One Man Army

Chapter 140 [Episode 72] The changed future 1

@The Changed Future.

Sang Hyuk, who had cut down the deck chief, ran forward and continued to look for the captain’s room. Of course, the pirates continued to block Sang Hyuk, but Sang Hyuk kept on going forward, his weapons knocking them down like bowling pins.

There were two more two middle bosses, but they were as nothing to him.

Sang Hyuk arrived at the captain’s room in just 10 minutes.

Sang Hyuk blasted the door of the captain’s room without hesitation.

The Pirate Captain, sitting on a large chair, stared at Sang Hyuk who shattered his door and and just casually waltzed in.

The pirate captain was three times the size of an adult man and biting on his pipe, wearing his buccaneer uniform.

“I don’t know if you are the fool who rushes in where angels fear to tread and you….”

The Pirate Captain tried to recite his preprogrammed lines, but unfortunately Sang Hyuk didn’t give a poo.

Slassshhhh!

Sang Hyuk struck with two blood wires from both of his hands and rushed the pirate captain.

Phaphaphaphat, clank, clank

Then the Black Magic Armored Sang Hyuk, closed in and slashed with his blood wires.

Thanks to Sang Hyuk’s unexpected attack, the pirate captain was forced to end in the middle of his preprogrammed lines which had at least three more lines. Instead, he drew the double barrelled shotgun holstered at his waist and soon the battle began.

Thadadadadang!

The double barrelled shotgun vomited fire. Each of the pirate captains had slightly different look and characteristics but one thing was clearly the same.

The higher the pirate ship’s rank, the stronger the pirate captain!

This was an obvious fact. The level of the pirate captain in front of Sang Hyuk was 89.

This level 89 was of an even higher rank because the pirate captain was a boss monster, not a normal monster.

If the Infinity Challenge effect did not reduce the level difference by half, then it was likely that Sang Hyuk would not find this solo raid as easy as it has been so far.

Tadadadadang!

Sang Hyuk transformed the end of the blood wire into a thin shield, blocking the projectiles flying toward him.

If it was the normal users, they surely would have pushed a few steps back because of the powerful impact of the buckshot, but Sang Hyuk nullified the kinetic energy of the projectiles almost instantly using the blood wire.

Even if this doesn’t seem to be anything special for Sang Hyuk, but there was almost no one who could actually execute this delicate control in the game, much less in combat.

Some people would think it would not be a big deal if they were pushed just a few steps away. But this was the crucial difference between a pro and an amateur.

Sang Hyuk was able to instantly counterattack the pirate captain because he didn’t lose the 1-2 seconds needed to recover since he was not knocked back.

If Sang Hyuk had been pushed a few steps back, he wouldn’t have been able to avoid the pirate captain’s subsequent attacks, as he would have been out of position, and his stance in jeopardy.

Ziinggg, kwakwakwang!

The pirate captain swung the double barrelled shotgun in his hands, and suddenly out of the muzzle popped out two dagger blades and he slashed the blood wire that was threatening to stab him.

Even if it is Sang Hyuk, who had reincarnated, he knew nothing about the pirate captain in front of him.

The only thing he knew was that it had two lives.

Sang Hyuk had to fight it himself to find out about the rest.

“Is he focused on ranged attacks? Nope… The strength I felt when it defended against my counter-attack was harsher than I expected. I don’t think it is a monster with only ranged attacks.”

Sang Hyuk kept on analyzing during battle.

It was true that he had an overwhelming power, but that didn’t mean it was possible to catch this monster if he only used his skills without thinking.

* * * *

17 minutes, it took 17 minutes for Sang Hyuk to figure out almost all the information about the pirate captain in front of him.

Sang Hyuk figured out all seven different attack patterns and five defensive patterns that it has as well as the two deadly gaps that exist between these patterns.

In the process, Sang Hyuk suffered a certain amount of damage, but was able to recover with a few low-cost recovery combination cards.

Hunting this monster was not so difficult for Sang Hyuk. Of course, there could be other information or patterns that Sang Hyuk didn’t understand, but it was enough for combat.

After completing the 17 minutes tactical analysis, Sang Hyuk pushed the pirate captain mercilessly. From then on, the pirate captain really started to fight back.

Nevertheless, the pirate captain has been enduring Sang Hyuk’s attacks for a long time. Also, as the durability of the pirate ship was used as a second health bar, its endurance was unbelievable.

Fortunately Gye Baek has hit the Pirate Ship with a lot of shots and the durability has been reduced by 30%, otherwise Sang Hyuk would have had to fight for an extended duration.

Especially, the pirate captain had a unique attack, so should Sang Hyuk make a mistake during this long battle, all his hard labor up to this point could collapse at once.

Sang Hyuk pounded on his opponent for 42 minutes grimly. Even for Sang Hyuk, who boasts the highest level of firepower, the pirate captain was not an opponent that could be taken lightly.

If there were a lot of people, it would have been possible to make a mistake and endure a certain level of damage, but Sang Hyuk solved all the problems alone as usual, so a single mistake could lead to a raid failure in the blink of an eye.

The fact that he could never make mistake was a bigger pressure than he thought. But Sang Hyuk proudly overcame and eventually defeated the pirate captain.

“Khurrrrrrk, the blue sky is in front of me……”

Khukhukhung.

7th grade Pirate Captain ‘Comei’ has been defeated.

Since you are the first to hunt down a 7th grade pirate ship, first kill bonus has been applied and you receive all 57 items that you can get from Comei.

The pirate ship has been sunk and you have received all the karma from the pirate ship.

You have sunk the pirate ship in exactly 1 hour, 10 minutes and 48 seconds.

You have earned the Time Attack Bonus level S and you have earned the Pirate Ship’s Treasure Chest (S).

“Huh? Time Attack Bonus? Treasure Box? What else is this?”

Sang Hyuk tilted his head at a line of system message that he didn’t expect.

First he put the 57 items dropped by Comei and a huge golden treasure chest into his virtual bag, then he came out on the deck.

The deck was empty because the pirate captain was defeated and all the pirates were gone.

“Wow, you’re back.”

Gye Baek and Dark Knight were sitting on the deck of Ink Black Dragon and breathing roughly. Their vitality was running out after dealing with the pirates which trying to cross over to Ink Black Dragon for more than an hour.

After Sang Hyuk stepped on the harpoon chain and crossed over to the Ink Black Dragon, the pirate ship began to sink slowly.

“Sigh, it was really hard. If it lasted for 10 more minutes, then both of us would have no chance to continue and we would have been defeated.”

Gye Baek spoke with an exaggerated expression. But Sang Hyuk thought that even if it had been 10 minutes longer, both of them would still have survived.

“Stop making a fuss and let’s check the reward.”

Sang Hyuk pulled out the 57 items and a large golden treasure chest from his virtual bag.

“First, let’s open this golden treasure chest.”

Sang Hyuk also knew nothing at all about the treasure chest. Even in his previous life, he had never heard of such a treasure chest.

There were one of the two possibilities.

Either it was an item which existed in the previous life but Sang Hyuk didn’t know of it because it was very rare or it was an item which did not exist in his previous life and was newly created in this life….. Sang Hyuk thought it was more likely the first one.

Clank, kiiiiiiik,

With the consent of the two people, Sang Hyuk carefully opened the golden treasure box. There was no magic traps in a reward, but he opened it carefully, just in case.

“O!”

“Hiyaaa……”

As soon as the golden treasure chest was opened and the four items in it were revealed, Sang Hyuk and Gye Baek exclaimed at the same time.

Dark Knight didn’t say anything, but nodded his head slightly and locked his gaze into the golden treasure box.

The four items in it were as following.

‘Comei’s double barrelled shotgun [unique rating]’

‘Top rated Enhancement Stone’

‘Top rated Magic Stone’

‘Pirate Flag Decoration [Unique Rating]’

All four things seemed unusual. Of course, Sang Hyuk was not interested in the unique rank items.

Top rated Enhancement Stone and Magic Stone.

These two items were very necessary items for Sang Hyuk.

“I just need these two things out of all the items dropped by Comei and from the golden treasure box. You guys can have the rest.”

Sang Hyuk wanted the top rated Enhancement Stone and Magic Stone.

Gye Baek and Dark Knight had absolutely no complaints because they needed the equipment more than the Enhancement Stone or Magic stone.

“A treasure box…. It could be that the information about the pirate ships that I know is wrong?”

Sang Hyuk had never faced a pirate ship himself, so he believed the information that the pirate ship was a monster which was more annoying than a Sky Whale and had nothing special.

But when he faced it himself and got the treasure chest as a reward, he realized the information might have been manipulated.

This manipulation of information was something that the established powers frequently used.

“Then we shouldn’t avoid anything in the future even pirate ships.”

Sang Hyuk changed his plans about avoiding the pirate ships as much as possible and hunting Sky Whales only.

Sang Hyuk, who quickly distributed the items among them, grabbed the key of the Ink Black Dragon again.

The Sky-sea was wide and they still had far to go, so they had to keep on moving forward.

* * * *

“So, the unlimited and limited….. So, the division is like that?”

“That’s right, we’ve been discussing this for a few days, and in the end that’s what’s been decided.”

Sang Hyuk was able to get the unexpected information from Lee Mirae.

“Unlimited means there is nothing restricted and limited means restrictions, is it that the unlimited is like the Gladiator Hall and the new EL Revolution has only limited class matches?”

Sang Hyuk tilted his head and asked when the unfamiliar formats that were not in his previous life appeared.

“I also thought so at first, but when I asked about it, it was totally different. They said that EL Revolution has created two completely different modes with the basic format still intact. To put it simply, the unlimited is just the original version of EL Revolution and limited is a PvP mode that limits each combatant to the same level, equipment, title, and skill within the EL Revolution system.”

“Oh…”

Sang Hyuk, who listened to Lee Mirae’s explanation, was honestly a bit surprised.

Sang hyuk had no idea that the future would change in this way.

“From what I heard, various types of equipment, titles, and skills are assigned before the battle starts, and the users can choose and combine them by themselves. At first I thought it was a little strange, but when I heard it, it looks more fun than I thought.”

Lee Mirae explained a little more about limited mode.

“Why did this change happen? Perhaps…. is it because of me?”

Sang Hyuk was slightly taken aback by the sudden change, but he did not think it would cause a big problem.

“Hmmm, although I’ll have to find out more about the details, but…. as I heard it, I think it would be more fun than I expected.”

Sang Hyuk nodded with a similar thought like Lee Mirae.

Chapter 140 [Episode 72] The changed future 1 – End