Light of Arad: The First to Walk - Chapter 106



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106

Jinseong frowned as he frantically dodged Ahang’s fierce attacks.

The silver lining was that the same thing happened to the person who was trying to attack.

“hmm?!”

“Huh-.”

Because of the golden light that flashed momentarily from Jinseong’s body.

Since they both knew that it was a level-up effect, they couldn’t help but share in the confusion and bewilderment.

“Level up… The fight is over?”

This does not apply to general game Dungeon & Fighter users.

But it’s different for those who are possessed.

It’s not uncommon to gain experience points or level up while a certain action is in progress, but it’s also common to gain experience points or level up when that action is over.

“……Ha, Vivi. It’s not like you can just throw it away.”

The result was real, and Ah-haeng realized the cause.

In fact, it was only then that Vivi approached from a distance and started shouting.

“Hey, stop it now!”

“Oh, so I’ve been partying with Vivi all this time.”

“Yes, Jinseong-nim was probably also judged to have ‘run away’. So! Since it’s over like this!”

Jinseong wanted to ask Vivi why she did that.

But I couldn’t ask until the end.

Vivi’s desperate attitude, shouting louder than usual, was ultimately the same as revealing why she was judged as a runaway in [Let’s Fight!].

“Ah-haeng, stop it now! What’s the use of people who have been possessed fighting each other?”

Genuine concern for oneself.

She must have chosen this method because she was worried that Jinseong herself would suffer a bad fate at the hands of Ah-haeng.

‘More than anything… … That’s right. It wouldn’t have been particularly advantageous for me to continue fighting. Among the skills that were being used as pre-coolers, I hadn’t used any really strong skills, including the first angle… … Anyway, I’ve already experienced what’s called ‘out of standard’.’

It’s not that I don’t feel regretful that I couldn’t deal with Ah-haeng any longer, but I guess I should say it’s a feeling of relief and gratitude based on realistic judgment.

It could be seen just from Ah-hang’s attitude.

“…I don’t know if I should call you smart or stupid. Now that the fight is over, the surrounding users will be able to hear our conversation. Don’t talk about possession or anything, Vivi.”

“Th, but-…… Right?! Yeah! That’s why I shouldn’t be talking! Now, back off. Even if you use potions and items, you won’t be able to defeat Jinseong-nim anyway, right? Don’t bother trying to grab me for no reason!”

Vivi screamed.

Ah-haeng also let out a hollow laugh, as if he found the choice of words at first glance embarrassing.

“Ha, I guess I looked funny to you. To hear such things from the likes of you… But Vivi, it’s not over yet. Even though I showed you how to use the ‘options’ on the items.”

It is no exaggeration to say that Ah-Hang was hit by several combos from Jin-Seong, and that he was not able to land a single proper attack.

If you still show this much confidence, it means you’re hiding something.

“Ahem, if you don’t use the options that are available, then what, are you just making up options that don’t exist?”

Jinseong blurted out another word.

Ah-hang took something out of his [Inventory] with a bitter smile on his face and placed it on his hand.

“You’re quick-witted.”

Swoooo …

It was something shaped like a black glove. The fact that it disappeared from Jinseong’s sight also meant that Ah-hang was wearing an ‘equipment item.’

Among the equipment pieces in the game Dungeon & Fighter, there are ‘bracelets’ but no ‘gloves’.

How can you wear such an item and brag so smugly?

“……What else is there besides the ridiculous option activations you’ve shown so far?”

Jinseong threw out another bait.

Ah-haeng laughed and bit down on that too.

“Hehehe… Only a few very special items or skills can do that. I don’t think we’ll ever have a connection anyway. You shouldn’t have done something like that in the first place.”

Ah-haeng’s face was filled with pride.

I wonder if he is happy to be able to brag like this to Jinseong.

‘Fishing needs to be a bit difficult to be enjoyable. Hmm, anyway… … Regardless of how to use the missing options, one thing is certain.’

Jinseong couldn’t ignore Ah-haeng, even though he was laughing at him inwardly.

At least one thing had to be acknowledged, that Ah-hang knew some level of information about Jin-seong himself.

He said, Jinseong himself said, ‘You shouldn’t do something like that.’

‘How did you know? A deal? Of course I offered a deal to Nemer. But it’s different.’

There is no way that the transcendent Nemer would engage in a deal with a mere occultist.

There was only one secret to Jinseong being able to propose a deal that wasn’t a deal to Nemer.

This must be seen as Nemer also acknowledging that he was in a situation where he had to be unfairly treated.

‘Despite that, it was only one. He threatened to get more later, but it’s questionable whether that will actually happen… ‘

There is no way Nemer would have told Ah-hang about the deal from the beginning, especially since it would be so beneficial to Ah-hang.

Even so, Ah-haeng shows that he knows something, and if we assume that it is not a lie, what are the remaining cases?

If we look back at the things he has said so far that have only pointed at Jinseong himself and not Vivi, it is clear that he was able to say these words because he had a rough idea about his own mission.

‘There’s no way I could have gotten this kind of information, this kind of specific information, from Nemer. After all, he probably didn’t even know that I was possessed.’

He was possessed later than Jinseong himself.

Jinseong was summoned without even knowing that he was possessed.

It is inconsistent to offer a deal to reveal Jinseong’s secrets or identity.

If so, then that means there was something else going on, and that it wasn’t just a simple ‘deal’ after all.

At least one hypothesis could be formulated.

‘Ahaeng might not be the spirit sent by Nemer… … Is that so?’

What if Jinseong was possessed by Arad in a completely different way than himself?

What if someone other than Nemer possessed Ah-haeng?

If Jinseong himself knows something that he doesn’t know, even though he doesn’t know anything about the ‘cautions’ that Nemer had heard from him earlier!

Jinseong said as he watched the approaching Ah-haeng.

“As for gloves, there are a few items that come to mind, but I don’t think wearing them at your current level will change anything dynamically.”

“Yes. Experience it and see if it changes dynamically or not… In a situation where you can’t even force quit, there’s no choice but to run away from the fight.”

Ah-haeng continued speaking with a bitter smile.

“Either you surrender and give me the information I want, or you end up half-dead by my hands. It’s one of the two.”

He gave an ultimatum.

At the same time, a magic circle was drawn containing Ah-haeng and Jin-seong.

* * *

“Mr. Jinseong! Don’t do that-”

“Ms. Vivi, I left the party so stay away from me.”

Unlike before, Vivi’s actions alone will no longer result in a runaway decision in [Let’s Fight!].

Vivi bit her lower lip and moved a little further away.

As soon as the sword was stuck between the two people, Jinseong threw it away first.

‘Shuah is always activated in the dash state. If only I could knock him down before that situation comes.’

Jinseong’s plan was to knock him down first before he could activate the equipment item’s options in a way he couldn’t understand.

If that happens, you can first put in the first combo, and then you can buy time to think about how to deal with Ah-hang and how to make the final attack.

─────────────!

It was the moment when the plan was about to be put into action.

It was Ah-hang’s body that moved faster than the flow of thought.

“uh?”

“Huh-.”

How can one explain that movement that instantly narrowed the distance between him and Jinseong?

I think that even if you add up all the moves he’s shown in [Let’s Fight!] up until just a little while ago, it wouldn’t be more surprising than this?

‘How did you get there so quickly?’

What was disconcerting was the face of Ah-hang who had come close to my nose.

Ah-hang, frowning? Why?

Are you surprised by your own movements?

‘Damn, anyway, for now-.’

In the end, that wasn’t what mattered right now.

Jinseong gritted his teeth.

But soon I had no choice but to scream.

────, ────, ────!

Because the Berserker’s attack, which was level 75 and surrounded by the highest grade equipment, struck Jinseong’s body.

“Kwaaaaah-!”

A throbbing pain unlike any pain I’ve ever felt before.

It was so painful that I was literally beaten by the possessed man, and I lost consciousness for a moment, but Jinseong was still watching me.

‘Completion- The combo’s completion is lacking. It’s better than before, but something… something still isn’t good enough. Even though it’s my own body, it feels like I’m being swung around by myself.’

A skill combo that is still immature.

That could be considered a blessing in disguise.

Jinseong, who had used the fear of falling to the ground and gained some time by activating the invincibility effect, succeeded in increasing the distance by using the movement skills of and .

Even though he saw Jinseong disappearing in the blink of an eye, Ah-haeng was not flustered.

“Phew, speak up, Jinseong! No matter how much of a stagnant, rotten thing you are, you will never become as good as the ‘Shin Geum’!”

With a display of confidence.

Berserker’s pride as he was surprised at how different he was from before.

That was the clue that made Jinseong’s eyes sparkle.

“Divine Sword… Divine Sword Yang-Eol. The gloves from before. Is that it?”

In the game Dungeon & Fighter, which NPC could be called the Divine Sword?

What items are related to it?

“……That crazy guy. He knows everything. Well, it’s no use even if he does.”

Ah-haeng grumbled as if he was tired of it, but Jin-seong’s thoughts did not stop.

Item, auxiliary equipment with a wearable level limit of 70.

Physical attack power +125, magical attack power +125.

+34 to Strength, Intelligence, Stamina, and Mental Power each.

‘It’s not much of an item considering it has the name of the new sword Yang-eol in it. It’s just auxiliary equipment without any special options.’

It is one of the [accessory equipment items] that can be obtained through ‘drawing’.

Could Ah-Hang’s movements change this much with just that level of attack power and stat increase?

[Drag and drop options that are not on the item.]

[Something that only very special items or skills can do.]

“……I get it.”

“Really? You feel like telling me-”

“No, that’s not it. Keuhehehe, I see… I see. So that’s what being out of standard feels like? Puhaha, that’s right! That makes sense!”

“-What the sudden…….”

Ah-haeng hesitated as he watched Jin-seong burst into laughter.

First of all, what is the sudden and unexpected action of Jinseong opening [Inventory]?

He had to take a half step back, thinking that he could make an unexpected attack like a throwing item.

So I was able to see it in more detail.

What Jinseong took out from [Inventory] while making a fuss was not a typical consumable item.

It’s pitch black.

A heavy texture and subtle gold engravings give the iron product a luxurious yet somewhat ominous feel.

“……what?”

“You must be level 61… Right? I should use it too. And I can probably use it too.”

“Speak so I can understand. Even if you act crazy now, I won’t back down until I hear information from you.”

“Hehe, I really like that pose. That’s exactly what I wanted to say right now.”

Jinseong laughed.

At that moment, all the items he had taken out of his [inventory] were shot and stuck to his body.

──, ──, ──, ──, ──… … .

Objects that had stuck to Jinseong’s body like magnets soon began to disappear as if they were absorbed.

“equipment?”

Ah-hang knew that he had been wearing the equipment item type and had replaced it with a new one.

If it was the equipment that Jinseong finally wore, then of course there was only one.

set.

Wear level restriction 71.

Due to the application, the equipment can be used from level 61.

This is armor.

“Ah, if you were wearing the item of ‘Shingeom Yang-eol’ and drew on its power… ”

But it’s not just a simple defensive device.

Jinseong quietly muttered. In a small voice that Ah-haeng couldn’t hear.

“Black Goo. I need your strength.”

───────────… … !!!!

All Ah-haeng could do was wait for the results.

“What- What is it? What the-.”

He blinked his eyes rapidly.

Because the true appearance that was seen momentarily looked different.

“-A beast? One wearing armor at that?”

However, the appearance of the beast-like, fast and agile armored creature had already returned to its original form.

Jinseong said.

“Go.”

The Dark Knight rushed towards Berserker in an instant.