I Just Subscribed and It’s the Best Hunter of All Time - Chapter 6

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#Episode 6.
I had never let my guard down once while climbing to this point.
Moreover, I was well aware that the power I wielded was not entirely my own.
Yet I could not deny the lingering regret that gnawed at one corner of my heart.
My opponents had been far too weak to warrant unleashing my full strength.
It was like fortunately getting to drive an exceptional sports car, only to be forced to cruise perpetually at a mere seventy kilometers per hour.
But now, an opportunity to truly demonstrate my power had finally arrived.
How could I not be delighted?
“Grrr. Human. Have you lost your mind?”
The Hobgoblin regarded me with the look one reserves for someone utterly unhinged.
I answered his remark with a question of my own.
“Do you intend to keep flapping your jaws? Why not come at me already?”
With that, I flicked the tip of my blade.
“Are you afraid?”
“Insolent!”
The Hobgoblin’s face contorted in rage at my provocation before he violently stamped the ground.
Though the Hobgoblin appeared bulky and sluggish with his rippling musculature, his movements proved surprisingly nimble.
Closing the distance in an instant, he swung his iron mace relentlessly at me, who still held my ground.
Kwaaaang—!
The moment his mace struck the earth, I kicked off the ground to evade, then scaled his arm and swept my blade across.
Schwick!
My lightly executed sword carved through the Hobgoblin’s shoulder and passed beyond.
Though the wound ran quite deep, the Hobgoblin neither screamed nor groaned; instead, he gritted his teeth and swung his opposite arm.
Thwack!
Yet I effortlessly dodged the attack once more.
After merely a single exchange, the disparity in our abilities became glaringly apparent.
I remained unscathed while the Hobgoblin’s arm hung limp at his side.
Though the limb still clung to his body, I had severed the nerves so thoroughly that he would struggle to move a single finger.
Or so I thought.
Whoosh!
That was before his mace narrowly grazed past where I had been standing.
“You wretched gnat!”
Frustrated that his unexpected blow had missed, the Hobgoblin unleashed a furious roar and began swinging his mace in rapid succession.
While his movements lacked refined technique, his exceptional strength and extended reach posed a genuine threat.
Yet I continued to evade by the narrowest of margins, my blade striking in turn.
With each exchange, fine wounds appeared and vanished across the Hobgoblin’s hide.
Observing this pattern closely, I soon discerned something crucial.
‘Is it the black mist’s ability that restored his arm?’
Initially, I had assumed his regenerative capacity was simply exceptional, but upon closer inspection, I noticed black smoke converging toward each wound as it formed.
By the time the smoke dispersed, the wound had already healed.
“How long are you going to keep running?!”
“Do you have any other hidden abilities? Don’t hold back—bring them out now!”
“Shut your mouth!”
The Hobgoblin lunged at me again, swinging his massive cudgel with brutal force.
Crash!
As the cudgel came down once more, striking the innocent earth.
That’s when I truly began to move.
Tap!
With a light push off the ground, I slashed my blade toward the Hobgoblin’s face.
Shing!
“Roar!”
I’d aimed for both eyes, but managed only to burst one open.
Yet even as his face was being carved open, the Hobgoblin swung his cudgel with mindless ferocity.
Until now, I would have retreated at this point, but not this time.
I had already decided how to overcome my opponent.
Tap!
I planted my foot on his forearm, launched myself high into the air, and thrust my blade forward with all my might.
Crunch!
“Gack!”
The blade sank deep into the Hobgoblin’s throat.
I wrenched it with all my strength. No matter how durable his body was, this was a fatal wound—there was no surviving it.
Whoooosh!
Yet impossibly, the Hobgoblin still swung his cudgel even in that state.
More astounding still was that as I withdrew my blade and retreated, the wound sealed itself in an instant.
It was a regenerative power worthy of a true monster.
Monstrous strength. Agile movements. And regeneration beyond measure.
Truly a creature worthy of being the Floor Master of the Hidden Floor—a monster in every sense.
Yet seeing this, I could only smile.
My plan was simple.
‘No matter how extraordinary its regeneration, there must be a limit.’
If its healing is that powerful, then I simply need to cut faster than it can regenerate.
I already possessed all the necessary information: its movements, habits, the toughness of its hide, its regeneration speed—everything.
Now all that remained was to swing my blade.
I lowered my stance and recalled the mantra that had become second nature.
‘Keep your feet light.’
My body surged forward toward the Hobgoblin at a speed several times faster than before.
This was my true power, unleashed for the first time.
‘Strike like the wind.’
Only now did the Hobgoblin’s eyes widen as I closed the distance in an instant.
Slash!
The blade sliced through those massive eyes as it passed.
“Kraaagh!”
The Hobgoblin swung its iron mace in wide arcs once more.
It was a reckless, straightforward attack that I could have easily dodged by simply stepping back, but I didn’t.
Instead, I read the trajectory of the mace, threaded through the gaps in its swing, and began wielding my blade with terrifying speed.
Skreeeee!
The Hobgoblin’s tough hide was shredded to ribbons in an instant.
“Gaaaah!”
As its eyes regenerated belatedly, the Hobgoblin attempted to swing its mace once more.
Crack!
But I had already shattered every joint in its arms and, going further, pierced and slashed every vital point on its body.
Though the Hobgoblin’s wounds were healing in real time, the rate at which new wounds accumulated far exceeded its regeneration.
Then, at some point.
The black smoke pouring from the Hobgoblin’s body surged dramatically.
So much so that the creature’s form was completely obscured by the billowing darkness.
Even as I continued to swing my blade, I could definitely sense that something was happening.
‘The sensation of cutting has changed.’
Until now, it had felt like slicing through tough leather, but now it was like stirring mud with my sword.
At some point, I instinctively sensed something and twisted my body to the side.
Whoosh!
Immediately after, a black spike-like appendage pierced through the space where I had been standing.
“Grrk… to the great one…”
A voice like phlegm rattling in a throat reached my ears next.
“I offer everything.”
I narrowed my eyes.
The moment the Hobgoblin’s words ended, the black smoke began to take on a more distinct form.
It was no longer in the shape of a Hobgoblin. It had transformed into something completely unfamiliar.
That’s when the message appeared.
[Hidden condition ‘Reduce enemy to critical state within 2 minutes’ achieved.]
[Objective and rewards have been enhanced.]
[Objective: Survive for 10 minutes against an incomplete fragment of Evil God Sargon]
[Time remaining: 00:10:00]
“Heh.”
I let out a hollow laugh.
The objective had changed.
The terminology used to refer to my opponent had shifted, but that wasn’t the important part. What mattered was what came next.
‘Survive, not defeat?’
The choice of words was telling.
It seemed to be saying that defeating the opponent was impossible from the start, so I should simply endure for 10 minutes however I could.
“This is interesting.”
Han-sung twisted the corner of his mouth. Then, keeping one eye fixed on the enemy, he rapidly whispered to himself.
‘Subscribe.’
When I first devised a plan for the 10th Floor, I had anticipated various scenarios.
Among them were naturally cases where the enemy proved far stronger than expected, along with countermeasures for such situations.
I assessed the probability as low, and indeed, even the Hobgoblin, the boss of the Hidden Floor, had proven no match for me.
Yet somehow, I ended up deploying that plan after all.
Whoosh—.
The enemy began to move just as I was nearly finished with my preparations.
‘It’ felt different in form from the Hobgoblin, as I’d sensed before.
Standing roughly two meters tall, it possessed a far more slender frame compared to the muscular bulk of the Hobgoblin.
Its body was bent slightly forward at the waist, and its elongated arms stretching on both sides left a striking impression.
But then.
It lifted its head and looked at me.
‘What the—.’
I felt a chill run through me.
The moment our eyes met, a sudden, bottomless terror washed over me.
It was a purely instinctive response. And the creature seized that opening, sliding forward with fluid grace to close the distance.
Whiiiiish!
Then it swung its arm at a terrifying speed.
I dodged the attack by the narrowest of margins.
Had I let my guard slip for even an instant, my body would have been cleaved in two.
But more irritating than that devastating assault was the creature’s demeanor.
Rather than pressing its attack after the miss, it observed me with curious eyes.
As if gazing upon an amusing plaything.
It seemed entirely disinterested in any notion of counterattack.
‘So that’s how it wants to play.’
The terror I’d felt moments before had vanished without a trace. Fury had taken its place.
At that very moment, a message materialized before my eyes.
[Would you like to subscribe to a superior ability from this channel?]
I bared my teeth in a grin and answered aloud.
“Yes.”
[You have subscribed to Swordmaster Arthur’s secret technique ‘Tempest’ using a Silver Ticket.]
[This subscription is valid for 30 seconds.]
Wind rushes in.
Simultaneously, the creature that had been standing at ease began to radiate savage intent.
Then it charged toward me as I stood motionless, swinging its elongated arms in wide arcs.
But it was already too late.
The wind already enveloped me.
“Ah.”
Even as the enemy closed to arm’s length and swung its limbs, I let out a soft murmur of admiration.
Until now, I had always thought that Arthur’s Basic Swordsmanship didn’t quite live up to its name.
‘How could such a powerful technique be merely basic?’ I had wondered.
But now I understood.
Basic Swordsmanship was truly just the foundation. This was the extent of a Sword Master’s full power.
‘Is this the perspective from which he views the world?’
As if one second stretched into a minute.
I took my stance, watching the arm approaching me in slow motion.
Whiiiiiiiii―!
Violent winds began to swirl fiercely around me.
I channeled that wind entirely into my blade and swung it.
Kwaaaaaang!
The dark silhouette before me flew backward with a deafening roar, crashing into the opposite wall.
I extended one leg forward lightly. In the next instant, I arrived directly in front of my enemy embedded in the wall.
―You are mortal….
At that moment, an unfamiliar voice echoed through my mind.
My response was simple.
Kwaaaaaang!
I began swinging my blade like a madman.
Even with the Silver Ticket, I had barely thirty seconds of subscription time left. There was no reason to engage in conversation.
Bang! Kwang!
The enemy and the surrounding walls cracked and shattered relentlessly.
I poured every ounce of strength into that single moment without hesitation.
The enemy tried to escape the onslaught several times, but ultimately couldn’t evade the storm of blade strikes.
Just before those thirty seconds came to an end.
Crack!
I felt something shatter at the tip of my blade.
At the same time, the enemy’s body, which had endured until now, began to crumble into dust.
“Haah, hah.”
I watched, breathing heavily.
I could feel it—the power that had filled my entire being draining away.
As the intoxicating sense of exaltation and omnipotence faded, a powerful exhaustion took its place.
But since no message had appeared yet, I kept my guard up and didn’t take my eyes off the scattering enemy.
Then, once more, a voice echoed through my mind.
―I will remember you.
And the enemy’s body completely dispersed.
The message appeared before my eyes immediately after.
[You have completed the objective of the 10th Floor, Hidden Floor.]
[You have completed the enhanced objective.]
[You receive five Intermediate Magic Stones as a reward.]
[You have achieved a Clear Rank of ‘EX Grade’.]
[You have completed the 10th Floor objective in record-breaking time!]
[An additional reward is granted for this outstanding Achievement!]
[You receive one Superior Magic Stone.]
[You have discovered and completed a Hidden objective by fulfilling a secret condition!]
[An additional reward is granted for this outstanding Achievement!]
[You are granted a unique personal space!]
It was truly a cascade of messages.

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