SL:R

Chapter 24

Sooho instantly pulled out two swords from his inventory and blocked the attacker’s strike. The eyes behind the crow-masked man and Sooho’s met mid-air for a brief moment.

‘What incredible strength.’

‘Is this even possible?’

Sooho’s current Strength stat was 39. Since he had distributed his skill points mainly toward Strength stat, he was more confident in his strength than his other stats.

But the crow-masked man’s power was just as strong with one arm.

Swish!

As if they had made an unspoken agreement, the two simultaneously backed away and sprang toward each other at an even faster speed.

Flash!

Clang!

Sooho’s dual swords swung with tremendous momentum. The crow-masked man’s massive arms swatted the attacks away, causing the wall and floor to explode.
All of this happened in just two seconds.

“Ugh!”

Thanks to Sooho, the raid captain who managed to escape the crisis immediately backed away.

‘What happened? How could that Summoner…’

Although momentarily distracted by Sooho’s tremendous combat power, the captain did not forget his duty.

The most important ability as a captain was the ability to assess the level of magic beasts. In other words, it was the ability to detect danger.

“It’s a D-rank beast! All-out attack!” he quickly assessed the crow-masked man’s magic power level and shouted to everyone.

“D-rank?”

The Hunters quickly regained their senses and assumed attack positions at his words.

“Then there’s no problem!”

“Kill him!”

Thunk, thunk!

The Hunters’ skills were concentrated and fired at the crow-masked man fighting Sooho. However, the crow-masked man easily dodged all the attacks and jumped back.

“D-rank?” He smirked, clinging to the tunnel wall like a spider. “You’re making such a meaningless assessment in front of people?” Then he put his other hand, not the massive one, into his robe.

Swoosh.

A small potion came out of his bosom.

“What is that!?”

Assistant Professor Im was the first to identify that blue liquid sparkling with brilliant starlight. “Stardust! It’s Stardust! Stop him from drinking it!”

The Hunters’ eyes widened at Assistant Professor Im’s urgent shout.

“Stardust?”

“That power-enhancing drug?”

A rumor had been spreading among Hunters that there was a power-enhancing drug called Stardust.

According to the rumor, it was a drug that, when ingested, increased one’s mana for about a week without any side effects.

Of course, it was expensive, but the price wasn’t a problem considering the amount of money that could be earned by going into higher-level dungeons and hunting with the amplified mana.

As a result, Stardust was always in short supply; even if someone wanted to buy it, they couldn’t.

“Correct.” The crow-masked man chuckled and drank the potion from under his mask.