by Park Saenal
“I see.”
Sehee and Yerim admired the advice that was based on Grid’s experience. They believed that Grid’s was the world’s best player, making his words plausible.
“…Um.”
Sehee and Yerim’s eyes shone like lanterns as they gazed at him. It was a lot of pressure for Grid.
‘I’m nervous.’ Making a mistake in front of his sister… ‘I have to maintain my pride as the older brother. Braham, please support me well. Understood?’
‘…’
Braham replied with silence to Grid’s request. He had been less talkative since entering the city. It was as if he was hiding his existence.
‘I don’t want to scold you. Why are you acting like this?’
Braham was surprised to learn that Sehee was a Saintess. Did he have bad memories to do with a Saintess?
‘Indeed, in the first place, the name of a Saintess is fatal for demonkin.’
Grid thought about it as he moved forward. The monsters that appeared before they arrived at the city were the vampires’ familiars. In an ordinary situation, he would move forward without hesitation. However, he was now together with Sehee and Yerim. In order to keep them out of danger, Grid moved as carefully as possible, slowing down his speed.
“…”
The silence continued. Grid carefully lead the way while Sehee and Yerim silently followed him. The atmosphere naturally became heavy and tense. Sehee and Yerim realized it again as they saw the serious Grid.
‘That’s right. The monsters here are at least level 300.’
‘We might be holding Oppa back rather than helping him. We have to be careful not to be a burden.’
They controlled their excited minds. Sehee and Yerim were clever girls, so they avoided doing anything that would be a nuisance to Grid. They responded to Grid’s cautious attitude.
“…”
How much time passed? As their eyes became accustomed to the darkness, the structure of the city started to come into view.
Kyaooooh!
The big-teeth wolves sensed the approach of humans and waited for Grid’s group to arrive. The timing was perfect and Sehee and Yerim were caught by complete surprise. Even some level 300 rankers would panic!
“Ah…!”
Sehee hurriedly raised the +7 Wooden Staff. It was to protect her body from the wolves’ claws. Saintess’ Knight Yerim immediately used the skill ‘Sacrifice for Saintess’ in order to receive the damage instead of Sehee. But their actions were meaningless. Grid’s actions were much faster than theirs.
Seokeok!
Puok!
Peok!
Kyaooooh!
Pagma’s Swordsmanship Lv. 3. When deactivated, it increased Grid’s attack power by 32%, the chance of a critical attack by 22% and the damage of a critical attack by 15%. When activated, it allowed him to use active skills such as Kill, Link, and Transcend.
In other words, Grid’s swordsmanship was extremely powerful even with Pagma’s Swordsmanship deactivated. It was a disaster for the targets he judged were so weak that he didn’t need to use active skills. The wolf about to attack Sehee were struck by Grid’s sword and its health fell sharply. The wolves started to run away.
Grid didn’t miss any experience. He had the God Hands chase them and finish them off.
Bam bam bam!
The golden hammers smashed at the wolves’ head like a garlic mill. The sight was cruel and overwhelming. Sehee and Yerim felt admiration.
“Amazing!”
“A strong monster was defeated easily! So cool!”
Grid shrugged it off. “They’re pretty weak. They’re the familiars of the weakest vampires living in the city.”
The real fight was after entering the city.
“I will protect you. Don’t fall too far behind, stick together, and follow me.”
“…”
Sehee and Yerim’s expressions stiffened at the same time. They realized that they were already a burden to Grid. It was unacceptable. They came here to help him, not interfere!
“No, Oppa just needs to look in front.”
“We will take care of ourselves. Oppa just needs to hunt.”
They weren’t weak people who couldn’t understand the situation. Sehee had the passive skill Upright Heart that blocked the access of the demonkin and undead. In addition, Saintess’ Knight Yerim had strong attacks that would hold off the enemies as much as possible. At the very least, they could protect themselves.
In the first place.
“The vampires won’t be able to pay attention to us. Holy Weapon. Holy Impact. Holy Armor. Holy Explosion.”
[Divine damage has been added to party leader ‘Grid. This will last for 5 minutes.]
[Divine splash damage is applied every time party leader ‘Grid’ attacks. This will last for 3 minutes.]
[Additional defense against evil will be added to party leader ‘Grid.’ This will last for 5 minutes.]
[There will be an explosion of divine fire every time party leader ‘Grid’ attacks.] This will last for 2 minutes.]
‘Splash damage? Explode?’
It was different in many ways from Huroi’s buffs. The effect?
‘Well… I can’t expect much.’
Sehee was only level 180. She was an excellent healer due to the percentage heal, but as a buffer? He didn’t have any great expectations. In fact, the additional bonus damage shown in the status window was only 500. It meant he could do a fixed 500 damage to the undead and demonkin whenever he attacked. The effect of cumulative damage was undeniable, but it didn’t have a dramatic effect. It was honestly pathetic compared to the 3,800 divine damage of the +10 Mjolnir.
But he wasn’t disappointed. He was just grateful that his sister was thinking of him and working hard.
“Then I’m starting.”
Grid entered the city. He stood in front of a building that was like a cathedral. There were around 400 coffins in the building. It was fewer than the buildings in the 7th city, which had at least 500 coffins.
‘This is better.’
Too many vampires meant it was difficult to protect his sister.
“Pagma’s Swordsmanship.”
Grid acted without hesitation. In order to reduce as much vampires as possible while they were sleeping, he used Linked Kill Wave.
Kwa kwa kwa kwang!
The vampires sleeping in the coffins received a storm of damage. Many vampires died and the others that woke up flew at Grid. Grid brandished his sword as usual at the vampires. Then he was shocked.
[You have dealt 6,730 damage to a junior vampire.]
[The effect of Holy Impact deals an addition 500 damage to all ‘evil’ targets within 5 meters of the target hit.]
“Eh…?”
Originally, splash damage had a narrow range. It was natural. A convenient wide area damage that could attack multiple enemies without a single loss of damage? It was a complete scam. The balance would collapse. Sehee’s Holy Impact was one that could collapse the balance. Currently, she only added 500 holy damage. But what if she raised the skill level and did damage in the thousands?
Imagine it…
‘Dealing wide area damage with every hit? It’s crazy. Really crazy.’
A vampire approached while Grid was in shock and scratched him.
Puok!
[You have suffered 3,300 damage.]
[The target that attacked is evil. Holy Explosion will return half of the damage received.]
Peeng!
“Kyaak!”
The vampire who attacked Grid suffered from a sudden explosion of light. On the other hand, Grid was fine.
[Saintess Ruby has restored your health.]
‘This is a scam.’
It was looking at it objectively, not because she was his sister. At this moment, Grid realized that he was mistaken when he thought he fully understood the value of Saintess Sehee. Yes, he was mistaken.
[Saintess Ruby has used Holy Weapon and Holy Impact on the God
Hand (1).]
[The God Hand (1) has attacked a junior vampire.]
[The effect of the Ultimate Enhanced Mjolnir has dealt 3,800 divine damage to the target.]
[The effect of Holy Weapon has dealt 500 divine damage to the target.]
[The effect of Holy Impact deals an addition 3,800 + 500 damage to all ‘evil’ targets within 5 meters of the target hit.]
“…Hiccup!”
The result of adding the power of a Saintess to the God Hands was amazing. The effect was remarkable enough to break the common sense of ‘common sense destroyer’ Grid. Grid was so surprised that he hiccuped.
Peng!
Pepepepeng!
Once Holy Weapon and Holy Impact was granted to the God Hands, they ran wild and started slaying the vampires. It was the moment when Grid’s hunting speed became at least six times faster.
Chapter 495
Chapter 495
“Wow… There is unconditional wide area divine damage.”
Holy Weapon added 500 divine damage to every strike he made. The effect of Holy Impact was overwhelming. Dealing 100% of the divine damage to all evil targets in a 5 meter radius. This result transcended common sense. Every time Mjolnir smashed a vampire, four to nine vampires around it suffered from divine damage at the same time. It meant he had the power to harm not one enemy in one blow, but multiple enemies.
However, it was a strength with many preconditions, such as the target needing to be evil and to possess divine power. It was truly perfect if these preconditions could be established. Currently, Grid established all the preconditions.
The vampire city and Mjolnir. Everything was perfect.
“Kyaak!”
“Kuaaaak!”
Kwang!
Kwa kwa kwang!
A white light exploded whenever Mjolnir was swung. The pained screams of the vampires echoed through the building. The vampires were confused.
“What is this…?”
“There’s no access!”
There were only three invaders and 400 vampires. If they could cover the invaders, they could get rid of them in an instant. However, it wasn’t possible to hit the invaders all at once. Whenever one vampire was beaten, many of their peers fell bleeding at the same time. It was hard because their formation continued to collapse. The true blood vampire ‘Tigol’ watched the situation from the back and paid attention to Sehee.
‘That human is the problem. Well, I can easily solve it.’
If it was difficult to approach, shoot with magic. The simple solution was to use a spell.
Pachichik!
A sphere of blood was summoned and shot towards Sehee.
Peeng!
It was at a tremendous speed. There was a bang from behind enemy lines and then the blood sphere appeared in front of Sehee. Sehee was upset but not afraid. She believed in her friend Yerim!
“Yap!”
Yerim had been standing guard next to Sehee. She threw herself in front of Sehee. The blood sphere hit a brilliant silver shield. It was the shield that Grid produced in the past. It was an improved version of the Divine Shield and boasted high magical resistance. But the level of the true blood vampires in the 8th city was 350…
Yerim was only level 180 and couldn’t fully absorb the attack.
[The attack has exceeded the damage absorption ability of the Small Divine Shield!]
[Only 5,800 damage has been absorbed!]
[The durability of the Little Divine Shield has dropped to 190!]
[Lofty Will has been activated. You have avoided death.]
[You have suffered 13,050 damage.]
[You have received a lot of damage with one blow and have fallen into the ‘stunned’ state.]
“Ugh.”
A high level hunting ground was too hard. Yerim had less than one-tenth of her health left and was frustrated and worried about Sehee. Youngwoo was currently surrounded by hundreds of vampires. He couldn’t afford to help.
‘I… I must…’
“Ignorant human girl! Receive my magic!”
The vampire Tigol was furious at the failed assassination attempt. This time, she created two blood spheres and fired them at Sehee again.
‘No…!’
A Saintess wasn’t invincible. She was strongest in buffs and heals, but her defense was weak. It was the Saintess’ Knight that covered this deficit. However, Yerim was stunned and couldn’t fulfill her role. Sehee had buffed Grid and the God Hands and was in a state where her mana was temporarily depleted. It was difficult to use Discipline, which restored the status conditions of party members and Hope, which restored the health of the target. Both Yerim and Sehee were in a crisis, indicating that their combat experience was still lacking.
“Why did you use so much mana? You should always leave some behind to handle emergencies.”
Sehee and Yerim closed their eyes tightly when they saw the flying blood spheres. Then Grid’s voice was heard in their ears.
“Oppa!”
Sehee and Yerim opened their eyes at once.
Pepepepeng!
They saw Grid being hit by the blood spheres in order to defend them.
“No!”
In the end, Grid suffered. They didn’t like this situation. The women felt guilt and helplessness as Grid was hit by a powerful explosion and shed blood. Then Grid’s large hands stroked their small and soft heads.
“Don’t worry. This much isn’t anything to be afraid of.”
Grid was wearing the Holy Light set that minimized magic damage. Despite being hit by two blood spheres from the true blood vampire Tigol, he only lost 15,000 health. Grid took a potion to restore his health and precisely aimed his sword at Tigol floating on the ceiling. Then he used Transcended Link.
Kwa kwa kwa kwang!
10 black energy swords that dealt 150% of Grid’s attack power went flying.
“You…!”
Tigol was sweating nervously, but she didn’t lose her smile. She might not be a direct descendant, but she had the blood of a noble lineage. She believed that she couldn’t be defeated by humans. She summoned a shield of blood and confronted Transcended Link head on.
Kwa kwa kwa kwang!
The collision shook the building. Noe and Randy, who had been blocking the advance of the vampires while Grid was absent, as well as the vampires all stumbled. Indeed, it was a huge shock. However, Tigol was safe. She had fully defended against Grid’s Transcended Link!
‘The degree of difficulty is higher than the 7th city?’
Grid was startled. He hadn’t expected a true blood vampire to compete with his fusion skill. But he wasn’t nervous. Grid found it interesting.
‘Will she give more experience?’
Tigol became furious at Grid’s smile.
“Human! Know your position!”
This time, Tigol produced three blood spheres. However, she failed to launch the spheres as they exploded.
An old man bent over. It was the aftermath of Iyarugt appearing and cutting at Tigol.
“Kuock! N-No…?”
Reaching here without her knowing? Tigol looked at Iyarugt with a distorted expression. But Iyarugt didn’t even look at her. To Iyarugt, Tigol was at the level of stepping on weeds.
“Damn bastard. Summoning me just to kill these things.”
Grid ignored the grumbling Iyarugt and gave commands to Noe, Randy, and the God Hands.
“Stay here and kill the remnants with Iyarugt.”
“Nyang!”
“Yes!”
Noe and Randy agreed and Grid left the building with Sehee and Yerim. They headed to the next building. His experience constantly rose every time Noe, Randy, and Iyarugt killed the vampires.
***
“W-What is going on?”
The experience buff for the Korean players ended yesterday. But Grid’s levelling myth didn’t end. His levelling speed was even faster, despite the experience buff disappearing. Level 314. Before they knew it, Grid was at the entrance of the top 40
rankings, causing the world to feel astonishment and doubt.
Where was Grid hunting, with whom, and how was he hunting that such speed was possible? There were people who wanted answers to these questions.
***
“This is Grid’s building.”
“Doesn’t it cost 10 billion won?”
“Having a building like this at a young age. I’m envious.”
“I feel respect rather than envy. This is a product of Grid’s efforts. I should’ve worked harder in my youth.”
The outskirts of Seoul. A black luxury sedan stopped in front of a seven-story building that looked modern and contemporary. There was nothing special in terms of structure, but the blue exterior was quite sophisticated and neat.
“Hrmm.”
People got down from the car and looked at the building. They were Director Lee Gookrae and PD Park Jongsoo from OGC Station.
“Are you certain Grid is inside?”
“Yes, it is certain. According to the testimony of the tenants, he hasn’t gone out in recent days.”
“Indeed… He’s too busy raising his level. Okay, let’s give it a try.”
Director Lee Gookrae and PD Park Jongsoo entered the building. They wanted to board the elevator to go to the penthouse where Grid resided, but it was impossible.
“What? The buttons end at the 5th floor? What about the 6th floor?”
“Maybe the owner has a separate elevator.”
Grid was a celebrity. It was normal to have a minimum of privacy.
“Kung… We should’ve gone to the guardhouse.”
“It would be much more difficult to speak to Grid if we have to go through the guardhouse. We tried calling for three days, but there was no answer.”
“Ah… Yes, let’s use the stairs on the 5th floor.”
The two men decided to press the button for the 5th floor. After a moment, the elevator stopped at the 5th floor.
Dding~
“…Um?”
The 5th floor had black marble floor and walls. The high ceiling with chandeliers was a splendid sight. It was like the entrance of a luxurious hotel.
“It’s quite well built…”
“It seems like solid contractors built this.”
“By the way, where are the stairs to the 6th floor?”
Exit signs couldn’t be seen in the hall. There were only six doors that were presumed to be for officetels.