Stealth Attack

The opponent this time is certainly much more difficult.

At first, I shot the bow, but the arrow never reached it.

Meanwhile, the Lich continuously spammed [Ice Ball] because it has a tremendous amount of Mana.

I dodged his ice balls but if I continued like this, I would waste a lot of energy unnecessarily.

'Let's try this.'

I shot an arrow directly at its face.

It dodged aside easily.

The arrow bounced off the stone wall and was about to fall to the ground when,

'This is the opportunity.'

"RETURN!"

I put a lot of Mana into my new skill.

The arrow flew towards me quickly.

Or rather... towards the Lich's position!

Shunk!

The arrow went straight into its skeletal head.

Several pieces of bone fell from its body.

The arrow fell off and exposed its skull.

Even though it didn't show any signs or facial expressions, I could still feel its anger.

The Lich's Mana began to surround its body.

Its wounds instantly recovered.

Yeah, this is another feature that I hate about undead monsters.

'Maybe I just did something I shouldn't have done.'

Sigh.

And then a bunch of [Ice Spears] appeared out of nowhere and flew straight towards me.

'Damnit!'

I flipped behind a rock.

'I knew it would be aggressive!'

'But not THIS aggressive!'

Hiding behind a rock is really good.

In most cases.

But in this situation, it's useless.

An ice spear stabbed straight through the rock I was hiding.

'I'm not alright at all!'

For a moment, my [Death Sense] activated.

Everything around me started to slow down.

The sound of the [Ice Spear] also became slower.

But I can't do anything either.

Time returns quickly.

I could feel a sharp and very cold object stabbed straight through my body.

Huff.

A large piece of flesh on my side was punctured and a lot of blood splattered out.

I was then thrown forward with great force.

But the pain was just so great that I could not even breathe.

I rolled on the ground and hit hard at another rock.

'Some of my bones are broken...'

Before I could review the situation, two more spears rushed straight at me.

But my legs are frozen so I can't do anything.

I took out the sword I had just picked up, simultaneously activating both skills for a brief moment.

"Aim Assisting."

"Stab."

I took out the sword from the ring and slashed straight at the spear closest to me.

Slash.

["Critical Hit" has happened.]

[Due to the talent "Weakness Detection", "Critical Damage" increased by half.]

The other spear has also been affected and flung away.

'This sword is not the best. But it's still better than nothing.'

'Hm... I have... another plan.'

I put the sword away and took out the bow.

'Charged Attack.'

My wounds began burning my body.

Huff.

Huff.

'I must kill this fucker!'

Seeing that, the monster rushed straight towards me.

But I ignored it and kept charging.

It rushed closer and closer to me.

I had been waiting for that moment forever.

'Deactivate [Return]!'

Suddenly, a dart knife rushed straight from the door.

It flew so fast that the Lich couldn't do anything.

The tip of the knife stabbed straight into Lich's body.

Its ribs shattered.

But the dart didn't stop and continued to pass through the Lich.

It was about to recover again when,

Schunk!

I took out the sword again while it was recovering.

That's a very interesting thing about [Charged Attack] that it's different from the game.

'I just found out about this!'

[Charged Attack] in the game will be interrupted if you change weapons or are attacked by enemies.

But here it's different.

As long as I'm holding a weapon, [Charged Attack] will continue to proceed.

And because I switched from bow to sword without removing my hand once, [Charged Attack] instead of being deactivated, was transferred to the sword immediately.

'I wonder if this skill has any other differences or applications that are different from the game?'

And at the same time activated the only move I had since coming to this world.

"Stab!"

I stabbed straight into its skull.

Combined with a fully charged attack, the damage will be increased by about one-fifth of its original power.

But even so, the power is still too weak. 

Therefore, it still couldn't completely penetrate its skull, so I had to stick the Lich straight into the ground so it couldn't run away anymore.

"Return!"

I called back the knife dart that was sticking straight into the rather heavy stone.

But as long as it's under 3kg,

The throwing knife returned to my hand with a large amount of power.

Now the knife part has turned into a DIY hammer.

Not letting this opportunity go to waste, I took advantage of the momentum to add more force to my power.

"Hidden!"

This move will make me invisible.

Even though it says erasing a part of existence, I still don't really understand its meaning.

But whatever!

Since the opponent can't see me, my attack will become "Stealth Attack"!

[-Watch Out!

Increase 10% "Critical Rate" when you are doing a "Stealth Attack"...]

And this is what I need the most right now.

'A 10% increase when performing a "Stealth Attack"!'

"Aim Assisting!"

'My [Critical Rate] is now around 50%!'

And then I slammed down the sword that was stuck into the Lich's body.

But after that, there was no effect at all.

The sword sank deeper and pierced the Lich's inner core.

The Lich disappeared into nothingness.

Sigh.

'If it ended with a Critical Hit, it would be so much nicer.'

Sigh.

Unfortunately, 50% is not enough.

But anyway, I beat it.

A [Reward Chest] appeared from where the boss disappeared.

----Reward Chest----

[Intelligence Boost Potion (D)], [Skill Book (Swordsmanship: Slash].

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'Nice, a new skill for my potential [Swordsmanship].'

'Even though I mainly use a bow, I cannot be picky now.'

[-Slash (Lv.1)

When active, the first slash consumes "Stamina" and increases the "Attack Speed" of the User by 2.5% in 2 seconds.]

"[Attack Speed], huh? So it will affect the speed of my attack."

"It will help with my swordsmanship a lot too."

"Moreover, I can shoot an arrow faster now."

I consumed it right away... No, it's more like I read the book and I absorb the skill.

'But this is just the beginning of my adventure today.'

"And it's very hard already."

I went around this cave a bit and tried to find the hidden way.

Click.

I suddenly pressed a button, and it immediately activated the mechanic.

A door suddenly rose from the ground and appeared right in front of me.

This could be considered the first door you can bump into in the game.

The Door is just like a portal, but it has the shape of a door.

It plays a role as the two-way portal connecting two different dimensions.

I gotta be honest with myself: I hate the Door.

Every time I saw it in the game, I freaked out.

  It's just a nightmare to see it in real life like this.

Restlessness consumed me, and I couldn't help but tap my fingers incessantly against my palm.

This is a really bad habit of mine.

'My girlfriend was always mocking me when I did this.'

'Haha. I guessed she was right too.'

My mind raced, a whirlwind of concerns and uncertainties that refused to step into the portal.

Each passing moment seemed to amplify my apprehension as if the weight of the world rested upon my shoulders.

But I simply had no choice.

I opened the door.

A deadly aura which could easily kill my courage emitted from the Door.

However, I mustered up all my courage again and then stepped inside.