Chapter 497: Continental War: World Championship, Part One (12)
“I will not endure. I will beat him up.”
Last night.
Those were the words Hyunsoo had said.
Hyunsoo.
The first king, and the Master Blacksmith recognized by the world.
He was such a major figure that whenever someone asked who the most famous user in Ares was right now, Hyunsoo’s name was always mentioned.
But when Daniel saw that statement yesterday, he laughed.
He’s nothing but a green brat. The whole world worships him, so now he thinks they’ll worship anything he does. Arrogant little punk!
Daniel’s HP King class was certainly a class that could draw a great deal of attention.
However, in the Endurance event, he was not receiving that attention.
Because of Ivan and Valkyrie Emily.
Thanks, brat.
So Daniel approached Hyunsoo, who had become a hot topic because of his foolish statement.
The reason he deliberately approached him before Baal appeared was also so he could leave an impression on the world.
The plan succeeded.
Except.
“Okay. I’ve decided you’re first.”
He heard those mysterious words.
And after the match began.
[HP has dropped below 67%.]
When he, who had reigned as the HP King, saw his HP drop this much from only one attack, he had been flustered.
Then, as he watched Hyunsoo approach, he felt a question.
What is that sword?
The sword looked as though it resembled cherry blossoms.
The sword, with several blades spread wide open like cherry blossoms, resembled a flamberge, but it was even more magnificent and mesmerizing.
Just as he had that question, Hyunsoo looked at him and said,
“Baal isn’t the only one I said I’d beat up.”
“What!?”
Daniel’s eyes widened.
The moment he heard those words, his brain froze.
In fact, if one thought back carefully, Hyunsoo had never said, “I will beat up Baal.”
He had simply said, “I will beat him up.”
He had never said who the target was.
Goosebumps rose all over Daniel’s body.
SLASH—
Daniel had succeeded in leaving an impression in front of the entire world, and he had made provocative comments that crossed the line.
That was being imprinted on the entire world as a kind of justification, and Daniel himself had given Hyunsoo that justification.
But the name of this event was Endurance.
He plans to kill us all and become the winner of Endurance?
Thinking that, Daniel thoroughly mocked him.
He was the HP King.
Although his Defense was not overwhelmingly higher than other tankers, it was still several times higher than ordinary users.
Just as he sneered with that thought.
At last, Full Bloom was swung.
CRAAAAAACK!
[You have dealt 41,951 damage.]
[HP has dropped below 66%.]
“Kahk!?”
As several blades grazed past his armor, Daniel could not hide his bewilderment.
Because his HP had fallen by 1% from a single basic attack.
This level of basic attack damage was something one would feel from a boss monster of the same Level.
And that was literally only one strike.
In the brief instant of only one second, Hyunsoo’s Full Bloom was swung five times.
CRACK, CRAAACK, CRAAACK, CRACK!
[You have dealt 41,951 damage.]
[HP has dropped below 65%.]
[Attack success rate is extremely high.]
[Critical Rate is extremely high.]
[Synergy occurs!]
[When critical damage triggers, x2 damage is applied.]
[Critical hit!]
[You have dealt 95,310 damage.]
[Critical hit!]
[You have dealt 103,013 damage.]
In that fleeting second, Daniel’s total HP fell by nearly 10%.
But there was something even more surprising.
Although Daniel was wearing armor, Full Bloom had torn through him, and blood was flowing from his arms, legs, and other places.
That blood became small bead-like droplets and soaked into Full Bloom.
It really is a cherry blossom, isn’t it?
Full Bloom, soaked in blood, looked like real cherry blossoms.
At that moment.
[You recover yourself by the amount of damage dealt.]
[7% HP is recovered.]
“......?”
Daniel doubted his own eyes.
Because Hyunsoo’s HP gauge had visibly filled.
The entire world watching him was also swept into shock.
—What is this? The blood flowing from Daniel’s body traveled along the sword and was absorbed into Hyunsoo, and his HP filled up.
—It is a scene that cannot help but bring a vampire to mind.
Hyunsoo’s artifacts, such as the Twin Dragon Sword and the White Tiger Sword, were famous, but Full Bloom was not known.
There was a simple reason.
Because before Full Bloom grew, it had only been a Legendary artifact.
And Daniel mocked him.
Skills of this kind existed fairly often.
Was it an Active Skill?
Although Hyunsoo’s HP had filled, this was only a limited power manifested by consuming mana.
Tanker Daniel tried to activate the special power he possessed.
It was “mana detection.”
Mana detection.
The main duty of tankers was to protect and defend their allies.
This mana detection detected mana arising from a target, and the moment the target used mana, the tanker could prepare for it.
[Mana Detection.]
And the moment Daniel used it in a hurry while watching Hyunsoo swing his sword again, he was swept into shock.
[The target is not using mana.]
“......!?”
In other words, Hyunsoo was not consuming any MP at all, which meant this was an inherent ability of the artifact.
Amid that shock, Hyunsoo now struck Daniel at high speed.
[You have dealt 61,951 damage.]
[HP has dropped below 54%.]
[Attack success rate is extremely high.]
[Critical Rate is extremely high.]
[Synergy occurs!]
[When critical damage triggers, x2 damage is applied.]
[Critical hit!]
[You have dealt 125,310 damage.]
[Critical hit!]
[You have dealt 132,013 damage.]
[You recover yourself by the amount of damage dealt.]
[7% HP is recovered.]
[4% HP is.......]
Hyunsoo’s total HP had clearly been only around 12% just moments ago.
It was easy to understand what level that 12% represented in the competition.
It was in the “score” Pureum used to show who among the one hundred or so users was performing the best.
At first, immediately after being hit directly by “Insolent,” the entire world had focused on first place and last place.
[1st place. Russia Ivan. Score: 65 points.]
[2nd place. United States Emily. Score: 54 points.]
First and second place showed an overwhelming difference from users of other countries.
Daniel, who was in third place, had not reached 50 points, and from fourth place onward, they were in the 30-point range.
The reason Ivan and Emily could have such high scores was this.
In Emily’s case, she was a Valkyrie who followed the god Ares.
Even if Baal was the Evil God, he could not ignore all the Defense of a woman who received Ares’s blessing.
So Emily had increased all her Defense by three times, and at the same time bestowed “Ares’s Grace,” a buff that doubled her total HP, upon herself.
Because of that, her total HP had only decreased by 10%.
And Ivan’s case was even more special.
Ivan’s HP had not decreased at all.
“When facing an attack judged to be an enormous danger, he unconditionally resists in an invincible state.”
That was the power he possessed.
It was because of the Shield God’s Protection.
This absolute shield power, whose cooldown was as long as thirty minutes, had been neutralized by the single attack called “Insolent,” and that had been the result he obtained.
And the very last place.
[132nd place. Korea Hyunsoo. Score: 4 points.]
As everyone expected, it had been Hyunsoo.
In the end, even if total HP and all Defense were ignored, tankers still had their own physical Defense.
Based on the synergy of those various things, Hyunsoo had been the only user whose HP fell to 12% from a single attack.
But only one minute after the match began.
While waiting for Baal’s second attack, the participants were witnessing a strange phenomenon.
“What am I looking at right now?”
“Hahaha...... insane.......”
“......So this was what he meant by beating them up? I completely misunderstood the Korean user.”
The gazes of the world’s tanker users changed.
From an arrogant Korean user to an astonishing user who came up with his own way of thinking.
At the moment, normally, there should have been no part where his score could rise.
However.
From the moment Hyunsoo began striking Daniel, a huge change was occurring.
[Hyunsoo’s score is newly updated!]
[102nd place. Korea Hyunsoo. Score: 5 points.]
[Hyunsoo’s score is newly updated!]
[98th place. Korea Hyunsoo. Score: 7 points.]
[Hyunsoo’s score is newly updated!]
While hearing the endless notifications, they were watching only Hyunsoo and Daniel, not Baal.
Before anyone knew it.
[Hyunsoo’s score is newly updated.]
[53rd place. Korea Hyunsoo. 36 points.]
Hyunsoo’s ranking had jumped up abnormally.
Hyunsoo was feeling thrilled.
Daniel.
His total HP was high, and his Defense was lower than ordinary tankers.
This meant that because Hyunsoo could recover by the amount of damage he dealt, Daniel could provide far more recovery than other tankers.
Sweet. So sweet.
However.
[HP recovers above 55%.]
Through this “Insolent” attack, Hyunsoo realized one thing.
As much as possible.
I have to maintain full HP.
Of course, the power called “Insolent” was probably an unusually strong power, but the risk would be lower if he was at full HP.
However, Daniel did not simply keep taking it.
“Shield Smash!”
He struck down at Hyunsoo with his enormous shield with all his might.
CRAAAAACK!
However, he produced a disappointing result.
[You have dealt 15,313 damage.]
“What are you doing?”
Because even though Daniel had used a skill, Hyunsoo’s HP had barely gone down.
—It is known that a tanker’s Attack Power does not even reach half of an ordinary warrior user’s.
—What is more, HP King is known to go all-in on HP stats, so his damage output is probably around one-third.
Daniel.
His rough-looking face, rarely enough, became tearful.
Even so, I only deal this much damage!?
Because he had failed to deal any meaningful damage and had been reduced to a honey pot that recovered Hyunsoo’s HP.
But Hyunsoo had to reach full HP, so he hurried.
He swapped to the Twin Dragon Sword.
[Twin Dragon Sword.]
[Having made the Twin Dragon Sword, its spirit is majestic through a thousand autumns.]
“I’ll tell you something fun. Originally, this Twin Dragon Sword targets multiple people in one place. But a lot of time has passed, and I modified it and changed it.”
Daniel was flustered.
Changed what?
“So I can choose between a single target and multiple targets.”
[There is a will sworn to mountains and seas.......]
“You dare bring up my father?”
[Loyal righteous wrath is the same in ancient times and now.]
At that moment, Daniel realized what kind of person he had provoked.
CRACK-CRACK-CRACK-CRACK-CRACK!
[Transcendent artifact. Barkran’s Armor is damaged.]
[Legendary artifact. Condra’s Boots are damaged.]
[Legendary artifact. Kendre’s Pauldrons are damaged.]
[Legendary artifact. Gego’s Diamond Shield is damaged.]
[Total Defense decreases by 78%!]
[Total HP from artifacts decreases by 32%.]
This is impossible......!
Daniel’s face turned pale.
His remaining total HP was currently around the 50% range.
But right now, Hyunsoo’s mysterious sword.
Full Bloom was being heated more intensely than at any other moment.
Full Bloom did not only have Infinite Regeneration and Infinite Growth.
Also, Full Bloom had become Transcendent and had achieved +7 enhancement using the Evil God’s Enhancement Stone.
Because of that, one of Full Bloom’s core skills had completely transformed.
(Full Bloom Transformation.)
Active Skill.
Mana Cost: 1,000.
·Cuts down enemies and accumulates flowing blood.
·According to the accumulated power, the blooming Full Bloom’s entire Attack Power rises.
·Each time the bloomed sword tears enemies apart, an effect forms as if a blood explosion has occurred.
·The bloomed sword can also be activated against only a single target, and the damage changes according to the accumulated blood.
Most of the description was the same.
However, the final part.
It had gained the advantage that it could be activated against a single target only, and when it was used on a single target, the damage naturally became several times stronger.
[Full Bloom Transformation.]
[It blooms against a single target!]
[Full Bloom’s Attack Power increases by 1,040%.]
WHOOOOOSH!
Hyunsoo’s Full Bloom tilted backward.
Its form, like a cherry tree with cherry blossoms blooming in profusion, captivated viewers around the world.
Hyunsoo, who had put great strength into the foot planted against the ground, heard a notification.
[The opponent’s Defense has dropped significantly.]
[It creates synergy with Full Bloom Transformation!]
The moment it struck directly.
CRAAAAAAACK!
[You have dealt 1,801,914 damage!]
[You have caused the highest damage in history!]
[The title Maker of the Most Powerful Strike is changed!]
[You acquire the title Unconditional One-Kill.]
[User Daniel has been forcibly logged out.]
[You recover yourself by the amount of damage dealt.]
[Your HP has recovered to 100%, so no further recovery is possible.]
The entire world could not help but stare in astonishment as Daniel scattered in less than a single minute.
[Hyunsoo’s score is newly updated.]
At the notification that soon rang out, everyone grew tense and swallowed dryly. Then the new result appeared.
[1st place. Korea Hyunsoo. 67 points.]
Hyunsoo stepped forward and looked at every user as he said,
“Everyone who talked shit about me earlier, come here.”
“.......”
“.......”
“.......”
It was the moment when the tankers of the world avoided Hyunsoo’s eyes.