The Count’s Youngest Son Is A Player - Chapter 13

Episode 13

Jeremy’s face turned red as if he thought he was making fun of him.

However, Raoul seemed not to be interested in his reaction and quickly scanned the message window in front of him.

-Observation of the target skill has been 100% completed.

-You can activate Copycat.

-To engrave the target skill in the encyclopedia, follow the exact movements through copycat.

-Copycat: Would you like to activate [Randal Swordsmanship – Shooting Star (B)]?

Copycat, an S-rank skill, had significant limitations in its activation as its effect was deceptive.

Only one object is possible at a time, and once you start observing, you must never take your eyes off the object.

The moment the target goes out of sight, the observation rate drops rapidly and is reset.

Because of this, it was almost impossible to steal skills during a melee other than a 1:1 battle.

And just looking blindly did not increase the observation rate.

The best way is to face the skill directly from the front, or else observe it from as close a distance as possible.

That was precisely the reason why Raoul went out of his way to defeat the others and engage in a one-on-one battle with Jeremy.

“Come on, I’ll fix that messy hair!!”

The moment an enraged Jeremy gritted his teeth and rushed towards him, Raoul activated Copycat.

-Copycat: [Randal Swordsmanship – Shooting Star (B)] has been activated.

-Beginner skill level 6 has been confirmed. The skill retention time is 3 minutes.

-The initial synchronization rate is 30%. Please increase the synchronization rate to 100%.

At the same time, everything in the world began to move slowly, as if in slow motion.

In a half-slowed world, a translucent hologram-like shape appeared before Raoul’s eyes.

The figure, which seemed to be modeled after Raoul, flickered a faint light and stretched out its rapier to meet Jeremy’s movements.

‘It’s a start.’

Raoul’s eyes lit up and he moved his body as if imitating a translucent shape. As his body overlapped with the translucent image like an afterimage, the synchronization bar located in the corner of his field of vision rose upward.

visor! Chajaeng!!

Jeremy’s rapier and Raoul’s rapier clashed and sparks flew.

The two people’s rapiers, which were put together precisely as if they had been planned in advance, did not touch each other’s bodies and clashed without stopping.

‘…This is ridiculous!!!’

Jeremy’s shocked eyes shook.

How could a blood relative of the Earl of Ashton practice this swordsmanship?

The opponent’s swordsmanship was undoubtedly that of a ‘shooting star’. That wasn’t just a superficial exercise, it was real swordsmanship that unfolded according to the situation.

Perhaps because of their lack of skill, they are mainly fighting with basic swordsmanship, but that was even more surprising.

You’re blocking advanced swordsmanship with basic swordsmanship? This was impossible without ordinary understanding and application skills.

Meanwhile, Raoul was moving his body in a very excited mood.

Time, which had suddenly slowed down, found its place and I had to follow the shape at a very fast tempo.

But Raoul’s movements were unhindered. I was naturally chasing the hologram, as if I was following a rhythm.

‘It feels like Real Dance Revolution?’

In the past, a virtual reality rhythm dance game called Real Dance Revolution was popular.

Bae Do-hyun, who boasted a higher assimilation rate than others, was able to rank top in that game as well, and it was in that game that he first gained fans.

There was no music or dancing, but the feeling itself was no different. The 153Combo message that kept rising in the corner of my eye was also exciting.

‘Okay~ Let’s keep going like this! ‘I have to take a perfect picture!!’

It was none other than a system message that stopped Raoul, who had been moving his body, forgetting that he was in battle.

-Achieved 100% synchronization.

-Total 250 combo time 2 minutes 13 seconds. It is rank S.

-Rank S bonus. Adjust the proficiency of [Randal Swordsmanship – Shooting Star (B)] to Intermediate 1LV.

-[Randal Swordsmanship – Shooting Star (B)] has been successfully engraved in the skill book.

-To continue using [Randal Swordsmanship – Shooting Star (B)], equip it in the skill encyclopedia selection slot.

visor!!

The two rapiers clashed violently one last time, causing Raoul and Jeremy to step back from each other.

“Ugh! Who are you! “Some traitor taught you that sword technique!!”

Jeremy was so angry that the rapier he was holding trembled.

“That’s funny. “Who are you looking for when you taught it yourself?”

Raoul said with a grin.

“What nonsense is that!”

At Jeremy’s shout, Raoul swung his rapier in the air a few times and shook his head.

“If you see low-level swordsmanship like this a few times, it’s natural to be able to imitate it, right?? It’s not that difficult. “If I swing a little more, I might be better than you, right??”

Raoul said it sincerely, but to Jeremy it was nothing more than a provocation.

Jeremy calmed down and raised his sword again.

“If you don’t want to say anything, we should force you to open your mouth. “I won’t look at you anymore!”

Since when did he take care of me, is he now saying things like that?

Raoul clicked his tongue and entered system commands in his head.

‘List of skills!’

[Displays the user’s skills.]

*Basic skill slot

1) Ashton Household Appliances Swordsmanship – Bear Crush (A+) – Intermediate 2LV

2) Telekinesis (S) – Intermediate 2LV

3) Ashton Household Appliances Mindfulness (A) – Intermediate 1LV

4) Copy Cat (S) – Beginner 6LV

5) Basic Meditation (E) – Beginner 8LV

* Skill Encyclopedia Selected Skill Slot

1) Blink (C) – Beginner 6LV

2) Shield (C) – Beginner 6LV

* Skill Encyclopedia Random Slot

1) Steel Fist (D) –

In Intermediate 1LV Connect, 3 skill slots are initially given. And as you level up, the slots increase, and when you reach level 100, you can get a total of 7 slots.

However, Raoul gained three additional skill slots thanks to the skill encyclopedia.

This meant that I could use three more skills than others.

Among them, the selection slot was an all-purpose slot that allowed you to select and use two of all the skills recorded in the skill book.

Raoul quickly looked through the list of skills and said.

‘Replace skill guide selection slot number 2 with [Randal Swordsmanship – Shooting Star (B)].’

-Skill Encyclopedia selection slot number 2 has been replaced with [Randal Swordsmanship-Shooting Star (B)].

-24 hours are required to change to another skill.

‘Now then, shall we start playing in earnest??’

* * *

Push.

“Why…?”

Jeremy’s body, with a hole in his heart, fell to the floor like a bale of straw.

He stopped breathing with his eyes wide open with a helpless expression as if he couldn’t believe it.

Sigh!

As Raoul shook out his rapier in the air, red blood streaked the floor.

“Uh, uh…”

I turned my head towards the sound that sounded like a moan, and saw a guy named Jerry with his mouth wide open, mesmerized.

“Oops. “I forgot there was one more left.”

Raoul turned around, scratching his head with blood-soaked hands.

And the moment he walked towards Jerry, he was so startled that he hit his butt.

“Now wait a minute! “You, no, what the hell are you…grrrrrrrrr.”

Raoul pierced the neck of the guy who spoke vaguely with his rapier.

I had shown everything I had to show, so it wasn’t worth saving anymore.

As I walked towards where the knights were, an attendant hurriedly approached me and handed me a towel.

After wiping my hands and drinking a glass of cool water, Philip quietly nodded and said.

“Thank you for your effort. “What are we going to do with them?”

When I looked back, most of them had already come back to life.

Raoul looked with cold eyes at the figure rolling on the floor, groaning in pain, and spoke in a cold voice.

“Blood must be repaid with blood. Just keep killing them for exactly one hour. “There are no exceptions!”

“All right. Everyone heard it, right? “Enforce it!!”

“yes!”

Slurp.

Here and there, subordinates with drawn swords mercilessly slashed their swords at the men.

“Now wait!”

“Ahh! help me!!”

“I was wrong…kruk.”

Screams erupted and the floor of the alley became soaked with blood.

Raoul sat on the chair brought by the servant and watched the scene without blinking an eye.

‘This isn’t Earth or game speed. It’s just a stark reality given to me. If you don’t want to be taken away again, you must do whatever it takes. Even if it is a cruel and cruel path, I will never avoid it.’

Connect is a world of strict rule.

Laws and regulations are merely a blindfold to rationalize the exploitation of the ruling class, and morality and ethics are nothing more than a romance that only a bard can find.

Everything is decided by ‘power’. Whether it is money, power, or military power, the superior takes more.

In some ways, it doesn’t seem much different from Earth, but here the interests are revealed more clearly and one-dimensionally.

So you should never show yourself weak.

Because you never know when some wild cat will rush in and try to take what is theirs.

Raoul strengthened his mind even more as he thought of someone somewhere watching this.

* * *

“Wow, this is so….”

Someone let out a low sigh.

“What should I do?”

“What should I do? “Can you say that even after looking at that figure!?”

Reynaldo, the mayor of the Free City of Mira, lowered his telescope and scolded the guard captain.

“So what should I do?”

When the guard captain asked again with an embarrassed expression, Reynaldo sighed.

“You have to do whatever you ask. “Watch and calmly resolve the situation once it is resolved.”

“All right!”

When the guard leader bowed his head and left, Reynaldo raised the telescope again and looked at the alley next to the square.

‘I think I touched this wrong…’

The scenery conveyed through the lens was bloody.

Blood blood blood everywhere. I thought that if you were to slaughter a person, this would be it.

The sight of the knights slashing their swords without any expression was brutal.

But what was scarier than that was the sight of the little boy who had been watching the scene without budging for nearly an hour.

A chilling sweat ran down Reynaldo’s back.

‘I thought he was just a rich and handsome guy.’

I think it was a mistake in judgment.

In the first place, it was difficult for murders to occur in the Free City of Mira. It was a blessing, but it was also because the mayor had a tight grip on the city’s security.

The only people who could use mana inside the city were guards who received permission from the mayor.

And it is only the mayor’s power to accept and expel citizens. It was impossible to buy a guard with a few pennies.

Of course, the actions of Count Randall and his party had already reached the mayor’s ears.

In the end, it means that today’s situation was something that could have been prevented if he had prevented it in advance.

(Continued in the next part)