Vivian's Unwavering Help
Vivian followed Seong Yujin slowly from a distance, as he had instructed.
Her face could not even straighten.
The entire surrounding area was blanketed in death.
The being who had caused all this tragedy with Yujin was far away, yet the nauseating, unpleasant feeling still washed over her.
‘He doesn’t seem to be a monster.’
If he had been, Seong Yujin would have severed its neck in a single blow.
But it was not.
Instead, it appeared as if they were having a conversation.
‘Is he an acquaintance?’
Vivian tilted her head.
It was then.
The battle finally began.
Whether Seong Yujin and the creature knew each other or not, she had no way of knowing.
But what was certain was that the two were enemies.
At a speed invisible to Vivian’s eyes, the two moved.
‘I have to help.’
She thought Seong Yujin would not be harmed.
Not even once until now.
He had never been in danger.
If they were the kind of opponent who could barely match their strength and were panting, Seong Yujin would have killed them instantly.
Even though they had entered the Tower on the same day at the same time.
That really was the strangest part, but she could not say she had no idea why.
Because she herself held an overwhelming advantage over the other players.
Seong Yujin was simply superior.
So she did not really need help.
‘But just in case.’
There was a saying that there was no such thing as no such thing.
If Seong Yujin got injured, it would be a problem.
That meant she would have to face such a strong opponent alone.
She had to help before that happened.
Vivian, having judged so, ran toward Seong Yujin.
The distance was quite far, so it would take quite some time to reach him.
‘Mount.’
She guessed why Seong Yujin had asked about mounts earlier.
If she had one, she could have moved faster.
Even at this moment, the fight between Seong Yujin and the enemy was intensifying.
Thinking she had to move even faster, she accelerated.
Kiyuk!
“Hup!”
A sudden scream from behind made Vivian whirl around in panic.
Something was approaching.
It was an immense speed.
It was impossible to avoid even with the average player’s reaction time!
Vivian understood the fact in a flash and thrust out her forearm.
The part least affected by injury.
Kwaduk!
At high speed, it pierced Vivian’s forearm, shattering her bones.
‘Kugh!’
A dizzying pain surged.
But she did not panic.
She had followed Seong Yujin for a long time and accumulated quite a bit of experience.
It had been a long time since direct combat, but had she not watched from behind for a long time?
『Dimension Mail Bag [B]』.
Injury and skill activation were almost simultaneous.
Thanks to prior preparation, the delay was negligible.
Vivian took out a bundle of dollars from there.
Exactly three thousand dollars.
Considering the degree of her injury, she judged that this amount would be enough.
And her calculation was correct.
『Financial Healing [C]』.
Whoooosh!
The burning dollars turned into pure magic power and instantly healed her shattered arm.
Even in the midst of that, Vivian did not stop thinking.
0.1 seconds.
Player combat was decided by countless things even in that short time.
‘Where is it?’
Her 『Subspace Information Collector [C]』 read all information within a 100-meter radius.
‘Left side, twenty meters ahead.’
Finding the enemy was truly a flash.
She also learned the creature’s identity.
‘Monster.’
It had a form similar to an angel.
Rather than beautiful or sacred, it resembled Cupid.
It even held a bow-like thing, making it look even more so.
But it was ugly.
No, it was beyond ugly; it was repulsive.
Vivian, who had pulled out her 『Bazooka [C]』 without realizing it, muttered to herself.
『Lightning Strike [E]』, 『Lightning Strike [E]』, 『Lightning Strike [E]』, 『Lightning Strike [E]』, 『Lightning Strike [E]』, 『Lightning Strike [E]』, 『Lightning Strike [E]』.
She activated her skills without pause.
Kwaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
The magic power shooting from the blue ornate staff passed straight through the sky and became a bolt of lightning, falling down.
One, five, ten, twenty.
There was no end.
It was a rain of lightning.
In an instant, the place where the repulsive Cupid stood was completely scorched.
Each one was weak, but if it became dozens, hundreds, that was different.
The accumulated damage was not negligible.
Vivian’s face, which had completely burned an area ten meters wide, hardened.
‘He’s not dead yet.’
Surprisingly, Cupid was still alive even inside that thundercloud.
He had taken a huge shock, but he was still standing.
‘…Attack skill.’
『Bazooka [C]』 was an excellent item.
Without any delay, by injecting magic power, it allowed continuous skill fire.
Seong Yujin had said such things were hard to find.
But that was all.
It was very effective against a weak multitude of enemies, but not against strong ones.
It was like stabbing a dragon’s leg with needles hundreds of times and not inflicting any damage.
It meant he needed greater power to kill that creature.
The worry was short, and the decision was faster.
『Dimension Mail Bag [B]』 opened again.
There was almost no delay between thought and action.
Vivian moved as naturally as water flowing, taking something out from inside.
Gold.
It was a yellow-glowing gold bar.
Feeling its heavy weight, Vivian bit her lip slightly and used the skill right away.
『Gold Rush [B]』.
It was the skill left by Seong Yujin and Park Ji-hoo.
Seong Yujin had called it absurd, but Vivian had thought of it as something prepared for her.
That was why she had chosen it without hesitation?
The magic power gushed out with a whoosh, and the gold bar in her hand melted.
Golden liquid.
It was a tiny amount that could barely be held in both hands.
But it immediately expanded.
In an instant, it overflowed in front of her eyes.
A huge wave made of gold was created.
It was not enough to call it a flood, but it was large enough to be called a Mexican pipeline.
Kwaakwaakwaakwaakwaakwaakwaakwaak!
The dead flower field was destroyed.
It cracked, twisted, and was reborn anew into golden debris.
Cupid, who had not yet recovered, was the same.
He discovered the golden wave rushing toward him and widened his eyes.
He flapped his small wings to evade, but it was too late.
Kyirrrrrrrrrrr!
With a bizarre roar, his body was completely crushed.
It was natural, but gold was a metal.
The metal soaked with Vivian’s magic power.
It had been swept up in her wave; how could his body endure it!
In the blink of an eye.
He died completely in a state where even his form could not be recognized.
“Haa—”
Vivian exhaled a sigh.
The time from the moment she was first attacked until Cupid died…
It took less than five minutes.
Vivian’s situation assessment, quick judgment, and hesitation-free decision and action.
No wasted time at all had made it possible.
‘She could have done a little better.’
Even so, Vivian was not satisfied.
“Hm?”
At that moment, a tremendous aura exploded like a bomb.
Vivian, startled, turned her head sharply to look that way.
It was Seong Yujin.
What on earth had he done?
Something beyond her cognitive range was happening over there.
‘Ah…’
Her breath caught.
The air had become so heavy that her lungs felt like they would tear.
If the distance had been even slightly closer, she would have collapsed to her knees and not endured.
But Vivian endured.
After a short while.
Finally, the thing pressing her body disappeared.
“Haa-, haa-.”
She calmed her overloaded body by forcing rough breaths.
It was not easy.
Because she had been exposed to such a powerful force.
Thanks to that, after closing her eyes and breathing for a long time, she finally calmed a little.
Vivian opened her eyes and looked ahead.
She had to ask Yujin what he had done to…
‘Didascalia?’
When had he appeared?
No, had he been there from the beginning?
In front of Yujin, the repulsive angel Didascalia was bobbing.
He was laughing and speaking something to Yujin, then raised both hands with a flash.
Simultaneously.
Kwaakwaakwaakwaakwaakwaakwaak!
Something burst out through the ground.
A giant.
Literally, a monster with the form of a gigantic human.
It looked like an enemy that was by no means easy at a glance.
‘Seong Yujin?’
Vivian’s gaze turned to Seong Yujin.
Surprisingly, he was sitting down.
The moment she saw that, she quickly used 『Subspace Information Collector [C]』 to collect information.
It did not seem like he had taken a major injury.
Just exhaustion of immense magic power and stamina.
It seemed to be the price of using what she had activated earlier.
Vivian did not hesitate and stood up from her place, slamming the ground.
Yujin’s current state was helpless.
There was no way he could fight such a monster in that situation.
She put all her strength into it.
She could not remember when she had last run like this.
The breath rising to her throat cleared her mind.
‘I have to help.’
There was no one else who could help Seong Yujin now.
She stretched out her hand.
Naturally 『Dimension Mail Bag [B]』 opened, and dollars were caught inside.
She did not know exactly how much was needed.
Vivian did not know how much stamina and magic power Seong Yujin had.
So she did not hold back.
One hundred thousand dollars.
It was an amount that could instantly heal someone with a serious injury.
Even so, she did not hesitate.
Seong Yujin was her comrade.
She had never thought so before, but now it was different.
She did not like him a lot, and she had angered him many times.
No, actually, most of the time she did.
Even so, Seong Yujin had been a comrade she had to climb the Tower with until now, and would continue to be.
Vivian thought that.
『Financial Healing [C]』.
One hundred thousand dollars disappeared.
Wrapped in flames, it scattered completely into the void.
And—
Whoaaaahaaaahaaaahaaaaak!
A light burst out.
It was the light of healing that restored everything.
The warmth, bordering on coziness, wrapped around Seong Yujin’s body as he sat.
Graaaaaaaa—
At that moment, the giant moved.
Its huge fist, larger than a fully grown adult male, tore through the air and fell straight down.
Exactly toward Seong Yujin.
Vivian’s eyes widened.
He had not fully recovered yet, so if he faced such a thing…!
But Vivian did not need to worry about that.
Just a slight recovery.
Just enough that he could move his body.
What Seong Yujin needed was exactly that.
“I never thought I’d get help from you here.”
His voice pierced through the shockwave that tore the air apart.
“Thank you, Bibi. Thanks to you, I can rip that big bastard apart and kill it.”
Seong Yujin stood up from his seat.