"Pff—hahahahhaha..."
Seeing such a pitiful appearance of the woman begging, instead of feeling sorry, everyone broke into vicious laughter.
The Tier 3 leader grinned cruelly.
"Did this bitch... seriously? You think we would give a fuck about your son?"
He looked at her with a face full of mockery.
"Hand over the Elixir already, or we will do even worse... Wait a moment..."
Suddenly his grin became even wider.
"You are fighting this desperately because of your deadbeat son, right? Then how about this?"
The Berserker walked towards the woman as he looked at her with a lustful gaze.
"Just let your son die. I will give you a better and stronger child instead in return for the Elixir..."
The woman's whole body trembled in visible anger and fear as the Berserker walked towards her.
The man's eyes directly fell onto her chest as he was about to grab her.
"Please... don't!"
"Hehe."
Even the members surrounding them laughed frantically while looking at the scene.
But just before the Berserker's hand was about to reach her, it was grabbed by someone.
"...!"
A dark-haired, pale-skinned, blue-eyed young man who seemed to be in his early 20s suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the Berserker and the woman.
"H-Hey! Who the hell is he?!"
"I saw it, he suddenly appeared out of thin air!"
"Oi, who the fuck are you?!"
Everyone became startled at the sudden appearance of the young man, but he himself let out a tired sigh with a dejected look on his face as he muttered,
"I really did it... I really am stupid, didn't I?... There is no going back anymore..."
The Berserker whose hand was caught by the young man immediately used his appraisal skill on him.
[Connor Rays – Assassin – Lv.25]
"Tier 2 Assassin? Tch, how dare you touch my hand!... I am going to kill—huh?"
The Berserker tried to shake off the young man's arm with a vicious look but found he couldn't move an inch.
"What the...!"
No matter how much strength he put in, the opponent didn't even budge in the slightest.
Instead, the grip on his hand became even stronger.
He felt like his hand was stuck between heavy rocks.
'How is this possible?! My strength attribute has already reached 160. Even among the same Tier no one in this city could match me in strength!... There is no way a Tier 2 Assassin could be this strong!'
Color drained from his face as he shouted,
"G-Get your hands off me! Do you know who I am?!"
The Berserker tried to threaten the man in front of him, but the young man's gaze was only fixed on the woman who stood there petrified.
"My father must have done the same thing as you... wanting to grab something that was already within his reach desperately so his child could live a better life..."
"Even though for a child, you are more important..."
Eren moved without even realizing it himself.
Using his authority, he changed into a random appearance he thought of at the moment, with false information.
Even his clothes were changed into another style since he already understood that by making physical contact will cancel his concealment just like, his appearance revealed the moment, he attacked the area boss just before.
"H-Hey, are you even list—"
Boom!
Eren's fist landed directly on the face of the Berserker.
Crack!
The sound of bone snapping echoed through the hall.
In the next moment, the Berserker's whole body was sent flying across the stone floor like a ragdoll.
SKRRRRRRR!
The sound of his armor sliding across the floor heard before his entire body smashed against the wall and collapsed unconscious.
"...!"
Silence fell for a split second as everyone tried to understand what had just happened.
A genuine Tier 3 profession holder had just been knocked out with a single punch.
"[Skill Block]!"
The Seer of the group reacted immediately and cast his spell on Eren, which transformed like a black chain that wrapped around his body before disappearing.
Eren didn't even try to dodge it.
He simply took the attack while silently watching the other six members of the guild.
"G-Guys, I blocked his strengthening skill! Kill this motherfucker immediately!"
"Y-yes, he is just a Tier 2... this bastard must have used a powerful body strengthening skill to knock out young master Julian!"
"Get him!"
Five of the six guild members rushed forward at once, while the last one hastily ran toward the unconscious Berserker.
Eren didn't move an inch.
Despite looking calm, he was really tense inside.
This was the first time he was going to fight one versus five.
His newly gained skill Transcendent Instinct helped him catch every movement of the five as they rushed toward him.
Spiritual energy spread all over his body as the whole world moved in slow motion.
He clearly saw one of the five guild members instantly vanish and reappear behind him, aiming his two poisoned daggers at his neck.
"Die!"
Eren's body reacted on its own.
By simply leaning backward slightly, the blades slipped past him.
Eren grabbed the hand of the assassin and smashed his elbow directly into the assassin's ribs.
CRACK!
"Aurg!"
The assassin's body folded like paper as he collapsed coughing blood.
"[Iron Fortress]!"
Before the assassin's body could even fall to the ground, another member with a shield used his skill.
A thick spiritual barrier formed around Eren's body, trying to restrict his movement.
"Now!"
The fire mage of the guild raised his staff.
"[Inferno Spear]!"
A blazing crimson spear materialized in thin air and shot toward Eren.
Behind him, another member unleashed a barrage of attacks.
"[Blade Torrent]!"
Dozens of slashes were aimed at Eren from all directions.
Four of the remaining guild members already started to smile, believing they had cornered the young man and won the battle.
Crack!
But with a single movement from Eren, the spiritual restraint broke like fragile glass.
His body moved in impossible angles, dodging every slash while also sidestepping the fire spear with ease.
"What the...!"
"How is this possible?!"
"Oi, you said you blocked his strengthening skill, didn't you?!"
The Seer of the guild looked pale as he watched how easily Eren dodged everything.
The swordsman panicked and unleashed another flurry of strikes.
Slash! Slash! Slash!
Even these were not able to reach him as Eren casually retreated, getting out of range before instantly delivering a solid punch to the swordsman's stomach once the skill ended.
BAM!
"Cough!"
Another member coughed blood before collapsing onto the ground.
"Andrew! What the hell are you doing?! Your skill failed! Cast another one!"
But the Seer of the party didn't even react to the shield warrior's words.
His body trembled as he muttered to himself.
"N-no way... My skill worked perfectly... All of his active skills should have been blocked by now... but his movements didn't get affected at all..."
"It means... This guy..."
"...didn't use any skill from the start!"
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