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Chapter 16
[Translator – Zain]
Chapter 16
“It’s been a while since I’ve seen someone use that.”
A one-time revival item, The Resurrection Cross.
Although it possessed the powerful effect of resurrection, it wasn’t allowed to be used in important matches such as national league games, promotion matches, or guild wars, due to its inability to be used.
“The penalties are quite significant.”
Furthermore, even if The Resurrection Cross was used and the user died again, their current rank would be fixed at the lowest regardless of their previous position. Penalties such as experience loss and GP depletion were also tripled.
Unless you’re confident about securing the 1st place, using it would only result in losses.
“Additionally, this item has a fatal flaw.”
Seeing streamer Golden Light’s death after using The Resurrection Cross made it evident that the ‘flaw’ was the reason for it.
“Judging by his surprised expressions, it seems that the flaw of The Resurrection Cross hadn’t been revealed by 2020.”
With that thought, Seong Jihan looked around. In the nearby vicinity, there were only summoned monsters or small groups in the colosseum. There was no sign of hostility from any player.
“Guys, Why are they staying so far away?”
He hadn’t realized that the players had fled to avoid conflict after they saw him fight Streamer Golden Light. Seong Jihan looked at the distant players with regret.
He needed to achieve 10 kills, and this situation made it difficult.
“I have to at least secure tenth kills while I’m at it.”
Tenth kill..
That was the value of a monster’s life in the colosseum.
After scanning his surroundings once, Seong Jihan ran towards the location with the largest group of monsters.
At that moment, an achievement window popped up in his vision.
[Defeat the Goblin Champion.]
[Goblins are the weakest but most numerous monsters in the colosseum. The Goblin Champion is their leader, aiming to win in the colosseum by gathering more goblins. Suppress it before it gathers more goblins.]
[Reward: 500 Achievement Points]
A champion monster was a type of elite monster that sometimes appeared in games—their stats were three to five times higher than regular monsters, and they were hard to deal with due to their powerful equipment and special skills.
Players usually avoided champion monsters in such situations but they were just bonus quests for Jihan
“500 achievement points. It’s a bit low… but since I’m going that way anyway.”
With a sudden burst of speed, Seong Jihan charged towards the goblin horde.
He wasn’t using a charging skill like Golden Light, but his new technique shot him forward like a projectile.
“Wh-What is that? Throw rocks at him!”
A massive goblin champion, about 2 meters tall, hurriedly urged his underlings.
Bang! Bang!
However, the heads of the leading goblins all exploded at once.
Like a bulldozer, Seong Jihan charged forward. Against the tiny goblin, there was no way they could stop his advance.
“Re… ward…!”
Slash!
A massive cleaver slashed through the goblin’s body as if cutting through tofu, And Green blood splattered in all directions.
The Goblin Champion’s eyes widened. The 40 goblin subordinates he had gathered were quickly cut down and exploded in the blink of an eye, their corpses littering the ground.
“Grooaaar!”
The Goblin Champion, seemingly trying to overcome his fear, charged at Seong Jihan with a roar.
Thwack!
The iron mace hit his head squarely, and simultaneously, the cleaver sliced through his chest.
[Normal Quest. ‘Defeat the Goblin Champion’ has been completed.]
[You’ve earned 500 achievement points.]
With the quest completion message…
[You’ve crushed the heretic’s head and carved out the heart in the correct order]
[You’ve learned the proper method.]
[The Relic enhances the user’s divine power.]
[Divine power increases by 1.]
Unexpectedly, he received a bonus as well.
“Smashing the head and carving out the heart… That was the order?”
Seong Jihan looked at the iron mace and cleaver with a bewildered expression. The two weapons he had bought at a low price on the BattleNet Market.
[Otherworld’s divine item – the cult’s cooking Set (Grade D)]
– Cleaver and Iron Mace.
– This set item reveals its true power only when both are worn simultaneously.
– On a certain planet from another dimension, it’s used to ‘cook’ heretics in a predetermined manner.
Although the item was of D-grade quality.
The set, which required both the mace and cleaver, was hard to use effectively, so the Relic’s price had been exorbitant. He had brought it along, thinking he might gain divine power by using it during battles.
During the process of defeating the Goblin Champion, he had unexpectedly grasped a specific order.
“From now on, I have to subdue enemies in this order.” Seong Jihan reviewed the explanation of the cult’s cooking Set.
Before gaining divine power, it had been a D-grade, but now it had fallen to E-grade.
Since divine power 1 had been absorbed by Seong Jihan, it seemed that the grade had dropped.
“Still, Since it’s E-grade for now, I can gain one more divine power.”
Seong Jihan surveyed his surroundings. Having achieved 10 kills and added divine power, he wondered where his next target would be.
“There seems to be a lot of players over there.”
He soon spotted a location where multiple players were engaged in combat.
“Let’s go.”
[Translator – Zain]
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