SL:R

Chapter 46

[Skill: Giant’s Armor Lv.1]

Active skill

Mana cost: 10

Surrounds your body with a mana armor, enlarging it.

1 mana per second is consumed during the activation.

The skill ‘Giant’s Armor’, which was acquired by defeating Kwak Dooyoung, was a skill that consumed mana in real-time when maintained.

For reference, Sooho’s current max mana was 635. In other words, the skill could be maintained for up to 635 seconds—about 10 minutes, assuming no other skills were used.

His strength, size, and defense had improved accordingly, but there was a major problem; the fact that his hands also grew along with his body made it impossible to hold weapons.

Ultimately, Sooho had to give up his primary weapons, the two swords, and fight with his bare hands.

“Smash.”
Swhak!

As Sooho clenched his fist, black energy surrounded it as it overlapped with Ruler’s Authority. Then he struck the desert centipede that was entangling his body.

Bang!

“Kraaak!”

The centipede retreated, writhing its long body in response to the tremendous impact. However, it seemed like the blow was not fatal, as it managed to escape into the sand unharmed.

The problem was that with this one shot, Sooho’s mana had been cut in half, meaning the time to maintain Giant’s Armor had also been cut in half.

‘If I fight like this, the cost of mana potions won’t make it up.’

Sooho quickly made a decision.

Time to skedaddle.

“Release Giant’s Armor.”

Shooo. The mana armor disappeared, and Sooho’s body returned to its original size.

He immediately climbed onto Arachne’s back and reached out to Esil.

“What are you doing? Don’t you want to flee?”

“…”

Although Esil had much to say, she grabbed his hand without hesitation.

***

[Krrararak!]

Arachne, carrying the two, began to sprint across the desert, vigorously swinging its eight legs.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh! Seven desert centipedes chased closely behind. Their speed was a close match.

And so, a breathless chase where they could barely dodge the sand insects, took place.

“We’re going to get caught at this rate!”

On the back of the running Arachne, Esil turned to look at the chasing centipedes. Then, without hesitation, she threw her spear toward the closest one.

Ssshkk! The desert centipede dodged the attack by wriggling its body.

Although it allowed them to distance themselves, Esil’s spear flew far away.

“What about your weapon?”

“It’s fine! Return!” In response to Sooho’s question, Esil reached out and shouted. The spear flew through the air like a boomerang and returned to her hand, and she proudly looked at Sooho while twirling it. “This spear is my horn. It always returns to me, no matter where it is.”