Episode 115
115. Good Reactions, Aren’t They?
A narrow passageway.
And the relentless flames of the Iron Worker pouring down.
The cramped corridor had become a miniature hell.
Undead, vulnerable to fire, had nowhere to run, turning to ash and crumbling away.
“Teeeeet!”
Tia wasn’t idle either.
Soaring through the air, she rained down feathers imbued with light like a downpour.
Undead struck by the feathers shrieked as they were purified.
The undead that had filled Ma Jin-cheol with terror.
They began to fall without even putting up a proper fight.
This wasn’t a battle.
It was a slaughter.
Ma Jin-cheol could only stare blankly at the unbelievable scene.
“This… this is how it goes? Does this make sense?”
He had confirmed golden hand combat abilities through the broadcast.
But Ma Jin-cheol hadn’t seen the Iron Worker’s exploits in relative terms.
So, his astonishment at the Iron Worker’s performance was only natural.
However, even amidst that overwhelming spectacle, golden hand expression remained stern.
Even while looking at the rising messages that seemed like heralds of victory.
[Zombie defeated.]
[Skeleton Soldier defeated.]
[Ghoul defeated.]
[Level has increased! Lv. 75]
[Creator’s Resonance skill has reached Lv.5.]
[Level has increased! Lv. 76]
[Perception of Boundaries skill has reached Lv.4.]
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[Level has increased! Lv. 80]
Level 80 in an instant.
The speed of the level-ups hinted at the number of undead the Iron Worker had mowed down.
This place, Prelia, was truly a hunting ground prepared for golden hand.
Unable to comprehend the hunting scene before him, Ma Jin-cheol beside him had no choice but to ask.
“Hey, you… what’s your level? What level are you that the undead are getting wiped out like that? Even the strong martial artists would struggle with that…”
“Me? 80. Ah, just hit 81 now.”
“E, 80? Just 80? You just hit 81 now? Are levels a joke? Are they a joke!”
“You’ll level up too, right? Monsters are dying in the labyrinth.”
“My level? Huh! What, this? Why is my level rising so fast!”
Ma Jin-cheol couldn’t believe Geumson’s level.
But his own level, which shared the experience, was also rising.
In other words, a situation where he had no choice but to believe golden hand words.
Ma Jin-cheol began to let out a happy scream.
‘The reactions are good, aren’t they?’
Ma Jin-cheol’s transparent reaction.
That reaction was precisely what Geumson had hoped for.
In “Lepyon,” you don’t need to face monsters based on level alone.
If you devise matchups and strategies to raid them, leveling up quickly is entirely possible.
He wanted the players of “Lepione” to know that.
Moreover, they were currently broadcasting.
All the players watching Golden Hand’s play would also realize a lot while watching.
golden hand’s scheme was hitting the mark.
‘The situation itself is good… but there are some bothersome ones, huh?’
The undead hunt was going well.
Against tireless undead, the Iron Worker could also fight tirelessly.
But golden hand wasn’t satisfied.
On the contrary, he only heightened his extreme vigilance.
‘The real ones… still aren’t making their move.’
The powerful special entities among the undead.
They still weren’t moving.
To be precise, they were waiting for an opportunity even within the flames.
Like beasts stalking their prey.
He could feel them calmly looking for an opening even in the inferno.
‘They can endure pain and such, is that it? For undead, do they have fire resistance?’
The agony of one’s entire body burning.
A pain no living being could withstand.
But the undead paid no mind to such pain.
Moreover, the special entities seemed to have fire resistance, enduring the flames and merely looking for an opening.
However, golden hand had no intention of giving them even that small opening.
Because golden hand had another means left to deal with the undead.
“Jin-cheol, sir, it might get a bit chilly.”
“Huh? What else are you going to do he— huh?”
Geumson didn’t answer Ma Jin-cheol’s question.
Instead, he calmly raised his left hand.
‘Left Hand of the Moon.’
A faint, chilling moonlight began to emanate from golden hand’s left hand.
A cold, serene, sacred light that purified all.
‘Land of the Moon.’
Swoooooosh—
Starting from his left hand, the chill began to create a blue frost at his feet.
And golden hand;s frost mist, spreading like fog.
The frost mist instantly covered the entire passageway, coiling around the ankles of the charging undead.
[‘Land of the Moon’ is activated.]
[Inflicts continuous frost damage to all enemies within the area.]
[Reduces movement speed of all enemies within the area by 50%.]
[The power of purification weakens enemies with the Undead attribute.]
Messages rose one after another.
Looking at them, Geumson finally curled the corner of his mouth.
‘It’s working properly.’
The skill possessed by the Left Hand of the Moon, Land of the Moon.
A skill imbued with the power of frost and purification, a natural enemy against undead.
It finally made those who had endured even within the flames move.
Kuuuoooo!
Kekek- kekekekek!
“Wooorker! Fall! Fall down! Woooorker!”
Those who could no longer endure and charged into melee combat were shattered by the Iron Worker’s bare fists.
golden hand chill and the Iron Worker’s heat.
The enemies, weakened to the extreme by the drastic temperature changes between hot and cold, couldn’t withstand the Iron Worker’s steel fists.
Thud-
Thud thud thud!
Even the strong ones hidden in the flames either froze and shattered, burned to ash, or simply exploded under the Iron Worker’s steel punches.
But golden hand, insatiable, quickly opened his stat window and distributed his remaining stat points as if to see this through to the end.
[Purification: 50 → 150]
[Strength: 120 → 130]
[Agility: 109 → 130]
[Stamina: 110 → 130]
[Magic Power: 109 → 130]
[Luck: 112 → 129]
[Precision: 120 → 130]
[Divine Power: 116 → 130]
[Endurance: 105 → 130]
[Remaining Stat Points: 238 → 0]
The remaining stat points accumulated up to level 81 were a whopping 238.
This was no ordinary level 81.
golden hand, who could gain a total of 12 stat points per level including open stats.
Thus, golden hands was on an incomparable level to other players.
It was only natural for the unaware Ma Jin-cheol to be surprised.
Moreover, the instantly strengthened power of purification immediately began to affect the effect of ‘Land of the Moon.’
[The power of Magic has been enhanced.]
[The power of Divine Power has been enhanced.]
[The power of Purification has been enhanced.]
[The effect of ‘Land of the Moon’ is further enhanced.]
Briefly appearing messages.
But the effect was not as simple as the messages.
The movements of the undead charging fiercely seemed to have completely halted.
Moreover, frost formed on their bodies, and their bones and flesh began to freeze and crumble away.
Especially the enhanced purification power and the divine power mixed within were utterly fatal to the undead.
Weak zombies or skeletons began to emit black smoke and collapse on their own the moment they stepped into the area.
“Ha, haha… hahaha. It’s seriously overpowered.”
“Probably less so than the hunting methods you use, sir?”
“Fine, let’s not talk about it.”
Ma Jin-cheol, who seemed to have given up on understanding.
He seemed to have decided to just enjoy the situation.
But that didn’t mean Ma Jin-cheol could just rest.
“What kind of firepower is this… My ice barrier is melting!”
“What are you doing? Hurry up and repair it!”
“Somehow, I seem to be the busier one? Something feels wrong…”
According to Ma Jin-cheol’s expectations, Geumson should be overwhelmingly busy due to the combat.
But the result was completely different.
On the contrary, Golden Hands seemed idle.
He left the combat to the Iron Worker and stayed far back.
Rather, he was the only one busy, having to repair the rapidly melting ice barrier.
‘Is this enough for here?’
Geumson stepped back and surveyed the battle situation.
The situation was stable.
The Iron Worker completely blocked the passageway, Tia supported from the air.
Land of the Moon restricted and purified the undead’s movements.
Now it was only a matter of time.
Even if the number of undead was overwhelming.
‘Time… that’s the problem.’
In contrast to the stable battle situation, Geumson felt impatient.
Because the blue dots visible in his vision.
That faint blue light felt as if it represented the fading life force of the survivors.
“Sir, make just one small hole for me.”
“What? Why make that? It’s perfect right now.”
“I have somewhere to go for a bit.”
“In this situation?”
“Because there are people I need to save.”
Ma Jin-cheol let out a short sigh.
He didn’t bother trying to stop golden hands.
After all, listening to golden hands so far hadn’t resulted in any loss.
“Ugh… if it gets dangerous, come back right away!”
“Don’t worry. Worker! Tia! I’m counting on you!”
“Woooorker! Worker!”
“Tiyak!”
Grrrrr—
On the opposite side from where the undead were swarming.
A small hole was made in the ice barrier.
Just big enough for golden hands to squeeze through.
Pushing his body into it, golden hands secretly slipped out of the ice barrier.
As he raised the hem of Astrid’s Shadow Robe, a message appeared.
[Shadow Stealth is activated.]
[Conceals the wearer’s presence, magical power, and even appearance.]
Confirming the message, golden hands.
golden hands’s footsteps gradually quickened.
Heading towards the blue dots visible on the map.
