𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟖𝟗
━Ooh, the Emperor Guild!
━It’s the Emperor Guild, not just any other guild, so they’ll definitely succeed, right?
━I heard they were incredibly active in the Demon King subjugation.
━Are the ones gathered now the Emperor Guild’s elite?
━Since there are only 20 of them, I think so.
As planned, Aizen turned on the broadcast before entering the cave. Curious about people’s reactions, I bought a ticket and read the chat that was coming up. I was a little surprised because the reaction wasn’t as bad as I thought.
“Let’s go.”
‘Did he expect this?’
Honestly, I thought this broadcast was a failure.
This was because Aizen boldly prepared 100,000 tickets and set the price of each ticket at 10,000 won.
However, looking at the chat, it didn’t seem like that was the case.
Moreover, the number of tickets sold was considerable.
‘There were 22,000 tickets left.’
At least 78,000 tickets were sold.
Simply calculated, it’s over 700 million won.
Of course, it costs money to buy tickets, and since he said he would divide the money among the members, each person might not get that much, but I thought they would get at least tens of millions of won.
Step- Step-
Anyway, as I entered the cave, I spoke to Aizen who was walking next to me.
“Do you have a plan?”
“Me, Rudin-nim, and even Dayne-nim, the three of us will take on the Apostle.”
“Even Dayne? Then what about the rest?”
“Rear support. They are mostly guild members who have learned wide-range magic and healing.”
No wonder there were so many people I didn’t recognize.
There weren’t many executives among the current guild members.
It seemed like he just brought people who had the right skills, regardless of their overall strength.
‘But did he think it would be manageable against the Apostle if three people fought him?’
Or maybe he meant to fight with Dayne as the center.
After all, Dayne was the only one who could fight the Apostle head-on.
Besides, if Aizen and I helped, we might not be pushed back one-sidedly like before.
‘And that means this guy is going to fight too.’
I acknowledged Aizen’s skills to a certain extent, so I moved forward thinking that it might be easier than yesterday, and soon I could hear a familiar sound.
Tszszszsz-
‘Here they come.’
Hearing the sound of the Giant Spider, which I had fought to my heart’s content yesterday, I prepared for battle.
In addition, when I turned my head, I could see a spider crawling on the left wall, so I decided to attack first instead of waiting for it to come here.
“Item Storage.”
First, I took out the Magic Bullet Bomber with the intention of dropping it to the ground since it was attached to the wall, and immediately pulled the trigger towards the Giant Spider.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!-
[Hit Damage! 227.]
[Hit Damage……]
━Kieeek!
Hit by dozens of attacks in an instant, the Giant Spider screamed and fell to the ground. In the meantime, I put the Magic Bullet Bomber back and took out the Roar of the Thunder Dragon and shield again, and continued the attack.
“Giant’s Sprint!”
Kwaaaang!!-
[Skill Damage! 5,896.]
The damage wasn’t high, but it wasn’t a big problem.
This was because Aizen and Dayne joined the attack after mine.
However, the remaining members only provided rear support, occasionally firing wide-range magic. Anyway, with the addition of the attacks from those guild members, the Giant Spider collapsed in less than 20 seconds.
[Combat experience 3150 acquired!]
‘It’s easy because I fought it so much yesterday.’
After easily defeating the Giant Spider, the Emperor Guild and I continued to move forward.
Occasionally, there were groups of monsters that appeared in similar numbers to us, but thanks to Aizen and me playing our roles properly, we were able to win without any casualties.
Also, looking at the chat, comments related to the fights we had so far appeared.
━Wow, they’re definitely fighting well.
━They seem to be faster than the Crow Guild, which had hundreds of people yesterday?
━At this rate, will the Apostle appear at the end?
Fortunately, there were no obstacles in our progress, so we quickly reached the place where the Apostle was. Soon, I could hear the Apostle’s voice echoing around, just like before.
━Turn back.
“……I guess we’ve arrived?”
“Yes, let’s rest here.”
Suddenly, Aizen, who suggested a break, took out some food and potions from his item window and drank them.
Perhaps to gain buff effects?
The problem was that everyone except me was drinking food and potions like that.
‘……Me?’
Did each person have to prepare separately?
“Here you go.”
“Ah, thank you.”
At that moment, Aizen handed me the same food he was eating, so I was also able to receive the effects of the food and potion.
Perhaps because he was conscious of the Apostle we were going to fight, the food and potion I ate increased my agility. It seemed to be a pretty good item, as my agility increased by about 200 more than usual.
‘This isn’t bad, is it?’
The effect of 200 agility was significant.
It was enough to make me get hit twice instead of three times by the Apostle’s sword.
Anyway, satisfied with that, I moved towards where the Apostle was again, and soon I could see the Apostle sitting on a rock, just like yesterday.
━Who is it? You guys again.
‘Does he remember us?’
At this point, it didn’t seem like an ordinary boss.
However, no one seemed to care about that, as they showed themselves preparing for battle. The Apostle, who had memories of fighting us before, got up from his seat and showed a serious preparation.
━I already know your skills, so I’ll go all out from the beginning.
‘No, you don’t have to.’
Why suddenly go all out?
At those words, all the Emperor Guild members, including me, looked at the Apostle with bewildered eyes. Of course, the Apostle shamelessly stabbed himself in the chest, regardless of whether we looked at him like that or not.
[Beluin’s 26th Apostle sacrifices a portion of his life force to use one of Beluin’s powers.]
‘Did you see that crazy b*stard?’
━I will bestow upon you an equal death.
“Jayer’s Guardian Shield!”
[S-rank skill, Jayer’s Guardian Shield is activated.]
[Beluin’s 26th Apostle uses Death Mark.]
Flap!-
The power of death used by the Apostle and my Jayer’s Guardian Shield.
There was a reason why I used the Guardian Shield here.
Jayer’s Guardian Shield, which had been upgraded to S+ rank, had the effect of blocking all attacks upon activation, so I thought it might be able to block this power as well.
So, I used the Guardian Shield at the right time, but after seeing the message that appeared, I realized it was futile.
[Death Mark has been engraved.]
[Receive 3 times the damage from all attacks by Beluin’s 26th Apostle.]
‘Ah, is it because it’s not an attack that it can’t be blocked?’
Anyway, with the Death Mark as the start, I thought everyone had finished preparing for battle, so I ran towards the Apostle with Aizen. It seemed like various support magics were cast on me while running, but I didn’t notice them because I had to focus on the Apostle right now.
“About 20% of his life force disappeared due to the power he just used.”
20% of his life force?
It was a welcome sound to hear, but it wasn’t particularly comforting.
“But we’re going to take 3 times the damage.”
“Yes.”
“……”
The conversation ended there.
Aizen and I, who had approached the Apostle before we knew it, swung our weapons and tried to attack, and the Apostle easily avoided it by stepping back.
Then, the Apostle, who had avoided the attack, immediately counterattacked. The first target he attacked was Aizen.
‘This b*stard!’
Even so, to charge head-on?!
It was like being treated as a scarecrow.
Of course, I didn’t intend to be treated like that, so I quickly swung the Roar of the Thunder Dragon.
Pachichik!-
[Hit Damage! 4,836.]
For now, the Roar of the Thunder Dragon hit the Apostle’s shoulder.
However, what bothered me more was that the Apostle’s dagger had pierced Aizen’s body before that.
This meant we had suffered a loss in just this short exchange.
‘Aizen, I hope it’s not just piercing damage…… It’s impossible, right?’
Regardless of the process, as we were losing out in this one exchange, a figure approached silently from behind the Apostle.
‘Dayne?’
Chaak!-
Dayne, who approached the Apostle from behind, instantly launched an attack that left afterimages.
It seemed like the Apostle took some damage from that attack, but perhaps because he recognized Dayne’s presence, he lowered his posture and slipped between Aizen and me, swinging his dagger and inflicting damage at the same time.
Absurdly, both Aizen and I failed to catch the escaping Apostle.
[Overwhelming Defense! No damage taken!]
‘Huh?’
No piercing damage?
It seemed like piercing attacks didn’t work unless it was a stabbing attack.
The problem was that Aizen and I had to tie down the Apostle so that Dayne could fight properly, but at this rate, we would be a burden rather than tying him down.
“Can’t you do anything with Extinction Sword?”
“There’s a high chance he’ll dodge it.”
Extinction Sword has the effect of lowering all stats.
I said that hoping for that effect, but as Aizen said, if he dodged it, that would be the end of it. Moreover, Extinction Sword was a skill with a penalty, so I couldn’t use it carelessly.
Chaeng!-
At that moment, Dayne, moving at a speed similar to the Apostle’s…… no, a little faster, chased after the Apostle and swung her dagger.
‘She’s definitely better than me.’
However, I couldn’t just admire her, so I also clung to the Apostle and tried to attack.
“Thunder Strike!”
Since the Apostle fought evenly with Dayne in a 1:1 situation, he inevitably started to get pushed back when Aizen and I joined in.
I was worried because he used his power from the beginning, but at this rate, I thought it would be manageable.
“I think we can win this way?”
“Yes.”
━Impudent.
Perhaps he heard Aizen and my conversation, I could feel a slight anger in the Apostle’s words.
But what can you do just because you’re angry?
━Shadow Ambush.
‘Skill?’
Suddenly, the Apostle’s body disappeared faintly as he used the skill, and then reappeared a short distance away.
The problem was that 7 figures in black appeared, surrounding us from all sides.
And the Apostle, who appeared like that, still attacked at high speed.
‘Crazy, you call that an ambush?!’
There’s such a thing as an ambush where you attack so openly?!
Moreover, due to the increased number, it seemed like it would be difficult for Dayne to block them as well.
Not to mention Aizen and me, who were slow.
Still, I tried to block them somehow, but it was almost impossible to block the daggers that pierced through in an instant.
[Damage taken! -10,370.]
‘Am I just going to die like this?’
It was a sudden thought, but it seemed like I wouldn’t be of any help at this rate.
Compared to that, my demonization had become surprisingly stronger due to the weapon I had enhanced to +15 yesterday.
Therefore, I thought about that too, but I shook my head.
This was because I thought it was a priority to reduce the Apostle’s life force as much as possible in the current state.
Also, it was a choice I could make because all my stats would recover if I transformed into a demon.
“Thunder Strike!”
By the way, how much damage have I done so far?
For reference, the exchange so far has been short.
At most 20 seconds?
The problem was that during these 20 seconds, the only damage I had dealt was one normal attack, and on the contrary, I had taken piercing damage.
Moreover, Aizen and Dayne were also damaged by the skill called Shadow Ambush.
I had a bad feeling about this.
Pat-
‘But it seems like Aizen and Dayne are being healed.’
Seeing the faint white light emanating from their bodies, it seemed like the guild members behind them were healing them.
They were probably leaving me alone because I still had a lot of health left and was recovering with my regeneration per second.
‘It doesn’t matter.’
With that thought, I gritted my teeth as I realized that all the shield attacks I had swung with Thunder Strike had missed.
Even though I increased my agility before the battle started.
I guessed the Apostle’s agility was over 2,000.
━Shadow Leap.
Shadow Leap?
“Elsyke’s Phantom Shift.”
As soon as I saw the Apostle’s figure disappear with the skill called Shadow Leap, I also moved my position with Phantom Shift. Then, when I turned my head, I saw the phantom disappear with one blow, and I could also see the Apostle’s gaze directed at me.
‘Is it because of the mark?’
If I hadn’t been marked, I would have dealt a considerable amount of damage with Phantom Shift.
It seemed like things had gone wrong because that damn Apostle used Death Mark from the beginning.
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