Chapter 27 – Burn Your Life!

The Оrс’s mоvеmеnts are slow, but its strеngth is trеmendous.

Вeing toо wаrу оf its аttаcks, his movеments havе bеcоmе tоо еxаggerаted.

Asutо idеntifiеs thе problеms with his own mоvements and орtimizes them against thе Оrc.

The countеr thаt landed cleanlу in thе very first bаttle.

(If I саn mаstеr that, I’ll be able tо defeаt Оrсs easilу)

Аsutо dodges thе Orc’s аttacks by the nаrrоwest of mаrgins—

Сonditiоn: Death оf Skill owner cоnfirmed

Skill: Rеturn аctivated

Returning to Мemоrу Рoint В

He рushеd thе limits too fаr.

Watсhing fоr аttасks while simultаnеоusly аiming fоr vital points is quite difficult.

But it’s possible.

If he can’t do it, he’ll just stake his life until he can.

While evading attacks, he searches for an opening to counter.

Little by little, his gear is shifting up.

Now he can clearly perceive the opponent’s attacks.

(Here it comes!)

While stepping forward, he dodges the attack.

One-Hit Kill.

His full-power thrust heads toward the Orc.

But,

“What!?”

Just before the dagger pierces its chest, the Orc guards its chest with its free arm.

The dagger stabs into that forearm.

“Shi—”

Condition: Death of Skill owner confirmed

Skill: Return activated

Returning to Memory Point B

“Damn it!”

The previous failure was because he aimed too much for a counter.

If he takes that much time to aim, even an Orc would become wary.

He’s pathetic for not noticing that.

“This time for sure!”

Asuto repeats trial and error.

Learning while burning his life in combat.

With life as the price, the learning effect is extraordinary.

Even so, he still hasn’t reached the point where he can stably defeat Orcs.

However, Asuto doesn’t rush for results.

This moment of challenging a strong enemy, this time of learning from the opponent, is the most fulfilling time of his life.

“Haha!”

While fighting, Asuto was laughing.

Adrenaline dominates his brain, boosting his reflexes.

His gear shifts into top, accelerating both thought and body.

Condition: Death of Skill owner confirmed

Skill: Return activated

Returning to Memory Point B

Condition: Death of Skill owner confirmed

Skill: Return activated

Returning to Memory Point B

Condition: Death of Skill owner confirmed

Skill: Return activated

Returning to Memory Point B

Condition: Death of Skill owner confirmed

Skill: Return activated

Returning to Memory Point B

………………

…………

……

“Haa… haa…”

In a room scattered with countless Orc corpses, Asuto’s rough breathing echoes.

There were eight Orcs total in this room.

Asuto killed every single one of them with a single blow.

His body, kept in constant motion, is numb from heat and friction.

If he sits down once, he probably won’t be able to stand up for a while.

The overused dagger has a large crack in it.

It would break with just one more use.

(Just how many did I kill?)

While repeating deep breaths, Asuto opened his Status Board.

○Name: Yuki Asuto (23)

Level: 34→40 Aptitude: Assassin

Rank: D SP: 5→35

Held G: 376→2015

○Physical Ability

Strength: 48 Stamina: 35 Magic Power: 4

Spirit: 4 Agility: 95 Perception: 42

○Skill

・Intermediate Dagger Arts Lv1→3 (8%→1%)

・Critical Strike Lv1→2 (40%→21%)

・Evasion Lv4→5 (5%→9%)

・Leap Lv4 (2% to 86%)

・Memory Playback Lv3 (0%→63%)

・Eye of Insight Lv2 (1%→50%)

・Return Level 1 (31% to 99%)

It seems he had defeated more Orcs than expected.

If he had a stronger weapon, he could have defeated the Orcs easily.

However, thanks to the weak weapon, he tried to compensate for the insufficient Attack Power with Skills.

The result was Intermediate Dagger Arts Level 3.

“With this much Gold, I can get a somewhat better weapon”

He has drilled all the Orc’s movements into his body.

He has enough Gold to buy weapons.

He has Status points too.

All that’s left is to challenge it in perfect condition.

○Name: Yuki Asuto (20)

Level: 40 Aptitude: Assassin

Rank: D SP: 35→0

Held G: 2015

○Physical Ability

Strength: 48→60 Stamina: 35→45 Magic Power: 4

Spirit: 4 Agility: 95→100 Perception: 42→50

○Skill

・Intermediate Dagger Arts Lv3 (1%)

・Critical Strike Lv2 (21%)

・Evasion Lv5 (9%)

・Leap Lv4 (86%)

・Memory Playback Lv3 (63%)

・Eye of Insight Lv2 (50%)

・Return Lv1 (99%)

Asuto allocates his Status points and glares ahead into the hall.

Beyond the hall lies the Boss Room.

Even from here, he could confirm the imposing presence there.

The Boss of this Gate, the Orc Lord.

The Lord had already noticed Asuto.

It’s looking at him with an arrogant smile.

As if saying, “Come at me.”

And also, “I’ll kill you.”

“Next time, I’m coming for that life of yours, so wash your neck and wait”

Declaring this to the Lord, Asuto thrust the dagger into his own chest.

Return Lv1→2 (99%→0%)

You have experienced death one hundred times.

Having met the conditions, Eye of Insight will Upgrade to Mortal Eye.

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