Chapter 55 – Chapter 01: Elf Heavenly Horse
Even if the weak point was identified, the game had limited patterns and means of attacking the leash.
Why doesn’t it appear in Souls sometimes? A boss that can only deal damage by attacking its head, but the means to attack its head are limited.
Likewise, the awl monkey had very limited patterns for attacking the leash, making it a difficult boss.
‘So the simplest strategy is to first assume the status of a superhuman and then just hit him with force.’
Rather, it was the type of boss that required a lot of control if you were to attack it properly.
The weakness itself was of a type that could be known without any need for self-investigation if you read the guidebook.
Oh, by the way, Eugene was a very long-term user, so he was a player who used the strategy and worked hard to find the boss’s weaknesses on his own.
“I actually forgot about your situation, which I went through a lot of trouble to find.”
However, the weaknesses of the gimmick were accurately identified. … In addition, unlike the original work, the current Eugene did not have to move according to the pattern of the awl monkey.
The main character in the original had limited motion, just like the monkey, but for Eugene, such a thing did not exist.
“In that sense, I don’t really know your situation, but I’m going to break that leash within a minute from now, so if you can endure it, try enduring it.”
With those words, Eugene shakes off the sparks flying from his feet by releasing Unirut through his feet and runs towards the monkey.
“Kruk!!”
And the monkey was stabbing Eugene, who was rushing towards him, with an awl surrounded by thunderbolts, and the speed was not enough to avoid it by seeing it with the naked eye.
In the first place, it is a common fact that stabbing is more difficult to deal with than cutting with any weapon.
Even for its size, the awl monkey possessed extremely agile speed.
In other words, in the original work, an attack that allowed ordinary people to respond using means such as pre-motion is reproduced as a fatal blow that can never be responded to in reality.
Whiik!! Kang! Kwasik!!
However, Eugene was able to block the monkey’s stab, which was difficult to see even with his visual acuity, by swinging the cannon blade to the left.
By striking the tip of the awl precisely at the point where it reached right in front of his eyes, he twisted the trajectory of the awl to the maximum level with the minimum amount of force.
As a result, instead of Eugene, who was running, the awl passed by him and struck the floor behind him. Meanwhile, Eugene slid and passed between the monkey’s legs.
It’s a joke!!
The thunderbolt, which started from an awl piercing the floor and flooring the entire area again, passes between the monkey’s legs before it reaches Eugene, and instantly jumps up the monkey’s spine.
He ran, defending himself from the thunderbolts flowing through the soles of his feet, which were wrapped around his entire body, by concentrating his energy on his feet. This time, he landed on the monkey’s shoulder and was worried for a split second.
‘Use salt? Or cut with a cannon blade?’
Eugene thought for a moment about how to attack the leash, but in actual combat, a moment’s hesitation can create a big gap.
Therefore, before Eugene could come up with an answer to his concerns, he instinctively moved his body and hit his leash with all his might with the cannon blade he was holding.
Kagang!
Through internalization of the body through Unirut, his physical abilities had already increased to a level that was beyond the limits of a criminal.
In addition, Stral’s body, which has been steadily trained for over a month, has been trained to the point where she can overcome the limitations of her talent and defeat about 10 criminal-level women in Orbital World by herself.
Eugene’s physical abilities, which were amplified in that state, could now be said to have grown to the point where he could be called a person with special abilities.
Therefore, the cannon blade he wields contains superhuman strength that can cut through concrete walls and, depending on the technique, even steel like tofu.
And since Eugene’s martial arts already contained techniques that were close to perfection, he would have been able to cut off the monkey’s leash even if it had originally been made of steel.
“It’s sturdy… !”
Puck! Quang! Squeeze!
But does this mean that a leash reinforced with essence is stronger than a leash made of steel?
Even though he cut with all his might, Eugene saw that the cannon blade had stopped and could not cut even a third of it, and immediately kicked it towards the collar and recovered the stuck cannon blade with the recoil.
And at the same time, he throws himself from the shoulder of the monkey he was standing on to the floor.
Then, as if he had been waiting, he was like an awl-shaped monkey slashing his arm towards his shoulder, but Eugene had already performed a fall technique on the floor to reduce the impact, rolled around a few times, and stood up to maintain his posture.
“Krrrr… !!!!!!!!”
A giant awl monkey glaring at Eugene, who was looking up at him from a little distance, with a fierce gaze that was incomparable to before.
That gaze clearly contained anger at having hurt his treasure, and in that gaze, Eugene recalled his forgotten memories and smiled bitterly.
“… Now that I think about it, did you say that the leash was a gift from the owner who abandoned you?”
To be precise, it could be said that the leash that the monkey, which was a pet of a royal family, wore after it was abandoned and then died, was the object that the dungeon gave shape to when it resurrected the monkey as a boss enemy.
It wasn’t really a leash given as a gift by the owner, but it could be said to be the same item for that awl monkey.
“Are you saying that you cherish an item that the owner gave you as a gift even though it was abandoned by the owner? … “It’s a sad story.”
Eugene, who felt bitter as he recalled a memory he had forgotten, thought that if this was going to happen, it would be better to just forget about it.
“Krarak!!”
And the monkey mercilessly thrusts its awl at Eugene, who is thinking such thoughts, in order to punish him.
The thrust was clearly faster than the one just before, so even Eugene couldn’t catch up and react with his visual acuity…
Kyaang!! Wow!!
… Nevertheless, Eugene placed the sword body of the cannon blade precisely in the path of the awl’s stab, then held the handle with her right hand and supported the sword body with her left hand to receive the awl’s stab from the front.
“Ugh… ! Her arms feel like they’re going to fall off… !”
Eugene was pushed dozens of meters away, scraping the floor with his shoes due to the force contained in the monkey’s thrust.
However, to put it another way, it was said that even though he received a force from the front that was enough to push him away, it only felt like a strain in his shoulder.
‘Whew, it looks like the body is more complete than I thought.’
It was like that just looking at the power coming from that huge body from the front.
Of course, the moment it was received, the impact was dispersed with all its power, but this was only possible under the premise that the underlying body was capable of withstanding the impact as reduced as possible.
And to put it another way, Eugene’s body is now strengthened to the point where it can easily withstand the minimal amount of shock that would have exploded a month ago.
‘Honestly, I thought it might not even be possible to make a scratch on the leash, but if it can cut that much, it is an impressive level of progress.’
In addition, it was confirmed that he was able to inflict damage to the leash even with his current physical abilities, as he instinctively swung the cannon blade instead of using a slash.
This could be said to be sufficient to confirm the extent to which one’s physical abilities have been trained, which was one of the original goals.
“Even if I reach superhuman status right away, I think I’ll be able to barely survive.”
Of course, I had no intention of rising to superhuman status right away. I always emphasize this, but the balance of the mind and body is important.
I’ve confirmed that I can reach superhuman level if I’m in a hurry, so I’ll have to train for about a week more until I have a safety margin.
However, to put it another way, it can be said that it only takes a week to reach the level of a superhuman, proving how quickly Eugene’s body is growing.
‘It’s especially big that the elf Heavenly Demon has started helping me train my body.’
Now, Eugene’s body has been trained to the point where he feels the limits of killing his subordinates in a physical way.
So, when he was wondering whether he should spend a little more money and buy training equipment that would increase his weight through magic, Yeonhwa began to help Eugene with his training by using martial arts to put a strain on Eugene’s body.
This was also one of Yeonhwa’s attitudes that had changed six days ago, and thanks to this, Eugene’s body had gained momentum through training over the past six days.
‘If this is the case, I can fight him with just my physical abilities without the need to use fire flames.’
Therefore, Eugene, who figured out how well-trained his body was, came to that conclusion and then turned his gaze to the awl monkey in front of him.
“Krrrr…”
The fact that his attack was directly blocked is a monkey whose alertness is raised beyond its limit and is ready to attack at any time.
“… Come on, don’t hesitate and go for it. “What I remember now is that I will play with you for a while instead of the ghost who abandoned you.”
I had forgotten this, but it occurred to me while fighting this battle.
As a result, even though Eugene knew that he had abandoned him, he could not help but feel sympathy for the monkey, which was waiting for its owner until it became Boss Enemy.
Therefore, in order to put that unfortunate life to rest, he decided to end this battle as properly as possible, and then shook off the sparks flowing through the cannon blade’s sword body with Unirut and provoked the awl monkey.
“Claralaralalack!!!!!”
I don’t know if it understood Eugene’s provocation, but it is said that the monkey rushed towards Eugene again with a loud roar.
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Whick! Kwasik! Squeeze! Quang!
The monkey’s thrust had clearly reached a speed that Eugene’s physical ability could not resist.
If it was a swing, Eugene’s body vision was enough to recognize and respond.
But the stabbing was different. The speed and the fact that it is difficult to respond from the front.
Because of this, even Eugene, who has reached the highest level of initiation, which is the highest level among the levels corresponding to the appropriate difficulty level of this dungeon, has reached a speed that is extremely difficult to react to.
… But despite this, Eugene was responding to all of the monkey’s attacks.
A stab from the front is skillfully avoided with minimal movement.
In some cases, the parry is so perfect that even the physical energy coming from its huge size is thrown back into the desired orbit.
Even while concentrating on swinging the cannon blade to attack the leash, Eugene shows off his amazing ability to dodge attacks coming from the side by simply tilting his head back.
It’s as if it has eyes in the back of its head, and no matter how fast it is or where it comes from, it can detect every attack from the awl monkey and dodge or block them, and then deflect them or send them away.
Even Yeonhwa praised her ability to deal with it, saying it was close to perfection, and at the same time, she was literally accumulating damage to the leash by digging into the gap created by the awl monkey like a ghost, which was created the moment she blocked the attack.
“Claralalalack!!!!!!”
Feeling a sense of crisis, even at the moment when the monkey started roaring and indiscriminately firing lightning in all directions, Eugene rushed towards the monkey as if it were an opportunity.
“Hmm… !”
Raise the blade of the cannon blade to block the thunderbolt fired from the left. And immediately, he lightly slams the sword body with the lightning flowing into the ground, sending it flowing to the floor.
