"Hmm-"

Justin suddenly felt a chill that leached out of his skin.

As if he was suffering from a severe cold, his body trembled subconsciously.

From the outside of the left calf, a sharp pain spreads to the knee......

Justin is all too familiar with this feeling.

This is exactly what the Cursed Hunter class is all about.

This property is only available to those who have taken a special potion and applied a lethal ointment to their body without disfigurement...... That is, the pre-trait of the Curse Hunter, [Curse Sensitive Skin].

Just by approaching the transcendent, there will be a faint tingling sensation on the corresponding body surface; When an inconspicuous spell is cast, or when it becomes the target of a ritual, the pain is immediately felt.

After a long period of exercise, they will gain a new sense.

Through this new sense of touch, it is used to touch and feel the curse...... Hunt the curse.

That's why they're called "cursed hunters".

At the moment of pain, Justin wanted to fight back.

He subconsciously kicked out his left leg, which felt pain.

And at this time, he just realized-

- This seems to be where Annan is.

It was Annan who attacked him?

Because of his good impression of Annan, Justin subconsciously collected three points.

But the moment Justin reacted, he felt a little regretful in his heart.

No, it's not enough to just collect three points!

He kicked a minor wizard in the face at an angle with almost all his might. If you kick Annan in the jaw or in the back of the head, it is possible to kick him to death......

He's just a commoner, but he can't bear the wrath of the Winter Grand Duke!

And he had only now realized that what Annan had just suddenly imposed on himself was not some kind of lethal curse.

There is indeed only pure malice in the spell, which means that it will only have a negative effect on itself. But this malice only gave him a chill, and it didn't even make him feel a burning pain.

This means that it does not have a high concentration of curses......

- Smack.

Somewhat unexpected.

Annan didn't back down, but reached out to block Justin's sharp kick, and calmly took the powerful counterattack that Justin thought was uncontrollable.

But it made Justin's heart sink.

Fourteen-year-old wizard ......

Even if you are from the Duchy of Winter.

Will he really be able to take his own hand-picked blow?

Impossible. When pigs fly.

Justin's all-out kick was enough to send an adult's head flying with half of his spine in it.

The reason why the transcendent is said to be extraordinary...... It is because they have surpassed the level of ordinary people.

The kind of solid tree thicker than a grown man's waist that Justin could kick down with two feet; Even if the doors of the various rooms in the Viscount's Mansion were locked, he could knock them open with just a blow on his shoulder.

Since Annan was able to block his attack without breaking bones, it means that he must still be hiding a bronze-level combat class!

“…… Brother Justin, why did you attack me all of a sudden? ”

But it's different from what Justin guessed.

After blocking Justin's counterattack, Annan stepped back without vigilance.

He just looked up at Justin with a puzzled face, and there was some dissatisfaction in his eyes: "If it's not me standing here...... I'm afraid something has already happened, right? ”

Looking at Annan's expression, Justin couldn't help but hesitate.

…… Did I really misunderstand?

Impossible. My feeling is obviously accurate......

- But everything is the same as Annan analyzed. Based on Justin's character, when facing Annan Rindong, who is much higher than his status, his clenched fists still hesitated.

He subconsciously wanted to apologize, but cautiously turned around and squatted down.

At this distance, his hand could reach Annan directly. You won't be so passive when you're attacked.

"Sorry, it might be me ......"

Justin wasn't done this time.

I saw Annan's right arm swinging, and a cold punch swung towards the knee socket on the inside of Justin's leg-

It was only then that Justin finally saw the hammer hidden in Annan's palm.

It was a small, slender white hammer that looked a little funny.

It's almost like a toy. I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort to hammer nails...... It's more like a hammer used for tooth extraction, but it's slightly larger.

Can this thing really hurt people?

Although such a thought flashed through my mind.

But after Justin confirmed that Annan was indeed an enemy, the hesitation to advance or retreat immediately subsided.

Instead, he had the combat experience of successfully hunting down multiple transcendentals-

Almost instinctively, his left hand tried to intercept Annan's hammer.

And the right hand went straight to Annan's slender neck, his knees were bent, his abdominal muscles were tense, and the whole person was like a hunched leopard ready to pounce, intending to directly use his strength to clasp Annan's neck and knock him to the ground!

— but something completely unexpected happened to Justin.

His left hand, which wanted to intercept Annan's attack, looked vulnerable in front of the toy-like hammer.

It's just because of the tremendous force that the bearer of the hammer can't resist—

It easily crushed Justin's power. There was a creaking crack in his wrist, and his entire wrist was hammered into Justin's leg socket without delaying the hammer's attack for a second!

However, the force of this attack on the leg socket was far less powerful than the force that directly broke Justin's wrist.

That's very normal, the power of a mortal swordsman's full blow...... It's impossible for this power to break Justin's wrist directly!

Justin immediately realized that he was under some spell -

- Exactly "not to be said"!

Its properties are subtly different from what Salvatore said to him. But about the same.

It was after seeing its attributes that Annan temporarily made a plan for tonight-

【Bone Male's Bone Blood Trigger】

[Type: Tool/Ritual Item (Golden)]

[Description: "Heart Palsy LV34", "Forgotten Secret Words LV28", "I'm Not Here LV1", "Don't Say More LV8", "Claustrophobic Fear LV1", "Page Lock LV14" can be used once a day, and each person can be hit with a maximum of three curses per day]

[Effect: If you hit a bone, the curse will remain wrapped around the person, and the curse will return and be enhanced when he dies.] The increased curse level is equal to the total transcendent level of the person being cursed; If the 24-hour curse does not return, a new curse will be regenerated, and the curse that was previously applied will not return.

[Effect: If the bone is not hit, it will be considered a failure.] The curse will remain on the object being struck for a month. No longer respawns curses during cycles]

[Cost: Each time you use it, you need to consume the "bones" and "blood" of a different human being, and you must use it once a week, otherwise the holder will be randomly applied to three kinds of curses, and the level of the curse is regarded as the current stored curse level; Humans who are used as materials have their life reduced by one year.

There is only one difference from what Salvatore said......

That is, Salvatore did not mention that the weapon was actually a "killing hammer".

If the cursed person is killed within twenty-four hours, the curse's immunity difficulty will continue to increase. It is not until a curse is released that it does not return within a day before the level is reset to zero.

Of course, according to Annan's judgment of Salvatore, it should not be that Salvatore deliberately concealed Annan. It's that he himself doesn't know what its specific capabilities are......

But when he was sure that "Unspeakable" was already usable, the reason why he didn't use it on Viscount Bar was to use the spell that could only be used once today when fighting Justin!

The ability to die with cardiac palsy is not necessarily effective for transcendents who are also in the bronze rank.

But it is not necessary to say that it is different......

Just to break his defenses...... You can always do it, right?!