𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟕𝟗
“Wow……”
Annihilation, huh.
All the players who fought close to deal as much damage as possible were annihilated. Perhaps it was piercing damage? The fortunate thing was that all the players who stepped back to avoid the whirlwind survived.
Since most of them had retreated, the number of casualties wasn’t high, but the thorn attack he just displayed was so impressive that I could feel the atmosphere had completely reversed.
“Hey, check how much HP that Demon King has left.”
“Yes, Target Observation!”
While I was looking at the spectacle the Demon King had created for a moment, I could hear the conversation between Heuksin and his guild members from behind. And the player who used the Target Observation skill nodded and answered briefly.
“81% remaining.”
“Tsk, still a lot left.”
‘81%?’
Close to 1,000 people attacked, and they launched a fierce attack for 3 minutes while he sang, and only 19% was shaved off? I thought at least 30% would have been shaved off, so the conversation I was hearing now was a bit unbelievable.
Is it the attackers who are the problem, or does the Demon King just have a lot of HP?
‘No, let’s think positively.’
Blaming the Allied Guilds wouldn’t do any good. It might be easier to think that we could just kill him if we repeated the attacks we’ve done so far four more times.
“Haha, you seem to have a lot on your mind.”
At that moment, someone approached me and spoke in a friendly manner. When I turned around, it seemed like a member of the Yonggammusang Guild. When I stared at him as if asking why he came, he continued speaking with a good-natured smile.
“Don’t you want to kill the Demon King?”
“……Of course I do.”
I didn’t know his intentions, but I answered.
“Then our guild will help you. On the condition that you return the Guild Master’s staff.”
“……?”
What nonsense is this?
Currently, the Harpe Empire Guilds are united and attacking the Demon King. In such a situation, I don’t even know what would happen if they interfered without permission, so I couldn’t understand the words of the guy who said he would help.
“For your information, according to the raid rules, we cannot interfere until those who are fighting now are annihilated.”
“How can you help if you can’t interfere?”
“There’s a way. If you form an alliance with us now, we can participate. How about it? I don’t think it’s a bad offer.”
“So…… you’ll help with the raid if I return the staff and even form an alliance?”
“Yes.”
Looking at the guy nodding, I thought about what I would gain. First, as an individual, I wouldn’t lose anything but the staff. But what about the Allied Guilds? If the Yonggammusang Guild also has to share the items after killing the Demon King, they might not like it.
‘This isn’t my decision to make.’
At least I had to ask Aizen and the Guild Masters. The problem was that I didn’t want to find each of them who had scattered, saying they would fight on their own, and ask them.
“Or, if the raid fails and it’s our turn, we’ll let you, Rudin-nim, participate then.”
‘Huh?’
Perhaps he saw my troubled expression, the Yonggammusang Guild member suggested a different approach. But surprisingly, it seemed like a good idea. If our side is annihilated, it would naturally be the Yonggammusang Guild’s turn, and if I’m still alive until then, I can just fight on their side.
“Well, that’s fine.”
In addition, since I had received the quest, I needed the Yonggammusang Guild as insurance.
“But since we’ve made a concession, how about returning the staff now?”
“I’ll give it to you when the raid fails.”
“Then, unfortunately, I’ll have to hope for failure.”
The guild member said it as if it was a shame. It seemed he had considered the possibility of the Allied Guilds succeeding in the raid.
Anyway, after finishing the insurance work with the Yonggammusang Guild, I turned my head towards the Demon King, and for some reason, I could see the Allied Guilds struggling with the tentacle attacks.
‘What? Why are they suddenly fighting so poorly?’
Looking closely, there were hardly any aggressive attacks. Especially the melee warriors who should be fighting the Demon King were escorting the ranged players in the rear, and tentacles were sprouting up in the places where they gathered, hindering the attacks themselves.
Are they perhaps being cautious of the thorn attack?
‘Even so, this is……’
If the melee warriors get close to the Demon King, he summons tentacles in that direction. Then, if the people in the rear cast area magic and healing, they can inflict continuous damage, but if they’re gathered like that, even that would be difficult.
‘Those guys really shouldn’t have died earlier.’
I missed those guys who endured the song attack with potions and returned to the rear to launch aggressive attacks despite the whirlwind attack, but since they were already dead, it was no use thinking about it.
“Damn it, they’re being pushed back way too much.”
Suddenly, Heuksin, who was watching the Allied Guilds’ battle, grumbled. There was no need to think hard about the reason why he was reacting like that to someone else’s battle; it was because they had to kill the Demon King.
Of course, for that to happen, it would be best if the Allied Guilds reduced the Demon King’s HP to at least 50% or less and then were annihilated.
“It would be nice if they just ignored the tentacles and attacked.”
Just tell them to die outright.
Anyway, if they couldn’t even launch a proper attack like now, it was obvious that the Yonggammusang Guild would have a hard time later. So, he must be saying such ridiculous things, but even I, who belonged to the same Allied Guilds, didn’t feel good about it.
“Hey, check how much HP he has left again.”
“Yes. Target Observation!”
The player who checked the Demon King’s HP with the Target Observation skill nodded and answered.
“78% remaining.”
“As expected, there’s still a lot left.”
Considering the rate at which it was decreasing, it was nothing short of bleak. Compared to just before, it was only a 3% decrease.
‘Ah, Ust. What is Ust doing?’
Looking around, unlike the Allied Guilds who were flustered, only Ust was steadily attacking the Demon King. Additionally, since the Emperor Guild members were on standby near Ust, he seemed to be safe from the tentacle attacks.
Perhaps the 3% decrease was also due to Ust’s attacks?
“Hey, Rudin.”
While I was looking at Ust for a moment, Heuksin approached me as if he had come up with a good idea.
“No need for long talk. Form an alliance and hand over the staff.”
“I said I’d give it to you if you failed.”
“Ha, failure is a given. Looking at that, you think you can succeed? It would be more likely if we helped each other now!”
“……”
He might be right, but why is he so confident?
There was no hesitation in Heuksin’s attitude as he asked for the staff back. By the way, how helpful would his Death Summon be? To be blunt, even if he summoned a few Skeleton Knights, they would probably be wiped out by a single skill from the Demon King.
‘But then again, if I think like that, wouldn’t we not need any help?’
Of course, regardless of these thoughts, I couldn’t form an alliance.
“At the very least, I can’t decide on the alliance.”
“Useless. Then ask Aizen. Even if it looks like this, I’m an S-rank skill holder, so he’ll definitely allow it.”
‘Just because you have one S-rank skill.’
Although I couldn’t say it, I had acquired six S-rank skills. Anyway, ignoring Heuksin’s constant chatter beside me, I focused on the Demon King, and I could see the Allied Guilds struggling to eliminate the tentacles, but it definitely felt more difficult than at the beginning.
Whoosh!-
At that moment, a faint flame flickered in the front, and then it erupted into a huge flame.
Kwaaang!!-
‘Flame Storm?’
The flame, which erupted like an explosion, gradually took the form of a whirlwind and burned all the surrounding tentacles.
Considering the HP of the tentacles, it might have been impossible to eliminate them with a single skill. However, like Ust’s Ice Storm, the Flame Storm seemed to be a continuous skill, and as time passed, I could see the tentacles disappearing.
‘It’s probably Hwaryeon, right?’
Moreover, the Flame Storm didn’t stop at once, and Hwaryeon, who used it about five more times, turned the surroundings into a sea of fire.
“Wow, what is that skill?”
“Isn’t it Flame Storm?”
“As far as I know, it’s an A-rank skill…… but I’d believe it if you said it was S-rank.”
As the Yonggammusang Guild members said, the power of the Flame Storm that was just displayed was enough to be believed as an S-rank skill. Originally, magic-type skills were more powerful than other skills, but……
And as soon as Hwaryeon’s Flame Storm eliminated almost all the tentacles, the Emperor Guild members rushed in as if they had been waiting, and seeing that, the Allied Guilds hesitated for a moment, but soon began to launch support attacks.
They had managed to slightly turn the tide.
‘Ah, instead of doing this, I should help too.’
“Giant’s Sprint!”
Considering the contribution points, attacking was a must. Therefore, I used Giant’s Sprint to run at double speed, collided with the Demon King, and launched an attack.
[Skill Damage! 10,497.]
[Skill Damage……]
Come to think of it, since Garikas wasn’t around, this might be a chance to deal more damage. Besides, if the Demon King’s next attack was a song instead of thorns, I might even be able to get first place in contribution points.
[Demon King Agreenes uses Song of Despair.]
‘That’s it!’
“It’s the song!”
“Retreat!”
Except for me, the rest of the people had no choice but to retreat due to the song attack, but I continued to use Thunder Strike regardless of whether my HP was reduced by the song attack or not.
Kwang!- Kwaang!!-
If I keep hitting him for 3 minutes like this, wouldn’t I be able to kill the Demon King?
With the increased attack speed, I was hitting him with Thunder Strike three times per second. This meant that I would deal at least 5 million damage if I hit him for 3 minutes, so I thought I would definitely be able to kill him, but then I remembered the quest and stopped attacking for a moment.
‘Come to think of it, it said to use the Orb of Prayer, right?’
The quest I received was to use the Orb of Prayer and save Nayra when her HP was almost depleted.
‘No, it will let me know through a message window when the time comes.’
I can’t keep fighting while checking her HP. I don’t even have a skill like that. Therefore, I decided to continue attacking and swung my shield relentlessly when I soon noticed a message pop up.
[Demon King Agreenes cancels Song of Despair.]
‘Huh? Can he even cancel it?’
Furthermore, the messages didn’t end there.
Aaaaaah!!
[Demon King Agreenes, having taken considerable damage, begins to rage.]
‘Rage?’
Perhaps the continuous attacks so far had worked, as the Demon King’s sharp cry echoed in all directions along with the message. The reaction was unusual, so I stepped back and watched the situation when another message appeared.
[Demon King Agreenes uses Falling Light of Corruption.]
‘It’s a new skill.’
A skill I had never seen or experienced before, even on the internet. Realizing this, I stepped back further and looked at the Demon King, and soon, following the Demon King who roared towards the sky, I looked up and saw a huge black light falling from the sky.
‘How many are there? Four?’
There were four black lights falling from the sky.
This also seemed to be an attack skill, as it was falling towards me and the players who had retreated behind me. Come to think of it, it was unlikely that the Demon King, who was a raid boss, would only use four skills.
“It’s above!”
“D-Dodge!”
“Shield! Spread the shield!”
‘Let’s avoid it first.’
“Elsyke’s Phantom Shift!”
The falling black lights were fast enough not to be ignored. I barely managed to dodge them by using Phantom Shift consecutively, but looking around, it seemed like it was already too late for the others.
Kwaaang!!- Kwakwang!!!-
As expected of the skills the Demon King had shown so far, this skill was also formidable. The black lights that fell to the ground caused a considerable explosion, engulfing the players. Due to the precise location where they fell, it seemed like at least 40-50 players had died from this attack.
“Crazy, what the hell is this explosion?!”
“To use a skill like this!”
“By the way, why isn’t this disappearing?!”
Strangely enough, the black explosions that engulfed the players gathered together again to form black spheres, and after watching them for a while, the black spheres gradually shrunk and formed a shape.
[High-ranking Demon Dorokerd (BOSS)]
“A High-ranking Demon?”
Just in case, I checked the other spheres, and High-ranking Demons were created from them as well. A total of four High-ranking Demons appeared. Recalling the case of Garikas we fought earlier, this was nothing short of the worst situation.
“It’s a High-ranking Demon!”
“What are you doing?! Don’t just stand there and attack!”
Still, the players who saw the High-ranking Demons being created from the black spheres launched their own attacks and attacked the High-ranking Demons, but as the High-ranking Demons who received the attacks started to move, the tide of the battle quickly turned.
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