“Eek? You’re that moron? Why are you here?”
Ark shouted as he looked at Bread with confusion. After exiting the lake and hearing Buksil’s relentless SOS calls, Ark had come running! But when he arrived, the thieves were crumpled up in a corner. And Bread was unexpectedly standing in front of Buksil and Baekgu protecting them? Ark moved his eyes and looked at Buksil.
‘Why is this idiot here?’
‘How should I know? Just pretend you don’t know me.’
Buksil instantly answered with his eyes. Their current position in the narrow alley was Ark, Bread then Buksil and Baekgu all lined up. In addition, Buksil and Baekgu had been so beaten up by the pursuing thieves that they barely had any health left. If Bread learned that Buksil was with Ark and hit them then the game was over. How should this situation be sorted? While Ark was busy thinking, Bread burst out laughing.
“This is good. You really did come to this place.”
“Ah, I’m actually a little busy? Can you wait and look for me again?”
“Uh, really? Well it can’t be helped.”
Bread scratched his head and turned his body before swinging his bayonet. Of course, he had no intention of falling for Ark’s tricks. Ark avoided the bayonet at the last minute and Bread shook his head.
“……Did you think I would fall for that? Only someone stupid would allow you to escape this time.”
“Damn, can’t you just pretend you didn’t see me? I’m really busy!”
“Ha, if you’re busy then just defeat me quickly. Of course, I won’t collapse so easily. I’ll conclude it this time! Beast Spirit Possession, power of the bear rise!”
Bread once again acted like a space sheriff and brandished his bayonet. Ark retreated and escaped being damaged by the bayonet before biting his lips.
‘Damn, I have to get away from this uncouth guy with Buksil before the next group of thieves come. Am I cursed or something?’
It was enough to make him want to run and curse. In fact, Bread was a level 400 user with a cheat like skill. But who was Ark? Wasn’t he a strong warrior who managed to knock down many users in PVP? Of course, he couldn’t be 100% certain when considering Bread’s capabilities. However, the situation was so tangled that it didn’t matter if he won or lost. But what kind of curse was this? He didn’t know why but the situation was always tangled after he met Bread.
On the ferry he had to shake the pot to make the immortality pill so he couldn’t fight properly. And this time his mission was to help Buksil escape. Fortunately, he didn’t understand why but Bread had taken care of the thieves attacking Buksil. But according to Isyuram’s information, the bandit group had 30 people so there were still 23 thieves left. If he left Buksil unattended while fighting Bread and he was found by the thieves then it would be a problem.
‘I have no choice. I have to look for a chance to escape from this guy!’
Ark glanced at Buksil and Baekgu and thought fiercely. It was impossible not to look at Buksil and Baekgu with uneasy eyes. He had no idea where the other thieves were. Even when looking through the eyeball, there were too many people so it wasn’t easy to find the thieves. So he wasn’t able to make a daring move.
“Jerk, where are you looking?”
Kwa kwa kwa kwang!
Bread aimed at a gap and brought down his bayonet. Ark had been looking away and couldn’t possible avoid it so he blocked with his sword. The absurd pressure pushed Ark back and his body rolled across the ground. He had barely got his balance back when the bayonet fell again. Ark rolled his body to avoid the bayonet again and bounced up like a spring before jumping on a platform. After maintaining a proper posture, Ark breathed roughly as he looked at Bread.
‘Huk huk huk, as expected he isn’t an easy opponent!’
“Hahaha, you definitely have skills. I absolutely won’t miss this time. It will be concluded!”
Bread said as he followed him onto the platform. It was at that time. Why could cheering suddenly been heard from around him? Ark’s face distorted as he looked at the strange situation around him. Ark had jumped to avoid the attack without confirming the place, and he belatedly realized that he had jumped onto one of the parade carts. In addition, the one he jumped on was a theatre carriage performing a play. When Ark and Bread had suddenly jumped onto the stage, the NPCs and spectators thought it was part of the production and applauding.
‘I have to get back. Well, in this case…..’
Ark was mortified as he looked around the festival. But there were some people making different expressions. Behind the stage curtain, two actors holding swords stared with stunned expressions. After a while, an old man appeared between the two actors and hit the back of Ark’s head with a frown.
“Who the hell are you? Do you know how long I’ve prepared for this stage? If you wanted to be the actors then you should’ve auditioned. Ah, it can’t be helped. I can’t let guys like you ruin my play. Fortunately the next scene is a fight…..you two on the stage, do something!”
Then Bread looked at Ark and laughed.
“Isn’t this good? Since this is a stage, don’t you have no choice but to see this through to the end? This is the request of that old man so shouldn’t we put on a show? Beast Spirit Possession, power of the cheetah rise!”
Bread chose the soul of a cheetah and ran up to Ark. The cheetah maximized agility and speed so the bayonet fell like lightning! Thanks to the power of the bear, each blow shook the stage and it seemed like it might even collapse. There was no room for mistakes as one hit would be a deadly attack! Ark carefully stepped back. However, the audience cheered and applauded every time.
“Oh, isn’t this directing awesome?”
“Doesn’t it really seem like they’re fighting?”
“It’s true. The production is so radical that the stage is cracking. I can’t even imagine it!”
When the audience exclaimed with admiration, the director interjected.
“Ohhh, good, very good! Isn’t this nicer than I thought? Okay, let’s go with it. But why are they so aggressive? It’s so exciting they might not survive. Hey, the small fellow! Don’t just escape like a squirrel and attack as well!”
‘Damn, I need to do something!’
Ark ground his teeth together and frowned. In fact, there were other reasons aside from Buksil as to why he couldn’t fight properly. While Buksil had been playing tag with the thieves, Ark had continuously used Dark Dance in order to get through the crowds. Although it didn’t consume as much mana as other skills, it still used 300 mana with each use. Even if he had 6000 mana, who wouldn’t run out after using it so much? Even Flash and Dark Blade which didn’t use a lot of mana wasn’t available in this situation. Still, it was imperative to rescue Buksil from the thieves so he blindly used Dark Dance and thought he could deal with being without mana. He wasn’t supposed to meet a monster like this.
‘Dammit, I shouldn’t have summoned my pets……’
Ark had thought about using the Ghost Knight Corps skill. When considering the level of the skill, they wouldn’t be able to deal any damage to Bread but 30 ghost knights could distract him for 5 seconds.
Distracting Bread for 5 seconds would be sufficient for Ark to escape. However, he had summoned his familiars twice so he only had 200 spiritual power left. The Ghost Knight Corps skill required 300 spiritual power.
‘Well, I can do normal attacks……’
But once again, Bread was a level 400 user who could use the spirit of the turtle to raise his defense. His normal attacks would do limited damage. Even if Ark managed to attack that uncouth guy ten times, being hit just once would reverse the situation instantly.
‘Why is it that I can never fight properly whenever I meet this guy?’
Although he could avoid the bayonet thanks to his hell training against the zombies, he couldn’t defeat Bread. Ark had no choice but to escape like a loach.
“Huk, t-those guys! Ark-nim, the thieves! Hik, they found me. The bandit group is pursuing me!”
The eyeball attacked to his back burst out screaming. Ark panicked and looked around at the scream. He could see Buksil and Baekgu running away. And there were pursued by 20 thieves with only a few metres difference.
“Catch him!”
The sound of the thieves shouting was audible from the stage.
‘Dammit! Now is not the time to be doing this…..’
“I told you not to look away from me!”
Then Bread shot forward like an arrow and swung his bayonet. Ark was looking at Buksil and couldn’t avoid getting hit in the side. Blood spurted and he instantly lost 1000 health. At the same time, he received an abnormal state and his movements were slowed.
‘A mistake!’
A warning bell rang in Ark’s head. Once a user’s level was above a certain point, their equipment really wasn’t a joke. There were various skills to increase stats and one strike would often cause an abnormal state. It wasn’t necessary to explain to people familiar with online games, attack was no good if it couldn’t penetrate the armour. Therefore PVP battles at low levels often took over 10 minutes, fights between high level users were settled as fast as lightning. In a fight against a high level PVP user, concentration was needed to avoid even one mistake. However, Ark couldn’t concentrate on the battle. Once he permitted a critical hit, he became even more impatient.
‘Dammit, as expected I can’t defeat this guy without mana. In this state it is impossible to win. I also can’t leave Buksil alone. But I have no chance without any skills available. What is an alternative method?’
Then something popped into Ark’s head.
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