novelraw Chapter 166: Unexpected Technique Part IV
Chapter 166: Unexpected Technique Part IV
“...This disciple is a superhuman now. Man, that’s really incredible!”
The words were Sander’s, who seemed to be quite shocked as well, making the others follow the old man’s eyes.
And what they saw made them let out a wide smile instantly, especially Maysa.
The one who was expected to be lying dead or disappearing to the hospital in town was still doing fine without any scratches. It was true that Lucy’s fist was on his chest and that the deadly attack surely struck Wisana directly.
So, how was he still standing and smiling like nothing happened like this?!
“You’re really a slow burn type, Mister Wisana. If you’re not pushed into a near-death situation, you’ll never use your real power, right?”
“...Maybe it’s like what you said. Lucy.”
The young man and the woman were conversing at a close range. Even though they were smiling at each other, the woman started dripping sweat from her pretty face now. Unlike the young man who was having a cunning grin on his attractive face.
“...What was that? How did you do it? Why was my skill ineffective? And why were my magic points all used up like this?”
“It was just a little trick, just to make this battle more fun.”
The delightful words of Wisana made her gorgeous face twitch.
Her amber eyes looked at her arm, the arm that punched right in Wisana’s chest accurately. On that arm, two knives were stabbing deep into it the whole length of their blades...
Some cursed knives, or what?
Since when did this guy have this kind of stuff? And why did he not use them in the first place?
“The question marks are all over your face now, Lucy.”
The cheeky one would not miss the opportunity to nag at her. This time, it was his turn to smile widely before he grabbed Lucy’s hand softly and took two steps back.
“...What are these knives?” She asked.
“Let me introduce you to my shitty weapons, Lucy.” He said while he was pointing at the weapon sheath strap that was hanging across his chest and back. “...Two out of my 7 curses.”
“7 curses?” Lucy raised her eyebrows.
“That’s right.” Wisana grinned delightedly. “...The ones stabbing in your arm are the magic blade and blood blade.”
“...Magic? ...Blood?”
“Correct.” The cheeky one nodded. “...The magic blade had the ability to absorb any kind of magic. It can also cause the silence curse so well. And the blood blade will double your HP bar, but it will curse you with the bloody curse.”
“...What do you mean?”
Lucy asked confusedly. It was true that she had heard about some cursed weapons like the 7 curses or 7 stars sword before. But she had not heard about these abilities of theirs at all.
Cough!!
Right after her words, she just choked a big pool of blood out. Her plumped lips were soaked with blood, running down to her chin. She wiped it off with her hand, not quite understanding what was going on. Then she glanced at her upper arm, the wound that had the red knife stuck in started bleeding continuously.
“Looks like the Bloody (unstoppable bleeding) Curse has been activated.”
Wisana said joyfully before he pointed at the other knife named the magic blade.
“And about why your Pierce Charge skill did not work on me, part of it was because of this knife. It absorbs any kind of magic nearby, and it doubles your MP bar, too. You should check your HP and MP right now, Lucy.”
Hearing that, the blonde girl managed to open her information window up right away, before her amber eyes widened out of shock.
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Character Information
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Name: Lucy
Level: 167
Role: NPC of the magic warrior office
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HP
96,300 / 192,600
MP
/ 1,800
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Status
- Bloody, total time left 15:26 minutes
- Silence, total time left 15:26 minutes
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After seeing her screen, Lucy widened her eyes in shock. ...It was exactly like what this man said. Her health points bar was double-increased, but her total HP was not following it up at all. And her magic points were completely drawn out. Also, she currently got two debuffs!
“...Th ...this,”
When she started saying something out of shock, she had to pause for another time after hearing her own voice. It was so dry that it could hardly make a sound at all.
“It seems that the silence curse has been activated as well.”
Hearing that, she looked up and stared at the man in front of her instantly.
The smile she was having a while ago now disappeared, leaving only question marks and a pissed off expression on her face instead!
“You look like you’re still curious. I’ll explain a little bit more then.” Wisana shrugged. “Apart from absorbing the magic nearby, the magic blade absorbs magic from the one who’s holding it as well. And in the case of me stabbing the knife in you, it still counts as you’re holding it, right?”
He said, grinning. Then he pointed at himself.
“...And how I survived your ultimate skill was not because of the magic blade only. I have to thank this knife, too.”
He held up another knife in his hand for Lucy to see.
The knife looked like the other two, except that it was a light-brown color.
“It’s called the earth blade, and its ability is to increase a huge amount of armor points for the holder. But its flaw is cursing the holder with slow debuff. That’s why I’m not dead after taking your pure heavy fist.”
Then he let out a long sigh.
“...And now I got this screwed-up curse as well.” He said as he put that knife back in its sheath, before curling up a smile. “But it’s kind of useful in a situation like this, don’t you think so, Lucy?”
An annoying voice spoke up with a cocky smile. Wisana right now was completely different from a while ago. Suddenly, this man looked expert and cunning somehow. The abilities of these cursed weapons were used expertly. Even though there were many flaws, he still managed to take advantage of them in full.
...But since he had these many abilities, then why did he not use them in the first place?!
Was he just trying to mess with her or was he underestimating her skills?!
“Oh, and if you’re wondering why I didn’t get the curses from the knives in your arm as well, the answer is simple,” Wisana smiled broadly. “There’s a specific way to use the 7 curses. Briefly, we can choose the target between ourselves or the enemy for the knives to have the effect on. And we have three minutes after pulling the knives out to decide before the curses start activating. ...If we know about this trick, then they become good items, right?”
The explanation made Lucy snort harshly out of frustration. ...Right now, she was bleeding uncontrollably and could not speak a word. It could be said that both her magic and the ability to restore her health points were disabled. ...Because, once she got the Bloody Curse, if she could not use magic to restore her HP, she wouldn’t be able to heal herself or restore her blood!
This man was...
An absolute monster!
His trick in hand-to-hand fighting was wicked!
“How was that possible?”
At the same time, a sweet voice of Waree spoke up with her face looking awkward. She was glancing at Shin purposefully.
“Earlier, Na still had no idea about the 7 curses, but suddenly he just...”
That was all she could say. Then the lavender eyes narrowed as he thought. Shindanai looked at Wisana, while his brain was recalling the same manner that the guy had shown him before when he summoned the fire sword from the Element for the first time, when he fought Lord Orc, when he used strange abilities, or when he used the skills that were not from his class, and how suddenly his movements were completely different.
The ability that was like he could “intuitionally know".
“I don’t know either,” Shin said with a serious voice. “...But it seems that he doesn’t need our hands right now. He’s totally in control.”
“...I guess so.”
Waree said with a worried expression. ...Her brother’s ability seemed to manifest increasingly violently since he fought the king of Lycan. And he also seemed to be able to figure out a way to control it now. The most shocking thing was how fast he could improve.
Seeing him like this, ...she was frightened.
Humans could not improve themselves this fast, even if they were geniuses. Because technically, they could not know about things that they had never learned before. But her brother was not like that. He never needed to learn before he could use his abilities, not at all.
Until now, she was speechless, only staring at her brother strangely with her green eyes.
The conversation between Shindanai and her was overheard by the oldest man here like Sander. He glanced at them both in the corner of his eyes, before slipping out a chuckle with a strange smile as well.
“...What would you say, Lucy? Should we stop here?”