"RNG Abuse? Impossible!"

While grinning, Alex replied.

"With all of this 'realness,' things like critical, evade, blocking, crafting, and a dozen others that supposed to use RNG now purely based on users' skill. The only thing RNG plays a factor in, in Emperor Saga, is a skill that's based on luck, of which we only have a few. That's why our rng system is more straightforward than old games."

"B-But even if it's a simple system, he still needs to calculate it with complex math equations to predict where the rng needed to trigger the skill will land. And he needs to calculate it every time he logs in to boot. I could understand it if he uses it for crafting but in a fast-paced battle where he needs to predict his opponent's attacks and calculate his own so the rng will be in his favor is too---"

"Farfetched? Yes, back then, I thought it was impossible too until I saw it with my own eyes when he did it while we played old MMO games together. I'm sure that the game had a more complicated rng system than Emperor Saga."

"........He's inhuman."

"No, he still is. Unless he is a genius of this Millenium, he could only use the rng in his favor four to five times. At least that's the best he could do back then."

As if he was relieved, Dmitry's tone turned relaxed.

"But GrandKing still has a lot of fight left in him."

"Y-Yeah, I can see that." Alex's face turned sour as he saw the screen, Chrono had used 'Merchant Luck' for the fourth time, but GrandKing showed no sign of dying.

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Merchant Luck trigger!

All your skills and vitality reset.

As the live streaming's audience saw Chrono survive one after another fatal attack by triggering 'Merchant Luck,' they could only watch in silence. Some of them rose from their seats, some of them bit their teeth, and some of them remained stagnant. But all of them did the same thing, watching the live screens with their eyes wide open.

On the other side of the screen, as if he was dancing beautiful melodies, Chrono was seen dodging while countering GrandKing Behemoth's attacks.

'Soul Blade'

critical hit!

critical hit

critical hit

"GRaaargH!"

And this time, He dashed backward while still facing GrandKing Behemoth, out of its attack range. He quickly pulled out a magic scroll after that.

'Thick Fog'

The whole building suddenly filled with a thick fog as Chrono unleashed the magic scroll. Both Chrono and GrandKing Behemoth line of sight turned very limited. But it favors Chrono because--

'Silent Dead'

The confused GrandKing could only be doing his defensive stance while barely move as he could not feel Chrono's presence. The whole building turned silent, no more sound of battle, and even GrandKing stop his cry.

As if they were in the GrandKing position, the audience held their breath while they watched the screens. It was dead silence, and no one knew where Chrono would attack. It was a disturbing silence where even when a pebble fell to the floors, its sound would send shivers to the spine. Everyone wants the silence to be over so they could finally breathe. Still, no, nothing happened until a faint sound of the projectile approached the GrandKing.

Woosh!

Critical Hit!

"Graargh!"

Out of nowhere, a spear flew to his lower back piercing through his armor, passed his skin. The GrandKing Behemoth could only cry as he couldn't predict the attack. He gritted his teeth as he wants to be ready for the next one. But-

Woosh!

Critical Hit!

Woosh!

Critical Hit!

Woosh!

Critical Hit!

"( .......I'm out of spears)"

As he only had few spears prepared in various places of the room, Chrono couldn't throw more spears. And just like that, everything turned quiet again. The confused audience couldn't help their curiosity as they start to comment again.

"What happens? Why did he stop?"

"This is disturbing, and I hate this fog."

"Don't worry, unlike a smoke bomb, thick fog spell from scroll won't last long."

"Yeah, the fog would disappear any second now."

Even when the attack stop, the GrandKing Behemoth refused to drop his guard. His halberd had small cracked in some parts due to his nonstop abuse. His armors were pierced all over by arrows and spears. He had a tingling feeling on his back as the curse spears won't stop draining his health. The burns injuries in some parts of his body felt itchy, and it was hard to move the body parts where he got frostbite. His heart beating faster than usual, and his breath felt heavy. His vitality was depleting, but no one should underestimate him as he still had plenty of fight in him.

As the fog cleared, he saw a corpse in the middle of the room. The GrandKing tighten the grip of his halberd as he gritted his teeth. But instead of blindly attacking Chrono, the mighty beast walked carefully towards Chrono, getting prepared to face any more tricks. The audiences held their breath as the GrandKing Behemoth walked towards Chrono. They knew there would be more tricks, but they do not know what will hit the boss monster.

"W-What is it this time."

"No idea, I hope he's safe."

"Hey, wait. The pillars! It's brand new!"

"Don't tell me... he used repair scroll! That's why he didn't attack after the room filled with fogs. He went to repair the pillars, the traps!"

"N-No, GrandKing, don't go there, it's a trap!"

"God! Have mercy."

Traps Activated.

As the GrandKing Behemoth almost reaching Chrono, thousands of arrows, spears, and offensive spells flew to him.

Woosh!

wiiish

wiiish

boom!

Boom!

'Grand Parry'

The GrandKing Behemoth as desperately parry the attacks. But he couldn't defend everything, his halberd, and armors not as sturdy as the first time, and his vitality was much worse than before.

"Graaargh!"

Unlike the first time, he had no luxury to break the traps with his 'Grand Swipe' skill. He could only keep on parrying while hoping for the best.

Woosh!

wiiish

wiiish

boom!

Boom!

'Grand Parry'

Woosh!

wiiish

wiiish

boom!

Boom!

'Grand Parry'

*Huf* *Huf* *Huf*

Traps ammunition depleted

As he kept on parrying, finally, the attack stopped. The GrandKing was left breathless, his armors seem about to shatter, and his body filled with dozens of injuries. He tried to walk, but he drops on his knees instead. The boss monster was not as majestic as it used to be.

At this moment, the 'corpse' rose as if he was back from the dead. The half-cracked masks he wears make it visible for everyone to know he was grinning. As his red eyes looking sharply at the GrandKing Behemoth, he spoke.

"You finally kneeling."

As if he knew he was insulted, the GrandKing Behemoth rose using his halberd supporting his body. He barely managed to stand as his whole body trembled. Chrono knew the victory around the corner, but overconfidence will bring a different result. He held Grave with both of his hand whiles posing on his attack stance to prepare for the last clashes.

Even when GrandKing Behemoth preparing his stance, Chrono didn't attack. Not because of his pride, but he knew the best outcome was, he didn't need to attack. The cursed spear on the GrandKing Behemoth's back is still doing its job. The boss monster would eventually drop dead. Avoiding the GrandKing was not the answer either because delaying the fight may give him the opposite result; he may lose focus from the prolonged battle.

Chrono and GrandKing Behemoth was on their stance. Both refused to move as everything turned quiet again. The audience stops commenting again as if the silence choked their breath. Like a picture of a warrior facing a majestic beast in a dark room, it was a romantic scene to some.

"GRAAARGH!"

As he realized he couldn't delay it any longer, the GrandKing Behemoth made the first move.

"(Here goes nothing!")

Chrono charged as if his life on the line.

'Shadow Ghost'

Shadow Ghost (Intermediate level 2) (100 mana, 100 souls) :

When activated, you turn to Ghost for 7 seconds. In Ghost form, physical objects will go through your body, will receive + 200% magic damage and -50% speed. Have a 6-hour cooldown. It can be deactivated while in ghost form.

While charging, he just passes GrandKing Behemoth stab attacks with 'Shadow Ghost' before he landed on GrandKing Behemoth feet.

'Soul Blade'

Soul Blade(Intermediate level 5)(100 souls per second) :

Enchant Grave with a soul that will ignore armor.

As he activated 'Soul Blade,' he gritted his teeth while tightens his grip on Grave before he unleashed a high-speed slashes attack.

Critical hit!

Critical hit!

Critical hit!

Critical hit!

Critical hit!

Critical hit!

In less than second, countless slashes unleashed with Chrono's maximum speed. And the relentless slashes attack just won't stop.

Critical hit!

Critical hit!

Critical hit!

Critical hit!

Critical hit!

The high speed slashed burned Chrono's body from inside to the point his whole body on fire, rapidly reducing his health, and his stamina turned to extreme fatigue.

"GRAAARH!"

As he gathered every ounce of his strength, GrandKing Behemoth swung his halberd to Chrono, flung his body to the throne seats. The backside of the massive throne seats broke, but under the debris of the throne seats, Chrono rose using Grave to support him as a third leg. He barely stood up with his trembling legs.

Cheat Death activated!

Neutralized fatal attack once and reduced health point to one. Only activated once a day.

"(I can barely move, this is bad.)"

As he realized GrandKing Behemoth in his last line of struggle, Chrono reaches for his pouch with his trembling left hand to get something.

Petrified Candy:

Once swallowed, will get petrified status. Never use this candy as a Halloween gift!

"Graargh!"

'Grand War Cry'

The sheer power of the cry alone made the whole building's walls, and pillars cracked. The debris rain down from the building ceiling as if it hit by earthquakes. As the entire building shook, The GrandKing Behemoth eyes turned white. The majestic beast refused to lay down even when he was on his last breath.

When the building stabilized again, and the debris stopped to fall. On the throne broken seats, there was a stone statue slowly turning into its human form.

Gourmet (Passive)

A true gourmet will taste and experience all kinds of different food regardless of their taste. Enhance the food taste and reduce the bad status effect duration by 5 seconds (only if getting the bad status while eating or drinking). Every 100 dishes, will gain random stat. You Have Slain GrandKing Behemoth.

Against all the odds, Skull Mask won.