Hacking the Game Didn't Go as Intended

CHAPTER 73: Defying the Odds x2

Rexar and Elena stood in stunned silence, then their faces suddenly twisted in outrage. With a ferocity that frightened even the vile demons, the duo descended upon the fiends like a hunter's blade toward the throat of a cornered beast.

The conjurer swiveled his head back around with a nauseating giggle, eager to relish the expression Daisuke would make at the sight of his fallen comrade. But instead, the man captured a blinding white streak of light in his periphery and a blur of movement.

Next, he heard a low thud at his feet before he felt an excruciating jolt of pain surging from his arms throughout the rest of his body. Finally, he saw it—both his severed hands laying at his feet, already growing cold and pale.

The man tilted his head back and let out a wailing scream as blood dribbled from his wrists. Then his expression shifted from pain to horror when Daisuke spoke from behind him and the cold kiss of a blade could be felt on his throat.

"I bet the effects of those rings are useless now that they're not in contact with your body," scoffed Daisuke as he pressed the weapon closer.

"Y-You..." the man muttered, his voice trembling as his body slowly slipped into shock. "How can you... still move like that with your injured leg?"

"You mean this leg?" said Daisuke, flexing the limb that was last seen with a three-inch-thick projectile wedged in it.

The conjurer was dumbstruck.

"I allowed myself to get injured because I wanted you to let your guard down," admitted Daisuke. "It hurt like hell but it was worth it. While you were busy watching the others and gloating, I used a potion to heal my leg. It's kinda shocking you didn't expect us to have any recovery items with us. I guess you got pretty used to beating up and harassing regular people."

The man grinded his teeth in regret, observing as the male and female Beastkin rushed to the human's aid and urgently began feeding him a red liquid from a slender glass vial.

"If you kill me," he began threateningly, "you'll simply earn yourself the wrath of the Mhale—"

SWOOPP!

Daisuke watched with a stoic expression as the decapitated head fell and rolled on the ground before coming to a stop, its visage frozen in shock. "I swear you people are like a broken record."

DING!

[Keith has been defeated!]

[Jet-black Garment has been acquired.]

[Jet-black Boots has been acquired.]

[Invisibility Ring has been acquired.]

[Perseverance Ring x5 has been acquired.]

[Small MP Recovery Potion x5 has been acquired.]

[Sparkling Elixir x1 has been acquired.]

[35 Gold has been acquired.]

Ignoring the notification windows, Daisuke shifted his gaze in time to witness Vernie casting a spell, seizing control of the gigantic golem before it could crumble away following its master's demise.

"You've done me a great service, thanks," Vernie remarked with a weary and somewhat twisted smile. "After a few months of living with the guy, he had become quite a bore. Once I get rid of you nuisances, I'll recover the footstools and begin the arduous process of cleaning up this mess."

Rexar and Elena carefully helped Milo sit upright, their gazes piercing the heartless villain with unbridled contempt. Vernie seemed entirely unfazed by their undisguised hostility—in fact, he appeared rather amused.