Speaking of Hugo, you may think that he is just an S-level agent with ice attributes in “Zero”, plus a sharp sickle and some ice and snow skills. At first glance, he looks like a cold-blooded machine wandering in the ice and snow, with no words or expressions, as if he is just a pile of numbers and ability additions. However, if you go too far, you will find that it is a story about loneliness, loss and self-transcendence.
Yes, Hugo looks like a cold warrior, but no, this is not everything about him. If you observe sharply enough, you will find that he is full of absurdity and helplessness. His coldness is not innate coldness, but a layer of frost he has to put on in order to survive. If you regard him as a simple fighting character, you are wrong. Hugo’s heart is a wasteland, and his skills and fighting ability are his weapons to resist the outside world and the desolation of his heart.
Behind his coldness is a kind of absurdity
Speaking of Hugo, you will definitely notice his cold temperament. His normal attacks, special skills, dodges and counterattacks, all of his movements are full of power and precision. Watching his sickle cut through the air, ice and snow condensed, his rhythmic attack style makes people feel that he is simply a cold-blooded killer. Even at that moment, you will think that he is the god of death who walked out of the ice and snow. However, if you think about it carefully, this coldness is not just for killing or conquering, but more like an absurd cover-up. He fights the enemy as if he is fighting against himself. Every time the ice attribute damage is cast, it seems to tell you that the pain does not come from the enemy, but from himself.
His normal attack can be divided into four sections, each of which is as cold as ice and snow. When the fourth section of the attack is launched, his charged shot becomes a gunshot in the cold world. It reminds people of those cold-blooded people who have lost their emotions and reason. But have you noticed that Hugo is not only a ruthless attacker, he has a low-key sense of strategy. After each attack, he is not in a hurry to advance violently, but stays calm, threatening the enemy while giving himself space to breathe.
Skills such as dodge and counterattack are also full of absurdity. You thought he would only dodge quickly and counterattack calmly, but you found that every counterattack he made was accompanied by a helpless smile. It was a kind of resistance to fate, but this resistance was not so heroic, but full of silence and depression. It was like he was telling himself that survival was difficult enough, so why bother fighting for those empty things.
Special skills: a self-redemption in a cruel world
Speaking of Hugo’s special skills, the powerful slash after rotating the sickle is not to show off, not to prove that he can defeat the enemy, but more like a rebellion he launched against this absurd world. After he launched the enhanced special skills, the rotation of the sickle was like a huge vortex that could swallow up all the ruthless reality. The return of energy and the invincibility effect seemed to be announcing to the world that he was not just a cold-blooded killer, but a soul that was constantly struggling and looking for a way out of survival.
Every time he launches a skill, the energy returned seems to be a self-redemption from the world – so that he is no longer dominated by loneliness and indifference. At least at this moment, he finds temporary strength and warmth. The charging version of the enhanced special skill is more like an explosion of Hugo’s soul. His pain and confusion eventually condense into a cold upward strike, piercing the enemy’s heart. When the enemy is in an unbalanced state, his damage increases sharply. All this seems to be a kind of humor of fate: under the coldest appearance, there is a most fragile heart that is most eager to be understood.
Combination skills and finishing skills: a game with fate
Combination skills and finishing skills are the skills that best reflect the spirit of resistance in the character of Hugo. Cooperation with other characters is not a simple “mutual assistance”, but in an absurd world, two people rely on each other and redeem each other. His combination skills, a large-scale slash, followed by a finishing blow, are like a fatal attack on himself: leaving himself completely exposed to the enemy, neither prepared nor avoiding. Every time he uses a finishing move, it destroys his cold shell, with a sense of self-sacrifice. This is his response to the world: if fate treats me cruelly, I will respond to it in the cruelest way.
You have to know that when the finishing move is launched, the enemy is in an unbalanced state. Hugo’s attack not only brings stronger damage, but also has a philosophical meaning. It is this deep understanding of the unbalanced state that makes Hugo’s skills full of some unspeakable power. Every time he attacks, he is not only tearing the enemy apart, but also tearing apart his thick disguise.
Support skills: conveying warmth from loneliness
Hugo’s support skills seem cold, but they hide a certain warmth. In the fast support skills, he is not eager to show his ice-attribute attack and support to the enemy, but silently supports his teammates behind his back. This kind of support is not like the passion of other characters, but is completed in a calm and steady way. When fighting with the enemy, his movements are more restrained and steady, and his support to his teammates is without any exaggerated gestures, as if it is a kind of compromise in Hugo’s heart: the hostility with the world and the struggle with fate do not have to be vigorous, and quietly holding up a piece of sky is also a kind of strength.
When he uses the “parry support skill” to protect his teammates, it seems that everything is not what he wants, but he still insists on doing it. This kind of support is not a passionate hero, but calm, rational, and even a little self-deprecating absurdity. You can’t see the perfect heroic image from Hugo, but more like an ordinary person who is silent and struggling in the ice and snow, and this is the meaning of his existence.
Conclusion: Absurdity and resistance under the ice and snow
Hugo is a loner covered by ice and snow. His fight is not just for victory, but to respond to this absurd world. His coldness, his violence, and his resistance are all to find a trace of warmth and understanding in this meaningless struggle. No one can really understand him, but he still talks to the world in his own way. In this process, his loneliness and struggle are also a reflection of each of us finding ourselves and finding meaning in this chaotic world.
Finally, Hugo may not be the kind of hero that everyone admires, but he is definitely the kind of existence that makes us think deeply. Just as in absurd life, what is really worth living for may not be a gorgeous victory, but the courage and wisdom to find hope in cruelty and absurdity.