Chapter 24 - Chapter 24

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Translator: 8uhl

Chapter: 24

Chapter Title: Lightning Reversal

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The moment Seo-jun's sword precisely pierced the intersection.

A crackling sound erupted right in front of him.

It happened in an instant.

The blue lightning surged into the blade in a flash.

Blue lightning absorbed into Seo-jun's sword blade turned white as it gathered.

Sparks crackled up close, and the sword grew heavy with a numbing sensation.

"Hup."

Seo-jun swung the sword experimentally.

The white lightning clinging to the blade exploded with a bang, hurtling toward the wall.

Kwabang!

The bolt struck the bookshelf on the wall, lingering for about a second before vanishing.

Thud thud.

Crash!

Books hit the floor first, followed by the desk collapsing.

It was exactly as the viewers saw.

The key to conquering the Mage Tower Lord.

'So he really was the creator. As expected.'

Seo-jun smiled contentedly and leaned back.

Pajijik!

Lightning flashed over him in an instant.

Seo-jun spotted another faint intersection, thrust his sword into it, then swung toward the Mage Tower Lord.

A pure white bolt hurtled toward the Mage Tower Lord and slammed into his shield.

He could have dodged with teleportation, but the lord held his ground.

A crack appeared in the translucent spherical shield.

"Even his own magic can break it, huh."

Blue lightning traced a line through the air, answered by a white bolt drawing its own path.

The exchange repeated, cracks widening until the shield finally shattered.

Seo-jun immediately swung at the glass tube behind him, launching another bolt.

"You filthy insect!"

The Mage Tower Lord's pupils dilated for a split second.

He had no choice but to teleport away from where he stood.

Crash!

The glass tube finally shattered.

A ring the size of a soccer ball inside began glowing and trembling.

The Mage Tower Lord, who had dodged to Seo-jun's side, furrowed his brow.

Then he glared at Seo-jun.

"Hoo... You thought destroying that would solve everything, didn't you? But that's a mistake. The core is merely a device that refines the infinite mana drawn from the tower and sends it to me efficiently."

Seo-jun shrugged.

"You seem flustered."

Despite Seo-jun's taunt, the Mage Tower Lord pressed on undeterred.

"Even without the core, I can wield infinite mana. In fact, without it filtering the flow, even more mana pours in, making me stronger. Since it's come to this, I'll use this power to finish you off quickly."

Veins on the Mage Tower Lord's face glowed blue as they bulged.

"What a motormouth."

Seo-jun slung his sword over his shoulder.

Gamers familiar with the game caught on quickly.

Survive the time limit, and the Mage Tower Lord would self-destruct.

Seo-jun had figured it out from the chat as well.

"The AI's pretty basic. Without using lightning, there's no way to break the shield. But he keeps using it and digs his own grave."

"Then... die."

The Mage Tower Lord extended his hand.

Mana gathered, the air being sucked in with far greater force than before.

Then he vanished.

Reappearing behind Seo-jun.

"Filthy insect."

Kwaaang!

Thunder roared, a blue line streaking across.

Seo-jun heard it and dodged right.

As he moved to thrust his sword into the lightning, the floor beside him erupted.

Seo-jun sharply altered his swing to shatter the rock, and the lightning dissipated.

The Mage Tower Lord vanished again, this time appearing in front of Seo-jun.

Seo-jun didn't miss the lord's bulging veins on his hand.

Kwaaang!

The Mage Tower Lord's spells came crashing down fiercely.

Stronger and faster than before.

Seo-jun dodged the rain of magic, searching for patterns amid the onslaught.

"Right? I feel it every time, but the devs are kinda pervy."

Ice arrows whizzed past on both sides.

Lightning struck from behind at the same time.

"No idea how long to stall, but better to finish him properly than wait for self-destruct."

Seo-jun dodged sideways and plunged his sword into the lightning.

The blade charged white.

White thunder shot from the tip of Seo-jun's sword.

A blue bolt flew at him simultaneously.

Two spells crossed in midair.

It was dangerous.

"Trusted the shield and fired anyway."

The Mage Tower Lord's refreshed shield shattered, and Seo-jun dodged the bolt.

Then, like drawing a sword from its sheath, he thrust into the spell's center and pulled out.

Thunder gathered again.

'Finish it here.'

Without a shield, now was the chance.

Kwakakang!

Lightning flashed from Seo-jun's sword tip, but the Mage Tower Lord was naturally gone.

Teleported.

However.

"Kuhk."

A sound came from the right.

"Mage bodies are definitely frail."

Seo-jun's right hand was empty.

He had predicted the teleport, fired the lightning-charged sword along with the bolt.

Seo-jun approached and yanked the sword from the mage's gut.

Cough.

Thick blood poured from the Mage Tower Lord's mouth.

Clutching his side, he looked up with a glare.

"You filthy insect..."

"Shut up."

Seo-jun's sword tip glowed, ending the Mage Tower Lord conquest.

"Guards won't show up this time either, right?"

Seo-jun glanced around the tower calmly.

"Then I'll claim the mission reward."

Seo-jun hit the success button on the mission that had climbed to 1.4 million won.

A familiar celebratory chime rang out, and the prize was transferred to him as donate money.

"Thanks for the 100k sponsor, Tower Lord."

But the donate message felt oddly meaningful.

A quick check of chat explained why.

Must be someone famous.

Man, where does this hype train end?

Seo-jun shook his head.

"Alright, now I'll leisurely tour the Mage Tower. No one's left to bother me."

Seo-jun chatted idly with viewers while exploring the map, then logged off.

The moment he exited the tower.

A cutscene played.

Amid the kaleidoscope of colors filtering through the stained glass.

Clack clack.

A woman with purple hair cascading to her shoulders entered, her hat pulled low.

The screen shifted to a man gazing up at a wall mural, and she stood beside him.

Both wore crisp uniforms.

The man spoke first.

"Alteon?"

The man's head didn't move from the mural.

"A friend took care of our job for us."

Her clear voice rang out.

The purple-haired woman also looked up at the mural.

"All of them?"

"No. Just the rotten branches. Three out of four."

The storyline of Assassin's Dawn - Shadows in the City boiled down to a war between the Assassin Guild and the Zealot Order.

Even after the capsule reboot, the core setup remained: assassins targeting society's evils as the Zealot Order.

Assassins pursued chaos, Zealots cosmos.

Assassins saw Zealots as tyrants, Zealots saw assassins as degenerates.

Here, chaos wasn't mere disorder but the free state birthing true order.

"Assassins?"

A flat tone.

"Doubt it. Wasn't their style of kill."

Her voice tickled the ears.

The viewers latched onto the weirdest part.

"Can we recruit him to our side?"

The woman spoke first this time.

"Doubt it."

The man echoed her.

"Guess we'll have to go see for ourselves."

The woman sighed and turned to leave.

"You were planning to anyway."

"Yeah."

She briefly removed her hat to fix her hair.

Her face came into view.

A beauty rivaling Christina from the tutorial made viewers explode.

"He took down the Mage Tower Lord after all."

Eve Paymo chuckled hollowly.

It was funny feeling deflated after posting the mission herself, but who expected a brute-force tower lord takedown?

To musou the Mage Tower Lord, you had to neutralize the barrier.

With the skill, Weak Point Detection made it easiest.

That's why she missioned the streamer to find the barrier's grain without it.

But with insane dynamic vision, he spotted the lightning spell's one-second grain, parried it, and cleared. No skill needed.

Lightning parry. Thunder rebound.

A cool system she added.

"Come to think, he brute-forced the other rulers too. Hm, now with the cutscene unlocked, next stream he'll definitely go for all Fragments of Order..."

Truth was, Eve Paymo wasn't some brainless fool making staff pull all-nighters just to mission streamer ruler kills.

She just wanted to check.

That eye for grains.

And the skill to chain-first ruler clears.

Anyway.

"Just recruit that streamer."

Other players?

Honestly, no way they'd collect them all.

"Exactly a week..."

Eve Paymo called Kim Yoon-chan with a satisfied smile.

"Hmm. What gift would be good?"

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