduring the magic dagger attack, the Thousand-Year-Old Man leaped forward to put some distance between him and Kang-hoo.

This time, it seemed like they were planning to move to a completely different tree. So Kang-hoo also threw out his own check.

【Hwa-ryong-chang】

Whoosh! Whoosh!

He took out the spear of the strong attack from his bosom, added the Hwa-ryong-chang skill, and flew it towards the predicted jumping point of the Thousand-Year-Old Man.

‘You will never allow any distance to be widened, is that it?’

A thousand-year-old man admired Kang-hoo’s courage in choosing an aggressive response, and he also changed his response method.

I tried to harass Kang-hoo by keeping him at bay from afar, but if he comes off like this, I have no choice but to confront him head on.

Papat!

The thousand-year-old old man lightly stepped on the tip of the spear stuck in the tree and flew up.

【Shinyoung】

Then, the thousand-year-old man’s appearance scattered and fell like an unidentifiable ghost.

Kang-hoo paused.

It was clear that he had leapt towards me, but his figure had disappeared from sight.

It’s not hiding. If it was, it would have been confirmed by the effect of the Great Sage of Gangdong.

‘Ghost Shadow. It’s a Shinyoung skill.’

Kang-hoo, who had noticed the skill he had used, jumped straight ahead without hesitation.

The thousand-year-old tree is still flying straight at him. It just has become invisible.

Neither hiding nor hallucination.

Strictly speaking, it was an ability similar to Jung Yu-ri’s ability to transform into a black smoke form.

It becomes invisible, but cannot be detected by stealth detection or illusion detection.

“… … .”

Kang-hoo concentrated as much as possible.

The more I try to see, the more I can’t see it.

Rather than thinking with your head, you react as your body moves.

It may be vague, but it was a method with a much higher success rate than other methods that were not vague.

The next moment.

“… … !”

Kang-hu, who sensed a faint presence, pulled out his right hand with all his might, while at the same time stretching out his left hand.

Kwak!

“Huh!”

I was one step too late. My right hand was grabbed by the thousand-year-old man.

But it didn’t end there. Kang-hoo also succeeded in grabbing the arm of the thousand-year-old man.

There’s just one problem: they met in midair and now they’re headed for the fall.

“It’s pretty good.”

“hello?”

There were brief greetings exchanged.

Shoooo!

They fell apart on good terms.

In the meantime, Kang-hoo chose to put more pressure on Cheon-sal-no-su rather than responding after the fall.

【hatred】

【Activate the hatred of the ‘Resentment’ gloves and maximize evil power by utilizing magic power.】

Kkuddeuk!

As soon as Kang-hoo’s grudge glove that was holding the Thousand-Year-Old Man’s wrist gained strength, the Thousand-Year-Old Man’s expression changed.

Since I was falling through the air, I thought I would see a picture of a safe landing.

If we continued like this, we would become entangled and fall apart, and our knees or somewhere else would be broken.

Of course, Kang-hoo had his own insurance.

The idea was to minimize the impact by scattering shadows with a shadow walk just before hitting the ground and swapping positions with the shadow.

“This guy!”

The thousand-year-old man changed his mind after seeing Kang-hoo’s appearance, which seemed to indicate that he was ready to commit suicide.

Now is not the time to tease, but to suppress madness for a moment. The real thing and the test are completely different.

Kwak!

In the air, the Thousand-Year-Old Man immediately grabs Kang-Hoo’s hands.

He pulled up his lower body and kicked Kang-hoo’s chest with both feet with all his might.

It wasn’t an ordinary kick. It was a blow that was full of magical power, except it didn’t use the skill.

Phew!

“Ugh!”

“after!”

Kang-hoo, who was hit squarely in the chest by the thousand-year-old man’s foot, groaned and was thrown backwards in the air.

The picture was drawn of a thousand-year-old man doing a somersault, then falling backwards and landing steadily.

Kang-hoo thought that he was indeed a thousand-year-old man.

The thousand-year-old man twisted a situation that could have been a crisis for him into a favorable picture.

The first one to settle down will be a thousand-year-old tree. There’s no way I can comfortably touch the ground with my feet here.

Kang-hoo couldn’t see the thousand-year-old man’s follow-up moves, but he read his moves with his assassin’s intuition.

The direction in which you will be most vulnerable as you will land on the ground one beat late!

【Wall of Integrity】

I built a wall there.

And when I lifted my head, which had been bowed down in shock.

Kyaang!

As expected, the magic dagger flying from the front collided with the Innocent Wall.

Chewy!

Kang-hoo’s body was pushed backwards without even having time to find his balance.

It was a magical dagger that was three times more powerful than anything I had experienced before.

【Shadow Walk】

Kang-hoo took shadowy steps backwards.

Since the center had already collapsed, there was not enough time to reorganize normally.

And then the magical dagger that had left the thousand-year-old man’s fingertips was flying towards Kang-hoo again.

The thousand-year-old tree did not allow even a moment to catch its breath. It would have been nonsense to allow it in the first place.

That wasn’t all.

Kkuddeuk!

The ground shook, and the ground Kang-hoo was standing on liquefied. He was on the verge of sinking into a swamp.

Papat!

Kang-hoo changed the position of the shadow he had spread out in advance.

If I hadn’t had the Shadow Walk skill, I would have been stuck in the swamp and become a sacrifice.

But Kang-hoo was able to escape danger by using his wits, and now he had time to cool off.

and.

“What a cheeky guy… … He’s quite the chap.”

A strange smile appeared on the lips of the thousand-year-old man, who had always had a blank expression on his face.