Chapter 341: The Ruler of the Forest

Chapter 341: The Ruler of the Forest

Special Players Management Team.

Team Leader Lee Suk-hoon shouted out despite himself as they watched the situation unfold on the monitor, “Hey! You son of a b*tch!! No!!”

They had continuously worked overtime! Their foxy wives and rabbit-like brats would get angry once again saying that they never came home! Lately, Team Leader Lee Suk-hoon had always been worn out by working overtime, thanks to Player Minhyuk. However, he believed that they would not be forced to work overtime this time around. No, he vehemently denied it!!!

Just then, Team Leader Park suddenly became aggressive as he shouted back, “Boy, did you just call our Player Minhyuk a son of a b*tch? Aren’t you being too harsh, huh?!”

“...?”

“That’s right! You can’t say that to our Player Minhyuk! He did everything with his own power. How can you curse him like that?!”

Even Lee Minhwa added her two cents making Team Leader Lee Suk-hoon gape in astonishment. He thought, ‘Has the Special Players Management Team also been bewitched by him?’

Since when did Minhyuk become ‘our’ Minhyuk?! To be honest, Team Leader Park and Lee Minhwa had both gained affection for Minhyuk without realizing it. After all, they had been watching over him and his progress for a long time now.

In Team Leader Park’s case, his ‘fanatic heart[1]’ had already bloomed after watching Minhyuk’s countless incredible plays and his high playing IQ, just like with this incident. On the other hand, Lee Minhwa respected Minhyuk’s mukbang.

‘I’m going to eat like that someday too!’

Then, Team Leader Lee thought, ‘If you work overtime, we’re also working overtime. Don’t you know that?!’

However, those words just silently echoed in his head. Then, Team Leader Park said, “Even if he had those artifacts, we still don’t know if he would be able to clear the trial.”

Although this was unexpected, they still did not know what would happen, since this trial was set to be extremely hard.

***

Chomp, chomp, chomp!

Bite, bite, bite!

Gulp, gulp, gulp!

Minhyuk immediately made toast and fresh fruit juice after temporarily receiving the sword and armor from Arakhan. After receiving the food, Arakhan began to eat as if he was possessed.

Meanwhile, Minhyuk checked the artifacts’ information.ViiSiit novelbi/n(.)c/(o)m for latest novels

(Sun God’s Sword)

Rank: Legendary

Requirements: None

Durability: 7,000/7,000

Attack: 691

Special Abilities:

•A 16% increase in STR, AGI and STM.

•Passive Skill: Sun God’s Blazing Flames

•Passive Skill: Sword Explosion

•Active Skill: Sun God’s Authority

•A +50 increase in Defense against Fire-attribute attacks

Description: This is an amazing sword created by the Chief Blacksmith under the Sun God’s command. The sword’s blazing flames could give one damage with just a slight touch.

(Sun God’s Blazing Flames)

Artifact Skill

Level: None

Mana Required: None

Cooldown: None

Effects: There’s a 50% probability of setting the opponent ablaze upon successful attack. The damage incurred by the flames will be 1% of the user’s attack power every two seconds.

(Sword Explosion)

Artifact Skill

Level: None

Mana Required: None

Cooldown: None

Effects: There’s a 15% chance of triggering three consecutive explosions with 200% of the basic attack power upon a successful attack.

As for the Sun God’s Authority, it was a great AOE skill that made use of an explosion to create a ring of blazing hot flames. The radius was ten meters, and it could cut off any access for five straight minutes. Unfortunately, because of Minhyuk’s temporary stat degradation, the skill was currently unavailable to him. After all, the MP requirement was enormous.

Marvin wanted to be like Alexander. He thought, ‘Big bro was born like that.’

Marvin knew that his brother was born a fighter. When Alexander was still a student, he had beaten five other students until they were all black and blue, with just his bare hands alone. But was that the end of it all? No, no one could go against him after he learnt all kinds of martial arts. However, despite trumping over his peers, he was never interested in them for too long. The only thing that piqued his interest was Athenae. Marvin believed that his hyung would definitely be able to win a gold medal if he ever stayed focused in a sport. Marvin, however, was completely different from Alexander. He was timid and had close to no athletic bone in his body.

‘Control isn’t everything in Athenae!’

It would be the same as long as he had a God Class! Marvin believed that he would be able to overcome the gap in his abilities as long as he obtained something like that. So, he continued to hunt rabbits with that dream in mind.

Stab!

“Hwiik!”

Marvin hurriedly took the gold and item that dropped from the rabbit once it died.

‘I don’t need big bro to carry me. I can grow stronger by myself.’

Just as the thought crossed Marvin’s mind...

“R...run...!”

“It’s a werewooooolf...!”

“Uwaaaaaaack!”

“Kill it!!! If we kill that, we will be able to get good items from the drops!!!”

...screams rang loudly in the area. Marvin immediately turned to look at the source of the commotion. There, he saw a werewolf slash and bite the novices with its long claws and sharp teeth, killing them. The werewolves’ main weapons were their swift feet, strong bite, and sharp nails.

‘W...werewolf...?’

Marvin watched as the players rushed towards the werewolf. However, just one swipe of its long, sharp nails was enough to log out six players at once. The werewolf swiftly dashed forward as it ripped open the novices’ necks and slashed their bodies.

“Kggghk! How can we even kill something like that?!”

“Cra...crazy! Run!!!”

The werewolf was quick on its feet as it chased the escaping novice players and bit on their necks. At this moment, Marvin recalled the words of his elder brother, ‘There’s only one way for ordinary players to kill the werewolf. They needed to be brave and someone has to lead them. If dozens of players joined forces, they would be able to hunt werewolves, no matter how many they were.’

Of course, those words did not work for his big brother that hunted the werewolf alone. So, Marvin valiantly rushed forward, despite the fleeing players.

“Gather together!!! We can kill it if we stick together!!! Don’t be afraid!! This is a game at best!!!” Marvin said. However, none of them listened. After all, they were just novices that had still not yet adapted to the vividness of the game that looked strikingly similar to reality.

Marvin jumped in after seeing the werewolf bite the neck of one of the female players. He thought, ‘Big bro has mentioned before that I can kill monsters that are far stronger than myself, as long as I strike their vital point correctly.’

To be honest, Marvin was also very frightened. He was also a novice, after all. However, he had always been compared to his brother.

‘Your brother has always been strong-willed and brilliant, so why are you very timid, Marvin? Ha...’

This was their parents’ sigh!

‘Your brother is good at studying and sports. But what about you, Marvin? What are you good at?’

His friends’ ridicule!

Marvin believed that he would not be able to break free from this life if he ran away at this point, so he plucked up his courage and ran towards the werewolf’s neck.

“Uwaaaaaaaah!”

Marvin was able to land a strike on the werewolf, who was biting the female player’s neck, with his sword.

Ping—!

However, the sound that rang loudly was not the sound of a blade cutting through flesh, but the sound of a blade hitting something hard. Marvin’s sword was akin to a stick that had no sharpness in front of the werewolf.

The werewolf, with blood dripping from its mouth, rushed towards Marvin.

“Grrrrrrr!”

Marvin tried to send another attack, but his attempt was swiftly knocked down by a single sweep of the werewolf’s hand. And when the werewolf jumped towards him...

‘I’m...I’m done for...’

But he did not have any regrets. At the very least, he did his best inside the game. At that moment...

Spurt!

...blood gushed out from the werewolf’s chest as it shrieked, “Graaaaaaaaaa!”

Then, a man kicked the werewolf away. Marvin looked at the man in front of him as the werewolf rolled and swiftly got back on its feet.

“Big bro...?”

For a moment, the figure of the man overlapped with the figure of Marvin’s brother. The man was 185 centimeters tall and had a golden proportion that most Westerners did not have. However, the man was different from his brother. His brother had blond hair, but the man in front of him had black hair. The man was also holding a sword with the image of the sun and had beautiful armor.

‘An...an Asian...?’

The man was wearing a white mask, but the mask could not hide the man’s shining, yet pitch-black eyes.

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