I’m Alone on the 100th Floor Episode 19
6. With Eternal (3)
‘what?’
On the rooftop of the Paradise Hotel, which was undergoing renovations due to an incident early this morning… a green-clad archer climber was standing on the edge of a cliff.
‘Did you just react?’
The ‘eagle eye’, a blessing that only climbers who choose archery as a class can enjoy, was flashing.
Thanks to this trait, which allows her to see objects far away as if they were right in front of her, she is able to keep track of every single appearance or action of someone at a very long distance.
‘That can’t be… …
Moreover, her title is Shingung.
With his eagle eyes that were unrivaled by any other archer, he was able to secure a view even in places his target could not even dream of… … .
Even at the limit of the distance that could be confirmed with one’s own characteristics, I began to spy quite precariously, but the target seemed to have noticed my presence and was hiding behind a black hood that seemed to be an escort.
‘That can’t be true.’
Shin-gung Lee Su-jin kept his eagle eyes on him and reached out to his bow that was hanging behind his back.
“Oh, is that the famous Hope Bow? It really is a unique item! It’s so shiny!” Lee Soo-jin glanced at the rich man standing behind her, suppressing her irritation as she spoke.
“Be quiet, I need to concentrate.”
“Aha, I see.”
As the archer moved his right hand to the bowstring, an arrow like a harpoon, made entirely of steel from tip to feather, appeared on the bowstring where nothing had been attached.
Serin rolled her eyes as she came to her senses at Eugene’s words that someone was looking this way, but she didn’t feel any particular gaze.
“I can’t feel anything?”
“Of course you wouldn’t feel it.”
Eugene, who spoke in a whisper, hid behind Serin and explained why she didn’t notice.
“It’s quite far… away.”
Eugene glanced at the Paradise Hotel and whispered softly.
“Do your best.”
“Huh? Oh, that’s… …
Serin stuttered, not knowing what to do, but fortunately, Eugene wasn’t talking to her.
〈Hong, anyway, to this body, it’s all just a lump of blood.〉
The evil spirit that was spewing out from inside the black hooded cloak… or rather, from behind Serin’s back, snorted in laughter.
〈Human girl, warlock, my junior… What was your name?〉
The evil spirit’s voice was creepy, but strangely enough, it didn’t feel unpleasant.
“This is Han Seo-rin.”
As she answered softly, I felt the black gas attached to my back slowly swim away.
〈Okay. Girl, turn your gaze to the top of the tallest building you see on the right.〉
Serin turned her head at Eternal’s voice and looked towards the Paradise Hotel, which was quite far away.
‘Is it over there?’
“An arrow will fly from there. From what I can tell, it’s an arrow shot by someone stronger than the girl.” Han Seo-rin swallowed at Eternal’s warning.
〈Now, human girl. No, Han Seo-rin. Now you can do what humans do best.〉
‘What do humans do best?’
As Serin seemed to have a hard time figuring it out, Eternal, who was swimming inside the hood she was wearing, spoke about what humans do best.
≪……2”
〈Just imagine it. Imagine an arrow flying towards you, and imagine hitting it with your bare hands and deflecting it… and then just move.〉
That was ridiculous.
〈Easy?〉
It wasn’t easy at all.
“Just a minute… …
〈There is no word for a moment in our time. That is why we must cherish every moment.〉
〈Coming.〉
Han Seo-rin raised her right hand in confusion at Eternal’s words and imagined an arrow flying in her head.
???Flash!
Far away, on top of the hotel where Serin was staring, ant-like lights were confirmed.
‘membrane……
Before I could even think, ‘I have to stop it!’, my hand moved forcibly.
???Bam!
Kwajik!
The iron spear that had flown right in front of her nose was deflected to the ground by Serin’s swinging right hand.
‘ uh?’
Following the path of his swinging right arm, a black gas was moving.
‘Blocked?’
〈Hehehe, don’t be happy yet. They must be upset that their arrows were blocked. Three more arrows will fly.〉
“Yes? Three feet?”
〈Instead of just waving your arms, you could also pretend to jump up and down a bit. As the guy said, the undercover likes it flashy.〉
Serin, who was about to say something, felt her hair stand on end and jumped to the side.
Was it because of the Eternal attached to my back? My senses felt sharp.
…Swish! Swish! Swish! Three steel arrows struck the spot where Serin had just been standing.
〈Hmm! Rolling around isn’t all that fancy, but there’s nothing I can do about it.〉
Serin, who barely managed to avoid the arrows, discovered the civilians and climbers on the 10th floor watching this way.
‘When did people become like this?’
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Was it because of the untimely commotion?
There were a lot of people looking at him.
“What, what is that?”
“An arrow is suddenly flying?”
“Isn’t this a safe zone?”
“Did the climber shoot it?”
“That arrow… Where have I seen it before?”
There was a lot of noise and commotion all around.
‘What should I do?
Some people were scared that arrows might fly at them, others were curious about Serin’s appearance, and others were trying to figure out where the arrows came from… In addition to these, many other types of people were visible.
“You probably don’t have the luxury of caring about what other people think right now?” Eternal’s voice sent shivers down her spine, and Serin instinctively turned around and swung her left arm.
… Boom!
The black gas that moved along Serin’s arm split the arrow that had been flying at a completely different angle than before in two.
“Damn, what was that just now?”
“Who is that person? A ranker?”
“How did you hit it when you couldn’t see the arrow?!”
“Hey, I don’t know, but something… …
“…creepy.”
A black gas rising like steam from between the black hooded cloak… It was a terrifying sight to see for the first time.
〈I guess I did a good job. Hehe, even that bastard Seon Yu-jin will be satisfied.〉
Eternal, who had been praising Serin in response to the other climbers’ reactions, muttered in a voice that only she could hear.
〈By the way, has this foolish archer decided that he hasn’t been caught yet? Or has he decided that he’s safe at this distance?〉
Eternal, who had been assessing the opponent’s position from inside the hooded cloak, suggested the next course of action.
〈Girl, put your right hand forward.〉
Serin, who tried hard to ignore the others, raised her right arm as slowly as possible.
〈??? Counterattack.〉
“Hey, did you get it right?”
William, who was watching the shrine from behind, asked cautiously, but Lee Soo-jin was unable to answer.
One step.
Three feet.
One step at a time.
It was truly shocking that he fired a total of five arrows, but not a single one hit his opponent. ‘Is that really a climber?’
Lee Su-jin, who was glaring at her opponent with her eyes wide open, had no intention of even considering her goal of becoming a level 10 climber.
‘I’m seeing that hooded cloak for the first time, but… what skill is that azalea flowers blooming around it?’
Lee Soo-jin swallowed, confident that there would be no ordeals in the safe zone.
So who on earth is this climber who survived five arrows without a fight?
Even the highest level climber on the current tower couldn’t deflect his own arrows with his bare hands… I just couldn’t believe it.
“Hey! Did you get it right?”
As William, who was watching from behind, urged her to answer, Lee Soo-jin, who was looking ahead, suddenly turned her head and expressed her annoyance.
“Just shut up!”
“Huh.”
William, trembling with the murderous intent of the shrine, kept his mouth shut.
‘Where can I avoid this too… …
Lee Soo-jin, who judged that she was still at a safe distance, reached out for the bow once again.
Whack… … .
The arrow hanging on the drawn bowstring was her hidden card, different from the five arrows she had fired just a moment ago.
“her?”
Lee Su-jin, who was about to shoot her hidden card at her opponent, suddenly froze.
‘That thing?’ Because I spotted a green mess flying towards me in a large arc, like a cannonball.
‘Green lava?’
The sticky, jelly-like flying slurry was a green lava, a long-range attack spell that only warlocks could use.
‘That’s ridiculous! You shot at that distance?’
The green lava that had flown into the sky was flying towards the rooftop of the hotel where Lee Soo-jin was standing, with precision like an eagle targeting its prey.
‘It flew in so accurately? How on earth did it do it? How did it get the angle right?’
He had some idea that the other party had figured out his location, but he had never expected that they would fire magic from such a long distance, and at such a precise angle.
‘Even if I got lucky with the angle… If you use green lava, doesn’t that mean you’re a black magician? A black magician deflected my arrows with his bare hands?’ Lee Soo-jin, who had been blankly staring at the unbelievable series of events unfolding, belatedly came out of her thoughts.
Green lava was already right in front of us.
William, who had been watching the shrine from behind in silence, also discovered the green lava and let out a frightened ‘Eek?!’
‘You have to avoid it first!’
To avoid the green lava flying towards where she was standing, Lee Soo-jin rolled to the side.
??? Phew!
The heat of hellfire swept through the surroundings, along with the sound of sticky lava splashing onto the rooftop.
“Whoaaah?!”
William, who, unlike Lee Soo-jin, managed to escape the green lava’s influence by a hair’s breadth, screamed, “Pfft!”
“Hey! What the hell is this!”
Ignoring William’s surprise, Lee Soo-jin dodged the lava as if performing acrobatics and immediately pulled back the bowstring.
It was to use his hidden card that he had not been able to use a little while ago.
‘what?’
Lee Soo-jin, who was looking at where her target was, opened her eyes wide.
“Where did you go?!”
“Oh, what?”
As Lee Soo-jin muttered to herself, William, who was frightened, frowned.
‘It’s gone?’ As Soojin rolled her eyes and searched for the target’s location, she heard the sound of a candle going out.
“……?!”
“……?1”
At the sudden noise, Lee Soo-jin and William, who were standing on the rooftop, turned their heads in that direction.
[Undecided]
[Level: ???]
Where the sound came from, there stood a climber using a nameplate and a level plate.
A warlock appeared there, his teeth gnashing and his face ominous, his hood up.
‘How on earth?’
Lee Soo-jin, unable to hide her shock, looked at the feet of the black monster.
‘Sign magic circle?’
The teleportation available to warlocks was slightly different from that of climbers who had formally chosen the path of magic.
They could only teleport to places where they had stored separate marks, like the green magic circle that Lee Soo-jin was staring at intently.
‘No way, that lava from earlier?’
The green lava that flew in like a cannonball didn’t seem to be just there to attack us.
The black magician, who pretended to counterattack with lava and quickly closed the distance using a magic circle, stood in silence and confronted Lee Soo-jin.
‘Is this a dream?’
Lee Soo-jin muttered to herself.
‘It feels like I’m being held down by scissors…
The other person’s face was in shadow due to the large hood, so I couldn’t see it, but he was clearly looking this way.