Chapter 9: The bold saintess sways like a seductive flower snake

The knight from the Sing Sing side bit his lip.

The outcome of the first confrontation was decided.

After that, even if they won, they couldn’t even break even.

The little girl took control of the entire situation.

Her actions and gaze were filled with arrogance.

Her demeanor revealed a nature that looked down upon others.

“I’ll do it.”

The girl spoke next.

There was no room to back down.

• The momentum was in her favor.

It was like riding on the back of a tiger.

Ultimately, it was only right to fight until the girl was satisfied or until he could bring her down.

If there had been no spectators, he would have fled immediately.

However, all the conversations he had with the little girl were now public knowledge.

He absolutely could not back down.

He readied his weapons.

A large shield and a short sword resembling a one-handed sword.

The state of his equipment was no different from that of the paladin he had previously lost to.

“Brother… you can win, right?”

Jimin’s trembling gaze turned towards the knight.

The knight nodded in response to her gaze.

Love clouds judgment.

Not only his eyes but also a hazy fog enveloped his mind.

He could win.

He must win.

Hadn’t he always been eager to showcase his skills?

It was just that the circumstances had changed.

The knight’s gaze shifted to the paladin with a blank expression.

He had lost all his equipment.

The sorrow of that must have been overwhelming, yet there was no guild member to comfort him.

“Let’s begin.”

A flag fell from the sky.

The conditions for the duel were the same as before.

Yeon frowned.

The inside of his head was burning white.

The more he used his ability, the stronger that feeling became.

His vision became slightly blurred.

But it was precisely because of this ability that a situation similar to before had unfolded.

It was purely instinct.

He relied entirely on his senses.

He used [Charge] in the hope of soaring into the sky.

• It seemed possible.

Everything felt that way.

Even when he held the keyboard and mouse during PVP, he often felt this way.

It wasn’t just Yeon.

Any gamer possesses this instinct.

He could do it.

It seemed possible.

But the conviction was enormous.

It flowed through him like a warm embrace.

“Are you distracted?”

At that moment, a white sword strike flew in.

His body reacted to the attack aimed at his head.

Although it was a delayed reaction, it felt as though he had known about the attack beforehand, as he dodged it by a hair’s breadth.

His body, filled with talent, immediately took the next action.

With his body slightly lowered, he lunged forward, raising the sword in his hand.

Clang!

He deflected the opponent’s sword.

However, the opponent’s large shield remained.

The shield was a troublesome item.

But the situation was different from before.

[Holy Blessing]

Divine power began to flow through his sword, scattering brilliant light.

Combined with the unique moonlight effect of the Moonflower series, it created a truly bizarre sight.

It was a buff skill that enhanced damage.

However, it could not be used against a paladin.

The opposing paladin was no exception.

Paladins had their own passive skill.

It was the skill called [Unyielding Faith].

• Damage taken from holy attributes is reduced by 50%.

But the opponent was a knight.

Both ranks, 1 and 2, had chosen knight.

Even if a buff skill was used, the damage would not be reduced.

Golden sword strikes shot from Yeon’s hands.

The long sword was swung rapidly.

Yeon’s talent was genius-level.

It could be described as overwhelming.

He measured the distance to his opponent and didn’t give any ground.

The knight’s expression twisted.

It felt like he was fighting a ranked arena fighter he had faced previously.

There was no time to breathe as he was relentlessly pressured, just like that.

Ultimately, he had to approach first.

At this rate, his health would dwindle, and he would fall.

Rather than dying without doing anything, it was better to swing his sword once more.

Bang! Bang!

The knight’s sword struck the large shield.

The shockwave from that shield inflicted a debuff on Yeon.

The damage taken increased, while the damage dealt decreased.

But the golden sword strikes did not stop.

[Ironclad Stance]

[Steel Skin]

The knight’s buff skills were activated.

Brilliant effects enveloped his body, reducing the damage taken and dulling Yeon’s strikes.

He lowered the shield.

Damage taken had decreased, so it was now time to attack.

The knight’s sword swung, and his hunched body began to move forward.

Yeon started to be pushed back.

[Shield Train]
Once again, the knight’s skill was activated.

He lifted the large shield and slammed it onto the ground.

At that moment, Yeon instead burrowed forward.

The knight’s eyes began to shine.

It seemed the opponent was trying to use the same method as before.

He wasn’t a fool.

Immediately, he swiped the large shield aside, which would have served as a foothold for his opponent.

It was an action that fully opened his body, but he didn’t care.

After all, the opponent would fall into a [Stun].

However, Yeon didn’t stop.

Her objective wasn’t the shield’s foothold.

The skill [Charge] from the Highlander class had an unstoppable effect during its activation.

Without hesitation, she activated the skill.

Blue mana exploded from her body as she lunged forward.

The shockwave dealt damage.

Her health was decreasing, but she was not stunned.

To maximize the effect of the [Charge] skill, a suitable distance from the opponent was needed.

But now, she was far too close.

Bang!

Yeon’s shoulder collided with the knight’s abdomen.

In that too-close range, the knight felt fear from the little girl.

In her upward gaze, golden flashes flickered.

Crack!

From below to above, it was as if a golden pillar of light was rising.

The golden sword that shot up from the little girl’s body pierced through the knight’s head.

As a small crack began at his jaw and widened, the outcome of the duel was decided.

Second Victory.

The outcome of the duel was determined, and the system began to collect wager items.

Items were stripped from the knight’s body, and he too collapsed onto the ground.

Spectators were busy filming the scene.

It was chaotic.

The situation was turning unfavorable for the Sing Sing guild.

“This… this is…”

Jimin’s mouth twisted.

The two people she had trusted had fallen at the same time.

She was a girl who was unbelievably strong.

She was also a player.

No matter how dirty her eyes were, she couldn’t overlook that talent.

However, jealousy and rage, along with various emotions, clouded her vision.

“Oh, brother…”

As Jimin turned her head to the side, a wizard clad in a blue robe stepped forward as if waiting for that moment.

“Next is my turn.”

Unashamed, he spoke of his turn in the wheel battle.

The game was already in the realm of senses.

It was a game that overworked a certain area of the brain.

The feeling of exhaustion brought on by long play was something any gamer would know.

So, the little girl must have been tired too.

Her previously sharp strikes must have dulled.

Everyone thought that way.

It was already a winning situation.

The girl no longer had to engage in the duel.

She had defeated both of them alone.

It was a streak of consecutive victories.

Even those who enjoyed the arena wouldn’t play in such a manner.

However, the girl remained arrogantly unyielding.

Her expression did not change.

A flag fell from the sky.

Clang!

The flag came crashing down roughly and lodged into the ground.

The conditions for the duel were the same as before.

The girl’s gaze had already cooled down.

She was sensing her own talent.

The situation created by her overwhelming ability turned in her favor no matter what.

So she believed.

She told herself she could win this match too.

That instinct, that talent pushed Yeon onward.

The blue robe—there was no doubt it was a robe that increased frost damage.

The opponent was a wizard specializing in PVP builds.

Right after the duel began, a blue veil enveloped the wizard’s body.

It was the basic skill of wizards, [Mana Barrier].

After that, a small light flashed, and the wizard’s body moved away.

[Blink] was a skill that teleported over short distances.

Naturally, the wizard had to create distance to fight close-range characters.

Immediately, a blue arrow was shot.

[Ice Arrow]

A very troublesome skill that inflicts a debuff, slowing movement speed when hit.

Yeon recalled past memories and slid sideways.

In this world’s game, many things had changed.

One of them was that all skills had become non-targeting.

When facing a wizard with a mouse and keyboard, she would have surely been hit by a guaranteed crowd control effect.

But now it was different.

The trajectory of the attacks coming from above was clear.

Her body reacted to the rapidly approaching sights, dodging all the attacks.

Continuously, arrows wrapped in frost flew in.

It was a barrage of five shots.

They predicted Yeon’s movement and covered the entire area.

Her head was burning white.

Yeon immediately leaped into the air.

As she kicked off the ground, her body rotated, displaying a strange movement.

Her arms and legs bent.

The icy arrows flying toward her narrowly brushed past her body.

Everyone thought she would get hit.

But not a single blow was allowed.

Yeon’s speed did not decrease.

As soon as she landed on the ground, her body was enveloped in blue.

[Charge]

The unstoppable little girl shot forward quickly.

In an instant, the wizard’s gaze turned to a distant spot.

It was at that moment.

Yeon felt a strange sensation and plunged her sword into the ground.

Creak!

Light flashed from the wizard’s body.

Once again, [Blink] was activated.

The Charge skill couldn’t be stopped midway.

This meant that Yeon’s back was fully exposed to the wizard.

However, as the wizard raised his staff to cast a spell, he widened his eyes at the attack flying towards him.

Surely, he had moved in the opposite direction of the Charge.

But how?

Bang!

The little girl’s shoulder shattered the wizard’s blue barrier.

The wizard immediately fell into a [Stun].

In an unprotected state where he could do nothing.

The wizard quickly scanned the battlefield.

It was then that he understood.

The ground was deeply gouged.

Damaged objects would restore after a brief moment.

He had driven his sword into the ground, changing the direction of his attack.

If she were an ordinary user instead of Yeon, this would have been the wizard’s victory.

The wizard had a talent for turning battles in his favor.

But Yeon’s talent was simply superior.

A golden trajectory swept over the wizard’s body.

That was the end of it.

A crack starting from his shoulder split his body apart.

Defeat was familiar to him.

He had been cut down countless times in the arena.

But this feeling was different.

The helplessness of being unable to do anything.

He had no confidence in winning even if he fought again.

After the wizard fell, the duel system once again collected the wager items.

Yeon’s inventory swelled as if it were about to burst.

The golden sword waved in the air, scattering its light.

With the sword resting on her shoulder, Yeon opened her mouth as she had before.

“Next.”

But contrary to her words, there was no next.

The buffaloes that had been guarding Jimin’s side quietly vanished.

Jimin was left all alone.

She couldn’t believe the current situation.

“Are you alone?”

Only then did Jimin realize she had been left behind.

The light faded from her eyes as she looked around.

“Let me go?”

Was it an act of mercy?

Crushed by the pressure from the smaller girl, Jimin could only nod.

But then, a flag fell from the sky.

Clang!

“I don’t want to.”

The gazes upon her were overwhelming.

It would be fine to retreat here.

She could return to the guild members…

No, there were no guild members left to protect her.

Everyone had abandoned her and fled.

They had forsaken her.

The woman who was used to discarding others was not accustomed to being discarded.

Realizing that she had been abandoned, Jimin felt as if she was plummeting into an abyss.

“I think you’ll run away.”

“Look at your face…”

“If it were me, I would have been too embarrassed to show my face.”

The gazes bearing down on her became a pressure.

She had no choice but to accept it.

In the end, unable to withstand the pressure, Jimin accepted the duel.

To return to the guild, she had to face the outcome instead of fleeing shamefully.

The conditions for the duel were the same as before.

In the next moment, a sword swung down, severing a priest’s head.