Chapter 23

Episode 23

Mirrors in the area shattered into pieces. At the same time, the King of Heroes' ‘test partner' appeared there.

It was a man wearing a humpback coat with a golden cross pattern on it.

The man raised his head. He is wearing a clown mask with a grotesquely torn pattern around his mouth resembling a crescent moon.

Looking at that scene, Yoosung muttered as if it were someone else’s business.

“Luxury goods and fakes.”

Immediately after, countless frost swords began to be forged around the shooting star.

The same was true for the man in the coat facing the shooting star.

The man grabbed the hilt of the frost sword and rushed to the ground.

Kaang

Ice collided with ice. At the same time, shadow blades rose from beneath the feet of the two, and the blades clashed and crossed like mirror symmetry. It was incredibly fast and precise.

Ice and Shadow Shadow and ice intersected and a sound rang out.

“Why are you so serious?”

The man in the surcoat chuckled as he clashed his frost swords. The mask's mouth pattern was torn like a living creature.

“You can be a hero or a villain. “What happens on this stage

is up to us.”

“So don’t be too serious.” Immediately after

Puuk,

the shooting star's sword plunged towards the man in the coat. It was at the same time that the man's sword struck Yoo Seong.

Two frost swords were sticking out as they tore through each other's chest. In pain, blood flowed down the cold blade.

“Because there is nothing in this world that needs to be taken seriously.”

“Would you like me to show you a magic trick that will make him shut up?”

The man in the clown mask grinned, and Yoosung let out a cold sigh and stretched out his arms. He took off the mask as if it were being snatched away.

It was immediately afterward that the man in the overcoat disappeared like a mirage.

Nevertheless, the blood and wounds flowing down Yoosung's chest showed that it was not a lie.

I looked down at the mask in my hand without saying a word.

It was not the “Laughing Clown” mask that the man had been wearing just before. It was the “Non-Smiling Clown” clown mask, a colorless clown mask painted in white and black.

Yoosung put on a clown mask and a gold voice was heard again. It was the laughter of the Clown Lord.

“Is there still more to do?”

Yoosung coldly asked in pain.

- A child with a thousand faces and a thousand talents.

Take your new face and new talents.

A voice was heard and Yoosung was wearing a hat. As if the clown mask was melting, it seeped towards the meteor.

It was immediately after that that a flood of system messages blocked my vision.

[Hero skill card 《Frost Sword Creation (Cold Metal)】 has been acquired!]

[Normal skill Acquired the card 《Ice Bolt (Cold))!]

[Ordinary Skill card 《Piercing (Metal)》acquired

...]

[Acquired the rare skill card 《Shadow Blade (Dark Assassination)》...] al Skill card 《Slow Heal(Healing>...]

[Hero skill card 《Sword Sword Art (Metal)}] and

[Legendary skill card 《Oculus (Illusion)》...]

[I already have Frost Sword Creation. C. Do you want to strengthen it to create a frost sword (★★) through skill synthesis? Y/N]

[You already have an ice bolt. Do you want to strengthen it to ice bolt (★ ★★) through skill synthesis? Y/N ]

Both the lord and the player want to set the world on fire, so there is nothing they can do. It's like they don't know what's going on.

“For your information, the kids on our side went in at the tail end and fell down at the ‘exit'. After that, they ran away and never showed up. They may be planning on diving until the end of the season. .”

“I’m actively looking for it now, so a report will come as soon as I find it. In the worst case, another one will explode.”

“I will explode 100%.”

After going through the pile of documents, Yoosung answered without a moment of hesitation,

“Don’t miss it, catch it and call me.”

“So what are you going to do until then?”

“I need to sleep.”

With those words, Yoosung turned around.

A few days later, at an apartment in downtown Seoul.

“Fire!”

Starting with that sound, screams rang out from everywhere.

The flames were burning brightly. And the flame began to wriggle like a living creature and engulf the entire area.

The sky turned red.

“Ahhh...!”

The ‘Professor’ smiled as he looked at the sight of a building being engulfed in flames in the distance. Children's screams, parents' screams, savoring the ecstatic chords of despair.

It was his work.

The power of the explosion is a result of his abilities as a player.

However, the explosion itself is by no means the power of the skill. After all, it is an improvised explosive device (IED) that has been tailored to explode in a timely manner through his knowledge.

[“Burn the world! Spread my flame!”]

[The Flame Lord is delighted and bestows a gift on one player.] It

is not enough to enter the tower to become strong and to please the Lord.

Therefore, there was no reason for him to hesitate when the Flame Lord extended his hand to him.

The professor soon turned his back, savoring the endless stream of system messages. The government will probably have figured out this situation by now and come after us. But there was no reason to panic.

[Entering the tower...]

The escape tower, designed for times like this, was waiting by his side.

The entrance to the tower does not necessarily lead to the exit when cleared.

For example, just as the King of Heroes and the Lord of Swords entered one tower from each country, it is not uncommon for one tower to be connected to a tower in a foreign country or a far away place.

And in that case, they intentionally attack the tower, change the exit when coming out, and use it as an escape... also known as a tunnel.

Even if the player follows him into the tower, there is no way they can fight him in his current state. Just like the government players he turned to ashes earlier.

Thinking like that, the professor was sucked into the tower and it was some time later.

[Arena Tower]

[4-tier duel format. Number of players allowed to enter. Minimum 1, maximum 2. No stores]

[Strategy Goal: Victory]

[Special Note: One player

has already entered the tower. Lh 10m until entry deadline. .....

Police gathered around the tower and blocked off the area, and a man appeared towards the area.

“You cannot enter from here! Please step aside. mister!”

The police officers blocking the surroundings shouted, and the man walked on without paying any heed.

“Mister, in front of me...

“Get out of the way.”

“Excuse me!”

As soon as the police saw the man's face hidden behind the hood, they panicked and jumped out of the way.

“I have to go check on that crazy bastard.”

It was a man wearing a black surcoat under a winter jumper.