Chapter 78

Jeong Jin user realized that he is quite good at fights that are like wrestling with swords attached to each other.

Jeong Jin user’s close combat, which perfectly handles the use of strength and swords, was much better than I thought.

I deliberately took the stance of the Assassin’s movement skill to induce wrestling.

As expected, Jeong Jin user grabbed my body and knocked me down, and the moment I confirmed Jeong Jin user’s attack, I moved behind him.

Completely defenseless back.

Jeong Jin user’s attack was already exerting force on the floor where I was, and there was no way for anyone here to attack me from behind.

The moment I sensed victory and was about to attack Jeong Jin user’s defenseless back.

Thud!

A one-handed sword pierced my neck.

“Huh!?”

A situation where a one-handed sword pierced Jeong Jin user’s stomach and attacked my neck.

‘Crazy. Did he really pierce his own stomach and attack like that fighting game character…?’

I didn’t expect it at all.

As the one-handed sword entered my vital neck, the remaining health disappeared in an instant, and the defeat message appeared.

As I was bounced out of the arena, I realized I had lost.

‘Ah, I lost.’

“Eek!”

It’s unfair. Honestly, I won this. Really.

At the end, Jeong Jin user had 25% health left, and I had 15%.

Originally, if a sword enters the abdomen, the damage is about 10%. So even if Jeong Jin user pierced his own stomach, about 15% would remain.

Meaning, even if a sword pierced my stomach, considering the Assassin’s health and defense, 1-2% would definitely remain.

In that state, if my Assassin skill hit Jeong Jin user’s defenseless back, I would definitely have won.

But…

“No way, because I’m short, Jeong Jin user pierced his stomach, and the attack hit my neck…”

If I were just 5cm taller. No, even 3cm taller, the sword wouldn’t have hit my neck but my upper body. Then I would have survived Jeong Jin user’s last attack and killed him.

But because of the height difference, the opponent took damage to the stomach, and I took damage to the vital neck.

“It’s unfair!!!”

‘If it were my old body… No, it’s because of Arang’s talent that I’ve come this far.’

Even though I lost now, it’s frustrating, but the situation itself is absurd.

No matter how talented you are at games, a kid who started the game 2-3 months ago and PVP just 3 days ago, going undefeated to that rank and seeing the possibility of winning against last year’s strongest Korean player.

‘Next time, I’ll definitely win…! Wait a minute…’

I was slightly confused by the unfair and frustrating emotions that made me feel like crying.

‘I guess this is also my emotion now.’

I realize that my emotional control has weakened a lot since my last period.

I think that as I live as Arang, I’m changing to match Arang’s body and mind.

It’s not that I feel bad. It’s just that I have no thoughts, just going with the flow!

‘It’s not that I can’t play games. Plus, with a younger mind, I seem to enjoy games even more.’

If it were the old me, I would have been strict, picky, and annoyed with updates, raids, and parties.

But now, every little thing feels fun.

Still… losing makes me angry!!!

Next time, I’ll definitely win. I will win.

To do that… I think I need to study.

Not studying about games, but about swordsmanship.

‘No, thinking about it now, my mind is younger, so studying won’t work.’

Studying is out of the question. I need to clash directly. With physical and talent, I grow by fighting.

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“No, Arang, you’re really 15? I was really chilled to the bone at the end.”

-Wow, I thought Jeong Jin would win easily, but from the middle, Arang was insanely good.

-Small body, Assassin’s agility, and physical talent, she’s a talent monster lol.

-Not 15-year-old physical.

“At a level that can compete with most pros? No, at a level that can compete with top-tier pros.”

-That much?

-Nah, that’s not it.

“It’s true. I can bet all my gold that Arang will be in the top 50 challengers within a month.”

-Lol, just in case, taking insurance.

-Jeong Jin evaluating that highly, impressive.

“It’s an insane talent. If Arang were a Soma instead of an Assassin, I might not have noticed.”

-Right, originally the main job was Soma.

-But Soma got normalized.

-Yeah, but overall it’s a buff.

-Arang used Parrying so insanely alone that the Parrying skill disappeared, so she switched to Assassin.

“Honestly, to the extent that I want to scout her for our team.”

-??

-Wow, really?

-Thinking that highly, impressive.

“Huh? Whisper is blocked, and friend request is blocked too? No way to contact?”

-Yeah lol, no way to contact Arang at all.

-All interviews are through Kang Hangeul lol.

-Seriously, the only way to contact is through Kang Hangeul lol.

-Pretty much Arang’s manager level lol.

“You mean streamer Kang Hangeul? Got it.”

Not joking, Jeong Jin, who seriously thinks about Arang, nodded at the method suggested by viewers and contacted his manager.

To ask Kang Hangeul if he can meet Arang.

‘If there were no physical differences, could I have won?’

Just the height difference seems to be about 30cm, and with a dagger, the reach difference was significant.

Of course, Leore is not just a combat sport but a virtual reality game.

Ultimately, skills and physicals in the virtual world are important, so weight class, height, and physical differences are much less important than in reality.

Only when the skills are the same does the difference become drastic.

‘But do all 15-year-olds these days have that body type?’

A height that doesn’t even reach 150cm and limbs that look too fragile to even hold a 2L water bottle.

‘Or is it just that kid who’s small? But at 15, it’s the growth period, so she’ll grow quickly. If she reaches the average female weight class, she’ll dominate the arena.’

She’s a very promising kid.

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[Leore Gallery]

[Jeong Jin vs Arang] [152]

(Video)

(Link)

Watching our Jeong Jin hyung’s broadcast at 3 AM, and the opponent was Arang lol.

Arang is at that rank, but probably because it’s early morning, there aren’t many people to match with, so the matching range widened and they met.

Wow, Arang is talented, but she pushed Jeong Jin hyung to the very end.

Especially when she countered the takedown with a movement skill, even I was surprised.

But Jeong Jin hyung countering that counter was also impressive lol.

(Picture)

The funniest thing is the last scene.

Jeong Jin hyung just attacked Arang behind him, but because of the height difference, the sword hit her neck, resulting in a vital attack and defeat lol.

Lost because of height difference.

Honestly, even though it’s a virtual world and physical differences aren’t important, this much difference seems significant lol.

[Comments]

Jeong Jin is insanely good, but it’s not that Arang is bad.

ㄴOriginally, she went undefeated to that rank, so she’s not bad lol.

ㄴFor real, if you ask pros to go undefeated from the start to that rank, most would fail?

ㄴNot really, those who can succeed would.

ㄴYeah, the difference between that rank and challenger is huge.

I think Arang will reach challenger soon.

ㄴYeah, definitely will.

ㄴI wonder if she’ll make it within a month as Jeong Jin said.

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First method for me to get stronger.

Exercise hard.

Today, I will become a Magikarp.

“Arang is full of motivation today?”

As Hyeseon unni said, I’m full of motivation.

I flapped harder than ever, exercising to build non-existent muscles.

I even did jumping jacks, moving my limbs vigorously.

Since I have a lot of water, sweat poured endlessly, but today I’m naked!

I told Hyeseon unni that it’s hard to exercise with so much sweat, so I got permission to exercise naked.

Hyeseon unni wiped my sweat with a towel every time I sweated, so I could finish exercising without discomfort.

After finishing rehabilitation training and exercise as usual, I went to the bathroom to take a half bath to relax before washing off the sweat and getting a massage.

The moment Hyeseon unni was about to carry me into the bathtub, my vision flipped in an instant.

“Huh?”

I saw the ceiling and Hyeseon unni’s naked body, then.

Splash!

My vision blurred in an instant, and water entered my nose and mouth, making it hard to breathe.

I realized at that moment that I had fallen into the bathtub.