𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟖: 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐬 (3)
“Hey, guys!”
Natasha greeted them first.
“. . . . . .”
“You’re fast.”
“Huh? Were we fast?”
Gilgamesh’s party made even more confused faces as Natasha tilted her head in incomprehension.
“You guys made it all the way here through this kind of party.”
At that moment, Leika, the only one who looked at Oswald with a wary gaze, spoke. The reason was that they looked like they had experienced every single plain and storm of the past, present, and future with their bodies.
“Aren’t you guys too clean for that?”
As Leika said, Oswald’s party was incredibly neat. It was as if they had never encountered a single trap.
“Natasha, you guys didn’t encounter any traps?”
“Traps? Were there any?”
“Ha. . . . . .how did you guys only find the paths without traps?”
At those words, Natasha spoke the truth with an innocent face.
“We just went where the leader told us to go.”
“. . . . . .”
“. . . . . .”
“. . . . . .”
“. . . . . .”
“. . . . . .”
At those words, the gazes of the five people gathered on Oswald.
“I guess we were just lucky.”
“. . . . . .”
“If we get lucky two more times, we’ll be headed straight to the boss room.”
Despite Leika’s barbed words, Oswald just kept the same expression as if asking what he could do about being lucky.
They faced each other like that for a long time. Eventually, Elsa, who couldn’t hold it in any longer, said something.
“Why don’t you go in?”
“Then why don’t you guys go in?”
“Well. . . . . .”
Elsa rolled her eyes and looked at Oswald, and Oswald just stroked his chin and showed a contemplative expression.
‘𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵. . . 𝘎𝘪𝘭𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳.’
In the first place, he was an excellent pathfinder to the point of having a pathfinder stat. Perhaps it was also his fault that they had only encountered traps.
However, he probably didn’t know he was a pathfinder, since he couldn’t see his own Status Window like Oswald. Then, the quick-witted Miguel stepped forward.
“How about we cooperate? You guys can’t raid the boss by yourselves when you get to the boss room, right?”
At those words, Oswald glanced at his party members and couldn’t deny it. Since they would only be taking damage and feeding the boss anyway, it seemed like they would definitely get points if they dealt effective damage from the beginning.
“Let’s vote. Those in favor.”
At Oswald’s words, Elsa and Natasha raised their hands, while Alicia and Royman abstained. In fact, it meant that they were leaving the choice to Oswald. . . . . .
“Okay, let’s cooperate.”
“Then take the lead!”
Oswald held back a smirk at the sight of Miguel acting as if it was only natural for him to take the lead. Oswald had already figured out which of the three paths to take.
“Let’s go to the center.”
Soon, the two parties merged naturally and changed into a formation of ten. Elsa and Azel were in the vanguard, followed by Leika, Miguel, and Gilgamesh, and long-distance dealers like Oswald, Alicia, and Leika took their positions. In the last position were the supporter Natasha and Royman, who would protect her.
“Six cave trolls 120m ahead.”
“What?”
As Leika looked at Oswald with a look of disbelief, Alicia immediately cast a spell. She quickly finished casting while muttering runes and shouted the trigger word.
“Flame Strike!”
Six combined magic circles formed in front of her two hands, and a red beam of light shot out from there and flew toward the front, and a powerful explosion soon occurred.
Kuwooooooong! Kwawakwang!
Then, Oswald raised his guns to finish off the ones that weren’t dead yet and immediately pulled the trigger.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Oswald, who had used up all twelve of his six shots each, immediately tilted the magazine to the side and emptied the chamber, and quickly reloaded the two revolvers with his fast hands.
Leika, who had been watching this series of actions from the side, stuck out her tongue at the fact that everything had happened in just 3 seconds.
However, that didn’t prove that there were trolls in front of her. She thought Oswald and Alicia were just bluffing.
However, when they reached the place where the magic had hit, they were surprised to find that there really were trolls. Moreover, they were all trolls with bullet holes in their heads. . . . . .
There were exactly six trolls that had died and fallen down with their skulls blown out by the two bullets that had pierced their foreheads.
‘𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦?’
Moreover, this place was a dark area with no light artifacts. The fact that he had accurately shot only their heads was amazing. . . . . .
‘𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱. . . 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵.’
While Leika looked on with sidelong glances, Oswald’s two parties continued to move forward.
They encountered two more forks in the road in the meantime, and each time they moved forward according to Oswald’s choice, they were soon able to face the boss room.
The two people in the vanguard pushed open the boss room, which was blocked by a huge gate.
“. . . . . .”
The boss of the labyrinth, which looked formidable at a glance.
No matter how much the students’ skills were comparable to those of active mercenaries. . . this seemed like too much to handle.
“No, you put a Hydra as the boss?”
Of course, it would be a combat golem or homunculus with only the appearance of a Hydra, but even so, the pressure from its appearance didn’t disappear. Moreover, it would have been made to have as similar abilities as possible. . . It probably wouldn’t be easy.
Then, the Hydra started moving as all the party members entered.
However, there was something a little strange. Gilgamesh, who should have been the most relaxed, looked the most nervous.
‘𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵?’
Oswald had been paying attention to Gilgamesh anyway. That’s why he could notice that he was acting strangely. . . . . .
Oswald pondered why he was acting like that. Then, soon. . . . . .
‘𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴.’
It was the Hydra episode.
When playing as Gilgamesh, an accident occurs during the initial dungeon practice. Rather than an accident, it would be more accurate to say that it was a preemptive attack by the forces of chaos to eliminate the academy’s promising candidates.
The worshiper of Horus, the god of truth, who was next to the third prince, planned it, and he replaced the homunculus-made Hydra with a real Hydra.
In a word, the Hydra in front of them was a real Hydra that was difficult to deal with unless you had the skills of a platinum knight.
‘𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘫𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴.’
Hydras exist as a juvenile with three heads, a sub-adult with five heads, and finally, an adult with nine heads. Fortunately, the Hydra in front of them was a sub-adult with five heads.
‘𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦. . . . . .𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴. . . . . .’
Soon, the ground shook, and the remaining four heads that had been hidden underground rose up. Seeing that, Oswald shouted.
“Battle formation! Alicia! Give it a strong one!”
Oswald quickly started pulling the trigger, aiming at the nine heads.
Tatang! Tatang! Tatang! Tatang! Tatang!
It was a firearm made for hunting large monsters, but it couldn’t deal much damage other than causing sparks to fly.
‘𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵. . . . . .’
It was a pity that he didn’t have the Winchester V10. The Winchester V10 wasn’t a large caliber, but it was a type that allowed you to remove and reinsert the magic stone, so even Oswald, who didn’t have any magic power, could use magic bullets. However, these two B12 revolvers were not.
This gun, which maximized its destructive power by increasing the caliber of the bullets and the weight of the gun, could only be used by musketeers. Because of that, it didn’t take into account those without magic power, and Oswald was experiencing that disadvantage right now.
‘𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. . . . . .’
Even though it was a conspiracy planned by chaos, the monster wasn’t a demon of chaos, so holy power was useless.
Of course, there was a way.
‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.’
However, there was a disadvantage in that every time you unlocked the demonic power stat and raised your level by 1, your holy power level decreased by 1, and if your demonic power surpassed your holy power, you would become corrupted.
There were quite a few demon hunters who had fallen into chaos and become chaos demons in that way. Some of them became great successes as demon lords, while more of them did not.
Since they were usually executed by fellow demon hunters, those who managed to rise to the rank of demon lord despite avoiding their eyes were truly great.
‘𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.’
Oswald quickly loaded his ammo and fired bullets with the support of his party members. And when the Hydra’s heads moved to target tanks in the vanguard like Elsa or Azel, he used large-caliber bullets to create a gap, even if it was just for a moment.
Tatang!
Kakang!
The head of the Hydra that was aiming at Elsa with sparks flying was pushed to the side.
Kuwung!
Thanks to that, Elsa was able to avoid a direct hit and quickly retreated.
Then, Leika and Gilgamesh, who wielded swords wrapped in aura, rushed out. In order to deal effective damage to the Hydra’s scales, they had to be wrapped in aura.
As the two of them rushed out and swung their aura-wrapped swords at the Hydra, the Hydra also dodged the attack for the first time, as if it was threatened.
Shuaak! Shuaak!
The two sword blades cut through the air. . . . . .
At that moment! Alicia, who had been preparing a powerful magic, cast her spell.
“Quintuple Explosion!!”
A flame magic circle formed in her raised hand, and flames surged up, and soon five magic circles formed vertically above the Hydra’s head.
Eventually, the flames that had surged up passed through the magic circles and grew in size, and when they passed through the fifth magic circle and hit the Hydra directly, a huge explosion occurred and engulfed the Hydra’s entire body.
Kuwooooooong!
The flames subsided, and. . . . . .the figure of the Hydra, which had suffered serious damage from the powerful high-power magic, was revealed.
Since Hydras could only regenerate if their heads were cut off, wounds like this regenerated even more slowly than trolls.
Was that why? The Hydras that had been seriously injured bit off their heads themselves to create the conditions for complete regeneration.
A total of three heads were pulled out, and flesh sprouted over the areas where they had been pulled out.
Tatang! Tatang! Tatang! Tatang!
Oswald, who didn’t miss that gap, fired at the chunks of flesh. Even though the Hydra’s scales might be difficult to damage, its insides weren’t. He fired consecutive shots at its insides, preventing it from recovering easily.
“What are you doing! Attack!”
At Oswald’s cry, Gilgamesh and Leika rushed out again.
“Leika, Alicia! Both of you, focus your firepower on the severed areas!”
He also gave instructions to the long-distance magic dealers to prevent the Hydra from recovering.
However, it was difficult to deal with the Hydra in front of them to this extent.
‘𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦. . . 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯?’
Or, it was possible that Gilgamesh, the regressor, would show his skills.
However, Gilgamesh was a very cautious person. When he played as Gilgamesh, he showed his strength without hesitation since his personality was different from the original Gilgamesh. . . but the current Gilgamesh was someone who acted according to his own will. That’s why he would probably try to hide his strength as much as possible.
‘𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘪𝘵, 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘦.’
It seemed like he had no choice but to wait for the other party members to arrive at this boss room quickly. . . . . .
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