𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟔𝟕
‘A subjugation quest in this situation?’
This couldn’t be a worse situation. We haven’t even caught Garikas yet, and now the final boss, called the Demon King, has appeared.
‘Okay, since things have come to this, let’s finish the subjugation quest too.’
There was enough possibility. It was me who caught Beksha and then Heights, wasn’t it? Also, when it comes to subjugation quests, I had experience dealing with the Bamut Cult and Kraken, so I thought it wouldn’t be too difficult.
‘First……’
I need to get rid of the demons.
If the Demon King and the demons here cooperate later, the chances of danger would increase. Therefore, I changed my target and decided to clear out the intermediate demons still remaining nearby.
“Giant’s Sprint!”
[Skill Damage! 14,033.]
‘As expected.’
Unlike Garikas, this feels good. As I watched the intermediate demon fly backwards as if I had kicked a soccer ball, I gradually raised my tension and dealt with the next demon, and thanks to that, the number of demons quickly decreased.
‘It’s a lot easier since there’s no one to protect.’
A little while ago, I couldn’t even fight properly to stop the demons approaching Nayra, but now it was different.
“Thunder Strike!”
The intermediate demons are swept away like small fry, following the swung shield. Who knows, maybe I can clear out all the intermediate demons before the Demon King appears?
“Human!”
“……?”
Suddenly, I heard Losmo’s voice, and when I turned my head, I saw him running towards me with a ferocious expression.
What was he doing until now?
‘The only reason he’s coming now is…… the illusion.’
Did the demon controlling the illusion die?
I didn’t know if it died to Ust or me, but the important thing was that it was dead. If Losmo came here after dealing with the illusion because that demon died, the story adds up.
‘Then there’s no time to hesitate.’
“Elsyke’s Phantom Shift.”
Pat-
I use Phantom Shift consecutively. The increasing illusions immediately rushed towards Losmo, and Losmo started to deal with the increasing illusions while shouting.
‘But it’s not enough to just deal with the illusions.’
When four or five illusions attacked, Losmo moved frantically. I aimed for that gap and used Thunder Strike from behind to hit the back of Losmo’s head, and increased the number of illusions with the replenished stamina.
“Kuaaaak!”
A sudden surprise attack and increasing illusions.
No matter who looks at it, it’s a situation where Losmo is at a disadvantage. As if Losmo also realized that, he screamed and swung his spear haphazardly.
‘I can consider Losmo almost finished.’
Currently, there are seven illusions attached to Losmo. On top of that, I’m using skills from time to time, so I thought it would be settled soon, so I took my attention away from Losmo and looked for Garikas.
I didn’t have to look hard for Garikas, he was fighting Ust.
‘Come to think of it, the NPC…… Did Nabek die too?’
Looking around, I couldn’t see Nabek. Since Nabek, who should be next to Ust, is nowhere to be seen, I guess he probably died to Garikas. And separately, Ust wasn’t losing at all against Garikas, the highest-ranking demon.
Kwakwang!- Kwaaang!!-
‘Well, he’ll win if I leave him alone.’
Actually, the matchup itself was advantageous for Ust, and he was even a raid boss. There was no way Garikas, who was just a normal boss, could win against Ust.
Moreover, it was Ust who had raised all his stats due to the influence of titles and skills, so I believed Ust would win without me having to intervene.
‘The problem is Nayra.’
Nayra was still surrounded by black smoke, but she hadn’t shown any particular changes yet. Maybe now is the perfect opportunity? It might be much easier to deal with Nayra now than to deal with the Demon King.
But while I was hesitating, wondering if I should attack Nayra, a change occurred in Nayra.
Kukuakwak!!-
“What is this……?”
Suddenly swirling black smoke.
The black smoke grew like a storm swallowing everything around it, then maintained a certain size and slowly dispersed.
The problem was that an unidentified monster appeared from the dispersed black smoke.
[Demon King Agreenes (Raid Boss)]
‘He finally appeared.’
Since I was already expecting it, the surprise was minimal. I was just curious about the Demon King’s skills, who had even become a raid boss. Anyway, I stepped back a few steps and looked up at the Demon King Agreenes, who was about 5 meters tall.
“……Nayra?”
Surprisingly, Agreenes’ face resembled Nayra’s. Only the pure white eyes without pupils and the pale, almost bluish skin told me that he was a different person from the Nayra I knew.
[Demon King Agreenes appears on this continent.]
[Due to the effect of Demon King Agreenes, the frequency of demon appearances on the continent increases.]
[Demons will continue to appear until Demon King Agreenes is eliminated.]
[A subjugation quest has been generated.]
‘Finally, a subjugation quest has been generated…… Huh?’
Why can’t I see the subjugation quest message?
I thought it was a quest that only players belonging to the Karzen Kingdom could receive because the Demon King Agreenes appeared in the Karzen Kingdom, but it seems that wasn’t the case.
‘Was it automatically received just by being in the Karzen Kingdom?’
I thought I couldn’t receive the quest because I belonged to the Harpe Empire when the Kraken appeared in the Iot Kingdom before, but it seems I couldn’t receive it simply because I wasn’t in the Iot Kingdom.
“Hmm.”
At that moment, a thoughtful voice came from the Demon King Agreenes’ mouth. It might be absurd, but his voice was also exactly like Nayra’s.
“Not enough. It’s not enough, not nearly enough.”
“Thunder Strike!”
“But it will be enough to bring demons down to the ground.”
Ust was dealing with Garikas, so it was difficult to give him orders. Therefore, I decided to deal with it alone in a hurry and used Thunder Strike to swing my shield, and the resulting damage also appeared.
Kwaaaang!!-
[Skill Damage! 7,875.]
‘How much is his defense?’
But I couldn’t stop attacking, so after hitting the remaining two times, I could see Agreenes’ gaze slowly moving towards me.
“There’s still a human remaining.”
‘His attack pattern is…… probably magic, right?’
The demons I’ve fought against so far have all engaged in hand-to-hand combat, but I didn’t think this Demon King would do the same. It was because his basic outfit was a dress. The dark purplish-black dress with grotesque patterns drawn on it was so long that it stretched all the way to the floor.
Moreover, Agreenes’ upper body wasn’t that big compared to his height. Just a little bigger than the average person? Instead, I couldn’t see how his lower body was because the length of the dress skirt seemed to exceed 4 meters.
And for such Agreenes to rush in and punch like Garikas? No matter how much I thought about it, it was an almost impossible action.
“I’ll kill you as painfully as possible.”
Kwajeok-
‘The floor?’
I was as tense as possible because I didn’t know what kind of attack Agreenes would make, but as soon as I detected an unknown sound from the floor, I threw myself to the left. At the same time, I confirmed what had sprung up from the floor, and it was something like a tentacle with a sharp tip like a spear.
‘What kind of attack is this again?’
Anyway, the tentacle that had lost its target and sprung up, momentarily stopped moving, then bent the tip and flew towards me again.
‘Crazy!’
It’s so fast that I can’t even think of dodging.
I was able to dodge the first attack from the floor somehow because I was prepared for it, but the tentacle flying back at me came so fast that I couldn’t even think of dodging.
Kaang!-
[You have taken damage! -2,719.]
‘The damage is……’
It’s higher than I expected. It was higher damage than Garikas, the highest-ranking demon, without having to look far. Considering my maximum health, I wouldn’t be able to withstand even 10 hits.
‘No, I might be able to endure that much since I’m using Guardian Shield.’
Anyway, he wasn’t an opponent to be taken lightly.
Kwajeok- Kwajeok- Kwajeok-
“……!?”
While I was tense, the same sound as before came from the floor, and a total of five more tentacles rose. Including the tentacle I just blocked, there were six in total. The six tentacles flew towards me at tremendous speed, and I decided to use a skill to escape this situation.
“Elsyke’s Phantom Shift!”
Kwakwakwang!-
As soon as I escaped using Elsyke’s Phantom Shift, I heard the sound of the tentacles attacking my illusion. I turned my head and, as expected, I saw the illusion that couldn’t withstand the tentacles’ attack disappear.
‘It’ll be difficult to push through with illusions.’
Even if I increased the number of illusions, they would probably disappear before they could get close.
‘Is the key the number of tentacles?’
If he could pull out up to 10 tentacles, I might be able to strategize somehow.
Kwajeok- Kwajeok-
“Damn it!”
With the tentacles appearing without rest, I use Phantom Shift again to dodge. However, I was more annoyed by the fact that he recognized me in stealth than the tentacles themselves, so I had no choice but to move near Ust this time.
‘I need to turn his attention to Ust.’
Ust, who was also a raid boss, would be able to withstand this kind of attack. If I tried to attack while the Demon King’s attack was focused on Ust, I thought I could inflict some damage.
“Ugh, for me to struggle against this kind of tree.”
‘Is that thing still not dead?’
Garikas was staring at Ust with a frustrated expression I hadn’t seen before, but I ignored him and kept an eye on the Demon King.
Kwajeok- Kwajeok-
Fortunately, the tentacles didn’t seem to stretch like rubber bands. Also, as I stepped back using Ust as bait, as expected, the tentacles changed targets and attacked Ust.
‘Alright. Now all I have to do is attack……’
━Kuo……o……
“Ust?”
At the sudden sound of Ust, I turned my head and saw Ust’s body, pierced by a tentacle, turning black.
Is it poison?
In addition, Garikas, who had been losing to Ust until just a moment ago, started to push Ust back as if he had awakened like some legendary hero.
‘What is Ust doing?’
Whether it was because of the poison or not, Ust was just swinging his branches without using a single skill. However, Garikas continued to attack the main body while deflecting the branches with his fists, and Ust couldn’t even resist properly.
‘Is it possible that skills are sealed when pierced by that tentacle?’
But I couldn’t just stand there and analyze the situation forever. I hurriedly ran to save Ust, who was being beaten without being able to use his skills, and immediately struck down the piercing tentacle.
Pachichik!-
[Hit Damage! 6,414.]
“You think I’ll leave you alone?!”
“That guy?”
I was already busy enough, and seeing Garikas interfering made me even more annoyed.
‘Alright, I’ll kill you……’
Kwajeok- Kwajeok-
“Ah, really!”
It was already difficult enough to deal with Garikas alone, and now with the tentacles appearing, my head was spinning. Shouldn’t I just run away? Even if I ignored Garikas, the tentacles weren’t the main body, so it would be useless to try and eliminate them.
At that moment.
“Ru, Rudin-nim.”
“……?”
Nayra?
Just as I was leaning towards escaping, the familiar tone of Nayra’s voice came from somewhere. The location where the voice came from was, of course, the Demon King Agreenes, and when I turned my head, I could see her struggling to speak.
“Rudin-nim. Help…… me. Please……”
“……”
Is that a trap or not?
Objectively, the possibility of me defeating the Demon King was slim. If I happened to be pierced by a tentacle and my skills were sealed, I would die without being able to fight anymore.
Moreover, the Demon King hadn’t used any skills other than the tentacle attack.
“……Elsyke’s Phantom Shift.”
In the end, I chose to run away and moved a certain distance using Elsyke’s Phantom Shift, then ran with all my might to escape the mountain range. The speed of my running increased thanks to the water resistance attached to my shoes, so I easily shook off even Garikas and slowed down after realizing that I had roughly escaped from Agreenes.
“Hoo, shit.”
What do I do now?
[Friend ‘Jeokseong’ has requested a conversation. Will you accept?]
‘Come to think of it, there’s this too.’
Ironically, because I failed the quest, I could help Jeokseong without having to ask him separately. Moreover, since he contacted me first, wouldn’t we be able to discuss the details? Honestly, I felt a bit awkward about telling him I couldn’t help him just a few hours after promising to do so, so it might have been a good thing.
[Connected to the conversation.]
━Rudin-nim. The time has been set. The guild members will log in at 3 PM tomorrow.
“Ah, yes.”
━However, it seems like about half of the members won’t be able to log in. No matter how much I persuade them, they’re skeptical……
“Don’t worry about it. Half is enough.”
━Um? But are you alright? You sound tired.
“I’m fine. Rather than that, if it’s 3 PM…… it’s better to start 10 minutes earlier.”
━Yes, I was just about to ask you that.
‘Then I should contact Aizen around that time.’
If I recklessly attacked the Yonggammusang Guild members without declaring hostility, an NPC might appear like today. To prevent that, I had already discussed it with Aizen, and I thought I would contact him around that time. Meanwhile, I could hear Jeokseong asking for another favor.
━By the way, Rudin-nim. I’m sorry, but could I ask you for one more favor?
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