I Stole the Number One Ranker’s Soul 138

Episode 139

When I suddenly ran out of the forest, the hunters standing around stood up in shock.

“What the hell!”

They reflexively grabbed their weapons and were on guard.

However, after checking my appearance, he muttered with a helpless expression.

“What are you human?”

“A, you were surprised.”

I guess they thought I was a monster. Well, this is a dungeon.

I deliberately pretended to catch my breath while confirming that they were holding the weapons they had raised loosely.

As if there was urgent news and they rushed over.

“Who…”

The moment the man standing in front was about to put on his clothes, I urgently cut him off and shouted,

“You have to get out!”

The faces of all the hunters present became confused at the sudden remark.

As they wondered what the hell was going on, it was already difficult to find caution in their gazes.

“You’re leaving?”

A person with his face completely covered appears in a dungeon, and he seems to be more concerned about being told that he has to leave the dungeon than about his identity. “

What are you talking about all of a sudden? I haven’t even gotten my money’s worth yet.”

I heard someone speaking in a dissatisfied voice.

I ignored all of their questions and just pushed forward with my words. The point was to make a fuss and say as if something big had happened in a hurry.

“I’m in real trouble! You need to get out quickly.”

To be honest, while trying this job, I was very worried that I would end up saying something like, ‘Something big happened.’ Fortunately, I’ve become quite experienced, so it wasn’t that awkward. My tone was a little different from

usual

. But…

And strictly speaking, this isn’t a lie. Something really big happened. If you go outside, you’ll be surprised, right? “

No, if you tell me, then…”

“Okay, I guess I’ll have to explain something.”

As expected, they do not obey me obediently.

But rather than making up the situation, I decided to push ahead with a reasonable amount of truth.

Making something up on the spot is beyond my ability to lie, so I’ll just insist.

“You’ll find out more when we get out! quickly! I do not have time!”

Yes, you will find out as soon as you leave.

And it was also true that there was no time.

Even at this very moment, the quest completion time is decreasing! Please leave quickly!

I really don’t have time!

“But…”

“If you suddenly appear and tell me to leave•”

Everyone clearly looked embarrassed by the sudden situation. Then, finally, someone who had doubts about my identity appeared. “

So, by the way, who are you?”

The man sitting at the very back among the hunters glared at me with a suspicious expression.

Judging from the energy he felt, he was a magical hunter. Unlike the others, he was even showing subtle hostility.

“That’s not important right now. It’s really urgent, so get out quickly. ”

I decided to put an end to this situation. I opened the dungeon gate. I

roughly clenched my fists and pretended to break the escape stone and opened the gate. Only then did a serious atmosphere emerge among the hunters.

“What is this? This is really serious . ….”

“I don’t think it’s normal to use an escape seat like this and give an order to return.”

“Hmm, I still have to tell you what’s going on…”

“But I don’t think he’s a bad person.”

The hunters all looked embarrassed.

Several people were fidgeting and glancing in that direction, as if they were concerned about the open escape gate.

“I came here on a mission to get the hunters out. “There’s an emergency outside, so get out quickly!”

When I said that, the hunters pushed themselves into the gate one by one, pretending that they couldn’t win.

The magic-type hunter, who had been wary of me until the end, eventually jumped into the gate in a hurry, perhaps because he didn’t want to waste the precious escape stone or because he didn’t want to miss the opportunity to escape for free.

“You really went.”

After all the hunters disappeared, Seo Ji-han approached me with a curious expression.

I felt the same way.

This really works.

“Are you a good listener?”

Seo Ji-han smiled and shrugged his shoulders. It looks like he has completely figured out what just happened.

“Iknow, right. “I never thought it would turn out this well…”

I muttered in a slightly dazed way, and Seo Ji-han gently stroked my chin.

“It’s more useful than I thought. It’s a saint’s dignity skill.”

I quietly nodded at Seo Ji-han’s words.

The whole reason I did this theatrical thing was to check how effective the Saint’s Dignity skill was.

After learning that I couldn’t have more than five S-class skills, I I was thinking about it the whole time.

First of all, I decided to have the Saint’s Dignity skill, but every time I got a new horn, I had to weigh the newly acquired skill with the Saint’s Dignity skill. Fortunately, I didn’t have the skills I wanted until Zyrgis and Geogis, so I was serious

. There was nothing to worry about.

However, the problem was the Beast King Inogis.

The ability to teleport to the shadow of the Beast King Inogis and the self-regeneration skill.

In particular, the self-regeneration skill is a very useful skill for me, who has low physical defense and evasion ability.

Saint’s I couldn’t help but think about replacing Dignity with a self-regeneration skill.

“That’s right. It’s more effective than I expected, but…”

“Don’t you think it’s definitely better?”

I nodded.

The only benefit that the saint’s dignity has given me so far is that it allowed the Ban siblings to cooperate with me.

Well, half of this is just a guess. Even if you didn’t have the Saint’s Dignity skill, you might have helped me, right?

And no matter how helpful the Ban siblings are, it would be too much of a waste to give up another useful S-class skill and maintain the dignity of a saint.

“But one thing has been confirmed.”

“Which one?”

“That the majesty of a saint actually has an effect.”

I nodded.

“Iknow, right. “Even if we give in and assume that those hunters are very naive, it is an amazing achievement.”

“I was surprised too. “I can’t believe someone I met for the first time today believed what I was insisting on without any logic.”

“Still, there are people who have doubts.”

The favor aroused by the saint’s dignity skill was not absolute.

I remembered the magic hunter who was casting a suspicious look at me.

I almost ruined it because of that person.

If they had told me to use the escape stone they had instead of opening the gate, I probably wouldn’t have listened.

“Oh, and do you remember what Hunter Hana said at the end?”

“which?”

“I said I didn’t think I was a bad person.”

“Ah, that’s right.”

“I think that’s exactly it. “Just giving the impression that it’s harmless?”

In the past, when Elfanis had this skill, Yoo Eun-dam and Ban Seo-hu surprisingly did not doubt him.

On the other hand, I found it very strange why these two people weren’t wary of Elfanis.

“It works on hunters, but why doesn’t it work on boss monsters?”

To be honest, I thought for a moment that I might be able to benefit from this skill when I first persuaded the boss monster.

“I guess it’s not possible for kings of the same name to get along.”

When I met Elfanis, I was already a king. And Yoo Eun-dam and Ban Seo-hu were just hunters.

So, as a fellow king, I felt like the Saint’s Dignity skill was relatively weak.

“Ugh. Ah, it’s a really vague ability. “It’s not like it’s completely useless.”

“It’s almost useless for combat.”

“Yes. However, there is no item that has a similar effect, so it is an irreplaceable ability.”

okay. This is the biggest.

It’s clear that it’s less useful than other skills, but that’s why it can’t be changed.

This is because it is irreplaceable.

Once a skill is deleted, it cannot be obtained again.

So, if you want to replace one skill with another, you have to decide very carefully.

“Don’t give yourself too much of a headache. If you could exchange the dignity of a saint for another skill, which would it be? Close range shadow leap?”

“no. It’s a good skill, but I think it’s difficult to use because it ultimately requires a structure. And in the end, it has to be supported by physical abilities such as reflexes.”

It may be just spatial movement, but the problem is that it moves through shadows. It’s not good to have restrictions on anything.

“How about moving to a distant shadow and using it to attack from a distance?”

“well. In a situation where monsters are pouring out, there will be monsters wherever you go, so the location to distance yourself from can be ambiguous. And if it’s a boss fight, you can remove all of the boss monster’s shadows with an area skill like I did.”

“Hmm.”

“There are distance restrictions as well. You mean you can’t use shadows that are too far away? “It’s not good because of that.”

In the end, what remains is the ability to self-regenerate.

The ability to quickly recover the body even when injured.

However, this is not a very good skill either.

“I think the self-regenerative ability can be achieved by just drinking a healing potion.”

“You can’t drink healing potions indefinitely. I also have a potion addiction. “Especially since you are prone to potion addiction.”

That’s right.

Since I’m taking two S-class ability increasing potions a day, if I miss a step, I’m addicted to potions.

“Still, it’s an ability that can be replaced with an item, so I’m not really attracted to it.”

“Hmm.”

“There’s no need to decide right away anyway, so let’s keep thinking about it. Another boss monster might give you better skills.”