I Never Run Out of Mana - Chapter 68

Chapter 68

68 . Final Battle with Joker (2)

“The kitten has now become the tiger…”

It already has become a habit to cover myself with Mana Shield .

On top of that, Reflect Shield, Frozen Shield, and Spirit Armor encompassed me as well .

There was a gap between my shields due to the cooldown being longer than their duration .

To cover this gap, I was saving Iron Skin and Holy Block .

And if I did receive his attack, Louver’s set should absorb the mana to form a shield .

The gray armor that covered Joker began to emit a glow .

Almost as if his form was boiling, smoke began to rise from him .

The effect must be from an attack buff skill of the executioner class .

Stomping towards me, he spoke .

“I’m relieved that I can take you down now instead of later…”

“You think it’s possible by yourself? You should’ve at least brought one person who could take your corpse . ”

“I wonder how long your confidence will last . ”

-SLICE!

The shock wave seemed to cut apart the very ground, making my ears ring .

For a second, I could not follow his movements .

In a blink of an eye, his attack struck me .

He was behind me .

However, since my shield seemed fine, I figured it wasn’t an attack that was beyond ranking .

My Mana Shield was quaking like ripples of a pond after a stone was tossed in .

On top of that, with that single attack, Louver’s Bracelet was fully charged .

It was an attack that had its damage reduced by the defensive equipment I wore, which included 40% physical damage reduction and 60% magic damage reduction .

‘Even with the reduction, for the damage to be this much…”

It just showed how much power was behind that attack .

The bracelet glowed blue, almost as if asking me to hurry up and cast an empowered skill .

However, it would be useless as of now against him .

The defensive skill blocked a certain number of attacks, so it wasn’t damage I needed .

“Mana Shield… . ”

“Oraaaa!”

-BOOM! BOOM!

I spammed Explosion and Holy Shock at him .

I didn’t know how many attacks Dodge Aura could block, but it would eventually wear out .

And my Mana is endless .

However, he was easily avoiding my single cast attacks as if mocking me .

Power and speed .

Having both, it was as if I was looking at a wild beast .

Out of the two Banwol Jincheons that spewed out constant fire, one stopped .

And in a brief moment…

-whoosh

A frozen field enough to cover the entire battlefield formed .

I had cast ‘Glacial Field’ .

It doesn’t do a lot of damage, but since it is a wide range magic attack, it should constantly hit him .

To top that off, I used Gravity Laser as well .

Before, when I used it on Jin, the attack was stopped because I could not find his location .

This time however, I used this skill after casting Eye of Insight, so it would hit him even if he went into stealth .

After allowing me to attack him constantly, he suddenly started to move again .

Joker slammed his sword into the ground .

It was as if he was laughing at the attacks coming towards him .

Despite the floor being made of nano material, his swords easily went through .

I guess it’s only possible because he did put all his stats into strength .

After that, Joker pulled his swords out of the ground and put them back into each of their scabbards at his waist .

I didn’t know what skill would be coming out .

It was then .

A dark hole formed behind him .

It looked like a black hole, but didn’t appear to be sucking in anything .

After forming, swords same as the ones he held came out of the hole, floating into formation .

It was an effect just like using Piercing Sword .

Immediately, he raised his hand towards me .

“Take this!”

Receiving his command, the swords poured towards me at a frightening speed .

In an instant, my head began to run at full speed .

It definitely wasn’t a warrior skill .

And it wasn’t amongst the executioner class skills that Jong Ho showed me . I haven’t seen any skills with that kind of effect .

It was highly likely that the skill was beyond ranking .

‘If that’s the case…!’

-CRACK!

Instead of trying to avoid the attack, I cast Iceberg in front of me .

A massive iceberg appeared through the ground below .

The transparent iceberg had become tinted with purple after reaching level 200, and sparkled as if it was chiseled obsidian, blocking the path in front of me .

This skill was definitely for attacking .

The skill explanation even said that it was an A+ ranking attack skill .

But right now, Iceberg was being used to block his attack as a defensive measure .

I understood that a skill’s use wasn’t limited by its rank or type, but the user’s sense of when and where is the right time to use it .

Joker’s attack that flew in began to embed itself into the iceberg .

Its destructive force caused the block of ice that was tough as steel to crumble .

My guess wasn’t wrong .

It was definitely an attack skill beyond ranking .

I stopped my attack to cast an additional Iceberg .

Seeing that his attack became useless due to being blocked, Joker couldn’t contain his rage .

“You little… Where’d you learn such tricks!”

“I think my shield is saying hi to you . What about you?”

“What! AHHH!”

Unsheathing his twin swords, Joker charged again .

Each time his feet struck the ground, I could feel the earth shake .

He allowed me to continue attacking him as he charged towards me .

He charged until he was close to me .

Canceling the shields that ran out of their duration time, I cast Iron Skin and Holy Block .

My grip on the Banwol Jincheons tightened .

He would probably continue sticking onto me at melee range with a close-quarters combat attack .

If that’s the case, I should meet him with my own .

“Come at me!”

‘Piercing Sword’

-CLANG!

Without a doubt, Joker was very powerful .

He was blocking or evading most of the countless swords pouring out .

However, it was near impossible to defend against all of them perfectly .

Like the skill beyond ranking that Joker used, thousands of swords followed my orders and flew at him .

It was enough to wonder if there was a skill better suited to getting rid of his shield .

I was casting Piercing Swords with both hands .

Thanks to Dual Casting, I was able to cast skills with a third hand .

If I gave up on Mana Shield, I should be able to end his life even faster .

However, I was not going to make the same mistake I did before .

I was already pouring a cheat-like attack towards him anyways .

“Let’s see how long you can dodge!”

“You!”

It was then .

‘It pierced!’

The cut from the Banwol Jincheon was left clearly on his shoulder .

Not missing this chance, I stopped casting Piercing Sword from one hand .

Then I cast S ranking attack skill Formless Sword Aura .

Through Formless Sword Aura, I naturally obtained the art of the sword, allowing me to strike down his neck with perfect precision .

Despite the count decreasing by half, it was taking everything Joker had to block Piercing Sword .

“Ku-uck!”

I could feel it through the sword .

It was an attack with enough force easily slices through his hide .

Surprisingly, Joker pulled his body back quickly, preventing the sword from cutting in deep .

However, the important thing wasn’t that I was unable to take him out in one hit .

It was that his Dodge Aura had run out of dodges .

He shouldn’t be able to avoid the next attack .

After a successful attack from Formless Sword Aura, the attacks that follow after cannot be defended against .

No matter how good his senses were, I thought that it would be difficult to avoid the sword aura attacks that he didn’t know where it was coming from .

“Ku-uh… . ”

“I’ll finish you . Joker . ”

It was then .

He moved his hands like before, entering stealth .

“I think the one pulling dirty tricks is you, not me . ”

“Kuha . Do you think it would be over like this . You weakling . ”

“I’ll show you that what you’re doing now will only amount to buying time!”

-Clang!

‘Wha… What the!’

I had already found his position using Eye of Insight .

To close the distance once more, I rushed him .

However, as I was running, I ran into solid darkness as if a wall was blocking the way and couldn’t continue forward .

I definitely had status effect immunity due to the Titan Boots I was wearing .

It wasn’t a type of bind or illusion, but probably a very strong defensive skill .

I was blocked in from all sides by walls roughly 10 meters wide .

No matter how much I swung my sword, the walls did not break .

-Clang! Clang!

“Kuhaha!”

My surprise for his sudden unexpected attack was short lived, because something bigger happened after .

From the 4 walls that surrounded me, 3 black holes Joker cast before appeared .

The size was also different from last time .

It was big enough to cover up each wall .

“This is crazy!”

I could only cast two Icebergs .

If I gave up on Mana Shield, I’d be vulnerable to his attacks .

Blocking it with Piercing Sword?

No . It wouldn’t be enough to try to block a skill beyond ranking with Joker’s power on top with just brute force .

As if suffocating me, countless Joker’s twin blades formed .

It was obvious that no matter what shields I used, it would be difficult to even stay alive .

The sound of friction between metal . And the fear from the surrounding view .

It was brief, but the pressure was immense .

“Whew… If I meet an executioner class ahead in the future, I’d be shaking . ”

“Is that really your last words? The word ‘ahead’ doesn’t seem to fit you . ”

“Pfft . ”

-CRACK!

Casting Iceberg to each my sides, I cast Devil Avatar for the remaining side .

Giant creatures befitting of a level 200 skill spawned .

Being in a small room with 3 giant monsters, I felt more suffocated to be honest .

“KUWAAA!”

“Grr… . ”

‘Loud voice and look at that size . Perfect for a meatshield . Joker’s skill lasts for roughly 1 minute . Just hold out until then . ’

“Defend . Block the attack with your whole body, with your lives!”

“KUWUHHH!”

Understanding my command, the avatars blocked the black hole with their bodies .

On top of that, the Iceberg I cast on both sides made his attacks useless .

All around me were covered with the blood from the avatars .

It was true that they had great defensive capabilities, but it looked useless in front of Joker’s attack .

Shattered bits from both icebergs joined the fray as well .

“Just have to block for a bit longer!”

“KUWAACK . ”

The three avatars lost their lives with pierced bodies at the same time the black hole ceased .

I felt sorry for them as they were butchered pathetically, but in a situation where my life was in danger, that kind of compassion was useless .

“You did well . ”

As soon as I said those words, the darkness the trapped me cleared .

Joker had approached me already .

The end of his sword was bent .

Using that as if it was a hook, he latched onto me .

It wasn’t a skill, but instead brute force he used to bind me .

Since I had my shield, I didn’t receive any damage, but it was an insane amount of power .

At the same time, my Formless Sword Aura began to cut him apart .

“Ku . . KU-URK!”

Joker was letting a terrifying scream out while leaning in next to my ear .

However, it didn’t seem like he had any thoughts of letting go .

Suddenly feeling worried, I cast all of my shields .

And with all my strength, I pierced his heart with my sword and pushed him away with my left arm .

Then .

-BOOM!

“KUWAAK!”