The Automatic Rooting Range Is Too Wide - Chapter 165

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Auto Looting Range Too Wide Episode 165

Episode 165: Fellow Sufferers (2)

From the moment he stepped onto the arena, Mincheol couldn’t contain his anger.

It was because of the memories from the past that kept surfacing endlessly.

His aunt criticizing his mother.

His mother just keeping her head down.

After that day, his mother would habitually say to Mincheol.

[You’re happy just having mommy, aren’t you, son?]

Mincheol would answer yes every time his mother asked.

It wasn’t a forced answer. Mincheol truly loved his mother.

However, he was curious.

Why didn’t he have a father?

When he mustered the courage to ask, his mother answered like this.

[Daddy passed away.]

When he was young, he believed his mother’s words without doubt.

But as he grew older, questions arose.

Did his father really pass away?

Why did his aunt treat his mother so cruelly?

Why did his father’s side relatives never visit even once?

His curiosity grew, but he couldn’t ask his mother.

Even at a young age, he vaguely sensed it.

That his questions would hurt his mother.

However, there was something certain without having to ask.

The aunt in Mincheol’s memory wore flashy accessories and flaunted her economic wealth.

Despite having such wealthy paternal relatives, his mother had to suffer all kinds of hardships to raise Mincheol.

Why was that?

There was only one answer. He and his mother had been abandoned by the paternal family.

‘Ah.’

Along with the forgotten memories, emotions awakened.

‘What a disgusting feeling.’

His whole body heated up as if heated by fire. An impulse that was hard to suppress pounded in his chest.

Conversely, his mind became cold.

Distracting thoughts disappeared as if washed away with water. His mind filled with only one thought.

Kill.

He would destroy the enemy before his eyes, William Dunwall, right here and now.

“Should I start with the left arm?”

Just before William initiated his attack, Mincheol’s concentration reached its peak.

More information than usual poured in. Mincheol processed all that information without hesitation.

‘He tilted his head forward. His heels are completely together.’

‘From that stance, there are only three possible attack routes.’

‘He’s a prideful bastard. He’ll really try to break my arm in one strike.’

Left horizontal slash.

Mincheol predicted William’s movement one step ahead.

And just as he formulated a countermeasure, William’s figure became blurry.

‘Here it comes.’

Mincheol tried to move according to his countermeasure.

But before that, a familiar sensation pierced through his entire body.

Without knowing why, Mincheol kicked off the ground and stepped back.

‘Huh? Why did I move like this?’

According to Mincheol’s calculations, this action was a mistake.

Just creating distance wouldn’t be enough to avoid William’s attack.

But the actual result completely exceeded Mincheol’s expectations.

His body bounced away like a ball with good elasticity, avoiding William’s attack.

‘Huh?’

A familiar feeling.

But it was something he shouldn’t have been able to feel.

‘What was that just now?’

Before he could realize the sense of incongruity, his body kicked off the ground again.

This time his body shot forward. Simultaneously, the spear he thrust pierced through William’s solar plexus.

“…!”

William flew backward without even letting out a scream.

Mincheol kept his spear extended while reflecting on the sensation from moments before.

‘That was definitely Black Horn Bullet Form.’

He had used it so much that there was no way he could be mistaken.

Just now, Mincheol had used Black Horn Bullet Form without the system’s help.

‘So this is how you use mana.’

One success.

Thanks to that, realizations burst forth like a dam breaking.

But Mincheol didn’t have time to be immersed in his enlightenment.

“Cough.”

William was still there.

If he brought down his spear now, it would be over.

But Mincheol had no intention of ending it so boringly.

His anger wouldn’t subside easily.

“Take it.”

So he threw the wooden sword that was lying on the ground to William and said.

“It wouldn’t be fun if it ended too easily, would it?”

* * *

“Ha, damn it.”

William wiped the saliva flowing from his mouth and got up.

“I underestimated you too much. Even if you’re a maggot, you made it this far with your own skills.”

Anger filled William’s eyes.

Unlike before, no trace of arrogance could be felt.

In other words, this would be William’s true skill from now on.

“Young Master William has risen!”

“He’s not someone who would fall so easily!”

The spectators finally came to their senses and began cheering for William again.

William moved slowly in a circle around Mincheol.

-This will be difficult.

Cardmos muttered with a cold expression.

It was noteworthy that Mincheol had used that woman’s technique.

But that technique wasn’t suitable as an evasion skill.

-That technique is too slow to handle William’s fierce assault.

How would he deal with it?

It was when Cardmos was watching Mincheol with half expectation and half worry.

Thump-

With the sound of the ground rumbling, William’s body shot toward Mincheol.

William, who closed the distance in an instant, brought down his wooden sword.

The moment Mincheol avoided the attack with Black Horn Bullet Form, the wooden sword struck into the ground.

Bang!

With a thunderous roar, the ground split apart. The spectators were all horrified by the terrifying power.

“You dodged again? Will you be able to dodge next time too!”

William didn’t pull out the wooden sword stuck in the ground.

Instead, he lunged forward and swung it upward as it was.

This time too, Mincheol used Black Horn Bullet Form to dodge the attack.

The wooden sword passed in front of his face with a hair’s breadth gap.

Whoosh-

A blade wind rushed in. It felt like his skin would tear just from grazing it.

“Older Brother! Why did you suddenly become a coward? You should counterattack! You said you’d beat me!”

William unleashed a fierce assault toward Mincheol.

Tyrannical attacks continued endlessly.

Mincheol narrowly dodged each attack.

He was exactly like a sailboat left in a storm.

“Your left arm! I said I’d take it!”

William shouted with a face full of ecstasy.

The wooden sword swung horizontally tried to strike Mincheol’s forearm.

But just before the wooden sword could reach him, Mincheol’s body disappeared. The wooden sword futilely cut through empty air.

But what made William even more flustered was something else.

“…!”

Mincheol was nowhere to be found. As if he had sunk into the ground.

William reacted belatedly and looked to the side.

At that moment, the spear shaft Mincheol swung struck William’s neck.

Crash-

From the impact, William tumbled across the ground.

“Huh?”

“Huh huh?”

The spectators were left speechless once more.

Mincheol had successfully landed a critical hit not once, but twice.

-Th, that that!

Cardmos was also left speechless.

If he hadn’t seen wrong, Mincheol had used a new skill.

It was a skill from a similar category to the one he first used.

Which meant….

-He used a skill he just learned without even the system’s help?

It wasn’t completely impossible.

When he passed through the Memory Stones, knowledge related to skills would have been injected too.

But knowing something in your head and mastering it physically were separate matters.

Moreover, hadn’t Mincheol just learned how to handle mana?

-Dimensions are diverse and geniuses are countless, but is this even possible?

At this point, even the expression “monster” was insufficient.

Cardmos felt goosebumps rising all over his body.

* * *

“Urgh!”

William tumbled across the ground but immediately got back up.

“Yes! This is how you should come at me to make it interesting!”

William continued his attack.

It was such a fierce assault that you could hear the air tearing.

But Mincheol skillfully used footwork to dodge the slashes.

Black God Swift Step.

The second technique Mincheol learned from Sihae Yeomhwa.

It was a technique to dodge enemy attacks by moving his feet lightly.

Crash-

The wooden sword that cut through empty air stuck into the ground. Before William could pull out the wooden sword, Mincheol swung his spear.

Thud-

William, who got hit in the forearm, sneered.

“You think such an attack that’s worse than a switch will work!”

It didn’t seem like bluffing. Mincheol also didn’t feel very good about the hit.

“That’s perfect.”

Mincheol said calmly.

“I can beat you up until my heart feels better.”

“What?”

As soon as he finished speaking, the spear shaft struck William’s shoulder.

It didn’t end there and struck various parts of William’s body.

“Gah!”

William tried to counterattack but it didn’t work.

Mincheol deflected William’s attacks and launched counter-attacks.

Bang- Crash-

Terrifying sounds continuously echoed.

As the number of hits increased, William’s resistance also decreased.

“Urgh! Gah!”

At some point, William was completely pushed into defense.

Forget attacking, he only took defensive stances.

“Wh, what am I looking at? Wi, William is being one-sidedly pushed back?”

“Does this make sense? Does this make any sense!”

“E, everyone stop talking nonsense! What kind of person is Prince William! He’ll make a magnificent counterattack!”

It was when someone shouted.

The spear shaft swung low struck William’s knee.

Because of that, one of William’s knees completely buckled.

“…!”

Bewilderment appeared on William’s face. His reaction was slow due to the unexpected attack.

Just as William was about to get up, Mincheol swung the spear shaft widely.

The spear tip flying in a semicircle struck William’s jaw.

Crash-

William, hit in the jaw, fell backward.

This time the impact was so great that he couldn’t easily get up.

“Da, damn it… This is… impossible… This can’t… happen….”

William staggered as he got up.

Mincheol waited until William regained his senses.

It was because he judged that would inflict greater humiliation.

“Ha! How leisurely of you! Someone like me is nothing, is that it!”

It was just as Mincheol thought.

William’s expression began to contort with rage.

“Don’t get cocky, you son of a whore!”

William shouted angrily.

At that moment, strength entered Mincheol’s eyes.

He brought down his spear toward William.

-No!

Cardmos reflexively shouted.

Right now Mincheol had lost his reason. He had fallen into William’s trap.

“Older Brother! Why are you really this stupid!”

William didn’t miss the opportunity.

As if he had been waiting, he swung his wooden sword to break the spear shaft.

Then he thrust his long sword at the now empty-handed Mincheol…

Suddenly, Mincheol disappeared. William’s confident attack only pierced through empty air.

The next moment, a shadow covered William’s face.

“Huh?”

Mincheol was floating above William’s head.

“Kuk!”

Just as William tried to counterattack, Mincheol’s leg came down striking.

Bang!

Mincheol’s foot trampled William’s face.

William couldn’t withstand the impact and fell backward.

The moment William’s back of the head touched the ground, Mincheol applied force once more.

Crash!

William’s back of the head was deeply embedded into the ground.

At that moment, silence flowed throughout the entire arena.

Mincheol lifted his foot. William’s completely crushed face was visible.

He wasn’t dead.

He just wasn’t dead.

Mincheol turned to look at Duke Dunwell and said.

“What are you doing? You should announce the winner.”

At Mincheol’s words, Duke Dunwell’s expression became completely distorted.

From his expression alone, it seemed like he wanted to beat Mincheol to death.

But there were too many watching eyes. The Duke reluctantly opened his mouth.

“The, the winner is… Ca, Cardmos Du, Dunwall.”

Only then did the spectators pour out cheers.

Among them, Mincheol was able to receive the message he had wanted.

【You have completed the third Quest of ‘Duke Cardmos Dunwall’s Vision Memory Stones’!】

【You will receive the skills and knowledge of ‘Cardmos Dunwall’.】

【You have acquired the third technique of Meteor Spear Arts, ‘Radiant Star Dispersion ‘.】

The completion of the Quest.

At the same time, countless knowledge poured into Mincheol’s mind.

And Cardmos’s memories were replayed.

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