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Kim Ki-Rok had been stuck in a real-life loop, reliving the same life over and over until he reached some kind of ending. With no natural talent to fall back on, he spent each run grinding away at every skill he could, trying to brute-force his way through it. When it came to perseverance, though, he was second to none.
He caught Mammon's demonic sword on his Guardian Gauntlets, twisted midair, and landed hard on both feet. Mammon was already charging straight at him. Rolling his shoulders, he summoned mana from his core and split the flow: seventy percent to the left shoulder, thirty to the right.
Their physical stats were worlds apart. Even with every potion, skill, spell, meal, and trick he had used to buff himself, he still couldn't keep up with a Greater Demon, especially now that the demon was going all out.
The blade ripped through the air with a sonic boom. Ki-Rok pivoted on his right foot, leaned back, and let the strike shear past. As his attacker closed in, he drove a fist into his chest.
Mammon skidded back, carving deep furrows in the ground, then raised his head to meet his gaze. Feeling the distance between them, Ki-Rok sprang back, landing in open ground.
"This is only our second time,...
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