26. Luck is also a Skill

Swords clash. Sparks fly, and they collide in an instant.

The knight, realizing he was outmatched in skill, stubbornly pushed with brute force, but Lee Do-hee didn't meet his strength head-on and continuously deflected his sword.

The one who tries to clash and the one who deflects.

It was like water and oil mixing and dancing. Swordsmanship so fast and flashy that ordinary people couldn't even follow, with several moves exchanged in a second. If concentration broke for even a moment, death would follow.

The tense battle continued.

If the knight took a step forward, Lee Do-hee willingly gave a step back.

But before he knew it, she had retreated another step, like a ghost.

'Ghostly swordsmanship,'

the knight thought.

From a woman who seemed to have lived only about 20 years, he saw the appearance of a sword demon who seemed to have lived a lifetime on the battlefield.

It was the knight who first broke the rhythm of their tense confrontation.

The problem was his Aura.

Aura is not infinite. As a miraculous power, it is usually not used much except for short-term decisive battles.

'I must decide the outcome before that.'

The decisive moment was only once.

Still, a single move possible because he held the initiative.

The greatest secret technique that allowed him to rise to the position of Knight Commander.

The knight watched for an opportunity.

And the moment Lee Do-hee's two feet touched the ground!

He exploded all his remaining Mana and wrapped it around his entire body. His technique, resembling a storm of Mana, was a secret art that forcibly boosted all physical abilities and reaction speed with Mana.

He felt as if the entire world, except for himself, had slowed down.

The time available with Mana was only 3 seconds.

"Diiieee!!!"

- Kwang!!

Tearing through the air, he charged straight forward.

He swung his sword with several times faster speed and several times stronger force than before.

'Wait, she's reacting to this?'

In a world where only he was fast.

He could see her eyes following his sword.

'Impossible...'

- Chaeng!

Sword met sword, and his special attack was smoothly deflected.

He had clearly become stronger and faster, yet his opponent fought as if facing the same opponent.

'Once more...!'

- Chaeng!

Her sword coiled around his like a snake, deflecting it once again as if the first time was no accident.

'She can't deflect the last one!!'

An unavoidable frontal vertical slash.

He had to end her with this one move.

- Chaeng!!!

Powerful forces intersected, spewing sparks, but,

she deflected it diagonally, as if knowing the exact point of impact even before his sword swung.

An unpleasant feeling, as if his sword path was being guided by her swordsmanship.

For a moment, he felt as if he had encountered an insurmountable wall.

- Kwaaaang!!

The smoothly deflected sword struck the innocent ground, and his slowed world returned to reality.

And a cold sensation felt at his neck.

- Seogeok!!

His vision spun, and he looked at her.

'What a beautiful sword...'

That was his last thought.

*

"Hwoo... That was a scare."

I was a little flustered when the last attack came in. After deflecting the sword excessively at the end, my hand was trembling slightly.

But it was all the same anyway.

If the speed I achieved in my previous life was 100, that guy was about...

10 to 20?

My body might be slow, but if I anticipate it, it's not impossible to block.

Especially, the path of the last attack was too obvious. If he hadn't been so confident in his speed and strength, and had come in with more diverse attacks, or abandoned his sword and chosen grappling or wrestling, he might have beaten me.

In the end, his pride as a knight and the habit of wielding a sword his entire life were what held him back.

Anyway,

it's over now.

"Waaaaah!!!"

"The Whore defeated the enemy commander!!!"

"Waaaaah!!!!"

Hearing the cheers of the surrounding vanguard soldiers, the Tower's voice finally came.

『You have cleared the Tower of Trials 4th floor. A True Ending bonus reward will be given.』

'Indeed?'

『Please select an S-Class Reward.』

As expected. This is indeed an A-Class trial.

The concept of this reward is 'attribute'.

It's simple.

It's where you choose whether to use ordinary non-attribute blue Mana, red Mana advantageous for using fire power, or black magic, white magic, or Divine Power.

Of course, if you want to handle everything evenly without leaning towards one side, you can just choose non-attribute and only take the total Mana amount reward.

And what I will choose is...

'Not yet, no.'

Right, it's not time to choose the reward yet.

The reward that appears when you clear a Tower floor.

But clearing it doesn't forcibly send you to the waiting room. Going to the waiting room to receive the reward or not is a choice.

And whether to go up to the next floor during that time is also a choice.

The time given this time is 1 hour.

I don't know if it was given to let me take what I needed and exchange light greetings with comrades, but I felt truly grateful for this time today.

"Hey, can I borrow your spear?"

I borrowed a spear from a vanguard soldier, a man with a giant spear about 2m long.

"Uh-huh...?"

"Hold this instead."

"Oh...? Is this a token that you've chosen me...?"

I don't know what misunderstanding he had, but his face turned red.

"Th-the Whore chose me!!! Khahahaha!!!"

"Kuk... I'm jealous. If I had my way, right now... Ugh..."

"Damn it. I'm going after another bitch."

If I were a pathetic Whore, I would have naturally been subjected to an infinite Gangbang by those bastards here, but seeing how I fought, none of them dared to approach me carelessly.

And they weren't the important ones.

The main force, arriving late now.

I could see the vanguard commander I saw earlier slowly approaching on horseback. He had a face full of questions, as if surprised that the vanguard alone had captured the castle.

This place is, after all, a kind of virtual world.

It's not like a game world where the humans here have no emotions, but it's a world that resets infinitely anyway.

So, wouldn't it be unfair to just leave things as they are?

The distance to the bald commander was approximately 500m.

Gathering all the strength in my body, I took a spear-throwing stance.

The power of the past-

I couldn't reproduce it, but I could at least strike a similar pose.

<SS-Class Karios Deirn's Spear Throwing Secret Manual>

The technique with the greatest destructive power found here.

Technique name, Meteor Spear Fall.

A technique of simply throwing a spear in the air.

Although it's not in my Status Window, so I can't use Mana with it, I can at least throw it with a physically similar stance.

- Tadadat!!

"Uh-uh...? Where are you going!"

I ran out beyond the city wall.

I stepped on the rampart, put strength into my feet, and jumped high into the sky.

I'm not the type to live in debt. Honestly, I don't know if it will work or not, but I'll try it anyway.

"You Son of a Bitch!! Diiieee!!!"

Revenge for humiliating my Vagina!!

I bent my body's muscles to their maximum, then straightened them like a bow, and threw the spear.

- Shuaaaak!!!

The spear, shot like a cannon in an instant, flew accurately towards the bald commander who had humiliated me.

"Hmm?"

As soon as he recognized the spear,

- Pugak!!!

My spear pierced straight through the center of his chest.

"Keoheok!!"

'You Fucking bastard, serves you right!!'

It was like a knot in my heart had unraveled. His chest was cleanly pierced with a 'Ppeong~' sound, which felt incredibly satisfying.

He looked at the spear and me, floating in the air, as if dumbfounded.

And he fell from his horse, dying instantly.

- Kung!!

And at the same time he fell,

"Kuek!"

I also fell.

"Ha!! Time to go now."

Just as I was about to move to the waiting room.

『You have achieved a Hidden Ending. Your reward will be upgraded.』

"Eh...? What?"

『An SS-Class Reward will be given. Please select your reward.』

"What....????"

What is this? SS-Class??

"Excuse me? No, it's good, but... there's no explanation?"

A saying passed down from old times.

The Tower is unkind.

No, but you should at least give a minimum explanation!!

Why on earth is killing that guy a Hidden Ending?

"Fucking hell, let's escape first. To the waiting room!"

- Shoong!

First, I moved to the waiting room, avoiding the soldiers who were chasing me.

"Hoo... Everyone-nim, I'll open the chat window first, okay?"

I finally came to my own small white waiting room where I could communicate comfortably.

- Do-ha~

- Kya, this is Lee Do-hee.

- SS-Class, is it real?

- Consecutive SS-Class, Fucking lololol.

- What's the Hidden Ending?

- Don't scam me, you Fucking bitchhhhhh.

- No, so why is it a Hidden Ending?

"No, I don't know either. I just got pissed off and killed him, so why is this a Hidden Ending?"

- So this is official now?

- For real, did no one know until now?

- It's not that they didn't know, it's that they couldn't do it lololol.

- The commanders are Fucking strong, for starters.

- Was there originally information like this?

This is information I didn't even know in my previous life.

Of course, not all trials always share the same content, so it's impossible to know if killing a commander in other trials will be a hidden ending or not. More samples will be needed.

But it's a newly discovered possibility for a Hidden Ending.

There have been almost no floors where both a True Ending and a Hidden Ending were revealed simultaneously.

"Well, we'll have to see about this later. It might just be because that guy was a bad guy, or it might be different in other trials. But attacking a commander will obviously lead to death, so you all shouldn't rashly follow suit, right?"

I am skilled enough that I couldn't guarantee victory if I had faced him head-on. It was only possible because I ambushed him from a distance while he was off guard.

- For real lol.

- 'You can't do it.'

- How can anyone follow that?

- If you kill him early, you're obviously screwed, and if you try to kill him late... that's hard too.

- But how on earth did she do that last spear throw?

- For real, what was that spear throw? I thought she was firing a K-9 self-propelled howitzer lol.

- Anyway, that was awesome.

"*Cough*, shall we look at the rewards first?"

I can't even explain that spear throw myself.

Anyway, seeing the brilliant SS-Class reward once again.

"Kya~ Isn't this the taste of climbing the Tower?"

This time, it wasn't cards, but various colored Mana clusters floating in front of me.

- It's Mana attribute.

- This is important, yep.

- Fucking hell, how much will an SS-Class boost it?

- Lee Do-hee scammed again.

"Kukukuk, what scam~ This is all thanks to you all~! Thanks to your many sponsorships! Thanks to your many cheers, I was able to achieve this!!"

I feel good right now.

I got my revenge satisfyingly, and even received an SS-Class reward, so my uterus is trembling 'Bokyungbokyung' again.

'Is Bokyungbokyung the right word?'

Anyway, that part is trembling. This ecstatic feeling, like I'm about to cum.

That's why my heart is generous enough to give credit to the viewers.

"And luck is also a skill! Hehehe..."

- You Fucking bitch is bragging!

- Ha, it's unfair, I should've caught the commander on the 4th floor too!!

- Anyway, almost no one else can do it besides you.

- Shibal.

- Kwaaaak!!

『Ask-nim sponsored 50,000 won.』

Yeah~ When you were forcibly getting fucked, the viewers Fucking sexually harassed you~

"*Cough*, let's not ruin the mood."

'That guy...'

I don't particularly want to know the viewers' 'red pill'. That's why I never watch my replays.

- Uh-huh.

- Hey hey hey.

- Are you a sage now?

- Ack lololol.

- Uh-huh!

- That bastard did it too;;

"Eh... I'll just look at the rewards!"

Ignoring that guy, I first looked at the first non-attribute one.

<SS-Class Non-Attribute Mana>

Maintains existing Mana.

Mana amount +100%

"Kya~ This is really good too. 100%... It's truly unbelievable."

- It's a real scam, a scam.

- You must feel like you're living in the world alone, shibal.

- No, what kind of Mana;;

- Unbelievable.

But this is not a very good choice. I already have many Mana-related traits, so 778% is multiplied, and even if I choose this, it only becomes 878%.

And what I will choose is already decided.

"First, it's one of two... Shall we look at this one first?"

White Mana emitting a sacred light. It has a slight golden tint mixed in.

Yes, this is it.

<SS-Class Hestia Goddess's Divine Power>

The efficiency of all healing spells increases by 100%.

This is good too, but it's not what I'll use.

<SS-Class Elios Goddess's Divine Power>

All buff efficiency increases by 100%.

"Kya~ Everyone, this is it."

This is what I intended to choose.

If you choose a priest, the types of Divine Power you can choose from also increase, and among them, there is Divine Power that empowers buff-type abilities.

This one, with a mix of white and light pink, somehow seems to suit me.

"Alright, if I choose this and look at other skills?"

<Haste lv.1>

Consumes 5 Mana. Agility increases by 2 for 1 hour.

Buff efficiency has increased by a whopping 2 times.

And that's not all.

I will grow very rapidly by learning future buff skills and raising buff levels.

'Good. I'm catching up.'

The path I took in the past.

Stat-wise, I haven't caught up yet, but it will be soon.

Getting strong quickly isn't what's important.

The number of Tower floors where rewards can be received is fixed.

Therefore, it's important to become stronger surely and more efficiently.

"Next floor. I'm going right away."

I won't stop.

***

And not long after, a post appeared on Lee Do-hee's fan cafe...

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[Title] : I think this is why she achieved the Hidden Ending?