I Woke Up as the Villain

Chapter 72

‘Is there any way to knock it down? In this large living room, would there be a tool that could hurt the armored knight...'?

Looking around, Yu-Seong found it hard to come up with a good idea. The empty living room was a perfect environment for a fair 1:1 head-on match.

'Then, next. What would be the weapon for me? If there’s something special that was used at this time in the original novel...'?

It was not that Yu-Seong didn’t have options, but he would have to consume a lot of Karma points that had been saved in preparation for the upcoming future.

‘I need to save the Karma points for future use. Maybe it's better to backtrack to the general difficulty level promotion.’?

His condition fell to 56%, so it was clear that the situation was getting worse. Yu-Seong was taking too much time to think.

‘Why did they make a monster that no player can catch? It's just a promotion test.’?

Of course, the purpose of this may have been to have Yu-Seong suffer since the difficulty level was high. He couldn’t help but wonder whether it was better to give up here. He didn’t have to risk his life to clear the extreme difficulty level promotion evaluation. It wasn’t a bad thing to go back and choose the general difficulty level.

His condition fell again to 48%.

‘No…’

Yu-Seong mentally shook his head. It was ridiculous, but even Loki, the Joke-loving Prankster had intervened. A great reward was certain if he passed the evaluation test.

There may still be a chance of success somewhere.

Yu-Seong’s condition dropped to 39%. The figure dropped quickly, and as a reflection of it, his mind began slowing down. Soon, his condition was 30% again. At that moment, Yu-Seong's eyes momentarily sparkled. He had been thinking over and over again when a thought occurred to him.

'Wait, so it's not a monster that I’m supposed to capture?’

Yu-Seong also recalled Mr. Guy saying that if he was lucky, he would find a hint. Suddenly, he jumped up after he realized something. He escaped toward the open door and ran down the stairs on the first floor, where there was the huge armored knight in the spacious living room.

After checking everything, Yu-Seong’s condition fell to 29%. He thought back to what he remembered about the mansion’s interior structure, returned to his original position, and then checked the structure of the separate room’s first floor. His eyes sparkled.

Choi Yu-Seong did not continue to hesitate anymore.

‘If my condition falls below 20%, I can't afford to do anything anyway.’

It was the time to make a winning move. On the stairs leading down to the first floor of the Star room, Yu-Seong took a breath and stood in front of the armored knight again.

Screeeech

As if it had been waiting, the red flames bloomed splendidly in the roaring armored knight’s eyes.

"Hello."

In fact, they weren’t on good enough terms to greet each other.

As if replying to Yu-Seong’s greeting, a huge sword hit the spot where Yu-Seong was standing just now. Looking at the huge explosion, the clouds of dust rising, and the slightly cracked ground, Yu-Seong clicked his tongue.

‘Even if it's slow, it's quite risky to avoid its attack standing this close to it.’?

First of all, the armored knight was too big. With a single move, it surpassed the distance that Yu-Seong could only cover in 10 separate moves. Thus, it was not efficient to bump into each other. Yu-Seong believed that even if his condition was 100%, he could not defeat the monster.

‘Unless I know its weaknesses, I’ll lose all of my stamina by fighting with it.’

Therefore, even at this moment, Yu-Seong's goal was clear. He didn’t have even the slightest intention of fighting and knocking down the armored knight. He avoided a series of attacks and continued to lead the armored knight on. In the end, Choi Yu-Seong's back touched the wall.

"Huwuu..."

The armored knight lifted the sword with both hands, quickly swinging it down at Yu-Seong as if he was merely a mouse in a corner.

‘Wind Control, shadow.’

Yu-Seong was tired of the armored knight’s enormous pressure. He slid through its legs quickly, then turned back to look at the huge sword’s power. The sword was falling faster with the force of gravity. Subsequently, Yu-Seong smiled when the huge sword stretched over the edge of the wall.

‘It's broken.’

Booooom-!?

A heavy sound was heard. Then, as if lightning had passed, the cracked wall collapsed.

‘It's my specialty to break something with other people's strength.’?

Yu-Seong couldn’t see beyond the dust cloud that was thicker than the fog. However, he clearly saw the armored knight wiggling its shoulders as it struggled to yank out the large sword from under the collapsed brick.

‘If I’m right, then there would be…’

There was going to be another change. Choi Yu-Seong stepped back a little, just in case. He prepared to fly to the side at any time while waiting for something to happen.

Then, a loud clash of iron rang out throughout the room. From right next to Yu-Seong, another giant armored knight flew in the air and landed within the room of less than 10m in width.

Booom! Clang!

There were sounds of something breaking and collapsing. Subsequently, a huge doll with red-fire lights in both eyes appeared between the thick clouds of dust as the wall collapsed. It was the second armored knight.

In a way, it was a gloomy situation, but Yu-Seong thought otherwise. Rather, he quickly jumped up the stairs on the second floor, paying attention to the movement of the second armored knight.

'According to the mansion’s interior structure, it was the right wall that broke apart. This should be the armored knight in the Sun room.’

Since the right wall of the Star room was broken, it should lead to the center of the Sun room. The following situation was crucial, because Yu-Seong had discovered the rules that applied to the armored knights.

‘If it doesn't feel any movement in its area, it returns to its original position and freezes up again.’?

The question was, do the armored knights come to life even if the movements were coming from the non-living? This was the main question. If it only reacted to the living thing, since Yu-Seong had to return to the second floor, the armored knight had to return to its original place and stop.

'Because then it wouldn’t detect any more movement.’?

What would the result be? Soon, the armored knight of the Sun room, which appeared briefly, turned its back as if it had nothing to do and returned to its original position.

"Ah..." Naturally, sighs flowed from Yu-Seong's mouth.

‘So it won’t be served up on a plate, nice and easy.’

However, there were still variables left. As if responding to Yu-Seong's lament, the armored knight of the Star room, which flew in the air first, slowly raised itself up, and soon began to stomp and run. Then, it hit the Sun room armor knight with its shoulder to return to its original place according to the rules.

Bang!

This time the armored knight from the Sun room flew.

"...What’s going on?"

While Yu-Seong tilted his head in confusion, the Sun room’s armored knight jumped up after rolling in the middle of the room. It then held its own sword and charged toward the Star room’s armored knight.

Clang!

The full-scale clash of the two armored knights began, and Yu-Seong clapped like an excited seal from the stairs.

‘I thought about this on the off-chance, but certainly the armored knights were not made with any specific goal in mind.’

In other words, basically, when someone entered its territory, the armored knights moved to kill its opponent. If it was attacked, it would fight back. Also, it appeared that the entire first floor was its territory to guard.

If the armored knight moved only by acknowledging Yu-Seong, he would be exhausted by trying to get the armored knights to fight each other. Fortunately for him, he didn’t have to do that.

- The Joke-loving Prankster criticizes the player Choi Yu-Seong. He asks the player to go out and show him his bravery in fighting!

At that moment, Loki's message appeared in the air. Of course, Yu-Seong's reaction to seeing the message was simple.

"Wow-! What a smart idea. But I prefer to sit down and drink honey.”

This was the so-called catching enemies by using enemies, which was an operation that used the enemy themselves to destroy one another.

"Whoever wins! Winning side, my side!"

- The Joke-loving Prankster is disappointed and sticks his tongue out at the trickster Choi Yu-Seong.

After creating the situation where he could drink honey as he wished, Yu-Seong suddenly smacked his lips with regret. He gave the knight of the separate rooms the nickname "the Star Knight" and "Sun Knight" with excitement.

"Oh, that's good. But Loki, this is like watching a robot cartoon. Do you have something like popcorn?” Yu-Seong responded with a joyful expression to Loki—who made him suffer—but there was no answer.

‘Is he upset? Well, it doesn't matter. Let's just enjoy it.'?

Yu-Seong enjoyed the scene as if he had returned to his childhood after a long time.

***

The battle between the two armored knights with similar specifications—-no, actually, with exactly the same specifications—lasted quite a long time. Yu-Seong felt the passion and romance of a man, and admired the appearance of armored knights who exchanged fists at each other even though their teeth were broken and their whole bodies were torn in half.

"Wow, this is not easy, not easy."

Yu-Seong truly wanted to see who would win, but unfortunately, he couldn't afford to sit back any longer.

‘My condition is at 18%.’

It needed to be sorted out.

‘Above all, I can't give up on the last hit.’?

The armored knights fought among themselves, but the experience points should be Yu-Seong’s. With that goal in mind, Yu-Seong approached the knights that attacked each other and stumbled backward from the last hit. He first went to the "Sun Knight", which struggled to pick itself up. Thanks to this, Yu-Seong could quite comfortably rise above the knight's head.

"Were you the Star Knight?" Yu-Seong asked. To be honest, he couldn't remember its nickname properly. He had been confused since the midpoint of the battle, since the armored knights looked so identical.

"Anyway, this is my full strength now." Yu-Seong spread his palm toward the red pupils blooming in the dark and shouted, "Skill, the Dancing Electric Doll."

Yu-Seong was worried that it might not have much effect since the armored knight was just like a lump of metal. However, the moment the dancing electric doll flashed with light after entering its black pupils, the armored knight trembled all over. Soon, the red flame that shone in the pupils completely disappeared.

'...Caught it.'?

There was no doubt. Yu-Seong had completely lost his strength due to the use of skills that consumed a lot of mana. However, his physical strength returned in an instant.

‘In fact, my condition figures are... 53%... Wow.'?

Yu-Seong only caught one of them and had recovered about 45 percent.

"Yes, I knew that the last hit would be the best!"

Yu-Seong's excited gaze was now trained on the second armored knight, who raised its upper body halfway through. "Hi, Sun Knight? No, are you the Star Knight? Anyway..."

Choi Yu-Seong jumped up from his dead—supposedly Sun Knight—and approached the trembling Star knight on the other side. He opened his palm to the darkness under his helmet.

Yu-Seong felt like the armored knight was shaking its head from side to side, but he didn't intend to stop what he was going to do. “Activate, the Dancing Electric Doll."

The second armored knight danced and shook before Yu-Seong had a huge grin on his face. He confirmed the closest figure of 98% of his condition.

Whoooog!

A gray portal—that seemed to allow a single person to pass—opened between the two fallen knights.

1. Korean use ‘honey’ for ‘delightful or great/ best situations’ so in this case, it would be the best thing for Yu-Seong to sit still, rest easy, and still get the job done.