The Boundless Necromancer

slipped out with the injury.

「 Activating skill ‘Accelerated Regeneration.’ 」 

The newly ranked-up skill got rid of the scratch instantly, but the aching pain still lingered.

‘He was underestimating me for a reason.’

I scowled at his sword, which was back to its original strength.

There was a reason why the system evaluated him so highly.

“Watch carefully, twinkle toes.
You’ll die otherwise.”

The black knight playfully presumed his stance again, as if he was playing a game.

“…”

Like a child stepping on one ant at a time.

That’s exactly how he viewed me.

‘Fucking bastard.’

This was what he did after walking into a stranger’s trial?

I almost let my anger get the best of me, but I had to simmer it down.

Calmly, I had to think of what could rectify this situation…

Whoosh!

His blade swung at me again before I could finish that thought.

I was able to dodge it without being hit this time, but the swordsman was still confident.

“Oh, aren’t you a speedy one? Not bad for a 5th floor challenger.”

I couldn’t afford to give him a snarky response.

I had to reveal a little more of my strength.

‘I was saving instant acceleration as a last resort, but I can still use this.’

There was a reason why I didn’t sell the assassin’s cloak at the hunter’s market.

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「 Using the Assassin’s Cloak(C)’s active ability.
」 

「 Movement speed +15% 」 

「 Activation time left – 00:00:59 」 

This was the reason.

Koong.

The distance between us closed as I pushed off the floor.

Of course, the knight seemed to have expected this and didn’t panic.

“Closing the distance… Do you think you’d stand a chance then?”

The sword in his hand followed a clean but destructive path.

Ssssp!

I was definitely ahead of him in terms of strength and speed, but his attacks were disproportionately fast.

The aura surrounding his sword was definitely not an ordinary skill.

‘What the…!’

Voosh…!

The shield attached to my arm split in half and an extreme wave of pain jolted through it.

I pulled back when his sword was about halfway through my arm, before he could get to the bone.

Kwang!

As he saw me tripping backward, the knight continued to smirk.

“Oh no, it would have been less painful if the arm was cut off clean.”

I ignored the offender and pushed down on the cut as hard as I could with my right arm.

The extreme agony made me want to scream out, but it soon soothed itself.

「 The skill ‘Pain Resistance’ is active now.
」 

「 All forms of pain the user feels will be reduced by 15% 」 

「 The skill ‘Sustain Battle’ is active now.
」 

「 All restrictions on the user will be weakened.
」 

The two skills grounded me from the pain.

I had to stay calm, especially at times like these.

After pushing the cut down for a bit, Accelerated Regeneration was already starting to reattach my arm.

Maybe what was considered ‘life-threatening’ became more lenient with the rank up.

I wasn’t sure but I was regaining my cool after my injuries started to heal.

“Haha, you have some interesting skills.”

As he made light of the situation, my head was clearer than ever.

I wasn’t sure what skill he used, but the aura surrounding his sword was dangerous.

‘…It must be a skill related to cutting force.’

The skill probably increased cutting force with mana reinforcement.

Those kinds of skills were pretty rare besides the weapon skills but…

I had heard that they exist.

Although there was never any information about the aura being this ominous.

‘Whatever it is, it’s not something I can deal with at my level.’

This was the result of me ‘dealing’ with it.

The shield I spent a fortune on was in two pieces and my arm was almost cut off.

‘…I’m only alive because of the cloak.’

If I was any slower, my head would have been the one cut off.

‘I guess there’s no way around this.’

I wriggled my left arm back and forth and glared at the black knight.

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His skills were definitely threatening.

‘But as far as the stats go, I’m still a little ahead.’

Then there was only one way to kill this madman.

I moved my hands quickly to activate necromancy.

「 Permanently increasing your stats using the souls.
」 

「 Strength increased by 2.
」

「 Agility increased by 3.
」

「 Stamina increased by 3.
」

「 Mana increased by 5.
」

「 Tenacity increased by 7.
」 

The knight seemed to notice this change in my body and laughed it off.

“Physical strengthening, fun.”

As though he knew I’d be powerless against him no matter what I did.

I checked the time left on the assassin’s cloak and got ready to go in.

My left arm was basically healed and my stats were higher than ever.

‘This is the best I can do…’

Only one thing left.

“Instant Acceleration.”

Mana left my body and took the weight of my body along with it.

This was on another level from any of the other skills I’d used.

The knight also twitched, as if he knew something just changed.

“How does a damn primitive have so many skills…”

As he muttered to himself again, the knight got up on the tips of his feet.

Like a compressed spring, I exploded forward at a speed as I’d never seen before.

“…Fucking primitive!”

The black knight wrapped himself in a red shroud of energy.

I didn’t know what exactly he did, but his movements also got faster.

Though that wasn’t enough to catch up to me.

Not with all the bonuses from the cloak and skills.

The knight’s blade passed me at a hair’s length, and I stuck my foot out.

CHANG!

The sound of the foot and the armor clashing rang throughout the cave.

“…”

The knight caught himself right before stumbling to his knee.

I couldn’t help but smile at the sign of his weakness.

He also seemed to have lost his playfulness.

‘That means he’s considering me a threat now.’

If I could take advantage of my speed again…

I wouldn’t let him overpower me with whatever aura that was.

If I could manage that…

‘I have a chance of winning.’

I could finally see the light.

 

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