Chapter 50
He has a huge height of about 240cm and a build similar to that of an orc.
A unique skin color with red stains spread throughout the overall blue body.
With a body much larger than that of the giant chieftain or the mutant goblin warrior, and holding a huge double-edged ax taller than a person, he looks like a blood-stained butcher.
[You have encountered the boss of the Hidden Field, ‘Goblin Warrior Karuk’.]
[You have completed the Warrior’s test ‘Invasion’ very successfully.]
[‘Test of the Warriors’ is linked to ‘Test of the Great Warrior’.]
[The goblin warrior’s test is a ‘bloody fight.’ Compensation results vary depending on performance.]
[Goblin warrior Karuk]
-Title: Elite Named Hidden Field Boss
-Type: Goblin
-Characteristics: Great Warrior, Body Strengthening, Berserker
-Description: Goblin Warrior, a title that only the strongest warrior in the tribe can obtain. Among those warriors, only the strongest warrior can obtain the title of Great Warrior.
Born as a mixed race of the Red and Blue tribes, Karuk is a great warrior who possesses the strengths of both tribes.
‘Elite Phil Bora…… .’
It was very difficult to predict the strength of the elite bosses.
There should be a clear rating, such as rare if rare, hero if it is hero, but most of them were only labeled as elite.
Still, it wasn’t something that couldn’t be predicted at all.
‘He must be much stronger than the chieftain.’
It’s probably at a level that can’t even be compared.
Even though it has a great name, it even has elite and name modifiers attached to it.
It also has the strengths of both the Red and Blue tribes, and the characteristics and explanations specialized for close combat prove this.
‘Wouldn’t that be stronger than the forest field boss?’
Do-hyun’s prediction was exactly right.
Jihad, who had been silent the entire time, appeared nervous and spoke up for the first time.
-Be careful, master. I don’t know anything else, but that guy is incredibly strong.
“Stronger than you?”
-Hmm! Of course he is weaker than me, but among the strongest warriors, the strongest one is the Daejeon Warrior. But that guy was a Daejeon priest 150 years ago when I first met him.
In other words, for over 150 years, no warrior stronger than that guy has appeared.
That’s probably what Jihad wants to say.
Looking at Jihad’s reaction, it seems like he had a run-in with that guy before, and he seemed to have had quite a hard time.
It was somewhat interesting that the names clashed with each other.
‘Sounds fun.’
He is a strong man recognized by the man who was the ruler of the forest.
I can’t help but become interested. Coincidentally, the subject of this test is also ‘bloody fighting’. Feeling his blood boiling for the first time in a while, Do-hyun grasped the great sword.
[Warrior set is in effect.]
[7% additional damage is applied to goblin-type enemies.]
[The boss’s level is high, so the ‘Intimidation’ effect is nullified.]
The moment our eyes met while listening to the now familiar notification.
The hand holding the two-handed ax twitched,
phut!
The two jumped out at the same time, without even knowing who went first.
Jihad shouted at him without realizing it.
-no! It’s dangerous to collide, master!
I could feel the urgency in Jihad’s trembling voice.
After all, Jihad had fought against that great warrior before.
It wasn’t a proper match and there was only a brief trouble, but that alone was enough to show Karuk’s strength.
Keying-.
[Hidden Field Boss ‘Goblin Warrior Karuk’ delivers a ‘merciless blow’.]
Red energy gathered like a dot and settled into the double-edged axe, instantly turning it red.
A double-edged ax that emits bright red heat as if it had been thrown into a furnace.
That’s it.
-The moment it touches you, the sword will break! damage!
A merciless blow. A skill used by the Berserker class.
It is a simple and ignorant skill that just increases damage, no different from a hard strike, but that strike was the core skill of the berserkers.
That merciless blow was in the same position as the blow.
Although it is far behind in terms of simple destructive power, the true fear of that skill lies in its ‘weapon destruction’.
A morale effect that temporarily destroys weapons below hero level.
Thanks to this, the Berserker was able to demonstrate tremendous power in close combat.
‘My children were cut up in an instant!’
With that blow, the undead of Jihad were crushed like tofu.
Jihad still hasn’t forgotten the loud sound that came when Karuk’s double-edged ax cut into the ground and the ground split into two.
The fight ended when the guy who was damaged by the corpse explosion reacted quickly and retreated after a brief fight, but Jihad probably would have suffered a lot of damage if he had continued to fight.
‘That’s an act of suicide…’ … !’
No matter how strong my demonic master was, this wasn’t it.
There is no way a head-to-head match can be established between the owner, who has the advantage of moving like a ghost, and that guy like a tank of destruction!
I couldn’t understand why the owner, who couldn’t have known that, was stubborn.
But it has already happened, and it is too late to stop now.
Huh!
The large sword and double-edged ax that were swinging at each other were getting angry and threatening to make a clanging sound at any moment.
The size of the two weapons is already twice the size.
Jihad, who had no doubt that the great sword would shatter into pieces the moment he touched it, covered his eyes with both hands.
I could see it all through the gaps between my fingers, but I couldn’t see it clearly unless I did something like this.
-oh my…… .
It was a moment when I closed one eye tightly and prepared for shock.
An unbelievable sight was captured through the gap between my fingers. The moment when the two swords clashed violently as if they were going to tear each other apart.
Sreuk-.
The feel of the great sword has changed.
The sword that was fiercely attacking as if it wanted to tear it apart suddenly changed into a finite energy that seemed to embrace everything.
As if watching Tai Chi, the great sword gently absorbed the double-edged ax and naturally let go of the impact.
-huh…… ?
It is never fast or slow.
The two pieces of metal flowed together as if they had been put together from the beginning and moved together, and when I came to my senses, the situation was over.
Tung-!
The double-edged ax, which had lost all its strength, pounded the ground in vain.
…… Kuruk?
Karuk tilted his head as he saw the ax, which was supposed to crush a human skull like tofu, hit the ground weakly.
The skill was clearly activated, but why?
I couldn’t understand the situation.
However, Karuk did not stop in panic and swung the double-edged ax again.
Then the person steps back and avoids it. After seeing this repeated a couple of times, Karuk nodded his head.
Kuruk.
I am convinced that the situation I could not understand just a moment ago was a coincidence.
If it wasn’t a coincidence, there’s no way he could have avoided a much weaker attack like that.
In response, Karuk prepared another powerful blow.
[Hidden field boss ‘Goblin Warrior’ uses ‘Great Blow’.]
Although it is not as powerful as a merciless strike, it is a skill that is quite powerful among Karuk’s skills.
I had no doubt that this time I would definitely explode that person’s head.
But the moment I touch the outstretched greatsword again.
Whirick-.
A similar situation occurred as before.
It was like a river being swept away by a huge sea, but it was naturally scattered without any sense of heterogeneity.
-…… huh? What did I see?
Kuruk…… ?
Karuk, as well as Jihad, blinked blankly, as if unable to understand anything.
Do-hyun slowly raised the corner of his mouth at the two pairs of eyes looking at him as if asking for an answer.
‘I was a little worried because it’s been a while, but I’m not dead yet.’
Do-hyun’s eyes were looking into space.
To be exact, in the skill window floating in the air.
[Paring]
-Grade: General
-Restrictions: Prosecutor series
-Description: Attacks made by the sword are released.
It is activated when used at the correct timing, and may misfire if the timing is off.
-Effect: When used at the correct timing, the attack is released.
Skills cannot be used during parrying, and attacks that are determined to be unreachable or impossible to parry cannot be used.
-Cooltime: 4 seconds
‘I didn’t know this would come out.’
The secret and secret behind all this magic.
The identity of it was parrying, a swordsman’s only guard technique and a skill called a non-normal level skill.
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Paring.
As the word suggests, it is a skill that allows attacks to occur and is only available to swordsman professions.
Even if it is a legendary skill, it is a skill called a non-normal level skill due to its short cooldown and fraud-level defense that can be ignored if the conditions are met.
There is a saying that if a tank has a ‘royal guard’, a swordsman has parrying.
‘The problem is that no one is using it.’
However, despite having such deceptive performance, the skill that no one used was parrying.
The reason was simple.
Because it is ridiculously difficult to successfully parry.
Parrying is something that must be in direct contact with the sword and must be activated at the correct timing to operate, but this ‘correct timing’ was ridiculously strict.
“this…… Is this activated? “It’s not a decoration skill, is it?”
“Why doesn’t it work?”
“No, I died twice while trying to parry. “Is this correct?”
Even the most expert players need to activate it five times to know if it will succeed or not, because that ‘precise timing’ is what it is.
Even more so when it was a simple attack whose trajectory was clearly visible.
If you think about using it in crazy boss raids or interpersonal battles involving psychological warfare, you’re actually lucky if you succeed.
So, there are bound to be a lot of people who try to use parrying for no reason, only to get hit by an attack they can avoid and die.
“Never party with a bastard who uses parrying. “This is sincere advice.”
“Mr. … It’s like parrying, really. “Why are you imitating this at a raid party after seeing an odd video somewhere?”
“It’s not called a troll maker for nothing?”
Thanks to this, users had no choice but to avoid paring so much that they hated it.
It was not for nothing that users disliked low-level swordsmen with poor control.
Con: A poor prosecutor is using parrying?
It was good for my mental health to think that the try that day was a failure and just escape.
So, is the position of high-ranking prosecutors different?
“Yeah, I don’t use it.”
“There is no need to take risks. It’s not like I’m giving it away as a confirmation…… .”
“Is there a situation where a prosecutor needs to use parrying in the first place? “I think it’s already a problem when that situation arises.”
The answer was no.
The number of skill slots is already limited to 13.
Unlike when you are at a low level where each skill is precious, when you reach a high level you have to seriously consider your skill tree.
In such a situation, there was no reason to fill the space with other good skills and parrying.
And aside from that, there was also a problem with the position of prosecutor itself.
A close-range dealer, not a tank or sub-tank.
There is no specific situation to use aggro, so there are few situations where parrying is necessary.
“If it’s confirmed, why bother?”
“Honestly, it is a skill that was made incorrectly. “It’s not a general skill for nothing.”
“If you hire someone based solely on the description and don’t want to get beaten up and receive a death penalty and then get bullied by your party members, just throw them away. “This is sincere advice.”
“Sometimes there are geniuses, but…… However, it is not confirmed, so it is difficult to use it.”
This is especially true if it is a skill that you can use five times and succeed once.
Anyway, for that reason, only the swordsman could possess parrying, and it was the only guard technique the swordsman had, but he was left out in the cold.
Of course there were exceptions.
“Of course, if you are the Kaiser, it is acceptable.”
“That guy is not a person. So, I’m tanking as a dealer. “How can you succeed in parrying as if it were a guaranteed skill?”
“person? It’s so cruel. “Where can you say such blasphemous words to God?”
“Kaiser, he is God! Kaiser, he is God!”
The reason why Kaiser is able to play the role of a full-fledged tank even though he is a dealer and engage in daily battles.
It would be no exaggeration to say that it was thanks to ‘paring’.
There is a limit to simply dodging well, stabbing well, and crushing the pattern.
This was because as the difficulty of the boss increased, there was an inevitable limit.
Parrying was what made up for that lack at that time.
[Hidden Field Boss ‘Goblin Warrior Karuk’ uses ‘Great Blow’.]
[Skill ‘Parrying’ was successful!]
[Let go of the attack.]
‘Yes, this is what it tastes like.’
A skill pattern that is inherently impossible to destroy and has no prior actions.
Even attacks that can only be avoided or blocked can be defeated without taking any damage if you succeed in ‘parrying’ them!
[Hidden Field Boss ‘Goblin Warrior Karuk’ uses ‘Rampant Dance’.]
[Skill ‘Parrying’ was successful.]
[Let go of the attack.]
-Nonsense…… .
This ‘parrying’ was even capable of letting go of combo skills.
The principle was that if you put your swords together at the exact moment when the skill was first activated and let it go, the skill itself would be chewed up.
Of course, it was a skill that required incredible skill, and even if you were told in advance that you would use the skill and were told to do it, it was difficult to succeed.
Bang-seuk-.
[‘Parrying’ was successful!]
[Let go of the attack.]
-No, you’re spilling that? Owner, are you really human!? I don’t think it’s a devil’s talent, but a real devil, right?
In fact, it doesn’t have to be a combo skill like this.
The principle of parrying itself is to send force in a different direction while attacking.
For that to be possible, there had to be unconditional contact, and parrying had to be activated at the correct timing.
And the timing was different for each skill or pattern.
That’s why even most high-ranking users held out their tongues and raised both hands and feet…… .
‘Why can’t I do this?’
Every time Do-hyun heard those words, he truly couldn’t understand them.
Kaiser, ‘parrying’ was so easy for him.
