Return of the Archmage

31. Doppelganger

1.

[Cleared 15th floor: Kill Doppelganger]

[Time remaining: 82 hours, 25 minutes and 50 seconds]

The mission on the 15th floor was not to fight the worried boss monster.

But for people, the Doppelganger mission is more unfamiliar and frightening.

Doppelganger? Is that what I think it is?

I guess that's right. Wow, I didn't even think about it. Actually, the doppelganger must be the worst monster for Lee Hye-sung, right?

- The world's best monster. I never imagined a monster like this would exist.

I mean, aren't these fraudulent monsters only seen in games?

A monster that replicates all abilities along with the appearance of the target.

It is a monster that is even more frightening because it replicates the target's habits and behavior patterns.

If you fight with the same power, you might say 50 to 50, but what about a cool-headed monster who knows his habits and behavior patterns, but doesn't act the same?

Can we beat monsters who know what their weaknesses are?

Besides, this is the 15th floor.

No one knows what buff will be in the doppelganger.

Viewers are starting to worry.

It felt like a single counter appeared in front of Lee Hye-sung, who is not rough.

I checked at the same time.

Lee Hyesung's expression.

What does the party think of the current situation?

A huge cavity visible as the view brightens.

Another Lee Hye-sung standing opposite the group.

It would feel like sleeping doppelganger and looking in the mirror.

It's just more creepy because it's a mirror that ignores my actions and acts with its own will.

Smiles.

The doppelganger, with all the same conditions, even the Holy Sword, laughed.

I'm getting goosebumps.

Oh, no, wait a minute. The doppelganger is laughing, right?

- What?

Who's Lee Hyesung?

But soon, viewers had to be confused.

If you don't look at it from a first-person perspective, you won't know who Lee Hye-sung is.

In the third person, both Lee Hyesung are smiling with their mouths rolled up.

Lee Hye-sung said,

"Doppelganger. It's been a long time since I met him."

Then, without saying a word, he pulled Mana up.

"If we do well, we'll get to the 16th floor. I'm lucky."

His confidence contained no fear of doppelganger.

***

A disciple of a tower asked the commander of the Knights.

"Mattap lord, doppelgangers are one of the most difficult and powerful monsters on the continent, but why didn't they appear during the invasion of the Ma people in history? Aren't they a race that feeds on human chaos, fear, and fear, just like the Ma people? It says "Devil's monster who has been living for a long time and kills the weak."”

"Well, doppelganger. I haven't heard this word in a while.”

Matapju, the commander of 100 knights, stroked his chin with a nostalgic smile.

If you look back on your memories everywhere, you will see traces of Lee Hye-sung trying to erase them.

It's only been 10 years, and it's not even a speck of time looking into the history of the continent, but how did you leave so many achievements during that time?

Even if you want to forget it until you die, you won't forget the traces left by Lee Hye-sung.

I recall and recite memories.

Just as grandfather tells his grandchild about the past.

"There were actually a lot of doppelgangers. At most, there were less than a hundred species, but all the doppelgangers who had been hiding in the face of the biggest chaos on the continent since thousands of years of history were also active."

"Ah!"

Along with his student's questions, wizards who passed by also listened to the story.

"The doppelgangers have been happy to kill humans and eat fear, adding confusion to each creature they have cloned over the past thousands of years. It was their world up to that point. In fact, there was no clear way to determine who was doppelganger or not, and at that time, there wasn't enough time to care about doppelganger's fuss."

Doppelgangers killing some humans for their own pleasure.

Of course, even that is unacceptable, but in the war against the corruption of the Empire and the temple, thousands and tens of thousands of people died a day.

It didn't fall for it, it just didn't even show.

"But they should have just been satisfied there. No one cared about them, so they became bolder and hurt their pride."

People, or all living things, should know moderately.

"Did you show yourself?”

"No, doppelgangers don't go back to their original form once they start cloning."

"Then……."

"I made a bigger mistake."

"If it's a bigger mistake."

"Objectively, transferring to the strongest man on the continent in Doppelganger's eyes."

“……!”

Wizards who don't have to explain know.

What the doppelgangers did.

"In the presence of the first emperor...….”

"That's all the doppelgangers."

"Gasp!"

At the same time, he strokes the chills all over his body.

Doppelgangers clone a person's body.

What does this mean?

"How……."

Lee Hye-sung will be the winner of the event.

In fact, it was not Lee Hye-sung who saved the continent, but Doppelganger, and it was possible to successfully kill Doppelganger, so unless Lee Hye-sung is decorating it as disappearing.

Nevertheless, I am nervous and drooling.

Even if I'm not the first emperor, I can't even imagine how I would win if I had dozens of people with the same abilities as me.

The owner of the tower laughed bitterly.

"It's ridiculous that individual doppelgangers transformed themselves into human beings and joined forces, but they were even more ridiculous monsters for the first emperor."

There is no need to brag about the ending that everyone knows.

History not recorded in the history books.

Doppelganger extinction.

"It didn't even have anything to record. It was a one-sided massacre. It was only the first emperor's demise, but it was overwhelming enough not to know if they were doppelgangers. So that more doppelgangers on the continent don't know. To stop them from appearing on the continent for fear."

I would also like to ask you to show me if you have a crystal ball, but the disciples could not bear it.

There's no reason not to show it.

Students left their seats one by one, with a tower of memories.

***

Swing the Holy Sword, 50,000 spells pour out at the same time.

"Well, I know how to use jargon. Better than fantasy doppelgangers."

Swing hands, canceling everyone and comparing.

It is not that there is a lack of doppelgangers who met at the fantasy level, but the doppelganger on the 15th floor, which has been calibrated by the system, is using the power quite freely even though it has only been a few minutes since Lee Hye-sung's body was cloned.

Unlike doppelgangers who have been somewhat immature in terms of their reactions to jargon and magical combinations.

Above all, the doppelganger on the 15th floor has a richer mana.

Lee Hye-sung with a special elite boss monster's stats, the basic option on the 15th floor.

It's a foul to have more options there on the subject of cloning, but it's more interesting on the part of dealing with it.

Likewise, they try to cast magic lightly, blocking the sword.

Wizards that evaporate in flight.

How to deal with it and learn more efficient ways only once.

Doppelgangers themselves determine how to use their power and use it, but if they find a better way to use it, they absorb and use it without delay.

That's why it's more affectionate.

It's kind of like raising a disgusting, but identical-looking child.

Every action is followed by every action.

And when it's mine, it applies and kills someone who's the motif of his or her appearance.

It's not just bad luck to say that you die when you meet a doppelganger.

As soon as the replicator absorbs everything, the doppelganger does not tolerate the survival of someone who looks just like him.

"Now, repeat this."

Sadly, the same goes for Lee Hye-sung.

At the moment, a huge manna hits the cavity like a storm.

The doppelganger does not panic and stirs his hands.

But Lee Hye-sung was faster than him.

"Slow."

A term used with will is speed after all.

The only reason why humans can never defeat dragons with magic.

Even if a term can be used, it can't keep up with the speed of the will.

The same was true of Doppelganger.

Lee Hye-sung tried to dispel the magic that was formed through the mana scattered by Lee Hye-sung, but Lee Hye-sung's dispels were faster to block Doppelganger's will.

Mana's blocking.

Mana who can't move can't turn into magic.

The fundamental and greatest drawback of magic.

Of course, there was no more shield to protect the body.

It poured down with him.

Except for Shield, seven-circle magic to Doppelganger Lee Hye-sung, whose basic body stats are no different from those in the 50th level.

Cuckoo kung.

When there was only one comet left in the cavity, a huge door on the cavity opened.

"I guess this isn't one of them either.

Move with a nonchalant smile.

Then, he bent his knees to pick up the holy sword that fell to the ground.

Crunch!

"…towardly."

But the doppelganger's holy sword becomes dust and evaporates when it is touched.

Lee Hye-sung kicked his tongue and moved as if nothing was wrong.

2.

It's a future that can be faced by anyone.

From the 11th floor or above, or from the 15th floor.

How did you wake up?

That easy?

It's an incomprehensible result.

Every aspect was no different from Lee Hye-sung.

Fast, strong.

He's strong enough to fight that doppelganger right now, but he died for a moment.

What's ridiculous is that you don't know why you died.

We need to know what died and how to find the answer to the doppelganger.

Fortunately, another Lee Hye-sung was waiting after the door opened for frustrated viewers.

I think it's faster than before.

I feel more free.

The doppelganger behind the door looked stronger than the first doppelganger.

It doesn't mean that I'm stronger, but I feel like I'm using Lee Hye-sung's power freely.

Through it, viewers realized.

This is how you doppelganger gets more difficult?

You're getting used to it?

If I go last, will there be someone more like Lee Hyesung than Lee Hyesung?

Of course, it failed to uncover the secrets of the death of a second doppelganger.

The third door opened.

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