𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟏𝟎
“But are you really going to go?”
“Yes, it’s strange to fight the final boss right after finding a secret passage.”
“Why are you fighting right away? You need to activate the Temple of Purification.”
“Or maybe I’m overthinking it.”
But as I slowly retraced my thoughts, I realized I was being a bit too cautious.
If I just activated the temple and defeated the First Apostle, this main scenario would be over.
Of course, that’s assuming I can defeat it.
“Anyway, you two wait outside the village.”
“Are you saying we won’t be of any help?”
I was momentarily speechless at that question.
To be honest, that was the case.
It didn’t make sense to take Yua and Sina with me into a fight that I wasn’t even sure I could win even if I fought with all my might.
Well, if I fought without worrying about them, there wouldn’t be much difference, but it was clear that they would be in great danger, so there was no need to deliberately involve them in the fight.
“That’s not what I meant.”
“I know. But you don’t have to fight alone.”
“……”
Why do they want to go to a dangerous place and fight?
Honestly, I was confident that I could escape at any time if I felt it was disadvantageous.
In other words, I was confident that I wouldn’t die, and I didn’t think they were saying that without knowing that, so I was silent for a moment, and Yua, perhaps misunderstanding my silence, smiled slightly and said again.
“Just kidding. Good luck.”
‘Was it a joke?’
Thanks to that, I replied that I understood and immediately left the two of them and headed to the ruined village where the 18th Apostle and the Earth Dragon were located.
The odds are in my favor.
If there were no chance of winning, I wouldn’t have even tried.
This was because if I happened to die and drop one of the equipped items, the loss would be significant.
Wouldn’t I lose a few tens of millions of won?
However, that was only when I didn’t have any items enhanced to +15. Now, if I was careless, I could lose hundreds of millions of won.
‘Well, on the other hand, it means I’m wearing items worth that much.’
As I was thinking this, my current stats had increased tremendously.
[Name: Rudin]
[Title: Hero of the Present World]
[Level: 112]
[Fame: 6054]
[Guild: Emperor]
[Health: 35518/35518]
[Magic Power: 23520/23520]
[Stamina: 100.0%]
[Attack Power: 8147] [Magic Attack Power: 1760]
[Defense: 8715] [Magic Defense: 5557]
[Stats] (All +20%)
Strength: 2571 Intelligence: 798 Agility: 1303
Stamina: 2190 Magic: 1756 Skill: 396
Fighting Spirit: 300 Summoning: 986 Command: 240
Luck: 277
[Elemental Attack Power: All Attributes (11%), Water (5%), Lightning (30%)]
[Elemental Resistance: All Attributes (15%), Water (67%), Lightning (20%)]
[Skills Acquired: 20/20]
Weapon and shield. And when I enhanced the armor to +15, a truly formidable monster was born.
Attack and defense exceeded 8,000.
If I summoned Ust and fought, I thought I had a good chance of winning against the Apostle and the Earth Dragon, so I soon arrived at the ruined village and let out a small breath as I looked around.
‘First, ignore the thoughts and eliminate the Apostle.’
Tat!━
Catching the thoughts without a light attribute skill was a waste of time.
I thought it was important to eliminate the Apostle and the Earth Dragon as quickly as possible, so I ran with all my might, and within a few seconds, I saw the dragon curled up with its eyes closed and the Apostle sitting on its head.
━It’s the human I saw before.
“Jayer’s Guardian Shield.”
[S-Rank Skill. Jayer’s Guardian Shield is activated.]
“Title Change, Summon.”
[Summoning Ust, Swallowing the Bitter Cold.]
[The summoned beast’s level increases by 16.]
[Related stat Summoning (822) is applied.]
[All stats of Ust, Swallowing the Bitter Cold increase by 411. Health and Magic Power increase by 4,110 each.]
[Due to the effect of the title ‘Soul Contract’……]
[Due to the effect of the item set ‘Noble Nature’s Blessing’……]
As soon as I summoned Ust, my summoning stat was added, along with the title effect, and even the effects of dozens of items were applied.
Frankly speaking, even if I summoned a goblin with this much effect, it couldn’t be ignored.
━Now it’s going to be fun.
The 18th Apostle, seeing the skill I used, realized the battle had begun and immediately jumped down from the dragon’s head.
‘Fun?’
Yeah, let me experience that fun too.
I immediately rushed at the 18th Apostle and swung down Roar of the Thunder Dragon, and the Apostle simply raised his left hand to block my Roar of the Thunder Dragon.
Kwaaaang!━
‘No impact?’
I was momentarily shocked to see the Apostle not flinch at all, even though I had struck him with an attack power of over 8,000. In the meantime, the Apostle reached out his right hand and aimed for my face.
But since it was a simple attack, I thought I could dodge it, and I tried to step back, but……
Dub━
‘Huh?’
Before I could do that, the Apostle grabbed my Roar of the Thunder Dragon and pulled me in, and at the same time, his fist hit my face.
Bang!━
[You have taken damage! -400.]
“Ugh.”
━You’re tougher than I thought.
‘This b*stard.’
If he wasn’t going to let me retreat by grabbing my weapon, then I’d fight him that way.
I wasn’t sure yet whether his attack power was lower than I thought or my defense had increased to an incredible level, but if we fought like this, it was obvious who had the advantage.
“Thunder Strike!”
Instead of retreating, I closed in and swung my shield, and the Apostle also swung his right hand to block the shield attack.
Kwaaaang!!━
━Hmm?
Unlike the first Roar of the Thunder Dragon, it seemed he couldn’t handle the impact of this shield bash.
Perhaps due to the sudden impact, the Apostle seemed surprised and let go of my Roar of the Thunder Dragon, stepping back. Taking this as an opportunity, I quickly raised my shield and ran with all my might.
“Giant’s Sprint!”
This was unavoidable.
This was because I used Giant’s Sprint before my feet even touched the ground after jumping back.
Unless he had the ability to move in the air, I believed it was absolutely impossible to dodge, and as expected, the Apostle, thinking it was too late to dodge, raised both hands in a defensive posture.
‘You think you can block this!’
Kwaaaang!!━
[Skill Damage! 21,348.]
I couldn’t tell if it was high damage or low damage.
Considering that the opponent was the boss here, it seemed like high damage, but I didn’t have time to think about that as the attack of Ust, whom I had summoned, followed.
Kiaak!
‘Tree of Death?’
Did it always make that sound?
Anyway, the Tree of Death summoned by Ust was now even bigger than me, and dozens of such Trees of Death rushed towards the Apostle and attempted to self-destruct.
Kwakwang!- Kwakwakwang!!━
[Summon Skill Damage! 8,764.]
[Summon Skill Damage……]
‘Wow~’
Not only was the self-destruction damage impressive, but the explosion range was also amazing.
Thanks to Giant’s Sprint pushing him back, the distance between me and the Apostle was quite far, but the explosion swept even to where I was.
Moreover, the Tree of Death continued to explode without rest.
Kwaang!- Kwakwang!━
‘Looking at that explosion range and damage……’
Didn’t it deal over 100,000 damage in this short time?
Moreover, there were still more than half of the Trees of Death that hadn’t self-destructed yet, so if they all exploded, it seemed like they could deal over 200,000 damage.
This seemed possible because Ust had become much stronger than I expected.
‘As expected, enhancing the accessories to +15 was the right answer.’
However, I couldn’t see the situation ahead properly due to the smoke from the explosion, so I was watching the situation for a moment when the Apostle suddenly emerged from the smoke at an incredible speed.
━Haha! You’re not an ordinary guy!
The Apostle, shouting as if he was enjoying himself, rushed towards me, swinging his fist without regard for the self-destruction attacks.
But there were still many trees left.
Therefore, I decided it would be better to hold my ground and fight rather than move around, so I quickly swung Roar of the Thunder Dragon.
━You’re caught.
“……?”
For a moment, it seemed like the Apostle was saying something, but my Roar of the Thunder Dragon had already blocked his fist.
Kwaang!━
[You have taken damage! -3,280.]
‘Huh? What?’
Why did I take damage even though I blocked it with my weapon?
Looking closely, I could see a red light flickering from the crystal embedded on the back of the gauntlet he was wearing.
I was thinking that it might be related to that light when the Apostle’s attack continued, and I decided to try blocking it with my weapon again.
[You have taken damage! -3,520.]
‘Defense ignore? Penetration? Which type is it?’
Originally, you don’t take damage when weapons clash.
Thinking about that, I swung Roar of the Thunder Dragon to block it twice, but I still took this much damage, so it seemed like some kind of special skill.
‘If this is the case, I have no choice but to dodge.’
Fortunately, his speed wasn’t much different from mine.
Maybe a little faster than me?
I guessed his agility was around 1500, and with that much agility, it was possible to dodge with minimal movement.
In addition, focusing on dodging didn’t mean I couldn’t attack.
Kwakwang!- Kwaang!!━
The remaining trees were still continuing their self-destruction.
I thought that since things had come to this, I would hold the Apostle’s ankles and let Ust continue the attack, but after receiving a few more self-destruction attacks, the Apostle showed a different move.
━……This won’t do.
‘Divine Power?’
The Apostle I fought before also used something called Divine Power, so I thought this one would also use Divine Power, but contrary to my expectations, the 18th Apostle snapped the fingers of his gauntlet-clad hand.
Snap━
I don’t know how a sound could come from a gauntlet-clad hand, but compared to what happened next, that was a trivial matter.
[Ukron, the Black-Stained Earth Dragon, awakens from its slumber.]
‘Damn it, we’re finally fighting.’
I expected it.
There was no way he wouldn’t use the Earth Dragon he had dominated.
Anyway, if the Earth Dragon had awakened, it was just a matter of defeating it.
‘Or seal it.’
I had a fleeting thought before coming here.
Since the Earth Dragon was said to be dominated, I thought that if I defeated the Apostle or the Earth Dragon, the domination would be released. However, one of them became impossible to achieve.
━I will show you the power of the dragon that once protected this land.
Because that damn Apostle jumped up and landed on Ukron’s head.
Kuoooooooo!!━
At that moment, Ukron opened its huge mouth and roared.
Just moving its head felt like a skyscraper was moving, it was so huge, but I shook my head and interpreted it in a positive light.
‘No, if it’s that big, it’ll be easy to attack.’
With that thought, just as I was about to move, I felt my body strangely heavy.
[Ukron, the Black-Stained Earth Dragon, uses Dragon’s Roar.]
[Overwhelming level. Resistance is futile.]
[All stats are reduced by 40%.]
“……”
Forget domination, should I just seal it?
I thought it would be better to seal it and use it myself rather than fight with these stats, but if I sealed it, everything related to that dragon would disappear.
The reason I was doing this even though I could fight the First Apostle right away was because I thought there might be some hidden element.
Therefore, I put aside the temptation to seal it and decided to fight as originally planned.
If it didn’t work, I would have no choice but to seal it.
‘Well, that’s for later.’
Thinking that far, I used Phantom Shift to distract him and swung my shield towards the nearest front leg.
“Thunder Strike!”
Kwaaaang!!━
Even though my stats were lowered, this was the strongest attack I could do.
The first attack with Phantom Shift increased the damage, but the damage that popped up was not satisfactory.
[Skill Damage! 15,148.]
‘This is all?’
It was definitely high damage, but it was hard to believe it was the damage combined with a stealth attack.
I concluded that Ukron’s defense was much higher than I thought. At that moment, Ukron raised its huge front leg.
‘……Is it going to stomp on me?’
As if to prove that fear can be a killer, I soon saw Ukron’s front leg falling rapidly.
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