The Villainess VTuber Rips People Apart-Chapter 175

Indomitable will.

To not give up is surely a noble and admirable trait.

However, as they say, excess of anything is poisonous.

[This time, Na-rim has chosen the Dragon Knight again, but the build is quite different from the previous round, isn’t it?]

The second round began, and MadMask spoke.

[Earlier, the Dragon Knight said they didn’t have any dealing skills, but <Reignite> actually has a damage judgment, you know.]

[Does it have damage judgment?]

[<Reignite> burns part of the user's body to create a fire, and when the skill resets, the whole body burns to return to the fire. This generates a burn DoT (damage over time) effect.]

Of course, calling this a dealing skill is difficult. The damage is more like an Easter egg, not the primary purpose.

And Son Na-rim had maximized this DoT damage.

Furthermore, she took many traits related to ultimate skill gauges, hunting neutral mobs and aiming for a "fast ultimate" build, which was more of a gimmick build.

[Wouldn’t it be nice if the Dragon Knight could fill the ultimate gauge quickly?]

[Actually, it doesn’t dramatically increase the hunting speed. It’s still a bit slower compared to other outliers, and since they discarded all survival traits, the trade-off is much bigger than the benefit. Moreover…]

MadMask looked at Laura’s pick.

[<Reignite> is a survival skill. But since Son Na-rim is using it as a dealing skill, her survivability is significantly reduced. Even more so, Laura is playing an invisible character.]

It was said that Na-rim had chosen an unfavorable build against Laura based on matchups.

From Na-rim’s perspective, she was trying to catch Laura off guard, making a calculated risk that she could only defeat Laura by taking a gamble.

But fortunately, round 2 did not unfold as expected.

Na-rim surprisingly had no trouble hunting neutral mobs.

Laura appeared late, standing before Na-rim.

"Are you alone this time?"

Seeing Laura approach with an easy stride, Son Na-rim asked.

"Yes."

"Hard to believe."

"Shall I swear on my honor? I swear, I’m alone this time."

She swore an oath.

For Laura, who often claims to be a noble lady, no words could carry more weight than this.

But did she really need to reveal the truth?

No, before that…

"Did you wait for me on purpose? While I was hunting neutral mobs?"

It was a guess close to certainty.

Na-rim had thought she was dodging Laura’s attacks while filling up her ultimate gauge, but something felt off, it was far too easy.

Could Laura be playing so passively?

The Aurora herself?

"Did you let me go?"

"You're misunderstanding. I didn’t let you off. I’m always serious."

Laura flashed a smile.

"Let me tell you in advance. I plan to take the Dragon Knight next round too. And you’ll take the Dragon Knight as well, won’t you?"

"...What do you mean?"

"Don’t you get it? It means you’ve already lost the next round."

"...?"

Na-rim tilted her head.

Seeing Na-rim confused, Laura shrugged. Didn’t she realize it yet?

Had she ambushed Na-rim while she was hunting neutral mobs, she could’ve easily won round 2.

But that would have been meaningless.

Winning round 2 wouldn’t decide the match’s outcome.

It was much more important to win both round 2 and round 3.

So Laura had just chosen the optimal strategy to win through round 3.

"You’ll find out what I mean soon enough."

Laura shifted her stance.

"...!"

Immediately, Na-rim readied herself as well.

Laura moved first to the left, and then triggered the Sacred Knight's first skill, <Infiltration>.

<Infiltration> is a stealth skill for the Sacred Knight, as well as a crowd control skill.

When entering stealth, the Sacred Knight becomes invisible, and when the stealth is broken, a flash-based stun spreads around.

This was the flash skill that Sora used when ambushing Na-rim.

So, Laura pretended to run left and, as soon as she entered <Infiltration>, she quickly changed direction and dashed to the right.

[Aurora, player has mixed in a fake-out move.]

Seeing the fake-out, Na-rim swung her wooden stick to the left.

Of course, Laura wasn’t there, so Na-rim just swiped at empty air.

Seeing Na-rim get fooled so neatly, the viewers and the commentators sighed.

Laura burrowed into the right and set off a flash.

Thwack!

But at that moment, Na-rim threw her body to the left.

As soon as her wooden stick cut through the air, Na-rim confirmed Laura was not to her left.

If Laura wasn’t there, she was likely going to strike from another direction.

She didn’t know which direction, but she couldn’t let Laura have her way.

Of course, the result was that Na-rim didn’t perform a proper roll and ended up sliding along the ground, but that was enough.

At any rate, she had dodged Laura’s trap, and now her body was burning.

<Reignite>.

Despite not engaging in a proper exchange of blows, Na-rim used an escape skill.

Her body burned, vanishing from Laura’s sight.

Then, Na-rim reappeared from above.

[Son Na-rim activated <Reignite>! What is she trying to do?]

[Son Na-rim placed the fire on the tree from the beginning. She used the escape skill as a charge move to take the initiative in this skirmish.]

Na-rim swung her wooden stick down as she fell.

A wooden stick came flying down from above.

Laura had no choice but to cross her two daggers to block it.

Using the fire defensively wasn’t the strategy here; she was using it aggressively.

Thus, Na-rim was able to ambush Laura, but even Laura reacted quickly.

She failed to seize the initiative.

Now, it was time to pay the price.

"<Divine Dance>."

Laura knocked Na-rim’s wooden stick away.

Then, she rushed in again, chanting the second skill of Sacred Knight.

The second skill, <Divine Dance>, amplifies all attack speed buffs on herself.

Using the enhanced attack speed, Laura wildly swung her daggers.

The Dragon Knight, who didn’t have any crowd control skills, couldn’t keep up with the attack speed of the Sacred Knight.

She could only helplessly take the blows.

Though she managed to block some of the incoming daggers with her wooden stick, there were two daggers from the Sacred Knight—there was no way to block them all.

Na-rim’s body continued to be cut, but she never gave up her vital areas.

Waiting for the right moment, Na-rim then charged.

Thwack!

Laura’s right dagger sank into Na-rim’s shoulder.

It wasn’t Laura who stabbed her.

It was Na-rim who threw herself onto the dagger.

[Huh? What did Son Na-rim do?]

[If this fight continues, Na-rim has lost the initiative, and there’s no way out. Even if she sacrifices her HP, at least she stopped Laura.]

And Na-rim pushed forward even more.

She intended to topple Laura.

Seeing Na-rim impale herself on the dagger, Laura gripped her left dagger in reverse.

Laura fought back against Na-rim’s strength as she swung, aiming for Na-rim’s neck.

A sharp counterattack.

However, Na-rim caught the attack coming from her blind spot.

She twisted her stance, and the dagger went into her back instead of her neck.

[Son Na-rim is tough.]

Even with a dagger in her back, Na-rim pushed forward to break Laura’s stance.

In the end, it was Laura who gave up.

She clicked her tongue and momentarily dropped her daggers.

Although she temporarily lost her weapon, she had dealt considerable damage to Na-rim’s HP, so the trade was a success.

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The distance between them increased again.

Laura, standing with a smile, looked unfazed even without weapons.

Meanwhile, Na-rim’s eyes were half-lidded.

She glanced at the dagger stuck in her body.

Then, she twisted the dagger, deepening her wound.

"What the heck?!""What is she doing??????""Is she doing that to fill her ultimate gauge???""This is madness…""Is this what it takes to play the Dragon Knight..."

In Labyrinthos, there are various ways to fill the ultimate gauge, but fundamentally, it fills when attacks are dealt or received.

And at this moment, the Dragon Knight's ultimate gauge, which had been a little short, was now filling up.

Na-rim roughly pulled out the dagger from her body and reached out.

The small dragon always by the Dragon Knight’s side.

The tail wrapped around the Dragonblood Sword.

She grabbed the hilt.

The Dragon Knight’s ultimate, <Dragonblood Sword Slash>.

The Dragonblood Sword, said to be made of dragon’s blood and flesh, had a red blade that seemed to pulse like a living creature.

Na-rim slowly… drove the sword into her abdomen.

Her skin darkened.

Her body swelled.

Muscles and scales, which hadn’t existed before, began to form.

Her teeth sharpened.

Great wings sprouted from her back.

She grew so large that she had to look up.

"She’s done for!""She’s going to surrender.""I think she’s doomed..."

[...She finally activated her ultimate.]

Even MadMask held his breath.

The reason the Dragon Knight’s ultimate is called the highest value in Labyrinthos?

Because when the Dragon Knight accepts the power of the dragon, they become a dragon themselves.

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[Creation] Damn it, Aurora! What is that attack!?

(Clips of Son Na-rim with a dagger in her collarbone)

Damn it, Aurora! What the hell did you do?!

My body... it’s heating up! Son hahahahahaha!!

[Comments]

"So fast, damn haha""Dragon’s out, but drawing this is madness haha""Damn Na-rim! I like you!""I’m the ace who peaks with daggers! Disqualified sow!"

What disqualified?Ace.. disqualified?(Author) Cancel that last statement!Cancel(Author) [Then sell it, Kon]

[Commentary] So... honestly, I think it’s surrender time...

If the Dragon Knight activates the ultimate, it’s basically over...

I think Laura should’ve tried to block the ultimate...

[Comments]

What do you mean by that, Inakigakiga?Laura’s all over the place...But yeah, it really is surrender time...

"…Wow, is she going to win that?"

Barubara, watching from a high vantage point, held his breath.

The distance was incredibly far.

But the giant was impossible to hide.

From far away, a dragon was breathing fire.

To humans, ants may seem primitive, but from the dragon’s perspective, humans might be less than ants.

In Labyrinthos’ setting, dragons are mythical creatures that are almost godlike.

Though Na-rim was still herself, in this match, she had ascended to the level of a god.

"I’ll win."

Sora said.

"Laura will win."

Watching the dragon, Sora spoke these words.

Then, she turned her head.

"Let’s go. We have our own work to do."

And so, she said.