‘Eh?’ Rain was flustered.
It was because this person was different from the Alley Leader he knew. A celestial streamer who had a tendency to go a bit overboard but always had kindness at the base—this was Rain’s image of Alley Leader. Yet the current Alley Leader was completely different. He was the opposite of that image. Alley Leader looked like he was living alone in the world.
“You aren’t coming? Then I’ll go,” he said with a voice filled with all the melancholy in the world.
The moment Rain heard Alley Leader’s voice, he drew his sword and prepared for the incoming attack. ‘It’s coming!’
Once Alley Leader finished talking, he began to move at a formidable speed. In the blink of an eye, Alley Leader crossed a distance of 20 meters and appeared in front of Rain.
‘Kuock!’ Rain groaned after receiving Alley Leader’s blow. If he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, he would’ve thought he had been beaten by a rock, not a sword. The problem was that the attack wasn’t a skill but a normal cut. Yet even preventing this attack was hard to do.
‘How is he so strong?’ It didn’t make sense to Rain. He had clearly passed his third class advancement, and his damage increased dramatically. His fight with Teika had proven this. In that match, Rain had been pushed when it came to pure control, but he overcame it with overwhelming damage and skills.
However, Alley Leader was more powerful than him. It was unknown as to what Alley Leader was thinking, but he stepped back for a moment. This gave Rain enough time to take a deep breath. Then Rain’s eyes fell on a golden-furred bear. ‘Eh? A teddy bear?’
Rain noticed the cause of the difference between him and Alley Leader. ‘Pet...? Buff!!!’
The reason was the buffs. It was well-known that Tang-E, Alley Leader’s pet, used buffs. The powerful effects of Tang-E’s buffs had been guaranteed by Jin Sijong, the master of New World. He had said Tang-E’s buffs were superior to the buffs of many ranker priests. Yet it was impossible for Rain to do anything even though he knew this fact.
Alley Leader was already buffed. Killing the pet didn’t mean the buffs that had already been received would disappear. Rather, it would be better for Rain to use his own buffs.
‘I’ll start with the buffs first.’
This was the biggest change since the third class advancement. It was the existence of powerful self-buffs.
[Furious Beast]
[A furious beast doesn’t cover its front or back.
It just runs toward its prey.
Rating: Unique
Skill Proficiency: F+
Effect: Strength and agility increased by 30%. Attack power and movement speed increased by 25%.
Duration: 10 minutes.
Skill Cooldown Time: 30 minutes]
Furious Beast was the only buff skill of Rain’s class, Wild Swordsman.
[Furious Beast has been used.]
[Your agility stat has increased.]
[Your attack power has increased.]
[Your movement speed has increased.]
‘Okay, it’s like this...’
Rain felt his stats rise. This stat increase was enough for him to try putting up a fight. This way, he wouldn’t be pushed one-sidedly by Alley Leader’s attacks. Despite that, it turned out that this thought was only temporary. Rain’s confidence plummeted to the ground the moment Alley Leader started earnestly using his skills.
The black energy from Alley Leader’s Dark Star eroded the floor. It was a display of Hyeonu’s skill, Area Proclamation. Simultaneously, a message window popped in front of Rain’s eyes.
[Player ‘Rain’ has entered a ‘slowed’ state.]
If it were just this, then Rain wouldn’t have lost confidence. Players with CC were rare, but there was at least one or two among the top rankers in the arena. Thus, it wasn’t special. However, Alley Leader had two CC skills.
[Player ‘Rain’ has entered a ‘slowed’ state.]
This time, a red energy poured from Alley Leader’s body, and the final destination of the energy was Rain’s body. Yet instead of lifting the debuffs, Rain moved his body relatively slowly. ‘It is slower than before I used the buff.’
Of course, Rain also had an item that had the effect of unlocking debuffs, but he didn’t use it hastily. He had to wait and use it when an opportunity came to him. He couldn’t waste his chance.
Rain’s sword collided with Alley Leader’s sword. Although Rain’s movement was slowed, his damage hadn’t been reduced. Naturally, he wasn’t pushed one-sidedly like in his previous clash with Alley Leader. He just couldn’t continue with his subsequent attacks. Due to Rain’s slow and passive movements, it was very difficult for him to block Alley Leader.
Rain gritted his teeth. It was disgusting. He wanted to know how there was such a fraudulent character. That said, he wouldn’t feel so unhappy if Alley Leader had a good or straightforward personality like Teika.
‘Hah...’ Rain sighed as the battle became increasingly one-sided.
***
‘Bah, I’ll get revenge for my bankbook,’ Hyeonu thought.
While Rain was momentarily distracted, Hyeonu summoned Tang-E to give him buffs. Following that, he pushed Rain one-sidedly. After seeing Rain use the buff, Hyeonu used Fighting Energy Emission and Area Proclamation to make Rain’s buff useless. It was a perfect display of dominance, but Hyeonu was a bit dissatisfied.
Then he soon figured out why he felt that way. His sense as a streamer caused a sharp pain in his heart.
‘Yes, it doesn’t feel good.’
Currently, the ranking battle was too ordinary. He was going to dominate his opponent and win as always. Even if he edited the video and placed it on his channel, the number of viewers wouldn’t be that high in comparison to other videos.
‘I am going to use everything overwhelmingly.’
Hyeonu instantly used the giant buffs and One Who Yearns.
[Giant’s Nature has been used.]
[Your strength stat has increased.]
[Giant’s Origin has been used.]
[The strength stat has increased.]
[One Who Yearns has been used.]
[All stats have increased.]
All his stats were increased by 30% due to One Who Yearns. On top of that, his strength stat increased to over 4,000 with Giant’s Nature and Giant’s Origin.
Hyeonu was a monster. The stat increases made him strong enough to fight boss monsters of the same level. Hyeonu’s strength was demonstrated in the latest clash with Rain. The noise it created was two or three times louder than the previous clash.
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