Devour My Own Path

"Fighting against yourself is indeed troublesome, but..."

And it's not just Oliver's shadow. Even Ji Hu and Jin Woo's shadow as well. After Oliver entered a mirror at the end of the hallway, he was now faced with three shadows at once.

"Looks like I can vent my frustration all this time to the two of you"

Oliver revealed his sleeves. He took off his cap.

The two swords had stopped in his grasp. Light form.

After Oliver said his skill, his hair turned white and there was a kind of thin aura that enveloped his body.

"Go ahead!"

….

On the side of Hyun's mirror.

"Hey system, do you also think that the one there is me?" Hyun pointed to the shadow of himself who was standing with his back to Hyun.

98% of people who know the master will definitely think the same.

"98%? the others?"

People who don't know master and blind people.

"You know, your sense of humor is pretty good."

Thank you master!

"Oh yeah, system, before he realizes it, can you explain about the skills I got?"

Okay, master.

Previously regarding the level, because it absorbed 3 SSR hunters, now master level has increased from 316 to 328. And get 2 strengthened skills, namely eagle eyes and exchange skills.

The eagle eyes skill was changed to white eyes. Now in addition to being able to see the opponent's weaknesses, master can also see the shadow of the opponent's movements in the next 3 seconds. And skill exchanges can now steal opponents' stats.

"Woah! Aren't you too generous system? able to see the future"

That's right, master. Even so, the skill to see the future requires a lot of mana. But because the current master is a UR hunter, the mana capacity is becoming even greater. Plus the exchange skill that can steal stats, master doesn't have to worry about mana one is lacking.

"It turns out that is... thank you system!"

Welcome master.

"How about we attack him from behind, Danjo?!"

Seeing Hyun's shadow still with his back to him, made Hyun think of something.

Master really does something.

Hyun molded Danjo into an arrow with his arrow in the form of a combination of white flame aura and lightning. Hyun also uses his white eyes skill to see his opponent's movements.

Ctaass!

The arrows shot very quickly. What Hyun doesn't know, however, is that his shadow also has everything that Hyun has.

Hyun's arrow was easily held back by Danjo, the enemy who turned into an aura shield.

"Damn! Why should I fight an enemy who has the same strength in succession!"

"Alright, maybe this can be a fight to see how my training has been so far"

With the same tactic, Hyun teleports to surprise the opponent. Plus, Hyun also made clones to attack from behind.

In an instant, Hyun and his clone were already in the attack area. Danjo transforms into a sword to make the attack more effective and efficient.

As if he could see Hyun's movements, a spear blade flew towards his head.

Crap!

Hyun immediately teleports to avoid the attack. But it was too late for his clone who was slashed when his attacking spear spun around. Hyun's attack just now didn't use his vision of the future. He just wanted to see how far the shadow mimicked him.

"It turns out to be troublesome against an enemy that can see the future"

Hyun had stolen the enemy's stats, but was soon stolen again. Crafting such a skill seems useless at this time.

This room is like a hall but there is no furniture, only mirrors installed in every corner.

"As Oliver said, it seems like the shadow can attack from anywhere through the mirror"

"So, do I have to destroy everything?"

Swosh!

A sharp spear blade flew towards Hyun. With his breathing area that had grown to 3 meters, Hyun was able to avoid it easily. However, like having a rope, the spear turned around and attacked from behind.

"Hm, if I fight longer, will I be able to see how he combines my skills?" said Hyun while dodging the attack.

"System, can all of my abilities be used by him?"

Hyun realized something when he attacked him for the first time. Although the shadow had a body like him, but he didn't breathe. It was more like a reflection of his lifeless self.

Master is right! The only one that the enemy couldn't use was the master breathing technique.

"Looks like I have a chance"

...

Ji Hu's shadow used his skills to restrict Oliver's movements. Meanwhile, Jin Woo immediately attacked with his strongest skills. They both knew that the longer they fought against Oliver, the more cornered they would be.

Oliver accepted all of these attacks as if he wanted to see how far his members could fight. Thanks to Jin Woo, Oliver froze in ice. Without wasting any time, Ji Hu used his skills to erase Oliver's existence.

However, when Ji Hu pointed it at Oliver, he was already not standing there.

Tap tap tap....

In a condition where time seemed to stand still, Oliver walked leisurely between the two, staring at his shadow, who was just silently watching.

"Don't you want to join?"

Then, Oliver patted Ji Hu's shoulder, "Good job you guys, but I'm 10 seconds in the future"

Time went back to normal and the shadows of the two suddenly disappeared.

The shadow of him staring at Oliver with the same expression as when they first met, did not change. "You won't be able to defeat me..."

"Who knows, maybe you'll be defeated by someone else," Oliver said lightly.

With the same strength, the two attacked each other. Every attack that was launched, was in the past 10 seconds and destroyed the surroundings.

Just like Hyun's battleground, Oliver also fights in a hall with many mirrors. However, due to the impact of the attack between the strongest hunter and his shadow, the mirrors was destroyed one by one.

Although not full strength, the fight between the two cannot be considered a fight between humans. They were already fighting in different dimensions, just like when Oliver fought an abstract dragon.

.....

As he continued to emerge from the mirror, Hyun directed his fight near the mirror to simultaneously destroy it. He also uses clones to destroy the opposite side of the fight.

Thanks to his breathing technique, enemies who can attack by looking at the future can be easily countered.

The trade between the two is getting hotter.

Besides the use of skills, the hand-to-hand battles between the two are also fierce. This is because they have extreme adaptation skills.

Injuries are either from skills or weapons anywhere. The appearance of the two who were battered, made each of them choose to retreat to heal themselves and observe the enemy.

"Hey system, how long does the activation of the berserk elixir take and are there any side effects?"

The time to use the berserk elixir is 5 minutes. And for the side effects there is nothing because of the master's body that continues to heal itself and the master's mind that can keep it sane.

"Good!"

Hyun took out his elixir.

Seeing Hyun who wanted to drink the elixir, his shadow quickly attacked. Not letting the enemy have a chance to win.

"Hey! Can't you wait for me to drink like in a comic book?!"

Hyun was busy guarding his elixir and resisting enemy attacks. "Am I this stubborn?!"

"ARGHH!! It's just annoying!!" Hyun teleported and reinserted his elixir.

"Alright then, I'll defeat you without the elixir!!"

In the middle of the hall, Hyun stood silent. Focus.

I just remembered, System…

Hyun compacted his 3-meter area and made it seem like an imaginary solid space. Hyun thought, if the enemy could see 3 seconds in the future, he would just need to make more and faster movements than 3 seconds.

An opportunity. That's what Hyun's shadow was thinking.

This is a large-scale attack.

With all his skills, Hyun's shadow prepared. His shadow aimed the same arrow as Hyun's arrow strike at the remaining mirror. Then create a clone by carrying a spear that is also prepared to attack from a distance.

A prepared fire and lightning magic was also thrown into the mirror. Once everything was ready, his shadow teleported at a distance of 5 meters from Hyun.

His shadow can control anything behind the mirror. Making attacks directed at the mirror won't collide with each other.

"It seems like I'm so clever, go ahead..."

Even with his ability to see the future, Hyun would have any trouble reacting to random attacks from various directions. And the enemies also have the same skills, making them almost unavoidable.

The attack begins.

"Did I say before that I would defeat you without the elixir? it's a lie..."

"System, absorb the elixir..."

Fortunately, I remembered that it could absorb everything just like it absorbed crystals.

The berserk effect is a twofold increase on all stats.

His shadow that saw it couldn't do anything because his full attack had been directed at Hyun. And the place where his shadow was attacking right now was in Hyun's technique area.

"Check mate..."

All visions of the enemy's future are in disarray.

Thanks to his increased stats, Hyun is able to move beyond enemy vision.

1 second...

The lightning magic and arrows aimed at Hyun, were destroyed with 16 slashes.

2 seconds...

The spear of the enemy clone and its shadow melee attack, were destroyed in 256 slashes.

3 seconds...

The enemy, who could no longer see Hyun's movements, intended to teleport.

"I know that..."

His shadow that had teleported to his clone, arrived with a split body.

1 slash ....

"What door does that lead to Oliver nim?"

Hyun saw a door that appeared after the enemy's defeat.

While outside, there were many journalists waiting. It had been 8 hours since Oliver's party had entered. Even the previous solo raid was only 1 hour.

Many of them were worried that Oliver, as the strongest hunter, would not be able to complete his dungeon.

Crack!!

A crack appeared on the door of the dungeon. However, it wasn't because there was going to be a dungeon break.

Rather, it was because of Oliver's fight.

Hyun opened the door.

Krieett...

"Don't open the door, Hyunn!!"

That's Oliver's voice. But what does it mean not to be open-?

"Waaa!!"

Just when he opened the door, Oliver was blocking his own shadow that was about to attack Hyun.

Hyun sat down.

In front of him, Oliver's appearance was not much different from him. Clothes that are torn everywhere. A new incision wound. Although due to Oliver's skill, the wound healed quickly.

"Finally you came"

Hyun quickly learned of the situation. He immediately stood up and prepared to teleport to Oliver's shadow to help.

"No! don't teleport!" said Oliver while holding back the attack.

What!? how did Oliver know?!

"He's me and he's 10 seconds in the future"

"Think of a way to help me from behind"

"I'll keep it busy so you stay safe"

The fight between the two continues. The contest between the two made the whole hall chaotic. But Oliver made it so as not to hit Hyun.

Hyun who used white eyes to see 3 seconds in the future, was unable to see their fight. Only the traces of his battle are visible.

"Isn't this the same as when Oliver fought the dragon back then? means the former of this fight is their past?"

Hyun felt very frustrated. The remaining 2 minutes of berserk just disappeared.

"Hey system, is it possible if I take the stats?"

It's possible, but hunter Oliver has a passive skill to regenerate all of his stats. So, the master's skill will be useless.

"Even all the stats? Isn't that too much of an overpower?!"

Surely a master is not?

"Then how should I help if all my skills are useless against an enemy as strong as he is?!"

"No, wait! system!"

System here.

"What about out-of-control skills? Can you help him with your strength?"

Unfortunately that was not possible with the current master's level.

"What do you mean?"

The system does take over the master's body, however, it is only limited to taking out the skill skill that master has and using it at the highest level.

If look at what masters have at the moment, it's almost impossible to follow the fights of those who have been on different dimensions.

"Even you can't?! !"

Not a system, but a master who is too weak as a container.

Hyun randomly ruffled his hair, annoyed that he couldn't help because of his current weakness. Hyun also had time to think about using the skill area. However, because he couldn't see the fight, Hyun was worried that he would be hit by Oliver later. And it might put him in a fatal position.

"Hey, has Oliver nim already unleashed his full strength?" Hyun was still amazed and horrified to see the scars of the two fights.

Not yet masters.

"Why don't he just fight at full strength?"

If hunter Oliver had done that, there was a chance that this dungeon would have been destroyed from the inside and we would all be trapped in it.

"What?! It turns out that the dungeon can be destroyed from the inside, I just found out"

This happened to a Japanese hunter in a level 6 dungeon solo raid.

"Isn't the first solo raid oliver nim?"

It is true. The only level 6 solo dungeon raid that 'succed' was hunter Oliver. Because the Japanese hunter who at that time was much stronger than Oliver, fought with full strength inside the dungeon and made him destroyed.

Even after a year of waiting, the Japanese hunter never came out and was finally declared dead in the destroyed dungeon.

Hyun swallowed spitting. "How strong is the enemy and...what is the Hunter's power?"

No one knows who the enemy behind it is. However, the strength of the Japanese hunter was the strongest from the beginning of the hunter's appearance. His strength is being able to use the abilities of characters in fiction.

"Isn't he even more outrageously strong..." Hyun couldn't imagine how strong his opponent was to be able to keep up with the hunter.

The longer the fight went on, the more worried Hyun became. Because it can be said that what Oliver is fighting is the perfect version of himself. Without any shortcomings like humans.

Oliver is a human being who is prone to make mistakes and put them in a disadvantageous position.

Feeling angry because he felt as if he betrayed the trust Oliver had given him, Hyun could no longer think of ways to help Oliver.

...

Hyun looked at the system screen. "Hm? Is there anything you want to say system?"

Before that, all the choices were in the hands of master. System only gives options for the current master situation.

"Continue..." Hyun stared at the system screen seriously.

In out-of-control skills, system can perform a limit breaker and unleash the true power of the system. However, for instant great power, there is a price to pay.

"What is it..."

First, master will lose 100 levels. Then, based on the best case scenario, master will sleep for 2 full months. This scenario is based on a companion who helps the master such as heal all body damage after the limit breaker. In the worst case scenario, master could die.

Second, all skills that master gets when entering the UR rank will be sealed and unlocked again after master reaches that rank.

Lastly, this special circumstance can only be used once.

Hyun closed his eyes in silence.

"First, what is my current level?"

Thanks to defeating the shadow master who was the dungeon boss, master was currently at level 348.

"Haa... it seems like I have no other choice" Hyun wrote a message to Oliver and his unnie, Sylv.

"Alright, system! You know what I mean, don't you?"

The system always receives commands.

"Yosh!" Hyun patted her cheeks hard.

In order to use out of control, Hyun absorbs Oliver's shadow stats and transfers all of his stats to Danjo. This is so that he can lose consciousness and the system can take over his body.

Seeing Hyun preparing something, Oliver's shadow immediately ordered his three angels to attack Hyun.

"Your opponent is me!"

Oliver resisted the enemy angels' attacks with his angels. Allowing Hyun to focus on his plan.

Just down there. Hyun begins to lose consciousness and is replaced by the system. His appearance was exactly the same as when he was in Satan's dungeon. His eyes were black with white pupils. The color of his hair turned black and white. As well as flames like fire that adorned the ends of both eyes and hair.

"It's a pity, this only lasted 2 minutes" Hyun stared at Oliver's shadow.

And...crash!

Oliver saw his shadow split in half in the past.

What?!

But, since the enemy is 10 seconds in the future, the attack can be avoided.

In an instant, Hyun teleported in front of Oliver's shadow and grabbed his head and knocked him down.

"You won't be able to escape..."

"Because my existence is far above you" Hyun stepped on Oliver's shadow lying at the bottom of the hall.

"Before that..." Hyun looked up to see the painting on the hall's ceiling that strangely hadn't been damaged by Oliver's battle.

"Isn't it time for you to show up?" Oliver looked up at the sky.

A moment later, a voice was heard.

"Hehehe...."

Child?

Oliver was shocked to hear that there was a small child behind all of this.

"No need, Evi is satisfied with the game"

"So your name is Evi"

"Hm hm! that's right! Evi's name is taken from Leviathan, The Drowning Child"

"Then can I destroy your toys?"

"Of course! because Evi has found Evi's favorite toy, which is you"

Hyun moved his hand as if he was destroying something.

Then a space in the air is bent. As if to destroy reality, Hyun's hand movements make Oliver's shadow shattered. Not only that, Hyun also bent Oliver's entire shadow body until he disappeared without remaining.

The same is also done to his angels. Hyun made a movement as if collecting something with his two hands. Which makes the three angels gather in one place. Then Hyun put his two palms together like he was holding something.

As if the space around angels was overrun and crushed, their existence simply disappeared.

"Did you eat it?" asked Evi.

"They're just imitations..." Hyun looked up again.

"If you don't want to go out, then I'll take you out by force"

As if he was tearing through the air with both hands, a space-like gate appeared.

"Hehe, sorry! now it's time for Evi to have dinner"

"See you later!"

The space that Hyun had formed was closed again. "Ck, you arrogant child!"

1 minute 30 seconds have passed.

An announcement that the dungeon has been completed appears.

Hyun walked towards Oliver. "It's a pity you're still weak"

"If it's your true self, maybe I can fight you with full strength"

Oliver looked confused. "What do you mean...?!"

"Sorry, time is up"

"Please do as Hyun says"

Shortly after, Hyun collapsed.

Oliver immediately grabbed him and did what Hyun had written on his bracelet. He began to heal Hyun's body.

At Areum's place, Ji Hu and Jin Woo had come to their senses as Oliver defeated the shadow of the two.

"I had a very beautiful dream and hoped that the dream would never happen," Ji Hu said.

Jin Woo nodded at Ji Hu's remarks.

"It looks like milord and Hyun managed to complete the dungeon"

"It's so chaotic! How can we as seniors be saved by juniors who have just joined"

"And what's more, he's just become a hunter"

Ji Hu looked at the two of them. "Hey, are you guys all free after this?"

Both nodded.

"Alright! We can't be left behind by our juniors, right?!"

"Sure!"

"Hum!"

The atmosphere of the dungeon began to disappear and was replaced by the outside world. Oliver's party came out with 4 survivors and 1 unconscious.

There were many journalists waiting.

Earlier, Oliver received a message to immediately take Hyun to the hospital where Sylv had been waiting.

"Looks like there's a lot you guys want to ask, but it looks like it could wait until tomorrow at the press conference"

Then Oliver and his party members left.