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It looked like it was raining arrows.
Chapter 84: Life and Death Situation!
Chapter 84: Life and Death Situation!
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[Scatter Shot]!
Marvin squinted. Seeing the sky instantly filled with arrows raining down toward him, he still managed to keep himself even more calm!
[Scatter Shot] was a common ranger’s long distance skill. It usually didn’t have much of an impact because it wasn’t accurate.
But it could be extremely troublesome for Marvin in this situation!
This alley was extremely narrow. If Marvin wanted to escape, he could if he left now. Wolf was already dead after all.
Using his dexterity he could definitely escape!
“But if I escaped, finding this woman again might be very difficult!’
Thinking of it, Marvin couldn’t help but grind his teeth!
Stake it all!
Enduring the pain, he suddenly burst toward the left wall!
Anti-Gravity Steps!
He tilted his body at an angle of roughly 45 degrees from the wall, twisted his ankle while starting to run up, but still managed to run up stably.
“Woosh!”
The fierce rain of arrows brushed past him. There was even an arrow that pierced his clothes!
‘Close call! Luckily there is no poison on the arrows!’ Marvin’s heart was beating pretty fast.
He reckoned that tonight was his most dangerous encounter yet.
Killing an archer that occupied high ground was very challenging, especially when Marvin had no shield!
Anti-Gravity Steps couldn’t let him run on the wall for a long time. After dodging that fierce rain of arrows, he fell back down on the ground, accidentally landing on his right arm!
The arrow injury hurt even more.
Blood flowed out.
That arrow had already affected Marvin’s sense of balance, causing him to make an error in judging his body’s movement.
‘Damnit, the duration of Anti-Gravity Steps has decreased by almost half a second…’ Marvin clutched the arrow, cursing in anger in his heart.
His health slowly decreased due to his blood loss, as did his stamina.
But he still had no intention to flee!
‘Must kill this woman!’
‘This is the Night Walker advancement’s first task. If I can’t handle this, what about the next one?’
Marvin suddenly became focused!
“Woosh!”
Another arrow shot.
Luckily, darksight let Marvin clearly see every move done by the other side, helping him dodge it.
He ran in the alley, silently approaching the roof Kitten was standing on!
The distance between them was now short.
When Marvin got to the archer’s blind spot, she would be unable to retaliate.
But the archer didn’t give up!
She bit her lip and quickly shot more arrows!
Marvin’s moved like a ghost making it very difficult to hit him while moving, so all those arrows missed their target!
The distance between both of them was constantly decreasing.
Suddenly, the archer sneered.
About there…
This distance!
A strange mark suddenly flashed in her eyes!
Even if Marvin was having trouble dodging, he still paid minutious attention to the archer’s every move!
He was able to clearly see the mark due to darksight… it was [Moving Shot]!
‘Damnit! This woman actually learned such a high-end skill!’
Marvin’s heart sank!
He finally understood why the other side was certain that victory was within her hands, why she had still not retreated even though he was already this close!
Because she had this card!
[Moving Shot]: Large increase to shooting accuracy toward moving targets!
This skill description was very vague, but Marvin knew that at this distance, the other side’s arrows would all have at least a fifty percent chance of hitting him.
There was still some distance before he’d reach the other side’s blind spot.
And at this distance, she should be able to shoot three more arrows!
If even one of the three hit Marvin, it would because very dangerous for him!
What could he do?
Marvin, who usually faced death calmly, was feeling a bit dazed!
A small archer with assistance from the terrain forced a Ruler of the Night into this situation!
Really too miserable.
Both sides coldly watched each other.
Marvin instantly made his decision.
Keep moving forward!
…
“Go to hell!” Kitten muttered.
The arrow which had been aiming at Marvin all along was released. “Woosh!” The 1st arrow was shot, aiming at Marvin’s stomach!
She wanted a critical hit!
Moving shot greatly increased her originally impressive accuracy. This arrow was very accurate and would soon pierce Marvin’s stomach!
At the crucial time, Marvin’s body suddenly shook strangely!
Shadow Step!
The life-saving skill once again displayed its effect, as Marvin forcefully altered his path to the right by half a meter, dodging nimbly.
“Beautiful dodge,” the archer coldly remarked.
2nd arrow!
This arrow was like the previous one, extremely accurate, aiming straight at Marvin’s neck!
Marvin’s heartbeat crazily sped up. In that split second he seemingly forgot the pain coursing through his body and kicked the ground with his right foot!
“Snap!”
It sounded like his ankle breaking!
Imitation Shadow Step!
“Woosh!”
The arrow passed by his ear, as he dodged for the second time.
“Eh? Two skills?” The archer felt surprised but maintained her grim appearance.
Because she still had the third arrow!
The fierce 3rd arrow aimed at Marvin’s heart!
It seemed that this arrow, no matter what, he would be unable to dodge it!
“He’s screwed!” The archer squinted.
…
Marvin didn’t give up at the most important moment. He knew his body like the back of his hand.
He couldn’t muster any strength from his right shoulder because of the arrow. The right ankle had snapped, a very serious injury!
It’d be reasonable to say that it would hurt.
But Marvin couldn’t feel any pain.
This wasn’t numbness, but rather some kind of very mystical state.
He looked helplessly at that 3rd arrow flying toward him, about to take his life.
His potential was thoroughly aroused during a life and death situation!
His left foot twisted and kicked the ground. It stood to reason that after using Shadow Step the first time, his left foot would already be unable to support too much of a burden. It couldn’t use force wildly like that again.
But he chose to do so.
All-out!
Burst!
Another Imitation Shadow Step!
“Snap…”
The left ankle also broke… He simply couldn’t be more miserable!
But this time, it also let Marvin smoothly dodge the 3rd arrow. He rolled on the ground, directly landing beneath the roof Kitten was standing on!
This was her blind spot, and she definitely couldn’t see Marvin.
‘Truly awkward…’
‘But it’s finally time to counterattack.’
Marvin forced a smile, half-lying on the ground.
Both feet had snapped. This fragile body being forced to unleash such strength was simply terrible.
Fortunately, the situation had finally turned around.
…
“He actually dodged!”
“How could this b
e?”
The female archer was standing on the roof, extremely shocked. Marvin was just under her feet. She very cautiously extended her head, wanting to see Marvin’s situation.
But she didn’t notice a thin rope extending from a corner. It suddenly coiled around her foot!
“Aaah!” she let out in alarm.
A powerful force pulled her ankle, dragging her down from the three story house!
Kitten couldn’t adjust her body because the rope was shrinking at a frightening speed. She was immediately dragged down, ruthlessly crashing on the ground!
“Bang!”
She was in really bad shape!
Marvin had been pulling on the other end of the wishful rope, and stood up with difficulty. He pushed his dagger against the neck of the archer who was gasping for air.
“Where did you hide the money? Say it and I’ll end your suffering. Don’t and I’ll carefully torture you.”
His voice was very calm yet grim.
The archer had a bitter smile. She struggled and took out a scroll from between her breasts and it seemed like she wanted to say something.
But Marvin had already slashed with his curved dagger!
“No need to explain, I’ll study it myself.”
Marvin coldly killed her.
At this time, an old person appeared on the other side of the alley.
“You are in a really bad shape. But you went all out. Just like me when I was young,” the old blacksmith softly said.
“Both feet snapped. Your body is really too crappy.”
He then helped Marvin up, taking the woman’s scroll and giving it to Marvin while doing so.
The two staggered their way into the darkness.
…
In the blacksmith’s shop, the old blacksmith was busy doing something.
Marvin consulted his battle log.
At that time, he saw two lines which made him feel surprised:
[For arousing your potential in battle, you gained a specialty – Endurance]
[For arousing your potential in battle, you gained a specialty – Burst]
Chapter 85: Skills and Specialties
Chapter 85: Skills and Specialties
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
He suddenly got two specialties!
Marvin hadn’t expected that.
A specialty was even more valuable than skills. Most of them had passive effects and were extremely useful.
But as for that battle, Marvin had desperately risked everything.
He kept treading the line between life and death. If not for the surprise effect of Vine Metamorphosis, he might have died!
And his potential had been aroused in this deadly struggle, rewarding him with two specialties.
The first was Endurance.
[Endurance]: You will get a willpower check every 10 minutes after receiving an injury. If the check is successful, you will be able to ignore the pain.
This was a very powerful specialty!
‘No wonder I wasn’t restricted by pain at that time.’
Marvin suddenly realized. He remembered that the feelings of stamina decreasing, loss of balance and pain had disappeared a while after being shot.
Turns out it was this specialty’s effect.
This specialty and Ana’s [Tenacity] were different but similar effects, and both were specialties that melee class holders longed for.
Usually, pain had a huge influence on living beings, especially in a battle.
Pain could affect every move, and could completely change the outcome of the battle by hindering movements.
Endurance was a pretty impressive specialty and would usually be gained by warriors who were regularly wounded. Marvin getting that specialty was quite lucky.
…
The second specialty was Burst.
[Burst]: Your tough soul doesn’t match your frail body. Up to a certain limit, you can burst out strength exceeding your body’s. However, there will be serious side effects afterward.
Burst was a very rarely seen specialty because it would trigger spontaneously.
There was no daily use limit, but Marvin knew that it didn’t have many uses.
That last Shadow Step he used was definitely the result of Burst!
He managed to dodge the arrow in that split second of Burst, but it also broke his ankle.
This was also a very precious specialty, that Marvin could trigger whenever he wanted.
‘Dealing 1000 damage while sacrificing 800… If used in a three hit combo, hmm….”
Marvin suddenly understood the hidden part of this specialty.
This specialty fit Marvin perfectly. Dual wielding rangers originally used burst strength!
What was a bit of self-harm!
As long as he was one move ahead of his enemy, victory would be his!
Feinan’s medical care was very advanced, especially after the Great Calamity. All kinds of churches began to rise and the price of priests’ divine spells began to drop.
Healing divine spells became a lot cheaper than before.
‘Two very useful specialties…’
‘My fighting strength has greatly increased.’
Marvin felt awesome, but suddenly grimaced from a fierce pain.
That arrow was still stuck on his shoulder, only half of his HP was left, and both feet had snapped. This was certainly miserable enough.
If not for Sean helping Marvin walk back home, he would have had to crawl.
This was the price of burst.
But the harvest was very generous. Not only had he obtained the archer’s map to the hidden treasure, but he also received no less than 1650 battle exp.
Advancing consumed a great amount of experience, so Marvin had been preparing all along. Night Walker’s advancement experience was at least 6000 exp.
The more the better.
…
“Your fighting strength is quite good. You are also quite fierce.”
The old blacksmith who had been busy for a while came over, looking at Marvin with eyes full of praise.
A 14 year old youth able to kill five thieves alone, even if split in multiple encounters, was pretty rare.
‘Worthy of a seer,’ Sean thought.
‘Night Walkers will truly rise.’
“You perfectly completed the first hurdle. You are really qualified to become a member of the Night Walkers,” said Sean.
At the same time, he firmly stopped Marvin from moving and cut off the arrowhead in Marvin’s with a knife. He then pulled the arrow from Marvin’s shoulder!
Blood flew out!
His HP quickly dropped!
Marvin had a cold sweat as he felt pain all over his body. He tightly ground his teeth, stopping himself from shouting out!
It was at this moment he understood the difference between the game and the real world!!
He had set the level of pain to 1% in the game!
But now he experienced real pain!
He naturally didn’t feel anything before when he suffered grave injuries. But tonight, Marvin really felt pain!
He still managed not to shout, which was already pretty good.
The old blacksmith bandaged Marvin. His movements were meticulous, very skillful. He applied a kind of very refreshing herbal medicine.
The blood quickly stopped flowing.
Marvin had nothing to fear for the moment.
“Remember my actions. They might be useful to you later in the battlefield,” Sean solemnly said.
Marvin nodded when suddenly, a log window appeared:
[You watched a First Aid Master’s Quick Bandage and understood parts of the skill’s nature. (1/3)]
‘Oh? What does this mean?’
Marvin suddenly thought of something and asked Sean, “Can you let me see that move once again?”
Sean froze for a moment, but facing Marvin’s request, he did it once again.
Although he was somewhat of an eccentric
, once he acknowledged someone he would get along relatively well with them.
Without a doubt, Marvin’s performance tonight already aroused his sympathy.
Marvin carefully looked and sure enough, that log appeared once again.
But this time, the (1/3) changed to (2/3).
Need one more?
Marvin asked again, somewhat embarrassed. “Could you do it one more time?”
Sean immediately became a little upset.
“What are you trying to do in the end?”
Marvin cautiously said, “I want to learn your Quick Bandage skill.”
“Are you kidding me?” Sean angrily blurted. “Even if Quick Bandage is a very simple skill, it still require about a week of training. You think you can learn it by looking at it a few times?”
Marvin hesitated but still ended up saying, “Seers have a few different abilities…”
Sean immediately turned silent. With a cold face, he repeated the action one more time.
Marvin hurriedly paid attention.
The log windows suddenly appeared:
[You watched a First Aid Master’s Quick Bandage and understood parts of the skill nature. (3/3)]
[You understood through observation – Quick Bandage]
[Spend 100 battle exp to turn it into a personal skill!]
Indeed!
Marvin was overjoyed.
Only 100 battle exp was nothing. Quick Bandage using bandages and hemostatics would be extremely on the battlefield.
Especially in a war of attrition!
He immediately spent the 100 battle exp and [Quick Bandage(45)] immediately appeared in his skill list.
‘A high skill level… Seems to be related to Sean [First Aid Master] title,’ Marvin speculated.
Marvin was absent-minded while Sean looked on, displeased. “Kid, what are you doing? Did you lose your mind in that battle?’
Marvin hurriedly recovered and said to Sean, “Gimme your hand.”
Sean skeptically did so.
Marvin quickly picked up the hemostatics and a bandage and flawlessly bandaged Sean’s wrist in less than half a minute!
If there had been a wound, the bleeding would have stopped and it would have had the effect of stopping the bleeding and treating the injury!
“What!”
“How could this happen?”
“Kid, are you tricking me?”
Sean frowned!
He didn’t believe Marvin could learn his Quick Bandage in such a short time!