Chapter 187

When Baek-lang used his final technique.

Kwa-gwa-gwang!

The view was obscured by the soaring dust.

“Hey, what’s the number?”

“Not yet.”

A few more seconds passed.

[Remaining number of users: 17]

The number, which was 18, decreased to 17.

“Looks like it’s over?”

“It could be another user, just a moment.”

The dust settled, and the situation became visible.

There wasn’t a single Skeleton, only Muhyuk, stained with wounds, was visible.

“Baek-lang, did he lose?”

“Huh, seems so.”

“I thought Baek-lang would win.”

“Wasn’t that attack just now done by Baek-lang?”

“I think so?”

“What happened?”

“Well, I don’t know the details. Anyway, let’s go finish him off.”

“Are you sure it’s okay?”

“Can’t you tell by looking? He’s exhausted and about to collapse. If we just eliminate Muhyuk, we can get on the search rankings, you know? We need to get famous to make money.”

“Hoo, okay, let’s go, let’s go.”

Three users stood up.

“Quickly.”

“Got it.”

Two men, Green and Daechu, Charge towards Muhyuk, and one prepared magic. Nevertheless, Muhyuk didn’t seem to want to move. He looked exhausted at a glance.

Good.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

“Here I go!”

Just then, magic flew in from behind.

Kwaaang!

They rushed into the dust and swung their swords wildly.

The feeling was great.

“Hey, dust first!”

“Got it!”

When the dust settled, the situation was revealed.

Muhyuk was panting, kneeling on one knee.

“Keu, keu-ha-ha-ha!”

“Stop laughing and finish it quickly.”

“Ah, right. Let’s do that. Keu-heuk.”

He swung his sword to finish.

Swish.

Before Muhyuk disappeared, the number was 17, and after he disappeared, the number was 16.

“Yes, yes!”

“A, are we famous now?”

“That’s right!”

The two users, Green and Daechu, who had fully enjoyed their joy, approached the magician in the back.

“Okay, let’s hide until there are only 4 of us left.”

The magician didn’t answer.

He only nodded.

“Being dazed. Let’s go quickly!”

After moving quite a bit, a forest appeared.

“Oh, that looks good over there?”

“Looks good.”

Entering the forest, the view darkened.

“Perfect for hiding.”

“Oh, that spot looks good.”

At that moment, Green, who was moving forward, suddenly stopped.

“But you know.”

He turned his head and stared at the magician in the back.

“Why haven’t you said anything since earlier?”

“……”

“Something’s a bit off, isn’t it?”

The moment Green approached the magician, the magician suddenly reached out his hand.

Hoo-wack!

Magic was fired.

Kwang!

Green, hit by the attack, staggered.

“You bastard!”

“W, what are you doing?”

“Hey, can’t you tell by the way that bastard used magic? He’s going to kill us and easily get to the finals!”

At that moment, the magician used magic again.

The impact was quite large.

“Ah, seriously!”

Eventually, Green, who had drawn his sword, approached the magician.

The two engaged in a fierce close combat.

But as expected, being a magician, he was weak in close combat.

“Hoo, nothing special.”

After killing the magician, he checked the number that was faintly visible through the leaves.

[Remaining number of users: 11]

There were really only a few left.

“Hey, I took care of it.”

“……”

“Let’s just endure with the two of us.”

No answer came.

“Why aren’t you saying anything again? Ha, is it because you don’t like what I did? It can’t be helped. That bastard attacked first. Ah, seriously. At least give me an answer!”

At that moment, Daechu, who had been still, moved.

Ka-ga-gang!

He attacked Green with his sword.

“Why are you doing this!”

These three were not friends in reality.

They met while looking for a party in Illusion, started talking, and happened to participate in the tournament together and ended up in the same group.

“Damn it, okay. You were planning this anyway.”

A relationship where they could betray each other at any time.

“Good!”

Therefore, Green also attacked Daechu with all his might without any qualms.

Ka-ga-gang!

Green easily defeated Daechu.

Green smiled faintly.

The moment he thought it was really over, an arrow was lodged in his forehead.

Puh-eong.

His head burst with the explosion.

Adeon only watched the fight between Muhyuk and Baek-lang.

Crazy bastards.

He had no intention of getting involved in such an absurd level of combat. If Baek-lang were to win, he might die just for the reason of getting involved. Since life was the most important thing, he hid his presence and watched the battle with his own eyes.

“Huh.”

Only exclamations came out.

Monsters, they’re monsters.

At that moment, Adeon’s head turned quickly.

Who are those bastards?

Three users suddenly appeared.

They were also hiding like Adeon.

Hmm.

He ignored them for now and turned his head again.

Kwang, kwaaaang!

The monsters’ fight reached its peak.

Soon, the winner came into view.

H, he won.

He could grasp the situation with the eyeballs floating in the air.

Illusion Array.

He immediately cast Illusion magic.

Since he cast the Illusion Array, the three users hiding and watching would not be able to grasp the internal situation.

Adeon summoned a doll inside the Illusion Array and used the Switch skill.

Muhyuk was surprised to see Adeon suddenly appear.

“What?”

“I have something to tell you.”

“Something to tell me?”

“Yeah, someone is hiding and watching.”

Muhyuk’s brow furrowed.

Both MP and HP were at their bottom.

He had no confidence to block Adeon in front of him even if he attacked.

“How many?”

“Three.”

Fortunately, Adeon didn’t seem to have any intention of attacking Muhyuk.

Still, the situation was not good.

“I’ll take care of it, so hide.”

“You?”

“Yeah, I need to show my skills too.”

Could he be trusted?

He was concerned about the part that he couldn’t trust Adeon, but he decided to watch for now.

Even if I step up, I’ll only get beaten.

“Okay.”

After that, he unsummoned five Skeletons.

“I’m going to rest a bit.”

Muhyuk hurriedly left the battle area and hid behind a nearby rock. Adeon also used Switch again to return to where he was hiding. Immediately after, he unsummoned the doll and released the Illusion Array.

Pa-ba-bat.

Just then, three users appeared. Two users were melee, and one was a magician.

When the magician used a magic attack, Adeon summoned a doll with Thief-type combat abilities.

After applying Poison of Hallucination to the dagger, he secretly approached the magician. The magician, who didn’t notice the presence, was subdued in an instant.

After that, he cast Illusion on a doll with the same type of magic ability to make it look exactly like that user.

The moment the neck of the doll disguised as Muhyuk fell off, he killed the subdued magician user to reduce the number floating in the sky.

They would naturally mistake that the number decreased as Muhyuk died.

After that, he unsummoned the Thief-type doll, and the two users regarded the magician doll with Illusion as a companion and spoke to it.

“Okay, let’s hide until there are only 4 of us left.”

Adeon manipulated the magician doll.

Up and down.

He made it seem like it was nodding.

“Oh, that looks good over there?”

When entering the forest, one of the users suddenly began to suspect the doll that had been well disguised.

He slightly changed and implemented what he had planned from the beginning. When one of the users with a hasty personality was fighting the magician doll, he subdued the user watching from behind with a doll with Thief-type combat abilities.

Since it was melee, it was impossible to subdue him at once. But since there was Poison of Hallucination, it wasn’t that difficult.

He immediately summoned a doll that used a long sword and made it look exactly like the subdued user.

“Hoo, nothing special.”

When the hot-tempered user killed the magician doll, he also killed the subdued user.

As before, it was to match the number floating in the sky.

After that, taking advantage of the unguarded moment, he ordered the doll to attack and was able to inflict considerable damage.

“Why are you doing this!”

After exchanging several attacks and defenses and reducing HP considerably, the doll was destroyed.

The last user showed signs of exhaustion.

The moment Adeon was about to move to deal with him, Muhyuk, who had been watching, stepped up.

Windstorm. Powerful Archery.

The arrow was accurately lodged in his forehead.

Puh-eong.

The situation ended with the explosion.

It was the power of the Puppeteer Adeon who had perfectly manipulated the three users.

Muhyuk and Adeon came out of the forest.

“How is it? Not bad, right?”

“Quite.”

“Hehe, as expected!”

Certainly, Adeon’s job had considerable utility. Just now, he had manipulated three users using dolls.

Quite good.

Since it wasn’t decided what the method of the finals would be, there was no need to antagonize him.

Not yet trust, though.

Still, he didn’t seem like he would betray him right away.

“The preliminaries aren’t over yet.”

“I know.”

There are currently five survivors.

Only one more needs to die.

His HP and MP had recovered quite a bit, so he wasn’t burdened by Adeon next to him.

“We just have to wait, right?”

“Yeah.”

Muhyuk’s brow suddenly furrowed as he moved for a while.

“This is……”

Somehow, he had come to the area where he had fought Baek-lang.

The traces remained intact.

Baek-lang.

He was one of the hidden powerhouses.

A bitter smile was drawn.

“Haa.”

Muhyuk, who had obtained overwhelming levels of items based on information and even acquired a title that refused comparison with others, had a close match with Baek-lang.

He won, but he didn’t feel like he had won at all.

Was that talent?

Thinking about it, his movements were definitely different.

Like water, he couldn’t be caught.

Bureutan’s Qi Wave, the use of potions through Skull Snake, Stealth to hide his presence and then surprise attacks, momentary strikes using carelessness, or targeting skills due to Blessing of the Dead were most of his attacks.

It felt empty.

What about Baek-lang? He lightly avoided all movements with unnecessary actions and stirred up the Skeleton crowd with strong attacks.

Moreover, in that short moment when they faced each other head-on, he easily allowed attacks.

The movement itself was different.

That was something to be acknowledged.

He must have been training his whole life.

But…….

How many martial arts are distributed around the world? And how many masters have reached the realm?

If he met someone with a similar level of skill as Baek-lang, what should he do then?

The answer didn’t come.

There was another problem.

The existence of Bureutan and Skull Snake would have been known.

Muhyuk’s combat methods and the level of the Skeletons would have also spread.

Future strong opponents would be more difficult to deal with.

How do I win next time?

Questions chased their tails and stirred his head.

Should I learn kendo or something?

Or martial arts?

Then the time to level up would be severely reduced.

The answer didn’t come easily.

Hoo-oong.

At that moment, a white light enveloped Muhyuk and Adeon along with the wind.

“Hmm?”

He could understand by looking at the sky.

[Remaining number of users: 4]

The preliminaries were over.