With a clatter, bars descended from above the field, separating the survivor panel and the current space. As the field was filled with Kang Ihyeon’s holy fire and sacred power light, Rude used the skill without hesitation.
Boom! As the red dragon stomped its foot, the rocks floating in the lava shook.
“Ugh!”
As Rude nearly fell down, Kang Ihyeon quickly grabbed and pulled him up. Then Rude swung the black half-scissors.
The red dragon was preparing to breathe again. Rude wiped the sweat from his forehead, slightly furrowed his brow, and said to Ihyeon.
“Prepare to defend.”
“Yes!”
Ihyeon raised his sword. At the same time, Rude also raised his scissors.
[Holy Knight Exclusive High-level Skill–Wall of Divinity]Bang−!!! Kang Ihyeon’s shield and the breath collided again.
“Kuk!”
“Hold on.”
“I will……!”
It seemed a bit stronger than before, as Kang Ihyeon’s feet were pushed back.
Rude entered Ihyeon’s embrace and looked up, ending with a dry single word. Confirming that Rude had entered, Ihyeon made the golden shield thicker.
Rude’s eyes fell on the breath pouring onto the translucent golden shield. With terrifying concentration, he found the place where the heat was most concentrated, where the shield was thinnest, and surrounded the scissors with mental power.
“When I signal, turn off the shield.”
“Yes!”
Kwagwagwak−! Mental power explosively surrounded his scissors. Due to surrounding them with almost the limit of mental power, a strong wind was blowing their bangs.
A massive breath in front, wind behind. Steam periodically exploding from the lava. Worried that Rude might lose his balance, Ihyeon firmly held his waist with his remaining hand.
When the mental power surrounding Rude’s scissors was almost at its limit, Rude shouted loudly.
“Now!!”
Ihyeon withdrew the shield. Just as the breath was about to pour onto them, Rude quickly thrust the black scissors into the breath!
[Trait :: ‘Natural Lucid Dream’ is activated!]Bang−!! The hot air changed to cold. Simultaneously, a massive explosion occurred where they were standing. Ihyeon and Rude flew into the air.
“Aack!!”
“Mr. Rude!!”
[Holy Knight Exclusive High-level Skill :: Holy Fire Explosion]Bang! Exploding holy fire in mid-air to change their trajectory, Kang Ihyeon landed on a rock further back. Rude was dangling from him, pale-faced.
“Are you alright?!”
“Ah, maybe?”
If Ihyeon hadn’t been holding him firmly, he might have flown away like a piece of paper. Rude was not a physical-type hunter, so he was at a disadvantage in this kind of frontal battle.
“Still, I got a hit in.”
Phew, Rude blew air to lift his sweat-soaked black bangs.
Rude’s mental power, exploded to its limit, rode the breath and stuck to the dragon’s throat, soon beginning to change the breath’s property to cold air.
[Grrrrrr…….]Belatedly sensing something wrong, the dragon stopped its breath. Frost had formed in the dragon’s mouth. It tried to breathe fire, but only cold breath came out. The confused dragon looked around.
“It will get worse. Step back.”
Ihyeon held Rude’s waist and jumped to a rock further back.
The confused dragon spat out breath a few more times, but where the breath fell, instead of bubbling lava, only ice formed.
Kang Ihyeon looked at Rude, who was sighing as if thinking of the next move.
‘Wo, wonderful……’
The biggest disadvantage of field-type dungeons was that the field was optimized for the boss.
And the dragon’s biggest and most threatening weapon was its breath. But the breath had already changed to the worst property for the field.
In other words, Rude had instantly nullified the enemy’s most powerful weapon. He has strong power, and the brain to use it strategically. He also has the concentration to meticulously control such powerful mental energy.
He’s really an amazing person. Ihyeon couldn’t understand why such a person looked down on himself so much.
He was a person who had imprisoned himself because of what happened 10 years ago, but if someone helped him a little from the side, he could sufficiently overcome that situation. Just like Rude had helped his past self like that.
“Ah, really. Let’s rest a little. Just a little….. Just 20 seconds.”
Saying it’s done now, Rude sat down for a moment with a tired expression, panting. Ihyeon patted his back with a worried expression.
“Are, are you okay?”
“Aoh, 2nd grade is really tough… I definitely couldn’t have done it alone without you, really.”
It was only because he had collaborated with Ihyeon that he was able to change the breath’s property. Sighing deeply that he really couldn’t have done it alone, Rude stood up again. And he swung the black scissors again.
“Kang Ihyeon. Let’s drain its power first. And change the field property too. I’ll try to do something about the lava first, so block it in front. It’ll take some time.”
“A, are you sure you’ll be okay alone?”
“Don’t worry, if I’m in the rear I won’t fly away like a paper doll like before.”
After looking at Rude worriedly, Ihyeon nodded at those words and ran towards the front of the dragon.
Rude wiped the sweat flowing on his forehead and stuck the scissors into the ground. His breath was heavy, as if he had consumed a lot of mental power from the previous attack.
[Illusionist Exclusive High-level Skill :: Sensory Distortion] [Kraaaaaak−!!!!]Rude’s skill, mediated by the mental power that entered the dragon’s throat, caused sensory distortion in the dragon.
The dragon began to spray cold breath here and there. The field was gradually changing to cold.
[Holy Knight Basic Skill :: Halo]As if understanding Rude’s thoughts, Ihyeon took out his necklace in front and began to mutter something. And a golden halo began to appear behind him.
[Grrrrrrrr−−!!!!]The dragon noticed Ihyeon’s halo and began to attack him. Kicking with its feet, scratching with its claws. Soon it began to breathe out more cold breath.
Ihyeon moved here and there to dodge, inducing the dragon to spray breath everywhere. Rude’s hand, which had stuck the black scissors in the ground, was shaking.
Rude was already overloaded with the mental power used to maintain his avatar, the mental power used to change the dragon’s breath property, and the mental power used to apply the sensory distortion debuff to the dragon.
“But I can’t back down here……!”
Field-type gates are the easiest gates if you just change the field property. The time visible on the ceiling had passed about 10 minutes.
10 minutes left. Somehow, he had to make this field’s property opposite to that dragon. Kang Ihyeon is also doing his best up front. He’s also doing his best. So somehow it seems like they can do it.
With that confidence, Rude put strength into the black scissors again. Rude’s scattered mental power began to spread evenly again.
[This is the timeline separator]“It’s going well smoothly.”
“That’s right.”
In the monitor room. The Holy Sword’s HR team and Kang Sujin were watching their battle with tense expressions.
There were almost no cases of 2nd grade gates domestically, so they searched and searched for overseas cases to create a virtual 2nd grade gate long ago.
Having heard a rumor somewhere that Rude could only do 3rd grade solo, they deliberately set it to 2nd grade.
It was a virtual gate that was made but never actually used. But seeing this happen, it seems there really is nothing useless in the world.
“How long has it been now?”
“10 minutes.”
“Amazing….. Keep watching. And put that in after 5 more minutes from now.”
After giving those instructions, Kang Sujin flipped through the interview answer papers and turned her gaze back to the monitor. Rude’s hiring was already almost confirmed internally.
Rude’s power was already proven by cases of handling several gates, so the mock battle could be omitted.
But there was a reason why she proceeded with Rude’s mock battle. There were formal reasons, but more than that.
[Question] How is the Holy Sword mock battle conducted? ㅠㅠI passed the interview and I’m going to take the mock battle test in a week… I heard that Holy Sword looks at a lot of things other than actual specs. Do you know what they are?
[Comments]−No one knows. I applied last year and an A-rank who was the main contributor to clearing the gate failed, while a B-rank who trolled passed
−It’s an internal company policy so no one knows. But it seems they look a lot at the applicant’s personality.
−I’m a former Holy Sword HR team employee. Holy Sword values growth potential more than specs. It’s difficult to explain the detailed process, but they evaluate based on the cover letter and interview, so just be honest with yourself.
A Holy Sword employee’s answer to a question posted on a job search site during last year’s recruitment season.
What she wanted to confirm with this mock battle was Rude’s ‘growth potential’.
A D-rank guild leader. Ten years ago, it was rare for a low-ranking hunter to be a guild leader, but now it’s rather common. People’s perception of the position of guild leader has definitely changed from the past.
From the perception of being the highest-ranking person in the guild, to the perception of being the person who can best perform the role of leader in the guild. It was a change that occurred before and after the appearance of the current guild leader of Holy Sword, Kang Sujin.
With the body of a D-rank hunter, she chose to study abroad in the United States, returned to Korea after the East Sea 1st grade gate incident, and overhauled ‘Holy Sword’, which was struggling without a guild leader and deputy guild leader. And she raised Holy Sword to the position of one of the 4 major guilds in one fell swoop.
[Trait :: ‘Master of Trait Evolution Studies’ is activated!]She was a master of trait evolution studies, who started research as soon as the discipline of ‘Hunter Studies’ emerged.
Modern hunters grow by evolving their traits. Growth is endless throughout life. Therefore, theoretically, a hunter’s rank can grow endlessly. However, evolving those traits is extremely difficult.
Therefore, dominating the modern hunter world means little different from properly understanding trait evolution.
The very reason why all new hunters want to enter Holy Sword.
In-house education. Holy Sword’s employee education team is well known for systematically helping hunters evolve their traits. And Rude, who will soon be hired, was also a target for education.
Kang Sujin flipped through the printout of Rude’s interview answers and checked the highlighted parts. Rude’s answer to ‘Please tell us one representative trait you currently have’.
‘Natural Lucid Dreamer’.
A trait without modifiers. In other words, it means it has never gone through trait evolution even once. Yet, without evolving, it’s already such monstrous power.
“Crazy, really……”
Kang Sujin laughed dryly and watched the monitor again. Rude spreading mental power, Ihyeon diligently assisting him. The two were deeply immersed in the current battle situation.
Rude had not evolved his trait even once for 6 years. And he had never acted with anyone else.
Now he has started to move, influenced by Ihyeon this time. Then the best fertilizer to grow him might be Kang Ihyeon.
And Ihyeon might also be able to correct that ‘bad habit’ with this opportunity.
Two hunters with incomparably strong powers creating synergy. What could be better than that?
She thought she should accurately grasp the growth potential of the two people with this opportunity, which is why she inserted Kang Ihyeon into Rude’s mock battle.
Kang Sujin narrowed her eyes and stared intently at Rude in the monitor. Her eyes shone. The 5 minutes she mentioned earlier were approaching soon.
“Then….. Let’s see. Whether you two will really be helpful to each other, or not……”
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Male Lead, The Black-Hearted Lotus (Female-dominant)
Short intro by Yuushi L:
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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