Episode 165: The World’s Best Arm Wrestling Competition (2)
165. The World’s Best Arm Wrestling Competition (2)
After Kang Hyun’s splendid debut match, the match that followed continued with a similar pattern.
-Phew!
“Kuaaaah!”
-Bang!
“Kkiyaaaaah-!”
A sight that makes you doubt your eyes.
To be honest, it seemed more like a life-or-death wrestling match between drug dealers than an arm wrestling competition.
“That’s it!”
“Wow! I knew you’d win!”
But this is a black market in the wilderness.
Law and morality had no particular meaning here.
“Is it my turn?”
Kang Hyun, who was watching the game, felt his turn approaching.
“Fighting! Kang Hyun. Cheer up!”
“Mr. Kang Hyun. I believe you will win.”
“Win or lose.”
Kang Hyun stepped onto the field, leaving behind the enthusiastic cheering.
“I think it’s about time we met…”
This was Kang Hyun’s third match.
After watching for a while, I confirmed that Petrov, the Russian man who first picked a fight with Kang Hyun, did not get eliminated and made it to the finals.
“Oh! As expected! I knew you’d come.”
Kang Hyun smiled brightly as he watched Petrov coming up from the other side.
“…!”
In contrast, Petrov’s face hardened as he faced Kang Hyeon.
‘What should I do… Should I abstain?’
Unlike his confident start, he was quite intimidated.
‘A guy like that is participating? Isn’t that foul play!?’
To be honest, at first I felt a sense of triumph.
Because people around me were talking about it every day.
Kang Hyun. Kang Hyun. Kang Hyun. It was really boring.
How strong is it anyway?
He himself was a man of ability known in Russia.
In particular, he was a very strong ability user who could be counted on one hand.
-Anything is exaggerated when it comes to rumors. In reality, they’re all nothing special.
I thought the same thing when I met Kang Hyun today.
Rather, he viewed this meeting as an opportunity.
-I will defeat Kang Hyun and show my strength to the world.
That arrogant thought was shattered as soon as I saw Kang Hyun’s first match.
‘Is that a human…?’
It was a strength that could not possibly be considered a human being.
In particular, the person with the ability to transform into water that initially got attached to Kang Hyun. He was also a man who was friendly with Petrov.
‘I’m not the kind of person who would ever be treated in vain…’
Kang Hyun twisted the grip of someone with abilities on par with his own, treating him like a child.
‘Petrov! Come to your senses! Do you plan on collapsing before you even fight?’
Petrov’s eyes lit up as he slapped his cheek.
My pride would not allow me to get scared and run away before I could even try.
“Have you come to your senses?”
“Shut up! You’d better be prepared.”
An excited Petrov found himself struggling like a cornered rat.
“What the hell did I do? You don’t know how to just let me go. I should just cut your hand off.”
Petrov’s face turned pale at Kang Hyun’s words.
“Uh, I’m sorry…”
An apology that came out like a spinal reflex without me knowing it because I was so flustered.
“what?”
Kang Hyun frowned, thinking, “Did I hear that wrong?”
“It’s nothing! Come on!”
I thought Petrov had come to his senses, but he hadn’t.
Petrov, his pupils dilated, began to babble nonsense.
“He’s crazy.”
While the two were arguing like that, the referee came over.
“Please prepare.”
At the referee’s words, Kang Hyun and Petrov each started receiving buffs.
“Yoon Na-rae! Just give me one strength buff.”
For the first time, Kang Hyun decided to use not only his own buffs, but also other people’s buffs.
I didn’t want to do it because it would put too much strain on my body, but I thought I would give my opponent a good scolding since he was my opponent.
‘No. What are you doing? You’re getting buffed again? Don’t do that! Please!’
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Petrov, seeing this, grabbed the ball with both hands and screamed.
“Eww! This is great!”
Kang Hyun-i stretched his body, cheering like the old man at the water fountain.
I could see with my own eyes that the vicious muscles were bulging even more.
‘What should I do..?’
Kang Hyun’s physique, which was clearly visible to the naked eye, was not that large.
A slightly higher level than the average ability user.
To be honest, it’s true that I look quite lacking compared to the large, capable people gathered here.
But for some reason, Kang Hyun’s muscles seemed to be made of steel and concrete rather than bone and flesh.
‘The monster already got a buff! Should I get another buff too…?’
Petrov knew himself well.
‘No. If you do that, your arm will explode.’
I didn’t want to blow off an arm for no reason.
The top-tier healer waiting here will heal you, but he can’t completely restore your severed arm.
Moreover, there were cases where people died of shock even before treatment.
“Let’s get started!”
The referee approached at Kang Hyun’s urging.
“Please hold the position.”
Petrov slowly stretched out his arms.
“What are you doing? Catch me quickly.”
Petrov gently placed his hand on Kang Hyeon’s urging.
“Ha, ha… bang…”
“what?”
“Ha, hang… b…”
Speak quickly! Speak quickly and say surrender, you idiot!
Petrov screamed inwardly, but his mouth would not open as he wished.
“Let’s get started. Ready.”
In the meantime, hands were finally tied and preparations for the match were completed.
‘You idiot! No! No. Petrov. You can do it. You can win, right?’
Petrov was now suffering from schizophrenia, that is, from psychosis.
“start!”
The game has finally begun.
Petrov pulled his arms inward with all his might from the start.
“Uraaaaaaa!”
But Kang Hyun’s hand didn’t move at all.
“What are you doing?”
Petrov immediately grasped the situation.
“Hang..b..!”
I tried to say surrender, but Kang Hyun moved faster.
“Kkaaaaaaah!”
Petrov fainted as he felt the bones in his hands break into hundreds of pieces in real time.
“Kang Hyun wins!”
**
A ring that shines brilliantly.
Kang Hyun smiled happily as he watched the warrior’s last flame.
“Wow… This one looks different right from the start?”
“What is different?”
“It feels different. It feels different.”
“I haven’t even worn it yet. But how does it feel different?”
Kang Hyun’s face crumpled at Yoon Na Rae’s continued nagging.
“If I put this on and then hit you, wouldn’t I be able to tell exactly what’s different?”
“Tch.”
Yoon Na-rae clicked her tongue and turned her head.
“Do you like it?”
“Yes. That’s good.”
Kang Hyun smiled brightly at Choi Si-hyeon’s question.
“Hmm… If I wear this, I’ll have to throw away one of the things I’m wearing now… What should I do?”
Ability users can wear a total of 4 accessories.
The same was true for Kang Hyun, and the list was as follows:
· Camiel’s Ring: Increases Stamina by 8, Skill: Mad Dog.
· Mass-produced advanced magic ring: Increases magic power by 10.
· Fighter’s Ring: Increases Strength by 5 and Stamina by 5.
· Ring of Strong Mind: Immunity to mental magic of A grade or lower, and mental abnormalities.
Kang Hyun looked at the four accessories and thought for a long time.
“Okay. I’ve decided on you.”
After much deliberation, the choice was made: Camiel’s ring.
“This is right for now.”
Name: Camiel’s Ring
Grade: B
Durability: 96/100
Ability: Mad Dog, Increases Stamina stat by 8
*Mad Dog – Once a mad dog bites, it won’t let go until it dies.
It was a precious ring that gave Kang Hyun the nickname “Mad Dog.”
‘Was it the Jeongjin Guild? The female guild leader there gave it to me as a gift.
It’s already been over a year.
By the way, it was definitely not a gift.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
Kang Hyun thought that he would soon hold a guild fighting tournament and give this ring to the winner.
“Haha. Should I try it now?”
Kang Hyun, who had a new appetite, put on the ‘Warrior’s Last Flame’ that he had in his hand.
Name: Warrior’s Last Flame
Grade: B+
Durability: 100/100
Description: A great warrior burns brilliantly until the very end.
Ability: Warrior’s Death, Strength stat increased by 10
*Warrior’s Death – Strength increases by 5x for 5 seconds
“Wow! This feels completely different.”
Kang Hyun smiled broadly as his strength stat increased by 10 at once.
“Haa… but balance is a problem.”
By crossing the rings, Kang Hyun’s strength increased by 10 and his stamina decreased by 8.
If you continue to use the buffs that increase your strength in this state as before, your body will not be able to withstand it.
“I need to buy another ring.”
Kang Hyun additionally purchased a ring that increases stamina by 10.
And I took off the fighter’s ring that increased stamina and strength by 5 each and put on the newly purchased ring.
▫Name: Kang Hyun
▫Title: Tutorial graduate and 4 others
▫Level: 88
▫Detailed Ability:
·Strength 39 (+4)(+10)
· Agility 40 (+3)
· Stamina 41 (+3)(+10)
·Magic Power 41 (+3)(+10)
·Additional stats: –
▫Unique Ability: Resurrection
▫Abilities: Kang Hyun-sik’s Fighting (A), Magic Utilization (A), Magic Detection (A), Veil Swordsmanship (B), Heat Resistance (C), Poison Resistance (D), Cold Resistance (D), …
▫ Skills: Giant’s Power (A), Magic Burst (A), Lion’s Rage (A), Advanced Physical Regeneration (A), Magic Field (A), One-Handed Strike (A), Entria’s Mantle (A), Wayne’s Secret Technique (B), …
“very good!”
Finally, all stats are balanced.
Although I lack a bit of reflexes, I decided not to sweat the small stuff.
“You’re at level 88. I think it’s about time you level up.”
Kang Hyun muttered after looking at the level on the status window.
This is because quite some time has passed since Kang Hyun reached level 88.
There had been many battles in the meantime, so Kang Hyun expected that he would be able to level up soon.
“Level up?”
An Yu-seong reacted to Kang Hyun’s monologue.
“Oh. I think it’ll go up soon.”
“Brother. What level are you now?”
“Level 88. What about you?”
“Wow. That’s tall. I’m 80 now.”
“There really isn’t any difference.”
“How long did it take you to go from 80 to 88?”
“Did it take one or two or three months?”
“But you’re saying there’s no difference?”
An Yu-seong said with a frown.
“Oh, when you say it like that, it seems like there’s a bit of a difference.”
“I’ve been training hard lately and have been improving pretty quickly, but I didn’t know the difference would be this big.”
“Do you feel my greatness now?”
“Just wait. I’ll catch up soon.”
“You? Try to struggle with all your might. Hehe…”
Kang Hyun giggled as if he was possessed by a middle school student suffering from second-year syndrome.
“By the way, what are the levels of the other guys?”
“I am level 75.”
Shin Sung-ah answered.
“That’s good enough. Isn’t Team Leader Han Si-Hwan’s level 78?”
“you’re right.”
“Right now, outside of the executives in the guild, isn’t Team Leader Han Si-Hwan the highest ranking person?”
“yes.”
His level is not that different from that of Han Si-Hwan, who was once the vice-leader of the famous Guardians Guild.
At this point, we can say that Shin Sung-ah is growing quite steadily.
“How old are you?”
Kang Hyun said while looking at Yoon Na Rae.
“I’m 78.”
“Don’t joke around.”
“Ah! It’s true!”
Kang Hyun frowned at Yoon Na Rae’s words.
“You? Why? What did you do to be so high?”
“What do you do? Hunt hard. Even if you go out like this, it’s a precious ability that is treated well…”
“Oh, I don’t care about that. Just keep working hard to upload more in the future.”
Kang Hyun cut off Yoon Na Rae’s words by answering dryly.
“Chi… Just wait and see. Someday I’ll catch up to you and become the guild leader.”
“How are you going to follow the 78-year-old’s theme?”
“You have to try to know whether it’s long or short!”
“I know everything even without you asking. And you want to talk to me informally in a sneaky way!?”
“Ahhh! Don’t hit me!”
Choi Si-hyeon, who was listening to Kang Hyeon and his group’s conversation, let out a hollow laugh.
‘What kind of monsters are these…’
Right now, the organization has an executive level of only 69.
Of course, there are a few people higher up in the organization than her, but even they are no more than 80.
‘I heard that the guild leaders of the top 10 guilds have just reached 80…’
In most guilds, the highest level person is the guild leader.
Although the secretive Dangun Guild is unknown, information on the other 10 major guilds is fairly open.
The average level of the guild leaders of guilds ranked within the top 10 in the country, known within the organization, was less than 80.
Although it was a very high level, there was a difference of more than 8 levels compared to Kang Hyun.
‘You might think that level 8 isn’t that great… but that’s definitely not the case.’
After level 60, leveling up becomes extremely difficult.
Of course, the higher you go, the more severe it becomes.
‘In fact, Kang Hyun himself said that it took him quite some time to go from 80 to 88.’
It’s not just Kang Hyun.
Anyu Seong level 80.
Yoon Na-rae level 78.
Shinsungah level 75.
There is another level 78 ability user who was the vice-guild leader of a past 10th guild.
Each of them was at the level of a guild leader of a large guild.
‘I have to tell them never to touch Bedes…’
Although it was already an unwritten rule in the afterlife that Kang Hyun and Baedes were not to be messed with, Choi Si-hyeon promised to warn them again when she returned.
