This is the tale of an endless dream... which became my reality...
Han Seeyoung got stabbed in his right eye...
Squelch!
Before he could react, Lee Seonyeon went straight for his neck...
But Han Seeyoung grabbed the knife with his left hand just before it touched his throat.
"Tsk!"
"Old lady... seems like you don't have any manners... Fuck. I lost my right eye... It hurts a lot..."
[ HAN SEEYOUNG HAS ACTIVATED FIRE ELEMENT LVL.6 ]
[ TIME REMAINING: 00:17 ]
Flames started gathering around Han Seeyoung's left hand... I was two meters away, but I could still feel the heat. He was raising the temperature.
"Let me show you a magic trick."
The knife started melting..
The dream had just started, yet Han Seeyoung already had so many powerful skills...
Lee Seonyeon tried to kick Han Seeyoung in the neck with her left leg...
She landed the kick but...
"What happened, old lady? Are you regretting it?"
Her left leg had burn marks... big ones.
"Tsk! Fuck!! It hurts!"
Just before the kick, he concentrated the heat on his neck so Lee Seonyeon would get burned...
The knife melted completely
...
Han Seeyoung stretched his hands.
"Now... let's do this for real!"
[ TIME REMAINING: 00:14 ]
Something strange happened... In just a blink of an eye...
Thud!
I was on the ground.
Huh...? What happened!?! Why am I on the ground?!? Lee Seonyeon...?
In just 0.25 milliseconds, Han Seeyoung punched both me and Lee Seonyeon with his flaming fists.
How is this possible??
Is this beast evolving?
Lee Seonyeon had already lost consciousness...
Han Seeyoung started rushing toward me.
"LET'S END THIS!!!! COME AT ME!!!"
I smirked.
"FUCK. LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT A TRUE BATTLE LOOKS LIKE."
I grabbed my broken dagger, which had four hits left, and rushed toward Han Seeyoung...
The final fight was beginning now... I already knew who was going to win because...
[ FIRE ELEMENT LVL.6 HAS BEEN REDUCED TO LVL.1 FOR HAN SEEYOUNG'S LOW BODY STATS ]
It took the butler a lot of time to do this...
Skills are provided to a user according to their body conditions... If a user's body is too weak and they have a powerful skill, then either the user will perish or they will become corrupted.
The higher-ups couldn't let Han Seeyoung perish or become corrupted, so they reduced the level of Fire Element for his safety...
I was waiting for this moment. I would have never been able to kill Han Seeyoung with Fire Element Lv.6, but now I had a chance...
Flames started gathering around Han Seeyoung's arms, which could only mean one thing... he was going to swing his arms...
That's where my knowledge helps me the most...
Han Seeyoung swung his arms...
Whoosh!
Flames burst from them... aimed straight at me...
Let me show you, Han Seeyoung... how beneficial a broken dagger really is...
...
From Han Seeyoung's perspective, it looked like I was trying to cut the flames...
but in reality... I was diverting their direction.
I am the author of an endless dream... this dream will end with me...
[ TIME REMAINING: 00:11 ]
[ BROKEN DAGGER - 2 HITS REMAINING ]
I wasted two hits diverging the flames... but it was enough... it was enough to make Han Seeyoung realize that flames weren't going to work on me...
Han Seeyoung thought, Just who is this person..? His actions... all of it seems like... is he the main character of this dream? Whatever, flames aren't gonna work, so I have to rely on my punches to take him down...
Han Seeyoung gathered flames around his fists... the final showdown was beginning.
"DIE!!!"
"YOU PLAYED WELL!!"
It was already over... it was already over the moment Han Seeyoung's Fire Element got reduced to Lv.1.
[ TIME REMAINING: 00:09 ]
The moment we entered each other's attack zone.
[ YOU HAVE MET THE REQUIREMENTS TO MANIFEST ??? ]
my left eye turned slightly red... it seemed like I was awakening something...
Han Seeyoung's movements had become sluggish due to losing Fire Element Lv.6.
Both the Demon King and God wanted to interfere and give Han Seeyoung something... but they couldn't.
There was a rule in this endless dream... in the last 10 seconds of a quest, no one could interfere.
That's why you should always plan in advance...
[ LEE SEONYEON HAS GIVEN YOU 300 COINS ]
Invest 200 in Strength and 100 in Stamina...
[ STRENGTH - LVL 1 --> LVL 3 ]
[ STAMINA - LVL 1 --> LVL 2 ]
"Lee Seonyeon."
"Hm?"
"Schedule giving me 300 coins in the last 10 seconds of Quest 1."
"Huh? How do I do that??"
"Just say it in your mind... I'll automatically get the coins in the last 10 seconds."
"What are you planning?"
"Something Something."
I had already told Lee Seonyeon to schedule 300 coins to be given to me... so I would get them anyway, even if she was unconscious...
This was our biggest trump card...
Han Seeyoung tried to punch me with his right flaming fist...
In an instant, I vanished from his sight...
Whoosh!
He got confused...
Then, he heard something from behind.
"Quite an interesting fellow you are, Han Seeyoung."
"Fuck."
SHLIK!
I stabbed Han Seeyoung in the neck... without him realizing it...
This is how much increasing our stats helps...
Han Seeyoung fell to his knees.
"Shit. It hurts."
He touched his bloody neck with his right hand... and saw the blood on his fingers.
"I lost, huh?"
I stepped in front of Han Seeyoung.
I grabbed the dagger and pulled it out of his neck...
"You truly are a pyschopath."
"You'll only see suffering... you better sleep forever."
THUNK!
I stabbed Han Seeyoung in the heart with the remaining hit left...
[ YOU HAVE USED ALL THE HITS OF BROKEN DAGGER ]
[ TIME REMAINING: 00:03 ]
"Wh-what's y-your name?"
I smiled.
"Kang Hong."
Han Seeyoung looked down.
"Such a good name..."
[ TIME REMAINING: 00:01 ]
[ TIME REMAINING: 00:00 ]
[ QUEST 1 HAS ENDED ]
〆 To kill Han Seeyoung, I had to kill the story itself.
— Kang Hong