The Cursed Gamer

Chapter 42: Power-up (1)

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After the blinding light receded, I moved my hands from my eyes.

A sense of surprise spread through my body just as I moved my gaze in front of me.

'Holy shit.'

It was a war terrain. A muddy, smoky, and ruined terrain. But that was not the cause of my reaction, it was instead the figure of a single man double my height, standing a few hundred meters away from here.

Upon further observation, he wore blood-red samurai armour while his hand was holding a spear.

I could see his wide back from here until he turned around and his eyes, under the samurai helmet, met mine. As if amused by my presence, his eyes shone red and an overwhelming pressure washed over me.

The sudden bloodlust caused Kurai to flinch, but for me, this was one of those times when I had to thank my [Gamer's Mind]. This skill of mine grants Rational Thinking only in Lethal situations. Though truth be told, I don't consider it as a drawback. I am not really a rational person, I like fucking around, a lot. So, to me, being rational 24/7 is the same as becoming emotionless like some gamer Mcs.

With random thoughts brushing past my mind, I stood calm under the sheer pressure that this historical presence emitted.

[Ding! Gamer's Mind has blocked "Bloodlust - Lvl 40"!]

Apparently, dungeon monsters can also use skills. Well, they're just NPCs, so I guess it makes sense. I can also feel my own bloodlust building up within me.

Looking ahead, above the tall man, a text box was floating, saying:

[Oda Nobunaga - The Great Spirit - Lvl 123]

Upon commanding an <Observe>, more of his details appeared in front of me.

[Name: Oda Nobunaga

Level: 123

Race: [Great Spirit]

HP: 9685/9685

MP: 3060/3060

Description: Being 'locked' here for hundreds of years, Oda Nobunaga only had his memories to accompany him. Being chained by his memories, his personality has been heavily affected by some of his close companions, especially Emperor Ōgimachi, whose characteristics are noticeable when Nonunaga gets enraged.]

A spirit, huh? This would be hard to battle since I wouldn't be able to hurt him…

[No, Master, it's fine.]

The system suddenly said.

[Some spirits are different from normal ones, such as the guy in front of you, "A Great Spirit". He can do physical damage, and you can too. Though if he chooses, he can stop being tangible. But being a prideful Samurai, I doubt he'd do that.]

Oooh, good. Then I won't need to depend on the black kitten too much on this.

Oda Nobunaga stood in his spot. It seems the platform he's standing on is keeping him from dashing towards me. Meaning, his danger level is high enough for the Game to restrict his movement inside that platform.

Now that I look at him again, he kinda looks like Maguu Kenki from Genshin Impact, but with red armour instead of blue and a spear instead of a katana.

There also doesn't seem to be any mobs around, so do I only need to fight the boss to get the reward? Normally, dungeon bosses who were at most 10 levels higher than my level, but he is exactly 30 levels higher.

Hah… this can be dangerous.

Shrugging, I walked forward and stopped just before the platform, putting Kurai down.

"Stay here and start casting buffs."

Kurai tried to protest but I stopped her with a strict glare. Then I got on the platform, not before equipping [Fearless], as I watched the so-called Nobunaga tighten the grip around his spear.

Is this really Oda Nobunaga? From the history books, I know he was only as tall as an average Japanese person. Why is he this tall?

[Master, this certain Nobunaga was created after evaluating many factors, so the existence of some questionable things is inevitable.]

I nodded my head and ignored the spirit of Nobunaga for now.

Going to my inventory, I equipped a certain item I've been dying to try.

Immediately, an extraordinary armour made of black and silver metal smoothly visualised on my torso and lower body.



[Dark Holy Armor (Unique):

*+10% Attack Power

*+25% Dark Elements Resistance

*+25% Light Elements Resistance

*+40% END

*+10% Magic Power

*+02% Movement Speed

*+20% MP recovery per second

*Unique skill, <Dodge>, is embedded in this item.]

This was the best armour I have on me, and this doesn't itch when I wear it too.

So yeah, this is pretty good.

[1% ATK buff received from party member Kurai!]

Looking back where the kitten was buffing me, I decided it was time.

Turning to Nobunaga who hadn't attacked me yet, most likely because of Samurai pride, I blasted my feet on the ground with my shockwave and blurred towards him.

A red dagger formed on my hand – that I took out from my inventory – as I slashed towards the Samurai armour's opening, his neck.

Ting!

But of course, my enemy easily blocked the dagger with his spear. Next second, he slashed at me and I dodged by drawing my head back.

Then catching me off guard, a purple light shone on the spear. He thrust it at my throat but I barely managed to dodge again, it lightly brushed past my ear as I felt a sting there.

While I felt a drop of blood dripping from my ear, blasting away from there with my hands, causing the dagger to drop, I took position on the other side of the platform.

Seeing how fast the shining spear was, it seems to be a skill. I have to watch out.

This time Nobunaga didn't give me a chance to think in peace. Since I have made the first attack, that means the match has started.

From around 100 meters away, he rushed towards me, reaching in front of me, and slashed his spear at me. His unnatural speed almost surprised me, but I was again able to dodge it. I think all of this was because of my armour's Dodge skill since I was never a good dodger.

Again, I prepared to blast away, but this time, instead of randomly escaping, I raised my feet towards his chest and blasted away in style, the shockwaves hitting the guy.

[100 DMG!]

Despite my attack landing perfectly, Nobunaga was fine, not hurt at all.

I decided to come up with a strategy in the air, but before I could do so Nobunaga pulled his arm holding the spear back, targeting me, almost as if he was about to throw his weapon at me.

Huh? He really wants to throw his weapon away-!!

Interrupting my thoughts, in the matter of a second, he did the motion of throwing his spear forward in my direction, but it didn't leave his hand… Instead, a purple after-image left his hands and rushed at me.

This time <Dodge> didn't work since the dodge rate isn't 100%, as the spear made of energy went past my right shoulder, causing me to cry out.

[Dark Holy Armor failed to block a spiritual attack.]

[-500 HP!]

[You've been inflicted with the status, [Bleeding]. -1 HP every 5 minutes.]

Shit shit shit. What was that?!

"It's Spear Ki."

Causing me to almost trip in the air, the spirit of Nobunaga… talked.

I never knew dungeon monsters could talk!

The system's voice almost started to explain things to me, but I stopped it for now. I am not in a position to hear an explanation.

"Come down and face me like a real Samurai. It's shameful to run away from a battle."

The incredibly deep voice of the spirit talked again while he took the previous pose that he used to throw the spear.

I immediately checked my HP.

[HP: 1180/1680]

This was bad. Three more shots and I am dead.

I first focused on the second 'spear-ki' that rushed at me. I dodged it by tilting my head.

Nobunaga prepared to fire another spear, but I immediately blasted my way back to the ground.

"Okay, stop." I raised my hand forward. "No more long-range attacks. We can do this in the Samurai way."

He seemed to have smirked at me, but I couldn't be sure because of the mask.

"Very well, then."

With a nod of his head, he again dashed at me while raising his spear in the air, preparing to spike me. This would probably one-shot me if he hits me at a lethal spot...

With a 'hap!', he jabbed downwards at my skull. But just at that moment, with a momentary opening, I blasted my right feet and kicked his massive legs.

[20 DMG!]

I kicked behind his knees, every human's weak point, as he fell down on his knees.

I used my <Taekwondo> and twisted my waist, kicking his hand and throwing the spear far out of the platform.

A relieved sigh escaped my lips seeing him weaponless. But suddenly, he swiftly raised his head while a spear made of energy manifested on his hand.

Oh shit. He can make these spears without holding an actual weapon, too… haha.

"Wicked! Trickster! Seems like in my days in this place, the Samurai spirit of my fellow Japanese has died!!"

The man double my size, yelled, as he jabbed at me again. With clenched jaws, I moved my head from the trajectory of the attack, but it still went by my shoulder.

"Auk!"

Because of my clenched jaws, my cough caused blood to burst out of my nose.

I was in pain, but <Gamer's Mind> helped me think rationally. Then, reaching a rational conclusion, I raised both my palms in front of me and released everything I had.

<Output 100: Go to Hell>

Bo-O-oo-Om!

Zillions of rings made of shockwaves left my palms, clashing with the great Samurai.

[50 DMG!]

[50 DMG!]

[50 DMG!]

[50 DMG!]

[50 DMG!]

[50 DMG!]

[50 DMG!]

[50 DMG!]

[50 DMG!]

[50 DMG!]

[Critical Hit! 150 DMG!]

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[Total of 5730 DMG!]

[Oda Nobunaga - HP [3935/9685]!]

[Neji Hado - SP [20/1960]!]

[Master, another use of your Quirk would render you unconscious.]

"Haah…"

He was flung far from me, bleeding, yet he didn't even scream at all.

I didn't question why a spirit was bleeding and instead jumped far. Knowing he wouldn't be able to hurt me right now, I started consuming the SP Potion I had in inventory.

….This was my simplest attack. Here, I just released my raw power without any technique. I would have been able to deal more damage if I had the chance to use any of my special attacks. But it doesn't matter.

[SP: 1500/1960]

Wiping my lips, I looked in front where Nobunaga stood up from the ground.

"A cheeky one, but a strong one."

He commented while cracking his neck.

Would he use his spear-ki or whatever again?

Proving me wrong, he raised his feet high and thumped down as cracks appeared in the platform, lava was being seen under the cracks.

Right then, multiple human-sized samurais started to climb up from the cracks as I got surrounded.

"..."

I clenched my fist and started to make a plan just when-

[Kurai has sent a 1% ATK buff!]

Pfft- she's not really that good at buffs, yet.

Though, well, at least I am not alone. If things do go haywire, she would jump here.

Observing the other samurais, looking like zombies, I stayed on guard.

Nobunaga is pretty dangerous, though I can play it safely.

Three of the zombie-like Samurais moved towards me, betraying their zombie-like look as they dashed at me swiftly.

Cling!

They unsheathed their swords with a stoic look under the mask just as they reached me and slashed at me.

Focusing on dodging, I bent my waist backwards as their swords went above my face. Without wasting even a second, I used shockwaves from my feet to stabilise myself and aim my dagger – that I again took out from my inventory – at their necks.

With multiple swift slashes, as their rotten flesh dropped down, I prepared myself for the other Samurais- just as a plan surfaced in my mind.

Why fight the mobs when I can take down the boss?

From the looks of it, he was trying to heal his HP, I can't let that happen. Though it's quite opposite to his previous 'Samurai Pride'. Ah, maybe this was what the [Description] said about his characteristics?

"Grr!" Nobunaga grunted, at which the other zombies ran at me.

Avoiding them entirely, I turned to the big boss, took a running position, and blasted my feet, roaring forward while flipping in the air. I targeted my leg at his neck as I reached his face at a breakneck speed and hit his neck, the sound of the neck cracking resounded as I was assured that I broke his neck.

[500 DMG done!]

This was the combined DMG of my STR and Quirk, but this wasn't the end.

With a small grunt, Nobunaga grabbed my leg, blood dripping down from his mouth. He raised his hand to a chop as a 'Ki' surrounded his arm.

I could feel my leg bones starting to crack under the pressure of his grip as an inevitable groan left my lips.

In the hope to free myself and end all this, with my feet on his neck, I started blasting shockwaves nonstop.

"Eauk!!"

Again, with a series of deafening sounds, a series of messages that blinded me, I stared at the red HP bar on Nobunaga's head that was receding nonstop, and finally reached… zero.

"Uh…" From under the mask, Nobunaga's eyes stared at me, his wide eyes filled with shock, as a small smile formed on his face…? Huh?

Leaving me confused, the other Samurais he had summoned disappeared while his body started to dust away, slowly falling on his back.

[You have eliminated Oda Nobunaga!]

[You have killed an enemy 30 levels higher than you. XP would be 5 times increased!]

[504,030,201 XP gained!]

[You have levelled up!]

[You have levelled up!]

[You're now eligible to enter the dungeon below Rank 10! A hint of where the 10 dungeons are has been sent into your inventory!]

«—(★)—»

I kinda miss those days where levelling up was easy. Now, even with 500 million exp, I barely got 2 Levels.

Anyway,

I had to rest for a while to get my HP filed so that my wounds healed.

Kurai was resting on my shoulder while I was done gathering the loot in one place.

"Unfortunately, there was only one enemy this time, so the loot was less..." Kurai mumbled, meowing.

"But these are good drops."

No, these are great drops.

[HP Potions x2]

[SP Potions x5]

[Mana Potions x3]

[Leather Armour (Rare) x1]

[Bread x3]

[Wheat x9]

[Apple x5]

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[Nigonho, Nobunaga's Spear]

[Skill Evolution Coupon x1]

The Spear and the Skill Evolution Card are the most interesting items.

I used <Observe>.

[Nigonho, Nobunaga's Spear (Unique):

A spear once used by Emperor Ōgimachi, then Oda Nobunaga the great.

*+30% Attack Power

*+20% Movement speed

*+10% Magic Power

*+10% Stamina

*+05% MP recovery per second

*Unique skill, <Spear Ki>, is embedded in this item.]

Oh… Spear Ki. It's embedded in this??

I immediately picked up the spear and gave it a shot.

I could use it... I could release those spear projections, mine were golden in colour. It was good. Very good. Though, no, unfortunately, what you're expecting didn't happen. Some miracle didn't happen and I didn't get Spear Ki added to my system.

Next, I checked the coupon.

[Skill Evolution Coupon:

A coupon that upon tearing apart, a randomly picked skill would evolve. In case the skill picked is over Lvl 90, then there is a very low chance for the skill to go through a "Supreme Evolution".

Note: This item will expire in a month if not used.]

'...'

I would have started yelling if the last line didn't exist. I could have saved this item for emergency use, but, uh, yeah, fuck me.

Well, I guess I will use it right now.

I grabbed the coupon and tore it apart without batting an eye.

I have quite a few skills, I wonder which one will get picked… I hope it's [Touch of Nirvana - Lvl 69]. Then I might be able to do some more fun things, ehe...

[Luck plays a role!]

Ooooh-

[<Observe - Lvl 98> has been picked!]

...Welp, bummer-

[Since the skill is beyond level 90, according to the item's rule, it would go through a "Supreme Evolution"!]

[Calculating##%%!!]

[Calculating##%%!!]

[Calculating##%%!!]

[Success!!]

[<Observe> has evolved to <Eyes of the Lord>!]

[Eyes of the Lord:

As a man designed to be a copy of a God, Adam, was gifted with the ability to perfectly emulate any move he saw regardless of its speed and power. This ability was so strong that Adam was able to seriously harm the King of the Gods, Zeus.

You are a son of Adam, you are also a person who wants to kill the Gods. With such similarities, it's only fair that the universe would give you the skill to help you in your journey!

Effect: Upon activation, the Eyes of the Lord would enable the user to see through his opponents' techniques and provide him with the means to dodge their attacks even if they're Gods.

<To be unlocked>: Seeing through his opponents' techniques, the user can perfectly copy and even return it right back at them.]

"..."

[The Great Will of the Universe smiles at you.]

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