In the central battlefield.

"What the heck? Are you guys not going to attack me?" Asirante shouted.

Tramp- Tramp-

I could have used Blink with zero cooldown, but I walked forward instead.

Unfortunately, Ice Field and Blizzard were still on cooldown.

But I could fight them with +5 Enhancement Ice Emperor's guardian sword alone.

"Hey! Rise, Double Fire Wall!"

As soon as the younger brother Oitsuki shouted, a huge wall of fire was created between them and me. But that wasn't enough to stop me.

Moreover, I was now wearing the +5 Enhancement Ice Emperor's guardian sword which was imbued with the so-called determination of the Ice Emperor that even the Sun God could not melt, so I received a 30% damage reduction from fire-type skills.

In other words, I could withstand it well from the beginning, but I could do it even better now.

"Are you scared?"

So, after walking out of the wall of fire casually, I spat out words like that at the elder brother Oizuki. This time, what I said seemed to have provoked him a lot.

"Get off your high horse! I haven't shown all my power yet. Giant Lightning Spear!"

Oizuki rushed to me, holding a long spear in both hands.

Of course, his brother Oitzuki didn't stand idle.

He also kept attacking me as if to support his brother.

"Dancing Fireworks! Double Flame!"

Puck! Puck! Puck!

As if he intended to block my vision so I could not attack his elder brother, Oitsuki launched several fire-type attacks against me.

However, I ignored all of his attacks because my first goal was to destroy the elder brother Oizuki with the trait of Item Master, who focused on close range attacks.

Soon, Oizuki charged at me, swinging a huge spear with both hands.

I struck down the tip of the spear with the Ice Emperor's guardian sword right away.

Clang!

Puck!

The clashing of the sword and the spear.

But my sword was pushed back and his long spear stabbed into my side.

It was obviously the gap in strength, which I could do nothing against.

As a typical close combatant, he was clearly superior to me in terms of power. But unlike before, I had a number of options with which I could strike back.

I moved back one step to remove the spear stuck in my side, then charged at him again.

Of course, Oizuki didn't stand still.

He again wielded the long spear to stop me from approaching him.

"Blink."

But he was too slow to stop my Blink.

Puck!

I stabbed into his chest with the Ice Emperor's guardian sword.

Of course, he tried to attack me as well, but the downside of the long spear was that it needed some distance to show its power. That's why he could not use it this time.

So I charged at him and kept close to him as much as possible.

"Get away from me!"

"Nope! If you want to get away from me, ask your brother to use Call!"

I did not possess any skills or abilities related to the sword.

Although I didn't know how to use the sword properly, I just got close to him and kept stabbing him with the guardian sword while using Ice Field whose cooldown had just returned.

Of course, his younger brother Oitsuki did not stop attacking me with Fire Field to smash my Ice Field.

However, even the Skill Master could not use Call as he was also subject to cooldown restrictions.

The more he hesitated, the more ice began to pile up on Oizuki's body, which inflicted more severe damage than a normal frostbite debuff.

As a result, Oizuki gradually slowed down due to the accumulation of frostbite.

As if he could not stand it, Oizuki threw out the long spear and pulled out a one-handed sword.

Then he tried to stab me right away.

Did I avoid it or defend against it?

I didn't.

I used Blink a moment ago, so if I used it again, it would make him suspicious, and I wasn't agile enough to avoid it. And it was obvious that it was more effective for me to attack than to defend.

Puck! Puck!

As a result, we kept allowing ourselves to be stabbed by each other constantly.

This was my first messy brawl.

In all games, including 'Revival Legend', I almost always played an ice-type wizard, and even on the rare case I didn't, I played with a ranged type character. So I had never participated in a fight like this.

But I wasn't too bad at it.

Because I was afraid of dying, I chose stamina as my first stat for Mutual Growth, so I even thought that I perhaps might have subconsciously considered this sort of situation when I first decided to do so.

Anyway, I focused on attacking Oizuki while thoroughly ignoring his brother Oitsuki's was attacking with fire-type skills from a distance. I felt I needed Blink with zero cooldown to get rid of the younger brother Oitsuki, but I didn't want to show it to the Oizuki brothers openly.

In the Mitsuya Guild camp.

Chairman Ryu Sechi and all the top executives who knew about the abilities of the Oizuki brothers were watching the battlefield blankly.

"How could he do that?" Ryu asked.

"..."

"..."

"..."

No one could answer his question because this was the first time that the curses of the Oizuki brothers had been broken.

Of course, they were quick-witted enough to discern that Asirante was different from how he was in the past. But although he had tremendous defense power, Asirante was still an ice-based wizard.

However, they found it hard to simply regard him as an ice-type wizard.

[Oizuki: Asirante's physical damage...!]

Chairman Ryu Sechi as well as the top executives were in a party with the Oizuki brothers. So, they could see at a glance that Oizuki's health was draining.

Moreover, Oizuki had already synchronized his defense armor.

"It's crazy. This is really crazy."

"..."

"..."

"..."

As expected, no one responded to Chairman Ryu Sechi's words because it was impossible for them to explain the way Asirante was fighting the Oizuki brothers.

After watching the three fighting on the central battlefield, Chairman Ryu finally gave the order for the Oizuki brothers to retreat immediately.

Of course, what that meant was that Ryu admitted defeat not only in the prelude to the main fight but also in the war for momentum for future fights

Given the penalties embedded in the Oizuki brothers' traits, however, Chairman Ryu could not allow them to be killed on the battlefield.

The first day's battle ended like that.

In other words, Japan and the Mitsuya Guild were defeated.

***

"Yeah, so I could not wear any items, not to mention using any skills."

When my family and Director Sok gathered together in the evening, I told them what happened to me on the battlefield during the day. They looked really startled at my words.

Of course, I could understand their reaction because the Item Master and Skill Master traits were really ridiculous.

At that moment, my sister opened her mouth.

"But Juyoung, you...".

But I nodded and replied because I knew what she was trying to say.

"Yeah, I did use them. Exactly one item and three skills."