Activating it increased movement speed by 150% and lasted 9 seconds, with only 11 second cooldown!
"Just a 2 second gap."
"And this skill can evolve up to 12 times? How broken will it be at max level?"
Axel clicked his tongue in amazement.
This match had only been going for one minute, and while most players hadn’t even found a single F-rank skill yet, he already had a monster-level ability!
Right now, he was in the ancient ruins.
Suddenly, he spotted a stash of equipment lying in a pile of rubble.
But he wasn’t the only one who noticed.
“Huh? Someone else is trying to take it?”
Axel saw two players approaching the loot—a duo team heading straight for it.
"Trying to steal from me? Keep dreaming."
Without hesitation, he activated Sprint!
Axel burst forward like lightning!
Even though he hadn’t made any kills yet or found a pair of boots, his movement speed had already reached 35 points!
What did 35 points mean?
At full speed, he could cover 21 meters per second!
In the previous match, he had needed three kills and a pair of Silver Boots to even reach this speed.
But now… he had this power right from the start!
The two players didn’t even get a chance to react—
Axel flashed past them, scooping up all the loot in an instant.
- Silver Armor (+30 Defense!)
- A chunk of cheese!
- A repair kit!
- And an E-rank skill book!
Without even checking what the skill was, Axel turned and ran.
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"Damn it! He stole everything - Hurry up catch him!"
"He must have a speed boost skill - Let's chase him down now!"
The two players, furious at being robbed, immediately took off after him!
"I can evolve again!"
Axel activated Insane Evolution while running.
[Skill Evolution Successful!]
[Sprint +4 (F-Rank): Increases movement speed by 200% for 11 seconds. While active, your first attack deals bonus damage equal to Agility x2. Cooldown: 9 seconds.]
This time, the evolution added a new effect!
Not only did it double his speed, but his first attack while Sprinting would deal extra damage based on his Agility x2!
Axel did a quick calculation:
"With 200% acceleration, my Agility is now 42 points."
"That means my first strike will have +84 bonus damage added to it!"
"This is insane!"
The match had barely started, and he was already this powerful!
Even though he only had a basic Bronze Longsword, he wasn’t afraid anymore.
He turned around.
Like a gust of wind, he rushed straight back at the two players!
"He’s coming back?"
"Maybe his speed boost wore off and he knows he can’t escape. He’s probably making a last stand before dying…"
But before they could finish talking—
Axel activated Sprint +3!
Before his enemies could even react, he flashed past one of them, slashing his sword!
-303! (Headshot!)
The player exploded into a loot crate.
"You have killed Player 00369!"
"You have gained +5 to all attributes (Only valid for this match!)"
The remaining player swung his sword, trying to hit Axel—
But Axel had already moved out of range.
"What the hell?!"
The surviving player was in shock.
Axel didn’t rush to finish him off.
He was waiting for Sprint’s cooldown to refresh—because the bonus damage from his talent only applied once per activation.
As he distanced himself, he took a quick look at the E-rank skill book he had just picked up.
[Steel Body (E-Rank)]
- Permanently increases defense by +20 (Passive effect).
A defense skill!
A flat +20 defense boost.
For some players, this kind of passive skill could be either great or a completely useless piece of s***.
But for Axel…
It actually seemed useful!
"I wonder how this skill evolves?"
He asked the system to check.
[Previewing Evolution Results:]
- Steel Body +1: Increases defense by 40 points (Passive effect).
- Steel Body +2: Increases defense by 70 points (Passive effect).
- Steel Body +3: Increases defense by 110 points. Reduces headshot damage by 70%. (Passive effect).
Axel frowned.
The evolution wasn’t bad, but it also wasn’t game-changing.
At max level, his passive defense could be in the hundreds, meaning he could stand still and take hits without taking damage.
But…
Axel wasn’t the type to stand there and let people hit him.
"Let’s check Sprint’s future evolutions instead."
When he previewed Sprint’s max evolution, his eyes widened.
At Sprint +7, the speed boost increased to 400%, the cooldown dropped to 1 second, and the bonus attack damage scaled up to Agility x6!
"Yeah, this skill is way more broken!"
"I’ll just focus on maxing out Sprint first!"
At that moment, Sprint’s cooldown finished resetting.
Axel activated it instantly and turned to chase down the last remaining player!
The poor guy had just realized he couldn’t catch Axel, so he had started running away instead.
But…
Where exactly did he think he's going?