Chapter 245

Chapter 245

Blood spurted from Siegfried’s nose... Thê source of this content n/o/v/(el)bi((n))

“Damn it...” he wiped the blood and glared at the training dummy.

Tak! Tak! Tak!

The training dummy was bouncing up and down as if it were Bruce Lee or something.

Clack... Clack!?

Then, it motioned to Siegfried with its wooden finger before walking away.

“Is it asking me to follow it?” Siegfried muttered. He seemed perplexed as he followed the training dummy.

“Your Majesty? Are you going somewhere?”

“Greetings, Your Majesty.”

“Y-Your Majesty! You’re bleeding!”

The maids, servants, and guards he met on the way were shocked upon seeing blood dripping from both of his nostrils.

“Ah, please don’t mind me and continue with your work,” Siegfried replied before following the training dummy.

‘Huh? Isn’t this my personal training area?’?

The training dummy brought him to his royal training area.

“My name is Bruce—Bruce Wood,” the training dummy introduced himself.

“W-What did you just say...?”

“My name is Bruce—Bruce Wood.”

“Bruce? Your name is Bruce, and your last name is Wood...?”

“My name is Bruce—Bruce Wood.”

“...”

“My name is Bruce—Bruce Wood.” It seemed that the World’s Strongest and Most Evil Training Dummy only knew how to introduce itself. “My name is Bruce—Bruce Wood.”

The training dummy introduced itself once more before it flicked its finger at Siegfried.

“You want me to attack this time?”

“My name is Bruce—Bruce Wood.”

“...”

“My name is Bruce—Bruce Wood.”

Siegfried decided to take that as the answer and attacked.

He got his ass whooped to his heart’s content.

“Ack!?Gwaaah!?S-Stop! Stop hitting meeeee!”

Siegfried’s cries of agony reverberated throughout the peaceful Proatine Kingdom.

***

Meanwhile, Chae Hyung-Seok temporarily left the hospital and went home.

He headed straight for his capsule and entered it.

Tremble... Tremble...?

He still hadn’t fully recovered yet, so his arms and legs were trembling, but he didn’t care about his trembling limbs.

Why?

Chae Hyung-Seok was not logging into the game to play.

“H-Hyung...”

Chae Hyung-Seok was met by the teary-eyed Min-Woo after logging into the game.

Slap!

And he slapped Min-Woo as hard as he could before walking away.

“Hyung...” Min-Woo muttered, stunned.

“Don’t show up in front of me whether it’s in the game or reality,” Chae Hyung-Seok said coldly before walking away.

A few hours later, Chae Hyung-Seok was kneeling on top of a lavishly decorated red carpet, waiting for someone. The place he was in right now was decorated unsparingly, was quite vast, and was the epitome of luxury itself.

However, this was no surprise because the place he was kneeling in was none other than the deepest part of the Marchioni Empire’s imperial palace. The Marchioni Empire was the strongest empire on the Nürburg Continent.

“His Majesty the Emperor has arrived!”

The chief eunuch announced the arrival of the emperor in a firm and booming voice.

Siegfried’s one and only ranged attack skill Flying Spur was now Flying Sword.

[Alert: You may deal ranged damage using Flying Sword!]

Smite and Flying Spur had become passive skills that influenced his basic attacks, which meant their cooldown was reduced to zero.

‘My DPS is going to be absurdly strong now, right...?’?Siegfried couldn’t believe it.

DPS meant Damage per Second in game lingo, and it literally meant the amount of damage that one could deal to an enemy per second.

Siegfried was certain that his DPS was going to increase explosively because he no longer had to wait for his powerful skills to go off cooldown.

“Wait a minute...” Siegfried suddenly realized something. “I think I’ve only used Smite and Flying Spur while training with this dummy. Is that why these two skills changed?”

He hadn’t noticed anything while he was getting beaten up, but he quickly came to a conclusion upon thinking about what he had been doing so far.

Bruce was extremely fast, and its fighting style was a dynamic combination of melee and ranged attacks, which had been confusing the heck out of Siegfried.

Siegfried didn’t have the luxury to think about any other skills and had to depend only on Smite and Flying Spur, and it resulted in him receiving the messages that had just popped up in front of him.

“Wait... did you force me to use only Smite and Flying Spur?” Siegfried asked the training dummy.

The training dummy haughtily crossed its arms over its chest and replied proudly, “My name is Bruce—Bruce Wood!”

Its reply didn’t change, but it was more than enough of an answer for Siegfried.

Siegfried smiled and said, “All right, so I can become stronger by playing with you, right? Then, we should keep going at it.”

“My name is Bruce—Bruce Wood!”

“It’s my turn now, got it?” Siegfried asked before charging at the training dummy.

***

After that, Siegfried was subjected to endless physical abuse disguised as training in hopes of becoming stronger. The training dummy managed to force him to use his brain and comprehend the optimal timing to use his skills.

In other words, he was starting to get better at judging when to use his skills.

A week of horrendous abuse later...

“My name is Bruce—Bruce Wood!” Bruce exclaimed before pointing at something.

Siegfried was a bloody mess, and his eyes were completely black and swollen.

“H-Hmm...?” He turned and realized that the training dummy was pointing at the skill book floating next to his right shoulder.

“You want me to check the skill book?”

“My name is Bruce—Bruce Wood!”

“Sure.”

Siegfried couldn’t understand what the training dummy was saying, but he got the gist of what it was trying to say by reading its body language.

It seems that you’ve completed your training.

Words appeared on the skill book’s blank page...

Alright, it seems that you’ve mastered the basics.

It is now time for me to teach you how to maximize the abilities of the Debuff Master.

“Thank you, Master...” Siegfried thanked his master at Mount Kunlun and bowed.

Then, he focused on the words in the skill book.

But don’t you think it’s a bit lackluster if only your debuffs get stronger?

I do not wish to see my one and only disciple be content with catching just one bird.

Hitting two birds with one stone is the norm, right?

Kekeke!

“You are absolutely correct, Master.”

I have prepared a mission for you that will not only make you become even stronger but will also enhance your debuff skills.

So do your best to complete the mission and become stronger!

Deus was basically telling him to enhance his debuff skills and level up at the same time.

‘Kyah! As expected?of Master! I’m getting drunk?in his?graciousness!’?Siegfried exclaimed inwardly while bathing in Deus’ mercy.

He patiently waited for the quest details.

Ding!

A message popped up in front of his eyes.

[Alert: A quest has appeared!]

Moments later, the quest details of Deus’ quest for him appeared in front of him.