I directed the flames in my arms to my legs, causing flames to burst from them in every direction.
I truly am the only one who knows everything about this dream.
The boss's legs were trembling with fear—the fear of flames that I used to completely wipe out the guardians and mana beasts.
As I said before, this realm is incomplete, so sometimes glitches can occur.
This dungeon is also a glitch, because usually mana beasts aren't so weak that they can burn in fire that easily… yet they burned easily.
"Fake. You all are fake."
Glitched dungeons can spawn out of nowhere and then disappear with everyone inside them. That's why they are dangerous.
You must be wondering how I know it?
Because I've thought of every single possibility that can happen in this incomplete realm. It's one of those possibilities.
"Rrrrrhh...khhh…"
I started taking some steps forward towards the boss.
Flames were gathering in my legs. Seonyeon was in my hands.
I'm glad. She's unconscious.
Flames started spreading from my legs slowly, slowly toward the boss.
"GGRRRAAAAHHH!!"
The boss screamed in order to scare me. My ears had started hurting from the scream.
Tch.
I wasn't strong enough to endure a sound of such frequency. I really wasn't strong. I was strong enough to kill lower-rank monsters, but I couldn't endure the scream of a middle-rank monster.
I put Seonyeon down and started running toward the boss with all my strength. I started flowing the flames through my arms to my toes in order to attack from every side of my body. The boss lifted its sword. The sword seemed to be an old-style sword that was large in shape. It looked difficult to even lift it, but the boss lifted it like it was a normal sword.
"SKRAAAHH!"
He swung his sword toward my chest. I jumped as quickly as I could.
"Hmph!"
Before I almost touched the ground, the boss hit me with a punch—a heavy one.
"Khak!"
I crashed into the wall, making a big crack in it.
Blood was flowing from my mouth. My eyesight had gotten dizzy because of the punch. I was barely able to see, but the dungeon boss was walking toward me with heavy steps. There was a strange smile on its face.
It can't be… a boss having the power of at least a B-rank monster. It's impossible in a D-rank dungeon.
I smiled in pain.
These glitches are going to kill me.
I dodged its sword with my improved agility but was unable to dodge the punch.
H-How...
I started standing while blood flowed from my nose.
…is a boss like this even possible?
I barely stood on the surface.
My vision went dark. My eyes started closing and I began falling forward. But before I fell,
The Goblin boss punched me in the stomach.
"Gah—!"
My eyes widened as I coughed blood.
"Khak—!"
I crashed into the ceiling.
Shit, the tables have turned, and it's not looking good for me.
I fell to the ground, my body laying lifeless. Blood flowed from my head. I wanted to run, but my legs hurt so bad. I wanted to use fire element, but I didn't have the strength to activate it.
Tears started dropping from my eyes. I-I don't even have souls on me. I'll die for real this time. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It fucking hurts.
[ The Void: You really are the weakest ]
Ah, don't fucking make fun of me now.
The Goblin boss started approaching me while scratching its sword against the ground, making a screeching sound.
My eyes had started to close as my vision began to blur a bit.
Originally, this dream is unsurvivable, so of course I had to die someday—but not this early.
[ The Void: I won't be able to help you like this again ]
I still haven't met her.
[ The void has granted you "Instant Regeneration Lvl. 23 ]
[ The void has increased increased your strength to lvl 10 for 10 minutes ]
The blood flow had stopped. My broken bones seemed to be intact again.
[ The Void: Finish it in 10 minutes ]
[ The Void is backing you ]
Whenever someone is backed by a higher being, a different type of feeling flows in the body.
I stood up again. My head was soaked in blood, blood in my eyes.
"So this is how it feels when you're backed by a higher being."
[ The Void: What are you talking about? ]
So this is what Han Seeyoung felt when he was backed by the Demon King.
Ah, I'm not different from him anymore.
I can't even do anything without getting backed.
I looked down at the ground.
"Well then, how about I become Han Seeyoung and win this."
The Goblin Boss rushed toward me, swinging its sword.
...
There was a distance of 5 meters between me and him. I needed to play a risky game for my survival. I played it.
"Buy Material Manipulator."
The Goblin Boss pointed its sword directly at my chest, trying to stab me. It was visible that he had put all his strength into this attack.
"HNGH—KRAAAAH!"
A fire burst from my hand, forming an arc and deflecting the sword. Usually, fire can't stop an attack, but when it does—the battle won't be easy anymore.
[ You have spended 1000cc ]
[ Total coins Remaining - 2800cc ]
Material Manipulator is a ring that can shape anything into anything we want—but only for 5 minutes.
5 minutes were enough for me.
I used flames in my hands and shaped them into a sword. A flaming sword.
Flames were erupting from it constantly.
"Grrkh!"
Seems like the tables will turn again. But this time, it's in my favor.
The Goblin swung his sword at me again.
"KRAAAAHH!"
I swung mine too, hoping to deflect the sword again.
"ARGHHHH!!"
Both the blades clashed, and my strength wasn't enough to divert the sword again. I had used all my strength in deflecting it earlier, so it hadn't recovered. The Goblin Boss seemed to have already recovered its strength and deflected the flaming sword, which ended up crashing into the wall, making cracks in it.
I got startled and took some steps backward in order to save myself.
I'm still weak. Having strength Lvl. 8 still isn't enough to survive against these monsters.
The boss lifted its arm and aimed for my head, delivering a solid punch.
I crashed into the ground, making it break into several parts.
"Guh—!"
I coughed blood, but it regenerated in milliseconds, thanks to the Instant Regeneration the Void gave me.
Before I could even get up, the boss grabbed my hair and lifted me, putting all its strength into throwing me at the wall.
"GRAAAHH!"
I crashed into the wall. It cracked again. I slowly slid down to the ground while blood dripped from my head.
It regenerated again.
I didn't have the strength to even stand. My hands were trembling from constant damage and the power of a B-rank monster. I was weak.
It was impossible for me to win, no matter how hard I tried.
I stood up again. My joints made crackling sounds now. I wiped the blood from my mouth and looked straight at the Goblin Boss.
...
I stood frozen.
My trembling hands had stopped.
There was a hand.
A hand coming out of the chest of the Goblin Boss.
"Kahh?!"
A hand that stabbed the body of this giant. The body of this giant had multiple layers of muscles on it, and the bones were stronger than metal.
Yet the hand was coming out of it.
The hand slowly pulled back from the chest of the boss.
[ Weak. ]
The pressure exerted from this voice was enough to make my knees fall to the ground.
[ You were struggling against this? ]
It wasn't the voice of the Void.
The Goblin Boss, who had never touched the ground during our whole fight, fell on the ground—
Revealing a person in a traditional Murim outfit, floating in the air.
He had long light blue hair, and his face was beautiful. He was looking down at me.. disappointed.
I'll say it again—
It wasn't the Void.
It was something stronger.
Than the Void.