The Frozen Player Returns

compared to a mere human being.

”Before I became a Player, I was living in Varanasi,” Rahmadat spoke.
In the meantime, he kept bobbing up and down.
”Varanasi.
It’s a beautiful city that was once called the City of Light. ”

”…You talk more than expected.
Are you perhaps afraid to fight? ” asked George.

Rahmadat smiled.
”It is a city of pilgrims serving the god Shiva. ”

Hop, hop, hop, hop.

George frowned.

‘The rhythm?’

It was perfectly offbeat.

It was a chaotic movement that momentarily threw off George’s reasoning.

‘He’s shaking my sense of balance with just those simple movements?’

Upon noticing something strange, George burst forward like lightning to stop Rahmadat from moving.

“When I was young, I kept on walking on the path to the temple there, and I really think that I benefited a lot from it.” It was Rahmadat’s first time using this skill since he emerged from the ice.
”I really think that way because I managed to learn Tandav.”

Tandav was Shiva ’s favorite dance of destruction.
It was also known as the dance of death, and it was a dance that was still being handed down among the pilgrims of Varanasi.

However, Rahmadat not only learned it, but he also turned it into a ‘Skill.’

”You talk a lot for a sandbag! ” The impatient George finally stopped using honorifics.

A fist covered in demonic energy aura made a beeline for Rahmadat’s face.

”As expected, you ’re fast. ” Rahmadat grinned.

Baaam!

Rahmadat’s figure blurred as his fist struck the pit of George ’s stomach, sending George flying into the fence of the Octagon on the other side.

”Ugh, kuk! Ugh…” George desperately gasped for air.

George looked at Rahmadat with a look of disbelief.
Was it because his opponent had caught up with his speed? Or was it because Rahmadat was stronger than he thought?

It was none of them.

“T-th-that crazy bastard. ”

As expected of a Common demon, he immediately figured out the secret behind Rahmadat’s Tandav.

”You crazy bastard! Humans are forbidden from using that technique! ”

”I know. ” Rahmadat, who ended up on the floor at some point, got up while breathing heavily.
George was right.
Humans were forbidden from performing the dance that the transcendent Shiva enjoyed.

”This crazy… bastard. ” George ’s eyes shook.

He knew that every time Rahmadat used Tandav, Rahmadat’s entire body would literally get destroyed.
It meant that Rahmadat’s bones, muscles, and even his cells were annihilated every time the technique was executed.
In other words, it was a technique that forced Rahmadat to suffer an agonizing death every time he executed it.

”You’re a mere human, so how are you enduring the pain?”

”I ’m not just enduring it.
Shiva is not a god who simply destroys. ”

Shiva ’s beliefs were simple and easy.

– Destruction is just a step toward new creation.

The same was true of Shiva’s follower, Rahmadat.

”My body is created again as it is about to be destroyed completely.
I can bear it, so I’m confident about using it. ”

”Crazy bastard, you really are a crazy bastard! You motherfucker…!. ”

The pain would be tantamount to falling onto the boiler room of hell.
In exchange for using a literal god’s skill, Rahmadat had to endure that kind of pain?

George shook his head.
‘A human being cannot possibly be enlightened about a god’s skill.
Well… assuming that Shiva himself didn’t let him learn the technique.’

George gulped a mouthful of his own saliva as the cogs in his mind started to spin rapidly.
If Rahmadat’s technique was truly Tandav, then there was no way George would be able to defeat Rahmadat—even if Rahmadat’s Tandav was a watered-down version of the original.

’…No, that’s not it. ’

Something suddenly came to George’s.
If that technique could be used endlessly, then the 5 Heroes wouldn’t have sent Specter to fight the Frost Queen on the 1st Floor.
Upon recalling that information, George deduced something.

’There ’s a limit on the number of times he can use Tandav. ’

George’s eyes lit up.
He got up and spat the blood in his mouth before saying, ”To be honest, I’m surprised. ”

He had never imagined that a human being would be able to fight on an equal footing with a Common demon.
However, if it was only a temporary power, then there was no reason for him to be scared.

”Let ’s see how many more times you can do that dance. ”

The grinning George rushed at Rahmadat.
According to George’s calculations, Rahmadat could only do it three times even with Super Regeneration (S).
Rahmadat could only embody the Tandav dance three times at most.

“…”

Craaack!

Rahmadat sent George flying once again, but he also fell to the floor.
As soon as the two got up, George immediately rushed in like a zombie.
Rahmadat had just used Tandav, so his face distorted when he saw George rushing at him.

Baaang!

George could feel that his organs had been torn apart, but he still laughed like a madman.

”Kuhuhu, kehehe. ” He was sure of his victory.
When he saw Rahmadat ’s ugly and distorted look, he couldn’t help but harbor such thoughts.
”Three times is your limit, isn’t it? ”

Super Regeneration (S) was definitely an excellent skill.
However, it couldn’t completely bear the embodiment of Tandav, which was a god’s technique.

“…” Rahmadat was silent for a while, but he eventually spoke, ”Did it feel like this? ”

”What? ”

”Jun-Ho did me dirty earlier rather than fighting like a man, but it seems that fighting dirty is fun in its own way. ” Rahmadat’s distorted expression vanished like a lie as he stood up and started dancing once again.
”Hey, once you go to hell.
Make sure to tell the demons there that Rahmadat Khali ’s Super Regeneration was upgraded to EX on the 5th Floor. ”

“…!” George immediately panicked upon hearing that.
He hurriedly reached out and said, ”W-what?! Now, hold on a second! I ’ll just walk away like this, so how about—”

”I never let evil escape from me. ” Rahmadat ’s fist seemed to have opened up a wormhole that was connected to George’s abdomen.

Baaaam!

With a sound similar to a balloon being popped, George ’s body actually burst like a balloon.

”Rahmadat-nim! What ’s the matter?! ”

”I came down after receiving reports of a fierce fight! ”

The Guild members of Silent Moon finally arrived.
They looked wary of their surroundings as they shouted.
Meanwhile, Kim Woo-Joong looked at Rahmadat and asked, ”What happened? ”

”Ah, ah, well, I just… ”

Crack, crack.

Rahmadat cracked his neck and smiled.
”I just caught and punched a bastard. ”