Max Talent Player

h, at least not alone.
I had to give up on defense.

Isabel’s attack power and Sword of Insight’s weakness homing didn’t betray my expectations.

 

[Registering the additional effect of ‘Legolas’ Ring’.]

 

I was wearing a whole eight Legolas’ Rings right now.

[Legolas’ Ring]

A ring made by refining a ‘topaz’ that holds a mysterious power.

Defense: 1

Effect: 2% attack damage HP absorption.

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Each one gave me 2% damage absorption.
With eight rings, I was absorbing a total of 16% attack damage.

[Using the innate ability Sword of Insight.]

I pierced right through their foreheads again, during which one zombie dealt a heavy scratch to my arm.

[Absorbing HP.]

[Absorbing HP.]

I was OK.

[Using Healing Potion.]

[Using Healing Potion.]

The slotted Healing Potions and the absorption ability of my Legolas’ Rings made it so I didn’t need to pay attention to defense.

It took just twenty seconds to hunt ten zombies.

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‘It’s… faster than I thought?’

It seemed I had underestimated Isabel’s attack power too much.
I was hunting them quickly, but there was a downside to all this.

 

[EXP cannot be acquired.]

[Items cannot be dropped.]

 

I couldn’t get EXP or items.
That was because I, an Observer, was doing ‘direct hunting’.

‘But I didn’t come here for EXP or items anyway.’

Right now, I was showing the Guardians.
I was showing them the worth of the content that was me, what kind of Playing I could show them.
I came here to show them that in person, knowing exactly that the penalty of my class would apply.

I continued to hunt.

Bam!

Bam!

Bam!

The flat of Isabel’s blade swung out as a club, showing off excellent attack power the entire time.

 

[The ‘Nameless Observer’ continues to observe.]

[The ‘Conductor of Sound’ is awed.]

[The ‘White Hunter’ is surprised by your fighting spirit.]

[The ‘Courageous Lion King’ is excited.]

[The ‘Barrier of Blue Light’ finds your Playing method difficult to understand.]

 

Five Guardians sent messages about my eccentric Playing.
My Playing was surely incomprehensible to the Barrier of Blue Light, a Guardian who valued ‘defense’ or ‘safety’.
It didn’t seem like they particularly liked this method, either.

‘Can’t be helped.’

It was impossible to satisfy every Guardian the same way.
All I could do was switch up the Playing to make it suit the time and place and capture the hearts of the majority.

Isabel shrieked again.

(I’m not a club, darn it!!!)

She wasn’t a club, but her striking power was better than any club.
She was very good.
A very good club.

As the beating continued, Isabel’s voice became weirder and weirder.

(I-I can’t take any more!)

(No-Nooo!)

(I-I said I can’t take any more, you jerk!)

Interspersed between her shrieks were moans so faint I could only hear them by listening carefully.
It was like she was groaning.

‘What’s wrong with her?’

I had no idea, but I kept hunting.
And after a while, after I hunted about ninety Polluted Lifeforms, I found out why.

[Isabel’s ego has arbitrarily awakened a sealed innate ability.]

The transcendent item Isabel arbitrarily unlocked her own innate ability.
This could happen?

[The innate ability Beat 'em, Beat 'em, Beat 'em Harder has been unlocked.]

I doubted my ears for a moment.

‘The innate ability name…?’

I’d never heard of such a name.
‘Beat 'em, Beat 'em, Beat 'em Harder’? For an innate ability possessed by a transcendent item, it really fell short on gravitas.

I heard Isabel sigh.

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(In-In the end… it-it… was exposed.) I could feel her almost crying.
(Take responsibility, you meanie.
My dignity… my authority…!)

With that, Isabel’s ego fell asleep again.

 

[Beat 'em, Beat 'em, Beat 'em Harder]

One of the innate abilities sealed by Isabel herself.
Isabel has an extremely insular disposition towards martial arts or abilities other than ‘swordsmanship’.
An innate ability that Isabel herself denied and forcefully sealed, Beat 'em, Beat 'em, Beat 'em Harder has a focus on ‘striking as a blunt weapon’.

+70% damage when striking with the flat of Isabel’s blade

+14% attack speed when striking with the flat of Isabel’s blade

+7% combo damage when striking with the flat of Isabel’s blade

Now, I understood.

‘A sword that cursed its own talent.
Such a thing existed?’

Apparently, the ability to ‘beat’ was a shameful thing for a sword.
At least, that was what Isabel thought.
But the effects the ability came with were incredible.

‘Wow…’

Sheer damage was increased by 70%, with a 14% increase in attack speed.
How could there be a sword with such ridiculous striking power?

‘And if I combo it…’

Each additional attack would add a whopping 7% damage.
The first combo would give 7%, the second 14%, the third 21%.
And if I reached a ten combo?

‘That’s +70%.’

That was 70% in addition to the base 70% damage increase.

‘It’s an insane effect.’

Wasn’t this way too ridiculous an innate ability to seal just for dignity’s sake? This ability would push any sword into the ultimate club.
Why did she seal such a thing? In any case, she was one stubborn sword.

[Using Isabel’s innate ability Beat 'em, Beat 'em, Beat 'em Harder]

Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!

My attacks were far faster and heavier than before.

Isabel resumed shrieking again, her cries mixed with low groans.

(Haah…! No, not like this…! NOT LIKE THIS, I SAID!)

What the, she wasn’t actually asleep, just pretending that she was? I ignored her screams.
She was incredibly effective (as a club).

‘This is…’

It was much easier than I thought.
I became more and more used to hunting the Polluted Lifeforms.
I picked up their movements far better than before, and was able to accurately strike their weak points.

‘They’re way weaker than I expected.’

Both from Isabel’s innate ability unlocking and my ability to adapt to the situation, the fight felt much easier.
I was drenched head to toe in blood, but I recovered everything, so I didn’t actually take any damage.
I was level 32, and they were level 33.
The fact I was hunting three hundred monsters one level higher than me… didn’t feel very burdensome.

‘It’s different from the strat.’

I became certain that even without the strategy, I would have been able to easily hunt these guys.

‘Which means…’

I needed to change my plans a little.
No, I needed a full-on revision.
I decided to ditch the scenario I’d been drawing out so far and display even more overwhelming force in the picture I’d be drawing ahead, to crush the zombies with overwhelming strength.
That was how I would clear this place, the Gyeonghoeru.
That was my number one goal.

‘Wait.’

But then, a slightly different method occurred to me.

‘Could something like this work, too?’

I decided to try.

 

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