Chapter 149
Two days passed, and Muka took first place in the second exam, putting Kazafu down a few pegs yet again. Talks of Muka of House Haswell possibly becoming an A-rank artisan spread throughout Ferrum, along with the legendary gambler who had bet ten million Coins on Muka with a decimal odd of 117.0 before the first exam began.
The dwarf who had stamped the betting paper bawled his eyes out and mentioned that the gambler was a human man, giving the human the nickname 117 Human. The Blue Anvil tribe, who authenticated the bet, searched for the 117 Human, but he never showed.
Seong-Hwi, the 117 Human who caused an uproar throughout Ferrum, remained in bed at the Haswell home. He had fully recovered but was reviewing his battle against Jazathura as he stared at the ceiling.
Jazathura, tenth in the goblin ranking… He wasn’t as strong as the uninjured Tutobure, but he was undoubtedly a top Ranker, he thought.
Of course, he was a top Ranker by inferior race standards. He fired cursed arrows, had mastery over the scimitar, was skilled in using his subordinates, and was a hunter who never missed an opportunity to strike.
Especially the imitative sorcery, Equation… It’s a difficult skill to deal with, exclusive to goblins.
Imitative sorcery followed the law of similarity, creating objects that resembled the target with the belief that inflicting injuries on the object would inflict the same injuries on the target. Jazathura had used Seong-Hwi’s blood as the medium and smeared it on a straw doll, binding the doll to Seong-Hwi through the law of similarity.
He was a master at that skill. His Sorcery Force stat was undoubtedly A-rank or higher. Seong-Hwi looked at his hands and asked himself, How did I break that sorcery?
He had not simply broken the sorcery, but reflected it, killing Jazathura instead.