Becoming an adventurer by copying monster abilities

Chapter 129 The Wanderer and the Wanderer

The [Mind's Eye Sword] is of negligible use when facing large monsters that are massive in size and overwhelming in strength.

Therefore, Luca did not focus too much on improving his proficiency in this combat skill.

However, when facing an enemy that is a humanoid creature of similar size.

This counter-attack technique, which combines counter-attack and control effects, grants him the ability to strike first even after being caught off guard.

"when!"

A crisp, piercing metallic clang echoed through the ruins.

The moment the black dagger touched the blade of the longsword, Luca had already begun his next move.

As a "foreign aid" who temporarily joined the Undying Heavy Sword Squad, he enjoyed the team's shared commissioned tasks and permissions.

He naturally wanted to demonstrate his role and prove his worth.

The high-ranking assassin, who had transformed into a streak of black light and charged forward, suddenly narrowed his pupils, hidden beneath his mask, when he saw Luca so effortlessly block his fatal blow.

My body instinctively recoiled backward.

But the recoil that surged upwards along the dagger carried an extremely strong sense of numbness and stagnation, preventing him from...

Adjust your posture immediately.

This sudden loss of control caused a brief pause in his retreat, which should have been as swift as a swallow.

This fleeting opportunity was easily seized by Luke, who was well-prepared.

"laugh!"

As the sword flashed, the leather-armored man's right arm, which he hadn't fully adjusted before, along with the dagger, instantly separated completely from his torso and flew into the air in a spinning motion.

At the smooth cross-section, blood gushed out uncontrollably, like a pump with its valve cut off, accompanied by the assassin's heart-wrenching screams.

Luke did not stop.

Simply removing an arm is far from enough to completely incapacitate these highly skilled wanderers who employ a variety of methods.

Moreover, for someone like Luca, who possesses considerable close-combat skills, close-quarters combat is the best option when dealing with rogue-type professionals.

[Imagination Manifestation] Ability activated, grants a two-point increase to Agility attribute from the demon projection.

He suddenly exerted force with his legs, which not only failed to create distance between the injured assassin and him, but instead followed closely behind the opponent's frantic retreat.

The assassin, who had lost an arm, was so afraid of Luca's parrying technique that he didn't even have the courage to retaliate.

He could only frantically retreat backward while using his remaining left hand to draw his spare dagger, desperately putting up a defensive maneuver.

But faced with Luke's immense strength and wide-ranging slashes, his stamina was quickly depleted to almost nothing.

[Gluttonous Slash], imbued with the ravenous power of an ogre, transformed Luke's gray-black broadsword into a heavy warhammer capable of smashing city gates.

Each simple, unadorned strike sent an indescribable ache through the assassin's barely parried wrist.

This high-ranking rogue, whose professional level had reached 6 and who had unlocked the "Assassin" subclass, had only one thought in his mind: "This is only level 3?!"

Even if his profession focuses on infiltration and assassination, rather than direct hand-to-hand combat.

However, as a genuine level 6 high-level professional, he shouldn't have appeared so helpless in front of his opponent despite being suppressed in all aspects of his attributes.

The black-haired young man before me displayed power, speed, and absolute control over the timing of the battle.

It far exceeded his initial assessment during the investigation.

It completely overturned his understanding of the upper limit of combat power for a level 3 professional!

However, this desperate situation on the verge of death was not his final destination.

Just as Luke raised his sword high once more, ready to end this not-so-difficult battle once more.

"Help! Eve! Save me!"

After stumbling back two steps in a sorry state, the man in black leather armor suddenly let out a hoarse roar.

Luke frowned slightly.

He initially thought the other party was bluffing, but the next second, a strong sense of crisis suddenly rose in his heart.

Trusting his own intuition completely, Luke did not hesitate to abandon his pursuit of victory.

He stomped his right foot hard on the ground, creating a deep crater, forcefully stopping his forward momentum.

Using this reaction force, he forcibly twisted his waist in mid-air.

With a turn, he swung his longsword like a shield into the empty void behind him.

"clang!"

A sharp, metallic clang suddenly rang out in the air behind Luke.

Suddenly, a string of sparks flew out of the air behind them.

Amidst the flickering light and shadow of sparks, a figure slowly emerged from the air.

He was the last member of the enemy squad who had remained inactive.

This is also one of the reasons why their team has been able to attack other adventurer teams and succeed repeatedly.

Their ability to ambush enemies in the back row becomes incredibly difficult to defend against due to the presence of this fifth leader.

This fifth member of the team possesses the ability to become invisible, which has played a crucial role in countless battles.

"If you had spoken three seconds later, I could have definitely landed the blow."

The figure slowly spoke, complaining to the assassin fleeing into the distance behind Luca.

Judging from the voice, and the delicate jawline faintly visible beneath the hood, this deadly wanderer lurking in the shadows was actually a woman.

"Shut the fuck up! I'd be dead if you were three seconds later!"

As the man in black leather armor poured out a healing potion, he warned him, "Be careful, this kid is definitely more than just a level 3 on the surface."

The hasty turn and counterattack, and the clash of weapons, had left Luke with a slight tingling sensation in the tiger's mouth where he gripped his sword.

Although the other party was a woman, the power she unleashed was absolutely no less than that of an ordinary warrior.

Clearly, the other party's profession is definitely not as simple as that of an ordinary wanderer.

But he didn't give the two much time to chat and catch their breath.

On the ever-changing battlefield, the sooner you reduce the enemy's numbers, the faster the scales of victory will tip in your favor.

The longsword drew a cold, crescent-shaped arc of light in mid-air.

Luke flicked his wrist, using a highly deceptive thrust as a feint, forcing the invisible female assassin named Eve to dodge backward.

In the instant she retreated, Luke's toes spun sharply on the ground, and he shot off like an arrow.

Completely ignoring the enormous threat that had just appeared before them, they turned and continued their full-speed pursuit of the leather-armored man with the missing arm!

He had no reason to abandon a wounded enemy who was already severely injured and on the verge of death.

He turned to fight a new enemy who was at full strength and had bizarre abilities.

Giving the opponent time to recover increases the uncertainty of your own upcoming battle.

However, he still underestimated the speed of the woman behind him.

Just as Luke turned to give chase, almost in the blink of an eye, his opponent used some kind of explosive leg technique.

It had already completed all the actions from retreating to avoid the attack, readjusting its center of gravity, and then closing in to launch a pursuit.

"Kid, your opponent is me now!"

Eve let out a shrill laugh, her eyes, hidden in the shadows, gleaming with a chilling, bloodthirsty light.

The dark purple, poisoned short sword in her hand trembled slightly in the air in an extremely eerie manner.

Then, her speed, which was already extremely fast, suddenly increased by a huge margin in an unusual way!

This is a burst combat technique that comes at the cost of burning one's own temporary life force.

The short sword, its blade gleaming with a chilling light, was like a venomous snake flicking its tongue, striking at Luke's unsuspecting back of the head with a speed almost imperceptible to the naked eye.

However, the moment the short sword touched Luke's back...

Lugana's solid figure, which was running at high speed, suddenly rippled with an eerie wave without warning.

Then, right under Eve's incredulous gaze, it vanished into thin air like a bubble!

Eve's heart sank suddenly, and an unprecedented sense of deadly crisis instantly enveloped her.

The next second, she heard a rapid and extremely short scream from not far ahead.

The scream had barely escaped his throat when it abruptly stopped.

When Eve regained her balance, she looked up in horror and gazed ahead.

Luke's tall figure had appeared in the open space further ahead without anyone noticing.

The black-armored man who had been frantically fleeing into the distance was now lying limply at Luca's feet.

The area above the neck, where the head should have been, was now empty.

It was clearly dead beyond any doubt.

This sudden, bizarre teleportation ability, which even high-level professionals couldn't see clearly, was of course Luca's trump card combat technique.

The effect of "Stealth and Evasion".

Although Luca had always tried to keep a low profile and not reveal this ability in his past adventures and battles.

However, the members of the Unfallen Heavy Sword Squad had already witnessed firsthand the incredible power of this ability in their previous death battle in the Mossy Forest.

Everyone understood the rules and tacit understanding among adventurers, and no one dared to ask Luca about the origin of his skill.

But what they faced was a group of robbers who were ready to kill and rob.

If we kill them all, it will be the same as no one ever seeing them.

Luke slowly turned around, and from the black, broad-bladed longsword in his hand, bright red blood dripped down the blood groove and onto the parched earth.

When Luke met her gaze, Eve's eyes became serious.

A strong sense of crisis made her body tremble.

The person vanished instantly, merging into the air.

This is the ability she gains after unlocking a sub-class: [Disappear].

Unlike the ability of a wanderer to achieve stealth by reducing their own presence.

The ability to "disappear" that she possesses is a genuine ability to make herself completely invisible.

In the instant she became invisible, Eve quickly changed her position.

The opponent's bizarre ability to move around made her afraid to stay in one place for long.

And the opponent, just like a headless fly, began to charge around haphazardly, swinging their swords at the air.

She quickly realized something was wrong.

Every time the opponent's longsword fell, it landed in the same spot where I had been just seconds before.

Moreover, as time went on, the other person seemed to be getting closer and closer to me!

"Can he see me?"

Eve ran backward in disbelief.

Luke's keen senses immediately picked up on this dramatic movement.

His exceptional perception was only part of the reason he could keep up with his opponent.

What truly allows him to track the approximate location of the other party is the special ability on the panel called [Smell Enhancement].

The moment Luke touched the woman, he had already memorized her scent.

Therefore, as long as one can distinguish by the intensity of the scent, even if they cannot see each other, they can sense the distance between them.

Pull it in abruptly.

As Luke drew ever closer, like a leech, Eve could no longer contain herself.

She gritted her teeth, a resolute ruthlessness flashing in her eyes.

He turned and charged toward Luke's side.

She wanted to take advantage of the opponent's delayed movements to deliver a fatal blow.

Once the opponent catches up with you completely, the advantage of invisibility will be completely lost.

As Eve suddenly changed direction and sprinted forward, the airflow became abnormal for a moment.

Luca, who had been relentlessly pursuing his opponent, naturally sensed the desperate counterattack from the increasingly strong smell of blood and the fluctuations in the air.

However, the woman's timing was extremely precise.

It happened precisely at the moment when Luke had just swung his sword and had not yet recovered his strength.

No matter how fast Luca moves, he cannot adjust the position of his longsword in an instant.

However, what she didn't expect was that Luke had no intention of using his longsword to meet this sneak attack.

On the contrary, the moment the woman's figure appeared, Luke had already released his right hand from the longsword.

The instant he released his grip, Eve was horrified to discover that his arms had instantly transformed into a pair of jet-black claws gleaming with a metallic sheen!

Eve had never heard of such an ability before!

She had only ever seen this ability to transform the body into a special form on druids.

But those druids were nothing more than turning themselves into beasts.

The claws that the man's arms had transformed into were unlike any creature she could recall.

It's like... a terrifying creature from another world!

The woman's shock didn't last long, as Luke's clawed arm had already blocked the short sword that was thrust at her.

This intense visual impact even made a seasoned woman somewhat flustered.

She didn't bother to continue the pursuit; instead, she planned to retreat quickly and create a safe distance first.

But Luca would no longer give his opponent a chance to create distance; his claws, accompanied by a strong wind, brought unparalleled suppressive power with every swing.

The woman now understood the same unbearable suffering the man in the leather armor had experienced earlier.

Soon, nicks and chips appeared on her short sword.

The bloodthirsty ferocity in his eyes had turned into panic caused by fear.

"Wait, I have something to say!"

In the wilderness, there are no absolute enemies.

Sometimes, as long as the benefits are right, even enemies can become allies.

Besides, they didn't have any real grudge against each other.

The woman planned to exchange her life for something else.

"If you spare my life, everything I own is yours!"

In response, Luke delivered a claw strike straight at her.

"Even if I kill you, everything you own will still be mine..."

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