Sword of Inevitable Hit

"Woof woof woof woof~"

The evil bark was distorted by excitement and joy.

Garen expressionlessly pulled his body from the thorn-covered tree trunk, his eyes flashing with terrifying, man-eating fire.

His digitized body meant Garen's external form suffered no damage whatsoever.

When Garen pulled his body out of the cluster of thorns, neither the pierced skin nor the brain that had been impaled suffered the slightest injury. Even his outer armor and robes were similarly unharmed.

But Garen was in no mood to pay attention to these incredible sights.

"Damn it."

"I almost lost everything due to carelessness."

Garen gritted his teeth, spitting out a few syllables filled with blood and tears. A gleaming Greatsword was already tightly gripped in his hand.

Killing intent overflowed.

An ordinary urban youth thrown into another world, who would have starved to death without a cheat, awakened a killing intent within a single day that only seasoned bandits and battle-hardened generals possessed.

"Woof woof woof woof!"

Evil Dog Teddy, too excited, didn't realize the danger, still enthusiastically wagging its fluffy, ball-like short tail.

It probably thought Garen was just turning around to change positions.

"How dare a Broken-Spined Dog Frenzied Barking before me?!"

Garen angrily raised the Greatsword above his head, a roar like thunder:

"Fatal Strike!"

The greatsword in Garen's hand immediately erupted with golden light, as if a warm Holy Light had merged into the cold metal, elevating the already magnificent blade to a divine realm.

It was an indescribable sight.

If one had to describe the feeling, it was the Sword of Justice!

Garen, Might of Demacia, and also the knight of justice, the Radiant God of War.

Although this Garen is a Fake, when the hero skills from the game projected into reality, they still retained some of the original hero's aura.

Anyone who saw such a sword aura would instinctively feel that the owner of the sword was a respectable righteous person.

However, our Garen is, after all, a Fake.

So he raised the Sword of Justice high and shouted.

"I'm gonna smash your dog head today!"

Garen swung his sword and leaped forward.

The skill effect of [Fatal Strike] provided Garen with a 30% movement speed bonus, which translated in reality to making Garen's entire body feel light and swift.

His body was already powerful, and with such a buff, coupled with an enraged attack, the speed Garen erupted with in this instant was astonishing.

His figure, like a swift thunderbolt, and the tearing sound of air being ripped apart, were completely unlike what an iron can clad in heavy armor and wielding a greatsword could produce.

Such speed was undoubtedly the best guarantee for an offense.

But—

Big Teddy had already reacted.

It wasn't because Big Teddy's physical fitness was too formidable, nor because Garen's attack wasn't sharp enough.

It was because Garen, before making his move, had shouted his skill name in a chuunibyou manner.

Shouting so loudly, even a dog would know it was about to be hit.

So, when Garen swung his sword, approaching the dog head he intended to smash, Big Teddy had already planted its four paws and leaped, shifting its position considerably to the side.

Dodged?

The momentum of the sword strike was not yet exhausted, and the swordsman had already sensed his mistake.

But once the greatsword's blade was swung, it was difficult to control its force and direction at will.

At least for this fake Garen, whose swordsmanship was zero, there were absolutely no fancy mid-air blade angle changes.

However!

Just as the sword blade narrowly missed Teddy's dog head and was about to strike empty air, the greatsword in Garen's hand bizarrely executed an incredibly unscientific mid-air ninety-degree rotation and direction change movement.

It seemed as if Garen hadn't swung the sword; rather, after swinging it, the blade had attacked on its own.

Immediately after, the greatsword, like a nimble and precise tracking missile, followed Big Teddy's evasive body relentlessly.

Finally, it heavily smashed into Teddy's side.

Garen's sword was a greatsword, wide and sharp-pointed, incredibly heavy.

When this sword thrusts directly, it's like an armor-piercing cone; when swung diagonally, it's like a siege hammer.

And this Big Teddy received the greatsword's blunt strike.

Its body, weighing several tons, was instantly deformed by the impact, and it uncontrollably staggered back several steps.

The immense pressure from the Greatsword's Blunt Strike spread through the Big Teddy's flesh and bones in the form of decaying vibrations, reaching its internal organs.

"Woof~"

Having finally stabilized its footing, the Big Teddy's barks became much more pained and aggrieved.

The special interest that had filled its eyes instantly transformed into human-like fear and apprehension.

It chickened out.

Although with its physique, such injuries couldn't completely incapacitate it.

Still, it chickened out.

The Big Teddy shut its mouth, only daring to let out low whimpers, its eyes darting fearfully at Garen, afraid that this big Iron Can in front of it would swing its sword at it again.

Garen, however, was immersed in this bizarre phenomenon:

His sword had clearly missed, so how could it suddenly change direction and hit that Big Teddy in the end?

Could it be...

Garen thought of his Data Mode, then looked at the Greatsword in his hand:

Is this...

Targeted attack?

Without a word, Garen set his attack target in his mind to the Big Teddy in front of him, then swung his sword.

He swung it backward.

The enemy was in front, yet the sword was swung backward. This was undoubtedly a ridiculous case of "driving the cart before the horse."

But, the moment the blade swung out...

The Greatsword in Garen's hand once again performed a 180-degree aerial turn and flew rapidly towards the Big Teddy's body on its own.

The Big Teddy instinctively tried to dodge, but it was useless.

Boom!

The Big Teddy was hit by the Greatsword again, this time struggling to even stand steady.

It wanted to run.

But the Big Teddy, with intelligence far surpassing Earth's beasts, clearly knew:

Judging by the speed Garen had previously displayed, it couldn't possibly escape.

So Big Teddy could only continue to maintain the standoff with all its might, and then let out a weak whimper, begging for the other party's mercy.

But Garen didn't have time to pay attention to Big Teddy's small movements. He shouted in disbelief in his heart:

It's really a targeted attack!

A targeted attack is an attack that will always hit once launched in the game, and can only be dodged by special skills.

A hero's normal attack falls into this category.

And for the hero Garen, swinging his Greatsword is a "normal attack."

It sounds powerful, but this is just a basic setting in the game.

After all, heroes in MOBA games can't be missing attacks when last-hitting by minions, right?

However, once this setting is restored to reality

It becomes a hundred-percent accurate Greatsword attack!

As long as the enemy is within Garen's attack range and receives this attack, they can only block, defend, or take it head-on.

This is simply a causality weapon.

"Hahaha"

Garen, the novice swordsman, couldn't help but let out a wild laugh after discovering that he had become an "unmissable" sword master.

The laughter echoed through the forest, fermenting into something increasingly dangerous amidst the whistling wind.

At least, Big Teddy felt the danger and trembled.

"Tai Ri Tian!"

Garen held his Greatsword across his chest, a wicked smile on his face:

"Kneel and beg me now, and I might spare your dog life."

This was naturally a very malicious remark.

Garen didn't think that the Big Teddy in front of him, which dared to do anything, could understand his final "mercy."

Then

Plop--

Big Teddy's front legs bent, and it knelt down without any dignity.

"what?"

Garen fumbled, unable to even hold his greatsword steady.

"You can understand me?"

Garen asked, disbelief coloring his tone.

"Woof woof."

Big Teddy whimpered pitifully, then cowered and nodded.

"..."

Garen's impression of the large dog before him soared.

It seemed that a teddy bear as tall as an elephant in this Otherworld was indeed different. Its human-like intelligence was almost enough to achieve physical transformation.

Wait a minute.

He was speaking Chinese, wasn't he? Could dogs in the Otherworld understand Chinese?

Garen was even more baffled.

A cold, mechanical voice from the System suddenly chimed in:

"System provides passive skill: Language Comprehension."

"The host's spoken language will automatically convert to the common language of this world, and you will also master the written script of this world."

So that's how it is.

Garen understood the principle:

His words were automatically being translated into the language of the Otherworld.

And this Big Teddy before him was indeed exceptionally intelligent, capable of understanding human speech.

Garen's anticipation for this Otherworld, of which he had only seen a tip of the iceberg, grew even stronger.

Meanwhile, Big Teddy, displaying the instincts of a fluffy animal, tried its best to show its pitiable side to Garen.

Its eyes became gentle and cute, its tail wagged upright, and it let out soft whimpers.

With its elephant-sized physique, it successfully conveyed the friendliness and gentleness of a domestic dog.

"This..."

Garen's heart softened slightly.

The greatsword in his hand froze mid-air, hesitating to strike.

Big Teddy quietly took two steps back.

Garen made no move.

Big Teddy, without revealing his intentions, took another two steps back.

Garen still didn't move, seemingly letting the other party leave.

Grumble--grumble--

His stomach growled again.

The abundant stamina brought by Data Mode did not alleviate hunger.

Under the contrasting impact of a scientifically impossible full-body condition and an uncontrollable hunger, Garen felt even hungrier.

And Big Teddy wanted to take another two steps back.

"Stop!"

Garen gripped his greatsword, his gaze piercing, his righteous aura overflowing:

"You lecherous cur, who knows how many innocent lives you've corrupted in the past!"

"I, the Lone Ranger Garen, shall enforce justice on behalf of heaven today!"