Versatile: Alternate World

Chapter 416 Expedition To The Frozen Region: Hell Beneath The Ice (IV)

The appearance of this man is unprecedented as I didn't even notice his presence. He should be not the one who is staring at me as I can still feel someone is still doing that thing despite him being there. That only means he is not the one staring at me, but something or someone else. Now, the question is, who is this man?

As much as I want to think of a logical explanation, there is no way he just arrived here because he is exploring. Is he a monster in the form of a human? Very possible as there are also human bosses or something similar.

"Hey, are you just going to stand there? Who are you?"

"I should be the one who should be asking you that! It seems you are more like a native to this place."

"Heh, I am indeed a native here but at the same time, I am not a native. And it also doesn't mean I am obligated to tell you my name, stranger. You came barging to my territory so it is natural for me to defend this place with my life."

He then started to brandish his sword around and even though I am just at a distance, I can easily feel that it is very dangerous for me if I get hit by that weapon. Just being far from him is enough for him to transfer the feeling of the air cutting in half to me. I can tell that once those swings will be directed at me, I will not be able to properly defend without giving it my all.

Seeing him getting ready for battle, I also ready myself in battle and pulled out the Versatile Weapon, turning it into a magic sword. I have to give it my best to fight back against him.

But before I can react, I was immediately sent flying and I saw my HP fell from full bar to almost critical bar. It's too close to death and one more hit and I will definitely die. I didn't try to think of any complicated things about how that happened and quickly used my sword to stop my body from slamming the rock wall which will result in my death if I didn't do anything.

"[Greater Heal]!"

I usually don't use my healing abilities for the cleric as it has a cooldown on how many times you can use it compared to the potion where you can drink multiple bottles at the same time without waiting for any cooldown on how long you can drink one again. But this time, I have no choice but to use it as pulling a potion bottle out of my inventory takes a few seconds before I can even heal myself. And my decision was right as I managed to heal back to full health, the odd guy attacked again and I have almost no time to even dodge, causing me to block his attacks with the Versatile Weapon.

And even though I managed to block his attack, my health got immediately reduced to the half bar. I didn't even think of anything and pulled out the Pain Delivery while my Versatile Weapon is blocking his greatsword.

"PARRY THIS, YOU FILTHY CASUAL!"

BANG!

It seems the man did not anticipate the appearance of the Pain Delivery and was immediately fell when I shot him in the head.

"Damn, you did good," he stood up and pulled out the bullet on his head like nothing.

I cussed silently seeing that he didn't die and the bullet of the Pain Delivery did not even pierce or graze his skin. He didn't manage to parry it but he was able to stop it without much problem.

"Interesting. To think someone can actually do this to me, you are a worthy opponent!"

And as he said those words, he rushes forward once more and swings his greatsword at me. It was just casual swinging without even any sort of power-up or anything that could enhance his power. Not even any skills attached, just plain sword swing. If this guy is a player and we are under the PVP rules, this guy is basically cheating. Even with my Versatile Weapon, there is no way it can do that without any effects.

SWISH!

My instincts immediately kicked in and instead of blocking that, I quickly dodged it and the single swing he did, immediately cut up the ground in half, causing the ground we are standing in to crumble the moment it was sliced in half.  While dodging, I pulled out several Scrolls I made beforehand. I don't know if the effect of the Shield of Vanagloria can handle that attack but I better save it up for later if this f*cker tried to use some sort of skill that I can't dodge. If I can still dodge it, then I won't use it just yet.

Now that he is finished with his attack, I tore up all the scrolls that are in my hands by slicing them with the Versatile Weapon and activated [Breathless Breathing], [Silent Sprint], and [Flaming Sword] to aid the additional buffs from the scrolls I have just torn into two. I don't know how many I sliced but I only know that all of them are buff scrolls I previously made.

[Breathless Breathing]

[Silent Sprint]

[Flaming Sword]

[Attack Enhancement IV]

[Critical Enhancement IV]

[Defense Pierce Enhancement]

,m [Ignore Invincible]

[Critical Rate IV]

[Debuff Enhancement IV]

[Defense Breaker IV]

[Double Charge]

[Manhunt]

[Defense Enhancement IV]

[Battle Continuation IV]

[Refresh III]

[Guts]

I saw all the buffs that appeared and I didn't expect to also pull out [Battle Continuation IV] and [Guts] along with all the buff scrolls I pulled out. These two skills are part of the skills of the Berserker class. It was exclusive to this class due to how vulnerable Berserkers are while they use their specialty skills especially [Berserk]. [Battle Continuation]  is a skill that allows me to recover 1 HP and since this was the upgraded version which is already in the fourth enhancement hence the IV sign beside the name, the effect is also enhanced, allowing me to do this four more times if my HP is reduced to zero.

As for [Guts], it's another Berserker essential skill that allows me to survive fatal attacks and leave me to 1 HP minimum. Having the two combined in activation will allow me to survive further from his one-hit-kill attacks.

With all the buffs already in effect, I dashed forward, closing the gap between the two of us. I know he will just block one attack so I decided to use a Swordsman skill that will allow me to attack three more times with it. Before that, I attacked him with just a basic swing.

PENG!

As expected, he blocked the swing by just tilting his Greatsword, blocking it before pulling it out of the ground and raising it above.

"This is the end kid!"

"Same goes for you!"

And as he has no more weapon to block my attack since he is raising it, he is wide open and even if it was just a split second, that is enough for me to do another attack,

"[Triple Slash]!"

He didn't react when I started slashing him, and if he is doing that, I think he is pretty confident I will not be able to do anything against him but...

I sliced off his arm that was holding the Greatsword and I continue slicing him up with blood falling over his wounds. With the effect of [Ignore Invincible] in which case ignores the buff of enemies with [Invincibility] status, allowing me to deal damage against them though sometimes, it does not work as some enemies can easily bypass that since they can ignore that effect and keep themselves invincible. For those enemies who are not naturally invincible and can only obtain that status by consuming an item or using a skill, [Ignore Invincible] comes in handy.

Blood starts to fall down on his wounds like a waterfall but he was just surprised and he didn't seem terrified about what is happening to him. Before I knew it, he grab his falling arms, and to my surprise, he reattached his arm back to his shoulders and resumed attacking, successfully killing me as my HP went down to zero, bypassing the effects of [Guts] for some unknown reason I don't know.

But with the effect of [Battle Continuation IV], I was able to revive again and receive a single HP left behind. That is enough for me and I immediately make myself a distance against him while pulling out an Extra Large Health Potion and chugging it down to its last content.

I can only say what the f*ck on him. Did he just regenerate his severed arm back to his shoulders without any problem?! I am quite sure that I have sliced it off as it was detached from his shoulders and I saw blood pour out from them.

Just who is this man and what the heck is he to be able to do that without any problem?!