595. Looking beyond
Philtia Blue Breeze.
Of all the characters I’ve seen in this world, this is without a doubt the strongest.
Of course, the reason why it’s only called a rank and not the top is because there are ridiculous monsters like the Ice Queen, the Fairy Queen, and so on, living in this Zephrine.
From the beginning.
Those who played a leading role in the battlefield 300 years ago not only have different weight classes, but also different combat experience.
before.
It was said that Ayla with 19 magic power could never surpass Regina with 21 magic power, and Regina with 21 magic power could never surpass Eve with 22 magic power, no matter what.
However, Elpirane with 21 magic power can easily crush Eve with 22 magic power.
The combat experience and magical power management methods are different.
And Piltia is the guy who watched the battlefield over his shoulder during his childhood.
Even if you have no combat experience, your natural talent and the eyes and memory that have observed the battle will lead you to the optimal battle.
Of course, it’s still lacking in optimization.
“Sister Filtia! Fight a little more properly!”
“I’m doing my best…!”
That’s why I might be giving a bit more harsh advice.
Because he’s a guy who can do it.
Because he’s a guy who can become stronger.
【I have reached the 45th floor.】
【Congratulations. Would you like to proceed to the next floor?】
I pressed the cancel button and walked over to Filtia, who was standing blankly in the center of the battlefield.
“Sister.”
“Oh, yeah.”
“It was a good fight, but it was just an okay fight.”
“Uh, yeah···. Oh, I see. What was the problem?”
“You lack the determination. You only think of battle as a combination.”
“huh?”
“The battle is not a combination. It is a one-sided trampling. My sister, despite her power, is not responding as the strong one, but as the weak one.”
“Uh, uhm···?”
It seems that Piltia does not quite understand his own advantages.
I guess I should show you this.
Can I do it ‘with my current ability’?
Hmm. I don’t know.
Well, I guess you’ll find out once you try it.
“Step back. I will show you my fighting style.”
Summoned the Twin Head Great Ogre, the boss of the 45th floor, again and pushed back Filtia.
In my right hand, a black dagger. In my left hand, um… I couldn’t help it, I held an iron longsword.
【Weight limit】
【Movement speed is reduced.】
【Response ability is reduced.】
Well, a penalty of this level is acceptable.
Grrrrrr!
Four eyes look this way. There is no hostility or murderous intent.
Just as no human being shows hostility towards mere prey, this thing only sees me as prey.
It can’t be helped.
The guy is over 4 meters tall, and the club he holds in one hand is hard enough to break even mithril, which is called a thousand-year-old tree.
Now, the underground gatekeeper golem, which has become convenience store number 2, is no match for him in terms of strength.
Well, I’m not a part-timer.
The bastard leaps into the air, drooling. A booming sound rings in your ears. Your body is pushed back slightly.
Just a leap. But the giant’s leap leaves me, who is below, crushed by the wind pressure alone.
A guy flying high in the sky swings his club. That’s honestly a scam. Vertical attacks are easy to dodge because they only focus their power on one point, but even if you dodge, the ground will be dug in and the rocks will hit you.
It doesn’t really matter.
The moment I hit the floor.
The floor was dented and it took another moment to settle.
Kwaaaaaaaang!
At that moment, with the dagger held in his left hand, he cuts down all the debris that will come in with a direct hit.
And with the iron sword in his right hand, he crushed the bastard’s club.
Commonly known as ‘clutch cross’
In addition to parrying, this game also has a concept called clutch.
It is a type of holding technique where you completely subdue an opponent’s weapon with your own weapon, place a ‘hold’ on the opponent, and then have other party members attack from that state.
This skill, which requires a considerable amount of the three statuses of ‘strength’, ‘stamina’, and ‘talent’, seems close to entertainment at first glance.
First of all, most of the users of this game are dealers, so there is not much reason to play as a tank.
Secondly, as in most games, holding is a very weak skill and is mostly useless in boss fights.
But one day, an old man asked a question.
What happens if you simultaneously apply clutch while fully proficient at parrying cancel?
This was a valid question.
Parrying Cancel provides a period of ‘invincibility in all situations’.
In other words, isn’t that invincible time like both the opposing boss and yourself are ‘floating beings’ in some sort of systematic way?
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If that happens, won’t the clutch work on the boss?
A week later, the veteran who played games for twelve hours a day finally did it.
Less than 2 frames. Just catch 1 frame.
Invincibility time for parrying cancel.
The cross clutch that is activated there requires a status stat, but it becomes a clutch that works on bosses as well.
Users tried to call it Super Youngjin Clutch after the old man, but it seemed a bit too much, so the old man named it himself.
Honestly, it’s a pretty cool name.
-Honestly, Youngjinjwa’s naming sense is a bit like that lol
-It’s so funny, I bet he named it because he thought it was coolㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Please fix the typos firstㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Ah, I laughed a little more and edited itㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
– A man who traded his gaming skills and naming sense…
Most of the cafe members agreed, but there were some inconsiderate opinions, and those who laughed like that were all banned for 30 days. If you’re going to do it, wear the armband.
I don’t know why the newbies who came later called it the Cross Clutch, but they ended up calling it that anyway.
anyway.
Technical name: ‘Cross Clutch’
That’s one of the technical names that even made it into the ‘Official Guidebook’.
There are dozens of other secret techniques besides this one, but anyway.
Crunch. Crunch. My arm screams.
However, Cross Clutch is too much of a burden on status against Twin Head Great Ogre.
This is a technique that can’t be used now. My left arm is already asking to be killed.
However, this technique grants you one extra turn while completely holding the opponent’s attack.
In other words, if you are a dual-wielding warrior or a magician with some strength, you can ‘forcibly buy time to deal ‘hard damage’ by ‘ignoring the boss’s pattern.’
And I, riding on his club, ran my arm, got to the neck, and swung my left hand.
Cwaaaaaaah! Blood spurts out of the ogre’s neck, and it disappears in an instant.
【I have reached the 45th floor.】
【Congratulations. Would you like to proceed to the next floor?】
I closed the system message and looked at Filtia.
“Have you seen it?”
“Uh… yeah? I saw it… I saw it, but….”
So what do you want me to do? Do that? Who? Me? I shrugged my shoulders as I looked at Piltia, who was making a face like that.
“Sister, you ‘compete with’ a seemingly strong enemy. But the real fight between the strong is not about comradeship. It’s about one-sided violence. Why give your opponent a chance when you have the most obvious symbol of strength?”
“ah···.”
“Even I, who am so weak, can take care of that guy in one blow. What’s certain is that I will strike him with my finishing blow as soon as I see him.”
“What if that fails? On the battlefield, you always have to think about the next move, right?”
“You just have to not fail.”
“What is that···.”
“Anyway, let’s do better next time.”
“But isn’t there a limit to what a human body can do?”
“Isn’t the human form created through morphogenesis?”
“Uh, yeah.”
“Then, wouldn’t it be possible to return to being a dragon only at the moment of impact?”
Piltia nodded her head in agreement with what I said.
and
“Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”
He finished off the Twin Head Ogre in one go by changing his arms into dragon arms and slamming it down, then smiled brightly and hugged me.
“Little brother! Big sister did it! How is it? Isn’t it great?”
“Hmm. Great. Okay, let’s go to the next floor.”
He smiled at Piltia as if he was looking at a grown disciple.
Is this the fun of a teacher watching his student grow?
“No. More than that, little brother… I want to meet a stronger enemy.”
“I think I’m strong enough now, but···.”
“No. They’re not those kinds of enemies. My sister wants to face the demon-level enemies that my younger siblings defeated… guarding the gates of the Demon World.”
“······.”
“Has that ever happened here? Can I ask you something?”
I stared at Filtia.
“Are you serious?”
“I’m serious.”
I see.
Then there’s nothing we can do.
“Sister Filtia.”
“Yeah, little brother.”
“First, kneel down there and raise your hands.”
“Uh…huh?”
This guy is the real deal.
The gates of the demon world seem like a joke.
This place is different from the dreamlike training dungeons, where if you die you really die.
“hurry.”
“yes···.”
It is the teacher’s job to scold his disciples when they do something wrong.
***
Piltia, who was kneeling in front of me with her hands raised, closed her eyes. She must have noticed that I was quite angry.
“I want to hear the reason. Why do you want to fight a boss-level demon from the Demon World Gate?”
“That, that···.”
“By the way, I don’t like it when my younger siblings work hard and I only get help from them. If it’s for the same reason, I’ll be even angrier.”
“right···.”
Piltia turned her eyes slightly.
Was that really the reason?
“Really?”
“Besides that, there’s one more thing, right? Really? Really···is it?”
“Let me hear it.”
Piltia said, looking away and puffing out her cheeks slightly.
“I thought that if I leave Zephrin, you guys will become too strong and… what if you don’t see me as your sister?”
“······.”
what?
“Sister, you’ll easily defeat the demons that I couldn’t defeat on my own, and if you just go out, won’t you be treated like a liberated old man? Eat good food, see good things… Just travel around. Don’t worry about hearing the elders complaining….”
“······.”
to be honest
No, it was a bit painful.
In fact, it’s not entirely wrong, because we’re aiming for the liberation of Filtia, or more precisely, the transcendent species imprisoned here, and we were planning to let Filtia go out and play once she was liberated.
“You don’t like that?”
“I don’t like it.”
“Why?”
“······.”
Piltia just puffs out her cheeks and glares at me.
Let me tell you, Piltia has long blue hair, blue eyes, and pure white skin, and literally embodies the ‘perfect’ human body.
Although she is a proper woman with no flaws in appearance no matter where she is shown, I couldn’t help but laugh at the sight of her puffing out her cheeks and looking at me with a pout.
“If you don’t tell me, I won’t know.”
“You’re not old, Sister!”
“I see. And what else?”
“You are a dragon too, you are strong enough, and you can become even stronger!”
“Yeah. Yeah. And what else?”
“So I’m not so weak that I would listen to things like, ‘Just travel’ or ‘You’ve worked hard, so rest!’”
“Okay, I understand. So?”
“I wish you guys would officially join me in the adventures, challenges, and world-connecting work.”
I see.
Are you serious?
“Did it feel like I was being left out?”
“No. I didn’t feel that way.”
Yeah, I guess so.
“Then, did you hate being left alone and feeling like a pitiful being who should be pitied?”
Only then did Piltia nod slightly.
A small murmur of “Yeah” was also heard.
“Okay. Then from now on, let’s think of a way for you to become stronger, too. Oh. You can put your arms down. I’m sorry. I made a guess. I hope you forgive me.”
When I bowed my head to Piltia, Piltia lowered her arms and stopped me in surprise.
“Little brother. Aren’t you angry···?”
“There is no reason to be angry. Rather, I am happy.”
“Are you happy? Why?”
“Sister. Because we talked about liberating ourselves by conquering all the gates of the Demon Realm. At first, didn’t you oppose it for a long time, saying that it was impossible and that you didn’t want to send us to our death?”
“Ah… Now that I think about it, that’s true.”
but.
Now even Philtia believes in it.
That we can do it.
That’s why I’m anxious.
After doing it, you are only remembered as a pitiful being.
in other words.
“Liberation. And what comes next is unsettling. I am rather happy.”
How could one not be happy when seeing Piltia worrying and talking about the aftermath of liberation?
Three hundred years of loneliness. Despair. And how could I be angry at a guy who was trying to wash away some of the distrust in our party and think about what’s next?
“Then let’s see. You need to train to become stronger, too. My training is strong. Can you do it?”
“Uh, yeah. You can do whatever you want? You’re a dragon who has been through the battlefields of 300 years ago! You’re no match for any other enemy!”
Oh yeah.
Then I guess there’s no need to worry.
“Then where should we look? Should we start by taking down Elpirané?”
“Huh…? Aunt?”
Piltia flinched and looked this way.
Why. What.
You said you came from a battlefield 300 years ago?
Then shouldn’t people of the same level have a fight?
