At the same time, it felt like the world had stopped.
In fact, everything except me had stopped.
Even the messages from the gods had stopped, and the demons that were rushing towards me were frozen in midair.
But the voice in my head was still the same.
“Child, do you still have hope?”
A voice that conveys leisure and laughter.
The voice spoke to me as if mocking me.
“Poor child, look how shabby you have it.”
In the still world, my fortune-telling window came to mind.
There was only one sentence written there.
[Your zodiac sign is ‘Rat’.]
The weakest of the 12 animals, the rat.
Just as the four pillars of destiny are determined at birth, the twelve zodiac signs for humans are also determined.
It was one of those unchangeable destinies I had since I was born.
[You can acquire a new ability related to the ‘Twelve Zodiac Signs’.]
Several small, folding screen-like objects appeared before my eyes.
There were pictures drawn on the scrolls, and they were all of rats.
Rats being chased by something, eating trash, or lying dead.
“What can you do with the powers of a rat?”
As the voice said, the rat’s ability was the weakest among the twelve zodiac signs.
If you were born in the year of the tiger or dragon, you would have acquired more useful abilities.
There were times when I thought like that and cursed my fate.
Then the voice asked with a puzzled tone.
《Why are you laughing?》
I guess I was laughing without realizing it.
Of course, he had been waiting for this moment, so he couldn’t help but laugh.
I walked slowly into a world where everything had stopped.
In my previous life, I was unable to raise all my abilities to level 30, so I was unable to obtain the abilities of the twelve zodiac signs.
But I collected and collected and collected the information that people scattered like a rat.
Everyone knew which clan was connected to which ability.
“I’ve heard a lot that I’m like a rat, and anyway, I only know how to survive like a rat.”
Even if you give me the power of a dragon or a tiger, it won’t work for me.
A rat must live like a rat.
“Obviously, rats are the weakest animals… … .”
I reached out to one of the folding screens spread out before my eyes.
Light began to leak out from the chair I had chosen.
“There is nothing more frightening than a cornered rat.”
The scroll had a picture of a rat dying, bleeding.
But his eyes were burning with a murderous intent more intense than anything else.
[You have acquired the ability ‘Roar of the Palace’!]
The moment I picked up the folding chair, the world started moving again.
The demons that had been suspended in midair opened their mouths toward me.
I did not dodge the demons that rushed at me.
That’s what I wanted too.
-Ugh!
Blood gushed out in an instant as his side and shoulder were bitten.
The teeth embedded in my flesh were horribly painful.
【Hey, Kangrim is going to die!】
【Idiot, why don’t you avoid that?】
【Seriously, please hurry up and get enlightened!】
【Are you going to keep ignoring my messages?】
I was getting a series of messages asking for a divine presence, but what I needed was not a god.
I swallowed blood and activated my power.
[The ability ‘Roar of the Palace’ is activated!]
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[Ability] Roar of the Palace
[Rank] Inilpum (One of a Kind)
[Description] An ability that becomes stronger the more you are in danger. It can only be used when your health is below 10%.
While the ability is active, you become close to invincible, but when the ability ends, you suffer a severe penalty.
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-Whoa!
As I swung my sword, everything in front of me was split in half.
The demons that were biting me were torn in half in an instant.
While the demons were swept away like waves, only my shadow remained strong.
So much so that it seemed like I could never win.
But a cornered mouse bites a cat.
[The ability ‘Fighting Instinct’ is activated!]
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[The ability ‘Roar of the Palace’ is activated!]
When I activated both abilities at the same time, I felt a power that was incomparable to my normal power.
The shadow looked confused, but summoned the demons once again.
I moved forward, cutting down the demons blocking my way with my whole body.
Even though I felt my stamina slowly depleting, my body was becoming more energetic.
Like a flame that burns fiercely before going out.
“Child, you will die anyway. If you are going to die, then sleep peacefully in me.”
“I told you.”
I stepped over the corpses of the demons.
Once again, karma was piling up at my feet.
Still, I continued to cut, and cut, and move forward.
“Even if I die, I will send Shin Soo Ah out of here and die.”
Before I knew it, all the demons had fallen.
Yet the shadow did not cower or cower.
On the contrary, I felt like they were looking at me as if I was stupid.
“You still don’t know that it’s no use for a mere rat to struggle.”
As soon as those words were spoken, the atmosphere surrounding him changed in an instant.
This feeling of oxygen thinning.
At that moment, a guidance window appeared before my eyes.
[The target’s zodiac attribute has been changed to ‘Tiger’!]
[The ability ‘Mountain Hero’ is activated!]
[The effect increases with the ability ‘Mountain Hero’ and the matching of the twelve zodiac attributes!]
It seemed that among the dead there was a tiger zodiac sign.
It was so overwhelming that I couldn’t believe it was my shadow, stealing the twelve zodiac signs and making them my own.
[The ‘rat’ feels fear at the energy of the ‘tiger’!]
Before I knew it, my feet were frozen in place.
The shape of a tiger swaying behind the shadows.
As a rat, I couldn’t help but feel instinctive fear in the presence of wild beasts.
“Child, do you understand now? Rats are the weakest anyway… … .”
-Whoa!
I forced my body to move and cut the shadow wide.
The shadow didn’t seem to anticipate my movement and couldn’t avoid me.
A normal rat would not be able to move in front of a tiger.
But because of my ‘fighting instinct’, I was a crazy rat.
Although the attack was severe, Shadow’s wounds were quickly healed.
It was said in a voice full of anger.
“You still don’t know your place.”
《You still haven’t given up?》
“Then I have no choice but to chew it up and swallow it whole.”
In an instant, my vision darkened, and the endless darkness began to change shape again.
Shadows filled the room.
It was the shape of a beast, no, a divine being.
[The target’s zodiac attribute has been changed to ‘Dragon’!]
[The ability ‘Dragon Transformation’ is activated!]
[The effect increases with the ability ‘Dragon Transformation’ and the matching attributes of the twelve zodiac signs!]
The only divine beast among the twelve zodiac signs, the dragon.
As the shadow transformed into a dragon, karma and evil energy flowed out in all directions.
-Koooooo!
As the black dragon roared, the wind pressure passed through my body like a sword.
Blood gushed out.
Shadow also had a scar on the same area, but it was quickly repaired.
“Give up, child.”
《The role of the rat ends here.》
The gods were clamoring in agreement with those words.
【What, are you turning into a dragon now?】
【Besides, they also have recovery abilities, right?】
【Can you beat that?】
【Hey, just run away! Stop nagging me!】
Everyone predicted my defeat.
If a dragon and a rat fight, the winner is obvious.
But I looked at the dragon and smiled.
“I think it would have been better if you were a rat.”
I took out the sword I had been saving from the sink.
Those who try to kill a rat are not recorded, but those who try to kill a dragon are remembered by posterity.
The sword, sensing the dragon’s aura, opened its eyes wide.
[‘Jeon-eo-do’ has detected the dragon’s energy! Attack power increases significantly!]
Jeon-eo-do, a sword with a history of killing dragons.
It has a more powerful effect than any other weapon when killing a dragon.
I walked forward, swallowing the screams of my instincts.
[The target has become stronger than ‘Seo Kang-rim’!]
[The effect of the ability ‘Fighting Instinct’ is greatly increased!]
Blood flowed out wherever I walked.
The sense of impending death grew stronger.
[We have confirmed the dying state of ‘Seo Kang-rim’!]
[The effect of the ability ‘Roar of the Palace’ is greatly increased!]
The stronger the opponent, the more I was cornered, the more I burned.
Because it is for the weakest that the odds are highest.
-Kuaaaah!
The shadow rushed toward me as if making a last-ditch effort.
I gathered all my remaining energy and focused it on the fishing boat.
In an instant, my vision went blank, and then I felt something piercing through my hand.
-A, A, A… … .
My karma, my shadow screamed.
A dragon with a pierced neck was seen in the fishing boat.
I put my entire body weight on it and split the shadow in half.
-Kuung… … !
The giant dragon knelt before the rat.
The moment the shadow turned to ash and collapsed, I too collapsed to the floor.
[The ability ‘Roar of the Palace’ ends.]
As soon as the ‘Roar of the Palace’ ended, a pain that felt like my whole body was being torn apart came rushing in.
Also, my body didn’t move.
I couldn’t do anything anymore.
I couldn’t move a single finger and felt death approaching.
I heard the penalty was big, but I didn’t know it was this much.
I felt a little disappointed.
If I had known I would die after going through all this trouble, I would have just committed suicide.
Shin Soo-ah’s figure was caught in my blurry vision.
She came towards me as if crawling.
Because I couldn’t see clearly, I couldn’t tell what kind of expression Shin Soo-ah was making.
But either way, my shadow is gone.
Even if I die, Shin Soo Ah will be able to get out.
Since Liny and Yolong are here too, we’ll be able to get out safely.
I did everything I had to do.
It’s probably okay to rest now.
My vision became blurry and my surroundings darkened.
In the meantime, someone’s voice was heard.
【… … . … … ? … … … … .】
… … Are you a new person?
I couldn’t tell what they were saying, I could barely hear the tone of their voices.
I have heard the voices of many gods, but the voice I hear now is different.
Even though it was the first time I heard that voice, it strangely sounded familiar.
And at the same time, hatred and disgust welled up in me.
【… … … … … … … … .】
It wasn’t saying anything.
It was laughing.
As if he was having a lot of fun.
I lost consciousness amidst the laughter of God.
