He didn’t have enough mana and spiritual power. He couldn’t be in a worst situation! However, didn’t Ark have a skill that doesn’t require mana or spiritual power? It was the skill he learnt just a while ago in Ciel, Entrusted Volumes! The so-called lottery skill. Yes, didn’t the skill use health instead of mana and spiritual power? Of course, there was no guarantee about what effect would come out.
‘It couldn’t possible get worse. I have no choice but to rely on luck. If it lands on the Byong hammer or the Goblin punch then it can stop that guy’s movement for a short time and allow me to escape.’
“Okay, let’s try it once. Entrusted Volumes!”
Ark raised his fist to Bread and shouted. With a flash, the slot machines that he had seen outside of Ciel appeared. The icons slowly changed until with a tak, tak, tak, it stopped. Then a huge fanfare like sound effect was heard and the information window appeared.
-You have used the power of Entrusted Volumes.
* Results
【Properties】: 【Alignment 】: 【 Environment】:
The attack method selected is ‘Comic Magician.’
‘Comic Magician effect for 3 minutes? What is that?’
Entrusted Volumes had once again had an unexpected special effect. What type of effect will it have? He couldn’t grasp what Comic Magician would do and hesitated to attack.
“Ohu, I don’t know what it does but that is a skill. Are you planning to fight properly now?”
Although he initially flinched at the thought of Ark’s counterattack, Bread just stepped back and laughed. And he fixed his attitude and raised the bayonet again. The bayonet came at him right after Ark used Entrusted Volumes. Since it was an attack right after using a skill, there was no time to avoid it! He blocked using his sword like before, but this time Ark lowered his centre to decrease the power. After a short moment, Ark determined that he could attack and kneeled before lifting his sword at an angle.
Pyorong!
Yet why did a bouquet of flowers abruptly came from Ark’s sword? Both Ark’s and Bread’s eyes widened at the ridiculous situation. The spectators, actors and directors also stared at Ark with a foolish expression. After an absurdly long second passed, the audience burst out laughing.
“Hahaha, this is a hit! I never thought a bouquet would appear in this situation!”
“Is he proposing to the enemy?”
“A proposal of marriage in the face of death! This is really funny!”
“Hey, please take it. He’s really pitiful.”
The audience whistled and cheered with stupid expressions. After looking at the audience’s reaction, the director raised his thumb and shouted.
“Ohhhhh! Good, very good! Now it’s a comedic angle? I like it! You can get a job as an actor immediately!”
However, Ark and Bread just seemed confused about their reaction. Then Bread’s face turned red and he ground his teeth together.
“This, this bastard…..until when…..are you trying to mock me?”
“Ah, no this isn’t…..”
“Shut up!”
Bread frowned and ran up to him. Ark hurriedly swung his sword. This time a pigeon and rabbit appeared when he swung it. Yes, this was the effect of Comic Magician. The Comic Magician effect was literally a funny magician.
‘Oh my god, what kind of comic effect is this?’
In a desperate situation, he lost 500 health and trusted Entrusted Volumes for this effect? Despite his resentment for it, he had put his trust in Entrusted Volumes. However, he couldn’t possibly imagine the ridiculous Comic Magician effect.
“This bastard, mocking me again….. Ah, what a cute rabbit…… No. I need to kill that bastard….. Huck, a puppy! Aigoo! These guys are dangerous! Ugh, don’t cling! I’m so happy. No, this can’t be. This bastard, this devilish bastard, how did he know my weakness? Using such innocent animals in order to win…..what a coward!”
Once again, Bread was an animal lover. When the rabbit and puppy appeared like ghosts from Ark’s sword, Bread’s face instantly became absent-minded. Bread couldn’t attack since it might injure the animals and he couldn’t move either. But Ark couldn’t understand the circumstances and just remained confused.
‘Eh? What’s with that guy? Is there an unusual effect like ‘Hallucinations’ to Comic Magician?’
Just as Ark was thinking this. Among the audience, a female elf wearing white armour shouted angrily.
“You really are a stupid bastard. Fireball!”
She was Redian. She was with Bread when he went off to deal with the thieves. She realized she couldn’t stop Bread from beating the thieves up so she just continued eating her barbecue. Then she heard noisy laughter from the theatre carriage and witnessed the play(?) between Bread and Ark.
‘Dammit, I’m screwed! That female was also nearby!’
Ark saw her absurd flying magic a little too late. Then Bread appeared in front of Ark and blocked the fire magic with his bayonet. Redian shouted as soon as Bread struck the magic.
“What are you doing? Are you still thinking about a macho duel?”
“Why are you throwing around magic like that? It’ll hurt the animals!”
“You dare say such things in this situation?”
“It’s because this is the situation that I’m saying that!”
‘What the, what is this?’
Ark looked with bemused eyes as Bread and Redian started arguing. Ark couldn’t understand anything that happened after he used Comic Magician but they were too busy arguing that Ark wasn’t their priority.
‘I don’t know what’s going on but this is an opportunity!’
While the two were arguing like alley cats, Ark sneaked away to the back of the stage. Redian belatedly noticed Ark’s behaviour and shouted.
“You idiot, that bastard is escaping!”
“Eh? This bastard is thinking about escaping again?”
Bread raised his bayonet and rushed after Ark.
‘I have no choice but to believe in Comic Magician. I’ll leave it to the rabbit hallucination or something!’
Ark swung his sword and a message window appeared at the same time.
-The lasting effect of Entrusted Volumes is over!
‘Magician Finish? Eh?’
Pepepepeng!
Ark made a perplexed expression. Huge amounts of pollen suddenly emerged from the sword and exploded into smoke. Ark flinched and when he closed his eyes and opened it again, he was behind the stage. Yes, Magician Finish was an effect where the magician disappeared behind a smoke screen. It was an absurd technique but it benefited Ark at the moment.
‘Ohu, isn’t this a perfect hit?’
Ark managed to escape from Bread and he didn’t look back. At that time, Bread rotated his bayonet like a windmill and got rid of the smokescreen.
“What, what the? Where is that bastard?”
Bread realized that Ark had disappeared from the stage and looked around restlessly. Then Redian ran forward and exclaimed.
“This idiot, look away from the stage!”
“Eh? How did he get there? Did he use Warp or something?”
Bread jumped off the stage and ran after Ark who he could see escaping in the distance. But when he jumped off the stage, someone suddenly grabbed Bread’s shoulder.
“Sir, please don’t forget about the bill!”
“Eh?”
“You drank 3,000cc of beer and that woman ate 18 servings of barbecue so the total cost is 36 gold. That woman you were with told me that you were paying for the bill. It will be a problem if you try to eat and run away.”
The man was the owner of the tavern that Bread and Redian had eaten at. Bread looked around with an angry expression while Redian looked away and pretended ignorance. When the drama ended under such unexpected circumstances, the audience burst out laughing.
“Hahaha, this is the real deal! The last scene is paying off the accounts?”
“I don’t know why the contents changed but it is the best!”
“This is the best play the festival has staged!”
“Ohhh, this is the first time my plays have received so many cheers!”
The director wiped away impressed tears….. Anyway, Bread and Redian were caught by the tavern owner while Ark ran after Buksil.
‘Entrusted Volumes can be used in this style. That’s right, I still don’t know that much. It is still too early to give up on Entrusted Volumes. Of course, most are useless when the effect has gotten the wrong skills depending on the situation, although it might help. There is still more worthy research.’
Ark was starting to consider Entrusted Volumes again thanks to the unexpected situation. But it was more important to ensure Buksil escape than worry about unravelling the secrets of Entrusted Volumes right now. While Ark was caught by Bread, Buksil had already been running away for a few minutes. But no matter how much he looked around the area, he couldn’t see Buksil or the thieves.
“Buksil, where on earth are you? Surely you haven’t already been caught?”
“I don’t know. While being chased by the thieves, I ended up hiding somewhere…… Hik, t-there’s something strange. M-monsters….. Hiik!”
The eyeball winced and stuttered.
“Monsters? Why would monsters be in a village?”
“Master!”
Ark tilted his head with confusion. In the meantime, Racard had been flying around and shouted.
“I saw something while flying this way. Buksil went in there just now!”
“There?”
Ark looked at the building that Racard was pointing to. It was a building which gave an eerie impression with a huge sign in front of it.
【Horror Castle】
Welcome to the castle of terror! Escape the midsummer’s heat and experience the castle of terror! If you escape from the maze within the time limit then you will get a fixed item!
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