Weapon seller in the world of magic

He looked up again as if staring at the System interface in the sky.

”Seriously?” he snapped at the system, finally. ”You’re just going to bend physics now without following any logic? Are you hell bent on finding new ways to beat me to death or something? Just unlock my ocular powers. I’ll show this monster who is the boss…” He roared in frustration.

A groan followed, and self-criticism poured out of his mouth. ”If I had known this would happen, I would have done workouts for hours to burn 5000 calories.”

There was no response from the system, of course. Just that same damn blinking counter in the corner.

He stood up slowly, brushing dirt from his shoulder and letting out a deep sigh. ”So,” he said aloud, narrowing his eyes at the monster in the distance, now stomping around again. ”Alright then. I see that the information gathered isn’t enough. From this point on, I will find ways to break you down. Everything for that last attempt.”

Time was no longer a number on a clock for Sungjun. It was counted in deaths instead.

And in lives remaining: 4 / 9.

He had one last remaining attempt to use Lightning God Armor.

Sungjun had managed to race up the giant’s club arm, timing his movement with the beast’s rhythm, bouncing between thick, boulder-like fingers.

He stabbed it once at the base of the nape. Evading the gush of its blood, he ran across the shoulders, leapt… And went for the eyes.

But the creature shook its head violently, like a bull swatting flies.

WHAM.

In mid-air, the club came up.

[Lives remaining: 4]

”Again…”

Same strategy.

Up the shoulder, try again. This time, he stabbed the side of its eye. It roared, eye leaking toxic blood.

There was some progress, but certainly not enough.

It’s because the left hand grabbed him like a fly on its cheek.

Crunch.

[Still: 4 lives]

Another redundant death.

”Again”

He took to the skies, using a giant extra leap, powering up his legs with the mana that cost a third of his reserves, and hurled the mana spear at the hand holding the club.

The spear landed at its target. The wrist tore successfully as a scream escaped the giant.

The club dropped for the first time from its grip.

Victory?

Nope.

He landed badly and was slammed into the dirt by the same injured arm before he could dodge.

[3 lives left]

He groaned as he respawned, blinking against the sun, and muttered:

”Again…”

From above, conjuring a spear mid-jump, he aimed for the crotch this time, ignoring moral ethics, or whatever. The impact is connected successfully, too. The black toxic blood gushed out, too.

But then… a clean, casual swat struck his body.

Gaah

As he crashed to the ground with his ribs shattered, a foot stomp landed on his body.

[Remaining: 3 lives]

Sungjun lay on the ground after resurrection for a moment, ”Okay… It’s not a good spot cause there are no landing spots after striking the location. Got it.”

He was on the shoulder again.

If he crouched lower, maybe the arm couldn’t reach him. If he stood closer to the neck…

Nope.

The left arm still found him and crushed him like a bug.

[Remaining: 3 lives]

Another repeat kill.

Another red X in the invisible mental diagram he was drawing of this thing’s body. ”Again…” Sungjun only got more determined to find its weaknesses.

This time, with a series of combo attacks, one after another, he managed to inflict wounds on the giant. Its right wrist was bruised. Its left eye is damaged. Its tendons were slashed more than once. Even the crotch bore a tear in its armor-like skin.

But it still moved and killed him, fortunately with a footstomp, a redundant kill.

[Remaining: 3 lives]

[Remaining: 3 lives]

[Remaining: 3 lives]

[Remaining: 3 lives]

[Remaining: 3 lives]

[Remaining: 3 lives]

[Remaining: 2 lives]

[Remaining: 2 lives]

After several failed frontal assaults, Sungjun tried something different.

He once again waited behind the giant during its club swing as he did during the earlier attempts. The only thing he had forgotten was to slash its Achilles Tendons. As the club smashed into the ground ahead, Sungjun sprinted up its back instead, timing his run perfectly with the recoil motion.

Just as the giant lifted the club to swing again, Sungjun jumped, aiming to land on the handle of the weapon itself, hoping to use its own swing as a slingshot toward its exposed ear or jawline.

For a split second, it worked.

He rode the rising arc of the club like a surfer.

Then…

Snap.

The giant jerked its arm backward with unnatural speed, yanking the club into a sudden reverse swing.

Sungjun didn’t anticipate the torque. His body flung like a ragdoll across the air as a result, and smashed his spine into a nearby rock with a sickening crack.

It was an instant death.

Lives remaining: 1

”Okay, this is the last one,” Sungjun muttered with his gaze as cold and hard as an ice berg. He clenched his fists as the countdown timer above ticked down.

Ten… nine… eight…

With a mana saber in his right hand and a mana spear in his left, the instant the timer hit zero, Sungjun darted forward with full speed, his movements honed by failure, pain, and vast experience he had accumulated over like twenty consecutive deaths or more. He made his way to the giant’s backside, just as he had done several times before.

Without hesitation, he sliced through its right Achilles tendon.

GRAAAHHHHHH—!

The beast collapsed, roaring in agony as it hit the ground. Sungjun didn’t stop. He circled around and cleanly severed its left Achilles tendon as well, ensuring it had no chance of standing again.

As its toxic blood gushed from the massive wounds like a jet spray, Sungjun jumped onto the monster’s back, sprinting along its spine while the massive club came swinging toward him.

He ducked under it and slid forward.

At just the right moment, he plunged the energy spear into the beast’s club-holding wrist.

SHRIIEEK!

A flood of burning blood shot out.

Just as its right hand bent backwards to catch him, Sungjun murmured. ”Activate, Lightning God Armor.”

The electrical sparks erupted from his body, and he instantly vanished from the blood’s path in a streak of blur, zigzagging away as the right hand just missed him.

While charging ahead, he conjured another spear in mid-motion.

”Die, you bastard.”

Without hesitation, he drove the spear deep into the base of the spine, right where the nape connected to the skull, and jumped back as another wave of acidic blood sprayed outward.

Still in mid-air, he saw the giant’s eye twitch toward him.

Graaa gra graaaa

The beast could no longer move its limbs. Its head shook faintly, roaring in pain and struggle. With every bit of strength left, the creature slightly turned its neck and opened its jagged, grotesque mouth to swallow him whole.

But Sungjun landed perfectly, right on one of its front teeth.

Using it as a launch pad, he kicked off again with full force, rising high above its face.

In that instant, two sharp spears, smaller and hastily forged, appeared in his hands, created from the last stretch of his mana.

”Oraaaa. Die…”

With a roar, he hurled one down.

PFFFT!

The spear pierced the giant’s eye. It howled in pain.

Sungjun landed safely below, panting heavily, but he wasn’t finished yet. ”C’mon…”

Amidst its agonizing screech, he rushed forward one final time, leapt onto its chest, and climbed up to its face again.

He stabbed the last spear straight into the other eye, burying it deep until only the hilt remained. Then he jumped away and landed on the cracked, dusty ground with his mana completely spent.

Graaaaaaaa!

Behind him, the colossus let out one last broken scream before going utterly still. Its body began to twitch, then collapse.

At once, its entire body slammed to the earth.

Sungjun didn’t move. He simply stood there, staring at the monster’s corpse, waiting to see if it would rise again. There’s still half a minute left before the final Lightning God Armor dissipates.

However, the giant didn’t wake up. It slowly disappeared.

He let out a long and quiet breath as the floating screen finally returned, shimmering above him.

Ding!

[System Notification]

[Compulsory Physical Trial has been completed]

[Reward: +1 Skill Point Acquired]

Returning to Origin World in: 10… 9… 8…

Sungjun exhaled as he muttered under his breath, clenching his fists as a breathless smile curled on his lips. ”Finally… I actually pulled it off…”