𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟎
‘What should I do?’
Judging by the situation, it should have been more advantageous than yesterday.
First, the guild members didn’t die, so his stats didn’t increase, and we received buffs right before the battle.
However, looking at the current situation, it didn’t seem that advantageous.
‘Is it because of the skill?’
But I didn’t have time to worry about this as the Apostle rushed towards me.
I don’t know why he’s targeting me, but since Aizen and Dain are chasing after him, it seems like it would be good for me to hold him off for a while.
Clang!-
[Overwhelming defense! Damage is……]
‘As expected, it’s manageable if I block with the shield.’
Since the shield also had a separate penetration defense probability, I was able to block the Apostle’s attack.
Thinking that I just needed to be careful of the Apostle’s speed, I moved the shield while watching him, but the Apostle pretended to go right and quickly turned left.
‘Huh?’
Realizing it belatedly, I moved the shield again, but the Apostle’s dagger had already pierced my arm, and the corresponding damage popped up.
[You have taken damage! -10,370.]
‘Damn it.’
“Rudin-nim, please push him back!”
“Back?”
“Extinction Sword.”
Extinction Sword at this timing?
Aizen, who told me to push him back, immediately cast Extinction Sword.
I was flustered by his sudden request, but I couldn’t ignore it, so I decided to push the Apostle back as Aizen said.
“Dynamics, Soul Shackles!”
As expected, the Apostle was pushed back when I used Earth’s Dynamics.
Moreover, when I stuck the stakes created by Soul Shackles into the ground, chains sprang out and tried to grab the Apostle’s body, causing him to retreat further.
Swoosh!-
At the same time, I could see that Aizen’s Extinction Sword had hit the Apostle’s body.
He had swung Extinction Sword as widely as possible towards the back as soon as I used my skill.
The Apostle, who had quickly retreated, was hit by the Extinction Sword.
‘Got him!’
The effect of Extinction Sword is to decrease all stats.
The Apostle’s body felt slower than before, confirming that his stats had indeed decreased.
“Aizen, fall back!”
Now’s the chance.
Considering the penalty of Extinction Sword, I told Aizen to retreat and ran with all my might.
“Giant’s Sprint!”
Kwaaaang!!-
[Skill Damage! 13,844.]
Unable to avoid Giant’s Sprint, the Apostle was hit head-on by my shield and flew backward.
Naturally, I had no intention of letting him go, so I used Giant’s Sprint again to chase after the flying Apostle, and soon I could hear Aizen’s voice.
“Everyone, attack!”
Suddenly, ranged attacks from the rear personnel, who had been focusing on healing until now, poured down.
It seemed they judged that the Apostle’s attention was fixed on me due to my attack and actions.
Bang!- Kwabang!- Kwaang!-
[Skill Damage! 13,881.]
Anyway, I ran past the exploding ranged magic and felt an impact on my shield.
It might have been due to the obscured vision from the explosion of the ranged magic.
━……I can’t believe I’m being pushed back this much.
“Thunder Strike!”
I could hear the Apostle’s words after being hit by my Giant’s Sprint and the guild members’ magic attacks, but I didn’t pay attention.
I had to hit him as much as possible instead of talking.
[Beluin’s 26th Apostle sacrifices a portion of his life force to use one of Beluin’s powers.]
‘Huh? He could use it twice?’
Come to think of it, since he’s using his own life force, it wouldn’t be strange if he used it again.
The problem was the type of power.
Since the Mark of Death was already applied, I thought he might use a different power, and as expected, I was right.
[Beluin’s 26th Apostle summons the Sword of Ruin ‘ Meron ‘. ]
Kwawakwak!-
‘What’s that?’
A black aura swirled around the Apostle’s hand as he summoned the Sword of Ruin or whatever it was. And beyond the black aura, a twisted, reddish-black sword appeared, which I could tell was dangerous at a glance.
“Elsyke’s Phantom Shift.”
Furthermore, since it was a sword summoned by a power, I thought it would have some special ability, so I used Phantom Shift to distance myself from the Apostle.
━You think you can escape?!
‘Crazy.’
There are so many other people, why is he so obsessed with chasing me!
Is it because I used Giant’s Sprint twice?
But that’s also strange because the damage from Aizen’s Extinction Sword was likely higher than the damage from my two Giant’s Sprints.
In terms of damage, he should have gone after Aizen, but strangely, the Apostle was rushing towards me.
‘I feel like I shouldn’t get hit by that sword.’
“Elsyke’s Phantom Shift.”
━Shadow Leap.
Moreover, even though the Apostle’s agility was lowered due to the effect of Extinction Sword, he was still faster than me.
To make up for the difference, I used Phantom Shift to dodge again, but because of the mark, the Apostle quickly noticed where I was and caught up with me using a skill called Shadow Leap.
“Elsyke’s Phantom……”
Swoosh!-
[The power residing in the Sword of Ruin ‘ Meron ‘ takes your life.]
[You have taken damage! -33,370.]
As a result, I couldn’t use Phantom Shift and was hit by the sword summoned by the power, and after seeing the message that popped up, I smiled wryly.
‘Is this even possible damage?’
Still, the sword called Meron seemed to be single-use, as it disappeared after cutting me once.
The problem was me, who had received over 30,000 damage. Although it was less than my maximum health, due to the previous penetration damage, my body began to crumble.
[You have died.]
‘Alright, just you wait.’
Suddenly, as I was collapsing, I looked to the right and saw messages appearing at a terrifying speed in the chat window that I had opened earlier.
━Wow, how could he not even withstand one hit?
━If it’s Rudin of the Emperor Guild, his defense is well-known. It’s probably the weapon’s attack power.
━Yeah. Don’t you know Rudin? The strongest tanker.
━But isn’t this over?
━Now that Rudin is dead, I think they’ll collapse soon.
━The Emperor Guild is going to fall too.
[The demonic power within you awakens due to death.]
[Your race temporarily changes to Demon.]
While I was briefly distracted by the messages in the chat window, my race changed to Demon and I was revived. I quickly changed my items.
Weapon and cloak. And I also changed the order of the Lucky Gem Dice and the Corrupted Soul.
Since the Dice and the Corrupted Soul were amulet-type items, the effects applied differently depending on the order.
“Status Information Window.”
And after changing all my items, my stats were enough to surprise anyone.
[Name: Rudin]
[Title: Hero of the Present World]
[Level: 100]
[Fame: 6054]
[Guild: Emperor]
[Health: 37688/37688]
[Magic Power: 32316/32316]
[Stamina: 100.0%]
[Attack Power: 5570] [Magic Attack Power: 3604]
[Defense: 4313] [Magic Defense: 2875]
[Stats] (All +20%)
Strength: 2406 Intelligence: 1003 Agility: 1483
Corruption: 3084
[Attribute Attack Power: All Attributes (11%), Light (-30%), Darkness (55%), Water (5%)]
[Attribute Resistance: All Attributes (3%), Light (-30%), Darkness (36%), Water (43%)]
[Acquired Skills: 7/10]
Finally, the black fog slowly spreading around me due to the cloak’s effect.
This fog was the Darkness Veil from the cloak.
Thanks to the effect of enhancing it to +10, this Darkness Veil also reached level 21. It was a very faint fog to me, but according to the description, it obscures vision and even blocks certain attacks, so it might look different to the opponent.
“Huh? The Vice Guild Master is?”
━He was alive…… What is that power?
Anyway, as I stood up with the black fog, the guild members and even the Apostle were looking at me.
“Demon Sword Summon.”
One of the Demonic Powers.
After summoning three swords using Demon Sword Summon, I immediately gave the attack command towards the Apostle.
The three Demon Swords flew at a much faster speed than the Apostle and slashed him.
[Skill Damage! 6,431.]
[Skill Damage……]
‘It’s working properly.’
He’s only enduring this much because he’s a boss monster. If it were an ordinary player, he would have already died.
That’s because the skill effect was increased by 80% due to the effects of the weapon and amulet.
Moreover, even without the skill effect increase, Demon Sword Summon is a great skill.
[A-Rank Demonic Power (Demon Sword Summon) Effect] (LV3+13)
━Summons three Demon Swords upon use.
━Demon Sword Attack Power: 1,600.
━Demon Sword Speed: 800.
━Corruption stat is applied as additional attack power and speed.
━Demon Sword Durability: 8,000.
━Restores user’s health based on the damage dealt when the Demon Sword breaks.
━Can be broken by user’s command. (Command: Demon Sword Destruction)
━Duration: 105 seconds.
*Consumes 600 Magic Power upon use.
*Consumes 9.5% Stamina upon use.
Demon Sword Summon, whose skill level increased by 13 due to various items.
Moreover, since it moves at a speed of almost 4,000, even the Apostle couldn’t do anything about it.
However, since it wasn’t dodging the Apostle’s attacks while hitting him, it couldn’t help but get hit by the dagger he wielded.
‘But it doesn’t matter.’
Because the weapon wouldn’t receive penetration damage.
“Rudin-nim.”
At that moment, I saw Aizen approaching me.
“What happened?”
“A new skill. By the way, wouldn’t it be better to stay back?”
It’s highly likely that the Apostle will rush towards us soon. There’s no way he would fight against mere summoned Demon Swords.
Moreover, in this state, I can’t recover stamina, so I have to fight more carefully.
Or finish it as quickly as possible.
“I’ll help since there’s not much left.”
Not much left?
“Do you happen to know how much health he has left?”
“About 20% left.”
‘He’s definitely lost a lot.’
I don’t know if it’s because of the power he used or the Demon Swords, but it was good news nonetheless.
And the Apostle, who had suffered considerable damage from the Demon Swords’ attacks, rushed towards us with a somewhat urgent movement.
‘Here he comes.’
Did he think something would be resolved if he came to me?
“Wave of Evil.”
As I used Wave of Evil, an intangible wave spread out in all directions around me.
The Apostle, who had rushed towards me, was hit by the spreading wave without being able to avoid it, and paid the price.
[Skill Damage! 6,100.]
[All stats of Beluin’s 26th Apostle are decreased by 15%.]
And my skills didn’t end there.
“Thorn Hell.”
Kwakang!!-
As I used Thorn Hell, one of the skills attached to the weapon, dozens of thorns rose in front of me and pierced the Apostle’s body.
[Skill Damage! 24,600.]
[Skill Damage……]
“Black Storm.”
I felt it again, but this Demonic Power was much better than the existing skills. Even compared to Giant’s Sprint, which is my representative A-Rank skill.
Even if compared solely in terms of damage, Demon Sword Summon was much better and more useful.
Perhaps the A-Rank Demonic Power skill was similar to the existing S-Rank skills.
Kwawakwak!!-
━T-This is impossible……
Anyway, the storm I summoned swept over the Apostle, and due to the Demon Swords that constantly followed and attacked him, I could see his body collapsing soon.
Compared to the strong appearance I saw yesterday and today, it felt like a lie.
[Boss Monster ‘ Beluin’s 26th Apostle ‘ has been defeated!]
[Acquired 135,000 Combat Experience!]
[Ding!~ You have acquired 42 Gold 30 Silver.]
[Ding!~ ‘ Beluin Apostle’s First Ring ‘ has……]
As proof that the Apostle had been defeated, messages appeared indicating that I had gained experience, gold, and a few items.
It felt like an overwhelming victory in the end, but somehow, we managed to defeat him after a hard fight.
Rumble- Rumble Rumble-
“……?”
Hearing the sound of rocks moving, I looked up and saw the wall behind where the Apostle had been standing crack, revealing a space that looked like an exit.
It seemed like a door that automatically opened after defeating the Apostle.
‘Then that’s the area where the main scenario takes place, right?’
Having encountered a boss called an Apostle right from the start, I was curious about what kind of enemy was waiting for me beyond.
But I was even more curious about the items I had acquired.
I opened the Item Storage to check the items, and just like before, I saw messages appearing at an incredible speed.
Perhaps because there were so many people, the speed at which messages appeared was quite fast.
━What was the skill he used at the end?
━Is no one reading this? Please tell me!
━Wow, the comeback at the end was amazing.
━Is it a demon skill?
━Since Rudin defeated the Demon King, it must be a Demon King skill.
━Damn. I’m going to learn demon skills too.
“Rudin-nim. Let’s go.”
“Huh? Where?”
While I was momentarily distracted by the chat window, I heard Aizen’s voice.
Coming to my senses, I asked him back, and Aizen pointed to the exit that had appeared after defeating the Apostle as if it were obvious.
‘You mean the main scenario area?’
Well, the items aren’t going anywhere.
Thinking that far, I nodded and went through the exit……
“……Wow.”
A barren land greeted me.
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