Chapter 252 – The Assassin

“Where did he appear?”

“I don’t see anything!”

Despite Carlos’s shout that the assassin had appeared, the hunters could only look around in confusion.

This was because only Carlos, with his Mind’s Eye trait, could see Min Do-jun.

“Where exactly is he?”

“There, there he is!”

Carlos pointed to what appeared to be empty space.

But Adam believed him.

There was no way someone under mind control would lie.

Adam stared intently at the empty space Carlos was pointing to and asked,

“How far away is he?”

“About 30 meters, I think.”

“Are you sure it’s Min Do-jun?”

“I can’t see his face clearly, but he’s definitely Asian. He’s riding an enormous wolf.”

‘A wolf?’

“He’s coming this way!”

At the news that Min Do-jun was approaching, Adam tightly gripped David’s hand.

He was prepared to escape via teleport if necessary.

“Min Do-jun!”

Adam called out confidently.

“Why don’t you show yourself? We know you’re there!”

A moment later, Min Do-jun appeared from thin air and dismounted.

“I didn’t expect someone would be able to see the Ghost Wolf.”

Having apparently heard their earlier conversation, Min Do-jun stared intently at Carlos.

“A trait that lets you see hidden things?”

“……”

“Can you also see stealth or invisibility? Regardless of combat power?”

Carlos kept his lips tightly sealed.

It was a show of resolve not to give any information to the enemy.

“If you don’t want to tell me, that’s fine. I’ll find out for myself.”

No one in the room realized that those words were a death sentence.

Meanwhile, Adam couldn’t understand Min Do-jun’s relaxed attitude.

‘This guy. Can’t he see all the hunters around him?’

Despite seventeen hunters glaring at him with murderous intent, Min Do-jun showed no sign of fear.

‘We can win. Of course we can!’

With combat powers ranging from at least 2 million to as high as 3.25 million, elite rankers surrounded them.

No matter how powerful Min Do-jun was with his 8 million combat power, he couldn’t possibly withstand an assault from seventeen hunters.

‘Now that you’ve shown up, you’re as good as dead.’

Adam, who had momentarily been intimidated by Min Do-jun’s appearance, regained his confidence.

“Min Do-jun. I see you can indeed track my location.”

“Yes. So stop wasting energy running around. I’ll keep tracking you until I kill you.”

“Hmph. Don’t you think this place might become your grave?”

“That’s what I was going to say to you.”

“Kuk kuk, the man who couldn’t kill me in one hit at the guild office now says he’ll kill me? How very possible.”

“True. I admit I didn’t use my full strength then. But now I’m not going to hold back.”

“Heh heh, I didn’t realize you were so full of yourself. Thinking you can kill someone who can reflect 90% of damage.”

“If you’re so confident, why not fight me one-on-one? Why are you clutching your subordinate’s hand so tightly? Is it embarrassing? Or perhaps that’s your preference?”

“You son of a—”

All Adam could do was glare.

Who in their right mind would fight one-on-one against someone with 8 million combat power?

And he couldn’t let go of David’s hand either.

One moment of carelessness could be fatal.

‘He’s trying to provoke me, make me let my guard down, and then strike.’

Though he hadn’t thought of that himself, Adam smiled as if he knew everything.

He didn’t let go of David’s hand.

He had already ordered David to use teleport immediately if Adam squeezed his hand.

They needed to escape at the first sign of danger.

“Seeing that you still won’t let go of his hand, I guess you two really are a couple.”

“Your provocations won’t work. I see right through your intentions.”

Just as Adam was about to give orders to his subordinates,

“Is this the bastard?”

Zhu Georyong, China’s rank 1, stepped forward with his magnificent spear.

“Is this the one who killed the Jin Weizheng and Jin Weibai brothers?”

“What are you doing, Zhu Georyong!”

“As you know, Adam-nim, the Jin brothers were close friends of mine. Please give me the chance to avenge them one-on-one.”

“Didn’t you hear what I said earlier? His combat power is 8 million!”

“I’m close to 3 million myself.”

“Are you not listening to me? Do you think I made up the 8 million figure?”

“No, I don’t. If Adam-nim says it’s 8 million, then it must be.”

“Then why—”

“He’s probably lying about his combat power.”

“What?”

Zhu Georyong sneered at Min Do-jun.

“Honestly, does it make sense for a human to have 8 million combat power? Especially someone ranked only 40th in the world?”

Seemingly intent on fighting, Zhu Georyong pointed his spear at Min Do-jun.

“Even world rank 1 Justin Walker only has 3.25 million. It’s impossible for anyone to exceed that.”

“Even so, he’s the one who killed the Jin brothers! We can’t underestimate—”

“With all due respect to the deceased brothers, if they were ambushed, they could have been defeated even by someone with just 2.2 million combat power.”

Min Do-jun smiled at Zhu Georyong’s dismissive sneer.

“It seems I’m being severely underestimated.”

“Huh? You understand Chinese too?”

“You want to fight me one-on-one?”

“Yes. You bread-eating fraud.”

It seemed that not having seen it with his own eyes, Zhu Georyong couldn’t believe the 8 million combat power figure.

“Fine. I’ll give you a demonstration.”

“This idiot, what are you going to show—”

Before Zhu Georyong could finish his sentence.

Slash-!

His head flew off in a perfect arc.

The hunters’ mouths fell open in shock at the sudden turn of events.

“The, the Chinese spear master…”

“Gone so easily…”

While the hunters were in shock, Min Do-jun seemed unimpressed.

He hadn’t even used magic, just sliced the neck with his sword as soon as Zhu Georyong came within range.

“What? Dying to a single basic attack is so disappointing.”

Of course, it wasn’t just a basic attack—it was enhanced with various buffs.

Not only the standard Aura Blade and Elemental Sword, but also Berserker, which could multiply damage up to 5 times by accumulating anger and pain.

‘The Berserker energy is building easily because of my rage toward Adam.’

His anger was so constant that every basic attack could deal 5 times the damage.

If he was lucky and the Critical Strike trait activated for 4 times damage amplification, he could kill someone in one hit even if they were wearing legendary items.

Just like the man who had just died.

Adam seemed to realize this too, as he looked more shocked than anyone.

‘This, this can’t be… Zhu Georyong, wearing legendary items, died from a single sword strike…’

Not everyone was wearing legendary items, but Zhu Georyong definitely had been.

That’s why Adam had expected him to put up a decent fight.

‘He must have blocked 90% of the damage. And yet he died so easily…’

Tension returned to Adam’s eyes.

‘Was he telling the truth about not using his full strength?’

Adam could no longer stand by and watch.

“Everyone! All of you, attack and kill him now!”

“Uwaaaaah!”

The hunters charged at the command.

Despite the chaotic situation, Min Do-jun calmly muttered,

“Rampage.”

[Using Rampage.]

[All stats increased by 1.5 times.]

[Strength +8,933 Health +8,057

Agility +9,149 Magic Power +10,479]

[Time remaining: 4 minutes 59 seconds]

Then he used the S-grade skill he had obtained from Bathory.

‘Blood Song.’

A red circle with a 30-meter radius appeared beneath Min Do-jun’s feet.

“What, what is this?”

The charging hunters hesitated, thinking it might be an attack skill.

But nothing seemed to happen when they stepped on the circle.

Or so they thought.

Until they saw the message.

[All stats temporarily decreased by 15%.]

The hunters finally realized that stepping on the circle inflicted a debuff.

But they couldn’t avoid the circle that moved with Min Do-jun.

Slash- Slash-!

With each of Min Do-jun’s attacks, arms fell and heads flew.

‘Gust Blade.’

Whiiiiing-!

Wind blades that moved freely through the air severed the hunters’ limbs.

“Argh!”

“You, you bastard!”

The hunters rushed at Min Do-jun with murderous intent, but none could land a proper attack.

He kept disappearing with invisibility and striking from different positions, making him impossible to catch.

‘How can he use invisibility continuously?’

None of the hunters had ever heard of someone using invisibility without a cooldown.

‘Hellfire.’

Fwoooosh-!

Hellfire clung to the hunters’ heads, burning away their lives.

“P-please spare me!”

“Aaaaargh!”

The hunters begged for mercy, abandoning the dignity of their rank 1 status in the face of death.

But Min Do-jun was an avenger returned from a past life.

He had no intention of sparing anyone who served Adam, and mercy was not in his vocabulary.

[Current kill count: 8/50]

[Current kill count: 9/50]

[Current kill count: 10/50]

[All stats increased by 10%.]

[Time remaining: 59 minutes 59 seconds]

He was simply stacking his Avatar of the Battlefield trait.

‘He’s, he’s insane. Completely insane…’

Adam couldn’t close his mouth as he watched the slaughter.

Not because of the brutal scene.

‘His combat power… it keeps rising!’

It was because of Min Do-jun’s impossible combat power.

‘9 million… 10 million… 11 million… 12 million…’

Perhaps because he was unleashing his true power, his combat power kept increasing without limit.

‘So 8 million wasn’t his maximum!’

Adam swallowed hard as he watched.

How could anyone stop this monster whose combat power had already surpassed 12 million and was still rising?

‘This was clearly my mistake. We should never have faced him directly!’

His arrogance had cost him his forces.

Just then,

In the moment Adam looked away, Min Do-jun vanished.

“Wh-where is he? Carlos!”

Carlos, with his Mind’s Eye trait, immediately located Min Do-jun.

“Above…! He’s above!”

Min Do-jun had jumped into the air using invisibility and was now targeting Adam.

‘Soul Explosion, 1 through 10.’

It was the same attack that had reduced the Jin brothers to ashes.

Zwiiiiing-!

The black beam instantly engulfed Adam.