Return of the Frozen Player

ed in sweat as if he had run the whole way, and his shoulders heaved as he tried to catch his breath.
“…Did you do this?” His face twisted, eyes filled with rage.
“I’m asking you a question! Did you do this to him?!”

“…”

Seo Jun-Ho didn’t reply.
He held up his hands as he slowly stood up.
The man expected him to explain, but he didn’t. 

Swoosh! 

Black Dragon Fang pierced through his heart. 

“…Huh?”

“Why are you asking me that? You killed him 10 minutes ago.
Are you crazy?”

The fiend’s acting was impressive.
If Seo Jun-Ho hadn’t seen his face in Confession of the Dead, he just might have been fooled. 

The man stumbled back, staring blankly at the sword in his chest.
“How… Did you know?”

Even though he was about to die, his main concern was that Seo Jun-Ho had seen through his acting.
He really was crazy. 

“How did I know? That’s…” 

Swoosh! 

Seo Jun-Ho swung Black Dragon Fang upwards, cutting his upper body in half.
He had no intention of answering the question in the first place.
But for what he had done, the bastard would probably curse him for it. 

“Contractor.”

“I know…” 

As he looked down at the fiend’s corpse, he came to a conclusion. 

‘If this was a random incident, he would’ve run away.’ 

But he didn’t run away.
Instead, the fiend had gone through all the trouble of pretending to be someone else to approach him.
This only meant one thing. 

‘They set a trap for me.’ 

Keen Intuition confirmed his suspicions.
But this wasn’t the end… 

‘If I’m their target, he wouldn’t have come alone.’ 

Even Kal Signer had failed to kill Seo Jun-Ho.
Of course, the fiends would definitely think that this was because Kim Woo-Joong had interfered in their fight.
But humans were predictable.
If 5 people failed to kill him, next time they would send no less than 3. 

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‘He’s not the only one who’s trying to kill me.’ 

Seo Jun-Ho finished his thoughts and pushed out his magic.
It spilled out his body, spreading across the area and relayed information to him. 

“Dammit.”

“That idiot! How did he mess up?” 

When the fiends realized that they had been discovered, they no longer tried to hide.

“…”

There were three of them, four if you counted the dead one. 

‘With that number, they should have all bases covered.’ 

Seo Jun-Ho paused as he took in the fiends.
There was a very familiar face among them. 

“Contractor, that man…”

It was Gouf.
Kal Signer’s aide and right-hand man.
They had been very close with each other, which was uncommon for fiends. 

‘Gouf’s Skill is Isekai Battlefield.’ 

As the name implied, it allowed him to create a battlefield in an alternate reality for his fiends and allies.
As a trade-off, he would also be transported.
It was an annoying skill that was hard to escape from once it was activated. 

‘Gouf would activate his skill and Kal Signer would kill the people inside of it.’ 

The pair had killed countless Players using this method.
Even if he was faced with an army, the skill allowed him to create an advantageous battlefield for himself and his comrades. 

“Create Isekai Battlefield,” Gouf whispered. 

The cabin and forest disappeared.
Seo Jun-Ho looked down and saw sand flying through the hot wind.

‘So this is how that works…’ 

They had been transported in an instant.
The air was dry, and the scorching sun was high above his head. 

“Shit, it’s a desert map?”

“I hate the heat,” the twins complained.

‘Gouf has the advantage in here.’ 

The skill allowed him to adjust stats, topography, weather, and anything else. 

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‘I’ve studied his skill in great detail thanks to Kal Signer’s memories…’ 

But he didn’t know what skills the twins had.
As such, he activated Overclocking from the outside to the max. 

Woosh! 

His body heated up almost instantly, but it quickly subsided as frost energy cooled his body whilst running through two circuit lanes. 

“It’s hot.
Let’s finish this up quickly.
Hyung, should I go first? Or you?”

“Go.
I went first last time.”

“Okay.” The younger of the two, Shiso, rolled his shoulders.
“I’m ready.
Shoot.” 

At his cue, they activated their skills.
The whole area became filled with a humming sound, like a cicada’s cry. 

“Phew, it worked.”

Tap! 

Shiso smiled lazily as he kicked off a red rock and dashed toward Seo Jun-Ho.
He laughed when he saw that the Player hadn’t even noticed that he had made his move.

‘Earth’s top super rookie? The great Black Knight who broke Specter’s record? Don’t make me laugh!’ 

The twin fiends’ skill was Hyper-Magnetism.
They could push and pull each other like magnets; it was such a peculiar technique. 

‘When we push each other, we can get close to the speed of sound,’ 

It had taken them 3 years of nonstop training to reach this level.
A mere rookie that had debuted only a year ago couldn’t possibly come close to their level. 

Swish. 

A spike peeked out from Shiso’s sleeve.
He gripped it in his hand and aimed it toward Seo Jun-Ho to stab him. 

‘Huh?’ 

A strange feeling of fear overtook him. 

‘What is this? This feeling…’ 

He felt like he was being stripped naked.
His hair stood on end, and goosebumps prickled his skin. 

“…!”

Despite his extremely high speed, Seo Jun-Ho’s eyes were following him.