How strong is Torina’s combat power? If Lord Grelou is rated at a full 100, Torina before her awakening might not even score 30, right? But with her past life’s awakening, cheat hacks, the power of aluminum and copper, and anti-flag tactics, she could easily score over 300!
“—300, what a load of crap!”
With a loud bang, a heavy fist wrapped in fierce wind landed squarely on Torina’s stomach! Torina, like a heroine being pummeled in a comic, gaped wide-eyed, her body bending like a bow, her ribs and spine audibly snapping —
Crack!!
Her body shattered into ice fragments and dispersed, the exploding ice mist frosting over Grelou’s face, successfully freezing its eyes! Torina reappeared behind the frost, thrusting with full force at its weak spot from behind —
“Roar!!!!!!”
But the second phase of Grelou reacted faster; it spun around with a sweeping kick, sending Torina flying like a sandbag — but this time it was just a decoy! Her body, struck to pieces, turned into electric currents and vanished, revealing her true form in the electric light, striking with a sword wrapped in lightning!
However, the one blown away was still her.
Grelou slapped her away with one hand; despite her ice shield and excellent gear mitigating most of the damage, her “corporate slave bar” still took a hit! (This guy! The wind-up for the second phase is too short, isn’t it!?) Each punch and kick was so fast it might as well be instant, and by the time she reacted, she was already hit. This performance was even better than in the original story! (Close combat is suicide, switch to ranged attacks!)
With that thought, Torina unleashed her signature move —
“ᚦᚨᚺᚻᛜᛝ—Ice Lightning Spear!!!”
The frozen lightning, like wildly growing branches, hit Grelou’s chest in a straight line as it lunged forward. Its solid chest muscles immediately suffered frostbite, followed by being ravaged by massive electric currents, temporarily halting its steps.
But that was all.
It shook off the paralyzing electric currents, and seeing this, Torina immediately swung her sword like a conductor’s baton, sending a final ice lightning attack from behind to its weak point. But it swatted it away with brute force, shattering the powerful ice+lightning spell.
(Tsk, completely ineffective…)
“The Ice Lightning Spear can’t deal effective damage head-on” was within Torina’s expectations, but what exceeded her predictions was — the second phase Grelou was no longer vulnerable to sneak attacks; it was now tracking enemies by instinct, not just the five senses.
In the original work, this boss didn’t have a “second phase immune to sneak attacks” setting.
Grelou thrust its hand into the ground and then fiercely lifted it, breaking open most of the underground cavity. The shockwave and flying stones forced Torina to retreat at full speed. While barely keeping up with it, she turned her mind to overdrive, think, think, what was the exact boss fight process from the original? (Teammates take turns wearing down the boss’s health, the boss gets more aggressive as its health decreases despite buffs, then the tank and deputy leader stall for time, the leader charges up a stronger lightning ultimate to paralyze it, then everyone gets knocked out, and the protagonist snags the kill just as the paralysis wears off…)
A lightning ultimate, huh… (…No choice, let’s go for it!)
“ᚷᚩᛗᛇ！ᛇᚩᚩ!”
She chanted runes while tearing off her sheer scarf, which flew to entangle Grelou; simultaneously, she stabbed her sword into the ground, using the water rune skill “Mud Pit” to turn the ground into a quagmire! The slippery mud made it hard for Grelou to stand, and the scarf covered its face. Torina seized the moment to cast her spell! To paralyze Grelou with electricity, she needed her strongest lightning spell currently available! High-level rune magic requires drawing runes with hands or another medium, which can be simplified to chanting with increased proficiency, and even to instant casting without chanting at the highest mastery — Torina’s ultimate wasn’t at the level of chanting or instant casting yet, drawing runes with her hands or sword was necessary!
“ᚠᚩᚠᛏᚣᚣᛠ！ᛊᛈ！ᚱ…”
Her fingers traced runes in the air, one after another, forming a circle in mid-air, with faint lightning flickering at the center —
“Roar oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh!!!!!”
Grelou tore through the thin veil, shook off the mud, and hurled a massive stone at her! Torina, startled, abruptly stopped her spell to dodge, while Grelou leaped at her like a crow in flight, its downward punch almost turning her into a modern art piece ver3! (No way, there’s no opening to cast spells!) Grelou seemed to sense her intention, relentlessly attacking in close quarters! She had to keep casting defensive spells, leaving her hands fully occupied, no time for the ultimate! If this chaos continued…
“…Hmm?”
In this critical moment, she suddenly felt her mind clear.
She sensed something loosening, becoming clear, and in her skill list, under “Corporate Slave Never Dies From Overtime”, a previously censored skill was now revealed.
Awakening a new skill at this moment!? Her spirits lifted; indeed, her cheat as a reincarnator wasn’t just damage reduction! Let’s see what this new skill is called!
**Corporate Slave’s Frenzy**
When faced with endless work, a corporate slave would want to type with both hands and feet.
“Are you messing with me?!??” Torina didn’t know who she was yelling this soul-deep complaint at.
“…Roar?” Grelou tilted its head in confusion at the sudden outburst.
“Not at you! Keep attacking!”
“?”
“… …”
“… …”
“No, no, wait! I didn’t mean to say keep attacking—”
“Roar aaaaaaaah!!!!!”
Grelou wildly swung punches that emphasized speed above all, forcing Torina to dodge frantically, dodge, dodge —
Torina suddenly felt her body lighten.
Or rather… her legs suddenly became more agile? Each dodge, step, and maneuver was incredibly light, as if the ground was no longer ground, and the shoes on her feet felt like they were restricting her movements.
This felt like… “legs becoming as dexterous as hands.”
She suddenly had a strong urge to try something very bold —
Just as Grelou swung both fists, she leaped high, higher than usual without rune assistance. The punches grazed the bottom of her shoes, tearing them apart but not harming her feet, and she used this momentum to stabilize her stance, executing a second jump off Grelou’s fist like a martial arts leap, then — she firmly planted her left foot on Grelou’s face!
The young lady’s delicate foot, stepping on the monster’s rough, stone-like forehead.
Both froze.
For a moment, time seemed to stand still.
The monster, as if in a daze, moved its lips slightly, speaking human words:
“… … Bliss.”
“‘Bliss’ my foot!?”
“!!”
It suddenly reacted, grabbing Torina’s leg to throw her away, but this time Torina landed steadily using her hands for support! She was astonished to find — not only had her legs become as agile as arms, but her arms had gained the stability of legs!
Feet could be used like hands.
Hands could be used like feet.
Having read novels all her life in her previous life, this was the first time she encountered such a ridiculous skill.
