YM778.TV Chapter 70.2
Chapter 70.2
Chapter 70.2. A Fierce Battle. King VS Queen!
“Your scythe can’t break the Queen Dagger. It’s a Queen’s weapon of the same level.”
I bounced off the ground like a ball and was blown away, but I didn’t care, I got up and repositioned myself.
The pause is over. Now it’s my turn.
[Phantom Step II]
She takes complicated steps and shakes her petite frame. I fill my body with magical power and use my best thief skills.
My body leaves behind several afterimages, making it difficult to discern which one is the real one.
[Phantom Step II] increases my speed by 40%. If that is all, it is the same effect as [Thief Step II], but it adds another effect.
It’s to create a phantom. This phantom increases my evasion ability against both physical and magical attacks. In the game, this skill was useful for solo attacks.
I was curious to see how it would work in real life, but the enemy’s sharp attacks became slower and it more hesitant.
A swing with a scythe approached. But it was aimed at the afterimage behind me. I evade with sharp sidesteps as if dancing against the scythes that come at me one after another, evading them.
My step has greatly increased my quickness, allowing me to move several meters with just one step. To king mantis, it must seem as if I’m moving instantaneously. It slashes at my afterimages, but there is no response, and it seems to be beginning to question whether I’m there. More and more, my attacks become slower and slower.
“I guess it’s my turn now, huh?”
I release the power of the queen dagger. The target is King Mantis.
“You’re in front of the Queen. Kneel!”
[Pressure]
As the Queen Dagger shines spectacularly, space gets distorted. King mantis’ body dips into the ground, and his movements become increasingly sluggish due to the supergravity. The use of the Queen Dagger drains my MP. With the continuous use of magic, my MP is about to be depleted.
“Giiii!”
It’s only my ranged attack. King mantis raises its body and spreads his wings towards me. It’s ready for a [Hyper Shock Wave].
[Defense]
I release my stance and cross my arms. At the same time, king mantis’ wings shake. It begins to gather a huge amount of mana. And the space is distorted by king mantis’ aura.
[Hyper Shock Wave]
.
With a bang, the space exploded. Everything shatters into small pieces in a fan shape, and fine dust particles are scattered around me. The dust cloud blocked my vision, and I could no longer see king mantis.
“Oh no! That was close!”
I glanced back and broke out in a cold sweat, glad I wasn’t in the direction of Adamantine-oneesan. I’m glad only the grass was left behind where I was standing, and the rest was empty. The attack even made the ground heavily gouged out. That’s a hell of a lot of power.
I check to see where they are, just in case the dust cloud has obscured my sight.
[Examine]
[King Mantis: level 50. Weakness: Fire]
I debuffed him by slowing his attack speed with phantoms. I could manage the physical attack, but it was useless against the magic attack.
My robe is in tatters, and my body is covered in scars. Its AOE moves would do a lot of damage if I didn’t defend against it. And now I’m a thief with no magic armor and poor endurance, with close to 200 damage. My flesh is gouged out, bones are visible, and the teeth are loose. King mantis is a good fighter. It hurts a lot. I could cry if I wanted to. The pain doesn’t slow me down, though. Because this body is a game specification. If I have even 1 HP, I can fight normally.
I’ll use recovery magic to take advantage of the gap in king mantis, who is still in a cloud of dust and not taking action.
[Minor Heal III]
My wound is closed, my loose teeth are healed, and my tattered robe is restored. But this is only a temporary fix. But only my wound appearance is healed, not the actual condition. It’s okay that it looks healed. The pain has lessened a little.
Let’s continue the battle.
“I guess I need to cut down more…”
When I clapped my shoulders, I bared my double teeth like a ferocious beast and grinned.
[Hide IV]
It’s your fault for putting me in an environment that makes me lose sight of you.
Swoosh, my body disappears as if melting into the air. I ran to the place where king mantis was.
The Thief IV’s gait is so well-honed that I run through without a single footstep, without even the slightest speck of dust.
When I got close to king mantis, it was alert but did not notice me. Smiling mischievously, I move to his back and let the magic power circulate through his body.
[Weapon Unlock IV]
I raise the Queen Dagger in my tiny hand. Then a tremendous amount of energy became a blade and passed through king mantis’s body.
With a bang, king mantis’ severed wings fly vigorously into the sky.
“Gigi?”
I giggle at king mantis, who turns around in a panic, startled.
“Mass-production bosses don’t have skills that disable equipment destruction, do they? I knew that.”
[Steal IV]
I wave my hand quickly, and the wings in the sky drown out, [King Mantis’ Wings] appears in the item box, and I flex my mouth and wave my hand invitingly.
“A mass-produced boss, albeit a superior enemy. It isn’t my enemy that I’ve been working on.”
“Gii!”
It must have understood by instinct that the small being stole its wings. King mantis lets out an angry cry and raises its scythe.
Wiping the blood that had flowed from her forehead, which had been injured by the [Hyper Shock Wave] earlier, Miu bent her body like a panther, thinking it was time to end this.