Chapter 23: The Swordsmanship Genius Is Also Good at Hunting Monsters (Part 5)

‘H-How is that possible?’

Everything Shihyun was doing was for the first time.

It was the first time she hunted monsters, and it was the first time she fought a boss monster. But Shihyun was doing all of that naturally and skillfully.

As if she had done it before.

‘But she said this was her first time in World.’

To be precise, Shihyun hadn’t started Arfellium itself that long ago.

Ji-eun had already confirmed that part.

Because she had looked at the VR device account information before.

There is no way to manipulate account information, so it was a clear fact that Shihyun had not started the game long ago.

‘That means…….’

In the end, there is only one answer.

Because Shihyun’s talent is outstanding!

Overwhelming, truly sky-high talent.

Tremendous potential that far surpasses the skills of ordinary people.

It was a divine feat possible because of that.

-Thud! Clatter!

At that moment, Ji-eun came to her senses at the metallic noise that rang out.

When she turned her head to look at Shihyun, she had already stripped off the Giant Ratman’s breastplate.

‘Already?’

I was only distracted for a moment, but the armor breaking is already completely finished.

It was a speed that could be called ‘rapid’.

‘But it’s not over yet.’

[She took off the can so fast]

[But it’s not over yet.]

[The tutorial room boss is quite tricky.]

[It’s really hard to deal critical damage because of the size difference LOL]

That’s right.

Although it lost its left eye and its breastplate was torn off, revealing its upper body, the Giant Ratman was still alive and well.

But Ji-eun was no longer nervous.

She couldn’t picture Shihyun losing to the Giant Ratman in that situation.

Rather.

‘How will she kill it?’

How Shihyun will cook that Giant Ratman.

That was all she was curious about.

And to that question.

Shihyun answered with a brilliant slash.

-Swish!

It was like watching a sword dance.

Along the swirling slash, a slightly delayed surge of blood.

The red liquid floating in the air is like fluttering flower petals.

[Wow]

[Suddenly the genre changes to a martial arts movie.]

[What? What kind of swordsmanship is that?]

[In the first place, is it possible to deal damage with such a weightless attack? It’s impossible unless you’re using aura.]

[Is she really using aura?]

At the same time, the Giant Ratman screams.

The monster, which had its upper body slashed in an instant, stepped back.

The monster swung its sword wildly to shake off Shihyun.

A threatening slash that would be fatal if hit even once.

Shihyun threw herself into the gap of that slash.

[??]

[She’s going in there? Crazy]

[For real, she has guts, I admit it.]

[Isn’t it reckless?]

Viewers judged Shihyun’s actions to be reckless.

But Ji-eun was different.

She realized.

‘Rather, rushing in now is the right choice!’

It’s a Giant Ratman that is swinging its sword wildly due to pain.

In fact, the accuracy of the slash is bound to be terrible.

That’s why it’s easier to break through that random attack!

And if you get past that attack, all that’s left is bare skin without armor.

It’s enough to deal critical damage.

And Shihyun did that.

Shihyun, who calmly avoided the slash, climbed up the Ratman’s leg.

And then she stabbed the monster’s chin with her sword.

-Thud!

“Screech!”

Perhaps the inserted sword touched the vocal cords or something similar, the Ratman screamed strangely.

The monster staggered and then fell backwards.

Shihyun didn’t stop at stabbing the chin, she pulled out the sword and slashed the neck.

After that, she stabbed the already slashed chest with her sword.

-Thud thud thud thud!

Shihyun repeatedly stabbed and pulled out the sword as if she were sewing.

Ji-eun got goosebumps at that mechanical appearance.

And after a while.

“Screech.”

The struggling Ratman went limp.

At the same time, a window popped up in front of Ji-eun’s eyes.

[Dungeon Boss: You have successfully conquered the ‘Sewer Leader Ratman’.]

[Rewards will be distributed according to contribution to the conquest.]

[Shihyun13: 99.98%]

[Euning: 0.02%]

[You have received 1 Ratman’s hide as a reward.]

A message window announcing the success of the conquest.

That means that Shihyun finally defeated the Giant Ratman by herself.

“Ha, haha!”

Only after the reward message appeared did Ji-eun let out a hollow laugh.

‘As expected, my thoughts were not wrong.’

When I first met Shihyun, I compared her to the lottery.

But, it seems that she wasn’t just an ordinary lottery.

‘Was it Powerball? That American lottery…….’

Shihyun, she was a lottery that gave a huge amount of winnings.

Of course, someone might say this.

Isn’t she just catching the tutorial room boss monster now?

Is it great to just cut down a few monsters?

But Ji-eun knew intuitively.

The moment she saw her divine feat, she felt it in the realm of instinct.

The fact that Shihyun will bring a huge typhoon to the Arfellium game industry!

[Dungeon Boss: You have successfully conquered the ‘Sewer Leader Ratman’.]

[Rewards will be distributed according to contribution to the conquest.]

[Shihyun13: 99.98%]

[Euning: 0.02%]

[You have received 1 Ratman’s skull, 1 Ratman’s eyeball, 45 Ratman’s bones…… and many more as rewards.]

How many times did I stab the Ratman’s chest?

I blinked at the message that appeared in front of my eyes.

I checked the contents of the message and smirked.

‘It feels a bit like a game now.’

Until now, it was too similar to ‘that world’, so the feeling of playing a game was a bit blurry.

Seeing the game system pop up like this, it felt a little more like a game.

It’s not bad. This too.

Thinking that to myself, I turned my head.

I can see Ji-eun looking at me with a dazed expression in the distance.

It was a slightly foolish expression, so I manipulated the interface and took a picture of that face.

Only then did Ji-eun come to her senses and shout.

“Hey! Shihyun, who told you to take my picture!”

“You looked too foolish.”

“What? No, how can you say that to me!”

[LOL]

[Our gallery owner does have a bit of a foolish charm]

[Is it foolish ‘charm’? Isn’t it just foolish?]

[You’ll get banned if you say that Stop]

Whether she didn’t like being teased by me, or whether she didn’t like being teased by the chat window, Ji-eun puffed up her cheeks.

That appearance was quite cute, so I took another picture.

“Again! You took it again!”

“Haha.”

“Hey, why are you guys laughing at this! Now, uh? Your gallery owner is, uh? Being illegally photographed! Are you laughing?”

[Laugh?]

[Laugh]

[LOL]

“I’ll just ban you all.”

[Stop the suppression]

[Don’t suppress I’ll be loyal]

[^^7]

Ji-eun, who had a brief conversation with the chat window, turned her head and looked at me again.

And then she began to shine her eyes brightly.

She quietly approached me, grabbed my hand, and said.

“Shihyun.”

“Yes?”

“That, we decided to duo together, right.”

“We already did?”

I tilted my head at the incomprehensible words.

Does that mean that the normal games we played until now weren’t duos?

“No! No, no. Not that. Rank!”

“Ah, rank…….”

“We have to do ranked duo. We promised to do that, right?”

That’s right.

Originally, when we first met, we were supposed to do ranked duo.

At that time, I couldn’t do anything but normal games because I was lacking in levels.

“But aren’t I still lacking in levels now?”

Nothing has changed now, right?

Ji-eun grinned at my question.

“Shihyun, can you try saying ‘Status Window’?”

“Status Window?”

Then, a square window popped up in front of my eyes.

It was, ‘Status Window’!

[ID: Shihyun13]

[Level: 28(45.7%)]

[Strength: 10]

[Stamina: 10]

[Agility: 10]

[Magic: 10]

[Intelligence: 10]

[Stat Points: 27]

‘……!!’

Of course, the status window was very simple.

A feeling that something that should be there is missing?

‘It’s because there’s no skill section.’

I glanced at the status window and answered Ji-eun.

“My level is 28?”

I’m sure it was around 7 when I last saw it, when did my level increase so much?

“Now, Shihyun, you caught the raid boss monster, the Giant Ratman, by yourself, right? All that experience went to Shihyun alone, so your level had no choice but to increase dramatically.”

“Aha.”

So, to put it simply, because I monopolized the experience, my level increased dramatically, that’s what she’s saying.

Actually, it’s true that I hunted alone, so it’s also true that I eat the experience alone.

I nodded, and then I looked at the status window again.

And then I asked Ji-eun a question I was curious about.

“But what is this? Additional points?”

“Ah, you invest that to raise your stats. Of course, the increased stats are only applied in World.”

“Aha. I was wondering what it was, since I have 27 points.”

So that’s what it was.

I was nodding, but suddenly Ji-eun started looking at me with strange eyes.

“……Shihyun, you have 27 points?”

“Yes? Yes. Is there a problem?”

“……Then you caught the Giant Ratman with basic 10 stats now?”