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Naturally, the priestess’s combat power is lower than the assassin’s.

While the strength stats may not differ much, in terms of mobility and attack speed, it’s embarrassingly incomparable.

The skill settings, focused on shields and buffs, weren’t much help in close combat either.

However, it’s not to the extent that engagement is impossible.

As always, Inbl was a game where skill could overcome limitations.

Lack of mobility can be compensated with shields.

It’s just a matter of fully assuming a defensive stance while the assassin breaks the shield.

If you can read your opponent completely, you can even go a step further.

My staff struck Hecate’s side.

At first, I was debating whether to tease her or not, but looking at Hecate’s face, it seemed okay.

It wasn’t an expression of giving up. I could feel her competitive spirit rising to the top of her head.

“Huh?”

“Wow, it would be really embarrassing to lose to a priestess as an assassin. Should I go easy on you since we’re close?”

“I haven’t lost yet, you know?”

“Really? It doesn’t look that way to me. If I lose today, I’ll be your slave for a week.”

“You better keep that promise!”

This is more fun than I thought.

Maybe because it’s a weapon without a blade, the impact feels different from the start.

The shock is directly transmitted to the hand, so it feels good to hit, you could say.

I felt good because the jingling sound of the rings with each hit seemed to give bonus points.

Moreover, Hecate wasn’t entirely bad at playing assassin.

It seems true that she used it in her amateur days.

If she practiced hard, it seemed she could reach a level usable in the pro scene.

Maybe she could aim for a lower-tier team, just barely?

In other words, that’s about the level.

It’s too easy to read. From the start, the difference in combat power was too great, and the staff wasn’t particularly inferior to daggers as a weapon.

It had longer range and was good for applying force.

In the midst of the fierce exchange.

I consumed mana while aiming at Hecate.

[‘Ritual: Dragon God’s Blessing’]

[Recovers the target’s health and for 12 seconds, physical defense…]

“W-what? Did you just use healing on me?”

“Yeah. You looked like your pride was hurting a lot.”

“Aaargh…!”

“I guess wounds of the heart are hard to heal after all.”

Moreover, the priestess outfit and the scepter-like staff were very eye-catching.

Just spinning it around well in front of Hecate was quite stimulating.

I got hit a few times while teasing, but being a supporter, I could replenish my health again.

After several exchanges, Hecate’s arm broke.

I healed it simply with a recovery spell and hit her thigh.

Dodging a thrust to the side, I smacked her butt once.

When the distance widens, it’s a stalemate again.

I eagerly spun the staff while waiting for her to approach.

“Why… why are you so good with that weapon too? You’re an assassin.”

“You didn’t know, but I’m good with all weapons. I’m especially good with daggers.”

It’s not a new story, but I really love this game called Inbl.

A paradise where I, a cripple in reality, can move freely.

Moreover, in practice mode, it was even possible to freely use all weapons and skills.

Of course, I tried everything until I got bored.

The chain sickle was a weapon I discovered that way, and I became good at using trap-type items like silver threads.

It was the same with spears, staves, bows, and firearms.

I just chose assassin while looking for a class suitable for PVP.

Even if not to an extreme level for all of them, I knew how to handle them satisfactorily.

There’s only one weapon I can’t handle now.

Sword. To be precise, I can’t use only the size of sword I used to handle best.

“So, what will you do? We can continue. I still have plenty of mana left.”

After practicing a bit, I became much better at spinning the staff.

Spinning it with one hand, then passing it to the other.

Passing it back to the original hand and increasing the speed, whirling it around.

It looks quite flashy even from the outside.

I should record a video of this and upload it sometime.

Wouldn’t people like it?

Looking at Hecate with great expectation, her head was bowed low.

“That’s enough… it’s too miserable, I want to stop.”

“Okay, let’s do better from now on.”

“Ah, you’re really annoying, what should I do? Can’t I hit you just once?”

“If you wanted to do that, you should have won.”

“Ha.”

* * *

[This is streamer ‘Sigma Gawol’s lounge.]

[Author: Sigma Gawol]

[Title: I’ve developed a new talent.]

(Attached video: Gawol spinning the staff brilliantly)

I tried this while practicing with Hecate today

Don’t you think I’m spinning it well at this level?

I think I could do two if I practice a bit more, but the staff is a bit big for that.

I’ll show you on stream sometime later

I want to practice this in reality too, are there any good tools for it?

[Comments]

– I don’t understand at all, what kind of practice did you do?

– Oh, priestess outfit

– It’s funny because you’re so good at it lololololol

– Sigma Hecate: Please stop this madness
└ What on earth did you do?
└ Show me what you’ve seen

…

└ Reveal it, reveal it

– I really can’t follow the flow of thoughts

* * *

In the end, Hecate gracefully accepted her defeat.

I was quite looking forward to a round with Outlaw too, but he adamantly refused and ran away.

It can’t be helped. There will be a good opportunity later.

Well, even so, I didn’t intend to keep pushing them.

Sometimes you need to let them relax to get better efficiency.

It means I decided to grant various requests from Hecate.

I don’t usually have much to do on holidays.

To be precise, I had no schedule at all except for gaming.

Most of Sigma’s team members know this fact now.

Of course, Hecate, who uses the same floor as me, knows well, so I couldn’t refuse when she suggested going to the shopping mall.

Looking back, I should have run away with any excuse I could find.

“Do you… still have things to buy?”

“Of course! It’s shopping after so long. I’m going to buy everything I want this time.”

“Are you really going to search this entire mall?”

“You don’t know. The best finds always come from places you haven’t looked.”

“…”

Until now, I couldn’t really sympathize with the saying that shopping with women is painful.

Not only had I not done it much, but the people I went with were Luche or Elderin.

They both disliked spending time vaguely.

They either bought exactly what they needed or skipped the process of deliberation and made purchases.

But Hecate was different.

She definitely wouldn’t open her wallet unless she truly liked something.

She was the type to wander the mall indefinitely until she found what she wanted.

If there’s one fortunate thing, it’s that she doesn’t drag me around.

She looked for a place to rest first for me, who has trouble with my legs.

I wonder how much time has passed. Hecate returned with a shopping bag, looking excited.

“Da-eun, Da-eun. Want to see this?”

“What is it?”

“A hair clip. I thought this would suit you so well.”

What the white hand pulled out was a hair accessory with a ribbon.

The neat black ribbon looked quite sophisticated.

Hecate, Seo Ye-won, went behind me and started gently caressing my hair.

“…Are you giving it to me as a gift?”

“Huh? Of course. I’ve been looking at things for you too all this time?”

“Ah, no. I’ll pay for it. That’s a bit too much.”

“It’s fine. I made you wait longer than I thought. We came out to hang out as friends, and I think I went a bit overboard.”

My mind went blank for a moment at her words.

Friend. Those two simple syllables firmly lodged in my mind.

I don’t know how long it’s been since I last heard the word friend.

Since that guy died, I had no one I could call a friend.

Luche was my idol.

Someone I wanted to emulate. Like Gayun, I wanted to overcome my disability, and I received a lot of practical help.

Therefore, while we could be good colleagues, it was difficult to call her a friend.

Elderin and Sansae were like sisters to me.

People who helped me grow mentally.

Close and grateful people, but whether to call them friends, well, I’m not sure.

Sulbbang… at some point, we grew distant.

It seemed she found me a bit burdensome.

When I approached her with a sense of dealing with a peer, it backfired.

She was the one who made me realize most acutely that I had now become a woman.

My idle thoughts went on too long.

Ye-won waved her hand in front of me.

“What’s wrong? Did I make some mistake?”

“No, it’s not that. Just. When you said friend, it’s been so long.”

“Didn’t you have friends?”

“…”

It was very difficult to nod.

What came back after the struggle was shocking teasing.

“Da-eun, you were a total loser in real life, huh?”

“That’s… a mean thing to say.”

“Loser.”

“No, I’m telling you I’m not.”

Seo Ye-won burst into laughter.

I was teased a lot.

Things like how I don’t live up to my looks or how satisfying it is to finally get one over on me.

At the end of it, she put the hair tie on me with her white hand.

Hair swept to the side.

If I lowered my gaze slightly, I could see the ribbon.

Ye-won asked with a grinning smile.

“Now, what should you say when you receive a gift?”

“…Thank you.”

“Right. Now let’s go eat.”