Chapter 83

"Well--"

Justin suddenly felt a chill, leaching the skin from his body.

As if suffering from a severe cold, his body trembled subconsciously.

From the outside of the left calf, a sharp pain spread to the knee...

Justin is very familiar with this feeling.

This is the characteristic of the profession of "cursed hunter".

Only those who took a special potion and smeared a lethal ointment on the body surface without disfigurement could get this feature... that is, the prerequisite feature of the Cursed Hunter, [Cursed Sensitive Skin].

Just approaching the superhuman, there will be a faint tingling sensation on the corresponding body surface; when an inconspicuous spell is placed on it, or when it becomes the target of a ritual, it will immediately feel the pain.

After a long exercise, they will get a new sense.

Use this new sense of touch to touch the curse, feel the curse... hunt the curse.

Therefore, they will be called "cursed hunters".

The moment he felt the pain, Justin wanted to fight back.

He subconsciously kicked out the pained left leg.

And at this time, he just realized...

- This seems to be where Annan is.

Did Annan attack him?

Because of his favorable impression of Annan, Justin subconsciously took a three-pointer.

But the moment Justin reacted, he felt a little regretful.

No, just taking three points is not enough!

With his almost full-strength kick, he kicked an underage wizard in the face from this angle, which could be called a powerful force. If a kick hits Annan's chin or the back of his head, it is possible to kill him directly...

He is just a commoner, but he can't bear the wrath of Archduke Winter!

And he just realized now that what Annan had just suddenly put on himself was not a lethal curse.

There is indeed only pure malice in the curse, which means it can only have negative effects on itself. But this malice only gave him a chill, not even a burning pain.

This means that its curse concentration is not high...

--Snapped.

Something unexpected.

Annan did not step back, but reached out his hand to block Justin's kick, and calmly took the strong counterattack that Justin thought he could no longer control.

But this made Justin's heart sink.

Fourteen year old wizard...

Even from the Duchy of Winter.

Can he really take a random blow from himself?

impossible. Absolutely impossible.

Justin's full-bodied kick was enough to knock out an adult's head and half of his spine.

The reason why extraordinary people are called extraordinary people... is because they have exceeded the level of ordinary people.

The kind of solid tree that is thicker than the waist of an adult man, Justin can kick it down with two feet; even if the doors of the various rooms in the Viscount's mansion are locked, he can knock them open with just a bump on his shoulder.

Since Annan can block his attack without breaking a bone, it means that he must still be hiding a bronze-level combat profession!

"...Brother Justin, why did you suddenly attack me?"

But not what Justin had guessed.

After Annan blocked Justin's counterattack, he stepped back without vigilance.

He just looked up at Justin with a puzzled face, and his eyes were very dissatisfied: "If it wasn't for me standing here... I'm afraid something has happened?"

Looking at Annan's expression, Justin couldn't help but hesitate.

...Am I really misunderstood?

impossible. My feeling is clearly accurate...

— but everything is as Annan analyzed. Based on Justin's character, when faced with Annan Lindong, who is much taller than himself,

His clenched fist still hesitated.

He subconsciously wanted to apologize, but cautiously turned his head and squatted down.

At this distance, his hand can directly reach Annan. Not so passive when attacked.

"Sorry, maybe it's me..."

Justin didn't finish his words this time.

I saw Annan swaying his right arm, and a sudden punch slammed into the knee socket on the inner side of Justin's leg--

Only then did Justin finally see the hammer hidden in Annan's palm.

It was a small, slender, funny-looking white hammer.

It's almost like a toy. I'm afraid even hammering the nails is hard... It's more like a hammer used for tooth extraction, only a size larger than it.

Can this thing really hurt people?

Although such a thought flashed through my mind.

But after Justin confirmed that Annan was indeed the enemy, the hesitation of not knowing whether to advance or retreat immediately subsided.

Instead, it was his combat experience of successfully hunting down many extraordinary people——

Almost instinctively, his left hand tried to intercept Annan's hammer.

And the right hand went straight to Annan's slender neck. His knees were bent and his abdominal muscles were tight. He was about to pounce like a hunched leopard. !

— but something completely unexpected happened to Justin.

His left hand, which he wanted to intercept Annan's attack, seemed vulnerable in front of the toy-like hammer.

Just because of the unstoppable force of the bearer on the hammer——

It easily defeated Justin's power. There was a creaking sound from his wrist, and the entire wrist did not delay the attack of the hammer for a second, and was brought to Justin's leg socket with the hammer!

However, the strength of the attack to the leg socket this time was far inferior to the force that directly fractured Justin's wrist.

That is very normal, the power of a mortal swordsman's full blow... This power is completely impossible to directly discount Justin's wrist!

Justin immediately realized what curse he had been placed on—

- Exactly "no more words"!

Its properties are subtly different from what Salvatore told him. But roughly the same.

It was after seeing its properties that Annan made a temporary plan for tonight——

[Bone and Blood Trigger of Duke Bone]

[Type: Tool/Ritual Prop (Gold)]

[Description: You can use "Heart Palsy LV34", "Forgotten Secret Words LV28", "I'm Not Here LV1", "No More Words LV8", "Clausus Fear LV1", and "Page Lock LV14" once a day. The hammer can only work correctly when it hits the part with bones, and each person is hit up to three curses per day]

[Effect: If the knock hits the bone, the curse will always linger on the person, and the curse will return and be enhanced after he dies. The enhanced curse level is equal to the total extraordinary level of the cursed person; if the curse has not returned within 24 hours, then a new curse will be obtained again, and the curse that has been applied before cannot be returned]

[Effect: If the bone is not hit, it is regarded as a failure to use. The curse will remain on the struck object for a month. Curses are no longer regenerated during the cycle]

[Cost: Each time you use it, you need to consume the "bone" and "blood" of a different human, and it must be used once a week, otherwise the holder will be randomly placed on three kinds of curses, and the level of the curse is regarded as the current The stored curse level; the human being used as a material will reduce the lifespan by one year]

There is only one difference from what Salvatore said...

That is, Salvatore didn't mention that the weapon was actually a "killer hammer."

If the cursed person is killed within twenty-four hours, the saving throw difficulty of the curse increases continuously. The level will not be reset until a curse is released and there is no return within a day.

Of course, according to Annan's judgment on Salvatore, it should not be that Salvatore was deliberately hiding from Annan. But he himself doesn't know what its specific ability is...

But when he confirmed that "No More Words" could be used, the reason why he didn't use it on Viscount Babel was to use the spell that could only be used once today when fighting Justin!

The instant death ability of cardiac paralysis is not necessarily effective for superhumans who are also bronze rank.

But it can't be more different...

It's just used to break his defenses... it can always be done, right? !